In Today’s WMOK News Check

Sunny skies with a high of 94 – overnight low of 74 – Heat index values on Thursday as high as 105
Holiday World Ticket Winners
Coffee Break schedule
Westbound Exit and Entry Ramp Closures at Exit 3 on I-24 to continue for about two weeks
Summer Hours at the Metropolis Public Library – WMOK talks with Director Rosemary Baxter
Massac Mobile Health in Brookport on Wednesdays
COPE Food Pantry Distribution in Metropolis Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Trinity Tree of Life Food Pantry tonight
Area Teachers – Submit Your Amazon Wish Lists

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A word from the WMOK News Room:

(WMOK) Metropolis, IL –

We’ve run a bit behind with our day as we wrap our Wednesday. We attended the Metropolis Chamber of Commerce Luncheon today and we’re scheduling Coffee Breaks from our visits.

Karla Ogle will join us soon to discuss an upcoming event that you won’t want to miss – a 1940s Steele Wings Swing Dance, complete with orchestra which will take place in September at the historic Harry Statham Gymnasium. The event will benefit the John Marvin Steele Statue and WWII memorial.

Dakota McGinnis will join us in mid-August to talk about a program available to business owners in which American flags are placed at their businesses on Federal Holidays.

Still to come this week on Coffee Break

Thursday – Tammie Wiseman Obermark of the Massac County Youth Fair

Keep in mind you can always text us questions for our Coffee Break guests. Text 618-524-9209 and include your question and to which guest it’s being directed.

We also invite you to use the text line to suggest coffee break guests that you would like for us to include on the program.

Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the “Yellow Sheet” to take part in our Reader Survey – and see more recent articles beneath the survey.

Summer hours at Metropolis Public Library – Open Noon to 7p on Thursdays

(WMOK) Metropolis, IL – The Metropolis Public Library will be open from Noon to 7pm on Thursdays for those who aren’t able to enjoy the library and its’ offerings during the hours of 10a-5p on other weekdays.

Metropolis Public Library Director Rosemary Baxter told WMOK in June that this will be experimental and in an effort to be good stewards of the library’s resources they will only be able to continue the 5-7pm extension on Thursdays if folks come out to enjoy the library at that time.

WMOK visited the library around 5:30 on the inaugural Thursday to help celebrate the new hours.

Scroll down to hear our discussion with Director Baxter in early July about how the Summer Hours are working out.

The Metropolis Public Library is Open
M, T, W and F – 10a to 5p
Th – Noon to 7p
And By Appointment

Westbound Exit & Entry Ramp Closures Underway at I-24/KY 305 Paducah Exit 3

PADUCAH, Ky. — As a reminder, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) closed the westbound entry and exit ramps at the Interstate 24/KY 305 Paducah Exit 3 interchange 6 a.m., CDT, on Monday, July 10, 2023.

The westbound exit and entry ramps at I-24 Exit 3 are closed to allow old pavement to be removed and 10 inches of new concrete pavement to be poured at the ramp ends – extending about 200 ft. up each ramp. The work is expected to take about two weeks to complete, weather permitting.

During this westbound ramp closure at Exit 3, westbound motorists should self-detour via I-24 Exit 4 to U.S. 60, then connect to KY 305/Cairo Road via KY 998/Olivet Church Road.

Motorists on KY 305/Cairo Road at Exit 3 who wish to enter the westbound lanes of I-24 should travel I-24 eastbound to Exit 4, then loop through the interchange to reach the westbound Exit 4 entry ramp.

Motorists should be alert for portable message boards indicating the westbound ramps at Exit 3 will close starting July 10.

KY 305/Cairo Road will continue to have near-normal traffic flow in the work zone. Both eastbound ramps will remain open at Exit 3. Work on the eastbound ramps will be scheduled once the westbound ramp work is completed.

The traffic control in this work zone is set up to assure the safety of workers, the safety of the driving public, and maintain access to businesses around the I-24 Paducah Exit 3 Interchange.

The target completion date for all pavement work at Exit 3 is July 31, 2023.

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Wednesday, July 12

Massac Mobile Health – Every Wednesday – Brookport- by City Hall 9am-3:30pm – 618-638-1341

9a – 3p – COPE Food Pantry takes place in Metropolis today and every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1013 North Avenue – please bring your photo ID and proof of Massac County residency.

5-7P – Trinity Tree of Life Food Pantry 605 Metropolis St (Every Wednesday)

Thursday, July 13

9A- 12P – COPE Brookport Distribution – Harry Statham Gym Brookport- Every 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month – (618)524-3635

The Rotary Club of Metropolis meets every Thursdays at 12P in Community Christian Church, 1150 Country Club Rd.

6P – AJMPU 4-H – Horticulture and Floriculture Exhibition at the Union County Extension Office.

