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Rockingham County Today, Mike Moore 08.09.24
Rockingham County woman killed when a tree fell on her home, Tropical Storm Debby update from NC DOT, Rockingham County Schools getting $7.8 million grant from US Department of Energy, Reidsville Police arrests. Weather, birthday club, community calendar, regional sports, consumer report, Destination Celebration, motivational moment. Music Spotlight: Ther Rhonettes
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- 09 Aug 2024
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Mike Moore Media. The first place to hear Rockingham County news and information. News is sponsored by Lane's Family Pharmacy and Home Health Care. First an update on Tropical Storm Debbie and its impact on Rockingham County. Last night around 7 30 Williamsburg fire department responded to Clearwater Lane in Brown's Summit and found a large oak tree had fallen on a mobile home killing the resident, a woman aged 78. The tree cut through the home from the roof to the foundation. There have been seven storm-related deaths, 19 reports of tornadoes in the southeast and more than a foot of rain in four states. Between three to five inches of rain in Rockingham County, a flood warning is in effect until two o'clock today for Rockingham Stokes and Caswell counties. Lots of trees down all over Rockingham County. Ruffin, Ayersville, Eden, Madison May at end, Stoneville Price and Church Street Extension into Guilford County. Spencer Odell with the NC Department of Transportation in Rockingham County told me last night, crews had already cleared at least 60 trees. Moore are expected to come down. Seven to eight crews were working yesterday. Three back hoes, dump trucks and other equipment. Last night River Road was closed in two places and Wolf Island Road at Wolf Creek. DOT is in public safety mode now clearing trees and debris and will start cleaning up as soon as possible. If you see high water and trees down call 911. We'll get an update from Spencer Odell this morning around 945. Listen wherever you get podcasts. Rockingham County Schools is getting a 7.8 million dollar grant from the US Department of Energy for efficiency improvement projects at 12 schools. As buildings age so does their energy infrastructure driving up maintenance costs and utility bills. According to Jean Kelly, energy specialist for Rockingham County Schools annual energy costs are approximately three million dollars. He's hoping to decrease that by 15% by making improvements. The district is working with Johnson Controls, a world leader in autonomous buildings. Reads will Police Department arrest Johnny Ray Stacey Jr. 34 Madison Street, driving while impaired, driving with a revoke license, resisting arrest and leaving the scene of an accident. Kelly Meghan Early, 34, Van Street Extension, driving while impaired. Christopher Andrew Bullock 37, Marcellus Street, breaking and entering. Freddie Dwayne Walker 50 Walnut Street, driving with a revoke license, fleeing to elude arrest and resisting an officer. Kevin Edward Robert, 60, Happy Home School Road, rough and simple assault. Now positive news about positive people. Reads will Police Department recognizes Vicki McKinney, executive administrative assistant to the chief for 30 years of service this week. Lots of congratulations on their Facebook page. August is Medical Alert Awareness Month. Are you diabetic, allergic to penicillin, require certain life-saving medications in an emergency. Lane's family pharmacy has medic alert bracelets for all of these and others. Get important. Life-saving bracelets for you, family and friends at Lane's family pharmacy. Highway 14 in Eden. And reminder, they have county-wide prescription delivery. Now Rockingham County weather sponsored by heat and air controllers. Today, partly sunny, a 50% chance of scattered showers. High 90, low 70. Saturday and Sunday, partly sunny, high near 90. Monday, partly sunny, Tuesday of 50% chance of scattered showers. High both days in the low 80s. Try at record highs and lows on this day. 101, 2007, 55, 1989. Get current weather information anytime at mikemore.media. Along with Rockingham, our live stream 24-hour weather camera. Powered by heat and air controllers. You can depend on them for year-round comfort, whatever the weather. Progressive presents the sport splash on mikemore media. The New England Patriots beat Carolina Panthers 17-3 in Fox 4-0 Thursday and the