The Triad is under a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for ground level Ozone
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunny and HOT…High 95. Cooler temperatures for the weekend.
Focus on the Family radio broadcast: Today’s Topic is Adoption. Guests: Steven Curtis Chapman (and wife Mary Beth).
Job Fair on Wednesday in Greensboro. The Greensboro Chamber of Commerce Job Expo will be held 10am – 4pm Wednesday (September 01) at Four Seasons Town Centre in Greensboro. A list of participating employers and exhibitors: http://triadcareers.news-record.com/content/2010/08/27/article/job_expo_franchise_fair_participants
Hurricane Earl is now a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 135 mph. Rip Tide warnings in effect along the beaches of North and South Carolina including the Outer Banks. Forecasters say Earl will brush by the Carolina coast sometime on Thursday. www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/30/tropical.weather/index.html?hpt=T1
Praise report: A relief worker for Samaritan's Purse was released yesterday after being held for over 100 days by kidnappers in the Darfur region of Sudan. Flavia Wagner is reported in good health and is looking forward to seeing her family. www.samaritanspurse.org
Mold invasion at one fire station in High Point. Fire Station #12 off Barrow Road in High Point was shut down late last week after officials discovered toxic mold in the ceiling tiles above a sleeping area inside the building. The mold was likely caused by too much moisture brought in by the air conditioning system. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-fire-station-closed-100830,0,4453157.story
Additional National Guard troops are making their way to Arizona. Over 500 National Guard troops will be deployed along the Mexican – US border by the end of October www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/08/30/arizona.border.troops/index.html?hpt=T2
The President will address nation tonight to mark the end of combat missions in Iraq. Network coverage scheduled for 8pm.
Soul singer Michael Bolton, “Brady Bunch” mom Florence Henderson and
Bristol Palin (the daughter of Sarah Palin) will be some of the stars for the next installment of “Dancing with the Stars”. Also on the list…
Kyle Massey – Actor on the Disney Channel “That’s So Raven” n “Cory in the House.”
Jennifer Grey – Actress / star of “Dirty Dancing”
Brandy - singer and actress
Kurt Warner – former NFL quarterback
Rick Fox Former NBA player and Tarheel standout
David Hasselhoff - actor / singer
FYI: "Dancing with the Stars" airs September 20th…on ABC.
http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/30/meet-the-cast-of-dancing-with-the-stars/?iref=NS1
SPORTS: North Carolina will be the site for the 2017 PGA Championship. Quail Hollow Country Club in Charlotte will be the site for one of golf's four majors that year.
8.31.2010
8.30.2010
FREE “Drive thru breakfast” - Sunrise UMC in Lewisville
The members of Sunrise UMC will be providing FREE breakfast (no donations accepted) including (coffee, Krispy Kremes, granola bars, juice, and fruit).
When: Each morning this week Monday – Friday (August 30th through September 3rd)
Time: 6:30am to 8:30am.
Location: Sunrise UMC - church parking lot
Sunrise United Methodist Church
1111 Lewisville - Clemmons Road (near 421)
Phone: 712-8000
Details: www.sunrise-umc.org/SunriseCalendar/view_entry.php?id=642&date=20100830
When: Each morning this week Monday – Friday (August 30th through September 3rd)
Time: 6:30am to 8:30am.
Location: Sunrise UMC - church parking lot
Sunrise United Methodist Church
1111 Lewisville - Clemmons Road (near 421)
Phone: 712-8000
Details: www.sunrise-umc.org/SunriseCalendar/view_entry.php?id=642&date=20100830
Monday, August 30, 2010
The Triad is under a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for ground level Ozone today…
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunshine…High 92
HOT and DRY for most of the week
Hurricane Earl is a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 100 mph.
Earl is expected to strengthen as it moves close to the Carolina Coast later in the week. www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/30/tropical.weather/index.html?hpt=T1
NASA is sending a team of experts to the country of Chile to help keep 33 miners trapped deep underground…physically and mentally fit until they are rescued. The miners have been trapped in a ‘gold and copper’ mine in Northern Chile since August 5th. BTW: NASA has had a long history of dealing with isolated environments. (CNN)
An employee of Crump Tree Service remains in critical condition. 28 year old Alan Daley, of Mount Airy, was doing tree work around a power line on School Street in Pilot Mountain early Saturday morning. Daley was stabilized and rushed to Wake Forest - Baptist Medical Center. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-tree-worker-100828,0,1223288.story
On Sunday, the Canadian coast guard began transferring passengers from a cruise ship that ran aground in the Arctic on Friday. The crew of ‘The Clipper Adventurer’ failed to dislodge the ship during high tide on Saturday… that’s when the coast guard was called in to help. None of the estimated 128 passengers and 69 crew members hurt or injured. (CNN)
William P. Foster, longtime director of the Florida A&M Marching 100 band, died Saturday. He was 91 years old. Foster is credited with innovating the high-stepping style of marching. Foster served as Florida A&M’s marching band director from 1946 until his retirement in 1998. He created more than 200 half-time shows…most complete with high stepping.
www.journalnow.com/content/2010/aug/30/band-director-who-raised-marching-to-art-dies-at-9/
Mark Hall, the frontman for the band Casting Crowns, is a big FAN of Star Wars and Star Wars stuff. Mark Hall’s recent online auction of his personal Star War’s collection has raised over $15 thousand dollars for World Vision. The final piece of Hall’s collection, the famous "Han Solo’ office desk, will be auctioned this fall. www.castingcrowns.com
FYI: On Tuesday, (August 31st), Casting Crowns will release its newest project, ‘Until The Whole World Hears LIVE’, a DVD/CD combo package featuring live concert video, 80 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage, a Mark Hall-led teaching video series and more.
SPORTS…
Little League World Series: Japan over the US…4-1 ending the United States' run of five straight World Series titles.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunshine…High 92
HOT and DRY for most of the week
Hurricane Earl is a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 100 mph.
Earl is expected to strengthen as it moves close to the Carolina Coast later in the week. www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/30/tropical.weather/index.html?hpt=T1
NASA is sending a team of experts to the country of Chile to help keep 33 miners trapped deep underground…physically and mentally fit until they are rescued. The miners have been trapped in a ‘gold and copper’ mine in Northern Chile since August 5th. BTW: NASA has had a long history of dealing with isolated environments. (CNN)
An employee of Crump Tree Service remains in critical condition. 28 year old Alan Daley, of Mount Airy, was doing tree work around a power line on School Street in Pilot Mountain early Saturday morning. Daley was stabilized and rushed to Wake Forest - Baptist Medical Center. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-tree-worker-100828,0,1223288.story
On Sunday, the Canadian coast guard began transferring passengers from a cruise ship that ran aground in the Arctic on Friday. The crew of ‘The Clipper Adventurer’ failed to dislodge the ship during high tide on Saturday… that’s when the coast guard was called in to help. None of the estimated 128 passengers and 69 crew members hurt or injured. (CNN)
William P. Foster, longtime director of the Florida A&M Marching 100 band, died Saturday. He was 91 years old. Foster is credited with innovating the high-stepping style of marching. Foster served as Florida A&M’s marching band director from 1946 until his retirement in 1998. He created more than 200 half-time shows…most complete with high stepping.
www.journalnow.com/content/2010/aug/30/band-director-who-raised-marching-to-art-dies-at-9/
Mark Hall, the frontman for the band Casting Crowns, is a big FAN of Star Wars and Star Wars stuff. Mark Hall’s recent online auction of his personal Star War’s collection has raised over $15 thousand dollars for World Vision. The final piece of Hall’s collection, the famous "Han Solo’ office desk, will be auctioned this fall. www.castingcrowns.com
FYI: On Tuesday, (August 31st), Casting Crowns will release its newest project, ‘Until The Whole World Hears LIVE’, a DVD/CD combo package featuring live concert video, 80 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage, a Mark Hall-led teaching video series and more.
SPORTS…
Little League World Series: Japan over the US…4-1 ending the United States' run of five straight World Series titles.
8.20.2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Great evening for the start of Friday Night High School football
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly sunny…High 92
Where’s the copper top? Greensboro Police are investigating the theft of copper shingles stolen off the roof of a gazebo and kiosk at the Bicentennial Garden. Around $9,000 dollars worth of copper shingles were taken off the buildings sometime late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. The gazebo is often used for weddings and the city said it will waive the fee for a wedding that is scheduled for Saturday. Copper theft has been on the increase recently because of its high resale value. Anyone with information about the theft should call Crime Stoppers at 373-1000.
www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-copper-100819,0,6725905.story
The Ham's Restaurant on High Point Road in Greensboro has closed. According to a note on the door, this location has closed because the Bank of North Carolina would not renew its lease. The company filed for bankruptcy in October 2009. The flagship location on Friendly Avenue closed in April. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-hams-rest-100819,0,150471.story
Two Arizona fugitives are now in custody. A tip from a forest ranger led to the late-night arrest of John McCluskey and Casslyn Welch at a campground on the edge of Apache National Forest in Arizona. The pair had been on the run since last month. (CNN)
A 20-year-old man fell some 30 feet at Disney's California Adventure Park on Wednesday night. The man was in line with friends waiting to ride the ‘Twilight Zone Tower of Terror’, when he put his leg over the second-floor platform railing and fell. He was not badly injured and was treated and released from a local hospital. www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/19/california.disney.accident/index.html?iref=NS1
Lance Armstrong will speak at High Point University's commencement in 2011. The date: Saturday, May 7th, 2011. BTW: First day for students at High Point University: Tuesday 24.
www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-2-lance-armstrong-100819,0,3181450.story
According to the US Census Bureau, roughly 46% of all U.S. households are maintained by a single person. More than half of the unwed are women. Also, for every 100 single women, just 88 single men are available. (CNN)
Plus: Lots of details about the latest RECALLS from Mazda, Zooper strollers and yes, the recall of 380 million eggs…on the News Blog at wbfj.fm
SPORTS…
Retired baseball star Roger Clemens has been indicted on several charges including to a Congressional Committee. The seven-time Cy Young winner still denies ever using performance-enhancing drugs. If convicted, Clemens faces 15 to 21 months in prison. (CNN)
Arjun Atwal taking a two-stroke lead at the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro . Round two today… www.WyndhamChampionship.com
Another wash-out for the Winston-Salem Dash last night. The Dash hit the road this weekend. www.wsdash.com
Traffic update: The State has begun a series of bridge inspections along Business 40 in downtown Winston-Salem. DOT bridge inspectors will evaluate the Main Street, Cherry Street, Marshall Street and Spruce Street bridges along Business 40. So, expect delays over the next week thru August 27…between 9 and 3pm. FYI: Annual bridge inspections for Winston-Salem had been set for September, but were moved them up after pieces of concrete fell off the Church Street bridge last week. (DOT)
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly sunny…High 92
Where’s the copper top? Greensboro Police are investigating the theft of copper shingles stolen off the roof of a gazebo and kiosk at the Bicentennial Garden. Around $9,000 dollars worth of copper shingles were taken off the buildings sometime late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. The gazebo is often used for weddings and the city said it will waive the fee for a wedding that is scheduled for Saturday. Copper theft has been on the increase recently because of its high resale value. Anyone with information about the theft should call Crime Stoppers at 373-1000.
www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-copper-100819,0,6725905.story
The Ham's Restaurant on High Point Road in Greensboro has closed. According to a note on the door, this location has closed because the Bank of North Carolina would not renew its lease. The company filed for bankruptcy in October 2009. The flagship location on Friendly Avenue closed in April. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-hams-rest-100819,0,150471.story
Two Arizona fugitives are now in custody. A tip from a forest ranger led to the late-night arrest of John McCluskey and Casslyn Welch at a campground on the edge of Apache National Forest in Arizona. The pair had been on the run since last month. (CNN)
A 20-year-old man fell some 30 feet at Disney's California Adventure Park on Wednesday night. The man was in line with friends waiting to ride the ‘Twilight Zone Tower of Terror’, when he put his leg over the second-floor platform railing and fell. He was not badly injured and was treated and released from a local hospital. www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/19/california.disney.accident/index.html?iref=NS1
Lance Armstrong will speak at High Point University's commencement in 2011. The date: Saturday, May 7th, 2011. BTW: First day for students at High Point University: Tuesday 24.
www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-2-lance-armstrong-100819,0,3181450.story
According to the US Census Bureau, roughly 46% of all U.S. households are maintained by a single person. More than half of the unwed are women. Also, for every 100 single women, just 88 single men are available. (CNN)
Plus: Lots of details about the latest RECALLS from Mazda, Zooper strollers and yes, the recall of 380 million eggs…on the News Blog at wbfj.fm
SPORTS…
Retired baseball star Roger Clemens has been indicted on several charges including to a Congressional Committee. The seven-time Cy Young winner still denies ever using performance-enhancing drugs. If convicted, Clemens faces 15 to 21 months in prison. (CNN)
Arjun Atwal taking a two-stroke lead at the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro . Round two today… www.WyndhamChampionship.com
Another wash-out for the Winston-Salem Dash last night. The Dash hit the road this weekend. www.wsdash.com
Traffic update: The State has begun a series of bridge inspections along Business 40 in downtown Winston-Salem. DOT bridge inspectors will evaluate the Main Street, Cherry Street, Marshall Street and Spruce Street bridges along Business 40. So, expect delays over the next week thru August 27…between 9 and 3pm. FYI: Annual bridge inspections for Winston-Salem had been set for September, but were moved them up after pieces of concrete fell off the Church Street bridge last week. (DOT)
8.19.2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Rain likely...High 85
Flash Flood Watch through this evening for the foothills and the Triad
(including Forsyth Davidson and Guildford)
A wet start for the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield country club in Greensboro today. BTW: Fans will be able to bring their cell phones on the course this week.
http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/
Southbound I-85 is shutdown at the Yadkin River Bridge
**South of Lexington, near the Davidson / Rowan County line
The wreck happened around 7:45am this morning. The accident involved several vehicles and a charter bus. All southbound lanes are closed at Exit 82, US-29/70 to Spencer. T
Detour: Take Exit 82 (Highway 29) to Spencer and follow the signs.
www.the-dispatch.com/article/20100819/ARTICLES/100819926/1074?Title=Nine-vehicle-pileup-blocks-Yadkin-River-Bridge
www.digtriad.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=146812&catid=57
RECALL: Mazda Motor Corp is recalling over 200,000 Mazda 3 and Mazda 5 vehicles sold in the US because of the risk that they could lose power steering without warning. www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre67g5mm-us-mazda-recall/
RECALL: A nationwide recall of 380 million eggs over possible salmonella
The eggs were produced by Wright County Egg in Galt, Iowa, and sold around the country under 143 different brands. The egg cartons are marked with a "P” followed by a three-digit code. www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre67h5z9-us-recall-usa-eggs/
RECALL: About 3,700 Zooper strollers have been recalled for a frame latch failure that can result in the high-end stroller unexpectedly collapsing.
