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01/12/2024 The Dave Allen Show on 580 Live: Lance Wheeler, Adorable Pets, and Sweet Treats · The Dave Allen Show

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Before we get to Hannah, though, we're gonna change it up just a
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little bit. This morning. News broke late yesterday afternoon the longtime Canon County
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Commissioned President Kink Carper would be stepping aside as president of the Commission. Now
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he's staying on the Commission, he's just no longer going to be the president,
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making way for a new Commission president, that being Lance Wheeler. Worth
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noting that Commissioner Carper vacated by motion the presidency, so he will remain the
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Commissioner, but again no longer in the president's chair. And everyone knows the
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story now about the allegations against Commissioner Krper, so no need to go into
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that until there's something new to report. Commissioner Wheeler, though, is the
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new County Commission President and he joins us now. Lance, good morning,
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Good morning, Dave. How are you doing. I'm doing fine, Thank
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you for being here. Welcome to the show. And for the first time
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since two thousand and three, we call someone else to Canon County Commission President.
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Congratulations, Well, thank you very much. You know it's an honor
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really that my colleagues, Commissioner Slango, Commissioner Carper made that vote of confidence
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in me. But I tell you, you know, everyone keeps asking me,
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you know what's going to change. Twenty years Commissioner Carper has been a
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commission president. He led this commission through a water crisis, opioid crisis,
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He's led us through a pandemic. I mean, you can't check enough boxes
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of all the things that Commissioner Carper has done as Commission President. But I
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say that nothing's really going to change. We're going to continue to be transparent,
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We're going to continue to be efficient, and we're going to continue to
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do what's in the best interest of this county and the Simpsons. I know
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that's what Commissioner Slango wants, it's what Commissioner Carper wants, and it's absolutely
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what I want. And I can't wait to leave us in this year of
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twenty twenty four. Given new Kanan County Commission President is Lance Wheeler. And
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I know I'll make this quick because I know you have a lot of work
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to tend to. But it's your forum right now, I'm going to tell
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I'm going to give you the opportunity to say, what are you looking forward
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to in new year? The commission president, Well, I think it's my
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grandfather always used to tell me, if it's not broke, don't fix it.
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I mean, we've talked about just last time I was on your show,
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all the great things that has happened in Kannel County and the state of
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West Virginia. We're going to continue to do just that. We're going to
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look at recreational activity and seeing if we can invest in infrastructure in those areas,
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not just for the citizens that live here, but for tourists to bring
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people here spending their money in harder money right here in our local businesses.
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We're going to look at economic development, working with companies. You know Commissioner
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Slango, he was the pivotal person that brought in GreenPower energy. You know,
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the plant that's going to be operating electric school buses out of South Trumpton.
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You know, he started that conversation. A lot of things happen on
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the local level. A lot of people don't know that, and I think
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that that's the important aspect that we need to look at going into this year
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is how well did we do things last year? How can we imitate that?
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And how can we be better at that? And I think that we're
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going to have a really great year with some good announcements coming up. I'm
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excited. I know the rest of the Commission's excited, and I can't look.
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I can't wait to see what's going to happen, all right, what's
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going to be It is an exciting time to be here in the Kanaal Valley
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with all of these things going on, and you got some pretty big shoes
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to fill as commissioned President. But as you said, there's no big changes
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or no big not a whole lot's going to changes, as you said.
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But again, it is kind of the passing of the torch and kind of
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a milestone when you have somebody that served in president's role for as long as
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what Can't Carper did, Commission Wheeler, You and the other commissioners you know,
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including mister Carper and mister Slango, always welcome on the show. Congratulations,
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We wish you the best. We'll talk again soon. Thanks a lot.
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I appreciate it, and I will say this, I told people when
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I got elected. I had big shoes to fill, filling coffee sea stores,
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this sea. You know, he was a great man who served this
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county for a long time. Today, I think I have these bigger shoes
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to seal. But I think we're going to fill those shoes and we're going
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to do what we can. It's nice to have camp Carper next to my
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on the left side of me the meetings, making sure that we're running everything
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correctly. All right. To the new County Commission President here Kenawa County,
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Lance Wheeler, I appreciate you being here. We're talking in soon man.
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Thanks love, Thanks for having me. Dad, have a great day.
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in Hannah Gardner from the Kenal Charles Yumaine Association with this week's Adopt Me Please
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Pet of the Week. Hannah, good morning, Good morning. How are
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you. I'm doing fine? You know you missed a golden opportunity kid to
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be in studio this morning because it's Girl Scout Cookie time up in here.
