We have had numerous listeners and prayer partners wanting more information about the condition of the Pollard Family who was injured in an accident earlier in the week.
Prayer Partner Information:
Learn more about the progress of the Pollard Family
A personalized Web page, called a CarePage, has been created for Jeremy,
so you can easily receive the latest news, view photos and share messages of support.
1. Go to http://www.carepages.com/
2. Click "Visit a CarePage"
3. Register (first-time users must create a ‘member name’ and ‘password’)
4. After you've registered: enter the exact CarePage Code Name:
UGBCGrove
Anyone who is interested in helping the Pollard Family
with financial assistance can make a tax deductible donation to...
Pollard Family Assistance Fund
c/o Union Grove Baptist Church
2295 Union Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27295
Church contact:
T.W. Bailey (Assistant Pastor) at Union Grove Baptist Church
in Northern Davidson County.
8.31.2007
WBFJ Morning News Update
Friday, August 31, 2007
A local youth pastor's family from Union Grove Baptist Church is still in the hospital after a two car accident on Monday. Jeremy, Tiffany and Stephen Pollard suffered numerous injuries…
The Pollard’s 17 month old son Stephen will have surgery this morning.
Tiffany is improving. Jeremy Pollard is still in critical condition.
Jade Lineberry, the driver of the second car, also sustained numerous injuries and remains in the hospital.
Anyone who is interested in helping the Pollard Family with financial assistance can call Union Grove Baptist Church in Northern Davidson County at 764-2103.
Guilford county parents and residents have two weeks to voice their opinion on two policies regulating outside community groups (such as the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Mad science and the YMCA) to access students during after school programs. The school board plans to approve any revisions to after school policies on September 13. http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070831/NRSTAFF/70830028
Read the proposed policies regulating outside community groups’ access to students on our News Blog at wbfj.fm. www.gcsnc.com/boe/2007/8_30/memorandum.html
A CALIFORNIA COMPANY IS RECALLING ITS BAGGED SPINACH AFTER SOME OF IT TESTED POSITIVE FOR SALMONELLA. The spinach is distributed under the label…’Metz Fresh’. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607760
Reverend Billy Graham is back at his Montreat home after being hospitalized since mid August.
The WWE has suspended 10 wrestlers because of steroids and other drugs.
Names of the suspended wrestlers were not identified.
ALL OF THE SOUTH KOREAN HOSTAGES HELD BY THE TALIBAN SINCE JULY ARE NOW FREE. The last seven South Korean Christian relief workers were released on Thursday. The South Korean government agreed to prohibit its citizens from carrying out Christian mission work in Afghanistan or Pakistan.
TODAY MARKS THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF PRINCESS DIANA. A memorial service is being held in London for Diana, who was killed in a car accident in Paris back in 1997.
The American Red Cross needs your help!
Call 1-800 GIVE LIFE to make an appointment today!
SPORTS…
-Pre Season NFL: The Carolina Panthers fall to the Pittsburgh Steelers 19-3.
Minor League Baseball
-The Greensboro Grasshoppers set a third straight attendance record last night
Final home games tonight… Fireworks tonight after the games
Greensboro Grasshoppers at First Horizon Park (7pm)
Winston-Salem Warthogs at home tonight at Ernie Shore Field (7pm)
NC DOT: Because of the Labor Day weekend…Major road construction projects will stop Friday afternoon and resume Tuesday morning.
Your WBFJ Family Station Labor Day Weekend Forecast:
Saturday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms…
Sunday: Mostly sunny…
Labor Day Monday: Sunny skies…
Temperatures staying in the 80’s through Monday
A local youth pastor's family from Union Grove Baptist Church is still in the hospital after a two car accident on Monday. Jeremy, Tiffany and Stephen Pollard suffered numerous injuries…
The Pollard’s 17 month old son Stephen will have surgery this morning.
Tiffany is improving. Jeremy Pollard is still in critical condition.
Jade Lineberry, the driver of the second car, also sustained numerous injuries and remains in the hospital.
Anyone who is interested in helping the Pollard Family with financial assistance can call Union Grove Baptist Church in Northern Davidson County at 764-2103.
Guilford county parents and residents have two weeks to voice their opinion on two policies regulating outside community groups (such as the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Mad science and the YMCA) to access students during after school programs. The school board plans to approve any revisions to after school policies on September 13. http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070831/NRSTAFF/70830028
Read the proposed policies regulating outside community groups’ access to students on our News Blog at wbfj.fm. www.gcsnc.com/boe/2007/8_30/memorandum.html
A CALIFORNIA COMPANY IS RECALLING ITS BAGGED SPINACH AFTER SOME OF IT TESTED POSITIVE FOR SALMONELLA. The spinach is distributed under the label…’Metz Fresh’. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607760
Reverend Billy Graham is back at his Montreat home after being hospitalized since mid August.
The WWE has suspended 10 wrestlers because of steroids and other drugs.
Names of the suspended wrestlers were not identified.
ALL OF THE SOUTH KOREAN HOSTAGES HELD BY THE TALIBAN SINCE JULY ARE NOW FREE. The last seven South Korean Christian relief workers were released on Thursday. The South Korean government agreed to prohibit its citizens from carrying out Christian mission work in Afghanistan or Pakistan.
TODAY MARKS THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF PRINCESS DIANA. A memorial service is being held in London for Diana, who was killed in a car accident in Paris back in 1997.
The American Red Cross needs your help!
Call 1-800 GIVE LIFE to make an appointment today!
SPORTS…
-Pre Season NFL: The Carolina Panthers fall to the Pittsburgh Steelers 19-3.
Minor League Baseball
-The Greensboro Grasshoppers set a third straight attendance record last night
Final home games tonight… Fireworks tonight after the games
Greensboro Grasshoppers at First Horizon Park (7pm)
Winston-Salem Warthogs at home tonight at Ernie Shore Field (7pm)
NC DOT: Because of the Labor Day weekend…Major road construction projects will stop Friday afternoon and resume Tuesday morning.
Your WBFJ Family Station Labor Day Weekend Forecast:
Saturday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms…
Sunday: Mostly sunny…
Labor Day Monday: Sunny skies…
Temperatures staying in the 80’s through Monday
8.30.2007
WBFJ Morning News Update
Thursday, August 30, 2007
The Guilford County school board is considering moving most after school programs to 6pm on school days. Any after school clubs such as the Boy scouts and Girl Scouts, Mad Science, Boys and Girls Clubs and YMCA activities, or anyone else would be denied access to school facilities for club use. Plus, these groups will not be able to pass out literature to inform students of the after school opportunities. After school programs operated by school system employees on public school property would continue.
The Guilford County Board of Education will meet tonight at 6 pm in the Board Room of the Administrative Offices on Eugene Street in Greensboro. http://www.gcsnc.com/district_events/events_detail.aspx?e_id=110
http://www.guilford.k12.nc.us/comments/comments2.htm.
Because of the drought, Governor Easley has suspended regulations on the size and weight of certain trucks hauling feed for livestock. The drought has caused many farmers to dip into their winter hay supplies in order to feed their livestock this summer.
Hay Alert Hotline at 1-866-506-6222 or log onto their website at: www.ncagr.com/drought
http://www.wxii12.com/news/14002163/detail.html
A new report sites ‘COMMUNICATION’ as the biggest contributing factor leading up to the deadly shootings on the campus of VIRGINIA TECH back in April. The report says school officials failed to share their concerns about the mental health of the student who would later become the gunman.
Doctors saying that Billy Graham may be able to go home sometime this week. The 88-year old evangelist has been in an Asheville hospital since August 18th because of intestinal bleeding.
THE TALIBAN HAS RELEASED 12 OF THE 19 SOUTH KOREAN CHRISTIANS THEY’VE BEEN HOLDING HOSTAGE IN AFGHANISTAN.
A CALIFORNIA COMPANY IS RECALLING ITS BAGGED SPINACH AFTER SOME OF IT TESTED POSITIVE FOR SALMONELLA. The spinach is distributed under the label…’Metz Fresh’. The FDA says there have been no reports of illness or problems related to the spinach so far. Recall info: http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607760
Odd news: How much would you pay for a VICK card? That’s a Michael Vick card.
Laura Norton-Dye of Cape Girardeau, Missouri paid $7,400 dollars on eBay for 22 Michael Vick football cards…and the cards were chewed up and slobbered on by two Missouri dogs. Laura says that she hadn't heard of the Atlanta Falcons star quarterback before he was indicted for dog fighting. Laura, who outbid 30 others, lives in the town where the auction originated and has requested the money be donated to the local Humane Society. (CNN)
The American Red Cross needs your help!
Local blood supplies are extremely low…
Call 1-800 GIVE LIFE to make an appointment today!
More information on the News Blog…wbfj.fm.
Local baseball:
-Greensboro Grasshoppers: Come out and help the Hoppers set a third straight attendance record tonight at 7pm at Friday at Horizon Park. Fireworks on Friday. Box Office at 268 – 2255 http://www.gsohoppers.com/
-Warthogs at home tonight and Friday
Christian Music News:
‘The Appetite for Construction Tour’ featuring Switchfoot
(with special guests Reliant K and Ruth)
coming to the LJVM Coliseum in Winston-Salem on Friday, November 2.
A dollar from every ticket sold will benefit Habitat for Humanity.
Tickets now on sale through Ticket Master. Concert information: wbfj.fm.
____________________________________________________________
NC DOT: Because of the Labor Day weekend…Major road construction projects
will stop Friday afternoon and resume Tuesday morning.
_____________________________________________________________
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Partly sunny…High 89
Tonight: Some clouds…Low 70
Friday: Mix of sun and clouds. Late day shower possible…High 86
Labor Day Weekend Forecast: Mix of sun and clouds.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms on Saturday…
with Highs in the low to mid-80s
The Guilford County school board is considering moving most after school programs to 6pm on school days. Any after school clubs such as the Boy scouts and Girl Scouts, Mad Science, Boys and Girls Clubs and YMCA activities, or anyone else would be denied access to school facilities for club use. Plus, these groups will not be able to pass out literature to inform students of the after school opportunities. After school programs operated by school system employees on public school property would continue.
The Guilford County Board of Education will meet tonight at 6 pm in the Board Room of the Administrative Offices on Eugene Street in Greensboro. http://www.gcsnc.com/district_events/events_detail.aspx?e_id=110
http://www.guilford.k12.nc.us/comments/comments2.htm.
Because of the drought, Governor Easley has suspended regulations on the size and weight of certain trucks hauling feed for livestock. The drought has caused many farmers to dip into their winter hay supplies in order to feed their livestock this summer.
Hay Alert Hotline at 1-866-506-6222 or log onto their website at: www.ncagr.com/drought
http://www.wxii12.com/news/14002163/detail.html
A new report sites ‘COMMUNICATION’ as the biggest contributing factor leading up to the deadly shootings on the campus of VIRGINIA TECH back in April. The report says school officials failed to share their concerns about the mental health of the student who would later become the gunman.
Doctors saying that Billy Graham may be able to go home sometime this week. The 88-year old evangelist has been in an Asheville hospital since August 18th because of intestinal bleeding.
THE TALIBAN HAS RELEASED 12 OF THE 19 SOUTH KOREAN CHRISTIANS THEY’VE BEEN HOLDING HOSTAGE IN AFGHANISTAN.
A CALIFORNIA COMPANY IS RECALLING ITS BAGGED SPINACH AFTER SOME OF IT TESTED POSITIVE FOR SALMONELLA. The spinach is distributed under the label…’Metz Fresh’. The FDA says there have been no reports of illness or problems related to the spinach so far. Recall info: http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607760
Odd news: How much would you pay for a VICK card? That’s a Michael Vick card.
Laura Norton-Dye of Cape Girardeau, Missouri paid $7,400 dollars on eBay for 22 Michael Vick football cards…and the cards were chewed up and slobbered on by two Missouri dogs. Laura says that she hadn't heard of the Atlanta Falcons star quarterback before he was indicted for dog fighting. Laura, who outbid 30 others, lives in the town where the auction originated and has requested the money be donated to the local Humane Society. (CNN)
The American Red Cross needs your help!
Local blood supplies are extremely low…
Call 1-800 GIVE LIFE to make an appointment today!
More information on the News Blog…wbfj.fm.
Local baseball:
-Greensboro Grasshoppers: Come out and help the Hoppers set a third straight attendance record tonight at 7pm at Friday at Horizon Park. Fireworks on Friday. Box Office at 268 – 2255 http://www.gsohoppers.com/
-Warthogs at home tonight and Friday
Christian Music News:
‘The Appetite for Construction Tour’ featuring Switchfoot
(with special guests Reliant K and Ruth)
coming to the LJVM Coliseum in Winston-Salem on Friday, November 2.
A dollar from every ticket sold will benefit Habitat for Humanity.
Tickets now on sale through Ticket Master. Concert information: wbfj.fm.
____________________________________________________________
NC DOT: Because of the Labor Day weekend…Major road construction projects
will stop Friday afternoon and resume Tuesday morning.
_____________________________________________________________
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Partly sunny…High 89
Tonight: Some clouds…Low 70
Friday: Mix of sun and clouds. Late day shower possible…High 86
Labor Day Weekend Forecast: Mix of sun and clouds.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms on Saturday…
with Highs in the low to mid-80s
8.28.2007
WBFJ Morning News Update
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Students in Guilford County back in class today...
Watch out for the back-packers over the next few days.
A celebration service will be at 4pm this afternoon at Bethesda United Methodist Church for Christopher Madren who was killed in a single car accident early Saturday Morning. Madren was a rising senior at North Davidson High School and a member of the Welcome Fire Department. Memorials can be made to the Welcome Fire Department.
A Piedmont High School student faces charges on the first day of the school year. A school resource office at R.J. Reynolds High School spotted a BB gun and paintball gun in a student’s car. A court date has been set on September 25.
A suspected copper thief remains in critical condition. Winston-Salem police found Joseph Stewart hanging from a wire early Sunday morning at the Duke Energy substation just off Main Street. Officers think Stewart was trying to steal copper wiring and got shocked.
The Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick pleaded guilty (Monday) to federal charges stemming from a dog-fighting ring. After leaving the courthouse, Vick apologized for his actions. Sentencing for Vick is set for December 10th.
New Life Church in Colorado Springs has a new pastor to succeed Ted Haggard. Reverend Brady Boyd was voted in by the congregation. Ted Haggard stepped down as pastor of the mega church last November after admitting to immoral behavior.
The worst flooding in years has hit India. Record monsoons have driven 28 million people from their homes…and have claimed more than 2,000 lives. Missionaries with Gospel for Asia are on the scene providing rice and beans, cooking utensils, kerosene, and other items to flood victims.
http://www.gfa.org/
Ohio joins Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Minnesota as the latest Midwestern state to be declared a Federal Disaster Area by President Bush. Thousands of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed by heavy rains that led to massive flooding last week.
Greek authorities have arrested 8 people in connection with wildfires that are burning in the country of Greece. The fires have claimed at least 63 lives…with thousands of other people left homeless. Thousands of acres of land and property have been destroyed.
Skip the biscuits and gravy. Just say no to the fried pickles. According to a new study, residents in Mississippi are the fattest in the nation.Mississippi is the first state in the US to crack the 30% barrier for adults considered obese…with West Virginia and Alabama just behind.
