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 here. I am going
to be joined by Melissa and Seth in just a little bit looking forward to that. We're
going to kick off our 9 o'clock hour with some new friends we have. We have Lincoln High
School students, Josh, Jonah and Olivier here with us. They are Lincoln High School
Deca students who will be attending the Deca International Career Development Conference
in Anaheim, California towards the end of the month. I'm going to let you all introduce
yourselves. We'll get into some questions. Good morning, everybody. Thanks for being
here. Go ahead and introduce yourselves. Awesome. Good morning, James. My name is Josh.
Hey, Josh. I'm Olivier. Hey, Olivier. I'm Jonah. Jonah, thanks for being here. Appreciate
the time you guys. I was telling the kids beforehand how much I greatly appreciate the sacrifice
of leaving school to come put up with me. I cannot imagine how hard that is. Thank you
for being here, you guys. I want to start off first, especially a lot of our audience.
It's been a while since we were in high school. What is Deca? Do you mind telling us, Josh?
What Deca is? Yeah, of course. So Deca is a career in technical student organization that
prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality
and management in high schools and colleges around the globe. Well done. Very well done.
I have to say that, and I was telling you guys this too, I don't think I'm in this chair
without speech classes, without debate, without Deca, without some of those programs. They
gave me a reps in front and talking in front of people and more and more experience with
it to the point where you just get more and more comfortable with it, like anything
in life, the more you do it, the better you feel. Has it done that for you all in the
time that you've done it? Have you felt a little more confident, a little more comfortable
speaking in front of people, Olivier? Yeah, absolutely. I think I was a very nervous
individual entering high school. And now three years into Deca, I feel very confident.
I feel very, you know, sociable with networking and speaking in front of others. So it's definitely
boosted those skills and my confidence for sure. It's great to hear. There is almost
no job that I can think of that any whatever you guys do and you're going to go on to do great
things that this isn't going to help with, that having some experience, speaking in front
of people, feeling comfortable doing those things isn't going to be a useful thing.
And other things have you gained from being in Deca? What are the things that have been
in the advantage helped you enhance? Yeah, I know before I joined Deca, I was sort of
a loudmouth throughout all of high schools, like through classes, I'd just be talking and
talking. And Deca has helped me like, you know, like focus my thoughts sort of and be
able to just like focus on what I'm trying to say and sound smarter, sound better. And
Deca, we are allowed to compete in a bunch of business activities. So it's helped me gain
the scope of what business is like sort of on the outside, not the consumer side, but
as a manager or as a just employee throughout business. That's really cool, Joe. That's
very cool. And good to hear. And I have to tell you guys, I have a lot of students on.
All three of you right away, very clear speaking, very right into the mics. I've never had
that before where I've had such good speakers here. That's great. You guys are doing great.
I want to get into what it is that you, what made you want to join Deca? Why, why you
like Deca? What it is about it that got you involved in it and everything. I will start
with you, Josh.
Yeah. So I know I've, you know, I remember people have asked me this question. I go
back to the same thing. I'm not going to like, I'm not going to sugar code it. It was,
it was a dare at lunch now as a freshman. We have, we have this, it's called a club
fair. It's where people can go to like specific tables and learn more about the different
extracurriculars that we have at our school. And I remember at lunch, one of my friends
is like, Hey, if you join, I'll join. And so that's kind of how I got started. And then
there was a couple of field trips. And then on those field trips, they started sharing
a little bit more about kind of what, what the whole scope of Deca is and the different
things that you can do other than just the field trips, like things like the competitions
and the other places that you're able to go. And those things really interested me. So
that's kind of how I got jump started into it.
That's awesome. That's a great story about that. And, and the, it just is a good example
and a great life lesson for you very early on. Take chances. Life is about that. You,
you, you have to be, choose your battles wisely in life. But sometimes it's about taking
a shot or just seeing where something might lead. You never know where it might go.
That's really interesting, Olivia. Yeah. So my brother, oh, it's a couple of years
older than me. He was in Deca and he did, you know, organizations like this. So I knew
going in that maybe this is something I'd be interested in. And then I got involved.
