But after the first second or two of the tape, the viewing screen in the council's committee room went blank. When a staff member tried to restart the video, what appeared to be an episode of Gunsmoke or Bonanza momentarily popped up on the screen. After a few more awkward seconds of fumbling, council members got to watch their regularly scheduled program. The newest member of the Shelby County Election Commission felt right at home when the five-member body met last month. Myra Stiles, who served for 12 years on the commission before she was replaced in 1999, was recently appointed to one of its three Democratic seats by Shelby County's Democratic legislators.
Stiles already has a head start on other commissioners.
She had her commission photograph taken just before she was replaced in 1999, but none of the other commissioners has done so. The Memphis Red Sox will be one of two teams that will play Sunday in the first T-ball baseball game on the White House South Lawn. No, they're not really from Memphis. The Red Sox are from the Satchel Paige League, a youth league in the District of Columbia. Each of the league's 16 teams is named after one of the old Negro League baseball teams, such as the Kansas City Monarchs and the Boston Black Sox, said league secretary Veronica Jones.