“And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men”
Colossians 3:23
Back to school for students in Guilford County
Rain jacket and umbrella alert for the next couple of days. Locally heavy rainfall possible for most of NC.
Forecasters have issued a Flash Flood Watch this morning for nearly a dozen western North Carolina counties as the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay is dumping heavy rains and cut power to thousands of customers. Drought has gripped the western portions of the state for months. Rainfall at the Asheville airport through Monday was about 11 inches below normal.
www.journalnow.com/content/2008/aug/26/260810/fay-spawned-storms-cut-power-western-nc/news/
Hurricane watches and warnings have been posted in the Caribbean. Forecasters expect Hurricane Gustav to move over Haiti later today and pass near Cuba tomorrow. Gustav is currently a category one hurricane with maximum sustained winds of nearly 85 miles per hour.
http://www.weather.com/
Four teenagers have been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that took the life of a 40 year old man in Kernersville early Sunday morning. Three of the suspects in the shooting are students at Glenn High School. Neil Stockton with the Kernersville Police Department saying that “there was a connection with the shooter and the victim…it wasn’t a random or gang related shooting”. www.journalnow.com/content/2008/aug/26/260035/police-say-man-knew-who-shot-him/news-local-kernersville-journal/
The Democratic National Convention opened last night with a speech by Senator Barack Obama’s wife Michelle Obama. Federal authorities are looking into reports that a man with rifles, ammunition and drugs in his truck may have made threats against Presidential candidate Barack Obama. Two other men were arrested in the case.
www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7287506&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.3.1
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080826/D92PU35O0.html
CONDOLEEZA RICE IS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. The Secretary of State is hoping to advance a peace agreement between Israeli and Palestinian leaders. The Bush administration would like to see the two sides reach a deal before President Bush leaves office in January.
As part of their on-going commitment to help those in need and improve the quality of life in communities it serves, Walmart presented Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC with a check for $53,500 during the graduation ceremony of the organization’s Triad Community Kitchen Theta Class on Monday.
-The donation will help support the Triad Community Kitchen program as well as Second Harvest Food Bank’s primary food distribution program, which serves as a significant source of food for nearly 400 non-profit organizations in 18 Northwest NC counties.
-In September, America’s Second Harvest network will become Feeding America.
A SMALL PLANE IN GUATEMALA CRASHED YESTERDAY, CLAIMING THE LIVES OF TEN PEOPLE, INCLUDING FOUR AMERICANS. The plane was carrying a total of fourteen people. The Americans were part of a team from the Utah-based organization Choice Humanitarian. Survivors say the pilot tried to make a safe emergency landing after the plane's engine stopped.
Along with normal first-day jitters and excitement, students in a tiny school in Harrold, Texas started classes yesterday wondering which teachers might be packing heat. Several parents said they had no idea that employees of the K-12 school in Harrold, Texas were allowed to carry concealed guns on campus until recent publicity about the school board's policy, approved quietly last fall. School districts in some states, including Florida and Arizona, have closed loopholes that allowed guns on K-12 campuses. Utah allows concealed weapons at public universities but not at primary or secondary schools.
www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7287562&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.3.1
Focus on the Family daily broadcast: Today – Wednesday (Part 1 of 3)
Steven Curtis Chapman discusses the recent loss of his adopted daughter Maria Sue and describes how faith in God has helped his family cope with the tragedy. Listen to Focus on the Family 5am and 9pm right here on WBFJ. http://listen.family.org/daily/A000001488.cfm
-WS Warthogs: Final home stand at Ernie Shore Field (through Thursday). Warthogs losing to Kinston…8-5.