I didn't, wasn't very involved early on, which I regret. But then one of my friends
is like, you should go to this district's competition with us. Just try it out. And I
said, fine, it was like the day before. And I went and it was just amazing. So it's
evolved from just going to the competitions to the field trips. And, you know, now we
get to go to California. So it's just evolved. And then it led me to our marketing classes
and our business classes. And it's just helped me with my future, you know, just taking
a chance like Josh said. Yeah, yeah. Joan, some of the Josh mine is not sure. Code it
all. My sister was a good part in Deca. She was too. She was too little to me. She graduated
now. But she originally signed me up for me without me knowing. And then I told her, I'm
not doing this. And then my dad was on her side. And I ended up going to one of the field
trips to a green bay and we toured Lambo field. And it was just a fun experience being
able to see all like the Lombardi trophies. And there's a couple people, public speakers
about what they do at Lambo. And there's a media manager talking about her social media
side of Lambo. And then I'm like, fine, I'll keep on doing it. And she told me I could
get a week off school going to Atlanta, Georgia. So I'm like, okay, I'll keep on trying
at this. And then I've, I've thanked her for this. It's a fun experience in my life so
far. It's really cool. That's, it's very cool. And there is nothing wrong with having
advantage or, you know, finding silver linings or icing of the cake in these things. There's
none. That's a big part of life too. I also should mention while all these great things
that they have done and said, Deca also raises money for local events, for local charities,
for local nonprofits. They've raised over $10,000 for MDA and special Olympics, just for
an example. And our, the top three in the world are for MDA donations, which is very impressive,
very impressive. Something that we've noted on the show here a lot is like my generation,
we wanted to do things. We wanted to get some things done. But I also think that we were
from a time where, well, we do that in our 30s. You know, in our 30s, we start thinking
about politics and our 30s, we start caring about this or that or whatever. Your generation
is not waiting. You guys are getting things done. You guys are out there and learning about
these things more. You guys are caring about these things more. And I imagine that being
a part of all these great things you said, the field trips, the time getting to learn
new things and meet new friends, that all feels good. But that has to be a main part
of it. I imagine is the idea that you can raise money for these special funds that you
can help out these organizations, putting back into your communities. It seems to be a big
deal for your generation and a lot of it. Is that the case? Am I just kind of, you don't
know, oh, man, you don't know what you're talking about. But it does seem like that. Olivia,
did you have something there?
Yeah, I think that's one of the best things about Ducca is how we're able to get back to
our community. It's one of like the guiding pillars of Ducca as they put it. And I think
personally, I don't realize throughout the year, like how much I'm giving back. And so
we get to this point and we're going to California to get recognized for raising so much money
for MDA and all of our conferences and events are kind of focused around this. We always
make sure to have a miracle minute and collect funds. And it's just so donation and like
charity driven. And you don't really think about that at first until you take a step back
and look, you know, at what you've done and it really feels great to have this involvement
with our community. That's very cool. Very cool, you guys. Let's wrap up talking about
this great event. Again, the ICDC is accumulation of DECA's most successful and dedicated competitors
who have worked hard over the past year to have opportunity to compete at the highest
level. This event, this is a fun one. What are you guys looking for to most about this
trip? And I'll start with you, Josh.
So I think one of the things I'm looking forward to other than just the other than the
kind of like we were talking about earlier, going and seeing a different part of like the
country and because, you know, it's the weather's kind of dreary. We don't have like a lot
of beaches over here. So we get those opportunities to explore some of those entertainment options
like Disney and all the other attractions. But in terms of like the competition and what
we're really going there for, I think it's cool to because the competition is just us,
right? We're talking it's us and a judge, which we have done at state, which we've done
at district. So it's really not new, but it's really the other people that you get to meet.
So the people from different states that you get to meet and you get to talk to, and they
get to share a little little bit about their state and kind of what they do with their DECA
chapters, with their high school DECA chapters, with their state associations, and how they're
really being able to use what they have compared to what we have to still achieve the same outcomes,
which is why we're all there at the same time. So really being able to learn about other people
and their different perspectives, especially with how different our states are and the things
that we get to do, like we get to raise money for MDA, we're able to do that. But some of these other
competitors who are from larger states, they have some of these bigger corporations who will support
them because that's that's what their market is. Their market is a lot bigger than ours. So they
have different different things available to them compared to us. So just being able to compare what
we've done with other people and how we've both been able to be successful and reach to the
ICDC. Mm-hmm. Well said. I love you. Yeah, I mean, I agree with everything Josh said.
It's great to network and meet with other people from other parts of the country,
parts of the world, it's international. And I love that. I think at the same time,
I love getting to travel and this sounds superficial, but to be with my friends, a lot of my
very close friends are in DECA. So we get to experience this together. I've never been to California,
so it's this great trip that we get to take together. And I just love competing with Josh and
Jonah. Like this is what we do. We set it a table with a judge, a very similar format to this.
