Blaze in Woodfin
Some 130 firefighters fought a brush fire in Woodfin that threatened some homes. WLOSers made a big deal out of it on Wednesday, but the fire’s contained now.
Macon man has court appearance
The Macon County man charged with killing his mother has his first court appearance on Wednesday. Witness who saw and heard the shooting said they thought he fired seven shots, and they also reported seeing him trying to set fire to his momma’s body.
No word on motive.
Arctic blast moving in
The WLOSer weather-guessers were telling us that an arctic blast is headed our way today (Thursday). It’s going to get pretty windy, and the low temperature tonight is going to be 16 degrees. Yup. Sixteen degrees. Bundle up out there, people!
In other news…
A Marine injured in Iraq has returned home to Transylvania County, and Pat “Smirkin’ Simon went down to ask the marine what he thought about the Iraq study group report. The young marine, injured by a roadside bomb, said it’s time to turn shit over to the Iraqis. But he said he thought we could still “win” over there… Cherub Charu talked to some hunters about hunting on Sunday. That’s because the state Wildlife Commission forwarded on surveys and studies about the issue to the state Legislature to see if lawmakers want to vote to lift the current ban on hunting Bambi on Sundays. Couple hunters said no problem – I could to church and go hunting. Another said Sunday is God’s day, a day of rest, so why not let the animals rest, too? The Wildlife Commission survey said 65 percent of people across the state say keep the Sunday hunting ban in place.
Edible ornaments
John “Punnyman” Le went out to the Grove Park Inn to do a lame report on the taping of a Food TV show that was a chef competition to see who could make the best edible ornaments.
Le stuffed his face with the chefs’ food and said they were competing for a $10,000 prize. After they ran the pre-recorded stuff, they went back to Le live, who was standing in a deadly quiet space near the studio audience and whispered that it was “pandemonium” here. Hey John, do you know the definition of “pandemonium”? Look it up, dude.
The kicker was that nobody in the studio audience, including some students from Cherokee that Le talked to, will be able to see the show until next December, when Food TV actually airs it.
In still other news..
WLOSers had blurbs on a woman complaining about her dog being shot… An update on the dead man found in a Transylvania County creek – they identified the body… There’s yet another new shopping center going up on Airport Road… The Black Mountain Center held its annual Christmas parade… The Polk County Courthouse is under repair, again… And a local Catholic school, St. Thomas Aquinas Academy, is expanding.
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I stopped by the Food Network taping because my wife went there. Turns out she sat between the parents of two of the four chefs, which was neat to talk to them a little. But to be honest, it was boring as hell. There was nothing even remotely close to pandemonium, as Le put it. The most uproar I saw was when the audience clapped politely when a chef finished stacking something like five pineapples on top of his tree.
I didn’t stay long. I just don’t get the allure of watching stuff like that. …well, unless Giada de Laurentiis is involved.