Poverty and obesity often go hand in hand, doctors say, because poor families stretch their budgets by buying cheaper, processed foods that have higher fat content and lower nutritional value. The leanest state is Colorado. North Carolina came in at #17.
http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20070828/APA/708280562
Christian Music News:
The Appetite for Construction Tour featuring Switchfoot, Reliant K and Ruth coming to the LJVM Coliseum in Winston-Salem on Friday, November 2.
A dollar from every ticket sold will benefit Habitat for Humanity.
Tickets now on sale through Ticket Master.
Concert information on line at wbfj.fm.
The American Red Cross needs your help!
Local supply’s of blood are extremely low…
Call 1-800 GIVE LIFE to make an appointment today!
More information on the News Blog…wbfj.fm.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High 88
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 68 Wednesday: Mostly sunny…High near 90
Labor Day Weekend Forecast: More normal temps…
Mix of sun and clouds…Highs in the low to mid-80s
Students in Guilford County back in class today...
Watch out for the back-packers over the next few days.
A celebration service will be at 4pm this afternoon at Bethesda United Methodist Church for Christopher Madren who was killed in a single car accident early Saturday Morning. Madren was a rising senior at North Davidson High School and a member of the Welcome Fire Department. Memorials can be made to the Welcome Fire Department.
A Piedmont High School student faces charges on the first day of the school year. A school resource office at R.J. Reynolds High School spotted a BB gun and paintball gun in a student’s car. A court date has been set on September 25.
A suspected copper thief remains in critical condition. Winston-Salem police found Joseph Stewart hanging from a wire early Sunday morning at the Duke Energy substation just off Main Street. Officers think Stewart was trying to steal copper wiring and got shocked.
The Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick pleaded guilty (Monday) to federal charges stemming from a dog-fighting ring. After leaving the courthouse, Vick apologized for his actions. Sentencing for Vick is set for December 10th.
New Life Church in Colorado Springs has a new pastor to succeed Ted Haggard. Reverend Brady Boyd was voted in by the congregation. Ted Haggard stepped down as pastor of the mega church last November after admitting to immoral behavior.
The worst flooding in years has hit India. Record monsoons have driven 28 million people from their homes…and have claimed more than 2,000 lives. Missionaries with Gospel for Asia are on the scene providing rice and beans, cooking utensils, kerosene, and other items to flood victims.
http://www.gfa.org/
Ohio joins Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Minnesota as the latest Midwestern state to be declared a Federal Disaster Area by President Bush. Thousands of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed by heavy rains that led to massive flooding last week.
Greek authorities have arrested 8 people in connection with wildfires that are burning in the country of Greece. The fires have claimed at least 63 lives…with thousands of other people left homeless. Thousands of acres of land and property have been destroyed.
Skip the biscuits and gravy. Just say no to the fried pickles. According to a new study, residents in Mississippi are the fattest in the nation.Mississippi is the first state in the US to crack the 30% barrier for adults considered obese…with West Virginia and Alabama just behind.
Poverty and obesity often go hand in hand, doctors say, because poor families stretch their budgets by buying cheaper, processed foods that have higher fat content and lower nutritional value. The leanest state is Colorado. North Carolina came in at #17.
http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20070828/APA/708280562
Christian Music News:
The Appetite for Construction Tour featuring Switchfoot, Reliant K and Ruth coming to the LJVM Coliseum in Winston-Salem on Friday, November 2.
A dollar from every ticket sold will benefit Habitat for Humanity.
Tickets now on sale through Ticket Master.
Concert information on line at wbfj.fm.
The American Red Cross needs your help!
Local supply’s of blood are extremely low…
Call 1-800 GIVE LIFE to make an appointment today!
More information on the News Blog…wbfj.fm.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High 88
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 68 Wednesday: Mostly sunny…High near 90
Labor Day Weekend Forecast: More normal temps…
Mix of sun and clouds…Highs in the low to mid-80s
8.27.2007
WBFJ Morning News
Monday, August 27, 2007
Most students back in school today.
Students in Guilford County go back to class on Tuesday.
Watch out for the back-packers over the next few days.
Guildford County joining Boone, Blowing Rock and Raleigh currently under Mandatory Water Restrictions. Governor Easley asking that all residents cut their water usage by 20%.
The New York Times is reporting that President Bush has accepted the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Gonzales came under fire for his role in the firing of eight federal prosecutors.
WISCONSIN IS THE LATEST MIDWESTERN STATE TO BE DECLARED A FEDERAL DISASTER AREA BECAUSE OF RECENT FLOODING. Last week Minnesota and Oklahoma were declared federal disaster areas. Other states hit hard by heavy rains and flood waters include Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
DEADLY WILDFIRES IN GREECE ARE MOVING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO OLYMPIA…THE ANCIENT BIRTHPLACE OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES. The fires have claimed 62 lives. Authorities have not ruled out the possibility of arson.
A SEVENTH BORE HOLE IS TO BE DRILLED IN HOPES OF FINDING SOME TRACE OF THE SIX TRAPPED MINERS IN UTAH. Federal mining officials say that the sixth hole didn’t provide any helpful information.
Reverend Billy Graham remains hospitalized today…but continues to show progress. The 88 year old evangelist was admitted just over a week ago for intestinal bleeding.
The founder of Coral Ridge Ministries will retire.
Dr D. James Kennedy has not been able to return to the pulpit after a heart attack in late 2006. The announcement was made during the morning worship service yesterday.
Michael Vick will be back in court today: The Atlanta Falcons quarterback is expected to plead guilty to federal charges stemming from a dog fighting ring. The NFL has placed Vick on indefinite suspension.
The Little league team from Warner Robins, Georgia beating Tokyo 3-2
in the Little League World Series. USA dominating the past 3 years…Columbus, Georgia winning in 2006 and the little League team from Hawaii winning in 2005.
http://sports.myway.com/news/08272007/v0750.html
Christian Music News:
The latest CD from Casting Crowns “The Altar And The Door” featuring the current single “East To West” out in stores on Tuesday. Casting Crowns coming to the Greensboro Coliseum November 17th.
Concert information on line at wbfj.fm.
The Appetite for Construction Tour featuring Switchfoot, Reliant K and Ruth coming Friday, November 2 to the LJVM Coliseum in Winston-Salem.
A dollar from every ticket sold will benefit Habitat for Humanity.
Tickets on sale now at all Ticket Master locations.
Concert information on line at wbfj.fm.
The American Red Cross needs your help!
Local supply’s of blood are extremely low…
Call 1-800 GIVE LIFE to make an appointment today!
More information on the News Blog…wbfj.fm.
____________________________________________________________
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly cloudy. Scattered thunderstorms…High 85
Tonight: Cloudy…Low 70
Tuesday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 86
Most students back in school today.
Students in Guilford County go back to class on Tuesday.
Watch out for the back-packers over the next few days.
Guildford County joining Boone, Blowing Rock and Raleigh currently under Mandatory Water Restrictions. Governor Easley asking that all residents cut their water usage by 20%.
The New York Times is reporting that President Bush has accepted the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Gonzales came under fire for his role in the firing of eight federal prosecutors.
WISCONSIN IS THE LATEST MIDWESTERN STATE TO BE DECLARED A FEDERAL DISASTER AREA BECAUSE OF RECENT FLOODING. Last week Minnesota and Oklahoma were declared federal disaster areas. Other states hit hard by heavy rains and flood waters include Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
DEADLY WILDFIRES IN GREECE ARE MOVING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO OLYMPIA…THE ANCIENT BIRTHPLACE OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES. The fires have claimed 62 lives. Authorities have not ruled out the possibility of arson.
A SEVENTH BORE HOLE IS TO BE DRILLED IN HOPES OF FINDING SOME TRACE OF THE SIX TRAPPED MINERS IN UTAH. Federal mining officials say that the sixth hole didn’t provide any helpful information.
Reverend Billy Graham remains hospitalized today…but continues to show progress. The 88 year old evangelist was admitted just over a week ago for intestinal bleeding.
The founder of Coral Ridge Ministries will retire.
Dr D. James Kennedy has not been able to return to the pulpit after a heart attack in late 2006. The announcement was made during the morning worship service yesterday.
Michael Vick will be back in court today: The Atlanta Falcons quarterback is expected to plead guilty to federal charges stemming from a dog fighting ring. The NFL has placed Vick on indefinite suspension.
The Little league team from Warner Robins, Georgia beating Tokyo 3-2
in the Little League World Series. USA dominating the past 3 years…Columbus, Georgia winning in 2006 and the little League team from Hawaii winning in 2005.
http://sports.myway.com/news/08272007/v0750.html
Christian Music News:
The latest CD from Casting Crowns “The Altar And The Door” featuring the current single “East To West” out in stores on Tuesday. Casting Crowns coming to the Greensboro Coliseum November 17th.
Concert information on line at wbfj.fm.
The Appetite for Construction Tour featuring Switchfoot, Reliant K and Ruth coming Friday, November 2 to the LJVM Coliseum in Winston-Salem.
A dollar from every ticket sold will benefit Habitat for Humanity.
Tickets on sale now at all Ticket Master locations.
Concert information on line at wbfj.fm.
The American Red Cross needs your help!
Local supply’s of blood are extremely low…
Call 1-800 GIVE LIFE to make an appointment today!
More information on the News Blog…wbfj.fm.
____________________________________________________________
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly cloudy. Scattered thunderstorms…High 85
Tonight: Cloudy…Low 70
Tuesday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 86
8.23.2007
This Weekend...
This Saturday, August 25, 2007
Kutless at Wet n Wild Emerald Pointe Water Park in Greensboro
Mayberry SonQuest 3 at the Mt Airy Fairgrounds
NewSong, Fighting Instinct, Nate Sallie, Heather Cox and Ashley Woodard
Back to School Parties (Saturday afternoon)
Chick-Fil-A (Stanleyville in WS) 10 to 2
Chick-Fil-A (Whitaker Square / Peace Haven in WS) 4 to 7pm
This Monday, August 27, 2007
Another 'Mall Concert' with Point of Grace
Belk Court / Hanes Mall
Noon
Upcoming concerts...Tix on sale now:
Casting Crowns coming to the Greensboro Coliseum (Nov 17)
Switchfoot with Relient K and Ruth coming to LJVM Coliseum (Nov 2)
Details on Concerts and Events: http://www.wbfj.fm/
Kutless at Wet n Wild Emerald Pointe Water Park in Greensboro
Mayberry SonQuest 3 at the Mt Airy Fairgrounds
NewSong, Fighting Instinct, Nate Sallie, Heather Cox and Ashley Woodard
Back to School Parties (Saturday afternoon)
Chick-Fil-A (Stanleyville in WS) 10 to 2
Chick-Fil-A (Whitaker Square / Peace Haven in WS) 4 to 7pm
This Monday, August 27, 2007
Another 'Mall Concert' with Point of Grace
Belk Court / Hanes Mall
Noon
Upcoming concerts...Tix on sale now:
Casting Crowns coming to the Greensboro Coliseum (Nov 17)
Switchfoot with Relient K and Ruth coming to LJVM Coliseum (Nov 2)
Details on Concerts and Events: http://www.wbfj.fm/
WBFJ Morning News
Thursday, August 23, 2007
The American Red Cross needs your help! Local blood supplies are extremely low.
There is less than a one day supply of O Positive and O Negative blood types and less than two day’s supply of A Positive, B Positive, and B Negative blood types.
http://www.nwnc-redcross.org/
http://www.gso.redcross.org/
W-Salem Center Blood Donation Hours
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 11:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Wednesday and Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Sunday: 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Call 1-800 GIVE LIFE to make an appointment today!
A sixth and final hole will be drilled into Utah's Crandall Canyon mine in search of any signs of life of six miners missing for over two weeks. Attempts to tunnel through the broken mine shaft toward the miners were halted after a second cave-in killed two miners and a federal safety officer. Six others were injured. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8R6K3O81&apc=9001
Hurricane Dean has been downgraded to a tropical depression. As Dean continues to move west across central Mexico, the threat for flooding will remain high. http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/
Rivers are still rising in Ohio after the worst flooding in nearly 100 years.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8R6MPJ01&apc=9001
Because of dry weather conditions and an increasing number of wildfires across the state, the Division of Forestry has banned all open burning. Burning permits are canceled until further notice. http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070821/NRSTAFF/70821016/-1/NEWSRECRSSGNRL
According to a University of California at San Diego study, Doctors often dismiss or ignore patient concerns about possible side effects of prescription drugs. The study published this week in the journal Drug Safety. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607568
SPORTS:
-The Texas Rangers scored 30 runs setting an American League record beating the Baltimore Orioles 30-3 last night.
Tests show that two Chinese-made brands of dog treats sold at Wal-Mart stores contained traces of melamine. Contamination with melamine, a chemical used to make plastics, prompted a huge pet food recall in March. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607568
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain…High 91
Tonight: Cloudy…Low 68
Friday: Mix of sun and clouds. Scattered showers and
thunderstorms possible during the afternoon…High 95
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
Saturday: Lots of sunshine…High 95
Sunday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms…High 90
The American Red Cross needs your help! Local blood supplies are extremely low.
There is less than a one day supply of O Positive and O Negative blood types and less than two day’s supply of A Positive, B Positive, and B Negative blood types.
http://www.nwnc-redcross.org/
http://www.gso.redcross.org/
W-Salem Center Blood Donation Hours
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 11:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Wednesday and Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Sunday: 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Call 1-800 GIVE LIFE to make an appointment today!
A sixth and final hole will be drilled into Utah's Crandall Canyon mine in search of any signs of life of six miners missing for over two weeks. Attempts to tunnel through the broken mine shaft toward the miners were halted after a second cave-in killed two miners and a federal safety officer. Six others were injured. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8R6K3O81&apc=9001
Hurricane Dean has been downgraded to a tropical depression. As Dean continues to move west across central Mexico, the threat for flooding will remain high. http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/
Rivers are still rising in Ohio after the worst flooding in nearly 100 years.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8R6MPJ01&apc=9001
Because of dry weather conditions and an increasing number of wildfires across the state, the Division of Forestry has banned all open burning. Burning permits are canceled until further notice. http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070821/NRSTAFF/70821016/-1/NEWSRECRSSGNRL
According to a University of California at San Diego study, Doctors often dismiss or ignore patient concerns about possible side effects of prescription drugs. The study published this week in the journal Drug Safety. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607568
SPORTS:
-The Texas Rangers scored 30 runs setting an American League record beating the Baltimore Orioles 30-3 last night.
Tests show that two Chinese-made brands of dog treats sold at Wal-Mart stores contained traces of melamine. Contamination with melamine, a chemical used to make plastics, prompted a huge pet food recall in March. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607568
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain…High 91
Tonight: Cloudy…Low 68
Friday: Mix of sun and clouds. Scattered showers and
thunderstorms possible during the afternoon…High 95
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
Saturday: Lots of sunshine…High 95
Sunday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms…High 90
8.21.2007
WBFJ News Up-date
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Major delays: SB 52 between Moore / RJR Road and Westinghouse Road…
An over-turned tractor trailer is blocking the right lane.
Donate blood and help our Troops this week:
The mobile blood unit from Fort Bragg will be at the US Army Reserve Center on MLK
(located south of WSSU) in Winston-Salem from 8 til 4pm this Wednesday.
To make an appointment call 766-8436.
