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.
