Good morning, Wisconsin. Good morning, world. It's a new day. Thanks for kicking it off
with us right here at WFHR, locally grown radio. Got your host, James J. I am joined by Melissa
Kaye. Good morning. And we kick off our show like we do every Thursday with our great
friends from the South of County and Main Society. We have executive director, Madison
Rafter, with us right now. Getting ready to give us our pet of the week. Madison, good
to see you. Good to see you. Thanks so much for being here. We appreciate
the time. And in our pre-game, we were talking, and this has been about a year we've been
doing this. It's been about a year, so I'm very happy about it and happy to continue doing
it. Us too. We missed having this segment in years past. It's so good to have it back.
It's so good to be able to talk about the Main Society every week to bring attention
to these things. And we have loved working with you. It's been a lot of fun working
with you. And you had some stats for us. And I love stats, Madison. I don't know if you
know. I love stats, statistics, and everything. So what did you have for us about this?
Yeah. So with our pet of the week, normally we usually do one pet at a time that sometimes
we did a coppular. I talk about a group of them. But our total number for the whole year
was 67 animals that we talked about. When I pulled and looked at our numbers, we have
57 of them that have been adopted. Wow. Wow. That is awesome. That's the good story
of the day right there. I'm not for top of that one. That's so good. A big, big, big thank
you to the best listens radio out there. Every one of you that have helped this happen.
This doesn't happen without all of you out there. One of the greatest communities you'll
ever be around, the good people of Wood County here making these things happen. We greatly
appreciate you being behind us on this. And of course, a gigantic thank you to you and
your team, Madison. We appreciate you spending some time with us.
Well, thank you. We appreciate everybody for sharing and getting the word out there
for animals and just making sure we can continue to help sport or community the best we can.
How are things going over the shop? Good. Our kennels are almost done. On pretty much
our main dog room is almost fully completed. They're putting kennels in this week. Our
starting intake won't be done until probably mid February. But I'm just I'm hoping we
can start getting dogs in the door starting as of next week. So with this Madison, with
this this change over there, what is this going to be able to do for you guys? How what
is this going to be a add to you to the things that the main society? Yeah. So sadly, pretty
much since COVID, we have not had dog walkthroughs for multitude of different issues. Reason
number one is our kennels look like crap. They were not fantastic floors were cracking just
overall not good kennels. So we've not had walkthroughs for that reason. Also, our dogs
especially do not have good kennel presentation in the shelter and our kennels set up that
we have. They're looking at each other all the time. And with that, that continues to
rail them up and rail them up. So you start to see a lot more of that barrier reactivity
of our dogs. So their kennel presentation just was not good. Our new kennels that we
have for a set up have more of a barrier with a window so that they're not looking at
each other constantly. They're not to wriling each other up things like that so that when
the general public does walk through, their kennel presentation isn't as bad as it was,
especially because a lot of our shepherds or any of our high working breed dogs always
tend to have a little bit of that barrier reactivity. This will help with their kennel presentation
will not continue to deter adopters kind of situations. So we're very excited about
that. We have a full meet and greet room finally. I know that's been something that's
been in the works for years and years and years that we have not had the proper space
to do some like meet and greets with dogs. Sure outside in the summertime, we'll take
them out and they can run around in the yard. But the room we previously had was too small
for a 50 pound dog. I'm sorry, you're getting trampled if you have a family of five in
there with a 50 pound dog. So now that we have a proper meet and greet room, we can actually
do them all year round. We're not clouding up the lobby. We actually have the proper
space for that. And then the most exciting part that I'm happy about is we actually will
have safe bite quarantine kennels. We do bite quarantines for the county as well as handled
dangerous dogs. We will have safe kennels so that my staff are safe as well as the animal
is safe. They're indoor outdoor kennels with a guillotine door so that we pretty much can
lift the door. They can go outside. We can lock them on that side, clean their inside
kennel and let them back in. We could also leave it open and they can go in and out as they
please. So we're very, very excited about that. This is a twofold process where we're so
thankful to hear about something that's going to help with these dogs and their safety
and them getting adopted. I think those are notes that most average people would not know.
So I appreciate that insight and the safety of you and your team. That's very high on
our list and that is really good to hear. And another part of this that I don't think
a lot of us understood or knew, the presentation matters. It just does. And these kind of
things, especially in a situation like this where we talk about this all the time, first
impressions matter. And in this, we think about it just with people meeting people, but
it's the same thing in this scenario too. No, it's definitely something that's definitely
needed for a very, very long time. And I'm very happy to be able to have this as something
we can continue to offer to the community. It's a safe space for our animals. It's a safe
space for our staff as well as the community coming in. So we're very excited for to be
able to reveal everything and people to start coming in again and being able to walk
through. So it's something that I've not liked to had to make that decision to close
walk through through dogs. It's not my favorite thing. I wish that I would be able to walk
through and see animals. But based off safety of our animals in the public, that's one
of the reasons why we closed for as long as we did. So I'm excited to open it back up
and start to have that again. So when things do open back up, I want to do a remote
from there. I want to broadcast. I want to help celebrate that place. We'll work that out.
