HINN- Hog Island News Network

04/01/2024

Thursday January 4, 2024
Low-28 High-51
Mostly Sunny

1-1-1901; 123 years ago, the Federation of Australia was born!

1-2-1949; Luis Marin became the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico!

1-2-1979; 44 years ago, China broke out of its isolation and invited a U.S. ping Pong team to visit !

1-3-1977; Apple Computer was incorporated!

A.M. GRIN: " 12-19--1871; Mark Twain received the first of three patents for suspenders !

12-20- 1868; Harvey S. Firestone founded Firestone Tires!

.. Today is Thursday

Be SAFE!

Hinn!

02/01/2024

Tuesday January 2 ,2024
Low-32 High-54
Sunny

12-31-1998; The Euro was introduced!

1-1-1773; 251 years ago, the hymn that would become " Amazing Grace" , then known as "1 Chronicles 17; 16'17 " , was first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire!

1-1-2000; The feared Y2K computer bugs caused none of the problems predicted to arise with the new millennium date!

1-2-1892; 132 years ago, Ellis Island opened as an immigration depot in the New York City harbor .Over 40 percent of the U.S. population - 100 million Americans -can trace their roots back to this epic doorway!

A.M. GRIN : " You're not forty, you're 18 with 22 years experience !"

" START 2024 EACH DAY WITH A POSITIVE THOUGHT AND A GRATEFUL HEART!

Today is Tuesday

Be SAFE!

HINN!

01/01/2024

Monday January 1,2024
Low-29. High-60
Mostly 🌞 Sunny

12-29-2007; The New England Patriots became the first NFL team in 35 years to finish the regular season undefeated winning 16 games in a row!

12-29-1930; 92 years ago , Fred P. Newton became the first person to swim the length of the mighty Mississippi River. The 1826 mile swim broke records and took about six months to finish ! He protected his body from the cold by a layer of axle grease!

12-31-2017; China officially banned the importation and sale of ivory!

12-31-1904; The first New Year's Eve celebration was held in New York City's Times Square!

A.M. GRIN:" Why do you need a jeweler on New Year's Eve? - To ring in the New Year !

"In what year did Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall in the same year?---
'EVERY YEAR"!

KNOCK KNOCK.Who's there?
-Radio, Radio who?
Radio not,.it's a New Year !

Today is Monday
and a
NEW YEAR!

" HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

HINN!

29/12/2023

Friday December 29,2024
Low-30 High-46
Mostly Sunny

12-27-1932; Radio City Music Hall in NY City opened!

12-27-2001; The United States normalized trade relations with China!

12-23-1986; 36 years ago, The Voyager landed after 9 days, becoming the first airplane to fly non- stop around the world without refueling -setting a world record that remains unchallenged today !

12-23-1919; 103 years ago, Alice H.Parker was granted a U.S. patent for the gas heating furnace !

A.M. GRIN:" You're not as young as you used to be . But you're not as old as you're going to be!"

" REMEMBER, TODAY IS THE TOMORROW YOU WORRIED ABOUT YESTERDAY!"

Today is Friday

BE SAFE

HINN!

28/12/2023

Thursday December 28,2023
Low-33 High-52
Sunny

12-13-1976; Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sidney to San Francisco ) 13 hours!

12-14-1977; Saturday Night Live premiered!

12-24-1906; First broadcast of a music program on radio , from Massachusettes!

12-24-2004; A rare Christmas Eve snowstorm fell on the southern U.S.!

A.M. GRIN: " The four most important words in any marriage -I'll do the dishes"

" YOU CANNOT FIND PEACE BY AVOIDING LIFE"!

Today is Thursday

Be SAFE!

HINN!

27/12/2023

Wednesday December 27,2023
Low-46 High-67
Mostly Cloudy

12-22-born in 1882- Edward H. Johnson, associate of Thomas Edison , created the first string of electric lights decorating a Christmas tree. Prior to this , trees were decorated with wax candles!

12-25-1741; The Centigrade temperature scale was devised by astronomer Andres Celsius !

