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The Infomaniacs: October 8th 2026 (8:00am) · WTAW - Infomaniacs

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  Speaker 1: Charges have been added for a man arrested last month
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  Speaker 1: for possession of child pornography. 22-year-old Gerardo Gonzalez was a
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  Speaker 1: janitor at College Station ISD's Greens Prairie Elementary until his
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  Speaker 1: arrest on September 23rd. Gonzalez is now facing charges of
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  Speaker 1: continuous sexual abuse of a young child, victim under 14,
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  Speaker 1: a first-degree felony. Officials have not released the age of
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  Speaker 1: the child associated with the new charge, and investigators say
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  Speaker 1: they have no information that any of the offenses under
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  Speaker 1: investigation are related to his former employment at the school.
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  Speaker 1: The investigation began after the sheriff's office received a cyber
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  Speaker 1: tip from Snapchat. regarding videos potentially containing child pornography. Deputies
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  Speaker 1: in the sheriff's special investigative unit have been working the
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  Speaker 1: case and gathering additional information. Gonzalez now facing charges for
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  Speaker 1: continuous sexual abuse of a child plus two counts, a
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  Speaker 1: possession with intent to promote child pornography. He remains in
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  Speaker 1: the Brazos County Jail. Four juveniles have been arrested for burglary.
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  Speaker 1: Bryan police say several vehicles were broken into in the
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  Speaker 1: 2900 block of Wildflower Drive. A caller reported seeing four
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  Speaker 1: individuals in dark clothing and face masks breaking into a
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  Speaker 1: vehicle early Wednesday. They fled on foot. Officers found all
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  Speaker 1: four suspects on Briarcrest near Walmart. The suspects ran but
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  Speaker 1: were apprehended in a wooded area nearby. They were booked
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  Speaker 1: into the Brazos County Juvenile Detention Center on charges of
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  Speaker 1: burglary of a motor vehicle and engaging in organized criminal activity.
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  Speaker 1: The city of Bryan announced it will rigorously enforce the
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  Speaker 1: laws on bounce houses at city-owned venues. The Texas Department
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  Speaker 1: of Insurance requires bounce house vendors certify the units and
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  Speaker 1: carry liability insurance of at least $ 1 million. It's not
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  Speaker 1: a new law, but the city will now require an
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  Speaker 1: inspection certificate and insurance documentation. Regardless of gathering size and
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  Speaker 1: regardless of the organization's reserving facilities, including schools, churches, businesses,
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  Speaker 1: and community groups, suppliers must be in compliance. Brian Parks
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  Speaker 1: and Rec says they can provide assistance in selecting a
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  Speaker 1: compliant vendor. Texas Land Commissioner Don Buckingham announced that the
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  Speaker 1: Texas General Land Office is partnering with Texas A &
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  Speaker 1: M University and the Texas Farm Bureau. Through the partnership,
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  Speaker 1: the land office will work with ag organizations like A
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  Speaker 1: & M and Farm Bureau to provide next-generation farmers with
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  Speaker 1: hands-on training, mentorship from experienced producers, and a pathway towards
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  Speaker 1: farming or ranching. Buckingham says food security is national security.
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  Speaker 1: And that security starts with making sure we have the
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  Speaker 1: people and the land needed to produce the food our
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  Speaker 1: families depend on. The College Station City Council meets tonight
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  Speaker 1: on the agenda is a presentation on a safe passing ordinance.
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  Speaker 1: A safe passing ordinance would require that motor vehicles maintain
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  Speaker 1: a minimum distance when passing vulnerable road users like bicyclists,
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  Speaker 1: pedestrians and motorcyclists aimed at enhancing safety for users and
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  Speaker 1: hoping to reduce the risk of collisions. They'll review potential
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  Speaker 1: changes in Northgate that would limit building height. Items up
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  Speaker 1: for consent include over $ 8 million in spending. More than $ 5. 5
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  Speaker 1: million of that is for a contract for a power line.
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  Speaker 1: They'll also decide on parking restrictions along Big River Street,
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  Speaker 1: the multiplex community along Harvey Mitchell south of Southwood. News
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  Speaker 3: 16, 20, 94, 5, WTAW. We're the Infomaniacs. Happy Thursday.
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  Speaker 3: the difference. I'm still trying to get that, whatever that
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  Speaker 3: good snack is. How does something that doesn't have anything
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  Speaker 3: artificial in it taste artificial? You know, it's like cardboard.
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  Speaker 1: It was awful. That's just a case of a product
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  Speaker 1: trying to do too much.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Well, I'm going to try to distract myself by
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  Speaker 3: thinking about that. Did you see that video I posted yesterday,
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  Speaker 3: the off-the-menu item at Jose's?
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  Speaker 1: I did.
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  Speaker 3: There seems to be some dispute over whether that is
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  Speaker 3: an off-the-menu item. I will tell you, I looked on
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  Speaker 3: there to try to find the Jose's chicken fried steak.
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  Speaker 3: If you're not familiar with Jose's, Jose's Mexican food, it's.
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  Speaker 1: You know. Been here forever.
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  Speaker 3: It's a staple. A staple, especially if you're, like, in
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  Speaker 3: North Oakwood and places like that. We eat there all
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  Speaker 3: the time, right? And it's just, it's wonderful. It's one
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  Speaker 3: of my favorite places. I had no idea until maybe
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  Speaker 3: last week they served a chicken fried steak.
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  Speaker 1: Really?
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 1: No clue.
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  Speaker 3: And then someone was like, well, they don't just do
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  Speaker 3: a chicken fried steak. What you need to do is
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  Speaker 3: tell them, give me a chicken fried steak, but make
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  Speaker 3: it like cheese enchiladas.
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  Speaker 4: So.
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  Speaker 3: You'll get the chicken fried steak, and then it'll put
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  Speaker 3: enchilada sauce on it and cheese and onions and serve
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  Speaker 3: it with rice and beans, and it becomes like this
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  Speaker 3: whole thing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that sounds delicious.
