My dad is a magician if you don't know.
And we would go watch him perform, County Fair, Wilson County Fair.
And we would go there, fairs, I don't know how this to open,
but I don't think the government knows about him.
I don't know, we ride these rides that were on the interstate an hour ago.
This is the 80s.
So we go watch him, my dad's doing magic.
Right next to him, they had donkeys jumping off a high dive into a pool.
So pretty tough to keep people's attention.
When my dad is like, is this your card?
And everybody's like, hold on, this is donkeys about to jump off this high dive.
That's something you don't think you want to see, until it's up there.
And...
I used to work jump very loosely.
Yeah, these donkeys are falling off this high dive.
But...
Just so you know, Peter, shut that down.
And, yeah.
And that was one everybody was like, we get that one.
She's got something that moves my soul.
And she knows I'd love to love her.
But she lets me down every time.
Can make her mine.
There's no one's love of tonight with me.
She'll be so inviting.
I want her all for myself.
I'll tell him, take it out.
I'll give him my mind, my mind, my soul.
I'll tell him, take it out.
The grassroots temptation eyes.
Say something about that song, Captain Eddie Williams is here from the South Asian Army.
You said you're a big fan of the office, right?
You watched the office.
Yes, absolutely.
Remember Creed Breton, one of the office people, he was the older guy in the office.
He looked quirky guy.
He was a member of the grassroots.
And on the very last episode of the office, the very final episode,
there was a wanted poster on the walks they couldn't find him.
It said, wanted Creed Breton, former member of the grassroots.
Now, that's not him singing, but he was a band member on the hit songs
in the grassroots.
Captain Eddie Williams is here from the South Asian Army on WRJN.
I'm Don Rosen, 708.
Thank you for joining us here today.
Thank you.
Thank you, Don.
And I've got the Salvation Army sweater on with the insignia.
Everybody, Salvation Army, all the Red Kettles.
The Red Kettles are a very tiny part of the Salvation Army.
They're not, I mean, that's what we know it as.
Right.
But they're really not all Red Kettles.
It is so much.
And I've heard recently in the news how the Salvation Army has helped.
You have classes.
You have, you help the community.
You've got just by the Red Kettles, and that does help at Christmas time.
But there's so much more than that.
Tell us a little bit about the history of the Salvation Army.
Absolutely.
So the Salvation Army began in the east end of London in the mid 1800s by a Methodist
Iterian preacher named William Booth and his wife, Catherine Booth.
And so really Booth's mission was to provide a space for the least the last in the
past.
And so he recognized, and in his day, that the churches really catered to a specific group
of individuals in society, more of the upper class, wealthy individuals.
And so Booth's mission inspired by the Holy Spirit.
He wanted to set out and to provide this atmosphere of soups open Salvation and understanding
that in order for people to really receive the Word of God and to come into a faith, a
growing faith relationship with Jesus, they needed soup to be fed physically, they needed
soap to be cleansed physically, and then they needed salvation to be cleansed spiritually.
And so that's been the model for which ministry has occurred for the Salvation Army.
And we are blessed to be such a pivotal agency here in Racine for over 130 years.
That's a long time.
Absolutely.
We're located in Racine.
We're located in 1901 Washington at the corner of Washington and Phillips Avenue.
I think I know what that is.
Big brown building.
Yes.
Yes.
I remember that.
The Salvation Army has been pictured in a lot of movies over the years.
I can't think of the one with Rex Harris and from my very lady, but the Salvation Army
was a major part of that.
But the Salvation Army was a major part of a Broadway musical, do you know which one?
Oh, I know what it is.
The biggest Broadway ever, Guys and Dolls.
Yes.
I knew that at the tip of my tongue.
Guys and Dolls.
Absolutely.
It's about these gangsters in, but the woman at the center of it worked for the Salvation
Army.
And so it's just if you ever see Guys and Dolls, the movie or with Marlon Brando and Frank
Sinatra, Marlon Brando singing in Guys and Dolls, can you picture that?
If you ever see the movie or a revival of the Broadway show, you'll see it's about
the Salvation Army.
Absolutely.
Now, as one of the things I told you about before we went on the air that a lot of people
don't know, a couple of years ago, I had somebody in here who was an expert on charities.
