The Triad is under a Code Orange Air Quality Ozone Alert until 9pm.
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
-Mow your lawn later in the day
-Fuel up early or late (not in the middle part of the day)
Silas Creek Parkway is still closed in both directions between Buchanan and Konnoak Streets in Winston-Salem. DOT officials are repairing all six lanes of Silas Creek Parkway at Buchannan Street after a water main break on Tuesday caused extensive damage to the road. The road could be partially reopened by Friday afternoon. (METRO Traffic)
-Westbound traffic on I-40 (by-pass) should take the Peters Creek Parkway exit to avoid detours on Silas Creek.
Gildan Activewear Inc will close two sock factories in Mt Airy by the end of August. Over 500 workers will be affected. Gildan is the leading supplier of wholesale active wear in the US and Canada. Since January 2006…more than 2,000 workers have lost their jobs in Surry, Carroll and Grayson counties. (Journalnow.com / WXII / Fox 8)
Going, Going..Gone? It appears those 2 wayward humpback whales may have finally returned to the Pacific Ocean. The whale and her calf were spotted in the River May 13 and got as far as 90 miles inland to the Port of Sacramento before turning around. (CNN)
In the Pacific…Tropical Storm Barbara is gaining steam off the southwestern coast of Mexico. The Atlantic Hurricane Season officially begins on Friday and runs through the end of November. (CNN)
Three former Presidents including Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George Bush, Sr will be on hand at a private dedication of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte later today. The Billy Graham Library opens to the public next week.
The Billy graham Evangelistic Association estimating that Billy Graham has personally preached the Gospel to over 210 million people. (http://www.bgea.org/)
Josiah Wright (a 12 year old homeschooler from Ashe County) and 3 other students from North Carolina made it through day one of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington DC.
Josiah won the Winston-Salem Journal Regional Spelling Bee in March.
He correctly spelled the word philately ( which means the collection and study of postage stamps).
-Semi-finals this morning (live on ESPN)
-The National Spelling Bee Championship (finals) tonight (ABC from 8-10pm) (http://www.journalnow.com/) http://www.spellingbee.com/
Bringing Creation to life: The Creation Museum located in northern Kentucky includes animated displays, a replica of a portion of Noah's Ark and a planetarium. The Creation Museum is the dream come true for Ken Ham…the co-founder of ‘Answers in Genesis’. The Creation Museum is located 7 miles west of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. http://www.creationmuseum.org/
Calling ALL churches and congregations in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County area … a Unity Prayer Gathering will be held this Saturday
(June 2) at the M.C. Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem, NC
For more information… 724-9305 (223) http://www.unityrevival.org/
Inter-denominational and Inter-Racial Worship, Unity, Fellowship and Prayer Service.
Sports:
Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Utah Jazz last night
(109-84) in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals.
Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals: Pistons-Cavaliers tonight in Detroit.
NBA Finals begin next Thursday (June 7)
-Warthogs…7pm game. (Lynchburg Hillcats)
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The Triad is under a Code Orange Air Quality ‘Ozone Alert’ until 9pm…
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High near 88
Tonight: Clear…Low 65
Friday: Partly sunny…High 89
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
(Saturday) SonFest 2007 at Carowinds: Mix of sun and clouds…High 85
Sunday: A 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cooler…High 79
An isolated thunderstorm possible each day through the weekend.
Best chance of rain…Sunday into Monday
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.31.2007
5.30.2007
WBFJ News Up-date for Wednesday
A mini flood is causing problems for area businesses and commuters this morning:
A water main break in Winston-Salem on Tuesday still has
Silas Creek Parkway closed in both directions at Buchanan Street near Parkway Plaza. Westbound traffic on I-40 should not attempt to exit at Silas Creek Parkway…take the Peters Creek Parkway exit instead. (www.ncdot.gov)
The weather changed quickly near Denver, Colorado yesterday. A massive cold front storming through brought a hail, rain and wind. Snow plows had to be called in to clear some of the roadways. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WEATHER/05/29/severe.weather.ap/index.html
If you are a contact wearer…check your eye solution:
The CDC is warning people to throw away AMO Brand Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Contact Solution. An investigation has linked AMO Brand to a rare but serious eye infection which is caused by a parasite.
The solution may cause a painful eye infection that can lead to permanent vision loss or blindness. There have been 138 confirmed cases.
Additional information at the CDC Web site.
One Dutch reality show going too far?
A Dutch TV station says it will go ahead with a program in which a terminally ill woman selects one of three patients to receive her kidneys. The 37-year-old donor, identified only as Lisa, will make her choice based on the contestants' history, profile and conversation with their family and friends. Viewers will also be able to send in their advice by text message during the 80-minute show which will air on Friday night. Officials have called for ‘The Big Donor Show’ to be scrapped, but broadcaster BNN says it will highlight the country's shortage of organ donors. The Dutch donor authority has condemned the show. Kidney specialists in the UK saying that the show concept is “ethically totally unacceptable."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6699847.stm
A Georgia man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis is now in Federal Quarantine may have spread the disease to passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month. You may be wondering…Which Flights?The patient flew from Atlanta to Paris on May 12, arriving on May 13, on Air France flight 385. He returned to North America on May 24, on Czech Air flight 104, from Prague to Montreal. (www.cdc.gov)
Josiah Wright (a 12 year old homeschooler from Ashe County) will be competing today in the first round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington DC.
285 spellers will be competing.
Josiah won the Winston-Salem Journal Regional Spelling Bee in March.
He correctly spelled the word philately ( which means the collection and study of postage stamps). Looking ahead…Josiah wants to “marry someone who is as interested in spelling as I am. When I’m older,” he said. “I mean, way older.”
The First two Rounds of the National Spelling Bee is going on this morning.
Quarterfinals this afternoon.
Thursday: Semi-finals tomorrow morning (live on ESPN)
The Championship (finals) tomorrow night… 8-10pm live on ABC
(http://www.journalnow.com/) http://www.spellingbee.com/
The mother humpback Whale and her calf have entered San Francisco Bay…and heading back to the Pacific Ocean. Tuesday evening, the whales were spotted swimming about 10 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge. The whale and her calf were spotted in the River May 13 and got as far as 90 miles inland to the Port of Sacramento before turning around. (CNN)
Inter-denominational and Inter-Racial Worship, Unity, Fellowship and Prayer Service...
Calling ALL churches and congregations in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County area … a Unity Prayer Gathering will be held this Saturday
(June 2) at the M.C. Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem, NC
Contact Cheryl Harry for more information…
(336) 724-9305 x 223…http://www.unityrevival.org/
Celebrate Flag Day and support our local troops with Hanes Mall.
From now through Flag Day (June 14th) stop by the Customer Service Center to find out how you can help. Donations will be collected at Hanes Mall plus you can write letters of encouragement. There will be a flag raising ceremony at 1pm on Flag Day (June 14th) at Hanes Mall. Call 765-8321 for details. http://www.shophanesmall.com/
Sports: -Warthogs…noon game. (Myrtle Beach Pelicans)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High near 90
Rain? Well, a 20% chance of showers rain today through tonight…
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 63
Thursday: Mostly sunny…High 89
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
A water main break in Winston-Salem on Tuesday still has
Silas Creek Parkway closed in both directions at Buchanan Street near Parkway Plaza. Westbound traffic on I-40 should not attempt to exit at Silas Creek Parkway…take the Peters Creek Parkway exit instead. (www.ncdot.gov)
The weather changed quickly near Denver, Colorado yesterday. A massive cold front storming through brought a hail, rain and wind. Snow plows had to be called in to clear some of the roadways. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WEATHER/05/29/severe.weather.ap/index.html
If you are a contact wearer…check your eye solution:
The CDC is warning people to throw away AMO Brand Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Contact Solution. An investigation has linked AMO Brand to a rare but serious eye infection which is caused by a parasite.
The solution may cause a painful eye infection that can lead to permanent vision loss or blindness. There have been 138 confirmed cases.
Additional information at the CDC Web site.
One Dutch reality show going too far?
A Dutch TV station says it will go ahead with a program in which a terminally ill woman selects one of three patients to receive her kidneys. The 37-year-old donor, identified only as Lisa, will make her choice based on the contestants' history, profile and conversation with their family and friends. Viewers will also be able to send in their advice by text message during the 80-minute show which will air on Friday night. Officials have called for ‘The Big Donor Show’ to be scrapped, but broadcaster BNN says it will highlight the country's shortage of organ donors. The Dutch donor authority has condemned the show. Kidney specialists in the UK saying that the show concept is “ethically totally unacceptable."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6699847.stm
A Georgia man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis is now in Federal Quarantine may have spread the disease to passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month. You may be wondering…Which Flights?The patient flew from Atlanta to Paris on May 12, arriving on May 13, on Air France flight 385. He returned to North America on May 24, on Czech Air flight 104, from Prague to Montreal. (www.cdc.gov)
Josiah Wright (a 12 year old homeschooler from Ashe County) will be competing today in the first round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington DC.
285 spellers will be competing.
Josiah won the Winston-Salem Journal Regional Spelling Bee in March.
He correctly spelled the word philately ( which means the collection and study of postage stamps). Looking ahead…Josiah wants to “marry someone who is as interested in spelling as I am. When I’m older,” he said. “I mean, way older.”
The First two Rounds of the National Spelling Bee is going on this morning.
Quarterfinals this afternoon.
Thursday: Semi-finals tomorrow morning (live on ESPN)
The Championship (finals) tomorrow night… 8-10pm live on ABC
(http://www.journalnow.com/) http://www.spellingbee.com/
The mother humpback Whale and her calf have entered San Francisco Bay…and heading back to the Pacific Ocean. Tuesday evening, the whales were spotted swimming about 10 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge. The whale and her calf were spotted in the River May 13 and got as far as 90 miles inland to the Port of Sacramento before turning around. (CNN)
Inter-denominational and Inter-Racial Worship, Unity, Fellowship and Prayer Service...
Calling ALL churches and congregations in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County area … a Unity Prayer Gathering will be held this Saturday
(June 2) at the M.C. Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem, NC
Contact Cheryl Harry for more information…
(336) 724-9305 x 223…http://www.unityrevival.org/
Celebrate Flag Day and support our local troops with Hanes Mall.