We'll figure something out. Even if I just got to run over there with a microphone.
Definitely. We will figure that out. I'm so excited and so happy for you guys. And every
day, we're a little bit closer to that. Shout out to the construction team over there
doing some great work as well. I know the poor construction team. I'm just like, all right,
what's our timeline? When can I start bringing dogs in and they're just like, what? And
I was like, oh, by the way, I tagged dogs already. You guys got a deadline now. Before we
dive into our pet of the week, I did have a story that I came across and was talking
about with Melissa this morning that I wanted to tell you about. And I do have an added
note with it, a cat who went missing from her owner's home turned out to have gone over
800 on an 800 mile road trip across England and Wales in the engine compartment of a moving
van. The cat is safe. It's okay. It's doing well. But it got into this machine as the
it was the neighbors that were moving. It goes in there and it gets moved. They were able
to get the cat back to its home because of its microchip, veterinarian checked it and everything.
So another important note, as Melissa said earlier this morning about microchipping and
how important that is. Yeah, microchipping is so important. The other thing too, especially
with the weather temperatures dropping. Make sure you check your hoods at your car before
you get in your car. Just even if you knock a little bit before you start your car, it's
definitely something to make sure you're checking it. I mean, we have one cat that it
has happened on two occasions now where he has gone from one side of the county to the
other side of the county because he hops in he hops and cars. Luckily, he's microchipped
and we get him back to the owners. But definitely something that just for precaution in the
winter time to when the temperature starts dropping and it becomes this cats want to try
to call crawl somewhere where it's warm. Even if it's a safe space from the winds, cars
are a very, very good thing for them to crawl into. So just make sure you check in your
hoods before you start your cars. This one's a joy ride. Just a joy. We can all relate
to that, right? We can all relate. I mean, we had a story cat this year that I think it
was earlier this summer. The lady had left her son roof open and he curled in her son
roof and was sitting under her car or sitting under her chair because she's like, how did
this cat get in my car? He had curled in her son roof. So it's they go where it's
warm. So I don't blame them. It's a funny fun story. It's also a good note, keeping
that in mind. Yeah. I know one of the things I like to do when I'm wiping off my windshields
because I always have to park outside. I wipe off my windshields and as before I get
in the car, I'll tap under the car sometimes. But I don't think about inside the engine
under the hood often. So that's that's something that's a good note to keep in mind. Yeah,
definitely something like when we used to live in Indiana, we had barn cats that were
always crawling up under the hood. So it's definitely something if you at least tap
on the top of your hood and usually will spook them to jump out from under the car.
So I highly recommend that. And another note, if anybody is looking for microchipping,
we do offer microchipping at the Humane Society. It is $25 for that. So if it is something
you are interested in, feel free to give us a call and set up an appointment. You'll
not only know that your furry friend is safe and be able to come back home if something
like this happens, it goes on a road trip or something like that. But also knowing that
you're helping the Humane Society, you're putting back into your community through something
like that. Who is our pet of the week, Madison? Our pet of the week this week is Dom. Dom
is a one year old lion head boy. He was brought into us as an owner, surrender due to no fault
of his own. It just was a situation that wasn't his fault or anything along those lines.
He was brought in with his sister Mia. So there's actually two of them. Dom is a lion hair
rabbit. He's gray, like smoky gray. He's a very sweet, curious little dude. He just wants
to run around in a room, play, do his own thing. Mia's a little bit more on the reserve side.
She's more about just kind of keeping to herself, but she definitely will come out once she's
comfortable. But both of the two of these would make great pots for anybody who's looking
for a first time rabbit. They're both very easily handleable. I can trim their nails, no
issues. So, and again, if it's something you've never owned a rabbit to, feel free to call
to. I'm very good with helping continue to explain adoptions and how to care for a rabbit,
how to trim nails. If you don't feel comfortable with something, feel free to give us a call.
We're more than welcome to walk you through it, provide you resources, things like that.
I know firsthand, Madison, it means every word she says about rabbits when it comes to
that. And she can back all that up. We are both big rabbit lovers. And I like to think
of rabbits as being that in between of cats and dogs. Almost the best of both worlds, rabbits
really give you that. They're such a wonderful caring pet. They're so empathetic and creative
and fun and interesting animals. I'd like to see, you know, rabbits like this go to really
good homes. I'm rambling because I want time so bad. I cannot look at him. I can't look
at him. You have to look him up because he's the cutest little white puff ball. Oh my
god. With the gray nose and gray ears. He is adorable. And my two favorite colors are
orange and gray. And I'm looking at this. And his name is Dom. I'm a day go. Come on.
I mean, they're named after Fast and Furious. Oh, yeah. I mean, you know, you're a fan of
that. That's just perfect for it. And he is all white. He's actually gray. Those pictures
a little little weird. It's what's the color pattern. I want to say it's a sable point.
Oh, it's some sort of sable coloring and so it's but he is gray. It's just different
shades of gray. So he's got the dark gray, the light gray, some medium gray in there.
But he's a little. Just awesome. Just an awesome little guy. Find out more about Dom
and other great pets over at the South of County main society. Madison, is there anything
else you want to touch on before I let you go? I mean, we are opening up volunteer applications
very soon. So once our kennel veneer renovations are finalized, we will be opening those back
up again. So if you are interested in getting involved in dog walking, dog cleaning, cat
socialization, cat cleaning, anything along those lines, please fill out an application
online. We do most of our communication through email. So please make sure you have a valid
email if you're filling out applications. And find out more by going to swchs.com, swchs.com.
Be sure to follow the South of County main society and social media as well. It's a great
follow great way to keep up on things going on with our community and society. Madison,
we'll talk to you next Thursday. Thank you so much for the time. We appreciate you.
Of course. Thank you for having me. We'll come back and have some more fun on the morning
show here at WFHR locally grown radio. Because right now, I'm waiting a minute. We already
did this one. Welcome back, everybody. Morning show here at WFHR locally grown radio. Is it
this yesterday, too? Yeah. Is it the bear naked ladies, I think? I'm not sure. Well, we're
making their fans out there. What is it? The BNL BNL fans? I don't know. I don't know. I'm
not sure. Anybody out there bear naked. Maybe they're fans. Maybe they're friends. And maybe
they're enjoying it. Our good friend, Madison, after joining us, I wanted to send a big shout
out to her. A big thank you to her for joining us. It was a lot of fun. Be listening every Thursday
for another pet of the week from our friends at the South of County main society and find out
more about them at swchs.com, swchs.com. I am a little mad at Madison because I cannot stop
looking at Dom. I encourage you to go ahead and adopt Dom, please. Do it, do it so that, you know,
give him a good home. Save James from, from, save me from myself. Being, yes, please do.
And saving Melissa from future work. But inside joke there, we got to get in some entertainment
news right now. And Green Day did a surprise six song set. It's just where they did it.
There was so fat. Cool. They did this at the Rockefeller Center subway station in New York
Tuesday night. Oh, cool. It was taped for the tonight show. They came out in disguises with
wigs, fake moustaches and sunglasses to play a cover of bad companies. Feel like make it love.
That's funny. After revealing their identities, they went right in the basket case. Their best
song as far as I'm concerned. And they did two songs of kiss, rock a roll all night. And then
they did American idiot. No word yet. And when the segment's going to air, the new album that they
have coming out is called Saviors. It comes out tomorrow. Nice. In related news, Green Day says,
says on their upcoming stadium tour with the smashing pumpkins, they'll be playing dukey and
American idol in full. American idiot in full. Those two albums. I kind of like when bands do
this, that especially bands that have a large body of work. If I'm a fan of Green Day, but I'm
only a fan of this particular genre, this album or something like that. This is right up your
alley. You know, oh, I love this album or oh, I don't like that. That's the album you like.
Right. Exactly. I think that's really smart. I don't be grudge artist, any artist trying to make
a buck. That's how they make a living. Most of them don't own their own music, which is insane to
me. So I don't begrudge that kind of thing. But I think that this is even more complimentary.
This is about the fans. And really, you know, when you care about your fans, it's not so much
about the money as it is about that. And it seems like Green Day has always been that way.
And they can be that way because they're so big. Yeah. Very true. Very true. And they've been
a, it's weird to me. They're one of those bands that I don't think of as, oh, they've been around
20 some years, but they've been around 20 some years. It's just interesting. A music doesn't get
old. Yeah. And I don't think of them as a band that's been around this long and everything.
It's just very interesting. I think I hate to tell you this, but most of the music we listened
to in high school is now considered classic music. It's so weird. When I started at G.L.E.
back in the day doing classic rock and everything, I learned that in order for a song to be considered
classic rock, it has to be 10 years old. And you hear that and you think, oh, okay, that's cool.
That's really interesting. And then you realize, oh, I've been out of high school for like nine or
10 years or whatever. Yeah. Nirvana's never mind is considered classic rock. Pearl Jam's 10,
Alson Chains Dirt, like all these albums that I would listen to over and over again and now are
considered classic rock. Because it's been more like 20 years since high school. Right, right. Yeah.
