Five finalists have been chosen in our Extreme Mouth Makeover with
WBFJ and Drs. Phillips and Cuthrell.
You can read the stories of our finalists online…
www.wbfj.fm
Thanks to Drs. Philips and Cuthrell with Winston-Salem Dentistry for making this possible.
One Triad High School…destroyed by fire on yesterday…
The fire started around 2:30 Wednesday afternoon at Eastern Guilford High School. All students were evacuated. No students or faculty were hurt in the blaze. But…Three firefighters were injured while fighting the fire.
-No classes for students at Eastern Guilford today and Friday.
-Eastern Guilford Middle School students will have school as usual today.
-The Guilford County School Board will meet Friday morning to decide the future of students at Eastern Guilford.
-Parents should be contacted over the weekend about plans for their children for next week.
http://www.guilford.k12.nc.us/pdfs/fact.pdf (wfmy 2, wxii, fox8)
Good News: Health officials are now saying that a nationwide outbreak of salmonella may essentially be over. The outbreak sickened 171 people in 19 states including North Carolina. Reports of the illness peaked in late September. (healthday.com)
Sen. John Kerry has issued a statement apologizing to anyone offended by his comments to college students about either get a good education or get "stuck in Iraq." The White House issuing a statement saying that the apology "came late…but it was the right thing to do."
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney will remain part of the Bush administration. Rumors were that the two ‘most-criticized’ members of the Bush team would be out of a job around the mid-term elections. (CNN)
Comedian Bill Cosby speaking at an education conference in LA over the weekend…saying that parents need to be more active in their kid’s education.
Cosby said that if you don't know the name of your child's teacher or how your boy or girl is doing in math, you’re not doing enough. He also went off on teachers who can't explain why courses such as English and algebra are necessary. It's part of his ongoing effort to point out the problems plaguing the black community and public schools in general. (AP / CNN)
Music therapy may help improve some symptoms of schizophrenia, according to preliminary findings of a British study. The patients in the music-therapy group were given access to different kinds of musical instruments and encouraged to use the instruments to express themselves. Compared to patients who received standard care, patients in the music-therapy group showed greater reductions in schizophrenia symptoms such as depression, anxiety and emotional withdrawal. The study appears in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
Election Day is less than a week away: General elections…November 7th
If you are registered to vote in North Carolina…you can still vote early through this Saturday (November 4th)
Check out the NC Board of Elections link on our WBFJ News Blog at wbfj.fm…for more details on finding a ‘one stop’ voting location in your county. www.sboe.state.nc.us FYI: An estimated 40 million Americans did NOT vote in 2004.
SPORTS:
-State Cross Country championships this Saturday at Tanglewood Park.
Night Time Bridge Construction: A Detour will be in place
Winston-Salem: Expect delays and a detour…westbound Business 40 near 421…nightly from 11pm to 5am from Tuesday through Saturday (OCT 31 – November 04)
Motorists traveling West on Business 40 will use the following signed detour:
421 North (Exit 188) to Lewisville Clemmons Road…then back to I-40 West.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny and breezy…High 60
Tonight: Clear…Low 33
Friday: A frosty start. Sunny skies. Cooler…High near 50.
Friday Night: Hard Freeze likely…Low 28
The WBFJ…Chick-Fil-A NUGGET
-Music from the Newsboys “GO”
-Milkshakes from Chick-Fil-A of the Triad
