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Wow, Beth, I didn't know you were bilingual.
I'm really not.
I remember enough from high school to know that today is Cinco de Mayo, the fifth of May.
And it's a day filled with food, fun, and fiesta.
Yeah, Mexican food.
Tacos, it is, everybody.
Actually, James, although tacos and margaritas are what most people have come to associate
with the holiday, it's really not as culturally accurate as you might think.
That is correct.
Even the reason for celebrating, like James was mentioning earlier, it's Cinco de Mayo,
has gotten a bit skewed throughout the years.
Contrary to popular belief, of course, it's not Mexican Independence Day, which is actually September 16th.
Today actually celebrates the Mexican victory at the Battle of Puebla
during the Second Franco-Mexican War, which came after Mexico's independence from Spain,
the Mexican-American War, and the Mexican Civil War.
That's right.
That's a lot of war.
That's a little more so on.
According to Britannica.com, when in 1861, Mexico declared a temporary moratorium
on the repayment of foreign debts, English, Spanish, and French troops invaded the country.
By April 1862, the English and Spanish had withdrawn, but the French,
with the support of wealthy landowners, remained in an attempt to establish a monarchy
under Maximilian of Austria and to curb US power in North America.
On May 5th, 1862, a poorly-equipped Mesitizo.
Mesitizo.
Thank you, Mesitizo.
Eventually, I'll be able to learn to read.
It's hard when it's differently.
Oh, that's tough.
I know, I know.
People have mixed indigenous and European extractions.
So that's what's Mesitizo means.
And Zapotec, force under the command of General Ignacio Zargoza,
defeated French troops at the Battle of Puebla, southeast of Mexico City.
So that's where it's located.
It's about 1,000 French troops were killed.
Mm-hmm.
Although the fighting continued and the French were not driven out for another five years,
the victory at Puebla became a symbol of Mexican resistance to foreign domination.
The city, which was later renamed Puebla Day Zargoza,
is the site of a museum devoted to the battle, and this is what I think is so cool.
The battlefield itself is maintained as a park.
Oh, that is really cool.
The article goes on to say, the day is celebrated in the state of Puebla
with parades, speeches, and reenactments for the 1862 battle,
though it is not much noticed in most of the rest of the country.
In the mid-20th century United States, the celebration of Cinco de Mayo
became among Mexican immigrants and those of Mexican descent
a way of encouraging pride in their Mexican heritage.
U.S. cities, with notable Cinco de Mayo festivities,
include Los Angeles, Denver, and Washington, D.C.
That's right, Britannica.com has this to say about the way the day is celebrated.
As in Puebla, many people in the United States enjoy the holiday
by attending parades that feature mariachi bands, dancers and traditional Mexican clothing,
and floats decorated in colors of the Mexican flag,
which are green, white, and red.
Other events include Lucha Libre, which is Mexican wrestling matches.
Oh, yeah.
Eating Mexican food is also a highlight of many celebrations.
Favorites among the festivals that you see now happen to be the guacamole,
tacos, churros, and mole poblano, which is a Puebla specialty made
with mole sauce, bitter chocolate and papitas, which are pumpkin seeds.
Critics have observed that the enthusiasm for this particular holiday celebration
did not take off with a broader non-Hispanic demographic
until it was explicitly linked with the promotion of Mexican alcoholic beverages,
such as tequila, margaritas, and Mexican beer.
Critics have also noted that many U.S. festivities by non-Hispanic people
tend to both perpetuate negative stereotypes of Mexicans and promote excessive drinking.
Kind of like St. Patrick's Day.
There's a familiar phrase to most people out there by now of cultural appropriation.
And I think of that a lot.
Now, where I was growing up and growing up, I brought this up earlier.
It wasn't uncommon to see a Puerto Rican family celebrating single tomorrow,
or Cuban family celebrating it.
Right.
It was in part because there wasn't a whole lot of opportunities for Latinos
to be able to celebrate here in the States and everything,
so any opportunity you're going to take it.
One of the things that I'm proud of Chicago about is certainly its ability
to have so many cultures in one area.
And there is a parade almost every other day because everybody got their parade.
That's right.
It's so cool.
Yeah.
And it's kind of made this a little bit more settled over the years,
where it is mostly Mexican celebrating it.
But one thing that I think is noteworthy to about it is something you touched on a little bit
Beth and it's been brought up a little already.
The popularity of this holiday in Mexico.
Right.
And where it ranks.
And looking at a lot of surveys and talking to some friends of mine and everything
that even some friends that have family still in Mexico,
this would not even be considered the top in the top five.
No.
I know it's there.
Right.
You've got their own Independence Day in Mexico, or the Grito de Dolores,
or Crived Dolores, that is celebrated Dio de Morte's, or Day of the Dead,
which is another popular one of the most popular dates.
Very popular.
They're wholly weak.
There's a number of them there.
Right.
And there's a lot of religious holidays that certainly have a bit more,
if I can say, in more meaning, I don't want to say more meaningful,
but more meaning there than they might hear,
with the way we treat religion in this country, where we're open to all religions
and everything.
I'm not saying they're not there, but they're a little bit more centered there.
Right.
