Governor Easley has declared this week as Severe Weather Awareness Week in North Carolina. The Governor recommends that families have safety plans for home, work or school so they can respond quickly when tornados or severe storms threaten. There will be a statewide tornado drill for schools and government buildings on Wednesday (March 5). http://www.readync.org/.
Parts of Northern Oklahoma were hit by tornadoes last night. The twisters brought down some power lines. No injuries have been reported. Severe weather pushing through Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi.
The Local Dental mission team that was stranded in the West African nation of Cameroon is now home. The group of 7 Triad missionaries with the Giving Hands Foundation arrived home safe last night just before 9pm at PTI airport in Greensboro. The team made the six-hour, 100-mile trip to the airport in Cameroon on Saturday. From Cameroon, they flew to Paris then home to the US. http://www.winstonsalemdentistry.com/
All of the remaining Presidential candidates are out campaigning ahead of Tuesday’s primaries in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Sometimes a penny for your thoughts isn't a good thing. Readington Township school officials in New Jersey gave 29 students detention after they used pennies to pay for their $2 dollar lunches. Superintendent Jorden Schiff says it started out as a prank. But as the eighth-graders began to get in trouble for taking up so much time, it turned into a protest about Thursday's shortened lunch period. Schiff said the students were punished for holding up their peers and disrespecting lunch aides. Schiff said some parents think a two-day detention went too far and others think it wasn't enough. The school said it wants students to know they can express themselves without disrupting other people.
Alexander Graham Bell was born on this date in 1847. One of Bell’s greatest inventions was the telephone which he was awarded a patent in 1876. Both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing his life's work with sound and hearing devices. In 1888, Alexander Graham Bell was one of the founding members of the National Geographic Society.
How ironic…Bell considered his most famous invention (the telephone) an intrusion and refused to have a telephone in his study. When Bell passed away…all telephones in the US were silent for a minute. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell
Blind rock and jazz musician Jeff Healey died Sunday evening after a lifelong battle against cancer. He was 41. The Jeff Healey Band’s 1988 album "See the Light" included the hit single "Angel Eyes." Healey had battled cancer since age 1, when a rare form of retinal cancer claimed his eyesight. Due to his blindness, Healey taught himself to play guitar by laying the instrument across his lap. Healy is survived by his wife, Christie, and two children. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080303/D8V5URVG0.html
SPORTS:
ACC: Lady Tarheels beat Duke (82-51) UNC ending the season with the school’s first unbeaten regular season in ACC play.
Men’s Play: Wake Forest losing to Georgia Tech in OT on Saturday
Coach K of the Blue Devil’s getting win # 800 on Saturday with the Blue Devils beating NC State at the buzzer.
NASCAR: Carl Edwards winning in Las Vegas. His second straight victory.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. Warm…High 68
Tonight: Clouds moving in…Low 52
Tuesday: Windy with showers. Thunderstorms possible in the afternoon.
Some storms could be severe later in the day…High 66
