Pollen count HIGH today
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly sunny…High 77
Its Tax filing day...
Don’t count on the U.S. Postal Service to stay open late tonight. For the third year in a row, post offices in the Triad will not stay open past normal operating hours today. Good news: seven area post offices — including four in Greensboro — have 24-hour, self-service kiosks where you late-filers can buy postage with the April 15th date. To locate a post office and their hours…Go to www.usps.com
Tax Day Tea Parties happening nationwide today. Locally, a Tea Party rally is planned in Winston-Salem at Davis Field on the campus of Wake Forest University (5:30pm)
Details about the WS rally: www.ncteaparty.com/2010/04/april-15th-tea-party-at-wake-forest-university/ More about the NC Tea Party movement: www.ncteaparty.com
To help ease the stress associated with April 15th…how about FREE FOOD.
Here is a 'working' list of Food Freebies or BOGOs:
-Starbucks: Bring your own travel mug and get a FREE fill up.
-Cinnabon: Get two FREE bite-sized cupcakes from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
-Dunkin Doughnuts: Buy a coffee, get a Free doughnut
-Chick-Fil-A of the Triad: Participating locations…
- Subway…BoGo on the foot long subs today
- P.F. Chang's: 15% off food purchases for dine-in or take-out (some exclusions)
-Whole Foods: The tax-free shopping day (no sales tax charged)
Early voting for the May 4th primaries starts today and runs through May 1st.
Today is the final day that State Emergency Management officials will be in the Triad to assist area storm victims with loan or grant applications. The loans and grants are available to help victims pay for home repairs caused by the tornadoes on March 28.
Locations for the Temporary Disaster Recovery Centers…
When: 9:30am to 6:30pm (Thursday, April 15 is the final day)
Where: In High Point at the Fire Station #12 on Barrow Road
In Lexington at the Government Complex on west Center Street
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=380966710325
FYI: Storm victims in adjacent counties of Alamance, Davie, Forsyth, Montgomery, Randolph, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly and Stokes are also eligible to apply for the low-interest loans.
Elizabeth’s Pizza locations and several Italian restaurants will be closed today due to a family death. Ciro Antonio Errichiello (age 52), owner of Elizabeth's Pizza at Quaker Village, passed away on Tuesday. In observance, Elizabeth's Pizza locations in Greensboro, Oak Ridge and at Silas Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem, along with Positano Italian Family Restaurant and Pizzeria in Greensboro and Amalfi's Italian Restaurant in Kernersville will be closed today (April 15). A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:30 a.m. this morning at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church. Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Piedmont, 1801 Westchester Drive, High Point, N.C. 27262 or World Vision, Box 18005, Charlotte, N.C. 28218. http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/04/14/article/elizabeths_pizza_locations_closed_tomorrow
After three days, officials have decided to scale back ‘search’ operations for the 5-year-old boy who fell into the Dan River Monday afternoon and was pulled under by strong currents. According to Danville Police, 5 year old Kolton Karnes was fishing with his father when their boat capsized, tossing the boy into the water.
"Just an accident." Criminal charges are unlikely for the family of a 2-year-old in Asheboro that was hit by a car on Saturday evening according to the Asheboro Police Department. The two-year-old was with an older sibling and was holding his hand right before the accident. The two-year-old let go of the sibling's hand and ran into oncoming traffic and was struck by a car.
Volcanic ash erupting from a volcano in Iceland has drifted over to Britain where it has forced authorities to close several airports and cancel flights. More than 150 flights at London's Heathrow Airport and hundreds more across England have been canceled this morning. There were also no flights going in or out of Scotland or Northern Ireland. Authorities on Iceland reporting that a volcano melted part of a glacier…flooding part of the southeastern area of the island. http://www.voanews.com/english/news/europe/Iceland-Volcano-Ash-Disrupts-UK-Air-Travel-90925269.html
The Death Toll has risen to 600 from the 6.9 magnitude Earthquake in the Tibetian area of China. Chinese media saying more than 85% of houses have collapsed in one town in Qinghai Provence.
American Idol: The Top 9 now down to 7. Two contestants eliminated last night…Andrew and Katie. BTW: Leader of the band Ricky Minor will be leaving AI and heading to late night. Minor will be taking over for Kevin Eubanks on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Local CBL shopping malls (including Hanes Mall) are collecting your gently used shoes for a good cause. The malls are collecting shoes for Soles4Souls. The shoe drive will run through this Friday (April 16). Collection bins are located at the customer-service centers. For more information: www.giveshoes.org
Three weeks away…National Day of Prayer Thursday, May 6th
Theme: “Prayer, for such a time as this” based on Nahum 1:7
"The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him"
Local events: www.nationaldayofprayer.org/
SPORTS: Wake Forest University has officially named Jeff Bzdelik as their new men’s basketball coach.
The Winston-Salem Dash get their FIRST win at the new Ballpark. The Dash 13 – 4 over the Potomac Nationals last night. The Dash at home again tonight (at 7pm)…home games through Sunday.
Kasey Kahne has completed a deal to drive for Hendrick Motorsports in 2012, but it's not clear where Kahne will drive in 2011. HMS is currently at NASCAR's four-car limit, and Kahne is working out a deal to succeed Mark Martin in the No. 5 car in 2012. http://www.myfox8.com/sns-ap-car-nascar-rpm-kahne-leaving,0,6328450.story
