IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR…OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD! WEEC WILL BEGIN ACCEPTING CHRISTMAS SHOEBOXES PACKED FOR NEEDY CHILDREN ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH FROM 10AM-4PM. COLLECTION WEEK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, INCLUDING TIMES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY! WE’LL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THE DAYS AND TIMES ON OUR 12:20 NEWS TOMORROW!
MORE THAN 250 GUESTS ATTENDED THE 17TH ANNIVERSARY GALA FOR URBAN LIGHT MINISTRIES ON OCTOBER 11TH! THE PROGRAM FEATURED MESSAGES FROM ULM CHAIR DAN SNOW AND MINISTRY PRESIDENT ELI WILLIAMS. A SPECIAL PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN BYJAMES McDONALD, CHAIRMAN OF OHIO PRACTITIONERS’ NETWORK FOR FATHERS AND FAMILIES. McDONALD SPOKE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF FATHERS IN THE LIVES OF KIDS. HE ALSO TOLD THE AUDIENCE OF URBAN LIGHT’S GROWING RESPECT STATEWIDE FOR ITS DEDICATION TO THE CAUSE OF NURTURING CHILDREN AND STRENGTHENING FAMILIES. LOCAL MUSICIAN MICAH PERFORMED A CONCERT IN THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER’S KUSS AUDITORIUM AFTER THE DINNER WHICH WAS HELD AT HOLLENBECK-BAYLEY CREATIVE ARTS AND CONFERENCE CENTER ON THE CLARK STATE CAMPUS IN DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD. A NEW VIDEO ABOUT URBAN LIGHT MINISTRIES WAS ALSO SHOWN AND IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO SEE AT THEIR WEBSITE: WWW.URBANLIGHT.ORG .
THE CHRISTIAN TRIO, BARLOWGIRL BID THEIR FANS A FINAL FAREWELL ON MONDAY NIGHT. THEY HAVE BEEN SINGING TOGETHER FOR TEN YEARS BUT THE SISTER-TRIO IS DISBANDING. LAUREN EXPLAINED THAT THE TRANSITION HAPPENED WHEN THEY SAT DOWN TO WRITE A NEW ALBUM. SHE SAID SHE AND HER TWO SISTERS PRAYED AND REALIZED THAT GOD “HAD SOMETHING NEW” FOR THEM. LAUREN EXPLAINS, “WE ASKED GOD WHAT TO DO…GOD REVEALED HE HAS SOMETHING NEW FOR US BUT HE HASN’T TOLD US WHAT IT IS. HE TOLD US BARLOWGIRL WAS DONE”. SHE SAID THE SISTERS CRIED FOR WEEKS. LAUREN SAYS THEY NEVER EXPECTED TO HEAR THAT AND ALYSSA SHARED, “WE EXPECTED THIS TO GO ON FOREVER.”
HONDA WILL INVEST $200 MILLION IN ITS TRANSMISSION PLANT IN RUSSELLS POINT AND THE ENGINE PLANT IN ANNA, CREATING 200 NEW MANUFACTURING JOBS AT THOSE SITES. THE AUTOMAKER IS CELEBERATING ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE MOVE WILL RAISE ITS CUMULATIAVE INVESTMENT IN THE NATION TO $12.5 BILLION, ACCORDING TO THE NEWS-SUN ARTICLE. ON NOVEMBER 1, 1982 HONDA BECAME THE FIRST JAPANESE AUTOMAKER TO PRODUCE AUTOMOBILES IN AMERICA, USING DOMESTIC AND GLOBALLY SOURCED PARTS, WHEN THE FIRST HONDA ACCORD CAME OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE AT THE MARYSVILLE, OHIO, AUTO PLANT. THE COMPANY SAID TODAY IT EMPLOYS MORE THAN 26,000 IN THE UNITED STATES.
CLOUDS COME INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND LOWS WILL DROP TO A COLD 32 DEGREES, WHICH IS ABOUT WHERE THOSE TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT FRIDAY OVERNIGHT! FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SHOULD BE PARTLY SUNNY WITH HIGHS NEAR 50 DEGREEES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS CLOUDY SKIES ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES HITTING 48 DEGREES.