From now through Flag Day (June 14th) stop by the Customer Service Center to find out how you can help. Donations will be collected at Hanes Mall plus you can write letters of encouragement. There will be a flag raising ceremony at 1pm on Flag Day (June 14th) at Hanes Mall. Call 765-8321 for details. http://www.shophanesmall.com/
Sports: -Warthogs…noon game. (Myrtle Beach Pelicans)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High near 90
Rain? Well, a 20% chance of showers rain today through tonight…
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 63
Thursday: Mostly sunny…High 89
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.29.2007
WBFJ News Up-Date for Tuesday
Bolton Pool in Winston-Salem was shut down yesterday after a bomb
threat led to a fight. Two men were arrested yesterday at Bolton pool. After police evacuated the pool, they found no evidence of a bomb. City officials then closed the pool for the day. (www.journalnow.com)
Winston-Salem Police have arrested 3 people in connection with the drive by shooting death of Chelsea Powers…a 15 year old girl early Monday. The shooting occurred on Charles Street in Winston-Salem. Another teen was wounded. (WXII / Journalnow.com)
The US will announce tough new sanctions against Sudan in an effort to end the bloodshed in Darfur. Since 2003, fighting by government-backed militias and rebel groups in the Darfur region of western Sudan has killed more than 200,000 people and driven more than 2 million from their homes. (USA Radio News)
Cindy Sheehan, the mother who became an anti-war activist after her son died in Iraq) is calling it quits. Sheehan saying that her activism has cost her health, her husband and her savings. (CNN)
Celebrate Flag Day and support our local troops with Hanes Mall.
From now through Flag Day (June 14th) stop by the Customer Service Center to find out how you can help. Donations will be collected at Hanes Mall plus you can write letters of encouragement. There will be a flag raising ceremony at 1pm on Flag Day (June 14th) at Hanes Mall. Call 765-8321 for details. http://www.shophanesmall.com/
Calling ALL churches and congregations in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County area … a Unity Prayer Gathering will be held this Saturday (June 2) at the M.C. Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem, NC.
AnInter-denominational and Inter-Racial Worship, Unity, Fellowship and Prayer Service. Contact Cheryl Harry for more information…
(336) 724-9305 x 223…http://www.unityrevival.org/
State senator Kay Hagan (from Greensboro) has filed a bill that would allow people to buy raw, unpasteurized milk from local dairy farmers. The Senate approved the bill by a vote of 39-9 last week. -Under state law, farmers and other people who own cows are free to drink raw milk.
-But since 2004, the state legislature outlawed a practice known as
“cow-sharing,” it has been illegal in North Carolina to sell raw milk for human
consumption. Hagan’s bill now goes to the N.C. House of Representatives.
If it is approved there, consumers would be allowed to enter into contracts with farmers to buy a “share” of their cows and get raw milk from them. It would still be illegal to sell it commercially.
(journalnow.com)
Sports:
-Johns Hopkins defeating Duke (12 -11) to win the men's NCAA lacrosse championship.
-Warthogs at home tonight (Myrtle Beach Pelicans)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny…High 89
Tonight: Clear…High 60
Wednesday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 90
There is a 20% chance of rain Wednesday into Wednesday night.
A Code Orange Ozone alert will likely be issued on Wednesday and Thursday.
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
threat led to a fight. Two men were arrested yesterday at Bolton pool. After police evacuated the pool, they found no evidence of a bomb. City officials then closed the pool for the day. (www.journalnow.com)
Winston-Salem Police have arrested 3 people in connection with the drive by shooting death of Chelsea Powers…a 15 year old girl early Monday. The shooting occurred on Charles Street in Winston-Salem. Another teen was wounded. (WXII / Journalnow.com)
The US will announce tough new sanctions against Sudan in an effort to end the bloodshed in Darfur. Since 2003, fighting by government-backed militias and rebel groups in the Darfur region of western Sudan has killed more than 200,000 people and driven more than 2 million from their homes. (USA Radio News)
Cindy Sheehan, the mother who became an anti-war activist after her son died in Iraq) is calling it quits. Sheehan saying that her activism has cost her health, her husband and her savings. (CNN)
Celebrate Flag Day and support our local troops with Hanes Mall.
From now through Flag Day (June 14th) stop by the Customer Service Center to find out how you can help. Donations will be collected at Hanes Mall plus you can write letters of encouragement. There will be a flag raising ceremony at 1pm on Flag Day (June 14th) at Hanes Mall. Call 765-8321 for details. http://www.shophanesmall.com/
Calling ALL churches and congregations in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County area … a Unity Prayer Gathering will be held this Saturday (June 2) at the M.C. Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem, NC.
AnInter-denominational and Inter-Racial Worship, Unity, Fellowship and Prayer Service. Contact Cheryl Harry for more information…
(336) 724-9305 x 223…http://www.unityrevival.org/
State senator Kay Hagan (from Greensboro) has filed a bill that would allow people to buy raw, unpasteurized milk from local dairy farmers. The Senate approved the bill by a vote of 39-9 last week. -Under state law, farmers and other people who own cows are free to drink raw milk.
-But since 2004, the state legislature outlawed a practice known as
“cow-sharing,” it has been illegal in North Carolina to sell raw milk for human
consumption. Hagan’s bill now goes to the N.C. House of Representatives.
If it is approved there, consumers would be allowed to enter into contracts with farmers to buy a “share” of their cows and get raw milk from them. It would still be illegal to sell it commercially.
(journalnow.com)
Sports:
-Johns Hopkins defeating Duke (12 -11) to win the men's NCAA lacrosse championship.
-Warthogs at home tonight (Myrtle Beach Pelicans)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny…High 89
Tonight: Clear…High 60
Wednesday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 90
There is a 20% chance of rain Wednesday into Wednesday night.
A Code Orange Ozone alert will likely be issued on Wednesday and Thursday.
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.25.2007
WBFJ News Up-Date Friday, May 25, 2007
The 23rd annual NCHE (Homeschool) conference going on through Saturday in downtown Winston-Salem at the Benton Convention Center. Details on-line… www.nche.com Thursday, Friday and Saturday (May 24 25 26)
The original Star Wars movie turns 30 today. Thirty years ago ( May 25, 1977 ) Star Was opened in just 32 theaters nationwide. -The History Channel will host a Star Wars special Monday at 9 p.m. (i-Report: Your "Star Wars" memories)
For the first time, a Davidson County high school has made Newsweek’s list of America’s Best High Schools. North Davidson High School was one of over 12-hundred high schools that comprised this year’s list. Among the top-ranked schools making the Newsweek list locally…
13 schools in Guilford County and two schools in Forsyth County.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/?sort=Rank&count=1236&start=0&limit=100&year=2007&Search=north%20carolina
A Wake County judge ruling yesterday that any religious text…not just the Bible can be used to swear in a witness or juror in North Carolina’s courtrooms. The ACLU argued that limiting the text to the Bible was unconstitutional because it favored Christianity over other religions. The state has 30 days to appeal. (journalnow.com)
President Bush will get his War Funding Bill for Iraq. Both the House and Senate approving the $120 billion dollar war spending bill…with no troop withdrawal deadline attached. (USA Radio News)
Pro-life bill becomes law in Oklahoma. A bill prohibiting public funds from being used for most abortions has become law in Oklahoma.
A $50 million dollar federal grant for abstinence funding will expire next month and Democrats in Congress say they’re not inclined to renew it.
Approximately 700 –to- 900 abstinence programs across the country would be affected. (Family News in Focus)
CDC survey: Nearly three out of four U.S. homes are considered Non-Smoking. Less than half of all homes surveyed were smoke-free 10 years ago.-Nine in ten Utah homes are smoke free; in Kentucky, a little over half
The CDC report was based on a national survey done mostly by telephone every two years.
Locally…One of the oldest restaurants in downtown WS…The Lighthouse Restaurant will go smoke-free June 1st. (CNN)
Sports: The Coca Cola 600 (Sunday) at Lowes Motor Speedway
A shoe store that former Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos would get lost in: New York's famed Saks Fifth Avenue department store plans to open a shoe department so big it has been granted its own ZIP code. Saks department store plans to nearly double the number of shoes for sale and take over the entire eighth floor of its flagship store in Manhattan.
The expanded department will open in September under the name 10022-SHOE.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2435153420070524
In Las Vegas…an oversized American flag and flagpole has city officials and an auto dealership at odds over patriotism and over the top advertising. The city has receiving more than 100 e-mail messages since the City Council last week ordered Towbin Hummer to take down its 100-foot flagpole and his big flag, which at 30 feet by 60 feet is about the size of a competition volleyball court. Mayor Oscar Goodman blamed the dealership for not keeping a promise to build a small veterans memorial with the tall pole. Get us a memorial, and then we can talk about a flag in excess of 40 feet," said Goodman, who last year endorsed letting the dealership exceed the city's 40-foot flagpole height restriction. -The Terrible Herbst gasoline and convenience store chain has several American flags around the city measuring 30 feet by 50 feet on poles 100 feet tall.
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It’s a Click it or Ticket it weekend…
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
For Your Memorial Day Weekend:
Sunny and warm…Highs in the mid-80’s
__________________________ next on your Family Station…WBFJ.
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
The original Star Wars movie turns 30 today. Thirty years ago ( May 25, 1977 ) Star Was opened in just 32 theaters nationwide. -The History Channel will host a Star Wars special Monday at 9 p.m. (i-Report: Your "Star Wars" memories)
For the first time, a Davidson County high school has made Newsweek’s list of America’s Best High Schools. North Davidson High School was one of over 12-hundred high schools that comprised this year’s list. Among the top-ranked schools making the Newsweek list locally…
13 schools in Guilford County and two schools in Forsyth County.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/?sort=Rank&count=1236&start=0&limit=100&year=2007&Search=north%20carolina
A Wake County judge ruling yesterday that any religious text…not just the Bible can be used to swear in a witness or juror in North Carolina’s courtrooms. The ACLU argued that limiting the text to the Bible was unconstitutional because it favored Christianity over other religions. The state has 30 days to appeal. (journalnow.com)
President Bush will get his War Funding Bill for Iraq. Both the House and Senate approving the $120 billion dollar war spending bill…with no troop withdrawal deadline attached. (USA Radio News)
Pro-life bill becomes law in Oklahoma. A bill prohibiting public funds from being used for most abortions has become law in Oklahoma.
