Update: Dense Fog Advisory through noon
Traffic is slow but moving: One lane is back open along a portion of Highway 52 SB and Highway 66 in Forsyth County. Both southbound lanes should be open by noon. Crews worked overnight to clean up the crash site. An 18-wheeler carrying 40,000 pounds of small ammunition (mainly shotgun shells and rifle clips) overturned around 6pm yesterday evening. http://www.wxii12.com/news/18313687/detail.html
The Christmas deadline is coming quickly. Recommended mail-by dates / US Postal service:
This Saturday (Dec. 20)…First-class Mail + Priority Mail
Next Tuesday (Dec. 23)…Express Mail
www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2008/holiday/hpr.htm?from=home_newsandannounce&page=2008holidaypressroom
"The ultimate Christmas gift from God" The Duggar family (the large homeschool family made famous on TLC) adds #18 to its fold. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar celebrating the birth of child #18 (it’s a girl) delivered by C-section on Thursday (Dec 18). Little ‘Jordyn-Grace Makiya Duggar’ weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and 20 inches long. The Duggars who live in Rogers, Arkansas now have 10 sons and eight daughters. www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,469944,00.html
A number of nationwide recalls (child related) include:
Evenflo is recalling about 95-thousand of its Majestic High Chairs.
The Regal Lager Corporation is recalling 16-hundred of its Phil and Ted’s Dash Buggy Strollers
The Xtreme Toy Zone is recalling about 480 toy dinosaurs.
For more information: Go to the Consumer Product Safety Commission's website: www.CPSC.gov
Commissioners in Forsyth County have rejected a bid to settle a lawsuit by the ACLU. The 2007 lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of allowing sectarian prayer (or praying to a specific deity) before board meetings.
www.journalnow.com/content/2008/dec/19/forsyth-rejects-bid-to-settle-prayer-lawsuit/
Allen Joines will run for a third term as Winston-Salem's mayor. Announcing his re-election, Joines will have to say NO to Governor Elect Bev Perdue…she wanted Joines to serve as state Secretary of Commerce. Joines will have more information about his campaign in January. www.journalnow.com/content/2008/dec/19/joines-will-run-for-third-term-as-citys-mayor/news/
CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL LEADER PAUL WEYRICH passed away early Thursday morning after years of poor health. Wyrich was one of the founders of the Heritage Foundation and is credited with coining the name ‘moral majority’. Paul Weyrich was 66.
www.heritage.org/?gclid=CPLI8sH7zJcCFRg6awodmWQ5Sw
http://blog.heritage.org/2008/12/18/conservative-leader-paul-weyrich-dies-first-to-lead-heritage/
Polaroid has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The restructuring should not impact day-to-day operations.
www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/19/polaroid/index.html?eref=ib_topstories
Deacon fans ready for Saturday: Wake Forest vs Navy in the Eagle Bank Bowl
The game will be at RFK stadium in Washington, D.C…Kick off @ 11am
www.theacc.com/sports/m-footbl/acc-m-footbl-body.html
