REMNANTS OF HURRICANE SANDY WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY TO CREATE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TUESDAY. WIND SPEEDS AND THE TIMING WILL DEPEND ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE SANDY REMNANTS AND HOW IT INTERACTS WITH THE UPPER TROUGH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MORE DETAILS A LITTLE LATER IN THE NEWSCAST!
THE ELECTIONS ARE GETTING CLOSE! YOU CAN REALLY TELL THAT AS WE HAVE SEEN THE PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES COMING TO THE STATE OF OHIO…AND THE MIAMI VALLEY! VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PAUL RYAN MADE A STOP AT YOUNG’S DAIRY ON SATURDAY AND VICE-PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WAS IN SPRINGFIELD RECENTLY TOO.
ACCORDING TO A DAYTON DAILY NEWS/OHIO NEWS ORGANIZATION POLL, WITH LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK TO GO, PRESIDENT OBAMA AND GOV. MITT ROMNEY ARE DEADLOCKED IN A TIE IN OHIO. THAT POLL HAS THEM TIED AT 49 PERCENT EACH. THE SAME POLL HAD PRESIDENT OBAMA AHEAD BY 5 POINTS ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. THE BUCKEYE STATE HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT THIS YEAR MAY GIVE OHIO A HISTORIC ELECTION NIGHT! ERIC RADEMACHER, CO-DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI’S INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH, WHICH CONDUCTED THE POLL FOR OHIO’S EIGHT LARGEST NEWSPAPERS, SAID “IF THIS POLL REFLECTS FINAL VOTING PATTERNS AMONG DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, OHIO’S INDEPENDENT VOTERS MAY HOLD THE KEYS TO BOTH OHIO AND THE PRESIDENCY.” PLEASE BE PRAYING CONCERNING THE ELECTIONS…AND THEN EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE!
WEEC WILL PROVIDE TEAM COVERAGE ON ELECTION NIGHT, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, ANCHORED BY VETERAN NEWSCASTER, KEVIN LANTZ.
IN OTHER NEWS, AUTHORITIES IN DARKE COUNTY REPORT THREE CRASHES ON SATURDAY HAVE LEFT FIVE PEOPLE DEAD, INCLUDING THREE TEENAGERS. A CRASH SATURDAY NIGHT LEFT GREENVILLE TEENS, 16 YEAR OLDS AUSTIN AND JUSTICE MEADE AND 15 YEAR OLD BRIAN MENDENHALL DEAD AT THE SCENE. SPEED MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN THAT CRASH WHICH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 43 YEAR OLD LISA A. WRIGHT OF ARCANUM WAS SOUTHBOUND ON STATE ROUTE 503 WHEN SHE FAILED TO STOP AT U.S. 127 AND HIT A SEMI AND DIED AT THE SCENE. 13 YEAR OLD DARYN WRIGHT WAS TRAPPED AND HAD TO BE EXTRICATED AND WAS TAKEN TO CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER IN DAYTON. DARKE COUNTY ALSO REPORTS A FATAL CRASH ON ROUTE 127 AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 47. THAT 5:30AM CRASH WEST OF VERSAILLES KILLED ONE WITH THE OTHER DRIVER TAKEN TO WAYNE HEALTH CARE IN GREENVILLE.
IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT OHIO MOTORISTS ARE HAVING FEWER COLLISIONS WITH DEER THIS FALL, BUT ‘TIS THE SEASON FOR THOSE KIND OF CRASHES TO INCREASE. RICK JASPER, ASSISTANT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT SUPERVISOR FOR THE OH IO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WILDLIFE OFFICE THAT COVERS SOUTHWEST OHIO SAYS THE DEER GET INTO THEIR BREEDING PERIOD THIS TIME OF YEAR. PLUS HE SAYS DEER TEND TO MOVE MORE AS IT GETS COLDER. THE THREAT ALWAYS INCREASES IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS OF THE YEAR. TRIPLE-A ASKS DRIVERS TO USE HIGH BEAMS WHEN POSSIBLE AND AVOID SWERVING. YOU SHOULD BE CONSTANTLY WATCHING AND SCANNING THE ROADWAYS TO WATCH FOR DEER. THERE WERE 1,955 CRASHES INVOLVING DEER IN BUTLER, CHAMPAIGN, CLARK, GREENE, MIAMI, MONTGOMERY AND WARREN COUNTIES IN 2011. EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE FEWER CRASHES OCCURRING, STATE FARM INSURANCE SAYS THEY ARE EXPENSIVE. LT. ANNE RALSTON, SPOKESPERSON FOR THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS, “DEER ARE UNPREDICTABLE. YOU THINK THEY MIGHT CONTINUE RUNNING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THEY CAN DART INTO THE ROADWAY.” RICK JASPER SHARED THAT YOU NEED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION AFTER SEEING A DEER, EVEN IF IT HAS ALREADY PASSED THROUGH THE ROADWAY. HE SAYS, “USUALLY THE OLDER DEER GOES FIRST ACROSS THE ROAD, AND THE YOUNGER ONES WANT TO KEEP UP, SO THEY ARE RUSHING AFTER.” JASPER GAVE THIS ADVICE: “I WOULD SAY NOW THROUGH JANUARY, KEEP DEER IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND.”
OCTOBER IS PASTOR APPRECIATION MONTH…HOPE YOU HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THE INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL PASTORS AT 7:30 IN THE MORNING DURING CIRCLE OF FRIENDS THIS OCTOBER! THEY CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS IS ALSO BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH! BE LISTENING TO OUR 12:20 NEWS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. SANDRA VICTOR OF THE SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL CANCER CENTER AS SHE SHARES SOME INFORMATION WITH US ON CANCER…AND ALSO…HOW WE AS CHRISTIANS CAN MINISTER TO THOSE WITH A CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THAT’S THE 12:20 NEWS ON WEEC…TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH & 31ST .
OUR NATION HAS FACED CRITICAL MOMENTS BEFORE. OUR RESPONSE IN THIS TIME OF DECISION IS TO TURN TO GOD. ON OCTOBER 30TH WE WILL CALL OUT TO GOD IN REPENTANCE ASKING FOR REVIVAL IN THE CHURCH AND A NATIONAL SPIRITUAL AWAKENING DURING THE ONE CRY PRAYER SUMMIT: DECISION 2012. WAYNE SHEPHERD AND DR. BOB BAKKE WILL LEAD AN INTERACTIVE PRAYER MEETING THAT WILL INCLUDE BYRON PAULUS, NANCY LEIGH DEMOSS, AND MOODY RADIO’S ROY PATTERSON AND ELSA MAZON IN THE LEADER’S PRAYER HUDDLE. GUESTS WILL INCLUDE NICK HALL, DR. TONY EVANS, DR. JACK GRAHAM, MARK GONZALES, SENATE CHAPLAIN DR. BARRY BLACK, BILL ELIFF, MICHAEL FLETCHER, DAVID BENHAM AND DAVID BUTTS. MEREDITH ANDREWS, JACOB SOOTER, CHRISSY TOLEDO AND THE CHICAGO TABERNACLE SINGERS WILL GUIDE THE MUSIC WORSHIP, JOINING MUSICIANS ANGIE THOMAS AND STEVE WICK IN MOODY RADIO’S STUDIO B. MOODY’S STUDIO PRAYER TEAM AND LISTENERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL JOIN IN DURING TIMES OF GUIDED PRAYER THROUGHOUT THIS TWO HOUR CONCERT OF PRAYER. WEEC WILL CARRY THIS TIME OF PRAYER ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH FROM 8-10PM. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ONE CRY PRAYER MOVEMENT CAN BE FOUND AT: WWW.ONECRY.COM .
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARMING THROUGH 6PM ON TUESDAY. WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM 30-40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55-60 MPH. RAIN AND SNOW ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING, CHANGING OVER TO JUST SNOW OVERNIGHT. IT WILL BE COLD WITH LOWS NEAR 34 DEGREES. SNOW IS PROBABLE TUESDAY MORNING, THEN RAIN. HIGHS WILL REACH 41 DEGREES AND THE HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES ON TUESDAY. RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR TUESDAY OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WE HAVE RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY.
