Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Partly sunny and humid. Scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms posssible. Highs in the mid to upper 80s through the weekend
Second Harvest Food Bank needs your help. Food supplies are critically low. You can drop-off non-perishable food items TODAY to help out Second Harvest Food Bank at any Goodwill Retail stores, BB&T bank branch locations and Lowe's Food locations. www.hungernwnc.org/about-us/you-can-too.html
Did you know: For every ‘dollar’ donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank, they can distribute $12 dollars worth of food (or the equivalent of 7 nutritious meals).
More details have been announced about that rally to bring Glenn Beck’s new clothing line (and textile jobs) to Surry County. The ”Bring it Beck’ Labor Day rally will be held on September 5 (Labor Day) at 6pm at the intersection of Independence and Willow streets in Mt Airy. The event is intended to help persuade the Conservative talk show host to choose Mt Airy to manufacture his "1791" clothing line, with the profits going to charity. (Check out the link on our WBFJ Facebook page)
Virginia couple plans to get married at a Carowinds on Saturday. The ceremony will take place near the Intimidator Roller coaster. Once the couple says “I Do”, family and friends will join the couple for a ride on the roller coaster. WCNC reports that the couple got engaged on the Intimidator (the tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster in the southeast) last August. They want their wedding to be fun and memorable. http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-nc-coaster-intimidator-carowinds-wedding-110817,0,2122586.story
Mark Davis of Kernersville has started his 2,800 mile bike ride from Philadelphia to Austin, Texas, to raise money to fight cancer. Mark’s motivation is personal. His granddaughter has cancer.(Lilly Mendoza was diagnosed with leukemia back in 2009, when she was 15 months old). Mark hopes to raise at least $100,000 dollars in support of the Lilly's Foundation for Childhood Cancer and other cancer charities. The "Ride for Lilly" which started on Thursday (Aug 18) should take Mark around 44 days to complete. His wife (Darla) will accompany him by car. BTW: Davis, a retired Army master sergeant, currently works at the Starbucks coffee shop on South Main Street in Kernersville. www.journalnow.com/news/2011/aug/16/kernersville-cyclist-plans-2800-mile-ride-to-honor-ar-1305909/
Get a Back-to-School haircut for a good cause on Sunday. Renewal Hair & Boutique on N. Cherry Street in Kernersville is hosting its third annual cut-a-thon this Sunday (Aug 21) from 1pm to 6pm. Proceeds going to: "Lilly's Cancer Foundation". The organization raises money to help put together care packages for kids and families during their stay in the hospital. $10 cuts all day, feather extensions for those interested, plus, lots of raffles, live music and great food. Check out more details on our Facebook page (just type in WBFJ in the search line)
SPORTS
The official start of High School Football tonight…
North Davidson hosting Thomasville
East Forsyth vs West Forsyth
Davie hosting Greensboro Page
Mt Airy hosting Starmount
**East Wilkes will open its season tonight at home against West Davidson…
Prayer concern: Keep 17 year old Landon Walker, a senior football player at East Wilkes High School, in your prayers. Fox 8 reporting that Walker was listed in critical condition at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after being seriously injured in an ATV accident last week. Check out the "Pray for Landon Walker" Facebook page for updates.
Out and About this weekend…
Wake Forest University is hosting “Fan Fest” this Saturday evening (Aug 20) from 6 to 9pm at BB+T Field. The event is FREE. (Games for the kids)
(Pro Tennis in the Triad) Qualifying for the Winston-Salem Open starts on Saturday behind BB+T Field on Deacon Blvd with matches continuing through next Saturday (Aug 27). www.winstonsalemopen.com
Traffic Alert: Expect heavier traffic around BB+T Field in Winston-Salem along Deacon Blvd, Shorefair Drive and 32nd Street this weekend.
(Pro Golf in Greensboro) The Wyndham Championship runs through Sunday at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro. Members of the military and Triad teachers can go to the Wyndham for FREE courtesy of Technology Concepts & Design. Tournament schedule: http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/spectator-info/tournament-schedule/
Golf isn't the only happening this weekend at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro. News 14 Carolina reporting that Team Sandtastic is transforming 75 tons of sand into a golf-themed masterpiece. Dan Belcher (with Team Sandtastic) explained how ‘sand is sculpted’, “You really have to water the sand, compact it, carve it from the top down and then we spray a (biodegradable) sealant over (the sand sculpture).” Alyson Johnson, the VP of marketing for Wyndham Worldwide summed it up, “We put people on ‘vacation’, (even on the golf course)”.
