Wednesday, October 2nd. Day 276 of 2024
It’s Custodial Workers Day
1789: The United States Bill of Rights are sent to the States for ratification
1919: President Woodrow Wilson has a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed
1950: “Peanuts,” the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, was published for the first time in seven newspapers
1967: Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court
1970: An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people
1984: Papa John’s Pizza is founded by John Schnatter in Jeffersonville, Indiana
2002: The Beltway sniper attacks begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing 10 people
2016: After 67 seasons at the microphone, Vin Scully calls his final Dodgers game
In the News: Alexander County School students return to class today…Highway 16 Bridge at Oxford Dam has reopened…Duke Energy urging boaters to stay off local waterways…Hickory man gets Federal Prison time…Alexander County man arrested…
Weather: Sunny and 80
Sports: Alexander Central will have no athletic events this week, hard to say when they will…Judge rules NC High School Athletes can benefit from NIL (name,image, likeness)…Panthers sign former Maiden High player…Baseball Playoff winners on Tuesday, Padres, Mets, Tigers and Royals
Happy Birthday: Happy Birthday: Don McLean, Donna Karan, Annie Leibovitz, Mike Rutherford, Sting, Lorraine Bracco, Dereck Whittenburg, Kelly Ripa, Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Do plants like music ? https://www.science.org/content/article/fungus-grows-more-vigorously-when-it-feels-good-vibes
Dr. Bill Griffin
Word of the Day: assiduous [ uh-sij-oo-uhs ] With careful and consistent effort. Showing great care, attention, and effort. From the Latin verb assidēre, meaning “to sit beside.” “The mother nurtured her child with the most assiduous care.
Quote of the Day: “Women should be obscene and not heard.”… Groucho Marx (Born this day in 1890)