Details: www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10321.html
North Carolina’s largest city is looking to hire 150 teachers. The Charlotte Observer reported that Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools are seeking more the teachers after budget cuts problems were not as bad as expected. www.digtriad.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=146808&catid=57
The last U.S. combat brigade has left Iraq…helping the President reach his goal of 50,000 US troops in Iraq by September 1st. (CNN)
Hot Topics…Hot Conversation. Senator Kay Hagan was confronted by constituents during an open forum at the library in Kernersville yesterday. Some of the topics that constituents were most vocal about were abortion, health care reform and immigration. Hagan took the criticism in stride and said she understands voters are concerned about what's going on in the country. Hagan, who isn't up for re-lection until 2014, has been meeting with constituents across the state to hear their concerns. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-hagan-100818,0,7065005.story
A debate is brewing in Mount Airy. The Downtown Business Association wants shops to open on Sundays for weekend tourists. Shoppers and business owners have mixed opinions. WXII
Some Triad customers are not very happy with a Greensboro roofing company that took money for repairs and didn’t finish the job. American Shingle opened for business after a tornado swept through the High Point area back in April. The Greensboro office is now closed. A door-to-door salesman representing American Shingle contacted neighborhood homes that received damage to their roofs, but customers say after paying ‘up front’ for the repairs, the repairs were never completed. The Better Business Bureau warns consumers about doing business with door-to-door salesmen. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-shingle-100818,0,6264892.story
SPORTS: The WS Dash winning 4 – 3 over the Salem Red Sox in 14 innings last night at BB and T Ball park. Game two was suspended by rain. FYI: The WS Dash will try to get two games in this evening. All weather permitting.
www.wsdash.com
The State has begun a series of bridge inspections along Business 40 in downtown Winston-Salem. DOT bridge inspectors will evaluate the Main Street, Cherry Street, Marshall Street and Spruce Street bridges along Business 40. So, expect delays over the next week and a half between 9 and 3pm. FYI: Annual bridge inspections for Winston-Salem had been set for September, but were moved them up after pieces of concrete fell off the Church Street bridge last week.
A wet start for the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield country club in Greensboro this morning. Fans will be able to bring their cell phones on the course this week. www.WyndhamChampionship.com
Flash Flood Watch through this evening for the foothills and the Triad
(including Forsyth Davidson and Guildford)
A wet start for the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield country club in Greensboro today. BTW: Fans will be able to bring their cell phones on the course this week.
http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/
Southbound I-85 is shutdown at the Yadkin River Bridge
**South of Lexington, near the Davidson / Rowan County line
The wreck happened around 7:45am this morning. The accident involved several vehicles and a charter bus. All southbound lanes are closed at Exit 82, US-29/70 to Spencer. T
Detour: Take Exit 82 (Highway 29) to Spencer and follow the signs.
www.the-dispatch.com/article/20100819/ARTICLES/100819926/1074?Title=Nine-vehicle-pileup-blocks-Yadkin-River-Bridge
www.digtriad.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=146812&catid=57
RECALL: Mazda Motor Corp is recalling over 200,000 Mazda 3 and Mazda 5 vehicles sold in the US because of the risk that they could lose power steering without warning. www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre67g5mm-us-mazda-recall/
RECALL: A nationwide recall of 380 million eggs over possible salmonella
The eggs were produced by Wright County Egg in Galt, Iowa, and sold around the country under 143 different brands. The egg cartons are marked with a "P” followed by a three-digit code. www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre67h5z9-us-recall-usa-eggs/
RECALL: About 3,700 Zooper strollers have been recalled for a frame latch failure that can result in the high-end stroller unexpectedly collapsing.
Details: www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10321.html
North Carolina’s largest city is looking to hire 150 teachers. The Charlotte Observer reported that Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools are seeking more the teachers after budget cuts problems were not as bad as expected. www.digtriad.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=146808&catid=57
The last U.S. combat brigade has left Iraq…helping the President reach his goal of 50,000 US troops in Iraq by September 1st. (CNN)
Hot Topics…Hot Conversation. Senator Kay Hagan was confronted by constituents during an open forum at the library in Kernersville yesterday. Some of the topics that constituents were most vocal about were abortion, health care reform and immigration. Hagan took the criticism in stride and said she understands voters are concerned about what's going on in the country. Hagan, who isn't up for re-lection until 2014, has been meeting with constituents across the state to hear their concerns. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-hagan-100818,0,7065005.story
A debate is brewing in Mount Airy. The Downtown Business Association wants shops to open on Sundays for weekend tourists. Shoppers and business owners have mixed opinions. WXII
Some Triad customers are not very happy with a Greensboro roofing company that took money for repairs and didn’t finish the job. American Shingle opened for business after a tornado swept through the High Point area back in April. The Greensboro office is now closed. A door-to-door salesman representing American Shingle contacted neighborhood homes that received damage to their roofs, but customers say after paying ‘up front’ for the repairs, the repairs were never completed. The Better Business Bureau warns consumers about doing business with door-to-door salesmen. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-shingle-100818,0,6264892.story
SPORTS: The WS Dash winning 4 – 3 over the Salem Red Sox in 14 innings last night at BB and T Ball park. Game two was suspended by rain. FYI: The WS Dash will try to get two games in this evening. All weather permitting.
www.wsdash.com
The State has begun a series of bridge inspections along Business 40 in downtown Winston-Salem. DOT bridge inspectors will evaluate the Main Street, Cherry Street, Marshall Street and Spruce Street bridges along Business 40. So, expect delays over the next week and a half between 9 and 3pm. FYI: Annual bridge inspections for Winston-Salem had been set for September, but were moved them up after pieces of concrete fell off the Church Street bridge last week.
A wet start for the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield country club in Greensboro this morning. Fans will be able to bring their cell phones on the course this week. www.WyndhamChampionship.com
8.18.2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Flash Flood Watch continues through this evening for Surry and Wilkes Counties...as well as Carroll, Patrick and Grayson counties in southern Virginia.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly cloudy. 70% chance of showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly this afternoon…High 88
Guest this morning on the Morning Show:
Pastor Alex Mutagubya of Gaba Community Church (Kampala, Uganda, East Africa)
Pastor Alex will be the featured speaker at the Ekissa Ministry Fundraiser this Friday evening (August 20) starting at 6:30pm. Location: Hillsdale United Methodist Church in Advance.
Tickets: $15.00 (includes an Uganda dinner) Proceeds: Ekissa, a local non-profit ministry working in the village of Bweya, Uganda to help purchase land and building projects (336) 971.4855 / www.ekissa.com
A mom in South Carolina does the unthinkable. Twenty-nine-year-old Shaquan Dudley accused of suffocating two of her children could get the death penalty. The boys (ages one and two) were found earlier in the week strapped into their toddler seats submerged in a river. (RnR)
Two boys are back home safe with their father after they were taken by their mother, who violated a custody arrangement. The boys, Ethan Andrew and Austin Green, both 9 years old , were last seen by their father on June 28 when their mother, who was living in Greensboro at the time, came to pick them up from a home on Old Lexington Road in Winston-Salem. The Greenwood Sheriff’s Department in South Carolina located the boys’ on Monday.
The mother could be charged in the incident. http://www.wxii12.com/news/24659898/detail.html
Syndicated radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schles-singer will be leaving her radio program at the end of the year, because she wants her "First Amendment rights back." The announcement comes days after Dr Laura repeatedly used the ‘N’ word while attempting to make a point with an on-air caller. Dr Laura has apologized on her website, saying she was wrong in using the racial slur. FYI: At least one radio sponsor, Motel 6, said it would no longer ‘leave the light on’ well…advertise on the show
www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2010/08/17/Dr-Laura-says-shes-leaving-radio/UPI-52201282099673/
Hung jury? A federal jury finding former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich guilty of just one count of lying to federal agents. The judge will likely declare a mistrial on the 23 more serious counts against the former Governor. Prosecutors in the case saying that will re-try the case against Blagojevich. RnR
Math Counts, a national math competition for teams and individual students in grades 6 - 8, will not allow homeschoolers to form teams and compete in the 2010-2011 school year. The Math Counts board unanimously decided to exclude homeschoolers in response to a few situations in which "super teams" were formed by pulling certain gifted students from public schools and labeling them as homeschool teams. A spokesperson Concerned Women for America : “These examples of cheating have obviously marred the competition, but homeschoolers as a whole should not be completely ‘left out’ of the competition.” Math Counts is comparable to the National Spelling Bee. Winners on a national level are rewarded and meet the president at the White House. www.christiannewswire.com/news/903314714.html
Beloit (like ‘Detroit’) College Mindset List for 2010…
Class of 2014 (or incoming college freshmen) can't write in cursive, email is way too slow, wrist watches are obsolete and for the most part phones have always been cordless.
Since 1998, Beloit College, in Wisconsin, has released the Beloit College Mindset List. It provides a look at the cultural existence that has shape the lives of students entering college this fall. Check out the list: www.beloit.edu/mindset/2014.php
SPORTS
Minor League baseball: Last night’s Winston-Salem Dash home game against the Salem Red Sox was suspended in the third inning due to heavy rain. FYI: The WS Dash will play the remainder of Tuesday’s game starting at 6pm this evening…then play tonight’s scheduled game afterward. All weather permitting.
www.wsdash.com
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly cloudy. 70% chance of showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly this afternoon…High 88
Guest this morning on the Morning Show:
Pastor Alex Mutagubya of Gaba Community Church (Kampala, Uganda, East Africa)
Pastor Alex will be the featured speaker at the Ekissa Ministry Fundraiser this Friday evening (August 20) starting at 6:30pm. Location: Hillsdale United Methodist Church in Advance.
Tickets: $15.00 (includes an Uganda dinner) Proceeds: Ekissa, a local non-profit ministry working in the village of Bweya, Uganda to help purchase land and building projects (336) 971.4855 / www.ekissa.com
A mom in South Carolina does the unthinkable. Twenty-nine-year-old Shaquan Dudley accused of suffocating two of her children could get the death penalty. The boys (ages one and two) were found earlier in the week strapped into their toddler seats submerged in a river. (RnR)
Two boys are back home safe with their father after they were taken by their mother, who violated a custody arrangement. The boys, Ethan Andrew and Austin Green, both 9 years old , were last seen by their father on June 28 when their mother, who was living in Greensboro at the time, came to pick them up from a home on Old Lexington Road in Winston-Salem. The Greenwood Sheriff’s Department in South Carolina located the boys’ on Monday.
The mother could be charged in the incident. http://www.wxii12.com/news/24659898/detail.html
Syndicated radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schles-singer will be leaving her radio program at the end of the year, because she wants her "First Amendment rights back." The announcement comes days after Dr Laura repeatedly used the ‘N’ word while attempting to make a point with an on-air caller. Dr Laura has apologized on her website, saying she was wrong in using the racial slur. FYI: At least one radio sponsor, Motel 6, said it would no longer ‘leave the light on’ well…advertise on the show
www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2010/08/17/Dr-Laura-says-shes-leaving-radio/UPI-52201282099673/
Hung jury? A federal jury finding former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich guilty of just one count of lying to federal agents. The judge will likely declare a mistrial on the 23 more serious counts against the former Governor. Prosecutors in the case saying that will re-try the case against Blagojevich. RnR
Math Counts, a national math competition for teams and individual students in grades 6 - 8, will not allow homeschoolers to form teams and compete in the 2010-2011 school year. The Math Counts board unanimously decided to exclude homeschoolers in response to a few situations in which "super teams" were formed by pulling certain gifted students from public schools and labeling them as homeschool teams. A spokesperson Concerned Women for America : “These examples of cheating have obviously marred the competition, but homeschoolers as a whole should not be completely ‘left out’ of the competition.” Math Counts is comparable to the National Spelling Bee. Winners on a national level are rewarded and meet the president at the White House. www.christiannewswire.com/news/903314714.html
Beloit (like ‘Detroit’) College Mindset List for 2010…
Class of 2014 (or incoming college freshmen) can't write in cursive, email is way too slow, wrist watches are obsolete and for the most part phones have always been cordless.
