Just a reminder: No mail…and banks will be closed. State and Federal offices closed today because of Veteran's Day.
Veteran’s Day events happening today…
-Mt Airy: Annual wreath laying ceremony at the corner of South Main and Rockford streets this morning. At 11am. A Veteran’s Day Parade will at Veterans Memorial Park on West Lebanon Street. www.mtairynews.com/articles/2008/11/05/news/local_news/local05.txt
-Up-town Lexington: 63rd Annual Veteran’s Day Parade at 4pm this afternoon. (Sponsored by the Davidson County Veterans Council) www.the-dispatch.com/article/20081108/articles/811080323&tc=yahoo
President Bush will commemorate Veteran’s Day at a ceremony to rededicate the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier as a museum in New York City.The date for Veterans Day, November eleventh, was established at the end of World War I.
Fact: It was on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 that an initial truce ended the fighting between the Allied nations and Germany.
A Marine who fell 50 feet from a ledge at Pilot Mountain State Park is still in stable condition at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. 30 year old Jessie Cox was climbing with six other Marines from Camp Lejeune near the Jomeokee Trail at Pilot Mountain State Park when he fell from the ledge. www.wxii12.com/news/17949089/detail.html?rss=gws&psp=news
Members of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina will begin offering low-interest loans to member churches for construction and expansion of properties as early as next spring. The plan will be unveiled tomorrow during the convention’s annual meeting at the Greensboro Coliseum. www.news-record.com/content/2008/11/10/article/baptists_plan_cheap_loans_for_churches
THE DELIVERY COMPANY DHL EXPRESS IS ELIMINATING 95-HUNDRED JOBS AS IT CUTS BACK OPERATIONS. DHL will discontinue its domestic-only air and ground services in the US.
NASA saying that the Phoenix Mars Lander has gone silent. The reason: The lack of sunlight to power its solar powered batteries. The probe landed on the Red Planet back in May and actually exceeded its three-month mission by more than two months.
MerleFest 2009 tickets go on sale today at 2pm. The annual bluegrass festival at Wilkes Community College will take place next April 23-26, 2009. http://www.merlefest.org/
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The Great Stocking Stuff going on NOW thru (Wednesday) December 17. Pick up a stocking at Chick-Fil-A stores, Wachovia banks and select Christian Bookstores. Details about the Great Stocking Stuff... http://www.wbfj.fm/
