Due to power outages, the morning sessions of High School summer school have been canceled at all home high schools. Students are being returned home by their buses. Students at the Career Center have been transported by bus to Parkland High for classes. Please check the WS / FC Schools Web site for updates.
http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/education/district/district.php?sectionid=1
Forsyth Tech Community College…Opening at Noon
Severe thunderstorms hitting parts of the Triad yesterday. Winston-Salem was the hit the hardest by the storms, with more than 12,000 customers without power on Tuesday.
As of 9am...Duke Energy reporting over 7,100 power outages in Forsyth County. In Davie County, over 300 outages this morning
To report a power outage…Call 1-800-POWERON (1-800-769-3766)
www.duke-energy.com/news/outage-information.asp
The two finalists for Superintendent of Guilford County Schools will meet and greet with the School Board and public today. Shirley Prince and Maurice Green will be available to meet with the public from 5 to 7pm this evening at central office on Eugene Street in Greensboro.
www.news-record.com/content/2008/07/21/article/superintendent_finalists_have_nc_connections
Residents along the Texas –Mexico border are bracing for Hurricane Dolly. Strong winds and heavy rains are pounding the Gulf coast of Texas. Dolly is expected to make landfall by noon.
www.weather.com/newscenter/hurricanecentral/update/index.html?from=hurricane_welcome
Wachovia Corporation, the nation's fourth largest-bank, will cut over 10,000 jobs…after posting a $8.9 billion dollar loss in the second quarter of 2008. Wachovia will no longer offer mortgages through brokers as of Friday. www.digtriad.com/news/most_popular/article.aspx?storyid=107713&provider=top
Actress Estelle Getty passed away on Tuesday. She was 84 years old.
Getty suffered from advanced dementia. Getty landed the role of a lifetime in 1985, playing the sarcastic 80 something mom Sophia on "The Golden Girls."
Neat story…Getty flunked her audition twice, because the casting directors didn't think she looked old enough to play an 80-year-old woman.
She came prepared for the third tryout, showing up in old clothes and telling an NBC makeup artist that this is her "entire career down the toilet" unless it looks like she's 80. Getty got the job and won two Emmys throughout the show's run. www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,388722,00.html
One Minnesota high school teacher is $1,000 dollars richer after winning the ‘Ride the Tide Challenge’ at the Mall of America. Jim Salava spent 20 hours on the Avatar Airbender roller coaster at the Nickelodeon Universe theme park. The top prize included a family cruise, $1,000 spending cash and a lifetime pass to the theme park. www.wxii12.com/education/16961888/detail.html
FINAL WEEK: Details about the WBFJ ‘Shoes for Orphan Souls’ shoe drive as well as drop off locations in your area online at www.wbfj.org/concertpopup3.htm
