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WMOK News Check – Monday, October 3, 2022


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Today’s WMOK News Check:

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Today – Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
Tonight – Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
Tuesday – Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
Tuesday Night – Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.


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The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook statement for our area.  Today and Tonight Dry conditions, low relative humidity and afternoon breezes will lead to an elevated wildfire danger.

Monday through Saturday Elevated wildfire danger remains possible through Thursday



Today is Day of Unity!  Day of Unity is being observed today! It has been observed the first Monday in October since 1981.


Full list of Massac County Food Pantries



We’ve begun at WMOK rolling out our listing of local Halloween and Trunk or Treat Events –

Massac County:

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2022 AT 6 PM – 9 PM – Massac County Mental Health’s Haunted Hayride – Massac County Youth Fairgrounds – 4476 Korte Rd, Metropolis
Those attending may ride in the main wagon, drive their car or even bring their own wagon through the haunted hayride route!
All proceeds go to Massac County Mental Health community programs.
PRICING:
MCMH Wagon-$5 per person
$10 per car
$20 per truck/wagon
Saturday, October 22 – 12-8PBrookport, Illinois Fall Festival at the Harry Statham Gymnasium
Monday October 31 – Metropolis Trick or Treating – 5p-8p

 



HOOPERSVILLE, Md. (AP) — The federal government has sold off a rather inhospitable lighthouse in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay for a six-figure sum after a bidding war at auction.

The Hooper Island Lighthouse, located west of Middle Hooper Island in Maryland’s Dorchester County, at first drew little interest, The Washington Post reported. But then five potential buyers drove up the price from a starting bid of $15,000 to the winning bid of $192,000.

Will Powell, a spokesman for the U.S. General Services Administration, told the newspaper the lighthouse comes with strings attached. The new owners must maintain it as a Coast Guard navigational aid, observe historic preservation standards and sign a memorandum of agreement with the Navy about when it can be accessed.

The rusting lighthouse known locally as the “sparkplug” has an outer ladder but no nearby dock for a boat to moor. A 2019 inspection also found lead-based paint, asbestos, benzene and other dangerous substances inside, where there is no water, electricity or other utilities.

“It is a unique opportunity,” Powell told the Post. “And there are people out there that love lighthouses.”

U.S. Lighthouse Society previously owned the structure, and the government auctioned it on the organization’s behalf, according to The Post. The new owner’s identity won’t be known until final documentation is signed.



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Coming Up This Week:

October 1st through October 30th 4th Annual “Library Crawl” – The Metropolis Public Library will Have Your Passports Ready – Stop by the library to pick up your free passport book – return it stamped full of all the library’s you visit during the month of October for an opportunity to win a goodie basket full of Fall Fun!

There will be a total of 125  libraries participating this year!!!

Hear WMOK’s conversation with Metropolis Public Library Director Rosemary Baxter about the 4th Annual “Library Crawl” below:





Today – Monday, October 3

9-3P – Cope Food Pantry – Metropolis Distribution – 1013 North Avenue, Metropolis Call (618)524-3635

4P – Brookport Parks & Rec Meeting


Tuesday, October 4

6P- Pope County PTO meeting will be held in the grade school library.


Wednesday, October 5

9-3P – Cope Food Pantry – Metropolis Distribution – 1013 North Avenue, Metropolis Call (618)524-3635


Thursday, October 6

12-7P – Massac County Unit 1 Parent Teacher Conferences

3-6P Massac County Farmer’s Market – Harrah’s Parking Lot


Friday, October 7

No School for Massac Unit 1 Students

9-3P – Cope Food Pantry – Metropolis Distribution – Call (618)524-3635

7P – Massac County Patriots take on Benton


Saturday, October 8

8 – 12P Massac County Farmer’s Market – Harrah’s Parking Lot

11A – 2P Project Hope Humane Society Yard Sale – 1698 W. 10th St. Metropolis

 


Sunday, October 9


Monday, October 10- Columbus Day

No School for Massac Unit 1 Students

Brookport City Hall Closed





Fort Massac Encampment

 

Education Day Is Returning in 2022! 

History lessons will leap off the pages of the History Books and Come to Life as education day returns on October 14th, 2022.  Bring your students to experience life during the times of the French and Indian War to the early 1800’s.  Volunteer re-enactors give presentations and demonstrations making history class a little more exciting than sitting in the classroom.  

For more information or to reserve your class’ space, please email Sheryl Durham or Johnnie Owens by clicking on their names or call Fort Massac State Park at 618-524-4712. 



Local School and Sports News

Joppa-Maple Grove Unit School District 38

Massac Unit #1

We saw an amazing social media post this morning from Unity Elementary School in Massac Unit 1 –

It read: “Unity Elementary students and staff celebrated National Custodian Day by dressing up as our favorite custodian Mr. Hucky! These kids love Mr. Hucky and he loves them all too. Thanks for being the best custodian Mr. Hucky! We appreciate you!”






Lady Patriot Golf Advances to Sectional





Join us on Friday night as your Massac County Patriots go on the road to take on Benton and it will be Military Appreciation Night. Kickoff is at 7pm.

Join WMOK at 6:30 on Friday  as we get things started with Angie Lockard and Super Country Favorites – followed by WMOK’s Sawyer and Prevallet with coverage of the game!

Get it on your radio at 93.7FM 920AM and tune in at the game – streaming worldwide at ww.920wmok.com and on the Section618.com app





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