And the reason I brought them in was I had a stack of all these people that wanted my
money for charity.
And I said, how do I know if they're legit?
And he introduced me to a website called Charity Navigator.
And on there, you could see if it's a real charity.
They will tell you everything about that charity.
If it has a board of directors, how much money they bring in, how much money goes to its
intended, you know, the people, the intended to go to if it's a dog charity or an animal
charity.
How many actually go to help the animals?
And I said, well, what's the best charity?
Because most of them are like 89%, 90%.
He said the number one charity where the most money goes to its intended is the Salvation
Army.
Absolutely.
Charity Navigator right on my phone.
And I think you are the only guys who have two 100% from charity navigator.
That means everything to do with his charity is beyond reproach.
It's the best there can be.
And he said, if every dollar you give the Salvation Army, more of it goes to its intended
than any other charity.
Now everybody has, you know, administration fees, it's going to happen.
It isn't one charity in the world.
You got to pay to have people administer it.
But he said, you as a Salvation Army, take out the least amount of money for administration.
That's a testament to the Salvation Army for 130 years that you have 100% on charity
navigator.
And he sat there and told me if you have to give to a charity where you want your money
to go to the most now, that doesn't mean the other charities are bad.
Some are 92%.
Some are in the 80s.
But if you find a charity at 30%, that's not good.
That means they're keeping most of the money and who's ever intended isn't getting the
money.
Tell us about some of the other programs.
Yeah.
So the Salvation Army here in Racine offers a variety of programming to help those in our
community who may be experiencing hardship difficulty or crisis.
And so we offer social service programs such as our food pantry, which operates Monday,
Wednesdays and Thursdays between 9 a.m. and 12 o'clock PM.
Okay.
So stop there.
Food pantry.
Yes.
Who can come in and get some food?
Any individual that's a resident in Racine County is eligible to come in and get food
every 30 days.
Now, how do you fill the food pantry?
We fill the food pantry.
We have donors who would who provide funds for us to go and shop at a feeding America.
We get donations from community members, Racine County food bank.
So our pantry is filled with just a plethora of donations from many individuals.
Good meeting people.
Absolutely.
Okay.
I just wanted to know.
So you got the food pantry.
Yes.
We have.
We offer rental assistance, but we have limited funding, but we try best to spread the funds
out so that we help as many people as possible.
So if somebody is, for example, getting an example here, if a single mother's got three
or four kids can't get the rent paid, I mean, rat to lose her mind, you'll try to help.
Oh, absolutely.
Well, that's great.
Absolutely.
That's great.
So there is hope.
There's never in that situation.
And I don't want to be in that situation.
I've never known anybody in that situation, but there are people out there that just are
at the end of their rope.
They don't know what else to do.
Right.
And it's good to know there's somebody to call who could possibly help them or get them
in the right direction.
Right.
Right.
Absolutely.
If it's not money, you'll steer them where they have to go.
Yes.
That's great.
What else do you have?
Oh, we have our child nutrition programs, which are kind of like our bread and butter.
And so we have the Healthy Kids Diner.
No pun intended.
No pun intended.
We have the Healthy Kids Diner that started back in about 2016 by my predecessor a few
officers ago.
And so that program addresses the need of food insecurity, specifically for youth in
racing.
And so we prepare hot meals Monday through Friday.
I'm in our commercial kitchen.
I have a kitchen staff that works super hard to get those meals cooked prepped and backed.
Then we deliver them and hand them out at four area cop houses.
And that's a partnership with the race saying police department.
Well, that's great.
Now, where exactly is that kitchen again?
Where people are so hungry that they need a meal 19.
So we don't we don't offer like a feeding program on site right now, but all the meals
are prepared at our 1901 Washington facility.
Okay.
That's great.
What else are you guys?
We have also with the child nutrition programs.
We have our weekend full set program, which is a partnership with the race saying unify
school district.
And so the school social workers are able to identify students who may be in need of additional
nutritional support during the school year.
And so they contact our social worker.
And we have volunteers who come in and help prep bags every Thursday.
And we deliver them every Friday.
And as of right now, we back about 535 bags that get delivered to about 19 area schools
every Friday during the school year.
This is some undertaking.
It is.
Oh, definitely.
You that have an organization to handle this?
Yes.
Absolutely.
