Friday, August 16th. Day 229 of 2024
It’s Jello Day and Kool Aid Day
1858: President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of England. A weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks
1920: Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees. Chapman dies the next day
1948: Babe Ruth died at the age of 53
1954: Sports Illustrated is published for the first time
1967: Louis Armstrong records “What a wonderful world”
1995: Voters in Bermuda reject independence from Great Britain
2018: Aretha Franklin dies at 76
2020: A California wildfire is reported to have consumed 1 million acres
In the News: Pedestrian struck overnight in Eastern Alexander County…County School Students will get free breakfast and lunch again this year…Alexander County Sheriff’s Office releases July Report…Taylorsville man jailed on felony warrant…Hiddenite woman facing charges…Lenoir woman jailed after Alexander County traffic stop
Weather: Sunny and warm, high around 86. Could be a Boomer this afternoon
Sports: Cougar Soccer blanks Statesville…AC Women’s Tennis wins every match vrs Mooresville…Cougar Football opens season one week from tonight…Panthers and Jets exchange blows in practice…NASCAR runs in Michigan
Belinda Carlisle
Photo: PBS
It costs a lot to feed our faces. Here’s some tips to cut the cost of food https://apnews.com/article/inflation-groceries-budgeting-prices-food-b94501d306adeb3b3dc7fbc171d0fe10
Is the end of the slide coming ? https://www.yahoo.com/tech/end-magnetic-stripe-230142813.html
Word of the Day incorrigible [ in-kawr-i-juh-buhl ] Not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform. Impervious to constraints or punishment; not easily swayed or influenced. The old man would not relent and was incorrigible
Quote of the Day: “Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away”… Arthur Helps