Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly cloudy…High 86.
Scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms through the weekend.
6 year old CJ Burford is peddling across Forsyth County today to raise money to build a medical clinic in Kenya. CJ was inspired to ride his bike after finding out that many people in Kenya have to walk up to 30 miles for medical treatment. CJ's 'Ride For a Reason' started in Colfax and will finish later today at the Forsyth - Yadkin County line. Help CJ meet his goal of $15,000 dollars, check out our Facebook page, look for the link to “CJs Ride for a Reason”.
North Carolina’s Tax-Free Weekend: Over the next three days, you won’t have to pay state sales tax on most back to school items including computers, sporting goods and even clothes.
North Carolina’s Tax-Free Weekend runs through midnight Sunday.
List of items: http://www.dornc.com/taxes/sales/holiday_exempt.pdf
NC Tax Free Weekend: www.dornc.com/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html
New survey from Visa finding that kids in the US are ‘receiving’ an average of $2.60 per tooth from the Tooth Fairy, down from $3 dollars last year. BTW: 90 percent of U.S. children under the age of 12 receive money from the Tooth Fairy. www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/07/26/Survey-Tooth-fairy-leaving-less-money/UPI-44011311665400/#ixzz1U9qbjJ8n
The on-going famine in east Africa is affecting millions of people…with the country of Somalia being the hardest hit region. Estimates of as many as 29-thousand children under the age of 5 have lost their lives because of the extreme famine. Ways to help:
More information about the ground turkey Recall
USDA: www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Recall_060_2011_Release/index.asp
FYI: 36 million pounds of ground turkey linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak is being recalled.
Separk Music Company has moved to its new location in Lewisville. Separk music had been on 4th street in downtown Winston-Salem since 1939. The new location at Lewisville Corners Shopping Center is 8.500 square feet. Owner Drew Parker said that most of his customers live west of Silas Creek.
