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Collinsville,
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March
25, 2008
Channel
2 Weather Show
& Collinsville Promotion
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You To KJRH TV Channel 2
For Their Investment Of Time & Resources In Collinsville This Week
Plus Important Severe Weather Information
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Channel
2 and the Indian Nations Council of Boy Scouts planted a new tree at the Collinsville
Library Tuesday March 25th.
Channel
2 News Meteorologist Julie Chin demonstrated some electrical principals and
how they relate to lightning.
Meteorologist
George Flickinger arrived at Doug's Grill in time for a Collinsville lunch Tuesday
after a bike ride from the Channel 2 Studios in Tulsa ("via the back roads").
The
kids beat the adults in a weather question contest during the Weather Show in
the Collinsville High School gym.
Channel
2 News Meteorologist Dan Threlkeld presented valuable weather information to
the students at the Collinsville schools during the day Tuesday, before the
evening weather show.
Students
at the Early Childhood Center (above). Sorry I didn't get a photo at Wilson
Elementary. -- Ted
This
horse and rider had just left Doug's Grill (at 9th & Main) as I was arriving
Tuesday for the Collinsville Chamber of Commerce's lunch with the Channel 2
folks.
These
were not on the menu at Doug's but were vegetable and fruit characters created
by the kids at the Early Childhood Center (ECC).
A few
of the folks dining at Doug's Grill Tueday.
Channel
2 News Anchor Russ McCaskey (left) and Dan Threlkeld took a quick turn flipping
burgers and fries at Doug's grill Tuesday.
Mayor
Stan Sallee gave Channel 2 a tour of the Collinsville City Hall.
The
Collinsville tour included a close up look at the construction in progress along
2 blocks of Historic Downtown Main Street.
Brad
Francis, Dennis Meister, Dan Threlkeld, George Flickinger, Stan Sallee and Russ
McCaskey at the Newspaper Museum In Collinsville. They got to see a bit of Collinsville
and newspaper history there at 1110 W. Main.
Channel
2 broadcast the weather live from the parking lot at CHS during the 5pm &
6pm news programs March 25th.
The
big weather show in the Collinsville High School gynasium started at 7pm in
front of a good crowd with free rain guages for the early arrivers.
George
Flickinger entered the show on his bike.
CHS
Principal Cory Slagle spoke briefly on the 5pm live broadcast.
KJRH
brought about 35 employees to Collinsville to put on the Weather Show.
Autograph
signing after the show.
Thank
you to KJRH for the chance to speak briefly about the Newspaper Museum In Collinsville
and this cvilleok.com web site on the 5pm live broadcast. -- Ted Wright