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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Thursday April 27, 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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DOWNHILL FOR WEEKEND WEATHER: Another great day weather-wise for
Friday, but after that we go skidding downhill. It looks now that Saturday
morning will continue to be dry with showers and thunderstorms arriving
later. They could even hold off until late afternoon, especially over on the
east side of the state.

During this episode of foul weather, the most numerous showers and
thunderstorms will be Saturday night through Sunday morning. Sunday
afternoon is still a big question mark. This is important because of race
weekend at Talladega. We cannot rule out showers and some storms continuing
Sunday afternoon, even though we think the strongest ones will be Sunday
morning.

There is also a risk of some heavy rain during this event. One of
our models paints a strong cluster of thunderstorms near the
Mobile-Pensacola area Sunday morning. If that happens, it could cut down on
the amount of rain inland over South and East Alabama. But you know weather
models-they sometimes change their minds as often as a little puppy. We will
be able to really zero in on the timeline in our Friday editions. (See our
day-by-day forecast.)

LIGHTNING IS FRIGHTENING: It is still the one weather phenomenon
that I am most afraid of. Did you know that an average flash of lightning
could keep a 100-watt light bulb burning for 3 months?

MIXED BAG: More than an inch of rain in the last 24 hours in the
Alabama towns of Wadley, Pell City, Ashland, Montgomery...coolest
temperatures in the state this morning: 43 in Hamilton, 45 in Cullman, 46 in
Collinsville and Meridianville, 47 in Jasper, 48 in Huntsville, Vinemont and
Decatur...lowest USA temperature 4 below at Wainwright, Alaska and in the
lower 48 it was 21 at Big Piney, Wyoming...have not checked on Mt.
Washington, New Hampshire in a long time. It was 18 this morning and blowing
snow, 12 inches on the ground, wind chill minus 5, wind gusts to 55.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I want to ignore Little Miss Molly
today in favor of a story from Carla McFarland. I asked permission to use
this story in the hope that it would make us all appreciate our pets more
and treasure our time with them. Carla's cocker spaniel, Brandy, developed a
cancerous tumor the size of a golf ball. It grew to the size of a softball
in two short months. Carla has a great vet and he told her that Brandy would
let her know when it was time to go. About a week ago, Brandy woke up and
put her head under Carla's hand wanting her to pet her. She had never done
that before, because she preferred belly rubs. Carla is sure that it was
Brandy's way of telling her she was ready to go. Carla had read a book
recently called, "Getting Lucky," by Susan Marino. It was a story about a
dog coming to live his last days in a hospice called "Angel's Gate." On
April 21, the Pell City Animal Hospital was loving and compassionate during
Brandy's last moments. Carla will never forget how beautiful Brandy looked
in her box holding her favorite toy. Brandy was buried April 22 at Carla's
parent's farm next to her cat, Max. If Carla's story does not touch us, I
don't know what will. I dread the day when I face that with Little Miss
Molly. I plan to post a longer story on the BLOG.

J.B. Elliott
jbelliott@centurytel.net

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TONIGHT
Clear and cool.
Morning Low 45
WIND: NE 4-6

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny. A cool morning.
Morning Low 45 Afternoon High 79
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
Clouds increase. Breezy with showers and thunderstorms arriving late. More
numerous Saturday night.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 75
WIND: SE 12-22

SUNDAY
Windy with showers and thunderstorms. More numerous through the morning.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 71
WIND: SW 12-25

MONDAY
Variable cloudiness. Still a chance of showers.
Morning Low 51 Afternoon High 72
WIND: S 6-12

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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 65,000 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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