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June 7, 2021 9:35 am Published by

➢ A Pennsylvania high school was evacuated because of what they thought was a bobcat roaming the halls.  Turns out it was just a house cat.  The cat’s been returned to its owners.  Here’s the superintendent and animal control talking about what happened. 

 

➢ A flight from India to New York recently had to divert its course when a live bat somehow made its way onto the plane. According to reports, the animal flew around the cabin section of the plane mid-flight, much to the apparent surprise of all the passengers. The incident occurred on an Air India flight from New Delhi to New York City last week, the New York Post reports. Apparently, the bat wasn’t noticed until about a half-hour into the flight when it started flying around the cabin.

 

➢ A 62 foot topiary chicken is taking shape in Fitzgerald, Georgia.  Construction has slowed down this year because of the pandemic but the steel structure is now beginning to take shape.  Mayor Jim Puckett talks about the project. 

➢  Sofia Vergara got a rescue dog for herself, but it went straight to Joe Manganiello.  And it hates her.  She says, quote, “I don’t have a dog.  Joe has a dog.  She has taken everything that was mine . . . my husband, my bed.”  (From “Ellen” on Thursday, June 3, 2021.)

 

TODAY IS……………….

 

  • “VCR Day”, honoring the TV video recorder, introduced on this day in 1975 (The “Sony Betamax”). Not many homes still have one hidden away in a closet or basement anymore. But how many of us still have VHS tapes – with nothing to play them on?

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill‘s duet “It’s Your Love” began a six-week stay at #1 in 1997.

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FUNNIEST TWEETS OF THE WEEK FROM PARENTS:
⇒ I pointed out a fire truck to my coworker on our drive, and I think I need to spend less time with my children. – Lil Bit

⇒ I don’t understand how people are capable of living double lives I barely have the time or energy for the one life I live — yelisaSwizzy

⇒ I said goodnight to 4 and when I left the room I heard her say to her teddies “mummy better not give me the wrong cereal bowl tomorrow”. I have no idea what the wrong cereal bowl is and now I fear for my life. — MumInBits

⇒ my son needs help with his math project so i did what any good parent would do. i slipped out the back door and started a new life in costa rica — Kim

⇒ *Before kids* Kindergarten graduation is not a thing Brenda! *After kids* Down in front! I’m live streaming here! — Andi



⇒ My kids would be late to school even if we lived inside the school – Vinod Chhaproo
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GOOD NEWS 

A 7-year-old boy swam an hour to shore to get help, saving his sister and father, after they got stuck in a strong current in St. Johns River in Florida.  

 

Here’s Chase Poust and his dad talking about the ordeal. 

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BIRTHDAYS 

[69] Liam Neeson, actor (“Taken” movies, “Schindler’s List”) COMING UP…”The Ice Road”, 2021

 

[43] Bill Hader, actor (“Superbad”, “Trainwreck”)/comedian (“Saturday Night Live” 2005-13)

 

[33] Michael Cera, Brampton ON, actor 

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This Week in Science

  1. A new study at Georgia Tech linked the size of your pupilsto how intelligent you are.  They say people with eyes that have bigger pupils might be smarter in general.

 

  1. In space news:  NASA sent a bunch of baby squidto the International Space Station . . . and also revealed that a piece of space junk recently punched a hole in one of the station’s robotic arms.

 

  1. In other space news:  The Perseverance rover marked its 100th day on Mars.  And people online thought they spotted a Death Starfrom “Star Wars” in one of the pictures the Mars helicopter sent back.  It was just one of the feet on its landing gear.

 

  1. Researchers at Yale say there was a “shark-pocalypse” 19 million years ago, and 90% of the sharks on Earth died.  But they’re not sure why.

 

  1. Chris Hemsworth will dive with sharksin an hour-long special to start off “SharkFest”.  It’ll air on July 5th and will focus on finding out how people and sharks can better live together, after Australia’s worst shark attack season in a century.  (Here’s a clip from the trailer.)

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The Board Game That’s Most Likely to Start a Fight Is . . . Monopoly

Have you ever been involved in a FIGHT due to a board game?  One in five Americans say they’ve BANNED a specific board game from their home, because things can get too heated.  And the game that causes the most fights is . . . Monopoly.

The five most-frequently banned games are Monopoly . . . Uno . . . Sorry . . . Scrabble . . . and Jenga.  Here are a few more stats from a new survey on game night competitiveness . . .

 

  1. One in nine people said they’ve seen a PHYSICAL fight break out over a game before.

 

  1. The most common things that cause board game fights are someone quitting because they’re losing . . . and accusing someone else of cheating.