Yeah. Another reminder. Another reminder. I don't problem with it honestly. No, I do it in a joking
sense. I prefer getting older to the alternative. I'll take it. I'll take it. This is probably not
one of the better ideas Hollywood has came up with or maybe it might be. Polly Shore will be
starring in a biopic about Richard Simmons. There was a lot of rumors flying around about this
for a while. Polly also. No, it's finally been confirmed. Yes. Polly also stars in a short film
about Richard called the court jester. It's not related related to the movie. Polly revealed
last year that he was playing phone tag with Simmons about the movie. But it doesn't sound like
he's ever really been into the idea. Richard released a statement yesterday morning saying, quote,
you may have heard that they may be doing a movie about me with Polly Shore. I have never given my
permission for this movie. So don't believe anything. Everything you read. I no longer have a manager
and I no longer have a publicist. I just try to live a quiet, quiet and peaceful life. Thank you
for all your love and support. Richard Simmons has earned to be out of the public eye. You know, he did
a lot. Yes, he made a lot of money and he did a lot of a, you know, we all had jokes about Richard
Simmons back in the 80s and things like that. But you can't deny that he was ahead of the game
on mental health and about body health and about body positivity. Absolutely. I remember my mom
watching some of his stuff and he would make it a point to have, I don't know how to properly
put this, but, you know, not supermodels in the front row. Various sizes that represent
our population. He was really adamant about that and very big about that back in the day. And I,
I think that a biopic about him makes sense. Why would you not want to do a biopic about him,
especially with the rise of biopics being so popular? And, and we've really gotten really good
at making biographies nowadays where we're telling true stories. We're not just giving you headlines
or the good stuff. You know, we're seeing the nuts and bolts of these things more. And I think a
life about Richard Simmons would be very interesting if Richard Simmons was cool with it. It does
bother me. That's the kicker. Yeah, it does bother me a little bit that they're doing this without
his say. This isn't the first time. Without his permission. Well, this isn't the first time this
kind of thing has been done. And as far as copyright laws and that kind of thing goes, you are able
to fudge things here and there with that. And I don't know, I don't know enough about the movie to
know if they did that, but I'm guessing since he doesn't have, he didn't give his blessing,
that's probably what they did. This is probably years back, there was this race to make a Janice
Joplin biopic. And they, they, like one group had the rights to her music, the other group didn't.
And the group that they released the movie first, they released the Janice Joplin movie,
but they didn't have the rights to her music. So it was Janice Joplin, but without, you know,
taking piece of my heart or any of these things and stuff. And it's just kind of like,
I don't know, you know, how the movie didn't do very well. It really wasn't that popular.
I don't know the point in doing some of these sometimes, you know. Hollywood has had no problem
in the last couple of years, literally making a complete movie and then like scratching it,
because they make more money off of that than they do releasing it. Trying to release it to
Dismophailure. Yeah. Meanwhile, while the producers and the people that own these companies make
tons of money off of those, let's take the Batwoman movie that famously last year was made,
they finished it. All they had to do left was some principal filming and they scratched a whole
thing. They had the whole movie made, scratched it. And for the producers and everything,
they get their money back on that. They're going to be okay. But if I'm an actor, I scheduled in my
schedule, my time is valuable. And I scheduled to be a part of this movie. I turned down other roles
so I could do this. Now nobody, not only nobody seen it, but it can't be, it doesn't even matter
if it's on my resume. Right. Because nobody seen it. I'm going to be honest. This is a little close
to home for me. I spent seven, no, I'm sorry, nine months working on a TV show, 11 episodes
that ain't a damn person ever going to see. And it's frustrating that I had other projects that I
could have done that I turned down. I had, I could have spent more time with my family. I mean,
there's a billion things you can do. And I'm not the only one. There was five other actors that are
part of that. They were also looking at this as their big break. Meanwhile, the producers,
they just scratched this off and they make all their money back the entertainers, the creatives.
And I haven't even gotten into the guy holding the mic, the grip guy, the costume and editors
and all of these people. They all suffer while the top of the line, the very top of it, they make
their money. Gee, is that sound like a familiar tune? A Chuck E. Cheese game show is in the works.
Really? Yeah, it's where duos of big kids, you know, those of us over 18, can compete in
supersized arcade games. I love this. I'm all in. I'm all in. I really love this. These games will
include pinball, air hockey, alley, alley roller and the human claw. The pair who earns the most
tickets will get to exchange them for prizes of a massive version of Chuck E. Cheese prize wall.
It's still pretty early on, so there's no word yet on the network or premiere date. There's
also no word if the show has already been cast. It's been done by the same guy, it's being done by
the same guys who do top chef and nailed it. So that is pretty good. That's good. Those shows have
are hugely popular. Yeah, I'm not even I'm not even that into cooking shows and top chef is
awesome. I like that show. I haven't seen nailed it, but I know that a lot of people that do like it.
Yeah, I guess that's one where they like actually do really badly at what they're trying to do.