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Oh god, do you have a favorite Girl Scout cookie? Yeahma, Samoa's
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a girl after my own heart. That's those in the dosey does I will,
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I will fight someone for those are my favorites. But yeah, we've
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got someone from the Girl Scouts coming a little bit later on, and they
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distributed some Girl Scout cookies and a couple other goodies here as well. So
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sorry you're not in studio to see them today. I wish I was.
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All right, Let's get to our pet of the week, and is always
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the pictures posted of our adopted Please put of the week. It's so you
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can find it on Dave Allen Radio and Facebook and also on the Dave Allen
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Show on x Mango is our dog. Mango is a lovely six year old
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dog. Got the picture posted to tell us about Mango. All right,
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Well, Mango, he actually came to us as astray. He's not fixed
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yet, but he definitely will be. He so he seems to be like
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he's housebroken. I don't know that for certain, but maybe at least kennel
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trained or great trained once. He keeps a very very clean kennel. He
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waits entirely overnight and everything until the go and the next morning. He's about
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six years old. He is a male, and he is very good with
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playful female dogs, and he will do well with submissive male dogs. But
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of course we recommend a meet and greet with him, just because he is
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a little bit more pickier on his male dogs. But he does get overwhelmed
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with a lot of dogs around. So maybe if you just have either him
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as his only dog or another dog that's a female, or if you do
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a meet and greet with a male, that would probably work out just fine.
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Is a beautiful dog. He's a beautiful dog, Hannah. Yeah,
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he is very He's got that big fat head that everyone at KJA loves.
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He's very very sweet. He's gained a lot of confidence with people. He
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is a bit headshot first, but he, like I said, he has
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gained a lot of confidence. He's worked his way up and he's very sweet,
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very loving, very cute. God. But he does well on the
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leash and he doesn't show any resource guardings while he's in with us at least.
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Of course, we always advise caution, and especially with kids and stuff,
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you always want to invite caution for that. You want to introduce that
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the correct way. But yes, he is a very very good boy,
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and he is ready for someone to either sit with him on the couch or
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play with him out in a yard or something. I don't think he would
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require too much, just because he's not super hyperactive or anything, but he
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can be playful at times, so he's definitely ready for a good home.
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It charged me to believe, Hannah, that this dog got out or whatever
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is astray. I mean, I mean, that's such a beautiful dog.
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And go to my Facebook page or the X page and take a look at
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It's hard for me to believe that somebody out of you, and you don't
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know what the story is. He ran away or somebody left him unguarded or
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whatever. I just I just can't believe because he's such such a beautiful dog.
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I mean, he really really is. I understand Hannah that at least
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as of a couple of days ago, the kennels there at the shelter were
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pretty much completely full. Is that right? Yeah, so it turn of
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Peter taught here. Lately we go from being schooled to having a few kennels
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open. Okay, okay, I was based out on something on your social
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media from a couple of days ago. But well that's good, that's good
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news. Yes, yes it is. And we're hoping, of course,
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obviously we're always hoping that we eventually have very minimal dogs there. But as
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of right now, it seems like this, well, this past year,
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and we're hoping that this year kind of is a little bit less amount of
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dogs that we have, But of course last year was so many dogs that
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we took care of. So what are you in need of right now?
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As far as stuff? I mean, you're always in need of some food.
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What else? What else do you need? Yeah, so we're always
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in need of purina, puppy chow, puring a dog chow, cat chow,
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and kitten chowd But it's not that. Then we could use some trash
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bags. I know that we could use some paper towels. I know that
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blankets and cheese are always welcome because those do go fast, especially because the
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puppy room, they always always destroy those blankets, So we always always welcome
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more of those. But collars and leashes are a big thing as well.
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We always need dog collars of all sizes because we try to put one that
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comes one on every dog that comes through the door. So definitely all of
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those things would be a top thing right now. And I want to get
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this out here reminders, since we are expecting some bitter cold temperatures next weekend,
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I get those pets inside, or at least make sure that they have
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plenty because you know, there always be the arguments. I might say,
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well, this dog, if it's a husky whatever, it's bred to be
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outside. You know, I'm not going to get into that argument. You
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know, I'll leave that up to the experts. But one way or the
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other, make sure your pets are taken care of. Because we're talking about
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bitter cold temperatures next week. I mean overnight low is about seven with a
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windshill well below that make sure these pets are taken care of and that they
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A very important thing is is if you leave water outside, even for strays
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or whatever, it will freeze. So make sure that they that you check
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on that water outside. Yeah, and you definitely also I like to tell
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everyone this as well, because I know that a lot of areas have colonies
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of stray cats and stuff. If you leave blankets out and stuff, those
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could also freeze overnight. So you want to try other alternative things that you
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can use, like coats with hay in them or something. But blankets can
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definitely freeze, and then the cat could freeze to it, so you want
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to be careful with that as well. All Right, Hannah, as always
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a pleasure to talk to you. Sorry you miss girl. Scott Cookie Day.
