The Triad is under a Code Orange Air Quality ‘Ozone Alert’ today.
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities
Today…Sunny and Hot with a High 95.
Showers and thunderstorms late Tuesday through Wednesday
Thomasville police are investigating a crash that killed 18-year-old Jonathan Wisbauer of Lexington. Two other teens traveling in the car were injured. The crash that happened early Sunday morning. Police say none of the occupants were wearing seatbelts. (WXII)
A disciplinary committee saying that Durham prosecutor Mike Nifong will be disbarred for his handling of the Duke lacrosse case. Nifong will also step down as the Durham DA as early as this week. (journalnow.com)
Three of the sex-tup-lets born prematurely to Ryan and Brianna Morrison, a Minnesota couple, have died, while the other 3 babies remain in critical condition. The four boys and two girls were born last Sunday about 4½ months early at a Minneapolis hospital. Doctors had advised the couple to selectively reduce the number of their unborn babies to two, but they declined. Parents Ryan and Brianna Morrison released a statement saying it has been "a difficult week" for them, and they thanked everyone for their prayers and support. "We continue to trust in the Lord.” (CNN)
Ruth Graham, the wife of evangelist Billy Graham, was laid to rest in the Prayer Garden on the grounds of the recently-dedicated Billy Graham Library in Charlotte yesterday. The private service was attended by family and close friends. Ruth Bell Graham was 87. (http://www.bgea.org/)
A quick story about Ms Graham’s coffin:
On a visit to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana in 2005, Franklin Graham noticed some coffins being produced by the inmates. Upon inquiry, he learned this was a project inmates began several years ago. The warden at the prison had the inmates construct simple plywood coffins for themselves and others who could not afford to purchase them. In addition to making the caskets, the prisoners – many of them former hardened criminals who are now committed Christians – also pray over them. Franklin was struck by the simple and natural beauty of these caskets and requested that the prisoners design and build two of them for his parents. The coffins are made of plywood…The Grahams requested no special upgrades to the caskets, which cost around $200 to make. Additional information on Mrs. Graham's life and the Billy Graham Library on our website…wbfj.fm http://www.magnetmail1.net/ls.cfm?r=53234726&sid=2411584&m=323404&u=LarryRoss&s=http://www.billygraham.org/ruthgraham
-Angel Cabrera from Argentina winning the U.S. Open. Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk tied for second.
-NASCAR: Carl Edwards winning on Father’s Day race in Michigan
-College World Series: Rice pounding the Tarheels (14 - 4).
Carolina falls to the losers bracket. They will play Louisville on Tuesday.
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The Triad is under a Code Orange Air Quality ‘Ozone Alert’ today.
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny and Hot…High 95
Tonight: Mostly clear…Low 67
Tuesday: Mix of sun and clouds. Hot…High 93
Showers and thunderstorms possible Tuesday and Wednesday
WBFJ / Mock-Beroth “Wish You Were Here” Getaway Forecast:
Northern Mountains: (Boone) Sunny skies…High 87
The Beaches (Myrtle Beach): Mix of sun and clouds…High 91
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
6.18.2007
6.15.2007
Ruth Bell Graham (1920 - 2007)
Ruth Bell Graham, the wife of evangelist Billy Graham, passed away
at the family’s home in Western North Carolina yesterday afternoon.
Ms Graham was surrounded by her husband and her 5 children.
Ruth Bell Graham was 87.
at the family’s home in Western North Carolina yesterday afternoon.
Ms Graham was surrounded by her husband and her 5 children.
Ruth Bell Graham was 87.
WBFJ News Update (06-15-07)
Ruth Bell Graham, the wife of evangelist Billy Graham, passed away at the family’s home in Western North Carolina yesterday afternoon. Ms Graham was surrounded by her husband and her 5 children. Ruth Bell Graham was 87.
-A public funeral service to honor Ms. Graham will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday in the Anderson Auditorium at the Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, N.C.
-A private, family-only service will be held on Sunday
Ms. Graham will be laid to rest in the Prayer Garden on the grounds of the recently-dedicated Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C.
Additional information on Mrs. Graham's life and memorial events and a comment page on our website…wbfj.fm www.billygraham.org/ruthgraham
Mrs. Graham is survived by her husband Billy: daughters, Virginia, Anne, and Ruth…and sons Franklin and Ned. 19 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
Governor Easley is requesting that residents in 4 western North Carolina counties (including Ashe, Watauga and Caldwell counties) to step up water conservation after being added to the severe drought list. Currently, 21 western counties in our state are in either an extreme or severe drought situation.
Easley recommends the following simple steps that all North Carolinians can use to conserve during this drought:
-Take shorter showers.
-Water lawns and gardens early in the morning or late in the evening, not in the heat of midday, to prevent evaporation.
-Do not leave water running while rinsing dishes, shaving or brushing teeth.
Thursday's update from the U.S. Drought Monitor reports 57 of North Carolina's 100 counties are experiencing either moderate, severe or extreme drought, down from 83 counties last week.
Counterfeit 5-ounce tubes of toothpaste with the Colgate label sold in discount stores in four U.S. states in the northeast are being recalled because they may contain the poisonous chemical which is used in antifreeze.
The toothpaste was imported from South Africa and sold in discount stores in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland. (Webmd)
Check the toy box: 1.5 million Thomas & Friends wooden railway vehicles and sets (featuring Thomas the Tank Engine) are the latest products from China to be recalled. The surface paint contains lead. (www.cpsc.com)
Breakfast giant Kellogg’s has agreed to improve the nutritional content of the cereals and snacks it markets to children. In order to avoid a legal battle, Kellogg said it will not market foods in TV, radio, print or Web site ads to audiences that include at least 50% of kids age 12 and under. The world's largest cereal maker was facing a lawsuit by American parents and nutrition advocacy groups concerned about increasing rates of child obesity in the US. (Webmd)
Natalie Meilinger (an elementary school science teacher near Chicago) has picked up something out-of-this-world on her baby video monitor since Sunday. One of the two channels on Natalie’s baby video monitor has been picking up black-and-white video from inside the space shuttle Atlantis. The other still lets her keep an eye on her baby.Live video of the mission is available on NASA's Web site, so it's possible the monitor is picking up a signal from somewhere."It's not coming straight from the shuttle," says a NASA spokesperson.
Meilinger silenced disbelieving co-workers by bringing in a video of the monitor to show her class on Tuesday, her students' last day of school. At home, 3-month-old Jack and 2-year-old Rachel don't quite understand what their parents are watching.‘Summer Infant’ the monitor's manufacturer, is investigating what could be causing the transmission.
The crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis is planning a space walk to repair a damaged thermal blanket later today. Engineers aren't sure why computers on board the International Space Station have failed.
NASA expects the problem to be fixed in the next couple of days. (USA Radio News)
-Tim Duncan and the San Antionio Spurs winning their 4th
NBA Championship last night. Spurs over the Cavaliers…83-82
-College World Series: UNC Tarheels will play Misissippi State at 7pm.
-NASCAR: Father’s Day race in Michigan (Sunday at 2)
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: More clouds than sun. A shower possible…High 72
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 60
Saturday: A mix of sun and clouds…High 84
Father’s Day (Sunday): Sunny…High near 90
“Wish You Were Here” Getaway Forecast:
Boone: Thunderstorms on Saturday. Sunny skies on Sunday…High near 80
Myrtle Beach: Mix of sun and clouds…Highs in the mid-80’s.
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
-A public funeral service to honor Ms. Graham will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday in the Anderson Auditorium at the Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, N.C.
-A private, family-only service will be held on Sunday
Ms. Graham will be laid to rest in the Prayer Garden on the grounds of the recently-dedicated Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C.
Additional information on Mrs. Graham's life and memorial events and a comment page on our website…wbfj.fm www.billygraham.org/ruthgraham
Mrs. Graham is survived by her husband Billy: daughters, Virginia, Anne, and Ruth…and sons Franklin and Ned. 19 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
Governor Easley is requesting that residents in 4 western North Carolina counties (including Ashe, Watauga and Caldwell counties) to step up water conservation after being added to the severe drought list. Currently, 21 western counties in our state are in either an extreme or severe drought situation.
Easley recommends the following simple steps that all North Carolinians can use to conserve during this drought:
-Take shorter showers.
-Water lawns and gardens early in the morning or late in the evening, not in the heat of midday, to prevent evaporation.
-Do not leave water running while rinsing dishes, shaving or brushing teeth.
Thursday's update from the U.S. Drought Monitor reports 57 of North Carolina's 100 counties are experiencing either moderate, severe or extreme drought, down from 83 counties last week.
Counterfeit 5-ounce tubes of toothpaste with the Colgate label sold in discount stores in four U.S. states in the northeast are being recalled because they may contain the poisonous chemical which is used in antifreeze.
The toothpaste was imported from South Africa and sold in discount stores in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland. (Webmd)
Check the toy box: 1.5 million Thomas & Friends wooden railway vehicles and sets (featuring Thomas the Tank Engine) are the latest products from China to be recalled. The surface paint contains lead. (www.cpsc.com)
Breakfast giant Kellogg’s has agreed to improve the nutritional content of the cereals and snacks it markets to children. In order to avoid a legal battle, Kellogg said it will not market foods in TV, radio, print or Web site ads to audiences that include at least 50% of kids age 12 and under. The world's largest cereal maker was facing a lawsuit by American parents and nutrition advocacy groups concerned about increasing rates of child obesity in the US. (Webmd)
Natalie Meilinger (an elementary school science teacher near Chicago) has picked up something out-of-this-world on her baby video monitor since Sunday. One of the two channels on Natalie’s baby video monitor has been picking up black-and-white video from inside the space shuttle Atlantis. The other still lets her keep an eye on her baby.Live video of the mission is available on NASA's Web site, so it's possible the monitor is picking up a signal from somewhere."It's not coming straight from the shuttle," says a NASA spokesperson.
Meilinger silenced disbelieving co-workers by bringing in a video of the monitor to show her class on Tuesday, her students' last day of school. At home, 3-month-old Jack and 2-year-old Rachel don't quite understand what their parents are watching.‘Summer Infant’ the monitor's manufacturer, is investigating what could be causing the transmission.
The crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis is planning a space walk to repair a damaged thermal blanket later today. Engineers aren't sure why computers on board the International Space Station have failed.
NASA expects the problem to be fixed in the next couple of days. (USA Radio News)
-Tim Duncan and the San Antionio Spurs winning their 4th
NBA Championship last night. Spurs over the Cavaliers…83-82
-College World Series: UNC Tarheels will play Misissippi State at 7pm.
-NASCAR: Father’s Day race in Michigan (Sunday at 2)
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: More clouds than sun. A shower possible…High 72
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 60
Saturday: A mix of sun and clouds…High 84
Father’s Day (Sunday): Sunny…High near 90
“Wish You Were Here” Getaway Forecast:
Boone: Thunderstorms on Saturday. Sunny skies on Sunday…High near 80
Myrtle Beach: Mix of sun and clouds…Highs in the mid-80’s.
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
6.14.2007
WBFJ News Update
Check the toy box: 1.5 million Thomas & Friends wooden railway vehicles and sets (featuring Thomas the Tank Engine) are the latest products from China to be recalled. The surface paint contains lead. (http://www.cpsc.com/)
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck just off the Pacific coast of Guatemala yesterday about 70 miles from the capital…Guatemala City. (CNN)
Ruth Graham (the wife of evangelist Billy Graham) has slipped into a coma and appears close to death. Ruth Graham, age 87, has been bedridden at the Graham home in western North Carolina for 6 months. (http://www.bgea.org/)
Russian computers that control the international space station's orientation and supply of oxygen and water have failed, potentially extending the space shuttle's mission -- or cutting it short. Engineers aren't sure why computers have failed. NASA expects the problem to be fixed in the next couple of days. (USA Radio News)
The House moved quickly yesterday to fix flaws in the national gun background-check system that allowed the Virginia Tech gunman to buy guns despite his mental-health problems. The legislation endorsed by the National Rifle Association, would require states to automate their lists of convicted criminals and those mentally ill people who are prohibited under a 1968 law from buying firearms. (USA Radio News)
Southern Baptists approved a resolution on global warming yesterday that questions the prevailing scientific belief that humans are largely to blame for the phenomenon and also warns that increased regulation of greenhouse gases will hurt the poor. (ap)
The ‘Accessible Festival’ is going on today at Bolton Park until 8:30 pm in Winston-Salem. Laura Gorycki with Centre Point…gives us some of the details…fun for the family…the ‘Accessible Festival’ will feature “Serena’s Song” the world’s first wheelchair-accessible hot air balloon.
The balloon rides going on 6:30-8:30am AND 6:30-8:30pm Thursday (and balloon rides only same times on Friday). Call Laura at 837-9415.
Flag Day…Ask Sam from the Winston-Salem Juornal:
Q. With it being Flag Day, I have a question about what to do with a flag I have that’s tattered. Is there a proper way I should dispose of it? - D.D.
A. The U.S. Flag Code says that when the flag is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem of display, it should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.
Boy Scout troops hold flag-disposal ceremonies from time to time.
The American Legion Post 55 also accepts old worn flags. The post collects them and disposes of them properly. Rules about proper display of the flag are on the Web site of the National Flag Foundation (http://www.americanflags.org/)
Celebrate Flag Day and support our local troops with Hanes Mall.
There will be a flag raising ceremony at 1pm on Flag Day (June 14th) at Hanes Mall. Call 765-8321 for details. http://www.shophanesmall.com/
The WBFJ Hairathon a complete success…
Over 80 locks of hair collected… / over 70 feet of hair donated. Mike Todd’s Serenity Salon and Day Spa on Knollwood Street (off Stratford Road) in Winston-Salem. Thanks to Chick-Fil-A (Thruway location), Krispy Kreme and Mike Todd’s Serenity Salon and Day Spa in Winston-Salem. Details on-line: wbfj.fm.
Sports:
-Tim Duncan and the San Antionio Spurs just one win away from their
fourth NBA Championship. Spurs / Cavaliers Game 4 tonight.
-Warthogs (at home) 7pm
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Very mild…High 72 (60%)
Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms…Low 60
Friday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms…High 72 (40%)
Sneak Peak to the Weekend: Mix of sun and clouds…
High near 80 on Saturday
High near 90 on Father’s Day
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck just off the Pacific coast of Guatemala yesterday about 70 miles from the capital…Guatemala City. (CNN)
Ruth Graham (the wife of evangelist Billy Graham) has slipped into a coma and appears close to death. Ruth Graham, age 87, has been bedridden at the Graham home in western North Carolina for 6 months. (http://www.bgea.org/)
Russian computers that control the international space station's orientation and supply of oxygen and water have failed, potentially extending the space shuttle's mission -- or cutting it short. Engineers aren't sure why computers have failed. NASA expects the problem to be fixed in the next couple of days. (USA Radio News)
The House moved quickly yesterday to fix flaws in the national gun background-check system that allowed the Virginia Tech gunman to buy guns despite his mental-health problems. The legislation endorsed by the National Rifle Association, would require states to automate their lists of convicted criminals and those mentally ill people who are prohibited under a 1968 law from buying firearms. (USA Radio News)
Southern Baptists approved a resolution on global warming yesterday that questions the prevailing scientific belief that humans are largely to blame for the phenomenon and also warns that increased regulation of greenhouse gases will hurt the poor. (ap)
The ‘Accessible Festival’ is going on today at Bolton Park until 8:30 pm in Winston-Salem. Laura Gorycki with Centre Point…gives us some of the details…fun for the family…the ‘Accessible Festival’ will feature “Serena’s Song” the world’s first wheelchair-accessible hot air balloon.
The balloon rides going on 6:30-8:30am AND 6:30-8:30pm Thursday (and balloon rides only same times on Friday). Call Laura at 837-9415.
Flag Day…Ask Sam from the Winston-Salem Juornal:
Q. With it being Flag Day, I have a question about what to do with a flag I have that’s tattered. Is there a proper way I should dispose of it? - D.D.
A. The U.S. Flag Code says that when the flag is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem of display, it should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.
Boy Scout troops hold flag-disposal ceremonies from time to time.
The American Legion Post 55 also accepts old worn flags. The post collects them and disposes of them properly. Rules about proper display of the flag are on the Web site of the National Flag Foundation (http://www.americanflags.org/)
Celebrate Flag Day and support our local troops with Hanes Mall.
There will be a flag raising ceremony at 1pm on Flag Day (June 14th) at Hanes Mall. Call 765-8321 for details. http://www.shophanesmall.com/
The WBFJ Hairathon a complete success…
Over 80 locks of hair collected… / over 70 feet of hair donated. Mike Todd’s Serenity Salon and Day Spa on Knollwood Street (off Stratford Road) in Winston-Salem. Thanks to Chick-Fil-A (Thruway location), Krispy Kreme and Mike Todd’s Serenity Salon and Day Spa in Winston-Salem. Details on-line: wbfj.fm.
Sports:
-Tim Duncan and the San Antionio Spurs just one win away from their
fourth NBA Championship. Spurs / Cavaliers Game 4 tonight.
-Warthogs (at home) 7pm
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Very mild…High 72 (60%)
Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms…Low 60
Friday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms…High 72 (40%)
Sneak Peak to the Weekend: Mix of sun and clouds…
High near 80 on Saturday
High near 90 on Father’s Day
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
6.12.2007
WBFJ News Up-date (06-12-07)
Duke Energy reporting just over 4,ooo power outages in the Piedmont this morning. As of 8:30am the largest number of power outages reported in Forsyth County with 3,387. Wilkes County (488). Davidson County (242).
Power outage information: http://www.duke-energy.com/news/outage-information.asp
A special election set today for residents in Elkin to determine whether liquor by-the-drink sales can occur in the city. A similar measure was voted down in 2000. Elkin already has beer and wine sales, along with an ABC store. (WXII / journalnow.com)
A new plan to combat the overcrowding issue in Davie County would move ninth-graders out of school at Davie County. The proposal would send kindergarten to sixth-grade students to elementary schools…place Ninth-graders in the middle or junior high with seventh- and eighth-graders. The High School will be reduced to grades 10, 11 and 12. The county currently has two middle schools. A third is scheduled to open this year. Voters last month rejected a $37 million dollar school bond. School officials in Davie County are scheduled to vote on the proposal next month. (WXII)
Some of the families of the 32 people killed on Virginia Tech's campus are demanding representation by way of a Governor’s panel studying the mass shooting on the VT campus on April 16. The 13 families are also questioning the status of a memorial fund that has generated millions of dollars. (CNN)
The 7 astronauts on board the space shuttle Atlantis will spend a few extra days in space ( from 11 to 13 days ) to fix a thermal blanket that peeled back during last Friday’s launch. Atlantis is currently docked to the International Space Station. (CNN)
A new study saying that male US vets are twice as likely as non-vets to die by suicide. The researchers followed more than 300,000 men for 12 years.
