Muggy and rainy for the weekend
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Scattered showers and thunderstorms through Sunday…Highs near 80
Still listed in Critical Condition: Donald Daniels, who sells papers for the Winston-Salem Journal, was struck by a tractor-trailer at the Stratford Road exit ramp off Silas Creek Parkway just before lunchtime on Thursday . Police said that Daniels wasn't able to move out of the way of the oncoming tractor-trailer because he is disabled. Daniels was taken to Baptist Medical Center, where he is still listed in critical condition (as of 9am Friday morning).
-Daniels was injured several years ago after falling while hanging Christmas lights. The fall left him disabled and unable to work. That's when Daniels turned to selling papers. The driver of the truck has not been charged. BTW: Amy, a WBFJ listener, says that she has seen Donald on the corner selling news papers for several years on her way into work. There is a bouquet of roses and a balloon where he usually works. www.wxii12.com/news/27872354/detail.html#ixzz1ME9ivWGJ
To send a Get Well card…
Attention: Mr Donald Daniels
WFBMC - Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
RECALL: One million strollers are being recalled. This latest recall applies to all Maclaren single and double umbrella strollers sold before November of 2009. Maclaren strollers sold after May 2010 have a different hinge design and are not affected by this latest recall. www.maclarenbaby.com/
Billy Graham remains in the Hospital in Asheville after being admitted on Wednesday morning for complications with pneumonia. No word when the 92-year old evangelist will go home.
Third Day will be headlining a special benefit concert this Sunday night in Alabama. Proceeds from the event will aid the victims of the devastating tornadoes that tore through Alabama on April 27. Relief agencies helping: Alabama Baptist Tornado Relief, Samaritan’s Purse and World Vision.. http://thirdday.com/blogs/news/make-your-move-tornado-relief-benefit-concert
Wanna help? http://makeyourmovebenefit.com/
With gas prices edging closer to $4 dollars a gallon, households in the Triad are among the biggest gasoline consumers in the nation. A nationwide study published in Forbes magazine shows that the average Triad household consumes just over a 1,000 gallons of gasoline every year. At $4 dollars a gallon = $4,000 dollars a year to fill up. The Charlotte metro area and the Triangle Metro area are the second and third biggest consumers of gasoline. Los Angeles, normally thought of as a car-crazy city, uses the second-least amount of gasoline per household. New York City uses the least amount of gasoline per household.
Former Carolina Panther and local sports figure Ricky Proehl, NASCAR driver Dale Jarrett and former sportscaster Gene Overby were inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame last night in Raleigh. For more on the inductees: visit http://www.ncshof.org/
Retaliation for Bin Laden’s death: The Taliban has claimed responsibility for suicide attacks on a military training facility in northwest Pakistan that have killed at least 80 people. About 140 others were injured. CNN
