A Microcosm For Wisconsin And The Nation (Hour 2)

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We have a very wonderful show ahead for you today.

A very civic media minded show.

They're Calvin, by the way, Calvin, Butenhof on the ones and twos.

And how are you doing today, Calvin?

I'm doing good.

I'm hoping we're trending in the right direction, temperature wise.

Yeah.

I mean, that's definitely Wisconsin thing, I believe.

is that when we went through a really deep cold, you don't need me to remind you, I would say a solid week of zero below zero, very, very cold wind chill factors, that when you hit that place of 20 degrees between 20 and 30, you're like, well.

shorts weather.

Let's do this.

Let's get to it.

Let's get out in the sun and get a, let's get a projects out in the, can I, can I mow the, can I mow the lawn right now?

Is that cool?

That's how we get in our minds, but we still have many weeks of winter left.

And I believe today is, if I'm not mistaken, it's groundhogs day, Calvin.

It's groundhogs day.

Let's check it out here.

Uh, it's today.

Uh, and according to the weather channel,

His prediction drumroll, please the groundhog known in punks to Tony Phil saw his shadow This means we could see six more weeks of winter at least according to groundhog day lore if you believe in ground dog day lore That all being said yes, so Well by by all meteorology meteorological that's a word weather people and the calendar and how

the season's work, we were still going to have winter.

And I feel like punk Satani Phil is a malign character.

He's just living his life.

And frankly, I feel like we shouldn't be mad at him.

Calvin, are you upset by this?

I'm not upset with him.

No, I feel bad for him, if anything, just ripped out of his den in the middle of winter.

Yeah.

I mean, that's a, that's very, very important.

to remember that there's a little feller.

Just trying to do is, is, is just like actually not his job.

It's not a job.

I don't think he gets paid.

I don't think it's paid at all.

Point is we still have more weeks of winter ahead and a couple of things I just want to always remind people, just please play it safe.

Keep yourself bundled up.

Keep yourself safe.

Keep the hand warmers available.

Scarf.

And I know that you might think to yourself, well, I live here.

Of course I do that.

A lot of people don't.

A lot of people just kind of like, I just walk into my car.

I don't need a heavy jacket or whatnot.

But also we probably will still have some cold, cold, cold temperatures ahead of us.

So also reach out to people who may need some help, people who are the elderly folks in your life who may need to be checked on, that kind of thing.

Keep it here on Civic Media because we have

great weather coverage as well, whether we're talking about the stuff we talk on talk or on our music stations.

We always have weather updates for you throughout the day.

So you can stay up to speed on what's going on.

Civic medium, uh, mobile app also will help you stay up to date on what's going on news and weather wise.

And then, uh, just be

prepared.

In the 1030 hour today, we're going to be, we'll be talking about some winter guesses and knows what, you know, we're coming out of it, but there are still great ways to prepare yourself for winter, winterize yourself, your life, your house.

I know, you know, we might be in February, but some people just don't check.

I mean, me as a new homeowner, I didn't know what to do.

So we'll be talking about that at 1035.

If you have tips for how you winterize your home, the regular things, or maybe you have a life hack.

Send that in to us.

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But we want to know your winterizing hacks, even though we're slowly creeping out of the winter.

weather, the winter temperatures, still good to know, still good to share with our neighbors what we know about how we take care of our property, our cars, and ourselves.

Today though, going back to Civic Media Minded, it's a Civic Media Minded Monday, I'll call that Kelvin.

We have two great guests today.

After the 9.30 news, we are talking to the genie of just about everything, Ms.

Terry Barr.

She'll be here.

talking about the stories she is working on.

Specifically, she wants to talk about an interview that she had with a woman who is going to college in Minneapolis and is sharing her first-hand account of the protests, as well as the fear people are facing, but also how they are trying to help folks in their community.

So that's Terry Barr at 9.35 this morning.

Always great time talking to her.

She's all over Civic Media.

If you go to civicmedia.us slash news, you can find her stories.

And then at the top of the 10 o'clock hour, I'm very, very excited about this as well.

Mr. Chad Holmes is going to be here.

Chad Holmes is the host of the Chad Holmes show, which you can listen to on the Civic Media app.

It's on WXCO.

You can listen to it on the air from eight until nine.

And then you can watch it.

for two hours, eight until 10 on our on the YouTube channel.

So excuse me, Chad Holmes is going to be talking to us about the stories he's working on, the interviews he's doing up in Wausau.

We spoke to Isabella Nieto last week, who is a civic media reporter up in the Northwood, specifically in the Wausau area.

We discussed the gubernatorial candidates who have been coming to the station to talk to Chad on the show to, you know, ingratiate themselves into

the community to let them know, hey, I'm here running for governor.

And I want to talk to chat about those interviews.

I want to talk to him about what's going on in Wausau.

And just the fact that chat is just so dialed into the community, whether we're talking about sports, whether we're talking about local, very local government, or just life in general in Wausau.

He's very passionate and very, very adept at that.

And I'm going to talk to him more about it at the 10 o'clock.

start of the second hour.

And then we're going to be talking about 10 35.

How do you winterize your life?

What are you doing?

What do you do?

What can you offer people as far as advice goes?

And then we got a handy tip from Greg at the end of the show to round everything out.

So it's going to be a great, great time.

And I guess I want to start this.

Like, well, we're, we haven't started the show, Calvin.

It's been going on for a while, but I saw an interesting article that

senior producer Tucker posted in our planning doc for this morning.

And it was, it's a letter to the editor from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

And it has to do with our elections, specifically our primaries.

And I just want to get your thoughts on this because when Joe Biden dropped out of the race in 2024 and essentially handed the reins to vice president Kamala Harris, there were a lot of folks who were very excited about that.

There are a lot of people who are upset about that, both Democrats and Republicans for their varying reasons, but the unifying reason between a lot of them was there was no primary.

There was no chance to one thoroughly vet Kamala Harris in a presidential role, even though I would say that the vetting had happened for the vice presidential role as well as when she ran for president in 2020.

But there was no choice.

for them other than to accept Kamala Harris as their nominee.

Some would say that that led to her being defeated.

I think that's a bigger conversation, but I understand the point.

On the right side here, and that's what this letter to the editor is dealing with, is that the GOP seems to be doing the same thing when it comes to the gubernatorial candidate for governor here in Wisconsin with regard to Tom Tiffey.

Now, great, he's not the nominee.

He still has to be nominated, accepted at their convention this year.

But at this point with Josh Shulman dropping out, he was the Washington County executive who was running against Tom Tiffany.

He was the only person at that point who was running.

He dropped out last week after President Trump endorsed Mr. Tiffany via Truth Social.

