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Rockingham County Today, Mike Moore 11.14.24

Berry Hill Mega Site gets $1.3B manufacturing plant, creating 2000+ jobs; latest on Trooper Wright, injured in UTV accident; additional information on Peggy Good, longtime Eden businesswoman, who died Tuesday; business and church news. Weather, birthday club, community calendar, regional sports, consumer report, Destination Celebration, motivational moment. Music Spotlight: CW McCall

Duration:: 20m
Broadcast on:: 14 Nov 2024
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Mike Moore Media, the first place to hear Rocky Camp County news and information. Starting today with big news at Berry Hill, micro porous LLC is investing $1.35 billion to establish a lithium ion battery manufacturing plant, creating more than 2,000 jobs. The city of Eden is the primary source of water and sewer to the southern Virginia mega site and interstate partnership with the city of Danville. Eden has provided $9 million in infrastructure funds, primarily from grants for up to 5 million gallons of water daily and 3 million gallons of sewer capacity daily as part of a regional economic development agreement. The new facility will occupy around 200 acres, leaving more than 3,000 acres for additional development. Eden should begin in 2026, it's being seen as a catalyst for others to locate here. Micro porous, initially known as American Rubber Company, based in Piney, Flats, Tennessee, has been in business almost 85 years. The company makes high performance battery separators for customers globally. Here's the latest on Trooper Wright, who was seriously injured in a UTV accident Monday. He's the son of retired State Trooper Darren Wright and Karen Wright of Eden. Trooper 17 was airlifted to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, and with complex damage to his left arm, doctors amputated to the elbow. I spoke with his dad last night, Trooper had a second and final surgery yesterday. Pain is under control, he's making incredible progress and may come home earlier than expected. Trooper is captain of the Moorhead High School Panther's football team and leader of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He has a strong faith, which is evident in everything he does, according to family, friends, school staff, and members of his church, Osborn Baptist. He's been involved in mission work in Maryland and Ohio, including Bible study with at-risk kids. Pastor Steve Griffith says the teenager has a heart for Jesus. The first thing he said after surgery was, "God has a plan." Darren wants me to thank everyone for their prayers, first responders, police, fire, EMS, Sheriff's Office, aircare, and the Rockingham County community. Response has come from so many, including former and current highway-controlled friends. In fact, Wednesday, he's got a message from Costa Rica. We'll be talking again, and I'll have additional updates. Long-time Eden business owner Peggy Goode, 77, died Tuesday at UNC Rockingham Health Care. She and her husband Jim operated a stitch-in-time monogramming for many years. He died five years ago. Goode was scheduled to be Grand Marshal of the Old Leaksville Christmas Parade the day after Thanksgiving, an event she started. Survivors include children Jason Moore and Greg Singleton of Greensboro, Mark Kates of Eden, Alison Morgan and Jeff of Kerry and Anthony Goode and Donna. Boone and Cook Funeral Home is serving the family. There will be no services. Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy. It's $3 billion in debt. The company has been operating at a loss since before the pandemic. The pastor of Friendly Avenue Baptist Church in Greensboro, Matthew Queen, has resigned, following a guilty plea in federal court. He allegedly falsified records and an FBI investigation into cover-ups of sexual abuse cases within the Southern Baptist Convention. Queen will be sentenced early next year. My good friend Steve from Junk Mavericks stopped by the studio yesterday, always good to see him. Need to rent a dumpster? Call Steve at 336-932-5031. Need the Junk Mavericks team to clean out your basement storage building or clean up your property? Call 336-932-5031. Go to their website, junkmavericks.com and Facebook Junk Mavericks for pictures and customer comments. Here's what I want to share with you. Awesome service went above and beyond. Superfair on pricing. We'll definitely be using again. Yep, that's Junk Mavericks and here's a number, again, 336-932-5031. Now Rockingham County weather sponsored by Heat and Air Controllers. Today, 100% chance of rain, we're going to get a really good soaking. It sounds like high 48, low 42, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, mostly sunny to sunny, high in the low to upper 60s, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 70. Triad record highs and lows on this day, 81, 1912, 19, 1986. 