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  Speaker 3: And I was like, well, when did you come up
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  Speaker 3: with this? They're like, dude, I've only been eating that there.
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  Speaker 3: I was like, how long have you been eating that?
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  Speaker 1: 25 years.
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  Speaker 3: Had this been an option for 25 years, I didn't know.
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  Speaker 3: Holy cow.
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  Speaker 1: I showed it to my wife last night because she
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  Speaker 1: loves chicken fried steak.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: She loves enchiladas. Right. She said no-go for her. Why no-go?
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  Speaker 1: Because the gravy. She wants gravy, cream gravy with her
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  Speaker 1: chicken fried steak.
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  Speaker 3: Well, they'll give you cream gravy.
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  Speaker 1: If you want it. But if you put cream gravy
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  Speaker 1: on enchilada sauce, on cheese and onions. No, you can't
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  Speaker 1: do that. No, no, no, no.
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  Speaker 3: But frankly, I try. If you want to see this,
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  Speaker 3: go to our Facebook page for WTAW to see what
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  Speaker 3: I'm talking about. Better yet, go take a look at it,
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  Speaker 3: screen cap it, and then go to Jose's. order it
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  Speaker 3: and show them that picture and they will do it
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  Speaker 3: for you too. So are you often surprised? Do you
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  Speaker 3: find yourself in this situation on occasion?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. When you go into a restaurant that specializes in
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  Speaker 1: one type of food and they've got something different.
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  Speaker 3: I'm always amazed.
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  Speaker 6: Right?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So there's a Mexican restaurant in town that has a
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  Speaker 1: lunch buffet.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: And the fried chicken that they have on that lunch buffet.
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  Speaker 3: World-class.
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  Speaker 1: World-class.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Some of the best chicken in town.
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  Speaker 3: Similarly to great fried chicken, I'll tell you this other one.
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  Speaker 3: What is it? It's also a buffet, Mediterranean buffet, Demasi's
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  Speaker 3: in Century Square. You know this place?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know this place. It's a chain. But I
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  Speaker 1: avoid Century Square.
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  Speaker 3: So Century Square, Demasi's, the best thing on that buffet
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  Speaker 3: is the fried chicken. I don't understand why. I don't
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  Speaker 3: understand how. But the best thing in there is the
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  Speaker 3: fried chicken. It's incredible.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes you get surprised walking into places like that. Never
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  Speaker 1: be afraid to order the odd thing on the menu.
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  Speaker 1: Or ask if there's off-menu specials.
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  Speaker 3: This is why I wanted to get adventurous with this. Because, again,
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  Speaker 3: I found out about this. And this is an off-the-menu.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to call it an off-the-menu item because I
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  Speaker 3: couldn't find it on there. Enchilada chicken fried steak at Jose's. And, again,
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  Speaker 3: if you want to see the video, go to WTAW's
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  Speaker 3: Facebook page. It's right there. I would love to know
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  Speaker 3: the odd thing at a restaurant. that nobody knows about
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  Speaker 3: that people should know about and more importantly i would
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  Speaker 3: like to start making a list of the best off
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  Speaker 3: the menu items in brian college station yes because i
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  Speaker 3: don't think that's the only one i think that there
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  Speaker 3: are a lot of places that have off the menu
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  Speaker 3: items they know exactly what you're ordering exactly how to
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  Speaker 3: make it but it doesn't end up on the menu
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  Speaker 3: for everyone. And if you have one of those that
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  Speaker 3: you want to share, 979-695-1620 is our phone number.
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  Speaker 1: I will give you one, but first of all, I
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  Speaker 1: will verify. On the online menu for Jose's, there is
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  Speaker 1: the chicken fried steak.
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  Speaker 3: The chicken fried steak itself.
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  Speaker 1: However, it is not the enchilada style. So I think
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  Speaker 1: that's where the confusion is coming in.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah, you can order a chicken fried steak, but
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  Speaker 3: the enchilada style, that is something you're going to have
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  Speaker 3: to tell them.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so there's a Mexican restaurant at the corner of
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  Speaker 1: Rock Prairie Road and Welburn Road. Oh, I know this place.
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  Speaker 1: And some years ago, a woman who I guess was
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  Speaker 1: a school teacher consistently ordered what she called the teacher's special.
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  Speaker 1: The teacher's special. And it ended up, it is an
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  Speaker 1: off-menu item that my wife and occasionally my children will enjoy.
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  Speaker 3: What is in the teacher's special?
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  Speaker 1: Essentially, it is rice, fajita, chicken or beef, And queso.
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  Speaker 1: Heck yeah. Heck yeah. It's a very simple dish.
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  Speaker 3: Okay. La profesora especial.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I'm in.
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  Speaker 1: So give that a run. I've never seen it on
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  Speaker 1: their menu. All right.
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  Speaker 3: So our phone number and our text number are 979-695-1620.
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  Speaker 3: to know where these hidden menu items are. So tell
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  Speaker 3: us yours, 979-695-1620. We'll be back right after this.
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  Speaker 3: We're looking for the best secret menu items in Bryan
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  Speaker 3: College Station. The best off-the-menu items. The place you go
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  Speaker 3: that they do something, but it's not something that they
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  Speaker 3: do for everybody. It's not listed. It's just something you
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  Speaker 3: can convince them to do, and it's the best thing ever.
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  Speaker 1: And eventually, if it reaches the level of legend, it
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  Speaker 1: then gets a name like the Teacher Special.
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  Speaker 3: The Teacher Special, which is the one that... They have
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  Speaker 3: not named the enchilada chicken fried steak over at Jose's.
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  Speaker 3: I have.
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  Speaker 1: It's the Tucker.
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  Speaker 3: I would lose my mind if they gave me a
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  Speaker 3: menu item over there.
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  Speaker 1: Have you ever had a menu item named after you?