Back-to-School goodies…
Congratulations to Jayne Grubbs (science teacher at Caleb’s Creek Elementary in Kernersville) and Heather King (math and French teacher at West Forsyth) who were awarded the ‘Marcellus Waddill Excellence in Teaching’ Award (from Wake Forest University) on Wednesday. (www.journalnow.com)
Speeders beware: School zone fines going up. Starting this Thursday, August 25 (the day that most students start back to public school in the Triad), the penalty for speeding through a school zone will go up to $250. Add in court costs…and the total ‘fine’ will be around $400 dollars. www.digtriad.com/news/article/187129/57/Slow-Down-School-Zone-Speeding-Fines-Increasing
"The Teacher Supply Warehouse" on Yanceyville Street in Greensboro has FREE school supplies for Guildford County teachers. You can donate items, too. http://www.guilfordeducationalliance.org/support/teacher-warehouse.phps
More than 200 students at UNC-G are living in temporary housing because of a lack of dorm rooms. Another 130 students are on a waiting list. Fox 8 reporting that UNCG has closed several older buildings for renovations, and a new dorm is not yet finished.
8.19.2011
8.18.2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mostly sunny. A scattered afternoon shower or thunderstorm possible…High 85
JOB FAIR: Dozens of companies will be on-hand TODAY at the Clarion Hotel near PTI in Greensboro from 10am to 2pm . Info on the News Blog and WBFJ Facebook page.
Pre-register at http://triad.employmentguide.com/jobfairdetails.html?JobfairID=3502
You can help support “Triad Flight of Honor” just by eating lunch at the Outback Steakhouse (Winston-Salem location ONLY) from 11:30an til 1pm. This event is sponsored by the Clemmons Rotary Club. For a $20 donation, you get a four course Outback meal. The proceeds to benefit “Triad Flight of Honor”. Open to the public. NO reservations required. Dine in…or take out available Questions: call 403-1964
‘Skimming devices’ were found on two standalone ATMs in Thomasville on Monday…and cyber thieves are likely stealing your personal banking information. Investigators believe the skimmers were placed on two ATM machines sometime last Friday and remained there over the weekend. The Thomasville Times reporting that ‘skimmers’ were found on the Cash Points at Midway Plaza (off National Highway) and the Cash Points on West Main Street across from the Thomasville Post Office . NO arrests have been made in the case.
http://tvilletimes.com/view/full_story/15108845/article-Thomasville-bankers-find-skimming-device-on-ATMs?instance=homesecondleft
Some tips: Thieves normally target standalone ATMs for skimming. Be aware of anything that is raised off the machine itself, like wires protruding from the ATM machine. Skimming devices are usually put on top of the real ATM card reader, allowing the skimmer devise to read your personal info (like PIN numbers) while the ATM reads it. http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-how-to-spot-a-skimming-atm-20110817,0,504812.story
Congratulations to Jayne Grubbs (science teacher at Caleb’s Creek Elementary in Kernersville) and Heather King (math and French teacher at West Forsyth) who were awarded the ‘Marcellus Waddill Excellence in Teaching’ Award (from Wake Forest University) on Wednesday. (www.journalnow.com)
A Virginia couple plans to get married at a Carowinds this weekend. WCNC reports the couple plans to say "I do" on the steps of The Intimidator Roller coaster on Saturday, then take a ride on the roller coaster with family and friends. BTW: The couple got engaged on the Intimidator (the tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster in the southeast) last August and they want their wedding to be fun and memorable. http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-nc-coaster-intimidator-carowinds-wedding-110817,0,2122586.story
Just a reminder: Second Harvest Food Bank needs your help. Food supplies are critically low. You can drop-off non-perishable food items TODAY to help out Second Harvest Food Bank at any Goodwill Retail stores, BB&T bank branch locations and Lowe's Food locations. www.hungernwnc.org/about-us/you-can-too.html
Did you know: For every ‘dollar’ donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank, they can distribute $12 dollars worth of food (or the equivalent of 7 nutritious meals). Second Harvest serves about 400 agencies in 18 counties right here in our area. One in six people in America do NOT have enough food to eat. The need is even greater in the Triad…
Kids that attend the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club of High Point will get a chance to do some ‘back–to-school shopping’ this afternoon from school supplies collected during the recent “Stuff the Bus” campaign. Items including notebooks, binders, pencils, hand sanitizer even backpacks will be distributed to clubbers (kids)…according to their grade. BTW: Many of these kids come from low-income families, that are having a tough time with the current economy.
www.salvationarmycarolinas.org/highpoint 881.5411
A record number of students will be taking classes at Forsyth Tech. Fall enrollment is already at 11,000 students…that’s up 7 percent from last year and a 20 percent increase compared to 2009. BTW: One of the many reasons that Community colleges are attractive. The cost. One credit hour at Forsyth Tech costs around $66.00. http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-forsyth-tech-sees-big-enrollment-jump-for-second-year-20110817,0,7274226.story
The Wyndham Championship at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro. (Aug 18 – 21). First round play started this morning. Tournament schedule: http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/spectator-info/tournament-schedule/
Members of the military and Triad teachers can go for FREE to the Wyndham Championship (courtesy of Technology Concepts & Design).
http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/military-and-teachers/
JOB FAIR: Dozens of companies will be on-hand TODAY at the Clarion Hotel near PTI in Greensboro from 10am to 2pm . Info on the News Blog and WBFJ Facebook page.