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 It's a bye week for the Carolina Panthers. They return to action a week from this Sunday with a home game against the Kansas City Chiefs. College football this Saturday, the Clemson Tigers play their final conference game of the regular season. It's a road game at Pitt, the number 17 Tigers are 7-2 overall, 6-1 in the ACC, Pitt's 7-2 overall, 3-2 in the conference. The Tar Heels play host to Wake Forest this Saturday. North Carolina has wins in two straight after losing four in a row. Both teams are 2-3 in the ACC. Men's College basketball wins the NC State is 3-0 after an 82-70 win over Coastal Carolina, Campbell beat Newbury 83-40, Western Carolina, 99-64 winners over Truett McConnell, Charlotte beat Richmond 65-48, Presbyterian over Wofford 71-68. Wake Forest 4-0 after an 85-80 win over South Carolina upstate. Bundle, auto and home, wrenches or condo and save with Progressive. That's the sport splash at Chuck Sanders, Mike Moore Media. Tara Martin with Rockingham County Economic Development and Tourism had a really good podcast yesterday about holiday events countywide, including a list of Christmas parades. There are six you can see. That's available wherever you get podcasts. New this morning, William Phillips, Mayor of Madison, and food writer Debbie Moose in Raleigh. New shops, new treasures at Blue Octopus and Teaks and Artisans on East Meadow Road in Eden. I think this is going to be a good day to visit Blue Octopus. Get out, make a quick dash through the rain, and take your time to browse. It'll take some time with 100 unique shops. Oh, there's so much to see. It's a wonderful collection of treasures, nothing like it anywhere else. If you can't go today, go soon. But make sure you get in and see what they have at Blue Octopus and Teaks and Artisans. You're going to be amazed on East Meadow Road where Belk was in Eden Mall. Now the community calendar sponsored by Night Owl National Stone Works at Eden Venture Business Park, where Kmart was in Eden Mall, Granite Quarts and Marble for Commercial and Residential. American Red Cross Blood Drive, tomorrow at Dan River Masonic Lodge, Decatur Street, Madison, 130-6. The theater guild of Rockingham County presents A Piece of My Heart in the Rockingham Community College Auditorium. Tomorrow, 730, Saturday, 230 and 730, Sunday at 230. This play honors the unsung women on the front lines of war and contains language topics and situations that may be inappropriate for a younger audience. You can still get tickets at TGRC-NC.com. Prayer Walk, Saturday at Kingsway Plaza, Kings Highway Eden, starting at 2. At the Reed's Hill Showcase at Rockingham Theatre, Gilmore Street, downtown, the grass goals will be playing this Saturday at 7. Doug Stone Farewell Tour, Friday, November 22nd at 8. Christmas Concert at True Gospel Christian School, NC-704 Madison, Saturday, 10-3, vendors inside and outside, hometown holiday with Darren and Brooke Aldridge. At the Arts Place of Danbury, downtown on Main Street, Saturday at 6, tickets $25, under $18, $15, a fellowship feast of thanksgiving and praise at Eternal Life Tabernacle, Deliverance Center, Roberts Road Eden, Sunday at 3, all are welcome. Annual Fall Fair at Rockingham County Cooperative Extension, NC-65 Reed's Hill, Saturday, November 23rd, 9-2, proceeds go to the Scholarship Fund. To list and event free on our community calendar, email it to RockinghamCountyNC@gmail.com. Try to get that to me at least three weeks in advance, please. Next up today's Consumer Report. Home sales are falling, but prices aren't a new report from the National Association of Realtors shows that in nearly 90% of Metros, home prices increased in the third quarter. 7% of the 226-tracked Metros recorded double-digit price gains over the same period. Consumer advocates and law enforcement are warning student loan borrowers about the growing number of student loan forgiveness scams. Unsolicited text messages promote non-existent forgiveness programs with schemes aimed at stealing money and personal information. Yuxiang Food is recalling approximately 5,000 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products. The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service says the products may be tainted with listeria. The recalled items were produced from October 21st to October 27th. I'm Mark Huffman, learn more at consumeraffairs.com. In case you haven't heard, let me give you this good news. Dinner will be served at The Ridge in Eden, starting this weekend. Saturday, 5-9. Sunday buffet, 5-30-7. Enjoy breakfast and lunch every day. And now, dinner. Tuesday through Saturday, 5-9. Yup, it's dinner time at The Ridge beginning this Saturday. The Ridge Eden on Kings Highway. Welcome to November 14th on the National Day Calendar. Today, we're heating up a beloved dip and enjoying a tangy treat. There's something about a batch of fresh homemade guacamole that sets your taste buds on fire. And when some heat is added into the mix, it becomes a true flavor sensation. On Spicy Guacamole Day, we celebrate this creamy yet sassy delight. Whether you enjoy it with tortilla chips on a burger or just as a topping for some nachos, indulge in some spicy guacamole and let the flavors dance on your tongue. Yeah, I bet they are right now. Do you like spicy guacamole? I do. I am a huge fan of guac. I mean, I'm from Cali, so. What do you spice it up with? Some jalapeno peppers or some habanero peppers? Yeah. Is it nachos? Is it a burger? What do you like it on? Oh, my goodness. Or like on some toast? Listen. Interesting. Sure. I'm gonna. I'm gonna put you on, Marla. Okay, I appreciate it. From the heat of Spicy