And we talk and I just think it's great and I love competing. And it's just fun to have
time with my friends and, you know, meet new people. Mm-hmm. I do it with both of them, but mine
aren't as technical as theirs. I'm trying to do the best I can and hopefully win and spend some fun
time with Disneyland. Right on. Yeah, all good answers. All of you. All of great. I for one,
I was going to say that I don't know if any of these other students stand a chance against our team.
I'm a link and I'm a link in a lump so I can say that RT. I can go ahead and do that as
of what sports fans do. I also, I don't know if I stand a chance. Like if any of you get into radio,
I'm done. There's no way I'm going to be able to survive at this job. Like people are hearing
my voice compared to you guys the way you speak. It is a world of difference. You guys got a bright,
bright future ahead. You were some of our favorite minds going forward. People in DECA, people in
these organizations, people that are putting into their community. We're appreciative of that.
In a route for you guys, we're going to be paying attention. We'll be cheering you on safe travels
going forward as we're letting you go. Anybody want to say hi to any of that? We do have,
we do have a couple of sponsors that we would like to make an order for us to make this trip
possible. We definitely want to do that. While you're pulling up, I want to send a big
shout out to your teachers to the people that are in charge of the DECA program and helping this
all happen. They do some incredible work and we don't get a chance to shout out our teachers and
those often, nearly often enough. All right. So first off, we would like to thank the following
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Appreciate you guys, nicely done there. A big thank you to all those sponsors, all those businesses,
buy local support, support the people to put back in your community, everybody. You guys did great.
Nice job, everybody, nicely done. Thank you so much for joining us. A big thank you to Josh,
Jonah, and Olivia for being here today. Cheer them on as they head to California and win this thing,
because that's why I'm thinking, that's why I see you happen. Appreciate the time, you guys.
Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. We'll be back with more Morning Show for you right here
at WFHR, locally grown radio. Welcome back, everyone. Morning Show here at WFHR,
locally grown radio. Seth, Melissa, James, here to hang out with you, everybody.
Welcome back to the show. That went in just for you, man. I can't get enough of it.
I can't get enough of it. We hope you're having a great Wednesday out there, everybody.
Thank you so much for joining us. A big big thank you to the Deca Kids for joining us.
That was great. Yes, they were awesome. Josh, Jonah, Olivia, thank you so much.
Break a leg, have fun with the trip and joy yourselves. We're going to be rooting for you the whole time.
Absolutely. And every time any kid comes into this studio, I feel so much better about the future
when they leave. That's true. And also realize my days are numbered. It's a little
column, a little column. I think you're safe in your radio job for these kids. I think they're
going to do other things. I think you're fine. We are a little bit later after our news break.
We're going to get into a fun one. I've got lined up for us. Where is that? Oh, here it is.
So we've got a good one to get into with pet names. We're going to have some fun pet
name that we want to get into. That is going to wacky pet names. The finalists for that.
We're going to touch on that one a little bit later. But for right now diving into a bit of
entertainment news real quick for you, the Roseanne house is for sale.
Roseanne's house from her sitcom as well as the post Roseanne continuation series The Conners
is on the market. Even though the Conners are still being filmed and it's still in production.
Thank you, Melissa. The house was only used for exterior shots on TV. The inside of the house
is just a bunch of sets. The real house is a lot nicer on the inside than the Conners keep it.
It has a four bedrooms and two full bathrooms and it's not in it's not in Landford, Illinois.
Don't don't don't. It's in Evanston, Indiana. Oh, okay. They're asking about 225 grand for that one.
Okay. Four bedrooms. Wow. That looks. I really I didn't think this was really that
topical. But one thing I did think was noteworthy. I didn't really thought much about it. But that
show did a really good job of making you feel like it was a real house. It really did. Yeah. So
much of it had to do with the the extra rooms like the whenever they would like the the the
the mudroom kind of thing you would think or something like that having those little things
and seeing people coming through there and coming into the kitchen. I think a lot of stuff took
place in the kitchen on that show and so much of it you could see somebody walking in before before
they they spoke or something like that. It really felt yeah real. It felt like or you go
into the garage or dance workshop. Yeah. I mean again it just felt like it was lived in like people
actually live there. Yeah. I I really don't especially because Roseanne has been a knucklehead
and all that and everything. I don't think that we're ever going to really be able to give a true
credit to that show. Oh, like for for so many of the things that it was able to do when married
with children did they did on a more of a and see PG 13 level. Yeah. Roseanne had a little dose
of that but not as much right. But they were also still giving you an American a true American
family. They were giving you more right they were giving you more of a true American family than
almost 90% of the families on TV. Right. Certainly a lot closer to it than the Cosby show. What is
this? And that's not a shot at the Cosby show. No. That's a shot at reality. I know what you mean.