Oh, okay. I'm sure that's how that show works. Okay. I don't say this very often. This isn't just
a good idea, a great idea. This should have been done already. Like I feel like this is one of
those ones is I'm reading. I'm like, why didn't we think of this sooner? This is amazing. This is
a fantastic idea. Yes, it's a little bit reminiscent of like Nickelodeon slime. Yeah, those shows
where you know, you had the obstacle there. Double Dare. I loved those when I was a kid. Those
were my favorite. My sister and I would sit back and watch Double Dare and we would, I got
to imagine like other kids did oh, plan out what you would do. Oh, you would handle those things
and stuff. Yeah, yeah. And you go down like the one where you go down the slide and you land in
pile of, I don't know, it was probably shaving cream, but it looked like whipped cream and you have
to dig through for the different things to find. Yes, yes. Oh, I love that game. This also love
because I used to, we used to get to go to Chuck E. Cheese's a couple times throughout our childhood
because I don't know for some reason that's where we celebrated my brother Andy's birthday. So
and that was right on New Year's Day. Okay. So we go to Chuck E. Cheese's on New Year's day.
We didn't do it every year, but we did it often enough that it became associated with his birthday
by my and playing the arcade games. It's just, I don't know, good, good memories. That's going to
be awesome. That is going to be a fantastic show. I don't watch a lot on reality TV or game shows.
I'm going to watch that. I definitely am going to watch that. I have to check it out. Yeah, that
looks pretty good. We are going to take a quick news break. We'll come back and Melissa and I are
going to get into an interesting story about a woman who bought a vintage dress and an antique store
and found a secret pocket and what was in it. This is such a cool story. It's coming up on the
morning show here at WFHR, locally grown radio. Welcome back everyone. Morning show here at WFHR.
Locally grown radio. We hope you're having a great start to your Thursday out there.
Melissa and James here. We're going to dive into a fun story. This may take a little while to unfold,
but I promise it has got a great payoff to it. I think it's a really interesting one.
I want to send a shout out to CNN.com's Faith Calimimi or Karimmi. I'm sorry. Faith Karimmi,
who reported on this article. If you're curious about seeing the entire article in its
full and you'd like to read it and encourage you to do so, you can find it at CNN.com and just go
ahead and look for women who bought a vintage dress at an antique store. That's the headline. If you
throw that into your search bar, you should be able to find it as well. Or even just vintage dress
secret pocket. Probably bring it up. Yes, nicely done. The Victorian dress and the main antique
mall was unlike anything Sarah Rivers co-field had seen before. It's fitted bodice, puffy bust
and lace cuffs reflected by gone era. As a vintage costume collector, Rivers co-field recognized
it as a dress from the 1880s. But despite its age, its delicate embroidery bronze silk and metallic
buttons appeared intact. She haggled the price down to $100 from $125. So she wondered where she'd
store the two-piece garment. The price was higher than she usually pays for as an archaeologist who
collects antique costumes and purses for fun. But it was a holiday season, so she just splurged
a little bit. And boy, was it a good idea she did? Yeah. Rivers co-field had no idea that the dress
she bought in December of 2013 would unravel a mystery a decade later. Inside, a secret pocket
tucked under the bustle were two crumpled sheets of paper with lists of seemingly random words
and places. Melissa, just for those of us that aren't as good at this stuff and know these things,
where, what is the bustle? The bustle is the part that is over the back. It's basically above
your butt. Yeah, yeah. Punched up part back there. See, that's one of those things I'm being honest
here. I just didn't know what that was. I knew what exactly what you're talking about as soon as
you said it, but I did not know that's what that was called. Yep, that's what that's called.
So in that bustle were two crumpled sheets of paper with lists of seemingly random words and
places. On the paper was Bismarck, omit, leafage, buck, and bank. And then on the other line,
Calgary, Cuba, unguarded, confute, duck, fagin. Weird. Yeah, yeah. Notes on the margin of the
papers appeared to depict time. A tag stitched into the dress had a handwritten name, Bennett.
Bennett. Rivers co-field was baffled, she told CNN. The words were cryptic. What did they mean?
And why did Bennett need a quote, super secret hidey hole in river co-fields words to stash them.
The buttons alone portrayed a foreloin or a foreloin ophelia from Shakespeare's hamlet and were
worth more than she had paid for the dress. So even before the mystery unravels, she's got more
than she bargained for literally in other ways. In February 2014, she posted a blog about the dress
which she nicknamed Bennett's bronze bustle, what the question mark? She wrote, I'm putting it up
here in case there's some decoding prodigy out there looking for a project. She included photos
of the dress and the papers. And you'd see these papers if you look up the article and it's just
really cool to see the fadedness of them, the old. Yeah, the faded paper, a beautiful handwritten
script. Online sleuths took up the case, but without success. In 2017, one blogger added the note to
his list of the top 50 unsolved encrypted messages and floated more theories. I am already
following that by the way, that top 50 unsolved encrypted messages. That's pretty cool.
