NOTE: Thanks for all of your prayers while I was in Ethiopia with Compassion International the past 9 days. Tami did a great job covering the news while was away on my missions trip. If you have any questions or suggestions about WBFJ News coverage, please contact me: verne@wbfj.org
Tropical Storm Fay tracking up the East Coast of Florida. Hurricane Watches and Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect with heavy rain & gusty winds expected over much of eastern Florida.
The Greensboro City Council voting to loosen the rules and allow chickens and bees on small residential lots within the city limits. The new ordinance bans noisy adult roosters and limits the number of chickens and bee colonies on any one lot. www.news-record.com/content/2008/08/20/article/council_amends_policy_on_chickens
The memorial service for former Wake Forest University president Thomas Hearn Jr. is set for Friday at 3 p.m. in Wait Chapel on school's campus. Hearn passed away on Monday. He was 71.
A bio and condolence page: www.wfu.edu/wowf/2008/20080818.hearn.html
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will announce his running mate by Saturday. Rumors have it that Obama will text message his VP pick to supporters sometime Thursday or Friday.
THE NATIONAL INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY have picked the 2009 Ford Escape, the 2008 Mitsubishi Outlander and the 2008 Nissan Rogue for its top safety award. www.journalnow.com/content/2008/aug/20/national-seashore-nc-proposes-raccoon-removal/
LeRoi Moore, the saxophonist and one of the founding members of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday from complications stemming from injuries he sustained in an ATV accident. Moore, 47, died "unexpectedly" at a hospital in Los Angeles, California. Moore had been rehabilitating at his L.A. home after the June 30 accident at his farm outside Charlottesville, Virginia. www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/19/davematthews.band.death/index.html
The National Park Service is proposing the removal of raccoons from a portion of the Cape Lookout National Seashore to determine if it will help endangered bird and turtle species survive. The park service released a draft environmental assessment this week and is asking the public for comments until Sept. 19. Officials said the removal was an option being considered to help endangered populations.
Beijing Olympic Summer Games http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/4581243/
-On the Balance beam last night: For the USA team…Shawn Johnson won the gold while Nastia Liukin took silver. Nastia will head home to Texas with five medals. One gold (the individual all-around), three silvers (team, uneven bars, beam), one bronze (floor). She tied the U.S. gymnastics record of five Olympic medals at one Games, set by Mary Lou Retton in 1984 and duplicated by Shannon Miller in Barcelona in 1992.
-The U.S. women’s national soccer team beat Iceland 3-0
-US Women’s softball team outlast Japan 4-1 to advance into the finals.
THE US LEADS THE OVERALL MEDAL COUNT AT THE 2008 Summer Olympics with 79 total metals. China's in second place with 77 medals.