It's just noteworthy in all context, I think, for all of this.
And when we talk about cultural appropriation,
one of the things that does this is people not being informed.
I don't think the majority of this that happens is,
well, I want to really hurt this creed, or this race, or something.
So I'm going to do something to offend them.
Right.
I'm not trying to give a, you know, grace too much grace here,
but I do think that more times than I'm not talking about blackface.
That's obviously, you know, somebody just go ahead and just being a jerk.
Right.
Let me show you how racist I am.
But I think some of this is really done with true good intent in some ways.
But I think along those lines,
is if you think about the way Mexicans have them portrayed in theater,
in movies, and things like that,
it is that stereotypical, and I think the culture picked up on that.
What I loved about learning about this holiday is that it was a celebration of resistance to power.
And what does that say about our culture in these days in our world
when it's more about protecting each other than it is about perpetuating a stereotype?
Right.
So, well, if you're looking for an authentic way then to celebrate this holiday,
Smithsonian Magazine's website since I can talk.
That's what you pay me for.
That's right.
Let's try this again.
Take two.
If you are looking for a more authentic way to celebrate,
Smithsonian Magazine's website, SmithsonianMeg.com has this to share.
What America's Seaco de Mayo misses in the traditional food of Mexico
named to the UNESCO representative list of the intangible cultural heritage.
A recognition given only to one other cuisine, the French cuisine.
Ooh.
The honor has nothing to do with Americanized takes on Mexican cuisine,
such as nachos, smothered in refried beans, cheese wizz and jalapenos.
Every time Taco Bell has tried to open up in Mexico,
it's face certain failure because no one there will eat it.
Why would they?
Why on earth would they do that?
What makes traditional Mexican fare worthy of such a distinction?
You won't find hard shell tacos stuffed with bland ground beef
and topped with iceberg lettuce and cheddar.
But you will find lamb barbacoa that has been smoked underground in banana leaves
or carnitas topped with queso fresco, pickled onions and homemade salsa verde
wrapped in a warm homemade corn tortilla that has been ever so lightly heated on a comal.
The Pueblo, the Pueblo just so happens to be considered by many,
including Rick Bayless and Mark Bittman as the gastronomic capital of Mexico.
Oh, I'm so hungry right now.
Oh, God, that sounds so delicious.
I know that I haven't had a chance to sample much authentic Mexican food,
but it all sounds so good.
Oh, my Lord, oh, can't wait.
And to get the true Mexican food rather than the Americanized version of it.
Exactly.
To know if you're going to eat.
So the article from Smithsonian Magazine,
what to really eat on Cinco de Mayo,
put down the margaritas and tacos, pick up a chalupa,
gives three famous dishes from Pueblo,
the city where all of this takes place,
to try this Cinco de Mayo if you would like to celebrate with the day's tradition in mind.
All right.
So the first is mole poblano.
Mole is a sauce made from ground up ingredients that comes in all colors and consistencies,
but the thick dark mole poblano has made its mark on the gastronomic world.
Legend has it that mole poblano was first created in the kitchen of Santa Rosa convent in Puebla
by Sor Andrea de la Ascazion in the late 17th century.
So that's back in the 16th, 1600s.
Yeah.
Wow.
According to the theology of food, I love this.
The theology of food, eating and the Eucharist.
Sor Andrea de la Ascazion.
Ascazion.
I got there.
Ascazion is said to have prepared it for Don Tomas, Antonio de la Serra y Agón.
The new viceroi of Spain.
The dish is the ultimate combination of old and new world ingredients and cooking practices.
The sauce can be somewhat daunting due to the laundry list of ingredients and various complex techniques involved.
But after one taste of this mole, all the roasting and toasting will be worth it.
My recommendation is to try to find a Mexican restaurant that's a true authentic restaurant
and see if you can find mole poblano to celebrate.
Yeah.
The second is Chalupas.
Chalupas, an iconic poblano street food.
They are resemblance to Tostavas and are perfect antejito for any Cinco de Mayo celebration.
To put it simply, Chalupas are fried, thick tortillas topped with salsa shredded meat, chopped onions, and sometimes queso fresco.
Oh.
Yeah, I know.
I'm getting hungry.
There's a third.
The third is Chiles and Nagada.
Chiles and Nagada is an iconic dish of Mexico.
The dish signifies Mexico's independence and is made up of the colors of the Mexican flag, red, white and green.
The flavors are just as colorful as the ingredients.
The sweet savory picadillo stuffed poblano pepper, dipped in egg batter, fried and topped with a rich walnut sauce, pomegranate seeds, and parsley, is something you will not regret trying.
Though it is more traditionally made from Mexico Independence Day, which is on September 16th, it is one of Pueblas' most cherished dishes.
That's cool.
Awesome.
As a side note, I'm trying to think with our own Independence Day, which is of course where some of the conversation goes today with the misunderstanding of the day.
When they're talking about celebrating a day and having a food associated with it, I've heard about this.
I've never heard anybody break the dish down before, but I've known of this dish my whole life.
I never thought about or realized that they used the Mexican flag colors in the dish.
I've never heard that explain before.
That's really cool.