At biggest risk: college-educated white males and those with activity limitations
The risk of suicide among male U.S. veterans is double that of the general population. The study, which was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. (CNN)
Nearly 140 old bombs have been excavated from a Virginia golf course built over a former bombing range. The job was done quietly last summer at Langley Air Force Base near Hampton, Virginia…and was just disclosed last week. The Air Force says golfers were never in danger because no bombs were near the surface.
The property (now a golf course) was used for bombing practice from 1917 to 1937. It became a landfill before it was converted into two 18-hole golf courses. The bombs were uncovered when a contractor was hired to fix a drainage problem after Hurricane Isabel in 2003. The course might reopen this summer. A neighboring course might also have bombs under it, but the Air Force figures they're buried too deep to be dangerous. That course remains open. (CNN)
Sports:
-Warthogs (at home) TONIGHT at 7pm
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunshine with scattered afternoon thunderstorms…High 82
Tonight: Slight chance of thunderstorms…Low 65 (30%)
Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms mainly during the
afternoon…High 76 (60%)
Sneak Peak to the Weekend: Sunny skies…Highs in the mid to upper 80s
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
Power outage information: http://www.duke-energy.com/news/outage-information.asp
A special election set today for residents in Elkin to determine whether liquor by-the-drink sales can occur in the city. A similar measure was voted down in 2000. Elkin already has beer and wine sales, along with an ABC store. (WXII / journalnow.com)
A new plan to combat the overcrowding issue in Davie County would move ninth-graders out of school at Davie County. The proposal would send kindergarten to sixth-grade students to elementary schools…place Ninth-graders in the middle or junior high with seventh- and eighth-graders. The High School will be reduced to grades 10, 11 and 12. The county currently has two middle schools. A third is scheduled to open this year. Voters last month rejected a $37 million dollar school bond. School officials in Davie County are scheduled to vote on the proposal next month. (WXII)
Some of the families of the 32 people killed on Virginia Tech's campus are demanding representation by way of a Governor’s panel studying the mass shooting on the VT campus on April 16. The 13 families are also questioning the status of a memorial fund that has generated millions of dollars. (CNN)
The 7 astronauts on board the space shuttle Atlantis will spend a few extra days in space ( from 11 to 13 days ) to fix a thermal blanket that peeled back during last Friday’s launch. Atlantis is currently docked to the International Space Station. (CNN)
A new study saying that male US vets are twice as likely as non-vets to die by suicide. The researchers followed more than 300,000 men for 12 years.
At biggest risk: college-educated white males and those with activity limitations
The risk of suicide among male U.S. veterans is double that of the general population. The study, which was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. (CNN)
Nearly 140 old bombs have been excavated from a Virginia golf course built over a former bombing range. The job was done quietly last summer at Langley Air Force Base near Hampton, Virginia…and was just disclosed last week. The Air Force says golfers were never in danger because no bombs were near the surface.
The property (now a golf course) was used for bombing practice from 1917 to 1937. It became a landfill before it was converted into two 18-hole golf courses. The bombs were uncovered when a contractor was hired to fix a drainage problem after Hurricane Isabel in 2003. The course might reopen this summer. A neighboring course might also have bombs under it, but the Air Force figures they're buried too deep to be dangerous. That course remains open. (CNN)
Sports:
-Warthogs (at home) TONIGHT at 7pm
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunshine with scattered afternoon thunderstorms…High 82
Tonight: Slight chance of thunderstorms…Low 65 (30%)
Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms mainly during the
afternoon…High 76 (60%)
Sneak Peak to the Weekend: Sunny skies…Highs in the mid to upper 80s
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
6.11.2007
WBFJ News up-date
Health officials announcing the seventh confirmed case of rabies this year in Guilford County. The Guilford County Department of Public Health said a fox found in the vicinity of Prince Edward Road and Highway 68 in Stokesdale tested positive for the rabies virus. (WXII / Fox8)
Two people from the Triad were killed after the vehicle they were riding in flipped several times just outside of Atlanta, Georgia late Saturday night. Suzanne Cranford was a 19-year-old from High Point and Daniel Branson was a 20 year-old from Thomasville. Both were associated with the "Snowbird Mission", a Christian outreach group based in Andrews, N.C.
Four people were thrown from the SUV during the accident…two survivors in the crash were wearing seat-belts. The six people in the car were traveling back from an Atlanta Braves baseball game. (News 2 / Fox 8)
A special Washington DC court will begin hearings today between scientists and parents whether vaccines have caused autism in children. More than 4,800 cases are pending, filed by parents who believe their children have autism that was caused by vaccines. The first test case will ask whether a combination vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, plus a mercury-containing preservative called thimerosal are to blame for a rise in autism cases in recent years. Today’s hearing will mark the first time ever that evidence of autistic harm from childhood vaccines is examined and cross-examined in a court of law. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=1&storyid=1357
http://www.autismspeaks.org/index.php
Three US soldiers were fatally wounded when a suicide bombing collapsed a section of a bridge south of Baghdad on Sunday. Six other soldiers were injured in the attack. (CNN)
A New York medical examiner saying that a 17-year-old track star's death was caused by a toxic build up of a muscle sports cream.
Arielle Newman, a cross-country runner at Notre Dame Academy on Staten Island, died after her body absorbed high levels of an anti-inflammatory found in sports creams such as Bengay and Icy Hot.
Newman, who garnered numerous track awards, died April 13. She had gone to a party the night before, then returned home and spent hours talking with her mother. (CNN)
Planning a family vacation?
Gas prices have gone down 7 cents in the past two weeks. The NC average just below 3 dollars a gallon.
The nation's best place to enjoy the ocean's waves in 2007 is…
North Carolina's own Ocracoke Island. Ocracoke is at the southern end of the Outer Banks. The beach is 14 miles long and has a tiny village on the south end.
It's the first beach not in Florida or Hawaii to earn the top spot in Dr. Beach
Professor Stephen Leatherman’s annual ranking of the nation's top 10 spots on the shore. (AP)
A dozen riders on a roller coaster spent half an hour hanging upside down -- 150 feet above the ground -- after a power outage shut down the attraction. The power went out at Springs & Crystal Falls amusement park In HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas. It took about 30 minutes for the city fire department to rescue the riders using a ladder truck Saturday evening. Troubleshooters are still looking for the cause of the outage. (CNN)
Sports:
-NASCAR: Jeff Gordon out front when the rain hit…winning at Pocono
-UNC Tarheels heading back to College World Series.
Tarheels beating SC…9-4. UNC vs Misissippi State this weekend.
- The NBA Finals: The Spurs over the Cavaliers last night (Spurs up 2 -0 )
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Mild temperatures for most of the week…High near 80!
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Partly cloudy. Scattered thunderstorms beginning
this afternoon…High 80 (60%)
Tonight: Scattered thunderstorms continue…Low 65 (40%)Tuesday: Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms…High 80 (40%)
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
Two people from the Triad were killed after the vehicle they were riding in flipped several times just outside of Atlanta, Georgia late Saturday night. Suzanne Cranford was a 19-year-old from High Point and Daniel Branson was a 20 year-old from Thomasville. Both were associated with the "Snowbird Mission", a Christian outreach group based in Andrews, N.C.
Four people were thrown from the SUV during the accident…two survivors in the crash were wearing seat-belts. The six people in the car were traveling back from an Atlanta Braves baseball game. (News 2 / Fox 8)
A special Washington DC court will begin hearings today between scientists and parents whether vaccines have caused autism in children. More than 4,800 cases are pending, filed by parents who believe their children have autism that was caused by vaccines. The first test case will ask whether a combination vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, plus a mercury-containing preservative called thimerosal are to blame for a rise in autism cases in recent years. Today’s hearing will mark the first time ever that evidence of autistic harm from childhood vaccines is examined and cross-examined in a court of law. http://www.usaradio.com/news_details.php?catid=1&storyid=1357
http://www.autismspeaks.org/index.php
Three US soldiers were fatally wounded when a suicide bombing collapsed a section of a bridge south of Baghdad on Sunday. Six other soldiers were injured in the attack. (CNN)
A New York medical examiner saying that a 17-year-old track star's death was caused by a toxic build up of a muscle sports cream.
Arielle Newman, a cross-country runner at Notre Dame Academy on Staten Island, died after her body absorbed high levels of an anti-inflammatory found in sports creams such as Bengay and Icy Hot.
Newman, who garnered numerous track awards, died April 13. She had gone to a party the night before, then returned home and spent hours talking with her mother. (CNN)
Planning a family vacation?
Gas prices have gone down 7 cents in the past two weeks. The NC average just below 3 dollars a gallon.
The nation's best place to enjoy the ocean's waves in 2007 is…
North Carolina's own Ocracoke Island. Ocracoke is at the southern end of the Outer Banks. The beach is 14 miles long and has a tiny village on the south end.
It's the first beach not in Florida or Hawaii to earn the top spot in Dr. Beach
Professor Stephen Leatherman’s annual ranking of the nation's top 10 spots on the shore. (AP)
A dozen riders on a roller coaster spent half an hour hanging upside down -- 150 feet above the ground -- after a power outage shut down the attraction. The power went out at Springs & Crystal Falls amusement park In HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas. It took about 30 minutes for the city fire department to rescue the riders using a ladder truck Saturday evening. Troubleshooters are still looking for the cause of the outage. (CNN)
Sports:
-NASCAR: Jeff Gordon out front when the rain hit…winning at Pocono
-UNC Tarheels heading back to College World Series.
Tarheels beating SC…9-4. UNC vs Misissippi State this weekend.
- The NBA Finals: The Spurs over the Cavaliers last night (Spurs up 2 -0 )
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Mild temperatures for most of the week…High near 80!
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Partly cloudy. Scattered thunderstorms beginning
this afternoon…High 80 (60%)
Tonight: Scattered thunderstorms continue…Low 65 (40%)Tuesday: Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms…High 80 (40%)
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
6.08.2007
WBFJ News (Friday) June 8
(Greensboro) Both lanes of Holden Road from
Spring Garden to Wendover Avenue are closed this morning.
An early morning accident resulting in a tractor trailer overturning.
A WS police officer was shot in the thigh last night after responding to a domestic assault report. The incident occurred shortly after 8:30 p.m. Thursday near Healy Drive and Ashleybrook Lane. The officer's injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
14 year old Josh Hobson was looking forward to his last day at
Forbush Elementary School on Thursday but instead wound up in the hospital. Hobson is recovering after being hit by a vehicle yesterday morning on Old Highway 421 in the East Bend area. The driver of the vehicle faces charges for failure to stop for a school bus.
Elevated levels of lead have been detected in Davidson Water supplies.
County workers say the water is clean. But chemicals used to make it safe could be adding to the threat of lead in your tap water. As a precautionary measure, health departments in Davidson, Forsyth and Randolph counties are asking children under age 6 and pregnant women not to drink tap water provided by Davidson Water INC.
SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS IS SCHEDULED for LIFT OFF THIS EVENING AT around 7:38P.M. The 7 person crew will focus on the continued construction of the International Space Station.
In jail…out of jail…now back in court: THE LA JUDGE WHO SENTENCED PARIS HILTON to jail HAS ORDERED HER BACK IN COURT TODAY. Paris Hilton was released from jail early Thursday and placed under house arrest because of unspecified health concerns. Hilton served only 3 or her 23 day sentence after violating her reckless-driving probation.
Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes ripping through the Upper Midwest last night…producing baseball-size hail and dropping more than 6 inches of rain in some areas of Wisconsin.
-A BILL SUPPORTING EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH HAS CLEARED CONGRESS…but will likely be vetoed by President Bush.
-PRO-LIFE GROUPS ARE APPLAUDING THE U.S. HOUSE FOR NOT PASSING A CLONING BILL on Wednesday. The bill would have allowed for the large-scale cloning of human embryos for purposes of research.
President Bush struck by a stomach bug during the last day at the G-8 summit in Germany. World leaders at the G-8 summit have agreed
on a $60 billion dollar pledge to help fight AIDS and other fatal diseases.
An Immigration Reform Bill has died in the Senate. The Immigration bill, endorsed by President Bush, would have tightened borders and granted legal status for up to 12 million illegal immigrants.
A Virginia company is recalling 55-pound bags of its Ol' Roy Complete Nutrition dog food which may be contaminated with salmonella. The dry dog food is sold at 69 Wal-Mart stores in North Carolina and five other states. Doane Pet Care recall information: code number (04-0735-1) with a freshness date of April 13, 2008.
Sports:
- The NBA Finals: The Spurs up I game over the Cavaliers
-Warthogs (hosting the Wilmington Blue Rocks) tonight 7pm
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Heat Index (the combination of heat and humidity) will ‘feel like’ 100 today.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny…High 95 (Heat Index…100 degrees)
Tonight: Clear…Low 70Saturday: Mix of sun and clouds…High near 90
Sunday: Mostly sunny…High 85
Showers and thunderstorms possible through the weekend
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
Spring Garden to Wendover Avenue are closed this morning.
An early morning accident resulting in a tractor trailer overturning.
A WS police officer was shot in the thigh last night after responding to a domestic assault report. The incident occurred shortly after 8:30 p.m. Thursday near Healy Drive and Ashleybrook Lane. The officer's injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
14 year old Josh Hobson was looking forward to his last day at
Forbush Elementary School on Thursday but instead wound up in the hospital. Hobson is recovering after being hit by a vehicle yesterday morning on Old Highway 421 in the East Bend area. The driver of the vehicle faces charges for failure to stop for a school bus.
Elevated levels of lead have been detected in Davidson Water supplies.
County workers say the water is clean. But chemicals used to make it safe could be adding to the threat of lead in your tap water. As a precautionary measure, health departments in Davidson, Forsyth and Randolph counties are asking children under age 6 and pregnant women not to drink tap water provided by Davidson Water INC.
SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS IS SCHEDULED for LIFT OFF THIS EVENING AT around 7:38P.M. The 7 person crew will focus on the continued construction of the International Space Station.
In jail…out of jail…now back in court: THE LA JUDGE WHO SENTENCED PARIS HILTON to jail HAS ORDERED HER BACK IN COURT TODAY. Paris Hilton was released from jail early Thursday and placed under house arrest because of unspecified health concerns. Hilton served only 3 or her 23 day sentence after violating her reckless-driving probation.
Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes ripping through the Upper Midwest last night…producing baseball-size hail and dropping more than 6 inches of rain in some areas of Wisconsin.
-A BILL SUPPORTING EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH HAS CLEARED CONGRESS…but will likely be vetoed by President Bush.
-PRO-LIFE GROUPS ARE APPLAUDING THE U.S. HOUSE FOR NOT PASSING A CLONING BILL on Wednesday. The bill would have allowed for the large-scale cloning of human embryos for purposes of research.
President Bush struck by a stomach bug during the last day at the G-8 summit in Germany. World leaders at the G-8 summit have agreed
on a $60 billion dollar pledge to help fight AIDS and other fatal diseases.
An Immigration Reform Bill has died in the Senate. The Immigration bill, endorsed by President Bush, would have tightened borders and granted legal status for up to 12 million illegal immigrants.
A Virginia company is recalling 55-pound bags of its Ol' Roy Complete Nutrition dog food which may be contaminated with salmonella. The dry dog food is sold at 69 Wal-Mart stores in North Carolina and five other states. Doane Pet Care recall information: code number (04-0735-1) with a freshness date of April 13, 2008.
Sports:
- The NBA Finals: The Spurs up I game over the Cavaliers
-Warthogs (hosting the Wilmington Blue Rocks) tonight 7pm
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Heat Index (the combination of heat and humidity) will ‘feel like’ 100 today.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny…High 95 (Heat Index…100 degrees)
Tonight: Clear…Low 70Saturday: Mix of sun and clouds…High near 90
Sunday: Mostly sunny…High 85
Showers and thunderstorms possible through the weekend
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
6.07.2007
WBFJ News
Special guest R B Mitchell talking about his story of God's grace and forgiveness
The book..."Castaway Kid". www.castawaykid.com
Book signing at the Master's Loft this Saturday from 1-3pm. (336) 722-9000
Elevated levels of lead have been detected in Davidson Water supplies.
County workers say the water is clean. But chemicals used to make it safe could corrode your plumbing, causing lead to get into your tap water. The tests focused on homes with copper pipes because the company said those homes are most at risk. A change the company made to meet new EPA standards may be connected to the elevated levels of lead. As a precautionary measure, health departments in Davidson, Forsyth and Randolph counties are asking children under age 6 and pregnant women not to drink tap water. High levels of lead at West Davidson High School were detected in March. (Fox 8 / News 2)
A 26 year old man has been arrested in connection with the death of Kelsey Smith…the 18 year old Kansas teenager who was apparently abducted from a Target store parking lot on Saturday. Edwin R. Hall is believed to be the person of interest that was seen on surveillance video at the Target store where Smith was abducted. (USA Radio News / CNN)
In Connecticut, three people have been arrested in connection with the discovery of a 15-year-old girl who had been missing for a year. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children saying that Danielle Erica Cramer, age 15, had been missing since June 14, 2006.
Bloomfield police went to the home in nearby West Hartford to serve search warrants when they found the girl inside the tiny room. It was hidden underneath a staircase and blocked from view by a dresser. (CNN)
The founder of the National Black Theatre Festival has died, but event organizers said the show will go on. Larry Leon Hamlin died Wednesday morning at his home in Forsyth County from an undisclosed illness. Hamlin was 58 years old. The National Black Theatre Festival will begin July 30 in Winston-Salem. (WXII / http://www.nbtf.org/)
RECALL:
A Virginia company is recalling 55-pound bags of its Ol' Roy Complete Nutrition dog food which may be contaminated with salmonella. The dry dog food is sold at 69 Wal-Mart stores in North Carolina and five other states. Doane Pet Care recall information: code number (04-0735-1) with a freshness date of April 13, 2008.
New passport rules that took effect in January has many people waiting and wondering just when or IF their passports will arrive in time for scheduled trips out of the country. You will need a valid passport if traveling outside the US by plane.
http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html
Extra cleanliness and hold the mice: Health inspectors closed a Pizza Hut restaurant in east Raleigh earlier in the week after a worker found live mice inside it. The Pizza Hut in question scored a rating of 90 during an inspection on Monday. The inspector noted rodent droppings behind an ice machine. She didn't see any live rodents inside during the inspection.
