No winner in the latest PowerBall drawing Saturday night … Next drawing will be worth $875,000,000 … actually more like $500,000,000 … after Uncle Sam takes a hunk for taxes … Winning numbers were … 02 09 43 55 57 and the powerball was 18.
Weather forecast is more of the same … HOT, Hot, hot … A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 p.m. today. Partly sunny, with a high near 92 … will feel like 105 … Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tonight, a low near 73 and a 30% chance of precipitation. Monday, same type weather … high near 94 … Heat index as high as 104 … again 30% chance of precipitation … ‘Bout the same thru next Saturday … HOT, HOT, HOT…
Rainfall at the local weather station, 7-hundredths of an inch … barely more than a sprinkle…
PGA’s Ricky Fowler recently broke a long-time losing streak … Since the win, he has purchased a driving range where he was first exposed to golf … The same range he hit balls as a 3-year old … 1992. Murrieta Valley Golf range in California … Thanks to his efforts, more kids will be exposed to the game … have the same opportunity he had.
From the ‘did you know’ department … Did you know in 2022, over 5,300 postal service workers were attacked by dogs while delivering mail … according to a recent news release…
MacKenzie Gore’s win-loss record is not that good this year … but a closer examination of his stats are … The 6-2, 192 pounder, lanky and athletic, has been throwing fast balls in the 94-98 mph range … as well as a very good curve ball … and averaging 44 of 78 pitches for strikes … while playing for what may be the worst team in the majors … The Washington Nationals. One writer recently stated he would not be surprised if at some time in the not-so-distant future, he would be signed to a long-term contract for millions of $s … He has a bright future if he remains healthy … He is a former Whiteville Wolfpacker…
Today is CHURCH DAY … see you in church…
Warren Buffett is one of the richest men in the world, some estimates as high as $115 billion … Sometime in the recent past, according to one writer, his spouse attended an event with him … and was heard complaining about a $4 cup of coffee…
“It’s during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” Aristotle
“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” Stephen Covey
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