Since 1998, Beloit College, in Wisconsin, has released the Beloit College Mindset List. It provides a look at the cultural existence that has shape the lives of students entering college this fall. Check out the list: www.beloit.edu/mindset/2014.php
SPORTS
Minor League baseball: Last night’s Winston-Salem Dash home game against the Salem Red Sox was suspended in the third inning due to heavy rain. FYI: The WS Dash will play the remainder of Tuesday’s game starting at 6pm this evening…then play tonight’s scheduled game afterward. All weather permitting.
www.wsdash.com
8.17.2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly cloudy with a 50/50 chance of an afternoon
shower and thunderstorm. Humid…High around 90
Iraqi officials say at least 5O people have been killed and more than 100 others wounded in a suicide bomb blast outside an army recruitment center in Baghdad. The blast comes as the US prepares to withdraw the last of its combat troops from Iraq by the end of this month.
www.voanews.com/english/news/Suicide-Bomb-Blast-Kills-41-at-Iraqi-Army-Recruitment-Center--100864519.html
The rains just won’t stop. Monsoon rains have flooded roughly one-fifth of Pakistan. Millions of children are at risk for deadly waterborne diseases. Floods have killed more than 1,400 people and damaged close to a million homes. www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/17/pakistan.floods/index.html
The director of the North Carolina Education Lottery (Tom Shaheen) is stepping down to take a job in the private sector. His last day at the state lottery is Sept. 17th. http://www.wxii12.com/news/24652158/detail.html
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily blocking same-sex marriages from resuming in California. The order was issued late yesterday, setting aside a federal judge's decision earlier this month that would have permitted same-sex marriages to resume in California as early as Wednesday. The appeals court is set to hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the 2008 voter approved initiative defining marriage as only between one man and one woman. Arguments will now be held the week of December 6th. http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/17/same.sex.marriage/index.html?hpt=T2
The Bright Leaf Drive-In in Mt Airy, which closed in early March, could be re-opened. Mt Airy’s Mayor Deborah Cochran announcing that an “angel investor” has expressed an interest in buying the former theater property along Highway 52 in Mt Airy. The angel investor has not been identified, but only as “an out-of-town person with ties to this area http://www.wxii12.com/news/24643705/detail.html
A man, who was arrested after allegedly breaking into a local Red Lobster early Monday morning to steal cash and liquor, is also believed to have cooked pizza and eaten cake at the restaurant during the break-in. Greensboro police responded to the Red Lobster on Wendover Avenue early Monday. Inside, they found 32-year-old Bradley Dwight Michael, who had broken through the front door of the restaurant. Michael is charged with smashing up the restaurant…causing an estimated $30,000 in damage.And according to the restaurant’s manager, all that destruction made the suspect hungry. Manager Tom Brown said. “He also cooked pizza and tasted some cake. It looks like he sat down and ate.” He is being held on a $50,000 bond at the Guilford County jail in Greensboro. The restaurant reopened Monday afternoon. http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/08/16/article/cooked_pizza_eaten_cake_found_in_red_lobster_break_in
When off duty Mount Airy fire engineer Scotty Wolfe responded to a life-threatening call, little did he know the person in distress happened to be his best friend. Scotty had just finished his shift and was running errands when he heard the 911 operator on his scanner. When Scotty arrived, he found a man lying on the ground who wasn't breathing and had no pulse, so he began CPR. A few minutes later, when someone said the man's name, Wolfe realized he was trying to revive his lifelong friend, Ron Haynes. Haynes, 34, was trying to plug in a fan to dry newly poured concrete when he suffered an electrical shock that sent him to the ground. After 12 minutes of performing CPR, a shock to Haynes' heart from a defibrillator brought him back to life. Read more:
www.mtairynews.com/view/full_story/9157327/article-For-firefighter--this-call-was-different?instance=secondary_stories_left_column
The JC Penny ‘round up’ ends today. The JC Penny Afterschool Round Up helps kids through charitable organizations. The JC Penny location at Hanes Mall continues its partnership with the YMCA afterschool programs of NW NC. The Round up goes through the end of business today. (August 17th).
Fans will be able to bring their cell phones on the course during this week’s Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield country club in Greensboro. Tournament officials saying that they would allow fans to use mobile phones- as long as the devices are kept in silent mode and calls are made only in designated areas around the course. FYI: fans won't be allowed to take pictures or video during the four competitive rounds. The Wyndham Championship starts Thursday. www.WyndhamChampionship.com
Minor League play: The Winston-Salem DASH vs the Salem Red Sox. First pitch at 7 pm www.wsdash.com
shower and thunderstorm. Humid…High around 90
Iraqi officials say at least 5O people have been killed and more than 100 others wounded in a suicide bomb blast outside an army recruitment center in Baghdad. The blast comes as the US prepares to withdraw the last of its combat troops from Iraq by the end of this month.
www.voanews.com/english/news/Suicide-Bomb-Blast-Kills-41-at-Iraqi-Army-Recruitment-Center--100864519.html
The rains just won’t stop. Monsoon rains have flooded roughly one-fifth of Pakistan. Millions of children are at risk for deadly waterborne diseases. Floods have killed more than 1,400 people and damaged close to a million homes. www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/17/pakistan.floods/index.html
The director of the North Carolina Education Lottery (Tom Shaheen) is stepping down to take a job in the private sector. His last day at the state lottery is Sept. 17th. http://www.wxii12.com/news/24652158/detail.html
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily blocking same-sex marriages from resuming in California. The order was issued late yesterday, setting aside a federal judge's decision earlier this month that would have permitted same-sex marriages to resume in California as early as Wednesday. The appeals court is set to hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the 2008 voter approved initiative defining marriage as only between one man and one woman. Arguments will now be held the week of December 6th. http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/17/same.sex.marriage/index.html?hpt=T2
The Bright Leaf Drive-In in Mt Airy, which closed in early March, could be re-opened. Mt Airy’s Mayor Deborah Cochran announcing that an “angel investor” has expressed an interest in buying the former theater property along Highway 52 in Mt Airy. The angel investor has not been identified, but only as “an out-of-town person with ties to this area http://www.wxii12.com/news/24643705/detail.html
A man, who was arrested after allegedly breaking into a local Red Lobster early Monday morning to steal cash and liquor, is also believed to have cooked pizza and eaten cake at the restaurant during the break-in. Greensboro police responded to the Red Lobster on Wendover Avenue early Monday. Inside, they found 32-year-old Bradley Dwight Michael, who had broken through the front door of the restaurant. Michael is charged with smashing up the restaurant…causing an estimated $30,000 in damage.And according to the restaurant’s manager, all that destruction made the suspect hungry. Manager Tom Brown said. “He also cooked pizza and tasted some cake. It looks like he sat down and ate.” He is being held on a $50,000 bond at the Guilford County jail in Greensboro. The restaurant reopened Monday afternoon. http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/08/16/article/cooked_pizza_eaten_cake_found_in_red_lobster_break_in
When off duty Mount Airy fire engineer Scotty Wolfe responded to a life-threatening call, little did he know the person in distress happened to be his best friend. Scotty had just finished his shift and was running errands when he heard the 911 operator on his scanner. When Scotty arrived, he found a man lying on the ground who wasn't breathing and had no pulse, so he began CPR. A few minutes later, when someone said the man's name, Wolfe realized he was trying to revive his lifelong friend, Ron Haynes. Haynes, 34, was trying to plug in a fan to dry newly poured concrete when he suffered an electrical shock that sent him to the ground. After 12 minutes of performing CPR, a shock to Haynes' heart from a defibrillator brought him back to life. Read more:
www.mtairynews.com/view/full_story/9157327/article-For-firefighter--this-call-was-different?instance=secondary_stories_left_column
The JC Penny ‘round up’ ends today. The JC Penny Afterschool Round Up helps kids through charitable organizations. The JC Penny location at Hanes Mall continues its partnership with the YMCA afterschool programs of NW NC. The Round up goes through the end of business today. (August 17th).
Fans will be able to bring their cell phones on the course during this week’s Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield country club in Greensboro. Tournament officials saying that they would allow fans to use mobile phones- as long as the devices are kept in silent mode and calls are made only in designated areas around the course. FYI: fans won't be allowed to take pictures or video during the four competitive rounds. The Wyndham Championship starts Thursday. www.WyndhamChampionship.com
Minor League play: The Winston-Salem DASH vs the Salem Red Sox. First pitch at 7 pm www.wsdash.com
8.16.2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mix of sun and clouds with a chance of thunderstorms this
afternoon. Humid…High 92
FYI: Elvis Presley died on this date back in 1977. Elvis was 42 years old.
President Obama: Muslims Have Right to Build Place of Worship Near 9/11 Site. President Obama declared his support Friday night for the Muslim house of worship. www.christianpost.com/article/20100814/obama-muslims-have-right-to-build-place-of-worship-near-9-11-site/index.html
While the number of conventions in the Triad has been holding steady, the number of people traveling to those events is starting to rise once again. The convention business took a hit nationally during the recession. But convention and tourism officials in Greensboro and Winston-Salem say they’re starting to see an increase in the number of people making the trip to the Triad. www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2010/08/16/story3.html?b=1281931200^3789831
An 18 year old from Greensboro was one of two people killed in a deadly crash Saturday morning near Monroe. Arielle Parker would have been a freshman at Wingate this fall. Police stating that the driver of the car that four students were riding in…ran a stop sign and were hit by a large farm truck. (Enquirer-Journal of Monroe)
A deadly crash during an off-road 200-mile truck race in southern California's Mojave Desert claimed the lives of eight spectators Saturday night. Nine others were seriously injured.
www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/15/california.racing.deaths/index.html?hpt=T2
Just in time for Back-to-School, JC Penny stores nationwide and locally will once again ask you to ‘round up’ your total bill for a good cause. The JC Penny Afterschool Round Up helps kids through charitable organizations. The JC Penny location at Hanes Mall continues its partnership with the YMCA afterschool programs of NW NC. The Round up goes through August 17th.
Kernersville police are searching for a female who posed as a parking lot attendant and collected money from visitors at Beeson Park on Saturday. The suspect looked the part of a parking attendant…but…the money was supposed to be for the baseball teams and her pocket
Anyone with information should contact Kernersville Police Department
at 336-996-3177.
Court is no laughing matter as far as one North Carolina judge is concerned. A Fayetteville man who was waiting for his case to be heard on Friday drew the wrath of Judge Toni King after he began laughing while court was in session. Authorities said King asked 47-year-old Johnny Montgomery why he was laughing, but the man refused to say. The Judge ordered Montgomery to jail on a misdemeanor charge. As deputies were preparing to take Montgomery to jail, they searched him and found more than 3 grams of crack cocaine. Montgomery was charged with felony drug possession. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100815/D9HJTQP00.html
SPORTS
Today’s “Kevin Harvick Foundation Pro-Am” kicking off a week of pro golf action with the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield country club in Greensboro. The tournament officially starts Thursday. www.WyndhamChampionship.com
NASCAR: Kevin Harvick taking the checkered flag at Michigan international Speedway on Sunday. www.nascar.com
Update: The Dudley High School football player who broke his neck during practice last week, has been released from Moses Cone Hospital and is back at home. Doctors have told Brandon Burkes that although he will never play football again…he did not suffer any paralysis from his injury. Burkes will undergo weeks of rehabilitation. (Greensboro News n Record)
Pro Golf: Crazy finish at the PGA Championship in Wisconsin. Martin Kaymer winning his first ‘major’ yesterday…while Dustin Johnson was knocked out of Sunday's playoff because of a two-stroke penalty for grounding his club in a bunker he figured for a footpath. A tiny patch of sand well behind the ropes on the 18th fairway that spectators had trampled over all week. A rules violation he never thought was at issue. (RnR)
Minor League play: The Winston-Salem DASH vs the Salem Red Sox. First pitch at 7 pm www.wsdash.com
afternoon. Humid…High 92
FYI: Elvis Presley died on this date back in 1977. Elvis was 42 years old.