Pre-register at http://triad.employmentguide.com/jobfairdetails.html?JobfairID=3502
You can help support “Triad Flight of Honor” just by eating lunch at the Outback Steakhouse (Winston-Salem location ONLY) from 11:30an til 1pm. This event is sponsored by the Clemmons Rotary Club. For a $20 donation, you get a four course Outback meal. The proceeds to benefit “Triad Flight of Honor”. Open to the public. NO reservations required. Dine in…or take out available Questions: call 403-1964
‘Skimming devices’ were found on two standalone ATMs in Thomasville on Monday…and cyber thieves are likely stealing your personal banking information. Investigators believe the skimmers were placed on two ATM machines sometime last Friday and remained there over the weekend. The Thomasville Times reporting that ‘skimmers’ were found on the Cash Points at Midway Plaza (off National Highway) and the Cash Points on West Main Street across from the Thomasville Post Office . NO arrests have been made in the case.
http://tvilletimes.com/view/full_story/15108845/article-Thomasville-bankers-find-skimming-device-on-ATMs?instance=homesecondleft
Some tips: Thieves normally target standalone ATMs for skimming. Be aware of anything that is raised off the machine itself, like wires protruding from the ATM machine. Skimming devices are usually put on top of the real ATM card reader, allowing the skimmer devise to read your personal info (like PIN numbers) while the ATM reads it. http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-how-to-spot-a-skimming-atm-20110817,0,504812.story
Congratulations to Jayne Grubbs (science teacher at Caleb’s Creek Elementary in Kernersville) and Heather King (math and French teacher at West Forsyth) who were awarded the ‘Marcellus Waddill Excellence in Teaching’ Award (from Wake Forest University) on Wednesday. (www.journalnow.com)
A Virginia couple plans to get married at a Carowinds this weekend. WCNC reports the couple plans to say "I do" on the steps of The Intimidator Roller coaster on Saturday, then take a ride on the roller coaster with family and friends. BTW: The couple got engaged on the Intimidator (the tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster in the southeast) last August and they want their wedding to be fun and memorable. http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-nc-coaster-intimidator-carowinds-wedding-110817,0,2122586.story
Just a reminder: Second Harvest Food Bank needs your help. Food supplies are critically low. You can drop-off non-perishable food items TODAY to help out Second Harvest Food Bank at any Goodwill Retail stores, BB&T bank branch locations and Lowe's Food locations. www.hungernwnc.org/about-us/you-can-too.html
Did you know: For every ‘dollar’ donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank, they can distribute $12 dollars worth of food (or the equivalent of 7 nutritious meals). Second Harvest serves about 400 agencies in 18 counties right here in our area. One in six people in America do NOT have enough food to eat. The need is even greater in the Triad…
Kids that attend the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club of High Point will get a chance to do some ‘back–to-school shopping’ this afternoon from school supplies collected during the recent “Stuff the Bus” campaign. Items including notebooks, binders, pencils, hand sanitizer even backpacks will be distributed to clubbers (kids)…according to their grade. BTW: Many of these kids come from low-income families, that are having a tough time with the current economy.
www.salvationarmycarolinas.org/highpoint 881.5411
A record number of students will be taking classes at Forsyth Tech. Fall enrollment is already at 11,000 students…that’s up 7 percent from last year and a 20 percent increase compared to 2009. BTW: One of the many reasons that Community colleges are attractive. The cost. One credit hour at Forsyth Tech costs around $66.00. http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-forsyth-tech-sees-big-enrollment-jump-for-second-year-20110817,0,7274226.story
The Wyndham Championship at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro. (Aug 18 – 21). First round play started this morning. Tournament schedule: http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/spectator-info/tournament-schedule/
Members of the military and Triad teachers can go for FREE to the Wyndham Championship (courtesy of Technology Concepts & Design).
http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/military-and-teachers/
8.17.2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Sunny skies…High 88
BEAUTIFUL weather!!
Job Fair in Greensboro on Thursday(AUG 18)
Dozens of companies looking to hire will be on hand at the Clarion Hotel near PTI in Greensboro from 10am to 2pm on Thursday. More information and to pre-register:
http://www.triad.employmentguide.com/
Second Harvest Food Bank is in critical need of food
-One in six people in America do NOT have enough food to eat. The need is even greater in the Triad. Did you know: For every ‘dollar’ donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank, Second Harvest will distribute $12 dollars worth of food (or the equivalent of 7 nutritious meals).
