Hi Everyone!
Last Weekend, Elly and I attended the funeral of a fallen North Carolina State Trooper here in our county. He was on a routine traffic stop this past Tuesday evening when his assailant shot and ultimately killed him. The assailant then was pursued by law enforcement from two other agencies who later caught him, but not after more shots were fired. He is now in police custody and has a lengthly record. He was allegedly high on drugs on the time.
Trooper David Shawn Blanton, Jr. (G-540) lost his life this past Tuesday night at Mission Hospital, he was 24. He left behind his wife of just one year, Michaela, and his three week old son, Ty. Ty was born premature and is in the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit. His family also are in serious need of your prayers. I am happy to have met him last year at the first annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (L.E.A.D.) And the next one is three weeks away, and this one is going to difficult without him.
The viewing Friday night had over 3000 people, and tied up traffic in the town for five hours. The funeral home had a line 400 yards long at one point. Law Enforcement officers came from over 30 states and all over the State of North Carolina to pay their respects. They came from as far away as Washington State, California, Chicago, and even a pair of Texas Rangers. There were County Sheriffs, and Police Chiefs and their officers from all over the state. There were Park Rangers, Federal Marshalls, and Fire Chiefs from several areas.
The funeral held at the Stuart Auditorium had over 1200 in attendance, mostly Law Enforcement, at the Lake Junaluska Methodist Assembly. A large number of folks could not get in because the place was packed. The most tears I had ever seen in one place, and it began when the Horse drawn Caisons brought the casket to the funeral. This was a very sober event, and one I hope I never have to repeat.
I had installed the replay of the interview with Lara Feinberg, founder of “FORS” (Families for Roadside Safety), which was originally aired 6 December 2007. And of course, there was some really cool Christmas music in it.
Now, on a lighter note…
Now after all the confusion, the chaos that went on around here this week, I have no idea what I uploaded, and I am working to get everyone back on the right page again! Not to mention having to build the new Goat condo that I really didn’t want to do this weekend!
Yes, Miss Daisy has her new permanent home! (Pictures coming later!)
I can say that we are working very hard to get the program out there, and we are venturing into alot of Podcast sites. So far, some of the comments we have received are “Great Production!”, “Music is fantastic”!, and “Who is the hairball behind the microphone?
Bill Malroney will be on the program here in the near future, and he is a super interview!
This weeks Playlist!!!!
Jerry Salas - “A Woman Like You”
LoudLife - “Tomorrows Ground”
IronHorse - “On Fire”
Arlen - “Sandman”
Jude Johnstone - “I’ll Believe You”
The Mimsies - “Tennessee”
Rebecca - “All Men Are Created Equal”
Changing Modes - “No Fly Zone”
The Morris Brothers - “Born To Do”
Bobby G. - “Smokey Mountain Blues”
Gaby Moreno - “Hey You”
McKenzie Brothers - “Looks Like Love To Me”
Chris Squier - “California - Queen of Lights”
Next week will more than likely be a repeat, because I have to work all weekend. Let me know what program you want to hear again…and we will see if we can accommadate you.
Also….just so you know, we are podcasting at the following link for
you to be able to download it and take it with you!
http://www.podomatic.com/people/index/onthehorizon
* The new show, “Country Horizons” is now on the air on New Artist
Radio at www.newartistradio.net ! We are also on Indie 104 FM, also
located at www.iradiola.com , twice a week! Volume Ten is now
available to everyone! Here is the link:
http://www.newartistradio.net/shows/countryhorizons.html
Note: the picture section over on the website has had over 29,000 hits
so far this year!
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Always Courageous!
John Anderson
Host
The “On The Horizon” radio show
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