President Obama: Muslims Have Right to Build Place of Worship Near 9/11 Site. President Obama declared his support Friday night for the Muslim house of worship. www.christianpost.com/article/20100814/obama-muslims-have-right-to-build-place-of-worship-near-9-11-site/index.html
While the number of conventions in the Triad has been holding steady, the number of people traveling to those events is starting to rise once again. The convention business took a hit nationally during the recession. But convention and tourism officials in Greensboro and Winston-Salem say they’re starting to see an increase in the number of people making the trip to the Triad. www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2010/08/16/story3.html?b=1281931200^3789831
An 18 year old from Greensboro was one of two people killed in a deadly crash Saturday morning near Monroe. Arielle Parker would have been a freshman at Wingate this fall. Police stating that the driver of the car that four students were riding in…ran a stop sign and were hit by a large farm truck. (Enquirer-Journal of Monroe)
A deadly crash during an off-road 200-mile truck race in southern California's Mojave Desert claimed the lives of eight spectators Saturday night. Nine others were seriously injured.
www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/15/california.racing.deaths/index.html?hpt=T2
Just in time for Back-to-School, JC Penny stores nationwide and locally will once again ask you to ‘round up’ your total bill for a good cause. The JC Penny Afterschool Round Up helps kids through charitable organizations. The JC Penny location at Hanes Mall continues its partnership with the YMCA afterschool programs of NW NC. The Round up goes through August 17th.
Kernersville police are searching for a female who posed as a parking lot attendant and collected money from visitors at Beeson Park on Saturday. The suspect looked the part of a parking attendant…but…the money was supposed to be for the baseball teams and her pocket
Anyone with information should contact Kernersville Police Department
at 336-996-3177.
Court is no laughing matter as far as one North Carolina judge is concerned. A Fayetteville man who was waiting for his case to be heard on Friday drew the wrath of Judge Toni King after he began laughing while court was in session. Authorities said King asked 47-year-old Johnny Montgomery why he was laughing, but the man refused to say. The Judge ordered Montgomery to jail on a misdemeanor charge. As deputies were preparing to take Montgomery to jail, they searched him and found more than 3 grams of crack cocaine. Montgomery was charged with felony drug possession. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100815/D9HJTQP00.html
SPORTS
Today’s “Kevin Harvick Foundation Pro-Am” kicking off a week of pro golf action with the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield country club in Greensboro. The tournament officially starts Thursday. www.WyndhamChampionship.com
NASCAR: Kevin Harvick taking the checkered flag at Michigan international Speedway on Sunday. www.nascar.com
Update: The Dudley High School football player who broke his neck during practice last week, has been released from Moses Cone Hospital and is back at home. Doctors have told Brandon Burkes that although he will never play football again…he did not suffer any paralysis from his injury. Burkes will undergo weeks of rehabilitation. (Greensboro News n Record)
Pro Golf: Crazy finish at the PGA Championship in Wisconsin. Martin Kaymer winning his first ‘major’ yesterday…while Dustin Johnson was knocked out of Sunday's playoff because of a two-stroke penalty for grounding his club in a bunker he figured for a footpath. A tiny patch of sand well behind the ropes on the 18th fairway that spectators had trampled over all week. A rules violation he never thought was at issue. (RnR)
Minor League play: The Winston-Salem DASH vs the Salem Red Sox. First pitch at 7 pm www.wsdash.com
8.13.2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Another HOT, HAZY and HUMID day…but some changes for the weekend
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunny and HOT for Friday. Cooler temperatures with a better chance of showers over the weekend. High on Friday...around 90. Low 80s for the weekend.
Police in Martinsville, Virginia investigating the 2002 Short family murders, have planned a press conference for 10am this morning.
http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/08/13/article/authorities_to_discuss_short_slaying_case_today
Mortgage rates continued to drop…plunging to the lowest level in decades. According to surveys from Freddie Mac and Bankrate, 30-year fixed rate mortgage rates slipped to 4.44% this week. The lowest rates since 1971. A year ago it was at 5.29%. 15 year fixed rate mortgages are still below 4%. http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/12/real_estate/mortgage_rates/index.htm?hpt=T2
Road crews had to close one lane of Business 40 near the Church Street bridge in Winston-Salem yesterday around lunchtime after a 4-foot piece of concrete fell on the interstate. Officials said extreme heat could be to blame for the concrete falling on the road. www.myfox8.com/news/whgp-story-concrete-block-100812,0,3455034.story
A Dudley High School football player suffered a broken neck during practice earlier in the week. Brandon Burkes, a rising junior at Dudley High School, was injured on Monday when he tried to tackle a player head-on. Brandon finished practice, but started complaining of neck pain.
An MRI revealed that Brandon had broken his neck in two places. Doctors said Brandon may never play football again. The best news: Brandon will likely suffer no permanent paralysis from the injury. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-dudley-100812,0,4235528.story
A 16-month-old toddler who fell into a backyard swimming pool late last week died yesterday afternoon. Alexis Marie Stephens had been listed in critical condition at WF Baptist Hospital since Sunday. http://kernersville.myfox8.com/content/update-toddler-dies-after-falling-backyard-pool
Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant whose dramatic ‘departure’ from a passenger plane at JFK airport in New York earlier in the week, wants his job back. Whether Slater can regain his wings is unclear. Slater has been charged with two felonies…and faces up to seven years in prison for his actions. www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/08/12/flight.attendant/index.html?hpt=T2
Just in time for Back-to-School, JC Penny stores nationwide and locally will once again ask you to ‘round up’ your total bill for a good cause. The JC Penny Afterschool Round Up helps kids through charitable organizations. The JC Penny location at Hanes Mall continues its partnership with the YMCA afterschool programs of NW NC. The Round up goes through August 17th.
The Benton Convention Center is now covered in a forest of Christmas trees as more than 400 Christmas-tree growers and retailers are in town for the 2010 National Christmas Tree Association and Trade Show. This is the first time that the national convention has been in North Carolina since 1998, when it was in Asheville. The trade show is not open to the public…but a tree contest will determine who provides the White House tree. -North Carolina Christmas tree growers have harvested more than 3 million trees annually in recent years, ranking second in the nation after Oregon. -About 25 to 30 million Christmas trees are sold in the US each year. www.journalnow.com/content/2010/aug/12/christmas-tree-trade-show-comes-to-town/
Two men in a dryer? Firefighters in Charlotte rescued two men who were overcome by heat…after being trapped inside an industrial clothes dryer. Authorities say that the two men were working at the laundry facility at Carolinas Medical Center early yesterday morning when one of the men got into the dryer to free an item that was jammed and he was overcome by the heat. A second man went in to rescue him and he also was overcome by the heat. Another co-worker called 911. Charlotte fire officials say it took a group of about 30 firefighters a half-hour to free the men. The two workers were taken to the hospital. www.journalnow.com/content/2010/aug/13/122330/16-month-old-who-fell-into-pool-last-week-has-died/
NFL Pre-Season: Carolina Panthers fall to the Baltimore Ravens 17 – 12
www.panthers.com/schedule/schedule.html
MLB: Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones may have played his last game in the major leagues after tearing his ACL (CNN)
Pro Golf: PGA Championship round two this morning in Wisconsin
NASCAR team owner Jack Roush has been released from a Minnesota hospital two weeks after he suffered injuries in a Wisconsin plane crash. www.nascar.com
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunny and HOT for Friday. Cooler temperatures with a better chance of showers over the weekend. High on Friday...around 90. Low 80s for the weekend.
Police in Martinsville, Virginia investigating the 2002 Short family murders, have planned a press conference for 10am this morning.
http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/08/13/article/authorities_to_discuss_short_slaying_case_today
Mortgage rates continued to drop…plunging to the lowest level in decades. According to surveys from Freddie Mac and Bankrate, 30-year fixed rate mortgage rates slipped to 4.44% this week. The lowest rates since 1971. A year ago it was at 5.29%. 15 year fixed rate mortgages are still below 4%. http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/12/real_estate/mortgage_rates/index.htm?hpt=T2
Road crews had to close one lane of Business 40 near the Church Street bridge in Winston-Salem yesterday around lunchtime after a 4-foot piece of concrete fell on the interstate. Officials said extreme heat could be to blame for the concrete falling on the road. www.myfox8.com/news/whgp-story-concrete-block-100812,0,3455034.story
A Dudley High School football player suffered a broken neck during practice earlier in the week. Brandon Burkes, a rising junior at Dudley High School, was injured on Monday when he tried to tackle a player head-on. Brandon finished practice, but started complaining of neck pain.
An MRI revealed that Brandon had broken his neck in two places. Doctors said Brandon may never play football again. The best news: Brandon will likely suffer no permanent paralysis from the injury. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-dudley-100812,0,4235528.story
A 16-month-old toddler who fell into a backyard swimming pool late last week died yesterday afternoon. Alexis Marie Stephens had been listed in critical condition at WF Baptist Hospital since Sunday. http://kernersville.myfox8.com/content/update-toddler-dies-after-falling-backyard-pool
Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant whose dramatic ‘departure’ from a passenger plane at JFK airport in New York earlier in the week, wants his job back. Whether Slater can regain his wings is unclear. Slater has been charged with two felonies…and faces up to seven years in prison for his actions. www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/08/12/flight.attendant/index.html?hpt=T2
Just in time for Back-to-School, JC Penny stores nationwide and locally will once again ask you to ‘round up’ your total bill for a good cause. The JC Penny Afterschool Round Up helps kids through charitable organizations. The JC Penny location at Hanes Mall continues its partnership with the YMCA afterschool programs of NW NC. The Round up goes through August 17th.
The Benton Convention Center is now covered in a forest of Christmas trees as more than 400 Christmas-tree growers and retailers are in town for the 2010 National Christmas Tree Association and Trade Show. This is the first time that the national convention has been in North Carolina since 1998, when it was in Asheville. The trade show is not open to the public…but a tree contest will determine who provides the White House tree. -North Carolina Christmas tree growers have harvested more than 3 million trees annually in recent years, ranking second in the nation after Oregon. -About 25 to 30 million Christmas trees are sold in the US each year. www.journalnow.com/content/2010/aug/12/christmas-tree-trade-show-comes-to-town/
Two men in a dryer? Firefighters in Charlotte rescued two men who were overcome by heat…after being trapped inside an industrial clothes dryer. Authorities say that the two men were working at the laundry facility at Carolinas Medical Center early yesterday morning when one of the men got into the dryer to free an item that was jammed and he was overcome by the heat. A second man went in to rescue him and he also was overcome by the heat. Another co-worker called 911. Charlotte fire officials say it took a group of about 30 firefighters a half-hour to free the men. The two workers were taken to the hospital. www.journalnow.com/content/2010/aug/13/122330/16-month-old-who-fell-into-pool-last-week-has-died/
NFL Pre-Season: Carolina Panthers fall to the Baltimore Ravens 17 – 12
www.panthers.com/schedule/schedule.html
MLB: Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones may have played his last game in the major leagues after tearing his ACL (CNN)
Pro Golf: PGA Championship round two this morning in Wisconsin
NASCAR team owner Jack Roush has been released from a Minnesota hospital two weeks after he suffered injuries in a Wisconsin plane crash. www.nascar.com
8.12.2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
HOT…HAZY…HUMID…but cooler temperatures are on the way
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Partly sunny with an isolated thunderstorm this afternoon. Humid…High around 90
UPDATE (Greensboro): Serious accident involving an SUV and pick up truck. SB I-85 between South Elm Eugene and Highway 421 is shut down (as of 9:45am). All southbound lanes are being detoured at the 421 interchange. ALL INJURED WERE AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL… Back-ups on 421 / MLK coming into Greensboro
TROPICAL DEPRESSION #5 IS EXPECTED TO LINGER OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA THROUGH FRIDAY. The new forecast again brings the path of the center of the storm directly over New Orleans tomorrow . www.weather.com
The UN is appealing for more emergency funding and aid for the victims of the devastating floods in Pakistan. Flooding has claimed at least 16 hundred lives and left nearly two million people homeless. Officials saying that this is the worst flooding in Pakistan in more than 80 years. (VOA)
The remains of four US aid workers killed by the Taliban are being flown back to the States. The bodies of two other Americans killed will be buried in Afghanistan. Ten members of a Christian medical team were fatally wounded in northern Afghanistan last week.
