* * * * M O N D A Y * * * * O C T O B E R 22nd * * * * D A Y 295 of 2018 * * * *
It’s Smart is Cool Day. Cool is smart too
The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter in 1746
Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas in 1836
1962: President Kennedy announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval “quarantine”
The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization is decertified for it’s strike in 1981
President Reagan signs the Tax Reform Act of 1986 into law
In the News: Week two of early voting begins today…Stony Point charged with trafficking in heroin…Wilkes County man charged with murder…
Weather: Chilly Start but it’s going to be beautiful today
Sports: Cougars survive a slow start and win at St Stephens…Chapman named to Shrine Bowl…Panthers stage a major comeback…App cracks Top 25…World Series is Set…Chase is two for three in NASCAR
Christopher Lloyd
Rae Carruth is released from prison today. Sure hope he doesn’t move into my neighborhood
True story. A man in Greenville ordered water at a restaurant, took a sip, and left a $10,000 tip.
Justice was served when Isaac Chapman was named to the Shrine Bowl on Sunday. He’s been a rock on the Cougar defense and has been an example of hard work and dedication
Quote of the Day: “No man should ever plan more garden than his wife can how”. ..Old proverb