Drop-off non perishable food items TODAY to help out Second Harvest
(In the Triad) Goodwill stores, BB&T branches and Lowe's Food locations.
BTW: Second Harvest serves about 400 agencies in 18 counties.
The greater Winston-Salem area was ranked the ‘worst metro area’ in the nation last year in regards to families with children having a hard time putting food on the table. The Winston-Salem metro area includes Davie, Forsyth, Stokes and Yadkin counties. Nearly 35% of households with children did not have enough money to buy food. More than half (53.2%) of the 51,000 (51,761) students in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County school system were receiving free or reduced lunches. (Info from the Food Research and Action Center) www.journalnow.com/news/2011/aug/16/2/hunger-study-says-winston-salem-metro-area-worst-i-ar-1305986/
The Wyndham Championship at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro.
Today: The ‘New Breed Logistics Pro-Am’
Thursday morning: First round play starts at 7am
Tournament schedule: www.wyndhamchampionship.com/spectator-info/tournament-schedule/
Members of the military and Triad teachers can go for FREE to the Wyndham Championship (courtesy of Technology Concepts & Design). www.wyndhamchampionship.com/military-and-teachers/
Around 100 people attended the Back-to-School prayer service yesterday at Main Street United Methodist Church in Kernersville. Sandy Sikes, former principal at Piney Grove Elementary, was the main speaker. She used the story of Jesus and Peter walking on water to prayerfully encourage teachers as they soon start back to school. (Journalnow.com)
Slow down. Starting next Thursday, August 25 (the day that most students start back to public school in the Triad), the penalty for speeding through a school zone will go up to $250. Add in court costs…and the total ‘fine’ will be around $400 dollars.
http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/187129/57/Slow-Down-School-Zone-Speeding-Fines-Increasing
"The Teacher Supply Warehouse" on Yanceyville Street in Greensboro has FREE school supplies for Guildford County teachers. You can donate items as well. http://www.guilfordeducationalliance.org/support/teacher-warehouse.phps
If you live in Mount Airy, you have likely seen people wearing T-shirts that have the words “Bring it Beck!” printed on them. The ‘Beck’ refers to Conservative TV and radio host Glenn Beck who is searching for a community in the U.S. that has been affected by the loss of textile jobs to begin manufacturing his new “1791” clothing line…with the profits going to charity. Mount Airy Mayor Deborah Cochran has been interviewed on Beck’s radio show in an effort to bring Beck’s project (and jobs) to Mount Airy. Now, the Surry County Board of Commissioners are on board and will send a letter to Beck in support of bringing textile jobs to the county. www.wxii12.com/news/28879428/detail.html#ixzz1VHfTDOBMBTW: A ”Bring it Beck’ Labor Day event is in the works and will take place somewhere at the vacant Spencer’s facility near Main Street in Mt Airy.
Antonio Chacon (from Albuquerque, NM) was at the right place at the right time. Chacon is credited for saving the life of a 6-year-old girl who was in the middle of being abducted. Chacon, a 24-year-old mechanic and father of two young daughters, came home from work early to spend time with his family Monday afternoon. Chacon heard a neighbor yell for the would-be kidnapper to let the 6 year old child go. That’s when he saw a man throw the child into a van. Chacon jumped into his vehicle, chasing the abductor’s van through a maze of neighborhoods. The abductor’s van crashed into a pole, the suspect fled and Chacon was able to rescue the 6 year old girl. The abductor was later captured by police. http://www.news-record.com/content/2011/08/17/article/man_hailed_as_hero_after_thwarting_6_year_olds_kidnapping
CROP Hunger Walk 2011 (30th Anniversary)...bringing Winston-Salem / Forsyth County together to help fight hunger. Sunday afternoon (October 16, 2011)
Registration starts at 1:30pm…Walk begins at 2:30pm
NEW location this year at the Joel Coliseum Annex - parking lot
Supporting Crisis Control Ministry, Sunnyside Ministry (locally) and Church World Service (globally) http://www.cropwalkforsyth.org/
Check out all the details on Facebook (put Crop Walk Forsyth in the search bar) http://www.facebook.com/cropwalkforsyth
www.hungernwnc.org/about-us/you-can-too.html
BEAUTIFUL weather!!