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We'll make sure this doesn't happen next year, we'll have you in here.
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Okay, it's good a right, thanks a lot. It's Sandy Gardner
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All right, Mango is a dog's name. You can go over to
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my Facebook page Dave Allen Radio or X the artist formally known as Twitter to
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see Mango's picture. He is six years old male, came in as astray,
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not fixed yet but will be. Appears to be housebroken or at least
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great trained. According to Hannah, he kept a very clean kennel when he
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was there when he's still there at the shelter. Does well with female dogs
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and submissive male dogs. Probably a good idea to do a little meat and
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greet there. Tends to like other dogs, but not crazy about having too
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many around him at once, kind of the way I am with people.
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Just don't get all up in his bit with a bunch of dogs at one
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time, That's what she's kind of saying. Probably would do better with maybe
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just one other dog, or maybe with you know, probably no more than
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that, or maybe even to be the only dog. But does very well
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on leash it looks like was very shy when he came in, but he's
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doing much better now. Beautiful, beautiful dog. And we have been on
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a good run of getting these animals adopted folks. So Mango is waiting to
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join your home in the new year. Contacted folks at the Kanaw Charlest Humane
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Association. And by the way, I want to throw this out here our
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friends up with the Humane Association, Congratulations to them. I had nothing to
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do with it because I didn't know about it till I actually read it on
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social media. Like everybody else, Our sister station ninety six one Superstar Country
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KWS gives away lunch every Friday, and the folks at the Humane Society,
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the Humane Association up there on the Hill, they won this week. And
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so Hannah may have missed out on the Girl Scout cookies, but she is
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going to get free lunch from Chick fil A. And that's courtesy of our
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friends at our sister station ninety six one KWS. So that's our DoPT me.
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doctor Casey Saxsonde Valley, Doctor Sachs, Good morning, welcome to the show.
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Good morning, Dave. It's great to be here with you today.
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You know you are missing girl Scott Cookie day here this morning. You realize
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that, right, Yeah, but you know after the Christmas I had missing
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might be the wrong word, okay, y, yeah, yeah, you
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threw down on some groceries. Is that what you're saying? Oh my gosh,
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I really overdid it with the food. Well, and that what the
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holiday season's for. Maybe I thought it was to be with my family,
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but apparently this year it was also about food. Well, look, you
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know for Mappalachia, you know which I know you're not from here, but
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as they say, you got here as quickly as you could. Everything revolves
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around the food, you know, no matter what kind of gathering it is.
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And so that's the way it is in my family as well. So
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happy New Year to you and the folks there at Bridge Valley. So how
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do the semesters work at Bridge Valley? I mean, as opposed to other
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institutions. Are we into a new semester? How does it work there?
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It's a great question. Yes, we start our spring semester on Tuesday.
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We're really excited. We have one hundred and eighty nine more students this spring
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than we did last Sprink. People are really thinking about career changes and thinking
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about things that they could do that will change their lives or their families' lives,
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and they're signing up for class at Bridge Valley. So we're very excited
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to start our new semester. We run a spring, a summer, nfall
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term most like other institutions, but we also have a whole bunch of classes
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that start sort of off pattern, Like we do a real estate certification and
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that doesn't start on Tuesday. It starts later in the term because that's what
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the realators tell us that they need. Okay, well, and again,
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it's just another example, and I talk about this, Doctor six every time
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you're on the show. It's an example of the folks at Bridge Valley listening
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to what the business community wants and needs. That's the truth. We really
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try hard to be responsive to what the business community is asking us for.
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And if you're a business person then you have a training need, please let
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us know what it is so that we can be responsive to that. We'll
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talk about this when Academy WI n Academy. We talked about it in the
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past, but on the you just had some at least one, I believe,
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informational session about that earlier this week. Another one's going to come up
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on Thursday, the twenty fifth of January. What is this WIN Academy all
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about. Yeah, the WIN Academy is a charter school. It's an opportunity
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for students who are juniors and seniors in high school to start college early.
