Spring Military Blood Drive on Tuesday: The mobile blood unit from Fort Bragg will be collecting blood for the troops.
Tomorrow (Tuesday, March 24) from 7:30 am to 5pm at the National Guard Armory on Silas Creek Parkway (near Forsyth Tech) in Winston-Salem.
FYI: 99% of the blood donated through this program is sent to help troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Contact: Don Adamick 408-7280
Governor Bev Perdue proclaiming this coming week (March 22-28) as Home Education Week in North Carolina. More details about ‘Capital Fest’ going on Tuesday in Raleigh www.nche.com
Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted four times overnight, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles high into the air. The volcano is located 100 miles from Anchorage. www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510100,00.html
The Treasury will unveil details of a three-part plan that will partner the federal government with private investors to purchase up to a trillion dollars -- or more -- of toxic loans and securities from the nation’s banks.
www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/government/purchase-t-toxic-assets-securities/
INVESTIGATORS WITH THE FAA ARE ONCE AGAIN ON THE SCENE OF A DEADLY PLANE CRASH IN BUTTE, MONTANA. Sunday's crash of a private plane claimed the lives of 14 people, seven of whom were children. The plane crashed in a cemetery about five-hundred feet short of a local airport runway.
www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/23/montana.plane.crash/index.html
A FEDEX cargo plane crash landed near Tokyo last night. Both pilots were killed in the crash. Strong wind shears may have played a part in the crash. The accident has caused widespread flight disruptions at Japan's largest international airport. Pirates attacking a Japanese cargo ship off the coast of Somalia on Sunday. There were no injuries. In 2008, pirates attacked nearly 100 vessels and hijacked as many as 40 off Somalia.
The Pro-Life Action League is urging Notre Dame University to just say NO to this year’s commencement speaker. This year’s commencement speaker …President Obama. Joe Scheidler, the group’s director, stating that the President has, quote, "enacted a string of executive orders, appointments and policy decisions that contradict Catholic teaching on the sanctity of life."Notre Dame is one of America’s largest Catholic universities. RnR
Cell phone ban at one Christian school: Beginning Tuesday, Fayetteville Christian School will be confiscating cell phones from students at the start of the day…after several students were caught texting test answers.In an e-mail to parents, cell phones will be placed into plastic food bags marked with their name at the start of the school day. Then, returned at the end of te day.
Violators will get a $25 dollar fine and a Saturday ‘work day’ at the school.
Recurring offenders could be suspended. http://www.wxii12.com/news/18987607/detail.html
Jade Goody, a dental assistant turned reality-TV star, lost her battle with cervical cancer on Sunday. Goody was 27. Goody’s whirlwind journey from poverty to celebrity to tragedy became a ‘real life’ national soap opera in Britain. www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510050,00.html
VOTE now for Dove ‘Artist of the Year’ and ‘New Artist of the Year’ at www.wbfj.fm.
The 40th annual GMA Dove Awards happens April 23rd.
www.doveawards.com/doveawards/
SPORTS: The Men’s NCAA Tournament (Sweet 16): www.ncaa.com
Thursday: Duke vs Villanova (10pm)...Friday: UNC vs Gonzaga (10pm)
NASCAR: Kyle Busch winning at Bristol…second win of season