Friday, July 14-23, 2023 – Massac County Youth Fair

Friday, July 14

5:30-8:30 – Farm Toy Show – Massac County Youth Fair and Community Center, 4476 Korte Rd.

6-8P – City National Bank presents Summer Concerts at the Gazebo! The Sam and Rhonda Show will play in Washington Park in Metropolis. There will be food, music, and kids activities. This is a free event.

Saturday, July 15

7A-12P – Massac County Farmer’s Market – Dorothy Miller Park

9A-2P – Farm Toy Show – Massac County Youth Fair and Community Center, 4476 Korte Rd

1P – Fort Massac State Park Summer Events – Take A Hike – Come develop your imagination and sense of adventure by exploring the outdoors with avid outdoorsman, Shawn Gossman. Please Do Not wear sandals or flip flops. Snacks will be provided.

Sunday, July 16

10A – 10:30P – Golconda Shrimp Festival – Main Street Golconda – Golconda Shrimp Fest is back! Head on down for what National Geographic Traveler magazine recognized as the #1 food festival in Illinois! Come join the celebration for one fun-filled day of delicious food, music, crafts, live entertainment and much, much more! This event is the main fundraiser for their community organization, Main Street Golconda, that works to promote and revive Golconda and surrounding county.

11:30 AM – Pastor Keith’s Retirement Celebration – First Christian Church located at 420 Catherine St- Pastor Keith is retiring and today will be his last sermon. He has been such a blessing to all for the past 8 years. They will have a special potluck following worship service on Sunday, July 16th. Everyone please come and bring a side dish for the potluck luncheon. The meat, dessert and drinks will be provided. They want to show appreciation for Pastor Keith and Norma and wish them the best in their next season of life.

5P – Eastland Life Church 3D Life Recovery Meetings are held at 716 East 3rd St. Meal and child care provided.

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As many of you are aware – we began building our WMOK Yellow Sheet Text Subscription list in June. We are approaching 100 text subscribers. The 100th Subscriber will win a pair of tickets to Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari

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A Great Opportunity to Assist Area Teachers in Fulfilling Their Back to School Wish Lists

(WMOK) Metropolis, IL – It was called to our attention on Monday morning by one of our regular listeners that Amazon prime is a wonderful time for folks to assist our area teachers in fulfilling their wish lists for the coming year.

WMOK has shared with you before the shocking amounts that most teachers spend in preparation for the school year. They do so from their own pockets as often funding does not allow for the materials they need.

We invite teachers in Massac, Johnson and Pope counties to send us the link to your Amazon wish list so that we can include it on our website.

Text the link to your Amazon wish list to 618-524-9209. Please include your school and grade

From Smithsonian Magazine

See the Rancid, Blooming Corpse Flowers Attracting Hundreds in California

If there’s one thing that can reliably draw a crowd, it’s an eight-foot-tall blossom that smells like a dead body. Known as the corpse flower or the titan arum, each of these rare plants opens up for only a few fleeting days, with several years between each bloom.

This past week, two corpse flowers unleashed their odors in California at the San Diego Botanic Garden and the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers, and patrons quickly lined up to take a look—and a whiff.

From Mental Floss

10 Terrifyingly Huge Birds You Should Know

They’re gigantic, they’re often defensive, and you wouldn’t want to run into them in a zoo after hours. Meet a few of the world’s biggest birds with attitude, from flightless giants to modern-day pterodactyls.

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WMOK Yellow Sheet Reader Poll #1 - WMOK News Listening Habits

The WMOK News Check has been covering Metropolis and Massac County news for decades.

In the beginning – 1951 – folks listened on 920am

In what we estimate to be the 1980s the WMOK Yellow Sheet was first produced. The “Yellow Sheet” was a sheet that could be picked up throughout Metropolis at area businesses. It contained Metropolis and Massac County News.

As technology allowed – an email subscription list was developed for the “Yellow Sheet”. That list continued to grow from the 1990s when it first began and though we are in a transition phase with that list – we continue to take subscribers – email wmoknews@frontier.com and put “Yellow Sheet” in the subject line.

We added a “text subscription” option in June of this year. We invite to you to text “Yellow Sheet” to 618-524-9209 to subscribe.

Entering a new era – now nearly 72 years after our station first took to the airwaves in Massac County, we want to get a vibe on how our current consumers gather news from WMOK so that we can continue to improve your experience.

We’ve included a few options below with which we hope to learn how you “most often” get your WMOK News – Please pick any options that apply to you.

I hear the WMOK News Check on air at some point during the morning show

I hear the WMOK News Check on air at Noon

I visit the WMOK website to hear the news at some point during the day

I visit the WMOK website to hear the news early in the morning

I visit the WMOK website to hear the news late in the day

I get it all on the "Yellow Sheet"

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