A contractor laid out glue-covered boards Monday night to get rid of the rodents, and an employee found six live mice stuck to the boards at the time of opening the restaurant Tuesday morning. That employee called the Wake County Health Department, and an inspector ordered the Pizza Hut closed. The inspector also pulled the restaurant's permit so it can't operate until the rodent problem is corrected. (WRAL)
Sports:
-NHL: Anaheim Ducks Win Stanley Cup
- The NBA Finals begin tonight…The Spurs and Cavaliers
-Warthogs at home tonight at 7pm
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny…High 90
Tonight: Clear…Low 68Friday: Sunny…High 95
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
Saturday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 90
Sunday: Mostly sunny…High 85
A slight chance of a late day shower and thunderstorm through the weekend
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
The book..."Castaway Kid". www.castawaykid.com
Book signing at the Master's Loft this Saturday from 1-3pm. (336) 722-9000
Elevated levels of lead have been detected in Davidson Water supplies.
County workers say the water is clean. But chemicals used to make it safe could corrode your plumbing, causing lead to get into your tap water. The tests focused on homes with copper pipes because the company said those homes are most at risk. A change the company made to meet new EPA standards may be connected to the elevated levels of lead. As a precautionary measure, health departments in Davidson, Forsyth and Randolph counties are asking children under age 6 and pregnant women not to drink tap water. High levels of lead at West Davidson High School were detected in March. (Fox 8 / News 2)
A 26 year old man has been arrested in connection with the death of Kelsey Smith…the 18 year old Kansas teenager who was apparently abducted from a Target store parking lot on Saturday. Edwin R. Hall is believed to be the person of interest that was seen on surveillance video at the Target store where Smith was abducted. (USA Radio News / CNN)
In Connecticut, three people have been arrested in connection with the discovery of a 15-year-old girl who had been missing for a year. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children saying that Danielle Erica Cramer, age 15, had been missing since June 14, 2006.
Bloomfield police went to the home in nearby West Hartford to serve search warrants when they found the girl inside the tiny room. It was hidden underneath a staircase and blocked from view by a dresser. (CNN)
The founder of the National Black Theatre Festival has died, but event organizers said the show will go on. Larry Leon Hamlin died Wednesday morning at his home in Forsyth County from an undisclosed illness. Hamlin was 58 years old. The National Black Theatre Festival will begin July 30 in Winston-Salem. (WXII / http://www.nbtf.org/)
RECALL:
A Virginia company is recalling 55-pound bags of its Ol' Roy Complete Nutrition dog food which may be contaminated with salmonella. The dry dog food is sold at 69 Wal-Mart stores in North Carolina and five other states. Doane Pet Care recall information: code number (04-0735-1) with a freshness date of April 13, 2008.
New passport rules that took effect in January has many people waiting and wondering just when or IF their passports will arrive in time for scheduled trips out of the country. You will need a valid passport if traveling outside the US by plane.
http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html
Extra cleanliness and hold the mice: Health inspectors closed a Pizza Hut restaurant in east Raleigh earlier in the week after a worker found live mice inside it. The Pizza Hut in question scored a rating of 90 during an inspection on Monday. The inspector noted rodent droppings behind an ice machine. She didn't see any live rodents inside during the inspection.
A contractor laid out glue-covered boards Monday night to get rid of the rodents, and an employee found six live mice stuck to the boards at the time of opening the restaurant Tuesday morning. That employee called the Wake County Health Department, and an inspector ordered the Pizza Hut closed. The inspector also pulled the restaurant's permit so it can't operate until the rodent problem is corrected. (WRAL)
Sports:
-NHL: Anaheim Ducks Win Stanley Cup
- The NBA Finals begin tonight…The Spurs and Cavaliers
-Warthogs at home tonight at 7pm
_________________________________________________________________________________
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny…High 90
Tonight: Clear…Low 68Friday: Sunny…High 95
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
Saturday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 90
Sunday: Mostly sunny…High 85
A slight chance of a late day shower and thunderstorm through the weekend
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
6.06.2007
WBFJ News
A man tried to jump into Pope Benedict XVI's uncovered popemobile as the pontiff began his general audience in VATICAN CITY today. He held onto the popemobile for a few seconds before being wrestled to the ground by security officers. The pope was not hurt and didn't even appear to notice that the man - who was between 20 or 30 years old. (AP)
Strong storms with Thunder, lightning, high winds, and heavy rain pushing through the Triad for a second straight night. In Guilford County…Downed trees and power lines left about 1,000 Duke Energy customers in the dark. (News 2)
Republican debate last night in New Hampshire. 10 GOP presidential candidates sharing their views on Iraq, health care and global warming. Many of the Republican candidates said that they agreed with President Bush in ordering the attack on Iraq, but not necessarily how it was handled since. Candidate Rudi Gulliani’s comments on Abortion coincided with a lightning strike during the debate. (CNN)
Norris Hall, the classroom building where a student gunman fatally wounded 30 people as well as himself on the Virginia Tech campus back in April will reopen later this month. Norris Hall will reopen June 18. The College of Engineering will use Norris for offices and laboratories.
VT student Cho Seung-Hui fatally wounded 32 students and faculty members on the Virginia Tech campus on April 16. (www.vt.edu)
No survivors likely in the crash of a small plane in Lake Michigan that was carrying a six-member organ transplant team and their cargo on Monday. The pilot signaled an emergency just before the crash. One of the crash victims had ties to the Triad…Dr. David Ashburn completed his residency at WF Baptist Medical Center . He worked in cardiology at Baptist for seven years. (CNN / journal.com / WXII)
The search continues for a kidnapping suspect involved in an accident Monday night that injured a Winston-Salem police officer. Police say Brandon Mathis and another man pulled a gun on the owner of a hummer and forced him to drive them.The victim crossed the center line and crashed into a police cruiser driven by Sergeant A.R. Marion…at the intersection of Waughtown and Clemmonsville in Winston-Salem. Sergeant Marion broke some ribs but is in fair ondition. Police are still looking for Brandon Mathis. He has been charged with kidnapping, robbery, and burglary. One of the alleged kidnapped is also at the hospital. Police say he was shot in the head. (WXII / News2)
Bob Barker has been part of the Price is Right for 35 years. Barker , 83, will lay down his skinny microphone and retire from the Price is Right later in June.
Barker has been in broadcasting for 50 years. (CNN / priceisright.com)
CLINTON TOWNSHIP(Michigan)
The wrong kind of whistle has resulted in a grocery store employee losing his job.
Tom Pacholke said he was fired April 27 after using what is known as a wolf whistle to get a co-worker's attention.
The 18-year-old whistled at his co-worker after she came into the store wearing a prom dress. Tom the 18 yaer old has known the co-worker since seventh grade.
Eventhough she didn't complain, he still lost his job (after 18 months of employment). CNN
63 years ago today (June 6, 1944) …The Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy against the Nazi forces during WWII. On D-Day…an estimated 10,000 soldiers died on the 5 beaches of Normandy in France on that one day. (AP)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny…High 85
Tonight: Clear…Low 60Thursday: Sunny…High 90
Friday: Mostly sunny…High 95
The combination of heat and humidity Friday …
The Heat Index could top out at 105 degrees.
A HEAT ADVISORY could be issued…
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
Saturday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 90
Sunday: Mostly sunny…High 83
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
Strong storms with Thunder, lightning, high winds, and heavy rain pushing through the Triad for a second straight night. In Guilford County…Downed trees and power lines left about 1,000 Duke Energy customers in the dark. (News 2)
Republican debate last night in New Hampshire. 10 GOP presidential candidates sharing their views on Iraq, health care and global warming. Many of the Republican candidates said that they agreed with President Bush in ordering the attack on Iraq, but not necessarily how it was handled since. Candidate Rudi Gulliani’s comments on Abortion coincided with a lightning strike during the debate. (CNN)
Norris Hall, the classroom building where a student gunman fatally wounded 30 people as well as himself on the Virginia Tech campus back in April will reopen later this month. Norris Hall will reopen June 18. The College of Engineering will use Norris for offices and laboratories.
VT student Cho Seung-Hui fatally wounded 32 students and faculty members on the Virginia Tech campus on April 16. (www.vt.edu)
No survivors likely in the crash of a small plane in Lake Michigan that was carrying a six-member organ transplant team and their cargo on Monday. The pilot signaled an emergency just before the crash. One of the crash victims had ties to the Triad…Dr. David Ashburn completed his residency at WF Baptist Medical Center . He worked in cardiology at Baptist for seven years. (CNN / journal.com / WXII)
The search continues for a kidnapping suspect involved in an accident Monday night that injured a Winston-Salem police officer. Police say Brandon Mathis and another man pulled a gun on the owner of a hummer and forced him to drive them.The victim crossed the center line and crashed into a police cruiser driven by Sergeant A.R. Marion…at the intersection of Waughtown and Clemmonsville in Winston-Salem. Sergeant Marion broke some ribs but is in fair ondition. Police are still looking for Brandon Mathis. He has been charged with kidnapping, robbery, and burglary. One of the alleged kidnapped is also at the hospital. Police say he was shot in the head. (WXII / News2)
Bob Barker has been part of the Price is Right for 35 years. Barker , 83, will lay down his skinny microphone and retire from the Price is Right later in June.
Barker has been in broadcasting for 50 years. (CNN / priceisright.com)
CLINTON TOWNSHIP(Michigan)
The wrong kind of whistle has resulted in a grocery store employee losing his job.
Tom Pacholke said he was fired April 27 after using what is known as a wolf whistle to get a co-worker's attention.
The 18-year-old whistled at his co-worker after she came into the store wearing a prom dress. Tom the 18 yaer old has known the co-worker since seventh grade.
Eventhough she didn't complain, he still lost his job (after 18 months of employment). CNN
63 years ago today (June 6, 1944) …The Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy against the Nazi forces during WWII. On D-Day…an estimated 10,000 soldiers died on the 5 beaches of Normandy in France on that one day. (AP)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny…High 85
Tonight: Clear…Low 60Thursday: Sunny…High 90
Friday: Mostly sunny…High 95
The combination of heat and humidity Friday …
The Heat Index could top out at 105 degrees.
A HEAT ADVISORY could be issued…
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
Saturday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 90
Sunday: Mostly sunny…High 83
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
6.05.2007
WBFJ News Update June 5, 2007
WBFJ VBS Express…back on the road:
“Putting the Bounce in Bible School”
Our FIRST stop…1st United Methodist Church in Hillsville, Va.
Special Thanks to…Chick-Fil-A, A Higher Bounce, INO Records (featuring the new Todd Agnew CD “Better Questions” and your Family Station…WBFJ.
A few storms moving through central NC yesterday…
Evening thunderstorms rolling through Greensboro last night…knocking out power at Moses Cone Hospital for two hours. Around a thousand homes still without power this
Gas prices continue to fall. Since Memorial Day Weekend…below $3 gal.
The Midway Town Council staying with opening it’s monthly meetings with a moment of silence. The Council voted in May to adopt a Moment of Silence after the ACLU threatened a lawsuit saying that sectarian pray was unconstitutional. (WBFJ News - VH)
Three people including a WS police officer were taken to Baptist Hospital
after a Hummer crossed the center line and crashed into the police cruiser.
Sgt. Allison Marion was on patrol late last night on Clemmonsville Road when the accident happened. There were three people in the Hummer…one passenger fled the scene.
Officers with K-9 units are searching the area for the passenger who took off. (WXII)
The Billy Graham Library in Charlotte is now open to the public. (www.bgea.org)
Bill France Jr., the man who transformed NASCAR from a small Southern sport into a billion-dollar conglomerate died on Monday. He was 74. France had been in poor health after he was diagnosed with cancer back in 1999. NASCAR: Martin Truex, Jr winning at Dover Delaware (Autism Speaks 400) (www.nascar.com)
A medical transport plane carrying six members of an organ transplant team went down in Lake Michigan yesterday shortly after the pilot signaled an emergency. There was no word on survivors.The plane was leased by the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor.
The team was returning from Milwaukee with unspecified organs for transplant to a patient in Michigan. (USA Radio News)
ALL made up…for a good cause? AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands –
A reality TV show where a woman was going to donate a kidney to one of three contestants…was all a hoax. Organizers of the Big Donor Show were trying to raise public attention of the need for organ donation. (CNN)
Celebrate Flag Day and support our local troops with Hanes Mall.
From now through Flag Day (June 14th) stop by the Customer Service Center to find out how you can help. Donations will be collected at Hanes Mall plus you can write letters of encouragement. There will be a flag raising ceremony at 1pm on Flag Day (June 14th) at Hanes Mall.
Call 765-8321 for details. http://www.shophanesmall.com/
Sports:
The Spurs and Cavaliers…NBA Finals (Thursday…June 7)
-Warthogs (Thursday – Sunday)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High 86
Tonight: Clear…Low 60
Wednesday: Mostly sunny…High 86
***An isolated thunderstorm possible
***Highs in the 90’s by Thursday
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
“Putting the Bounce in Bible School”
Our FIRST stop…1st United Methodist Church in Hillsville, Va.
Special Thanks to…Chick-Fil-A, A Higher Bounce, INO Records (featuring the new Todd Agnew CD “Better Questions” and your Family Station…WBFJ.
A few storms moving through central NC yesterday…
Evening thunderstorms rolling through Greensboro last night…knocking out power at Moses Cone Hospital for two hours. Around a thousand homes still without power this
Gas prices continue to fall. Since Memorial Day Weekend…below $3 gal.
The Midway Town Council staying with opening it’s monthly meetings with a moment of silence. The Council voted in May to adopt a Moment of Silence after the ACLU threatened a lawsuit saying that sectarian pray was unconstitutional. (WBFJ News - VH)
Three people including a WS police officer were taken to Baptist Hospital
after a Hummer crossed the center line and crashed into the police cruiser.
Sgt. Allison Marion was on patrol late last night on Clemmonsville Road when the accident happened. There were three people in the Hummer…one passenger fled the scene.
Officers with K-9 units are searching the area for the passenger who took off. (WXII)
The Billy Graham Library in Charlotte is now open to the public. (www.bgea.org)
Bill France Jr., the man who transformed NASCAR from a small Southern sport into a billion-dollar conglomerate died on Monday. He was 74. France had been in poor health after he was diagnosed with cancer back in 1999. NASCAR: Martin Truex, Jr winning at Dover Delaware (Autism Speaks 400) (www.nascar.com)
A medical transport plane carrying six members of an organ transplant team went down in Lake Michigan yesterday shortly after the pilot signaled an emergency. There was no word on survivors.The plane was leased by the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor.
The team was returning from Milwaukee with unspecified organs for transplant to a patient in Michigan. (USA Radio News)
ALL made up…for a good cause? AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands –
A reality TV show where a woman was going to donate a kidney to one of three contestants…was all a hoax. Organizers of the Big Donor Show were trying to raise public attention of the need for organ donation. (CNN)
Celebrate Flag Day and support our local troops with Hanes Mall.
From now through Flag Day (June 14th) stop by the Customer Service Center to find out how you can help. Donations will be collected at Hanes Mall plus you can write letters of encouragement. There will be a flag raising ceremony at 1pm on Flag Day (June 14th) at Hanes Mall.
Call 765-8321 for details. http://www.shophanesmall.com/
Sports:
The Spurs and Cavaliers…NBA Finals (Thursday…June 7)
-Warthogs (Thursday – Sunday)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High 86
Tonight: Clear…Low 60
Wednesday: Mostly sunny…High 86
***An isolated thunderstorm possible
***Highs in the 90’s by Thursday
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
6.04.2007
As heard on the WBFJ Morning Show: Jordin Sparks too big for Idol?
The ‘Body Mass Index’ (BMI) calculates a person’s weight and height…which indicates your body fat.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/adult_BMI/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.htm
Tips for Adults on Achieving a Healthy Weight.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/adult_BMI/adult_tips.htm
According to government research compiled by the CDC…
Since the mid-seventies, the US has seen a sharp increase in obesity both adults and children.
Being overweight or obese increases the risk of many diseases and health conditions, including the following:
Hypertension
Dyslipidemia (for example, high total cholesterol or high levels of triglycerides)
Type 2 diabetes
Coronary heart disease
Stroke
Gallbladder disease
Osteoarthritis
Sleep apnea and respiratory problems
Some cancers (endometrial, breast, and colon)
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/adult_BMI/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.htm
Tips for Adults on Achieving a Healthy Weight.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/adult_BMI/adult_tips.htm
According to government research compiled by the CDC…
Since the mid-seventies, the US has seen a sharp increase in obesity both adults and children.
Being overweight or obese increases the risk of many diseases and health conditions, including the following:
Hypertension
Dyslipidemia (for example, high total cholesterol or high levels of triglycerides)
Type 2 diabetes
Coronary heart disease
Stroke
Gallbladder disease
Osteoarthritis
Sleep apnea and respiratory problems
Some cancers (endometrial, breast, and colon)
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
WBFJ News Up-Date June 4, 2007
Did you brushed your teeth this morning…so where was your toothpaste made? The FDA is continuing to warning consumers to avoid toothpaste made in China because of reports that the products (among other things) may contain a thickening agent used in antifreeze. The FDA was not aware of any poisoning but found toothpaste with the chemical in a shipment at two bargain retail stores…one in Miami and another in Puerto Rico. (USA Radio News)
Tropical Storm Barry bringing some welcome rain to parts of Florida, Georgia and North Carolina over the weekend.
Most of the Triad getting over an inch of rain Saturday and Sunday.
In Georgia, the rain gave firefighters a much needed day off as they battle the largest wildfire since the 1950s. (CNN)
The Senate will resume the debate over immigration this week.
On the table…tougher border security and the legalization of an estimated 12 million unlawful immigrants. (USA RADIO News)
An ordinance restricting the number of flags allowed up for display has some business owners in NC seeing a lot of red…and not as much white and blue.
Raleigh has limited the number of American flags — and any other banners or signs — to three per property. The city-imposed deadline was Sunday to remove any flags (over the allotted 3) or pay a fine of $500 per day will be charged to anyone in violation of the policy.
(FOX News)
Celebrate Flag Day and support our local troops with Hanes Mall.
From now through Flag Day (June 14th) stop by the Customer Service Center to find out how you can help. Donations will be collected at Hanes Mall plus you can write letters of encouragement. There will be a flag raising ceremony at 1pm on Flag Day (June 14th) at Hanes Mall. Call 765-8321 for details. http://www.shophanesmall.com/
An insider helped to break up an alleged terror plot to bomb a fuel pipeline feeding JFK (NY City’s busiest airport). (USA Radio News)
Paris Hilton checking into the LA County jail late last night to begin serving a three-week sentence for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. (CNN)
The old Charlotte Coliseum is no more. The 24,000 seat (one time home of the Charlotte Hornets) was brought down yesterday. The site will now house housing, retail and office space and a hotel. (WXII NEWS)
Coffee giant Starbucks will replace whole milk with 2% for espresso drinks
in all of its U.S. and Canadian stores by the end of the year.
