Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly sunny…High 45
Below normal temperatures through the weekend.
President Obama will make a stop in Winston-Salem on Monday. The president will be attending an event at the west campus of Forsyth Technical Community College on Bolton Street. Forsyth Tech began celebrating its 50th anniversary back in September. (WXII / WS Journal)
School officials in Davidson County have confirmed that they have found an insect believed to be a bed bug at Fair Grove Elementary School in Thomasville. The ‘insect in question’ was discovered last week. A letter was sent out to parents on Tuesday warning them about the problem. Principal Audrey Wagner says the school is working with experts to take care of the issue. (Fox 8)
Good news: Sealy incorporated has donated 40 new mattresses to the Salvation Army Center of Hope in Greensboro after an infestation of ‘Bed Bugs’ closed 5 of the center’s rooms right before Thanksgiving. Pest Management Systems, Inc. is also helping The Salvation Army Center of Hope…by donating its services to rid the facility of the bugs. To date, The Salvation Army Center of Hope in Greensboro has received around $4,200 dollars in donations from people in the community. That money will be used to help pay for more new mattresses.
FYI: Sealy, which has its headquarters in Trinity, is the title sponsor for the Sealy/FOX8 Holiday Concert series that benefits The Salvation Army.
Still looking for a ‘real’ Christmas tree? The Boy Scouts with the Old Hickory Council will be selling North Carolina grown Frasier fir trees this weekend at 6600 Silas Creek Parkway behind the Old Hickory Council Service Center. Call 760-2900 for more information. FYI: 100% of the proceeds from this sale will benefit Camp Raven Knob and other scouting facilities.
Times: Saturday and Sunday from 9-6 on Sat and 1-6 on Sun.
TobyMac’s new Christmas single “Christmas this Year” is now available on iTunes. This is TobyMac’s first Christmas song in eight years. The track features guest vocalist Leigh Nash, of ‘Sixpence None The Richer’. FYI: TobyMac recorded the song at his home in Nashville back in July.
Update: Officials with the Johnston County school system have now reversed their restriction of Lip balm (and chapstick) in their schools. The News & Observer of Raleigh reporting that parents now have to send a note only if they do NOT want their children to use lip balm, hand sanitizer or sunscreen. Officials made the change after talking with the county health department…and after numerous parents voiced their opinion against the old lip balm restriction rule. The previous restrictions (a doctors note…then a note from parents) was required to USE lip balm. http://charlotte.news14.com/content/local_news/triangle/633415/johnston-county-school-reverses-ban-on-lip-balm?ap=1
A community prayer vigil was held in Detroit yesterday for Aretha Franklin. The 68-year-old singer will undergo a ‘medical procedure’ later today. Last month, Aretha Franklin canceling all concert dates and personal appearances through May…doctors orders.
http://www.wxii12.com/entertainment/25979700/detail.html
The Oklahoma State Legislator who pushed for the law banning Sharia Law in US courtrooms is openly criticizing a Federal judge. Former state Representative Rex Duncan (Republican) has criticized U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange's ruling this week to grant a preliminary injunction that prevents the state from certifying the results of the November second election…where more than 70% of votes were in favor of the new state law which bans the use of Islamic law and other international law in state courtrooms. Duncan says these types of activist judges are exactly what prompted his proposed law in the first place. (RnR)
