Today's News

The Triple S Planning Commission ended its 2011 schedule by saying farewell to a longtime member.

Commission Chair Gil Tucker banged the gavel for the final time at Tuesday’s meeting. John Wills, who was appointed by Shelby County Fiscal Court, to fill his spot starting next month.

“I made up my mind on this about a year ago,” Tucker said. “It’s been a pleasure working with everybody, but I wouldn’t make it four more years.”

Tucker received a plaque from staff and well wishes from the other commission members.

Producers have deadline

for conservation service

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that the ranking period cut-off date for the Conservation Stewardship Program is Jan. 13.

Producers interested in CSP should submit applications at the USDA Service Center on Howard Drive in Shelbyville by the deadline so that their applications can be considered during the first ranking period of 2012.

A long tradition of holiday service will be interrupted this year: The Shelby County Optimist Club won’t be having its annual Christmas Day dinner delivery.

Some physical problems with some core members of the organizing group waylaid the event this year, but club officials promise it will return in 2012.

“It was a timing issue for us,” Optimist member Lise Sageser said. “Some of the core people were physically down, and we just weren’t able to get it all together this year.

“But we intend to do it next year.”

Gasoline prices take a 40-cent surge

Fuel prices took a big bounce in Shelbyville this week.

After dipping on Tuesday and Wednesday morning to as low as $2.95, the prices sprang significantly higher again Wednesday afternoon.

Speedway, known to set the bar in local markets, raised its per-gallon price for regular unleaded gasoline to $3.39 just after noon, and within an hour most other stations along Midland Trail had moved near that price, basically a 40-cent-per-gallon swing.