Trying to think for our own Independence Day, the 4th of July, hot dogs, hamburgers, these are kind of the traditions.
We need a little something blue to throw in there.
We got the red with the ketchup.
You got the white with the bun.
So red, white, we need a blue.
What about blue cheese?
A blue cheese would make more sense.
Not blueberries, that would work.
That would work.
Need a little blue in there.
Yes, that would work.
Such fun meals.
These are really good ones.
If you think about it, most of our holidays do have some type of a dish associated with it.
You say Thanksgiving, automatically we've got turkey in mind.
You say Easter, boom, people think ham.
So why wouldn't Cinco de Mayo have a food that once you say that's holiday?
That's what comes to mind.
Unfortunately for us, it's that generic American tacos and margaritas.
America isn't stuff, right?
This is a great way to dive in a little bit more and learn a little bit more about the culture authentically
and some of the food that's there.
Because if you can find authentic Mexican food, it is beyond belief.
Real quick, I don't want this to sound defensive or anything.
But I will say that we could all, as a country, be better about some of these things that we do and some of that.
The other countries treat us very similar.
If you go to a quote American style restaurant in another country in the food,
they're serving and stuff and everything, it's not, other countries do it too.
It's true.
It's true.
All countries could be better about this.
Right, right.
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Yeah, all right.
Excellent.
Excellent, Beth.
Nicely done.
And thank you for being so brave about that.
Choosing that to right.
Just jumping right in.
Yeah, just well done.
Well done.
We'll have another edition of the kitchen's open for you.
Next Monday at 10 o'clock, you sure to join us for it, everybody.
We're going to take a quick time out when we come back.
We're going to have our monthly veterans update.
We got a talk coming in.
Coming up here on Mornings at WFHR.
Welcome back, everybody.
Morning show here at WFHR, locally grown radio.
Got James, Melissa, Seth with you.
Thanks so much for joining us.
Every month we begin the month, the first Monday we have of the month.
With our monthly veterans update, we're the good friend Tom Heiser.
Tom is with this right now.
Always good to see you, sir.
Thanks a lot for being here.
No problem.
Thank you very much for having me.
Want to let Melissa know Tom does have his headphones on.
So he can hear you now.
Perfect.
Tom, let's dive right in because we got a lot to talk about for the month of May.
Oh, sure do it.
Like today, a sync with the mile there.
You know, talk about that.
And there is a, or a meal out at the VFW, a sync with the mile luncheon.
Eight bucks a plate.
And from what I've heard, I may just have to be the cook for noon.
Oh, yeah.
Nice.
Nice.
Good stuff.
Okay.
And Wednesday, World War II, Germany, surrender is 1945.
It's a big day.
Big day.
And also on that day, three of us are going to assumption high school.
We talked to the history students there.
Oh, very cool.
We got a couple of different classes and it's fun.
It's a day that doesn't get talked about enough.
That's so encouraging and cool to hear Tom.
That's awesome.
And what's interesting is it's kind of settled.
We're ancient history.
You're right.
It's been a while.
It's part of the reason that's so great that you guys are doing that.
Exactly.
And then you and other volunteers are doing that.
And then on Thursday, May 8th is military spouses day.
Now, something you got to remember to think about is I've interviewed career
military people.
There's spouses.
Now, in your military career, you take off and go to see for a year,
go to a foreign country for a year.
They're raising the family.
Yeah.
And now dad comes home.
Yeah.
I mean, that's really tough on the spouses.
Growing up, heard a lot of stories of my grandmother's.
Both of them individually with their husbands.
And I'm going off to war and holding down the fort and the way that was.
And you hear me use that term very often.
It comes from my grandmother's who did this for both of their husbands
when they went off to war war two.
Yeah, war war two in the Korean War and fought in both of those times.
And we try to highlight this whenever we can.
We don't talk nearly enough about our current soldiers or our VFW members.
But we certainly don't talk nearly enough about our military spouses.
And really, they should be brought up in the same breath as we, all the others we mentioned.
They're actually, I would actually consider them a little veteran because they're taking care of you.
Yes.
Right.
There's 100%.
Exactly.
And it's not just wives.
Yes.
No, there are.
It's a key part of that.
Thank you for that.
Yeah.
Well, set time.
And in our VVH after meeting is also on Thursday, May 8th, we start those at five.
Rudolf American Legion starts at seven in the same night.
Thursday, May 8th.
And on 13th, Navy Nurse Corps established was in 1908.
Wow.
That's an interesting one to read up on everybody.
If you don't know the history of that.
It was long, wow.
You know, war war one was wind.
Yeah.
That's all right.
It's a war war.
Yeah.
It happened.
Heroes Café is on Wednesday, May 14th, starting at 730.
If you're there at 735, you're behind.
You're going to miss some good guys.
You're going to miss some good talk.
You're going to miss some good talk.
Oh, yeah.
World problems solved.
American Legion post means on Wednesday the 14th.
And also on Wednesday the 14th is the Auburn Dale High School has that duck trip.
Yeah.
I've been on those things about three or four times in my life.
Just as exciting every time.
I love being on the bus.
It's a lot of fun.
You know, all of a sudden the road ends.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Every time.