preseason opener for Carolina. Panthers backup center Keed Mays sustained a shoulder injury. No word on how long he might be out. The Panthers will host the New York Jets next Saturday at Bank of America Stadium. The Braves got throttled again 16-7. The loss at home against the Milwaukee Brewers. Charlie Morton tagged for eight earned runs on nine hits over two and two-thirds. He walked one and struck out three. Brewers rookie Jackson Jorio hit two homers. That was part of a six-home run 20 hit barrage by Milwaukee as they swept the Braves in the series. Milwaukee's 1-3 in a row. They were lead atop the NL Central seven games over St. Louis. Atlanta drops to third in the National League East. They've lost five in a row. They're eight games on the top spot. The Nets are half game ahead. Philadelphia is the division leader. Bundle, auto and home. Wrenches or condo and save with Progressive. That's the sport splash. Chuck Sanders, mikemore media. Now the community calendar. The best place to hear what's happening around Rockingham County. Announcements are made free. Sponsored by Night Owl National Stone Works at Eden Venture Business Park. Granite Quartz and Marbo for Commercial and Residential. This week at the Reedsville Showcase at Rockingham Theatre downtown on Gilmer Street. Gene Watson tonight at eight. Jeff Parker in company tomorrow at seven tickets still available. Reedsville Police Department back to school supply drive at Walmart in C-14 Sunday 3 30 to 7 30. Tennis refresh for rising sixth graders through high school at Western Rockingham Middle School. August 12th 13th and 14th and 19th 20th and 21st 8 30 to 10 $5 per day. Open House at Eden Fire Station 2. Philcrest Road Wednesday August 14th 6 to 8. Stonefall crews in Friday August 16th 5 to 8 downtown hot dogs drinks and 50 50. Touch a truck uptown Eden Saturday August 17th 10 to 1 in the Henry Street parking lot admission a school supply donation. Stonefall parks and recreation baseball and softball registration through August 19th 6 age groups $40 to register uniform fee $30 to list an event free on our community calendar email it to Rockingham County NC at gmail.com. Here's today's consumer report. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has used its emergency authority to ban D.C.P.A. also known as Dactall a weed killer used in agriculture saying it poses a threat to unborn children. The EPA last used its emergency authority to ban a chemical in 1983. Total household debt increased by $109 billion in the second quarter to reach $17.8 trillion but the headline number in the report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was credit card debt. It rose by $27 billion to reach $1.4 trillion. If you're ready to order something on Amazon make sure you're actually on the Amazon site. Cyber security experts warn scammers have increased the use of imposter shopping sites and Amazon is one of the most used. Pay close attention to domain names to help avoid scams. I'm Mark Huffman. Learn more at consumer affairs dot com. Podcast preview. Quentin Robertson director of Reed's well parts and recreation and Spencer Odell in C Department of Transportation in Rockingham County. Both in the nine o'clock hour this morning. Available on Facebook, might more media, iHeart Radio, Spotify, Tumblr and other platforms. Welcome to August 9th on the National Day calendar. Today we're diving into the pages of a good book and savory in a comforting dessert. There's something magical about getting lost in a book. On National Book Lovers Day we celebrate the joy of reading. Did you know that the oldest known story the epic of Gilgamesh dates back to 2100 B.C. Books have been a treasured part of human culture for thousands of years. Whether you prefer physical books, ebooks or audio books, take some time today to immerse yourself in a captivating story and appreciate the wonder of the written word. 2100 B.C huh? 2100 B.C. Oh I thought you're going to try to emulate me here so because you'd like to do that occasionally. You make me sound like Bond when you try to imitate me. I'm just saying. That's how you sound. Try it again. I'm gonna show you what you sound like. Say it. 2100 B.C. On National Rice Pudding Day we celebrate this beloved dessert with a rich history. Early records of rice pudding date back to ancient China in India where rice was mixed with milk and spices. In medieval Europe it was considered a dish for the elite served during special locations. Whether