All eyes on Dean: Hurricane Dean slamming into the Yucatan Peninsula…making landfall around Costa Maya, Mexico early this morning. Dean is now a category 3 hurricane. Sustained winds 125 mph. http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hurricanecentral/?from=footer&ref=/weather/narrative/27101
The crew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour will return back to earth around noon today. The landing was moved from Houston to Cape Canaveral in Florida.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070821/D8R5BNQG0.html
Atlanta Falcon’s quarterback Michael Vick pleaded guilty Monday to federal conspiracy charges for his role in an illegal dog fighting operation. Now Vick is waiting to hear if he'll play professional football again. Vick could go to jail for up to 5 years. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/08/20/vick/index.html
Disaster relief workers have given up hope in finding any more survivors after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit southeast of Lima, Peru last Wednesday. Crews are now concentrating on clearing the streets of rubble. The earthquake has claimed over 540 lives so far. http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352448007
UNC-G alum Carolyn Bason Long, a 1943 graduate and Youngsville native
has given the school a Million dollar gift. The donation will be used in UNC-G’s Students First Campaign scholarship fund. UNC-G has raised more than $81 toward the 100 million dollar goal. http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352449324&path=%21localnews&s=1037645509099
The remains of the last person missing after the I-35 west bridge collapse in Minnesota have been found. The bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River nearly three weeks ago. This brings the official death toll to 13. (CNN)
Hotel mogul Leona Helmsley (deemed as the "queen of mean" back in the 80’s) died of heart failure on Monday. Helmsley was 87. Helmsley became a household name in 1989 when she was tried for tax evasion. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070820/ap_on_re_us/obit_helmsley%3B_ylt%3DAhvzl4jRua7_aneCshqcFRADW7oF
HELSINKI, Finland…The Finns, who introduced a birch-tree sweetener for gum, have found that the habit of chewing sticky lumps likely dates back thousands of years. Last month, students in western Finland found a piece of Stone Age birch-bark tar, believed to have been used for chewing. Archaeologists said that the tar was also used to fix broken arrowheads or clay dishes. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070821/D8R55P4G0.html
SPORTS: NASCAR:
Another Rain delay on Monday in Michigan. Green flag around 10am.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny and HOT. Breezy…. High 98
A late day shower or thunderstorm possible.
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 72Wednesday: Sunny and Hot…High 95
Major delays: SB 52 between Moore / RJR Road and Westinghouse Road…
An over-turned tractor trailer is blocking the right lane.
Donate blood and help our Troops this week:
The mobile blood unit from Fort Bragg will be at the US Army Reserve Center on MLK
(located south of WSSU) in Winston-Salem from 8 til 4pm this Wednesday.
To make an appointment call 766-8436.
All eyes on Dean: Hurricane Dean slamming into the Yucatan Peninsula…making landfall around Costa Maya, Mexico early this morning. Dean is now a category 3 hurricane. Sustained winds 125 mph. http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hurricanecentral/?from=footer&ref=/weather/narrative/27101
The crew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour will return back to earth around noon today. The landing was moved from Houston to Cape Canaveral in Florida.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070821/D8R5BNQG0.html
Atlanta Falcon’s quarterback Michael Vick pleaded guilty Monday to federal conspiracy charges for his role in an illegal dog fighting operation. Now Vick is waiting to hear if he'll play professional football again. Vick could go to jail for up to 5 years. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/08/20/vick/index.html
Disaster relief workers have given up hope in finding any more survivors after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit southeast of Lima, Peru last Wednesday. Crews are now concentrating on clearing the streets of rubble. The earthquake has claimed over 540 lives so far. http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352448007
UNC-G alum Carolyn Bason Long, a 1943 graduate and Youngsville native
has given the school a Million dollar gift. The donation will be used in UNC-G’s Students First Campaign scholarship fund. UNC-G has raised more than $81 toward the 100 million dollar goal. http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352449324&path=%21localnews&s=1037645509099
The remains of the last person missing after the I-35 west bridge collapse in Minnesota have been found. The bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River nearly three weeks ago. This brings the official death toll to 13. (CNN)
Hotel mogul Leona Helmsley (deemed as the "queen of mean" back in the 80’s) died of heart failure on Monday. Helmsley was 87. Helmsley became a household name in 1989 when she was tried for tax evasion. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070820/ap_on_re_us/obit_helmsley%3B_ylt%3DAhvzl4jRua7_aneCshqcFRADW7oF
HELSINKI, Finland…The Finns, who introduced a birch-tree sweetener for gum, have found that the habit of chewing sticky lumps likely dates back thousands of years. Last month, students in western Finland found a piece of Stone Age birch-bark tar, believed to have been used for chewing. Archaeologists said that the tar was also used to fix broken arrowheads or clay dishes. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070821/D8R55P4G0.html
SPORTS: NASCAR:
Another Rain delay on Monday in Michigan. Green flag around 10am.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny and HOT. Breezy…. High 98
A late day shower or thunderstorm possible.
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 72Wednesday: Sunny and Hot…High 95
8.20.2007
WBFJ News Update
Donate blood and help our Troops this week:
The mobile blood unit from Fort Bragg will be at the US Army Reserve Center on MLK in Winston-Salem from 8 til 4pm this Wednesday.
To make an appointment call 766-8436.
Texas and all of central Mexico preparing for Hurricane Dean.
Dean is currently moving west toward the Cayman Islands and Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Dean hammered the southern coast of Jamaica on Sunday. Hurricane Dean is expected to strengthen to a category 5 storm later today. (Cat 5 = sustained winds of more than 155 mph).
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3499713
NASA officials are bringing home the crew aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour a day early because of Hurricane Dean. . Endeavour will return to Houston (weather permitting) on Tuesday. If Dean travels north toward Texas, the shuttle will land at Cape Canaveral in Florida. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/19/shuttle.undock.ap/index.html
The remnants of Tropical Storm Erin flooding portions of central
Oklahoma on Sunday. Dramatic helicopter rescues were caught on tape.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/19/oklahoma.flooding/index.html
The Reverend Billy Graham remains in an Asheville hospital for evaluation and treatment of intestinal bleed. After tests on Saturday, Graham’s condition does not appear to be life-threatening. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/18/Graham.illness/index.html
"Amazing Grace" was played. More than 10,000 people stood in silence on the Virginia Tech campus for the dedication of 32 memorial stones to remember those killed by a student during a shooting rampage in April. http://www.vt.edu/
Emotions are running high: The families of the six trapped Utah miners are blasting those in charge of rescue efforts, accusing them of having "given up" on the missing men. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/19/utah.mine/index.html
Gas Prices continue to drop…The continual drought could mean that you will pay more at the grocery store. The Piedmont is eight inches below normal rainfall.
Friday's premiere of Disney’s High School Musical 2 was the most-watched basic cable television program of all time. With 17.2 million viewers, it was also the most-watched basic cable movie of all time, the highest-rated television program ever for children age 6 to 11 and the second-highest-rated television program of all time (behind only the 2004 Super Bowl) for viewers age 9 to 14. HSM…No. 1-selling CD of 2006.
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/high-school-musical-2-breaks-tv-records/
SPORTS:
-NASCAR: Rain delay in Michigan. Noon start depending on the weather.
-Rookie Brandt Snedeker wins the Wyndham Championship at Forest Oaks
http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/
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Traffic:
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
NB I-85 at Highway 150 ( Mile Marker 82 ) near the Yadkin River will be down to one lane today from 8:30 to 4pm… Use Highway 29 as an alternate route.
WS: A portion of Fourth Street (between Broad and Burke Street) will be closed over the next 4 weeks. New water and sewer lines are being installed.
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Another HOT week ahead: Temperatures in the 90’s through Friday!
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Plenty of sunshine. HOT…. High 97 Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 73Tuesday: Mix of sun and clouds. Continued HOT…High 97
A late day shower or thunderstorm possible through Wednesday.
The mobile blood unit from Fort Bragg will be at the US Army Reserve Center on MLK in Winston-Salem from 8 til 4pm this Wednesday.
To make an appointment call 766-8436.
Texas and all of central Mexico preparing for Hurricane Dean.
Dean is currently moving west toward the Cayman Islands and Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Dean hammered the southern coast of Jamaica on Sunday. Hurricane Dean is expected to strengthen to a category 5 storm later today. (Cat 5 = sustained winds of more than 155 mph).
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3499713
NASA officials are bringing home the crew aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour a day early because of Hurricane Dean. . Endeavour will return to Houston (weather permitting) on Tuesday. If Dean travels north toward Texas, the shuttle will land at Cape Canaveral in Florida. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/19/shuttle.undock.ap/index.html
The remnants of Tropical Storm Erin flooding portions of central
Oklahoma on Sunday. Dramatic helicopter rescues were caught on tape.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/19/oklahoma.flooding/index.html
The Reverend Billy Graham remains in an Asheville hospital for evaluation and treatment of intestinal bleed. After tests on Saturday, Graham’s condition does not appear to be life-threatening. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/18/Graham.illness/index.html
"Amazing Grace" was played. More than 10,000 people stood in silence on the Virginia Tech campus for the dedication of 32 memorial stones to remember those killed by a student during a shooting rampage in April. http://www.vt.edu/
Emotions are running high: The families of the six trapped Utah miners are blasting those in charge of rescue efforts, accusing them of having "given up" on the missing men. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/19/utah.mine/index.html
Gas Prices continue to drop…The continual drought could mean that you will pay more at the grocery store. The Piedmont is eight inches below normal rainfall.
Friday's premiere of Disney’s High School Musical 2 was the most-watched basic cable television program of all time. With 17.2 million viewers, it was also the most-watched basic cable movie of all time, the highest-rated television program ever for children age 6 to 11 and the second-highest-rated television program of all time (behind only the 2004 Super Bowl) for viewers age 9 to 14. HSM…No. 1-selling CD of 2006.
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/high-school-musical-2-breaks-tv-records/
SPORTS:
-NASCAR: Rain delay in Michigan. Noon start depending on the weather.
-Rookie Brandt Snedeker wins the Wyndham Championship at Forest Oaks
http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/
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Traffic:
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
NB I-85 at Highway 150 ( Mile Marker 82 ) near the Yadkin River will be down to one lane today from 8:30 to 4pm… Use Highway 29 as an alternate route.
WS: A portion of Fourth Street (between Broad and Burke Street) will be closed over the next 4 weeks. New water and sewer lines are being installed.
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Another HOT week ahead: Temperatures in the 90’s through Friday!
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Plenty of sunshine. HOT…. High 97 Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 73Tuesday: Mix of sun and clouds. Continued HOT…High 97
A late day shower or thunderstorm possible through Wednesday.
8.17.2007
WBFJ News Update
Friday, August 17, 2007
Three rescue workers killed and 6 others injured after a disastrous cave-in last night in central Utah. The rescuers were trying to tunnel through rubble to reach six trapped miners that have been missing since August 6 at the Crandall Canyon mine. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/17/utah.mine/index.html
The search for loved ones continues in Peru…
CNN reporting that the death toll is over 500…after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked central Peru on Wednesday night. Most of the damage reported south of the capitol city of Lima. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/17/peru.earthquake/index.html
Heat wave continues in the south and mid-west: Over the past 10 days the heat has claimed the lives of more than three dozen people. On Thursday, Officials were forced to shut down part of a nuclear reactor in Alabama because the river water used to cool it was too hot. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293557,00.html
Tropical Storm Erin still dumping lots of rain in central Texas. Seven deaths reported because of the storm. http://www.click2houston.com/weather/13895320/detail.html
In the Atlantic: Hurricane Dean is taking a Caribbean path toward the US.
Dean is the first named hurricane in the Atlantic of the 2007 season.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=1&storyid=1494
NASA technicians on the ground saying NO to fixing a small, deep gash in space shuttle Endeavour's heat shield. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1522
George and Laura (The President and the first lady) are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jenna Bush, to Mr. Henry Hager. Hager proposed to Jenna on Wednesday in Maine. No date has been set. Hager went to Wake Forest University for his undergraduate studies. He is returning to the University of Virginia in the fall, where he is getting his master's degree in business. (CNN)
About 80% of high school students said they've witnessed the use, sale or possession of illegal drugs on school grounds, or have seen someone who was drunk or high at school. That’s according a 2007 survey by Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607402
SPORTS:
-The Wyndham Championship going on through the weekend Forest Oaks
Country Club in Greensboro. http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/
-Minor League Baseball: Warthogs AND the Grasshoppers both winners last night.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. Thunderstorms possible…High
Tonight: Clear skies…Low 67
The Weekend: Sunny…Highs in the upper 80s
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms on Sunday
Three rescue workers killed and 6 others injured after a disastrous cave-in last night in central Utah. The rescuers were trying to tunnel through rubble to reach six trapped miners that have been missing since August 6 at the Crandall Canyon mine. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/17/utah.mine/index.html
The search for loved ones continues in Peru…
CNN reporting that the death toll is over 500…after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked central Peru on Wednesday night. Most of the damage reported south of the capitol city of Lima. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/17/peru.earthquake/index.html
Heat wave continues in the south and mid-west: Over the past 10 days the heat has claimed the lives of more than three dozen people. On Thursday, Officials were forced to shut down part of a nuclear reactor in Alabama because the river water used to cool it was too hot. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293557,00.html
Tropical Storm Erin still dumping lots of rain in central Texas. Seven deaths reported because of the storm. http://www.click2houston.com/weather/13895320/detail.html
In the Atlantic: Hurricane Dean is taking a Caribbean path toward the US.
Dean is the first named hurricane in the Atlantic of the 2007 season.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=1&storyid=1494
NASA technicians on the ground saying NO to fixing a small, deep gash in space shuttle Endeavour's heat shield. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1522
George and Laura (The President and the first lady) are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jenna Bush, to Mr. Henry Hager. Hager proposed to Jenna on Wednesday in Maine. No date has been set. Hager went to Wake Forest University for his undergraduate studies. He is returning to the University of Virginia in the fall, where he is getting his master's degree in business. (CNN)
About 80% of high school students said they've witnessed the use, sale or possession of illegal drugs on school grounds, or have seen someone who was drunk or high at school. That’s according a 2007 survey by Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607402
SPORTS:
-The Wyndham Championship going on through the weekend Forest Oaks
Country Club in Greensboro. http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/
-Minor League Baseball: Warthogs AND the Grasshoppers both winners last night.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. Thunderstorms possible…High
Tonight: Clear skies…Low 67
The Weekend: Sunny…Highs in the upper 80s
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms on Sunday
8.16.2007
Prayer concern...
Deadly earthquake hits Peru…
CNN reporting that the death toll is up to 337 with over 1,300 people injured …after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked central Peru last night. Most of the damage reported south of the capitol city of Lima.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/16/peru.earthquake/index.html
Prayer concern for the people of Lima, Peru…
The WBFJ Morning Show talked with Pastor Brian Vander-kodde this morning at 10am…LIVE from Lima, Peru.
Please pray for the Vander kodde family and church family of
Iglesia Cristiana Koinonia in Surco (near Lima, Peru).
The VK family is Pastor Brian, Betty, Marco, Anna and Priscilla.
WBFJ staff member Jenn Boger met Pastor Brian during her second
mission trip to Peru.
http://www.iglesiacristianakoinonia.blogspot.com/
CNN reporting that the death toll is up to 337 with over 1,300 people injured …after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked central Peru last night. Most of the damage reported south of the capitol city of Lima.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/16/peru.earthquake/index.html
Prayer concern for the people of Lima, Peru…
The WBFJ Morning Show talked with Pastor Brian Vander-kodde this morning at 10am…LIVE from Lima, Peru.
Please pray for the Vander kodde family and church family of
Iglesia Cristiana Koinonia in Surco (near Lima, Peru).
The VK family is Pastor Brian, Betty, Marco, Anna and Priscilla.
WBFJ staff member Jenn Boger met Pastor Brian during her second
mission trip to Peru.
http://www.iglesiacristianakoinonia.blogspot.com/
WBFJ Morning News Up-date
Thursday, August 16, 2007
-The Triad will be close to that Record High of 98 degrees (1954)
Forecasted High today near 100
-The Triad is under a Code Orange Air Quality ‘Ozone Alert’ until 9pm…
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Rescue workers said they heard a ‘noise’ from deep inside the Utah mine where six men have been trapped for over nine days. Rescuers are currently drilling, yet, a fourth hole. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/15/utah.mine/index.html
Deadly earthquake hits Peru…CNN reporting that the death toll is up to 337 with over 1,300 people injured …after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked central Peru last night. Most of the damage reported south of the capitol city of Lima.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/16/peru.earthquake/index.html
Tropical Storm Erin bring some heavy rain and wind this morning along the
Texas Gulf Coast. Tropical storm Erin is expected to dump up to 8 inches of rain along the coastal areas of Texas from Corpus Christi, northward to Galveston. http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/index.html?from=hurricane_welcome
In the Atlantic: Tropical Storm Dean is now a hurricane.
Hurricane Dean is taking a Caribbean path toward the US.
Dean is the first named hurricane in the Atlantic of the 2007 season.
http://www.weather.com/newscenter/?from=wxcenter_subnav
So where will you live when you retire? If you live in the Triad…you won’t have to go far. Winston-Salem was named one of the top 10 cities to retire in by TopRetirements.com, a website for people over 50. Topping the retirement list…the city of Asheville.
International Sports Properties is celebrating their 15th anniversary.
The event is being hosted by ISP, America’s Home for College Sports.
ISP Homecoming will include:
3:45…Parade of Bands (with school mascots and cheerleaders) 4th and Trade
5 to 10pm…Free Block Party on Trade Street (featuring Chairman of the Board)
http://www.isphomecoming.com/
SPORTS:
-The Wyndham Championship starts today at Forest Oaks CC.
http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/
-Warthogs over the Fredrick Keys…8-4. Warthogs at home tonight at 7pm.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
The Wyndham Championship at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro
Today: Mostly sunny and Hot…High near 100 (Record High 98 degrees…1954)Tonight: Clear skies…Low 75
Friday: Mix of sun and clouds. Thunderstorms possible…High 95
Sneak Peak to the Weekend: Sunny and NOT as hot…Highs in the 80s
-The Triad will be close to that Record High of 98 degrees (1954)
Forecasted High today near 100
-The Triad is under a Code Orange Air Quality ‘Ozone Alert’ until 9pm…
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Rescue workers said they heard a ‘noise’ from deep inside the Utah mine where six men have been trapped for over nine days. Rescuers are currently drilling, yet, a fourth hole. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/15/utah.mine/index.html
Deadly earthquake hits Peru…CNN reporting that the death toll is up to 337 with over 1,300 people injured …after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake rocked central Peru last night. Most of the damage reported south of the capitol city of Lima.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/16/peru.earthquake/index.html
Tropical Storm Erin bring some heavy rain and wind this morning along the
Texas Gulf Coast. Tropical storm Erin is expected to dump up to 8 inches of rain along the coastal areas of Texas from Corpus Christi, northward to Galveston. http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/index.html?from=hurricane_welcome
In the Atlantic: Tropical Storm Dean is now a hurricane.
Hurricane Dean is taking a Caribbean path toward the US.
Dean is the first named hurricane in the Atlantic of the 2007 season.
http://www.weather.com/newscenter/?from=wxcenter_subnav
So where will you live when you retire? If you live in the Triad…you won’t have to go far. Winston-Salem was named one of the top 10 cities to retire in by TopRetirements.com, a website for people over 50. Topping the retirement list…the city of Asheville.
International Sports Properties is celebrating their 15th anniversary.
The event is being hosted by ISP, America’s Home for College Sports.
ISP Homecoming will include:
3:45…Parade of Bands (with school mascots and cheerleaders) 4th and Trade
5 to 10pm…Free Block Party on Trade Street (featuring Chairman of the Board)
http://www.isphomecoming.com/
SPORTS:
-The Wyndham Championship starts today at Forest Oaks CC.
http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/
-Warthogs over the Fredrick Keys…8-4. Warthogs at home tonight at 7pm.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
The Wyndham Championship at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro
Today: Mostly sunny and Hot…High near 100 (Record High 98 degrees…1954)Tonight: Clear skies…Low 75
Friday: Mix of sun and clouds. Thunderstorms possible…High 95
Sneak Peak to the Weekend: Sunny and NOT as hot…Highs in the 80s
8.15.2007
WBFJ Morning News Update
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Toy recall information: http://www.mattel.com/safety/us/
You may want to check the kid’s toy box: Toy maker Mattel has issued another recall. Barbie Dolls and Polly Pockets are among the 9 million Chinese made toys in the latest recall.
The reason for the recall: high levels of lead paint or small, powerful magnets that could be easily swallowed.
Government recall site: http://www.recalls.gov/
Hurricane Flossie continues to weaken as it approaches the Hawaiian Islands. Flossie remains a dangerous storm. High wind and heavy rain are possible over the next 36 hours.
In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Dean is expected to become a hurricane by Friday. http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/?from=wxcenter_news
Sources saying that Michael Vick's defense team and federal prosecutors have been in talks about a possible plea deal in his dog-fighting case.
www.wfmynews2.com/news/national_world/article.aspx?storyid=88237
Lots of students heading back to college this week:
Around 300 students at Winston-Salem State University will enjoy a hotel room instead of a dorm room for the next month. Construction on the university's new Foundation Heights residence hall won't be finished until September 15.
http://www.hotel-online.com/News/2007_Jun_23/k.WNE.1182765316.html
Opening town council meetings with sectarian prayer (for Christians praying in the name of Jesus) has been deemed unconstitutional by groups like the ACLU. The Alliance Defense Fund has launched a new web page. Information on public prayer rights and model prayer policies: http://www.telladf.org/ ww.telladf.org/adfresources/default.aspx?cid=4134
Mike Johnson – legal council with ADF will be our special guest this week on Sunday @ 5 on WBFJ.
SPORTS: -Warthogs over the Fredrick Keys…8-6. Warthogs at home tonight at 7pm.
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Traffic:
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
NB I-85 at Highway 150 ( Mile Marker 82 ) near the Yadkin River will be down to one lane today from 8:30 to 4pm…
Use Highway 29 as an alternate route. The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007
WS: A portion of Fourth Street (between Broad and Burke Street) will be closed over the next 4 weeks. New water and sewer lines are being installed.
More traffic: Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro because of the Wyndham Championship
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The Triad will be close to that Record High of 96 degrees (1938)
Code Orange Air Quality ‘Ozone Alert’ until 9pm…
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny and Hot…High 97 Tonight: Clear skies…Low 70
The Wyndham Championship (Thursday) at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro
Thursday: Sunny and Hot…High near 100
Sneak Peak to the Weekend: Sunny and not as hot…Highs in the mid-80s
Toy recall information: http://www.mattel.com/safety/us/
You may want to check the kid’s toy box: Toy maker Mattel has issued another recall. Barbie Dolls and Polly Pockets are among the 9 million Chinese made toys in the latest recall.
The reason for the recall: high levels of lead paint or small, powerful magnets that could be easily swallowed.
Government recall site: http://www.recalls.gov/
Hurricane Flossie continues to weaken as it approaches the Hawaiian Islands. Flossie remains a dangerous storm. High wind and heavy rain are possible over the next 36 hours.
In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Dean is expected to become a hurricane by Friday. http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/?from=wxcenter_news
Sources saying that Michael Vick's defense team and federal prosecutors have been in talks about a possible plea deal in his dog-fighting case.
www.wfmynews2.com/news/national_world/article.aspx?storyid=88237
Lots of students heading back to college this week:
Around 300 students at Winston-Salem State University will enjoy a hotel room instead of a dorm room for the next month. Construction on the university's new Foundation Heights residence hall won't be finished until September 15.
http://www.hotel-online.com/News/2007_Jun_23/k.WNE.1182765316.html
Opening town council meetings with sectarian prayer (for Christians praying in the name of Jesus) has been deemed unconstitutional by groups like the ACLU. The Alliance Defense Fund has launched a new web page. Information on public prayer rights and model prayer policies: http://www.telladf.org/ ww.telladf.org/adfresources/default.aspx?cid=4134
Mike Johnson – legal council with ADF will be our special guest this week on Sunday @ 5 on WBFJ.
SPORTS: -Warthogs over the Fredrick Keys…8-6. Warthogs at home tonight at 7pm.
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Traffic:
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
NB I-85 at Highway 150 ( Mile Marker 82 ) near the Yadkin River will be down to one lane today from 8:30 to 4pm…
Use Highway 29 as an alternate route. The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007
WS: A portion of Fourth Street (between Broad and Burke Street) will be closed over the next 4 weeks. New water and sewer lines are being installed.
More traffic: Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro because of the Wyndham Championship
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The Triad will be close to that Record High of 96 degrees (1938)
Code Orange Air Quality ‘Ozone Alert’ until 9pm…
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny and Hot…High 97 Tonight: Clear skies…Low 70
The Wyndham Championship (Thursday) at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro
Thursday: Sunny and Hot…High near 100
Sneak Peak to the Weekend: Sunny and not as hot…Highs in the mid-80s
8.14.2007
WBFJ Morning News Update
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Officials in Hawaii using some caution with Hurricane Flossie…now a Category 3 hurricane spinning at 126 mph. On Monday, a small earthquake rattled the Big island. No reports of any damage. http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/index.html?from=hurricane_welcome
The search for six missing miners…continues. Officials are drilling yet a third hole in the presumed area of a mine cave-in that happened over a week ago in central Utah. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070814/D8R0O3DO0.html
W-X-I-I 12 morning anchor Tolly Carr was sentenced to 25 to 39 months in prison for felony death by motor vehicle on Monday after pleading guilty in the fatal drunk driving death of Casey Bokhoven on March 11. http://news14.com/content/top_stories/585932/carr-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison/Default.aspx
Two female South Korean hostages were released on Monday by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Nineteen other hostages -- -- are still being held. Taliban militants kidnapped the group of 23 South Korean volunteer Christian workers on July 19. http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/08/taliban_free_2_south_korean_wo.php
Astronauts are preparing for a possible repair of a deep gouge in the belly of the space shuttle Endeavour. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1357
Central China Television reporting 22 fatalities with 46 still missing when a foot bridge collapsed. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8R0OV9G0&apc=9009
Banish the belly, not just the pounds: That's the heart-healthy advice from a new study that finds that individuals with "pot" bellies may be a big indicator of future heart disease. The findings are published the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607255
Up-coming CROP Walk Against Hunger with Crisis Control Ministry of Forsyth County is coming up in October. To participate or just get more information: Contact Judie Holcomb-Pack (with Crisis Control Ministry at 724.7875 x1040
http://www.blogger.com/www.crisiscontrol.org CROP Walk…will be Sunday, October 21, 2007
The oldest living person has died: Yone Min-a-gaw-a, from Japan, was born on January 4, 1893. She was declared the oldest living person in the world back in January
at age 114… Yone Min-a-gaw-a outlived all of her children except one daughter, and had seven grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
-Yone was listed as the oldest known person by the Guinness Book of World Records following the death of Emma Faust Tillman, also 114, from the US.
-Japan has one of the world's longest average life spans…one of the factors to the long life... a healthy diet rich in fish and rice. In 2006, Japanese women set a new record for life expectancy at 85 years, while men live an average of about 79 years. (CNN)
SPORTS:
-Greensboro Grasshoppers at home. Pink Bat Night tonight at First Horizon Park.
The Wyndham Championship starts Thursday. http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/
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Traffic:
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
NB I-85 at Highway 150 ( Mile Marker 82 ) near the Yadkin River will be down to one lane today from 8:30 to 4pm…
Use Highway 29 as an alternate route. The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007
WS: A portion of Fourth Street (between Broad and Burke Street) will be closed over the next 4 weeks. New water and sewer lines are being installed.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High 93 Tonight: Clear skies…Low 65
Wednesday: Sunny and hot…High 97
Thursday: Sunny and hot…High 99
Friday: Sunny…High 95
Officials in Hawaii using some caution with Hurricane Flossie…now a Category 3 hurricane spinning at 126 mph. On Monday, a small earthquake rattled the Big island. No reports of any damage. http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/index.html?from=hurricane_welcome
The search for six missing miners…continues. Officials are drilling yet a third hole in the presumed area of a mine cave-in that happened over a week ago in central Utah. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070814/D8R0O3DO0.html
W-X-I-I 12 morning anchor Tolly Carr was sentenced to 25 to 39 months in prison for felony death by motor vehicle on Monday after pleading guilty in the fatal drunk driving death of Casey Bokhoven on March 11. http://news14.com/content/top_stories/585932/carr-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison/Default.aspx
Two female South Korean hostages were released on Monday by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Nineteen other hostages -- -- are still being held. Taliban militants kidnapped the group of 23 South Korean volunteer Christian workers on July 19. http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/08/taliban_free_2_south_korean_wo.php
Astronauts are preparing for a possible repair of a deep gouge in the belly of the space shuttle Endeavour. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1357
Central China Television reporting 22 fatalities with 46 still missing when a foot bridge collapsed. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8R0OV9G0&apc=9009
Banish the belly, not just the pounds: That's the heart-healthy advice from a new study that finds that individuals with "pot" bellies may be a big indicator of future heart disease. The findings are published the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607255
Up-coming CROP Walk Against Hunger with Crisis Control Ministry of Forsyth County is coming up in October. To participate or just get more information: Contact Judie Holcomb-Pack (with Crisis Control Ministry at 724.7875 x1040
http://www.blogger.com/www.crisiscontrol.org CROP Walk…will be Sunday, October 21, 2007
The oldest living person has died: Yone Min-a-gaw-a, from Japan, was born on January 4, 1893. She was declared the oldest living person in the world back in January
at age 114… Yone Min-a-gaw-a outlived all of her children except one daughter, and had seven grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
-Yone was listed as the oldest known person by the Guinness Book of World Records following the death of Emma Faust Tillman, also 114, from the US.
-Japan has one of the world's longest average life spans…one of the factors to the long life... a healthy diet rich in fish and rice. In 2006, Japanese women set a new record for life expectancy at 85 years, while men live an average of about 79 years. (CNN)
SPORTS:
-Greensboro Grasshoppers at home. Pink Bat Night tonight at First Horizon Park.
