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
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