Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Today: Sunny and cooler...High near 80
The NC Division of Motor Vehicles is trying to stop fraud and identity theft.The next time you go to renew your driver’s licenses you likely get a piece of paper instead of a normal plastic coated license. You will continue to visit a local DMV office, take tests and get a photo. But drivers will only receive a temporary paper license valid for 20 days. Most customers should receive a license in about a week.www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/jul/01/drivers-license-issuance-changes-begin-today/
One local gang leader calling for peace in the streets between gangs. At a news conference in Greensboro yesterday, Jorge Cornell, the leader of the Latin King and Queen Nation in North Carolina, has called on other gang leaders to ‘channel’ their energy away from violence and more toward fighting racism.
http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080701/NRSTAFF/172928422
So just how much is a college or university ‘worth’ to it’s area? The economic impact that Appalachian State University has on Western North Carolina area calculates out to $506 million dollars for the 2006-07 fiscal year. The report complied by the Walker College of Business.
The Asheville Citizen-Times www.alumni.appstate.edu/blog/index.php?s=watauga
A North Carolina-based private equity company has made an offer to purchase Krispy Kreme Doughnuts for $7.25 per share. MGL Asset Management Group sent the offer to Krispy Kreme over the weekend. The sale would be valued at more than $500 million dollars.
The Winston-Salem Journal has an interesting article about the owner of MGL Group in today’s paper. www.wxii12.com/money/16750694/detail.html
Police in Portugal are dropping their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann due to a lack of evidence. Madeleine went missing in Portugal during a family vacation last May…a few days before her fourth birthday. www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/01/mccann.portugal.ap/index.html
The Israeli Military reporting that a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel. The latest violence is further straining the fragile cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
BEGINNING TODAY THE NETHERLANDS BECOMES THE LATEST EUROPEAN NATION TO BAN SMOKING IN RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND ALL PUBLIC PLACES. While tobacco cigarettes are out in Holland, the ban does not extend to marijuana, which is sold at cafes and coffee shops under the country's existing soft drug legislation. http://voanews.com/english/2008-06-30-voa59.cfm?rss=topstories
Burn off some of that energy and help fight hunger:
BOUNCE-U is collecting food items for Second Harvest Food Bank. The kids will get one hour of FREE bounce time for the donation of non-perishable food item at either Triad location of Bounce-U on Thursday or Friday of this week. (Greensboro News /Record)
Free Bounce times: Thursday 11-2pm and Friday 9-noon.
Greensboro: 615 Dolley Madison Road
Winston-Salem: 5086 Styers-Ferry Road
http://www.bounceu.com/
Local Baseball Action
WS Warthogs at home Wednesday through the weekend http://www.warthogs.com/
Greensboro Grasshoppers at home Thursday – the weekend www.gsohoppers.com/
