The WBFJ / Mock-Beroth ‘Wish You Were Here’ Summer Giveaway
Daily Winner: Dee Smitherman (Pfafftown) Her vacation destination...Disney World.
Weekly Grand Prize Winner: TBA this Friday…
Chinese authorities have shut down 180 food factories, after inspectors found industrial chemicals in products from candy to seafood. Authorities say formaldehyde, illegal dyes and industrial wax were used to make candy, pickles, crackers and seafood. And they discovered some factories churning out products that used recycled or expired food.
High levels of toxins were discovered in Chinese exports this year including pet food and toothpaste. (NY Times/WFMY)
The New York Times saying that about 900,000 tubes of Chinese made toothpaste containing an ingredient in anti-freeze were distributed to hospitals for the mentally ill, prisons, juvenile detention centers and some hospitals serving the general population. (USA Today)
Leslie Dunn, the former principal of Bessemer Elementary School
in Guilford County, passed away while attending a principal's conference this week in Asheville. Dunn was slated to be the principal of Pearce Elementary School. The funeral service will be held Saturday morning at West Market United Methodist Church in Greensboro. http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/mostpopular/article.aspx?storyid=86188&provider=top
Clothing designer Icon…Liz Claiborne has died after a battle with cancer . Claiborne was 78. (USA Radio News)
The governors of California and Nevada taking a tour of charred neighborhoods devastated by wild fires near Lake Tahoe. Fire crews get a break on Wednesday. The fire has destroyed 200 homes and other buildings since it emerged over the weekend.
Estimated property damage at $150 million dollars. (USA Radio News)
Storms in the Lone Star State have dumped up to 18 inches of rain on parts of central Texas, flooding several towns and leaving dozens of people stranded on rooftops, cars and in trees. (USA Radio News)Severe thunderstorms that rolled through the Piedmont around suppertime yesterday left some areas of Greensboro under water…-At the Greensboro Coliseum, the heavy rain pooled and stalled a car in the parking lot. -Heavy rain flooded out one lane of Lee Street. -Areas to the south and east of downtown Greensboro were hit the hardest. (WXII FOX WFMY)
The Bald eagle (the national bird and symbol of strength) is expected to be removed from the US Endangered Species list today. (USA Radio News)
Time to pay up…Governor Easley and the governor of Oregon making a "gentlemen's bet" on the outcome of the College World Series last week. To settle the debt: One pound of barbecue from the Barbecue Center of Lexington, one bottle of barbecue sauce and one pint of slaw from Wilber's Barbecue of Goldsboro and a case of Cheerwine has been sent to Oregon.
The Oregon State Beavers beat the Tar Heels in the best of 3 game series.
The most eagerly awaited cell phone ever marketed to the masses will be sold Friday…The Apple iPhone. The iPhone does e-mail, Web browsing, music and videos. It comes in two models - $499 for a 4-gigabyte version and $599 for 8 gigabytes of memory - and requires a two-year contract with AT&T Inc. Hype aside, the iPhone is a radical design, a sliver of a device with a 3.5-inch glass screen and very few buttons. The exception: iPhone owners can't buy or download music over their phones. (CNN / Money Watch)
SPORTS:
-The Women’s US Open begins today at Pine Needles in Southern Pines.
-NBA Draft tonight at 7pm
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. Warm and humid …High 91
Tonight: Scattered thunderstorms…Low 70
Friday: Mostly sunny. An isolated thunderstorm possible …High 90
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
Saturday: Showers early then mostly sunny skies…High 86
Sunday: Sunshine…High 83
WBFJ / Mock-Beroth “Wish You Were Here” Getaway Forecast:
NC Zoo (Asheboro): Sun and Clouds…High 89
Dollywood (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee): Scattered thunderstorms…High 88
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Where in the world is Tami????????
Solola, Guatemala: Cloudy with showers…High 66
Find out more about Tami’s Mission Trip to Guatemala
with Caroline’s Promise on our website…wbfj.fm.
WBFJ and Crisis Control Ministry presents...MercyMe
at the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds
this Friday, June 29 at 8pm