The Wyndham Championship starts Thursday. http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/
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Traffic:
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
NB I-85 at Highway 150 ( Mile Marker 82 ) near the Yadkin River will be down to one lane today from 8:30 to 4pm…
Use Highway 29 as an alternate route. The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007
WS: A portion of Fourth Street (between Broad and Burke Street) will be closed over the next 4 weeks. New water and sewer lines are being installed.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High 93 Tonight: Clear skies…Low 65
Wednesday: Sunny and hot…High 97
Thursday: Sunny and hot…High 99
Friday: Sunny…High 95
8.13.2007
WBFJ Morning News Up-date
Monday, August 13, 2007
Pacific Hurricane coming close to Hawaii: Hurricane Flossie is currently a Category 4 hurricane spinning at 135 mph wind. Forecasters are predicting that the storm should weaken before passing to the south of the islands later this week. (http://www.weather.com/)
Former WXII anchor Tolly Car is due in court this morning. Carr faces anywhere from probation to as much as five years in prison for the drunk driving death of Casey Bokhoven back on March 11
http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/breaking/article.aspx?storyid=88141
A gunman burst into a church in southwestern Missouri during a Sunday worship service…fatally 3 people, and injuring 5 others. After a stand-off, the gunman surrendered to police. No motive so far for the shootings.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QVV1H80&apc=9001
A camera lowered into a collapsed coal mine in Utah revealed equipment but no sign of the six missing miners. Officials are planning on drilling yet a third hole in the presumed area of a mine cave-in that happened a week ago. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QVV2800&apc=9001
Merv Griffin creator of "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" passed away over the weekend after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 82. (http://www.cnn.com/)
NASA officials and astronauts will decide today whether to fix a deep gouge in the belly of the space shuttle Endeavour. A chunk of insulating foam smacked the shuttle at liftoff last week, creating a 3½-inch-long gouge that penetrates all the way through the thermal shielding on the shuttle's belly. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1357
Lots of kids these days have an allergy to peanuts…but cashews seem to trigger more severe allergic reactions in children. In a recent study, British researchers found that cashew reactions were generally more serious then peanut allergies. The findings appear in the journal ‘Allergy’.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=11&storyid=1398
Karl Rove, President Bush's senior political adviser, will resign at the end of August. Rove has held a top position in the White House since Bush took office in January 2001. (http://www.cnn.com/)
Divers recovered the 9th body from the Mississippi River on Sunday, 11 days after a highway bridge collapsed into the fast-flowing water. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QVV1900&apc=9001
Relish the thought…the Wiener-Mobile gets a ticket?
One of the 27-foot Oscar Mayer Wiener-mobiles, on a national promotional tour, was parked illegally - hazard lights blinking - on a major downtown street in Chicago, Illinois.The officer who issued the $50 dollar ticket had already called a tow truck when the driver showed. A spokesperson for Oscar Mayer said that the Wiener-mobile, one of several, was traveling the country promoting a contest to sing the Oscar Mayer jingle in a commercial.She said illegal parking is against company policy, "even if you're driving a company vehicle that's shaped like a giant hot dog." (http://www.cnn.com/)
SPORTS:
-Tiger Woods wins his 4th PGA championship of the season…his 13 major.
- The AIG ‘Support the Troops’ Pro-Am at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro today. The Wyndham Championship starts Thursday. http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/
Traffic:
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
NB I-85 at Highway 150 ( Mile Marker 82 ) near the Yadkin River will be down to one lane today from 8:30 to 4pm… Use Highway 29 as an alternate route. The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007
WS: A portion of Fourth Street (between Broad and Burke Street) will be closed over the next 4 weeks. New water and sewer lines are being installed.
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Lots of sunshine for the AIG ‘Support the Troops’ Pro-Am at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro today.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 93
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 64 Tuesday: Mostly sunny…High near 90
Sunny and Hot…High 96: The Wyndham Championship starts Thursday
at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro.
Rain? A slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm…
through the weekend.
Pacific Hurricane coming close to Hawaii: Hurricane Flossie is currently a Category 4 hurricane spinning at 135 mph wind. Forecasters are predicting that the storm should weaken before passing to the south of the islands later this week. (http://www.weather.com/)
Former WXII anchor Tolly Car is due in court this morning. Carr faces anywhere from probation to as much as five years in prison for the drunk driving death of Casey Bokhoven back on March 11
http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/breaking/article.aspx?storyid=88141
A gunman burst into a church in southwestern Missouri during a Sunday worship service…fatally 3 people, and injuring 5 others. After a stand-off, the gunman surrendered to police. No motive so far for the shootings.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QVV1H80&apc=9001
A camera lowered into a collapsed coal mine in Utah revealed equipment but no sign of the six missing miners. Officials are planning on drilling yet a third hole in the presumed area of a mine cave-in that happened a week ago. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QVV2800&apc=9001
Merv Griffin creator of "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" passed away over the weekend after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 82. (http://www.cnn.com/)
NASA officials and astronauts will decide today whether to fix a deep gouge in the belly of the space shuttle Endeavour. A chunk of insulating foam smacked the shuttle at liftoff last week, creating a 3½-inch-long gouge that penetrates all the way through the thermal shielding on the shuttle's belly. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1357
Lots of kids these days have an allergy to peanuts…but cashews seem to trigger more severe allergic reactions in children. In a recent study, British researchers found that cashew reactions were generally more serious then peanut allergies. The findings appear in the journal ‘Allergy’.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=11&storyid=1398
Karl Rove, President Bush's senior political adviser, will resign at the end of August. Rove has held a top position in the White House since Bush took office in January 2001. (http://www.cnn.com/)
Divers recovered the 9th body from the Mississippi River on Sunday, 11 days after a highway bridge collapsed into the fast-flowing water. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QVV1900&apc=9001
Relish the thought…the Wiener-Mobile gets a ticket?
One of the 27-foot Oscar Mayer Wiener-mobiles, on a national promotional tour, was parked illegally - hazard lights blinking - on a major downtown street in Chicago, Illinois.The officer who issued the $50 dollar ticket had already called a tow truck when the driver showed. A spokesperson for Oscar Mayer said that the Wiener-mobile, one of several, was traveling the country promoting a contest to sing the Oscar Mayer jingle in a commercial.She said illegal parking is against company policy, "even if you're driving a company vehicle that's shaped like a giant hot dog." (http://www.cnn.com/)
SPORTS:
-Tiger Woods wins his 4th PGA championship of the season…his 13 major.
- The AIG ‘Support the Troops’ Pro-Am at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro today. The Wyndham Championship starts Thursday. http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/
Traffic:
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
NB I-85 at Highway 150 ( Mile Marker 82 ) near the Yadkin River will be down to one lane today from 8:30 to 4pm… Use Highway 29 as an alternate route. The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007
WS: A portion of Fourth Street (between Broad and Burke Street) will be closed over the next 4 weeks. New water and sewer lines are being installed.
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Lots of sunshine for the AIG ‘Support the Troops’ Pro-Am at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro today.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 93
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 64 Tuesday: Mostly sunny…High near 90
Sunny and Hot…High 96: The Wyndham Championship starts Thursday
at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro.
Rain? A slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm…
through the weekend.
8.10.2007
WBFJ Morning News Update
Friday, August 10, 2007
More Record Breaking temperatures possible today…
Heat Advisory for the Triad from noon to 7pm…
Three days (so far) of record High temperatures.
Temperatures in the Triple digits across much of North Carolina this week… The highest peak in the Blue Ridge mountains (Grandfather Mountain ) broke a previously daily High temp record on Wednesday…at 80 degrees.
24,000 Chinese-made "Thomas & Friends" spinning tops are being recalled after tests showed that the lead content is more than 40 times the legal limit.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/08/09/thomas_friends_tops_recalled/6610/
Not a word from 6 miners trapped some 1,500 feet beneath the earth:
Rescuers have successfully drilled a 2 inch hole down into the presumed area in a coal mine where six miners have been trapped since Monday.
The air quality in the drilled area was found to be "very good."
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QU47F01&apc=9001
Divers recovered the remains of at least 2 bodies from the wreckage of the collapsed I-35west bridge in Minneapolis. Seven fatalities have been confirmed.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QU2I680&apc=9001
Anxiety and stress may increase your risk of periodontal disease, says a research review in the August issue of the Journal of Periodontology.
The study suggesting that the stress-related hormone cortisol may be linked to increased destruction of gums and jaw bone. The hormone may also suppress the immune system. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607200
A monster truck demonstration goes wrong in Illinois:
A monster truck plowed into a crowd of spectators on Thursday, injuring at least nine people. Two people, including a mother and one child, were in serious condition. The demonstration, part of a monster truck tour sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts, featured the truck driving over and crushing four cars.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QU08H80&apc=9001
After finding out he would have to pay $1,200 dollars to fix his car’s AC,
26 year old Scott Dawson rigged up a common household air conditioner and custom fit the unit on top of his car. The crafty civil engineering graduate from the University of Houston cut a hole in the sunroof to allow the cool air to get in.
“I’ll probably stick with this until I get rid of it,” Dawson said.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292809,00.html
Don’t bite the hand that wacks your head off?
Danny Anderson and his son from Prosser, Washington spotted a 5-foot rattlesnake earlier in the week while feeding his horses. They pinned snake with a pipe and cut off its head with a shovel. *When Anderson reached down to pick it up, he said, the snake head twisted around and bit his index finger. In the 10 minutes it took to reach Prosser Memorial Hospital, the venom spread through his body and his tongue had already started to swell.
He was treated at the hospital. A state Fish and Wildlife Department biologist said it's possible the snake had the heat-sensing ability to make one last attack. http://www.wxii12.com/news/13858249/detail.html
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny and hot…High near 100. (Heat index = 105)
A slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm.
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 72
The Weekend: Mix of sun and clouds…High near 90
****No measurable rainfall expected during the next 5 days…
More Record Breaking temperatures possible today…
Heat Advisory for the Triad from noon to 7pm…
Three days (so far) of record High temperatures.
Temperatures in the Triple digits across much of North Carolina this week… The highest peak in the Blue Ridge mountains (Grandfather Mountain ) broke a previously daily High temp record on Wednesday…at 80 degrees.
24,000 Chinese-made "Thomas & Friends" spinning tops are being recalled after tests showed that the lead content is more than 40 times the legal limit.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/08/09/thomas_friends_tops_recalled/6610/
Not a word from 6 miners trapped some 1,500 feet beneath the earth:
Rescuers have successfully drilled a 2 inch hole down into the presumed area in a coal mine where six miners have been trapped since Monday.
The air quality in the drilled area was found to be "very good."
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QU47F01&apc=9001
Divers recovered the remains of at least 2 bodies from the wreckage of the collapsed I-35west bridge in Minneapolis. Seven fatalities have been confirmed.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QU2I680&apc=9001
Anxiety and stress may increase your risk of periodontal disease, says a research review in the August issue of the Journal of Periodontology.
The study suggesting that the stress-related hormone cortisol may be linked to increased destruction of gums and jaw bone. The hormone may also suppress the immune system. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607200
A monster truck demonstration goes wrong in Illinois:
A monster truck plowed into a crowd of spectators on Thursday, injuring at least nine people. Two people, including a mother and one child, were in serious condition. The demonstration, part of a monster truck tour sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts, featured the truck driving over and crushing four cars.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QU08H80&apc=9001
After finding out he would have to pay $1,200 dollars to fix his car’s AC,
26 year old Scott Dawson rigged up a common household air conditioner and custom fit the unit on top of his car. The crafty civil engineering graduate from the University of Houston cut a hole in the sunroof to allow the cool air to get in.
“I’ll probably stick with this until I get rid of it,” Dawson said.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292809,00.html
Don’t bite the hand that wacks your head off?
Danny Anderson and his son from Prosser, Washington spotted a 5-foot rattlesnake earlier in the week while feeding his horses. They pinned snake with a pipe and cut off its head with a shovel. *When Anderson reached down to pick it up, he said, the snake head twisted around and bit his index finger. In the 10 minutes it took to reach Prosser Memorial Hospital, the venom spread through his body and his tongue had already started to swell.
He was treated at the hospital. A state Fish and Wildlife Department biologist said it's possible the snake had the heat-sensing ability to make one last attack. http://www.wxii12.com/news/13858249/detail.html
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny and hot…High near 100. (Heat index = 105)
A slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm.
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 72
The Weekend: Mix of sun and clouds…High near 90
****No measurable rainfall expected during the next 5 days…
8.09.2007
WBFJ Morning News
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Heat Advisory from noon to 7pm…
More Record Breaking temperatures possible today…
Mostly sunny and hot…High near 100. (Heat index = 104)
The Record HIGH: 99 degrees set back in 1930
More than half way there: So say rescuers who are drilling two relief holes to where six miners are believed to be trapped. The 6 miners have been trapped in a coal mine in central Utah after a ‘cave in’ on Monday. The holes…one 2 inches wide, one 9 inches wide… will be used for communication, and to provide air and food. We could know the fate of the miners as early as this evening. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1495
The Red Cross symbol is an icon of disaster relief.
For months the Red Cross symbol has been the subject of a heated disagreement between Johnson & Johnson and the American Red Cross. Johnson and Johnson (makers of Band-Aids and Tylenol) is suing the American Red Cross. The disagreement: back in 2004, the American Red Cross began licensing the ‘red cross’ symbol to commercial partners.
http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20070809/ZNYT01/708090337&cachetime=5
The Los Angeles area was rattled by a 4.5 magnitude earthquake
Around 1 a.m. this morning. No reports of damage or injuries.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2007-08-09T090230Z_01_N09397325_RTRIDST_0_QUAKE-LA-UPDATE-1.XML
Falling trees and flying objects were added to a hectic morning commute in the Big Apple: One fatality, five other people injured after a tornado swept through Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday. As many as 150 trees were reported down in the city. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/08/nyc.weather/index.html
Opera star Luciano Pavarotti has been hospitalized with pneumonia. Pavarotti, age 71, underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer last year.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/09/pavarotti.hospital.ap/index.html
Deep-fried Twinkies, funnel cakes and corn fritters…sounds like fair food.
Attendees to the Indiana State Fair will get to enjoy those deep-fried goodies...and they will be healthier.
Indiana is the first state to ban trans fat cooking oils at its fair.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/13852573/detail.html
On the LIGHTER side:
Have you ever sold something at a yard sale or donated something to charity…and wish you had it back? A large ceramic turtle has been recovered after it was accidentally sold for 50 cents at a rummage sale. When Anita Lewis of Elmira, New York sold the turtle last Saturday to a woman with plans to use it as a cookie jar, Anita didn't know that the ceramic turtle held the ashes of her husband's late wife. Terrence Lewis' previous wife had collected turtles and the couple's home was full of them, Anita said. She realized her mistake and began a frantic search for the turtle Urn that led to the Salvation Army Thrift Shop. http://www.stargazette.com/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/07/ap/strange/main3143844.shtml
SPORTS:
-Slugger Barry Bonds hitting homerun # 7- 5 - 7.
-Wake Forest has named assistant coach Dino Gaudio to succeed the late Skip Prosser as head coach of the Demon Deacons' men's basketball program.
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Traffic:
Road Construction: Traffic down to one lane…SB 421 between LEWISVILLE CLEMMONS RD and PEACE HAVEN RD
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
NB I-85 at Highway 150 ( Mile Marker 82 ) near the Yadkin River will be down to one lane today from 8:30 to 4pm…
You may want to use Highway 29 as an alternate route.
The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007
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-Heat Advisory for the Triad from noon to 7pm…
-Code Orange Air Quality Alert for the Triad…
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny and hot…High near 100. (Heat index = 104)
( The Record HIGH: 99 degrees set back in 1930 )
An isolated afternoon thunderstorm is possible. Low tonight…74.
