Tuesday, November 13, 2007
The Governor of Georgia will be among those praying for rain on the steps of the state capitol today. Much of Georgia is in the midst of a drought. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Governor Sonny Purdue stating that the state needs rain, he recognizes that the government can’t make it rain, so he is making the request to a higher power.
Hundreds of people are involved in the clean-up of last week’s oil spill in San Francisco Bay. Workers are washing the oil off of birds that got caught in the spill. About four-hundred birds have been killed another 500 are being cared for.
Winston-Salem police are investigating the death of an 8-year-old child found in a home on 21st Street early yesterday morning. Autopsy results are pending.
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL WILL INVEST FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN “Opportunity International’. Opportunity International assists poor families across Africa to work their way out of poverty…by offering micro-loans, savings accounts, insurance, and business training helping people start their own businesses. http://www.compassion.com/
What do you actually use your gift cards? Consumer Reports saying that $8 billion dollars went unclaimed on gift cards last year because of unused, lost, or expired gift cards. Consumer Reports finding that in 2006, only 27% of those who received a gift card never used them. This year an estimated 62% of holiday shoppers are planning on buying gift cards this season. http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/12/news/gift_cards/index.htm?postversion=2007111217
Sharing is Caring…Need Knows No Season
Help us fill at least 11,700 stockings by Dec 17…all part of
The Great Stocking Stuff with WBFJ and the Salvation Army
Thanks to Chick-Fil-A of the Triad, participating Christian Bookstores, Wachovia Bank, ABC45 / My48.
It’s National Collection Week for those shoeboxes through ‘Operation Christmas Child’ / Samaritan's Purse. For a listing of collection centers in the Triad: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/
More information #: 1-800-640-5658 SHOEBOX Information: 1-800-353-5949
Monday Night Football: Seahawks over the 49ers…24 – 0.
College Football: Kent Briggs is out as head football coach at Western Carolina. Western lost to ASU (79-35) last Saturday.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly cloudy and mild. A few showers possible…High 70
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 48
Wednesday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 72
Thursday: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers
(maybe a thunderstorm) Cooler…High near 60
A statewide outdoor burning ban is still in place
WBFJ…Chick-Fil-A ‘NUGGET’
Music from Casting Crowns, Leeland and John Waller
AND food from Chick-Fil-A of the Triad
NEW! Moby’s Coffee Grind ( Play Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:50am )
Thanks to Greg with Moby’s Coffee
http://www.mobyscoffee.com/
75% of all caffeine consumed in the US is found in coffee
NEW! What’s Yours Like?!
New family game from Patch Products.
http://www.patchproducts.com/
Our answer this morning: Mailbox
