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  • Morning Show Notes From March Eleventh

    Morning Show Notes From March Eleventh

    In Case You Missed It

    No, Harry Potter Doesn’t Have The Corona Virus

    Fake News Alert.  Don’t fall for this.

     

    Peep On A Perch Keeps An Eye On Your Kids During Easter

    Move over Elf On The Shelf!

     

    Willie Nelson, Brothers Osborne, Gov’t Mule, Margo Price In Concert

    Holy smokes what a show!  Tickets go on sale next Friday.

     

    Feel Good Story Of The Day

    After living in his car for 30 days, car dealership owner lets homeless people sleep in their cars on his lot.

     

    This Date In Country Music History

    “Baby lock them doors and turn the lights down low.”  Josh Turner’s song “Your Man” reaches #1 on this date in 2006.

  • 4×4 Club Slogs Through Snow To Help Hospital Workers Get To Their Shifts

    4×4 Club Slogs Through Snow To Help Hospital Workers Get To Their Shifts

    “It’s nice to give back to them.”

     

    Vancouver Island, on Canada’s Pacific Coast was covered in several feet of snowfall earlier this week, a local four-by-four club has been helping make sure nurses, doctors, and healthcare workers get to their shifts at the local hospital.  This tradition started last winter when the Vancouver Island Toyota 4×4 club volunteered to help  drive hospital workers to their jobs during the harsh winter storms.

     

  • 104 Year Old Marine Corps Veteran Wants Valentine’s Day Cards

    104 Year Old Marine Corps Veteran Wants Valentine’s Day Cards

    Our Feel-Good Story Of The Day!

    United States Marine Corps Major Bill White served 30 years in active duty in the USMC.  He was wounded in the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945, and earned a Purple Heart, which he says is the medal he’s most proud of.

    Now in his 54th year of retirement, Bill spends his days dining with his friends in Stockton, staying active and scrapbooking, which is one of his favorite hobbies. He keeps a lifetime full of memories carefully preserved on the bookshelves in his room, each organized by year.

    For Valentine’s Day, White said he wants to add to his collection with cards from people near and far.

    “I’ll save every one of them like I’ve been saving little things that have come up until right now and they’ll be a personal part of my history,”

    If you, your kids, or your classroom would like to send Maj. Bill White a Valentine’s Day card this year, address it to:

    Operation Valentine
    ATTN: Hold for Maj Bill White, USMC (Ret)
    The Oaks at Inglewood
    6725 Inglewood Ave.
    Stockton, CA 95207

  • Florida Man Pays Off Entire School Lunch Debt

    Florida Man Pays Off Entire School Lunch Debt

    Our Feel Good Story Of The Day

    A lot of crazy stuff comes from the Sunshine State, but a lot of good people live there too.  Like Palm Beach real estate agent Andrew Levy, who recently paid off the school lunch debt at his local school district, even though he doesn’t have children in the district anymore.  CBS 12 in Palm Beach County has the story, which you can watch below.

  • Show Notes For November Seventh

    Show Notes For November Seventh

    Thursday Show Notes

    Two local football teams are in the playoffs, and two more play their final games of the season tomorrow night.

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    Go Greenwave, Go Rebels, Go Bulldogs and Geaux Storm! Streaming links are here. 

     

    Boss pays off Vietnam Veteran’s mortgage so he can retire early

    Is your boss that nice?

     

    LEGOs + Chris Stapleton = The Greatest Country Music Video ever

    Chris and Morgane Stapleton’s Outlaw State of Kind fund will be donating royalties from the video to organizations implementing the LEGO Foundation’s Playful Parenting program

     

    Throwback Thursday!

    Tons of incredible songs were sitting at #1 this week in country music history!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc5GLG5JtQo

  • Boss Pays Off Vietnam Veteran’s Mortgage So He Can Retire Early

    Boss Pays Off Vietnam Veteran’s Mortgage So He Can Retire Early

    Feel Good Story Of The Day for November Seventh

    69-year-old Vietnam veteran Albert Brigas has been a loyal, hard-working employee at Renown Auto Restoration in San Antonio for the past 13 years.  Albert wanted to work until he paid off his mortgage, and only had about a year left to go.  Albert’s boss Rudy had other plans for him.

  • Enterprising College Student Wins Krispy Kreme’s Blessing

    Enterprising College Student Wins Krispy Kreme’s Blessing

    Our Feel Good Story Of The Day

    Earlier this week, the Krispy Kreme donut company made news when they shut down a the side hustle of a 21-year old college student named Jayson Gonzalez.  He was making 500 mile round trip drives every weekend from his school in Minnesota to his hometown in Iowa, buying one hundred dozen Krispy Kreme donuts, and selling them for a tidy profit back at his school.  Jayson says he was selling the $10 boxes of donuts for $17-20, in an area that had been without a Krispy Kreme donut store for over ten years.  Jayson started the side hustle with a goal of graduating from school  debt-free.

    Krispy Kreme got word of Jayson’s hustle, and asked him to stop.  Krispy Kreme donuts don’t keep very long, and the company didn’t want him selling day-old donuts for a premium price.

     

    Jayson reported the news on his Facebook page.

     

    https://www.facebook.com/KrispyKremeRunMinnesota/posts/446545695981420

     

    Krispy Kreme’s fans were also quick to call out the company.

     

    https://twitter.com/devinsburton/status/1191447023649775616

     

    However, the Krispy Kreme executive board’s collective heart must have grown three sizes in the past 24 hours, because Krispy Kreme just gave Jayson the green light to keep selling their donuts.

    we are happy to work with Jayson as an independent operator to ensure consistent delivery of our high-quality doughnuts to our fans in Minnesota.

    Krispy Kreme also gave him certificates for 500 boxes of free donuts to help Jayson’s entrepreneurial endeavor.

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  • Feel-Good Story Of The Day For November Fifth

    Feel-Good Story Of The Day For November Fifth

    Florida Mom’s Autistic Son Asks His First-Ever Question.  Twitter Has The Answer.

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    Kerry Bloch‘s 21 year old son David is Autistic, and has been non-verbal most of his life.  David also suffers from an immunodeficiency disorder that has kept him isolated from other kids his whole life.  Kerry says it breaks her heart when her son watches TV and  asks why he can’t laugh and hang out with other people too.

    Recently, Kerry said David spontaneously asked his first-ever question.

    Well, Twitter has answered nearly 10,000 times so far.  People from all over the world have reached out to tell David that yes, they’d like to be his friend.  Even David’s favorite football team, the Jacksonville Jaguars, replied.

    David’s mom was completely overwhelmed by the response.  David made up a special thank-you card for everyone who replied to his mother’s post.

    There is a lot of debate in our society right now about whether or not social media brings us together as a society, or drives us apart.  Stories like this one here are what social media was made for!