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Traditional Celtic Music at St. Peter By-the-Lake

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 06:00:00 -0600

STAFF REPORTS

DENVER - There will be traditional Celtic Music on November 6 with Henry Lebedinsky (bouzouki and guitar) and Michael Albert (fiddle and whistles) at the The Episcopal Church of St. Peter by-the-Lake in Denver, NC.

The duo has performed coast to coast and plays an eclectic blend of Celtic and original music, from foot-stomping fiddle tunes to classic ballads.

First Blacks Play in NBA

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:00:00 -0600

Profile America -- Sunday, October 31st. It was 60 years ago today that the color barrier was broken in the National Basketball Association. Earl Lloyd was the first African-American to play in an NBA game, as he took the floor for the Washington team, then known as the Capitols, at Rochester, New York. Lloyd was one of three blacks to play in the 1950 season, the others being Nat Clifton, signed by the New York Knicks, and Chuck Cooper, drafted by the Boston Celtics. In the years that followed, many African-Americans have helped define the modern game of basketball, including Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Julius Irving.

"The War of the Worlds"

Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:00:00 -0600

Profile America -- Saturday, October 30th. It may sound like an urban myth -- but it really happened. On this night in 1938, many Americans in Eastern cities panicked as their radios told them that Martians had landed and were attacking earth. The event was an adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel, "The War of the Worlds" by Orson Welles and his Mercury Theater group, using fictitious news bulletins to achieve realism. The concept was announced at the start of the program, but many of those tuning in late became hysterical, fleeing big cities and causing massive traffic jams. When the broadcast was made, about eight-out-of-10 U.S. homes had a radio.

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Ball Point Pen

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:00:00 -0600

Profile America -- Friday, October 29th. The scene on this date in 1945 at Gimbel's Department Store in New York City was a madhouse. Big ads the day before had trumpeted the first sale in the U.S. of a new writing instrument that guaranteed would write for two years without refilling -- the ball point pen. By the end of the day, the store had sold its entire stock of 10,000 at $12.50 each. The new pens were invented by two Hungarian brothers who set up a factory in Argentina. The idea of the ball point pen was first patented in 1888 by John Loud of Massachusetts, who never made any pens.

"Car Talk" Radio Show

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:00:00 -0600

Profile America -- Thursday, October 28th. One of the more innovative radio programs of recent years --"Car Talk" -- debuted this month in 1987 on National Public Radio. Ostensibly, the program helps people find out what's wrong with their cars. Many of its faithful listeners don't know anything about cars but tune in to hear the irreverent humor and ready laughter of the co-hosts, brothers Ray and Tom Magliozzi, also known as "Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers." The show had been on a local Boston station for 10 years before going on the NPR network.

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Traditional Celtic Music at St. Peter By-the-Lake

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:00:00 -0600

Heating Season is Here

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:00:00 -0600

Profile America -- Wednesday, October 27th. Unless you live in the Deep South or Hawaii, the home heating season is here again. As the weather gets chilly, people in many parts of the country, concerned about rising energy costs, will be keeping a closer eye on the thermostat. Most homes in the U.S. have central heating, and six-out-of-10 are equipped with a warm-air furnace. Just over one-in-10 has a heat pump, and about the same proportion use steam or hot water as a heating source. The most popular heating fuel is by far natural gas, found in just over half the homes in the country. Fuel oil, while still important in New England, heats less than one-in-10 houses nationally.