Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly sunny and mild through Tuesday…High near 80
A Memorial Service celebrating the life of our good friend and co-worker Darren Stevens will take place this Tuesday evening @ 7pm at Pinedale Christian Church on Peters Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem. Everyone is invited to attend. Hayworth-Miller is taking care of all arrangements…..www.wbfj.fm/event1.html
A way to help the Stevens family (through the Darren Stevens Family Fund) can be found on our website…Click on the top blue banner. www.wbfj.fm/event1.html
Darren Stevens, our dear friend and Morning Show host passed away unexpectedly last Wednesday. He was 42 years young. Please remember his wife Jennifer and their three children Hannah, Samuel and Grace in your prayers…
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system will now report possible criminal violations online. The new web-based Daily Incident Log will go to local law enforcement at the end of each day, even if there are no incidents to report. www.journalnow.com/news/2010/oct/18/schools-will-report-online-ar-463640/
Thousands walking across the State (including the Triad) yesterday to raise awareness about hunger, both locally and globally. In Forsyth County, three CROP Walks raised money for Crisis Control Ministry, Sunnyside Ministry of the Moravian Church and Church World Service.
Last year’s CROP Walk in Forsyth County raised close to $80,000 dollars. FYI: Teeny Paxton is a born walker. At 85, she walks about 10 miles a week in her neighborhood near Robinhood Road, at Hanes Mall. Every October since 1979, Teeny has taken part in area CROP Walks.
Read the entire story from the WS Journal: www.journalnow.com/news/2010/oct/18/longtime-crop-walker-says-its-about-fighting-hunge-ar-463638/
Oregon State trooper gave an 82-year-old woman a ticket for driving 110 miles an hour…28 miles per hour over her age and twice the posted speed limit of 55 mph. KVAL-TV in Gresham, Oregon reported a trooper spotted Marcia Brandon's car going 110 mph Thursday on Highway 26 west of Gresham. She said she was on her way to an appointment and wasn't aware she was going that fast. Brandon was given a ticket for $1,103.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101015/D9ISAQ300.html
3 weeks and a day away. Election Day 2010 is Tuesday, November 2nd. Early voting continues through October 30. For a link to early voting sites in your city or county: www.novemberiscomingnc.com/
FYI: Back in 2008, 60% of votes in our state were cast before Election Day.
One of the recession’s greatest victims has been commercial real estate. Industry rumors and reports suggest that at least two of the three most prominent local Home Furnishing showroom complexes in High Point— The International Home Furnishings Center, Market Square and Showplace — could be on the ‘market’ soon. Rumor has it that an investor might want to buy all three and consolidate the properties. Showplace, a 1-million-square-foot building, defaulted on loans a year ago. World Market Center in Las Vegas is in a struggle of its own. The 10 year old Vegas market has not attracted the kind of national business its owners had hoped for. The World Market Center is reported to be struggling to make payments on $560 million in loans. ($214 million, was 60 days past due as of September). FYI: The High Point ‘FALL’ Home Furnishings Market in runs thru Thursday.
www.news-record.com/content/2010/10/16/article/high_point_showrooms_could_be_changing_hands
About a dozen or so of the 33 Chilean miners rescued last week (after spending more than two months underground) returned to the mine yesterday to offer thanks during a private Mass. Just the miners, their families and a handful of local officials were invited to attend the service. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/10/17/chile.miners.mass/index.html?hpt=C1
Investigators in Hickory have received more than 200 tips regarding the whereabouts of Zahra Clare Baker, the 10 year old girl from Hickory who was reported missing back on October 9th. Police saying that Zarah hasn’t been seen by people other than family members since Sept. 25th. Elisa Baker, Zarah’s step-mother, has been charged with obstruction of justice in the girl's disappearance. (WXII)
Sports: Major League Baseball Division Championship Series
National League Championship Series: Philadelphia Phillies over the San Francisco Giants last night …6 – 1. The series tied at one game a piece. Game three on Tuesday.
American League Championship series: Texas Rangers vs the New York Yankees: Series tied at 1 -1. Game three tonight in NY. ***The World Series starts on October 27…
NFL action: The Eagles ending Atlanta’s 4 game winning streak on Sunday…(31 – 17).
Last night: Colts over the Redskins…27 – 24.
Tonight: Tennessee at Jacksonville (Titans vs Jaguars)
NASCAR: Jamie McMurray winning the Bank of America 500 Saturday night under
the lights at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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