But customers can still request their cappuccino with whole milk.
Sports:
NASCAR: racing at Dover Delaware today.
The Spurs and Cavaliers…NBA Finals (Thursday…June 7)
-Over 4,000 Greensboro Grass Hoppers fans making their way out to First Horizon Park in Greensboro yesterday. Craig Hunter of Mt Airy was the one millioneth visitor to the park since 2005. Hunter receiving lots of Hoppers stuff and 2 round trip tickets to anywhere in the US.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 86
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 66
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Breezy…High 85
***A thunderstorm possible each day
***Highs in the 90’s by the end of the week
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
Tropical Storm Barry bringing some welcome rain to parts of Florida, Georgia and North Carolina over the weekend.
Most of the Triad getting over an inch of rain Saturday and Sunday.
In Georgia, the rain gave firefighters a much needed day off as they battle the largest wildfire since the 1950s. (CNN)
The Senate will resume the debate over immigration this week.
On the table…tougher border security and the legalization of an estimated 12 million unlawful immigrants. (USA RADIO News)
An ordinance restricting the number of flags allowed up for display has some business owners in NC seeing a lot of red…and not as much white and blue.
Raleigh has limited the number of American flags — and any other banners or signs — to three per property. The city-imposed deadline was Sunday to remove any flags (over the allotted 3) or pay a fine of $500 per day will be charged to anyone in violation of the policy.
(FOX News)
Celebrate Flag Day and support our local troops with Hanes Mall.
From now through Flag Day (June 14th) stop by the Customer Service Center to find out how you can help. Donations will be collected at Hanes Mall plus you can write letters of encouragement. There will be a flag raising ceremony at 1pm on Flag Day (June 14th) at Hanes Mall. Call 765-8321 for details. http://www.shophanesmall.com/
An insider helped to break up an alleged terror plot to bomb a fuel pipeline feeding JFK (NY City’s busiest airport). (USA Radio News)
Paris Hilton checking into the LA County jail late last night to begin serving a three-week sentence for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. (CNN)
The old Charlotte Coliseum is no more. The 24,000 seat (one time home of the Charlotte Hornets) was brought down yesterday. The site will now house housing, retail and office space and a hotel. (WXII NEWS)
Coffee giant Starbucks will replace whole milk with 2% for espresso drinks
in all of its U.S. and Canadian stores by the end of the year.
But customers can still request their cappuccino with whole milk.
Sports:
NASCAR: racing at Dover Delaware today.
The Spurs and Cavaliers…NBA Finals (Thursday…June 7)
-Over 4,000 Greensboro Grass Hoppers fans making their way out to First Horizon Park in Greensboro yesterday. Craig Hunter of Mt Airy was the one millioneth visitor to the park since 2005. Hunter receiving lots of Hoppers stuff and 2 round trip tickets to anywhere in the US.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 86
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 66
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Breezy…High 85
***A thunderstorm possible each day
***Highs in the 90’s by the end of the week
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
6.01.2007
News Up-Date Friday (June 1)
Andrew Speaker, a 31-year-old lawyer from Atlanta who has made national attention with a rare strain of tuberculosis, has been quarantined and is being treated at a Denver hospital.
Speaker's father-in-law is a microbiologist who studies TB at the CDC. In a strange twist, Speaker's father-in-law, Bob Cooksey, is a CDC microbiologist specializing in the spread of TB and other bacteria.
The 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season will be very active. Forecasters suggesting that there is a 70% chance of a major hurricane making landfall on the U.S. coastline. The Atlantic Hurricane Season officially begins on today and runs through the end of November.
NASA officials saying that the Space shuttle Atlantis has a got the go-ahead for a June 8th launch to resume construction of the International Space Station
Coffee giant Starbucks will replace whole milk with 2% for espresso drinks in all of its U.S. and Canadian stores by the end of the year. But customers can still request their cappuccino with whole milk.
Three former Presidents including Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George Bush, Sr were on hand at a private dedication of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte yesterday. The Billy Graham Library opens to the public next Tuesday. (http://www.bgea.org/)
Thirteen-year-old Evan O'Dorney of Danville, California won the Scripps National Spelling Bee last night. Evin, a homeschooled 8th grader, taking the title, the trophy and the prizes in a competition that he confessed really wasn't his favorite…he loves math!
His word… "serrefine" -- a noun describing small forceps. http://www.spellingbee.com/
Calling ALL churches and congregations in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County area … a Unity Prayer Gathering will be held this Saturday (June 2) at the M.C. Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem, NC. For more information… 724-9305 (223) http://www.unityrevival.org/
Inter-denominational and Inter-Racial Worship, Unity, Fellowship and Prayer Service.
Sports:
Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals:
LaBron James and the Cavaliers over the Pistons in double overtime…109 – 107
The Spurs already going to the NBA Finals (Thursday…June 7)
-Warthogs and Lynchburg Hillcats tonight at 7pm.
Fireworks after the game.
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Traffic :
Silas Creek Parkway is still closed in both directions between Buchanan and Konnoak Streets in Winston-Salem. DOT is repairing all six lanes of Silas Creek Parkway at Buchannan Street after a water main break on Tuesday caused extensive damage to the road. The road could be partially reopened by Friday afternoon. (METRO Traffic)
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 87
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 65
(Saturday) SonFest 2007 at Carowinds: Mostly cloudy…High 84
Sunday: Partly cloudy…High 85
A late day thunderstorm possible through the weekend.
Best chance of rain…Sunday into Monday
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
Speaker's father-in-law is a microbiologist who studies TB at the CDC. In a strange twist, Speaker's father-in-law, Bob Cooksey, is a CDC microbiologist specializing in the spread of TB and other bacteria.
The 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season will be very active. Forecasters suggesting that there is a 70% chance of a major hurricane making landfall on the U.S. coastline. The Atlantic Hurricane Season officially begins on today and runs through the end of November.
NASA officials saying that the Space shuttle Atlantis has a got the go-ahead for a June 8th launch to resume construction of the International Space Station
Coffee giant Starbucks will replace whole milk with 2% for espresso drinks in all of its U.S. and Canadian stores by the end of the year. But customers can still request their cappuccino with whole milk.
Three former Presidents including Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George Bush, Sr were on hand at a private dedication of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte yesterday. The Billy Graham Library opens to the public next Tuesday. (http://www.bgea.org/)
Thirteen-year-old Evan O'Dorney of Danville, California won the Scripps National Spelling Bee last night. Evin, a homeschooled 8th grader, taking the title, the trophy and the prizes in a competition that he confessed really wasn't his favorite…he loves math!
His word… "serrefine" -- a noun describing small forceps. http://www.spellingbee.com/
Calling ALL churches and congregations in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County area … a Unity Prayer Gathering will be held this Saturday (June 2) at the M.C. Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem, NC. For more information… 724-9305 (223) http://www.unityrevival.org/
Inter-denominational and Inter-Racial Worship, Unity, Fellowship and Prayer Service.
Sports:
Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals:
LaBron James and the Cavaliers over the Pistons in double overtime…109 – 107
The Spurs already going to the NBA Finals (Thursday…June 7)
-Warthogs and Lynchburg Hillcats tonight at 7pm.
Fireworks after the game.
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Traffic :
Silas Creek Parkway is still closed in both directions between Buchanan and Konnoak Streets in Winston-Salem. DOT is repairing all six lanes of Silas Creek Parkway at Buchannan Street after a water main break on Tuesday caused extensive damage to the road. The road could be partially reopened by Friday afternoon. (METRO Traffic)
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 87
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 65
(Saturday) SonFest 2007 at Carowinds: Mostly cloudy…High 84
Sunday: Partly cloudy…High 85
A late day thunderstorm possible through the weekend.
Best chance of rain…Sunday into Monday
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.31.2007
WBFJ News Up-Date
The Triad is under a Code Orange Air Quality Ozone Alert until 9pm.
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
-Mow your lawn later in the day
-Fuel up early or late (not in the middle part of the day)
Silas Creek Parkway is still closed in both directions between Buchanan and Konnoak Streets in Winston-Salem. DOT officials are repairing all six lanes of Silas Creek Parkway at Buchannan Street after a water main break on Tuesday caused extensive damage to the road. The road could be partially reopened by Friday afternoon. (METRO Traffic)
-Westbound traffic on I-40 (by-pass) should take the Peters Creek Parkway exit to avoid detours on Silas Creek.
Gildan Activewear Inc will close two sock factories in Mt Airy by the end of August. Over 500 workers will be affected. Gildan is the leading supplier of wholesale active wear in the US and Canada. Since January 2006…more than 2,000 workers have lost their jobs in Surry, Carroll and Grayson counties. (Journalnow.com / WXII / Fox 8)
Going, Going..Gone? It appears those 2 wayward humpback whales may have finally returned to the Pacific Ocean. The whale and her calf were spotted in the River May 13 and got as far as 90 miles inland to the Port of Sacramento before turning around. (CNN)
In the Pacific…Tropical Storm Barbara is gaining steam off the southwestern coast of Mexico. The Atlantic Hurricane Season officially begins on Friday and runs through the end of November. (CNN)
Three former Presidents including Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George Bush, Sr will be on hand at a private dedication of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte later today. The Billy Graham Library opens to the public next week.
The Billy graham Evangelistic Association estimating that Billy Graham has personally preached the Gospel to over 210 million people. (http://www.bgea.org/)
Josiah Wright (a 12 year old homeschooler from Ashe County) and 3 other students from North Carolina made it through day one of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington DC.
Josiah won the Winston-Salem Journal Regional Spelling Bee in March.
He correctly spelled the word philately ( which means the collection and study of postage stamps).
-Semi-finals this morning (live on ESPN)
-The National Spelling Bee Championship (finals) tonight (ABC from 8-10pm) (http://www.journalnow.com/) http://www.spellingbee.com/
Bringing Creation to life: The Creation Museum located in northern Kentucky includes animated displays, a replica of a portion of Noah's Ark and a planetarium. The Creation Museum is the dream come true for Ken Ham…the co-founder of ‘Answers in Genesis’. The Creation Museum is located 7 miles west of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. http://www.creationmuseum.org/
Calling ALL churches and congregations in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County area … a Unity Prayer Gathering will be held this Saturday
(June 2) at the M.C. Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem, NC
For more information… 724-9305 (223) http://www.unityrevival.org/
Inter-denominational and Inter-Racial Worship, Unity, Fellowship and Prayer Service.
Sports:
Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Utah Jazz last night
(109-84) in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals.
Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals: Pistons-Cavaliers tonight in Detroit.
NBA Finals begin next Thursday (June 7)
-Warthogs…7pm game. (Lynchburg Hillcats)
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The Triad is under a Code Orange Air Quality ‘Ozone Alert’ until 9pm…
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High near 88
Tonight: Clear…Low 65
Friday: Partly sunny…High 89
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
(Saturday) SonFest 2007 at Carowinds: Mix of sun and clouds…High 85
Sunday: A 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cooler…High 79
An isolated thunderstorm possible each day through the weekend.
Best chance of rain…Sunday into Monday
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
-Mow your lawn later in the day
-Fuel up early or late (not in the middle part of the day)
Silas Creek Parkway is still closed in both directions between Buchanan and Konnoak Streets in Winston-Salem. DOT officials are repairing all six lanes of Silas Creek Parkway at Buchannan Street after a water main break on Tuesday caused extensive damage to the road. The road could be partially reopened by Friday afternoon. (METRO Traffic)
-Westbound traffic on I-40 (by-pass) should take the Peters Creek Parkway exit to avoid detours on Silas Creek.
Gildan Activewear Inc will close two sock factories in Mt Airy by the end of August. Over 500 workers will be affected. Gildan is the leading supplier of wholesale active wear in the US and Canada. Since January 2006…more than 2,000 workers have lost their jobs in Surry, Carroll and Grayson counties. (Journalnow.com / WXII / Fox 8)
Going, Going..Gone? It appears those 2 wayward humpback whales may have finally returned to the Pacific Ocean. The whale and her calf were spotted in the River May 13 and got as far as 90 miles inland to the Port of Sacramento before turning around. (CNN)
In the Pacific…Tropical Storm Barbara is gaining steam off the southwestern coast of Mexico. The Atlantic Hurricane Season officially begins on Friday and runs through the end of November. (CNN)
Three former Presidents including Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George Bush, Sr will be on hand at a private dedication of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte later today. The Billy Graham Library opens to the public next week.
The Billy graham Evangelistic Association estimating that Billy Graham has personally preached the Gospel to over 210 million people. (http://www.bgea.org/)
Josiah Wright (a 12 year old homeschooler from Ashe County) and 3 other students from North Carolina made it through day one of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington DC.
Josiah won the Winston-Salem Journal Regional Spelling Bee in March.
He correctly spelled the word philately ( which means the collection and study of postage stamps).
-Semi-finals this morning (live on ESPN)
-The National Spelling Bee Championship (finals) tonight (ABC from 8-10pm) (http://www.journalnow.com/) http://www.spellingbee.com/
Bringing Creation to life: The Creation Museum located in northern Kentucky includes animated displays, a replica of a portion of Noah's Ark and a planetarium. The Creation Museum is the dream come true for Ken Ham…the co-founder of ‘Answers in Genesis’. The Creation Museum is located 7 miles west of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. http://www.creationmuseum.org/
Calling ALL churches and congregations in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County area … a Unity Prayer Gathering will be held this Saturday
(June 2) at the M.C. Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem, NC
For more information… 724-9305 (223) http://www.unityrevival.org/
Inter-denominational and Inter-Racial Worship, Unity, Fellowship and Prayer Service.
Sports:
Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Utah Jazz last night
(109-84) in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals.
Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals: Pistons-Cavaliers tonight in Detroit.
NBA Finals begin next Thursday (June 7)
-Warthogs…7pm game. (Lynchburg Hillcats)
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The Triad is under a Code Orange Air Quality ‘Ozone Alert’ until 9pm…
Individuals with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High near 88
Tonight: Clear…Low 65
Friday: Partly sunny…High 89
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
(Saturday) SonFest 2007 at Carowinds: Mix of sun and clouds…High 85
Sunday: A 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cooler…High 79
An isolated thunderstorm possible each day through the weekend.
Best chance of rain…Sunday into Monday
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.30.2007
WBFJ News Up-date for Wednesday
A mini flood is causing problems for area businesses and commuters this morning:
A water main break in Winston-Salem on Tuesday still has
Silas Creek Parkway closed in both directions at Buchanan Street near Parkway Plaza. Westbound traffic on I-40 should not attempt to exit at Silas Creek Parkway…take the Peters Creek Parkway exit instead. (www.ncdot.gov)
The weather changed quickly near Denver, Colorado yesterday. A massive cold front storming through brought a hail, rain and wind. Snow plows had to be called in to clear some of the roadways. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WEATHER/05/29/severe.weather.ap/index.html
If you are a contact wearer…check your eye solution:
The CDC is warning people to throw away AMO Brand Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Contact Solution. An investigation has linked AMO Brand to a rare but serious eye infection which is caused by a parasite.
The solution may cause a painful eye infection that can lead to permanent vision loss or blindness. There have been 138 confirmed cases.
Additional information at the CDC Web site.
One Dutch reality show going too far?
A Dutch TV station says it will go ahead with a program in which a terminally ill woman selects one of three patients to receive her kidneys. The 37-year-old donor, identified only as Lisa, will make her choice based on the contestants' history, profile and conversation with their family and friends. Viewers will also be able to send in their advice by text message during the 80-minute show which will air on Friday night. Officials have called for ‘The Big Donor Show’ to be scrapped, but broadcaster BNN says it will highlight the country's shortage of organ donors. The Dutch donor authority has condemned the show. Kidney specialists in the UK saying that the show concept is “ethically totally unacceptable."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6699847.stm
A Georgia man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis is now in Federal Quarantine may have spread the disease to passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month. You may be wondering…Which Flights?The patient flew from Atlanta to Paris on May 12, arriving on May 13, on Air France flight 385. He returned to North America on May 24, on Czech Air flight 104, from Prague to Montreal. (www.cdc.gov)
Josiah Wright (a 12 year old homeschooler from Ashe County) will be competing today in the first round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington DC.
285 spellers will be competing.
Josiah won the Winston-Salem Journal Regional Spelling Bee in March.
He correctly spelled the word philately ( which means the collection and study of postage stamps). Looking ahead…Josiah wants to “marry someone who is as interested in spelling as I am. When I’m older,” he said. “I mean, way older.”
The First two Rounds of the National Spelling Bee is going on this morning.
Quarterfinals this afternoon.
Thursday: Semi-finals tomorrow morning (live on ESPN)
The Championship (finals) tomorrow night… 8-10pm live on ABC
(http://www.journalnow.com/) http://www.spellingbee.com/
The mother humpback Whale and her calf have entered San Francisco Bay…and heading back to the Pacific Ocean. Tuesday evening, the whales were spotted swimming about 10 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge. The whale and her calf were spotted in the River May 13 and got as far as 90 miles inland to the Port of Sacramento before turning around. (CNN)
Inter-denominational and Inter-Racial Worship, Unity, Fellowship and Prayer Service...
Calling ALL churches and congregations in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County area … a Unity Prayer Gathering will be held this Saturday
(June 2) at the M.C. Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem, NC
Contact Cheryl Harry for more information…
(336) 724-9305 x 223…http://www.unityrevival.org/
Celebrate Flag Day and support our local troops with Hanes Mall.
From now through Flag Day (June 14th) stop by the Customer Service Center to find out how you can help. Donations will be collected at Hanes Mall plus you can write letters of encouragement. There will be a flag raising ceremony at 1pm on Flag Day (June 14th) at Hanes Mall. Call 765-8321 for details. http://www.shophanesmall.com/
Sports: -Warthogs…noon game. (Myrtle Beach Pelicans)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High near 90
Rain? Well, a 20% chance of showers rain today through tonight…
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 63
Thursday: Mostly sunny…High 89
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
A water main break in Winston-Salem on Tuesday still has
Silas Creek Parkway closed in both directions at Buchanan Street near Parkway Plaza. Westbound traffic on I-40 should not attempt to exit at Silas Creek Parkway…take the Peters Creek Parkway exit instead. (www.ncdot.gov)
The weather changed quickly near Denver, Colorado yesterday. A massive cold front storming through brought a hail, rain and wind. Snow plows had to be called in to clear some of the roadways. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WEATHER/05/29/severe.weather.ap/index.html
If you are a contact wearer…check your eye solution:
The CDC is warning people to throw away AMO Brand Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Contact Solution. An investigation has linked AMO Brand to a rare but serious eye infection which is caused by a parasite.
