| Howzat Barbados!
BARBADOS names roundabouts after its famous cricketers. The trouble is, there just aren't enough of them - roundabouts, that is. The national hero is Sir Garfield Sobers. Drive around at weekends and you'll see cricket matches taking place in the streets, villages and industrial estates. Half the players are likely to be women, as cricket transcends gender, as well as age and income. It's the medium of communication. In Bridgetown, a poster depicts a batswoman holding up a small packet. "It's your wicket. Protect it. Wear a condom." Next to religion, which is big here - the churches of 150 Christian sects proliferate on an island 16 miles long and 14 wide - cricket is the sacred word. All hail the Cricket World Cup. .
Wind gusts damage homes, vehicles
Wind bursts up to 40 mph whipped parts of Hall County on Monday and sent one tree through the middle of an East Hall home. Gusts reached their highest velocity between 11 a.m. and noon in the Gainesville area, the same time authorities received reports of 15 separate trees falling on power lines and roads, Hall County Fire Marshal Scott Cagle said. He said a falling tree nearly split a mobile home in half about 11 a.m. in the 2500 block of Dana Circle off Old Cornelia Highway. Debbie Carlisle narrowly escaped serious injury when the tree crashed into her bedroom while she was sleeping. "She was in the bed at the time and firefighters said (the tree) came within a foot or two of her," Cagle said. "She was very lucky." He said Carlisle, whose home was condemned, was staying next door with friends Monday night.
Fire guts mobile home in Moss Landing
Reggie Bunner, 60, who manages Moss Landing Park at 1900 Salinas Road, said he rushed to the mobile home at space 76 when he saw it was burning. "It was too intense for me to get in," Bunner said. "I could see the fire was burning toward the front door" Roberson said no one was inside the house and no injuries were reported. Michele Keith, 40, who lived at the house, had left before the fire erupted, Roberson said. Keith's friend Alex Martinez was in the shower when she left, but Martinez apparently left before the fire was reported, according to Roberson. A cat might have been inside, he said. Roberson said the materials used to build mobile homes allow them to burn hotter and faster than other structures. .
Renaming Bloomfield Allen will boost recognition, president says
The Bloomfield Allen Neighborhood Association has fought for more than a decade to make growth and change around Easter Lake reflect the vision of area residents.
Now the group is moving forward on a change that could bring the neighborhood better name recognition.
Members this month voted to rename themselves the Easter Lake Area Neighborhood Association.
The association's officers are working on details to make the switch official with the city.
Jim Bollard, association president, said he hopes the new name will help the neighborhood form new connections in the community.
"It will be easier for us to reach out to folks who live in our boundaries and have them recognize who we are," he said.
The association's membership includes areas between East Watrous Avenue and Pine Avenue to the north and south and within Southeast 36th Street and Southeast 14th Street to the east and west.
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