The Don Rosen Show (Hour 2)

Do you have a will?

No, you don't have a will?

You ain't got nothing to leave yet.

No, you know why you need a will?

Because it costs way too much money to bury somebody now.

You don't want your flight.

I don't want my wife and kids to spend a lot of money on me

getting me in the ground.

You know the average cost?

Anybody know?

Eight to ten thousand dollars just to get somebody in the ground now.

Want to scan?

Remember the old days grandma died?

You're boat in the backyard?

You're a birder.

Track housing ruined that.

You can't sell your house to a family with a pet.

Two weeks later, what you got there boy?

Is that an unofficial hit?

Cost too much money.

You know what these funeral directors, they're the worst.

They will rip you off big time because you've lost your loved one.

You're distraught.

You go there and he takes advantage.

You're sitting there going whatever it takes.

Well, you're going to want extra pet in the castle.

He's going to be down there a long time.

You're right, you know.

You know.

My father died years back and I watched this guy sell my mother a $700 pillow.

Yeah, you know I didn't want to argue with her.

She just lost her soul mate but I kept thinking,

jeez mom, let's just take the one off the bed.

It was his favorite.

At the very least let's go to bed bath and beyond.

But that's why they call it that.

I don't want another heart.

I don't need another turn to cry.

No, I don't want to learn the hard way.

Baby hello.

Oh, no, goodbye.

But you got me like a rocket.

Shoot me straight across the sky.

It's the way you love me.

It's a feeling like this.

It's something typical.

It's the way you love me.

It's a feeling like this.

It's something typical.

Motion.

It's her pet you openly.

It's that pivotal moment.

It's impossible.

This kiss.

This kiss.

Unstoppable.

This kiss.

This kiss.

This kiss.

This kiss.

One.

One.

One.

One.

One.

One.

One.

One.

One.

One.

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Fine!

Fine!

Fine!

Fine!

Well done!

Good night for you.

The text message will,

with friends.

Hopefully, it'll be a great presents

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jacket on the mornings.

This christmas music.

The Christmas culture,

Christmas on the weekend...

Christmas evening.

triumph solids from the

Christmas hotel theme park

public library for how long now?

36 years.

36 years you started that when you were 11 years old with a library.

Have you always been in youth services?

I know. I started out

circulation in an old building.

Not this...

Where was the old building?

It's a part of new building. I mean,

pretend building.

Where's the old building?

It's a right across from the

Memorial Hall.

So, circulation two years

and ten years for technical services.

And then,

ten years, I decided

I like to be a librarian.

So, I started UW-Milwaukee

in library school.

And then it took two years

and then I became a librarian.

And then,

and twenty-four years ago,

I became children's librarian.

Now, let me show you.

I thought everybody works at the library

as a librarian, but that's not true.

Do you have to take a test? Go to school for that?

Do you have to take training?

I think it depends on

I think libraries in the state.

Okay.

So different criteria.

But at that time, at that time,

I required.

Well, look at you. You've been there a while.

Are you the longest tenure at the library?

I know. I don't think so. Really?

Yes, yes.

Oh, 36 years is not the record, huh?

Well, good for you.

Let's talk about some of the children's programs

in the youth services department at the library.

And of course, when I was a kid,

they had story times.

They used to gather the kids around.

They used to read a book.

And I used to go to that the library.

And I thought that was really fun.

Especially if they picked a good book.

It was really fun.

And Halloween, they always picked a scary book.

And it was fun.

So, let's talk about some of the events there.

Sure. We have a weekly program

that's Monday through Thursday.

And Monday is for babies.

Lapse story time.

And Tuesday, that early in the corridor,

I did do. And that for mostly

zero to four years old, five years old,

whoever can come.

And then Wednesday,

a volunteer person that Miss Gail

is doing family story time.

And that's also same, like, uh,

preschoolers or baby to preschoolers.

And first day, that, uh,

Kelly does, that's musical story time.

That's a plenty of music and singing,

playing, and different instrument and stories.

And that's a weekly program.

So, when you say babies, you say babies?

Yes.

Well, how old do you consider a baby?

Baby, zero.

Zero to 24 months.

Really? That's for a month.

And you read to them?

Of course. Yes. And then sing.

And then, you know, might be, uh,

finger plays.

I'm trying to think back.