12-1-1948;" Scrabble" the board game was copyright registered !
Born 8-7-1888; Inventor Theopphilus Van Kannel won a patent for the Revolving Door!

A.M. GRIN: "After 30, a body has a mind of its own "

" IF A WINDOW OF OPORTUNITY APPEARS, DON'T PULL DOWN THE SHADE"

Today is Wednesday

Be SAFE!

Hinn!

27/12/2023

December 27,2023
Low-46 High-67

26/12/2023

Tuesday,December 26,2023
Low-41 High- 60
Partly Sunny

12-22-1958; On this day " Christmas Don't Be Late" , by the Chipmunks, hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts, and stayed there for four weeks !

22-23-1823; ' Twas the Night Before Christmas, was first published anonymously in Troy, New York and largely responsible for modern Santa Claus lore!

12-24-1818; 204 years ago , the Christmas Carol 'Silent Night' was composed in a few hours and performed in a little church in Oberdorf, Austria!

A.M. GRIN: " Love is a fire,. But whether it is going to warm your hearth , or burn down your house, you can never tell"

"THE ELEVATOR TO SUCCESS IS OUT OF ORDER. YOU'LL HAVE TO USE THE STAIRS...
ONE STEP AT A TIME !"

Today is Tuesday

You knew you had to go back
To work!
DRIVE SAFELY!

HINN!

25/12/2023

DECEMBER 25,2023
RAIN! RAIN ! RAIN!

" IT IS CHRISTMAS"

When we remember a special Christmas, it is not the presents' beneath the tree
( unless you are a kid) that made it special, but the laughter, the feeling of togetherness and the feeling of LOVE of Family and Friends!

The holidays, especially Christmas, are always difficult for so many people for so many reasons .
If you can't be with family or close friends , CALL( DON'T TEXT) A kind word heard is always better than a message read on a cell phone. Christmas always is the one time of the year that everyone needs to hear from loved ones -> ' NO MATTER WHAT

Tell yourself and do this!!!
" IF IT IS GOING TO BE, IT IS UP TO ME"!!!
You will be glad that you did!

"MERRY CHRISTMAS " to all of our Family members not here: Melanie and Dakota,
Mikayla and Dee, Cassidy and Ainsley,
Heather and Don, Ali and Sean, Cayden , Jayden!!!

" MERRY CHRISTMAS"
TO ALL FROM
HOG ISLAND COMMUNITY &
" THE RICHARDSON
FAMILY"

23/12/2023

No 2024 RAILROAD CALENDERS THIS YEAR. "SIRRY"

23/12/2023

No 2024 Railroad Calenders This Year. " SORRY"

22/12/2023

Friday December 22,2023
Low-43. High-60
Mostly Cloudy

12-21-2023; This day is the magical Winter Soltace, bringing the longest night of the year to the Northern Hemisphere, and marking the start of the more daylight every day for the rest of the season , until June 20!

12-21-1620; Mayflower Pilgrims went ashore at Plymouth Rock , Massachusettes!
12-21-1913; The first crossword puzzle by Arthur Wynne was published in the New York World!

12-21-2023; Jane Fonda turns 95!

12-21-2023; Samuel L. Jackson turns 74!

A.M. GRIN :" Knock , knock! Who's there?
Snow, Snow Who?, Snow time to waste, It's almost Christmas!"
" AWAY IN A MANGER, NO CRIB FOR HIS BED,--- KEEP TRUSTING, KEEP BELIEVING,
KEEP PRAYING, GOD WILL DO THE REST, HE GAVE YOU THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL,--
HIS ONLY SON!!!"

TODAY IS MAYBE YOUR LAST
DAY TO WORK BEFORE THE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.

MAKE THIS A SAFE
ONE FOR YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY !!!

HINN!

20/12/2023

Wednesday December 20,2023
Low-33. High-53
Mostly Sunny

"The Citizen" - The Central High Red Devils defeated Thompson High of Alabaster, 21-19 for the state title last week in Tuscaloosa!