Friday: Mostly sunny and hot…High 98 (Heat index = 102)
Cooler temperatures for the Weekend:
Mix of sun and clouds…High near 90
Heat Advisory from noon to 7pm…
More Record Breaking temperatures possible today…
Mostly sunny and hot…High near 100. (Heat index = 104)
The Record HIGH: 99 degrees set back in 1930
More than half way there: So say rescuers who are drilling two relief holes to where six miners are believed to be trapped. The 6 miners have been trapped in a coal mine in central Utah after a ‘cave in’ on Monday. The holes…one 2 inches wide, one 9 inches wide… will be used for communication, and to provide air and food. We could know the fate of the miners as early as this evening. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1495
The Red Cross symbol is an icon of disaster relief.
For months the Red Cross symbol has been the subject of a heated disagreement between Johnson & Johnson and the American Red Cross. Johnson and Johnson (makers of Band-Aids and Tylenol) is suing the American Red Cross. The disagreement: back in 2004, the American Red Cross began licensing the ‘red cross’ symbol to commercial partners.
http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20070809/ZNYT01/708090337&cachetime=5
The Los Angeles area was rattled by a 4.5 magnitude earthquake
Around 1 a.m. this morning. No reports of damage or injuries.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2007-08-09T090230Z_01_N09397325_RTRIDST_0_QUAKE-LA-UPDATE-1.XML
Falling trees and flying objects were added to a hectic morning commute in the Big Apple: One fatality, five other people injured after a tornado swept through Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday. As many as 150 trees were reported down in the city. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/08/nyc.weather/index.html
Opera star Luciano Pavarotti has been hospitalized with pneumonia. Pavarotti, age 71, underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer last year.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/09/pavarotti.hospital.ap/index.html
Deep-fried Twinkies, funnel cakes and corn fritters…sounds like fair food.
Attendees to the Indiana State Fair will get to enjoy those deep-fried goodies...and they will be healthier.
Indiana is the first state to ban trans fat cooking oils at its fair.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/13852573/detail.html
On the LIGHTER side:
Have you ever sold something at a yard sale or donated something to charity…and wish you had it back? A large ceramic turtle has been recovered after it was accidentally sold for 50 cents at a rummage sale. When Anita Lewis of Elmira, New York sold the turtle last Saturday to a woman with plans to use it as a cookie jar, Anita didn't know that the ceramic turtle held the ashes of her husband's late wife. Terrence Lewis' previous wife had collected turtles and the couple's home was full of them, Anita said. She realized her mistake and began a frantic search for the turtle Urn that led to the Salvation Army Thrift Shop. http://www.stargazette.com/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/07/ap/strange/main3143844.shtml
SPORTS:
-Slugger Barry Bonds hitting homerun # 7- 5 - 7.
-Wake Forest has named assistant coach Dino Gaudio to succeed the late Skip Prosser as head coach of the Demon Deacons' men's basketball program.
________________________________________________________
Traffic:
Road Construction: Traffic down to one lane…SB 421 between LEWISVILLE CLEMMONS RD and PEACE HAVEN RD
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
NB I-85 at Highway 150 ( Mile Marker 82 ) near the Yadkin River will be down to one lane today from 8:30 to 4pm…
You may want to use Highway 29 as an alternate route.
The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007
__________________________________________________________________________________
-Heat Advisory for the Triad from noon to 7pm…
-Code Orange Air Quality Alert for the Triad…
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny and hot…High near 100. (Heat index = 104)
( The Record HIGH: 99 degrees set back in 1930 )
An isolated afternoon thunderstorm is possible. Low tonight…74.
Friday: Mostly sunny and hot…High 98 (Heat index = 102)
Cooler temperatures for the Weekend:
Mix of sun and clouds…High near 90
WBFJ Morning News
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Heat Advisory from noon to 7pm…
More Record Breaking temperatures possible today…
Mostly sunny and hot…High near 100. (Heat index = 104)
The Record HIGH: 99 degrees set back in 1930
More than half way there: So say rescuers who are drilling two relief holes to where six miners are believed to be trapped. The 6 miners have been trapped in a coal mine in central Utah after a ‘cave in’ on Monday. The holes…one 2 inches wide, one 9 inches wide… will be used for communication, and to provide air and food. We could know the fate of the miners as early as this evening. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1495
The Red Cross symbol is an icon of disaster relief.
For months the Red Cross symbol has been the subject of a heated disagreement between Johnson & Johnson and the American Red Cross. Johnson and Johnson (makers of Band-Aids and Tylenol) is suing the American Red Cross. The disagreement: back in 2004, the American Red Cross began licensing the ‘red cross’ symbol to commercial partners.
http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20070809/ZNYT01/708090337&cachetime=5
The Los Angeles area was rattled by a 4.5 magnitude earthquake
Around 1 a.m. this morning. No reports of damage or injuries.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2007-08-09T090230Z_01_N09397325_RTRIDST_0_QUAKE-LA-UPDATE-1.XML
Falling trees and flying objects were added to a hectic morning commute in the Big Apple: One fatality, five other people injured after a tornado swept through Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday. As many as 150 trees were reported down in the city. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/08/nyc.weather/index.html
Opera star Luciano Pavarotti has been hospitalized with pneumonia. Pavarotti, age 71, underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer last year.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/09/pavarotti.hospital.ap/index.html
Deep-fried Twinkies, funnel cakes and corn fritters…sounds like fair food.
Attendees to the Indiana State Fair will get to enjoy those deep-fried goodies...and they will be healthier.
Indiana is the first state to ban trans fat cooking oils at its fair.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/13852573/detail.html
On the LIGHTER side:
Have you ever sold something at a yard sale or donated something to charity…and wish you had it back? A large ceramic turtle has been recovered after it was accidentally sold for 50 cents at a rummage sale. When Anita Lewis of Elmira, New York sold the turtle last Saturday to a woman with plans to use it as a cookie jar, Anita didn't know that the ceramic turtle held the ashes of her husband's late wife. Terrence Lewis' previous wife had collected turtles and the couple's home was full of them, Anita said. She realized her mistake and began a frantic search for the turtle Urn that led to the Salvation Army Thrift Shop. http://www.stargazette.com/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/07/ap/strange/main3143844.shtml
SPORTS:
-Slugger Barry Bonds hitting homerun # 7- 5 - 7.
-Wake Forest has named assistant coach Dino Gaudio to succeed the late Skip Prosser as head coach of the Demon Deacons' men's basketball program.
________________________________________________________
Traffic:
Road Construction: Traffic down to one lane…SB 421 between LEWISVILLE CLEMMONS RD and PEACE HAVEN RD
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
NB I-85 at Highway 150 ( Mile Marker 82 ) near the Yadkin River will be down to one lane today from 8:30 to 4pm…
You may want to use Highway 29 as an alternate route.
The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007
__________________________________________________________________________________
-Heat Advisory for the Triad from noon to 7pm…
-Code Orange Air Quality Alert for the Triad…
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny and hot…High near 100. (Heat index = 104)
( The Record HIGH: 99 degrees set back in 1930 )
An isolated afternoon thunderstorm is possible. Low tonight…74.
Friday: Mostly sunny and hot…High 98 (Heat index = 102)
Cooler temperatures for the Weekend:
Mix of sun and clouds…High near 90
Heat Advisory from noon to 7pm…
More Record Breaking temperatures possible today…
Mostly sunny and hot…High near 100. (Heat index = 104)
The Record HIGH: 99 degrees set back in 1930
More than half way there: So say rescuers who are drilling two relief holes to where six miners are believed to be trapped. The 6 miners have been trapped in a coal mine in central Utah after a ‘cave in’ on Monday. The holes…one 2 inches wide, one 9 inches wide… will be used for communication, and to provide air and food. We could know the fate of the miners as early as this evening. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1495
The Red Cross symbol is an icon of disaster relief.
For months the Red Cross symbol has been the subject of a heated disagreement between Johnson & Johnson and the American Red Cross. Johnson and Johnson (makers of Band-Aids and Tylenol) is suing the American Red Cross. The disagreement: back in 2004, the American Red Cross began licensing the ‘red cross’ symbol to commercial partners.
http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20070809/ZNYT01/708090337&cachetime=5
The Los Angeles area was rattled by a 4.5 magnitude earthquake
Around 1 a.m. this morning. No reports of damage or injuries.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2007-08-09T090230Z_01_N09397325_RTRIDST_0_QUAKE-LA-UPDATE-1.XML
Falling trees and flying objects were added to a hectic morning commute in the Big Apple: One fatality, five other people injured after a tornado swept through Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday. As many as 150 trees were reported down in the city. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/08/nyc.weather/index.html
Opera star Luciano Pavarotti has been hospitalized with pneumonia. Pavarotti, age 71, underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer last year.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/09/pavarotti.hospital.ap/index.html
Deep-fried Twinkies, funnel cakes and corn fritters…sounds like fair food.
Attendees to the Indiana State Fair will get to enjoy those deep-fried goodies...and they will be healthier.
Indiana is the first state to ban trans fat cooking oils at its fair.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/13852573/detail.html
On the LIGHTER side:
Have you ever sold something at a yard sale or donated something to charity…and wish you had it back? A large ceramic turtle has been recovered after it was accidentally sold for 50 cents at a rummage sale. When Anita Lewis of Elmira, New York sold the turtle last Saturday to a woman with plans to use it as a cookie jar, Anita didn't know that the ceramic turtle held the ashes of her husband's late wife. Terrence Lewis' previous wife had collected turtles and the couple's home was full of them, Anita said. She realized her mistake and began a frantic search for the turtle Urn that led to the Salvation Army Thrift Shop. http://www.stargazette.com/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/07/ap/strange/main3143844.shtml
SPORTS:
-Slugger Barry Bonds hitting homerun # 7- 5 - 7.
-Wake Forest has named assistant coach Dino Gaudio to succeed the late Skip Prosser as head coach of the Demon Deacons' men's basketball program.
________________________________________________________
Traffic:
Road Construction: Traffic down to one lane…SB 421 between LEWISVILLE CLEMMONS RD and PEACE HAVEN RD
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
NB I-85 at Highway 150 ( Mile Marker 82 ) near the Yadkin River will be down to one lane today from 8:30 to 4pm…
You may want to use Highway 29 as an alternate route.
The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007
__________________________________________________________________________________
-Heat Advisory for the Triad from noon to 7pm…
-Code Orange Air Quality Alert for the Triad…
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny and hot…High near 100. (Heat index = 104)
( The Record HIGH: 99 degrees set back in 1930 )
An isolated afternoon thunderstorm is possible. Low tonight…74.
Friday: Mostly sunny and hot…High 98 (Heat index = 102)
Cooler temperatures for the Weekend:
Mix of sun and clouds…High near 90
8.08.2007
New look...
You may have noticed some cool changes to the WBFJ News and Information Blog.
Take a look and let me know what you think. Likes...dislikes? Your feedback is very important.
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verne
WBFJ News update
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
More Record Breaking heat possible over the next two days…
Heat Advisory from noon to 7pm…
‘Rescue efforts are back to square one.” That’s the comment from the owner of the Crandall Canyon mine. Six miners remain trapped in a collapsed mine in central Utah. Frustrated rescuers said it could take up to a week to reach the men -- if they are still alive -- and even longer to get them out. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=1&storyid=1506
They usually comb through shipwrecks, but now Navy divers have joined in the search for possible victims of the deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse. The death toll remains at five, but there are still eight people who are unaccounted for. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=1&storyid=1511
Clear skies expected at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for today’s launch of space shuttle Endeavour. This will be Endeavor’s first flight in nearly five years. Lift off scheduled for 6:36 p.m. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=12&storyid=1482
Lettuce-based salads, tomatoes, and vegetables (you know the healthy stuff) were the foods that caused the most outbreaks of food poisoning in U.S. restaurants back in 2005. Seafood came in second. The research complied on Health Inspections.com.
SPORTS:
-Construction crews are now clearing the way for Winston-Salem's new downtown baseball park. The city council approved a re-zoning request on Monday. The new ballpark is expected to open by April 2009.
-Slugger Barry Bonds made history last night with homerun # 7- 5 - 6.
-Athletic officials with Wake Forest University will likely name a successor to former basketball coach Skip Prossor. A news conference is set for 11am this morning. Prossor passed away from an apparent heart attack on July 26.
________________________________________________________________
Traffic:
Road Construction: Traffic down to one lane…SB 421 between LEWISVILLE CLEMMONS RD and PEACE HAVEN RD
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
NB I-85 at Highway 150 ( Mile Marker 82 ) near the Yadkin River will be down to one lane today through Thursday from 8:30 to 4pm…
You may want to use Highway 29 as an alternate route.
The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007
__________________________________________________________________________________
Heat Advisory from noon to 7pm…
Code Orange Air Quality Alert for the Triad…
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny and hot…High near 100. (Heat index = 105)
Tonight: Mostly clear…Low 74.
Thursday: Mostly sunny and hot…High near 100. (Heat index = 105)
****An isolated afternoon thunderstorm is possible through Thursday.
Better News for the Weekend: Sunny and cooler…High near 90
More Record Breaking heat possible over the next two days…
Heat Advisory from noon to 7pm…
‘Rescue efforts are back to square one.” That’s the comment from the owner of the Crandall Canyon mine. Six miners remain trapped in a collapsed mine in central Utah. Frustrated rescuers said it could take up to a week to reach the men -- if they are still alive -- and even longer to get them out. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=1&storyid=1506
They usually comb through shipwrecks, but now Navy divers have joined in the search for possible victims of the deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse. The death toll remains at five, but there are still eight people who are unaccounted for. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=1&storyid=1511
Clear skies expected at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for today’s launch of space shuttle Endeavour. This will be Endeavor’s first flight in nearly five years. Lift off scheduled for 6:36 p.m. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=12&storyid=1482
Lettuce-based salads, tomatoes, and vegetables (you know the healthy stuff) were the foods that caused the most outbreaks of food poisoning in U.S. restaurants back in 2005. Seafood came in second. The research complied on Health Inspections.com.
SPORTS:
-Construction crews are now clearing the way for Winston-Salem's new downtown baseball park. The city council approved a re-zoning request on Monday. The new ballpark is expected to open by April 2009.
-Slugger Barry Bonds made history last night with homerun # 7- 5 - 6.
-Athletic officials with Wake Forest University will likely name a successor to former basketball coach Skip Prossor. A news conference is set for 11am this morning. Prossor passed away from an apparent heart attack on July 26.
________________________________________________________________
Traffic:
Road Construction: Traffic down to one lane…SB 421 between LEWISVILLE CLEMMONS RD and PEACE HAVEN RD
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
NB I-85 at Highway 150 ( Mile Marker 82 ) near the Yadkin River will be down to one lane today through Thursday from 8:30 to 4pm…
You may want to use Highway 29 as an alternate route.
The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007
__________________________________________________________________________________
Heat Advisory from noon to 7pm…
Code Orange Air Quality Alert for the Triad…
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny and hot…High near 100. (Heat index = 105)
Tonight: Mostly clear…Low 74.
Thursday: Mostly sunny and hot…High near 100. (Heat index = 105)
****An isolated afternoon thunderstorm is possible through Thursday.
Better News for the Weekend: Sunny and cooler…High near 90
8.07.2007
National Night Out 2007
Many cities across the nation including cities across the Piedmont are throwing a party tonight. Tuesday, August 07, 2007...National Night Out is sponsored by The National Association of Town Watch, "a nonprofit organization dedicated to bring communities together and making a positive stand against crime.
WBFJ News Update
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Another hot and humid day for the Triad.
We hit a new record high at PTI on Monday afternoon…98 degrees (97)
Record Breaking heat possible over the next couple of days.