The writers I should say. What was their idea? I understand the idea and I've heard the format
before of what what they designed with the Cosby show and that that has a lot of layers to it and
everything. But it also like I never heard anybody say and I'm talking like every race you can think
of. I know a lot of people and I've never heard one person any color they are say the Cosby show
relatable. But nobody thought the shot that Cosby show was relatable even if you were African
American. I don't think that you necessarily did at least from the African American friends I have
Rosanne. So many of those shows I know plenty of my African American friends that love Dan
that love that show and felt a relatability to those characters. It was a show that I think in my
opinion it was the last great blue color to come because it went from like it was the early 90s
you know the late 80s early 90s when it's when it's when it was at its peak right yeah yeah look
at that to to the late 90s was there any show that had a working class family look at friends
they somehow had these great apartments in New York City I mean come on what and what did they
do for a living I don't know what any of them did I know one of them was an actor yeah and not a good
actor yeah he wasn't working so that's where like that there was nothing relatable about that but
so the original Rosanne the original run I think it was I think it was the last great blue color
sitcom and I don't think we've had anything like it since really yeah it's hard maybe the
Simpsons maybe but even that has gotten so far feel at this point right yeah yeah the amount of
jobs homers had yeah exactly and it's animated it's true and well that's that's an important
note again about read really an ability more and more people are wanting that not just with
their TV shows but with everything there's a reason we talk like this and we don't all talk like
this yeah because that's radio that's media in this in general nowadays I think that a big part
of the reason why you have seen the rise of influencers and YouTube stars and TikTok stars and
all that it's because they're relatable they they people see that and they think they can do that
exactly it's it's a part of the reason why bowling's popular and bowling's a fun sport it's fun
to play and all that but so many people watch bowling oh I could do that oh I could do I could
still do that don't matter what the rage is oh I got you you don't watch a football player like
I'm sure there's some delusional people out there and most of us don't watch you know some great
football player and think right I can do that but you look at a bowler you look oh I can do that
I can do that you think you can I'm not saying anybody can bowlers I have a lot of respect for
bloggers unless you're mucky bets but other than that I mean
continuing on the never ending story is 40 years old if you can believe it wow and today's Hollywood
standards that makes it way overdue for a remake oh no but this time the plan is to make a whole
series of films because if there's one thing Hollywood loves more than remakes it's reboots
it's franchises oh yeah oh that tasty word of franchise one worked well why don't we make six
yeah the original had two sequels that nobody really remembers in 1994 the movie actually got
a little boost in 2019 when the theme song was probably featured in season three of Stranger Things
um I remember that a trio the mall what was her name but what did he scout what did he shout I don't
know I don't know nobody knows I have no yes it's great it's a it that I don't know if it holds up
but God did I love that movie as a kid oh yeah that movie but it was it was remarkable there was
nothing like it at the time yeah it was very one of a kind if I remember correctly very unique
it was very unique movie that I again I don't know if it how it holds underrated uh career of Wolfgang
Peterson yes what a director man yeah direct some really good movies the the like nowadays if you
if you just take a side the the animatronics or or like the the hobbit the snail a lot of the puppets
yeah the puppets and stuff it's from it's incredible what they were able to pull off it's true you
would you would think that it just got made now with some of that stuff the dark crystals a little
like this too but I think the never-ending story stands out by far in a way when it comes to the
puppeteering and a lot of the work that was done special effects wise and thanks for traumatizing
us with the swamp of sadness by the way oh yeah thank you for that there's a couple of really
dark things yeah that's why I was really careful to say I don't know what holds up I don't know
well that's true about the dark crystal as well though that's a pretty dark stuff in it so I have a
feeling there's almost nothing that we could say that that there isn't at least one thing that
well that didn't it well something it's all right it's okay uh we encourage you to uh go
bookmark the web page wrc theater dot org wrc theater dot org get your tickets for wrc
these main stage finale rumors rumors kicks off in less than a month main third it kicks off it is
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Christine Sullivan uh has some of your favorite locals in it some great actors great performances
and it's a great comedy it's a fun show it's a great show it's it's it's a little different for
Neil Simon yeah a little more farcical uh he wasn't he didn't do a lot of those because I've
never seen this one it's good um I heard a director a long time ago uh describe this as his
silly play it's a fun one for for I mean keep in mind it's still Neil Simon yeah but it is kind
