Casting Crowns
Saturday Night – October 10th – 7 – McKenzie Arena
Tickets on sale Monday – August 10th @ dmiconcerts.com

The Awake & Alive Tour w/ Skillit
with Hawk Nelson, Decyfer Down and others
Thursday Night - December 3rd - 7 - Memorial Auditorium
Ticket on sale now @ dmiconcerts.com

Today is Sunday, July 5th, 2009... Yesterday - the 4th of July - the day all of America celebrates its independence. ***MARLAR: With fireworks from Taiwan, flags from Hong Kong, barbecue grills imported from Japan… July is CELL PHONE COURTESY MONTH, a time to remind cell phone users to hush once in a while.... (rings etc)... CCMBDAYS: Jon Druse - East West / Don Moen (1950) / Marty McCall - First Call / DaleBaker – Sixpence None the Richer (1966) / Andrae Crouch (1942) / Patty Cabrerra / Chris Blaney - Reality Check (1973) / Heather Darin - The Darins / Melodee Devevo - Casting Crowns, (1976) / Michael Sweet - Stryper (1963)

At The Movies... Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs---An animated film with the familiar voices of Ray Romano (mammoth) and Queen Latifah... This is the third installment of this series. In this story, the mammoth and his friends accidentally discover a sort of "lost world" with dinosaurs, though we have to stretch the time frame and location a bit. The squirrel has a girlfriend and his acorn, and even the saber tooth tiger has angst. “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” is rated PG for moments of peril. FFR 3 of 5.

It turns out that those funny-looking swirly fluorescent light bulbs may not be as environmentally friendly as everyone thought. They do last longer and use less energy but they also contain enough mercury to contaminate up to 6,000 gallons of water beyond safe drinking levels – which could cause kidney and brain damage.  However, experts say fluorescent bulbs are still better for the environment as they are more energy efficient.  /// Sure, you may die of mercury poisoning – but that’s good for the planet.

Scientists at the University of Tokyo have invented a pair of glasses that they say will end the problem of "senior moments," when you mislay your car keys, iPod, purse, cell phone and other things. Smart Goggles have a built-in camera, computer and display screen. You put them on, and wander around looking at various things you might want to find later and saying the names out loud. Later, when you can't find, say, your keys, you just say, "Keys," and the glasses recall the last time they saw them and show you where they were.  /// Okay, what happens when you can't remember where you put your glasses?

(E-NEWS) Multi-platinum, GRAMMY and AMA winning rock band Third Day received the news this week that the Atlanta-based group has been selected as a new inductee into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. The 31st Annual Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards Show takes place Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, at the Georgia World Conference Center in Atlanta, GA. /// Platinum-selling and Dove award-winning artists Mark Schultz and Point Of Grace will be hitting the road together for the first time ever on the 30-city “Come Alive” fall tour.

Some doctors believe that if you want kids to develop healthy immune systems, they need to be exposed to germs, pet hair, peanut butter and intestinal worms before age three.  /// And people say my mother didn’t raise me right!