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The Infomaniacs: October 20th 2026 (8:00am) · WTAW - Infomaniacs

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  Speaker 1: Two men from North Carolina were arrested in Bryan after
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  Speaker 1: a shoplifting call led to the discovery of drugs and
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  Speaker 1: a loaded handgun. Bryan police responded to a theft in
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  Speaker 1: progress at the West Bryan Walmart on Friday. The suspects
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  Speaker 1: fled the scene in a pickup but were spotted at
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  Speaker 1: a gas station on South College Avenue. The driver was
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  Speaker 1: identified as 31-year-old Austin Brisson of Bladenboro, North Carolina. The
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  Speaker 1: passenger was identified as 31-year-old Brandon Brisson of Dublin, North Carolina.
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  Speaker 1: Surveillance video showed Brandon Bisson taking a headlamp and a
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  Speaker 1: tape measure, and officers also found two broken packages of
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  Speaker 1: food near the shopping cart he used. During a search
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  Speaker 1: of the pickup, officers found a loaded. 22 caliber revolver,
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  Speaker 1: a THC vape, a THC pre-roll, and methamphetamine. Brandon Bisson
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  Speaker 1: was charged with theft under $ 100, possession of a controlled substance,
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  Speaker 1: penalty group 1, less than 1 gram, and possession of
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  Speaker 1: a controlled substance, penalty group 2. He remains jailed on $ 10, 000 bond.
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  Speaker 1: Austin Brisson was charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon
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  Speaker 1: and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was released on $ 6, 000 bond.
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  Speaker 1: TxDOT is hosting a public meeting tonight to discuss improvements
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  Speaker 1: to Harvey Road east of Highway 6. The meeting will
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  Speaker 1: be from 5 to 7 at the Bob and Wanda
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  Speaker 1: Meyer Senior and Community Center on Dartmouth. Texas gubernatorial candidates
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  Speaker 1: took advantage of early voting yesterday. TSN's Chris Fox has more.
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  Speaker 1: Perfect day for voting out here could not be any better.
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  Speaker 2: Governor Abbott noticeably pumped up as he addressed reporters shortly
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  Speaker 2: after voting in Del Valle. He's seeking a record fourth
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  Speaker 2: term in office.
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  Speaker 3: Listen, we're facing an election where we have people on
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  Speaker 3: the total crazy side.
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  Speaker 1: People who are in favor of boys and girls sports.
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  Speaker 1: People who are trying to impose higher taxes.
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  Speaker 2: Across town at the Austin Public Library, State Rep Jeannie
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  Speaker 2: Enosa voted. She says her goals for Texans are simple.
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  Speaker 1: You work hard.
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  Speaker 4: You can afford to own your own home.
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  Speaker 5: You can afford to put healthy food.
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  Speaker 4: On the table, pay your bills.
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  Speaker 6: Send your kids to a good school down the street
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  Speaker 6: in the neighborhood.
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  Speaker 2: Abbott then took his campaign to Tarrant County. He knows up,
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  Speaker 2: was off to San Antonio. In Austin, Chris Fox, TSN News.
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  Speaker 1: The FBI is investigating a suspicious letter sent to the
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  Speaker 1: Houston office of Senator Ted Cruz.
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  Speaker 7: The letter had a white powder and was delivered to
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  Speaker 7: Senator Ted Cruz's office in the federal building in downtown Houston.
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  Speaker 7: Cruz says the FBI, Houston Police and Fire Departments, and U.S.
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  Speaker 7: Capitol Police all responded quickly. saying he's grateful for their
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  Speaker 7: professionalism and also to his team members who work tirelessly
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  Speaker 7: on behalf of Texans. Nobody was hurt, but police and
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  Speaker 7: fire did give a shelter-in-place order for all offices in
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  Speaker 7: the building. The FBI says it's working with the U.S.
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  Speaker 7: Postal Inspection Service on the case, saying the letter was
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  Speaker 7: one of a series of suspicious mailings sent to elections
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  Speaker 7: and congressional offices nationwide. Alan Skya, TSN News.
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  Speaker 1: 1620-945-WTAW.
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  Speaker 6: Good morning, guys, the Infomaniacs. It is Tuesday. It is
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  Speaker 6: Brass Valley Gives Day. More on that in a bit.
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  Speaker 6: Our phone number is 979-695-1620, and the weather today should
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  Speaker 6: be glorious, getting up to about 80 degrees, down to
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  Speaker 6: the 50s tonight, mid-50s, and back up to low 80s tomorrow.
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  Speaker 6: running properly. Malik, feel the difference. Another $ 11, 000, by the way,
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  Speaker 6: for Brass Valley gives going to $ 461, 000. I tell you what.
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  Speaker 6: Since we've talked to Julie Porter.
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  Speaker 1: This website is so cool. And I'm exploring it really
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  Speaker 1: for the first time starting this morning. Everything is so
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  Speaker 1: well laid out on that front page. And it tells
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  Speaker 1: you about the fact that it's verified nonprofit organizations. It
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  Speaker 1: gives you physical drop-off locations, like we mentioned. You can
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  Speaker 1: do that. And the best part is find causes that
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  Speaker 1: inspire you. This whole section on the web page is
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  Speaker 1: broken down into things like education and learning, arts and culture,
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  Speaker 1: children's advocacy, animal advocacy, mental health and wellness, and many,
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  Speaker 1: many more. So if you don't know particularly the charity
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  Speaker 1: that you're looking for, but you do know a cause,
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  Speaker 1: go find it.