What else you got?
And so obviously we're in the Christmas season, right?
And so we have our Christmas programs that are also available to racing county residents
that involves coats coats for kids.
We have coats winter coats available for children throughout the city who made me a need
of them.
We have our injury and toy distribution program running at this current moment.
And so that program is in partnership with Toys for Tots and individuals who have children's
zero to 17 years old can call our toy line, leave their first and last name and contact
number.
And then someone from our office will call them back to get them registered.
I ran a program here at the station, ran it.
I got pushed into being the president of it and I didn't want you coats for the children.
That was a major undertaking and we just did a small coats for the children.
We used Regency Mall as a drop off point for people to take their, you know, use coats
but in good condition.
And we had a cleaning company here in town, clean them.
Then we had a big giveaway where people were able to come and pick up coats and so forth.
I got to tell you, it's huge undertaking and I said to them, I don't have the time
for this.
I mean, it's a lot of work.
And what I was doing is probably very small compared to what you guys are doing because
we didn't have, we had a lot of coats, but not the extent that you guys have.
Coats for the children.
Coats for kids is what it's called.
Yep.
Coats for kids.
That's great.
So the Salvation Army.
My guest.
We have more coming up today.
Rain.
Should be ending sometime.
Hopefully.
Highs near 45.
Cloudy tonight.
Lowes around 34.
Tomorrow's sunny.
With a high near 45.
Thanksgiving day.
Sunshine again.
With a high near 44.
Friday.
Barley sunny.
With a high near 37.
Right now it's 41 degrees with a light drizzle.
It's 718 at WRJN Radio.
Stay right where you are.
I'll bring back memories.
Jackson 5.
Captain Eddie Williams with me from the Salvation Army at WRJN 1400 AM 99.9 FM 98.1 FM as
well.
That's the Salvation Army.
Not only a holiday season, but year round.
They don't just put out the red kettles at Christmas time and say, well, we're done.
It's December 26th.
Pack it up.
We'll close up until next Christmas.
But a lot of people think you're just red kettles.
Right.
Because that's what we see out in public.
It's what you don't see in public.
That means a lot.
So we talk about some of the programs.
Now during the holiday season, you have a lot of programs.
And this is, I think this is where a lot of people get down during the holiday season.
They don't have family around.
And if they do, the family doesn't want anything to do with them.
And they have nowhere to go.
And I just read today one of the things that could take your life, make it even shorter,
is loneliness.
And we don't want people to be lonely.
So what are the programs you have?
And you just seem like a great human being.
These people, the Salvation Army, those great human beings.
They put me to shame.
What else do you have there for us?
So I'm just going to talk a little bit about our Christmas efforts, right?
So the funds that we raised during our Christmas campaign, like Don mentioned,
helps us to fund programming and services for the entire year.
And typically, the funds that are raised during this time count for about a third of our operating budget.
And all of the money that's raised, all of the money that's collected and donated from this generous community,
goes back into the community to help, once again, provide hope,
to resource, to just give families and individuals who may be experiencing some sort of hardship,
to give them just a little bit more hope, to say, you know, we understand you're in a hardship in this moment,
but guess what?
We're here to help.
This won't last forever.
And so we really come alongside individuals and walk with them down this road until they get to a place
where they're, you know, a little bit more self-sufficient, but that they feel more confident in saying,
all right, I can do this. I can provide for my family. I can provide for myself.
And so the Salvation Army has a great ministry in that.
And so this year, our Christmas goal overall is to raise $345,000.
And that goes to social services. It goes to our meal programs.
It goes to food pantry and just our senior center and a number of other services that we offer a year round.
So it is based on some religious principles. You told me the history of it.
Yeah, absolutely.
It's based on religious principles, which is always good.
And when people pass the red buckets, I mean, you put your change in, you put few dollars in,
but that you could, you could still make donations year round without having to see the red candles out there.
Oh, absolutely, absolutely. For those who may be interested in donating year round,
you can always mail a donation to the Salvation Army in 1901 Washington Avenue here in Racine.
You can always drop them off. We always welcome the opportunity to meet and to see our donors face to face.
It's always good to hear most importantly of their experiences with the Salvation Army.
And just yesterday, actually, we had an individual from the community come to our facility and make a donation.