I think either the day of or the day after Josh Shulman dropped out and endorsed Tiffany.

And so now what you have is one person for the next.

10 months 9 and a half 10 months or I should say until the primary so until fall like early fall Who will have all the spotlight on them and and I asked the question last week so I asked two questions to you one to those who are listening who are Republicans GOP Do you like this?

Do you want to see more?

Would you have liked to have seen more candidates?

Do you still want to I mean this is no there's absolutely

There's no saying that a person can't jump into this, but Would you have liked to see more more choice more diversity in the field as far as like opinions or is is Tom Tiff and your guy and for those who aren't Republicans Do you like what's happening here in general because this is one of the big complaints of the two-party system is that we're not given a lot of choice and Sometimes we have to hold our nose and vote

And what do you want to see in place of that?

And I tie that into the fact that coming out of the Congress right now, Brian Stile, who is the congressman for the first district here in Wisconsin, he is putting forth the mega bill, which is make elections great again, which seeks to stringently tighten the ability to vote in this country.

And one of the things in there is ranked choice voting, which has been amongst

proponents that a way of getting voices out there and getting more diversity.

I'm not talking about, not talking about DEI diversity at this moment.

I'm talking about just not just Democrat, Republican, but a lot of other people.

And then you as the voter get to put your voice behind the folks you like in a ranked choice way.

Now, granted, I said this last week and we're going to do this.

I want to bring on somebody.

to talk about ranked choice voting because we are not really, I think that this is a newer topic as far as the main political landscape on certain communities using ranked choice voting to do their elections.

It's definitely not mainstream at this point, but in that mega bill, Brian Stile wants to outlaw ranked choice voting, which some see as a way of giving more of a voice to people to choose who should be their voices in

the capital, whether it's your state or the government or the national level in DC.

So I just want to know about that.

Like, do you like this fact that people are just kind of king making and putting down the sword and saying, you're the person, you're the one, and, and we're just going to keep moving forward.

And this is our guy.

Or do you want to see more choice in your candidates?

Is this something that bothered you in 2024 as a person who supported the Democrats?

Because I think we are an election year.

We are in a point where people are very tired of the same old, same old.

They're

people out there who are vocal about their dislike of the chosen to represent their parties because they feel like they do not have their best interest in mind.

So really, I just want to talk about that.

Ranked choice voting, where are your thoughts on that?

If you know about it, where are your thoughts on, you know, primaries being done, at least with the GOP here, almost in name only.

Because at this point, there's nobody else who's stepping in.

Doesn't seem like Tim Michaels is gonna run doesn't seem like Eric Huggie is gonna run the there was a moment last year where there was some stories But hasn't panned out Tommy Thompson hasn't come back out again for the third time and said maybe but I want to know from you and this is a Democrat Republican anybody.

How do you feel about this?

lack of choice for people to choose the people who run our government especially for governor That's a big deal right now in the in the national landscape and the attitudes

someone like Tom Tiffany.

Is he the guy for you?

Is he the one who represents your policies and your beliefs, especially if you are a GOP or Republican or conservative?

That's what I want to know because I feel like we need more choices and not less.

And that's a direct statement towards Brian style.

But when we come back, we'll talk more about this Cindy on the line.

I see you there.

Don't go anywhere.

I'll take your call on the other side, grab some snacks, grab some water, come on back.

We'll talk more about this on mid mornings on civic media.

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Terry Barr about a story she's worked, she's worked on and an interview she had with somebody in Minnesota, Minneapolis, who is seeing the protests happen.

First hand, so we're talking more about that with her and then 10 o'clock We're speaking with chat homes host of the chat homes show right here on civic media from 8 to 10 1 half on air the whole show online if you want to check it out I really think it's important for people outside of the Northwoods area to watch these shows because What happens in wasa happens in Green Bay what happens in Green Bay happens in Sturtivant what happens in Sturtivant happens in Kenosha And it's all connected whether you live there or not because these are the direct stories

Happening in those communities that directly affect the people so chat home show from 8 to 10 every morning Half on there half all online check it out civic media dot us for more information and then yeah, we're talking right now about the topic of the voting process and specifically when it comes to primaries and moreover the the lack of choice when it comes to Who you can vote for as a candidate, you know if you know

in 2024, it was people upset that they had to vote for Kamala Harris with no primary.

It took away their, their, their voice and their choice as they thought understood.

There can be the same thing applied now this year with the gubernatorial race, the fact that Tom Tiffany seems to be the presumptive nominee for the GOP, for the, for governor.

Does that make you upset as a GOP member, as a conservative or a Republican?

Do you want to see a bigger, heartier battle between candidates and their ideas

Or is this fine with you?

And, you know, there is no wrong answer in this.

I'm literally just looking for opinions.

Um, but yeah, I want to know that.

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Cindy from Appleton has been very patient.

Thank you so much, Cindy.

Good morning.

First of all, how was your weekend?

Good.

And I would like to say congratulations to Billie Eilish for her, her song of the year.

Yeah.

And I loved her comments.

She came out with that said, you know, immigrants are, we're all immigrants

on

stolen land.

And I thought, good, stick it to CBS because they're the ones that are given, you know, Colbert the boat.

Yeah.

I would say that there were a lot of great messages coming out of the Grammys last night.

There were a lot of people who were reflecting that same opinion.

So it became, it became a thing of like, yeah, this seems to be an opinion, unless you're jelly roll, but that's a whole other conversation.

Cindy, go on.

Yeah.

Well, anyway, I wanted to talk a little bit about ranked, the ranked choice, which, you know, it's really not, you knew it's been around for a while.

It's just it hasn't really gotten any track.

Exactly.

Yeah.

Our legislators, the reason they're trying to put a halt to this is because they know it's going to change things drastically in the voting.

And I was one of the Democrats upset about the whole Mandela thing, upset about the whole Kamala thing.

And I think the Republicans should be just as upset because this is taking democracy away from

us.

Yeah, and and that's the thing is I don't disagree with you at all Cindy and I'm glad you brought up both sides of it too because the both sides are complicit in this problem and I think what happens is is How am I gonna say this lightly Cindy I'm not going to with the Democrats I felt like in 2024 they were doing something from the point of view of like we got it We're taking care of you're taking care of and and Democrats like this isn't good and I think with Republicans they're saying here's your guy He's the one deal with it and people will say I guess so

Their meanings and their motives may be different, but ultimately the same because let's really To be honest here political machines not politicians or not, you know individual Democrats or Republicans, but When it comes to political machines the GOP versus the the Democratic Party They should be they should be held at arms length in my opinion.

They trusted with a grain grains of multiple salt

Because their businesses run with money and backers and that is what's always to be remembered in my opinion.

