Monday News for April 08, 2024
Nice afternoon for a Solar Eclipse? In the Triad: The eclipse will happen between 2pm – 4pm start to finish. Peak around 3:15pm…
Tree pollen HIGH range. Grass pollen MODERATE range https://www.forsyth.cc/EAP/pollen.aspx
What about animals and the solar eclipse? Back in 2017 (the last solar eclipse), strange behavior was detected at a South Carolina zoo during total darkness seven years ago. Anxious giraffes started galloping. Flamingos huddled with their offspring. Night crawlers awoke, others started napping!
-North Carolina State University researcher Adam Hartstone.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/world/eclipse-zoo-animal-behavior-nasa-soundscapes-scn/index.html
Boys of Summer vs the solar eclipse?
The Yankees-Marlins game originally scheduled for 2:05pm (at Yankee Stadium) has been moved to 6:05pm this evening – due to the solar eclipse! 😊
https://www.aol.com/rare-event-might-playing-eclipse-080116708.html
First ‘home’ game of the season… www.wsdash.com
Winston-Salem DASH hosting the Greensboro Grasshoppers this Tuesday (April 9).
Winston-Salem Dash: New food options for the ballpark.
DASH delights for 2024 include Gator bites, French toast bacon burger, Cinnamon Toast Crunch Apple Pie and the Pickle corndog. https://abc45.com/news/local/new-food-items-coming-to-winston-salem-dash-games-in-2024
Price Freeze at the Dash? All prices (that means tickets, food and beverage prices) will remain the same as 2023.
March Madness: Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament
Championship game TONIGHT = UCONN vs Perdue. Tip off around 9:20pm…
RECALL: Procter and Gamble is recalling more than 8 million laundry detergent ‘pods’ because the exterior packaging could break, making it easier for younger kids to accidentally ingest the contents. Specific packets of Tide, Gain, Ace, and Ariel pods made between September 2023 and February 2024 are part of the recall.
Info on the recall on the News Blog: https://www.pggoodeveryday.com/bags/
American Red Cross: Local blood drives TODAY – Monday, April 8, 2024
Mitchell’s Grove UMC (E Martin Luther King Jr Dr) in High Point = 1pm – 5:30pm
Oak Ridge Methodist Church (in Oak Ridge) = 1:30 – 6:30pm
Gospel Baptist Church (Hwy 311) in Archdale = 3pm – 7:30pm
The Carolina Theater (S Greene St) in Greensboro = 2pm – 6:30pm
Schedule your blood donation appointment TODAY at https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/
Download the Red Cross Blood Donor App or call 1-800-RED CROSS
At the Box Office
“Someone Like You” produced totally by Karen Kingsburg #7 in its first weekend.
Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ7iDaQAjgE
Read the review from Focus on the Family’s Plugged In:
https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/someone-like-you-2024/
(Facebook) It’s Spring allergy season. What’s your best go to remedy??
OTC? Natural? Local honey???????