I don't remember being, you know,

a baby like that.

But I don't really keep their attention.

Or it's just you get them trained to listen to stories.

I think that's a greatness of story time.

Okay.

That's right.

We are not going to require a baby to sit.

No, whatever they do, that's fine.

But they are listening.

What kind of books would you read to a baby?

Oh, that there is a, uh,

there's very short, uh,

stories and then, uh,

lots of, uh, movement.

And then sometimes, like,

a music. And so there's plenty of

books for babies.

Okay. Sure.

Look at that. I never would have fun.

That's good.

And then, of course, the books get more intense as you get along.

You get, uh, more adult oriented.

So when you say children,

what's the top limit for kids at story time?

Well, right now, um,

when, uh, schools are on,

of course, you know,

the children like 4K,

four years old, five years,

they go to school,

like 4K programs.

So there might be kind of limited, uh,

age groups.

Yet, uh, for instance,

if 4K children going to 4K, um,

and then they are going to afternoon session,

then morning, they can come to the library to listen to story time.

So whoever, um,

and they have a time,

and, uh, they can come,

they're invited to, uh,

to attend our story time.

Okay. So, is that held now?

If you're looking at the front desk,

when you walk into the library,

off to the left is the children's area.

Correct. Is that where it's held?

Yes. That's right.

I think there, I think I had to go walk through there once to go to a program.

I was being involved in.

And I think there was a circle or an area there,

like squared off for a story time.

Uh, we have, um, uh,

uh, Kerry and Ellie,

they are librarians,

and then they do two story times Monday and Tuesday.

Mm-hmm.

And then, uh, when today's, uh, Ms. Gail,

Gail Navatell, uh,

she is a retired, uh,

teacher, educator.

And she has been

volunteering over 30 some years.

Whoa. Um, okay.

So she does Wednesday family story time.

Now, I'm going to tell you something that happens

very recently,

like last week.

Why wife reads to me at night?

We have books about,

we have books about the history of her scene

and she takes them out,

and just read a chapter now.

And I'm laying in bed and I'm listening to her read the story to me

from the history of her scene.

That's wonderful.

Well, she's a good reader.

And she reads very well.

You would think I would read well,

talking to you, it comes out okay.

But when I'm reading, I'm like,

it just sounds like I'm reading.

She adds a little bit of life to it.

And I love listening to her read books about the scene.

That's just, yeah, me too.

And how about, because you like history,

you like community,

you like history, that's combined.

One of the books she's reading to me now

was written by one of our guests.

It was just on the year with us yesterday,

Carol G. N. Fortay,

who does a lot of history about

yesterday morning,

as she wrote a book,

and we're currently reading that one.

And growing up in routine.

So, you know, you don't have to be a little kid.

They have a book read to you.

Have your spouse or partner read your book.

That's kind of nice.

What else is involved with services?

Also, we have craft programs.

Like today,

1030,

after a Miss Gale story time,

I'm going to do a Valentine craft.

And also,

she does twins.

About 9 to 12 years old,

she covers

school-aged children.

And then she does craft.

And also,

other programs, for instance,

February 24th,

that's a,

that only use services,

but overall,

libraries program.

Black history months,

and also, we have

Lego Club. Lego Club is

Saturday,

one month program,

and children come Saturdays,

and then one to three,

and

little children can play with Legos.

So, variety of programs,

we come up.

And for instance, also,

April and May,

we have a lot of craft programs.

Well, this sounds like fun.

I mean, I wouldn't mind going to have somebody read to me.

I told you, I like having people read to me,

because I could sit there

and just pick close my eyes and picture what I'm reading.

When I'm reading, it becomes a job and a work.

And I want to do that.

Well, that's great.

What else do we have?

I like to mention it also,

summer programs.

Although it's kind of too early,

because we are going to plan

about what we are going to do

for summer programs.

We are always, always,

it's a lot of different programs.

Sometimes, we invite community people to do programs.

For instance, last year,

we did like a big programs.

It means,

I would like to keep our program

tenosh area.

And then, she did presentations.

And also,

we have different programs,

like four times,

and different entertainers.

One of them is very, very popular program is

snake program.

No, boy.

Actually, this organization is located

in Minnesota.

And then, they come almost every year,

because somehow,

I think children,

they like something scary thing.

Oh, well, I didn't tell them that.

