Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunny skies…High near 70. Friday: Sunny…High near 80
Today is March 17th…St. Patty’s Day, a day to wear green and love all things Irish. But, did you know that St. Patrick was the first Christian missionary to Ireland?
Learn more about the ‘real’ St Patrick: http://blogs.christianpost.com/parenting/2010/03/st-patrick-was-a-missionary-17/
Researchers at A&T State University in Greensboro have developed what they are calling a hypo-allergenic peanut. The breakthrough reduces the top two allergens in peanuts. The new hypo-allergenic peanut will not cure peanut allergies, but will lower the severity of it in some people. At least 75 percent of allergic reactions to peanuts come from accidental exposure. More than 3 million people suffer from peanut allergies.
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center will hold a news conference at 10am this morning to announce a new name and unveil a new hospital logo. So, what would you name ‘Baptist Hospital’??
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SUPREME COURT RULED WEDNESDAY IN FAVOR OF A DIVORCED FATHER WHO WANTED HIS PREVIOUSLY HOMESCHOOLED DAUGHTER ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL. The Court stated that it was NOT giving an opinion as to which form of education (whether public, private or homeschooling) is "most suitable" for children. The case was taken to court because of the two parents, who share joint legal custody of their daughter, their failure to agree on how she should be educated. The court also recognized that fit parents have a fundamental right to direct the education and upbringing of their children. www.hslda.org/hs/state/nh/201103160.asp
The US House of Representatives is expected to vote on a bill today that would strip $50 million dollars of Federal funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps support NPR. The move to pull funds from the NPR comes after a conservative activist group secretly taped an NPR executive criticizing Tea Party supporters, conservative Republicans and Evangelical Christians, while boasting that NPR would be better off without federal money. Check out the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd9OYJMX9t4
The measure is part of a larger bill to keep the government running for the next three weeks. BTW: NPR says federal funding comprises less than 2 percent of its budget, with most of its financial support coming from station fees, sponsorships and grants.
www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/03/17/house.of.reps.npr.funding/index.html?hpt=T2
For a "point/counterpoint" debate on whether NPR should get federal money, see this back-and-forth from ABC News commentator George Will (who argues against funding) and NPR's Cokie Roberts (who argues for it).
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/point-counterpoint-funding-npr/story?id=13151557
UPDATE from Japan: The U.S. state department is chartering planes to help evacuate the families of US government personnel and US citizens out of Japan.
-Japanese officials report increasing problems in getting food and water to hundreds of thousands of people who remain in makeshift shelters almost a week the nation's worst recorded earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami.
-Freezing temperatures and snow are compounding the horrible situation. Japanese media said more than 20,000 people are known to be trapped and awaiting rescue. Members of a U.S. rescue team working in one coastal city said Thursday that they have not found anyone alive in the area that they are working. www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/east-pacific/Japanese-Shelters-Reported-Short-of-Food-and-Water-118156934.html-Crews are using military helicopters to dump tons of sea water on top of one of the reactors at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in order to stop a full meltdown. Operators are trying to restore power to cooling systems at the nuclear power plant. (CNN)
**Several news organizations are following the plight of those the Japanese people and (for the most part) how patient and understanding the people of Japan seem to be…as they cope with survival in the aftermath of an earthquake, a tsunami and the on-going threat of radiation from a crippled nuclear reactor.
**If you are looking for a way to help in the Relief efforts in Japan...Check out links for Samaritan’s Purse, World Vision and the Salvation Army at our website:
www.wbfj.fm/event6.html
Men’s NCAA Tournament: Now, down to 64 teams. March Madness kicks into over-drive with 16 games on tap today. FYI: Duke and Carolina play their second round games in Charlotte on Friday.
TRAFFIC:Downtown Winston-Salem: Traffic will be down to one lane in both directions of Business 40 (Broad Street and Cemetery Street) from 9am to 3pm...
DOT crews will be doing some routine maintenance on traffic cameras.
-EB Business 40 from Main Street to Hwy 52
-WB Business 40 from Main Street to Peters Creek Parkway
"Operation Slow Down" continues along Wendover Avenue in Greensboro. Over the next two weeks, expect to see more blue lights from 7am – 6:30pm. The goal: Driver safety by reducing and preventing crashes on Wendover.
TODAY: New 'Sheetz' opening in Wallburg today at 4pm. Expect traffic delays…at the Corner of Hwy 109 + Gumtree Road. (Gas price war???) :)Today on the daily broadcast of Focus on the Family: Christian artist Brandon Heath. Catch Focus on the Family tonight at 9pm, right here on WBFJ.