I think the more you can say, I'm, you know, I'm not part of the party.

I'm just, you know, the ideals match and whatnot.

Find your candidate who reflects your values.

That's fine.

But as far as the machine goes, I feel like both sides are doing the same thing where they're not giving us a lot of choice.

They're not giving us a lot of variety in this matter.

And I just, you know, for what I heard from the Democrats who were upset, I hope I hear the same thing from Republicans because they deserve candidates who reflect their values, who are at least able to fight for the job.

and say, this is where I differ on certain policies.

And maybe if the attitudes of this country are moving away from the mega movement, slowly, glacially, having candidates who have the guts to say, no, this, let's talk about how we make Wisconsin better.

We do it together.

We do it, you know, with conservative values, but it's not just so adhering to an ideology that is very unpopular in this country.

Jim from Berkfield is on the line right now, got very few, got about

45 seconds to a minute.

Go ahead.

What do you want to say, sir?

Okay, real quick.

I do agree that we need more candidates.

I think the more candidates, the better.

And I think in two examples in recent history, the Senate with Manila Barnes and Ron Johnson,

of

course, the presidential with Harris and Trump, not saying that they weren't the best candidates.

But the way they were so quickly anointed, Hey, this is the one we're going to rally around them.

I think had they been battle tested a little with a primary or just somebody to contest it, especially with Mandela Barnes running it a little longer, have them win it outright.

I think it would have been better for the party and it would have turned out better for the, you know, for everybody.

I don't just, I think I, Jim, I can't disagree with, I can't agree with you more.

Sorry.

I can't agree with you more.

And Cindy as well.

It's like, if you give us the choice to give the ability, then the best person who gets the message across.

will hopefully win.

And that I think is the best option for preserving a democracy that relies on the voice of the people to say who they want their leaders to be.

I think that is, I think that's not even, that's fair and should be the base value.

That's where we should always be.

And that's where I think things like the make elections great again.

Bill also tries to take that away from us by just saying, this is how you're going to vote.

These are the people who you're going to vote for.

And that's it.

But when we come back, Terry Barr from Civic Media, the genie of just about everything talking about her stories here on Civic Media, mid mornings.

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How are you still winterizing your life?

Punks.

Tony Phil is here.

Shadow is done.

It's going to be winter for what we'll feel like the next six years, but we want to know how you winterize your life and how you still protect your home, your car, yourself from the elements.

And then handy tip from Greg rounding out the show really quick here.

Jim from Appleton sent in a text listening on W I S S my dad whose birthday was today.

Happy, happy birthday, sir.

I always said, if he sees his shadow, it's six more weeks of winter.

It's not, it's not only, if not, it's only 42 days until it's over.

I love, that's how I look at it.

And you know what?

Really quick.

So it's, we're, we're here now in the second half of the first hour.

I told you I had a guest.

I do have a guest.

She is the genie of absolutely everything here at civic media.

Ms.

Terry Barr is our guest this morning.

Good morning, Terry.

Hey, Greg, how are you?

I'm doing well.

Now, really quick, before we get into the stories you want to talk about, how long you lived in Wisconsin for a while, your whole life?

Are you a lifelong?

I am born and raised outside of Green Bay.

We

did move away for quite a few years, but, you know, like many of us do, we love Wisconsin and we come back.

And so we are all aware of how time works, how the calendar operates.

Yes temperatures in certain parts of the of the year We're maybe 42 you 42 days away from spring, but we're also like a hundred days away from someone going it's

too

hot So I know

and you know, it's going to happen.

Here's where I count spring I look at spring as pictures and catchers report to spring training and that is in

seven days.

Yep

And I'm thinking about, I'm already thinking about maybe a trip to Arizona for spring train this year, which I'm willing, if civic media would like to pay for that, I'm willing to do reporting on the ground and talk to the people.

I'm not kidding.

I've made this offer before.

I will go there.

Oh, if

you need a sidekick,

I'm

happy to go with you.

But yeah, I'd love that.

I'd love that.

We'll have a whole crew.

We have to report.

But that's the thing too, is like, once we hit the new year,

I always tell myself, we're like two months of full winter left.

And we're in, we're in February now.

Yeah.

And I think maybe that's that lull

in

between January seems to go really fast,

even

with 31 days, February is a short month, but February seems to be the one that gets to people.

And I

don't know what that is.

If we're just, okay, I'm done.

I'm done with the snow.

I'm

done with winter.

Let's move along.

I felt like I was done in January because I felt like we got a lot of February weather in January.

And we got a lot of winter weather in November and December that we don't usually get anymore, like lots of snowstorms.

So that was La Nina.

That was the weather media, the meteorologists, their expertise.

But yeah, we will get through this together and we will stay safe together and we will stay warm and prepared.

But you are here today.

So.

If you folks don't know, Terry Barr, as we call her the genie of just about everything here at Civic Media, you are one of our reporters.

You report on everything from very serious news to, you know, your slice of Wisconsin's where you're highlighting great attributes to the state, to your Bar Band Friday reports on Pete Schwabba show where you're talking about local music, which you can laugh, but I think that's also very important because Wisconsin has, I believe, a very good local music scene.

I think it's not spoken about enough.

And I think any way we can highlight that is important and that's what you do.

But you are here to talk about a story that is very, it's near to us because it's right next door.

And it's about an interview that you had with an individual who is seeing what's going on in Minneapolis firsthand.

Can you talk more about that?

Absolutely.

Her name is Brie Stanovic.

Brie is originally from Berlin, which is just outside of Oshkosh.

And when I learned about Brie, what I was thinking, you know, all of us were talking about Wisconsin, I was thinking, wow, being from Wisconsin, she's lived in the Minneapolis area now for seven years.

does this feel like for somebody like her, not actually from Minneapolis originally, not like that matters, but to now be calling Minneapolis her town.

She does consider it her home now.

But I just really wanted to ask her all kinds of questions.

So this kind of sets the scene, this audio that I want to share with everybody of what it's like

No matter who you are, where you have come from, if you are living there right now, this is what it's like.

Calvin, if you'd play that audio, I would appreciate it.

When I'm out in public, I feel like I'm constantly looking over my shoulder right now, whether that's, you know, coming into my apartment and making sure no one's trying to get in behind me or supporting a local establishment and just making sure that everyone who's there is there with good intentions just to really drive home like what is happening.

Last week, like I was driving home from running some errands.

and was almost hit by like two speeding cars.

And this was shortly after seeing, you know, vehicles kind of spread everywhere.

There was a sweep happening at a school nearby and just not knowing if those were concerned community members trying to get to spaces to support or, you know, other things that are going on right now.

And so some things that have shifted, I'm in school right now and we have the option to call in remotely, which I'm really grateful for.