Guacamole, we move to the tangy crunch of pickles. Pickles or pickled cucumbers have a long history as a beloved snack and side dish across cultures. They can be sweet, sour, deal, bread and butter and come in all shapes and sizes. Plus, they're a great source of vitamin K. So on pickle day, why not enjoy these tangy treats in a sandwich on a burger or just straight from the jar? Are you a pickle fan? I have some that I love. Bread and butter pickles are great sweet pickles. And my favorite probably are refrigerator pickles. Love refrigerator pickles. Yeah, I can do like pickles on my burger or like some of the fried pickles they offer at restaurants now. So what do you dip them in? Spicy guacamole? You know what? Grab your keys. We're gonna go try it. Let's go. Why am I always driving? I'm La Joya Johnson. I'm Marla Anderson. Thank you for joining us on our journey to celebrate every day. And join us for all of our adventures on Facebook and Instagram at destination celebration show. Until next time, keep celebrating. Bread and butter pickles for me, please. Let's see who's celebrating. It's time for the birthday club for November 14th. Happy birthday to Miriam Landreth. Lena Ellington in Stonewall is 90 today. Teresa Inman and our good friend Billy Harris in Eden. We're planning lunch today. Hope we don't get rained out. Happy birthday to all of you. Teresa Inman, Billy Harris, Lena Ellington and Miriam Landreth, who's celebrating for the rest of the month. Well, I need to know that would be the 15th through 30th and December. Text those names to me anytime at 336-932-1881. Get in on the birthday club. We'll have our weekly giveaway tomorrow and a nice prize package from Eden Businesses. 932-1881. Some big name birthdays. Let's see who we have here. Chip Gaines, 51, Condoleezza Rice, and Yani, 71, and King Charles, the third is 77. Wonder what the keying is doing to celebrate today. In our music spotlight, we remember C.W. McCall, born November 15th. Let me see. I'm trying to make sure I have his music here. Okay. I got it right here. Okay. C.W. McCall, born November 15th, 1928. He died a couple of years ago from cancer. C.W. McCall had this surprise number one hit in 1975. I got a breaker 1-9. This here's a rubber duck. You've got a copy on me, big Ben. Come on. Boy, you got 10-4 big Ben for sure. For sure. By golly, it's clean, glitter to black down. Come on. He has a big 10-4 there, big Ben. Yeah, we definitely got the front door. Good buddy, we're 66 alive. Looks like we've got us a convoy. Was a dark of a moon on the 6th of June and a Kenworth pulling logs. Cap over Pete with a reefer on and a Jimmy hauling hogs. We is heading for Bear on I-1-0 about a mile out of Shaky Town. I says, "Pig Ben, this here's a rubber duck and I'm about to put the hammer down." Because we got a little convoy, rocking through the night. Yeah, we got a little convoy and she feels safe. Come on and join our convoy, ain't that's going to get nothing. We don't roll this truck and convoy, past USA, convoy. You got a breaker, big Ben, this here's a duck. Now you want to back off them hogs. Good 10-4, about 5 miles or so, 10 roger them hogs. It's getting intense up here. By the time we got into Tilts of Town, we had 85 trucks and all, but there's a road block up on the clover leaf and them bears was walled wall. He had them smokies as thick as bugs on the bumper. They even had a bear in the air. I says, "Colin old trucks, this here's the duck." We about to go a hunting bear. Because we got a great big convoy, rocking through the night. Yeah, we got a great big convoy and she beautiful sight. Come on and join our convoy, ain't that we're going to get in our way. We can't roll this truck and convoy, past USA, convoy. Hey, you want to give me a 10-9 on that big Ben? We tore up all of our swindle sheets and left them sitting on scales. By the time we hit that shy town, them bears was getting smart. They brought up some reinforcements. From the Illinois National Guard, there's armored cars, tanks, jeeps, and rigs of every size. They had them chicken coops with full of bears and choppers filled the skies. Well, we shot the line we went for broke with 1,000 screaming trucks and 11 long-haired friends of Jesus and Ashar Trims Microbus. Yeah, a rubber duck just saw a bus here. Come on, we got 10-4 shots left and you want to put that microbus in behind that suicide jockey. Yeah, you honed 9 in mind that you need the whole healthy kid in here. Well, they laid a strip for the Jersey Shore and prepared to cross a line. I could see the bridge was lined with bears, but it didn't have a dog gone died. I says, "Pig panel, this here's a rubber duck. We just ain't going to pay no toll." So we crashed a game doing 98 as us left them truckers rolled 10-4. All right, 10-4. 10-4, good buddy. Wow, haven't heard that song in a long time. She and I'm probably someone who's saying, "jeez, I hope it's a long time before I hear it again." But that was a big hit back in the mid-70s for sure. Now today's motivational moment, thanks to Livingstone Wealth Management, Raymond James in Madison. How often could things be remedied by a word? How often is it left unspoken? Always good to have you listening. Thank you for that. Have a wonderful Thursday. Be sure to count your blessings. [BLANK_AUDIO]