A McGrady Volunteer Firefighter and EMT in Wilkes County was killed earlier this week. 19-year-old Allen Matheson died Monday night after the vehicle he was riding in crashed into another car. The accident happened on Mountain Valley Church Road. Matheson was the step-son of the McGrady Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief. Funeral services will be held on Saturday afternoon at Rock Springs Baptist Church. Visitation is tomorrow evening from 6:30 to 8:30pm at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home.
http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2010/08/12/services-set-for-firefighteremt-killed-in-monday-wreck/
The funeral for Shelby Chisom, the Davidson County teen that was killed over the weekend, will be this Saturday at 11 a.m. at Good Hope United Methodist Church. No formal visitation has been scheduled. Davidson Funeral Home is serving the family.
http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20100811/OBITUARIES/8114007/0/ARTICLES
David Barton founder of ‘Wall Builders’ saying that more Americans than ever are putting money before morality. And it’s not just secular Americans who are placing morality on the back burner. In the last three elections, 45% of evangelical, Bible-believing Christians have said that when it came time to vote, economic issues were more important than moral issues. Wall Builders is dedicated to America's moral, religious, and constitutional foundation. Barton will join conservative talk-show host Glenn Back later this month at the "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington, DC. (RnR) www.wallbuilders.com
SPORTS
NFL Pre-Season: Carolina Panthers play at the Baltimore Ravens tonight. (8pm) www.panthers.com/schedule/schedule.html
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Partly sunny with an isolated thunderstorm this afternoon. Humid…High around 90
UPDATE (Greensboro): Serious accident involving an SUV and pick up truck. SB I-85 between South Elm Eugene and Highway 421 is shut down (as of 9:45am). All southbound lanes are being detoured at the 421 interchange. ALL INJURED WERE AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL… Back-ups on 421 / MLK coming into Greensboro
TROPICAL DEPRESSION #5 IS EXPECTED TO LINGER OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA THROUGH FRIDAY. The new forecast again brings the path of the center of the storm directly over New Orleans tomorrow . www.weather.com
The UN is appealing for more emergency funding and aid for the victims of the devastating floods in Pakistan. Flooding has claimed at least 16 hundred lives and left nearly two million people homeless. Officials saying that this is the worst flooding in Pakistan in more than 80 years. (VOA)
The remains of four US aid workers killed by the Taliban are being flown back to the States. The bodies of two other Americans killed will be buried in Afghanistan. Ten members of a Christian medical team were fatally wounded in northern Afghanistan last week.
A McGrady Volunteer Firefighter and EMT in Wilkes County was killed earlier this week. 19-year-old Allen Matheson died Monday night after the vehicle he was riding in crashed into another car. The accident happened on Mountain Valley Church Road. Matheson was the step-son of the McGrady Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief. Funeral services will be held on Saturday afternoon at Rock Springs Baptist Church. Visitation is tomorrow evening from 6:30 to 8:30pm at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home.
http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2010/08/12/services-set-for-firefighteremt-killed-in-monday-wreck/
The funeral for Shelby Chisom, the Davidson County teen that was killed over the weekend, will be this Saturday at 11 a.m. at Good Hope United Methodist Church. No formal visitation has been scheduled. Davidson Funeral Home is serving the family.
http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20100811/OBITUARIES/8114007/0/ARTICLES
David Barton founder of ‘Wall Builders’ saying that more Americans than ever are putting money before morality. And it’s not just secular Americans who are placing morality on the back burner. In the last three elections, 45% of evangelical, Bible-believing Christians have said that when it came time to vote, economic issues were more important than moral issues. Wall Builders is dedicated to America's moral, religious, and constitutional foundation. Barton will join conservative talk-show host Glenn Back later this month at the "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington, DC. (RnR) www.wallbuilders.com
SPORTS
NFL Pre-Season: Carolina Panthers play at the Baltimore Ravens tonight. (8pm) www.panthers.com/schedule/schedule.html
8.11.2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Heat Advisory for Central and Eastern North Carolina
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Partly sunny. HOT…High 95
The combination of Heat and Humidity will make it FEEL even hotter.
The National Hurricane Center has issued tropical storm warnings along the Gulf of Mexico from Louisiana to Florida. Tropical Depression #5 formed in the Gulf off the Florida coast late yesterday afternoon. TD#5 will likely make landfall Friday afternoon. The forecasted track of the storm takes it toward Louisiana, the mouth of the Mississippi. The main threat is heavy rain and flooding. The next name on the storm list…Danielle. www.nhc.noaa.gov/#FIVE
Angry JetBlue Attendant Exits Plane on Slide: Next time you're having a bad day on the job, don't follow in the footsteps of JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater. Instead, take a deep breath and think twice before you do anything you will regret. Read more: www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/09/national/main6757761.shtml?tag=pop
What's the price of JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater's alleged actions?
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/11/earlyshow/main6763117.shtml
According to an official at Wake Forest - Baptist Medical Center, Shelby Chisom, the Davidson County teen that was killed over the weekend, died due to massive internal bleeding caused by trauma to the liver. 21 year old Michael John Craver allegedly threw a concrete paving stone through a car window, killing the 17-year-old girl. Hundreds attended a prayer vigil last night at North Davidson Sr High in memory of Shelby. Funeral arrangements are still pending. (journalnow.com)
"American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino has been hospitalized in Charlotte for a medication overdose. Fantasia's manager says that the overdose was not life threatening. (WCNC)
One fatality associated with an early morning crash near High Point University early yesterday morning. Investigators said Andrew Wade Smith was driving about 90 mph when he lost control of his truck and crashed into a utility pole near Montlieu Avenue and College Drive.
A passenger, 17 year old Steven Zachary Rogers, of Jamestown, later died from his injuries. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-high-point-fatality-100810,0,2889499.story
Demolition of several vacant buildings along Deacon Boulevard near the Joel Coliseum is set to begin next week. Officials with Wake Forest University say that they are moving ahead with plans to re-develop the area. WFU already owns several properties along Deacon Boulevard, including BB&T Field, the former Winston-Salem Warthogs stadium and the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials. www.wxii12.com/money/24582615/detail.html
The Walmart in Mount Airy was closed yesterday afternoon after a strong storm dumped several thousand gallons of water through an exposed hole in the roof. A crew was doing maintenance on the roof near the back of the store at about 1:15 p.m. The rain drenched an area of ceiling near the electronics section, causing a several tiles to collapse onto the floor below. (WXII)
A plane crash in Northern Alaska claimed the lives of five people including former Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens. Officials say that the plane hit a mountain. Ex-NASA boss Sean O'Keefe and three others survived the crash. The weather and terrain kept rescuers from reaching the crash site for 12 hours. www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/11/alaska.plane.crash/index.html?hpt=T1
Update: A road crew fixed what might be the funniest mis-spelling in our state. Late last week, a road crew misspelled 'SCHOOL' near Southern Guilford High School. On Tuesday, the crew fixed the spelling error. See pic:
www.news-record.com/content/2010/08/09/image/sign_spelling_08010
SPORTS: Olympic Gold Medalist found dead. Antonio Pettigrew, one of the track coaches at UNC, was found dead in his car early Tuesday. Authorities believe the cause of death was either a suicide or an accidental overdose. His body has been sent to a medical examiner for an autopsy. Pettigrew was a graduate of St. Augustine's College in Raleigh. Pettigrew was stripped of an Olympic gold medal after admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs.
www.wralsportsfan.com/olympics/story/8111537/?hpt=T2
NFL Pre-Season: Carolina Panthers play at the Baltimore Ravens this Thursday night (8pm) www.panthers.com/schedule/schedule.html
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Partly sunny. HOT…High 95
The combination of Heat and Humidity will make it FEEL even hotter.
The National Hurricane Center has issued tropical storm warnings along the Gulf of Mexico from Louisiana to Florida. Tropical Depression #5 formed in the Gulf off the Florida coast late yesterday afternoon. TD#5 will likely make landfall Friday afternoon. The forecasted track of the storm takes it toward Louisiana, the mouth of the Mississippi. The main threat is heavy rain and flooding. The next name on the storm list…Danielle. www.nhc.noaa.gov/#FIVE
Angry JetBlue Attendant Exits Plane on Slide: Next time you're having a bad day on the job, don't follow in the footsteps of JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater. Instead, take a deep breath and think twice before you do anything you will regret. Read more: www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/09/national/main6757761.shtml?tag=pop
What's the price of JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater's alleged actions?
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/11/earlyshow/main6763117.shtml
According to an official at Wake Forest - Baptist Medical Center, Shelby Chisom, the Davidson County teen that was killed over the weekend, died due to massive internal bleeding caused by trauma to the liver. 21 year old Michael John Craver allegedly threw a concrete paving stone through a car window, killing the 17-year-old girl. Hundreds attended a prayer vigil last night at North Davidson Sr High in memory of Shelby. Funeral arrangements are still pending. (journalnow.com)
"American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino has been hospitalized in Charlotte for a medication overdose. Fantasia's manager says that the overdose was not life threatening. (WCNC)
One fatality associated with an early morning crash near High Point University early yesterday morning. Investigators said Andrew Wade Smith was driving about 90 mph when he lost control of his truck and crashed into a utility pole near Montlieu Avenue and College Drive.
A passenger, 17 year old Steven Zachary Rogers, of Jamestown, later died from his injuries. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-high-point-fatality-100810,0,2889499.story
Demolition of several vacant buildings along Deacon Boulevard near the Joel Coliseum is set to begin next week. Officials with Wake Forest University say that they are moving ahead with plans to re-develop the area. WFU already owns several properties along Deacon Boulevard, including BB&T Field, the former Winston-Salem Warthogs stadium and the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials. www.wxii12.com/money/24582615/detail.html
The Walmart in Mount Airy was closed yesterday afternoon after a strong storm dumped several thousand gallons of water through an exposed hole in the roof. A crew was doing maintenance on the roof near the back of the store at about 1:15 p.m. The rain drenched an area of ceiling near the electronics section, causing a several tiles to collapse onto the floor below. (WXII)
A plane crash in Northern Alaska claimed the lives of five people including former Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens. Officials say that the plane hit a mountain. Ex-NASA boss Sean O'Keefe and three others survived the crash. The weather and terrain kept rescuers from reaching the crash site for 12 hours. www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/11/alaska.plane.crash/index.html?hpt=T1
Update: A road crew fixed what might be the funniest mis-spelling in our state. Late last week, a road crew misspelled 'SCHOOL' near Southern Guilford High School. On Tuesday, the crew fixed the spelling error. See pic:
www.news-record.com/content/2010/08/09/image/sign_spelling_08010
SPORTS: Olympic Gold Medalist found dead. Antonio Pettigrew, one of the track coaches at UNC, was found dead in his car early Tuesday. Authorities believe the cause of death was either a suicide or an accidental overdose. His body has been sent to a medical examiner for an autopsy. Pettigrew was a graduate of St. Augustine's College in Raleigh. Pettigrew was stripped of an Olympic gold medal after admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs.
www.wralsportsfan.com/olympics/story/8111537/?hpt=T2
NFL Pre-Season: Carolina Panthers play at the Baltimore Ravens this Thursday night (8pm) www.panthers.com/schedule/schedule.html
8.10.2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
The Triad under a Code Orange Air Quality Alert
for extreme ground level ozone
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly sunny. Hot…High 95
A candle light vigil to remember Shelby Chisom will be held tonight at North Davidson High School (in front of the new gym). Shelby, a rising senior at North Davidson, died early Saturday morning. The event to remember Shelby will begin around 8:30pm. http://myndsports.com/?p=14882
RECALL: Honda Motor Company is recalling the popular Accord and Civic passenger cars to address problems with an ignition switch problem. The recent recall includes the Honda Accord, Civic and Element vehicles made between 2003 and 2004. Recall details on the News Blog:
www.ahm-ownerlink.com/SEO/HondaRecall.asp?recallStatus=NO%20VIN&recallId1=NO%20RECALL%20IDS
Computer security breaches at two UNC-G clinics have allowed unauthorized access to information about more than 2,500 individuals. Officials said a malware program allowed computer data to be accessed, but it isn’t known if any information was actually taken. The computers were used by the university's speech and hearing center and psychology clinic.
Letters have been mailed to those who may have been affected.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/24569566/detail.html
DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES SAYS HE IS CUTTING POSITIONS TO SAVE MONEY AT THE PENTAGON. Thousands of jobs will be eliminated to help trim the $100 billion dollar budget. RnR
South Korean police raided the offices of Google Korea earlier today as part of an investigation into whether the company illegally collected and stored personal wireless data. The Cyber Terror Response Center of the Korean National Police Agency said in a statement that they suspect those cars may have illegally captured and stored personal data from wireless networks while they were mapping streets. (CNN)
A customer at a North Carolina Krispy Kreme restaurant got something even sweeter than a dozen hot glazed: $5,000 in cash. Multiple media outlets report that a clerk at a Krispy Kreme in Fayetteville accidentally handed over a box of doughnuts that also contained the store's cash receipts on Friday. Police said before taking the money to be deposited, a manager put the cash in a doughnut box as a safeguard against theft. Fayetteville Police Sgt. Dan Grubb says the clerk didn't know about the routine, and accidentally handed the wrong box to a customer at the drive-thru window. Grubb says that as of Monday, no one has come forward to return the money. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-kk-customer-100809,0,3657319.story
NASCAR: Newest edition to the Jeff Gordon family…a boy. ‘Leo Benjamin Gordon’ was born yesterday at 8:53 a.m. Weighing 7 pounds, 2 ounces and was 19 inches long."