you serve it warm or cold with cinnamon raisins or a dollop of whipped cream, rice pudding is a comfort food that spans cultures and generations. So why not whip up a batch and enjoy this classic treat today? Are you a rice pudding lover? I love rice pudding with a little cinnamon and a little sugar on it with a little warm milk. How about you? I don't think I've ever had it. Ever? Ever? Ever? Ever? Ever. Ever. Ever. It doesn't matter how many efforts I put on it it's still giving me the same answer right? You want to make me some? It's been a while. We might be better off to find a restaurant. All right I'm okay with finding a restaurant. Okay that sounds good. I'm Latoya Johnson. I'm Marlo Anderson. Thank you for joining us on our journey to celebrate every day. Join us for all of our adventures on Facebook and Instagram at destination celebration show until next time. Keep celebrating. Oh I love rice pudding. If you know where I can find some rice pudding today no one ever has it in a restaurant. Please give me a call. Now let's see who's celebrating. On our birthday club ending the week with Friday and Saturday names as usual. We start the week with Sunday and Monday names. Yep we've got all seven days covered on birthdays here on Rockingham County today. All right for the night Lee Mitchell Director of the Madison May it and Recreation Department. Michael Kynan. Mary Wall in Danville and Brenda Sutton at Fogwood Food. Happy birthday to you. And for the tent Olivia Grace Manual. Three years old. Okay our best wishes to all of you Olivia Grace Manual. Lee Mitchell Michael Kynan Brenda Sutton and Mary Wall. Okay that's it for the week. I've grabbed the names going back to the let's see where we are here. The fourth. All right fourth through the tenth. I'm putting all of these together for our weekly winner. Shuffling. Shuffling them all up here and I'm choosing one. Maya G Robertson 15 on the fifth going back to Monday. Okay Maya G Robertson our winner on the birthday club getting giveaways from Vernon Family Dairy Wendy's divine nutrition head to toe that little pork shop Carolina fuels dominoes and lavenders blue home and body boutique Ingrid's cupcakes and confections returns in September the storefront is closed but Ingrid's still busy making all of your favorite cakes and cupcakes and things like that. Thank you to our birthday club sponsors. Have a name for the birthday club. Text it to me at 336-932-1881. I'm taking names now for the 11th through 31st August 11th through 31 and all of September 932-1881. Okay let's see some big name birthdays today Sam Elliot 80 Melanie Griffith 67 tomorrow and Todio Banderas 64 always like to say his name and Susan Collins is 62. In our music spotlight for Veronica Yvette Greenfield we know her as Ronnie Spector born August 10th 1943. Called her the original bad girl of rock and roll she co-founded the Ronettes. They had a string of hits in the 1960s [Music] We met either I needed to sew and if I had the chance I'd never let you go So once you say you love me I'll make you so proud of you We'll make those turns their head every place we go so long to believe Be my, be my baby I want it all to save me that's all morning I, be my baby now I'll make you happy baby just wait and see For everything you give me I'll give you a dream Oh, Saturday I saw you I have been waiting for you You know I went home for you to return to me so I want to be my, my, my baby I want it all to save me that's all morning I, be my baby now I'll make you happy baby just wait and see For everything you give me I want it all to save me that's all morning I, be my baby now I'll make you happy baby I want it all to save me that's all morning I, be my baby now I'll make you happy baby I want it all to save me that's all morning I'll make you happy Remembering Ronnie's Spectre you may want to read her memoir Be my baby how I survive mascara mini skirts and madness or my life as a fabulous run it I don't think I've had a chance to read that now today's motivational moment thanks to living stone wealth management Raymond James in Madison be thankful every chance you get not because life has been easy perfect or exactly as you had anticipated but because you choose to be happy and grateful for all the good things you do have and all the problems you know you don't have always great to have you listening friends thank you for that hope you have a wonderful weekend remember to count your blessings today [ Silence ]