Ford Motor Company is recalling 3.6 million vehicles. The problem: the cruise control switch that could cause a fire. Vehicles being recalled: include 1992 to 2004 Ford Broncos, Lincoln Town Cars, Ford Explorers and Ford Rangers. http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/03/autos/ford_recall/index.htm?cnn=yes
Six miners remain trapped after a cave in at the mine in central Utah on Monday. The first attempt to rescue the 6 miners trapped 1,500 feet below the surface was not successful. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-08-06-miners_N.htm?csp=15
http://www.wxii12.com/news/13836230/detail.html
One fatality and 11 others injured yesterday morning after a truck and a church van collided on Highway 601 in Davie County. Norma Shore, a passenger in the van and a volunteer at Charity Baptist Church in Boonville, died in the crash. Norma was one of three adults taking a group of eight teenagers to Fort Caswell, a Baptist retreat center, at Oak Island. State troopers say that the driver of the pickup had crossed the center line and hit the van. http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/local_state/article.aspx?storyid=87877
NASA has given the OK for a Wednesday launch of space shuttle Endeavour.
Do foods really taste better wrapped with the McDonald's Logo?
Kids participating in a recent food study say YES. No matter if it is a simple carrot or a McNugget. The study suggests that, like adults, young children are highly influenced by corporate ‘branding’. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607093
Good Cop…Bad Cop? Look for the hot pink armband.
In Bangkok, police officers who break the rules (such as being late to work)
will be forced to wear hot pink armbands featuring "Hello Kitty," the Japanese icon of cute, as a mark of shame. The officers won't wear the armband in public.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070806/D8QRGHE80.html
Way back on this date:
-Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello made their first movie together on this
date. “Beach Party” was released in 1963.
-In 1970, "Soul Train" made its debut on a Chicago TV station.
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
NB I-85 at Highway 150 ( Mile Marker 82 ) near the Yadkin River will be down to one lane today through Thursday from 8:30 to 4pm…
You may want to use Highway 29 as an alternate route.
The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007
Hot, Hazy and Humid…
Code Orange Air Quality Alert for dangerous ozone levels
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny and hot…High 98.
(Heat and humidity will make it ‘Feel Like’ 102)
Tonight: Mostly clear…Low 74
Wednesday: Mix of sun and clouds. Hot…High near 100.
(Heat and humidity will make it ‘Feel Like’ 105)
****An isolated afternoon thunderstorm is possible through Thursday.
Another hot and humid day for the Triad.
We hit a new record high at PTI on Monday afternoon…98 degrees (97)
Record Breaking heat possible over the next couple of days.
Ford Motor Company is recalling 3.6 million vehicles. The problem: the cruise control switch that could cause a fire. Vehicles being recalled: include 1992 to 2004 Ford Broncos, Lincoln Town Cars, Ford Explorers and Ford Rangers. http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/03/autos/ford_recall/index.htm?cnn=yes
Six miners remain trapped after a cave in at the mine in central Utah on Monday. The first attempt to rescue the 6 miners trapped 1,500 feet below the surface was not successful. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-08-06-miners_N.htm?csp=15
http://www.wxii12.com/news/13836230/detail.html
One fatality and 11 others injured yesterday morning after a truck and a church van collided on Highway 601 in Davie County. Norma Shore, a passenger in the van and a volunteer at Charity Baptist Church in Boonville, died in the crash. Norma was one of three adults taking a group of eight teenagers to Fort Caswell, a Baptist retreat center, at Oak Island. State troopers say that the driver of the pickup had crossed the center line and hit the van. http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/local_state/article.aspx?storyid=87877
NASA has given the OK for a Wednesday launch of space shuttle Endeavour.
Do foods really taste better wrapped with the McDonald's Logo?
Kids participating in a recent food study say YES. No matter if it is a simple carrot or a McNugget. The study suggests that, like adults, young children are highly influenced by corporate ‘branding’. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607093
Good Cop…Bad Cop? Look for the hot pink armband.
In Bangkok, police officers who break the rules (such as being late to work)
will be forced to wear hot pink armbands featuring "Hello Kitty," the Japanese icon of cute, as a mark of shame. The officers won't wear the armband in public.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070806/D8QRGHE80.html
Way back on this date:
-Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello made their first movie together on this
date. “Beach Party” was released in 1963.
-In 1970, "Soul Train" made its debut on a Chicago TV station.
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
NB I-85 at Highway 150 ( Mile Marker 82 ) near the Yadkin River will be down to one lane today through Thursday from 8:30 to 4pm…
You may want to use Highway 29 as an alternate route.
The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007
Hot, Hazy and Humid…
Code Orange Air Quality Alert for dangerous ozone levels
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny and hot…High 98.
(Heat and humidity will make it ‘Feel Like’ 102)
Tonight: Mostly clear…Low 74
Wednesday: Mix of sun and clouds. Hot…High near 100.
(Heat and humidity will make it ‘Feel Like’ 105)
****An isolated afternoon thunderstorm is possible through Thursday.
8.06.2007
WBFJ News Update
Monday, August 06, 2007
Another food recall…this time it’s green beans.
Lakeside Foods is recalling certain brands of French-cut green beans because of concerns they could be tainted with the toxin that causes botulism.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=11&storyid=1398
Under construction but help wanted: The Proximity Hotel in Greensboro is holding a job fair today at the O.Henry Hotel on Green Valley Road in Greensboro. Hotel representatives will be looking to hire 250 people for a variety of positions at the hotel and restaurant. The job fair runs until 9p.m. The Proximity Hotel is scheduled to open this fall.
http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=3980182&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1
North and South Korea briefly exchanged gunshots earlier today.
There were no reports of any casualties. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QRFB0O0&apc=9002
The Governor of Montana declaring a state of emergency because of several large wildfires. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QRBRM80&apc=9001
A 4.0 magnitude earthquake shook central Utah early this morning.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QRGCB00&apc=9001
***Residents near Asheville were rattled early Saturday morning…experiencing a mild 2.8 magnitude earthquake centered six miles northeast of Lake Lure and just west of Chimney Rock. http://www.wxii12.com/news/13824360/detail.html
Duke Energy has closed two boat ramps on Lake Wylie. Lake Norman and Lake Wylie have dipped to about 2 feet below their targeted levels. The closed ramps are at the Copperhead boat access area in Mecklenburg County. Currently 94 out of 100 counties in NC are in some way affected by the latest drought. http://www.wxii12.com/news/13824385/detail.html
A 22 year old jumped over the White House fence Sunday morning.
Justin Manuel Arrieta, of Cocoa Beach, Florida, was immediately apprehended by Secret Service agents. The President was not 'home'…he was at Camp David at the time. http://www.wxii12.com/news/13825469/detail.html
Paint It Black Pre-season practice: Jim Grobe and the Demon Deacons will start football practice tonight at 8:15. http://www.wfu.edu/
NASCAR: Kurt Busch winning at Pocono
Milestone Weekend in the Majors:
On Sunday: The Mets Tom Glavine became the 23rd pitcher to win 300 Major League games.
On Saturday: Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to reach 500 homers.
And Barry Bonds finally hit homer #755…to tie Hank Aaron.
Homeschool couple from Arkansas gives birth to child #17:
Jennifer Danielle was born last Thursday to Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar who now have 17 children. The oldest Duggar is 19 and the youngest, before Jennifer, is almost 2 years old. The Duggar’s have been the focus of numerous specials on TLC and Discovery Health.
Some of the "fun facts" listed on Discovery Health's Web page devoted to the Duggars: A baby has been born in every month except June; the Duggars have gone through an estimated 90,000 diapers, and (mamma Duggar) Michelle has been pregnant for 126 months — or 10.5 years — of her life.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291949,00.html
Salty Sea keeps eight year afloat: A young Israeli boy has been found alive after surviving six hours alone in the Dead Sea. Rescuers said they expected to find a body, but instead found the 8-year-old "alive and well" last Friday morning floating about 2 miles offshore.
Rescuers said the boy was scared and dehydrated, but otherwise healthy.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/13827013/detail.html
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Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
Interstate 85 northbound at Mile Marker 82 will be down to one lane
today through Thursday from 8:30 to 4pm… NB I-85 (at Mile Marker 82)
You may want to use Highway 29 as an alternate route.
The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007
Hot, Hazy and Humid…
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 95
Tonight: Clear…Low 70
Tuesday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 95
Code Orange Air Quality Action Day (dangerous ozone levels) until 9pm
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
FORSYTH COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
Another food recall…this time it’s green beans.
Lakeside Foods is recalling certain brands of French-cut green beans because of concerns they could be tainted with the toxin that causes botulism.
http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=11&storyid=1398
Under construction but help wanted: The Proximity Hotel in Greensboro is holding a job fair today at the O.Henry Hotel on Green Valley Road in Greensboro. Hotel representatives will be looking to hire 250 people for a variety of positions at the hotel and restaurant. The job fair runs until 9p.m. The Proximity Hotel is scheduled to open this fall.
http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=3980182&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1
North and South Korea briefly exchanged gunshots earlier today.
There were no reports of any casualties. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QRFB0O0&apc=9002
The Governor of Montana declaring a state of emergency because of several large wildfires. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QRBRM80&apc=9001
A 4.0 magnitude earthquake shook central Utah early this morning.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QRGCB00&apc=9001
***Residents near Asheville were rattled early Saturday morning…experiencing a mild 2.8 magnitude earthquake centered six miles northeast of Lake Lure and just west of Chimney Rock. http://www.wxii12.com/news/13824360/detail.html
Duke Energy has closed two boat ramps on Lake Wylie. Lake Norman and Lake Wylie have dipped to about 2 feet below their targeted levels. The closed ramps are at the Copperhead boat access area in Mecklenburg County. Currently 94 out of 100 counties in NC are in some way affected by the latest drought. http://www.wxii12.com/news/13824385/detail.html
A 22 year old jumped over the White House fence Sunday morning.
Justin Manuel Arrieta, of Cocoa Beach, Florida, was immediately apprehended by Secret Service agents. The President was not 'home'…he was at Camp David at the time. http://www.wxii12.com/news/13825469/detail.html
Paint It Black Pre-season practice: Jim Grobe and the Demon Deacons will start football practice tonight at 8:15. http://www.wfu.edu/
NASCAR: Kurt Busch winning at Pocono
Milestone Weekend in the Majors:
On Sunday: The Mets Tom Glavine became the 23rd pitcher to win 300 Major League games.
On Saturday: Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to reach 500 homers.
And Barry Bonds finally hit homer #755…to tie Hank Aaron.
Homeschool couple from Arkansas gives birth to child #17:
Jennifer Danielle was born last Thursday to Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar who now have 17 children. The oldest Duggar is 19 and the youngest, before Jennifer, is almost 2 years old. The Duggar’s have been the focus of numerous specials on TLC and Discovery Health.
Some of the "fun facts" listed on Discovery Health's Web page devoted to the Duggars: A baby has been born in every month except June; the Duggars have gone through an estimated 90,000 diapers, and (mamma Duggar) Michelle has been pregnant for 126 months — or 10.5 years — of her life.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291949,00.html
Salty Sea keeps eight year afloat: A young Israeli boy has been found alive after surviving six hours alone in the Dead Sea. Rescuers said they expected to find a body, but instead found the 8-year-old "alive and well" last Friday morning floating about 2 miles offshore.
Rescuers said the boy was scared and dehydrated, but otherwise healthy.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/13827013/detail.html
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Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
Interstate 85 northbound at Mile Marker 82 will be down to one lane
today through Thursday from 8:30 to 4pm… NB I-85 (at Mile Marker 82)
You may want to use Highway 29 as an alternate route.
The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007
Hot, Hazy and Humid…
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 95
Tonight: Clear…Low 70
Tuesday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 95
Code Orange Air Quality Action Day (dangerous ozone levels) until 9pm
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
FORSYTH COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
8.03.2007
This Week on Sunday @ 5 on WBFJ
August 05, 2007
Nicole Braddock Bromley
"Hush - Moving from Silence to Healing after Childhood Sexual Abuse"
www.onevoiceenterprises.com
August 12, 2007
“There is more to the Secret” (from Thomas Nelson)
By speaker, writer and Pastor Ed Gungor
The ‘Law of Attraction’ (according to author Rhonda Byrne in her book “The Secret” ) suggests that “everything coming into your life is the result of what you have been ‘attracting’ to your life”. Ed Gungor in his new book, “There is more to the Secret,” encourages readers (particularly Christians) to recognize the connection between the Law of Attraction…and the God who set the Law into motion.
Listen this Sunday @ 5 on WBFJ
Nicole Braddock Bromley
"Hush - Moving from Silence to Healing after Childhood Sexual Abuse"
www.onevoiceenterprises.com
August 12, 2007
“There is more to the Secret” (from Thomas Nelson)
By speaker, writer and Pastor Ed Gungor
The ‘Law of Attraction’ (according to author Rhonda Byrne in her book “The Secret” ) suggests that “everything coming into your life is the result of what you have been ‘attracting’ to your life”. Ed Gungor in his new book, “There is more to the Secret,” encourages readers (particularly Christians) to recognize the connection between the Law of Attraction…and the God who set the Law into motion.
Listen this Sunday @ 5 on WBFJ
WBFJ News Update
Friday, August 03, 2007
The Triad is under a Code Orange Air Quality ‘Ozone Alert’ until 9pm…
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Elmo’s Tub Sub and Dora’s Talking House are included in the latest recall from toy-maker Mattel. Close to a million Fisher Price toys that were made in China are being recalled because the paint on the toys contains excessive amounts of lead.
Recall information: http://service.mattel.com/us/recall/default.asp?recall_id=52430
The Mattel recall hot line 1-800-916-4498.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has ordered the immediate inspection of 756 bridges around the country of similar design to the one that collapsed on Wednesday in Minneapolis.
Crews were repaving portions of the Bottom of Formeight-lane I-35W bridge when it literally fell to the ground late Wednesday afternoon during rush hour.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QPENR80&apc=9001
The Alliance Defense Fund has begun distributing informational letters to thousands of local governments across the US to inform local city leaders on the constitutional right to offer voluntary prayer at public meetings. Copies of the informational letters, which contain model prayer policies, for each state are available at…www.telladf.org/adfresources/default.aspx?cid=4134.
If your child is a student in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School system…TODAY is the deadline for parents to change their child's school bus route. If you miss today’s deadline…changes can be made in September. http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/parents/busroute.html
Most of the Iraqi Soccer Team who recently beat Saudi Arabia in the Asian Cup is back home but most Baghdad residents were barred from the homecoming celebration because of security. Three of the team members elected not to make the trip because they feared for their lives.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QPFDMG1&apc=9002
The statewide “tax free holiday” starts this Friday (August 3) and runs through Sunday (August 5). http://www.dor.state.nc.us/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html
WBFJ and ‘Wally the Warthog’ will be “Beefing up the Pantry” for Crisis Control Ministry this Saturday before the Warthogs game. Drop off donations of beef stew, grits and oatmeal will be collected at the gate prior to the Warthogs game this Saturday (August 4). ww.crisiscontrol.org.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Hot, Hazy and Humid…
Today: Mostly sunny…High 93
Tonight: Clear…Low 70
The Weekend: Mix of sun and clouds…High 93
The Triad is under a Code Orange Air Quality ‘Ozone Alert’ until 9pm…
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Elmo’s Tub Sub and Dora’s Talking House are included in the latest recall from toy-maker Mattel. Close to a million Fisher Price toys that were made in China are being recalled because the paint on the toys contains excessive amounts of lead.