Gordon and wife Ingrid also have a 3-year-old daughter. So far this year, Elliott Sadler, Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson have became first-time fathers. Juan Pablo Montoya and his wife had their third child last month. www.nascar.com
Denver Broncos’ quarterback and former Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow may be the toast of Denver, but he's just another rookie to his teammates — a rookie with a really bad "Friar Tuck" haircut. Teammate LenDale White posted a photo of Tebow on his Twitter account showing the with a hair do. Rookies are often subjected to hazing rituals in NFL training camps.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Broncos-hazing-Tim-Tebow-haircut
for extreme ground level ozone
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly sunny. Hot…High 95
A candle light vigil to remember Shelby Chisom will be held tonight at North Davidson High School (in front of the new gym). Shelby, a rising senior at North Davidson, died early Saturday morning. The event to remember Shelby will begin around 8:30pm. http://myndsports.com/?p=14882
RECALL: Honda Motor Company is recalling the popular Accord and Civic passenger cars to address problems with an ignition switch problem. The recent recall includes the Honda Accord, Civic and Element vehicles made between 2003 and 2004. Recall details on the News Blog:
www.ahm-ownerlink.com/SEO/HondaRecall.asp?recallStatus=NO%20VIN&recallId1=NO%20RECALL%20IDS
Computer security breaches at two UNC-G clinics have allowed unauthorized access to information about more than 2,500 individuals. Officials said a malware program allowed computer data to be accessed, but it isn’t known if any information was actually taken. The computers were used by the university's speech and hearing center and psychology clinic.
Letters have been mailed to those who may have been affected.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/24569566/detail.html
DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES SAYS HE IS CUTTING POSITIONS TO SAVE MONEY AT THE PENTAGON. Thousands of jobs will be eliminated to help trim the $100 billion dollar budget. RnR
South Korean police raided the offices of Google Korea earlier today as part of an investigation into whether the company illegally collected and stored personal wireless data. The Cyber Terror Response Center of the Korean National Police Agency said in a statement that they suspect those cars may have illegally captured and stored personal data from wireless networks while they were mapping streets. (CNN)
A customer at a North Carolina Krispy Kreme restaurant got something even sweeter than a dozen hot glazed: $5,000 in cash. Multiple media outlets report that a clerk at a Krispy Kreme in Fayetteville accidentally handed over a box of doughnuts that also contained the store's cash receipts on Friday. Police said before taking the money to be deposited, a manager put the cash in a doughnut box as a safeguard against theft. Fayetteville Police Sgt. Dan Grubb says the clerk didn't know about the routine, and accidentally handed the wrong box to a customer at the drive-thru window. Grubb says that as of Monday, no one has come forward to return the money. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-kk-customer-100809,0,3657319.story
NASCAR: Newest edition to the Jeff Gordon family…a boy. ‘Leo Benjamin Gordon’ was born yesterday at 8:53 a.m. Weighing 7 pounds, 2 ounces and was 19 inches long."
Gordon and wife Ingrid also have a 3-year-old daughter. So far this year, Elliott Sadler, Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson have became first-time fathers. Juan Pablo Montoya and his wife had their third child last month. www.nascar.com
Denver Broncos’ quarterback and former Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow may be the toast of Denver, but he's just another rookie to his teammates — a rookie with a really bad "Friar Tuck" haircut. Teammate LenDale White posted a photo of Tebow on his Twitter account showing the with a hair do. Rookies are often subjected to hazing rituals in NFL training camps.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Broncos-hazing-Tim-Tebow-haircut
8.09.2010
Monday, August 09, 2010
HOT…HAZY…HUMID
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly sunny…High 92. Upper 90s by mid-week.
A 21-year-old man from Welcome has been charged with murder after allegedly throwing a concrete paving stone through a passenger-side car window and killing a teenage girl early Saturday morning. 17-year-old Shelby Chisom, a student at North Davidson High School, died from injuries suffered in the incident. Deputies arrested 21 year old Michael John Craver and charged him with murder. Craver’s first court appearance will be later today.
www.the-dispatch.com/article/20100807/ARTICLES/100809931/1005?Title=Man-faces-murder-charge-in-North-student-8217-s-death-
A 16-month-old toddler remains in critical condition after falling into a backyard swimming pool late last week in Kernersville. Alexis Marie Stephens was taken to Wake Forest - Baptist Medical Center on Friday. www.myfox8.com/wghp-story-toddler-100807,0,2870606.story
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul has identified three more victims from the brutal attack on 10 medical aid workers in Afghanistan. The ten were killed late last week by the Taliban. Six Americans were among the aid workers with the Kabul-based Christian charity “International Assistance Mission”. The organization which serves the people of Afghanistan through eye care, education and healthcare is reportedly the longest serving (NGO) non-governmental organization operating in Afghanistan. www.christianpost.com/article/20100808/10-bodies-found-in-afghanistan-likely-christian-charity-workers/index.html
Donate blood, get a new ride? To help promote blood donations, a Red Cross chapter in Cleveland, Ohio is offering people who give a pint of blood…the chance to win a car or a horse-drawn buggy. Christy Chapman with the Red Cross in Cleveland says the organization didn't want to leave its many Amish donors out of the giveaway. The Northern Ohio blood services region includes three counties with one of the nation's largest Amish populations. A board member, who is Amish, is arranging to have an Amish buggy custom made for the contest. If you prefer a more modern mode of transportation blood donors can win a 2010 Nissan Versa. The contest wraps up Sept. 6th. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100802/D9HBBM3G0.html
How about seeing the Fall foliage along the Blue Ridge Parkway by way of train? The N.C. Transportation Museum Foundation and the Watauga Valley Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society will host ‘day trip’ train excursions from Greensboro and Spencer to Roanoke, Virginia on October 30 and to Asheville, N.C. on October 31. More info on the News Blog…
For tickets, go to www.nctrans.org or call (704) 636-2889, ext. 232.
NASCAR: Juan Pablo Montoya winning the road course at Watkins Glen.
MLB: Yankee short stop Derek Jeter surpassed Babe Ruth on the all time career hits list last night in the Yankees 7-to-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
NFL Pre-Season: Cowboys beat the Bengals to Open Preseason last night. Carolina Panthers play at the Baltimore Ravens this Thursday night (8pm)
www.panthers.com/schedule/schedule.html
Minor League play: The Frederick Keys beating the Dash…8-6 yesterday afternoon at BB&T Ballpark. The Dash away until next Monday. www.wsdash.com
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly sunny…High 92. Upper 90s by mid-week.
A 21-year-old man from Welcome has been charged with murder after allegedly throwing a concrete paving stone through a passenger-side car window and killing a teenage girl early Saturday morning. 17-year-old Shelby Chisom, a student at North Davidson High School, died from injuries suffered in the incident. Deputies arrested 21 year old Michael John Craver and charged him with murder. Craver’s first court appearance will be later today.
www.the-dispatch.com/article/20100807/ARTICLES/100809931/1005?Title=Man-faces-murder-charge-in-North-student-8217-s-death-
A 16-month-old toddler remains in critical condition after falling into a backyard swimming pool late last week in Kernersville. Alexis Marie Stephens was taken to Wake Forest - Baptist Medical Center on Friday. www.myfox8.com/wghp-story-toddler-100807,0,2870606.story
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul has identified three more victims from the brutal attack on 10 medical aid workers in Afghanistan. The ten were killed late last week by the Taliban. Six Americans were among the aid workers with the Kabul-based Christian charity “International Assistance Mission”. The organization which serves the people of Afghanistan through eye care, education and healthcare is reportedly the longest serving (NGO) non-governmental organization operating in Afghanistan. www.christianpost.com/article/20100808/10-bodies-found-in-afghanistan-likely-christian-charity-workers/index.html
Donate blood, get a new ride? To help promote blood donations, a Red Cross chapter in Cleveland, Ohio is offering people who give a pint of blood…the chance to win a car or a horse-drawn buggy. Christy Chapman with the Red Cross in Cleveland says the organization didn't want to leave its many Amish donors out of the giveaway. The Northern Ohio blood services region includes three counties with one of the nation's largest Amish populations. A board member, who is Amish, is arranging to have an Amish buggy custom made for the contest. If you prefer a more modern mode of transportation blood donors can win a 2010 Nissan Versa. The contest wraps up Sept. 6th. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100802/D9HBBM3G0.html
How about seeing the Fall foliage along the Blue Ridge Parkway by way of train? The N.C. Transportation Museum Foundation and the Watauga Valley Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society will host ‘day trip’ train excursions from Greensboro and Spencer to Roanoke, Virginia on October 30 and to Asheville, N.C. on October 31. More info on the News Blog…
For tickets, go to www.nctrans.org or call (704) 636-2889, ext. 232.
NASCAR: Juan Pablo Montoya winning the road course at Watkins Glen.
MLB: Yankee short stop Derek Jeter surpassed Babe Ruth on the all time career hits list last night in the Yankees 7-to-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
NFL Pre-Season: Cowboys beat the Bengals to Open Preseason last night. Carolina Panthers play at the Baltimore Ravens this Thursday night (8pm)
www.panthers.com/schedule/schedule.html
Minor League play: The Frederick Keys beating the Dash…8-6 yesterday afternoon at BB&T Ballpark. The Dash away until next Monday. www.wsdash.com
8.06.2010
Friday, August 06, 2010
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mix of sun and clouds through the weekend. An isolated afternoon thunderstorm possible…High near 90 BTW: The ‘Dog Days of Summer’ continue through next Wednesday (Aug 11)
The NC TAX FREE WEEKEND going on through midnight Sunday (August 6 – 8). Details and exemptions: www.dornc.com/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html
Mortgage rates continued to fall. The average rate on a 15-year fixed rate mortgage has fallen below 4 percent. Freddie Mac in its weekly report, said a 15-year fix fell to an average of 3.95 percent, down from 4 percent. And, a 30-year fix-rate mortgage averaged 4.49 percent in the week ending Aug. 5th. In the Triad, home sales for the second quarter were up nearly 20 percent versus a year ago. www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2010/08/02/daily40.html
Two men have been charged in connection with one of several armed robberies reported in Winston-Salem earlier this week. Police said the two could face more charges in the other robberies. Arrest records on both men show a history of convictions for offenses including drug possession, breaking and entering and robbery. www.wxii12.com/news/24525169/detail.html
The state releasing its annual ABC’s of Public Education on Thursday…with area school systems overall doing better. The Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County system went from having nine individual schools rated as low-performing to having none in that category for the 2009-2010 school year. Schools in Guilford County making big improvements from last year. (WS Journal , Greensboro News Record)
School lunches will be healthier under child nutrition legislation passed by the Senate yesterday, a key part of first lady Michelle Obama's campaign to end childhood obesity. The $4.5 billion legislation would create new standards for all foods in schools, including vending machine items, to give students healthier meal options. (AP)
BP has finished pumping cement into its blown-out Gulf oil well. The procedure is a major step in plugging the well for good.
The US Senate confirming Elena Kagan as the 112th Supreme Court justice. Republicans in the Senate have called Kagan a political activist with little judicial experience. www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/08/05/kagan.supreme.court/index.html?hpt=T2
A woman and her dog were bitten by two pit bulls in front of her home Wednesday night on Sawyer Street in Winston-Salem. Iva Flynt said she and her Daschund, Cookie, were sitting on the front porch when two pit bulls ran over from a neighbor’s yard and attacked them.
Flynt was bitten on the hand and wrist. She was taken to the hospital to be evaluated. The Daschund was taken to the vet where it underwent surgery. Officers with the Forsyth County Animal Control took the Pitt Bulls into custody. The owners will face charges. http://www.wxii12.com/news/24526559/detail.html
How about seeing the Fall foliage along the Blue Ridge Parkway by way of train?
Demand is expected to be strong this year for the “Virginia Autumn Special” traveling to Roanoke, Va. Saturday, Oct. 30 and the “Blue Ridge Special” traveling to Asheville on
Oct. 31. The ‘day trip’ train excursions from Greensboro and Spencer to Roanoke, Virginia on October 30 and to Asheville, N.C. on October 31, 2010.
For tickets, go to http://www.nctrans.org/ or call (704) 636-2889, ext. 232
Out on Blu-Ray and DVD this week: “To Save a Life”
The film rated PG-13 tells the story of the difference one person can make when they use their influence and time for others. Written by youth pastor Jim Britts, the film's main character is a high school basketball star who witnesses a childhood friend take his own life. The tragic event affects him deeply and sends him on a search for answers to what he wants his life to be about.
***Overall, this summer at the Box Office: "Toy Story 3" remains on top with a gross of almost $400 million, followed by "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" ($288 million), "Inception" ($193), "Despicable Me" ($190), "The Last Airbender" ($127), and "Robin Hood" ($105). No other film but those has broken a hundred. www.dvdtown.com/news/new-in-theaters-august-6---/7875
Just in time for Back-to-School, JC Penny stores nationwide and locally will once again ask you to ‘round up’ your total bill for a good cause. The JC Penny Afterschool Round Up helps kids through charitable organizations. The JC Penny location at Hanes Mall continues its partnership with the YMCA afterschool programs of NW NC. The Round up goes through August 17th.
