2.22.2011

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Partly sunny. Cooler…High 53

WBFJ: Days of Compassion
Sponsor a child through Compassion International for only $38 dollars a month (just a little over a dollar a day). Details online www.wbfj.org/Event7.html

(Greensboro) Overturned Propane Truck
Highway 68 at Pleasant Ridge Road is closed. Detour at the Airport Exit. Expect some delays on SB Highway 68 at Pleasant Ridge Road.  Clean-up cold last through lunchtime…


A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake has claimed 65 lives in New Zealand.  This is the second major quake to hit Christchurch one of New Zealand’s largest cities in five months.

With anti-government demonstrations continuing in Libya, Libyan diplomats are defecting in large numbers. The death toll in Libya has risen to three hundred.


Zahra Baker’s step-mother Elisa Baker has been charged with second-degree murder. Authorities say she desecrated Zahra remains to cover up the killing. Authorities said they did not have evidence to charge anyone else in her death. www.digtriad.com/news/top/article.aspx?storyid=162343&catid=14&source=nletter-%%__AdditionalEmailAttribute1%%


What did you say? According to a new study, nearly one out of seven adults over the age of 21 has hearing loss. In participants 65 years and older, more than 40% had hearing loss. A noisy work environment and personal headphones.  http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=650131


Pastors and ministry leaders, still need some help with your 2010 taxes?  More information about the FREE online webinar this Wednesday afternoon at 1pm sponsored by the E-C-F-A (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability)  HERE:  http://www.ecfa.org/.

The nominees for the 42 annual GMA Dove Awards have been announced. The Dove Awards will be held at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on Wednesday, April 20th and re-aired on Sunday April 20th on the Gospel Music Channel. Check out all of the Dove nominees:
www.watchgmctv.com/news/42nd-annual-gma-dove-award-nominees
www.doveawards.com/


Sports:  Duke Replaces Kansas at number one in the Men's AP College basketball Poll

Tuesday night:
Virginia Tech @ Wake Forest (7pm)
Wednesday night: 
North Carolina @ NC State (9pm)
Temple @ Duke (7pm))
Virginia @ Georgia Tech