of his silly play yeah yeah yeah um they're also looking for directors uh keep that in mind
everybody if you are looking uh to direct uh like one of the three of us uh and have that
they're kidding but uh but but people like us or if you're looking to just get your foot in
there and then check things out and stuff you you're not just gonna be hey here's a script go
directed they prep people they plant they work with you they help you uh you have a whole team
to work with exactly I'm gonna make you feel confident before you even get into river you know
auditions and everything so encourage me if you've ever wanted to maybe be a part of things at WRCT
but you don't necessarily want to be on stage or maybe work in the back hey be a director yeah
uh reach out to them you can do that uh as well and keep in mind that there are always fun things
going on with our Wisconsin's Revis Community Theater hope all productions are getting into gear
we've got audition dates coming up April 29th and 30th from five to eight over at the uh Wisconsin
Revis Community Theater for Disney's newsies junior musical everybody that's coming up and more
auditions on the way for you with other shows for Hopo if you've got kids and you're looking for
to give them something to do and give them some confidence building and an opportunity to have
some fun maybe meet some new kids I can't think of a better opportunity than Hopo and and what
is offered at WRCT yes again find out more at wrc theater dot org wrc theater dot org you think
that got me the apart no promoting hang it and I'll try again the mind it was good promotion though
very good it was fun yeah it was good to promote it was good we'll be back before uh after
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listening to the radio right now why aren't you listening to the radio right now hey you because
they're listening on the civic media app oh there you go very nice um we uh we we uh we uh we
were waiting to get into this one uh according to the most recent stats when it comes to pets dogs and
cats are the most common as far as our favorite pets or ones we have the most two-thirds of us
have at least one pet at home and that is the most common dogs cats follow my fish birds rodents
reptiles and horses okay 97% of us think our fur babies are part of the family but we definitely
get a lot more creative naming them than we do our children that's true that nationwide pet
insurance has an annual contest to find the wackiest pet names in america last year's winners
were a dog named doc Paul Widdellie Paul Widdellie yeah uh and a cat named spicy beef per perrito
yes they just announced the finalists for 2024 and voting closed already but here are the top
names in the running this year and the dog category boots with the fur chug chug pickles
little little Richard Simmons sweatin to the oldies that's a long name oh yeah that dog goes missing
that's a tough name to be walking down the street uh that's something you got to think about
with all these names like it's true dog or cat goes missing you have to go walking down the street
yelling lord waddles yeah lord waddles uh Lou Lou the conqueror I like that one yes any name
with the conqueror after I love that uh uh mr. pizza puff
miss pizza that's good Molly the corporate
does it make sense team team the bandit player I'm not sure what team the bandit player I know
you're about that one interesting a dog they just call the news um that's kind of funny for a
number of ways and this is all all one name one love tiny dancer princess Margaret Rose Windsor
uh that that dog okay one Marley tiny dancer that's John and then a whole bunch of royalty yeah I
don't know that's an odd combination and those were just the dogs yeah uh the cat nominees oh boy
Baltimore vin car alarm I like that with Carl iets Any bitty kitty committee Yikes
that's the clothes boy my min or needs me oh neonie my honest y'all have times
uh miner minna Minerva me ah no golly oh I'm gonna all uh from the from the Harry Potter uh
uh what's your name? Mean oh I forget I can't think of it yeah yeah I forgot
and and necro necro nom cat you know nom cat yikes skull crusher uh Tony scar face
baloney and samsung family hub refrigerator all came in the running as well but this is my this
is my this is what I like Steph perry Steph per oh that's a good one I like that one oh that's
good uh they also have a catch all division for other animals nominees include a tortoise name
mid-size sedan oh that's great a lizard named frosted mini-weets oh a guinea pig named cow pig
and an actual pig named snoop hoggy hogs snoop hog oh wow man that's got to be up there
that's got to get some votes that is pretty good that's a pretty good one right there we like
those plans and and I want the snoop hog winds and then I want snoop to award yes give them the award
because he would do it he would probably do it yeah yeah oh absolutely I just have to throw out
there though none of these animals get called their whole name of course no no that would be
impossible so how is that even fair yeah yeah that's true that's it's a fair point I think that is
a fair point yeah uh we'll get into their uh a pen and shirts calm wacky hall of fame greats
in a moment let's take a phone call good morning what's on your mind female let's see how easy
is it come up with a different thing Kevin Kevin I didn't choose his name I I get a pass on this one
you should have fought harder that's what we're getting you should have fought harder Melissa
oh you broke me care point you broke me
oh that's a good are you a pet guy man if you had pets and do you have a pet now we
oh actually we I had a few weeks ago I had put one down so I'm so sorry
