by Amanda E. West | Sep 13, 2024 | Shelbyville, Stories
SOFT LINEN tablecloths, colorful stemware glasses, an eclectic mix of chairs and benches, and jars bursting with zinnias were the perfect backdrop for the first Farm-to-Table Dinner sponsored by the Bedford County Fair Board. As the sun dipped below the rolling hills...
by Amanda E. West | Sep 13, 2024 | Shelbyville, Stories
VANESSA YENTZ is fulfilling a legacy. It isn’t just for herself or for her husband, Eric, but for their children, grandchildren, and everyone who comes in contact with the Yentz Family Farm. Vanessa is a mom to Corrinn and Taylor and a grandmother to Lillie. For...
by Amanda E. West | Sep 13, 2024 | Cover, Shelbyville
SINCE THE mid-1800s, through the Hawkins line, four generations of the Curl and Lee families have farmed the Garrison Fork River Valley in the unincorporated community of Fairfield. Don Curl and his wife, Claudia, live in Wartrace, while Whit and Rosalie Lee live near...
by Amanda E. West | Aug 13, 2024 | Feature, Shelbyville
ROB MCGILL dreamed of being a pilot. He even majored in aerospace at Middle Tennessee State University. After graduation, jobs in the airline industry were scarce, so McGill, who had been working in the pro shop at Old Fort Golf Course while taking classes, took a...
by Amanda E. West | Aug 13, 2024 | Feature, Shelbyville
HAL SKELTON drove over the railroad tracks for the first time in 1966 and scanned the thin row of buildings. As a recent college graduate, he’d accepted the position sight unseen. Could this be where he would teach seventh and eighth grade math and was supposed to...