A $50 million dollar federal grant for abstinence funding will expire next month and Democrats in Congress say they’re not inclined to renew it.
Approximately 700 –to- 900 abstinence programs across the country would be affected. (Family News in Focus)
CDC survey: Nearly three out of four U.S. homes are considered Non-Smoking. Less than half of all homes surveyed were smoke-free 10 years ago.-Nine in ten Utah homes are smoke free; in Kentucky, a little over half
The CDC report was based on a national survey done mostly by telephone every two years.
Locally…One of the oldest restaurants in downtown WS…The Lighthouse Restaurant will go smoke-free June 1st. (CNN)
Sports: The Coca Cola 600 (Sunday) at Lowes Motor Speedway
A shoe store that former Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos would get lost in: New York's famed Saks Fifth Avenue department store plans to open a shoe department so big it has been granted its own ZIP code. Saks department store plans to nearly double the number of shoes for sale and take over the entire eighth floor of its flagship store in Manhattan.
The expanded department will open in September under the name 10022-SHOE.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2435153420070524
In Las Vegas…an oversized American flag and flagpole has city officials and an auto dealership at odds over patriotism and over the top advertising. The city has receiving more than 100 e-mail messages since the City Council last week ordered Towbin Hummer to take down its 100-foot flagpole and his big flag, which at 30 feet by 60 feet is about the size of a competition volleyball court. Mayor Oscar Goodman blamed the dealership for not keeping a promise to build a small veterans memorial with the tall pole. Get us a memorial, and then we can talk about a flag in excess of 40 feet," said Goodman, who last year endorsed letting the dealership exceed the city's 40-foot flagpole height restriction. -The Terrible Herbst gasoline and convenience store chain has several American flags around the city measuring 30 feet by 50 feet on poles 100 feet tall.
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It’s a Click it or Ticket it weekend…
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
For Your Memorial Day Weekend:
Sunny and warm…Highs in the mid-80’s
__________________________ next on your Family Station…WBFJ.
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.24.2007
WBFJ News
The 23rd annual NCHE (Homeschool) conference starts today in downtown Winston-Salem. There will be a FREE homeschooling workshop open to the public this afternoon from 3 to 4pm at the Benton Convention Center. Details on-line… http://www.nche.com/
The conference going on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. (May 24 25 26)
A rescue exercise on Pilot Mountain yesterday became a real-life rescue event. A group of instructors with the Boy Scouts of America were on Pilot Mountain practicing rescue missions when Steve Richter fell 30 feet down the mountain. Richter was pulled to safety and airlifted to WF Baptist Medical Center. Richter was listed in fair condition last night at
The FDA is checking toothpaste coming from China into the US…
Reports of tainted toothpaste have been detected in other countries.
So far, the FDA has no evidence that contaminated toothpaste has made its way into the US but is taking the step as a precaution. (CNN)
The military has confirmed that a body pulled from the Euphrates River near Baghdad on Wednesday is one of the 3 missing US soldiers in Iraq. Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr , of California, was 20 years old. The 3 soldiers disappeared after being ambushed on May 12th. A search for the remaining 2 soldiers continues. (USA Radio News)
Story HighlightsJordin Sparks edging out beat boxer Blake Lewis to become the youngest American Idol winner. 74 million votes were cast on Tuesday night to decide the winner
Melinda Doolittle sang "Hold Up the Light" with gospel stars BeBe and CeCe Winans.
The song “This is My Now” which Jordin sang at the end was written by Christian artist Scott Krippayne…who won the show’s first open songwriting competition. “This is My Now” was selected over 25,000 entries. www.americanidol.com/songwriter
Oprah Winfrey said she was "stunned" to learn her father plans to write a book…about her. Oprah’s dad, Vernon Winfrey, owns Winfrey Barber & Beauty Shop in Nashville. Oprah has credited her father for imposing discipline on her and stressing the importance of an education. A teenage Winfrey was living with her mother in Milwaukee when she was sent to live with her father in Nashville. (CNN)
Sports:
NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon is officially on ‘baby watch’.
Gordon's wife, Ingrid, is due the week of the June 24. If Jeff is forced to miss a NASCAR race to attend the birth…Mark Martin will drive the # 24 Chevrolet. (nascar.com)
Gordon will be driving in the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowes Motor Speedway on Sunday.
Thou shall not gossip? Should you be fired for gossiping about your boss?
Four female town employees in one town in New Hampshire were fired in April for gossiping about their boss. Rumors were being circulated about a close working relationship between a town administrator and a female employee. The 4 women who were fired…say they weren't the only ones who discussed the rumor, and dismissed it as untrue after briefly talking about it.
Each woman had received positive work reviews and is appealing to get back their job. (CNN)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High near 80
Sneak Peak to your Memorial Day Weekend:
Sunny and warm…Highs in the mid-80’s
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
The conference going on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. (May 24 25 26)
A rescue exercise on Pilot Mountain yesterday became a real-life rescue event. A group of instructors with the Boy Scouts of America were on Pilot Mountain practicing rescue missions when Steve Richter fell 30 feet down the mountain. Richter was pulled to safety and airlifted to WF Baptist Medical Center. Richter was listed in fair condition last night at
The FDA is checking toothpaste coming from China into the US…
Reports of tainted toothpaste have been detected in other countries.
So far, the FDA has no evidence that contaminated toothpaste has made its way into the US but is taking the step as a precaution. (CNN)
The military has confirmed that a body pulled from the Euphrates River near Baghdad on Wednesday is one of the 3 missing US soldiers in Iraq. Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr , of California, was 20 years old. The 3 soldiers disappeared after being ambushed on May 12th. A search for the remaining 2 soldiers continues. (USA Radio News)
Story HighlightsJordin Sparks edging out beat boxer Blake Lewis to become the youngest American Idol winner. 74 million votes were cast on Tuesday night to decide the winner
Melinda Doolittle sang "Hold Up the Light" with gospel stars BeBe and CeCe Winans.
The song “This is My Now” which Jordin sang at the end was written by Christian artist Scott Krippayne…who won the show’s first open songwriting competition. “This is My Now” was selected over 25,000 entries. www.americanidol.com/songwriter
Oprah Winfrey said she was "stunned" to learn her father plans to write a book…about her. Oprah’s dad, Vernon Winfrey, owns Winfrey Barber & Beauty Shop in Nashville. Oprah has credited her father for imposing discipline on her and stressing the importance of an education. A teenage Winfrey was living with her mother in Milwaukee when she was sent to live with her father in Nashville. (CNN)
Sports:
NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon is officially on ‘baby watch’.
Gordon's wife, Ingrid, is due the week of the June 24. If Jeff is forced to miss a NASCAR race to attend the birth…Mark Martin will drive the # 24 Chevrolet. (nascar.com)
Gordon will be driving in the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowes Motor Speedway on Sunday.
Thou shall not gossip? Should you be fired for gossiping about your boss?
Four female town employees in one town in New Hampshire were fired in April for gossiping about their boss. Rumors were being circulated about a close working relationship between a town administrator and a female employee. The 4 women who were fired…say they weren't the only ones who discussed the rumor, and dismissed it as untrue after briefly talking about it.
Each woman had received positive work reviews and is appealing to get back their job. (CNN)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High near 80
Sneak Peak to your Memorial Day Weekend:
Sunny and warm…Highs in the mid-80’s
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.23.2007
WBFJ News Blog
Our special guest this morning…
J. Mark Fox…Pastor of Antioch Community Church in Elon (Burlington).http://www.antiochchurch.cc/ (336) 586-0997
Mark is the author of the Book ‘Family Integrated Church’ (Xulon Press)http://www.familyintegratedchurch.com/
Pastor Fox will be speaking this week at the…
The 23rd annual NCHE (Homeschool) conference this
Thursday, Friday and Saturday (May 24 25 26) in downtown Winston-Salem.
Details on-line… http://www.nche.com/
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In the News…Wednesday, May 23, 2007
National Weather Service forecasters said they expect 13 to 17 tropical storms,
with seven to 10 of them becoming hurricanes this year.
The Atlantic Hurricane Season runs June 1 through November 30.
The superintendent of Davie County Schools, Steve Lane, resigned yesterday, just two weeks after a school bond proposal that he supported…failed. Lane said he wasn’t forced to resign…but he thinks that a new superintendent could bring a fresh approach to tackling the problem of overcrowding at Davie High School.
An estimated 10,000 people attended the funeral service of Rev Jerry Falwell yesterday. One student didn’t make to the service…
A 19 year old Liberty University student was arrested yesterday for having 6 homemade bombs in his car. ABC News saying that the student was going to use the bombs to stop protesters from disrupting the funeral service of the Rev. Jerry Falwell. A relative of the arrested student alerted authorities to the potential bomb threat. (ABC News / USA Radio News)
The 2 ‘wayward whales’ stuck miles inside the Sacramento River apparently are swimming in circles. Crews in the more than two dozen boats blocking the humpbacks' path up the river tried herding the mother and her calf downstream by banging metal pipes beneath the water.
The challenge, officials said, was encouraging the pair to return to salt water quickly but without resorting to tactics that could upset the whales.
Did you vote? Jordin Sparks (17) OR Blake Lewis (25)
Tonight is the night…A new American Idol will be crowned.
If you were watching American Idol last night, Scott Krippayne was spotlighted along with Jeff Peabody as the winners of the show’s first open songwriting competition. Krippayne and Peabody’s song “This is My Now” was selected over 25,000 entries. www.americanidol.com/songwriter
The 23rd annual NCHE (Homeschool) conference will take place this
Thursday, Friday and Saturday (May 24 25 26) in downtown Winston-Salem.
There will be a FREE homeschooling workshop open to the public from 3 to 4pm on Thursday at the Benton Convention Center. http://www.nche.com/conference/snby.php?searchby=sn&var=1
Volunteers are still needed for the conference…Details on-line… http://www.nche.com/
Thou shall not gossip?
New Hampshire: Four town employees here say they were, raising questions about fairness, free speech and a staple of life in the American workplace.