Some days, you know, it's hard to leave the house trying not to

move through life with fear, but having to be hyper vigilant and kind of some of the exhaustion that brings.

I'd seen groups of kids walking to school and this was a moment that just really hit me with.

how things are happening.

They looked afraid.

They're looking over their shoulders and the parents that were walking alongside them were looking the same.

But I do really want to be clear that even in the middle of all of this, it's not just fear.

I'm seeing people show up for one another and also just naming like these are just a few examples of the impact on my day to day, but just really wanting to hold space to say that I've had options and flexibility to move through life.

Let me ask you, you know, being there and being in it.

Did you ever think something like this could happen and what does this feel like?

That is a good question.

Is this something that I ever thought I could see happening and what is it like to be living through that?

You know, something I will say is that in my seven years living here in the Twin Cities, this isn't the first time our community has experienced hardship and collective pain and not even the first time in the last year.

We just had the

Annunciation, school shooting, that just happened back in the fall and just before that, you know, we've lost a state representative and her husband and had another attempt on two other state leaders' lives and then even just some of the back-to-back pain.

It's hard to conceptualize it even after it's happened time and time again and even if there were inklings of like what might take place, but I do really think that what's happening right now until it's actually

you know, happening in the present moment.

I don't know that anyone could really conceptualize or understand it until it's happening.

And again, that was Brie Starowitz and Brie originally from Berlin, which is near Oshkosh, but now calls Minneapolis home.

And that just gives you a really good feeling of what just the everyday normal people are feeling.

let alone trying to help their neighbors and friends.

If you're just joining us on civic media mid mornings here, we are talking to Terry Barr, who is a civic media reporter.

Also the max inc radio music issues.

Your host of the max inc radio music show.

I wanted to say that too.

I've seen that.

Cause you are again, the person who wears so many hats in this company, but we're talking about a story and a conversation you had with a,

Wisconsin night, who now lives in Minnesota, Minneapolis area calls that her home.

And I think that's something I'm seeing as far as stories come out is, is the fear and paranoia.

Now it's breeding as far as, you know, is what, if something happens, is that because of the actions by ice in the city, like everyone has is, is on eggshells.

It's not even the term you want to use.

They're just afraid.

That's, I mean, they're afraid.

And

The question I have too is, what residue will this leave for the community?

You know, let's, let's say in a year's time, this is all where they're moved past the actual thing itself.

Ice is gone and whatever may happen, how long does this stay with a community?

And that's where what she talked about the end is important was just people showing up to help, whether it's bringing food, keeping company therapy, things of that nature.

And I mean,

Was there anything else in the interview that we didn't get to hear that we should we should know about?

Well, she has been also out and and The whole idea of when she said going into my apartment and feeling like I still have to look over my shoulder

Or

someone in the parking lot and wondering now who is that and what are they doing here?

They don't look familiar just the things that start to tick in your brain as you

through a situation.

But what I love most, again, is her talking about the helpers.

She's been collecting money and supplies.

And this isn't only to help neighbors and friends or those caught up in it.

We have heard time and time again, some of the folks being detained once.

They are released.

They don't have anything.

They maybe don't even have their cell phone or their wallet.

So any help that people can provide them means so much.

This includes, and I didn't think about this until Bree mentioned, the small businesses being impacted.

We kind of saw this and went through this during COVID where everything shut down.

And

so many of these small businesses count on people who are coming into town

to

visit.

And a lot of that just isn't happening.

So going in and just buying a coffee for yourself and someone else Is a life-saving move for many of these people and for many of these businesses right now And I can tell you more about a charity that she spoke to me about if anybody out there listening is thinking well, I need one

Place that I can turn to that maybe I can do something to help and that's sort of where our conversation continued when I talked with Bree

Let's talk about that on the other side of the break when we come back with something I wanted I noticed a lot on social media this weekend were Small businesses here in Wisconsin, you know, there was a lot there was protests happening in Milwaukee this past weekend and I saw posts from you know

I saw a post from businesses saying, we're going to close early to give our employees the ability to protest.

But I saw one that was really, really great.

And I felt like they had to go to great lengths to explain why they said, we support this.

We cannot close.

We have to stay open to remain, we need to make money.

And we have talked to our employees about this.

We have talked about the options.

Almost like they have to pre-defend themselves.

from being open to say, we support this, but we cannot possibly close right now.

But here, like, you know, doing all the things, and I think that's just as viable.

So like those businesses that can't close, go and buy that coffee, buy that food, patronize those businesses because they have to stay open to stay viable and to be business people in the community who keep those beliefs alive.

And that's effective and important.

So we're going to talk more to Terry Barr about this story.

When we come back, go grab some snacks, grab some water, come on back.

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It says it's 23 degrees here in southeastern Wisconsin.

Let me check out 24 in Racine, where we are located at radio park.

So man,

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Time is still time and it's still going to keep going for the next few weeks.

But we are talking to Terry Barr, who is the genie of just about everything here at civic media reporter for music news all across the, all across the state, as well as stories that go beyond Wisconsin's reach, but still has a connection right here at home.

And we're talking about a story that you did with an, uh, where you interviewed a young woman who originally from Wisconsin now lives in Minneapolis, describing just what she sees on a regular basis.

And, and not just what she sees,

but how it affects how she and many others feel.

And before we went to the break, you said that, you know, in all of the things that are happening, one of the most important things to remember is those who are helping, who are putting forth their time, effort, their, their money, maybe to give to this.

situation and that's something we have to remember in all the bad there are still some good and the good is always the people who show up and you were talking about a charity that she is that the people can give to to help with this.

Right.

Well and what is so interesting again her name is Bree Starnowich and originally from the Oshkosh area.

And she did her own little collection.

And she said in just a couple of days, she collected $600 where she was able to give immediate support to some families.

Right now she is working on care packages for those who worked alongside Alex Pretti at the VA hospital.

And you forget about all these side impacts.

One thing I just found out from a friend who lives in Madison,

She is going to be traveling to Minneapolis for a convention coming up and she decided just for the heck of it I'm gonna call the hotel and just ask them what their policies are as far as allowing anyone from ICE to come into the hotel and The hotel wouldn't give her an answer

So you know what she did?

I mean, this is a small way to impact and let people know how you feel.

She canceled her reservation at that particular hotel called a different one to ask them what their policy is and the person she spoke with at that particular hotel said No, we we have signs up that say We we respect all of our guests.

We want you to feel safe guns are not allowed in our hotel and

Also, they had extra security hired.

So it's just an interesting idea to keep in mind how so many ways that people are being impacted by what's happening there right now.

It's also a good way to know how your dollars are being spent.

