Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast for the First day of September: Sunny and HOT…High 95
Looking Ahead: Cooler temperatures for the weekend
The Triad is under a Code Orange Air Quality Alert (for ground level Ozone)
Job Fair TODAY (Sept 01) from 10am – 4pm at Four Seasons Town Centre in Greensboro. The Job Expo sponsored by the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce. Phone: 387-8322 For a list of participating employers and exhibitors go click here: www.greensborochamber.com/pdf/jobexpo2010PR.pdf
Today on the ‘Focus on the Family’ radio broadcast: “Seeing God in the Wake of Loss” (Part Two) Guests: Steven Curtis Chapman (and wife Mary Beth) discuss the spiritual lessons they've learned since the tragic death of their adopted daughter Maria.
www.focusonthefamily.com/popups/media_player.aspx?LatestDaily=1
Thousands of locals and vacationers are being evacuated this morning from Ocracoke Island in anticipation of Hurricane Earl. Hurricane Earl is now a Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 125 mph. Hurricane watches and Rip Tide warnings are in effect for much of the North Carolina coast including the Outer Banks. Forecasters say ‘Earl’ will remain out in open waters while brushing by the Carolina coast sometime late Thursday afternoon and track northward toward New England.
IMPORTANT: AAA suggesting that if you are traveling to the coast on Thursday or Friday…please call ahead for road conditions.
NCDOT “511” information: www.ncdot.org/traffictravel/
The latest on Hurricane Earl: www.nhc.noaa.gov/
A Silver Alert is out for 76 year old James Henry Carmichael from Lexington. Police say that Carmichael, who is believed to be suffering from dementia, is travelling toward Virginia in a Yellow 2003 Ford Escape with NC tag number…W R D - 3211. Carmichael was last seen wearing a Blue Golf Shirt, Blue Jeans and glasses with red strap. Anyone with information should call the Davidson County Sheriff's Department at 242-2105. NC Center for Missing Persons info: www.nccrimecontrol.org/Index2.cm?a=000003,000014,000081,001683&mpa=1541
Ken Miller will be sworn in as Greensboro's new police chief at 10 am this morning at the Greensboro Coliseum's Special Events Center. The public is invited to attend the ceremony. www.digtriad.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=147325&catid=57
A Burlington man was arrested yesterday after police said that he left his deceased mother in her home for six months while he continued to cash her Social Security checks. The mother, Lucy Mae Hutchins who passed away back in March, was found by the Burlington Housing Authority on Aug. 25. The son, Don Lee Wade, age 50, has been charged with concealment of death and taken to the Alamance County Jail under a $10,000 secured bond.
www.wxii12.com/news/24832495/detail.html
A new round of mid-east peace talks is set to begin this week in Washington, DC. Tomorrow's meeting at the State Department will be the first time in nearly two years that Israelis and Palestinians have held face-to-face negotiations. www.christianpost.com/article/20100831/church-leaders-press-obama-on-mideast-talks/index.html
The Obama Administration has appealed a court order which bars the Federal government from funding embryonic stem cell research. The President, who is in favor of embryonic stem cell research, argues that the injunction interferes with important research…while Pro-lifers argue that the research destroys human life at its earliest stage of development.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/08/31/justice.stem.cells/?hpt=T2
Pre-order Chris Tomlin’s latest CD at Family Christian Stores and help widows and orphans in Guatemala. For each CD pre-ordered online OR in-store at Family Christian Stores through November 15th, ‘The James Fund’ will donate 75 cents to help widows and children in need in Guatemala. Chris Tomlin’s new project “And If Our God Is For Us” will be available November 16th. www.familychristian.com/
You usually DON’T hear the word “FIRE” yelled out on the golf course… but, "Fire!" was the cry of the day for a golfer whose off-target swing sparked a 12-acre blaze in Sourthern California over the weekend. The golfer at the Shady Canyon Golf Course in Irvine, California landed a shot in the rough. Then, on his next swing, the man’s club snagged a rock, causing a spark that lit the rough on fire. Fire officials say the fire burned through the rough, into vegetation next to the course and then spread over two dry, brushy hillsides. 150 firefighters were eventually called out to contain the blaze. -No charges were filed against the golfer, whose name has been withheld.
www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2010/08/31/20100831california-golfer-shot-starts-fire.html#ixzz0yH928YtQ