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And so we've had eighteen students this year. We'll actually have seven who graduate
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from high school in May. They will have completed a full year of college
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classes alongside their high school and the ones who started with us as juniors will
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have two years of college under their belts. And they're all ready to transfer
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to four year institutions or to stay on with us and complete their degrees as
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nurses, or we just this faller starting in manufacturing technology. We're really excited
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about it. And as I said, you had one informational session earlier this
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week. The other one is coming up on Thursday, the twenty fifth,
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right, that's right, So January twenty fifth, at five point thirty,
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come on up to the Booker t Washington Wing at Building two thousand and the
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Tech Park in South Charles since if your family's interested, or if you have
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a grandkid who's maybe interested. We had a wonderful poppa come up this last
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week who had some terrific questions about the academy and what was going to happen
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with his granddaughter who's planning on starting this fall with us as a junior.
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And I love the fact, you know you're embracing the culture so well here,
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doctor Sachs. I love the fact that you said Popaul Well, I
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mean that's what she called him. I know. That's great, that's great,
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You're becoming one of us. I like that. I like that.
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I was following along watching the Governor's State of the State the other night,
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and there was a there was a pretty big honor for one of the students
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from your nursing program, a graduate in fact, talk about that. Yes,
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Genevieve Rain Johnson, thank you for asking about her, Dave. She's
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astonishing.'re really proud of her. She took advantage of our new sixteen
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months accelerated nursing program, so she actually completed her RN degree in sixteen months,
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which is astonishing and really a tribute to her her drive and intell leigence.
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That's five months earlier than most people graduate from a nursing program, and
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she got into the workforce earlier. So Thomas Memorial Hospital hired her and her
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colleagues actually in our program honored her at graduation with what's called our Spirit of
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Nursing Awards. It's given to the student who displays the most promise and the
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most commitment to the nursing profession. So we were really excited that the governor
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honored her at the State of the State. And I know Thomas Memorial Hospital
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was also very excited that they honored her as one of their staff members during
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that speech too. And we talk about it all the time when you're on
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the show, and I mean it's been well documented in other places as well.
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Doctor Saxley critical need for medical professionals instead of West Virginia, and I
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think that's really why Governor Justice took the opportunity to say how astonishing she is
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that anything we can do to help encourage West Virginians to get into healthcare.
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It's a huge need in the workforce, it's a huge need for our communities,
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and the more people who we can encourage to join the RN program at
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Bridge Valley. It really does accelerate their career. And of course, again
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there's just so many different partnerships that you folks have going on with people in
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the business community. We spent some time talking with the folks over at the
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Putnam County Development Authority recently they've been on the show a couple of times talking
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about the partnerships that you have with them as well. Yes, we love
23:15
the Putnam County Development Authority. We work with them on a program that's called
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SANE West Virginia. It's the Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education. And what that
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program does is it partners with business and industry, the Putnam County Development Authority
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and US at Bridge Valley to help get students into manufacturing and then partner with
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different manufacturers in the area so that they work three days a week, they
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come to school two days a week, and almost always the manufacturer ends up
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hiring the student at the end of the program. And we do want to
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mention that any of these things we talk about, I always want to direct
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people over to your website because you had a really good one. It's a
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Bridge Valley dot edu slash apprenticeships or slash, whatever it is that you want
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to look at. I spent a lot of time talking about the apprenticeship program
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because that's something big that you guys do there where you can basically custom tailor
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an IT training program. That's just one of them. I'm talking about it
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right now to a little are no costs with the fifty to fifty salary matches,
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I say every day. I mean, it's amazing. Yes, that's
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our learning and program and it's wonderful. Employers really like that one. It's
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an opportunity for us to go jointly together and essentially apply for a grant that
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lets us match wages with the employer for whoever is in the training program.
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So that's a really great win because it allows us to keep somebody in school.
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One of the things that we saw is happening before we really did learn
24:37
and earn on a broad scale, was that students would get enough training to
24:41
go to work and then they would just work full time. So, you
24:45
know, you get that Cisco Cyber certification and you're ready to work, and
24:48
that's wonderful. But if we can keep you in training, we know you
24:52
become a better employee and so that's that's better for our employers. It's just
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figuring out how do we get that commitment to the schedule and really keeping everybody
25:00
on the same page. So splitting wages with employers seems to really help make
25:04
that happen. Well. Again, what I always say is, every time
25:08
you're on, you folks really really put a lot into working with the business
25:12
community and finding out what it is that they need before we let you go.