The solution may cause a painful eye infection that can lead to permanent vision loss or blindness. There have been 138 confirmed cases.
Additional information at the CDC Web site.
One Dutch reality show going too far?
A Dutch TV station says it will go ahead with a program in which a terminally ill woman selects one of three patients to receive her kidneys. The 37-year-old donor, identified only as Lisa, will make her choice based on the contestants' history, profile and conversation with their family and friends. Viewers will also be able to send in their advice by text message during the 80-minute show which will air on Friday night. Officials have called for ‘The Big Donor Show’ to be scrapped, but broadcaster BNN says it will highlight the country's shortage of organ donors. The Dutch donor authority has condemned the show. Kidney specialists in the UK saying that the show concept is “ethically totally unacceptable."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6699847.stm
A Georgia man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis is now in Federal Quarantine may have spread the disease to passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month. You may be wondering…Which Flights?The patient flew from Atlanta to Paris on May 12, arriving on May 13, on Air France flight 385. He returned to North America on May 24, on Czech Air flight 104, from Prague to Montreal. (www.cdc.gov)
Josiah Wright (a 12 year old homeschooler from Ashe County) will be competing today in the first round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington DC.
285 spellers will be competing.
Josiah won the Winston-Salem Journal Regional Spelling Bee in March.
He correctly spelled the word philately ( which means the collection and study of postage stamps). Looking ahead…Josiah wants to “marry someone who is as interested in spelling as I am. When I’m older,” he said. “I mean, way older.”
The First two Rounds of the National Spelling Bee is going on this morning.
Quarterfinals this afternoon.
Thursday: Semi-finals tomorrow morning (live on ESPN)
The Championship (finals) tomorrow night… 8-10pm live on ABC
(http://www.journalnow.com/) http://www.spellingbee.com/
The mother humpback Whale and her calf have entered San Francisco Bay…and heading back to the Pacific Ocean. Tuesday evening, the whales were spotted swimming about 10 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge. The whale and her calf were spotted in the River May 13 and got as far as 90 miles inland to the Port of Sacramento before turning around. (CNN)
Inter-denominational and Inter-Racial Worship, Unity, Fellowship and Prayer Service...
Calling ALL churches and congregations in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County area … a Unity Prayer Gathering will be held this Saturday
(June 2) at the M.C. Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem, NC
Contact Cheryl Harry for more information…
(336) 724-9305 x 223…http://www.unityrevival.org/
Celebrate Flag Day and support our local troops with Hanes Mall.
From now through Flag Day (June 14th) stop by the Customer Service Center to find out how you can help. Donations will be collected at Hanes Mall plus you can write letters of encouragement. There will be a flag raising ceremony at 1pm on Flag Day (June 14th) at Hanes Mall. Call 765-8321 for details. http://www.shophanesmall.com/
Sports: -Warthogs…noon game. (Myrtle Beach Pelicans)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High near 90
Rain? Well, a 20% chance of showers rain today through tonight…
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 63
Thursday: Mostly sunny…High 89
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.29.2007
WBFJ News Up-Date for Tuesday
Bolton Pool in Winston-Salem was shut down yesterday after a bomb
threat led to a fight. Two men were arrested yesterday at Bolton pool. After police evacuated the pool, they found no evidence of a bomb. City officials then closed the pool for the day. (www.journalnow.com)
Winston-Salem Police have arrested 3 people in connection with the drive by shooting death of Chelsea Powers…a 15 year old girl early Monday. The shooting occurred on Charles Street in Winston-Salem. Another teen was wounded. (WXII / Journalnow.com)
The US will announce tough new sanctions against Sudan in an effort to end the bloodshed in Darfur. Since 2003, fighting by government-backed militias and rebel groups in the Darfur region of western Sudan has killed more than 200,000 people and driven more than 2 million from their homes. (USA Radio News)
Cindy Sheehan, the mother who became an anti-war activist after her son died in Iraq) is calling it quits. Sheehan saying that her activism has cost her health, her husband and her savings. (CNN)
Celebrate Flag Day and support our local troops with Hanes Mall.
From now through Flag Day (June 14th) stop by the Customer Service Center to find out how you can help. Donations will be collected at Hanes Mall plus you can write letters of encouragement. There will be a flag raising ceremony at 1pm on Flag Day (June 14th) at Hanes Mall. Call 765-8321 for details. http://www.shophanesmall.com/
Calling ALL churches and congregations in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County area … a Unity Prayer Gathering will be held this Saturday (June 2) at the M.C. Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem, NC.
AnInter-denominational and Inter-Racial Worship, Unity, Fellowship and Prayer Service. Contact Cheryl Harry for more information…
(336) 724-9305 x 223…http://www.unityrevival.org/
State senator Kay Hagan (from Greensboro) has filed a bill that would allow people to buy raw, unpasteurized milk from local dairy farmers. The Senate approved the bill by a vote of 39-9 last week. -Under state law, farmers and other people who own cows are free to drink raw milk.
-But since 2004, the state legislature outlawed a practice known as
“cow-sharing,” it has been illegal in North Carolina to sell raw milk for human
consumption. Hagan’s bill now goes to the N.C. House of Representatives.
If it is approved there, consumers would be allowed to enter into contracts with farmers to buy a “share” of their cows and get raw milk from them. It would still be illegal to sell it commercially.
(journalnow.com)
Sports:
-Johns Hopkins defeating Duke (12 -11) to win the men's NCAA lacrosse championship.
-Warthogs at home tonight (Myrtle Beach Pelicans)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny…High 89
Tonight: Clear…High 60
Wednesday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 90
There is a 20% chance of rain Wednesday into Wednesday night.
A Code Orange Ozone alert will likely be issued on Wednesday and Thursday.
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
threat led to a fight. Two men were arrested yesterday at Bolton pool. After police evacuated the pool, they found no evidence of a bomb. City officials then closed the pool for the day. (www.journalnow.com)
Winston-Salem Police have arrested 3 people in connection with the drive by shooting death of Chelsea Powers…a 15 year old girl early Monday. The shooting occurred on Charles Street in Winston-Salem. Another teen was wounded. (WXII / Journalnow.com)
The US will announce tough new sanctions against Sudan in an effort to end the bloodshed in Darfur. Since 2003, fighting by government-backed militias and rebel groups in the Darfur region of western Sudan has killed more than 200,000 people and driven more than 2 million from their homes. (USA Radio News)
Cindy Sheehan, the mother who became an anti-war activist after her son died in Iraq) is calling it quits. Sheehan saying that her activism has cost her health, her husband and her savings. (CNN)
Celebrate Flag Day and support our local troops with Hanes Mall.
From now through Flag Day (June 14th) stop by the Customer Service Center to find out how you can help. Donations will be collected at Hanes Mall plus you can write letters of encouragement. There will be a flag raising ceremony at 1pm on Flag Day (June 14th) at Hanes Mall. Call 765-8321 for details. http://www.shophanesmall.com/
Calling ALL churches and congregations in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County area … a Unity Prayer Gathering will be held this Saturday (June 2) at the M.C. Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem, NC.
AnInter-denominational and Inter-Racial Worship, Unity, Fellowship and Prayer Service. Contact Cheryl Harry for more information…
(336) 724-9305 x 223…http://www.unityrevival.org/
State senator Kay Hagan (from Greensboro) has filed a bill that would allow people to buy raw, unpasteurized milk from local dairy farmers. The Senate approved the bill by a vote of 39-9 last week. -Under state law, farmers and other people who own cows are free to drink raw milk.
-But since 2004, the state legislature outlawed a practice known as
“cow-sharing,” it has been illegal in North Carolina to sell raw milk for human
consumption. Hagan’s bill now goes to the N.C. House of Representatives.
If it is approved there, consumers would be allowed to enter into contracts with farmers to buy a “share” of their cows and get raw milk from them. It would still be illegal to sell it commercially.
(journalnow.com)
Sports:
-Johns Hopkins defeating Duke (12 -11) to win the men's NCAA lacrosse championship.
-Warthogs at home tonight (Myrtle Beach Pelicans)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny…High 89
Tonight: Clear…High 60
Wednesday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 90
There is a 20% chance of rain Wednesday into Wednesday night.
A Code Orange Ozone alert will likely be issued on Wednesday and Thursday.
Check out the latest concerts and events...
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.25.2007
WBFJ News Up-Date Friday, May 25, 2007
The 23rd annual NCHE (Homeschool) conference going on through Saturday in downtown Winston-Salem at the Benton Convention Center. Details on-line… www.nche.com Thursday, Friday and Saturday (May 24 25 26)
The original Star Wars movie turns 30 today. Thirty years ago ( May 25, 1977 ) Star Was opened in just 32 theaters nationwide. -The History Channel will host a Star Wars special Monday at 9 p.m. (i-Report: Your "Star Wars" memories)
For the first time, a Davidson County high school has made Newsweek’s list of America’s Best High Schools. North Davidson High School was one of over 12-hundred high schools that comprised this year’s list. Among the top-ranked schools making the Newsweek list locally…
13 schools in Guilford County and two schools in Forsyth County.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/?sort=Rank&count=1236&start=0&limit=100&year=2007&Search=north%20carolina
A Wake County judge ruling yesterday that any religious text…not just the Bible can be used to swear in a witness or juror in North Carolina’s courtrooms. The ACLU argued that limiting the text to the Bible was unconstitutional because it favored Christianity over other religions. The state has 30 days to appeal. (journalnow.com)
President Bush will get his War Funding Bill for Iraq. Both the House and Senate approving the $120 billion dollar war spending bill…with no troop withdrawal deadline attached. (USA Radio News)
Pro-life bill becomes law in Oklahoma. A bill prohibiting public funds from being used for most abortions has become law in Oklahoma.
A $50 million dollar federal grant for abstinence funding will expire next month and Democrats in Congress say they’re not inclined to renew it.
Approximately 700 –to- 900 abstinence programs across the country would be affected. (Family News in Focus)
CDC survey: Nearly three out of four U.S. homes are considered Non-Smoking. Less than half of all homes surveyed were smoke-free 10 years ago.-Nine in ten Utah homes are smoke free; in Kentucky, a little over half
The CDC report was based on a national survey done mostly by telephone every two years.
Locally…One of the oldest restaurants in downtown WS…The Lighthouse Restaurant will go smoke-free June 1st. (CNN)
Sports: The Coca Cola 600 (Sunday) at Lowes Motor Speedway
A shoe store that former Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos would get lost in: New York's famed Saks Fifth Avenue department store plans to open a shoe department so big it has been granted its own ZIP code. Saks department store plans to nearly double the number of shoes for sale and take over the entire eighth floor of its flagship store in Manhattan.
The expanded department will open in September under the name 10022-SHOE.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2435153420070524
In Las Vegas…an oversized American flag and flagpole has city officials and an auto dealership at odds over patriotism and over the top advertising. The city has receiving more than 100 e-mail messages since the City Council last week ordered Towbin Hummer to take down its 100-foot flagpole and his big flag, which at 30 feet by 60 feet is about the size of a competition volleyball court. Mayor Oscar Goodman blamed the dealership for not keeping a promise to build a small veterans memorial with the tall pole. Get us a memorial, and then we can talk about a flag in excess of 40 feet," said Goodman, who last year endorsed letting the dealership exceed the city's 40-foot flagpole height restriction. -The Terrible Herbst gasoline and convenience store chain has several American flags around the city measuring 30 feet by 50 feet on poles 100 feet tall.
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It’s a Click it or Ticket it weekend…
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
For Your Memorial Day Weekend:
Sunny and warm…Highs in the mid-80’s
__________________________ next on your Family Station…WBFJ.
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
The original Star Wars movie turns 30 today. Thirty years ago ( May 25, 1977 ) Star Was opened in just 32 theaters nationwide. -The History Channel will host a Star Wars special Monday at 9 p.m. (i-Report: Your "Star Wars" memories)
For the first time, a Davidson County high school has made Newsweek’s list of America’s Best High Schools. North Davidson High School was one of over 12-hundred high schools that comprised this year’s list. Among the top-ranked schools making the Newsweek list locally…
13 schools in Guilford County and two schools in Forsyth County.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/?sort=Rank&count=1236&start=0&limit=100&year=2007&Search=north%20carolina
A Wake County judge ruling yesterday that any religious text…not just the Bible can be used to swear in a witness or juror in North Carolina’s courtrooms. The ACLU argued that limiting the text to the Bible was unconstitutional because it favored Christianity over other religions. The state has 30 days to appeal. (journalnow.com)
President Bush will get his War Funding Bill for Iraq. Both the House and Senate approving the $120 billion dollar war spending bill…with no troop withdrawal deadline attached. (USA Radio News)
Pro-life bill becomes law in Oklahoma. A bill prohibiting public funds from being used for most abortions has become law in Oklahoma.
A $50 million dollar federal grant for abstinence funding will expire next month and Democrats in Congress say they’re not inclined to renew it.
Approximately 700 –to- 900 abstinence programs across the country would be affected. (Family News in Focus)
CDC survey: Nearly three out of four U.S. homes are considered Non-Smoking. Less than half of all homes surveyed were smoke-free 10 years ago.-Nine in ten Utah homes are smoke free; in Kentucky, a little over half
The CDC report was based on a national survey done mostly by telephone every two years.
Locally…One of the oldest restaurants in downtown WS…The Lighthouse Restaurant will go smoke-free June 1st. (CNN)
Sports: The Coca Cola 600 (Sunday) at Lowes Motor Speedway
A shoe store that former Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos would get lost in: New York's famed Saks Fifth Avenue department store plans to open a shoe department so big it has been granted its own ZIP code. Saks department store plans to nearly double the number of shoes for sale and take over the entire eighth floor of its flagship store in Manhattan.
The expanded department will open in September under the name 10022-SHOE.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2435153420070524
In Las Vegas…an oversized American flag and flagpole has city officials and an auto dealership at odds over patriotism and over the top advertising. The city has receiving more than 100 e-mail messages since the City Council last week ordered Towbin Hummer to take down its 100-foot flagpole and his big flag, which at 30 feet by 60 feet is about the size of a competition volleyball court. Mayor Oscar Goodman blamed the dealership for not keeping a promise to build a small veterans memorial with the tall pole. Get us a memorial, and then we can talk about a flag in excess of 40 feet," said Goodman, who last year endorsed letting the dealership exceed the city's 40-foot flagpole height restriction. -The Terrible Herbst gasoline and convenience store chain has several American flags around the city measuring 30 feet by 50 feet on poles 100 feet tall.
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It’s a Click it or Ticket it weekend…
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
For Your Memorial Day Weekend:
Sunny and warm…Highs in the mid-80’s
__________________________ next on your Family Station…WBFJ.
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.24.2007
WBFJ News
The 23rd annual NCHE (Homeschool) conference starts today in downtown Winston-Salem. There will be a FREE homeschooling workshop open to the public this afternoon from 3 to 4pm at the Benton Convention Center. Details on-line… http://www.nche.com/
The conference going on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. (May 24 25 26)
A rescue exercise on Pilot Mountain yesterday became a real-life rescue event. A group of instructors with the Boy Scouts of America were on Pilot Mountain practicing rescue missions when Steve Richter fell 30 feet down the mountain. Richter was pulled to safety and airlifted to WF Baptist Medical Center. Richter was listed in fair condition last night at
The FDA is checking toothpaste coming from China into the US…
Reports of tainted toothpaste have been detected in other countries.
So far, the FDA has no evidence that contaminated toothpaste has made its way into the US but is taking the step as a precaution. (CNN)
The military has confirmed that a body pulled from the Euphrates River near Baghdad on Wednesday is one of the 3 missing US soldiers in Iraq. Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr , of California, was 20 years old. The 3 soldiers disappeared after being ambushed on May 12th. A search for the remaining 2 soldiers continues. (USA Radio News)
Story HighlightsJordin Sparks edging out beat boxer Blake Lewis to become the youngest American Idol winner. 74 million votes were cast on Tuesday night to decide the winner
Melinda Doolittle sang "Hold Up the Light" with gospel stars BeBe and CeCe Winans.
The song “This is My Now” which Jordin sang at the end was written by Christian artist Scott Krippayne…who won the show’s first open songwriting competition. “This is My Now” was selected over 25,000 entries. www.americanidol.com/songwriter
Oprah Winfrey said she was "stunned" to learn her father plans to write a book…about her. Oprah’s dad, Vernon Winfrey, owns Winfrey Barber & Beauty Shop in Nashville. Oprah has credited her father for imposing discipline on her and stressing the importance of an education. A teenage Winfrey was living with her mother in Milwaukee when she was sent to live with her father in Nashville. (CNN)
Sports:
NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon is officially on ‘baby watch’.
Gordon's wife, Ingrid, is due the week of the June 24. If Jeff is forced to miss a NASCAR race to attend the birth…Mark Martin will drive the # 24 Chevrolet. (nascar.com)
Gordon will be driving in the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowes Motor Speedway on Sunday.
Thou shall not gossip? Should you be fired for gossiping about your boss?
Four female town employees in one town in New Hampshire were fired in April for gossiping about their boss. Rumors were being circulated about a close working relationship between a town administrator and a female employee. The 4 women who were fired…say they weren't the only ones who discussed the rumor, and dismissed it as untrue after briefly talking about it.
Each woman had received positive work reviews and is appealing to get back their job. (CNN)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High near 80
Sneak Peak to your Memorial Day Weekend:
Sunny and warm…Highs in the mid-80’s
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
The conference going on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. (May 24 25 26)
A rescue exercise on Pilot Mountain yesterday became a real-life rescue event. A group of instructors with the Boy Scouts of America were on Pilot Mountain practicing rescue missions when Steve Richter fell 30 feet down the mountain. Richter was pulled to safety and airlifted to WF Baptist Medical Center. Richter was listed in fair condition last night at
The FDA is checking toothpaste coming from China into the US…
Reports of tainted toothpaste have been detected in other countries.
So far, the FDA has no evidence that contaminated toothpaste has made its way into the US but is taking the step as a precaution. (CNN)
The military has confirmed that a body pulled from the Euphrates River near Baghdad on Wednesday is one of the 3 missing US soldiers in Iraq. Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr , of California, was 20 years old. The 3 soldiers disappeared after being ambushed on May 12th. A search for the remaining 2 soldiers continues. (USA Radio News)
Story HighlightsJordin Sparks edging out beat boxer Blake Lewis to become the youngest American Idol winner. 74 million votes were cast on Tuesday night to decide the winner
Melinda Doolittle sang "Hold Up the Light" with gospel stars BeBe and CeCe Winans.