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  Speaker 3: I tried to get Wade and Mary over at Shipwreck
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  Speaker 3: to name this dish. abomination burger I created one time.
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  Speaker 3: It had to be 15 years ago. I forget what
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  Speaker 3: they call it, but they did not name it after me,
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  Speaker 3: which is fine.
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  Speaker 1: Do whatever.
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  Speaker 3: The menu item remains. It's just not named after me.
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  Speaker 1: In the mid-90s, in northwest Arkansas, at all participating backyard
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  Speaker 1: burger locations, you could get the Willie Burger.
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  Speaker 3: What was on the Willie?
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  Speaker 1: The Willie Burger was a blackened burger with pepper jack cheese, bacon, coleslaw,
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  Speaker 1: and Miss Grazi's sauce.
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  Speaker 3: That's pretty good.
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  Speaker 1: It's real good.
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  Speaker 3: I'll take it. That's high praise, dude. You can get
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  Speaker 3: a menu item named after you. That's a big deal.
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  Speaker 3: Johnny says that you can, at Los Cucos, find a shrimp...
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  Speaker 3: Stuffed avocado. Deep fried shrimp and white cheese crammed into
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  Speaker 3: a Haas avocado. It slides off the menu.
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  Speaker 1: So I know that they've got the stuffed avocado there.
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  Speaker 3: But a fried shrimp stuffed avocado.
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  Speaker 1: This is the addition. Just like the chicken fried steak
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  Speaker 1: is on the menu at Jose's.
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  Speaker 3: Similar, but just a little different.
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  Speaker 1: You've got to get it Tucker style.
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  Speaker 3: Several people have texted in, and the one that they
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  Speaker 3: refer to is specifically Chef Chow's. They have a whole
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  Speaker 3: secret menu.
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  Speaker 7: Really?
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  Speaker 2: Really.
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  Speaker 3: That's and this is a lot of Asian places. Did
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  Speaker 3: you know about this?
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  Speaker 1: I don't.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of Asian places do have a secret menu
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  Speaker 3: because most Asian places, they cook what the people want,
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  Speaker 3: which is frequently kind of American Chinese food.
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  Speaker 13: Right.
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  Speaker 3: Beef with broccoli, Kung Pao chicken, all the usual stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Sweet and sour or whatever.
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  Speaker 3: But they make a separate menu for. for themselves do
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  Speaker 3: tell now i'm curious oh every the best stuff you
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  Speaker 3: ever had in your life like uh i'd have to
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  Speaker 3: start they might have moved some of this onto the
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  Speaker 3: menu but i remember you used to have to offer
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  Speaker 3: like the uh the cumin pork like on the secret
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  Speaker 3: menu has been again incredible uh like uh beef and
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  Speaker 3: and in oil i mean all kinds of every everything
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  Speaker 3: if you ever walk into and you see something that
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  Speaker 3: you cannot understand what it is you're just like that
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  Speaker 3: doesn't look like anything i've ever seen before it's from
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  Speaker 3: a secret menu item, because they all know how to
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  Speaker 3: cook the lights out of those places, but it's just
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  Speaker 3: not really for American tastes, so they just don't do it.
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  Speaker 3: But when they eat, holy cow, they throw down.
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  Speaker 1: For years, I was told that if you really want
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  Speaker 3: But it's got to be a good one. You can't
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  Speaker 3: go to the regular mass, all-you-can-eat sushi place.
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  Speaker 1: No, you've got to go to a place.
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  Speaker 7: Seriously.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you tell them straight up, like, I don't care
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  Speaker 3: what you're going to put in front of me, but
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  Speaker 1: And I've done that.
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  Speaker 3: And just charge me at the end.
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  Speaker 1: And it was fabulous.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that is the way.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a little bit more concerned in doing that in
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  Speaker 1: the Chinese restaurant, but I'm adventurous. I'll give it a go.
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  Speaker 2: I've never.
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  Speaker 3: It's similar to anything else. You just don't really want
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  Speaker 3: to ask questions about about like it's going to be like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: It'll be it'll be really just like I always say,
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  Speaker 1: never and never ask a Cajun what's in the pot. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Young at Tijans says, Joseph, yes, all caps. Like that's
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  Speaker 1: God, that looked good.
• 17:39
  Speaker 3: And some people have been criticized. They're like, well, it
• 17:41
  Speaker 3: doesn't look like it's hand-battered. It's not about the quality
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: of the chicken fried steak, people. It's about the fact
• 17:46
  Speaker 3: that it's a chicken fried steak that is drowned in
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  Speaker 3: enchilada gravy and and diced onions. You're not going to
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  Speaker 3: do better than that. You're not. It's just not going
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  Speaker 3: to be improved on.
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: I saw a video this morning, and apparently this is
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  Speaker 1: going on, I think somewhere in the Northeast, like Philly, right?
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  Speaker 1: And these people took a Philly cheesesteak and then wrapped
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  Speaker 1: it in a cheese pizza.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Like, it rolled it up like a burrito.
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  Speaker 3: I have seen this.
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  Speaker 1: Sliced it, covered it in Cheez Whiz, and went to town.
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  Speaker 3: It's supposedly... meant to feed for, I don't, I think
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  Speaker 3: I could take that down myself.
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't bet against you, number one, but this thing.
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  Speaker 1: It just looks horribly disgusting.
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  Speaker 1: If you were about to do the Ironman Triathlon, this
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• 18:45
  Speaker 3: Another text message from Jason. With all this talk about
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• 18:50
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• 18:55
  Speaker 3: We haven't done a meet-up yet. since we've started the show.
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  Speaker 3: And yeah, again, it has come up many times, our
• 19:05
  Speaker 3: love of Pizza Hut buffets. And the Caldwell one, the
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: more I.
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  Speaker 3: The emails, everyone's like, you're going to go to one.
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: Caldwell is the place. We do need to work on that.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you for reminding us. We're back right after this.