They don't move.

Kiko Scalos here from the Racine Public Library,

Youth Services Director.

So fresh to Civic Media Station.

It's seven-twenty-one at WRJM.

Thanks for joining us here on this ballot.

Going to be increasing clotty this

today with a hundred forty-two

rain and snow tonight.

Lose thirty-five.

Graduate clearing tomorrow with a hundred thirty-seven right now.

A sun-shiny morning and twenty-five degrees.

Beautiful out there.

That's no reason.

Kiko Scalos.

Kiko Scalos.

Kiko Scalos.

Kiko Scalos.

Kiko Scalos.

Kiko Scalos here from the Racine Public Library,

Youth Services Department.

And we want to, let's talk about some of those things

that Che gave us to talk about.

Oh, sure.

I want to get those in there.

Sure.

The drawing was summertime.

We have a lunch break and outside of the building.

And we are seeking vendors.

It means food trucks.

So anybody who, like,

interested to join our lunch break,

please contact Eviden Garcia.

And I'm going to mention it with the email address

and also telephone number.

Okay.

Telephone number is 262-636-9170.

And two people in Eviden Garcia

are at Racine Library.info

and Pam.

Pam that

at Racine Library.info.

That may 22nd through September 11th.

11 to 1 o'clock.

We have a lunch break.

So that's why we are seeking vendors

for lunch breaks.

Yeah.

Yeah. These are the food trucks.

Just you all over. That's become the biggest thing now.

Food trucks.

They're all over the place.

Everywhere.

So let me just quick repeat that.

So people have it down here.

They're looking for vendors,

interested in selling any Wednesdays

from May 22nd through September 11th

from 1 p.m. to 1 p.m.

And I'll give out the email address again.

It's Eviden.

Eviden.

Eviden.

.garcia at Racine Library.info

and Pam Pressler,

excuse me, Pam.

Man, I'm screwing this up.

You did a better job than me.

Pam.pressler.

That's Pam.

P-A-M.

.P-R-E-I-S-L-E-R

at Racine Library.info

or you can call,

this is a lot easier.

262, 636, 917,

262, 636, 917.

I want to talk about what you brought with you today.

This is Japanese calligraphy.

What I'm going to do is I'm going to take a picture of it

and post it on our Facebook page later.

So people can see what we're talking about.

It's stuff to see it on the radio.

So you teach this, huh?

Yes.

There is a person that she is in charge of

programs for seniors.

So I was invited to do it.

So it's coming up.

It's in May.

I believe that's 21st Tuesday, 12 o'clock.

And that's what, let me see.

I will show it to you like this.

That is beautiful.

And you did that.

I did, during the height of pandemic,

I wanted to do something,

something that to encourage the community.

So I selected very strong or caring words

that are always there.

And then, they are posted on our website.

And then, that's why it's kind of colorful papers I used.

I wanted to show communities

no need to have equipment.

You can do anything.

You can use the regular paint, markers.

Anything you can use to do a calligraphy.

And what does that say?

What does that mean with you when I'm looking at it?

Yes.

And of course, Japanese, that's up and down.

Yes correct.

And then this one is art.

That's art.

Yes.

This is dream.

Dream?

Dream?

That's right.

And then all one summer, it was so hard during the pandemic.

So that was like...

Look at that.

Yes.

So, traditional way, we use special paper, like a rice paper.

Right paper, yeah.

This is like a happy birthday.

Happy birthday.

But again, I wanted to show you can use any materials

what you have at home.

Because at that time, it was very difficult to go

and come back because we are so careful touching things.

Right?

We're in the height of the pandemic.

Do these two seniors or anybody?

This time, May 21st, that was senior program.

However, sometimes I do for children's program.

I teach children how to do it.

Then at a very easy alphabet like this.

I like this.

And what does that say?

That's alphabet.

That's the alphabet.

That's right.

However, from this one,

different script is called kata kana.

I teach kata kana.

Then I move on Chinese character.

That's called kanji.

It's a little bit more sophisticated, complicated.

However, I explain about each characters.

So that's really fun.

That's what I'm going to do.

May 21st.

So in addition to all your work at the Racine Public Library

and the Youth Services Department, you do this as well.

Yes.

You're a busy lady.

I do other programs, other craft programs.

And I love it.

Well, good for you.

Excellent.