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Anything else. We haven't covered on the segment today, but we're just
25:21
starting conversations to do some more expansions in our business program, so I would
25:25
say maybe stay tuned for that. We're awfully excited. We have some strong
25:29
offerings right now in entrepreneurship and real estate, but we're starting to work with
25:33
the insurance community to figure out things that we can do for them in insurance
25:37
also, so exciting stuff on the horizon. Indeed, Doctor Casey Sachs,
25:41
by the way, I know you said to you were abstaining from Girl Scout
25:45
cookies after the holidays, but I had to ask you, do you have
25:47
a favorite Girl Scout cookie? That's the kind of a question I'm asking Obviously,
25:49
it just so o well, no, never mind. I was going
25:52
to say it just so happened. I had a box of fend Mints,
25:55
but by the time jareded in the news department got ahold of them, and
25:57
my producer and my boss, Oh Cooper, got a hold no thin mant.
26:02
Sorry, the thin Mint supplies thin up here in the studio, so
26:07
you wouldn't have any thin mints if you were here. Anyway, How can
26:08
we interest you in a nice girl's got coffee mug? We do have that.
26:12
What's your favorite? Dave, Yes, that's the answer. All of
26:17
them? Uh Samoas or Dosi does would be my favorite? Oh? Good
26:22
choices, good choice choice. Jeff Jenkins is also a fan of the Samoa's.
26:26
I just learned that as he tackled me in the hall and took them
26:29
from me. So all right, cookie time is over. Notter Casey Sacks,
26:32
It's always pleasure to talk to you. We'll talk to you get here
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Joel Gates is a senior manager of Marketing and Communications at Girl Scouts,
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a black dime that you joined us now, Joel, good morning, Good
32:06
morning, Thanks for having me. You have really made the rounds this morning,
32:08
have you not? Because you were hanging out with Rob down in a
32:12
superstar country. I understand you spend a little time with Steven, Jenny and
32:15
V one hundred as well. Yeah. Girl Scout Cookie Season is here and
32:17
we're trying to spread the word as best as possible. All right, So
32:22
I joke about this a little bit, but Joel, this is truly something
32:24
that people look forward to every year. I see people posting on Facebook and
32:29
whatnot saying who's got Girl Scout cookies. It's almost like it's some sort of
32:31
illicit thing, you know, who's got the hookup, who's got the hookup
32:35
on the dose he does? It's true, It's true. Everybody loves Girl
32:37
Scout cookies, and it's even more rewarding when you remember that they helped fuel
32:42
so many amazing adventures for girls. All Right, so I've been asking everybody
32:45
else. I have to ask you, what's your favorite? My favorite is
32:47
a tag along? The tag alongs. Okay, so that's what you don't
32:51
hear a lot. I like the tag alongs as well. They're delicious.
32:53
Well, okay, my producer Dale Cooper just said that that's also his favorite
32:58
as well. Hey, great taste. Yeah, and you know, it
33:00
is kind of interesting. Like I said, you you showed up earlier because
33:04
you did some of the rounds of the other stations, and then you had
33:07
to wait around. I told Jess, we'll just go do do work and
33:09
then come back and see us later. But you did bring us some Girl
33:12
Scout cookies this morning, and those tin mints apparently were a We're a big
33:16
hit. But Jeff Jenkins are our news director. We love him some Samoas.
33:22
I just found that out about Jeff works with them all this time and
33:24
just learned it. He'd kill a guy. I think for some well,
33:29
what is the most popular as far as sales go is Yuah, So I'd
33:32
probably say our top two favorites are the Samoas and the Thin Men's. Each
33:36
year we kind of have a cookie bracket around March Madness. We ask folks
33:39
to pick their favorite Girl Scout cookie in For the past two years in a
33:43
row, it's been the Samoa. Any idea how the whole thing with Girl
33:46
Scout cookie started? I mean, why is this the thing? I mean
33:50
is it? I mean you could probably google it, I guess, but
33:51
I mean you don't have to do it now. But I'm just saying because
33:52
if this is something that the Girl Scouts are are really known for and everybody
33:57
looks forward to it. But I wonder who came up with that idea and
34:00
said, you know what, let's sell some cookies. Yeah. So the
34:01
sale actually started in nineteen seventeen as a way for girls to create funds to
34:07
help fuel girl at adventures, and that still holds true today. I mean,
34:10
every purchase of a Girl Scout cookie helps create an amazing adventure for girls
34:15
in the future, whether that's giving back traveling, making a difference. I
34:19
mean, it's just really remarkable how much of a difference in Girl Scout Cookie
34:23
can create. Talking to Joel Gates again, who is the senior manager of
34:27
marketing and Communications at Girl Scouts with Black Diamond, what's new this year?