Job Fair in Greensboro on Thursday(AUG 18)
Dozens of companies looking to hire will be on hand at the Clarion Hotel near PTI in Greensboro from 10am to 2pm on Thursday. More information and to pre-register:
http://www.triad.employmentguide.com/
Second Harvest Food Bank is in critical need of food
-One in six people in America do NOT have enough food to eat. The need is even greater in the Triad. Did you know: For every ‘dollar’ donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank, Second Harvest will distribute $12 dollars worth of food (or the equivalent of 7 nutritious meals).
Drop-off non perishable food items TODAY to help out Second Harvest
(In the Triad) Goodwill stores, BB&T branches and Lowe's Food locations.
BTW: Second Harvest serves about 400 agencies in 18 counties.
The greater Winston-Salem area was ranked the ‘worst metro area’ in the nation last year in regards to families with children having a hard time putting food on the table. The Winston-Salem metro area includes Davie, Forsyth, Stokes and Yadkin counties. Nearly 35% of households with children did not have enough money to buy food. More than half (53.2%) of the 51,000 (51,761) students in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County school system were receiving free or reduced lunches. (Info from the Food Research and Action Center) www.journalnow.com/news/2011/aug/16/2/hunger-study-says-winston-salem-metro-area-worst-i-ar-1305986/
The Wyndham Championship at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro.
Today: The ‘New Breed Logistics Pro-Am’
Thursday morning: First round play starts at 7am
Tournament schedule: www.wyndhamchampionship.com/spectator-info/tournament-schedule/
Members of the military and Triad teachers can go for FREE to the Wyndham Championship (courtesy of Technology Concepts & Design). www.wyndhamchampionship.com/military-and-teachers/
Around 100 people attended the Back-to-School prayer service yesterday at Main Street United Methodist Church in Kernersville. Sandy Sikes, former principal at Piney Grove Elementary, was the main speaker. She used the story of Jesus and Peter walking on water to prayerfully encourage teachers as they soon start back to school. (Journalnow.com)
Slow down. Starting next Thursday, August 25 (the day that most students start back to public school in the Triad), the penalty for speeding through a school zone will go up to $250. Add in court costs…and the total ‘fine’ will be around $400 dollars.
http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/187129/57/Slow-Down-School-Zone-Speeding-Fines-Increasing
"The Teacher Supply Warehouse" on Yanceyville Street in Greensboro has FREE school supplies for Guildford County teachers. You can donate items as well. http://www.guilfordeducationalliance.org/support/teacher-warehouse.phps
If you live in Mount Airy, you have likely seen people wearing T-shirts that have the words “Bring it Beck!” printed on them. The ‘Beck’ refers to Conservative TV and radio host Glenn Beck who is searching for a community in the U.S. that has been affected by the loss of textile jobs to begin manufacturing his new “1791” clothing line…with the profits going to charity. Mount Airy Mayor Deborah Cochran has been interviewed on Beck’s radio show in an effort to bring Beck’s project (and jobs) to Mount Airy. Now, the Surry County Board of Commissioners are on board and will send a letter to Beck in support of bringing textile jobs to the county. www.wxii12.com/news/28879428/detail.html#ixzz1VHfTDOBMBTW: A ”Bring it Beck’ Labor Day event is in the works and will take place somewhere at the vacant Spencer’s facility near Main Street in Mt Airy.
Antonio Chacon (from Albuquerque, NM) was at the right place at the right time. Chacon is credited for saving the life of a 6-year-old girl who was in the middle of being abducted. Chacon, a 24-year-old mechanic and father of two young daughters, came home from work early to spend time with his family Monday afternoon. Chacon heard a neighbor yell for the would-be kidnapper to let the 6 year old child go. That’s when he saw a man throw the child into a van. Chacon jumped into his vehicle, chasing the abductor’s van through a maze of neighborhoods. The abductor’s van crashed into a pole, the suspect fled and Chacon was able to rescue the 6 year old girl. The abductor was later captured by police. http://www.news-record.com/content/2011/08/17/article/man_hailed_as_hero_after_thwarting_6_year_olds_kidnapping
CROP Hunger Walk 2011 (30th Anniversary)...bringing Winston-Salem / Forsyth County together to help fight hunger. Sunday afternoon (October 16, 2011)
Registration starts at 1:30pm…Walk begins at 2:30pm
NEW location this year at the Joel Coliseum Annex - parking lot
Supporting Crisis Control Ministry, Sunnyside Ministry (locally) and Church World Service (globally) http://www.cropwalkforsyth.org/
Check out all the details on Facebook (put Crop Walk Forsyth in the search bar) http://www.facebook.com/cropwalkforsyth
www.hungernwnc.org/about-us/you-can-too.html
8.16.2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Comfortable summer day. Sunny skies…High 88
URGENT NEED: Second Harvest Food Bank is close to running out of food for the needy. The latest food shipment from the federal government should be gone by Thursday. Second Harvest said it serves about 400 agencies in 18 counties. Drop off locations: Goodwill stores, BB&T branch locations (Forsyth County) and Lowe's Food Store locations in Forsyth County. www.hungernwnc.org/about-us/you-can-too.html
BTW: One in six people in America do NOT have enough food to eat. More than 28% of the food banks in NC have had to turn people away because of the lack of food.