What is it? What is it? A cryptic love note, dress measurements, civil war codes,
rivers co-field quickly dismissed any interpretation linked to the civil war. She was she has studied
1880s catalogs from department store chains like Bloomington's and no doubt the dress was from
that era. By then, the war had been over for about 20 years. Others speculated it was a form of
communication related to the telegraph, a new way of sending quick notes launched in the United
States in the 1800s. Yes, yes, nice nicely done. Wayne Chan, a researcher at the University of
Manitoba in Canada, stumbled across the code online in the summer of 2018. He told CNN he looked
at 170 code books and none of them matched the message. Quote, I worked on it for a few months,
but didn't get anywhere with it. I said at the side and didn't look at it again.
Chan then said, who solves codes as a hobby, then began researching the telegraph era,
including the weather codes used in North America at the time. And early last year, he had a breakthrough.
He discovered the code messages were in fact a weather report.
Weird. Yeah, and they were not encrypted for secrecy, but because the code allowed forecasters to
shorten detailed weather reports into a few words. In the era of the telegraph where you were
charged for every word to send a message, such shorthand was cheaper than sending a big batch of
words and temperature readings. Each word represented meteorological variables such as temperature,
wind, speed, and barometric pressure at a specific location time of day.
For example, the line Bismarck omit leafage buck bank contains a surprisingly specific details.
Bismarck meant it was recorded at Bismarck station and what is now North Dakota.
Omit meant that the air temperature was 56 degrees and the baramic pressure was 0.08 inches
of mercury. Leafage referred to a dew point of 32 degrees Fahrenheit observed at 10 pm. Buck
indicated there were no perception while bank meant a wide wind velocity of 12 miles per hour
and a clear sunset. Wow. So an entire paragraph of a forecast shortened to what five words.
Yeah. Shout out to the telegraph, the first texting machine like that's amazing and a good
note by you with that. I wouldn't have made that connection. I don't think if you hadn't said that,
that's really cool. All weather stations were required to send the reports by telegraph to a
central office in Washington DC. Chan said. That's awesome. Chan discovered that the encoded message
used a 19th century telegraphic weather code used by the Army signal corps, which was the national
weather service for the U.S. during the 1880s. Yeah. Wow. Rivers cofield said she was stunned
by the revelation, but not surprised. Quote. I'm an archaeologist. I'm an archaeologist for a
living. So I do a lot of research into the past, she said. I've long since come to terms with the
fact that not every artifact or every document is going to reveal all of its secrets as part of
that's pretty cool interest. And I imagine a very that's got to be a difficult part of that job.
Mm-hmm. Yeah. Not be able to figure it out. Mm-hmm. As part of Chan's research, the national
oceanic and astrophoric administration provided old weather maps that helped him determine the
precise date of the weather observations in the coded note. And it was May 27, 1888. Wow. They were
able to fascinating. They were able to pinpoint the date. That is incredible. Rivers cofield said one
of the biggest takeaways from the discovery has been realizing that people had no immediate way
of knowing what weather was coming in the 1880s. Quote. It never occurred to me that the telegraph would
have been what unlocks that for people because now we're also used to our weather apps or even
before the rise of phones and everybody having a super computer on their hip. We had pretty much
outweather on the top of the hour at news stations and that radio stations. Yeah. Yeah. It's still
though unclear who Bennett was and why she had weather codes stashed in a secret pocket.
So the mystery remained. Yeah. But for now Chan and Rivers cofield are just glad that they have
unraveled the biggest piece of the dress's mystery. Wow. This is so cool. I could see this as, you know,
like a fodder for a stage play or even a movie or a TV show or a book. I think this would
yeah. This woman or a meteorologist in 1888, which is probably fairly unheard of in that time.
I love these kind of stories, especially when we get some of the truth or some of this story
unreal revealed, but not all of it. Yeah. It drives me a little crazy because I love to have
the answers. But at the same time, I love the mystery. I think it's such opening for imagination
of what what she was doing or what would have, you know, been going on at that time because
this is a fairly fancy dress. Yeah. For the time period. I mean, this woman was not poor.
Right. Where and back then this now if it was during the Civil War, I would immediately think
of a spy because a lot of the times some spies were from the upper class, if you will, or something.
But this had nothing to do with the Civil War. So why why hide the what the information?
And it was weather. Yeah. Yeah. What so what needed to be so secretive about it? Or are we,
was this just because women have never had pockets in their clothes? Was this just the only thing
place she had to put it? I mean, it is a convenient place for to put it. And actually, so
side note, women did have what they called pockets, but in this era, but they weren't they were
more like purses. They were tied, I believe, and it varied, I think, by culture, but they tied it
around their waist and it's a pocket. Okay. And some of their dresses more often back than did have
pockets. Interesting. This is a more modern thing. I didn't know that. Oh, that's really
interesting. And wait, if you look at that volumptuous skirt right there, you can fit a lot of
things under it. Yeah, it does look like it's key you can. Yeah, it definitely does.