34:30
So we do not have a new Girl Scout Cookie bringing back our you know,
34:35
classic nine cookie lineup that everyone knows and loves. Features the adventure ful
34:39
samoas tag alongs, all of the classic favorites that everyone knows and loves.
34:45
And I have seen this, I guess, just kind of pop up with
34:50
over the last couple of years that I live in Tay's Valley, and a
34:52
lot of times you'll see people that set up, you know, these Girl
34:55
Scouts and their parents just set up little pop up shops to sell the Girl
34:59
Scout cookies right there beside the road. Yeah. Absolutely, So the sale
35:02
actually starts with an order card, and we also offer some digital ordering where
35:07
girls can set up an online site. It's a really great way for girls
35:09
to learn some online entrepreneurial skills. But then when the cookies are delivered,
35:15
in late February. That's when our troops set up the cookie booths also mentioned,
35:19
and they're all throughout the community. It's a really great way for people
35:22
to get a double head of cookies. You know, you order them now
35:24
and then you can also pick them up out a booth later. Now,
35:28
are there any because my good friend Millie Snyder is on about once a month
35:30
from the Shape Shop and she's always watching out for what I eat and telling
35:35
me what I should need. Are there any healthy options or healthy er options
35:38
for Girl Scout cookies? I would say all Girl Scout cookies. We do
35:44
offer a gluten free option, So I would say that's a healthy option that
35:47
you know, provides a Girl Scout cookie for everyone. And I will say
35:52
this as far as gluten free food items in general, go. I mean,
35:55
I don't know why this is, but more and more people are asking
35:59
for for gluten free items of whether it's donuts or whatever. People are always
36:04
asking about that stuff. So you do offer this, Yes, I understand.
36:07
There was one cookie that didn't make the cut this year that was ready
36:09
to tell us the sad story of raspberry. Yeah, so Raspberry Rallies.
36:14
It was a really great promotion that we offered last year. Folks may remember
36:17
that it was an online only cookie. As I mentioned, it was just
36:21
a really great way for girls to help boost those online entrepreneurial skills. You
36:25
know, we didn't bring it back this year, but we don't know what
36:29
the future looks like. So may make its return, it may not.
36:31
You'll just have to wait and see. And that's kind of interesting the thought
36:37
process. I mean, is there somewhere is there a Girl Scout Lab,
36:43
so please sign Dale Cooper and I up to to work there that Were you
36:47
just test out cookies or do you take recommendations from the public and as to
36:52
what makes the cut and what doesn't or any new flavors. So I can't
36:55
really speak to that too much, but I would say that definitely. You
36:59
know, National Girls Scouts, they try to keep their finger on the pulse
37:01
of what consumers really know and what they love, and they really try to
37:05
stay up to date with current trends, so as times evolve, you know,
37:08
it's probably hard to predict what cookies we could be offering, but we
37:12
really try to provide some really delicious treats that everyone would love. And I
37:17
will say that I really really like the fact that you're kind of trying this
37:22
entrepreneurial spirit in with them and teaching them about how to how to sell these
37:27
things online, how to market themselves. Yeah, I mean Girl Scouting at
37:30
its core, it's just really intended to help teach girls how to be,
37:35
you know, better individuals. We try to build girls of courage, confidence
37:38
and character who make the world a better place and you know, providing those
37:42
entrepreneurial skills that help girls kind of grow and have the courage to start their
37:45
own business, lead a company, et cetera. I mean, it's really
37:50
the mission of what we do each day at Girl Scouts. So how are
37:55
the numbers for Girl Scouts, Because we hear this constantly about our young people,
38:00
is that they just don't participate in a lot anymore. Chris Lawrence does
38:05
our outdoor show on his Morning Reports this morning, was talking about the number
38:09
of youngsters that don't hunt anymore, and they don't participate in hunting or fishing
38:15
anymore, you know, for one reason or another, and that the numbers
38:17
are going greatly down and it's causing financial issues with the tax base and things
38:22
of that nature. We hear from our youth sports people that maybe kids aren't
38:25
as quite as involved. Is that something that you found in scouting that the
38:30
numbers are down, that kids just aren't getting involved anymore. So, you
38:31
know, definitely since the pandemic, we've noticed our numbers have decreased. But
38:36
you know, we at Girl Scouts, we really try to stay relevant and
38:39
provide girls the experience experiences that they may be missing out in the classroom.