Recall information: http://service.mattel.com/us/recall/default.asp?recall_id=52430
The Mattel recall hot line 1-800-916-4498.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has ordered the immediate inspection of 756 bridges around the country of similar design to the one that collapsed on Wednesday in Minneapolis.
Crews were repaving portions of the Bottom of Formeight-lane I-35W bridge when it literally fell to the ground late Wednesday afternoon during rush hour.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QPENR80&apc=9001
The Alliance Defense Fund has begun distributing informational letters to thousands of local governments across the US to inform local city leaders on the constitutional right to offer voluntary prayer at public meetings. Copies of the informational letters, which contain model prayer policies, for each state are available at…www.telladf.org/adfresources/default.aspx?cid=4134.
If your child is a student in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School system…TODAY is the deadline for parents to change their child's school bus route. If you miss today’s deadline…changes can be made in September. http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/parents/busroute.html
Most of the Iraqi Soccer Team who recently beat Saudi Arabia in the Asian Cup is back home but most Baghdad residents were barred from the homecoming celebration because of security. Three of the team members elected not to make the trip because they feared for their lives.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QPFDMG1&apc=9002
The statewide “tax free holiday” starts this Friday (August 3) and runs through Sunday (August 5). http://www.dor.state.nc.us/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html
WBFJ and ‘Wally the Warthog’ will be “Beefing up the Pantry” for Crisis Control Ministry this Saturday before the Warthogs game. Drop off donations of beef stew, grits and oatmeal will be collected at the gate prior to the Warthogs game this Saturday (August 4). ww.crisiscontrol.org.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Hot, Hazy and Humid…
Today: Mostly sunny…High 93
Tonight: Clear…Low 70
The Weekend: Mix of sun and clouds…High 93
8.02.2007
WBFJ News Update for Thursday, August 02, 2007
Fisher-Price Toy Recall information: http://service.mattel.com/us/recall/default.asp?recall_id=52430
The Mattel recall hot line 1-800-916-4498.
Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling close to a million toys that were made in China because the paint on the toys contains excessive amounts of lead. The worldwide recall from Fisher-Price involves 83 types of pre-school toys including the popular Big Bird, Elmo and Dora characters sold in the US between May and August of this year. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QON4UG0&apc=9004
The I-35 west bridge in Minnesota jammed with rush-hour traffic suddenly broke into huge sections and collapsed into the Mississippi River Wednesday around 6pm local time. Dozens of vehicles traveling on bridge fell 60 feet into the water. -4 people died from the collapse. 20 people still unaccounted for.-The 8 lane bridge connects the cities of Minneapolis and St Paul in Minnesota. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/news/us-news.html
According to a 2005 Triple A of the Carolinas report, more than 25% of the state’s bridges were substandard. Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, Wake and Buncombe counties have the highest number of substandard bridges in North Carolina. None of the bridges in our state are in danger of collapsing. http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/local_state/article.aspx?storyid=87730
Parents listen up… If your child is a student in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School system…Friday is the deadline for parents to change their child's school bus route. If you miss Friday's deadline…changes can be made in September. http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/parents/busroute.html
As of Wednesday (August 1st) the entire Davidson County School System is now smoke-free. No tobacco products, including smokeless will be allowed in school buildings or vehicles. Smoking or chewing tobacco is also banned on all school grounds, including athletic or school-sponsored events. http://www.davidson.k12.nc.us/education/district/district.php?sectionid=1
According to a new report from Voice of the Martyrs, the government of Cambodia has banned door-to-door Christian evangelism stressing that the distribution of religious literature should be confined to church buildings.
The ban from the Ministry of Cults and Religions in Cambodia will apply to all non-Buddhist groups. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56932
Will the real Harry Potter ‘answer the phone’? 78 year old ‘Harry Potter’ from Bradenton, Florida starts getting phone calls from kids, interview requests from the TV networks and autograph requests…every time a new Harry Potter book or movie comes out. "The kids want to know if I'm Harry Potter," Potter said with a chuckle. "I tell them I've been Harry Potter for near 80 years!" The real Harry Potter said he has not seen any of the J.K. Rowling books or movies. http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/watercooler_entertainment/article.aspx?storyid=87687
The statewide “tax free holiday” starts this Friday (August 3) and runs through Sunday (August 5). The National Retail Federation saying that most families will spend $550 dollars on back-to-school shopping.
The average savings per family…about $40. Some of the things covered under the Tax - Free Weekend: All clothes, school supplies and footwear that's a $100 or less per item. Computers under $3,500 and computer supplies less than$250. http://www.dor.state.nc.us/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html
WBFJ and ‘Wally the Warthog’ will be “Beefing up the Pantry” for Crisis Control Ministry this Saturday before the Warthogs game.
Drop off donations of beef stew, grits and oatmeal will be collected at the gate prior to the Warthogs game this Saturday (August 4). http://www.crisiscontrol.org/.
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Traffic Report:
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
Interstate 85 northbound at Mile Marker 82 will be down to one lane
today through Thursday from 8:30 to 4pm… NB I-85 (at Mile Marker 82)
You may want to use Highway 29 as an alternate route.
The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007.
Hot, Hazy and Humid…
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High 91
Tonight: Clear…Low 68
Friday: Sunny…High 92
Sneak Peak to the Weekend: Mix of sun and clouds…High 93
Fisher-Price Toy Recall information: http://service.mattel.com/us/recall/default.asp?recall_id=52430
The Mattel recall hot line 1-800-916-4498.
Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling close to a million toys that were made in China because the paint on the toys contains excessive amounts of lead. The worldwide recall from Fisher-Price involves 83 types of pre-school toys including the popular Big Bird, Elmo and Dora characters sold in the US between May and August of this year. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QON4UG0&apc=9004
The I-35 west bridge in Minnesota jammed with rush-hour traffic suddenly broke into huge sections and collapsed into the Mississippi River Wednesday around 6pm local time. Dozens of vehicles traveling on bridge fell 60 feet into the water. -4 people died from the collapse. 20 people still unaccounted for.-The 8 lane bridge connects the cities of Minneapolis and St Paul in Minnesota. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/news/us-news.html
According to a 2005 Triple A of the Carolinas report, more than 25% of the state’s bridges were substandard. Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, Wake and Buncombe counties have the highest number of substandard bridges in North Carolina. None of the bridges in our state are in danger of collapsing. http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/local_state/article.aspx?storyid=87730
Parents listen up… If your child is a student in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School system…Friday is the deadline for parents to change their child's school bus route. If you miss Friday's deadline…changes can be made in September. http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/parents/busroute.html
As of Wednesday (August 1st) the entire Davidson County School System is now smoke-free. No tobacco products, including smokeless will be allowed in school buildings or vehicles. Smoking or chewing tobacco is also banned on all school grounds, including athletic or school-sponsored events. http://www.davidson.k12.nc.us/education/district/district.php?sectionid=1
According to a new report from Voice of the Martyrs, the government of Cambodia has banned door-to-door Christian evangelism stressing that the distribution of religious literature should be confined to church buildings.
The ban from the Ministry of Cults and Religions in Cambodia will apply to all non-Buddhist groups. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56932
Will the real Harry Potter ‘answer the phone’? 78 year old ‘Harry Potter’ from Bradenton, Florida starts getting phone calls from kids, interview requests from the TV networks and autograph requests…every time a new Harry Potter book or movie comes out. "The kids want to know if I'm Harry Potter," Potter said with a chuckle. "I tell them I've been Harry Potter for near 80 years!" The real Harry Potter said he has not seen any of the J.K. Rowling books or movies. http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/watercooler_entertainment/article.aspx?storyid=87687
The statewide “tax free holiday” starts this Friday (August 3) and runs through Sunday (August 5). The National Retail Federation saying that most families will spend $550 dollars on back-to-school shopping.
The average savings per family…about $40. Some of the things covered under the Tax - Free Weekend: All clothes, school supplies and footwear that's a $100 or less per item. Computers under $3,500 and computer supplies less than$250. http://www.dor.state.nc.us/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html
WBFJ and ‘Wally the Warthog’ will be “Beefing up the Pantry” for Crisis Control Ministry this Saturday before the Warthogs game.
Drop off donations of beef stew, grits and oatmeal will be collected at the gate prior to the Warthogs game this Saturday (August 4). http://www.crisiscontrol.org/.
________________________________________________________________
Traffic Report:
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
Interstate 85 northbound at Mile Marker 82 will be down to one lane
today through Thursday from 8:30 to 4pm… NB I-85 (at Mile Marker 82)
You may want to use Highway 29 as an alternate route.
The work is expected to continue through August 24, 2007.
Hot, Hazy and Humid…
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High 91
Tonight: Clear…Low 68
Friday: Sunny…High 92
Sneak Peak to the Weekend: Mix of sun and clouds…High 93
8.01.2007
WBFJ News Update...Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Back to School changes:
Starting today…(August 1st) the entire Davidson County School System will go smoke-free. No tobacco products, including smokeless will be allowed in school buildings or vehicles. Smoking or chewing tobacco is also banned on all school grounds, including athletic or school-sponsored events. http://www.davidson.k12.nc.us/education/district/district.php?sectionid=1
Parents listen up… If your child is a student in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School system…Friday is the deadline for parents to change their child's school bus route. If you miss Friday's deadline…changes can be made in September. http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/parents/busroute.html
The state's Parks and Recreation Fund has approved a $500,000 dollar grant for a new park in Lewisville. The grant money will be used to build athletic fields, walking trails and a pavilion for the new Jack Warren Park. (Fox 8)
A couple sleeping in their apartment in Greensboro were startled early Tuesday morning when bullets came through their room. Greensboro Police Detectives say that three people were firing a handgun in the Stone's Throw Apartments Complex around 4am Tuesday morning. The couple was taken to Moses Cone Hospital. http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/mostpopular/article.aspx?storyid=87667&provider=top
A deal by Rupert Murdoch to buy Dow Jones and Company
(the publisher of the Wall Street Journal) for $5 billion dollars is almost a done deal. Murdoch's global media empire, News Corp. is the parent company of the Fox News Channel. http://www.usaradio.com/business_news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1422
Former state House Speaker Jim Black has been ordered to pay a $1 million dollar fine within 5 months on state political corruption charges.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/13794528/detail.html
The statewide “tax free holiday” starts this Friday (August 3) and runs through Sunday (August 5). The National Retail Federation saying that most families will spend $550 dollars on back-to-school shopping. http://www.dor.state.nc.us/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html
With help from the Alliance Defense Fund, charges have been dismissed against two members of The Gideons International who were arrested while handing out Bibles on a public sidewalk outside a school in Monroe County, Florida. The incident happened on January 19th when the principal of Key Largo school called police complaining that the two Gideons were handing out Bibles. 100% of funds raised by the Gideons International go toward the purchase of Bibles. The Gideons have placed Bibles in 181 nations in 82 different languages. http://worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56890
Disney announcing plans to make all seven of the Chronicles of Narnia books into feature films…releasing one Narnia movie a year starting in May '08 with Prince Caspian. The first Narnia movie…The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe grossed almost $300 million dollars. Hasbro has the master toy license for the Chronicles of Narnia series.
WBFJ and ‘Wally the Warthog’ will be “Beefing up the Pantry” for Crisis Control Ministry this Saturday before the Warthogs game.
Drop off donations of beef stew, grits and oatmeal will be collected at the gate prior to the Warthogs game this Saturday (August 4). http://www.crisiscontrol.org/.
Traffic:
Expect delays at the intersection of Moore-RJR Road and Highway 52 Crews are finishing up some road work…on Moore-RJR Road.
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
Interstate 85 northbound at Mile Marker 82 will be down to one lane
today through Thursday from 8:30 to 4pm… NB I-85 (at Mile Marker 82)
You may want to use Highway 29 as an alternate route.
__________________________________________________________________
Hot, Hazy and Humid… Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High 89
Tonight: Clear…Low 67
Thursday: Sunny…High 90
Sneak Peak to the Weekend: Sunny with Highs in the low 90’s
Special guest : Dr Joe Verga with Associates in Christian Counseling
http://www.christiancounseling.org/
Back to School changes:
Starting today…(August 1st) the entire Davidson County School System will go smoke-free. No tobacco products, including smokeless will be allowed in school buildings or vehicles. Smoking or chewing tobacco is also banned on all school grounds, including athletic or school-sponsored events. http://www.davidson.k12.nc.us/education/district/district.php?sectionid=1
Parents listen up… If your child is a student in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School system…Friday is the deadline for parents to change their child's school bus route. If you miss Friday's deadline…changes can be made in September. http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/parents/busroute.html
The state's Parks and Recreation Fund has approved a $500,000 dollar grant for a new park in Lewisville. The grant money will be used to build athletic fields, walking trails and a pavilion for the new Jack Warren Park. (Fox 8)
A couple sleeping in their apartment in Greensboro were startled early Tuesday morning when bullets came through their room. Greensboro Police Detectives say that three people were firing a handgun in the Stone's Throw Apartments Complex around 4am Tuesday morning. The couple was taken to Moses Cone Hospital. http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/mostpopular/article.aspx?storyid=87667&provider=top
A deal by Rupert Murdoch to buy Dow Jones and Company
(the publisher of the Wall Street Journal) for $5 billion dollars is almost a done deal. Murdoch's global media empire, News Corp. is the parent company of the Fox News Channel. http://www.usaradio.com/business_news_details.php?catid=0&storyid=1422
Former state House Speaker Jim Black has been ordered to pay a $1 million dollar fine within 5 months on state political corruption charges.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/13794528/detail.html
The statewide “tax free holiday” starts this Friday (August 3) and runs through Sunday (August 5). The National Retail Federation saying that most families will spend $550 dollars on back-to-school shopping. http://www.dor.state.nc.us/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html
With help from the Alliance Defense Fund, charges have been dismissed against two members of The Gideons International who were arrested while handing out Bibles on a public sidewalk outside a school in Monroe County, Florida. The incident happened on January 19th when the principal of Key Largo school called police complaining that the two Gideons were handing out Bibles. 100% of funds raised by the Gideons International go toward the purchase of Bibles. The Gideons have placed Bibles in 181 nations in 82 different languages. http://worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56890
Disney announcing plans to make all seven of the Chronicles of Narnia books into feature films…releasing one Narnia movie a year starting in May '08 with Prince Caspian. The first Narnia movie…The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe grossed almost $300 million dollars. Hasbro has the master toy license for the Chronicles of Narnia series.
WBFJ and ‘Wally the Warthog’ will be “Beefing up the Pantry” for Crisis Control Ministry this Saturday before the Warthogs game.
Drop off donations of beef stew, grits and oatmeal will be collected at the gate prior to the Warthogs game this Saturday (August 4). http://www.crisiscontrol.org/.
Traffic:
Expect delays at the intersection of Moore-RJR Road and Highway 52 Crews are finishing up some road work…on Moore-RJR Road.
Bridge repair: Davidson County, South of Lexington
Interstate 85 northbound at Mile Marker 82 will be down to one lane
today through Thursday from 8:30 to 4pm… NB I-85 (at Mile Marker 82)
You may want to use Highway 29 as an alternate route.
__________________________________________________________________
Hot, Hazy and Humid… Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High 89
Tonight: Clear…Low 67
Thursday: Sunny…High 90
Sneak Peak to the Weekend: Sunny with Highs in the low 90’s
Special guest : Dr Joe Verga with Associates in Christian Counseling
http://www.christiancounseling.org/
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