The song “This is My Now” which Jordin sang at the end was written by Christian artist Scott Krippayne…who won the show’s first open songwriting competition. “This is My Now” was selected over 25,000 entries. www.americanidol.com/songwriter
Oprah Winfrey said she was "stunned" to learn her father plans to write a book…about her. Oprah’s dad, Vernon Winfrey, owns Winfrey Barber & Beauty Shop in Nashville. Oprah has credited her father for imposing discipline on her and stressing the importance of an education. A teenage Winfrey was living with her mother in Milwaukee when she was sent to live with her father in Nashville. (CNN)
Sports:
NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon is officially on ‘baby watch’.
Gordon's wife, Ingrid, is due the week of the June 24. If Jeff is forced to miss a NASCAR race to attend the birth…Mark Martin will drive the # 24 Chevrolet. (nascar.com)
Gordon will be driving in the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowes Motor Speedway on Sunday.
Thou shall not gossip? Should you be fired for gossiping about your boss?
Four female town employees in one town in New Hampshire were fired in April for gossiping about their boss. Rumors were being circulated about a close working relationship between a town administrator and a female employee. The 4 women who were fired…say they weren't the only ones who discussed the rumor, and dismissed it as untrue after briefly talking about it.
Each woman had received positive work reviews and is appealing to get back their job. (CNN)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny…High near 80
Sneak Peak to your Memorial Day Weekend:
Sunny and warm…Highs in the mid-80’s
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.23.2007
WBFJ News Blog
Our special guest this morning…
J. Mark Fox…Pastor of Antioch Community Church in Elon (Burlington).http://www.antiochchurch.cc/ (336) 586-0997
Mark is the author of the Book ‘Family Integrated Church’ (Xulon Press)http://www.familyintegratedchurch.com/
Pastor Fox will be speaking this week at the…
The 23rd annual NCHE (Homeschool) conference this
Thursday, Friday and Saturday (May 24 25 26) in downtown Winston-Salem.
Details on-line… http://www.nche.com/
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In the News…Wednesday, May 23, 2007
National Weather Service forecasters said they expect 13 to 17 tropical storms,
with seven to 10 of them becoming hurricanes this year.
The Atlantic Hurricane Season runs June 1 through November 30.
The superintendent of Davie County Schools, Steve Lane, resigned yesterday, just two weeks after a school bond proposal that he supported…failed. Lane said he wasn’t forced to resign…but he thinks that a new superintendent could bring a fresh approach to tackling the problem of overcrowding at Davie High School.
An estimated 10,000 people attended the funeral service of Rev Jerry Falwell yesterday. One student didn’t make to the service…
A 19 year old Liberty University student was arrested yesterday for having 6 homemade bombs in his car. ABC News saying that the student was going to use the bombs to stop protesters from disrupting the funeral service of the Rev. Jerry Falwell. A relative of the arrested student alerted authorities to the potential bomb threat. (ABC News / USA Radio News)
The 2 ‘wayward whales’ stuck miles inside the Sacramento River apparently are swimming in circles. Crews in the more than two dozen boats blocking the humpbacks' path up the river tried herding the mother and her calf downstream by banging metal pipes beneath the water.
The challenge, officials said, was encouraging the pair to return to salt water quickly but without resorting to tactics that could upset the whales.
Did you vote? Jordin Sparks (17) OR Blake Lewis (25)
Tonight is the night…A new American Idol will be crowned.
If you were watching American Idol last night, Scott Krippayne was spotlighted along with Jeff Peabody as the winners of the show’s first open songwriting competition. Krippayne and Peabody’s song “This is My Now” was selected over 25,000 entries. www.americanidol.com/songwriter
The 23rd annual NCHE (Homeschool) conference will take place this
Thursday, Friday and Saturday (May 24 25 26) in downtown Winston-Salem.
There will be a FREE homeschooling workshop open to the public from 3 to 4pm on Thursday at the Benton Convention Center. http://www.nche.com/conference/snby.php?searchby=sn&var=1
Volunteers are still needed for the conference…Details on-line… http://www.nche.com/
Thou shall not gossip?
New Hampshire: Four town employees here say they were, raising questions about fairness, free speech and a staple of life in the American workplace.
The employees were fired in April after speaking to a lawyer the town hired as a fact-finder to rout out chatterboxes. The women now known as "The Hooksett Four" comprise about a quarter of the town's staff, including two entire departments. They are well-known in Hooksett, home to about 13,000 people.Each woman had received positive work reviews and is appealing to get back her job. (CNN)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 78
Tonight: Clear…Low 55 Thursday: Mostly sunny…High 78
Sneak Peak to your Memorial Day Weekend:
Sunny and warm…Highs in the mid-80’s
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
J. Mark Fox…Pastor of Antioch Community Church in Elon (Burlington).http://www.antiochchurch.cc/ (336) 586-0997
Mark is the author of the Book ‘Family Integrated Church’ (Xulon Press)http://www.familyintegratedchurch.com/
Pastor Fox will be speaking this week at the…
The 23rd annual NCHE (Homeschool) conference this
Thursday, Friday and Saturday (May 24 25 26) in downtown Winston-Salem.
Details on-line… http://www.nche.com/
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In the News…Wednesday, May 23, 2007
National Weather Service forecasters said they expect 13 to 17 tropical storms,
with seven to 10 of them becoming hurricanes this year.
The Atlantic Hurricane Season runs June 1 through November 30.
The superintendent of Davie County Schools, Steve Lane, resigned yesterday, just two weeks after a school bond proposal that he supported…failed. Lane said he wasn’t forced to resign…but he thinks that a new superintendent could bring a fresh approach to tackling the problem of overcrowding at Davie High School.
An estimated 10,000 people attended the funeral service of Rev Jerry Falwell yesterday. One student didn’t make to the service…
A 19 year old Liberty University student was arrested yesterday for having 6 homemade bombs in his car. ABC News saying that the student was going to use the bombs to stop protesters from disrupting the funeral service of the Rev. Jerry Falwell. A relative of the arrested student alerted authorities to the potential bomb threat. (ABC News / USA Radio News)
The 2 ‘wayward whales’ stuck miles inside the Sacramento River apparently are swimming in circles. Crews in the more than two dozen boats blocking the humpbacks' path up the river tried herding the mother and her calf downstream by banging metal pipes beneath the water.
The challenge, officials said, was encouraging the pair to return to salt water quickly but without resorting to tactics that could upset the whales.
Did you vote? Jordin Sparks (17) OR Blake Lewis (25)
Tonight is the night…A new American Idol will be crowned.
If you were watching American Idol last night, Scott Krippayne was spotlighted along with Jeff Peabody as the winners of the show’s first open songwriting competition. Krippayne and Peabody’s song “This is My Now” was selected over 25,000 entries. www.americanidol.com/songwriter
The 23rd annual NCHE (Homeschool) conference will take place this
Thursday, Friday and Saturday (May 24 25 26) in downtown Winston-Salem.
There will be a FREE homeschooling workshop open to the public from 3 to 4pm on Thursday at the Benton Convention Center. http://www.nche.com/conference/snby.php?searchby=sn&var=1
Volunteers are still needed for the conference…Details on-line… http://www.nche.com/
Thou shall not gossip?
New Hampshire: Four town employees here say they were, raising questions about fairness, free speech and a staple of life in the American workplace.
The employees were fired in April after speaking to a lawyer the town hired as a fact-finder to rout out chatterboxes. The women now known as "The Hooksett Four" comprise about a quarter of the town's staff, including two entire departments. They are well-known in Hooksett, home to about 13,000 people.Each woman had received positive work reviews and is appealing to get back her job. (CNN)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds…High 78
Tonight: Clear…Low 55 Thursday: Mostly sunny…High 78
Sneak Peak to your Memorial Day Weekend:
Sunny and warm…Highs in the mid-80’s
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.22.2007
WBFJ News
Thousands are expected to attend the funeral for the late Reverend Jerry Falwell today. The service will be held at 1pm at Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia. Franklin Graham will speak. Rev Falwell passed away last Tuesday. He was 73.
Preliminary research is showing that A-van-dee-a, a pill widely prescribed by doctors to treat type 2 diabetes, actually increases the users' risk for heart attack by 43%. The FDA has issued a safety alert on Monday for the drug, but stopped short of a stronger warning label, saying more analysis was needed. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=604806
Dr. Lisa Cooke, the principal of Eastern Guilford High School, the school which was destroyed by fire in November, is resigning. Dr Cooke has been on a medical leave of absence since February. Dr. Travis Reeves, the principal of East Montgomery High School, will replace Dr Cooke.
MySpace.com has decided to provide data on registered sex offenders who use the popular social networking Web site. Attorney generals from eight states (including NC) demanded last week that the company provide data on how many registered sex offenders are using the site and where they live.
MySpace initially refused to divulge the information, citing federal privacy laws.
Democrats in Congress are drafting a funding bill that doesn't include a timeline for the pullout of U.S. troops in Iraq…and it wouldn't contain billions of dollars in spending on domestic programs. The measure would provide funds for military operations in Iraq through September.
Mt Airy Police decided yesterday not to charge seven seniors at Mount Airy High School in a prank that involved sneaking into the school last week to move chairs, throw toilet paper and write “seniors 2007” in peanut butter.
School officials would not say how the seniors will be punished.
Five of the students climbed into the school through an open window, officials said. They were caught after an alarm went off and police responded.
Two other students remained outside but were a part of the prank.
Another BBQ festival is coming to NC:
The first ever Tar Heel Barbecue Classic will be held on Oct. 6-7 in Raleigh.
Western and Eastern styles of barbecue will be featured.
Stephanie Saintsing, the organizer for the Lexington Barbecue Festival, said she loves the idea, but the debate over which style of barbecue is best ¬- Eastern or Western - will never end. “Obviously, Lexington favors Western-style BBQ.
The Lexington Barbecue Festival is scheduled for Oct. 27.
Shoo bee don’t bother me: Over the weekend…a swarm of honeybees temporarily disrupted a charity fundraising event 40 miles northwest of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
A swarm of about 3,000 honeybees emerged from the woods around the West Noble High School football field, where 700 people were participating in a 24 hour fundraising walk for the American Cancer Society.
A local beekeeper, Matt Green, used a smoke machine to calm the bees and coax them into a beehive he brought to the field. The event was delayed about 45 minutes.
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
-Greensboro Grasshoppers (First Horizon Park)
“Bark in the Park” tonight at 7pm…check out gsoHoppers.com for details.
-Warthogs away this week. (at Myrtle Beach tonight)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. A scattered shower and
thunderstorm possible…High near 80
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 60
Wednesday: Mostly sunny…High 78.
Sneak Peak to your Memorial Day Weekend:
Sunny and warm…Highs in the 80’s
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
Preliminary research is showing that A-van-dee-a, a pill widely prescribed by doctors to treat type 2 diabetes, actually increases the users' risk for heart attack by 43%. The FDA has issued a safety alert on Monday for the drug, but stopped short of a stronger warning label, saying more analysis was needed. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=604806
Dr. Lisa Cooke, the principal of Eastern Guilford High School, the school which was destroyed by fire in November, is resigning. Dr Cooke has been on a medical leave of absence since February. Dr. Travis Reeves, the principal of East Montgomery High School, will replace Dr Cooke.
MySpace.com has decided to provide data on registered sex offenders who use the popular social networking Web site. Attorney generals from eight states (including NC) demanded last week that the company provide data on how many registered sex offenders are using the site and where they live.
MySpace initially refused to divulge the information, citing federal privacy laws.
Democrats in Congress are drafting a funding bill that doesn't include a timeline for the pullout of U.S. troops in Iraq…and it wouldn't contain billions of dollars in spending on domestic programs. The measure would provide funds for military operations in Iraq through September.
Mt Airy Police decided yesterday not to charge seven seniors at Mount Airy High School in a prank that involved sneaking into the school last week to move chairs, throw toilet paper and write “seniors 2007” in peanut butter.
School officials would not say how the seniors will be punished.
Five of the students climbed into the school through an open window, officials said. They were caught after an alarm went off and police responded.
Two other students remained outside but were a part of the prank.
Another BBQ festival is coming to NC:
The first ever Tar Heel Barbecue Classic will be held on Oct. 6-7 in Raleigh.
Western and Eastern styles of barbecue will be featured.
Stephanie Saintsing, the organizer for the Lexington Barbecue Festival, said she loves the idea, but the debate over which style of barbecue is best ¬- Eastern or Western - will never end. “Obviously, Lexington favors Western-style BBQ.
The Lexington Barbecue Festival is scheduled for Oct. 27.
Shoo bee don’t bother me: Over the weekend…a swarm of honeybees temporarily disrupted a charity fundraising event 40 miles northwest of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
A swarm of about 3,000 honeybees emerged from the woods around the West Noble High School football field, where 700 people were participating in a 24 hour fundraising walk for the American Cancer Society.
A local beekeeper, Matt Green, used a smoke machine to calm the bees and coax them into a beehive he brought to the field. The event was delayed about 45 minutes.
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
-Greensboro Grasshoppers (First Horizon Park)
“Bark in the Park” tonight at 7pm…check out gsoHoppers.com for details.
-Warthogs away this week. (at Myrtle Beach tonight)
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. A scattered shower and
thunderstorm possible…High near 80
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 60
Wednesday: Mostly sunny…High 78.
Sneak Peak to your Memorial Day Weekend:
Sunny and warm…Highs in the 80’s
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.21.2007
WBFJ News
Traffic around Wake Forest University will be a little crazy this morning. Graduation Exercises will take place this morning at 9am on the Quad at Wake Forest University. Approximately 1,500 under-graduate and graduate students will receive diplomas. Parking on campus will be limited. The university's shuttle service will provide continuous transportation to and from parking lots at Groves Stadium through 6 p.m.
Gas prices have hit an all-time high: According to the latest Lundberg Survey,
the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.18, the highest average cost per gallon ever – even adjusting for inflation. This weekend alone, from Friday to Sunday, the average price of gas went up another 5 cents per gallon.
Nationwide: the lowest price for regular fuel was $2.87 in Charleston, South Carolina…the highest was in Chicago at $3.59 a gallon.
The SAT and ACT - rites of passage for millions of high-school students - are becoming optional at a small but growing number of colleges. Most of the schools (including George Mason University) offering to make the tests optional are small, liberal-arts colleges. Of the top 100 liberal-arts colleges named in the latest U.S. News and World Report standings, 29 do not require the test. Thirteen of those made the change since 2004.
New Orleans officials say the city is better prepared than it was before Katrina. Katrina, a Category 3 storm, hit New Orleans in August 2005… overwhelming the levees and flooding the city. The storm killed at least 1,300 people with an estimated $81 billion dollars in damage…making Katrina the worst natural disaster in US history. The 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season begins June 1 and continues through November.
A wayward mother whale and her calf still have miles to go and obstacles to overcome as marine biologists try to coax them back to the Pacific Ocean. Last week, Scientists tried to use recordings of whales feeding to lure the two back toward home. The whales were left alone during the weekend. Two humpback whales surfaced last Thursday more than 70 miles up the Sacramento River. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070521/D8P8OCEO0.html
Miranda Bailey, a 17 year old Junior at North Davidson (and a cadet major with the Air Force Junior ROTC) won a statewide writing essay titled "Why It Is Important to Vote" sponsored by the North Carolina American Veterans Essay Competition. Miranda’s essay has now been entered into a nationwide contest. Miranda will not be old enough to vote until October. But understands that power behind the ballot box…"If you vote, you can change things," she said. "You can make things better." Bailey has been a part of JROTC for three years. She would like to be a B-2 bomber pilot for the Air Force. Bailey will be recognized at the state AMVETS convention in Greensboro June 2, where she will receive her prize money. She will put the money in a savings account to go toward a car.
http://www.the-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007705190346&source=email
Emilio Gonzales, a 19-month-old boy whose terminal illness started a legal and ethical debate passed away Saturday night at Children's Hospital of Austin, Texas. Emilio had been on a respirator since December and was believed to have Leigh's disease, a progressive illness which destroys brain functions.
Emilio’s mother had fought in court to continue his medical care… while doctors had sought to remove him from life support . In April, a judge agreed to temporarily block the hospital's request to end life support.
This summer, Hospice & Palliative CareCenter in Winston-Salem is offering teen-agers, ages 13 to 18, weekly volunteer opportunities through its new Youth Impact Program. The teen volunteer sessions will take place on Tuesdays from 9am until noon from June 12 through August 21, at Hospice & Palliative CareCenter.
Volunteer opportunities will include planting and maintaining flower gardens, baking cookies for patients and families, making greeting cards for patients, leading BINGO activities in nursing homes. Call Angela Henrichs at (336) 768-3972, ext. 339.
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs away this week. (at Myrtle Beach tonight)
Traffic around Wake Forest University (Reynolda Road, Polo Road and University Parkway) will be heavy today through 1pm because of Graduation exercises.
(WS) Crews are widening Country Club Road, between Jonestown and Peace Haven roads.
Expect some delays. The project should be completed late November.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Lots of sunshine…High 85
Tonight: Clear…Low 55
Tuesday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 80
-An afternoon thunderstorm possible on Tuesday and Wednesday
-Temperatures staying near 80 through the end of the week
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
Gas prices have hit an all-time high: According to the latest Lundberg Survey,
the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.18, the highest average cost per gallon ever – even adjusting for inflation. This weekend alone, from Friday to Sunday, the average price of gas went up another 5 cents per gallon.
Nationwide: the lowest price for regular fuel was $2.87 in Charleston, South Carolina…the highest was in Chicago at $3.59 a gallon.
The SAT and ACT - rites of passage for millions of high-school students - are becoming optional at a small but growing number of colleges. Most of the schools (including George Mason University) offering to make the tests optional are small, liberal-arts colleges. Of the top 100 liberal-arts colleges named in the latest U.S. News and World Report standings, 29 do not require the test. Thirteen of those made the change since 2004.
New Orleans officials say the city is better prepared than it was before Katrina. Katrina, a Category 3 storm, hit New Orleans in August 2005… overwhelming the levees and flooding the city. The storm killed at least 1,300 people with an estimated $81 billion dollars in damage…making Katrina the worst natural disaster in US history. The 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season begins June 1 and continues through November.