The employees were fired in April after speaking to a lawyer the town hired as a fact-finder to rout out chatterboxes. The women now known as "The Hooksett Four" comprise about a quarter of the town's staff, including two entire departments. They are well-known in Hooksett, home to about 13,000 people.Each woman had received positive work reviews and is appealing to get back her job. (CNN)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 78
Tonight: Clear…Low 55 Thursday: Mostly sunny…High 78
Sneak Peak to your Memorial Day Weekend:
Sunny and warm…Highs in the mid-80’s
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
J. Mark Fox…Pastor of Antioch Community Church in Elon (Burlington).http://www.antiochchurch.cc/ (336) 586-0997
Mark is the author of the Book ‘Family Integrated Church’ (Xulon Press)http://www.familyintegratedchurch.com/
Pastor Fox will be speaking this week at the…
The 23rd annual NCHE (Homeschool) conference this
Thursday, Friday and Saturday (May 24 25 26) in downtown Winston-Salem.
Details on-line… http://www.nche.com/
__________________________________________________________
In the News…Wednesday, May 23, 2007
National Weather Service forecasters said they expect 13 to 17 tropical storms,
with seven to 10 of them becoming hurricanes this year.
The Atlantic Hurricane Season runs June 1 through November 30.
The superintendent of Davie County Schools, Steve Lane, resigned yesterday, just two weeks after a school bond proposal that he supported…failed. Lane said he wasn’t forced to resign…but he thinks that a new superintendent could bring a fresh approach to tackling the problem of overcrowding at Davie High School.
An estimated 10,000 people attended the funeral service of Rev Jerry Falwell yesterday. One student didn’t make to the service…
A 19 year old Liberty University student was arrested yesterday for having 6 homemade bombs in his car. ABC News saying that the student was going to use the bombs to stop protesters from disrupting the funeral service of the Rev. Jerry Falwell. A relative of the arrested student alerted authorities to the potential bomb threat. (ABC News / USA Radio News)
The 2 ‘wayward whales’ stuck miles inside the Sacramento River apparently are swimming in circles. Crews in the more than two dozen boats blocking the humpbacks' path up the river tried herding the mother and her calf downstream by banging metal pipes beneath the water.
The challenge, officials said, was encouraging the pair to return to salt water quickly but without resorting to tactics that could upset the whales.
Did you vote? Jordin Sparks (17) OR Blake Lewis (25)
Tonight is the night…A new American Idol will be crowned.
If you were watching American Idol last night, Scott Krippayne was spotlighted along with Jeff Peabody as the winners of the show’s first open songwriting competition. Krippayne and Peabody’s song “This is My Now” was selected over 25,000 entries. www.americanidol.com/songwriter
The 23rd annual NCHE (Homeschool) conference will take place this
Thursday, Friday and Saturday (May 24 25 26) in downtown Winston-Salem.
There will be a FREE homeschooling workshop open to the public from 3 to 4pm on Thursday at the Benton Convention Center. http://www.nche.com/conference/snby.php?searchby=sn&var=1
Volunteers are still needed for the conference…Details on-line… http://www.nche.com/
Thou shall not gossip?
New Hampshire: Four town employees here say they were, raising questions about fairness, free speech and a staple of life in the American workplace.
The employees were fired in April after speaking to a lawyer the town hired as a fact-finder to rout out chatterboxes. The women now known as "The Hooksett Four" comprise about a quarter of the town's staff, including two entire departments. They are well-known in Hooksett, home to about 13,000 people.Each woman had received positive work reviews and is appealing to get back her job. (CNN)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 78
Tonight: Clear…Low 55 Thursday: Mostly sunny…High 78
Sneak Peak to your Memorial Day Weekend:
Sunny and warm…Highs in the mid-80’s
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.22.2007
WBFJ News
Thousands are expected to attend the funeral for the late Reverend Jerry Falwell today. The service will be held at 1pm at Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia. Franklin Graham will speak. Rev Falwell passed away last Tuesday. He was 73.
Preliminary research is showing that A-van-dee-a, a pill widely prescribed by doctors to treat type 2 diabetes, actually increases the users' risk for heart attack by 43%. The FDA has issued a safety alert on Monday for the drug, but stopped short of a stronger warning label, saying more analysis was needed. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=604806
Dr. Lisa Cooke, the principal of Eastern Guilford High School, the school which was destroyed by fire in November, is resigning. Dr Cooke has been on a medical leave of absence since February. Dr. Travis Reeves, the principal of East Montgomery High School, will replace Dr Cooke.
MySpace.com has decided to provide data on registered sex offenders who use the popular social networking Web site. Attorney generals from eight states (including NC) demanded last week that the company provide data on how many registered sex offenders are using the site and where they live.
MySpace initially refused to divulge the information, citing federal privacy laws.
Democrats in Congress are drafting a funding bill that doesn't include a timeline for the pullout of U.S. troops in Iraq…and it wouldn't contain billions of dollars in spending on domestic programs. The measure would provide funds for military operations in Iraq through September.
Mt Airy Police decided yesterday not to charge seven seniors at Mount Airy High School in a prank that involved sneaking into the school last week to move chairs, throw toilet paper and write “seniors 2007” in peanut butter.
School officials would not say how the seniors will be punished.
Five of the students climbed into the school through an open window, officials said. They were caught after an alarm went off and police responded.
Two other students remained outside but were a part of the prank.
Another BBQ festival is coming to NC:
The first ever Tar Heel Barbecue Classic will be held on Oct. 6-7 in Raleigh.
Western and Eastern styles of barbecue will be featured.
Stephanie Saintsing, the organizer for the Lexington Barbecue Festival, said she loves the idea, but the debate over which style of barbecue is best ¬- Eastern or Western - will never end. “Obviously, Lexington favors Western-style BBQ.
The Lexington Barbecue Festival is scheduled for Oct. 27.
Shoo bee don’t bother me: Over the weekend…a swarm of honeybees temporarily disrupted a charity fundraising event 40 miles northwest of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
A swarm of about 3,000 honeybees emerged from the woods around the West Noble High School football field, where 700 people were participating in a 24 hour fundraising walk for the American Cancer Society.
A local beekeeper, Matt Green, used a smoke machine to calm the bees and coax them into a beehive he brought to the field. The event was delayed about 45 minutes.
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
-Greensboro Grasshoppers (First Horizon Park)
“Bark in the Park” tonight at 7pm…check out gsoHoppers.com for details.
-Warthogs away this week. (at Myrtle Beach tonight)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. A scattered shower and
thunderstorm possible…High near 80
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 60
Wednesday: Mostly sunny…High 78.
Sneak Peak to your Memorial Day Weekend:
Sunny and warm…Highs in the 80’s
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
Preliminary research is showing that A-van-dee-a, a pill widely prescribed by doctors to treat type 2 diabetes, actually increases the users' risk for heart attack by 43%. The FDA has issued a safety alert on Monday for the drug, but stopped short of a stronger warning label, saying more analysis was needed. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=604806
Dr. Lisa Cooke, the principal of Eastern Guilford High School, the school which was destroyed by fire in November, is resigning. Dr Cooke has been on a medical leave of absence since February. Dr. Travis Reeves, the principal of East Montgomery High School, will replace Dr Cooke.
MySpace.com has decided to provide data on registered sex offenders who use the popular social networking Web site. Attorney generals from eight states (including NC) demanded last week that the company provide data on how many registered sex offenders are using the site and where they live.
MySpace initially refused to divulge the information, citing federal privacy laws.
Democrats in Congress are drafting a funding bill that doesn't include a timeline for the pullout of U.S. troops in Iraq…and it wouldn't contain billions of dollars in spending on domestic programs. The measure would provide funds for military operations in Iraq through September.
Mt Airy Police decided yesterday not to charge seven seniors at Mount Airy High School in a prank that involved sneaking into the school last week to move chairs, throw toilet paper and write “seniors 2007” in peanut butter.
School officials would not say how the seniors will be punished.
Five of the students climbed into the school through an open window, officials said. They were caught after an alarm went off and police responded.
Two other students remained outside but were a part of the prank.
Another BBQ festival is coming to NC:
The first ever Tar Heel Barbecue Classic will be held on Oct. 6-7 in Raleigh.
Western and Eastern styles of barbecue will be featured.
Stephanie Saintsing, the organizer for the Lexington Barbecue Festival, said she loves the idea, but the debate over which style of barbecue is best ¬- Eastern or Western - will never end. “Obviously, Lexington favors Western-style BBQ.
The Lexington Barbecue Festival is scheduled for Oct. 27.
Shoo bee don’t bother me: Over the weekend…a swarm of honeybees temporarily disrupted a charity fundraising event 40 miles northwest of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
A swarm of about 3,000 honeybees emerged from the woods around the West Noble High School football field, where 700 people were participating in a 24 hour fundraising walk for the American Cancer Society.
A local beekeeper, Matt Green, used a smoke machine to calm the bees and coax them into a beehive he brought to the field. The event was delayed about 45 minutes.
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
-Greensboro Grasshoppers (First Horizon Park)
“Bark in the Park” tonight at 7pm…check out gsoHoppers.com for details.
-Warthogs away this week. (at Myrtle Beach tonight)
__________________________________________________________
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. A scattered shower and
thunderstorm possible…High near 80
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 60
Wednesday: Mostly sunny…High 78.
Sneak Peak to your Memorial Day Weekend:
Sunny and warm…Highs in the 80’s
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.21.2007
WBFJ News
Traffic around Wake Forest University will be a little crazy this morning. Graduation Exercises will take place this morning at 9am on the Quad at Wake Forest University. Approximately 1,500 under-graduate and graduate students will receive diplomas. Parking on campus will be limited. The university's shuttle service will provide continuous transportation to and from parking lots at Groves Stadium through 6 p.m.
Gas prices have hit an all-time high: According to the latest Lundberg Survey,
the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.18, the highest average cost per gallon ever – even adjusting for inflation. This weekend alone, from Friday to Sunday, the average price of gas went up another 5 cents per gallon.
Nationwide: the lowest price for regular fuel was $2.87 in Charleston, South Carolina…the highest was in Chicago at $3.59 a gallon.
