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The UT/TSU Extension Office will be offering a May Marathon Month program. Sign up to walk a total of 13 or 26 miles over the entire month of May. Receive weekly e-mailed newsletters of information and encouragement and a tracker sheet. Complete your half or full marathon and report at the end of May to
The Tennessee Golf Association will wrap up its 2024 championship schedule at Riverbend Country Club as they’re set to host the Senior and Super Senior Match Play championships. This will be the course’s fifth time hosting a TGA championship. The Shelbyville-area course last hosted in 1994 when they welcomed the Tennessee Junior Amateur and Tennessee
The 27th Annual Rotary Club of Shelbyville Golf Tournament is scheduled for May 3 at Riverbend Country Club. There are four levels of sponsorship with benefits based on which one is chosen: *Eagle Sponsor: $1,500 *Birdie Sponsor: $1,000 *Par Sponsor: $625 *Hole Sponsor: $250 The entry fee for a team of four players is $500.
A sobriety checkpoint will be present on Friday, May 3, at 9 p.m. on US 41A North about a mile south of the 3-mile marker in Bedford County.
Blankenship Community Church, 3602 Midland Rd., will be hosting their 1st Saturday of the Month free breakfast starting at 8 a.m. They will serve sausage, biscuits, hog jaw bacon, coffee, potatoes, country ham, gravy, eggs, pork tenderloin. Donations are appreciated. Call 931-437-2599 for more information.
The Annual Flat Creek Community Center Spaghetti Supper will be May 4, from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. The cost is $10 and includes spaghetti, salad, bread, drink, and dessert.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 5019, and its Auxiliary will hold their monthly meeting Monday, May 6, at the VFW Post on Depot Street. Dinner is at 6 p.m. with a business meeting for members immediately following. For more information, contact Post Commander, Mike Ruess, at 931-249-1566.
Pre-K Registration will be May 7 at Harris Middle School from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The next SCHRA Commodities Distribution will be Thursday, May 9, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Ag Center, 2119 Midland Rd., to eligible area residents.
The Bedford Arts Collective will be hosting an Art Crawl on the Shelbyville Square on Friday, May 10, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Some 22 Shelbyville businesses around the Historic Uptown Shelbyville Square will be the host to 25 local artists. For more information, call Clover Honey, 931-619-6248; Crystal O'Neal, 931-224-2043; or Michelle Sweatt,
The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 5019, and its Auxiliary will host their 2nd Saturday of the month Fundraiser Breakfast on Saturday, May 11, from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the VFW Post, 1320 Depot Street. Home cooked food (pork loin and hash brown casserole). Carry-outs are available. For more information call Alex at
The Celebration City Region Car Club will be Saturday, May 11, at the Pavilion on the Celebration Grounds, 721 Whitthorne St. Registration starts at 8 a.m.
The Wartrace Strawberry Festival will be Saturday, May 11, from 9 am to 4 pm on Main Street, Historic Downtown Wartrace. They will be celebrating spring and all things strawberry with craft vendors, food trucks, a parade, baking contest, kid zone and much more.
Decoration Day at Old Mt. Hermon Cemetery will be held on Saturday, May 11, from 10 am to 2 pm. Please visit or send donations to FOMHC, P.O. Box 831, Shelbyville, TN 37162.
Decoration services will be held at the new Mt. Hermon Cemetery on Saturday, May 11, at 2 p.m. Donations may be given at the cemetery or mailed to Mt. Hermon Cemetery Association, 1199 Bugscuffle Road, Wartrace, TN 37183.
The 25th annual First Choice Fish Fry Fundraiser will be on Saturday, May 11, at Walnut Ridge Farm, 1198 Whiteside Hill Rd. in Wartrace beginning at 3 p.m. Tickets can be purchases online at Eventbrite.com or by calling the center at 931-680-0066. The cost is $15 in advance and $20 at the door.
Old Orchard Cemetery in Petersburg will hold its annual Decoration & Memorial Service on Sunday, May 12, at 2 p.m. Board Members will be on site Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, May 10 – 12, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to accept upkeep donations and answer any questions. If you are unable to attend, you
The Shelbyville Police Benevolent Association will present its second annual car show May 18 at Shelbyville Central High School from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. All vehicles are welcome. Pre-registration is $30. Registration the day of the event is $40. Food trucks will also be on site. Judges will be local county and city officials.
VFW Post 5019, 1320 Wartrace Pike (Depot Street), will hold its monthly third-Saturday music night on Saturday, May 18. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, with the event from 6-9:30 p.m. James Smotherman & Friends will be featured but other acoustic musicians and singers are welcome. Admission is $3, and there will be a potluck
A Decoration Day for the Rosebank Cemetery in Flat Creek, Tenn., will be May 19 at 2 p.m. at the Flat Creek Community Center, 115 New Herman Rd.
Decoration Day for Houston Whitworth Cemetery will be May 19 at 2 pm. Donations can be mailed to Charles Armstrong 435 Old Nashville Dirt Rd., Shelbyville.
Decoration Day for Unionville Cemetery will be May 19 at 2 p.m. They will meet inside the church. Please send donations to Peggy Orrelle at 416 Riverbend Country Club Rd.
The Bedford County Democratic Party will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 20, at their headquarters in the Executive Building (yellow brick building next to the Fly) at 210 South Main in Shelbyville with Van Ayers presiding.
Cascade High School Graduation will be May 23 on the Cascade Football Field at 7 p.m.
Vacuum sealed Boston Butts smoked by Rowdy Ranch are available for $40. The funds benefit Middle TN Spay & Neuter Clinic. Call 931-684-5353 to place an order. Pick up will be from 4 to 6 p.m. on May 24 at 846 Union St.
Classic cars are invited to park on the Shelbyville Square and in the courthouse parking lot from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 24. There will be food trucks, live music, and other activities available. Contact: Walt Bagar, 256-606-0885; Jerry Clanton, 931-703-8158 or clantonco@bellsouth.net
Inclement Weather Makeup Date will be May 24 on the Cascade Football Field at 5 p.m.
Community High School Graduation will be May 24 on the Community Football Field at 7 p.m.
Inclement Weather Makeup Date will be May 25 on the Community Football Field at 10 a.m.
Shelbyville Central High School Graduation will be May 25 on the SCHS Football Field from 7 – 9 p.m.
Bomar Cemetery Memorial Day Service will be at 2:30 on Sunday, May 26, on Smith Chapel Road. If rain, it will be held at the Thompson Creek Baptist Church.
Inclement Weather Makeup Date will be May 26, 2024 on the SCHS Football Field from 7 - 9 p.m.
The United Veterans Council of Bedford County will be having a Memorial Day Service on Monday, May 27, on the south side of the Historic Courthouse Square in Shelbyville at 11 a.m. Colonel Joe Miller will be the guest speaker. Attendees are asked to bring their own lawn chairs.
Lunch will be served at the VFW (1320 Depot Street) immediately following the Memorial Day Ceremony on the Courthouse Steps on the Square. They are Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Salad, Green Beans, Garlic Bread and Dessert, with tea, coffee or water. Your donations will support Veterans in need in Bedford County.