I love dogs man foot into mouth wow that's just a bad one that's okay that's okay James
it's okay yeah I mean I'm a big dog lover I mean I've had cats but I prefer dogs
but yeah do you I've had dog theme of hunter okay I had a I had my youngest son or
I should see all the someone he was younger with big that time was jungle book two just came out
hmm and he wanted our lab called big hero oh that's a good one that's really good
just a black lab right yeah yeah it's pretty good you know that I you know that I my
adapted a great howling went when I was just got out of high school and then that that dog name
was with EC bullet by you know obviously it's called it bullet yeah that's not bad for a great
howling but yeah I mean different pet names but what you're just naming off there's no way I can
be y'all I mean I have a feeling that you especially if you're like nobody knows that you're
you from the neighborhood or anything they just see you walking down the street yelling this name
yeah they might they may you may have some command in the white coats yeah yeah they might
become by always appreciate the time man thanks for the call you have a great wait a great day
good week you're the best the best we have the best listeners and radio yeah you know we couldn't
pass that out no I couldn't pass that that was so good yeah so good I also I I will put that up
against any radio station in and the world best listeners there's ever been you can go to
petinsurance.com and the wacky hall of fame greats if you want to see some more of these names like
prison Mike whoa just a cat named prison Mike and he looks like the sweetest cutest cat you've
ever seen uh piggy smalls not bad oh that's pretty good uh pickles make butter pants the muffin slayer
oh that's all right that's a little too precious for me that's a little much
anger atlyn pa oh that's a good one that one I like now some of these are ones like all I would
have a cat just to name it that I definitely mr. potato head or I'm sorry doctor potato head
doctor potato when when got his PhD yeah smarter than mr. potato there are some great ones out
there did you guys have any pets growing up or had can you have you had any or did you have any
you want to name a pet uh or anything that you haven't had to and that's open to the audience as
well seven one five four two four twenty six hundred but I'll ask you both first um
you know our dog was named prince that's a classic that's a good one it's a classic name uh the
dog I had growing up yep the dog I had named growing up uh sunshine because he had yellow fur
and I was three years old when we got her and I looked at the dog and I said shushine oh no
and that's how she got her name that's because she looks like sunshine yeah that's very cool
that's very cool good morning you're on the air uh what's on your mind oh they hung up let's go
ahead try another call good morning you're on the air what's on your mind so this conversation
has me really think and I should submit my pet next year yes yes uh you want to let the audience
yes yes uh my uh blemish giant to the large black rabbit but we named her Janice Hoplin
so good that is so good you have to you you have to you submit that I really feel like it's up
there with the finalists this year I really should throw her in the mix next year shouldn't I
yes you should and I don't get to do this very often but I don't know many people who are better
at this than Laura like she is I can she is like an idiot subat when it comes to like naming
things or coming up with pun names or anything like that like you definitely should submit that
still think I still think that my favorite one that I've ever done is Carl the the crow that
Quinn has it my so my daughter got a stuffed toy raven or crow it's hard to tell it's stuffed animal
okay um but we named it Carl so good awesome that's great thank you for that probably my favorite
yeah that's a good one that's nice thank you for the call have a good morning best listeners
in radio I've mentioned before my family we we didn't really have pets growing up but latent life
with all three of me and my me and my siblings my my dad had a friend he was helping out at a barn
and there was a dog that was about by and stuff and and they just they weren't really doing much
with this dog this dog look really be shoveled my dad took it in and it brought it to the main
society and and then promptly took it home and he was a black lab and we all were trying to name
this thing and it's tough when you got a bunch of kids doing it try having three adult kids
and my father thrown in there trying to name this animal and my my sister finally said well he's
a black dog we should just name them Zeppelin black dog you know for those that don't know black
dog famous they're famous songs yep and Zeppelin got his name nice that was it Sammy is very
similar to your cat Kevin Melissa that was his name that was just what they called him and he
responded to that my parents were like well that's what we're no no no reason to change it yeah
yeah he's a Sammy that's his name I I I like I did know have a friend growing up who had a cat
named C-A-T C-A-T see a lot of people that name their dogs D-O-G yep yep I've heard that
what before there's a good thing I spell I would do that but I'd spell it D-A-W-G dog
oh I like that that's good when my dog dog I think we should also submit you know our our sister
station station mascot chicken which are listeners names yes yes but that's not a real pet though I
don't think we can get away with that I wonder I wonder if we could is it going to become a real pet
