So why all the tornadoes? Weather experts can’t explain it. The year is not even half over, but 2008 is already the deadliest since 1998 when you are talking tornado deaths. Over the weekend, tornadoes ripping through Parkersburg, Iowa destroying over 280 homes. (AP CNN)
Frightened but not hurt: A tree fell on a minivan at the intersection of Stratford Road and Robinhood Road yesterday afternoon in Winston-Salem. Elizabeth Kester (the driver of the minivan) first thought that she had been rear-ended…but looked back and saw tree limbs. The tree also knocked out power to streetlights in the area. No one was hurt in the accident. www.wxii12.com/news/16406193/detail.html http://www.journalnow.com/
Seven vehicles were damaged earlier in the week after rocks were thrown off the Johnsontown Road Bridge over southbound I-85 in Davidson County. Police are still investigating. (The Dispatch)
The US military saying that newly diagnosed cases of Post-tramatic Stress Disorder among US troops sent to the Middle East jumped 50% last year. Troops with the Marines and Army, the forces bearing the brunt of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, were most affected.
Aftershocks have toppled hundreds of thousands of homes on Tuesday in China’s earthquake zone. Authorities have also evacuated 158,000 people downstream from an unstable ‘quake lake’ that formed since the first major quake on May 12th. Engineers are attempting to create a spillway. (CNN)
The man who is best known to millions for his whistle (on the Andy Griffith Show) has passed away. Earle H. Hagen died Monday night at his home in California. He was 88. Hagen composed the original music for more than 3,000 TV episodes, pilots and TV movies. TV Themes to Hagen’s credit: The Mod Squad, I Spy and the Dick Van Dyke Show.
FYI: The theme song for the Andy Griffith Show was titled "The Fishing Hole". Lyrics for the song were written by Everett Sloane but the producers decided that whistling the tune set the tone for the show, so the words were dropped.
“The Fishing Hole” Lyrics at www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3045
CONSTANTINE, Michigan - Andria Baker has always been in her seat.
From the first day of kindergarten through her last day of high school…despite colds and sports injuries…Andria can now say that she has perfect attendance. Her motivating factor: her father promised her a car. Andria completed her 13th year of uninterrupted classroom attendance with her final day at Constantine High School on Friday. At a party on Sunday, her father, Tim Baker, presented his daughter with the keys to a new Pontiac G6, and a personalized license plate marked "0 DAYS." The dad said "Without a doubt, it was worth every penny I spent."
The look on his daughter's face when she saw the car was priceless.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080528/D90UJEAG0.html
Graduates, how about a new Dell laptop from WBFJ and Eastwood Homes?!
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THE PERCENTAGE OF AMERICAN CHILDREN WHO ARE OVERWEIGHT APPEARS TO HAVE LEVELED OFF AFTER A 25-YEAR INCREASE. The study is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
No more mouse? Bill Gates unveiling Microsoft’s next tech goodie yesterday…a touch screen application for the Windows 7 operating system. The upgrade is slated for release in late 2009.
NBA Playoffs: Lakers holding on to beat the Spurs (93-91)
LA up three games to one in the series.
Warthogs vs the Myrtle Beach Pelicans today at Noon http://www.warthogs.com/
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Cloudy with scattered showers…High near 70
Tonight: Cloudy…Low 53
Thursday: Lots of sunshine…High 77
FYI: Back in the 80’s for Friday and the Weekend