It's not a bad idea to wear raincoat.
Exactly.
Yeah.
Rainer shine.
If you have any other post meetings on Thursday, May 15th.
And that starts at 6.
And on the 15th, those women's Army Corps came into being in 1942.
So I mean, that's another good one.
Yeah.
May 16th is our enforces day.
And on Saturday, May 17th, if you have the opportunity or putting the flags out at the
cemeteries on the different grades from Memorial Day, the everybody can help.
You don't have to be a veteran.
Community can come out and help.
We have voice calls.
We have girls calls.
We have different organizations that come out.
And it's greatly appreciated.
Because we do a lot of cemeteries, most every cemetery in Wood County.
You know, locally we take care of the Rapids area.
And there's a lot of cemeteries.
So last month when you were in Tom, I was talking to my father a little bit about this.
And my father has a sore spot in his history that he did not get the fight for our country,
like his dad did and his brother did.
And it was something that is always stuck with him.
And I've talked to him about this a lot because he's of the time when his buddies were all
drafted and he wasn't for Vietnam.
And he sits with this guilt and he feels on it and stuff.
And one of the things that he does is try to be a part of events like that, of flag ceremonies
and those things, of ways to give back, of showing respect, of that.
I think that there's others that deal with that, that type of guilt for lack of a better word.
And I think that this is one of the ways that I'm not saying that this is going to make everything
better.
But it's a way of giving back, it's a way of showing where your heart is in these things.
It's a respect situation.
We have family members of deceased veterans that come out and help.
And if they go to their respective veterans, that's fine.
Great.
But it's fellowship also.
Right, exactly.
Yeah, that's a key word here.
Well, there was a great group of people that came out last year.
Yeah, it's really interesting and it's a good place to get interviews.
So what are the details on that, Tom?
It's Saturday.
What time are we meeting?
Okay, we're meeting at 10 o'clock at Forest Hill Cemetery by the Mazalium.
If you get out there about 9.30, people start coming in and you'll be giving a packet of flags.
And what some people have done is bring a backpack and they'll put like two packets.
Or a wagon.
Something you can tow along behind you because that's helpful.
Right, and then you can put them out and then we'll have people around with pickup trucks that got the flags and back and go from there.
But it's a lot of...
It's interesting.
It's fun.
And it's a good excuse to get outside.
Yeah, especially.
It looks like the weather's going to continue to be nice too.
So I got the old 4-2.
Yeah, so you can talk to your weather people on this one.
Saturday May 17th.
Get out of that.
Britney!
Get out of that.
And on Monday May 19th, Honor Flight 52 returns.
That is very emotional also.
You see the bets coming back and are crying.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And you asked her, Guardian, how was it?
They're crying.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
If you have the opportunity, it's up at CWA, you know, up in Mozini.
And they usually get back roughly depending on the weather.
Yeah.
You want flights and everything like that.
They're usually back about 10.
So if you get there about 9 and bring a lawn chair.
Yeah.
That's a good thing to do.
And there's food available for the purchase.
And also on Tuesday May 20th, we go to Lincoln High School
and talk to the kids there.
And it's always fun, you know, the questions they ask.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Especially high schoolers, yes.
Yeah.
Very nice.
It's a lot of fun.
And on May 21st.
Red Cross was founded in 1881.
Wow.
So that's been around for a while.
Wow.
That's cool.
And on a 22nd of May is National Maritime Day.
And on Saturday, May 24th.
Brought for I.
Yeah.
Brought for I.
West Grand IGA.
Yep.
The best in Brought are going to get all year.
That's right.
Exactly.
And we've got a guy that does a cooking.
We don't give out a secret ingredient for the water.
For the moisture, the liquid that it's contained,
they're held in the mold with that.
Yeah.
You know, it's kind of like, you know, don't give out secrets
like that.
Right.
And then on Monday the 26th is Memorial Day Ceremony.
Out of Forest Hill Cemetery.
And that starts at 11.
And that's open to the public.
You know, this is not just veteran stuff.
This is an annual event.
And we rotate the veterans organization
that does the presentation.
Right.
And the veterans are in charge of it.
So next year to be somebody else.
So we always have a different program going on.
That's interesting.
And then Tuesday, May 27th.
It didn't get your brats.
Come on out for a steak feed at the VFW post.
Yeah.
From 4.30 to 7.
Yeah.
It's going to be good one.
Mm-hmm.
Or you can actually do both.
That's true.
Yeah.
Don't take any chances.
Do both.
Absolutely.
And then on 28th is the Heroes Cafe
across the church again.
And then Friday, June 6th, we're going a little bit ahead.
D-Day.
Yeah.
That's right.
1944.
And there are, I know a couple of past,
but there were some D-Day veterans here in Rapids.
What's really interesting is,
there's heroes standing in line at Walmart.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
You know, nobody prays about it.
But there were a couple of very good people
in Rapids that were at D-Day.
It's a great note, Tom.
I appreciate that.
Yeah.
And always appreciate the time from you
and all the work you do putting out.
Not only on this, but for the audience to know
behind the scenes, Tom is always getting us
to eat updates on veteran affairs and updates
to Melissa and I and to Pam.
