Letter From the Editor

Letter From the Editor

IF YOU’VE ever seen a fighter jet cut across the sky, you know what powerful looks like. You know what freedom sounds like. That roar overhead reminds us that we live in a country where people put their lives on the line so the rest of us can live without fear. They...
Muriel Coble: Courage & commitment

Muriel Coble: Courage & commitment

FIVE DAYS after her 17th birthday, on June 14, 1942, Muriel Moyers nervously squeezed Leonard Coble’s hand. “How old do I have to be to get married?” Leonard asked the justice of the peace in Huntsville. When he responded “21,” 17-year-old Leonard, who most knew as...
Letter From the Editor

Letter From the Editor

A FAMILY LOADS up their navy blue Jeep in Tennessee and takes a cross-country road trip. It’ll take several days to get to the Sequoia National Park in California. There may be hours when the Jeep feels smaller and smaller by the second. Taking turns picking the music...
Kay and Jennifer Templeton: Passing the torch

Kay and Jennifer Templeton: Passing the torch

FOR KAY Templeton, the insurance industry has been her life’s work, a career spanning over 40 years that began when she graduated from Shelbyville Central High School (SCHS) in 1966. After attending Flat Creek School through seventh grade, she earned her diploma from...
The McKamey Family: ‘This is us’

The McKamey Family: ‘This is us’

THE RHYTHMIC clatter of pins and the squeak of shoes echoes across the wooden floors of the Shelbyville Bowling Alley. The buzz of conversation — and sometimes lively songs coupled with overly dramatic dancing — coming from the five McKamey siblings at Lane 15 is...