The SAT and ACT - rites of passage for millions of high-school students - are becoming optional at a small but growing number of colleges. Most of the schools (including George Mason University) offering to make the tests optional are small, liberal-arts colleges. Of the top 100 liberal-arts colleges named in the latest U.S. News and World Report standings, 29 do not require the test. Thirteen of those made the change since 2004.
New Orleans officials say the city is better prepared than it was before Katrina. Katrina, a Category 3 storm, hit New Orleans in August 2005… overwhelming the levees and flooding the city. The storm killed at least 1,300 people with an estimated $81 billion dollars in damage…making Katrina the worst natural disaster in US history. The 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season begins June 1 and continues through November.
A wayward mother whale and her calf still have miles to go and obstacles to overcome as marine biologists try to coax them back to the Pacific Ocean. Last week, Scientists tried to use recordings of whales feeding to lure the two back toward home. The whales were left alone during the weekend. Two humpback whales surfaced last Thursday more than 70 miles up the Sacramento River. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070521/D8P8OCEO0.html
Miranda Bailey, a 17 year old Junior at North Davidson (and a cadet major with the Air Force Junior ROTC) won a statewide writing essay titled "Why It Is Important to Vote" sponsored by the North Carolina American Veterans Essay Competition. Miranda’s essay has now been entered into a nationwide contest. Miranda will not be old enough to vote until October. But understands that power behind the ballot box…"If you vote, you can change things," she said. "You can make things better." Bailey has been a part of JROTC for three years. She would like to be a B-2 bomber pilot for the Air Force. Bailey will be recognized at the state AMVETS convention in Greensboro June 2, where she will receive her prize money. She will put the money in a savings account to go toward a car.
http://www.the-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007705190346&source=email
Emilio Gonzales, a 19-month-old boy whose terminal illness started a legal and ethical debate passed away Saturday night at Children's Hospital of Austin, Texas. Emilio had been on a respirator since December and was believed to have Leigh's disease, a progressive illness which destroys brain functions.
Emilio’s mother had fought in court to continue his medical care… while doctors had sought to remove him from life support . In April, a judge agreed to temporarily block the hospital's request to end life support.
This summer, Hospice & Palliative CareCenter in Winston-Salem is offering teen-agers, ages 13 to 18, weekly volunteer opportunities through its new Youth Impact Program. The teen volunteer sessions will take place on Tuesdays from 9am until noon from June 12 through August 21, at Hospice & Palliative CareCenter.
Volunteer opportunities will include planting and maintaining flower gardens, baking cookies for patients and families, making greeting cards for patients, leading BINGO activities in nursing homes. Call Angela Henrichs at (336) 768-3972, ext. 339.
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs away this week. (at Myrtle Beach tonight)
Traffic around Wake Forest University (Reynolda Road, Polo Road and University Parkway) will be heavy today through 1pm because of Graduation exercises.
(WS) Crews are widening Country Club Road, between Jonestown and Peace Haven roads.
Expect some delays. The project should be completed late November.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Lots of sunshine…High 85
Tonight: Clear…Low 55
Tuesday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 80
-An afternoon thunderstorm possible on Tuesday and Wednesday
-Temperatures staying near 80 through the end of the week
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
Gas prices have hit an all-time high: According to the latest Lundberg Survey,
the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.18, the highest average cost per gallon ever – even adjusting for inflation. This weekend alone, from Friday to Sunday, the average price of gas went up another 5 cents per gallon.
Nationwide: the lowest price for regular fuel was $2.87 in Charleston, South Carolina…the highest was in Chicago at $3.59 a gallon.
The SAT and ACT - rites of passage for millions of high-school students - are becoming optional at a small but growing number of colleges. Most of the schools (including George Mason University) offering to make the tests optional are small, liberal-arts colleges. Of the top 100 liberal-arts colleges named in the latest U.S. News and World Report standings, 29 do not require the test. Thirteen of those made the change since 2004.
New Orleans officials say the city is better prepared than it was before Katrina. Katrina, a Category 3 storm, hit New Orleans in August 2005… overwhelming the levees and flooding the city. The storm killed at least 1,300 people with an estimated $81 billion dollars in damage…making Katrina the worst natural disaster in US history. The 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season begins June 1 and continues through November.
A wayward mother whale and her calf still have miles to go and obstacles to overcome as marine biologists try to coax them back to the Pacific Ocean. Last week, Scientists tried to use recordings of whales feeding to lure the two back toward home. The whales were left alone during the weekend. Two humpback whales surfaced last Thursday more than 70 miles up the Sacramento River. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070521/D8P8OCEO0.html
Miranda Bailey, a 17 year old Junior at North Davidson (and a cadet major with the Air Force Junior ROTC) won a statewide writing essay titled "Why It Is Important to Vote" sponsored by the North Carolina American Veterans Essay Competition. Miranda’s essay has now been entered into a nationwide contest. Miranda will not be old enough to vote until October. But understands that power behind the ballot box…"If you vote, you can change things," she said. "You can make things better." Bailey has been a part of JROTC for three years. She would like to be a B-2 bomber pilot for the Air Force. Bailey will be recognized at the state AMVETS convention in Greensboro June 2, where she will receive her prize money. She will put the money in a savings account to go toward a car.
http://www.the-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007705190346&source=email
Emilio Gonzales, a 19-month-old boy whose terminal illness started a legal and ethical debate passed away Saturday night at Children's Hospital of Austin, Texas. Emilio had been on a respirator since December and was believed to have Leigh's disease, a progressive illness which destroys brain functions.
Emilio’s mother had fought in court to continue his medical care… while doctors had sought to remove him from life support . In April, a judge agreed to temporarily block the hospital's request to end life support.
This summer, Hospice & Palliative CareCenter in Winston-Salem is offering teen-agers, ages 13 to 18, weekly volunteer opportunities through its new Youth Impact Program. The teen volunteer sessions will take place on Tuesdays from 9am until noon from June 12 through August 21, at Hospice & Palliative CareCenter.
Volunteer opportunities will include planting and maintaining flower gardens, baking cookies for patients and families, making greeting cards for patients, leading BINGO activities in nursing homes. Call Angela Henrichs at (336) 768-3972, ext. 339.
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs away this week. (at Myrtle Beach tonight)
Traffic around Wake Forest University (Reynolda Road, Polo Road and University Parkway) will be heavy today through 1pm because of Graduation exercises.
(WS) Crews are widening Country Club Road, between Jonestown and Peace Haven roads.
Expect some delays. The project should be completed late November.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Lots of sunshine…High 85
Tonight: Clear…Low 55
Tuesday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 80
-An afternoon thunderstorm possible on Tuesday and Wednesday
-Temperatures staying near 80 through the end of the week
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.18.2007
This Week on Sunday @ 5 on WBFJ
Part one:
J. Mark Fox...Pastor of Antioch Community Church in Elon, NC
Author of the Book ‘Family Integrated Church’
www.familyintegratedchurch.com/
www.antiochchurch.cc
www.nche.com
Part two:
Dr Holly McPherson, MD (as heard on the WBFJ Morning Show)
Allergy Partners of the Piedmont
1372 Westgate Center Drive
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103
Phone: (336) 659-4814
http://allergypartners.com/location_results.cfm
J. Mark Fox...Pastor of Antioch Community Church in Elon, NC
Author of the Book ‘Family Integrated Church’
www.familyintegratedchurch.com/
www.antiochchurch.cc
www.nche.com
Part two:
Dr Holly McPherson, MD (as heard on the WBFJ Morning Show)
Allergy Partners of the Piedmont
1372 Westgate Center Drive
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103
Phone: (336) 659-4814
http://allergypartners.com/location_results.cfm
WBFJ News for Friday (May 18, 2007)
Two Iraqi journalists working for ABC News were ambushed and killed
as they drove home from work. The attack took place Thursday afternoon when unknown assailants attacked the car carrying a cameraman and a soundman.
According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has recorded 102 journalists and 39 media support workers killed…and 48 journalists abducted since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Graduation will go on as planned at Liberty University this weekend:
The Baccalaureate Service will be held tonight…
Commencement will be held Saturday morning.
Founder of Liberty University Evangelist Jerry Falwell passed away on Tuesday. Falwell was 73. www.liberty.edu
The co-founders of the online video sharing site YouTube are challenging the Pentagon's assertion that soldiers overseas were using too much bandwidth by watching online videos. The US Military has blocked popular Web sites (including YouTube and MySpace) from Defense Department computers.
Senators have reached an agreement on immigration reform that would strengthen U.S. borders and grant lawful status to millions of illegal immigrants.
The plan supported by the President will pump more money into border security and create a temporary worker program to bring new arrivals into the U.S.
The Bush administration is wasting no time finding a successor
to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. Wolfowitz has agreed to resign after officials found him guilty of breaking bank rules over his handling of a pay and promotion package for his girlfriend.
Crisis Control Ministry’s 6th annual Wee Care! Children’s Cereal Drive held
In late April was a great success. Over 3,500 boxes of cereal were donated to the food pantry.
Crisis Control Ministry is a Christian-based ministry whose mission is to assist people in crisis situations. Crisis Control Ministry also offers a food pantry and free pharmacy for Forsyth County residents. Information at www.crisiscontrol.org.
More information about Crisis Control Ministry’s ‘Concert for Hope’ with MercyMe June 29 in Winston-Salem at wbfj.fm.
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs fall to the Hill cats…5-2.
Warthogs at home this evening at 7pm. Fireworks after the game on Friday.
Nextell All-Star Challenge Saturday night at Lowes Motor Speedway. The race is 80 laps…run in 4…20 lap segments.
Hundreds of rail passengers in eastern India got more than they had bargained for earlier in the week…when the driver of their train asked them to get out and push. It took more than 30 minutes to literally move the stalled electric train 12 feet so that it touched live overhead wires and was able to resume its journey. India's rail network carries more than 15 million people daily.
Mark Schultz is cycling coast to coast for widows and orphans.
Mark traveled from Holbrook, AZ to Gallup, NM on Thursday…
Proceeds from the bike ride (through early July) will go to the James Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Family Christian Stores. www.markacrossamerica.org
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
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Traffic Reports
(WS) One lane of Country Club Road, between Jonestown and Peace Haven roads, in Winston-Salem will be closed starting on Saturday. Crews will begin on widening that portion of Country Club. The project should be completed late November.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. An afternoon thunderstorm
possible. Windy….High near 70
Tonight: Clear skies…Low 45.