Really appreciate all that extra work you do here, Tom.
We really got a double-year paycheck around here.
Oh, that's right.
Tom does this out of the genuineness of his heart
and his care for our veterans in this field.
We appreciate you, man.
Thank you so much.
So, no, I got a few $5.
That's right.
And we're going to be like that.
Off air.
Off air.
We'll talk about this, Tom.
Off air.
I appreciate you, sir.
Thanks so much for the talk.
Thank you very much.
Appreciate it.
Getting the information out there.
Melissa, Seth and I will be back.
We'll talk a little entertainment and some more fun.
We'll be get back after our news.
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Hope y'all are having a great day out there.
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Melissa, Seth and James here with you.
We're going to talk some entertainment before we wrap up the show.
We'll get into some of our other topics.
We're going to do a later in the week.
We'll touch on some of those and everything.
We'll get into some fun.
Seth, this Grandparent one I got to get into.
We got to get into this top AVNAPES hated by Grandparents.
That one has to be brought up.
I love it.
It's our kind of topic.
It is.
But I wanted to take some time talking about some local theater in our area,
both that wrapped up and a future to come.
Yes.
But let's talk, you know, we are the home of Deli Parton News, of course.
So we wanted to touch on some news from Deli,
because she recently sat down with the today show
and talked about the grief she feels over the loss of her husband of nearly 60 years.
Quote, she said, I loved him since I was 18 years old.
It's a big adjustment.
Just trying to change patterns and habits.
I'll do fine.
I'm very involved with my work,
and that's been the best thing that could ever have happened to me.
But I'll always miss him, of course,
and I'll always love him.
He was a great partner.
The hosts went on to say how they were grieving with her
and that their love story has been an inspiration to everyone.
Deli said, quote, I am so thankful.
I got so many letters, flowers from all over the world.
I had no idea Carl Dean was so famous.
Well, because he tried so hard not to be.
Right.
Exactly.
Now, obviously, I'm not doing her justice with my voice,
because Deli, part of what is great about her quotes,
is hearing her voice along with it.
But I really do encourage you to check this interview.
Because of the inflection she puts in these ways she says these things.
Yes.
And when she says, I had no idea Carl Dean was so famous.
I don't know.
She's a great actor.
Maybe she's acting.
But this woman is so genuine and so real with things.
Right.
And it just really hits home to you what this man meant to her.
And really, where I use the term bubble all the time.
Oh, this person lives in a bubble.
This person lives in a bubble of that.
I'm using this more of a sheltering that these two did.
That they understood earlier than most.
Okay, our lives are not ours anymore.
Right.
Our personal lives are not ours anymore.
For better or worse, whether it's fair or not,
we're going to be out there in the public.
So we're going to plan this out.
And what we're going to do is, as Carl, I'm staying behind the scenes.
And I'm going to do my best to that.
And it's going to be about you.
And we're going to put you out there.
Yeah, we're going to.
He's going to be the support.
Yeah.
What a of all the trailblazing things of all the things we talk about with Dolly Parton and everything.
I don't know that this has ever been credited to her of giving the blueprint really of how to do this.
Seriously.
Like, that's incredible when you think about it.
Like, I understand it's a very different world back then.
Because of social media and all these things.
Don't miss the mark here, everybody.
It wasn't better back then.
It was just different.
Exactly.
Back then, you got people going into your garbage back then.
I'm not saying it doesn't happen now, but they don't have to do it as much now.
Right.
And to be fair, some of these people are to above this.
So they won't do that anymore.
I love the idea of you're in the, you're in the scum business.
And you have this integrity.
But I won't do that.
You'll hound somebody for days and weeks staying outside of their apartment.
But now you won't go in their garbage.
Right.
That's the line for you.
All of this being said, it really was the blueprint for many, many families going forward in living in that world.
Well, the fact that they survived so many ups and downs of just the career of a famous person, you know,
Dolly had her ups and downs like everybody else, right?
That, you know, there's, and it has to be said, when you get to a certain amount of fame and fortune,
temptation is around you all the time, right?
Drugs, alcohol, people, you know, that you might be attracted to, that kind of thing.
To them to have a marriage like theirs, whether all of these, you know, all of this stuff.
And the fact that it's so obvious that she, they were so much in love for all those almost 60 years.
It's just honestly one of the most remarkable stories of all these remarkable stories about Dolly Parton.
That's got to be one of them.
That's the top one for me.
Yeah.
Well, maybe her personal story and where she came from.
Right.
And using her talent, right?
That's for me the second most amazing thing and most noted story.
I encourage everybody to check out her, what she did the song, you can read or attribute to them.
It's if you hadn't been there.
It's a beautiful song.
It's a beautiful song.
It's nice.
You really hear it in her voice too.
Yeah, that that's there.
One of the interesting things with Dolly, I'll say, listening to Old Dolly and new.
Her voice hasn't changed that much, but as it's gotten older, I would make an argument.
It has gotten more unique and stronger.
Somehow.
Somehow.
Somehow.
I don't know how, but somehow it has.
Like you hear her, her inflection on words a little bit more in her later.
Yeah.
And thank you Melissa.
And I want to get that right.
I appreciate it.
