Monday, January 18th
It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day
It Thesaurus Day. Judging some vocabularies (or lack thereof), more people should own one and make use of it
Happy Winnie the Pooh Day ! We need more of Winnie the Pooh
1778: James Cook is the first known European to arrive on the Hawaiian Islands, He names the “Sandwich Islands”
1911: Aviation history is made. Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship
1958: Willie O’Ree, the first Black Canadian player player makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins
1990: Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting. Despite video to prove it, the mental midgets in DC re-elect him
1996: Lisa Marie files for divorce from Michael Jackson
2016: Eagle co-founder Glenn Frey dies at the age of 67
In the News: COVID numbers still climbing in Alexander County, two more deaths reported over weekend…a lot of fender benders Friday night and Saturday morning after sleet falls…County Officers closed for King Holiday…Taylorsville couple wanted for murder remain at large…Homicide over weekend in Statesville…Alexander County man arrested for same charge for 2nd time in less than a week
Weather: Sunshine aplenty for the next several days
Sports: Cougar Basketball sweeps four games from McDowell Friday…NFL’s Final Four is set, Buffalo bandwagon is getting very crowded….Patrick Mahomes status a big question…Little Tommy Brady headed to Frozen Tundra…
Happy Birthday: Kevin Costner, Mark Messier, Julius Peppers, Jason Segel
Still as powerful as when the words were spoken https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR-PReWhMGM
Music icon-convicted murderer has died https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/17/phil-spector-dead-dies-81/
Some interesting games over the weekend in the NFL. sad to see Drew Brees out of the mix with his career coming to an end. Can Little Tommy Brady overcome Aaron Rodgers and the Packers on the Frozen Tundra ? We’ll get constant updates all week on the status of KC QB Patrick Mahomes. They’ll need him to beat Buffalo
Quote of the Day: “Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops”… Cary Grant (Born this day in 1904)