Tuesday, March 4th. Day 63 of 2024
Happy Pancake Day
It’s Marching Band. Love the Marching Cougars because they Rock !
It’s Pound Cake Day and Obesity Day. They kinda go hand-in-hand. It’s also National Grammar Day, give it a try. At least try to eliminate the double-negatives
1634: The first tavern opens in Boston and everybody knew your name
1789: Congress puts our Constitution into effect
1837: The city of Chicago is incorporated
1933: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the United States. He utters the immortal line “We have nothing to fear but fear itself”
1966: In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles’ John Lennon declares that the band is “more popular than Jesus now”
1985: The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection, used since then for screening all blood donations
1998: The Supreme Court rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
In the News: Fatal fire in Wilkes County…Alexander County Sheriff’s Office warns citizens of another scam…Wittenburg teacher nominated for NC Head Start Teacher of the Year…Three charged for drug trafficking after Iredell County traffic stop…Catawba County man busted for trafficking…Due to the possibility of severe weather on Wednesday the Statewide Tornado Drill has been moved to Friday
Weather: Clouds take over. High around 60. Rain coming tonight
Sports: Alexander Central stays with old rivals as Realignment Process concludes…AC Men’s Tennis falls to S Iredell…High School Basketball Tournement resumes this evening…Duke Wallops Wake Forest…Heels can’t afford misstep tonight at Virginia Tech…Curry returns home to lead Warriors over Hornets…Jimmie Johnson retires…Braves get bad news
Happy Birthday: Chris Rea, Emilio Estefan, Peter Jacobsen, Catherine O’Hara, Patricia Heaton, Ray Boom Boom Mancini, Patsy Kensit, Chaz Bono, Whitney Port
Dolly’s husband passes https://apnews.com/article/dolly-parton-husband-carl-dean-dies-2b17ba0e44bcb864a3800bc17afdedeb
Word of the Day: decimate [ des-uh-meyt ] To kill or destroy. To greatly reduce. To cause suffering. From Latin meaning “to punish every tenth man chosen by lot.” “Western North Carolina was decimated by Hurricane Helene.”
Quote of the Day: “Leave them wanting more and you know they’ll call you back”… Bobby Womack (Born this day in 1944)