Wednesday, September 05, 2007 'Good Neighbor Day'
Guest information:
Dr Heath Greene and Teresa Tindall
Associates in Christian Counseling
Topic: Bullying
The topic of 'Bullying' will be featured in the September issue of the ACC Newsletter...
online at www.christiancounseling.org
Toy maker Mattel has announced another recall.
The toys, made in China, have unacceptable high levels of lead in the paint.
Nearly 850,000 Barbie accessories are part of the latest recall.
More information about the Mattel recall at http://www.mattel.com/
The flames are under control, but a fire at an eastern Guilford County
yard waste landfill yesterday could burn for weeks. The fire started off Wild Turkey Road around noon yesterday.
Scorching heat in Southern California is being blamed for at least 14 deaths.
Thousands remain without electricity due to excess strain on the power grid.
Cooler temperatures are expected over the next few days. (http://www.weather.com/)
At least three fatalities reported and thousands of homes destroyed as
Hurricane Felix pushed over Nicaragua and Honduras yesterday. Felix now a ‘Tropical storm’ could dump up to 25 inches of rain on the mountainous areas of Nicaragua and Honduras. With all of the rain…now comes the threat of flooding and mudslides. Residents still remember
Hurricane Mitch from 1998, which stalled out over Central America, causing flooding and mudslides that killed nearly 11,000 people and left more than 8,000 missing.
In the Pacific: Hurricane Henriette made landfall at southern tip of Baja California on Tuesday. In the Western Pacific, Typhoon Fitow is expected to make landfall early Thursday morning. The southern coast of Japan is on alert.
Wake Forest University announcing a 10 year deal with B-B and T to rename its football stadium to B-B and T Field. So how much is a name worth? Wake Forest isn’t saying…similar ACC deals are worth 1 to 4 million dollars a year. (http://www.wfu.edu/)
The new head of the UN is in Sudan to get a first hand look at the on-going violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. This is Secretary General Ban ki-Moon’s first visit to the African nation. The violence in Darfur has claimed 200-thousand lives and displaced more than two-million people from their homes since 2003.
The search will resume this morning in Nevada for Millionaire aviator Steve Fossett. The search for the pilot began on Tuesday after Fossett took off in a single engine plane on Monday.
Authorities in Germany have arrested three suspects in a terrorist plot against an American air base in Germany. The three have ties with al-Qaeda. (CNN)
Senator Larry Craig is possibly reconsidering his decision to resign.
The Idaho Republican has hired a lawyer to look into the possibility of reversing a guilty plea the senator entered to a disorderly conduct charge earlier this month. That plea came after the senator was arrested by an undercover police officer in a men’s room at the Minneapolis airport.
The pastor of the South Korean hostages says that he hopes that the recent ordeal will not be a stumbling block to missions. Pastor Park Eun-jo (YEWN-joh) says he feels great responsibility for the two hostages who were killed. The pastor says the other hostages did not that two of their colleagues had been murdered by their Taliban captors until after they had been released.The hostages were released last week after the South Korean government struck a deal with the Taliban militants. You can read his interview on line at http://www.christianitytoday.com/
Code Orange Air Quality Alert (Ozone) til 9pm…
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Sunny and dry…High 93 today and Friday
Upper 80’s for the weekend…
