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ONroute will offer free coffee to truck drivers on Wednesday, April 8,2020 to show appreciation for their tireless efforts to maintain the provincial and national supply chain during COVID-19.
ONroute will provide free medium coffee/beverages to truck drivers at all 23 ONroute locations for the entire day of April 8. ONroute requests that truck drivers provide a form of proof of trucking licence or association membership if available.
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This might as well have been a truck full of cash. Authorities in Texas say a truck crashed around 4 a.m. last Wednesday and burst into flames in southern Dallas County. The kicker is the cargo was a load of much sought-after toilet paper. The truck driver was not injured and told authorities that he hit a bump, lost control of the vehicle and struck a highway barrier, causing the truck to overturn. Firefighters extinguished the blaze, and the cargo was completely lost.
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➢ April 10:
• “Brews Brothers” (Netflix Original): Real-life brothers Greg and Jeff Schaffer created this odd-couple comedy series about two very different brothers who must put aside their differences when they are forced to run a brewery together.
• “The Main Event” (Netflix Film): A WWE original production. A young boy finds a magic mask that turns him into a superstar wrestler whenever he puts it on.
➢ April 12:
• “Ocean’s 8” (Drama): Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City’s yearly Met Gala. (Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Mindy Kaling, Rihanna)
J.K. Rowling wants to make it a little easier for kids, parents and teachers stuck at home due to COVID-19 to enjoy “Harry Potter.” She has launched a website featuring a handful of school-friendly activities based on her popular book series. The new site, “harrypotterathome.com”, promises to “bring Hogwarts to you” via themed quizzes, videos, puzzles, and other activities, with the claim: “We’re casting a banishing charm to boredom!”
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TODAY IS……………….
- “Beer Day”, marking the day in 1933 when Americans could legally buy, sell, and drink beer for the first time in 13 years, thanks to Prohibition.
- “Metric System Day”, celebrating its 1795 adoption in France, where it was first developed. The only 3 countries in the world NOT using the system now: Liberia, Myanmar, and USA. Myanmar (Burma) is taking steps to adopt it officially.
- “World Health Day”, an initiative of the World Health Organization to highlight public health issues of international concern on the anniversary of the organization’s creation in 1948.
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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE
Jessica Andrews scored her first Number One single with “Who I Am” in 2001
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COVID UPDATES…..
A college student in Kentucky is making special facemasks that let the hearing impared read people’s lips. Each mask has a plastic cutout in the middle, so you can see the person’s mouth.
The Prime Minister of Ireland was a doctor before he got into politics. Now he’s practicing medicine again, one day a week just to help out.
TOM BRADY is donating 10 million meals to people in need.
PEYTON MANNING and his wife bought dinner for the entire staff of a Denver hospital.
Houston Astros pitcher JUSTIN VERLANDER is donating his weekly paychecks to the coronavirus relief effort . . .
There are SO many ways to make a difference right now. Here’s one you probably didn’t think of: MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY played virtual bingo with senior citizens.
Matthew and his family, including his mother, joined a Zoom call with residents of a senior living facility in Texas, and it sounds like everyone had a blast.
The facility posted a video, and said, quote, “Thank you to Matthew, his wife Camila, and his mom Kay for hosting our residents for a few rounds of virtual bingo!
“Our residents had a great time playing, and they loved talking with Matthew about his family heritage and his favorite drink.”
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FOUR RANDOM FACTS
- Lamborghini originally made tractors and air conditioners before they got into cars.
- Sardines aren’t actually a species of fish. There are at least 22 different types of fish that are used to make sardines.
- There’s only one person who’s played in a World Series AND the Masters Tournament in golf. Sammy Byrd played with the New York Yankees when they won the World Series in 1932, then quit to play golf. Then he won 11 tournaments and finished third at the Masters in 1941.
- Kryptonite was invented by the people behind the Superman radio show in 1943, so Superman could just groan in pain for a few episodes . . . and the voice actor who played him could finally take a vacation.
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GOOD NEWS
Brooklyn restaurateur Fred Urban says he is weeks away from shutting down his restaurant but that doesn’t mean he’s letting his elderly and homeless neighbors go hungry.
“We’re not able to keep our doors open much longer, so why throw [food] in the garbage when I can cook it and feed it to someone?” Ever since Urban’s restaurant and others across the city were forced to close for dine in he and his family have been delivering free hot meals to elderly folks too scared to leave their house and homeless people sleeping on the streets.
He’s been using Facebook to get the word out to older residents and has been driving through the neighborhood each night with 10 hot plates for the homeless — serving up everything from bratwurst, french fries, schnitzel, kielbasa and salad.
More than a dozen elderly residents have asked for help through Urban’s Facebook posts, including a regular customer in her 80s who called him, desperate for assistance.
When he showed up to deliver the food, the woman was in tears, so grateful for the help.
Urban, a native Brooklynite who has been running the restaurant for the past 14 years, said his landlord recently told him that if his rent isn’t paid next week, he has 30 days to vacate the premises.
Even though Gov. Andrew Cuomo enacted a moratorium on evictions, Urban will eventually have to pay back his landlord if he wants to keep his business open. Still, he said his decision to give back was easy.
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BIRTHDAYS
[81] Francis Ford Coppola, Detroit MI, movie director (Oscars-“The Godfather I & II”, “Apocalypse Now”)
[56] Russell Crowe, actor (Oscar-“Gladiator”)
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PEOPLE WITH ALLERGIES DESCRIBE THEIR ‘PARANOIA’ ABOUT COUGHING
It’s spring now, and that means many people begin to be bothered by their allergies.
Allergy symptoms can include watery eyes and scratchy throat which can be scary to see amid the on-going novel coronavirus pandemic.