I mean, that's just- Right.

Whether we're talking about shopping local or putting that money to groups that support causes that align with your morals and your values.

I know that that's been a thing about us, the hotels.

And folks kind of putting these companies on blast for saying, you know, I mean, just from a, just from a privacy and safety standpoint, the fact that they won't, they won't respond or will allow that's, that's, that is reprehensible in my opinion.

But yeah, I mean, that's the war.

I was really

shocked about that.

But I give kudos to this friend of mine who, who made her own stand by saying,

I'm not going to cancel my plans.

I'm still going to go there.

I'm

going to go to this convention.

I'm going to support local businesses there.

But if this hotel cannot provide me the answers I need to feel safe and secure while I'm staying there, then I'm going to stay somewhere else.

Absolutely.

Then, and in talking with Bree, she said, stand with minnesota.com.

Minnesota.com is one of the best ways to be able to help if you can't be in Minneapolis.

They have ways that you can take action, they have ways to support, you can adopt a family, and there's so many other ways that they offer on a website to be able to just stay in touch really with what

being there.

That's wonderful.

And I will put that in the show notes this morning, as well as, you know, all the other information as far as what you've been working on.

And I always appreciate you stopping by to talk about, you know, whether we're talking about a slice of Wisconsin, or whether we're talking about a very, you know, impactful story as far as like, what is happening in today's landscape and today's national climate.

Terry Barr is Civic Media and Max Inc Radio Music Reporter.

the genie of just about everything.

Check out her bar band reviews every Friday with Pete Schwabba on Night Light.

And we'll have her back before you know it.

Terry, thank you so much for spending time with us.

I really appreciate you.

Happy Monday to all.

Happy Monday to all.

Stay, stay bundled up friends.

Stay warm.

I know, I know, I know it's 20 degree weather, but it might be for tomorrow.

You never know.

It's Wisconsin.

So again, thank you so much, Terry.

Have a wonderful day and keep being amazing.

Oh, thank you.

You're very welcome.

All right.

When we come back, it is chat homes, the chat homes host of the chat home show here on civic media as well.

This is a very civic media minded Monday.

I must say we'll be talking more about the Northwoods, Wausau, what's going on there in their community, how that affects the governor's race and how what happens there affects all of us just as all stories across the state has an impact on our communities here, whether you live near or far.

because we're all connected in that piece of the puzzle.

But we're talking to Mr. Chad Holmes when we come back from, from a break on civic media, mid mornings, my name is Greg Bach.

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And we're having a discussion now with our next guest, who is the host of the chat home show, which you can catch on WXCO.

So here's how it works.

By the way, the host of the chat home show is Chad Holmes.

Welcome Chad Holmes.

Good morning, Chad.

How are you doing?

He's on mute again.

Yeah.

It's like the old days.

Yeah.

I tell you, I mean, when I get on these as a guest, I, it's

like when you watch, when you watch late night talk show hosts, late night talk shows, and they have a late night talk show hosted guest and you just can't see them navigate the world of being the interviewee.

It's very fun to watch.

But Chad, you are the host of the Chad Holmes show, which is back on the air.

You are on from eight to nine on WXCO and then

The entire show eight to 10 is online on YouTube, correct?

Yeah, I actually enjoyed hearing you try to explain that last week.

Thank you.

Honestly, like as I'm explaining it, I remember that moment because I'm like, you are doing a terrible job right now, but you can hear the entire show on YouTube.

You can catch the first hour on on civic media.

You can always get the app.

You can stream it on the air.

From wherever you are in the world and then just go go go to your computer and turn on the rest and you'll be good to go

Yeah, basically the first hour is like normal just 806 till 9 o'clock here on WXCO you can tune in on the radio on WXCO dot FM Civic media mobile devices, whatever they may be and then because myself and my Engineer have more things to talk about we just stay on and you said the YouTube is

in the first hour and then we stay on YouTube for the second hour

and

you can also tune in on wxco.fm and the civic media app wxco tab on the sports two stream which we will have to change at some point because we just want to call it the stream two thing but uh but it's on on the sports two stream uh as well and then of course we put it all together as a podcast so after 10 o'clock uh we will put up the podcast each and every day and you can listen to it at your convenience uh that way as well

To quote Rick Moranis and the movie Spaceballs.

Everybody got that?

So Chad, you're back on the air and you're talking about everything that is the community.

And that's something that I really, you know, I talked about last week and spoke about you this morning, which is you are very dialed into the Northwood specifically Wausau community.

What's going on?

Not just the news and politics, but you also are a big, you are a bit, you cover the sports, local high school, those types of things.

And we spoke to Isabella Nieto last week about her work she's doing in Wausau as well.

Let's just start the big grand picture about Wausau.

Like, you know, what goes on in Wausau is important to what happens in Wisconsin.

And just tell us about your, you know, your, what you're seeing in the community right now.

Man, that's a rather big question to start things off.

Yeah, I

know.

Well,

okay, what's your favorite color Chad?

Wasta is a very interesting

place

and actually I was talking a little bit earlier We had a guest on By the way, I gotta I gotta share really quickly.

Yeah, go ahead You know one of the one of the what's the worst thing about a starting of a show day is being off the air And we had technical difficulties this morning.

So

we did not

Get on the air for a while and the good folks in Madison I was able to reach out and it took them a little while to figure out why we could not get connected here in our studio

And

ultimately we got going so that that was like and I had a guest coming in and it's like I go out there Sorry, we were having some technical difficulties here Yeah, and it was a gentleman who was talking about a big event going on through the was was a conservatory of music and I was talking to

him and also talking to my producer.

And I think there's a little microcosm of what you're trying to ask me about is that Warsaw is a community that I think in some ways is like a bigger city, but in other ways, like a smaller city.

It has a lot of things that we are very fortunate not to have to travel to Minneapolis or Madison or Milwaukee or East Green Bay for.

And yet at the same time, I don't think we're losing

that small town feel to it as well.

I mean, we have a wonderful venue of the Grand Theater that brings in Broadway level productions, and they are in the midst of raising money for a redo,

a

renovation.

starting in May, they'll be closed down actually from May until I believe early November for this $17 million renovation project.

And it's just wonderful.

And we have the conservatory and I was saying to my guests, I said, you know, it's amazing that folks here that have that love of music don't have to leave the community to get that extra training that you have the ability here to get the things that you could get, say,

in your part of the state and not have to travel multiple hours and leave the community to find a lot of these things.

So in that case, and also I think that we are, especially the Wausau metro area, I call Wausau, Rothschild, Schofield, Weston, Cronin, Wetter, this.

They're all connected.

It's not just Wausau.

It's connected.

And it's very much a microcosm of the state of Wisconsin.

