Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Clouds early. Sunny skies this afternoon...High near 90
Autumn officially starts just after 11pm this evening. Sunny and 90 degrees for the First full day of Fall on Thursday. FYI: 9 days away from the start of the Dixie Classic Fair
“See You at the Pole 2010” student led prayer event was a huge success. Thanks to everyone who participated. And to everyone who took time out to send in your “See You at the Pole” praise reports all morning long to the WBFJ Morning Show. www.syatp.com/
This year’s theme was ‘Reveal’ based on Matthew 6:9-13. “Our Father in Heaven, reveal who you are”
David Cortman with the Alliance Defense Fund confirming that “Students have the Constitutional right to peacefully express their Christian beliefs outside of classroom time. As the US Supreme Court has indicted, students don’t abandon their Constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate.”
NEWS
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina will make a one-time refund of $155 million dollars to more than 200,000 of its individual customers. The refund is a by-product of the grandfathering of rules connected with the federal Affordable Care Act. The refunds will be issued by the end of the year to policyholders who had Blue Advantage or Blue Options health-savings accounts policies in force as of March 23. The NC Insurance Department saying that refunds will be proportional to premiums paid. For example, for an average policyholder’s monthly premium of about $380 dollars, the refund would be about $690 dollars. www.journalnow.com/news/2010/sep/20/blue-cross-and-blue-shield-make-one-time-refund-mo-ar-408854/
The Natural Science Center in Greensboro is expanding. Thanks to a recently passed $20 million dollar bond referendum, the Natural Science Center will build a 23,000 square-foot aquarium that will feature sharks and penguins…plus a separate stingray ‘touch tank’. The main building will be renovated and an Animal Discovery exhibit will be added. The projects are expected to be finished by 2017. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-natural-science-center-100921,0,2642355.story
This past Saturday’s Rock the Block event in downtown Winston-Salem attracted over 50,000 people. This was the first time that Rock the Block was held all day long on a Saturday. Rock the Block began in 2002. www.journalnow.com/news/2010/sep/22/festival-attracted-50000-ar-412431/
Make it personal. Divine Catering on Main Street in King has erected a 35-foot flag pole…in order to fly their own Christian flag. BTW: Divine Catering is located across the street from the Veterans Memorial in King…the site where city officials recently voted to remove the Christian flag pending a lawsuit from the ACLU. Mike Marshall, the owner of Divine Catering, said he hates that it took the city removing the flag to remind him and his company they should have been flying the flag this whole time. FYI: A rally in support of the Christian flag is planned for October 23. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-king-christian-flag-100921,0,3413758.story
The person who complained about the Christian flag being flown at a Veteran’s Memorial in King also wants the city of King to remove a cross from a smaller monument showing a soldier kneeling next to a grave. The Afghanistan war veteran, who lives in King and whose name has not been made public, complained about the cross last Friday in a phone call to the city.
www.journalnow.com/news/2010/sep/22/vet-presses-point-about-memorial-wants-cross-off-o-ar-412374/
Doing a good dead. Several Guil-Rand firefighters donated their time to help build a wheelchair ramp for a fellow Guil-Rand firefighter who was injured earlier this month. Firefighter Darren Weatherman and his wife Heather were injured in a motorcycle accident outside Laurinburg. The couple was riding with the Pink Heals Tour raising cancer awareness. Darren suffered serious injuries to his pelvis, hip, left leg and ankle. According to Chief Cox, Weatherman has a 6 to 9 month recovery process ahead of him. The firefighters will also clean out Weatherman's gutters and help with landscaping in the yard.
www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-motorcycle-injuries-ramp-100921,0,5912243.story
Mt Airy: Mayberry Days start Thursday – through the weekend
The Davidson County Fair going on in Lexington through Saturday