By the way, I'm going to give out that vendor information

again a little later on because I screwed it up

and I was all over the place with it.

So I'm going to repeat that all over again

because I just want to make sure everybody gets that information

because it's important to get.

Well, this is great.

Storytimes again.

They are Monday's and Tuesday's.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

Okay, Monday through Thursday.

Yes.

And people have to sign up in advance.

No, they just can come.

And what time do they come?

10 o'clock in the morning.

So today is what?

And Miss Gail is coming.

And 10.30, I'm going to do Valentine craft.

Yeah, Valentine's Day.

You got to make Valentine's Day one there.

I don't have that.

Okay, keep them out because I'm going to take a picture of them.

But someone who has birthdays is a happy birthday.

We take a picture of that one.

Happy birthday.

Well, Kiko, that's great.

And I'm glad you came in today.

I learned so much from all my guests when they come in.

And how I learned what happy birthday looks like.

Yeah.

Thank you so much to have me.

No, and you know, I thank Shake King who arranges all this

for people to come in from the Racine Public Library.

Yes.

I mean, this is your library, folks.

This is it. All the services are free at the library.

I go there all the time.

And it's all free at the library.

It's what you're paying for.

And people like Kiko are helping make it a little easier for the youth of Racine.

And we're talking babies from 0 to 0.

Hey, I got a new born here.

Just born yesterday.

We'll read to them.

And you know what?

People actually read to their child while they're still, you know, before they're born.

They read to them. They play music for them.

And I would love to say I remember my mother doing that.

As far back as it can remember is one year old.

I can remember to a year old.

Wow.

All right. It's 729 WRJ on Stereoia.

Don't move.

Civic media, all-town radio refreshed.

Right now, sunshine in 25 degrees.

Crisp cool morning out there on this Valentine's Day 2024.

I'm always putting my foot in my mouth.

I don't stop to think.

I just, you know, just go, oh no.

Words are coming out. Oh no.

I'm not thinking what I've done.

Like I met this woman recently,

I could have sworn she was pregnant.

Let me tell you.

I know now.

I think the rule is don't get set that ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever.

Something like that.

I didn't have enough ever to memorize, you know.

So I said, hey, what's that baby do?

You have to feel the word coming up, but it's too late to stop it.

Oh.

It's coming out and loud.

Hey, what's that baby do?

Baby!

What baby?

At the zoo, the pandas.

I knew they were trying to have one.

I just, you know, thought we'd talk about them.

Talk about the fluffy zoo animals that day.

I hear they got them over there.

You can go look at them.

And if you want, touch them.

Have you ever got somebody's gender wrong?

There's no recovering from that.

You just got to move on.

Because you ain't wriggling out of nothing, you know.

Hey, excuse me, sir.

Ma'am, okay.

Okay, bye, bye, human.

Bye, person.

But I don't fit the first society.

Lord, why, first see all the poor from down in the blue ducts.

Every night I watch the light from the house upon the hill.

I love a little girl that lives up there.

And I guess I always feel.

But I don't care not for her, though.

Well, that daddy is my old man.

So I'll just have to be convinced.

To see her whenever I can.

Down in the blue ducts.

Down in the blue ducts.

People put me down from that side of town.

I'm born in.

I love that she knows me.

But I don't fit the first society.

Lord, why, first see all the poor from down in the blue ducts.

Down in the blue ducts.

Down in the blue ducts.

Down in the blue ducts.

One fine day I'll find the way to move from this old shack.

I'll hold my head up like a king.

And I'll never, never look back.

Until that's put in our work and save.

And I'll save everything.

But tonight you have to steal away.

To see me once more.

Get 738 at WRJN Radio.

A beautiful, sunshiney, crisp, clear morning.

25 degrees.

Doesn't feel 25, though.

Feels nice out there.

Happy Valentine's Day to all today.

Happy Valentine's Day.

Creasing clodby this with a high-tier 42 degrees today.

Rain and snow tonight.

No accumulation of all.

Lose around 35.

And gradual clearing tomorrow with a high-tier 37 degrees.

Let's screw this up before.

So I want to say it again.

And this time I'm going to take my glasses off so I can read it.

This is for the Racine Public Library.

They are seeking vendors for lunch breaks at the library.

If you're interested in bringing a food truck or stand to the library,

they want to know about it.