It is very much a, I would call a purple area.

It is very much a place that can go either way.

As you get outside of that in Marathon County, it gets very red very quickly.

So again, that's used County a little bit.

But I think in a lot of ways we are a microcosm.

We have the same concerns that folks have throughout the state of Wisconsin.

I think that we

expect our elected officials to be present for us.

I think we ask a lot of our elected officials and I think that we get a lot from our elected officials for the most part as well.

And you know I want to dive into that a little bit more as far as the politics of Warsaw is just far as like who represents you and what's going on but really quick I think I think one of the beautiful things about Wisconsin

Even when you go to a place like Milwaukee Medicine or Green Bay or Appleton, even though those would be considered the big cities of the state by measure of coverage or, you know, how people understand a big city, we're still all smaller cities, like Milwaukee is a half a million people or so.

Like that's nothing compared to other cities.

And, and it's a big city here in Wisconsin, but it still has, I feel like every big city here in Wisconsin still has small town feel to it.

Cause there's still that small town attitude and that tradition.

Even if there are a half a million people there, it's still like, Oh, you know, they, they, you know, the things, and that's what, and I think that's why it's important to talk about what's happening in Warsaw because I think that translates to what's happening all over the state.

And when you talk about the politics, I mean, Warsaw is almost indicative of

the country because you had Wausau who had Mayor Katie Rosenberg, who was a liberal firestorm.

Like she made her, she made her bones on social media and became very, very popular.

And then they switched to Doug Denny, who is a conservative.

So like it shows that like the people of that community, their attitudes and opinions can shift.

And it sort of reflects what happened in this country in 2016, in 2020.

So I'm sorry, in 2024.

So,

I just think it's very interesting and I think people should pay more attention to what's happening in your neck of the woods.

I think in an actually Katie Rosenberg came here last week.

It was the first time that we'd had a chance to talk to her since she had lost the election.

Yeah.

She basically intentionally stepped away and did not want to come in and talk in a long form way with me until this.

Didn't want to you know be one of those like no when trump lost he was he never went away Yeah, I think I think that you you may you may not like what the result is but you have to respect what the results

Yeah,

and I think that she was ready to to recharge a little bit But as part of the discussion we mentioned and I mentioned to her that that election in the spring of 2024 was a bit of a bellwether for what we saw

not just in Wisconsin, but throughout the country and even throughout the world, that I would say left-leaning incumbents have a very tough go of it in 2024 worldwide.

And she agreed with that, and that was like one of those early indicators that...

Hey, maybe there is something here that says something bigger than just what the vote is within our community.

And I think too, and if you're just joining us on civic media mid mornings, we're talking to Chad Holmes, who is the host of the Chad Holmes show.

To find out more, go to WXCO.

fm.com as far as tuning in because he's both on the air and on online, but check out the show from eight to 10 Monday through Friday.

Um, I think that real, real quick,

wxco.fm.

Oh, sorry, my, by mistake, wxco.

So many radio stations.

Uh, thank you for correcting me.

And I think, and we can talk about this on the other side of the, the, you know, the break.

We can talk about the fact that like the election in Wausau and reflecting directly of what the attitude was here in

in the country, but also the behaviors of the mayor, reflecting the attitudes of the people in power at the federal level, specifically to one big incident that took place in 2024, where, you know, he got himself into some hot water for what I think was a big stunt, but went really wrong and got a lot of attention regarding a ballot box.

But I want to talk more about that.

moment.

And then just other things, especially the discussions you're having with the gubernatorial candidates who are coming through, because I'm seeing them all come to WXCO.

And I think that's great.

Cause I think it's important for those candidates to make sure that the Northwoods know that they're thinking of them.

Cause I feel like folks in that area of Wisconsin tend to believe the politicians don't really pay attention.

And that's not true, but that's more with Chad Holmes on the other side of that break.

But yeah, I mean, I think that, I think that,

when it comes to the conversations that you guys are having up there and the stories that you guys are covering, once again, we talked to Isabel Nieto last week about just a referendum in Wausau to fund firefighters.

I mean, that I feel like reflects a lot of what's happening in different communities as far as, you know, lack of funding, how cuts to shared revenue cuts by the federal government have to be applied and who is seeing

which services cut and how that's going to affect people.

And I think that firefighters referendum is also a big deal that I wanted to make sure people knew about.

Oh,

absolutely.

And it also goes back to when you make decisions on who's going to lead your government.

Exactly.

It has significant.

consequences because the way that Katie Rosenberg went about that issue and the way that Doug Denny goes about that issue and generally in terms of filling some of these positions are diametrically different.

And I think a lot of people don't think that deeply.

And again, I shouldn't make a blanket statement, but sometimes, you know, the whole idea of the feel is one thing that they try to do.

So again, yeah.

And that's all part of that conversation we're going to have over the coming year in this election season, which

strap in the midterms are coming and you can't stop it.

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How are you winterizing your life still in these last few weeks of the cold weather?

Can always use tips, hacks, advice, whatever you want to tell us.

How do you take care of yourself during these wintery months as we slowly move out of

the groundhog shadow into springtime.

But we're talking about that coming up in a little bit.

But right now we're talking with speaking to our buddy, Mr. Chad Holmes, host of the Chad Holmes show from eight to 10 online from eight to nine on the air to find out more.

Go to WXCO.fm for details, but it's a great show every single day, Monday through Friday, talking about how Wausau is a microcosm of the state.

And I believe the country right now, when it comes to

political choices to the landscape and how people are interpreting our candidates.

And, you know, one of the things we talked about was the fact that the, he's not newly elected, but he is the, he's the latest mayor in, in Wausau, Doug Denny was the center of attention on a stunt he pulled where he decided to relocate a drop box for ballots at city hall.

And he got in a lot of trouble and they, they went through ethics meetings and talk more about that.

I gave a little brief overview, but I mean, I feel like this was,

a major story that I don't think a lot of people were talking about.

One of the odd aspects of this story that taffles me to this point.

And I

mean, I can talk a lot about how we got here, but I want to talk about where we are now.

Because a couple of weeks ago, Josh Call was in Warsaw.

So he

came by here and we had a discussion.

Before we started, I wanted to make sure

whether or not he could talk about this because

I

know sometimes I can't talk about the ongoing investigations because frankly, I have not heard anything at all concerning the DOJ investigation into this.

And that they had, they had a special counsel and the special counsel is Josh Calls opponent in the race for state attorney general.

And again, Tony is the yes.

Forget what his first name is off the top of my head.

Um, but I asked him, oh, can we talk?

No, no, I can't talk about a, you know, ongoing investigation.

How do we get into this situation where it's been, we're coming up on a year and a quarter, year and a half, and, and they're investing.

