The Dixie Classic Fair starts tomorrow…
You have until ‘close of business’ TODAY (Oct 1st) to purchase advance tickets and discount ride booklets to the Dixie Classic Fair. You can get the discount tickets online and at various businesses including Lowes Foods locations. The link to buy advance tickets, advance ride booklets and three-day admission fun passes online is: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2746714
Ticket locations: http://www.dcfair.org/index.php/plan-a-visit/tickets/advance-ticket-locations/
Details about the grand stand concert with NeedToBreathe (Wed, October 7th) online at http://www.wbfj.fm/
A ban on plastic bottles in state landfills takes effect Today (Oct 01). North Carolina is the first state in the southeast to pass such a ban on all water bottles, milk jugs, soda bottles, shampoo bottles and juice bottles. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that any enforcement efforts will be aimed at haulers who show up at landfills with big loads of banned materials. http://www.journalnow.com/content/2009/oct/01/what-to-do-with-all-the-bottles/news/
AN INTERNATIONAL RELIEF EFFORT IS UNDERWAY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SAMOAN ISLANDS, REELING FROM A DEADLY EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI THAT HIT ON TUESDAY. American Samoa (home to 65,000 people) is located about halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii in the South Pacific.
FYI: James (part of the brother group the Katinas) sharing an update this morning about the conditions in American Samoa. The Katinas grew up on the island and still have family there.
Blog Update: http://thekatinas.com/category/news/
To help go to: http://www.katinamissions.org/
CLICK on “Missions” at the top of this page to donate. All donations small or large, are tax deductible
A second major earthquake has hit Indonesia earlier this morning. Widespread destruction has been reported on the island of Samautra. The death toll has risen to 530. http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/01/indonesia.earthquake/index.html
PRO-LIFE GROUPS ARE SHARPLY CRITICIZING A SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE ON ABORTION COVERAGE IN THE LATEST HEALTH CARE REFORM. By a vote of 13 to ten, the committee rejected an amendment that would have kept abortion out of the health care reform bill the members are debating. Meanwhile, the panel did vote to uphold 50 million dollars a year in abstinence education funding.
Amber Alert Cancelled: Authorities in Iredell County canceled an Amber Alert for a pregnant 12-year-old girl and her 11-year-old sister after the children were found safe in Tennessee. The sisters had been traveling with their adoptive father…who is being charged with child neglect and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. http://www.wxii12.com/news/21157861/detail.html
General Motors will shut down its Saturn division after an agreement to sell the division to Penske Automotive Group fell apart. http://triad.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2009/09/28/daily45.html
Just two days after HarperCollins announced that Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" had been moved up from the spring to November 17, pre-orders Wednesday night for the former Alaska governor's memoir made it No. 1 on both Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com.
http://www.wxii12.com/entertainment/21162356/detail.html
The International Olympic Committee will decide Friday whether Chicago will get to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, or whether the games instead will be played in Madrid, Rio de Janeiro or Tokyo. One group of Chicagoans is heading off to Copenhagen to try to win the 2016 Olympic Games for Chicago, but others are gathering in the Windy City to rally against the games. Contrary to popular opinion, some people in Chicago would rather the games go anywhere else. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113352325
How would you like to stay FREE at a newly remodeled Sheraton hotel? The Sheraton Hotel Stay Promotion runs from Oct. 6 to Oct. 9. The deal is available for overnight stays on Friday, October 23 and will be offered a first-come, first-serve basis through the company’s Web site. About 2,100 rooms will be available to those who register. Guests who get to the site too late for the free night will be offered a coupon for a room discount. www.Sheraton.com/freenight/
http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/09/30/article/sheraton_offers_free_night_stay_at_86_locations
http://sheraton.promo.eprize.com/freenight/?EM=VTY_SI_FREENIGHT_NAD_SWEEPS_PROMOTION
Have you watched any of the documentary from Ken Burns called… THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA? The 12-hour, six-part documentary series traces the beginnings of National Parks in the US…so, that the most special places in the nation be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. Premieres September 27-October 2, 2009 at 8pm
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/
The NEWSBOYS (featuring new frontman Michael Tait) kick off their "The Way We Roll" tour TONIGHT at Westover Church in Greensboro. Details about the concert at wbfj.fm. http://www.newsboys.com/