Thank you so much for going on that rabbit hole with me. Absolutely. That's if I really
appreciate you doing that, Melissa. 1800s fashion anytime, Jason. I just, I think these things are
really interesting. And I also hope this encourages people to use thrift stores more and to go and use
those kind of things. You never know what you can find. That's very true. We're taking a time out,
we're coming back and we're having some fun on the morning show at WFHR.
Welcome back everyone. Morning show here at WFHR locally grown radio. Melissa and James here with
you final segment of the show. We're going to take you right to the top of the hour with some fun
and some Vernon Reed guitar. You're not going to be able to have living color and a bumper and not
have me play most of it. I'm sorry, everybody. I'm just going to have to, I can't help myself.
We got to get into, we usually save this section right here for a then a right story. We've been
trying something a little different. Well, we're going to have those here and there, but we're
also going to do them a little differently. Instead of a then a right story, I want to get into one
that I think is really beneficial to people out there. And I am the that ain't right part of this
story. We'll just get that out of the way right now. So here's your excuse to sleep until noon
on Saturday. A recent study found sleeping in on the weekends might save your life.
Oh, that's extreme. Researchers looked at the health records and sleep patterns of 3,400
Americans over the last two years. And people who slept in hour longer on weekends had lower rates
of heart disease. Nice. They were less at risk of heart attacks, strokes, and then other people
who woke up at the normal time. The biggest difference was folks who average less than six hours
a night during the week and got at least two extra hours on the weekends. Yes, that makeup sleep.
The one time it might not be good is if you're already getting enough sleep during the week. In
that case, sticky to your normal schedule keeps your internal clock on schedule and makes your high
quality sleep. But for anyone who is sleep deprived, which I got to think is 90 some percent of
the audience out there. Sleeping on the weekends might be a good call. How long and how many of us
have said in our heads or said to other people what Melissa just did? Oh, I'll get I'll make up my
sleep on the weekend. Or the age old saying you'll sleep when you're dead. Exactly. Those are my
two answers Monday through Friday whenever anybody brings up sleep with me. Oh, you know what?
I got a little time on Saturday. I'll fit a nap in then or something like that. Ask me how many
times I've done that, Melissa. Yeah, I'm pretty sure you know the answer. Yeah. It's important to do
this. And now we actually have the data and the science to back it up science favorite thing.
It actually that this actually does work that actually does help.
Yeah, you can make up for sleep deprivation. It doesn't completely negate your
your what's that there's a there actual term for it that you're your sleep bank or like you can't
completely recharge it. Yeah, but you can you can put back into it a little bit which does help.
Right, right. And every little bit goes quite a ways when when it comes to not only sleep,
but I mean your your health, you know, doing good by yourself. And outside of if again if you
have a normal sleep pattern, there's no necessarily downside to this. That's that's that's pretty
I think important to note of it. Well, and we all know that the, you know, like when we're sick,
what do you what do you do? You sleep. Yep. Your body fixes itself when you're sleeping.
So it's important to get enough of that time for our bodies to do the job that it needs to do
while you're in that mode. You encourage people to look more into this and pay attention to those
things because that is a fascinating thing to find out. And it's so cool to me to hear something
that, you know, brings the the kind of theory or the the the old wise tailor whatever to home to
bring a truth to it. That's interesting to me. Yeah, listen, just mom telling you that. No, no,
we got to get to some good stories of the day. But first up, I want to touch on our schedule.
That's a good story of the day for sure. Join us from three to four today for midday magazine,
Lisa Kubis, executive director and Jillian Akalekna, marketing and events director with visit
Rome, going to be joining us. Oh, good. We're heading to Rome, looking forward to it. It's going
to be fun. Yeah, some exciting things coming up there soon. Yeah, we're looking forward to that
talking about those and exploring more of the Rome area. And then in part two, our friend Kayla
Rombalski, you're going to join us community development educator Kayla always has something fun
and interesting to bring to us, looking forward to finding that out at 330 today. Great.
Let me good stuff, everybody. Be sure to check it out and spread the word about these shows. You
can find them if you miss anything. All of our shows are podcasted at civicmedia.us. We're
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thoughts are, which you'll come and handy tomorrow when we do our star star of the day with culverts.
Yeah, get yourself some culverts. Yeah, get some free culverts just by answering our star of the
day. Question tomorrow. It's going to be a lot of fun. James makes it easy for everybody but me.
Tonight on the radio at 605 The Great Guard Show, find out what the Wisconsin Badgers had.