And it was like all in broad daylight.

It was not a, uh, a hidden aspect of what was going on here.

Why does it take so long?

for those with political influence and those that may have economic influence, whatever you may be, it just seems to take such a long time to get to the bottom of an issue that should have been pretty more straightforward.

And that frustrates me.

I just find this to be odd that we are still trying to figure out, because one thing that I talk about on the program over the years is that, because now we're into the second year of talking about this.

There should be accountability.

Yes.

A lot of the folks who are supporters of Doug Denier saying, Oh, you know, you just want you want him to be impeached.

You want to be removed from office.

No, I don't want him impeached.

I don't want him removed from office.

Mainly.

But but I don't expect that.

And I don't I mean, I have no problem with.

But I would like him to acknowledge what he did was wrong.

I would like to see some acknowledgement from the state DOJ.

That's what he did was wrong.

But

you know, accountability seems to be lost and we saw that with Trump over the years.

Why do certain people get this benefit of the doubt where it's like they're looking for some way to just kick this down the road and not have us worry about it and it really bugs me quite a bit.

And even the whole ethics committee aspect of it that went on and on

and

on.

It's everything goes so slowly when it comes to certain people.

But boy, if you're the average citizen who went over there and tried to haul away a dropbox, I'm guessing that justice would have been handed out in a much swifter way.

Well, I mean, there's a gentleman, I think, in Muskego who just wrote something in chalk out in front of a pump.

post office and they went after him immediately, issued tickets, arrested him, arrested him again.

I mean, that's accountability is out the window for certain people in power.

And the gentleman's name is Eric Tony.

Um, and I don't disagree with you.

And the thing is, is like, when it comes to the impeachment or the consequences, I want the consequences to take place.

If evidence has found that wrong, like once the process has done due process, then we go from there.

It's not just an automatic get rid of him.

It's no, let's find out what happened.

And then we come up with a solution and if that solution means removal, then fine.

If it's a censure, if it's a slap on, I mean, whatever, but like, yes, there needs to be accountability, transparency, a process, and then a viable outcome that affects the community, I think for the positive.

But yeah, I don't disagree with you.

I don't disagree with you at all.

Really quick.

We only have about two minutes left.

Gubernatorial candidates coming through Wausau.

Anything interesting at this point or is it too early to tell us saying, hello, I'm here.

Can't wait to meet you at the coffee shop.

Well, actually, it's very interesting because during the course of this discussion, these discussions, there's a person that I know here from Wasos who's a teacher and also a member of some organization that was down in Madison.

He was down in Madison one day and he sent me a note and saying, well, what question?

Because he had some meetings with folks down there.

What

question would you want to ask?

And he was talking about how they were anxious to make an endorsement.

I said, no, it's way too early to be making an endorsement.

There's so much we don't know yet.

So basically what?

been trying to do here is almost introductory conversations for the people in this area because I don't think a lot of people know David Crowley

that well.

I don't agree.

A lot of people know Fran Hong that well.

I don't think a lot of people know some of these candidates, Missy Hughes, which frankly, I didn't know a lot about Missy Hughes as she came in.

So again, just giving us an opportunity to get to know these people and not just go base strictly on name recognition.

So I think that's one of the things that

we're trying to do I bring Isabella in because sometimes I can be a little less journalistic than maybe she is

and ask

some real questions and and just find out a little bit more about some of the basics and then as we continue because we got till August before the

primary learn more

learn more stay here for those conversations because it's going to be going out through the rest of the year we'll be hearing from these candidates who frankly want the job and do you want to hire them and this is their your time to get to know them so keep it locked here on civic media throughout the year we'll be having these discussions with our friends our colleagues as well as the candidates chat homes as the as the host of the chat home show on wxco chat thank you so much for being here this morning i can't wait to talk to you again

Thank you, Greg.

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You were doing great, but you're now we're we're almost two hours in we're warmed up

Ready to go.

What's going on my friend?

How are you feeling this?

How are you feeling about the news of punks at Tony Phil's seeing his shadow and thus making it because this is how it works.

This is how weather works because the the the Groundhog seeing a shadow.

We now just officially have six more weeks of winter

Yeah, you know, I'm disappointed but I don't blame him.

No, I blame the Sun.

Yes, if the Sun was

away.

If the sun was hidden, this wouldn't be the problem.

And it would be spring time tomorrow.

I think that's, I think that's how it works is if he doesn't see a shadow, then spring just officially starts tomorrow.

Correct.

I

think.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's how it works.

Okay.

Uh, but we do have about 42 more days of winter, five, six weeks left.

Doesn't mean that on the 43rd day or 44th day, it's immediately going to become spring time feeling warmer weather with thawing.

I was alive to see snowstorm in May.

But my question is, with these few days left, these few weeks, how are you still winterizing your life?

What do you do when you winterize your home?

What do you do to winterize your car or yourself?

Tips, thoughts, ideas on this.

We'd love to hear from you.

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Tell us how you are winterizing your life in the last few weeks of this chilly, chilly time.

And yeah, I mean, I think I am a homeowner.

I feel like in the timeline of owning a home, I've owned my home for a relatively short time, a little less than like three and a half years.

And so I still feel like there's a lot of learning to do.

So this is as much about me as it is for other people, but tips, hacks.

things you do to make sure your house is protected from the weather and from the winter.

One thing I had to learn very quickly is that I have to cover up my air conditioning unit, which I'm sure a lot of you are sitting there going, well, yeah, of course you do.

I didn't know that.

I always lived in places where it was someone else's job.

Now it's my job and I actually spent more time than I care to admit shopping for an air conditioning cover because I want to make sure I got a good one, but that's just part of the...

the plan when it comes to winterizing your home.

Calvin, do you help with any of that stuff at your house?

Like when you're getting ready for the winter or you're like checking things, filters, whatnot.

No.

Now that you're saying that out loud, I don't even think, I don't think we cover our air conditioner.

Oh really?

Yeah.

I mean, we've never had any problems.

Knock on wood.

Now you're you're good.

That's it.

That he's like, yeah, yeah, we don't I mean, we shovel or driveway.

We don't really do anything special.

Gotcha.

Well, one thing we were looking at too is a story here from the mutual benefit group.com.

It's on mutual benefit group.com.

And these are things mainly for the car.

And we talked about this, I think last week or the week before, and it said, you know, you should always winterize your car early.

Wash the car, apply, I didn't know this, apply a layer of high quality wax that creates a barrier for your car and the elements.

I feel like I'm giving these tips to people like four months too late, but I didn't know, I've never heard anyone say wax your car before the winter.

It says wash your car regularly.

