Mark Elliott's blog

We talked about this on the Afternoon Show Thursday.  Here's the link to the Deaconess Wise Choice Munchie Map.

http://www.deaconess.com/PDFS/DH/Deaconess-Wise-Choice-Map.aspx

Mark Elliott – program director of WIKY Radio here.  Yesterday, a listener (Angie Walker Leslie) posted on the WIKY Facebook page about a news story.  I won’t recap the story here, as it was tragic and very personal for Ms. Leslie. (Click here for a link to the story in the Local News section of this site.)  However, in that post there were some claims about the news story that were not true.  We debated removing the post but thought it best to reply in the comments, which we did.

We talked this morning about visiting Holiday World in a wheelchair.  Here is the link to their complete guide.

http://www.holidayworld.com/visit/accessibility-guide

I told this story Monday on the Morning Show, here's the link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/fashion/weddings/seeing-an-omen-on-a-f...

WIKY News has had the story today about the new Wireless Emergency Alerts starting next week.  It's an update to the Emergency Alert System (those obnoxious tones you hear on the radio before a weather warning.)  If you have one of the newer smartphones you are already signed up and ready to get them (although you might need a software update.)  Get more info here:

http://www.ctia.org/consumer_info/safety/index.cfm/AID/12081

Here's the trailer for the movie Rock of Ages as we talked about on the Afternoon Show today.

http://wiky.com/content/rock-ages-movie-0

Tuesday  May 15th is Take a Picture Day.  Pick up your camera and help capture a day in the life of the planet. The project  wants amateur and professional photographers to capture an image of their home, travel, or work on May 15. The images will be published on the Internet, compiled into a book, and buried in a time capsule.  You can see this project online now at http://www.aday.org

There are a lot of people who aren't what they seem.

Thanks to Tom Goeble (from Evansville) who now works at NASA.  He was in the air over Washington DC today as the Discovery Space Shuttle was being transported to it's new home at the Smithsonian.  I was chatting about the shuttle today on the Afternoon Show and a friend of his mom sent me this picture.  SO COOL!!!

Worried about getting your online purchases in time for the holidays?  Check out this website..

http://www.freeshipping.org/blog/shipping-deadlines/

It has a list of all online retailers and the last dates you can order from them before the holidays.  Happy Shopping!