Have you mailed all of your Christmas cards, yet? According to the U.S. Postal Service, today will be the busiest mailing day of the year. Officials expect to process more than 900 million cards and letters today…about double the normal amount. The Christmas deadline is coming quickly.
Recommended mail-by dates from the US Postal service:
Dec. 16 (Tue) -- Parcel Post
Dec. 20 (Sat) -- First-class Mail
Dec. 20 (Sat)-- Priority Mail
Dec. 23 (Next Tue) -- Express Mail
www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2008/holiday/hpr.htm?from=home_newsandannounce&page=2008holidaypressroom
Six Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school buses were damaged over the weekend at Griffith Elementary school on West Clemmonsville Road. Vandals knocked out several windows. Damages were estimated at over $6,000 dollars. www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=8071722&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
President Bush making a stop in Afghanistan earlier today after a trip to Baghdad, where an Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at the president.The incident happened during a news conference on Sunday. If you are wondering...the shoes were size 10. In Arab culture, throwing a shoe or turning it so that its sole faces someone is considered an insult.
www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/14/bush-arrives-iraq-surprise-farewell-visit/
PRESIDENT BUSH HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW HAMPSHIRE BECAUSE OF THE ICE STORM THAT HIT NEW ENGLAND LATE LAST WEEK. Since Friday, hundreds-of-thousands of residents without power.
AN AVALANCHE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A 27-YEAR OLD FEMALE SKIER. Snowbird Ski Resort received about 13 inches of snow in the 48 hours before the avalanche happened on Sunday.
Members of Wasilla Bible Church (where Alaska Governor Sarah Palin attends) gathered at a middle school yesterday, two days after their building was badly damaged by a fire authorities are investigating as arson. Damage to the 2 1/2-year-old church building is estimated at $1 million. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081215/D952S5HO0.html
In his first television appearance, former Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain was asked (during ABC's "This Week), whether his VP pick Sarah Palin could count on his support if she ran for president in 2012. Well it wasn’t a definite YES. McCain said that other young governors will likely assume a greater leadership role in the Republican Party. McCain said he has "the greatest appreciation for Governor Palin and her family.
www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/14/mccain.senate/index.html
JARS OF CLAY IS OBSERVING ADVENT ONLINE IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. The band's Charlie Lowell is providing Advent inspiration through poems and essays on a new blog at http://www.adventpoetry.blogspot.com/. Also, the band is also adding an audiobook of Advent readings at their website http://www.jarsofclay.com/
NFL: Panthers over the Denver Broncos…30 – 10
Congrats to all 4 area High School teams (including Mt Airy, Thomasville, West Rowan and Greensboro Dudley) that won state football championships over the weekend!