And that's the thing, I've had, ever since you and I talked about this as far as washing the car during the winter, I've heard more people talk about

Yes versus no, like you got to wash your car regularly.

Do not wash your car during the winter.

Only wash it at this weather.

Never wash it at that weather.

And I didn't realize what a completely, you know, very opinionated topic this is.

And I personally feel for me that I just washed my car once a month just to get all the gunk off.

So that way I'm not washing five months of gunk off in March versus

you know, little by little when I can, because it's just, I think that, that helps your car's body, keeps it from the rusting, especially the underbody portion where, I mean, sees all the salt, all the wet, all the gross, nasty stuff.

I just think that's good practice.

It says here, I think it's funny, is that avoid driving before and after snow storms.

Well, yeah, I think that's something we'd all love to do, but sometimes you don't have a choice.

Don't drive across no covered roads.

Sometimes you do not have a choice.

And I think this is interesting too, is as fix any minor damage prior to winter and that scratches, chips, rust spots.

I think that's, I think I'm very guilty of that where things that were on my old car, rust spots that were in summertime, small dings the next year or the year after became much, much bigger.

So.

Yeah, what do you do to winterize your life here in the last few weeks of winter?

You still do as a practice tips, hacks, things like that.

Love to hear from you, eight, five, five, seven, five, two, four, eight, four, two, eight, five, five, seven, five, seven, eight.

We found out from Calvin, they do nothing in the Butenhof home.

They shovel their driveway and that's all they do.

Learning nothing from you guys.

Peter from New London.

Listening on W ISS, Wisconsin's Groundhog, Sun Prairie Jimmy predicted in early spring.

Wait, what?

Calvin.

Sun Prairie Jimmy.

Have you ever heard of this in your life, Calvin?

I have not heard of Sun Prairie Jimmy.

I have heard of local Groundhogs though, so I'm not totally surprised.

Cause I mean that bet as soon as, first of all, Peter, thank you so much for reaching out.

If you see my uncle, Charlie, Charlie, Bak in New London, tell him I say hi and I miss him.

Uh, as soon as I saw that, I realized something, you know, if the sun is shining in punk, the Tony or punk, the Tony, um, might not be shining here.

So, okay.

I'm okay.

Jimmy, son, Prairie Jimmy is

the local wisconsin and this is the 70th 78th annual how did how does punks atoni get all the play 78 years they've been doing this the groundhog day prognostication in cannery square the event was scheduled for today with festivities starting at 645 it took place at 7 11 a.m when jimmy the groundhog revealed whether

Wisconsin could expect six more weeks of winter or an early spring.

Jimmy predicted an early spring.

I do not know what to do with myself right now, Calvin.

That is new.

It's 78th year and I've lived here in my entire life and I've never heard anyone so much as mention Sun Prairie Jimmy.

Do you think we get Sun Prairie Jimmy on the show?

Maybe.

Apparently when I lift him up, one of his shining moments for...

national acclaim was in 2015 when he bit the mayor.

I was going to say, it's going to be something he did.

It's not going to be, it's not going to be something like, you know, he saved a busload of Girl Scouts or, you know, lifted a car up in an accident.

It's like, yeah, he cost, I was thinking it was either going to be a bite or some sort of bodily function that happened in the, in the broad daylight of the live crowd.

But yeah, that doesn't, that doesn't surprise me at all.

But Sun Prairie Jimmy.

I'm a little mad at myself, Calvin.

I'm mad at myself for not knowing this at all.

And now I trust Sun Prairie Jimmy way more than I trust a Pennsylvania groundhog.

You know about those Pennsylvania groundhogs.

They just, they never bring a dish to pass.

They say they're going to leave when they were going to leave, but then they stay for another two hours.

I'm tired.

I want to go to bed.

I don't, I don't hang out with Pennsylvania groundhogs anymore.

not since college, but, uh, we are talking about how do you winterize your life?

Also just finding out about sun prairie, Jimmy, the Wisconsin groundhog that predicted an early spring as of this morning at seven 11 AM for the 78th prognostication in sun prairie.

Uh, I'm now just absolutely, this is all I'm going to think about for the rest of the day is Peter from new London.

You have blown my mind and informed me so deeply.

I want to know more about this and talk to people because I think that this is as Wisconsin is what we need to be raising up is the voice of Sun Prairie Jimmy, not some, some trash groundhog in Pennsylvania.

So John and Oshkosh listening to WISS says, I used to cover the AC, but found it made great nesting habitats for rodents.

Now I leave it open with no, okay.

All right.

I found one thing where you just, you, you cover it and then you pull at the bottom and it like kind of seals it up.

It just keeps it from the elements.

Leaves rain or not rain the snow.

So, okay.

All right.

I'll look more into that Cindy from Appleton is back on the air Cindy What say you how do you winterize your life and have you heard of Sun Prairie Jimmy?

Oh Heck yeah, I've actually they have a 5k run that they do their Sun Prairie.

It was actually Yesterday yesterday.

Yeah, that I've done before I didn't do it yesterday, but I've done before but yeah, I'm aware of Jimmy.

I like Jimmy better anyway

Far as winterizing goes, I'm a fanatic about my cars and I have four of them.

Oh, well then not cheap to winterize my cars, but I'm a fanatic about my cars and my furnace and my furnace is going to have to have a new blower motor soon here.

So those are the two things I'm very up on.

Four car.

Oh, I'm learning so much more about you, Cindy.

This is amazing.

Four cars.

Okay.

We'll have to get into the four cars thing later because I didn't, you know, I'm not a car person, but I'm always fascinated by people who have.

lots of cars and people who are interested.

But thank you so much, Cindy, for calling in.

Appreciate your time.

And I'm getting more and more people here saying, Alicia on the live stream saying, I had been told not to cover the AC unit in the winter.

Okay.

Well, now we're at a whole new point of discussion because there is a whole industry and AC unit covers out there.

And I feel like, is it all a sham?

Am I being taken by big AC Calvin?

Have I been thwarted by capitalism again?

to cover my AC unit when I don't need to.

Is that what it's going on right now?

Very likely, I suppose.

Just a quick note on Groundhog's Day.

I looked it up.

There are 77 active Groundhog prognosticators, 65 in the United States and 12 in Canada.

I don't even know what I'm doing to myself.

What are we doing here?

We're not even, what's it?

I was always told it was punks of Tony or nothing.

Why do we care about them then?

Wisconsin, rise up.

Sun Prairie Jimmy for life.

That's what I gotta say.

Uh, really quick.

John from Oshkos also says, don't buy the big AC propaganda.

And Peter goes on to say, yeah, I heard this morning.

Sun Prairie Jimmy is 60% right.

And Phil is only 40% right.

Even better.

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