You can voice your opinion about the total ‘make over’ of Business 40 through downtown Winston-Salem at one of two informal meetings TODAY:
4pm and 7pm at First Presbyterian Church (North Cherry Street) in downtown Winston-Salem.
-Business 40 is scheduled to be closed for two years starting in 2018 for a complete 'overhaul' between Peter's Creek Parkway and the Highway 52 interchange.
The details about the project: www.ncdot.org/projects/business40/
Can’t fit in 30 minutes a day of recommended exercise, well, how about 15 minutes?
New research suggesting that even a minimum amount of time spent exercising daily will lead to better health, and even add years to your life. Men and women benefitted equally to time spent exercising.
The phrase "Nice guys finish last" appears to be the case in who gets paid the most. "Agreeable" or nice workers make much less than their ‘mean’ co-workers, with the pay gap wider among men. The study, titled "Do Nice Guys—and Gals—Really Finish Last?" used survey data over 20 years to examine "agreeableness". The findings: men who ‘disagreed’ the nost at work made 18% (or close to $10,000 dollars) - more in salary a year than those who were ‘agreeable’. Same for women (but not as profitable), ‘disagreeable’ females made only 5% (or close to $2,000 dollars) more than those who were in the nice or ‘agree’ category.
The problem: many managers often don't realize that they reward are rewarding ‘bad behavior’ or disagreeableness. The study contained data from over 20 years from three different surveys.
http://www.businessinsider.com/study-mean-people-earn-higher-salaries-2011-8
Back-To-School: "The Teacher Supply Warehouse" on Yanceyville Street in Greensboro has FREE school supplies for Guildford County teachers. You can donate items as well. http://www.guilfordeducationalliance.org/support/teacher-warehouse.phps
Members of the military and Triad teachers can attend the Wyndham Championship for FREE (courtesy of Technology Concepts & Design). The Wyndham Championship runs through Sunday (AUG 21) at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro.
www.wyndhamchampionship.com/military-and-teachers/
Giant solar farm will be built in Florida, NOT Guildford County. National Solar Power picked Melbourne, Florida to develop a new $1.5 billion dollar solar farm. The Greensboro News and Record reporting that Guildford County could still be chosen for a future solar farm.
The state has chosen a ‘preferred route’ for widening Highway 109 to four lanes in Davidson and Forsyth counties. "Alternative 6" will run from Friendship-Ledford Road to I-40 near the current Highway 109 interchange. The Winston-Salem Journal reporting that the proposed path would take out 108 homes and 5 businesses. Property owners that could be effected along the ‘preferred route’ are not very happy with the DOT's announcement. They say that having to wait several years to have their land purchased would significantly drop their property values.
At the Box Office: #1 "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" remains at #1 for a second straight week. #2 "The Help" Opening weekend for this drama about maids in Jackson, Mississippi during the civil-rights movement. And, the animated smash "The Smurfs" slipped to #4.
http://www.pluggedin.com/movies.aspx
URGENT NEED: Second Harvest Food Bank is close to running out of food for the needy. The latest food shipment from the federal government should be gone by Thursday. Second Harvest said it serves about 400 agencies in 18 counties. Drop off locations: Goodwill stores, BB&T branch locations (Forsyth County) and Lowe's Food Store locations in Forsyth County. www.hungernwnc.org/about-us/you-can-too.html
BTW: One in six people in America do NOT have enough food to eat. More than 28% of the food banks in NC have had to turn people away because of the lack of food.
You can voice your opinion about the total ‘make over’ of Business 40 through downtown Winston-Salem at one of two informal meetings TODAY:
4pm and 7pm at First Presbyterian Church (North Cherry Street) in downtown Winston-Salem.
-Business 40 is scheduled to be closed for two years starting in 2018 for a complete 'overhaul' between Peter's Creek Parkway and the Highway 52 interchange.
The details about the project: www.ncdot.org/projects/business40/
Can’t fit in 30 minutes a day of recommended exercise, well, how about 15 minutes?
New research suggesting that even a minimum amount of time spent exercising daily will lead to better health, and even add years to your life. Men and women benefitted equally to time spent exercising.
