Restaurant re-opens after kitchen fire

Taste-T re-opened a day after a grease fire broke out. Judging by the amount of cars in their parking lot at lunch on Friday, they probably made up what they lost in business from Thursday's fire. It looked absolutely packed.

Newspapers lead the way

In the community assessment released this week, it gave us an interesting look at how people prefer to get their information:

Newspapers led the way with 24 percent, followed by the Internet at 16 percent.

Here's a link to the complete assessment document.

http://www.clevelandcounty.com/public/health/alliance/resources/cc07commassessment.pdf

The exact question asked:
"How do you prefer to get timely community information?"

Printed materials (flyers, brochures): 13 percent
Seminars/workshops/classes: 7 percent
Newspapers: 24 percent
Internet: 16
Television – commercial stations: 13 percent
Television – local cable access: 15 percent
Radio: 11 percent
Other: 1 percent

Music lovers -- read this

Here's an eye-opening development for music lovers. According to legal arguments, the music industry is now saying if you legally buy a CD and copy that CD to your computer, you are breaking the law.

Check out the story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/28/AR2007122800693.html

Dead deer

Dumping dead deer and deer parts in a creek is illegal, and a potential health hazard, officials say. Thankfully, you can't really see much here in this picture. But there are at least four dead deer and various parts of the animals dumped in this creek off Rippy Road in southern Cleveland County, right before you hit the South Carolina line. In fact, Rippy Road, which isn't paved, starts in North Carolina and ends in South Carolina.

We're working on a story on this (the deer, not the road).

This area of the county is beautiful, but deer isn't the only thing dumped here. You can also see tires in the creek. There are also various areas where people have dumped their trash along the road.

Read the full story here: http://www.shelbystar.com/news/deer_27188___article.html/illegally_landfill.html

The Gotham Times?

It looks like a newspaper. But, of course, it's not a real newspaper. It's what a PR department does when trying to promote a new movie, such as the new Batman movie scheduled to come out next year, in a unique way. The hope is they'll be a buzz surrounding it and people will actually read enough to want to see the movie. The link:


http://www.thegothamtimes.com/page1.htm

No Country For Old Men

Remember the title of this movie: “No Country For Old Men.” It’s the first Coen brother masterpiece since “Fargo,” and it’s quickly becoming the most debated, discussed and fought over movie of the year. It’s violent and bleak, much like “Fargo,” but it requires more from the audience. You have to fill in the missing pieces and let your imagination complete some pivotal scenes. People love to debate the ending, so I’ll give nothing away. You’ll be hearing more about this movie come Academy Award time.

Watching the highlights with the coach

Gardner-Webb head basketball coach Rick Scruggs arrived at his office to find copies of articles taped to his door touting the Running’ Bulldogs upset of nationally ranked Kentucky.

After giving an interview on the big win, he introduced me to assistant coach Doug Esleeck. As he did so, ESPN started running highlights of the big win.

“That’s neat,” Scruggs said after watching the network anchor brag about Gardner-Webb’s basketball program.