With as she gets older and as a songwriter, getting even stronger and more to the point more so.
And getting away from my idioms and metaphors and stuff more and it being more about what she's trying to say.
And really getting it through.
Evolving, changing, staying with it.
I think she's fine tuned her instrument.
And that's cool.
Exactly.
I mean, so many artists just sit back on their one hit or something like that.
And here she is at this age.
She's still working at the craft.
Yes.
And getting to that.
Like you're saying about her voice, I'm sure she's smart enough to find out, you know, this works better for my voice now.
So this is what I'm going to do.
And that's, I mean, that's just brilliant.
Yeah.
I mean, I'm just trying to get into the next topic here.
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock are back at it.
They will co-star in a romantic thriller.
It does not have a title yet, but they are back together again as they have in a couple of movies.
Keanu and Sandra first were together of course in speed in 1994.
And then the lake house in 2006.
I forgot about that one.
A lot of people did.
I would recommend that movie if anything for the house.
Really?
Yeah.
The Andrew Lloyd Webber house they used for that.
Oh, really?
Oh, see now that's cool.
Yeah.
I mean, now says it.
Yeah, I know.
That's neat.
Honestly, it was what got away with me now.
The person I was dating at the time wanted to see it.
I got more of the movie than she did.
Okay.
There's something about that combination.
They are really, really good together.
They are good together.
One of the things that's never gets talked about about a great actress, especially somebody
like Sandra Bullock.
Look at all the people she has worked with and then think about when you've seen them
in other places.
She brings up everybody she works with.
She rises the boat.
She did this especially in the dark night rises where she plays Catwoman.
Nobody gives her any credit for that.
Everybody wants a shred.
Oh no, that's Anne Hathaway.
I'm thinking.
But Sandra Bullock.
Yeah.
I'm making a joke here, but Sandra Bullock and Anne Hathaway have dealt with very similar
things where I don't understand, I don't think it's necessarily public knowledge, but behind
the scenes, I hear a lot of actresses talk trash about these two and I have nothing to
base any of this on.
I don't know where it comes from because they're both so dang good and have done so much
to try to raise women in the industry behind the scenes.
People might not realize this.
Sandra Bullock is one of the people who have fought to where we are now with, hey, Daniel
Craig is going to get this paycheck.
Let's who's getting the same paycheck, Sandra Bullock.
It's not even though Sandra Bullock used to not get that now, it's the change.
She worked on a lot of that stuff.
Cool.
That's very cool.
I look forward to seeing that whatever they do to go.
I would too.
I'd like to watch it.
They're really, really good together.
Actually, I would make arguments should do more together.
Yeah.
Do my favorite actor, really?
That's cool.
That's nice.
I wanted to take some time to talk about local theater as what we like to do in the entertainment
segment.
And before we get too far ahead, I want to rewind a little bit to Lincoln High School
as the lightning thief.
Oh, and it's such great things.
How did Ron do?
Well, the whole show, I want to say, by the looks of it, went fabulously from all of my
sources.
Yes, my son, of course, was in it as well.
The first year, they allowed eighth graders to participate in the high school musical.
And there were a handful of them there, and they all did a fabulous job.
I do have to shout out one thing for those of you who did see it, the farmer who came
out on the tractor.
That was my son.
And he was hilarious.
I want to say that.
And that's not just me saying that.
That was a lot of people.
The way he played it was very, very funny.
So it was very exciting him to have, you know, that get this opportunity at such a young
age to be able to participate in this is so cool.
And all the kids did a great job.
Lots of great people were there.
Lots of support.
Man, that cast, they were tight.
I mean, just seeing the way they said goodbye to Rowan, I picked him up yesterday after
they had done strike and all that stuff.
It was very cool to see.
I'm very proud of him and everyone that was involved.
Good job, guys.
It was great.
And a big thank you to everybody in the community.
It showed up and came to the show and everything.
We appreciate them.
Certainly appreciate the art directors.
The Lincoln High School's art department and music department and everybody involved.
They're participating in that.
Yeah.
That's so cool.
Man, I was just hit over the head with a bunch of the sides of it.
I know.
I was asking him yesterday.
I was like, you know, after he was done, how do you feel?
I feel a little sad, but he just realized they've been doing this for two months.
I mean, they were rehearsing for two months.
And now all of a sudden, he's done.
What do I do now?
I know that theater family you just created, they don't just see them every day anymore.
It's a bit of a, yeah.
It's bittersweet, yeah.
Mm-hmm.
More on that in a moment.
One encourage everybody to make plans this weekend to check out Don Quixote de la Center.
The next play being put on by your friends at Central Wisconsin Area Community Theater.
Yes, indeed.
We got to hang out with our good friend, our old friend, Susan Ekren, a little bit.
The woman responsible for us.
Yeah, actually.
And we will say that.
Director's playhouse.
She was a guest spot of us.
We sat in with us on and everything.
Encouraging to check out that episode, especially to hear not only the great depth of the
explaining what the play is about and everything is set.
But something really cool that they're going to be doing after the final show.
On Sunday, they have their matinee at two o'clock and they are going to be bringing in some health
professionals, by the way, to talk about Alzheimer's and dementia, which is play a key role in this
whole plot.