The phrase "Nice guys finish last" appears to be the case in who gets paid the most. "Agreeable" or nice workers make much less than their ‘mean’ co-workers, with the pay gap wider among men. The study, titled "Do Nice Guys—and Gals—Really Finish Last?" used survey data over 20 years to examine "agreeableness". The findings: men who ‘disagreed’ the nost at work made 18% (or close to $10,000 dollars) - more in salary a year than those who were ‘agreeable’. Same for women (but not as profitable), ‘disagreeable’ females made only 5% (or close to $2,000 dollars) more than those who were in the nice or ‘agree’ category.
The problem: many managers often don't realize that they reward are rewarding ‘bad behavior’ or disagreeableness. The study contained data from over 20 years from three different surveys.
http://www.businessinsider.com/study-mean-people-earn-higher-salaries-2011-8
Back-To-School: "The Teacher Supply Warehouse" on Yanceyville Street in Greensboro has FREE school supplies for Guildford County teachers. You can donate items as well. http://www.guilfordeducationalliance.org/support/teacher-warehouse.phps
Members of the military and Triad teachers can attend the Wyndham Championship for FREE (courtesy of Technology Concepts & Design). The Wyndham Championship runs through Sunday (AUG 21) at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro.
www.wyndhamchampionship.com/military-and-teachers/
Giant solar farm will be built in Florida, NOT Guildford County. National Solar Power picked Melbourne, Florida to develop a new $1.5 billion dollar solar farm. The Greensboro News and Record reporting that Guildford County could still be chosen for a future solar farm.
The state has chosen a ‘preferred route’ for widening Highway 109 to four lanes in Davidson and Forsyth counties. "Alternative 6" will run from Friendship-Ledford Road to I-40 near the current Highway 109 interchange. The Winston-Salem Journal reporting that the proposed path would take out 108 homes and 5 businesses. Property owners that could be effected along the ‘preferred route’ are not very happy with the DOT's announcement. They say that having to wait several years to have their land purchased would significantly drop their property values.
At the Box Office: #1 "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" remains at #1 for a second straight week. #2 "The Help" Opening weekend for this drama about maids in Jackson, Mississippi during the civil-rights movement. And, the animated smash "The Smurfs" slipped to #4.
http://www.pluggedin.com/movies.aspx
8.15.2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Below normal temperatures today. Mostly sunny with an afternoon thunderstorm possible. Mild…High 82
Members of the military and Triad teachers can go FREE of charge to the Wyndham Championship (courtesy of Technology Concepts & Design). Today (Aug 15) is the “Kevin Harvick Foundation Pro-Am. The Wyndham Championship is going on this week at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro. (August 15 – 21)
http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/military-and-teachers/
RECALL: At least three major grocery store chains mainly in the southeast have recalled some of their ground beef because of E. coli contamination. The Department of Agriculture announcing that National Beef Packaging Company (Kansas) is recalling more than 60,000 pounds of ground beef. The ground beef could have been sent to Walmart stores and Sam’s clubs in North Carolina, More details to follow.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gcIfhoKzj4pDFNDd261RX8oICOXA?docId=f183e10f425847ecb16da3eba8157e00
Power is back on for several thousand residents in Forsyth County after a severe storm rolled through the Triad around suppertime on Sunday. The storm prompted a tornado warning for Forsyth County. There were several sightings of funnel clouds in Forsyth County between 6 and 7pm last night. Downed trees were reported in northern Forsyth and southern Stokes counties.
A memorial prayer service will be held this morning before the re-opening of the Indiana State Fair, after straight-line winds toppled a concert stage at the Fairgrounds over the weekend…killing five and injuring dozens more. The country duo Sugarland was just minutes from performing when the stage collapsed just before 9pm Saturday night. (CNN, NBC, FOX)
The senior pastor at Calvary Baptist Church (Al Gilbert) is leaving Winston-Salem for Atlanta. Pastor Gilbert is taking a job with the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in Atlanta. He will be leaving in September. The search for a new senior pastor is underway. http://pastorgilbert.wordpress.com/
Sleep tight??? More bedbugs have been detected in a handful of dorms at Wake Forest University. According to the Winston-Salem Journal, the university used a canine search team last week to check dorms on campus before students arrive for the fall semester. The canine teams did find evidence of bedbugs in a very small number of rooms. The rooms were ‘cleansed’ using a high-heat treatment (turning up the heat to at least 120 degrees for a specific amount of time) is considered by pest-control experts to be 100% effective.
