Freeze Watches and Warnings have been posted late tonight through Friday morning.
Firefighters say that a brush fire that started yesterday afternoon near Traphill Road at Stone Mountain State Park is over 80% contained. The fire burnt close to 130 acres.
Low humidity and breezy conditions will increase the risk of wild fires across the state. The National Weather Service suggesting that NO ‘burning’ should be attempted today.
A mock ‘Terror Drill’ at one New Jersey school district portrays Christians as Terror threat:
Schools officials in Burlington, New Jersey along with local law enforcement staged a mock ‘hostage situation’ drill last week portrayed the attackers as ‘conservative Christians.’ In the drill, one of the mock attackers was upset that his daughter was expelled for praying before class. School superintendent Chris Manno praised the exercise…saying that “you perform as you practice. We need to ‘practice’ under conditions as real as possible.”
-Jay Sekulow with the ACLJ is shocked with Christian Conservatives being portrayed as terrorists saying that hostility towards any religion is wrong.
-There is a link to the full story at our WBFJ News Blog…wbfj.fm
www.aclj.org https://www.aclj.org/Petition/Default.aspx?&ac=1&Zip=*Zip&sc=3265
Safe at home: A warm homecoming for the 15 British military sailors held hostage in Iran for nearly two weeks. Their plane arrived in London earlier this morning. Before their release, the UK sailors and marines shook hands and made small talk with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in front of TV cameras. They thanked him for pardoning them. (usa radio news)
To attract new teachers, the Thomasville City School Board has OK’ed a plan to pay signing bonuses…of up to $7,500 dollars for teachers in certain certification areas. http://www.the-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007704040357&source=email
Film director Bob Clark, best known for the holiday classic
"A Christmas Story," was killed along with his son yesterday in a head-on crash when a drunk driver steered into the wrong lane. Clark was 67.
-BarlowGirl has been picked as youth ambassadors for the National Day of Prayer which will be Thursday, May 3rd .
This year's theme, "America, Unite in Prayer," comes from the promise the Lord gave us in II Chronicles 7:14. www.ndptf.org.
Sports:
-Golf in Augusta…
-Davis Cup in Winston-Salem this weekend…
-Cool start for Minor League Baseball:
The WS Warthogs at home tonight though Saturday
The Greensboro Grasshoppers on the road this week.
First home game next Monday, April 9.
Pollen…HIGH Temperatures…LOW
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny and breezy…High near 60
Freeze Watches and Warnings have been posted for
late tonight through Friday morning.
Tonight: Clear and cold…Low 32
Good Friday: Partly sunny…High near 50
Saturday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 50
Easter Sunday: Sunny skies…High 55
Friday and Saturday Night: Hard ‘Freeze’ likely…Low 28
Easter Weekend Travelers Forecast:
Northern Mountains: Snow flurries possible…Highs near 40
Beaches: Sunny…High 55
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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