And she said that it all began with her family's encounter with the Salvation Army at church at the 1901 Washington address.
And so all these years later, she remembered her encounter, her how the Salvation Army provided hope for her family.
And she was ready and willing to give back.
Oh, that is fantastic. What a great story.
Absolutely. I was a bell ringer one year back in the 1980s.
Okay.
This was that the Grand Avenue mall in downtown Milwaukee, our radio station said,
all right, everyone's going to bell ring.
We need a choice. We were told we're going to bell ring.
The manager of the station said, we're all bell ringing this year.
And he was a big supporter of the Salvation Army.
So we went out to the Grand Avenue mall and we did bell ring.
And the difference with radio stations, a lot of people say,
oh, yeah, I know you a lot of people knew some of the people who were there.
And it wasn't just our radio station, there was a lot of them.
And the celebrity bell ringers, that's what they do.
And I know they do that in Hollywood.
They do it all over the place where people get together.
And that's so good.
And you've got a big nut tip bringing 300 and how much?
45, $345,000. How much do the kettles bring in, a lot?
The kettles this year, we're anticipating to bring in 110,000?
Whoa.
Yeah.
This one pocket change and a dollar bill here in there.
Oh, absolutely. And luckily, knew this year we have other opportunities
for our community to donate for that particular red kettle campaign.
And one way, it's called tap to give.
So for those of our community members who don't carry cash this year,
you have the opportunity to donate by simply tapping your card
at our NFC Enable Devices at the Pick and Save on Douglas and Formal
and at North Green Bay in Spring Street.
You simply tap it.
And that's it.
Wow.
It's really simple.
We've listed to the community's comments about,
if there's a way to give, you know, because I don't have cash.
And so this is the Salvation Army's answer and response.
And so hopefully, we'll take a look at how these two devices do this year
and we'll add additional devices at additional locations next year.
It's come a long way and 130 years on how to donate, huh?
Oh, absolutely.
Those people 130 years ago at the beginning would never have imagined
how you can donate today.
Not at all.
So what do you have any other programs we can talk about?
Were you at the end of the list?
Yeah.
So we can always, the Salvation Army, obviously,
we have a great and wonderful staff who does a lot of good for the community.
But we can always use additional volunteers in additional areas.
And so if you're interested in volunteering or would like to know more
about volunteering opportunities at the Salvation Army,
you can always stop by and visit us.
And once again, at 1901 Washington, you can call our main office
at 262632-3147.
And we can always use individuals who have the time,
who have a passion for serving youth and the community,
and just come alongside to see all the good that the Salvation Army
is doing outside of Christmas, which I think is a really key point.
Is that outside of Christmas, we still, we're still here,
we're still serving, we used to have a quote that says,
need knows no season, which I think is absolutely true.
People experience hardship at every moment of every season.
And so the Salvation Army is always there to be of support and help.
The Salvation Army more than red kettles at Christmas.
Absolutely.
That's your new slogan.
Now, in fact, let's get the printed on the side of the truck and everything.
So how many, now, how many locations, they're all over America, obviously.
Right.
Cities of America, do you have any idea how many there are?
How many locations of the Salvation Army?
Oh, that I do not know.
It's got to be hundreds.
There are a lot.
Now, the headquarters are in Alexandria, Virginia.
A national headquarters, yes.
Because that's where I brought it up on the charity navigator.
So let's quick review here.
If you want to give to the Salvation Army, you can do it in person.
Yes.
On Washington Avenue.
And what is the intersection again?
Washington and Philips.
Philips Avenue and in Racine.
You could do it by mail.
Yes.
Always by mail.
And now, is it the red kettles you could tap your car to?
Yep.
We have those devices at the Pick and Save on Douglas and Fort Mal.
And at the Pick and Save on North Green Bay in Spring Street.
They got a big nut to fill this year.
$345,000.
And we can all help the Salvation Army.
Most of the money goes right to where it's supposed to go.
It helps people in need.
People who are lonely.
People that can't get older.
They're families.
And just be happy that if you do have a family.
And you're not lonely during the holiday season or any time of year.
Help the people that are lonely.
Captain Eddie, thank you very much for coming.
So much time.
Captain Eddie Williams of the Salvation Army here in Racine.
729 at WRJN.
Some rain today.
