Today is...
Administrative Professionals Day and Earth Day! Unrelated? Maybe, but here are some Earth Day events: http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/04/21/article/earth_day_events
http://www.digtriad.com/news/features/article.aspx?storyid=122684&catid=216
Fun Fact: Congress authorized the use of the phrase "In God We Trust" on US coins back in 1864.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: (Today) Mix of sun and clouds. Gusty winds…High 64
Come eat a bowl of soup and help fight hunger right here in the Piedmont Triad at the 8th Annual “Empty Bowls” fundraiser for Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC happening TODAY from 11 – 2pm at the Millennium Center in downtown Winston-Salem.
Join the WBFJ Morning Show team (Darren, Tami and Verne) for lunch.
Cost...$30 with all proceeds going to help fight hunger. Take home a hand painted 'bowl' as a reminder that there are those going hungry right here in our community...
Details: http://www.hungernwnc.org/events-campaigns/empty-bowls.html
New this morning: David Kellermann, the Acting Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Freddie Mac, was found dead this morning in an apparent suicide. Kellermann was 41 years old. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517399,00.html
The funeral for Officer Robert Staley who died in a motorcycle accident Saturday afternoon on Highway 601 near the Davie-Rowan county line will be this morning at 11am at Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem. A memorial fund has been set up for the Staley family. Donations can be made at any Wachovia bank branch location.
Robert M. "Bobby" Staley (obituary)
http://obituaries.journalnow.com/WinstonSalem/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=126424994
In Raleigh, the House Education Committee approved legislation permitting school districts to start classes as early as the second Monday in August, arguing that letting local boards of education decide…is in the best interests of students. The bill would take effect this fall, although it likely wouldn't be implemented until the 2010-11 school year. http://www.digtriad.com/news/features/article.aspx?storyid=122892&catid=216
To the disappointment of the pro-life community, the nomination of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebellius to be the next Health and Human Services Secretary now goes to the full Senate. Pro-life leaders have raised concerns about Sebellius' financial and political ties to late-term abortion doctor George Tiller.
A federal court has ruled that the sole Somali 'teenage' pirate will stand trial as an adult. The young man was the only one of four pirates to have survived the U.S. Navy's rescue of American sea captain Richard Phillips who was held hostage by pirates off the coast of Somali.
President Obama appears to be leaving the door ‘open’ to the possibility of prosecuting Bush Administration officials who authorized harsh interrogation techniques for terror suspect. Last week, the White House released four Bush-era memos on controversial interrogation techniques.
THE ORPHAN MINISTRY BEGUN BY STEPHEN CURTIS CHAPMAN AND HIS WIFE MARY BETH HAS CHANGED IT’S NAME.
Shaohannah's Hope, the orphan ministry started by Stephen Curtis Chapman and his wife Mary Beth, have been given a new name. Shaohannah's Hope is now officially known as Show Hope.
http://www.showhope.org/
SPORTS:
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Casey Mears have been placed on probation for the next six races by NASCAR for intentionally hitting each other following the race at Phoenix International Raceway. Neither driver was fined or lost any points.
NHL opening-round series:
Game 4: The Carolina Hurricanes blow a 3-0 lead, escape with a last second victory over the New Jersey Devils…4-3 (2-2…Best of 7)
Tonight: Carolina at New Jersey (7:30pm) (Fox Sports Carolinas)
http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/04/22/article/hurricanes_blow_lead_escape_with_victory
NHL playoff matchups: www.NHL.com
