Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly cloudy…High 82
Expect lower temperatures and less humidity through Friday
Hurricane Alex is slow moving, but gaining strength in the Gulf.
As of 11am…Hurricane Alex is still a Category one hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph.
-Alex is the first ‘hurricane’ of the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season. Forecasters saying that Alex should make landfall in northeastern Mexico (just south of the Texas border) later today.
-Flooding from Alex will likely impact portions of northeastern Mexico and southern Texas. Total rainfall accumulations of 6 to 12 inches are expected with isolated maximum amounts of 20 inches of rain possible in isolated areas.
Updates on Hurricane Alex from the National Hurricane Center
www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Hurricane Alex continues to move away from the massive BP oil spill near the Louisiana coast in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Clean-up efforts have been suspended because of rough seas. The storm created 12-foot waves on Tuesday and oil-skimming ships were sent back to shore, from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle. www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/30/hurricane.alex/index.html?hpt=T1
A 3-year-old boy drowned after he fell into a swimming pool yesterday morning. According to the Randolph County Sheriff's Office, 3 year old Corey Peak wandered out of the home around 11 a.m. and ended up in the family swimming pool. Peak's mother ran to the house of a neighbor, Butch Hogan, who called 911. Randolph County EMS performed CPR on the boy before taking him to Randolph Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Randolph County Sheriff's Office is investigating the incident.
http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-boy-drowns-100629,0,2081936.story
Church leaders in Italy will challenge a European court…ruling that crucifixes in classrooms violate students' right to freedom of religion. Seventeen judges will hear the appeal and will issue a ruling at a later date.
Pray for healing. Jim Daly, president and CEO of Focus on the Family, is recovering after a motorcycle accident last week. Injuries included a broken left ankle and a gash on his right forearm. Daly will be on crutches for about eight weeks. Daly will re-join the Focus on the Family daily program by broadcasting from his home for a couple of weeks. www.focusonthefamily.com
The newest Chick-Fil-A restaurant in the Triad opens tomorrow morning at 6am on Peters Creek Parkway (Hwy 150) across from Pinedale Christian Church in Winston-Salem.
www.chick-fil-a.com/#insidersopenings
“CommUNITY 2010…Bringing UNITY to the Community” A unique worship celebration this Sunday morning (July 4th) 10am at the West Forsyth High School Football Stadium. Sound Bite: Pastor J.B. Whitfield – Sr pastor with Agape Faith Church (VH#3)
The pastors of Agape Faith Church, River Oaks Community Church and Center Grove Baptist Church along with their congregations are holding one collective service this Sunday morning. Bring your whole family…wear your shorts and
t-shirt….and enjoy this community worship service.
FYI: A special offering will be collected during the service for the ‘Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund’. Patriotic celebrations on our website www.wbfj.fm
SPORTS
Wimbledon: Five time Wimbledon champ Venus Williams suffered a shocking defeat in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon yesterday…by the lowest ranked woman still playing.
Ts-ve-TANA Pi-ron-KO-va of Bulgaria was ranked 82nd… FYI: On Monday: Andy Roddick lost to a player from Taiwan ranked 82nd.
The South Carolina Gamecocks beat UCLA last night to capture the College World Series title last night. Whit Merrifield, former baseball standout at Davie High School, singled with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning to give South Carolina the win. (AP)
