Primary Election Day in North Carolina
Polls will be open until 7:30pm this evening.
Turn out is expected to be highest around supper time.
Lots of items to for or against…depending on where you live:
Alcohol referendums on the ballot in several cities including Pilot Mountain, Dobson and Denton. Several Bonds on the Ballot in Greensboro.
Senator John McCain will be speaking at Wait Chapel around 10am this morning on the campus of Wake Forest University. http://www.wfu.edu/
UPDATE: Government-run radio in Myanmar has updated the death toll from last weekend’s cyclone to over 22,000. UN officials saying that up to a million people in the southeast Asia country are homeless. Some villages and vast rice-growing areas have been wiped out.
www.onenewsnow.com/Headlines/Default.aspx?id=107736
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4793048
More than 200 million children worldwide under age 5 do not get basic health care. According to Save the Children, nearly 10 million kids die annual from treatable ailments like diarrhea and pneumonia. In sub-Saharan Africa, four out of five mothers are likely to lose a child in their lifetime. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080506/D90G49E80.html
Pull over and put down the dog. A California lawmaker wants to ban motorists from holding pets on their laps while driving. Getting caught with a pet on your lap could cost you $35 dollars.
Assemblyman Bill Maze in California says he introduced the bill after seeing a woman driving with three dogs on her lap. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080506/D90G46F80.html
Have you gotten your Economic Stimulus payment yet? It is all based on the last two digits of your Social Security number. The IRS has a stimulus tracker on their website: http://www.irs.gov/.
See Tami's Blog on the Morning Show page at http://www.wbfj.fm/
Eat out TODAY for a good cause:
Hope du Jour in Forsyth County: Participating restaurants will donate 10% of their proceeds to Crisis Control Ministry of Forsyth County. www.hopedujour.org/'Serving Greensboro Together': Participating restaurants will donate 10% of their proceeds to help Greensboro Urban Ministry. www.greensborourbanministry.org/
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is honoring nurses this week during National Nurses Week (May 6-12).
SPORTS: WBFJ sponsored West Yadkin Yankees will play Fall Creek Giants at 6pm
WS Warthogs on the road until Friday.
NBA Playoffs: The Detroit Pistons taking a two game lead over the Orlando Magic last night.
Game 3 in the best-of-seven series is Wednesday night in Orlando.
In last night's other NBA playoff game, Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets dominating Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs (102-84).
The Hornets have a two game lead. The series now goes to San Antonio for Game 3 on Thursday night.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny skies…High 78
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 53
Wednesday: Mostly sunny…High 80
Looking ahead:
Thursday: Clouds moving into the triad. Breezy…High 78
Thursday Night: (Best chance) showers and thunderstorms…Low 63
Friday: Mostly cloudy…High 75
