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Afternoon Edition For Wednesday April 26, 2006
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"Weekend to Remember" Marriage Conference Coming To Birmingham!

The annual "Weekend to Remember" conference sponsored by FamilyLife,
designed to strengthen and improve marriages, will be held in Birmingham at
the Marriott Hotel on Highway 280 on May 5 - 7

Topics include threats to marital oneness, God's plan and purpose for
marriage, developing communication skills, resolving conflict, expressing
forgiveness and achieving intimacy.

Registration is $109 per person or take advantage of the group rate of $79
per person for five or more couples. The Marriott offers a reduced rate of
$95 per night for room accommodations.

The conference offers a money-back guarantee! For more information, call
800-FL-TODAY or go to
http://www.familylife.com/conferences/show_conference.asp#Birmingham
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GREAT WEATHER NEXT TWO DAYS: After we get rid of all of these low
clouds, fog, showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and this evening, look
for a 180-degree turnaround for our weather tomorrow and Friday.

We can give the credit to a cold front that was pushing its way into
North and West Alabama this afternoon. It is not exactly a speed demon, but
it was bringing noticeably cooler temperatures. All afternoon temperatures
have been hanging out in the mid 50s over NW Mississippi and West Tennessee.

This afternoon, a line of strong thunderstorms formed near the front
dumping locally heavy rain. Those will move on to the east fairly quickly.
By nightfall, most of the showers and storms will be east of the Birmingham
area and they will be ending later this evening over on the east side of the
state. Look for mostly sunshine both Thursday and Friday with cool mornings
and pleasant afternoons. The humidity will be much lower.

NASCAR WEEKEND: This is race weekend at Talladega. The last two
model runs have agreed fairly well that the next best chance of showers and
thunderstorms will be mainly late Saturday and Saturday night and into
Sunday morning. Difficult to say if all of the showers will be east of
Talladega by Sunday afternoon, but we think there is a good chance of that.
Looks like a heavy rain event for much of Central Alabama late Saturday
through Sunday morning. High temperatures both Saturday and Sunday at the
racetrack should be in the 70s.

WEDNESDAY WANDERINGS: Thunderstorms to the east of Alabama became
severe this afternoon with a Watch posted mainly in South Carolina...there
were even several Tornado Warnings...1.47 inches of rain at Muscle Shoals in
the NW corner of Alabama overnight...102 degrees at Laredo, Texas was the
USA hotspot Tuesday...coldest in the lower 48 this morning was 10 at Aspen
Springs, Colorado...it was 25 in Denver and 17 out on the Eastern Plains at
Limon. That is quite cold for so late...coldest in Alaska was 2 above zero
at Norutak.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: With our recent installation of DSL
internet access, our security people came by today to install a filter,
otherwise we would not know when there was a fire or burglar. After the
gentleman installed it, he tested the system which sets off an extremely
loud alarm. You guessed it-Little Miss Molly almost jumped through the
ceiling. She was so scared she was shaking like an Aspen leaf in the Rocky
Mountains during a brisk wind. We held her and talked to her, but she would
not settle down until the installer left. She knew he was a big
noisemaker...sure did enjoy our walks today. Everything around the walking
track is so lush and green that it almost looks like a rainforest...the
birds seemed happy and Little Miss Molly was as happy as a lark...haven't
seen the CR (Community Rabbit) in well over a week. Sure hope they have not
bailed out on us...we enjoy them and it gives Molly a huge thrill...no crows
or the Community Cat recently either...life goes on.

J.B. Elliott
jbelliott@centurytel.net

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TONIGHT
Showers ending this evening. Turning cooler.
Morning Low 48
WIND: NW 6-12

THURSDAY
Sunny and pleasant. Much lower humidity.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 72
WIND: N 7-14

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny. Another cool early morning.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 78
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
Clouds increase. Breezy with occasional showers and thunderstorms. More
numerous Saturday night.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 76
WIND: S 8-18

SUNDAY
Good chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly during the morning. Windy.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 76
WIND: SW 12-25

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THE 2006 ALABAMA SPORTS HALL OF FAME
INDUCTION WEEKEND! MAY 20-22

The weekend festivities starts off on Saturday, May 20 with the Alabama
Sports Hall of Fame Foundation Reunion of Winners Celebrity Dinner and
Silent Auction featuring comedian Mike Rayburn at the Birmingham Sheraton
Civic Center Hotel.

The induction banquet for the Class of 2006 will be Sunday night, May 21 at
the Birmingham Sheraton Civic Center Hotel. This year's class includes Mia
Hamm, Mickey Andrews, Joe Ciampi, Jim "Peanuts" Davenport, the late Tim
Flock, Lionel James, Buddy McClinton and Bob Veale. Our Distinguished
American Sportsman for 2006 is Michael E. Stephens.

The Reunion of Winners Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, May 22nd at
the Bent Brook Golf Course.

Rub shoulders with Alabama's greatest sport heroes such as Gene Bartow,
Robert Brazile, Pat Dye, Kevin Greene, Lloyd Nix, Wimp Sanderson, John
Stallworth and many more.

The ROW events are the primary fundraisers for the ASHOF Outreach Program.
Through this program, more than 50,000 students statewide have been provided
the opportunity to visit the ASHOF and be inspired by some of our state's
and nation's most outstanding sports figures who are ASHOF Inductees.

For more information about the weekend of events call the Alabama Sports
Hall of Fame at 205-323-6665 or visit their website at http://www.ashof.org.
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