The NC TAX FREE WEEKEND going on through midnight Sunday (August 6 – 8). Details and exemptions: www.dornc.com/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html
Mortgage rates continued to fall. The average rate on a 15-year fixed rate mortgage has fallen below 4 percent. Freddie Mac in its weekly report, said a 15-year fix fell to an average of 3.95 percent, down from 4 percent. And, a 30-year fix-rate mortgage averaged 4.49 percent in the week ending Aug. 5th. In the Triad, home sales for the second quarter were up nearly 20 percent versus a year ago. www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2010/08/02/daily40.html
Two men have been charged in connection with one of several armed robberies reported in Winston-Salem earlier this week. Police said the two could face more charges in the other robberies. Arrest records on both men show a history of convictions for offenses including drug possession, breaking and entering and robbery. www.wxii12.com/news/24525169/detail.html
The state releasing its annual ABC’s of Public Education on Thursday…with area school systems overall doing better. The Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County system went from having nine individual schools rated as low-performing to having none in that category for the 2009-2010 school year. Schools in Guilford County making big improvements from last year. (WS Journal , Greensboro News Record)
School lunches will be healthier under child nutrition legislation passed by the Senate yesterday, a key part of first lady Michelle Obama's campaign to end childhood obesity. The $4.5 billion legislation would create new standards for all foods in schools, including vending machine items, to give students healthier meal options. (AP)
BP has finished pumping cement into its blown-out Gulf oil well. The procedure is a major step in plugging the well for good.
The US Senate confirming Elena Kagan as the 112th Supreme Court justice. Republicans in the Senate have called Kagan a political activist with little judicial experience. www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/08/05/kagan.supreme.court/index.html?hpt=T2
A woman and her dog were bitten by two pit bulls in front of her home Wednesday night on Sawyer Street in Winston-Salem. Iva Flynt said she and her Daschund, Cookie, were sitting on the front porch when two pit bulls ran over from a neighbor’s yard and attacked them.
Flynt was bitten on the hand and wrist. She was taken to the hospital to be evaluated. The Daschund was taken to the vet where it underwent surgery. Officers with the Forsyth County Animal Control took the Pitt Bulls into custody. The owners will face charges. http://www.wxii12.com/news/24526559/detail.html
How about seeing the Fall foliage along the Blue Ridge Parkway by way of train?
Demand is expected to be strong this year for the “Virginia Autumn Special” traveling to Roanoke, Va. Saturday, Oct. 30 and the “Blue Ridge Special” traveling to Asheville on
Oct. 31. The ‘day trip’ train excursions from Greensboro and Spencer to Roanoke, Virginia on October 30 and to Asheville, N.C. on October 31, 2010.
For tickets, go to http://www.nctrans.org/ or call (704) 636-2889, ext. 232
Out on Blu-Ray and DVD this week: “To Save a Life”
The film rated PG-13 tells the story of the difference one person can make when they use their influence and time for others. Written by youth pastor Jim Britts, the film's main character is a high school basketball star who witnesses a childhood friend take his own life. The tragic event affects him deeply and sends him on a search for answers to what he wants his life to be about.
***Overall, this summer at the Box Office: "Toy Story 3" remains on top with a gross of almost $400 million, followed by "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" ($288 million), "Inception" ($193), "Despicable Me" ($190), "The Last Airbender" ($127), and "Robin Hood" ($105). No other film but those has broken a hundred. www.dvdtown.com/news/new-in-theaters-august-6---/7875
Just in time for Back-to-School, JC Penny stores nationwide and locally will once again ask you to ‘round up’ your total bill for a good cause. The JC Penny Afterschool Round Up helps kids through charitable organizations. The JC Penny location at Hanes Mall continues its partnership with the YMCA afterschool programs of NW NC. The Round up goes through August 17th.
8.05.2010
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Most the eastern portion of North Carolina including Guilford and Randolph counties under a HEAT ADVISORY today…from 11am to 7 pm this evening.
Parents will be able to find out more information about public school teachers thanks to an ethics bill signed by the Governor on Monday. One of the key provisions of the Ethics and Campaign Reform Act of 2010, which goes in effect October 1st, will provide personnel details of state workers that were not available before. Read more: www.myfox8.com/wghp-story-privacy-100804,0,5749602.story
A 38-year-old woman and her dog died in a house fire in Yadkin County early yesterday morning. The fire happened on Freedom Road in Boonville. Sarah Studard's family said she had been sick with lupus for nearly 5 years. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-woman-killed-fire-100804,0,1268262.story
Two men were shot near Groometown Road late last night following a possible ‘road rage’ incident. Officers said the two men were involved in an accident near Meadowview Road and Coliseum Blvd. in Greensboro around 10 p.m. last night. Police said the two men decided to meet near Groometown Road to discuss who would be responsible for the damages. While the men were talking, one of the men pulled out a handgun and shot the other man in the side. (Fox 8)
A federal judge overturning California’s Prop 8 saying that the measure is unConstitutional. Prop 8 was approved by California voters two years ago and defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman. An appeal is underway…likely to the US Supreme Court. http://www.citizenlink.com/2010/08/federal-judge-strikes-down-prop-8-one-man-one-women-marriage-irrational/
Oak Hollow Mall in High Point has been sold…but to whom? CBL & Associates says it has a contract to sell Oak Hollow Mall, but hasn’t revealed who the buyer is or when the deal will be closed. The asking price was around $15 million dollars. Dillard and Sears stores were not included in the sale. CBL also owns Hanes Mall, Friendly Center and Randolph Mall. http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2010/08/02/daily29.html
Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request, the State Department has released passport records of Stanley Ann Dunham, President Obama's mother – but records for the years surrounding Obama's 1961 ‘birth’ are missing. Destroyed, then, would also be any records shedding light on whether Dunham did or did not travel out of the country around the time of Barack Obama's birth. Read more: www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=186677
Hot temperatures and high humidity will push heat index values up to 105 to 109 degrees for a few hours this afternoon.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: 50/50 chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. Some storms could be ‘severe’ this afternoon…High 95
Forecasters have issued ‘advisories’ for at least 18 states Thursday as dangerous heat continues to scorch parts of the South, Midwest and the North. http://www.weather.com/
BP has been given the go-ahead to pour cement into its crippled Gulf oil well. Workers already pumped 2,300 barrels of drilling mud down the well. (CNN)
The makeover of Business 40 through downtown Winston-Salem will be delayed. The state saying that because of tight budget finances the Business 40 project will not begin until 2018. http://www.journalnow.com/
Forecasters have issued ‘advisories’ for at least 18 states Thursday as dangerous heat continues to scorch parts of the South, Midwest and the North. http://www.weather.com/
BP has been given the go-ahead to pour cement into its crippled Gulf oil well. Workers already pumped 2,300 barrels of drilling mud down the well. (CNN)
The makeover of Business 40 through downtown Winston-Salem will be delayed. The state saying that because of tight budget finances the Business 40 project will not begin until 2018. http://www.journalnow.com/
Parents will be able to find out more information about public school teachers thanks to an ethics bill signed by the Governor on Monday. One of the key provisions of the Ethics and Campaign Reform Act of 2010, which goes in effect October 1st, will provide personnel details of state workers that were not available before. Read more: www.myfox8.com/wghp-story-privacy-100804,0,5749602.story
A 38-year-old woman and her dog died in a house fire in Yadkin County early yesterday morning. The fire happened on Freedom Road in Boonville. Sarah Studard's family said she had been sick with lupus for nearly 5 years. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-woman-killed-fire-100804,0,1268262.story
Two men were shot near Groometown Road late last night following a possible ‘road rage’ incident. Officers said the two men were involved in an accident near Meadowview Road and Coliseum Blvd. in Greensboro around 10 p.m. last night. Police said the two men decided to meet near Groometown Road to discuss who would be responsible for the damages. While the men were talking, one of the men pulled out a handgun and shot the other man in the side. (Fox 8)
A federal judge overturning California’s Prop 8 saying that the measure is unConstitutional. Prop 8 was approved by California voters two years ago and defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman. An appeal is underway…likely to the US Supreme Court. http://www.citizenlink.com/2010/08/federal-judge-strikes-down-prop-8-one-man-one-women-marriage-irrational/
Oak Hollow Mall in High Point has been sold…but to whom? CBL & Associates says it has a contract to sell Oak Hollow Mall, but hasn’t revealed who the buyer is or when the deal will be closed. The asking price was around $15 million dollars. Dillard and Sears stores were not included in the sale. CBL also owns Hanes Mall, Friendly Center and Randolph Mall. http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2010/08/02/daily29.html
Bill Cosby is ALIVE. Earlier in the week, funny man Bill Cosby was once again forced to deny he had died, after the rumor spread on the web. The 73-year-old Cosby says that the rumor has happened three times before …so far. Cosby said even his daughter had been concerned enough to check in with him. The veteran comedian took to Twitter to confirm that he was still alive.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1300345/Bill-Cosby-NOT-dead-FOURTH-time.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1300345/Bill-Cosby-NOT-dead-FOURTH-time.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request, the State Department has released passport records of Stanley Ann Dunham, President Obama's mother – but records for the years surrounding Obama's 1961 ‘birth’ are missing. Destroyed, then, would also be any records shedding light on whether Dunham did or did not travel out of the country around the time of Barack Obama's birth. Read more: www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=186677
8.04.2010
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
HOT…HAZY…HUMID through Friday
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly during the
afternoon. Hot…High 95
Running for a good cause…Hoover Walk and Hoover 5K run
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Donations to "World Hope International / African Wells.
To raise funds for building machine-drilled water wells in Africa
***There is a $25 dollar registration fee for the Hoover 5k Run.
Interested? Check out their Facebook page 'Hoover 5K For Water'
www.facebook.com/pages/Hoover-5K-for-Water/135904296436118?v=wall
Questions: Contact Julie Fricault for more details: 837-8951
FREE Two-day business seminar starts tonight:
Tim Reazor with Investors Business Daily is will be speaking tonight and Thursday night from 7 to 9pm at Wake Forest University (Kirby Hall, room 102). This workshop is purely educational and completely FREE. RSVP here: www.meetup.com/TriadInvestorsBusinessDaily/calendar/14195188/
The static kill seems to be working. Officials with BP are monitoring mud that is being pumped into that blown out oil well in the Gulf. C NN
A FEDERAL COURT RULING ON THE ‘LEGALITY” OF PROP 8 IS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED TODAY. Prop eight was approved by voters in California and defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Today’s ruling will decide whether Prop Eight violated same sex couples’ rights under the U-S Constitution. RnR
Barnes & Noble, the number one book store chain in the US, is putting itself up for sale. CNN
The final hurdle has been cleared for a Muslim Mosque and Cultural center to be built two blocks from Ground Zero’ in New York City. Read more:
www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/08/03/2010-08-03_crucial_landmarks_panel_vote_could_clear_way_for_controversial_ground_zero_mosqu.html#ixzz0vdjByt4I
THE CADILLAC ESCALADE IS THE MOST FREQUENTLY STOLEN CAR IN THE US. The Highway Loss Data Institute reports that the Infiniti G-37 luxury car, and Dodge Charger with a HEMI engine round out the top three for popularity among thieves. The least stolen cars: the Volvo S-80, Nissan Murano midsize S-U-V and the Toyota Prius. CNN
THE ANNUAL DOVE AWARDS IS MOVING TO ATLANTA, GEORGIA. The Gospel Music Association is moving the Dove Awards show to Atlanta next year (in 2011), the first time the show has been held outside of Nashville, Tennessee. The announcement was made after the GMA renewed its contract with Atlanta-based Gospel Music Channel to air the 42nd annual Christian music awards show.
The NC TAX FREE WEEKEND…this Friday, Saturday and Sunday (August 6 – 8)
The State will suspend the sales tax on specific items including clothing, educational supplies, sports equipment…even computers. Details and exemptions: www.dornc.com/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html
SPORTS
How to hit a home run is not the only thing Alex Rodriguez has forgotten lately. Rodriguez was the only New York Yankee to miss the team photo before last night's game. A-Rod said he forgot to check the message board before leaving the Stadium on Monday night. The Yankee front office saying that A-Rod will be digitally ‘photo shopped’ to the team picture later.
www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/rod_misses_team_photo_shoot_0q533FzSFMHC0P43TosUOI
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly during the
afternoon. Hot…High 95
Running for a good cause…Hoover Walk and Hoover 5K run
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Donations to "World Hope International / African Wells.
To raise funds for building machine-drilled water wells in Africa
***There is a $25 dollar registration fee for the Hoover 5k Run.
Interested? Check out their Facebook page 'Hoover 5K For Water'
www.facebook.com/pages/Hoover-5K-for-Water/135904296436118?v=wall
Questions: Contact Julie Fricault for more details: 837-8951
FREE Two-day business seminar starts tonight:
Tim Reazor with Investors Business Daily is will be speaking tonight and Thursday night from 7 to 9pm at Wake Forest University (Kirby Hall, room 102). This workshop is purely educational and completely FREE. RSVP here: www.meetup.com/TriadInvestorsBusinessDaily/calendar/14195188/
The static kill seems to be working. Officials with BP are monitoring mud that is being pumped into that blown out oil well in the Gulf. C NN
A FEDERAL COURT RULING ON THE ‘LEGALITY” OF PROP 8 IS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED TODAY. Prop eight was approved by voters in California and defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Today’s ruling will decide whether Prop Eight violated same sex couples’ rights under the U-S Constitution. RnR
Barnes & Noble, the number one book store chain in the US, is putting itself up for sale. CNN
The final hurdle has been cleared for a Muslim Mosque and Cultural center to be built two blocks from Ground Zero’ in New York City. Read more:
www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/08/03/2010-08-03_crucial_landmarks_panel_vote_could_clear_way_for_controversial_ground_zero_mosqu.html#ixzz0vdjByt4I
THE CADILLAC ESCALADE IS THE MOST FREQUENTLY STOLEN CAR IN THE US. The Highway Loss Data Institute reports that the Infiniti G-37 luxury car, and Dodge Charger with a HEMI engine round out the top three for popularity among thieves. The least stolen cars: the Volvo S-80, Nissan Murano midsize S-U-V and the Toyota Prius. CNN
THE ANNUAL DOVE AWARDS IS MOVING TO ATLANTA, GEORGIA. The Gospel Music Association is moving the Dove Awards show to Atlanta next year (in 2011), the first time the show has been held outside of Nashville, Tennessee. The announcement was made after the GMA renewed its contract with Atlanta-based Gospel Music Channel to air the 42nd annual Christian music awards show.
