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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday April 7, 2007
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LEBANESE FOOD AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Saint Elias Maronite Catholic Church
April 13-14, 2007 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
836 8th Street South--Near University Boulevard & 8th Street South

Get Homemade Lebanese Food Lunch and Dinner April 13 - 14
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?
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. Shuttle service Friday and
Saturday night from 5-9 from Epic School parking lot. Follow the signs.

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_2007.html
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....Coldest April Morning Ever Tomorrow?...

Historic weather may be on the menu for Alabama on this Holiday
Weekend as potentially the coldest air ever seen in these parts in any
April is in store for us. If we drop to 25F or lower at the
Birmingham Airport, it will be the coldest April morning ever in the
history of the station.

WATCHING THE THERMOMETER: It will be a nervous night for growers all
across the state of Alabama and the Deep South. Peach growers in
Central Alabama will be especially concerned. Readings tonight are
expected to range between 20-28. With several hours of freezing
readings expected, there is a risk that we could lose much or all of
the peach crop, which was expected to be especially good this year.
That could happen with only a couple of hours below 30F. We will hope
and pray for a miracle.

SUNRISE SERVICES: Many congregations will be holding Easter Sunrise
services in the morning. Conditions will be dry and cold. So if your
service is outdoors, make sure you are bundled up.

MOVING FORWARD: Sunday will feature a mix of clouds and sunshine,
with a high in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. Readings on Sunday
night will be several degrees warmer than tonight, but still will
likely drop below freezing. We are holding out hope that clouds will
overspread the area after midnight and act as a blanket to keep
temperatures up just a bit. Keep your fingers crossed. There could
even be a little light sleet, light snow or light rain after midnight
early Monday morning. After the disturbance moves past, conditions
will be dry on Monday.

Temperatures will warm back to near 60. By Monday night, a
southeasterly flow will start picking up over Alabama and temperatures
should start to go back up overnight. By Tuesday, we should be back
into the upper 60s to near 70s degrees as strong low pressure moves
across southeastern Missouri. Rain and thunderstorms will overspread
the area from the southwest ahead of an approaching cold front Tuesday
night into Wednesday morning. Some of those storms could be on the
strong to severe side. We go cooler and cloudy on Thursday. Partly
cloudy on Friday, before we start being affected by another storm
system next weekend.

ON THIS DATE IN 2003: Snow spoiled the home openers for the New York
Yankees, Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians as a spring snowstorm
brought a swath of snow from the Midwest to the Northeast. Five to
eight inches of snow fell in New York City, making it one of the
heaviest April snowstorms in Big Apple history. The late season snow
was just another chapter in the saga of a snowy winter in New York
City that drought twice the normal annual snowfall for the city. The
Yankees postponed the home opener until the following day, and pushed
the first pitch back three hours to give stadium crews time to get
ready for the game. The Yankees are not very prepared for snow, so t
hey had to call the football Giants to borrow 200 snow shovels to help
remove snow from underneath the seats.

Bill Murray
billmurray@worldnet.att.net

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THE ALABAMA SPORTS HALL OF FAME
INDUCTION CEREMONY & REUNION OF WINNERS!
June 2 through June 4

Make plans now to be part of a great weekend with Alabama sports legends.
Three days of incredible festivities.

Saturday, June 2--ASHOF Reunion of Winners Dinner and Silent Auction
Sunday, June 3--ASHOF Class of 2007 Induction Banquet
Monday, June 4--Reunion of Winners Celebrity Golf Tournament at Bent Brook

The Class of 2007 inductees are Jerry Duncan, Wilbur Jackson, Buck Johnson,
Barry Krauss, Al Lary, David Marsh, Sonny Smith, Gene Washington and
Distinguished Sportsmen David Housel and Mal Moore

Become part of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame family!
Call 205-323-6665 or visit us at http://www.ashof.org
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TONIGHT
Temperatures drop like a rock under clear skies. Some clouds later.
A hard freeze likely.
Overnight Low 26
WIND: Light

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. A damaging early morning freeze.
Morning Low 24 Afternoon High 54
WIND: NW 7-14

MONDAY
Partly sunny. A milder afternoon.
Morning Low 27 Afternoon High 61
WIND: E 4-7

TUESDAY
Increasing clouds and warmer. Becoming breezy. A chance of showers
and storms. Some could be heavy.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 69
WIND: SE 7-14

WEDNESDAY
Rain and thunderstorms. Some could be severe. Rain could be heavy.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 72
WIND: SE 10-20

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