RENEGADES GO FOR 8TH STRAIGHT WIN, COLONIALS BACK IN ACTION

The Richmond Renegades will be going for there 8th straight win tonight in Knoxville against the 1st place Knoxville Ice Bears. So far the Gades have been able to keep the streak alive with players leaving for other leagues, injuries and a suspension. Speaking of the suspension Mat Goody will be able to come back Saturday night if he pays the money he owes to the Crown Coliseum for damages that occurred from his out burst Christmas Day. The Colonial Heights girls and boys basketball teams will be back in action tonight against Prince George, the girls will be at Prince George while they boys will be at home against the Royals. I am going to see the boys game tonight since there at home. Where was everybody at yesterday, there wasn't a whole lot of activity on Mickey's Place. I am glad that it is Friday, I need two days off. MICKEY

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. Kurt Vonnegut

NUTRITION TIP
Oranges are a versatile, beneficial fruit: add wedges to salads, use the pulp and juice to marinate meat, fish, and tofu, or save the zest (skin) for baking and cooking.

1915: Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone, inaugurated U.S. transcontinental telephone service.
1959: American Airlines opened the jet age in the U.S. with the first scheduled transcontinental flight of a Boeing 707.
1961: Walt Disney's animated movie "101 Dalmatians" was released throughout the U.S. A live version was released in 1996.
1961: President Kennedy held the first presidential news conference carried live on radio and television.
1993: Sears announced, after 97 years, it was closing its catalog sales department. The Sears Catalog was gone.
1999: A man in Louisville, Kentucky, received the first hand transplant in the U.S.
2004: An elderly Dutch woman scared a burglar out of her house by repeatedly hitting him over the head with a chamber pot. The burglar was so frightened he begged to be allowed to leave the house so the woman opened her front door and he ran into the street. Nothing was stolen.

Edwin Newman Journalist 89
Dean Jones Actor 77
Claude Gray Country singer 76
Conrad Burns Former U.S. senator, R-Mont. 73
Etta James Blues singer 70
Tobe Hooper Director 65
Jenifer Lewis Actress 51
Dinah Manoff Actress ("Empty Nest," "Soap") 50
Mike Burch Country musician (River Road) 42
Chet Culver Governor of Iowa 42
Kina R&B singer 39
China Kantner Actress 37
Ana Ortiz Actress ("Ugly Betty") 37
Mia Kirshner Actress 33
Alicia Keys R&B singer 27