It takes place in Alzheimer's, a memory home or whatever they call it, I can't remember
if it's on my head.
But a place where people who are suffering from those, they where they live out the rest
of their lives.
And that's where the whole premise of the play comes from.
One of the reasons why Susan wanted to do it.
So they're going to be bringing some people in for a question and answer thing panel.
Thank you, panel after the final show on Sunday.
Also, by the way, if you are a health professional that works with memory care, that's the word
I was looking for, with memory care or anything involved in that, you get in for free.
Yeah.
You just need to show your medical, your ID that proves that show that you are one and
you get in for free, which is another very cool thing.
So.
That's great.
And about they're doing that.
Yeah.
You think about it, everybody.
You don't have to know much about theater and local theater or community theater to know
that every penny counts and you need every penny, it's right.
The fact that they're giving up seats for this is really cool.
It is.
Very cool.
That's what community theater, I think, is really all about.
Support the good work.
They're doing it.
Some great performers.
Such a good cast.
Cwack.org.
Cwack.org.
Get over there.
Get your tickets.
Everybody.
And while you're at getting theater tickets, I encourage you to get some for this weekend,
especially whether you've seen noises off or not, whether you went to every show or
not, you want to show up for everyone because there are no reruns and everyone with a
farce is going to be unique and fun.
That's right.
It is.
And there's so many props.
There's so much action in this play.
I mean, my actors have been saying, I've already lost like 10 pounds, they do so much running
around.
Another reason to join theater, weight loss program, if you need it, right?
We have missed a complete, like a layer of this, man, we should have been selling this
the whole time.
Tomorrow, Melissa is going to be co-hosting with me on the morning show and we'll want
to get into a little bit more of what this week is like, not just for the audience, but
for people that may be thinking about doing theater and to get an idea of what this is
like.
What are these off-date, quote-a-quote, off days like and everything?
I'm going to touch on that with Melissa when we talk about it tomorrow.
I'm planning on seeing it this weekend.
I will be bringing my notebook and critiquing everything she did wrong.
So we're encouraging every single person out there to be a part of this show.
Get on down there and check out noises off everybody.
This is a perfect cast.
They've got an amazing, amazing team behind the scenes always working so hard on this
one.
Support local theater and have a great time.
Get some food beforehand, maybe come on down, enjoy yourself, whether it's this Thursday
at 7 or Friday at 7, or Saturday when everything wraps up at 2 o'clock, Matt and me.
Just be ready to laugh because it's funny.
Yes, yes.
The side's ready.
They'll be splitting.
I was going to say, you might want to, you know, see the Cumberbun or any of those things,
you know, because your sides are going to be laughing.
Yeah, yeah.
It's going to be a good one.
Get your tickets and find out more at wrctheater.org, wrctheater.org.
We will take our final time out of the show, come back and talk about our schedule, some
good stories of the day and plenty more coming up on Mornings at WFHR.
Welcome back, everybody.
Mornings at WFHR.
We hope you had as much fun as we did, everybody.
This has been a blast.
Good to have the team back together.
Yeah.
That's good to be back.
Good to have you back, Melissa.
Mm-hmm.
Even if I have to talk to Seth.
I tried to get in between you two as much as I got to earn your pay somehow.
We got a couple of notes we want to get to with our schedule here and talking about the
day I had.
I want to remind everybody that I don't know, 105, 55, WIRI, I'll be live to direct today
from 4 to 5 with playmakers.
Yes.
Toonin, Colin.
Big thank you to quality post printing and family natural foods.
We appreciate them.
As much as our listeners out there joining us over at our new digs, over at our new uniform
and everything.
That's right.
Please call in.
Please.
It's the same as it's always been, 715, 424, 2600, just like you would call into our
show right here and everything.
So I look forward to talk with you a little bit later, solo show today.
So just me get to hang out with them.
I'm not alone.
Don't feel bad.
I got all of you to hang out with.
That's right.
A lot of fun.
Of course, we'll have our new rapid support lined up for you tomorrow.
We'll be talking more about that then and let you know who's got we got lined up for you.
Yeah.
Well, I'm getting into a couple of other things.
Just a reminder to everybody out there that our city has adopted no more may.
There are city designated areas that have as far as public, you know, land and of course
a lot of neighbors and a lot of people out there are going to be doing this.
Give each other grace whether you are celebrating it or not.
Just I encourage people to be supportive about this on either way.
Yeah.
If your neighbor is letting their lawn grow, be thankful to them because they're helping
out all land.
If your neighbor is cutting their lawn, don't judge them.
That is their choice.
It is their lawn.
Right.
That way this works is like this is all about the pollinators.
Not about us.
Why?
It sounds like James, that would be the freedom of choice.
Yes.
In our community.
That's, isn't that a nice thing to have freedom of choice?
And there's also the option of slo-mo where you don't necessarily, you know, just let
it go wild at the entire month.
You can just let it be a little bit longer, set your deck all the way up as high as it
goes and just cut off the tops of the grass because then the natural things are still
growing in there.
The food that their pollinators need and it actually makes your grass healthier, more
drought resistant.
