Stories from Saturday, July 18, 2020

Dried beans and other garden produce are the mainstays of a good soup stock this summer. Beans are especially valuable to those trying to incorporate more vegetables and less meat into their diets. Beans and legumes high in protein include soybeans, lentils, white beans, cranberry beans, split peas, pinto beans, kidney beans, black beans, navy beans and limas. Beans are high in amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein...

International House of Prayer Ministries senior pastor, Bryan Nerren, recently spoke to the Rotary Club, telling members of his 7 months of captivity in India. While he’s always known the dangers associated with his global missionary work, Nerren said recently how he never fathomed he'd get so close to martyrdom after 17 years with Asian Children’s Education Fellowship (ACEF)-a non profit which he founded...

M uch of the nation is experiencing a prolonged heat wave, so of course your humble columnist counterintuitively conjures up WARM MEMORIES to comfort himself. When I was in college, I sometimes supplemented my income by helping my late father with deliveries for Easy Pay Tire Store (the tires-and-appliances store where he worked for the Ritter family)...

A woman heard that her friend had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. So she made the long trip to the city where her friend lived to be with her. When she arrived at her friend’s home she threw her arms around her and pulled her close. They both broke down crying, and they just stood there holding each other, tears streaming down their cheeks...

Whether Bedford County schools start back on Aug. 3, greatly depends on the potential rise in COVID-19 cases between now and then, school officials have stated. Now, more than perhaps ever in the history of back-to-school time, will more families likely need help with those purchases...

“To the right, to the right, to the right, to the right To the left, to the left, to the left, to the left Now kick, now kick, now kick, now kick Now walk it by yourself, now walk it by yourself.” -- Cuban Shuffle There are some “Unsung Heroes” who’ve managed to ditch the COVID-19 blues. That is greatly said about Meadowlark Drive resident, Yvonne McChristian, and her entourage of neighbors working to keep themselves fit during the pandemic...

It looks like we will be hot and humid through the weekend with highs in the low 90s and lows in the low 70s and otherwise it will be partly cloudy with a 40% chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Things get much more active Tuesday through Thursday with showers and storms likely, and your lawn and garden is likely to get quite a bit of rain from these storms. Sunrise is currently 5:43 a.m. and the sun sets at 8 p.m...

A suspect carrying a bag of methamphetamine was charged with shoplifting after trying to leave Walmart without paying Thursday, police said. Faith Thelma Martin, 30, of South Pittsburg also faces charges of introducing contraband into a penal institution and possession of a schedule II drug. She was released on $11,000 bond...

Current and future Motlow State students can now use the Financial Aid Office’s new GetAnswers Video portal and Artificial Intelligence Chatbot service for answers to financial aid questions. Access the new video guides and Chatbot at: mscc.edu/financialaid/...

The Times-Gazette published an editorial last week opining that by refusing to impose a statewide order requiring masks to slow down the spread of COVID-19 “Governor Lee shirked his responsibility” and kicked “the politically unpalatable can of worms down the road to the county mayors.”...

(Editor’s note: This is an ongoing series on the issues surrounding back-to-school during the pandemic.) Due to COVID-19, school atmospheres will be a bit different physically and socially when doors open for an abbreviated day Monday, Aug. 3. Maintaining proper social distancing and trying to keep all contained within the walls healthy and safe will be a less than standard test for the system...