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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday April 14, 2006
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LEBANESE FOOD AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Saint Elias Maronite Catholic Church

April 21-22, 2006 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Located at 836 8th Street South
Near the corner of University Boulevard and 8th Street South

Get Homemade Lebanese Food Lunch and Dinner April 21-22 Easy Friday Lunch.
Fast Service in/out in minutes -- Take out or dine in. For really fast
service come early or late. We serve food the whole day. You can also have
food delivered to your place of business for Friday lunch. Click on our
website below for details.

Baked Kibbee, spinach pies, rolled grape leaves, fresh grilled lemon
chicken, loobia (spiced green beans), and sweets galore.
Have you ever tried Lebanese ice cream or the traditional baklawa?
It is worth the calories. All this and more will be available. Visit the
a-la-carte station - inside only - Meat Pies, Spinach Pies, Grape Leaves,
Tabouleh, and Homus. Stock up.

Take a tour of the church, visit our heritage room and learn more about the
language of Aramaic spoken at our liturgy. See scenes of Lebanon in our
main hall.
Silent Auction and Live Band from New York, back by popular demand each
evening.

All this and there is No Admission Charge. 25% of all proceeds go to
charities other than St. Elias Church.

FOR MORE INFO AND A COMPLETE MENU VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT:
http://www.stelias.org/festival_2006.html
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DRY, WARM EASTER WEEKEND: It has been nearly a full week since it
rained in Alabama and with brisk SW winds, it won't be too long until people
will be begging for rain. Not too long either until the woodlands dry out
considerably.

We do not foresee any rain until about the middle of next week. Only
possible exception would be the risk of just a few showers on Tuesday as a
week cold front pushes down from the NE and slows or stalls in Central
Alabama. On Wednesday, that stalled front will head back northward as a warm
front. All of this means that our best chance of some showers and
thunderstorms will come in the Wednesday-Thursday timeframe of next week.
Too early to ascertain if we will have a brush with severe weather, but
there are slight indications.

Meanwhile, since the warm dry weather is entrenched, let's enjoy it
for the duration. High temperatures will continue running more than 10
degrees above normal for mid-April. We expect highs to persist in the mid
80s.

EASTER SUNDAY: More sun than clouds. Very warm for mid April with
highs around 85 and it should be around 62 if you are going to a sunrise
service. Brisk SW winds of 10-20 mph.

ANOTHER TORNADO OUTBREAK: It happened overnight mainly in Eastern
Iowa. There was considerable damage in Iowa City, which is where Iowa State
University is located. There was widespread damage in the downtown area and
a number of people were trapped. The downtown courthouse was unroofed.
Around 9 o'clock last night, three tornadoes were on the ground at the same
time on the east side of Muscatine, Iowa. One person was killed in a mobile
home. A moderate risk of severe weather is posted for the rest of today and
tonight, including places like Louisville, Cincinnati and Evansville,
Indiana.

FRIDAY NOTES; 100 at Castolon, Texas and Medicine Lodge, Kansas was
the hottest in the USA yesterday...Medicine Lodge is an interesting place
name. We have been getting reports from them for years. Mind you, that 100
degrees was accompanied by strong SW winds that will bake you in a hurry...a
paradox-it was 99 in Coldwater, Kansas...just to cool you off, it was 71
below zero with blowing stow at Vostok, Antarctica.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: At 5:46 this morning, I was sleeping so
soundly. I may have even been dreaming about pop tarts and a fresh pot of
coffee. A sudden thud. Little Miss Molly had become airborne and landed in
the bed beside me. She turned upside down which meant she was ready for a
tummy rub and that she had other plans for me. Always a little drama along
the walking track. The minute we stepped onto the track there was a loud
objection from a female, lady, woman Mockingbird. (Can you tell I used to
listen to Justin Wilson?) The mama bird was fussing at us loudly and kept
diving toward us. A bit later, as we passed under a sassafras tree, her
hubby joined her as reinforcements. Molly looked insulted. She thinks she
owns the track. We moved on but the mama bird followed us for 100 yards
still complaining loudly. Then we saw Tommie, another nice lady that loves
Molly dearly. Molly got another long tummy rub and she quickly forgot about
the pesky birds.

J.B. Elliott
jbelliott@centurytel.net

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TONIGHT
Fair and mild.
Morning Low 61
WIND: SW 5-10

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny with temperatures more than 10 degrees above normal.
Morning Low 61 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SW 8-16

SUNDAY
Partly sunny, breezy and warm.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 85
WIND: SW 10-20

MONDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 85
WIND: SW 8-16

TUESDAY
Continued warm with a small chance of a shower.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 85
WIND: NE 6-12

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