GEORGE MEMORIES: We asked, and you delivered! The memories you all shared of longtime chief meteorologist George Winterling have us on cloud nine knowing that he meant as much to all of you as he meant to our Channel 4 family. Thank you! 💙
George Winterling was a master at helping WJXT 4 viewers visualize the weather.Many many years ago while teaching Kindergarten at Southside Elementary in Starke I eagerly started my new unit on weather with this question. “What is a meteorologist?” One student could barely contain himself, waving his hand in the air, bouncing on his bottom to make sure I saw him. When I called on him, he responded with a great big smile, clear, and precise, “GEORGE WINTERLING”.
I remember George being so kind to my son. We always watched him, and as a young child he wanted to send him a gift that would help him in his garden. One day on George’s Garden segment he wore a hat that had little pockets with bug spray, band aids, and other little items attached to it. It was the hat my son had sent him. As my son Mike got older, he would call George at the station and if time permitted, they would talk.
By the 1990s, Mary Baer joins Rob Sweeting on the 5:30 newscast.George Winterling, Deborah Gianoulis, Tom Wills and Sam Kouvarisbecome the longest-running anchor team in America.George was my colleague and friend who was deeply loved and admired by those who knew him personally, and those who watched and relied on him daily through his 50 years of dedicated community service explaining our local world.
I use to live down the street from George. Every Halloween he would hitch up his pony to his wagon with hay in it and lights attached and transport any/all the children who wanted to go trick or treating. It was something I will never forget. Everyone in our neighborhood knew where George lived. It never failed that George always said hello to everyone. I miss those good old days.
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