38:44
You know, Girl Scouting is a really great way to build those social skills
38:47
through the Girl Scout cookie sale, you know, where in a classroom where
38:51
you're going to be learning those entrepreneurial skills to one day own your business.
38:53
So we really try to fill in the blanks where girls may be missing out
38:58
in schools. We are seeing our numbers increasing absolutely. You know, if
39:01
anyone is interested in learning more about Girl Scouting or becoming a Girl Scout,
39:06
they can visit our Facebook page and we can get you set up. It
39:09
truly is one of the most impactful experiences that a young girl can take on,
39:15
and you know, it's girl led, so the possibilities for adventure are
39:20
endless. And you know, just from seeing the work that we do day
39:23
in and day out, it's It's a no brainer to me that Girl Scouting
39:27
is really beneficial. And we talk about the cookies and that's why you're here
39:30
today. But again this is part just part of what you do teaching the
39:34
young ladies the entrepreneurship, but the other skills that they learned to have absolutely
39:38
nothing to do with cookies or do with sales. There's a whole lot of
39:42
other things that they learn when they're part of an organization like the girls.
39:45
Absolutely we focus on the outdoors, stem and so on and so forth.
39:49
I mean, it's we really try to cover all the bases, all right.
39:52
So what is that Facebook page again you mentioned? Yeah, so Girl
39:54
Scouts of Black Diamond Council on Facebook. That's where you can find information about
40:00
purchasing cookies, all of our relevant updates, and you can see all the
40:04
amazing work that local Girl Scouts are doing across the community. Do we still
40:07
allow the young the youngsters to go door to door? Is that subtle thing?
40:10
Because I know when I was a kid, I wasn't a Girl Scout,
40:13
but I know when I was a kid that you would see, you
40:15
know, kids doing that. Is that sort of thing? They still go
40:19
door to door, through through safer communities. Once that your parents feel safer,
40:22
I would say, we really try to prioritize safety. As I said,
40:23
you know, we have a physical order card that girls can you know,
40:27
offer, but then we also have the online sites. I would say
40:30
the most you know, customer facing option that we have are the cookie Boosts,
40:35
and that's a safe way for girls to be out in the community,
40:37
be as a true and engaged with customers in that way. All right,
40:40
Well, and the season officially kicks off when it kicked off yesterday, kicked
40:45
off yesterday morning. Are officially in Girl Scout Cookie season. All right,
40:49
it is here, all right? Thank you and thank you for the gifts
40:52
this morning. As I said, Joelle showed up earlier and she gave us
40:54
a couple of bags or a couple of nice coffee mugs as well. I
40:59
do appreciate it, and everybody in our news department especially enjoyed the Girl Scout
41:04
cookies this morning. Thanks a lot. Thank you so much. Joel Gates
41:07
again as a senior YU manager Marketing and Communications at Girl Scouts of Black Diamond,
41:12
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Miley Snyder from the Shape Shop, Milly will be with us. I
44:01
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what Mellley says. Yes I do, and I'm one of these people when
44:10
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44:16
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44:20
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44:25
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44:43
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firm. I think I'm going to set up a wrestling ring in the Capital
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Rotunda, put on a wrestling event called Capital Mania. The main event Governor
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Jim Justice versus cent of Finance Chaer Eric Tar Eric and I gave him this
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name several months ago when I kind of with this idea, Eric the Terminator
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Tar. Now, Brad mclhenny has a story posted at the website wv metronews
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dot com. The Governor's financial team is proposing a general fun budget of five
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point two two billion dollars. Now, that number, of course includes tax
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cuts and a whole lot of spending increases, which would include pay raises for
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state workers. Again, Brad has all the numbers in detail laid out on
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the website wv metro news dot com. The cent of f named share Tar
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after the governor stated the state the other night made some comments to the media,
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including to our own Jeff Jenkins, basically calling what the governor was calling
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for a wish list and saying that this was greatly par phrasing nothing more than
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just part of his senatorial campaign. Of course, he's running for the seat
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that Joe Manchin currently owns senator mansion and who is not running for reelection,
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and he'll will have a primary opponent in Congressman Alex Mouney. So Eric Tarr
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basically just comes out and says, you know, whatever the governor's proposing for
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all this this spending increases as he calls a five point two two billion that
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is just ways to kind of bolster his numbers for his campaign for Senate.
