This week on Monday and Tuesday you can catch my chat with Reverend Arin Wolf on WSVG 790 from 6:00 to 10 AM or at 11:30a on WAMM 1230 or all the archived interviews 24/7.
WSVG 790AM morning contributer Marcy McCann wants you!
Having the luxury of interviewing anyone I want too means showcasing the obvious and ferreting out the secretive. It affords me and thereby our listeners the opportunity to learn more about all kinds of interesting things and people. In fact my recent interview with Allon Lefever gave us an insight into what led to the recent awards the won by the Hampton Inn in Woodstock, Virginia.
Last week while in the WSVG studio we announced that the Hampton Inn and Suites in Woodstock achieved an all time first by ranking 1st in Customer Service in the Commonwealth of Virginia and 5th in the Nation in its first 14 weeks of being open!
We all have a story to tell and I’d love to give each person their 15 minutes of fame. Please feel free to suggest someone or something to me at Marcy@ltdprints.com.
Musical gifts of Patrick Henry Hughes. Uplifting stories of successful Human beings.
“The sound of potential.” In this uplifting segment you will find a lesson that you may want to share with those around you. Patrick Hughes with the help of his parents overcomes what at first seems like adversity only to discover a talent that out measures that of the less challenged. I hope you will share this link to inspire all your friends and family. It certainly inspired me.
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Hook A Kid On Golf
This just in via a Press Release from my friend Steve Wood at the Shenandoah County Parks and Recreation.
Register your child into the Hook A Kid On Golf 2010 today. This is a great program to introduce your child to golf and learn how to drive, putt, chip, and much more. Each participant will receive a golf bag, 4-clubs, and more.
To be eligible to participate, you must be between the ages of 8 and 13, have never played golf, and not own a set of golf clubs.
DAYS / DATES M – F July 12 – 16
LOCATION Shenvalee Golf Resort New Market
COST $163.00
Deadline for Registration and Payment: Friday, June 11.
There is a limited space available —– register and pay today.
Golf course posters from Ltdprints.com
For addition information, contact Shenandoah County Parks & Recreation at 540-984-3030.
http://www.scpr.info (General Website)
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Empire State Building a vidid part of the Wicks’ family history.
Although you won’t find his name listed as a member of the construction team, my grandfather Edward Wicks did in fact help build the 1,252 – foot Empire State Building. I have photos to prove it as they say. When I was very young I was shown a photo that looks so much like the one on the back of the book I own that was edited by Carol Willis that I could swear one of those guys is my grandfather. My father Doug Wicks Sr. said “No.” when I asked him to ID the man so I have to trust his judgement. BUT on the other hand my sassy self says “It looks like him to me.”
From what I recall grandpa was a metal worker who installed bronze on the windows and even on the top of the building. There was some sort of difference of opinion between my grandfather and his employer so somehow his name was omitted from the list. That is family lore that I would love to verify. My uncle Ted Wicks worked high up on the building for about one day as I recall. I’ve seen that photo too. They we standing on the girders at who knows how high. Very high!
About 10 years ago, I went on a quest for more information and found a great book that lists every detail of the daily operation. How many pounds of this or that. How many windows, how many doors. How many trucks of concrete were poured each day. These are typed construction notes that were lost for decades. They would make great resource material for an architectural student even today.
The managers of the project even installed a commissary so that the laborers did not waste time leaving the site. It was if not the first, it was one of the first of its kind. The project is incredibly interesting considering they removed the Victorian era Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and completed construction all within an extraordinarily short time frame. Today we take almost that long to do the site prep work for a single family home. OK that is a slight exaggeration but still relatively speaking there are few projects that compare. The elaborate organization it took to build the Empire State Building was very well orchestrated.
So check out the book with the bright red cover or any of the many others that describe this feat in building the world’s first sky scraper.
Don’t forget to visit MyWholeFamily.com for children’s books. We have a few that we know you child will enjoy. Learn more about your families history by searching online.
Winter Storms in the Shenandoah Valley
Having lived in Upstate New York until almost the age of 15 I’m not sure these are really winter storms we have here in Virginia. More like a good heavy snow I would say. It can be dangerous of course, even leaving ones home means being careful not to slam the door for fear of… ought oh!
I just heard one of the last really big ice bergs slide down from one level to the next on our metal roof. The snow travels slowly to the edge on a thin layer of water that melts underneath due to the heater being in the attic. All the while the icicles form along the edge, growing longer than on most buildings. Clear and shimmering in the sunlight, they hang on the gutter like crystals on a chandelier. Over days the snow mounds creep to form “glaciers” moving slowly over the edge. They move further and further out supported by a thick layer of ice that hangs over the side by a foot or 2. Hanging there until the weight tips the balance…then too crash to the ground.
Danger Danger Will Robinson
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Books for children in blended families
Chelsea’s Tree a family tree story for young children in blended families earns great reviews again!
“Your book is adorable. My kids both picked it up, when it was sitting on my desk, and looked through it. (They are older- 17 and 19, but it still got their attention.)”
Shirley Cress Dudley, MA LPC
TheBlendedandStepFamilyResourceCenter.com
Activity book for young stepchildren
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Dress Thin! 330 Tips from Jeannie Dallman
Jeannie Dallman and her mother Rose Mary Dallman offer very interesting advise in Dress Thin! 330 Tips, How to Use Clothing and Accessories to Flatter Your Figure. I had the pleasure of interviewing Jeannie recently and learned quite a bit about their publishing process. On the cover is an English Proverb that states “Good clothes open all doors.” I can believe that.
Dress Thin! Authors Rose Mary Dallman and Jeanne Dallman
Although I’m not sure I agree with the “stay away from the bikini” I did find many tips that were easy to adopt. It is an easy read and actually might serve well kept in the walk-in closet or at least close at hand for a quick review.
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Social Security – From young mother to retirement age widow.
Social Security – From young mother to retirement age widow. Who would have guessed that 21 to age 62 would go by in the blink of an eye! Well it has and I feel as spunky as I did those four speeding decades ago. My interviews for WSVG 790 AM are meant to inform and too inspire the listener and my latest, a conversation with David Melton the Pubic Service Coordinator for the Winchester, Virginia branch of the Social Security Administration, was very personal.
As a young widow Social Security was a very helpful and unexpected “Survivor’s” benefit. Now a short jump into the future, the retirement allowance from my late spouse’s earnings is again a blessing.
Chubbie Checker
Social Security is more than just retirement benefits.
Are you missing out on benefits? What about medical or educational benefits? Listen to our conversation on Monday and Tuesday Feb. 8th and 9th or catch us right here on
MyWholeFamily’s blog.
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Science teacher Coach John Brishcar’s adventure with weightlessness!
Some of us have a childhood dream and just wish it will come true. Others work to make it happen. Coach John Brishcar wanted to be an astronaut but his life took other turns. The road from aerospace engineer to science teacher allowed a part of his childhood dream to come true.
Weightlessness.
Coach John Brishcar science teacher talks with Marcy McCann
A Northrup Grumman program developed to excite teachers and thereby students allowed John to experience his dream.
Click on the link above to listen to all of Marcy’s interviews.
Amazing nonfiction for middle school, March 30, 2009
By L. K. Messner “Kate Messner”
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