A wayward mother whale and her calf still have miles to go and obstacles to overcome as marine biologists try to coax them back to the Pacific Ocean. Last week, Scientists tried to use recordings of whales feeding to lure the two back toward home. The whales were left alone during the weekend. Two humpback whales surfaced last Thursday more than 70 miles up the Sacramento River. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070521/D8P8OCEO0.html
Miranda Bailey, a 17 year old Junior at North Davidson (and a cadet major with the Air Force Junior ROTC) won a statewide writing essay titled "Why It Is Important to Vote" sponsored by the North Carolina American Veterans Essay Competition. Miranda’s essay has now been entered into a nationwide contest. Miranda will not be old enough to vote until October. But understands that power behind the ballot box…"If you vote, you can change things," she said. "You can make things better." Bailey has been a part of JROTC for three years. She would like to be a B-2 bomber pilot for the Air Force. Bailey will be recognized at the state AMVETS convention in Greensboro June 2, where she will receive her prize money. She will put the money in a savings account to go toward a car.
http://www.the-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007705190346&source=email
Emilio Gonzales, a 19-month-old boy whose terminal illness started a legal and ethical debate passed away Saturday night at Children's Hospital of Austin, Texas. Emilio had been on a respirator since December and was believed to have Leigh's disease, a progressive illness which destroys brain functions.
Emilio’s mother had fought in court to continue his medical care… while doctors had sought to remove him from life support . In April, a judge agreed to temporarily block the hospital's request to end life support.
This summer, Hospice & Palliative CareCenter in Winston-Salem is offering teen-agers, ages 13 to 18, weekly volunteer opportunities through its new Youth Impact Program. The teen volunteer sessions will take place on Tuesdays from 9am until noon from June 12 through August 21, at Hospice & Palliative CareCenter.
Volunteer opportunities will include planting and maintaining flower gardens, baking cookies for patients and families, making greeting cards for patients, leading BINGO activities in nursing homes. Call Angela Henrichs at (336) 768-3972, ext. 339.
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs away this week. (at Myrtle Beach tonight)
Traffic around Wake Forest University (Reynolda Road, Polo Road and University Parkway) will be heavy today through 1pm because of Graduation exercises.
(WS) Crews are widening Country Club Road, between Jonestown and Peace Haven roads.
Expect some delays. The project should be completed late November.
_____________________________________________________
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Lots of sunshine…High 85
Tonight: Clear…Low 55
Tuesday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 80
-An afternoon thunderstorm possible on Tuesday and Wednesday
-Temperatures staying near 80 through the end of the week
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.18.2007
This Week on Sunday @ 5 on WBFJ
Part one:
J. Mark Fox...Pastor of Antioch Community Church in Elon, NC
Author of the Book ‘Family Integrated Church’
www.familyintegratedchurch.com/
www.antiochchurch.cc
www.nche.com
Part two:
Dr Holly McPherson, MD (as heard on the WBFJ Morning Show)
Allergy Partners of the Piedmont
1372 Westgate Center Drive
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103
Phone: (336) 659-4814
http://allergypartners.com/location_results.cfm
J. Mark Fox...Pastor of Antioch Community Church in Elon, NC
Author of the Book ‘Family Integrated Church’
www.familyintegratedchurch.com/
www.antiochchurch.cc
www.nche.com
Part two:
Dr Holly McPherson, MD (as heard on the WBFJ Morning Show)
Allergy Partners of the Piedmont
1372 Westgate Center Drive
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103
Phone: (336) 659-4814
http://allergypartners.com/location_results.cfm
WBFJ News for Friday (May 18, 2007)
Two Iraqi journalists working for ABC News were ambushed and killed
as they drove home from work. The attack took place Thursday afternoon when unknown assailants attacked the car carrying a cameraman and a soundman.
According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has recorded 102 journalists and 39 media support workers killed…and 48 journalists abducted since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Graduation will go on as planned at Liberty University this weekend:
The Baccalaureate Service will be held tonight…
Commencement will be held Saturday morning.
Founder of Liberty University Evangelist Jerry Falwell passed away on Tuesday. Falwell was 73. www.liberty.edu
The co-founders of the online video sharing site YouTube are challenging the Pentagon's assertion that soldiers overseas were using too much bandwidth by watching online videos. The US Military has blocked popular Web sites (including YouTube and MySpace) from Defense Department computers.
Senators have reached an agreement on immigration reform that would strengthen U.S. borders and grant lawful status to millions of illegal immigrants.
The plan supported by the President will pump more money into border security and create a temporary worker program to bring new arrivals into the U.S.
The Bush administration is wasting no time finding a successor
to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. Wolfowitz has agreed to resign after officials found him guilty of breaking bank rules over his handling of a pay and promotion package for his girlfriend.
Crisis Control Ministry’s 6th annual Wee Care! Children’s Cereal Drive held
In late April was a great success. Over 3,500 boxes of cereal were donated to the food pantry.
Crisis Control Ministry is a Christian-based ministry whose mission is to assist people in crisis situations. Crisis Control Ministry also offers a food pantry and free pharmacy for Forsyth County residents. Information at www.crisiscontrol.org.
More information about Crisis Control Ministry’s ‘Concert for Hope’ with MercyMe June 29 in Winston-Salem at wbfj.fm.
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs fall to the Hill cats…5-2.
Warthogs at home this evening at 7pm. Fireworks after the game on Friday.
Nextell All-Star Challenge Saturday night at Lowes Motor Speedway. The race is 80 laps…run in 4…20 lap segments.
Hundreds of rail passengers in eastern India got more than they had bargained for earlier in the week…when the driver of their train asked them to get out and push. It took more than 30 minutes to literally move the stalled electric train 12 feet so that it touched live overhead wires and was able to resume its journey. India's rail network carries more than 15 million people daily.
Mark Schultz is cycling coast to coast for widows and orphans.
Mark traveled from Holbrook, AZ to Gallup, NM on Thursday…
Proceeds from the bike ride (through early July) will go to the James Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Family Christian Stores. www.markacrossamerica.org
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
___________________________________________________________
Traffic Reports
(WS) One lane of Country Club Road, between Jonestown and Peace Haven roads, in Winston-Salem will be closed starting on Saturday. Crews will begin on widening that portion of Country Club. The project should be completed late November.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. An afternoon thunderstorm
possible. Windy….High near 70
Tonight: Clear skies…Low 45.
Saturday: Sunny skies…High 75.
Sunday: Sunny skies…High 85.
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
as they drove home from work. The attack took place Thursday afternoon when unknown assailants attacked the car carrying a cameraman and a soundman.
According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has recorded 102 journalists and 39 media support workers killed…and 48 journalists abducted since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Graduation will go on as planned at Liberty University this weekend:
The Baccalaureate Service will be held tonight…
Commencement will be held Saturday morning.
Founder of Liberty University Evangelist Jerry Falwell passed away on Tuesday. Falwell was 73. www.liberty.edu
The co-founders of the online video sharing site YouTube are challenging the Pentagon's assertion that soldiers overseas were using too much bandwidth by watching online videos. The US Military has blocked popular Web sites (including YouTube and MySpace) from Defense Department computers.
Senators have reached an agreement on immigration reform that would strengthen U.S. borders and grant lawful status to millions of illegal immigrants.
The plan supported by the President will pump more money into border security and create a temporary worker program to bring new arrivals into the U.S.
The Bush administration is wasting no time finding a successor
to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. Wolfowitz has agreed to resign after officials found him guilty of breaking bank rules over his handling of a pay and promotion package for his girlfriend.
Crisis Control Ministry’s 6th annual Wee Care! Children’s Cereal Drive held
In late April was a great success. Over 3,500 boxes of cereal were donated to the food pantry.
Crisis Control Ministry is a Christian-based ministry whose mission is to assist people in crisis situations. Crisis Control Ministry also offers a food pantry and free pharmacy for Forsyth County residents. Information at www.crisiscontrol.org.
More information about Crisis Control Ministry’s ‘Concert for Hope’ with MercyMe June 29 in Winston-Salem at wbfj.fm.
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs fall to the Hill cats…5-2.
Warthogs at home this evening at 7pm. Fireworks after the game on Friday.
Nextell All-Star Challenge Saturday night at Lowes Motor Speedway. The race is 80 laps…run in 4…20 lap segments.
Hundreds of rail passengers in eastern India got more than they had bargained for earlier in the week…when the driver of their train asked them to get out and push. It took more than 30 minutes to literally move the stalled electric train 12 feet so that it touched live overhead wires and was able to resume its journey. India's rail network carries more than 15 million people daily.
Mark Schultz is cycling coast to coast for widows and orphans.
Mark traveled from Holbrook, AZ to Gallup, NM on Thursday…
Proceeds from the bike ride (through early July) will go to the James Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Family Christian Stores. www.markacrossamerica.org
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
___________________________________________________________
Traffic Reports
(WS) One lane of Country Club Road, between Jonestown and Peace Haven roads, in Winston-Salem will be closed starting on Saturday. Crews will begin on widening that portion of Country Club. The project should be completed late November.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. An afternoon thunderstorm
possible. Windy….High near 70
Tonight: Clear skies…Low 45.
Saturday: Sunny skies…High 75.
Sunday: Sunny skies…High 85.
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
WBFJ News for Friday (May18, 2007)
Two Iraqi journalists working for ABC News were ambushed and killed
as they drove home from work. The attack took place Thursday afternoon when unknown assailants attacked the car carrying a cameraman and a soundman.
According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has recorded 102 journalists and 39 media support workers killed…and 48 journalists abducted since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Graduation will go on as planned at Liberty University this weekend:
The Baccalaureate Service will be held tonight…
Commencement will be held Saturday morning.
Founder of Liberty University Evangelist Jerry Falwell passed away on Tuesday. Falwell was 73. www.liberty.edu
The co-founders of the online video sharing site YouTube are challenging the Pentagon's assertion that soldiers overseas were using too much bandwidth by watching online videos. The US Military has blocked popular Web sites (including YouTube and MySpace) from Defense Department computers.
Senators have reached an agreement on immigration reform that would strengthen U.S. borders and grant lawful status to millions of illegal immigrants.
The plan supported by the President will pump more money into border security and create a temporary worker program to bring new arrivals into the U.S.
The Bush administration is wasting no time finding a successor
to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. Wolfowitz has agreed to resign after officials found him guilty of breaking bank rules over his handling of a pay and promotion package for his girlfriend.
Crisis Control Ministry’s 6th annual Wee Care! Children’s Cereal Drive held
In late April was a great success. Over 3,500 boxes of cereal were donated to the food pantry.
Crisis Control Ministry is a Christian-based ministry whose mission is to assist people in crisis situations. Crisis Control Ministry also offers a food pantry and free pharmacy for Forsyth County residents. Information at www.crisiscontrol.org.
More information about Crisis Control Ministry’s ‘Concert for Hope’ with MercyMe June 29 in Winston-Salem at wbfj.fm.
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs fall to the Hill cats…5-2.
Warthogs at home this evening at 7pm. Fireworks after the game on Friday.
Nextell All-Star Challenge Saturday night at Lowes Motor Speedway. The race is 80 laps…run in 4…20 lap segments.
Hundreds of rail passengers in eastern India got more than they had bargained for earlier in the week…when the driver of their train asked them to get out and push. It took more than 30 minutes to literally move the stalled electric train 12 feet so that it touched live overhead wires and was able to resume its journey. India's rail network carries more than 15 million people daily.
Mark Schultz is cycling coast to coast for widows and orphans.
Mark traveled from Holbrook, AZ to Gallup, NM on Thursday…
Proceeds from the bike ride (through early July) will go to the James Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Family Christian Stores. www.markacrossamerica.org
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
___________________________________________________________
Traffic Reports
(WS) One lane of Country Club Road, between Jonestown and Peace Haven roads, in Winston-Salem will be closed starting on Saturday. Crews will begin on widening that portion of Country Club. The project should be completed late November.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. An afternoon thunderstorm
possible. Windy….High near 70
Tonight: Clear skies…Low 45.
Saturday: Sunny skies…High 75.
Sunday: Sunny skies…High 85.
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
as they drove home from work. The attack took place Thursday afternoon when unknown assailants attacked the car carrying a cameraman and a soundman.
According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has recorded 102 journalists and 39 media support workers killed…and 48 journalists abducted since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Graduation will go on as planned at Liberty University this weekend:
The Baccalaureate Service will be held tonight…
Commencement will be held Saturday morning.
Founder of Liberty University Evangelist Jerry Falwell passed away on Tuesday. Falwell was 73. www.liberty.edu
The co-founders of the online video sharing site YouTube are challenging the Pentagon's assertion that soldiers overseas were using too much bandwidth by watching online videos. The US Military has blocked popular Web sites (including YouTube and MySpace) from Defense Department computers.
Senators have reached an agreement on immigration reform that would strengthen U.S. borders and grant lawful status to millions of illegal immigrants.
The plan supported by the President will pump more money into border security and create a temporary worker program to bring new arrivals into the U.S.
The Bush administration is wasting no time finding a successor
to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. Wolfowitz has agreed to resign after officials found him guilty of breaking bank rules over his handling of a pay and promotion package for his girlfriend.
Crisis Control Ministry’s 6th annual Wee Care! Children’s Cereal Drive held
In late April was a great success. Over 3,500 boxes of cereal were donated to the food pantry.
Crisis Control Ministry is a Christian-based ministry whose mission is to assist people in crisis situations. Crisis Control Ministry also offers a food pantry and free pharmacy for Forsyth County residents. Information at www.crisiscontrol.org.
More information about Crisis Control Ministry’s ‘Concert for Hope’ with MercyMe June 29 in Winston-Salem at wbfj.fm.
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs fall to the Hill cats…5-2.
Warthogs at home this evening at 7pm. Fireworks after the game on Friday.
Nextell All-Star Challenge Saturday night at Lowes Motor Speedway. The race is 80 laps…run in 4…20 lap segments.
Hundreds of rail passengers in eastern India got more than they had bargained for earlier in the week…when the driver of their train asked them to get out and push. It took more than 30 minutes to literally move the stalled electric train 12 feet so that it touched live overhead wires and was able to resume its journey. India's rail network carries more than 15 million people daily.
Mark Schultz is cycling coast to coast for widows and orphans.
Mark traveled from Holbrook, AZ to Gallup, NM on Thursday…
Proceeds from the bike ride (through early July) will go to the James Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Family Christian Stores. www.markacrossamerica.org
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
___________________________________________________________
Traffic Reports
(WS) One lane of Country Club Road, between Jonestown and Peace Haven roads, in Winston-Salem will be closed starting on Saturday. Crews will begin on widening that portion of Country Club. The project should be completed late November.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. An afternoon thunderstorm
possible. Windy….High near 70
Tonight: Clear skies…Low 45.
Saturday: Sunny skies…High 75.
Sunday: Sunny skies…High 85.
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.17.2007
WBFJ News
The results are in…37 Productive Units were collected…
Exceeding our goal of 30 pints!!
39 People present to donate (4 were first time donors)
Thanks to Angie and Sue from Village Care of King
Celebrating National Nursing Home Week through Friday.
To volunteer with Village Care…983-4900
Smoke from the massive wildfires in Georgia and Florida causing many in central NC to wonder ‘Where is the fire?’
Wildfires in Georgia have blackened more than 600 square miles of dried-out forest and swampland. Experts say that the Georgia swamp fires could burn for months.
The dates for the Furniture Market will shift back to April and October beginning in 2008. Future markets will remain on a Monday through Sunday schedule. The 2007 Fall Market is set for October 1-7.
Even with record gas prices holding above $3 per gallon nationwide, more Americans will be traveling by car over the Memorial Day holiday weekend than a year ago. According to a survey by Triple A, you will be traveling but you will stay closer to home and take shorter trips.
Paris Hilton will serve about half of her 45-day jail sentence. The 26-year-old hotel heiress will spend about 23 days in a "special needs housing unit" near Los Angeles. Hilton was sentenced to jail this month for violating the terms of her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. A judge ordered her to report to jail by June 5.
You care for Wee Care!
Crisis Control Ministry’s 6th annual Wee Care! Children’s Cereal Drive held
April 23 - 27 was a great success. Over 3,500 boxes of cereal were donated…a 45% increase over last year. Over 50 preschools and daycares, church schools, elementary schools and churches participated with food drives during the month of April.
Crisis Control Ministry is a Christian-based ministry whose mission is to assist people in crisis situations. Crisis Control Ministry also offers a food pantry and free pharmacy for Forsyth County residents. Information at www.crisiscontrol.org.
More information about Crisis Control Ministry’s ‘Concert for Hope’ with MercyMe June 29 in Winston-Salem at wbfj.fm.
Keeping up with this season’s American Idol?
Melinda Doolittle out…Jordin Sparks (17) and Blake Lewis (25) in the finale.
Women Only: That will be the rule on the entire 19th floor of a new Marriott hotel being built in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Spokeswoman Andrea Groom says more than half of all business travelers are women. The women-only rooms will have feminine touches like special hair dryers, bath products, jewelry holders and chenille throws. Rooms on the Ladies Only floor will cost $30 dollars more.
The hotel opens in September.
This week is National Bike to Work Week.
Mark Schultz is cycling coast to coast for widows and orphans.
Proceeds from the bike ride (through early July) will go to the James Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Family Christian Stores. www.markacrossamerica.org
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs fall to Salem 8-5. Warthogs at home this evening at 7pm.
Fireworks after the game Friday night.
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
___________________________________________________________
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. Cooler…High 72
Tonight: Mostly clear…Low 48
Friday: Mostly sunny and breezy…High 70
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
Saturday: Sunny…High 75
Sunday: Sunny…High 80
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
Exceeding our goal of 30 pints!!
39 People present to donate (4 were first time donors)
Thanks to Angie and Sue from Village Care of King
Celebrating National Nursing Home Week through Friday.
To volunteer with Village Care…983-4900
Smoke from the massive wildfires in Georgia and Florida causing many in central NC to wonder ‘Where is the fire?’
Wildfires in Georgia have blackened more than 600 square miles of dried-out forest and swampland. Experts say that the Georgia swamp fires could burn for months.
The dates for the Furniture Market will shift back to April and October beginning in 2008. Future markets will remain on a Monday through Sunday schedule. The 2007 Fall Market is set for October 1-7.
Even with record gas prices holding above $3 per gallon nationwide, more Americans will be traveling by car over the Memorial Day holiday weekend than a year ago. According to a survey by Triple A, you will be traveling but you will stay closer to home and take shorter trips.
Paris Hilton will serve about half of her 45-day jail sentence. The 26-year-old hotel heiress will spend about 23 days in a "special needs housing unit" near Los Angeles. Hilton was sentenced to jail this month for violating the terms of her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. A judge ordered her to report to jail by June 5.
You care for Wee Care!
