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** We welcomed Pam Kirk from the Easter Seals Rehab Center to chat about their big Home Run Sweeps Cash Raffle which is entering it's final week.  It's our annual WIKY Bonus Day.....if you call the Rehab Center at 437-2627 TODAY before 5 p.m. and buy a ticket (you need to mention WIKY) you'll be entered into a drawing for an EXTRA ticket, plus 4 tix to a Cardinals game!

In case you missed it this morning, Diane chatted with Jay from Fire and Rain Marketing about his close encounter with James Taylor yesterday afternoon.

Click on the link below to hear Jay  tell it in his own words.

http://www.wiky.com/content/james-taylor-fire-rain-story

Here's Jay with James Taylor

Diane here.....flying solo this week as DJB takes his daughter Amanda to freshman orientation at Ball State! It's hard for me to wrap my head around that, since I've known Amanda since she was in middle school. Her sister Kathryn will be a senior at Castle High School this fall. Time seems to fly by faster and faster each year, but it's been a blessing to see DJB's daughters grow up into the smart, talented and beautiful young women they are.
 

While the heat wave rages on with the temperature expected to top 106 degrees today, we're wondering if some relief is on the way. 14WFIE Meteorologist Byron Douglas says next week we'll have some temps back into the upper 80's and around 90. You know it's been brutal when the upper 80's will feel much cooler!

Some new movies in theatres this weekend include "The Amazing Spiderman," which is getting good reviews.  Katy Perry's concert film "Part of Me" is also out now.

It's a Thursday that feels like a Monday.....isn't it weird to have a holiday smack dab in the middle of the week?

We talked about Andy Griffith's passing. This is one celebrity obituary that really bummed out DJB and my husband. Both of them are big fans of "The Andy Griffith Show." One of Andy Griffith's later movie roles was in "Waitress." It also features Keri Russell and a pre-"Castle" Nathan Fillian. I can't recommend this movie enough....it's a little gem!

The fireworks on the Evansville riverfront were spectacular!

With the ban on persoal fireworks, we invited Mayor Lloyd Winnecke to join us to talk about that and also the Evansville Fireworks show.  He said that as of right now, the riverfront fireworks show is still on, but he's in constant contact with the fire chief and if the wind condition pose a real threat to public safety, he'll pull the plug. But as it stands now, the show will go on as planned in Evansville.  The Newburgh fireworks show, however, has been cancelled.