Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunny and breezy. More normal temperatures…High 55
Today, Celebrate National Pancake Day at I-HOP
Get a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes at participating I-HOP locations today until 10pm. Donations will be accepted for the Children’s Miracle Network. FYI: Donations made at Triad IHOP locations will benefit the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ programs at Duke Children's Hospital. Located a local IHOP http://www.ihoppancakeday.com/
Samaritan Ministries will celebrate its 30th anniversary on Wednesday (March 2) with a special worship service at noon at First Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem. A FREE soup lunch will be available 30 minutes before and after the service. River Birch Lodge is donating the soup. A ‘Love offering’ will be taken. FYI: Samaritan Ministries provides meals and shelter to those in need in Winston-Salem. For details, Call Anne Rudert at 724-4086 (x-225) http://www.samaritanforsyth.org/
Are you ready for NEW music from Steven Curtis Chapman? The new project from Steven Curtis Chapman is titled ‘Re:Creation’ and will include three to five new songs as well as six to eight of his biggest hits ‘re-mixed or re-created’. A new single should be out by May and the CD will be available in August. http://stevencurtischapman.com/jimhouser/new-music-from-scc/
It is Severe Weather Awareness Week in North Carolina. A statewide tornado drill is planned for Wednesday morning.
A taste of ‘severe weather’ late yesterday afternoon around the Piedmont Triad. Strong winds, heavy amounts of rain and yes hail in some areas. Fox 8 reporting that residents in Lexington, Thomasville and Tyro were pelted with a hail storm saying that it looked like it had ‘snowed’ at their homes. PRAISE: There were no reports of injuries during yesterday’s severe storms.
A group of 23 state Senators in Raleigh is hoping to give voters in North Carolina the opportunity to vote on ‘Traditional marriage’’ The proposed amendment to the state constitutional SB 106—Defense of Marriage - if passed will likely be placed on the ballot in 2012. The proposal was introduced by Conservative Republicans last week. North Carolina is the only state in the southeast that has NOT approved a ‘Traditional Marriage’ amendment. Learn more: www.ncfamily.org/stories/110224s1.html
Also, contact your representatives in Washington, DC in support of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) currently under attack in two Federal court cases. http://www.citizenlink.com/2011/02/take-action-ask-congress-to-defend-marriage/
A BILL gaining popularity in Raleigh would give local school districts more ‘flexibility’ over the school calendar and allow mid-term exams to be given before Christmas. The Winston-Salem Journal reporting that the title of the bill “Putting Kids First” is sponsored by Representative Dale Folwell of Forsyth County.
The White House has ordered US air and naval forces in the Mediterranean toward Libya…as International pressure builds against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to step down.
Actress and pinup model Jane Russell passed away yesterday. She was 89. The actress gained fame after appearing in the 1943 film The Outlaw and likely best known for her role in the 1953 movie with Marilyn Monroe ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’. Since the 1970’s, Russell was involved in several charities and working with children. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41838758/ns/today-entertainment/
New students attending UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke this fall could have some summer reading if they choose. “Eating Animals’ a book reviewing the food industry has been chosen by the two schools…the first time that a committee from both Duke and Carolina decided to consolidate their book choices. FYI: Students are asked to read the selected book during the summer and participate in small group discussions at the start of the fall semester.
ACC Men’s Basketball tonight (wrapping up the regular season this week)
NC State @ Virginia in Charlottesville (7pm)
Virginia Tech hosting Boston College (9pm)
Women’s ACC Tournament starts this Thursday in Greensboro
Former UNC star forward James Worthy will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in November. One of 8 men selected.
