Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Mix of sun and clouds. A slight chance of an afternoon shower possible…High 75. Sunny and HOT for the weekend.
THERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT MARRIAGE FROM THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. The report finds that 55% of all married couples had been married for at least 15 years…while 35% of married couples had reached their 25th wedding anniversary.
The state’s fastest growing people group: 55 and up. Since the last national count in 2000, the overall population in North Carolina jumped nearly 1.5 million (or 18 percent) to more than 9.5 million people. During the same 10 year period, the number of residents 55 and older surged 40%. The median age in NC has also increased from 35.3 years to 37.4 years. That makes North Carolina one of the fastest growing states in the nation and the 10th-most populous. http://www.news-record.com/content/2011/05/19/article/north_carolinas_fastest_growing_group_55_and_up
Experts are saying that NOW is the best time to sell your car in 16 years. Many of us are holding on to our vehicles, and that has created a tighter used car market and causing used car prices to go higher. BTW: Dealers are paying an average of $11, 600 dollars for a used car or truck. (AP)
Those four English bulldog puppies that were stolen from a breeder in Surry County have been returned. A tip led police to the kidnappers. Two 19 year old men have been arrested and charged. http://www.wxii12.com/news/27941885/detail.html#ixzz1MnBvznoY
A fire yesterday afternoon at a house on Countryside Drive in Winston-Salem has displaced a family of 11. Fox 8 reporting that the fire started from a stove top burner. Investigators estimate the damage to the two story home at $100,000 dollars. The Red Cross is assisting the family.
President Obama is scheduled to deliver a speech from the State Department highlighting his administration's revised policies toward the changing political climate sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa. The President will pledge additional ‘money’ to Egypt and Tunisia. CNN
We talked about this story yesterday: A Wisconsin man, Don Gorske, consumed his 25,000th Big Mac on Tuesday. A friend of mine (Paul) wrote back on Facebook… "I just pulled up the story ... took him 39 years, which means he ate on average 1.75 Big Macs per day! Or…2 per day on the weekdays and one on both Sat and Sun. The other thing that struck me was that his wife is a nurse."
JUST TWO DAYS AWAY FROM WHAT ONE CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION FROM CALIFORNIA SAYS IS THE END OF THE WORLD. Have you seen the Judgment Day billboards and mobile signs? Well, the group behind the message, Family Station Worldwide (headquartered in Oakland, California) is a non-profit organization headed by Harold Camping. Camping and his group say that Judgment Day will happen this Saturday, May 21, 2011. FYI: Camping had predicted that the world would end back in 1994.
Family Radio Worldwide (Oakland, California) Check out their open forum this week and next week about Judgment day (online from 8:30-10pm) www.familyradio.com/index2.html
Most bible teachers hold to the words of Jesus in Matthew 24 while talking with his disciples about signs of the end of the age. The day and the hour unknown: ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. No-one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come.’ Mark 13:31-33 (also Matthew 24:35-37)
Old Salem is celebrating the 220th anniversary of George Washington’s visit to Salem through July. This Saturday (May 21) hands-on activities for the entire family including food, 18th century dancing and a puppet show on the life of Betsy Ross. And yes, George Washington will be at Salem offering speeches and interacting with visitors.
For more details on GW events at Old Salem through July, call 721-7350 www.oldsalem.org
BTW: George Washington visited Salem in May & June of 1791 as part of his Southern Tour. Dean Malissa, a professional actor and George Washington historian, will be dressed the part on Saturday. www.oldsalem.org/may-21-george-washington-visits
George Washington facts and myths (cool information) www.gwashington.com/main.html
SPORTS
The Winston-Salem Dash split a double header at home yesterday with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans