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  Speaker 11: This is Today in Texas History, brought to you by
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  Speaker 2: On this day, October the 8th, in 1821. A filibustering
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  Speaker 20: AI, big tech, and online predators are creating new threats
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  Speaker 1: Good morning from the WTAW Newsroom. I'm Will Welch. 22-year-old
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  Speaker 1: Gerardo Gonzalez, who was arrested on September 23rd for possession
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: of child pornography, is facing new charges. The Brazos County
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday... that the former custodian at College
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: Station ISD's Greens Prairie Elementary is now facing charges. of
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: continuous sexual abuse of a child victim under 14, which
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: is a first-degree felony. Officials have not released the age
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  Speaker 1: of the child associated with the new charge. The investigation
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  Speaker 1: began after the Sheriff's Office received a cyber tip from
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  Speaker 1: Snapchat regarding videos potentially containing child pornography. Deputies in the
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: sheriff's special investigative unit have been working the case and
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: gathering additional information. As a result, Gonzalez is now facing
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: a new charge of continuous sexual abuse of a young
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  Speaker 1: child in addition to two counts of possession with intent
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: to promote child pornography and a drug charge. Investigators have
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: no information that any of the offenses under investigation were
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: related to Gonzalez's former employment at CSISD. He remains in
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: the Brazos County Jail. Bryan police have arrested four juveniles
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: for breaking into vehicles. Officers responded to the 2900 block
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  Speaker 1: of Wildflower Drive just after 12 o'clock Thursday morning. The
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  Speaker 1: caller reported seeing four individuals wearing dark clothing and face
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  Speaker 1: masks entering a vehicle that did not belong to them.
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  Speaker 1: The witness provided accurate information and direction of travel of
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  Speaker 1: the suspects as they fled on foot. Officers located four
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  Speaker 1: suspects matching the description on Briarcrest near Walmart. The suspects
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  Speaker 1: ran from police but were apprehended in a wooded area
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: near the Wells Fargo Bank building. The department says multiple
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: vehicles were burglarized on Wildflower. They are booked into the
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: Brazos County Juvenile Detention Center and charged with burglary of
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: a motor vehicle and engaging in organized criminal activity. BPD
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: wants to remind the community to lock, take, hide. Lock
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  Speaker 1: your doors, take all valuables out of your vehicle, and
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  Speaker 1: hide items when they cannot be removed. In honor of
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  Speaker 1: Fire Prevention Week this week, the Bryan Fire Department is
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  Speaker 1: hosting a fire prevention poster contest. Help spread awareness and safety.
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  Speaker 1: This year's theme is Charge into Fire Safety. Safe charging
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  Speaker 1: is a superpower. Entries are accepted through the 31st. Details
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  Speaker 1: and a list of rules can be found at WTAW.com.
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: The Aggieland Humane Society says they have taken in 46
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: animals in just two days' time. There are many adult
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  Speaker 1: dogs and cats and several bottle baby kittens who need
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  Speaker 1: round-the-clock care. If your pet is missing, you can find
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  Speaker 1: a link to their lost and found page at WTAW.com
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: or on their social media. Texas successfully executed a man
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  Speaker 1: Wednesday night using pentobarbital. 46-year-old Jamal Howard was pronounced dead
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: at 8.03 p.m. Howard was convicted for the murder of
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  Speaker 1: a convenience store clerk 26 years ago. 42-year-old Vicky Swartout
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  Speaker 1: died after being shot once in the chest. He made
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  Speaker 1: off with $ 114 and a carton of cigarettes. The execution
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  Speaker 1: is the seventh in Texas this year, with two more
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: scheduled in November. Republicans gathered in San Antonio on Wednesday
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: night to hear from Senate candidate Ken Paxton and President Trump.
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: Trump told the crowd to vote for Paxton in November.
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  Speaker 5: With your support, 27 days from now, we're going to crush.
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  Speaker 2: Democrat, communist James Telefrico.
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  Speaker 5: We're going to crush him at the ballot box.
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: Trump also says he's supporting Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick in
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: his bid for re-election. Governor Abbott skipped the rally to
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: campaign at Tocqueville Ranch with the Republican Party of Brazos County.
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: The latest campaign finance report shows that the governor is
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  Speaker 1: burning through cash in his bid for reelection. Around $ 70
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: million was spent in the last quarter. That's five times
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: his opponent. While at a recent stop in Houston, Abbott
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  Speaker 1: says he wants the upcoming legislative session to include a
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  Speaker 1: new law making it easier to keep people behind bars.
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: He says anyone arrested while out on bond should be
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: held without bond. That is a law that I will
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: work with state legislators to get passed to make sure
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: that this is another way that we get dangerous criminals arrested.
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: off of our streets. Abbott also wants a new law
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: making it possible to impeach local district attorneys. He says
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: he will bring up both of these issues when the
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: next session starts in January. The Texas Senate race is
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: becoming one of the most expensive political contests in the country.
• 33:51
  Speaker 5: More than $ 400 million has already been spent on Texas' U.S.
• 33:55
  Speaker 5: Senate race between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Tallarico,
• 33:59
  Speaker 5: with the latest New York Times-Siena poll showing Tallarico leading
• 34:02
  Speaker 5: Paxton 51-45. The RealClearPolitics average even closer, with Tallarico ahead
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  Speaker 5: by 3.1, less than a month out from the midterms.
• 34:11
  Speaker 5: Though for comparison, at this point in the 2024 presidential race,
• 34:16
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  Speaker 3: Huzzah! Now, I'm glad we finally got around to this.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think we've had Bryan Animal Services in.
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  Speaker 1: Not in. We've done recorded interviews with them on occasion.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, if not, it's been a while. So, Ashley Bishop.
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  Speaker 19: Yeah, howdy, howdy, guys.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning. We're doing good. We're doing good. You guys
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  Speaker 3: have a lot going on. Now, we do talk a
• 37:17
  Speaker 3: lot about animal. You heard in the news, like, you know, Aggieland,
• 37:20
  Speaker 3: your main site, he had a giant swath of intakes.
• 37:25
  Speaker 3: In terms of the Bryan Animal Center and Bryan Animal Services,
• 37:28
  Speaker 3: I don't want to say you're brand new because you're
• 37:30
  Speaker 3: not brand new.
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  Speaker 13: No.
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  Speaker 3: But you're on the younger side.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: As far as animal resources and adoption services and things
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  Speaker 3: like that. When did y'all actually fire this up and
• 37:43
  Speaker 3: get started?
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  Speaker 19: So we were actually created in 2011 when the city
• 37:46
  Speaker 19: decided to go ahead and split up from the relationship
• 37:49
  Speaker 19: with the Brazos Animal Shelter, which is who was housed
• 37:52
  Speaker 19: in our building at that point in time. So yeah,
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  Speaker 19: we're fairly new for a municipality overall. I think we're
• 37:58
  Speaker 19: doing great at this point in time. We have a
• 38:00
  Speaker 19: lot of good programs for our community. And our biggest
• 38:03
  Speaker 19: thing is to make sure that we are ahead of
• 38:08
  Speaker 19: helping our citizens move have the best companion animal wellness
• 38:13
  Speaker 19: that they possibly can with also keeping in mind public
• 38:15
  Speaker 19: health and safety because that's a big part of what we.
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  Speaker 15: Do on a daily basis.
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  Speaker 3: Now, your facility currently is the, like you mentioned, Old Aggieland,
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  Speaker 3: UMaine on Finfeather. Correct.
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  Speaker 12: Right.
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  Speaker 3: And it's a good facility. I've been over there a
• 38:28
  Speaker 3: few times. The city has grown quite a bit since 2011,
• 38:32
  Speaker 3: and you guys are growing as well, correct?
• 38:36
  Speaker 15: Yeah, correct.
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  Speaker 19: So with any city, especially right now, and just animal
• 38:40
  Speaker 19: welfare in general, everybody's so busy. I mean, the intake
• 38:43
  Speaker 19: has been nothing but insanity.
• 38:46
  Speaker 3: What do the numbers look like for you guys in
• 38:48
  Speaker 3: a given year?
• 38:50
  Speaker 15: So right now we're probably bringing in about 2,000 animals.
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: Wow.
• 38:53
  Speaker 15: And that's anything from dogs, cats. I've had iguanas. I
• 38:57
  Speaker 15: had 200 mice and rats at one point a couple
• 38:59
  Speaker 15: years ago.
• 39:00
  Speaker 19: Occasionally we'll get livestock and things like that that we
• 39:04
  Speaker 19: handle for cruelty situations.
• 39:06
  Speaker 15: But, yeah, roughly about 2,000 animals.
• 39:08
  Speaker 19: We work with our rescue partner agencies who come in
• 39:10
  Speaker 19: and help us with some of the tougher cases that
• 39:12
  Speaker 19: we can't really handle in-house.
• 39:13
  Speaker 3: 2,000 animals a year. So, again, just starting from scratch,
• 39:17
  Speaker 3: that's having to deal with. 20-ish animals a month. Is
• 39:20
  Speaker 3: that right? Pretty much. We can house... No, that's not right.
• 39:28
  Speaker 23: No.
• 39:28
  Speaker 3: 200 animals a month.
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think your math is off.
• 39:30
  Speaker 15: Roughly, yeah. My math is... It's a little early, guys.
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: We all fail remedial counting. Once you get past fingers
• 39:36
  Speaker 1: and toes. It's a lot of animals.
• 39:37
  Speaker 3: It is.
• 39:38
  Speaker 7: It is.
• 39:38
  Speaker 19: And we roughly house about 100 animals within a given week.
• 39:42
  Speaker 15: I mean, that's usually kind of our turnaround.
• 39:44
  Speaker 3: A given week?
• 39:45
  Speaker 22: Yes.
• 39:45
  Speaker 19: And we're housing about 100 animals, usually about.
• 39:48
  Speaker 15: 60, 40 dogs to cats.
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: Wow.
• 39:51
  Speaker 19: We have roughly about 30 to 40 kennels for our dogs.
• 39:54
  Speaker 19: So we really try to make sure that we have
• 39:58
  Speaker 19: a lot of things going on. Like right now, October
• 40:00
  Speaker 19: is adopt a dog month. So we have $ 10 adoptions
• 40:02
  Speaker 19: for all of our dogs. So all anybody has to do, briananimalcenter.com.
• 40:07
  Speaker 19: You can view who we have available. We're a little
• 40:09
  Speaker 19: low on cats right now. We're at the end of
• 40:11
  Speaker 19: kitten season, so we do have some stragglers coming through.
• 40:14
  Speaker 3: That's kind of a blessing. After this year, everywhere I
• 40:17
  Speaker 3: know is really overflowing with cats. So the fact you
• 40:21
  Speaker 3: don't have a ton of them is not a bad thing.
• 40:23
  Speaker 15: It's not.
• 40:24
  Speaker 19: We're seeing a lot of neonates come through, so that's
• 40:26
  Speaker 19: been a little tough. We have a lot of fosters
• 40:28
  Speaker 19: who have been helping.
• 40:29
  Speaker 15: Us with those kind of guys. But, yeah, you know,
• 40:31
  Speaker 15: we're always busy.
• 40:32
  Speaker 19: We always have animals. We're always trying to get animals
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  Speaker 19: home as well. I mean, that is one of our
• 40:37
  Speaker 19: biggest things. This last fiscal year, our animal control officers
• 40:40
  Speaker 19: were actually able to get over 300 pets back home
• 40:43
  Speaker 19: in the field.
• 40:44
  Speaker 15: That is 300 extra animals that did not have to.
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: Come to our facility. That's really impressive. That is awesome.
• 40:48
  Speaker 3: That's an impressive stat. It's not easy.
• 40:50
  Speaker 12: No, it's not.
• 40:51
  Speaker 3: Especially with dogs and especially with cats because they get free. Yes,
• 40:54
  Speaker 3: some people microchip them. A lot of people don't. Sometimes
• 40:57
  Speaker 3: they wear collars and tags. A lot of times, even
• 41:00
  Speaker 3: though they're supposed to, they don't. And tracking them down
• 41:04
  Speaker 3: is a lot of man hours.
• 41:05
  Speaker 7: It is.
• 41:05
  Speaker 11: It is.
• 41:05
  Speaker 19: So it's very important that our officers, when they pick
• 41:07
  Speaker 19: up an animal, they're knocking on doors, talking to neighbors
• 41:10
  Speaker 19: to ensure that they're getting those pets home so they
• 41:12
  Speaker 19: don't have to come to the animal center. You know,
• 41:14
  Speaker 19: we push for free microchips and free rabies vaccinations, and
• 41:18
  Speaker 19: that's for our citizens of Bryan.
• 41:20
  Speaker 15: So we try to give back.
• 41:21
  Speaker 19: We're having an event come up in November, and we're
• 41:24
  Speaker 19: going to be at Henderson Harbor Park from 8 to 12.
• 41:28
  Speaker 19: You must pre-register for this event, and you must be
• 41:30
  Speaker 19: a Bryan resident, and you have to prove residency.
• 41:35
  Speaker 15: And, you know, these events always do so great.
• 41:36
  Speaker 19: You know, we see anywhere from 200 to 300 people
• 41:39
  Speaker 19: during these events. And, you know, we have a lot
• 41:42
  Speaker 19: of repeat people that come in every year, and they're
• 41:44
  Speaker 19: very grateful for those types of things. And on the
• 41:46
  Speaker 19: flip side of that, we're able to get animals home
• 41:47
  Speaker 19: because these microchips are just.
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. That's the answer. That's the answer.
• 41:54
  Speaker 3: If you don't have a microchip in your animal and
• 41:56
  Speaker 3: if there's an expense issue, please call. If you just
• 42:00
  Speaker 3: reach out and talk to Bryan Animal Services, they will
• 42:05
  Speaker 3: work with you to get that microchip.
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: In your animal. It saves money in the long run.
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: It does.
• 42:10
  Speaker 3: It's a great thing. Again, we're talking a serious amount
• 42:14
  Speaker 3: of animals that you guys cycle through. How much is
• 42:16
  Speaker 3: the new building going to change your operation? What are
• 42:19
  Speaker 3: you hoping for out of that?
• 42:20
  Speaker 15: So much.
• 42:21
  Speaker 19: This new building, we're trying to build with intentionality. So
• 42:26
  Speaker 19: it's obviously going to be a lot bigger than what
• 42:28
  Speaker 19: we have right now. We're going to have more space
• 42:30
  Speaker 19: for dogs, more space for cats, and more space just
• 42:33
  Speaker 19: to do things in general. So the biggest thing is
• 42:36
  Speaker 19: that we want to be able to also offer more programs.
• 42:38
  Speaker 19: Our building right now is very aged. We do not
• 42:41
  Speaker 19: have the capability to really hold and host a lot
• 42:45
  Speaker 19: of on-site volunteer events because one, we don't have the space.
• 42:49
  Speaker 1: It's not the room.
• 42:49
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 42:50
  Speaker 15: Then we just don't have the room.
• 42:51
  Speaker 19: So this is going to give us an opportunity to
• 42:52
  Speaker 19: do things like we have in the past outside of
• 42:55
  Speaker 19: the facility, like reading programs. We had a wonderful reading
• 42:57
  Speaker 19: program with SOS Ministries back in the day where we
• 43:00
  Speaker 19: took dogs to their school and the.
• 43:04
  Speaker 15: Kids read to them. It was great. It was a
• 43:06
  Speaker 15: great experience.
• 43:07
  Speaker 19: It got the dogs out for a couple of hours
• 43:09
  Speaker 19: from all the noise and things like that at the shelter.
• 43:11
  Speaker 19: So I'm really hoping to implement some of those programs
• 43:15
  Speaker 19: into this new facility.
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: I wanted to mention that your website does have an
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: availability for lost and found pets. So if you're missing
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: a pet, make sure you go there. But anytime we
• 43:24
  Speaker 1: visit with any type of animal service, I like to
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: go on and see what the adoptable pets look like.
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: I'm in love with Christine here. Christine is a sort
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: of Pyrenees mix. Oh, look at her.
• 43:37
  Speaker 15: Somebody please adopt her.
• 43:38
  Speaker 1: Look at her. She is gorgeous.
• 43:40
  Speaker 15: She has returned once already.
• 43:43
  Speaker 12: Oh, no.
• 43:43
  Speaker 15: Because she was just Too big of a dog.
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: Yeah, she's a 65-pound dog. She's an outdoor dog.
• 43:48
  Speaker 3: She is.
• 43:49
  Speaker 15: And she is great.
• 43:50
  Speaker 19: We just had, if you look back on Tuesday, I
• 43:52
  Speaker 19: posted Bree, who was also a return adoption twice over
• 43:57
  Speaker 19: for nothing other than being a big dog.
• 43:59
  Speaker 15: And she finally got adopted.
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: Congratulations.
• 44:01
  Speaker 15: So we're so excited.
• 44:02
  Speaker 19: And it's been a little bit harder for our bigger dogs.
• 44:05
  Speaker 3: I think it always is.
• 44:06
  Speaker 1: You know, it is.
• 44:08
  Speaker 3: When you get, I know people will say like, okay, well,
• 44:11
  Speaker 3: an apartment is, and it is, you can have a
• 44:13
  Speaker 3: dog in an apartment, but when you start getting those 60,
• 44:15
  Speaker 3: 70 pound dogs, you can have them live in an apartment,
• 44:18
  Speaker 3: but they really want a yard.