Crisis Control Ministry’s 6th annual Wee Care! Children’s Cereal Drive held
April 23 - 27 was a great success. Over 3,500 boxes of cereal were donated…a 45% increase over last year. Over 50 preschools and daycares, church schools, elementary schools and churches participated with food drives during the month of April.
Crisis Control Ministry is a Christian-based ministry whose mission is to assist people in crisis situations. Crisis Control Ministry also offers a food pantry and free pharmacy for Forsyth County residents. Information at www.crisiscontrol.org.
More information about Crisis Control Ministry’s ‘Concert for Hope’ with MercyMe June 29 in Winston-Salem at wbfj.fm.
Keeping up with this season’s American Idol?
Melinda Doolittle out…Jordin Sparks (17) and Blake Lewis (25) in the finale.
Women Only: That will be the rule on the entire 19th floor of a new Marriott hotel being built in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Spokeswoman Andrea Groom says more than half of all business travelers are women. The women-only rooms will have feminine touches like special hair dryers, bath products, jewelry holders and chenille throws. Rooms on the Ladies Only floor will cost $30 dollars more.
The hotel opens in September.
This week is National Bike to Work Week.
Mark Schultz is cycling coast to coast for widows and orphans.
Proceeds from the bike ride (through early July) will go to the James Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Family Christian Stores. www.markacrossamerica.org
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs fall to Salem 8-5. Warthogs at home this evening at 7pm.
Fireworks after the game Friday night.
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
___________________________________________________________
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. Cooler…High 72
Tonight: Mostly clear…Low 48
Friday: Mostly sunny and breezy…High 70
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
Saturday: Sunny…High 75
Sunday: Sunny…High 80
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
5.16.2007
WBFJ News Up-date
WBFJ LIVE today from 2 to 4pm at Village Care of King...
American Red Cross Blood Drive 1 to 5:30.
To schedule an appointment...call 983-4900.
Evangelist Jerry Falwell, who helped turn the religious right into a powerful political force passed away on Tuesday. Falwell was 73.
-Falwell turned to politics after the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973
-Falwell founded Liberty University and the conservative Moral Majority.
-Falwell started Thomas Road Baptist Church in 1952.with 35 members
in Lynchburg, Virginia
-Graduation will go on as planned at Liberty this weekend:
The Baccalaureate Service will be held at 7 pm on Friday, May 18th
Commencement will be held in the Arthur L. Williams Stadium at 9:30 am on Saturday, May 19th.
President Bush said he was deeply saddened by Falwell's death, calling him "a
man who cherished faith, family and freedom."
Pat Robertson said: "Jerry's courage and strength of convictions will be sadly
missed in this time of increasing moral relativism."
www.liberty.edu
The Clemmons Town council narrowly approving a policy that bans sectarian prayer to open its meetings. The Village Attorney Warren Kasper saying that such prayers are illegal.
The council’s action in Clemmons occurred the same night that the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners approved sectarian prayer at the beginning of its public meetings. (www.journalnow.com)
Yolanda Denise King, the daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., died late last night in Santa Monica, California. Ms King was 51. She was an actress, an author and advocate for peace and non-violence. (CNN)
Firefighters are making progress on containing a wildfire that has charred close to 400 square miles along the Georgia-Florida border. (USA Radio News)
Former American Idol winner Carrie Underwood taking home 3 statues last night at the 42nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards. www.cmt.com
This week is National Bike to Work Week.
Mark Schultz is cycling coast to coast for widows and orphans.
Proceeds from the bike ride (through early July) will go to the James Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Family Christian Stores. www.markacrossamerica.org
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs rally in the 10th with a 4-3 win over Salem.
Noon game today at Ernie Shore Field.
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
____________________________________________________________
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Partly cloudy. Afternoon showers and thunderstorms likely.
Breezy…High 80
Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms…Low 55
Thursday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 69
Friday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 68
Saturday: Sunny…High 75
Sunday: Sunny…High 82
Check out our scrapbook from Sharthon 2007
Details online www.wbfj.fm
American Red Cross Blood Drive 1 to 5:30.
To schedule an appointment...call 983-4900.
Evangelist Jerry Falwell, who helped turn the religious right into a powerful political force passed away on Tuesday. Falwell was 73.
-Falwell turned to politics after the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973
-Falwell founded Liberty University and the conservative Moral Majority.
-Falwell started Thomas Road Baptist Church in 1952.with 35 members
in Lynchburg, Virginia
-Graduation will go on as planned at Liberty this weekend:
The Baccalaureate Service will be held at 7 pm on Friday, May 18th
Commencement will be held in the Arthur L. Williams Stadium at 9:30 am on Saturday, May 19th.
President Bush said he was deeply saddened by Falwell's death, calling him "a
man who cherished faith, family and freedom."
Pat Robertson said: "Jerry's courage and strength of convictions will be sadly
missed in this time of increasing moral relativism."
www.liberty.edu
The Clemmons Town council narrowly approving a policy that bans sectarian prayer to open its meetings. The Village Attorney Warren Kasper saying that such prayers are illegal.
The council’s action in Clemmons occurred the same night that the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners approved sectarian prayer at the beginning of its public meetings. (www.journalnow.com)
Yolanda Denise King, the daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., died late last night in Santa Monica, California. Ms King was 51. She was an actress, an author and advocate for peace and non-violence. (CNN)
Firefighters are making progress on containing a wildfire that has charred close to 400 square miles along the Georgia-Florida border. (USA Radio News)
Former American Idol winner Carrie Underwood taking home 3 statues last night at the 42nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards. www.cmt.com
This week is National Bike to Work Week.
Mark Schultz is cycling coast to coast for widows and orphans.
Proceeds from the bike ride (through early July) will go to the James Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Family Christian Stores. www.markacrossamerica.org
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs rally in the 10th with a 4-3 win over Salem.
Noon game today at Ernie Shore Field.
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Partly cloudy. Afternoon showers and thunderstorms likely.
Breezy…High 80
Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms…Low 55
Thursday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 69
Friday: Mix of sun and clouds…High 68
Saturday: Sunny…High 75
Sunday: Sunny…High 82
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5.14.2007
WBFJ Sharathon 2007
We exceeded our goal. What a praise!
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WBFJ News Up-date
Monday, May 14, 2007
Breaking News: JUNEAU, Alaska
The cruise ship “Empress of the North” has ran aground off the coast of Alaska. More than 200 people are being evacuated into life boats.
The Coast Guard was dispatched after receiving an emergency radio message at 12:35 a.m. this morning from the ship, operated by Majestic America Line of Seattle. (CNN)
It will cost you more to mail that card or letter today.
The cost of a first class stamp up to 41 cents.
Also, under the new postal rate increase…you will need to measure size, thickness and weight of your letter or card. Good News: the ‘forever stamp’…a generic stamp that will always be valid for mailing a letter no matter how much rates increase. (USA Radio news)
Daimler-Benz announcing today that it will sell more than 80%
of its Chrysler Group to a private equity firm. The deal worth $7.4 billion dollars.
Last year, Chrysler lost $1.5 billion dollars and is currently undergoing a restructuring plan. (USA Radio News)
The 2007 Acura MDX sport utility vehicle and the 2008 Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable passenger cars has received top scores in new crash tests released Monday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety .
Wildfires still causing problems in northern Florida and southern Georgia. Dense smoke from the wildfires forced authorities to close portions of Interstates 75 and 10 on Sunday. Georgia has 41 active wildfires; Florida has 218.
USA radio news / CNN)
Spiderman 3 having another big weekend at the box office
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
NASCAR: Jeff Gordon wins at Darlington
Dale Earnhardt, Jr winding up 8th.
Junior is leaving DEI but where will he go?
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny and mild…High 75
Tonight: Clear…Low 50
Tuesday: Sunny and warmer…High 83
-Rain possible Wednesday into Thursday.
-Temperatures back into the 70’s for Thursday and Friday
Breaking News: JUNEAU, Alaska
The cruise ship “Empress of the North” has ran aground off the coast of Alaska. More than 200 people are being evacuated into life boats.
The Coast Guard was dispatched after receiving an emergency radio message at 12:35 a.m. this morning from the ship, operated by Majestic America Line of Seattle. (CNN)
It will cost you more to mail that card or letter today.
The cost of a first class stamp up to 41 cents.
Also, under the new postal rate increase…you will need to measure size, thickness and weight of your letter or card. Good News: the ‘forever stamp’…a generic stamp that will always be valid for mailing a letter no matter how much rates increase. (USA Radio news)
Daimler-Benz announcing today that it will sell more than 80%
of its Chrysler Group to a private equity firm. The deal worth $7.4 billion dollars.
Last year, Chrysler lost $1.5 billion dollars and is currently undergoing a restructuring plan. (USA Radio News)
The 2007 Acura MDX sport utility vehicle and the 2008 Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable passenger cars has received top scores in new crash tests released Monday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety .
Wildfires still causing problems in northern Florida and southern Georgia. Dense smoke from the wildfires forced authorities to close portions of Interstates 75 and 10 on Sunday. Georgia has 41 active wildfires; Florida has 218.
USA radio news / CNN)
Spiderman 3 having another big weekend at the box office
Sports: Minor League Baseball action…
NASCAR: Jeff Gordon wins at Darlington
Dale Earnhardt, Jr winding up 8th.
Junior is leaving DEI but where will he go?
WBFJ Sharathon 2007 in the record books.
The official total…$622,488
Thank you for supporting WBFJ…your family station
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny and mild…High 75
Tonight: Clear…Low 50
Tuesday: Sunny and warmer…High 83
-Rain possible Wednesday into Thursday.
-Temperatures back into the 70’s for Thursday and Friday
5.09.2007
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News at WBFJ...
Davie County Voters Say No To School Bonds on Tuesday
Voters on Tuesday said no on a controversial school bond.
About 53 percent of registered voters cast ballots Tuesday. A total of 7,872 voters (62 percent) said no and 4,839 (38 percent) voted yes on the bonds.
The Midway Town Council Votes For Silent Prayer At Meetings
Officials in one Triad town have voted to open meetings with a moment of silent prayer. The Midway Town Council on Monday voted 4-1 to approve the measure.
Store clerk tip key to Fort Dix plot
Six foreign-born Muslims have been accused of planning to assault
the Army base and slaughter scores of U.S. soldiers with automatic weapons.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Cloudy skies. Thunderstorms possible this afternoon.
Breezy…High 75
Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms…Low 60
Thursday: Partly sunny. Warmer…85
WBFJ Sharthon 2007
May 8 - 11, 2007
(336) 777-1893
1–877–923–5083
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News at WBFJ...
Davie County Voters Say No To School Bonds on Tuesday
Voters on Tuesday said no on a controversial school bond.
About 53 percent of registered voters cast ballots Tuesday. A total of 7,872 voters (62 percent) said no and 4,839 (38 percent) voted yes on the bonds.
The Midway Town Council Votes For Silent Prayer At Meetings
Officials in one Triad town have voted to open meetings with a moment of silent prayer. The Midway Town Council on Monday voted 4-1 to approve the measure.
Store clerk tip key to Fort Dix plot
Six foreign-born Muslims have been accused of planning to assault
the Army base and slaughter scores of U.S. soldiers with automatic weapons.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Cloudy skies. Thunderstorms possible this afternoon.
Breezy…High 75
Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms…Low 60
Thursday: Partly sunny. Warmer…85
WBFJ Sharthon 2007
May 8 - 11, 2007
5.08.2007
WBFJ News
Hundreds of Yadkin County residents voicing their opposition yesterday morning with the Yadkin County Commissioners' recent decision to stop praying to God before their meetings.
-Two months ago, a majority of the commissioners agreed to end sectarian prayer. On Monday, Commissioner Brady Wooten made a motion to bring prayer back…but the motion was not seconded.
-In recent months, the ACLU sent letters to city and county governments statewide threatening lawsuits if they did not stop praying to a specific deity.
The ACLU claims such prayers in a government setting are unconstitutional.
Voters in Davie County will go to the polls today to decide whether to build a second high school in Smith Grove. If approved, the vote would allow the county to borrow $30 million for a new high school in and $7 million for renovations to the current Davie County High School.
Coast Guard helicopters rescued nine people from the Atlantic Ocean on Monday as winds gusted up to hurricane force along the North Carolina coast. Three of the 9 people were rescued from a makeshift life raft about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras.
Residents of Greensburg, Kansas are praising the national weather service for a 20-minute warning that was issued last Friday before a category 5 tornado ripped through their town. 9 fatalities associated with last weeks tornado.
Officials in Greensburg, Kansas saying that 95% of the town was destroyed.
AND…Flooding has forced hundreds of people from their homes and blocked streets and highways following a weekend of violent thunderstorms across the central Plains.
Praise and Prayer Day on WBFJ…Kicking off Sharathon 2007
AVALON tonight at First Assembly of God in WS.
Doors open at 6…concert at 7.
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Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny. Breezy…High 72
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 55
Wednesday: A slight chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms…High 75
Warming up into the 80’s by the end of the week
Praise and Prayer Day on WBFJ…Kicking off Sharathon 2007
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WBFJ Sharthon 2007
May 8 - 11, 2007
Tuesday, May 8: AVALON in concert at First Assembly of God in Winston-Salem. Detail online www.wbfj.fm
-Two months ago, a majority of the commissioners agreed to end sectarian prayer. On Monday, Commissioner Brady Wooten made a motion to bring prayer back…but the motion was not seconded.
-In recent months, the ACLU sent letters to city and county governments statewide threatening lawsuits if they did not stop praying to a specific deity.
The ACLU claims such prayers in a government setting are unconstitutional.
Voters in Davie County will go to the polls today to decide whether to build a second high school in Smith Grove. If approved, the vote would allow the county to borrow $30 million for a new high school in and $7 million for renovations to the current Davie County High School.
Coast Guard helicopters rescued nine people from the Atlantic Ocean on Monday as winds gusted up to hurricane force along the North Carolina coast. Three of the 9 people were rescued from a makeshift life raft about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras.
Residents of Greensburg, Kansas are praising the national weather service for a 20-minute warning that was issued last Friday before a category 5 tornado ripped through their town. 9 fatalities associated with last weeks tornado.
Officials in Greensburg, Kansas saying that 95% of the town was destroyed.
AND…Flooding has forced hundreds of people from their homes and blocked streets and highways following a weekend of violent thunderstorms across the central Plains.
Praise and Prayer Day on WBFJ…Kicking off Sharathon 2007
AVALON tonight at First Assembly of God in WS.
Doors open at 6…concert at 7.
1 – 877 – 923 - 5083
777 - 1893
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny. Breezy…High 72
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 55
Wednesday: A slight chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms…High 75
Warming up into the 80’s by the end of the week
Praise and Prayer Day on WBFJ…Kicking off Sharathon 2007
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WBFJ Sharthon 2007
May 8 - 11, 2007
Tuesday, May 8: AVALON in concert at First Assembly of God in Winston-Salem. Detail online www.wbfj.fm
5.07.2007
WBFJ News for Monday, May 07
Gas prices on the rise…going up 20 cents over the past two weeks. The average nationwide price for a gallon of gas (regular unleaded) is $3.07. (CNN)
The issue of whether to build a second high school in Davie County will be settled at the end of the day on Tuesday. Voters in Davie County will go to the polls tomorrow to decide on a school bond issue. If approved, the vote would allow the county to borrow $30 million for a new high school in Smith Grove and $7 million for renovations to the current Davie County High School. (WS Journal)
Officials in Greensburg, Kansas saying that 95% of the town was destroyed by Friday's tornado. The governor of Kansas said the rebuilding effort in Greensburg, Kansas will be hampered because of some of the much-needed equipment is currently in Iraq. Greensburg residents will be allowed to return today to recover what they can. Residents will be bused in and must leave by 6 p.m. (CNN)
Viva le Nicolas: Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy has won the presidential election in France. Sarkozy campaigned as a Pro-American, conservative candidate. (WXII)
The Queen continues her U.S. visit by going to Washington DC… On the agenda today…a visit to the National World War II Memorial, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and a state dinner at the White House. (USA Radio News)
"Spider-Man 3" smashing box-office records this past weekend.
Spider-man 3 earned a cool $148 million dollars in its first three days.
Beat the previous all-time weekend debut that was held by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest". (CNN)
Sports:
Tiger Woods wins the Wachovia Championship.
Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs fall to the Keys…7-2. Warthogs on the road this week.
FIRE DANGER THREAT for our listening area today:
The National Weather Service urging NO outdoor burning.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny. Breezy…High 67
Tonight: Clear and cool…Low 43
Tuesday (Praise and Prayer Day): Mostly sunny. Breezy…High 72
Warming up into the 80’s by the end of the week
WBFJ Sharthon 2007
May 8 - 11, 2007
Tuesday, May 8: AVALON in concert at First Assembly of God in Winston-Salem. Detail online www.wbfj.fm
The issue of whether to build a second high school in Davie County will be settled at the end of the day on Tuesday. Voters in Davie County will go to the polls tomorrow to decide on a school bond issue. If approved, the vote would allow the county to borrow $30 million for a new high school in Smith Grove and $7 million for renovations to the current Davie County High School. (WS Journal)
Officials in Greensburg, Kansas saying that 95% of the town was destroyed by Friday's tornado. The governor of Kansas said the rebuilding effort in Greensburg, Kansas will be hampered because of some of the much-needed equipment is currently in Iraq. Greensburg residents will be allowed to return today to recover what they can. Residents will be bused in and must leave by 6 p.m. (CNN)
Viva le Nicolas: Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy has won the presidential election in France. Sarkozy campaigned as a Pro-American, conservative candidate. (WXII)
The Queen continues her U.S. visit by going to Washington DC… On the agenda today…a visit to the National World War II Memorial, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and a state dinner at the White House. (USA Radio News)
"Spider-Man 3" smashing box-office records this past weekend.
Spider-man 3 earned a cool $148 million dollars in its first three days.
Beat the previous all-time weekend debut that was held by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest". (CNN)
Sports:
Tiger Woods wins the Wachovia Championship.
Minor League Baseball action…
Warthogs fall to the Keys…7-2. Warthogs on the road this week.
FIRE DANGER THREAT for our listening area today:
The National Weather Service urging NO outdoor burning.
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny. Breezy…High 67
Tonight: Clear and cool…Low 43
Tuesday (Praise and Prayer Day): Mostly sunny. Breezy…High 72
Warming up into the 80’s by the end of the week
WBFJ Sharthon 2007
May 8 - 11, 2007
Tuesday, May 8: AVALON in concert at First Assembly of God in Winston-Salem. Detail online www.wbfj.fm
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