TODAY…
Wind Advisory for Central NC (including the Triad)
High Wind Warning for the Foothills and Northern Mountains
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny and breezy…High 60
Tonight: Clear skies. Breezy...Low 38.
Tuesday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 67
-Driving could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
-Be sure to secure outside trash cans and lawn furniture.
-Gusty Winds and extremely wet soil could bring down trees and power lines.
Several thousand homes are reporting power outages this morning.
Just a reminder: Less than two days left…to get your taxes figured out!
The filing deadline for your 2006 income tax returns is tomorrow by midnight. Post offices will be open for extended hours on Tuesday.
(Fact: More than two-thirds of Americans file electronically)
Councilors will be on hand today at Reagan High School in Winston-Salem after the death of 16 year old Joshua Shelton.
Joshua (who was a student at Reagan) crashed his car into a tree early Saturday morning on Skylark Road. A 15-year-old passenger was taken to Baptist Hospital. Winston-Salem police saying that speed was a factor. (WXII)
Project Homeless Connect, a one-day outreach program for the homeless will be Coliseum Annex from 8 to 3:30 p.m. this Wednesday (April 18) in Winston-Salem.
If you are in need or you know someone in need in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County.…You can get information about employment, housing, job training, education, substance abuse, emergency assistance, veterans benefits, legal assistance and more at the Annex on Wednesday.
Also: Project Homeless Connect will offer the homeless showers, haircuts and food. Transportation will be available to the event from sites around the city.
Information about Project Homeless Connect even a volunteer session that will happen tonight at 6pm…Call Andrea Kurtz with ‘Project Homeless Connect’ at (336) 721-9378.
Sports:
Minor League Baseball action…The Greensboro Grasshoppers rained out
A doubleheader will start at 10:45am this morning
The race will go on: A Nor’Easter hovering over the North Eastern states will not stop the Boston Marathon set for today.
The Spring Blood Drive to Support our Troops will be in the Triad this week.
The Mobile Blood Unit from Fort Bragg will be collecting blood for our troops in…
In Winston-Salem on Wednesday, April 18 from 9 to 4pm
at the National Guard Armory on Silas Creek Parkway
AND in High Point on Thursday, April 19 at Post 87 W. High Ave in High Point
TobyMac, MercyMe, Chris Tomlin, Kirk Franklin and American Idol contestant Mandisa will be performing at the 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards live from the Grand Ole Opry House Nashville on Wednesday, April 25.
The American Bible Society is the Designated Charity for the Dove Awards. (www.doveawards.com)
Make your Dove picks by going to wbfj.fm…it could win you and your family a Disney vacation or tix to SonFest 2007 this summer at Carowinds.
The WBFJ - GMA Music Awards Contest…wbfj.fm.
-Mark your calendar: National Day of Prayer will be Thursday, May 3rd .
This year's theme, "America, Unite in Prayer" based on II Chronicles 7:14. www.nationaldayofprayer.org
WBFJ Sharthon 2007
May 8 - 11, 2007
Tuesday, May 8: AVALON in concert at First Assembly of God in Winston-Salem. Detail online www.wbfj.fm