• 44:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they want to be outside, especially a Pyrenees wants
• 44:22
  Speaker 1: to go out and protect things. Yeah, exactly.
• 44:24
  Speaker 3: That's just the type of animal that is. You're going
• 44:26
  Speaker 3: to have to have some grass. But that's fine. I
• 44:30
  Speaker 3: know for a fact y'all probably work with people like, hey, look, okay,
• 44:33
  Speaker 3: let's just dog a match because sometimes they are, sometimes
• 44:36
  Speaker 3: they're not.
• 44:37
  Speaker 19: Absolutely, and our retention rate, we don't have a lot
• 44:39
  Speaker 19: of returns, and we put a lot of work into
• 44:42
  Speaker 19: making sure we make that perfect match. So maybe throughout
• 44:44
  Speaker 19: the year, I think, If I can remember correctly, we
• 44:47
  Speaker 19: have under 50 returns throughout the entire year.
• 44:49
  Speaker 3: That's incredible. It is.
• 44:51
  Speaker 19: And my staff is just wonderful about making sure that
• 44:53
  Speaker 19: we're doing those types of things. And, you know, we're
• 44:55
  Speaker 19: not prejudiced towards any animal. If an animal doesn't like
• 44:57
  Speaker 19: a specific gender, okay, well, let's see what they do like.
• 45:00
  Speaker 19: Maybe they like a calm female instead of... a rambunctious
• 45:02
  Speaker 19: male or maybe the opposite.
• 45:03
  Speaker 3: Maybe they're high activity. Maybe they want someone who's going
• 45:05
  Speaker 3: to be outside running, going to parks and things like
• 45:07
  Speaker 3: that all the time. Correct.
• 45:08
  Speaker 19: So we do a lot of work in-house to ensure
• 45:11
  Speaker 19: that we get pets with the right match because it
• 45:14
  Speaker 19: really matters that one pen can help two or three
• 45:16
  Speaker 19: animals within a week.
• 45:17
  Speaker 3: So let's talk about how people can help. You mentioned fosters.
• 45:22
  Speaker 15: Yes.
• 45:23
  Speaker 3: I'm going to guess that's something that you always are
• 45:25
  Speaker 3: in need of, especially right now where we're expanding into
• 45:29
  Speaker 3: a big new space, but I mean, fosters help a lot.
• 45:32
  Speaker 3: You know, you can do that. It's a big deal.
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: Some of these groups.
• 45:35
  Speaker 15: Yeah, absolutely.
• 45:36
  Speaker 19: If you're willing to foster, we have animals that are
• 45:39
  Speaker 19: always needing a little bit of time out of the facility. Like,
• 45:42
  Speaker 19: for instance, Christy. I mean, she's been in our facility
• 45:45
  Speaker 19: for quite some time. She's one of our long stairs.
• 45:47
  Speaker 19: So if somebody is interested in fostering, they can reach
• 45:50
  Speaker 19: out to our programs coordinator. There's our application is online
• 45:53
  Speaker 19: at Bryan Animal Center dot com. And generally the things
• 45:56
  Speaker 19: we send out to foster are things like Christy, animals
• 45:58
  Speaker 19: who have been there too long, who are just going
• 46:00
  Speaker 19: a little kennel crazy. You know, kennel neurosis is a thing.
• 46:03
  Speaker 19: If animals are in a shelter, regardless how good your
• 46:06
  Speaker 19: shelter is, animals.
• 46:07
  Speaker 15: Don't fare well in facilities for a long period of time.
• 46:10
  Speaker 19: So it's good to get them a break or neonating
• 46:12
  Speaker 19: neonatal kittens, bottle kittens. You know, if you're wanting to
• 46:15
  Speaker 19: do something like that, that's always incredibly helpful.
• 46:17
  Speaker 3: That's a good, that is a, if you have the
• 46:19
  Speaker 3: time to do that again, great opportunity to sign up
• 46:22
  Speaker 3: and help you guys out.
• 46:23
  Speaker 21: Okay.
• 46:23
  Speaker 3: What else do we need to cover today? What do
• 46:25
  Speaker 3: you got?
• 46:25
  Speaker 15: You know, we're just.
• 46:26
  Speaker 19: Excited about the new building. You know, we are accepting
• 46:29
  Speaker 19: donations for the new building as well. And those donations
• 46:31
  Speaker 19: will go to, you know, outfitting anything that we need.
• 46:33
  Speaker 15: For the facility.
• 46:34
  Speaker 19: So, so it, if you want to go online, brandanimalcenter.com,
• 46:38
  Speaker 19: there's a space where you can not only see our
• 46:40
  Speaker 19: Amazon wishlist. So anything that we do need in the
• 46:42
  Speaker 19: facility right now, you're more than welcome to donate.
• 46:44
  Speaker 3: Also a great way to help.
• 46:45
  Speaker 4: Yep.
• 46:46
  Speaker 19: It comes to the shelter directly and then any monetary
• 46:48
  Speaker 19: donations come directly to the animal shelter.
• 46:50
  Speaker 15: So you don't have to worry about anything like that.
• 46:53
  Speaker 15: It comes directly to us and it goes back into the.
• 46:55
  Speaker 19: Animals, whether it's supplies or medical care or things like that.
• 46:58
  Speaker 15: So donate, donate, donate. We could always use them.
• 47:00
  Speaker 1: So for pets, upcoming events, abilities to donate, abilities to volunteer,
• 47:05
  Speaker 1: you find all of that online at your website.
• 47:08
  Speaker 11: Yeah.
• 47:08
  Speaker 15: BrianAnimalCenter.com. It's really easy.
• 47:10
  Speaker 3: Ashley, thank you so much for coming in.
• 47:12
  Speaker 22: Yeah, thanks, guys.