Saturday: Sunny skies…High 75.
Sunday: Sunny skies…High 85.
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
as they drove home from work. The attack took place Thursday afternoon when unknown assailants attacked the car carrying a cameraman and a soundman.
According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has recorded 102 journalists and 39 media support workers killed…and 48 journalists abducted since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Graduation will go on as planned at Liberty University this weekend:
The Baccalaureate Service will be held tonight…
Commencement will be held Saturday morning.
Founder of Liberty University Evangelist Jerry Falwell passed away on Tuesday. Falwell was 73. www.liberty.edu
The co-founders of the online video sharing site YouTube are challenging the Pentagon's assertion that soldiers overseas were using too much bandwidth by watching online videos. The US Military has blocked popular Web sites (including YouTube and MySpace) from Defense Department computers.
Senators have reached an agreement on immigration reform that would strengthen U.S. borders and grant lawful status to millions of illegal immigrants.
The plan supported by the President will pump more money into border security and create a temporary worker program to bring new arrivals into the U.S.
The Bush administration is wasting no time finding a successor
to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. Wolfowitz has agreed to resign after officials found him guilty of breaking bank rules over his handling of a pay and promotion package for his girlfriend.
Crisis Control Ministry’s 6th annual Wee Care! Children’s Cereal Drive held
In late April was a great success. Over 3,500 boxes of cereal were donated to the food pantry.
Crisis Control Ministry is a Christian-based ministry whose mission is to assist people in crisis situations. Crisis Control Ministry also offers a food pantry and free pharmacy for Forsyth County residents. Information at www.crisiscontrol.org.
More information about Crisis Control Ministry’s ‘Concert for Hope’ with MercyMe June 29 in Winston-Salem at wbfj.fm.
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs fall to the Hill cats…5-2.
Warthogs at home this evening at 7pm. Fireworks after the game on Friday.
Nextell All-Star Challenge Saturday night at Lowes Motor Speedway. The race is 80 laps…run in 4…20 lap segments.
Hundreds of rail passengers in eastern India got more than they had bargained for earlier in the week…when the driver of their train asked them to get out and push. It took more than 30 minutes to literally move the stalled electric train 12 feet so that it touched live overhead wires and was able to resume its journey. India's rail network carries more than 15 million people daily.
Mark Schultz is cycling coast to coast for widows and orphans.
Mark traveled from Holbrook, AZ to Gallup, NM on Thursday…
Proceeds from the bike ride (through early July) will go to the James Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Family Christian Stores. www.markacrossamerica.org
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
___________________________________________________________
Traffic Reports
(WS) One lane of Country Club Road, between Jonestown and Peace Haven roads, in Winston-Salem will be closed starting on Saturday. Crews will begin on widening that portion of Country Club. The project should be completed late November.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. An afternoon thunderstorm
possible. Windy….High near 70
Tonight: Clear skies…Low 45.
Saturday: Sunny skies…High 75.
Sunday: Sunny skies…High 85.
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
WBFJ News for Friday (May18, 2007)
Two Iraqi journalists working for ABC News were ambushed and killed
as they drove home from work. The attack took place Thursday afternoon when unknown assailants attacked the car carrying a cameraman and a soundman.
According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has recorded 102 journalists and 39 media support workers killed…and 48 journalists abducted since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Graduation will go on as planned at Liberty University this weekend:
The Baccalaureate Service will be held tonight…
Commencement will be held Saturday morning.
Founder of Liberty University Evangelist Jerry Falwell passed away on Tuesday. Falwell was 73. www.liberty.edu
The co-founders of the online video sharing site YouTube are challenging the Pentagon's assertion that soldiers overseas were using too much bandwidth by watching online videos. The US Military has blocked popular Web sites (including YouTube and MySpace) from Defense Department computers.
Senators have reached an agreement on immigration reform that would strengthen U.S. borders and grant lawful status to millions of illegal immigrants.
The plan supported by the President will pump more money into border security and create a temporary worker program to bring new arrivals into the U.S.
The Bush administration is wasting no time finding a successor
to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. Wolfowitz has agreed to resign after officials found him guilty of breaking bank rules over his handling of a pay and promotion package for his girlfriend.
Crisis Control Ministry’s 6th annual Wee Care! Children’s Cereal Drive held
In late April was a great success. Over 3,500 boxes of cereal were donated to the food pantry.
Crisis Control Ministry is a Christian-based ministry whose mission is to assist people in crisis situations. Crisis Control Ministry also offers a food pantry and free pharmacy for Forsyth County residents. Information at www.crisiscontrol.org.
More information about Crisis Control Ministry’s ‘Concert for Hope’ with MercyMe June 29 in Winston-Salem at wbfj.fm.
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs fall to the Hill cats…5-2.
Warthogs at home this evening at 7pm. Fireworks after the game on Friday.
Nextell All-Star Challenge Saturday night at Lowes Motor Speedway. The race is 80 laps…run in 4…20 lap segments.
Hundreds of rail passengers in eastern India got more than they had bargained for earlier in the week…when the driver of their train asked them to get out and push. It took more than 30 minutes to literally move the stalled electric train 12 feet so that it touched live overhead wires and was able to resume its journey. India's rail network carries more than 15 million people daily.
Mark Schultz is cycling coast to coast for widows and orphans.
Mark traveled from Holbrook, AZ to Gallup, NM on Thursday…
Proceeds from the bike ride (through early July) will go to the James Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Family Christian Stores. www.markacrossamerica.org
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
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Traffic Reports
(WS) One lane of Country Club Road, between Jonestown and Peace Haven roads, in Winston-Salem will be closed starting on Saturday. Crews will begin on widening that portion of Country Club. The project should be completed late November.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. An afternoon thunderstorm
possible. Windy….High near 70
Tonight: Clear skies…Low 45.
Saturday: Sunny skies…High 75.
Sunday: Sunny skies…High 85.
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
as they drove home from work. The attack took place Thursday afternoon when unknown assailants attacked the car carrying a cameraman and a soundman.
According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has recorded 102 journalists and 39 media support workers killed…and 48 journalists abducted since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Graduation will go on as planned at Liberty University this weekend:
The Baccalaureate Service will be held tonight…
Commencement will be held Saturday morning.
Founder of Liberty University Evangelist Jerry Falwell passed away on Tuesday. Falwell was 73. www.liberty.edu
The co-founders of the online video sharing site YouTube are challenging the Pentagon's assertion that soldiers overseas were using too much bandwidth by watching online videos. The US Military has blocked popular Web sites (including YouTube and MySpace) from Defense Department computers.
Senators have reached an agreement on immigration reform that would strengthen U.S. borders and grant lawful status to millions of illegal immigrants.
The plan supported by the President will pump more money into border security and create a temporary worker program to bring new arrivals into the U.S.
The Bush administration is wasting no time finding a successor
to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. Wolfowitz has agreed to resign after officials found him guilty of breaking bank rules over his handling of a pay and promotion package for his girlfriend.
Crisis Control Ministry’s 6th annual Wee Care! Children’s Cereal Drive held
In late April was a great success. Over 3,500 boxes of cereal were donated to the food pantry.
Crisis Control Ministry is a Christian-based ministry whose mission is to assist people in crisis situations. Crisis Control Ministry also offers a food pantry and free pharmacy for Forsyth County residents. Information at www.crisiscontrol.org.
More information about Crisis Control Ministry’s ‘Concert for Hope’ with MercyMe June 29 in Winston-Salem at wbfj.fm.
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs fall to the Hill cats…5-2.
Warthogs at home this evening at 7pm. Fireworks after the game on Friday.
Nextell All-Star Challenge Saturday night at Lowes Motor Speedway. The race is 80 laps…run in 4…20 lap segments.
Hundreds of rail passengers in eastern India got more than they had bargained for earlier in the week…when the driver of their train asked them to get out and push. It took more than 30 minutes to literally move the stalled electric train 12 feet so that it touched live overhead wires and was able to resume its journey. India's rail network carries more than 15 million people daily.
Mark Schultz is cycling coast to coast for widows and orphans.
Mark traveled from Holbrook, AZ to Gallup, NM on Thursday…
Proceeds from the bike ride (through early July) will go to the James Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Family Christian Stores. www.markacrossamerica.org
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
___________________________________________________________
Traffic Reports
(WS) One lane of Country Club Road, between Jonestown and Peace Haven roads, in Winston-Salem will be closed starting on Saturday. Crews will begin on widening that portion of Country Club. The project should be completed late November.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. An afternoon thunderstorm
possible. Windy….High near 70
Tonight: Clear skies…Low 45.
Saturday: Sunny skies…High 75.
Sunday: Sunny skies…High 85.
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.17.2007
WBFJ News
The results are in…37 Productive Units were collected…
Exceeding our goal of 30 pints!!
39 People present to donate (4 were first time donors)
Thanks to Angie and Sue from Village Care of King
Celebrating National Nursing Home Week through Friday.
To volunteer with Village Care…983-4900
Smoke from the massive wildfires in Georgia and Florida causing many in central NC to wonder ‘Where is the fire?’
Wildfires in Georgia have blackened more than 600 square miles of dried-out forest and swampland. Experts say that the Georgia swamp fires could burn for months.
The dates for the Furniture Market will shift back to April and October beginning in 2008. Future markets will remain on a Monday through Sunday schedule. The 2007 Fall Market is set for October 1-7.
Even with record gas prices holding above $3 per gallon nationwide, more Americans will be traveling by car over the Memorial Day holiday weekend than a year ago. According to a survey by Triple A, you will be traveling but you will stay closer to home and take shorter trips.
Paris Hilton will serve about half of her 45-day jail sentence. The 26-year-old hotel heiress will spend about 23 days in a "special needs housing unit" near Los Angeles. Hilton was sentenced to jail this month for violating the terms of her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. A judge ordered her to report to jail by June 5.
You care for Wee Care!
Crisis Control Ministry’s 6th annual Wee Care! Children’s Cereal Drive held
April 23 - 27 was a great success. Over 3,500 boxes of cereal were donated…a 45% increase over last year. Over 50 preschools and daycares, church schools, elementary schools and churches participated with food drives during the month of April.
