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Give the "Gift of Reading"!

11-13-09
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The NewsRadio WTAX First Book Gift of Reading is underway. Morning NewsWatch's Bob Murray kicked it off on November 9th at Fairview School, reading to Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Fitzgerald's Kindergarten class.

This holiday season we have teamed up with Marine Bank to collect new books for Pre-K through 2nd graders in the Springfield School District. From now until December 11th, we will be collecting children's books at the WTAX Studios at 3501 East Sangamon Avenue or at the six Springfield Marine Bank locations: 3120 Robbins Road, 3050 Wabash Avenue, 1953 Sangamon Avenue, 3001 South Sixth Street, 1401 Dirksen Parkway, 525 North 4th Street, and 2136 Cook Street.

You can buy a book from our suggested reading list or choose one of your favorites to give to a needy child. You can also give donations to First Book at any of the Marine Bank locations. Gift the "Gift of Reading" this holiday season.

On December 5th, you can shop for books at Barnes and Noble and help the "Gift of Reading" drive, and your purchase will also help benefit the drive through First Book.






Here are the suggested reading titles. We have listed books for Pre-K through 2nd grade:

PRESCHOOL
1. Don't Laugh Joe -Keiko Kasza
2. Birdie's Big-Girl Shoes-Sujean Rim
3. Where the Wild Things Are-Maurice Sendak
4. The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and The Big Hungry Bear-Don and Audrey Wood
5. Move Over Rover-K. Beaumont
6. Silly Sally-Audrey Wood
7. Mrs. Wishy Washy-Joy Cowley
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar-Eric Carle
9. Big Fat Hen-Keith Baker
10. Big Sarah's Little Boots-Paulette Bourgeois

KINDERGARTEN
1. Caps for Sale-Esphyr Slobodkina
2. Corduroy-Don Freeman
3. Goodnight Moon-Margaret Wise Brown
4. Jamaica's Find-Juanita Havill
5. Just Like Daddy-Frank Asch
6. Koala Lou-Mem Fox
7. Peter's Chair-Ezra Jack Keats
8. Ramona, The Pest-Beverly Cleary
9. The Carrot Seed-Ruth Krauss
10. The Napping House-Audrey Wood

FIRST GRADE
1. A Chair For My Mother-Vera Williams
2. Abiyoyo-Pete Seeger
3. Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild-Mem Fox
4. In a Dark, Dark Room-Alvin Schwartz
5. Leo, The Late Bloomer-Robert Kraus
6. Mouse Soup-Arnold Lobel
7. Mr. Popper's Penguins-Richard Atwater
8. Owl Moon-Jan Yolen 9. Polar Express-Chris Van Allsberg
10. The Important Book-Margaret Wise Brown

SECOND GRADE

1. Blueberries for Sal-Robert McCloskey
2. Frod and Toad Are Friends-Arnold Lobel
3. Hattie and The Fox-Mem Fox
4. Little Bear's Visit-Else Holmshead Minarik
5. Machines At Work-Byron Barton
6. Miss Nelson Is Missing-Harry Allard
7. Miss Rumphius-Barbara Cooney
8. Poppleton-Cynthia Rylant
9. The Gardener-Sarah Stewart
10. Thunder Cake-Patricia Polacco
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Get a Run In ..........

11-13-09
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Help A Cause.
NewsRadio WTAX and the Jingle Bell Run/Walk have been working together for years to raise money for arthritis sufferers. The Arthritis Foundation's Jingle Bell Run/Walk will be on Saturday, November 21st this year at Lincoln Land Community College. Register now. The 3.1 mile/5K race is at 9:45 on Saturday, November 21st.

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Salvation Army's Tree of Lights

11-13-09
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Campaign Underway.
The Salvation Army's Tree of Lights Campaign is underway. The Tree of Lights campaign funds a large portion of the Army's budget. The Army provides food, shelter, clothing and more to those who find themselves out of work and out of a home. It also provides Christmas baskets and toys to many families.

You can help by donating at a red kettle, where you'll certainly hear the bell ringers this holiday season. Or you can donate online.


The children who are helped by the Salvation Army get a chance to get a toy and some clothes this holiday season, thanks to the generosity of many. You can pick up an Angel at the WTAX Studios from our Angel Tree, starting November 23rd. The Angel tag will have a child's age and a desired toy or gift on it. You buy that gift, leave it unwrapped and return it and the Angel back to the WTAX studios. Then all of those Angel gifts go to the Army's Christmas Castle to allow for those children to get a gift this holiday season.

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Gift the "Gift of Life"

11-13-09
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Before You Head Out For Thanksgiving.
NewsRadio WTAX and the Central Illinois Community Blood Center want you to give the "Gift of Life" before you head out for Thanksgiving this year. The Blood Center sees a decrease in donors this time of the year because of the holidays and vacations and then add the flu to the mix, and the need becomes even more great.

It will take less than an hour of your time and won't cost you any money from your pocketbook. Schedule in an hour to donate blood on Friday, November 20th and give the gift of life.

For more information on giving, click here. NewsRadio WTAX's Bob Murray will be at the Blood Center from 10am-Noon on Friday, November 20th.

The Blood Center is at 1134 South Seventh Street and is open 8am-4pm on Friday, November 20th. You can call for an appointment at 753-1530 or make one at cicbc.org/calendar2.asp

We hope to see you giving blood on November 20th at the Central Illinois Community Blood Center.

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Just in case you didn't know...

11-12-09
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A 36 year-old female had an accident several weeks ago and totaled her car. A resident of Kilgore , Texas she was traveling between Gladewater & Kilgore. It was raining, though not excessively, when her car suddenly began to hydro-plane and literally flew through the air. She was not seriously injured but very stunned at the sudden occurrence!

When she explained to the highway patrolman what had happened he told her something that every driver should know - NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN WITH YOUR CRUISE CONTROL ON . She thought she was being cautious by setting the cruise control and maintaining a safe consistent speed in the rain.

But the highway patrolman told her that if the cruise control is on when your car begins to hydro-plane and your tires lose contact with the pavement, your car will accelerate to a higher rate of speed making you take off like an airplane. She told the patrolman that was exactly what had occurred.

The patrolman said this warning should be listed, on the driver's seat sun-visor - NEVER USE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE PAVEMENT IS WET OR ICY, along with the airbag warning. We tell our teenagers to set the cruise control and drive a safe speed - but we don't tell them to use the cruise control only when the pavement is dry.

The only person the accident victim found, who knew this (besides the patrolman), was a man who had had a similar accident, totaled his car and sustained severe injuries.

NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota Sienna Limited XLE) will not allow you to set the cruise control when the windshield wipers are on.

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