 

  1. 22% of us have banned or stopped inviting a specific person to game night.

 

  1. Just over one in eight people admit THEY’RE usually the one who causes drama.

 

  1. And 75% of people said they like game nights in general . . . but 41% specifically said they really enjoy winning.

  

The poll also found the most popular game categories are:  Board games . . . card games . . . dice games like Yahtzee . . . and party games like charades. 

 

MONDAY JUNE 7TH  

 

  1.   MTL 5 – WPG 1 (3-0) VGK 5 – COL 1 (2-2)

 

Astros 6  Blue Jays 3 White Sox 3  Tigers 0

 

  1.   A car went through the roof of a home in Missouri over the weekend when teens leaving a grad party drove up a ramp, rolled down a hill and catapulted up into the roof.  Here’s Fire Deputy Chief William Stamberger talking about how lucky everyone is to be alive. 

 

  1.   A woman who’s been traveling since she was a kid recommends these six tips when flying.  Listen to them, here. 

(1. Search for an electrical outlet as soon as you get to your gate.  2. Bring an empty water bottle and fill it up AFTER going through security.  3. Bring a pillow, for obvious reasons.  4. Wear a hat or hoodie that you can pull over your eyes when you want to sleep.  5. Smile at the security people, they’ll love you.   6. If you have an assigned seat, don’t stand in the long line when boarding is called.  When it’s all clear, stroll right in.) 

 

  1.   Here’s comedian Nate Bargatze, who believes he looks dumb.  (From his 2021 Netflix special, “The Greatest Average American”.)

 

No winning ticket was sold for the $70 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw.

However, there were also 33 Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, and eight of them were won. Four Maxmillion prizes went to lottery players in Ontario.

The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw TOMORROW will again be an estimated $70 million, but the number of Maxmillion prizes will increase to 47.

 

No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw.

However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a ticket holder in Quebec.

The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw WEDNESDAY will be an estimated $6 million.

 

Joe Nichols Was a “Radio Reject”

Some people are pretty good at this radio thing.  Me, for instance.  But some people are not . . . and that’s a good thing, because if JOE NICHOLS had my particular set of skills, we wouldn’t have his music.

He was a radio DJ back in the day, and he was so bad, he got canned.  Or as he puts it, he was “a radio reject.”  This came up in a recent interview. 

Quote, “I had this job doing overnights in Springdale, Arkansas.  It was so weird.  [I] was terrible at it.  I didn’t do what my boss told me to do.” 

His boss told him to play the music his listeners wanted to hear, but he wasn’t interested in that.  He only played the old school stuff that he liked.  So, he was sent packing.

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OLD DOMINION FILMED NEW ‘BOAT’ VIDEO IN KEY WEST 

Old Dominion recently released the video for their brand new single, “I Was On A Boat That Day.” The band shot the clip while in Key West, Florida to play a show.

Brad Tursi and Matthew Ramsey tell us: [“Shooting the video for ‘I Was on A Boat That Day’ was awesome. We had a lot of friends and family in town. Our wonderful, beautiful, amazing handsome director, Mason Allen, made it super smooth and easy. And you know, I think it came out great our best one yet I do say so myself. (Matthew) Yeah, and by in town he means Key West. We went to Key West for a show down there and we figured why not make a video while we’re down there. So it was kind of half party, half video shoot, which is always the best way to do it.”] SOUNDCUE (:27 OC: . . . to do it.)

Old Dominion’s We Are Old Dominion: Live At The Ballpark Tour kicks off July 17th at The Ballpark at Jackson in Jackson, TN.

“I Was On A Boat That Day” will be included on Old Dominion’s upcoming album.

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Luke Bryan Won’t Be Whining So Much on His Upcoming Tour

Remember before the pandemic when we all whined about, well, everything?  “This beer’s room temperature, take it back!”  “You call this barbecue?  Not where I come from.” 

LUKE BRYAN remembers doing that stuff too.  Especially on the road.  It came up while he was talking about his upcoming Proud to Be Right Here Tour.

Quote, “It’s funny when you start out, there are things you’d never imagine complaining about.  But the next thing you know, it’s like, ‘The water pressure isn’t sufficient enough at this 14,000-seat venue that [I] sold out.'”

He’s going to complain less from now on, but there is one tour thing he’ll always hate.  Quote, “When you get in bad highways, I don’t miss that.  I mean, when you are getting thrown around your bus like popcorn poppin’, I don’t miss that.”

 

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This post was written by Dave Palmer