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GM Today is June 11th (a Sunday this year)…the 162nd day of the year; 203 remaining in 2023.
It’s Corn on the cob day and National German Chocolate Cake Day
7 days til Father’Day – 23 til Independence Day and 85 til Labor Day
Jacque Costeau was born on June 11, 1910. He left us 1997
On this date in 1962, three men escaped from Alcatraz Federal Prison in the Bay of San Francisco.
The 3 were never located or found and 61 years later, remain as a footnote on Most Wanted Lists.
Alcatraz Prison closed in 1963 – not because of the escape but because it was deemed too expensive to run.
On June 11, 1977, Seattle Slew won the Belmont Stakes, capturing the Triple Crown.
In 1979, John Wayne died at age 72
In 1982, E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial was released
In 1985, Ferris Beuller’s Day Off was released in theatres.
in 1994, Napolean Dynamite was released to the public
In 1996, Garth Brooks signed autographs for 23 hours straight at Nashville’s Country Music FanFair!
And June 11, 2002 – American Idol debuted
All over our area, Vacation Bible Schools are starting up. One of the largest churches in our region, Lewis Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, is inviting all to its Community Celebration Vacation Bible School for all ages, including parents and adults, Wednesday June 14 through Friday June 16 6:30 to 8pm. Speaking for Dr. Christopher Stackhouse and all the organizers at Lewis Chapel Missionary Baptist – Janifer Campbell, Director of Christian Education, and Kiera Geiger, Youth Ministries Coordinator, who say the early evening timeframe for the Fun, Food and Fellowship make it easier for entire families to attend. Even supper is covered!…at either The John D. Fuller Recreation and Athletic Complex on Old Bunce Rd OR Lewis Chapel Missionary Baptist’s Raeford location at 468 Hobson Rd. They say you’re also invited to their themed water carnival at the John D. Fuller Rec and Athletic Center on Old Bunce Rd. … called “Kingdom Splash Fest” – Saturday June 17, 11 to 2! I’ll never forget attending a Community VBS at Hayden Hgts Baptist Church just down the my street in St. Paul, Mn. Ut s where I learned the 23rd Psalm. I have fond memories of that VBS more than 60 years later. (As a footnote…I later took Salvation in another Baptist Church in the Twin Cities. Let’s visit with Janifer Campbell and Kiera Geiger of Lewis Chapel. …
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Either The John D. Fuller Recreation and Athletic Complex on Old Bunce Rd OR Lewis Chapel Missionary Baptist’s Raeford location at 468 Hobson Rd. Everyone is also invited to the themed water carnival at the John D. Fuller Rec and Athletic Center on Old Bunce Rd. … called “Kingdom Splash Fest” – Saturday June 17, 11 to 2! Thanks to Lewis Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Fayetteville!
Another free event and days for Celebration in Fayetteville come up NEXT WEEKEND, Saturday and Sunday June 17th and 18th at Fayetteville’s Festival Park…The City’s FREE JUNETEENTH festival …put on by a host of Sponsors from 3 to 9 Saturday and 2 to 6 NEXT SUNDAY…Ashanti Bennett, Director of Special Projects at the Cool Springs Downtown Development District joins us for more….
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Thank you enlightening us, Ashanti. Learn more about Fayetteville’s FREE Juneteenth Jubilee at Festival Park…two big days this coming Saturday and Sunday – the 17th and 18th. We hope to see you there…For greAT musical guests and a celebration of liberty!
For all the Good News we’ve been talking about, there are the harsh realities of communication in a pandemic and post-pandemic isolated world. It’s been trying and hard enough for adults to get by in a world driven by too much social contact and too little real or face-to-face contact. But the advantage of adulthood is life experience. We’re less likely to comply with an unusual, uncomfortable or unfair request – mostly because of the once-a-baby-burned sensibility and boundaries of behavior we’ve built into our own character. Children don’t have that. Their experiences and character are still forming – some with parental guidance we provide.
So what happens when predator (mostly older adults masquerading as a child peer to an unseeing, unsuspecting child on a social network) persuades the child looking for a friend to “just take a picture and send it to me. I’ll send you one of mine”. The exchanges continue until the friend asks for a slightly naughtier picture. And believing in having started a so called “friendship”, the child complies. Only now the friend says, “Now I want you to send me this…and this…and this….And if you don’t, I’ll show what you’ve sent me to everyone you know!” At that point, “Sextortion” has taken place. Here to talk to us during “Internet Safety month” – seeking to raise safety awareness and providing resources to keep young people safe online – are two friends from Fayetteville’s Child Advocacy Center….Prevention and Volunteer Coordinator Faith Boehmer and new Executive Director (stepping into the big shoes of retiring Roberta Humphries) JayCee Landeros. They’ll be mentioning a new film that will be showing twice in Fayetteville ON TUESDAY at 1pm and 6pm. If you want to see it, you’ll want to make a reservation at CACFAYNC.ORG. CACFAYNC.ORG. Please listen. (Interview)
Thank You Fayetteville’s Child Advocacy Center. new Executive Director JayCee Landeros AND Prevention and Volunteer Coordinator Faith Boehmer. The new film SEXTORTION shows twice in Fayetteville ON TUESDAY at 1pm and 6pm. If you want to see it, make a reservation at CACFAYNC.ORG. CACFAYNC.ORG.