Update: Over $1.6 million dollars raised for the Global Food Crisis Awareness Day this past Wednesday. Also, over 11-hundred children were sponsored through Compassion International. Learn more: www.compassion.com
Residents in Virginia, Nebraska, Iowa and North Carolina will be on the lookout for something new in their mailboxes this summer — their driver's licenses. The new process allows drivers to go to their local DMV to take the necessary tests, have their photo taken and pay the application fee. The photograph and information is then sent to a secure central location. The completed license is later mailed to the driver. North Carolina's roll out of the new process should be active by June 30.
www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-03-12-centrallicense12_N.htm
State officials deciding late yesterday that Guilford County Schools can make up snow days after June 10th. Make up days for students in Guilford County will be June 11, 12 and 15. (Greensboro News/Record)
Officials with the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Schools are considering asking teachers to take a UNPAID day off next year because of looming budget cuts. An unofficial ‘poll’ is being conducted as part of the school system’s regular vote on next year’s school calendar.
A ransom has been demanded for the release of three aid workers associated with ‘Doctors Without Borders’ who were kidnapped in Sudan's Darfur region late Wednesday. The Sudanese government ordered the expulsion of aid groups as a response to the International Criminal Court's decision to indict Sudan’s president last week. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090312/D96SEEHO0.html
Foreclosures up 30%: RealtyTrac reporting that nationwide, nearly 291,000 homes received at least one foreclosure-related notice last month, up 6 percent from January. While foreclosures are highly concentrated in the Western states and Florida, the problem is spreading to states like Idaho, Illinois and Oregon.
Digestive Health Specialists (DHS) are providing 50 FREE colonoscopies tomorrow (Saturday, March 14) during Colon Cancer Awareness month. Doctors urge people 50 and over to get screened regularly. Colon Cancer is one of the most preventable cancers if detected early. Colon Cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death. (336) 768-6211
50 and over? Sign up for the FREE screening: www.digestivehealth.ws
Check out the story of the North Carolina Judge who has ordered a Raleigh home school mom to send her 3 children to public school.
The story from WorldNetDaily: www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=9139
FYI: Home School parents and their kids across North Carolina will travel to Raleigh for ‘Capital Fest 2009’ happening Tuesday, March 24th. The planned 'field trip' gives a ‘face’ and a ‘voice’ to homeschoolers in the state and an opportunity to talk with their representatives. www.nche.com
VOTE now for ‘Artist of the Year’ and ‘New Artist of the Year’. The 40th annual GMA Dove Awards happens April 23rd. Vote here: www.wbfj.fm
www.doveawards.com/doveawards/
SPORTS: Men’s ACC Tournament in Atlanta through Sunday
www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/acc-m-baskbl-body.html
Today: UNC vs Virginia Tech (noon)
Wake Forest vs Maryland (7pm)
Duke vs Boston College (9:30pm)
MEAC Tournament (wraps up on Saturday) at the Joel Coliseum
State High School Basketball Finals on Saturday
BOYS: Mt Tabor, Northern Guilford and Bishop McGuinness
GIRLS: Salisbury, Dudley and Bishop McGuinness
In case you missed it: Syracuse outlasting UConn…127-117 in 6 OTs. The Big East tournament game lasted almost 4 hours. The marathon match up tied for the second-longest game in Division I history. Also, West Virginia stunning No. 2 Pitt… 74-60. West Virginia will now face Syracuse.