They're looking for vendors interested in selling on any Wednesdays from May 22nd through September 11th

on PM to learn more.

Contact 11th Evelyn Garcia.

I'm going to spell all the contact information here.

E-V-E-L-I-N dot Garcia at RacineLibrary dot info.

Or you can contact Pam Pressler.

That's P-A-M dot P-R-E-I-S-L-E-R at RacineLibrary dot info.

Take a phone call. Probably easier.

262-636-917-262-636-917-

There you go. I love food trucks.

People do that for weddings now.

I just heard one wedding they did it.

What they did was they got a line of food trucks.

And when it was time for dinner, they sent everybody out to the food trucks for free food.

The problem was there were too many people and the food trucks couldn't keep up with the demand.

So people were waiting 35-40 minutes for their food.

So when you do that, I think you have to arrange it a little better.

It's 739 at WRJN Radio on this Valentine's morning.

I want to thank you for joining us here today.

Oh, let's see here. What else do I have for you here?

Do you want people to like you?

Everybody wants to be like that.

Even if you say I don't care if people like me or not, everybody wants to be like.

What's your number one tip for becoming more likeable?

There were some of the most popular ones to stop taking yourself so seriously.

Self-deprecating people tend to be like more. I don't know why.

Ask questions so people can talk about themselves and don't interrupt people.

People don't like that. They don't like you when you interrupt.

Hmm, let's see.

Okay, that makes sense.

Are you a time wasteer at work?

Let's find out here.

A survey found the top ways we waste time at work,

texting, surfing the internet, and gossiping.

By the way, out of those three ways, you know, years and years ago,

the only thing you can waste time is gossiping,

because there was no internet and there was no texting.

And the most ridiculous ways people have been caught slacking off on the job

include taking a sponge bath in the bathroom sink, really.

Searching online for mail order brides and going outside to slash a coworker's tires.

Wow.

Where is this place that I don't want to work ever?

Thinking you're getting your kid a cell phone.

Here are the five things to do before you buy your kid a cell phone.

Set some rules. Talk about sexting. Talk about cyber bullying.

Make them realize it's a big responsibility and make sure they know

you could take it back any time you want.

Remember, it's a privilege.

You have a cell phone. Privileges can be revoked at any given moment.

Oh, I stuck donuts here.

People ranked the best type of donuts.

And apparently people are more basic than I thought,

because the number one donut happens to be the generic one glazed.

People like glazed donuts the best.

Chocolate Frost in Kevin's second.

Boston cream. My favorite.

Game at number three.

I think I might stop off at the bakery downtown on the way home.

I passed the Main Street bakery.

See what they've got there.

Chocolate with sprinkles.

Maple. Oh, I love maple maple donuts.

Maybe I'll get a maple one.

Well, I love maple cinnamon jelly.

Don't like jelly donuts at all powdered double chocolate.

That's a chocolate donut with chocolate frosting.

My wife likes those.

Oh, in custard field.

I love that.

So I don't know.

It's either Boston cream custard filled or maple.

Maybe I'll get all three.

They've got there at the bakery this morning on Main Street.

I pass it on the way home.

Now I'm starving.

All right, planning a road trip.

All right, be prepared.

You ready?

Okay.

You've been warned.

The top seven fights people have during road trips.

Driving skills.

That includes everything from driving through slower tailgating.

The changing lanes too much.

The temperature in the car.

Directions.

Where do we eat?

Swearing and other drivers are flipping them off.

The volume in the car.

That includes everything from whether or not to blast the radio.

The kids shouting at each other.

Smoking.

Well, let's just go through those one of the time.

Because we take my wife and I before COVID, we took a lot of road trips.

When COVID happened, we kind of slacked off on them.

But I hope to pick that up again.

Driving skills.

No, when we're on the road traveling, I don't think we bother each other with that.

I usually do all the driving.

The temperature in the car.

No, we're pretty good on that.

Directions.

I don't argue.

My wife is the navigator where she says we go.

And even when we're traveling around Racine, she's the navigator.

She knows fast ways to go places.

Quick places.

How to make quick trips.

I don't.

I get lost very quickly.

So she's a navigator.

So we don't argue about that.

Where to eat?

No.

We're pretty good at that.

Generally, when we're on a road tour, we bring food in the car.

