Thursday, November 01, 2007
The National Hurricane Center has issued Tropical Storm Watches for southeastern Florida including: Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. Tropical Storm Noel is heading north and is forecast to pick up steam later today. Noel has claimed dozens of lives in the Caribbean. http://www.weather.com/?from=globalnav
City Council in Thomasville has voted to lift mandatory water restrictions. Voluntary water restrictions are still in place. Lake Thomalex is currently 8 inches below normal capacity.
Due to the limited number of leaves currently on the ground, the city of Greensboro is changing the start date for the leaf collection program from November 5 to November 12.
-Leaves that are curbside by Nov. 12 will be picked up by Dec. 15.
- Leaves that are curbside by Dec. 17 will be picked up by Jan. 25, 2008.
The leaf collection program helps keep leaves from blocking storm drains and prevents decaying leaves from polluting our lakes and streams.
The makers of Clorox will buy Burt’s Bees for $925 million dollars.
Burt's Bees (the maker of natural personal-care products based in Durham)
was founded in 1984. http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/755605.html
Early voting for the November 6th Municipal Elections at specific locations through this Saturday (November 3rd). One-Stop Absentee voting - Locate Your Polling Place http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/NCSBE/Voting/voting_one.asp
Vote for your favorite: Casting Crowns, Jeremy Camp and Toby Mac have been nominated for Contemporary Inspirational Artist of the Year award in the upcoming American Music Awards. Winners will be determined by online fan votes for the first time ever. The American Music Awards air LIVE on ABC November 18TH. http://www.abc.com/
Now you see it…now you don’t? THE BRITISH MILITARY SAYS IT HAS DEVELOPED A WAY TO MAKE A TANK COMPLETELY INVISIBLE. New technology using cameras and projectors to beam images of the surrounding landscape onto the tank makes it seem invisible. The British Army reportedly says the tank could be ready for service as soon as 2012.
The Seventh Annual North Davidson Band Festival will crank up Saturday morning at the school in Welcome. The festival will feature 22 high school bands. Wolfpack Marching Band from NC State University will perform. For more information: http://www.marchingblackknights.org/
A religious group in Kansas that pickets the funerals of U.S. service members killed in Iraq has been slapped with a multi-million-dollar civil lawsuit. The suit was brought on by the father of a Marine killed in Iraq. He successfully argued that Pastor Fred Phelps and some members of his Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas invaded his family’s privacy. The controversial church says the death of U.S. troops is Gods judgment on America for its acceptance of homosexuality. When the church members picket a military funeral, they carry signs thanking God for the death of U.S. soldiers. Albert Snyder sued after members of the church demonstrated at the March 2006 funeral of his son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder. The church contends the Iraq war is punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality.
Old Salem Museums & Gardens in Winston-Salem is celebrating 200 years of Winkler family tradition this Saturday with a day of family fun planned with the focus on the Winkler Bakery. The original bakery, established in 1800 by Home Moravian Church, is one of the oldest operational bakeries in America. Information about the event on Saturday at Old Salem: http://www.oldsalem.org/
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 73
Tonight: Clear skies…Low 42
Friday: Sunny and cool. Windy…High 60
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
Lots of sunshine…Highs in the lower 60s