When it comes to soft contact lenses, rubbing and rinsing before soaking overnight is the best way to remove germs and prevent eye infection. According to new research, you need to add the extra step of ‘rubbing’ your soft contact lenses (along with the ‘no rub’ multi-purpose solution) to more effectively remove bacteria, yeast, and mold cells from your lenses. The study published in the August issue of Optometry and Vision Science. http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=655514
Back-To-School: "The Teacher Supply Warehouse" on Yanceyville Street in Greensboro has FREE school supplies for Guildford County teachers. You can donate items as well. http://www.guilfordeducationalliance.org/support/teacher-warehouse.phps
At the Box Office: "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" remains at #1 for a second straight week at the box office. It was opening weekend for the "The Help", the drama about maids in Jackson, Mississippi during the civil-rights movement. The animated ressurection of "The Smurfs" slipped to #4. Check out this site before you go to the movies:
http://www.pluggedin.com/movies.aspx
A Jacksonville woman is frantically trying to find the couple who bought a suitcase from her at a recent yard sale, because the suitcase contained sentimental items belonging to her husband, who was killed in Iraq. The Daily News of Jacksonville reported that Lindsay Whitehouse sold a Ricardo brand suitcase on Aug. 6 at a yard sale. Lindsey later realized that the suitcase contained awards, memorial items and photographs belonging to her husband, Marine Staff Sgt. Jason Whitehouse who was killed in Iraq back in 2007. Anyone with information can call Whitehouse at 910-546-1307
NFL Pre-Season: Carolina Panthers are now 1 and 0 for the pre-season.
Members of the military and Triad teachers can go FREE of charge to the Wyndham Championship (courtesy of Technology Concepts & Design). Today (Aug 15) is the “Kevin Harvick Foundation Pro-Am. The Wyndham Championship is going on this week at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro. (August 15 – 21)
http://www.wyndhamchampionship.com/military-and-teachers/
RECALL: At least three major grocery store chains mainly in the southeast have recalled some of their ground beef because of E. coli contamination. The Department of Agriculture announcing that National Beef Packaging Company (Kansas) is recalling more than 60,000 pounds of ground beef. The ground beef could have been sent to Walmart stores and Sam’s clubs in North Carolina, More details to follow.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gcIfhoKzj4pDFNDd261RX8oICOXA?docId=f183e10f425847ecb16da3eba8157e00
Power is back on for several thousand residents in Forsyth County after a severe storm rolled through the Triad around suppertime on Sunday. The storm prompted a tornado warning for Forsyth County. There were several sightings of funnel clouds in Forsyth County between 6 and 7pm last night. Downed trees were reported in northern Forsyth and southern Stokes counties.
A memorial prayer service will be held this morning before the re-opening of the Indiana State Fair, after straight-line winds toppled a concert stage at the Fairgrounds over the weekend…killing five and injuring dozens more. The country duo Sugarland was just minutes from performing when the stage collapsed just before 9pm Saturday night. (CNN, NBC, FOX)
The senior pastor at Calvary Baptist Church (Al Gilbert) is leaving Winston-Salem for Atlanta. Pastor Gilbert is taking a job with the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in Atlanta. He will be leaving in September. The search for a new senior pastor is underway. http://pastorgilbert.wordpress.com/
Sleep tight??? More bedbugs have been detected in a handful of dorms at Wake Forest University. According to the Winston-Salem Journal, the university used a canine search team last week to check dorms on campus before students arrive for the fall semester. The canine teams did find evidence of bedbugs in a very small number of rooms. The rooms were ‘cleansed’ using a high-heat treatment (turning up the heat to at least 120 degrees for a specific amount of time) is considered by pest-control experts to be 100% effective.
When it comes to soft contact lenses, rubbing and rinsing before soaking overnight is the best way to remove germs and prevent eye infection. According to new research, you need to add the extra step of ‘rubbing’ your soft contact lenses (along with the ‘no rub’ multi-purpose solution) to more effectively remove bacteria, yeast, and mold cells from your lenses. The study published in the August issue of Optometry and Vision Science. http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=655514
Back-To-School: "The Teacher Supply Warehouse" on Yanceyville Street in Greensboro has FREE school supplies for Guildford County teachers. You can donate items as well. http://www.guilfordeducationalliance.org/support/teacher-warehouse.phps
At the Box Office: "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" remains at #1 for a second straight week at the box office. It was opening weekend for the "The Help", the drama about maids in Jackson, Mississippi during the civil-rights movement. The animated ressurection of "The Smurfs" slipped to #4. Check out this site before you go to the movies:
http://www.pluggedin.com/movies.aspx
A Jacksonville woman is frantically trying to find the couple who bought a suitcase from her at a recent yard sale, because the suitcase contained sentimental items belonging to her husband, who was killed in Iraq. The Daily News of Jacksonville reported that Lindsay Whitehouse sold a Ricardo brand suitcase on Aug. 6 at a yard sale. Lindsey later realized that the suitcase contained awards, memorial items and photographs belonging to her husband, Marine Staff Sgt. Jason Whitehouse who was killed in Iraq back in 2007. Anyone with information can call Whitehouse at 910-546-1307
NFL Pre-Season: Carolina Panthers are now 1 and 0 for the pre-season.
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