Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly sunny and HOT for Thursday…High 90
The annual NCHE Homeschool Conference and Book Fair going on today through Saturday at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem.
Registration begins at 1pm…Book fair opens at 2pm. FREE workshop from 3-pm to 4pm (eight different topics to choose from).
Conference Details: http://nche.com/conference
Conference FAQ: http://nche.com/conference/frequently_asked_questions
FYI: Homeschool mom and traveler Michele Zavatsky author of the “Kids Love Travel” books is in town this week for the NCHE Conference. Visit her booth at the NCHE Book Fair, too.
www.kidslovetravel.com/
Dr. Andrew Leroy Parker, the longtime pastor of Friendly Avenue Baptist, passed away on Monday. Dr Parker was 95 years old. Dr Parker spent over 32 years as the pastor of Asheboro Street Baptist Church, now known as Friendly Avenue Baptist Church in Greensboro. He was the oldest living former president of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention. A graveside service set for Saturday morning at Forest Lawn Cemetery. A celebration service will be Sunday afternoon at Friendly Avenue Baptist Church.
http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/05/26/article/dr_andrew_parker_longtime_minister_dies
Mobile Blood Unit from Ft Bragg is collecting blood for our troops on Tuesday (June 01) from 10am til 6pm at the National Guard Armory on Silas Creek Parkway (near Forsyth Tech in Winston-Salem). Walk ins welcomed. Call ahead for more details: 408-7280 or 766-8436.
A Clemmons woman said it was a mistake when she left $11,000 dollars stuffed in a sock that she had donated to a local Goodwill store. The money had been inadvertently left in a sock that was donated with some baby clothes at the Goodwill in Clemmons. An initial search Wednesday morning came up empty. But, a worker fulfilling a community service sentence ordered by a judge found the money and turned it in. http://www.wxii12.com/money/23689928/detail.html
You can win the opportunity to record a song with the band Switchfoot. You can purchase bids for $1 dollar on BIDFIRE and it only takes a single bid to win. The last bid placed when the auction closes wins. Bidding on auction site BIDFIRE begins on Friday. Proceeds from the bidding will benefit StandUp for Kids, a non-profit organization dedicated to making a difference in the lives of at-risk and homeless youth. To join the auction, go to www.BidFire.com/switchfoot
FYI: The resulting track, recorded in Switchfoot's home studio in San Diego, California, will be released on iTunes and MySpace. No musical talent is required. The winning bidder can opt to perform in the session or just help shape the recording.
North Carolina joins 17 other states considering immigration legislation similar to the law recently passed in Arizona. State Senator Don East (R – Surry County) has introduced a resolution in the North Carolina state senate to pass immigration legislation that would give police the power to detain anyone they suspect is in the country illegally and turn them over to immigration officers. (Greensboro News / Record)
The state Highway Patrol trooper involved in a crash that killed a woman and a young girl on Sunday was likely traveling 95 mph at the point of impact. Traffic accidents involving Highway Patrol troopers grew significantly last year over 2008, but officials say most of the accidents were not preventable. (Fox 8 / WXII)
Art Linkletter, the easygoing, smooth-voiced emcee famed for his "Kids Say the Darndest Things," passed away peacefully at home with his family on Wednesday. Linkletter was 97.
Wait and see: BP officials may know by this afternoon whether the oil company's latest attempt to cap the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is actually working. The oil has washed ashore in nine locations in Louisiana, affecting 100 miles of coastline. The President has extended the moratorium on deep-water drilling. Four congressional hearings are scheduled for later today on the oil spill. (CNN)
