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Rockingham County Today, Mike Moore 11.20.24

Exclusive report on last night's Eden City Council meeting: Microporous investing $1.3B at Berry Hill Mega Park; rare opportunity to tour historic Sunshine School tomorrow; overwhelming response to Trooper Wright fundraiser. Weather, birthday club, community calendar, consumer report, regional sports, Destination Celebration. Music Spotlight: Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

Duration:: 20m
Broadcast on:: 20 Nov 2024
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Here's an exclusive report on last night's Eden City Council meeting. John Mindenhall, City Manager, talked about the Berryhill Megasight announcement last week. Microporous, an American company that makes components for electric vehicle batteries, will be investing $1.3 billion, initially creating more than 2,000 jobs, and eventually over 5,000. Eden has supplied water and sewer to the site. The project began more than 15 years ago. Mindenhall said a city manager is lucky if he has one big company to locate, and he's had two, Purina, that started production in 2024, and now microporous, expected to start in 2026. He thanked previous city councils, mayors, administrations, and economic development for their vision and hard work. The park, 3,500 acres, the largest industrial site in Virginia, and one of the largest in the Southeastern United States, is about six miles from Eden. Also last night, Lisa Moore, program director for the Hampton Historical Foundation, invited the public to see the Sunshine School. One of the Rosenwald schools, built primarily for African-American children in the south in the early 20th century. A partnership between Judas Rosenwald, president of Sears Robotkin Company, and Booker T. Washington, president of Tuskegee Institute. The school is at 202-Hairston Street, off East Stadium Drive, and will be open tomorrow between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Fundraising efforts are underway to renovate and reclaim it for the community, possibly as a museum. I'll have a podcast this morning with Raphael Hampton, director of Hampton Historical Foundation. You can listen to that wherever you get podcasts. Cindy Adams, marketing and special events manager for Eden, personally thanked all of this year's special event sponsors, volunteers and city staff, venues and vendors, merchants and musicians, caters, partnerships, organizations like the Eden Rotary Club, Dan River Basin Association, Fine Arts Festival, Theatre Guild and many others. There were nine signature events and nine smaller ones. She said, "The foundation of our success is building relationships." Mayor Neville Hall said he was overwhelmed at Monday's fundraiser at Santana's Restaurant for Trooper Wright, captain of the Moorhead Panthers football team, who had to have his left arm amputated following an ATV accident last week. There were eight lanes of vehicles in the parking lot, 30 deep at times, lined up from Stadium Drive to the traffic circle on Pier Street at the library. More than 1,000 plates were sold, raising $30,000. Tomorrow, there's another fundraiser at Circle Drive in on Boone Road. All proceeds all day go to Trooper and his family. Readswell Police Department arrest Kristen Diane Robertson, 34, homeless, possession of cocaine, Schedule 2 controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. Ranji Osburn Irving Jr., 31, Friendship Church Road, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia, Wayne Thomas Drawn Jr., 73, Freeway Drive, Braking and Intering, Derry Makado 62, Montgomery Street, use of a red, blue light on a vehicle, Jacob Lee Martin, 29, Church Street, Eden, possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia. That's the news now, Rockingham County weather, sponsored by Heat and Air Controllers. Today, a 70% chance of scattered showers, high 65, low 35, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, partly sunny to mostly sunny, high in the mid 50s, Sunday, sunny, high around 60, low in the upper 30s. Triad record highs and lows on this day, 81, 1906, 12, 1951. That 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 sports flash on Mike Moore Media. The 3-7-0 Panthers put a two-game winning streak on the line this Sunday against the defending Super Bowl Champion, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City 9-1-0 coming off their first loss of the season. That was a 30-21 setback at Buffalo last Sunday. The Panthers are coming off the by. Bryce Young has been named the starting quarterback for Carolina. NHL tonight, the Hurricanes are on the road visiting Philadelphia. Carolina is 1-2 in a row in 8-10. Their second behind the capitals in the Metropolitan Division. Men's Hoops Tuesday, No. 1, Kansas beat