In addition, forecasters are predicting a brutal spring allergy season for parts of North America at the same time the virus cases continue to rise.
It’s making those with allergies get really jumpy. Kathy Przywara manages an online community of allergy sufferers for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, and says, “Everyone is sort of analyzing every sneeze and cough right now.”
It seems most don’t care that typically allergy symptoms such as sneezing and a runny nose are not usually associated with the novel coronavirus.
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85% of Us Are Now Actively Doing Things to Avoid Getting Sick
A new poll found most of us are now doing things to stop the virus from spreading. 85% of Americans say they’ve changed their behavior in some way to avoid getting sick. Here are the top changes we’ve made in the past month . . .
- Avoiding crowded places. 67% are doing it now, compared to 27% a month ago.
- Not touching certain things when you go out. 50%, up from 24%.
- Better personal hygiene, like washing your hands more. 65% said yes.
- Skipping work, or working from home. 24%, which is EIGHT TIMES higher than last month. And that’s 24% of ALL adults, not just the 63% who make up the workforce.
- Avoiding tourists. It’s doubled in the last month to 35%.
- Wearing a face mask in public. 12%, up from 7% a month ago.
Roughly 1 in 7 people said they’re still not taking ANY protective measures . . . including 6% who hadn’t even heard about the virus before they took the survey
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TUESDAY APRIL 7TH
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
[81] Francis Ford Coppola, Detroit MI, movie director (Oscars-“The Godfather I & II”, “Apocalypse Now”)
[56] Russell Crowe, actor (Oscar-“Gladiator”)
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- ONroute will offer free coffee to truck drivers on Wednesday, April 8,2020 to show appreciation for their tireless efforts to maintain the provincial and national supply chain during COVID-19. ONroute will provide free medium coffee/beverages to truck drivers at all 23 ONroute locations for the entire day of April 8. ONroute requests that truck drivers provide a form of proof of trucking licence or association membership if available.
- Dr. Anthony Faucisays he doesn’t believe we’ll get back to normal before there is a vaccine. While we may not have extreme social distancing and stay-at-home orders like now, the transition back to society like we knew it will be gradual.
Also . . . he says it’s possible we may NEVER truly get back to the point where we were before coronavirus, because we’ve now lived through this and understand the threat.
There are signs that New York’s cases have plateaued . . . but, as Governor Andrew Cuomo says, quote, “If we are plateauing, we are plateauing at a very high level and there’s tremendous stress on the health care system.”
- Nate Bargatze says he’s gullible, and once believed as a teenager that a couple he met were really named John and Jane DOE.
- The tiger with coronavirus, NBA players to play H-O-R-S-E, South by Southwest will stream online, and staying at home with the kids. (From Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, and David Spade’s home shows on Monday, April 6, 2020. If David Spade sounds a little down, Comedy Central officially canceled his show “Lights Out”, but he’s going to continue posting jokes for a while.)
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SUPER PINK MOON COMING APRIL 7TH
NASA says skywatchers can look forward to seeing a super pink moon on Tuesday, April 7th. The April full moon is the closest supermoon of the year, which means it’s the largest. The website EarthSky explains, “That’s because this full moon more closely coincides with lunar perigee—the moon’s closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit—than any other full moon in 2020.” NASA says the moon will be at perigee at 2:08 p.m. Eastern time on April 7th, and that the moon will be visible at 10:35 p.m. Eastern that night. This moon is known as the pink moon, on account of the herb moss pink, also known as wild ground phlox which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of Spring in the eastern U.S.
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SAM HUNT TALKS ‘WILD’ DOCU-SERIES ‘TIGER KING’
Sam Hunt is among the Netflix watchers who binged on the series Tiger King in recent days. He was fascinated by the docu-series, and says he knew it would be a hot topic. [“I have watched Tiger King, yup. I saw it about a week ago when it came out and thought this is about to blow up. The whole thing was wild, you know. I feel like that guy was just down the road from where I grew up. I feel like I knew that guy and a lot of those characters in that show, but maybe that’s why I liked it because it was so familiar to me. But there’s a lot of drama playing out there.”]
Sam will release his new album, Southside, on Friday (April 3rd).
The album’s first single, “Kinfolks,” recently topped the country charts. His new single is called “Hard To
DOLLY PARTON, LIONEL RICHIE TO HONOR KENNY ROGERS DURING CMT BENEFIT
Kenny Rogers will be honored during a CMT special called CMT Giants Kenny Rogers: A Benefit For MusiCares. The show will air on April 8th and will feature virtual performances and interviews with stars including Dolly Parton, Gavin DeGraw, Jason Isbell, Jennifer Nettles, Lady Antebellum, Lionel Richie, Michael McDonald, Randy Houser, Rascal Flatts and Vince Gill. Rare archival photos, interviews and performances, from Rogers himself will be included. The legendary entertainer died last month at the age of 81.
Throughout the tribute, fans will have the opportunity to donate to MusiCares’ COVID-19 Relief Fund online at musicares.org/kennyrogers or by texting KENNYCARES to 41444. The organization is working to provide funds directly to those in the music industry who have the greatest need due to the coronavirus pandemic. Half of all funds raised will go directly to the Nashville country community.
CMT GIANTS Kenny Rogers: A Benefit for MusiCares will re-air on April 10th at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on MTV Live and on April 11th at 12:00 p.m. ET/PT on CMT.
Shania Twain is spending her time during quarantine by curling up with a few good books. She posted a video of herself in her bedroom with about 15 of them. At the top of her list is a Robin Williams biography, plus the “Heart of Texas” book series
Here’s something the public did NOT see when Florida Georgia Line performed in Brian Kelley’s living room on Sunday’s “ACM Presents: Our Country”. It’s Tyler Hubbard’s two kids in the middle of a meltdown crying their eyes out.