Basketball coach has to say about this last game that they had this week against Penn State.
A bit of a surprising loss, but a surprising season already from the Badgers men's basketball team.
I think they're playing a lot better than most people had them being in the top up across to the
Big 10. Not many of us thought that would happen. So it's been an exciting season already.
And you can hear what Coach Guard has to say about the game going on tomorrow that will be right
here at WFHR. 630 Wisconsin men's basketball hosting Indiana looking to get back in the W column.
Nice. On Friday on WIRI at 650, great high school boys basketball, Almond Bancroff at Port Edwards,
Michael and Seth are going to tag team that. And then this is the special. They're going to have the
the alumni pet band playing. Yeah, that's pretty cool. So you don't want to miss that.
It's going to be fun. And on Saturday, more bucks basket ball. You heard it from Mike Clemens earlier.
Bucks are at in Detroit at 130 to take on the pistons. Pistons are not just the worst team in
the NBA. They could go down as one of the worst teams of all time in the NBA. So the Bucks should
do better than last game should be a W, but it's basketball. Who knows? It all bets are off with
basketball. We'll talk about it on playmakers on Monday at three o'clock. Be sure to join us every
Monday from three to four for playmakers. It's our live call in show brought to you by quality
plus printing. Get your words out here in Wisconsin. Rapids. Thanks, Phil.
Shout out to Phil. I appreciate him. We mentioned this earlier and we're going to talk more
tomorrow about the winter farmers market. We're going to Michael. Join us tomorrow for that.
Looking forward to it. It's going to be a lot of fun. But again, remember everybody, the
winter's farmers markets grand re reopening this Saturday from nine to one over at the
Moravian Church Basement at three 10 first Avenue South. Find out more.
Get your fresh stuff. Shopping the warmth. Yeah. And it's find out more at WR Moravian.org.
Port Edwards Community Game Night featuring family feud.
It sounds like a lot of fun. It really, really does. It's going on from six to seven 30
at the Port Edwards United Methodist Church at four 11 Wisconsin River Drive.
Board game based on the classic game show. They'll have $50 gift certificate for the winning team.
And today is the final day to register for this. You can register by giving them a call at
715-887-3011. That's 887-3011. Oh, Kevin wants to play. Yeah. Yeah. I don't blame him.
I like the idea of the three of us being on a team together. We'll throw Seth in there,
like the four of us. I think that'd be fun. And I think Kevin might do the best of all of us.
I think Kevin will do it. I think we should bring Laura because that's our, that's our
area. Yes, all right. This event is a safe and brave space. Each team will consist of five
people with, but individuals will be placed together on a team. So if it's just you solo,
you'll still be able to be a part of this. Yeah. You can still register.
Have fun with that at the Port Edwards Community Gaming Night family feud going on this Saturday
from six to seven 30. Today is the final day to register. You can do that by calling 715-887-3011-887-3011.
Keep in mind that this Saturday our Wisconsin Rapids rafters will have their hot stove event.
Yeah, this is the event going on at the the Mead, right? Yeah, the hotel meeting conference
center's ballroom. Yep. As the clock keeps ticking close to the spring and close to the rafters
baseball, come and enjoy and find out some cool things that the rafters are planning for the
2024 season. You find out about roster updates, upcoming promotions and other thrilling insights
into the team's plans for the upcoming season. That's right. You don't want to miss it.
Find out more at anorthwoodslead.com, Northwoodslead.com.
And one of the wrap up with a couple of world good stories. A guy in Michigan is glad he had to
hit the grocery store twice in one day. He went back to return something, bought a lottery ticket
and hit for a million bucks. Oh, nice. He's probably grumbling on his way too. You know he was.
Forget this. Yeah. Return something. This isn't what I wanted. The rest of his life,
it's going to be his job to go and pick things up that he forgot that somebody forgot or something
like that. Yeah. Yeah. And a guy in South Carolina named Tibbethy Snipe saved his tiny Chihuahua from
a coyote the other day. He grabbed it by his bare hands, picked it up by the tail and trapped
it in a dumpster. He got bit on the leg and needed nine rabies shots, but it'll be okay.
And his Chihuahua Roxy is perfectly fine. Oh my goodness.
Yeah. He said, quote, once you get a pet, they're automatically a part of the family. This is,
that is my girl. And a courageous, wow. And a perfect segue to remind you about Dom,
our pet of the week. Check out this cool line head rabbit and many other furry friends
at the South of County Main Society. You can find them all at SWCHS.com.
Yes, you can. You might find your own Kevin. Yes, that's very true. You find your new furry
family member at SWCHS.com. Visit our friends at the South of County Main Society.
Great show, Melissa. You have a good day. Yeah, you two James.
We'll have Terry John sitting in with us tomorrow. We'll be back with more fun and get
you ready for the weekend right here at, we'll pay on you. Take it.
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