Going away.
Sunshine.
Tomorrow.
Thanksgiving in Friday as well.
Bye.
Bye.
Bye.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Bun preferons getting strong.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Oh, he saw it last month.
The best thing is the best work.
It's the best work he makes.
It's the best work.
It's the best work.
It's the best work.
It's the best work.
Good things to come.
And I believe it could be
something good has begun.
Be strong.
Be strong.
Cat Steven said the best-
I love that song.
Forget about all the news.
A question on material in 18 years.
Well, today the rolling stone said they're going on tour,
starting on April 28th of next year in Houston.
And concluding Santa Clara California on July 17th.
The stones will make their way across the US and Canada.
The tour will hit 16 major cities including New Orleans,
Las Vegas, Seattle, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Denver, Chicago,
Los Angeles, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
You can expect to experience the stone's most popular hits
as well as new tracks on their Hackney Diamonds album.
The band's best work in decades as the Associated Press said.
The stones has last performed across the US in 2021
for their no filtered tour,
making the first time the band is toured without drummer Charlie Watts.
Since 1963, Watts passed away in August of 2021.
He was 80.
Tickets for the tour go on sale beginning December 1st.
Now remember, these guys are 80 years old.
Mick Jagger I think is 80.
And he's going on tour in a rock show.
And we talk about our president being old at 80 or 81 now.
Mick Jagger is rocking across America and Canada at age 80.
He may be 81 for all I don't know.
I just saw him recently with Lady Gaga.
He's looking at his age, but still he's doing stuff I can't do.
Jumping all around and enjoying himself rocking a rolling with all the hits from the rolling stones.
Wow.
Jumping up tomorrow at the 7 o'clock hour.
Mike Bino's going to be here.
Mike Bino is the editor of our Wisconsin magazine.
I've subscribed to that since day one since they started their premiere issue.
And it comes out every two months.
It's a high gloss hard paper magazine.
I mean, it's really done well.
He said a lot of people think it's more about the North Woods, but he said he wants more stories about Racine and Southeast to Wisconsin.
So we'll talk to Mike Bino editor of our Wisconsin tomorrow morning at 7 a.m.
Right here at WRJN on Thanksgiving Day.
David Mack is going to join me for the morning live in studio.
And we're not no tape programs here on Thanksgiving Day.
So David Mack is going to join us at 6 a.m. on Thursday.
He's been involved in Racine since I don't know since he was born.
So we're going to find out all about Racine talk about Thanksgiving and so forth.
On Friday, Doug incidents from the Racine theater guild is going to be here.
He's had a new production, new musical, a little mermaid.
And we're going to talk about that.
And we're going to 7 30.
We'll talk movies, Brett Hoffman will not be here.
He pre-recorded his segment because he's with his family on Thanksgiving weekend.
And of course, Mike Clements will join us on Friday.
That wraps up the week.
Next week, we're going to talk to Pete Wassels, Chuck.
He is from Tex Reynolds toys for tots.
We'll talk about him toys for tots.
Another seer is going to be here with Carol G and forte.
And that will be on, I didn't write the date here.
I think it's 11 29.
Yeah, they'll be here that day.
Kelly Cruz will be here on Wednesday, the 29th.
She's from the DRC.
And it keeps going and going and going.
We got a lot of people coming in.
If somebody was coming in Tuesday and they didn't write it down.
That's where I get into trouble.
Or I don't write these things down.
It's Jim Bersier and Carol G and forte.
They put on presentations at the Golden Rondell Theater.
And it's growing up in Racine.
Now I didn't grow up in Racine, but I still find it fascinating.
And it's so popular they've got to do like four three or four shows presentations at the Golden Rondell.
They even did one outside during the public libraries anniversary.
They had a trailer set up with an outdoor stage and they did one there.
It's fascinating.
Great work those two do.
And we're going to talk about growing up in Racine during the 50s and 60s.
And that will be coming up.
They're going to be here every two months or so every month.
We're going to work that out.
That's who we able to talk to Jim Bersier and Carol G and forte.
They know everything about Racine.
They grew up here.
So that's going to be a lot of fun.
All right, rain today.
Most of the day anyway.
And highs near 45 degrees.
Cloudy tonight lows around 34 tomorrow sunny with a high near 45.