Crisis Control Ministry is a Christian-based ministry whose mission is to assist people in crisis situations. Crisis Control Ministry also offers a food pantry and free pharmacy for Forsyth County residents. Information at www.crisiscontrol.org.
More information about Crisis Control Ministry’s ‘Concert for Hope’ with MercyMe June 29 in Winston-Salem at wbfj.fm.
Keeping up with this season’s American Idol?
Melinda Doolittle out…Jordin Sparks (17) and Blake Lewis (25) in the finale.
Women Only: That will be the rule on the entire 19th floor of a new Marriott hotel being built in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Spokeswoman Andrea Groom says more than half of all business travelers are women. The women-only rooms will have feminine touches like special hair dryers, bath products, jewelry holders and chenille throws. Rooms on the Ladies Only floor will cost $30 dollars more.
The hotel opens in September.
This week is National Bike to Work Week.
Mark Schultz is cycling coast to coast for widows and orphans.
Proceeds from the bike ride (through early July) will go to the James Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Family Christian Stores. www.markacrossamerica.org
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs fall to Salem 8-5. Warthogs at home this evening at 7pm.
Fireworks after the game Friday night.
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
___________________________________________________________
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. Cooler…High 72
Tonight: Mostly clear…Low 48
Friday: Mostly sunny and breezy…High 70
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
Saturday: Sunny…High 75
Sunday: Sunny…High 80
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
Exceeding our goal of 30 pints!!
39 People present to donate (4 were first time donors)
Thanks to Angie and Sue from Village Care of King
Celebrating National Nursing Home Week through Friday.
To volunteer with Village Care…983-4900
Smoke from the massive wildfires in Georgia and Florida causing many in central NC to wonder ‘Where is the fire?’
Wildfires in Georgia have blackened more than 600 square miles of dried-out forest and swampland. Experts say that the Georgia swamp fires could burn for months.
The dates for the Furniture Market will shift back to April and October beginning in 2008. Future markets will remain on a Monday through Sunday schedule. The 2007 Fall Market is set for October 1-7.
Even with record gas prices holding above $3 per gallon nationwide, more Americans will be traveling by car over the Memorial Day holiday weekend than a year ago. According to a survey by Triple A, you will be traveling but you will stay closer to home and take shorter trips.
Paris Hilton will serve about half of her 45-day jail sentence. The 26-year-old hotel heiress will spend about 23 days in a "special needs housing unit" near Los Angeles. Hilton was sentenced to jail this month for violating the terms of her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. A judge ordered her to report to jail by June 5.
You care for Wee Care!
Crisis Control Ministry’s 6th annual Wee Care! Children’s Cereal Drive held
April 23 - 27 was a great success. Over 3,500 boxes of cereal were donated…a 45% increase over last year. Over 50 preschools and daycares, church schools, elementary schools and churches participated with food drives during the month of April.
Crisis Control Ministry is a Christian-based ministry whose mission is to assist people in crisis situations. Crisis Control Ministry also offers a food pantry and free pharmacy for Forsyth County residents. Information at www.crisiscontrol.org.
More information about Crisis Control Ministry’s ‘Concert for Hope’ with MercyMe June 29 in Winston-Salem at wbfj.fm.
Keeping up with this season’s American Idol?
Melinda Doolittle out…Jordin Sparks (17) and Blake Lewis (25) in the finale.
Women Only: That will be the rule on the entire 19th floor of a new Marriott hotel being built in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Spokeswoman Andrea Groom says more than half of all business travelers are women. The women-only rooms will have feminine touches like special hair dryers, bath products, jewelry holders and chenille throws. Rooms on the Ladies Only floor will cost $30 dollars more.
The hotel opens in September.
This week is National Bike to Work Week.
Mark Schultz is cycling coast to coast for widows and orphans.
Proceeds from the bike ride (through early July) will go to the James Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Family Christian Stores. www.markacrossamerica.org
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs fall to Salem 8-5. Warthogs at home this evening at 7pm.
Fireworks after the game Friday night.
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
___________________________________________________________
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. Cooler…High 72
Tonight: Mostly clear…Low 48
Friday: Mostly sunny and breezy…High 70
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
Saturday: Sunny…High 75
Sunday: Sunny…High 80
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.16.2007
WBFJ News Up-date
WBFJ LIVE today from 2 to 4pm at Village Care of King...
American Red Cross Blood Drive 1 to 5:30.
To schedule an appointment...call 983-4900.
Evangelist Jerry Falwell, who helped turn the religious right into a powerful political force passed away on Tuesday. Falwell was 73.
-Falwell turned to politics after the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973
-Falwell founded Liberty University and the conservative Moral Majority.
-Falwell started Thomas Road Baptist Church in 1952.with 35 members
in Lynchburg, Virginia
-Graduation will go on as planned at Liberty this weekend:
The Baccalaureate Service will be held at 7 pm on Friday, May 18th
Commencement will be held in the Arthur L. Williams Stadium at 9:30 am on Saturday, May 19th.
President Bush said he was deeply saddened by Falwell's death, calling him "a
man who cherished faith, family and freedom."
Pat Robertson said: "Jerry's courage and strength of convictions will be sadly
missed in this time of increasing moral relativism."
www.liberty.edu
The Clemmons Town council narrowly approving a policy that bans sectarian prayer to open its meetings. The Village Attorney Warren Kasper saying that such prayers are illegal.
The council’s action in Clemmons occurred the same night that the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners approved sectarian prayer at the beginning of its public meetings. (www.journalnow.com)
Yolanda Denise King, the daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., died late last night in Santa Monica, California. Ms King was 51. She was an actress, an author and advocate for peace and non-violence. (CNN)
Firefighters are making progress on containing a wildfire that has charred close to 400 square miles along the Georgia-Florida border. (USA Radio News)
Former American Idol winner Carrie Underwood taking home 3 statues last night at the 42nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards. www.cmt.com
This week is National Bike to Work Week.
Mark Schultz is cycling coast to coast for widows and orphans.
Proceeds from the bike ride (through early July) will go to the James Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Family Christian Stores. www.markacrossamerica.org
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs rally in the 10th with a 4-3 win over Salem.
Noon game today at Ernie Shore Field.
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
____________________________________________________________
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Partly cloudy. Afternoon showers and thunderstorms likely.
Breezy…High 80
Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms…Low 55
Thursday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 69
Friday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 68
Saturday: Sunny…High 75
Sunday: Sunny…High 82
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
American Red Cross Blood Drive 1 to 5:30.
To schedule an appointment...call 983-4900.
Evangelist Jerry Falwell, who helped turn the religious right into a powerful political force passed away on Tuesday. Falwell was 73.
-Falwell turned to politics after the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973
-Falwell founded Liberty University and the conservative Moral Majority.
-Falwell started Thomas Road Baptist Church in 1952.with 35 members
in Lynchburg, Virginia
-Graduation will go on as planned at Liberty this weekend:
The Baccalaureate Service will be held at 7 pm on Friday, May 18th
Commencement will be held in the Arthur L. Williams Stadium at 9:30 am on Saturday, May 19th.
President Bush said he was deeply saddened by Falwell's death, calling him "a
man who cherished faith, family and freedom."
Pat Robertson said: "Jerry's courage and strength of convictions will be sadly
missed in this time of increasing moral relativism."
www.liberty.edu
The Clemmons Town council narrowly approving a policy that bans sectarian prayer to open its meetings. The Village Attorney Warren Kasper saying that such prayers are illegal.
The council’s action in Clemmons occurred the same night that the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners approved sectarian prayer at the beginning of its public meetings. (www.journalnow.com)
Yolanda Denise King, the daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., died late last night in Santa Monica, California. Ms King was 51. She was an actress, an author and advocate for peace and non-violence. (CNN)
Firefighters are making progress on containing a wildfire that has charred close to 400 square miles along the Georgia-Florida border. (USA Radio News)
Former American Idol winner Carrie Underwood taking home 3 statues last night at the 42nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards. www.cmt.com
This week is National Bike to Work Week.
Mark Schultz is cycling coast to coast for widows and orphans.
Proceeds from the bike ride (through early July) will go to the James Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Family Christian Stores. www.markacrossamerica.org
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs rally in the 10th with a 4-3 win over Salem.
Noon game today at Ernie Shore Field.
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
____________________________________________________________
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Partly cloudy. Afternoon showers and thunderstorms likely.
Breezy…High 80
Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms…Low 55
Thursday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 69
Friday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 68
Saturday: Sunny…High 75
Sunday: Sunny…High 82
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.14.2007
WBFJ Sharathon 2007
We exceeded our goal. What a praise!
Thank you for supporting Your Family Station...WBFJ
Thank you for supporting Your Family Station...WBFJ
WBFJ News Up-date
Monday, May 14, 2007
Breaking News: JUNEAU, Alaska
The cruise ship “Empress of the North” has ran aground off the coast of Alaska. More than 200 people are being evacuated into life boats.
The Coast Guard was dispatched after receiving an emergency radio message at 12:35 a.m. this morning from the ship, operated by Majestic America Line of Seattle. (CNN)
It will cost you more to mail that card or letter today.
The cost of a first class stamp up to 41 cents.
Also, under the new postal rate increase…you will need to measure size, thickness and weight of your letter or card. Good News: the ‘forever stamp’…a generic stamp that will always be valid for mailing a letter no matter how much rates increase. (USA Radio news)
Daimler-Benz announcing today that it will sell more than 80%
of its Chrysler Group to a private equity firm. The deal worth $7.4 billion dollars.
Last year, Chrysler lost $1.5 billion dollars and is currently undergoing a restructuring plan. (USA Radio News)
The 2007 Acura MDX sport utility vehicle and the 2008 Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable passenger cars has received top scores in new crash tests released Monday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety .
Wildfires still causing problems in northern Florida and southern Georgia. Dense smoke from the wildfires forced authorities to close portions of Interstates 75 and 10 on Sunday. Georgia has 41 active wildfires; Florida has 218.
USA radio news / CNN)
Spiderman 3 having another big weekend at the box office
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
NASCAR: Jeff Gordon wins at Darlington
Dale Earnhardt, Jr winding up 8th.
