Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Cloudy skies with a few showers…High 68
Today is Administrative Professionals Day
Join the WBFJ Morning Show team at the Millennium Center in downtown Winston-Salem for some delicious ‘soup’...at “Empty Bowls”…the annual fundraiser for Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina. The event runs from 11 to 2pm. We will be serving from 11 to 12:30pm.
Details about Empty Bowls: http://www.hungernwnc.org/events-campaigns/empty-bowls.html
Back in the air Officials saying that about 75% of flights will operate in Europe today, as countries start to lift restrictions caused by that huge volcanic ash cloud from Iceland. London's Heathrow receives 25 long-haul flights overnight, no departures yet. FYI: Air carriers have lost an estimated $1.7 billion dollars in revenue so far.
TODAY IS A DAY OF MOURNING IN CHINA FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE EARTHQUAKE IN TIBET. Rescuers stopped for three minutes to mourn.
Evangelist Billy Graham returned to Charlotte yesterday to re-dedicate the to re-open the Billy Graham Library. The Library has been closed since January for upgrades and additions. And, scheduled to re-open to the public today (Wed).
http://www.myfox8.com/news/sns-ap-nc--people-graham,0,2394952.story
Early voting for the May 4th primaries runs through May 1st.
Officials with Apple saying now that the new iPad with 3G service from AT&T will arrive a week earlier than May 7th. You can pick up your iPad 3G beginning at 5pm on Friday April 30th.
"Pray for a miracle that we stay open" That’s one of the final messages to customers on the East Bend Dinette Facebook page. The restaurant, located on Highway 67 in East Bend, is closing at the end of business today (Wed) after 34 years in business. The owner stated health reasons and the economy have prompted the East Bend Dinette to close.
If you missed Tobymac’s performance on Fox and Friends last week…you can re-live the music on the Fox website. TobyMac is up for Artist of the Year at the GMA Dove Awards tonight.
TobyMac will perform at the Dove’s tonight in Nashville.
You can see the Dove Awards this Sunday on the Gospel Music Channel at 9pm.
Find the video of the TobyMac performance at www.Video.FoxNews.com
Old Salem is closing its Toy Museum and selling its contents. Money raised from selling the ‘toys’ will establish two funds that would allow the purchase and conservation of Moravian objects and Southern decorative arts. The museum will close May 17. Tom Gray estimates the collection's value at $3 million to $4 million dollars. The toys will be sold at auction. http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/04/20/article/old_salem_to_close_toy_museum
The US Supreme Court earlier in the week heard arguments in a religious freedom case brought against a California School of Law. Attorneys for the Christian Legal Society at Hastings College of Law in California filed the suit in 2004 after the group was denied recognition on campus because they require officers and voting members to adhere to Christian beliefs. - Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito argued that forcing groups to allow those who don't share similar beliefs was unfair to the organizations. - Justice Antonin Scalia called it "crazy" and "weird" to require the Christian society to allow atheists not just to join, but to conduct Bible classes. A decision is expected in June.
SPORTS: The president of the Colorado Rockies, Keli McGregor, has died. McGregor, age 48, seemingly died of natural causes at a hotel room in Salt Lake City.
Good News for Wake fans: All five men’s basketball recruits that signed letters of intent will stay with Wake Forest
ASU Basketball: Assistant coach Jeff Capel will likely be named as ASU’s
head coach. The head coaching job opened up after Buzz Peterson left for UNC-Wilmington.
Minor League Play: The Dash over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans…7 - 1
NBA Playoffs: Game 2: Bobcats vs Orlando Magic (Wed)
Watch out for all of the extra buyers and sellers: Spring Home Furnishings Market continues through Thursday. Expect delays going through downtown High Point. Along Main at Commerce. http://www.highpointmarket.org/