Thanks giving sunny with a high near 44 degrees.
It looks like and Friday partly sunny with a high near 37 degrees.
Let's see if we have that news ready for you.
Not yet.
All right, so we'll still wait for that.
Some of the things we're talking about this morning.
Five things a company can do to keep their employees from looking elsewhere for a new job.
So if you're a boss, you might want to pay attention to this because nobody wants to lose employees that are good.
Because then you got to replace them and it's a big job.
Paying them more than then get somewhere else.
It's a big media pay attention.
Paying the more they can get somewhere else.
Providing a fun work environment, a flexible work environment, and fitting in with your employees' values.
Then involves not cursing all over the place.
Not, you know, doing things inappropriately.
It involves a nice work environment with good values.
Flexible work environment.
I think since the pandemic, I think more companies have been flexible with people working from home because they can see it works.
You know, before the pandemic, you had to come into work.
So people work from home and they say, you know, it kind of does work.
You know, they could do that.
My daughter works for a Wisconsin company in Florida.
She didn't have to be there.
The work she could do could be done from Florida, so she doesn't.
And this was all since the pandemic.
Oh, this is one of those odd but true segments.
Yeah, the highest score anyone's ever gotten on a video game.
What do you think it is?
A couple of billion.
Nope.
23.4 quintillion points.
Got named Tom Duncan.
I'm just gonna get that score in a Atari game called Garfield in 2008.
23.4 quintillion.
Is this tacky or totally fair?
A couple from Chicago named Doug and Deedra at a destination wedding in Jamaica.
And one couple who RSVP did not show up.
Doug and Deedra charged them for being a no show.
They say the couple told them four different times they were coming and never called the canceled.
So they sent them an invoice for $240, $120 for each seat at the reception that they left empty.
As always, the reactions online were mixed when they heard the story.
Some people say it's totally fair to charge them since the bride and groom had to pay upfront for them to be there.
Other people think it's petty.
Doug and Deedra say it's not about the money.
It's just about being disrespectful.
What do you think about that?
Do you think that they should have charged them?
They said they've been in voice.
I wonder if the invoice was ever paid.
Huh.
Now, I was recently invited somewhere and it's during the winter time.
And we're going to go.
I'm RSVPing, yes, I'm gonna go.
But it's not around rescuing.
So I'm gonna have to travel.
And I don't know what the weather's gonna be like.
And if it's a snow storm, you know, I'm not gonna be able to travel there.
So I did tell the people involved that if I say yes now,
and it's really snowing, I won't be able to show, but I will reimburse you
for whatever costs they work.
It's an overnight stay type of thing.
And they said, no, no, no, no, don't, don't even think about that.
If it's snowing and you can't make it, we understand.
But I did offer to reimburse them.
And they said no.
And it would have reimbursed them for it.
Because it's fair.
But you know, if it's a snow storm, my wife and I went to a wedding several years ago.
It was up north.
I want to say Steven's point area somewhere around there.
And went to the wedding, stayed overnight.
And the next morning, I look out the window and it is snowing.
It's a snow storm.
So we get out on the road.
And I just got my car.
It was relative to the new car.
So I was in good shape.
But even heading home from north during a snow storm is kind of scary.
Google has an AI feature called duet AI.
You can go to work meetings for you.
In other words, if you have a meeting by a Zoom or something, or just a virtual meeting,
it can trick your boss into thinking you're actually there, even take notes for you
and recap the meetings later on.
Something wrong about that.
I can't put my finger on it.
It's something definitely wrong about AI sitting in on a meeting for you
and giving you the recap later on.
That's not the bad part, but the people at the meeting think you're there.
I'm telling you, this AI is not good all the time.
A woman in New Hampshire was at a thrift store in 2017 joked about a painting
they might be worth a lot of money.
She looked at like, you know, the painting was by an artist from the early 1900s
named NC Wyeth.
She bought it for four bucks turned out.
It was valuable and sold it for $250,000.
I went to a thrift store not too long ago.
And it says, is there anything in the store that's cheap now
but can be worth a lot of money later on?
Just point me in that direction.
I'll buy it.
See, there's nothing that we know.
Odd but true, two people at Massachusetts facing charges for running an illegal
backyard volleyball gambling ring.