Junior is leaving DEI but where will he go?
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny and mild…High 75
Tonight: Clear…Low 50
Tuesday: Sunny and warmer…High 83
-Rain possible Wednesday into Thursday.
-Temperatures back into the 70’s for Thursday and Friday
Breaking News: JUNEAU, Alaska
The cruise ship “Empress of the North” has ran aground off the coast of Alaska. More than 200 people are being evacuated into life boats.
The Coast Guard was dispatched after receiving an emergency radio message at 12:35 a.m. this morning from the ship, operated by Majestic America Line of Seattle. (CNN)
It will cost you more to mail that card or letter today.
The cost of a first class stamp up to 41 cents.
Also, under the new postal rate increase…you will need to measure size, thickness and weight of your letter or card. Good News: the ‘forever stamp’…a generic stamp that will always be valid for mailing a letter no matter how much rates increase. (USA Radio news)
Daimler-Benz announcing today that it will sell more than 80%
of its Chrysler Group to a private equity firm. The deal worth $7.4 billion dollars.
Last year, Chrysler lost $1.5 billion dollars and is currently undergoing a restructuring plan. (USA Radio News)
The 2007 Acura MDX sport utility vehicle and the 2008 Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable passenger cars has received top scores in new crash tests released Monday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety .
Wildfires still causing problems in northern Florida and southern Georgia. Dense smoke from the wildfires forced authorities to close portions of Interstates 75 and 10 on Sunday. Georgia has 41 active wildfires; Florida has 218.
USA radio news / CNN)
Spiderman 3 having another big weekend at the box office
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
NASCAR: Jeff Gordon wins at Darlington
Dale Earnhardt, Jr winding up 8th.
Junior is leaving DEI but where will he go?
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny and mild…High 75
Tonight: Clear…Low 50
Tuesday: Sunny and warmer…High 83
-Rain possible Wednesday into Thursday.
-Temperatures back into the 70’s for Thursday and Friday
5.09.2007
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News at WBFJ...
Davie County Voters Say No To School Bonds on Tuesday
Voters on Tuesday said no on a controversial school bond.
About 53 percent of registered voters cast ballots Tuesday. A total of 7,872 voters (62 percent) said no and 4,839 (38 percent) voted yes on the bonds.
The Midway Town Council Votes For Silent Prayer At Meetings
Officials in one Triad town have voted to open meetings with a moment of silent prayer. The Midway Town Council on Monday voted 4-1 to approve the measure.
Store clerk tip key to Fort Dix plot
Six foreign-born Muslims have been accused of planning to assault
the Army base and slaughter scores of U.S. soldiers with automatic weapons.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Cloudy skies. Thunderstorms possible this afternoon.
Breezy…High 75
Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms…Low 60
Thursday: Partly sunny. Warmer…85
WBFJ Sharthon 2007
May 8 - 11, 2007
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1–877–923–5083
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News at WBFJ...
Davie County Voters Say No To School Bonds on Tuesday
Voters on Tuesday said no on a controversial school bond.
About 53 percent of registered voters cast ballots Tuesday. A total of 7,872 voters (62 percent) said no and 4,839 (38 percent) voted yes on the bonds.
The Midway Town Council Votes For Silent Prayer At Meetings
Officials in one Triad town have voted to open meetings with a moment of silent prayer. The Midway Town Council on Monday voted 4-1 to approve the measure.
Store clerk tip key to Fort Dix plot
Six foreign-born Muslims have been accused of planning to assault
the Army base and slaughter scores of U.S. soldiers with automatic weapons.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Cloudy skies. Thunderstorms possible this afternoon.
Breezy…High 75
Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms…Low 60
Thursday: Partly sunny. Warmer…85
WBFJ Sharthon 2007
May 8 - 11, 2007
5.08.2007
WBFJ News
Hundreds of Yadkin County residents voicing their opposition yesterday morning with the Yadkin County Commissioners' recent decision to stop praying to God before their meetings.
-Two months ago, a majority of the commissioners agreed to end sectarian prayer. On Monday, Commissioner Brady Wooten made a motion to bring prayer back…but the motion was not seconded.
-In recent months, the ACLU sent letters to city and county governments statewide threatening lawsuits if they did not stop praying to a specific deity.
The ACLU claims such prayers in a government setting are unconstitutional.
Voters in Davie County will go to the polls today to decide whether to build a second high school in Smith Grove. If approved, the vote would allow the county to borrow $30 million for a new high school in and $7 million for renovations to the current Davie County High School.
Coast Guard helicopters rescued nine people from the Atlantic Ocean on Monday as winds gusted up to hurricane force along the North Carolina coast. Three of the 9 people were rescued from a makeshift life raft about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras.
Residents of Greensburg, Kansas are praising the national weather service for a 20-minute warning that was issued last Friday before a category 5 tornado ripped through their town. 9 fatalities associated with last weeks tornado.
Officials in Greensburg, Kansas saying that 95% of the town was destroyed.
AND…Flooding has forced hundreds of people from their homes and blocked streets and highways following a weekend of violent thunderstorms across the central Plains.
Praise and Prayer Day on WBFJ…Kicking off Sharathon 2007
AVALON tonight at First Assembly of God in WS.
Doors open at 6…concert at 7.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny. Breezy…High 72
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 55
Wednesday: A slight chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms…High 75
Warming up into the 80’s by the end of the week
Praise and Prayer Day on WBFJ…Kicking off Sharathon 2007
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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
-Two months ago, a majority of the commissioners agreed to end sectarian prayer. On Monday, Commissioner Brady Wooten made a motion to bring prayer back…but the motion was not seconded.
-In recent months, the ACLU sent letters to city and county governments statewide threatening lawsuits if they did not stop praying to a specific deity.
The ACLU claims such prayers in a government setting are unconstitutional.
Voters in Davie County will go to the polls today to decide whether to build a second high school in Smith Grove. If approved, the vote would allow the county to borrow $30 million for a new high school in and $7 million for renovations to the current Davie County High School.
Coast Guard helicopters rescued nine people from the Atlantic Ocean on Monday as winds gusted up to hurricane force along the North Carolina coast. Three of the 9 people were rescued from a makeshift life raft about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras.
Residents of Greensburg, Kansas are praising the national weather service for a 20-minute warning that was issued last Friday before a category 5 tornado ripped through their town. 9 fatalities associated with last weeks tornado.
Officials in Greensburg, Kansas saying that 95% of the town was destroyed.
AND…Flooding has forced hundreds of people from their homes and blocked streets and highways following a weekend of violent thunderstorms across the central Plains.
Praise and Prayer Day on WBFJ…Kicking off Sharathon 2007
AVALON tonight at First Assembly of God in WS.
Doors open at 6…concert at 7.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny. Breezy…High 72
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 55
Wednesday: A slight chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms…High 75
Warming up into the 80’s by the end of the week
Praise and Prayer Day on WBFJ…Kicking off Sharathon 2007
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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
5.07.2007
WBFJ News for Monday, May 07
Gas prices on the rise…going up 20 cents over the past two weeks. The average nationwide price for a gallon of gas (regular unleaded) is $3.07. (CNN)
The issue of whether to build a second high school in Davie County will be settled at the end of the day on Tuesday. Voters in Davie County will go to the polls tomorrow to decide on a school bond issue. If approved, the vote would allow the county to borrow $30 million for a new high school in Smith Grove and $7 million for renovations to the current Davie County High School. (WS Journal)
Officials in Greensburg, Kansas saying that 95% of the town was destroyed by Friday's tornado. The governor of Kansas said the rebuilding effort in Greensburg, Kansas will be hampered because of some of the much-needed equipment is currently in Iraq. Greensburg residents will be allowed to return today to recover what they can. Residents will be bused in and must leave by 6 p.m. (CNN)
Viva le Nicolas: Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy has won the presidential election in France. Sarkozy campaigned as a Pro-American, conservative candidate. (WXII)
The Queen continues her U.S. visit by going to Washington DC… On the agenda today…a visit to the National World War II Memorial, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and a state dinner at the White House. (USA Radio News)
"Spider-Man 3" smashing box-office records this past weekend.
Spider-man 3 earned a cool $148 million dollars in its first three days.
Beat the previous all-time weekend debut that was held by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest". (CNN)
Sports:
Tiger Woods wins the Wachovia Championship.
Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs fall to the Keys…7-2. Warthogs on the road this week.
FIRE DANGER THREAT for our listening area today:
The National Weather Service urging NO outdoor burning.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny. Breezy…High 67
Tonight: Clear and cool…Low 43
Tuesday (Praise and Prayer Day): Mostly sunny. Breezy…High 72
Warming up into the 80’s by the end of the week
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
The issue of whether to build a second high school in Davie County will be settled at the end of the day on Tuesday. Voters in Davie County will go to the polls tomorrow to decide on a school bond issue. If approved, the vote would allow the county to borrow $30 million for a new high school in Smith Grove and $7 million for renovations to the current Davie County High School. (WS Journal)
Officials in Greensburg, Kansas saying that 95% of the town was destroyed by Friday's tornado. The governor of Kansas said the rebuilding effort in Greensburg, Kansas will be hampered because of some of the much-needed equipment is currently in Iraq. Greensburg residents will be allowed to return today to recover what they can. Residents will be bused in and must leave by 6 p.m. (CNN)
Viva le Nicolas: Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy has won the presidential election in France. Sarkozy campaigned as a Pro-American, conservative candidate. (WXII)
The Queen continues her U.S. visit by going to Washington DC… On the agenda today…a visit to the National World War II Memorial, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and a state dinner at the White House. (USA Radio News)
"Spider-Man 3" smashing box-office records this past weekend.
Spider-man 3 earned a cool $148 million dollars in its first three days.
Beat the previous all-time weekend debut that was held by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest". (CNN)
Sports:
Tiger Woods wins the Wachovia Championship.
Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs fall to the Keys…7-2. Warthogs on the road this week.
FIRE DANGER THREAT for our listening area today:
The National Weather Service urging NO outdoor burning.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny. Breezy…High 67
Tonight: Clear and cool…Low 43
Tuesday (Praise and Prayer Day): Mostly sunny. Breezy…High 72
Warming up into the 80’s by the end of the week
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
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