Friday, January 25, 2008
Your check may soon be in the mail…
THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS HAVE AGREED ON A 150-MILLION DOLLAR ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE THAT WILL LIKELY MEAN CASH IN YOUR POCKET. The bi-partisan deal will provide rebate checks of up to six-hundred dollars per individual wage earner and twelve-hundred dollars per couple. It would also provide three-hundred dollars for each eligible dependent child.
Middle-school students in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County school system will have to take three years of foreign language starting next year. The foreign-language requirement will start with next year's incoming sixth-graders. http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173354352493&path=&s=
Flu bug on the rise: The NC Division of Public Health reporting that the number of flu cases statewide nearly tripled last week. Over 40 students at Appalachian State University have been treated for flu since Sunday. More than 200 students at Wake Forest University have been treated for the flu in the past week. The university will offer a flu-shot clinic for students today through Sunday. http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173354352485
Over 100 families that currently have kids enrolled at Center Grove Christian Academy in Clemmons may need to find a new school. Center Grove could be closing its doors. An outside team hired to analyze the school’s financial situation recommended the closure. The school has been running in a deficit for years. The school, which is run by Center Grove Christian Church, currently has 130 children from kindergarten through the fifth grade. The 1500-member congregation at Center Grove Christian Church will vote on closing the school and day care this Sunday. (WXII / MSNBC)
DEMOCRAT VOTERS IN SC WILL BE HEADING TO THE POLLS ON SATURDAY FOR THE STATE’S PRIMARY. John McCain won the GOP Primary in SC last Saturday. Florida is holding its primaries on Tuesday.
Good news from the front lines: The U.S.-led Coalition saying that a three-year-old Iraqi girl, discovered by Marines operating in the Al Anbar Province, was diagnosed as having a congenital heart defect. The surgeon then made arrangements with the Children’s Hospital at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University. The Marines airlifted the little girl to the Jordanian border earlier this week. A medical team escorted the girl and her mom to Nashville. Vanderbilt’s Children’s Hospital has agreed to perform the open heart surgery at no cost to the family.
The Triad Chapter of the American Culinary Foundation will hold its 14th Annual Chef’s Ball this Sunday, January 27 @ 6:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites in Greensboro. Funds raised to benefit non-profits in the area. For ticket information, call 399-6774.
http://www.acftriad.org/
WBFJ celebrating life during Sanctity of Human Life Week by highlighting Pregnancy Resource centers in our listening area:
-HOPE Pregnancy Care Center (King)
-New Hope Pregnancy Center (Yadkinville)
Information about area Pregnancy Resource Centers online at wbfj.fm.
ACC: Duke over Virginia Tech…81-64. Duke is now 4-0 in the ACC
SoConn: ASU over Furman…84-66
One week before Super Bowl 42: Patriots vs The Giants on February 3rd
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny skies…High 38
Tonight: Some clouds…Low 24
Saturday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 45
Sunday: Sunny skies…High 50