You right heard right volleyball gambling ring in Mexico ordered a new phone
and he got a live grenade in the mail instead.
Thankfully, no one was hurt.
How did they make that mistake?
I can't imagine them putting a live grenade in the box where a cell phone says to be
because what are they doing with a live grenade to begin with at the mail place?
That was in Mexico, so I don't know how it works there.
But luckily, no one got hurt.
If you're with someone and living together, is it okay to open their mail?
I'll tell you, I don't open my wife's mail.
If it's addressed to her, I don't open it.
Respectfully so.
It's maybe just junk mail, but it says her name on it.
In general, 44% Americans say no.
That means 46% might possibly say yes.
It is okay to open mail that's not addressed to you.
Hmm.
I don't do that.
If it's not addressed to me, I do not open it up.
Got a poll found half of workers in America don't love their job.
They're the reasons people hate their job, not paid enough.
Comes down to money a lot, a lot of time for people.
You're underappreciated at work.
There's a lack of communication or you can't voice your opinion.
You're overworked.
There's no opportunity for advancement.
The hour is suck.
Your boss sucks.
The work itself isn't enjoyable in sucks and your co-workers suck.
And finally, a tie between low job security and bad benefits.
If your boss, the hours, the job and your co-workers are all no good,
maybe it's time to look for a new job.
If everything sucks, why are you still there?
Time to get out.
Oh, a 41-year-old woman in Tampa got fired from her HR job.
This is back in 2019.
The side of the get even by logging on to the company's database and destroying it.
It costs them $200,000.
They press charges.
She's facing up to 15 years in prison.
Be careful in getting even.
Ever George Costanza got even with his boss for getting fired.
He put something in his drink to make him sick.
I'd heard him just make him sick.
And his boss apologized and drank the drink anyway.
You don't get it even with people for firing.
I've been fired before.
Let go.
I never got even with anybody.
So especially that, destroying everything in their company.
A survey asked people for the least favorite office buzzwords.
Here are the six ones.
Let's touch base.
Game changer.
No brainer.
Mission statement.
Pick it up and run with it.
Let's get our ducks in a row.
I've heard all of those.
And you're right.
There are a lot of bugs that keep me here.
But, you know, if it works, it works.
Here are some common work related dreams.
And what they mean.
Showing up naked means you're worried someone might discover something about you.
You don't want them to know.
Killing your boss means you're frustrated.
And feel like they control you.
And running late means you're worried.
You want to live up to expectations.
Who drinks about killing their boss?
I think I've ever had that dream before.
I never do.
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Highs near 45 degrees.
Cloudy tonight.
Sunny tomorrow.
Sunny Thanksgiving.
Partly sunny on Friday.
The day after Thanksgiving.
Right now, little drizzle and 41 degrees in receipt.
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The song is Ohio.
Crossbeast is still his nation young.
I don't remember who wrote that.
I think Neil Young wrote that right after watching TV coverage of the shootings at Kent State
University back in the 70s.
And he was so moved by he wrote that song literally right after the TV news story was on.
Ohio.
That's one of the protest songs of the 1970s.
I remember that day.
Let's check news to H.A.
Wattles in our news center.
And these are the stories he's looking at for us this morning.
The boat on the casino plan of the city of Kenosha has been postponed until January.
That means we'll have to wait until next year to see if the city will take up the next steps toward a hard rock destination.
Kenosha is currently considering an agreement with the monomedy tribe who are interested in building a new casino near I-94 and 60th.
The supporters believe that a Kenosha casino would attract thousands of visitors annually.
But opponents are uncertain about whether a new casino was the best choice for the city.
A person police believe hit and killed a 14-year-old with their car in August has been arrested after investigation and pursuit of various leads.
36-year-old Nicholas Zickarelli from Stertvitt was identified and taken into custody.
He's been charged with hit and run causing death.
The hit and run happened in August and Mount Pleasant August 20th.
At this point, Kenosha unified is looking to be about $15 million short.
The school board last night was informed that the district may face a preliminary deficit of $50 million in the 24-25 school year.
The chief financial officer presented the board with information on projected revenues and expenses, including a potential loss of 355 students.
The presentation served as informal for the board to consider as they move forward.
There's been talk of school closures.
Images of two women have been posted by Racine County investigators looking for more information about recent thefts from cars.