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  Speaker 3: 1620-945-WTAW. Good morning, guys. 90 degrees for your high today,
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  Speaker 3: or go to unitedroofingpros.com. What a disrespectful text message. What
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  Speaker 3: a disrespectful text message from Jason. Out of Katz. Because
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  Speaker 3: Tucker adopted them all. Why is that disrespectful? No, it's
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  Speaker 3: dead on.
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  Speaker 1: It's dead on is what it is.
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  Speaker 3: Also, I'm probably going to, I'm going to, I'm going
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  Speaker 3: to work on this. I was going to post this
• 51:34
  Speaker 3: picture that was sent in by Mike. Because one of
• 51:37
  Speaker 3: the big discussions we had this morning was the three-foot rule,
• 51:40
  Speaker 3: which they're going to be debating.
• 51:42
  Speaker 1: Talking about the city council meeting.
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  Speaker 3: College Station, which I think is going to be a
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  Speaker 3: fascinating conversation. it went over about like a lead balloon
• 51:49
  Speaker 3: when we were discussing it with you guys, because again,
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  Speaker 3: I don't see what this, I don't, there's.
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  Speaker 1: Some great suggestions.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: There's some great, great options. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: We'll give you the three feet if you're wearing a helmet. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: If you're not too bad, somebody, somebody said a yardstick,
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  Speaker 1: I would get a, get a three foot pool.
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  Speaker 3: Noodle even better. I, and I wanted to bring this
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  Speaker 3: up because again, I, the problem, I, it, I, I'm,
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  Speaker 3: I find it weird that I have to say this.
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  Speaker 3: The problem isn't the cars in this case. Believe me,
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  Speaker 3: I'm the first one that says everyone drives probably worse
• 52:21
  Speaker 3: than they think they do. It's the e-scooters and the
• 52:24
  Speaker 3: bikes and the people that are using them that are
• 52:26
  Speaker 3: not treating them like they're vehicles that go 25 or
• 52:29
  Speaker 3: 30 miles an hour.
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  Speaker 1: That's what it boils down to. And if you're trying
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  Speaker 1: to regulate and thereby, some people would consider it, punish
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  Speaker 1: the vehicle drivers, then you're going in the wrong direction.
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  Speaker 3: Mike is on his commute in to work, and he
• 52:42
  Speaker 3: is at a stoplight and snaps a picture of one
• 52:45
  Speaker 3: of the wildest things I've seen today. That is a
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  Speaker 3: mother on an e-scooter, no helmet, no nothing, with an
• 52:51
  Speaker 3: infant strapped to her front as she tries to cross. Oh,
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  Speaker 3: I can tell you what road that is. She's trying
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  Speaker 3: to cross East 29th in the middle of the morning
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  Speaker 3: right around Brian High with a infant strapped to her chest.
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  Speaker 3: On an e-scooter and no helmets on either.
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  Speaker 1: Look, I understand if that's your mode of transportation. That's
• 53:17
  Speaker 1: how you get to life. I would encourage you to walk. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I get it. Because with an infant, come on.
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  Speaker 3: You can't do that with an infant.
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  Speaker 1: Strap some safety gear. Get some personal protective equipment going on.
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  Speaker 3: This is an unhinged picture. And I'm going to take
• 53:33
  Speaker 3: the time to edit to make sure we blur the faces.
• 53:36
  Speaker 3: Because I feel bad because there's a kid involved. And
• 53:40
  Speaker 3: then I'm going to post it to the WTW Facebook
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  Speaker 3: page to give you guys some idea of the insanity
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  Speaker 3: that everyone out there is seeing. If you just open
• 53:50
  Speaker 3: your eyes to these kids and young adults using this
• 53:54
  Speaker 3: as their prime. And you brought up an interesting point.
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  Speaker 15: It's expensive.
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  Speaker 3: Cars are expensive. I'm not insensitive to the fact that
• 54:02
  Speaker 3: you have to get to places that you have to go. Childcare, work, school, home.
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  Speaker 3: This is not the way. No, it's not. This is
• 54:11
  Speaker 3: a horrible idea, and people are crazy reckless on them.
• 54:15
  Speaker 3: And I just don't know if the solution is what
• 54:18
  Speaker 3: we're debating, but we're going to— I.
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: Mean, in this case, even if you're doing everything perfectly, right,
• 54:23
  Speaker 1: you are still at risk.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, 100%. 100%. Would you strap a kid to your
• 54:28
  Speaker 3: front on a motorcycle?
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  Speaker 11: No.
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  Speaker 12: No.
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  Speaker 3: And have no one wearing helmets?
• 54:32
  Speaker 7: No.
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 3: You wouldn't even have a kid. You'd probably think twice
• 54:35
  Speaker 3: if you're going to take a golf cart with a
• 54:37
  Speaker 3: kid out on a city street. Like, oh, you know,
• 54:39
  Speaker 3: crazy thing.
• 54:39
  Speaker 1: It's safer riding in back of a pickup truck, which
• 54:42
  Speaker 1: you can't do anymore.
• 54:43
  Speaker 3: Yes, that's not legal. That's not legal, y'all.
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  Speaker 1: It's a shame, too. It's a shame because part of
• 54:50
  Speaker 1: it is a rite of passage. Riding long distances in
• 54:54
  Speaker 1: the bed of a pickup truck.
• 54:55
  Speaker 3: Anyway, Mike, thank you for that example. We will use
• 54:58
  Speaker 3: it later on. And, yeah, we'll all be watching how
• 55:01
  Speaker 3: that debate goes tonight. That's for sure. Enjoy the rest
• 55:05
  Speaker 3: of y'all's day. Like I said, it should be a
• 55:07
  Speaker 3: great one. Only getting up to around 90 degrees.
• 55:10
  Speaker 1: Not very humid.
• 55:10
  Speaker 3: So spend some time outside and soak it up, man.
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  Speaker 5: We're 1620-945-WTAW.
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  Speaker 3: College Station, Bryan.