Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly sunny…High 48
SNOW is in the forecast for late Friday into Saturday…
Toyota has suspended the manufacturing and sale of eight of its most popular vehicles - including the best-selling Camry - to correct a problem that could cause the accelerator pedal to stick without warning. The company's sales suspension is part of a recall announced last week.
Recall info: http://www.toyota.com/ 1-800-331-4431
http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/26/news/companies/toyota_recall/index.htm?hpt=T2
The President’s State of the Union speech tonight at 9pm will be a tough sell for millions of Americans struggling with the recession. The President will discuss the economy, plus announce the largest single year increase ‘request’ for elementary and middle schools.
Homeschoolers from Germany win asylum in the U.S. In a decision bound to send a shock wave through the European Union, a US federal immigration judge has granted political asylum in the United States to a German family whose members feared persecution if returned to their home country because of their decision to homeschool. The Romeike family including their 5 children are now living in Eastern Tennessee. "We can't expect every country to follow our Constitution," said the opinion by Judge Lawrence O. Burman. "The world might be a better place if it did. Germany effectively has made homeschooling illegal because of laws dating back to the pre-World War II move as Hitler rose to power and tried to make raising and training children a responsibility of the government. Mike Donnelly (Home School Legal Defense Association) noted it was the first time ever America has granted political asylum to Christian homeschoolers fleeing German persecution. HSLDA officials estimate there are some 400 homeschool families in Germany. Virtually all of them are either forced into hiding or facing court actions.
World Net Daily (story) www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=123275
HSLDA website: http://www.hslda.org/hs/international/Germany/201001260.asp
The City of Thomasville has reported six sewage spills that occurred on Monday. Over 168,000 gallons of untreated wastewater filtering into area rivers and streams. City Manager Kelly Craver said heavy rainfall over the weekend overloaded sewer lines in several different sections of the city.
http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20100126/ARTICLES/100129931/1005/stormpost&tc=email_newsletter
You can get a ‘sneak peak’ of Newsboys’ latest project (featuring Michael Tate) on their Facebook page. Go to Facebook-dot-com-slash-newsboys-dot-official. The full album "Born Again" is out on June 8th. Check out Newsboys LIVE at Winter Jam 2010…February 6th at the Greensboro Coliseum…details at http://www.wbfj.fm/
THE OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK FOR THE FILM "TO SAVE A LIFE" IS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ON THE FILM'S WEB SITE http://www.tosavealifemovie.com/
The film, which deals with issues such as abortion, suicide and cutting, based on experiences of the film producer's church youth group, opened in more than 440 theaters last Friday.
Just days away from checking out the Creasey family’s new home that was built in just ‘106 hours’ back in November. The ‘Lexington’ edition of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition airs this Sunday at 8pm on ABC 45. A behind the scenes special will air on ABC 45 at 7pm this Sunday. This week on Sunday @ 5 conversations with
-Tricia and William Creasey
-Conrad Ricketts - Executive producer of the show
-Jason Hedrick – with Hedrick Creative Building
-Eric Gabriel - ABC 45
Sunday @ 5 on WBFJ with Verne Hill http://sunday5wbfj.blogspot.com/
ABC 45 www.abc45.com/players/features/extreme_makeover/index.shtml
How would you like to tour the Creasey “Extreme build” home? Davidson County Cancer Services and Relay for Life are sponsoring an Open House at the Creasey home on February 20 – 21. The cost ($10 – adults and $5 for younger children).
Donations will benefit both organizations.
http://www.davidsoncountycancerservices.com/Upcoming-Events.html
Blessings to the Creasey family: Tricia, William, Brittany, Makenzie and Makayla of Lexington
FYI: Tricia is continuing to undergo cancer treatments
SPORTS
ACC: Tarheels big road win over NC State last night …77 – 63
Tonight: #8 Duke hosting Florida State
Venus Williams has been ousted in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. Also beaten…Andy Roddick and Rafael Nadal