I was gonna say while there's possibility that we might have a that was good something that
represents said chicken yeah you know like that could happen but that's pretty good that's pretty
good for sure oh so good that was so good we will take a quick time out we'll come back and have
some more fun after checking in with our partners on the morning show here at W-F-H-R locally grown
radio welcome back everyone morning show here at W-F-H-R locally grown radio Melissa Seth and James
hanging out with you thanks so much for joining us everybody we're gonna take you to the top of
the hour gotta get into our schedule gotta then write story or two to touch on here and some good
stories to wrap up on but those then write stories we gotta get to these real quick all right
um and they're both noteworthy so Pepsi is recalling more than 230 cases of swaps zero sugar ginger
ale because it actually has a chock full of sugar in it there was some kind of mix up in the
product canned as zero sugar contained full sugar the recall effects nearly 5,600 cans and it
includes products that were shipped to Maryland Pennsylvania and West Virginia naturally this is
more just than just an unexpected sugar high some people have medical conditions then make these
products dangerous to drink no injuries or illnesses have been reported it's unclear how they
discovered the air it's immediately where I went it was like yeah it's very very dangerous
situation right there with that the recall the recalled products have to a sell by date of
May 2024 that's more information on specific codes here online if you'd like to look for them
if you don't have a reason to limit your sugar intake it might be it might have been fine to drink
just a little bit surprising right um that yeah that that I'm glad it was a small amount that's
the good news it wasn't very wasn't very many yeah thankfully that it didn't go everywhere
did not hear of any of um you know uh tragedies with that or anything like that but there were
probably some people who didn't feel very well yeah yeah yeah sugar sugars get really high even if
it doesn't actually cause a medical you know situation you don't feel good right well and uh
I mean I granted I can tell you like I one hand I can count how many times I've drank ginger ale
in my life but don't you drink ginger ale to settle your stomach a lot of the time it's the
ginger is supposed to do that yeah it seems like a real reverse and that's exactly right uh it
turns out this uh work this works on humans and makers of x body spray might be preventing a lot of
drunken brawls what what this is very interesting because it cleared the bar out you'll want to be
there yeah yeah right the um the Wall Street Journal just did a big write up on how farmers have
started using x body spray to prevent male sheep from fighting someone realized the smell
is so strong it masks the ram's natural pheromones it's a trick that's apparently been uh
filtering uh filtering through the sheep hurting community for several years a specific scent
called axe africa is supposed to work best um yeah so if your sheep can't get along or other
guys constantly want to fight you in a club maybe buy a can or something like that um and spray it
in their face yeah apparently yeah um no don't do that don't do that uh it's like mace
I like yeah it would be to those out there that do use axe let we just have a public service
announcement real quick one spray one spray please please just one spray there's nobody no one
microsecond of one spray yes yes that's the point thank you Melissa because yeah yeah you you know
men more better than I do yeah because uh no guy just yeah you're so right about that
oh yeah hold it on James also don't spray it on yourself spray it in the air and walk through it
yes you see you had okay okay but Melissa doesn't realize okay is that this is this is something
that happens it's because of actually women okay a guy wears a scent and one woman says
gosh you smell nice and it's over yeah that man will wear that he'll bathing it yeah and he will
wear that for 20 30 years he will yes because one person said it smelled good that's all it takes
I I'm pretty sure you just called me on my adidas color and that's right I use it adidas
hello yes it's so bad but I had a load but no you're right what you have to learn yes you spray it
in the air that you walk through it don't us spray it on your body that's you don't need to do that
um and and one thing that is a side effect of this that a lot of people don't realize is all the
edhardy shirts and all these goats are in engage sheep are buying now they're all buying that they're
all dressing that's closed those wool yeah this wool smells so weird they got that they got that
their hair all like spiked and and they're all peacocked look like the lead singer to offspring
in 1994 they all look like that they all look like that they got the puked necklaces
oh yeah right that's right I need a palicalizer if I need a one that's sheep smell bad before
a big shout out to all the listeners that joined us today big thank you to them and of course
the deca kids the Lincoln high school deca students Josh Jonah Olivia we're rooting you and all your
other classmates on over 20 Lincoln high school students are going to the deca international career
development conference in Anaheim california competition that is coming up we're gonna I told the
guys in the kids afterwards hey let us know how it went yeah you want to have you back afterwards
no matter what no matter what and after they win they can go to Disneyland it's right there it's
right yeah but we're we're pulling for you we're rooting for you guys safe travels yes travels
