Rescue crews, using dog teams and aircraft with heat-sensing equipment, continued to search for Michael Auberry…the missing 12-year-old boy who disappeared Saturday afternoon while camping with his Boy Scout troop in the Doughton Park area of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Michael is part of Boy Scout Troop 230 based in the Greensboro. The effort is still being called a ‘search-and-rescue’ mission.
(wxii ch12 / Fox 8 / www.journalnow.com)
Prayer policy passes in one Triad city. The Thomasville City Council voted last night to approve a policy that would allow an invocation (including praying in the name of Jesus) before the city council meetings. The ACLU had sent a letter to the Thomasville City Council prompting the motion. www.journalnow.com
The cost of mailing a letter will go up in May.
The post office governing board will raise rates from 39 to 41 cents for first class mail starting May 14th. Good News: The Postal board also OK-ed the ‘forever stamp’…a generic stamp that will always be valid for mailing a letter no matter how much rates increase. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/19/postal.rate.ap/index.html
Menu Foods -- a major manufacturer of dog and cat food sold under Wal-Mart, Safeway, Kroger and other store brands – is recalling 60 million containers of wet pet food after reports of pets experiencing kidney failure. 10 animals have died.
The recall covers its "cuts and gravy" style food sold between early December and March. Recall information and details on the News Blog…wbfj.fm.
Pet Food Recall…www.menufoods.com Consumer hotline: 1-866-895-2708
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/17/petfood.recall.ap/index.html
The winner of Season 4 of NBC’s The Apprentice, Dr. Randal Pinkett, will be speaking at Winston-Salem State University today (March 20) .
A book signing is also planned…www.wssu.edu
Capital Fest 2007 (Tuesday, March 27)
Homeschoolers from around the state are converging on Raleigh to talk with their representatives about the subject of Homeschooling.
Home Education Week in North Carolina...March 25 – 31
Sports:
-NIT: NC State and West Virginia play tonight…
NC-AA Tournament time: Sweet 16…UNC is the only ACC team left.
Tarheels will play USC on Friday (at the Meadowlands)
6 ACC teams in the BIG Dance
-ACC Women’s teams going to the second round include UNC, NC State and Duke
Don’t forget to listen for the clues on the 52’s all day today… Information about the WBFJ ‘Mad Science’ Mind Boggling Mystery online at wbfj.fm.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 73
Tonight: Cloudy…Low 43
Wednesday: (First full Day of Spring)
Cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler…High near 50.
Thursday through the Weekend: Mostly sunny and Highs in the 70’s.
Lima, Peru: Mostly sunny…High 80
*Check out Jenn’s blog highlighting her Mission Trip to Peru…wbfj.fm