The Central Lady Red Devils Flag Football Team also won a state title- 25 -0 shutout of Vastavia Hills High!

"CONGRATULATIONS" - TO OUR PHENIX CITY HOMETOWN TEAMS !

A celebration was held last night at Garret Stadium celebrating these Two Awsome Teams!!!

A.M. GRIN : " WHO is never hungry at Christmas? The turkey. - he is always stuffed!"

" LIFE ALWAYS OFFERS YOU A SECOND CHANCE. IT'S CALLED TOMMORROW ! "

Today is Wednesday

SHOP SAFE!

HINN!

19/12/2023

Tuesday December, 19,2023
Low-31. High-50
Sunny

12-19-1917; The first games of the National Hockey League were played!

12-19-1974; The first personal computer went on sale in the U.S. as a DIY Kit, for $397, the Altair 8800!

12-19-1997; The Academy Award winning blockbuster , Titanic. Opened in Theaters!

12-19-1843; 179 years ago, Charles Dicken's book "A Christmas Carol" was first published!

A.M. GRIN: " What did the gingerbread man put on his bed? A cookie sheet !

" YOU DON'T ALWAYS NEED A PLAN.
SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED TO BREATHE, TRUST, LET GO AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS!"

Today is Tuesday

Shop Safely!

Hinn!

18/12/2023

Monday December 18,2023
Low-30 High-57
Sunny

Dr. Suess's " How the Grinch Stole Christmas" aired for the first time on television!

12-15-1939; "Gone With the Wind" premiered !"

12-23-1967; San Diego, CA. Records snow at a zero elevation after temperatures plunge 19 degrees(F) in eight hours!

April 1863; Invention of four-wheeled roller skates!

A.M.GRIN: " Life is short, eat the Christmas cookies!"
" MAKE TODAY MATTER"

Today is Monday

One week before
CHRISTMAS
SHOP SAFELY!

HINN!

15/12/2023

Friday December 15,3023
Low-42 High-53
Mostly Sunny

12-12-2013; A sixth grade boy, Gerry Orz, persuaded the California state government to declare December 12 as a"Day of Silence" to officially honor the victims of bullying!

12-12-1946; 76 years ago the United Nations accepted John D. Rockefeller Jr's gift of a 6 - block tract of Manhattan real estate to become the site of the U.N. headquarters!

12-13-1925; Dick Van Dyke's Birthday, he turns 97 on this date!

12-13-2003; Saddam Hussein Captured!

A.M. GRIN:" What do snowmen eat for dessert? Ice Crispies"!

" BE THE REASON SOMEONE SMILES TODAY"

Today is Friday

Be SAFE!

HINN!

14/12/2023

Thursday December 14,2023
Low-36 High-58
Partly Sunny

12-13-1984; Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffered his first stroke!

12-14-1926; TILT-A-WHIRL, the famous theme park ride,was trademark registered!

12-10-1996; Bed In A Bag was trademark registered!

12-11-1900;Ronald McFeely obtained a patent for a Shoemaker machine!

A.M.GRIN:" Knock, knock! Who's there?
Noah, Noah who? Noah a good Christmas joke?"

" TURN YOUR WORDS INTO WISDOM !"

Today is Thursday

Be SAFE!

HINN!

13/12/2023

Wednesday December 13 2023
Low-43 High-61
Partly Sunny

12-7-1967; Otis Redding went into the studio to record "Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay". 72 hours before he was to die in a plane crash !

12-7-1995;27 years ago , the Galileo spacecraft arrived at Jupitor , a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis !

12-7-1979; 43 years ago , Star Trek:The Motion Picture debuted on big screen srarring the cast of the original television series !

12-3-1996; James and Jovee Coulter, patented a glow- in- the - dark glove!
A.M. GRIN: " What do snowmen eat for dessert?,, Ice Crispies!"

" MISTAKES ARE PROOF THAT YOU ARE TRYING!"

Today is Wednesday

Be SAFE!

HINN!

