Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Warming up to 75 degrees today…near the Record High of 77.
Gas prices will likely go up another 20 cents a gallon over the next few weeks. Triple-A reporting that the national average is $3.10 a gallon.
Delegates to the Baptist State Convention have voted to expel a Charlotte church for promoting the homosexual lifestyle. In a ruling that was passed last year…any Baptist church that affirms or endorses homosexual behavior would be expelled from the Baptist State Convention. Officials with Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte were on hand to state their case at yesterday’s opening session in Greensboro.
It’s back to the real thing: The City of Winston-Salem has dropped the ‘Holiday poll’ and will go back to a more traditional ‘live tree’ this Christmas. For the past three years, a tree-shaped light display has been used instead of a live tree…saving the city 18,000 but it never caught on with the public.
To send a ‘Thank You’ message to the City of Winston-Salem and Mayor Allen Joines: mailto:allenj@cityofws.org?subject=WEB_INQUIRY 727-8000
The power of waste? Surry and Wilkes counties are being considered for the site of a power plant that makes electricity from burning chicken waste. British-based Fibrowatt is considering the two counties for a new plant. The plant could add 100 jobs to the local economy. A public hearing is scheduled for today from 4-7 p.m. at the Walker Center on the Wilkes Community College campus.
The Tuesday morning fire at Jones Elementary School in Greensboro is now being ruled as arson. A third-grade classroom trailer was damaged in the fire.
A 10-year-old boy who admitted starting one of the Southern California wild fires last month will not be charged. Police saying that there was no evidence of intent by the boy who accidentally started a fire while playing with matches.
The search for a missing elderly couple in the Pisgah National Forest is now a homicide investigation. According to the Transylvania County Sheriff's Office, someone was caught on a surveillance camera trying to use the missing couple's ATM card in Polk County, Tennessee…the day after a 911 call was attempted from their phone. Polk County is about 75 miles away from Pisgah National Forest, in the corner of Tennessee near the borders of North Carolina and Georgia. The Bryants, who were married more than 50 years, were avid hikers.
The FBI offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person seen using the ATM card. Hot line # 1-828-862-3645
New York Governor Elliot Spitzer is withdrawing a controversial plan to provide drivers licenses to illegal immigrants in parts of New York state. On the West Coast, officials in San Francisco will issue identification cards to city residents, regardless of whether they are in the country legally or not.
The judge who lost a $54 million dollar lawsuit against his dry cleaner over a pair of missing pants has now lost his job. Roy Pearson was one of 30 judges who worked in the Office of Administrative Hearings in Washington, DC. Now, Pearson's lawsuit claimed that Custom Cleaners did not live up to the lawyer’s expectations of "Satisfaction Guaranteed," as advertised in store window. Pearson demanded repayment for the lost pants, as well as damages for inconvenience, mental anguish and attorney's fees for representing himself.
No it wasn’t a Chick-Fil-A marketing scheme…Eight cows escaped from a cattle trailer when the rear gate accidentally opened as the driver pulled into a McDonald's in West Haven, Utah. The parking lot ‘roundup’ coined "Operation Hamburger Helper" took about 2 hours to complete.
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
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 75
Tonight: Showers overnight…Low 48 (Rain chance…80%)
Thursday: Good chance of showers maybe a thunderstorm.
Temperatures falling into the upper 40’s by late afternoon.
Thursday night: Partly cloudy and cold…Low 32
The Weekend: Sunny and cool…Highs in the mid to upper 50’s.