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Well, the governor in turn referred to and he may have heard this because
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they played it throughout the morning in the Morning News, the governor referred to
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Senator Eric Tarr as a quote boy living in a man's world and said that
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Senator Tar Eric Tarr needs to quote grow up ouch and this feud, if
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you will, between the two really shows no signs of letting up, and
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Senator Tarr is not one that's going to back down that. I'm not so
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sure that Governor Justice is the one that's going to back down either on this.
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So I can't wait to see how this whole thing plays out over the
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fifty some odd days. Uh. It really, it really, it really
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should be interesting because again, Jim Justice is in a battle for state Senate.
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The polls show that he is way, way way ahead of Congressman Alex
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Mooney AFT. Now that we're into the first of the year, you're going
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to start to see the airwaves of radio and television and your social media feed,
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newspapers or whatever that are going to be flooded with a whole lot of
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anti Jim Justice stuff, as anti any political figure. You know, it's
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all, it's all going to be coming in. But unless something drastically changes,
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Jim Justice is going to be an next US senator. Uh and it'll
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be serving along with the Senator Shelley Moore Capitao, who's not up this time
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for reelection. So yeah, I don't know. I'm sure that the the
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Tar folks are not I don't know that they're backing Alex Mooney, but they
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dang sure ain't backing Jim Justice. I will I will tell you that.
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So uh well, we'll see what happens. Tex says to day, your
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wrestling match would consist of Republicans talking trash and then disappearing when it comes time
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to put up. These are the all hat and no cattle type of folks.
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It's a texture. Get ready to make a difference. WVRC Media,
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bring those socks in here. Texta says you need to try a dancing dog
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at Elk City. The hot dogs are out of this world on toasted buns.
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I knew eventually, Coop, this would just turn into a food show.
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If I talked about Girl Scout cookies long enough, it would turn into
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a food show. I had this idea yesterday, Coop, because I said,
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I had to go down to my homeland of Logan County yesterday and I
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made a stop by Morrisons and I got a bag of hot dogs, and
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I had this yes I said, a bag of hot dogs, and I
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had this idea. I thought, you know, what would be really cool
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is if I went to Morrison's, which is a drive in by the way.
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You know, there's no dining inside. Either sit on the picnic tables
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or in your car. You get it to go. And I thought,
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what would be really really cool, because I'll be coming back through Charleston about
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three or three thirty, is if I got a bag of hot dogs and
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I stopped by Hotline here, which Coop hosts along with Dave Weekly, and
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I brought my good friends Dave Weekly and Dale Cooper some hot dogs for Morrisons.
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Well, it was an idea I had, but then I decided not
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to. And I really don't have an excuse why, Coop, I'm sorry.
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I was gonna say, wait a minute, why I even tell the
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story, Well, because I want you to know I was thinking about my
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boss. But I got the have you ever had a Morrison's hot down?
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I don't think so. All right, Well it's it's the chili tends to
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be a little bit spicy. Okay. They wrap them in this cellophane type
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material, takes about thirty seconds to unwrap them, and they tend to be
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a little bit smaller. So if you're a person that eats let's say two
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hot dogs, you probably would eat three Morrison's hot dogs. You eat one,
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you probably eat two. But it's great. So I promise Coop,
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the next time I'm down there, I will bring you and mister Weekly's hot
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dogs. I won't just talk about it this time. Okay, all right,
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Tex says check Justice and Tar's business history. The right guy is controlling
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the state purse strings talking about senaphn Inch Chair Eric tar all Right, I
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gotta wrap it up. My day, of course, is Martin Luther King
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Day, and it's a federal holiday, so many of your your governmental agencies
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will be closed on Monday. Actually, there's some things going on in the
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community, several things related to Martin Luther King Day. Best played one of
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the big activities. I know. It's being prone heavily by our sister station,
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The Beat, one of the Seven Three, So head over to their
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Facebook page and learn more about that. Also on my show Monday, the
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Newist delegates he serves right here in the Charleston area. Jb Acres took over
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the seat held by more Capito. He'll be joining us on Monday. And
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Ashley Offered Glands for the Putnam County Chamber Commerce will be joining us. They
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have their upcoming Chamber of Membership dinner coming up here in a couple of weeks,
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and Ashley's going to join us to talk about that. Keep up with
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the news of THEDAWV, Metronews dot com, Wcchsnetwork dot com for my producer,
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Dale Cooper. Thank you so much. Enjoy your weekend. And I
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gotta throw this in here go Cowboys beat the Packers on Sunday till Monday.
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