Wally Decker
Tuesday News for November 12, 2024
Noticeably cooler for Wednesday and Thursday
Attitude of Gratitude: Thanksgiving day (NOV 28) is 16 days away…
Update: Chick-fil-A Thruway Shopping Center location ‘grand re-opening’ of their new store this Wednesday (Nov 13) at 6am…
Post from Calvary Day School…
“On Wednesday morning, our Upper and Lower Schools will gather for a special combined chapel to ‘pray over’ our packed Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes!”
*Find out more about packing a shoebox through Operation Christmas Child at wbfj.fm.
https://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/
HanesBrands ‘Holiday Warehouse Clothing Sale’ happening at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Event Center this Thursday – Sunday (Nov 14 -17)
Hours: 9am – 8pm daily
Parking is free, just enter Gate 7 at the WS Fairgrounds.
(NOTE: Sunday parking in LJVM Coliseum parking lot).
A variety of HanesBrands products will be available including hoodies, t-shirts, underwear and socks…all priced at $10 dollars or less.
BTW: Volunteers Needed to work during the HanesBrands clothing sale.
Volunteers are asked to register at https://www.uwfcvolunteer.org/need/index?
*Net proceeds will go directly to United Way of Forsyth County. (Press Release)
RECALL: The government’s highway safety agency is investigating complaints that engines can fail on as many as 1.4 million Honda and Acura vehicles (with 3.5-liter V6 engines made between 2016 and 2020). https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/11/business/honda-engine-recall/i
23andMe cuts 40% of its workforce, discontinues all therapy programs
Genetic testing firm 23andMe is letting go around 200 employees (or 40% of its workforce) and discontinuing all its therapies as part of a restructuring program.
Pro-life groups won victories in only three of ten states last Tuesday (Nov 5), after being outspent by pro-abortion groups six to one. Still there is hope…
Relief continues in Western NC. Water is running again in most areas, but in many spots, it is still not safe to drink – six weeks after Hurricane Helene brought devastation in late September. Source: North Carolina’s Weather Authority
Governor Cooper has proclaimed November 11 – 15 as “Employ a Veteran Week”.
Wednesday, Nov. 13 (1pm – 4pm) “Veterans and Job Seekers Job/Resource Fair”
Location: the NCWorks Career Center in North Wilkesboro
Thursday, Nov. 14 (11am – 2pm) “Hire a Vet Day”
Location: the NCWorks Career Center in Greensboro
=Check out additional hiring events for Vets statewide on the News Blog.
https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2024/11/04/governor-cooper-proclaims-employ-veteran-week
Military Appreciation Week continues at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro.
FREE admission: Active duty, reserve, veteran and retired military personnel as well as their spouses and three additional guests through this Friday (Nov 16).
