Stories from Sunday, August 1, 2010

KAKAMEGA, Kenya -- We had been told we would start at 10 a.m., but as Sarah Lanier points out in her terrific book "Foreign to Familiar," cultures from tropical and equatorial regions don't always see time the way we do. Almost no visitors were at James Mundi's house when our van rolled onto the property. ...

Gloves are often worn as hats. Jerseys look like evening gowns. Dirt on the infield is confused with a playground...or even an appetizer to dinner. Welcome to the First Christian T-Ball League, where youngsters from all over Bedford County ages 4-6 get their first taste of the national pastime...

Prescription medication is suspected as the cause of an accident Friday which left a Bedford County woman seriously injured, investigators said. Crystal Michelle Jacobs, 34, lost control of her SUV and crashed into a tree on Highway 130 West near her Pleasant Grove-area home at mid-morning, State Trooper Chad McAnally said...

A preliminary hearing for a couple facing multiple counts of child endangerment for allegedly operating a methamphetamine lab in their home has been delayed until later this month. Sandra Jean Mortimer and David Gordon Mortimer, both 33, of Central Avenue will appear before Judge Charles Rich on Aug. 24...

A preliminary hearing for a man facing aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault charges was continued until the end of next month. Larry Dean Meek, 25, of Cates Street had been scheduled to appear in General Sessions court Friday, but the matter was put off until Aug. 31 because the investigator in the case, Det. Carol Jean of the Shelbyville Police Department, was taking part in a jury trial in Circuit Court...

To the Editor: Balancing the budget a different way was mentioned by several concerned citizens at the public meeting on July 26th. The City Council only mentioned laying off 18 employees to do this. I made a request of salaried city employees take a 10 percent cut in pay to help balance this budget. This was a solution where I was employed at one time. My request was never acknowledged. I was thinking of the people who live from paycheck to paycheck...

Todeshangua, tt's, "now Evan," awkward point 1, handstands gone bad, Professor Waldo, pig snout, Summertown mules, Grimace, Delores the inflatable dolphin, the list goes on and on. To you, these words most likely mean nothing or are not associated with each other in the least bit...

Columnist's Note: Part II of the American Idol Saga, as promised, although it took some nagging, whining and threats to get it here on deadline. Poor Ben has discovered that 1 40-hour work week doesn't leave as much free time as he's used to.....

Fluffy white cake, beautiful fresh fruit, and sweet and creamy icing. Nothing screams summer more than these ingredients, to me at least. One of my all-time favorite foods is cake. I would eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner if I were one of those people who has a high metabolism. Too bad I'm not...

Who can forget the red jacket, the moussed hair, and the smarmy stylings of Robbie Hart the Wedding Singer, in the Adam Sandler movie of the same name? The movie, made in 1998, but based in -- and celebrating -- the 1980s, was later turned into a musical, and now that musical can be seen here in Bedford County...