So we don't have to keep stopping.

When we do stop, you know, the stretch and get some to eat.

No, we're pretty good on that.

Swearing and other drivers are flipping them off.

I don't swear at them, but I do complain a lot about other drivers.

Now I drive alone to work in the morning and come down to 16th Street.

This morning it was a guy driving alongside of me in a lane that didn't exist for driving.

And he was trying to get ahead of me.

And I'm going 30 miles an hour.

It means I had a stop put on the brake so he can get ahead of me.

And funny thing is when we got to the traffic light, we were next to each other.

All that work for nothing.

So I do, I do yell, but when people are in the car, I'll yell and swear at them.

But when my wife's in the car, I just say, see if that stupidity gets just did.

All right, the volume in the car.

We don't have kids in the car.

But radio.

No, we're pretty good on that.

I don't want to problem with that.

I need one of a smoke.

So yeah, doing a road trip is pretty good with the Rosens.

I did take my mother and father on a road trip once.

They were in their 80s.

I guess.

Well, let me see here.

Now they were in there.

They were in their mid to late 70s at the time.

I took them on a road trip.

I don't know what possessed me to do it.

But my father was a big donator to the crazy horse monument in South Dakota.

I gave a lot of money to a Native American causes, my father.

One of them was he wanted to see that monument built to crazy horse.

So he also became friends with the daughter of the guy.

Joe Kowski was their last name.

I can't remember his first name.

So he became friends with the family.

So when we went out there, we got a special tour and everything because he's a big contributor.

So he got the special treatment.

So anyway, I sit to my mother and father one day.

How would you like me to drive you out to crazy horse from recene to South Dakota?

And they flew in from New York.

And I arranged the whole trip.

We were going to stop in Deadwood, South Dakota.

We were going to Mount Rushmore.

We're going to all these places.

Wow.

What was I thinking?

So my mother and father love each other for all their lives.

But they bickered from time to time.

First stop when, well, it's not the first one.

But when we stopped along in your Murdo, South Dakota, they allowed gambling.

So we're stopping at a gas station.

And my father is in the back room at a gambling machine.

And my mother said, but he's gambling again.

But he's back there playing that machine.

I said to my father, my mom's pretty upset with you.

He bought my mother a peace offering.

And it was a baseball cap that said South Dakota.

Now, my mother doesn't wear hats.

In all my years on this planet, I've never seen her wear a baseball cap.

So my father bought her a baseball cap for $16.

I think it was.

She took it, threw it out the window into the garbage spill by the gas pump.

I said, mom, I would have liked that hat.

Now it's in the garbage.

We get to Deadwood, South Dakota.

Deadwood, South Dakota is a big gambling place because it's deadwood.

I mean, the famous for gambling.

That's where Wild Bill Hillcock, Wild Bill Hillcock had the Aces and Aits got shot in the back.

So my father wants to take a nap.

And my mother and I ain't going to walk the streets of Deadwood while he's napping.

So he goes to the hotel.

And my mother the whole time say, but she's gambling.

Bitch, he goes to that casino.

I bet she's down there gambling.

Meanwhile, my mother stopped at every building along the way, putting money in slot machines.

A betchy gambling.

A betchy gambling.

A betchy gambling.

We go back.

We finally make it back after we hit about 20 slot machines along the way.

My father's still napping.

She got all upset over nothing.

But this was the whole trip.

This was going on.

I am so glad I did it.

I've got a great picture of my mom and dad and I in the badlands and all these places.

And I'm so glad I did it, but take it.

My parents across the country.

What was I thinking?

I'm glad I did it.

It was an interesting road trip.

I took my parents on another road trip.

Once we drove from I took them to New York to Florida to their new home and we're driving.

I'm driving 13 hours at a shot.

Most of it in the pouring rain.

And I listened to the radio.

My father turns off the radio and I said, well, I'd like to hear some music.

He said, no, I want quiet in the car for the rest of the trip.

The rest of the trip has another 13 hours.

So we couldn't listen to the radio because he didn't want it.

Eventually I put it back on.

I said, Dad, I've got to have something here.

It's pouring rain outside.

I want to listen to something.

And so eventually we put the radio back on.

Traveling with my parents, all these road trips I took with them.

And it was just me and them.

And my mother was in a bad mood because she was trapped in the back with a kennel with her dog in it.