The NC TAX FREE WEEKEND…this Friday, Saturday and Sunday (August 6 – 8)
The State will suspend the sales tax on specific items including clothing, educational supplies, sports equipment…even computers. Details and exemptions: www.dornc.com/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html
SPORTS
How to hit a home run is not the only thing Alex Rodriguez has forgotten lately. Rodriguez was the only New York Yankee to miss the team photo before last night's game. A-Rod said he forgot to check the message board before leaving the Stadium on Monday night. The Yankee front office saying that A-Rod will be digitally ‘photo shopped’ to the team picture later.
www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/rod_misses_team_photo_shoot_0q533FzSFMHC0P43TosUOI
8.03.2010
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
HOT…HAZY…HUMID through Friday
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: More Clouds than sun. Scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. Warmer…High 92
Donate blood…help our troops: The Military Blood Unit from Fort Bragg will be at the American Legion in Winston-Salem from 9 to 5pm today. Call 408-7280 for more information.
TAX FREE WEEKEND this coming weekend (August 6 – 8)
The State will suspend the sales tax on specific items including clothing, educational supplies sports equipment even computers. Details and exemptions: www.dornc.com/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html
Thomas Built Buses will temporarily shutdown the company's C-2 production plant in High Point at the end of August. The shutdown could affect 200 employees. The bus plant is located on Fairfield Road in High Point. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-thomas-built-shutdown-100802,0,1955979.story
Winston-Salem police are investigating a string of seven armed robberies at businesses across the city in the past 3 days. The most recent robbery happened yesterday afternoon at the Express Food Mart on South Main Street. The rash of robberies started on Saturday,
www.wxii12.com/news/24475451/detail.html
Some students at Andrews High School in High Point will have to attend school at a separate campus while the school's roof is being replaced. Workers discovered the roof problems last week while replacing the H-VAC system. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-roof-replaced-andrews-100802,0,878613.story
Delay in the Static Kill: Engineers with B-P are still planning on permanently plugging that blown out oil well in the Gulf. Mud and even cement will be used to seal off the well. RnR
How do you spend your time online??? According to a report from The Nielsen Company, 40% of adults in the US spend their ‘online’ time on just three activities - social networking (like Facebook), playing games and e-mailing. Americans spend nearly 23% of their time online on social networks, up 43% from a year ago. Less time is spent on email…dropping 28% to a little more than 8%. www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2010/08/02/daily9.html
Teen pop sensation Justin Bieber has announced that he will publish his memoirs. Bieber’s book will include how he became so popular plus rare and previously unseen photos. “Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever: My Story,” will be out in stores in October. In a statement released on Monday by the publisher Bieber said,
“Every day I wake up and count my blessings. My fans have played such a large part in all of this and they help me live my dreams every day. I’m excited to share just a little bit more of my world with them through this book.” www.justinbiebermusic.com/
THE ANNUAL DOVE AWARDS IS MOVING TO ATLANTA, GEORGIA. The Gospel Music Association is moving the Dove Awards show to Atlanta next year (in 2011), the first time the show has been held outside of Nashville, Tennessee. The announcement was made after the GMA renewed its contract with Atlanta-based Gospel Music Channel to air the 42nd annual Christian music awards show.
SPORTS: The condition of NASCAR team owner Jack Roush has been upgraded to ‘fair’ as he recovers from last week's plane crash in Wisconsin. The 68-year-old Roush is expected to remain at the Mayo Clinic indefinitely to treat facial injuries.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: More Clouds than sun. Scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. Warmer…High 92
Donate blood…help our troops: The Military Blood Unit from Fort Bragg will be at the American Legion in Winston-Salem from 9 to 5pm today. Call 408-7280 for more information.
TAX FREE WEEKEND this coming weekend (August 6 – 8)
The State will suspend the sales tax on specific items including clothing, educational supplies sports equipment even computers. Details and exemptions: www.dornc.com/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html
Thomas Built Buses will temporarily shutdown the company's C-2 production plant in High Point at the end of August. The shutdown could affect 200 employees. The bus plant is located on Fairfield Road in High Point. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-thomas-built-shutdown-100802,0,1955979.story
Winston-Salem police are investigating a string of seven armed robberies at businesses across the city in the past 3 days. The most recent robbery happened yesterday afternoon at the Express Food Mart on South Main Street. The rash of robberies started on Saturday,
www.wxii12.com/news/24475451/detail.html
Some students at Andrews High School in High Point will have to attend school at a separate campus while the school's roof is being replaced. Workers discovered the roof problems last week while replacing the H-VAC system. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-roof-replaced-andrews-100802,0,878613.story
Delay in the Static Kill: Engineers with B-P are still planning on permanently plugging that blown out oil well in the Gulf. Mud and even cement will be used to seal off the well. RnR
How do you spend your time online??? According to a report from The Nielsen Company, 40% of adults in the US spend their ‘online’ time on just three activities - social networking (like Facebook), playing games and e-mailing. Americans spend nearly 23% of their time online on social networks, up 43% from a year ago. Less time is spent on email…dropping 28% to a little more than 8%. www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2010/08/02/daily9.html
Teen pop sensation Justin Bieber has announced that he will publish his memoirs. Bieber’s book will include how he became so popular plus rare and previously unseen photos. “Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever: My Story,” will be out in stores in October. In a statement released on Monday by the publisher Bieber said,
“Every day I wake up and count my blessings. My fans have played such a large part in all of this and they help me live my dreams every day. I’m excited to share just a little bit more of my world with them through this book.” www.justinbiebermusic.com/
THE ANNUAL DOVE AWARDS IS MOVING TO ATLANTA, GEORGIA. The Gospel Music Association is moving the Dove Awards show to Atlanta next year (in 2011), the first time the show has been held outside of Nashville, Tennessee. The announcement was made after the GMA renewed its contract with Atlanta-based Gospel Music Channel to air the 42nd annual Christian music awards show.
SPORTS: The condition of NASCAR team owner Jack Roush has been upgraded to ‘fair’ as he recovers from last week's plane crash in Wisconsin. The 68-year-old Roush is expected to remain at the Mayo Clinic indefinitely to treat facial injuries.
8.02.2010
Continue to pray for Addison Simmons…
Addison Simmons, 3 years old, has been fighting for her life in Brenner Children's Hospital since Father's Day. A virus attacked her heart, and her body responded with a heart that was inflamed. She collapsed with sudden cardiac arrest and a prognosis that she'll never again function normally…
Read the article from Monday’s WS Journal:
www.journalnow.com/content/2010/aug/02/a-vivacious-girls-life-takes-a-turn-for-the-worst/
Look for the 'Pray for Addision Simmons' page on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/
Want to Help?
-Sedge Garden Preschool will have a "Play Date for Addison" from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday. For more information, call 817-2695.
-Union Cross Baptist will host a fundraising dinner on Saturday, Aug. 21 at the church. For more information, call 769-2862. www.unioncrossbaptist.org/index.php
Read the article from Monday’s WS Journal:
www.journalnow.com/content/2010/aug/02/a-vivacious-girls-life-takes-a-turn-for-the-worst/
Look for the 'Pray for Addision Simmons' page on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/
Want to Help?
-Sedge Garden Preschool will have a "Play Date for Addison" from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday. For more information, call 817-2695.
-Union Cross Baptist will host a fundraising dinner on Saturday, Aug. 21 at the church. For more information, call 769-2862. www.unioncrossbaptist.org/index.php
Monday, August 02, 2010
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly cloudy. Mild…High 83
Engineers with B-P are planning on permanently plugging that blown out oil well in the Gulf…as early as this evening. Mud and even cement will be used to seal off the well. (CNN)
Devastating floods in Pakistan have killed more 1,100 people. An official with the UN reporting that another 30,000 people were stuck on their rooftops and in higher areas as they tried to escape rushing floodwaters. The US has committed $10 million dollars for flood relief.
www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/01/pakistan.flooding.deaths/index.html?hpt=T2
Ken Miller will be the next ‘chief of police’ of the Greensboro Police Department. Miller has been with the Mecklenburg Police Department for 21 years and in law enforcement for more than 25 years. Miller’s first day on the job for Greensboro will be September 1. A press conference is scheduled for later today. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-chief-roberts-100730,0,6443224.story
A Greensboro woman faces several charges after police say she hit and killed a man on a moped. The incident happened early Sunday morning at the corner of West Florida Street and Hardie Street. http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-moped-accident-100730,0,1502742.story
Actress Lindsay Lohan was released from jail early this morning after serving less than two weeks behind bars. Lohan was taken to a treatment facility for another two week stay. A Superior Court Judge originally sentenced Lindsay Lohan to 90 days in jail for missing counseling sessions in violation of her probation. http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/02/lindsay.lohan.released/index.html?iref=NS1
Kids and cell phones. According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 75% of all U.S. teens have a cell phone. When you drop the age to 12 years old, it's still a whopping 58%. 90% of all those kids are texting each other at any given moment—to a tally of around 50 times a day. And if they're not texting, tweeting or e-mailing one another, they're probably chit-chatting with one of their hundreds (thousands?) of Facebook friends. Read more:
www.focusonlinecommunities.com/blogs/pluggedin/2010/07/30/if-you-cant-text-something-positive
The ‘dream thriller’ "Inception” starring Leonardo DiCaprio remains at #1 in its third weekend at the Box office. Check out the Review from Focus on the Family: www.pluggedin.com/movies/intheaters/inception.aspx
TAX FREE WEEKEND…this coming weekend (August 6 – 8)
The State will suspend the sales tax on specific items including clothing, educational supplies sports equipment even computers.
Details and exemptions: www.dornc.com/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html
SPORTS
Greg Biffle getting a win for Team Jack Roush at Pocono Raceway yesterday. Elliot Sadler surviving a horrific crash, head on into a guard rail, yesterday. The car’s engine was knocked out of his car…but Sadler walked away. www.nascar.com
Engineers with B-P are planning on permanently plugging that blown out oil well in the Gulf…as early as this evening. Mud and even cement will be used to seal off the well. (CNN)
Devastating floods in Pakistan have killed more 1,100 people. An official with the UN reporting that another 30,000 people were stuck on their rooftops and in higher areas as they tried to escape rushing floodwaters. The US has committed $10 million dollars for flood relief.
www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/01/pakistan.flooding.deaths/index.html?hpt=T2
Ken Miller will be the next ‘chief of police’ of the Greensboro Police Department. Miller has been with the Mecklenburg Police Department for 21 years and in law enforcement for more than 25 years. Miller’s first day on the job for Greensboro will be September 1. A press conference is scheduled for later today. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-chief-roberts-100730,0,6443224.story
A Greensboro woman faces several charges after police say she hit and killed a man on a moped. The incident happened early Sunday morning at the corner of West Florida Street and Hardie Street. http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-moped-accident-100730,0,1502742.story
Actress Lindsay Lohan was released from jail early this morning after serving less than two weeks behind bars. Lohan was taken to a treatment facility for another two week stay. A Superior Court Judge originally sentenced Lindsay Lohan to 90 days in jail for missing counseling sessions in violation of her probation. http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/02/lindsay.lohan.released/index.html?iref=NS1
Kids and cell phones. According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 75% of all U.S. teens have a cell phone. When you drop the age to 12 years old, it's still a whopping 58%. 90% of all those kids are texting each other at any given moment—to a tally of around 50 times a day. And if they're not texting, tweeting or e-mailing one another, they're probably chit-chatting with one of their hundreds (thousands?) of Facebook friends. Read more:
www.focusonlinecommunities.com/blogs/pluggedin/2010/07/30/if-you-cant-text-something-positive
The ‘dream thriller’ "Inception” starring Leonardo DiCaprio remains at #1 in its third weekend at the Box office. Check out the Review from Focus on the Family: www.pluggedin.com/movies/intheaters/inception.aspx
TAX FREE WEEKEND…this coming weekend (August 6 – 8)
The State will suspend the sales tax on specific items including clothing, educational supplies sports equipment even computers.
Details and exemptions: www.dornc.com/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html
SPORTS
Greg Biffle getting a win for Team Jack Roush at Pocono Raceway yesterday. Elliot Sadler surviving a horrific crash, head on into a guard rail, yesterday. The car’s engine was knocked out of his car…but Sadler walked away. www.nascar.com
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