join us today for midday magazine really a fun one lined up for you today in part one we are not
a hundred percent if Mayor Shane Blazer will be able to join us but we do know newly elected
Wisconsin Rapids Mayor Matt Zacker will be with us for the first time in part one nice
all right I'm gonna get to know Matt gonna really put his feet to the to the grind style put
into the cold oh I got a tough hard tough questions from back coming up what's your favorite sports
team I do I do plan on getting into it with him a little bit about things that are going on in
the city and and more importantly I do want the audience to know if you have questions for our
local representatives or our mayor or those things I am always open to hearing your questions I've
said this for years I haven't been able to touch on in a while but we are always looking for your
feedback and love the idea of you giving us questions that I will if you want tell them hey this
came from a listener a lot of you guys have no problem doing this when I'm out there in public
I'm at the gas station and I'm talking to you or something like that I want you to feel free to
also email me you know there's yeah have you written down helps me yeah a lot James dot mail
if it's a media dot us and that's not just for the mayor but of course for a representative test
or you're sort of testing and and and and globe yep everybody absolutely absolutely in part two
today we are going to speak to Lincoln high school musical students Brandon Casey and Austin are
going to join us they are a part of my fair lady wow lots of Lincoln high school kids today that's
good yeah so cool my fair lady is going to be performing ever the performing center of our
opinion ever at the pack their first show is Thursday April 25th we'll tell you how to get tickets
and find out more about it during our show today you should join us at 3 30 for that nice
forward to it's good one we can tell you that we have bucks basketball on the radio dial this
Sunday the bucks playoffs kickoff their tip off is at seven I imagine our pregame might be a
little bit earlier than that we will as soon as we know we will let you know but we got a
a bit of an outline now with that that does mean that our Sunday shows are going to be interrupted
preempted preempted and everything which is understandable that's all right but but we are
looking forward to having more new shows for you coming up yep new content looking forward to that
all that coming up let's touch on a couple of local good stories and it is a Wednesday man I
seem to remember something big going on on Wednesday Seth you know the last time last Wednesday
I was out walking with my son and we walked by the Elk's Lodge and that place on Wednesdays is
packed really is it is packed and you should join in that's right you need to go there because the
doors open at five being it starts at 6 30 over at the Elk's Lodge number 6 93 4 30 West Jackson
Street go check it out and try to find a parking spot get there early get there early get the parking
spot or walk yeah if you're in walking distance bring your umbrella but just in case but yeah be sure
to check that out and everybody and buy local support local big shout out to the Elk's Lodge put
so much back into this community we have a founders network wood county meet up coming up
over the pitville lions clubhouse this is going on tomorrow from 5 30 to 7 30 again over in
pitville at the reliance clubhouse business owners and nonprofit directors at all stages are
invited to expand their networks by meeting their other entrepreneurial members of this of their
community and the folks behind entrepreneurial support programs close to home be sure to check
this out again going on and tomorrow from 5 30 to 7 at the pitville lions clubhouse nice and
who you know yes yes Melissa yes nicely done and we want to remind everybody that our friends at
the unitedway are still looking for teams and people to be a part of united we can hunger event
you can find out more and get your team together but get reached out to our good friend Ben at 715
421 0 390 421 0 390 can email him Ben at uswac.org and of course find out more at uswac.org and
follow the unitedway on social media encourage you to do that yeah taking a look at some world good
stories a six-year-old girl in England named Olivia Patterson was outside playing this month when
she saw the roof of her home catch fire so she ran into the burning building to get her family
out a neighbor didn't think anyone was home and tried to stop her but Olivia knew her mom was
asleep on the couch with her two-year-old sister and her one-year-old brother the house was a total
loss but everyone made it out people have been donating it go fund me to help them find a new
place and you can find a more out about that just Olivia Patterson is what I did a typed into
a go fund me I actually just typed into the search bar Olivia Patterson go fund me I did it
this morning and it popped up right away okay and it's a even if you're not able to donate you might
want to do it just to see that number and and make you feel a little bit better about humanity yeah right
uh very brave very brave incredible human beings I'm sorry that got me that one got me you guys
that that's an incredible story what a lady what a what a incredible human being with young
lady is uh that is going to do it for us everybody we'll be back at this tomorrow with more fun
in store you two have ourselves a great day you two man be good to each other have yourselves a
great day and we will talk to you soon and later right here at 97.5 FM 13.20 AM we are WFHR locally
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