I have to say my, I don't know anybody who has ever loved their lawn more than my father.
Growing up in the city, they'd never had a lawn growing up.
And even with my mom, it took them 20 some years before they had their own home or anything
like that.
And when he finally got a lawn, oh, it's so manicured.
It's so man, he goes so heavy on it, except for this month.
I started doing this from my mom, but he heard an interview with Rachel and I some years
back and now he's all forward.
He does do a little bit of what Melissa was talking about with the slo-mo and some of
that.
And that tell you how impressed I am with him that he resists the urge for four weeks
to not go out there and break his back because that's what we're asking you to do, basically.
Yeah.
It's take a month of this.
Take it easy.
Yeah.
Oh no, you don't get to kill your back for a month.
There you go.
Also, one of the mentioned shout out our great friends over at Family Natural Foods and
910 West Grand Avenue right here in Rapids coming up tomorrow.
They've got one of their presentations going on.
They're free wellness presentations.
Very cool.
And low waste, it kicks off at 515, come with questions and learn from Robina of process.
Learn how to buying bulk cleaning products can clean better, more naturally, cheaper,
and with less waste.
Oh, that's cool.
They got more great presentations coming up.
You have to look out for those.
We'll again remind you about this tomorrow.
Again, the free wellness presentation, spring cleaning and low waste, 515 tomorrow over
at Family Natural Foods at 910 West Grand Avenue right here in Rapids.
Yes, indeed.
Awesome.
Yes, that's by Renee's, in Wisconsin's Rapids, please to announce a special event featuring
Wisconsin author Michael Connor, who will be present to with his book Badger Aces.
He'll be there this Thursday at 10am, over at 1,500 Pepper Avenue right here in Rapids.
For those that don't know, Badger Aces highlights the remarkable stories of Wisconsin World
War II Fire Pilots who earned the prestigious title of Ace.
This is a great book, everybody.
Check out the book and then bring it on over and have Michael take a look at it with you.
Great refreshments will be served.
Admission is free.
You'll learn also.
You'll learn.
I'm going to son's by Runness.
Yes.
And I only know that because I was over there for the quotes of Valor ceremony and I had
to ask, how do you say this?
I heard it in my voice.
As soon as I said it, I'm like, oh, God, I don't know.
You can learn more about the greatest Wisconsin World War II flyer, the Ace of Aces, Mr. Richard
Ira Bong.
And the reason I know that is he's come up superior way.
That's where he's from.
Yeah.
Because the bridge is dedicated.
The Bong Ridge there.
There's the Richard Ira Bong Center, which is a very cool museum.
If you ever get a chance to go up to Superior, go there.
It's really neat.
And one of the touch on something we're doing really cool here at this time.
Yeah.
A little Charlotte's animal rescue.
We're teaming up with them to get a bunch of items that they're in need of right now,
everybody.
Blankets and towels, dog and cat food, treats, toys, kennels and crates.
Garden hoses, cleaning supplies, any other kind of pet thing that you don't need anymore.
We will take it.
You can drop them off right here at our Studio 1692 Avenue South during our regular
business hours 9 to 4 Monday through Friday.
You can also drop them off at from the ground up coffee house at 250 West Grand Avenue
or the aforementioned Family Natural Foods, 410 West Grand Avenue.
You can drop them off all there.
We've extended this until the end of May, everyone.
So you've got a lot more opportunities to bring in.
And thank you to everyone who has participated so far and given us a lot of great stuff.
Keep it coming.
We want to get as much as we can.
Yeah.
Last week, Steph at an Aviation Service Company in California paused work when they
heard the sound of meowing.
It was coming from an excavator parking roughly 20 feet from their offices.
They were there were there were four two week old kittens inside.
And after a 30 minute rescue effort, they were all safely recovered and are in process
of finding homes right now.
Oh, wow.
Is anybody else here?
Is anybody else here in that meowing?
You know there was somebody in there.
There was somebody in the staff that was like, no, I don't hear anything.
Yeah, I know what you're talking about.
Yeah.
What's wrong with you?
A 12 year old boy in New Zealand created an AI pill bot to stop his grandmother from taking
the wrong medication due to her poor eyesight.
Oh, that was a good use of AI.
Yeah.
The boy was asked if we should fear AI.
He said no.
But joked if AI does take over the world, I hope this project helps them realize I'm
on their side.
Oh, no.
I know that was a joke by him.
People actually believe that.
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
Well, that's the sad part.
Anyway.
But this is a good story.
I like that.
But there's also the fact that if you say, please, and thank you to chat GBT, you're wasting
money.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So.
Oh, that's so good.
She's back.
She's back.
A high school baseball team in Arizona was about to take the field when everyone heard
a loud bang and then saw smoke coming.
There was a fire nearby and some of the players left to rush over and help fight it with
hoses.
Nice.
Wow.
Good job, guys.
The fire was on a woman's property and she didn't realize it at first.
She was working from home and was wearing headphones.
Thanks to her quick, thanks to their quick thinking and the help of the first responders, the
fire was put out and the house was saved.
Good for you.
That's great.
And I only hope that the umpire went over there and was safe, right?
Right now.
No.
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