* * * * T H U R S D A Y * * * * J A N U A R Y 10th * * * * D A Y 10 of 2019 * * * *
It’s Cut Your Energy Costs Day ! Here’s a suggestion, keep Joyce Brown out of your home. She turns on every light in the building
1776: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense
1870: John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil
1949: RCA introduces vinyl records
1990: Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications
2013: After harsh criticism for their lack of drug testing, Major League Baseball announces they will begin testing players for Human Growth Hormone and elevated levels of Testosterone
In the News: Public Hearing set for tonight on proposed shooting range in Alexander County…Four Fugitives wanted locally…Man dies in Wilkes house fire…Texas woman nabbed for trafficking heroin in Hickory…Newton woman jailed this morning on felony charges…Iredell man finds naked female hiding near the roadway
Weather: Cold Sunshine Today. The Wind back off a bit
Sports: Thomas Davis says he will play again but it won’t be with Panthers…Vegas odds for weekend NFL Playoff Games…More coaching moves…Virginia stays undefeated…Davidson gets win
Happy Birthday: Harry Gant, Rod Stewart, George Foreman, Pat Benatar, Shawn Colvin

Harry Gant

Shawn Colvin
Remarkable, how people people Parrot what they think they should say when they become a member of a Political Party. Even more remarkable is they start believing it
Jeff Beezos, the wealthiest man on the planet and his wife are getting divorce. I’m going to ask her for a date but after the settlement
Promise Keeper ! I went Streaking Wednesday as promised. I vowed to take a naked run if we had four straight days without rain. We did, and I did….It was chilly
Quote of the Day: “If you dig it, do it. If you really dig it, do it twice”…Jim Croce (Born this day in 1942)