UNC Wilmington 84-66. App State, over Queens University, 65-53. Charlotte beat Garden of Web 60-54. South Carolina, upstate beat Southern Wesley in 95-63. Wake Forest over Western Carolina 82-69. Bundle, auto and home, renters or condo, and save with Progressive. That's the Sports Flash, Chuck Sanders, Mike Moore Media. Podcasts this morning, Jim Burnett, Eden Chamber of Commerce, Ingrid McCraw, have an update on the Olekswell Christmas Parade, Neville Hall, Mayor of Eden, Amy Tilly, our sponsor of ROCOLIVE at 11 at Sandy Cross General Merchandise in Readswell. As I mentioned a moment ago, Rafael Hampton will tell us more about the Sunshine School in Eden. That's an exciting project. You can listen to all of these podcasts, wherever you get podcasts, including iHeartRadio. It's Mo Ember at that little pork shop in Uptown Eden. Mo, the Wonder Dog, reminds you every Wednesday this month, 10% of sales is being donated to Drive for Shelter, Rockingham County Dog Rescue. You can also drop off donations of food, treats, blankets and toys. Thanks for your support. That little pork shop on Monroe Street, Uptown Eden invites you to stop in and enjoy your favorite foods and drinks. And they can help with all of your holiday party plans. Thank you, Donna. Now, the community calendar, sponsored by Night Owl National Stone Works at Eden Venture Business Park. Great Quarts and Marble for Commercial and Residential. Sorrow People's History and Legacy Lecture at Readswell Area Foundation, Downtown, today at 630, presented by Mark Museum and Archives of Rockingham County. Hope for the holidays and Encore compassionate care, opportunities to support those who are grieving this holiday season. Tonight, Zoom at 7, tomorrow in person at 6, 40-30 annual Eden Kiwanis Club Pancake Supper at Morehead High School Cafeteria Friday, 430-730, adults $8, children $4. This week at the Readswell Showcase at Rockingham Theatre, Gilmer Street, Downtown, Doug Stone, farewell tour Friday at 8, tickets still available at thereadswellshowcase.com. Annual Fall Fair at Rockingham County Cooperative Extension in C65 Readswell, Saturday 9-2, proceeds go to the Scholarship Fund. Touchdowns for Trooper, Flag Tag, Tournament for Trooper Wright at Morehead High School Stadium, Saturday at 10, entry fee $40, minimum $4 donation at the gate. All proceeds go to medical expenses. Stoke soup in a bowl at the Arts Place, Downtown Danbury on Main Street, Saturday 12-3. Bring a canned food donation for local food banks. Attendees receive your choice of soup or chili, handcrafted pottery bowl, drink and dessert $30, Downtown Readswell Christmas Parade, Sunday at 4, ribbon cutting celebration at the new Draper Landing in C700 Eden Monday, November 25th at 11. You find an expanded community calendar at mikemore.media, announcements are made free. Dan River Insurance Services reminds you it pays to compare rates stopped by, taught with us in Downtown May at N on North 2nd Avenue or call 336-427-2955. Dan River Insurance Services has a wide variety of insurance policies and coverage options to help protect you and your family. And directly across the street are friend Nadine Cobb, accounting and tax, providing full service for individuals and businesses. Nadine is professional, experienced, friendly and a cat person. And she's our accountant, personally and for Mikemore Media. I'm glad to recommend her to you, Nadine Cobb, accounting and tax, Downtown May at N. annual Christmas stroll and tree lighting in May at N, Friday evening, December 6th, five till eight, vendors, carolers, characters, s'mores and hot chocolate, tree lighting at six, rain or shine, sponsored by the Downtown Merchants Association. Now today's consumer report. Grimway Farms is recalling organic whole and select baby carrots that may be linked to an E. coli outbreak. The CDC reports 39 people in 18 states have been infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli and one person died. The carrots were sold nationwide under various name brands. Besaged by creditors and weighed down by debt, Spirit Airlines has filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition, hoping to restructure its debt while remaining airborne. Spirit had hoped a merger with JetBlue would prevent the bankruptcy, but the Justice Department blocked the merger. Expect to see the delayed delivery scam more often as the holidays approach. Scammers send out text at random pretending to be the postal service, saying a package can't be delivered without more information, thereafter your personal information, which they sell on the dark web. I'm Mark Huffman. Learn more at consumeraffairs.com. Thanksgiving and Christmas items are arriving daily at Blue Octopus and Teaks and Artisans in Eden, 100 shops, thousands and thousands of treasures. Come in this week. See