And it was very tight in the back of his car.

And so anyway, I'm so glad I did it.

I wouldn't change a thing.

I'm so glad I took my parents on those road trips.

But wow!

Okay, 748 at WRJN Radio.

I'm Don Rose in this Pacific Media, hometown radio refreshed.

A beautiful sunny, crisp Valentine's Day morning.

It's 25 degrees, but it doesn't feel like it feels nice out there.

Increasing Claudia this today with a Hiner 42 rain and snow tonight.

Lose 35, gradual clearing tomorrow with a Hiner 37.

Hey, coming up tomorrow, Mike Bino's going to be here.

We're talking about the new issue of our Wisconsin magazine tomorrow.

You're going to love it.

That's tomorrow morning, right here at WRJN.

I feel it in my toes.

Well, love is all around me.

I'm so the feeling grows.

It's written on the wind.

It's everywhere I go.

So if you really love me, come on and let it shine.

You know I love you.

I'm always made up by the way that I feel.

There's no beginning that we know.

And because of my love, you can depend.

I see your face before me.

It's I lay on my bed.

I kind of get the thinking of all the things you said.

I believe you're promised to me.

And I get my to you.

I need someone beside you.

It's 752 at WRJN Radio.

I'm Don Rosen.

Thank you.

Join me here this morning.

My wife and I share inspirational thoughts every morning when I get here.

She sends me one.

I sent her one.

I got to read you the one this morning.

She sent me because it's really good.

Knowledge is knowing tomato is a fruit.

Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

Love that one.

Thank you.

I love that one this morning.

Yeah, I sent something a little different for Valentine's Day.

Mine was I must be the luckiest person alive because every morning I get to see the same amazing person

who I see in my dreams every night.

I think hers is better though.

Knowledge is knowing tomato is a fruit.

Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

I like that.

By the way, we went to a concert last night at Starbucks school right here right down the block from the radio station.

It was the, let me see if I get this right.

I'll actually have the paper here.

Hold on a second here.

I think I have it right here.

I wanted to mention this because we had a good time with the Jefferson lighthouse school concert.

The 2024 Suzuki strings and orchestra winter concert.

And it was last night at Starbucks.

I loved it.

You know what I love about it?

These kids from second grade through fifth grade doing something that I can't do.

Play a string instrument.

They had kids playing the violin, the cello, the viola.

And I think that's those of the instruments they played.

And the guy Ryan Anderson who was the teacher there.

He was the conductor of the Suzuki strings credit to all these kids.

And especially the little girl I went to go see Noel Carter.

My wife teaches her piano.

This kid is 11 years old.

She plays the piano and she plays the viola.

This kid is going places.

I have a feeling.

This kid can play two instruments.

I can't play one.

My wife is giving me piano lessons.

And Noel said, well, let me judge him and see how well he's doing.

I'm going to have an 11 year old kid.

Tell me how I'm doing on the piano.

And that's something.

So we had a great time at the concert last night at Starbucks.

The Starbucks?

No, what's that thing?

What am I thinking here?

It's nuts.

Yeah, the Starbucks.

It's Starbucks.

Like it's a coffee shop.

The Starbucks middle school auditorium.

That's where they held the concert last night.

It was packed.

It was packed.

Every parent showed up.

That was great.

This kid for just wonderful last night.

And they played Christmas songs.

Some of them had played a Christmas song.

Seven segment because they learned the songs.

You know, November, December.

And this was the winter concert.

And Mr. Anderson said, well, you know, we learned him.

Well, play him.

Here they are.

You play Christmas songs last night.

Two months after Christmas.

Anyway, we had a good time last night.

It was wonderful.

2020 for Suzuki Strings and Orchestra Winter Concert

for the Jefferson Lighthouse.

We have to have that man on the air here.

I mean, this guy's got the patience of a saint.

I got to tell you.

You're dealing with all these kids on stage.

And also in front of the stage, they put the second graders

in front of the stage.

And all these kids, and you've got to keep their kids

in their mind wanders.

I mean, what are they?

You know, they're young children.

He says time for the concert at six o'clock.

These kids shut up.

And they did what they were supposed to do.

I mean, he's really got control over this orchestra.

Good for it.

He's got the patience of a saint.

I wouldn't do it.

I'd be yelling shut up.

No, he didn't do that.