11/12/2023

Monday December 11,2023
Low-31. High-54
Sunny

12-6-1877; The Washington Post newspaper was first published!

12-6-1884; The aluminum capstone, the largest single piece of aluminum cast at that time , was set atop the Washington Monument, the world's tallest stone structure , to officially complete the memorial obelick(?) In Washington D.C.!

12-6-2012; A group of 10th - graders from Israel arrived in New York to help in the ongoing clean-up efforts after Hurricane Sandy !

12-6-1947; 76 years ago the Everglades National Park in Florida was dedicated - the first U. S. National Park created to protect a fragile ecosystem . Visited by 1 million people each year , it is the third - largest US national park outside Alaska !

A.M. GRIN: " Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, V***n,
Covid , Virus,Fever,Blitzen!"

" LOVE THE GIVER MORE THAN THE GIFT!"

Today is Monday

BE SAFE!

HINN!

08/12/2023

Friday December 8,2023
COLD
🌞 SUNNY

4-30-1939; New York World's Fair opened, featuring The World of Tomorrow- a vision of the future that included television , air conditioning, refrigerators, dishwashers, clothes washers ,and long-distance calling from videophones.The first fair to be based on the future!

5-1-1886; 147 years ago, the first "May Day" was organized for labor unions around the world to demand better working conditions and World peace . The day was the beginning and achievement of the 8-hour work day !

5-2-1902; The first science fiction film was released , " A Trip To The Moon "

5-2-1908; 116 years ago 'Take me out to the ballgame ' was registered for a U.S. copyright !

A.M. GRIN: " Friends buy you food. Best friends eat your food "

" SOMETIMES GOD BREAKS YOUR HEART
TO SAVE YOUR SOUL "

Today is Friday

Be SAFE

HINN!

07/12/2023

Central Wins Big, Both Teams!

07/12/2023

Thursday December 7,2023
Low-41. High-59
Sunny

12-3-1976; 47 years ago, a giant inflatable pig could be seen floating above London after breaking free from its Pink Floyd album album shoot! It was 40-feet long !

12-4-1881; 142 years ago , the first edition of the Los Angeles Times was published!

12-4-2909; The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving pro hockey franchise in the world was founded!

12-4-1945; The decision to join the United Nations was approved by the U.S. Senate, 65-7. !

A.M. GRIN: " I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies"!

" ALWAYS RESPECT YOUR ELDERS "

Today is Thursday

Be SAFE !

HINN!

06/12/2023

Wednesday December 6,2023
Low-35. High-58
SUNNY

12-2-1970; 52 years ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency opened its doors! The agency banned DDT, phased out leaded gasoline , and halted the use of cancer-causing PCB's!
Central Park in New York began in 1958 . Workers moved nearly 5 million cubic yards of stone, earth, and topsoil, built 36 bridges and arches, and constructed 11 overpasses over the transverse roads.They also planted 500,000 trees, shrubs, and and vines. The landscapes were man-made and all built by hand . And there is also 2 subways that go under the park.

12-3-1805; The Lewis and Clark Expedition marked their location on a pine tree during explorations from the Missouri River by land to the Columbia River !

12-3-1997; Representatives from121 countries signed The Ottawa Treaty prohibiting the manufacture and the deployment of anti-personnel landmines !

A.M. GRIN: " Happy Wednesday! Look at the bright side ! At least it's not Monday morning"!

" MAY YOUR TROUBLES BE LESS AND YOUR BLESSINGS BE MORE AND NOTHING BUT HAPPINESS COME THROUGH YOUR DOOR"!

Today is Wednesday

Be SAFE!

HINN!

06/12/2023

December 6,2023
Low-35. High-58

05/12/2023

Tuesday December 5 , 2023
Low-41 High- 59
Sunny

04/12/2023

If anyone thinks that prayers don't work, and that miracles don't happen, call anyone in the Richardson Family !!!

04/12/2023

Monday December 4,2023
Low-40. High-65
Mostly Sunny

11-30-1968; Glen Campbell's album "Wichita Lineman" hit #1 on the US album chart !