what's new. See what's old. You'll discover lots of things you just can't do without. Blue Octopus is happy to be hosting the Eden Preservation Society holiday bake sale this Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Delicious homemade goodies from local bakers. Proceeds help with maintenance at Governor Morehead Park. The Christmas tour of homes, always a special event, is Sunday afternoon to December 1st from 2 to 5 tickets are $10 available at the bake sale on Saturday. We're celebrating the holidays at Blue Octopus and Teaks and Artisans, East Meadow Road Eden and the Eden Preservation Society. Welcome to November 20th on the National Day Calendar. Today we embrace the unexpected and celebrate the little ones who brighten our lives. Do you love to start the day with a smile? Join the celebration nation by picking up your very own National Day Calendar. Visit our website, nationaldaycalendar.com, for our full color printed guide to all the fun and unusual ways to celebrate every day. Did you ever have one of those days when nothing makes sense? Well, today is the day to embrace it. The ludicrous, the bizarre, to the downright silly aspects of our daily lives. Perhaps if the socks disappearing in the dryer are those inexplicable traffic jams when you're already late. On National absurdity day, instead of letting these absurdities frustrate you, laugh at them, after all, life is full of surprises and sometimes they don't always make sense. Do they? Uh, make sense? Not to me, usually no. Yeah, anything absurd today going on in your life? Oh, my son's car is in for repairs. So, the eighth time… well… yeah? Like, I had to think about that for a second. Speaking of kids, children bring wonder and joy into our world. National Child's Day is a day to celebrate the potential of every child and to recognize the individuals who are making a significant difference in a child's life. Whether it's volunteering at a local school, spending extra time with your own kids, or advocating for children's rights, use this day to make a positive impact on the young ones who represent hope for the future. You know, I believe the children are our future. You know, teach them well and let them lead the way. Talk about being absurd. That could be a great song by the way. I could. I think it should be. Absolutely. I'm Chris Fanta-Ventor. Hey, Mark. Well, Anderson. Thank you for joining us on our journey to celebrate every day. And join us for all of our adventure on Facebook and Instagram at Destination Celebration Show. Until next time, keep celebrating. Okay, wait. We heard that. All right. Now let's see who's celebrating on the birthday club. Yes, I have the names for November 20th. Happy birthday to Bo Cooksey, Jennifer Hylers Shelton, Sherry Boit, Ralph Mab in Stonewall, and Benny D. Ray in Stonewall. Hope it's a great day for you. The names once more, Ralph Mab, Sherry Boit, Benny D. Ray. Bo Cooksey and Jennifer Hylers Shelton. Let me know who's celebrating. I'm taking names now for the 21st through 30th. I'll have more to say about that in just a little bit. And I'm also taking December birthdays. So get those in. Text them to me any time at 3, 3, 6, 9, 3, 2, 1, 8, 8, 1. I will have a special announcement coming up right after our music spotlight. So stay tuned for that. Now some big name birthdays today. Let's see Joe Biden, 82, Michael Clifford, 29, Dirts Bentley, 49, Joe Walsh, 77, Bo Derek, 66, Estelle Parsons, 97. Tommy Dorsey is in our music spotlight today, jazz trombonist, composer, conductor, big band leader. Tommy Dorsey was born this week in 1905 and died next week in 1956. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] You are the promised kiss of springtime that makes the lonely winter seem low. You are the breathless hush of evening that trembles on the brink of a lovely song. You are the angel of love that lights a star. The dearest things I know are what you are. Some day my happy arms will hold you and some day. You will know that moment of mine when all the things you all are mine. [Music] [Music] Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra, Jack Leonard, vocal, Jerome Kern wrote that nice song. It was a number one hit in 1939. Annette and I are doing something we have never done before. A long, fun Thanksgiving break with our family. This is so exciting. Starting tomorrow, I will be back in the studio Monday, December 2nd. I said it was a long break. Then we will get back on track with all the news and the birthdays, the community calendar, all of that. I want to take this time to finish up here by saying thank you for listening. I will remind you, I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving friends. I will remind you as always, just finishing with my regular three words today. your blessings. [BLANK_AUDIO]