The Racine County Sheriff's Office thinks the ladies are involved in a series of car thefts at Case Eagle Park.
Suspects allegedly stolen purses from vehicles and then visited landmark credit union branches to withdraw money.
A small wildcat died after roaming freely in Lake County over the weekend.
Someone in Vernon Hills called 911 after witnessing that appeared to be a Bobcat Saturday upon further investigation authorities determined that it was in fact a serval.
The couple who owned the wildcat collaborated with the police for nearly three hours to safely capture it.
Unfortunately, the serval succumbed to the injuries that it sustained during the capture while being transported back to its own.
The interstate between Kenosha and Milwaukee was shut down last night.
What started out as a police chase in Milwaukee ended up with an arrest along the interstate in Kenosha County.
Police in three counties chased the suspect down I 94 last night authorities had to close the interstate during the chase.
Kenosha County authorities have not yet identified the suspect or just what the chase was about.
But I'm sure we'll be seeing that chase on the new chase channel on Pluto TV.
Also, the police channels, you know, you normally watch.
There's also a high speed chase program.
You see there are A&E or the ID channel. I don't know which one of this.
So I think it's on A&E.
No, maybe it's on the other side. I could get them confused.
But anyway, so there's a whole bunch of chase shows, even the live PD show.
What do they call it now?
I'm sure we'll see it there.
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Right now we got drizzle in 41 degrees.
Some rain today, not all day, but most of the day.
Highs near 45 cloudy tonight, lows around 34 sunny with a high air 45 degrees tomorrow.
Thanksgiving days sunny with a high near 44 beautiful to go to grandma's house over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house.
We go and Friday, partly sunny with a high near 37 degrees.
So good shopping day on Friday, although Black Friday deals have been around since October,
but maybe you get better deals on I saw this meme.
Everybody put posted on Thanksgiving and it shows for the day after Thanksgiving.
It shows these dogs trying to squeeze these little puppies trying to squeeze through this door.
And it says Black Friday at Pet Smart.
It's all these puppies trying to get through, which is really cute.
Talking about Pat, 62% of pet owners would rather tell a secret to their pet than a human.
Maybe because they can't talk.
But remember this before you wish your pet can talk.
Remember what they've seen.
Maybe you won't want to talk anymore.
Got a few benefits here to staying single.
He's been four to five hours less doing chores every week.
You get 30 more minutes to sleep at night.
You don't have to lie about your finances.
Which 35% of couples combined finances admit they've lied.
That's why married friends want you to get married.
Oh, what else we have here?
Survey as people who took vacations this past summer, what they regret most about the vacation.
Here's what they said.
Letting other people dictate how you spend your vacation and said it doing what you wanted to do.
Going somewhere to touristy, going somewhere where there was nothing to do,
getting into a massive fight with the people you went with.
That happens.
Not buying a souvenir you wish you had bought, not traveling outside the country,
getting sunburned, getting too drunk, drinking too much and getting in trouble,
and getting food poisoning.
I will tell you I love my vacations because my wife puts weeks into preparation.
We belong to the Route 66 organization in Illinois.
And we traveled Route 66 before the pandemic.
We traveled it a lot.
And we've been as far as Amarillo, Texas.
We never went past Amarillo because then we had to turn back and get back to work.
But we love traveling.
But why?
Why does even when we traveled out to Nebraska and Wyoming,
what she does is she plans out instead of going from A to B,
we go from A to B to C to D to E to G, you know, all through the alphabet,
we make stops all along the way.
And that's part of the fun about going on vacation.
Not just, you know, getting to your destination,
but getting there and enjoying the journey.
And I think that's what a lot of people should do sometimes.
Just don't get there by plane.
They could drive there and enjoy the journey.
I want sit to my wife.
You should do this for a living because she does such a great job about planning.
And it takes a few weeks.
It's not a fast thing to do.
She does a great job on it.
So enjoy the journey.
And join an organization like the Route 66 organization.
They don't know how they do a great job.
They have banquets and everything.
They do the red carpet routes where they set up checkpoints
at different places along Route 66.
And it's fun to travel because Route 66 is vanishing slowly,
but surely it's been the commission,
but the roads itself are going by by.
So maybe you want to travel it before it's gone.
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