12-1-1963; "I Want to Hold Your Hand" debuted, The Beatle's first single released in the United States !

12-2-1956; The first gorilla born in captivity arrived at Ohio's Columbus Zoo-
Colo grew to become a mother of 3 and grandmother of 16 more!

12-2-1982; University of Utah doctors implanted the first permanent human artificial heart- the Jarvik 7 - into Barney Clark, who lived with the heart for 112 days !

A.M. GRIN :" Even if you are on the right track you'll get run over if you just sit there !

" DON'T COUNT THE DAYS, MAKE THE DAYS COUNT !"

Today is Monday

Make this week count!
BE SAFE!

HINN!

30/11/2023

Thursday November 30,2023
Low-45 High-64
Sunny

11-26-2011; 12 years ago, the Mars Science Laboratory launched from Earth !

12-26-1842; The University of Notre Dame was founded!
11-28-1925; The Grand Ole Opry began broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee on WSM radio as the Barn Dance !

11-28-1995; President Bill Clinton signed a bill that ended the federal speed limit of 55 mph!

A.M. GRIN: " It's okay to look at the past and the future . Just don't stare! "

" THE HARDEST ARITHMETIC TO MASTER IS THAT WHICH ENABLES US TO COUNT OUR BLESSINGS!"

Today is Thursday

Safely Be!

Hinn!

29/11/2023

Wednesday November 29,2023
Low-35 High-58
Sunny

11-21-1922; Rebecca Felton became the first women U.S. Senator!

11-21-1995; Toy Story, the first computer-generated feature film, was released !
11-21-1877; Thomas Edison unveiled -a machine that could record sound- and called it the phonograph !

11-19-1863; President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettesburg Address at a military cemetery in Gettysburg , Pennsylvania !

A.M GRIN: " IF you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito!"

"A MIND IS LIKE A PARACHUTE, IT DOESN"T WORK IF IT IS NOT OPEN !"

Today is Wednesday

Be SAFE!

HINN!

28/11/2023

Tuesday November 28,2023
Low-33 High-55
Sunny

11-18-1883; 5 standard Continental time zones were instituted by US and Canadian railroads to end the confusion of thousands of local times!

11-28-1928; Mickey Mouse first appeared on the big screen in the first Disney production with synchronized sound, the animated film Steamboat Willie , staring a cartoon Mouse drawn - and voiced- by animation Walt Disney, which eventually became the company's mascot!

11-20-1962; The Cuban Missile Crisis ended!

11-26-1956; 67 years ago , The Price Is Right game show was first broadcast! It became the first GameSpot broadcast in color !

A.M. GRIN: " You Might Be a Redneck If ...
You think a web site is that corner in your kitchen near the ceiling!"

" START EACH DAY WITH A POSITIVE THOUGHT, AND A GRATEFUL HEART!"

Today is Tuesday

Be SAFE!

Hinn!

27/11/2023

Monday November 27,2023
Low-35 High-58
Partly Sunny

11-24-1987; The United States and Soviet Union agreed to the INF treaty that eliminated the entire class of short-and-medium -range nuclear missiles from both countries !
12-25-2004; A Korean Research team announced their use of cord blood stem cells to regrow a spinal cord as patient walks for the first time in 19 years !

11-25-1984 ; 39 years ago, three dozen musicians from the UK gathered on a London studio to record ' DO They Know It's Christmas?' for the sole purpose of raising money to send food to starving families in Ethiopia! "Band Aid" raised $14 million!
12-25-1920; 103 years ago, the first Thanksgiving Day parade was held - and it wasn't the Macy's department store that founded the practice . It was, the Gimbels store in Philadelphia !

A.M. GRIN: " My Mother always used to say " the older you get , the better you get. Unless you're a banana " - Betty White

"ONE DAY OR DAY ONE.
"YOU DECIDE " !

Today is Monday
Yep!!, you gotta go back
To WORK!

HINN!

27/11/2023