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  Speaker 6: You know, people talk about the affordable housing situation. You
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  Speaker 6: can search housing. Habitat for Humanity BCS is in there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: You can donate to them. There is a charity for
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  Speaker 6: everything you can think of. And yeah, I need to
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  Speaker 6: give them a shout out, too, because this website, it's
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  Speaker 6: one of the best setups I've ever seen. in terms
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  Speaker 6: of doing what they are trying to do.
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  Speaker 1: I hate bad websites. They are so detrimental to a cause.
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  Speaker 1: This one is done really, really well.
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  Speaker 6: It's so good. And you know what? It really is
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  Speaker 6: cool that you actually do need the search feature, that
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  Speaker 6: you have so many groups in the listening area that
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  Speaker 6: you can't just list them all on a page and say, okay,
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  Speaker 6: go find them. No, you need to be able to
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  Speaker 6: divide these up. by whatever filter you apply into them.
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  Speaker 6: Let's say you just want to deal with stuff in
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  Speaker 6: Grimes County. I want to give them Grimes County. Click
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  Speaker 6: the button. It'll give you all of the Grimes County
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  Speaker 6: charities that exist. Hey, I want to deal with big
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  Speaker 6: budget stuff. You can search it by operating budget.
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  Speaker 9: Did you know this?
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  Speaker 1: I did not know that, but that fits, that tracks.
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  Speaker 6: You can search by, if you want to, and I
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  Speaker 6: would encourage this because I think this is a really
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  Speaker 6: cool way to do it. If you want to help
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  Speaker 6: some of the small guys, budgets of $ 100, 000 or less,
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  Speaker 6: you can do it. And it's not a small list.
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  Speaker 1: It's not.
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  Speaker 6: It's not. There's all kinds of stuff in here that
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  Speaker 6: are just, again, $ 100, 000 is a lot of money, but
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  Speaker 6: in the scheme of things, that's considered a small nonprofit.
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  Speaker 6: And you can make a huge difference.
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  Speaker 1: You can fund their operations.
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  Speaker 6: For a year if you wanted to, potentially, with some
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  Speaker 6: of these guys.
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  Speaker 1: This is where a lot of these charitable organizations get
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  Speaker 1: their operating funds for the year, especially these smaller ones.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, and they're not kidding about that. This is the
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  Speaker 6: biggest financial windfall a lot of these groups do get
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  Speaker 6: over 365 days. Some of them have big fundraisers in town.
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  Speaker 6: Some of them don't. And for the ones that do,
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  Speaker 6: it makes a difference. I cannot describe to you how
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  Speaker 6: big of a deal this is today. So if you
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  Speaker 6: want to participate, like we have said, Gift minimum is $ 10,
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  Speaker 6: but you can also donate your hours. That's something else.
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  Speaker 1: That's new, and I love that.
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  Speaker 6: That is the coolest thing. All you need to do
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  Speaker 6: is go to BrazosValleyGives.org and then start playing around with it.
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  Speaker 6: Better yet, if you want to wait until you get
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  Speaker 6: to work. and you want to collaborate with your coworkers,
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  Speaker 6: or if you own a business, you want to kind
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  Speaker 6: of make it a team effort today, do it. Because again,
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  Speaker 6: that money goes a long way. A lot of times
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  Speaker 6: it gets amplified. A lot of the donations are getting matched, doubled,
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  Speaker 6: tripled in some cases, which is so, so cool. But
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  Speaker 6: we'll be keeping an eye on this today. And like
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  Speaker 6: we mentioned earlier, if you want to save the credit
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  Speaker 6: card fees and just drop off the money in person,
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  Speaker 6: brookshire brothers and college station and it sounds like it's
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  Speaker 6: a pretty pretty cool time out there.
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  Speaker 1: It does yeah i just saw some live video from
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  Speaker 1: out there yeah think about this if you're a business
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  Speaker 1: owner walk around with you know 20 bucks in your
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  Speaker 1: pocket right yeah drop it on all your co-workers desk
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  Speaker 1: all the people that work for you tell them to
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  Speaker 1: go on the website and put the 20 bucks where
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  Speaker 1: they want it.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah exactly yeah just drop it wherever yeah just take
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  Speaker 6: one that speaks to you Make a donation and and
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  Speaker 6: make it a cool thing today. And again, as we
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  Speaker 6: watch those totals grow, it looks like a lot of
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  Speaker 6: you guys are, in fact, doing that currently up to
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  Speaker 6: four hundred and sixty four thousand four hundred or six
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  Speaker 6: hundred and eighty one dollars. So it's coming in, man.
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  Speaker 1: Keep it rolling. Keep it rolling. We know you're going
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  Speaker 1: to turn out because look. We've been involved in charitable
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  Speaker 1: acts and contributions and drives and everything else you can
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  Speaker 1: think of for a lot of years between being you, Tucker.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: It has never failed.
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  Speaker 11: No.
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  Speaker 1: This community turns out when there's need. And as we've
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  Speaker 1: established this morning, there's need that is as big as
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  Speaker 1: it's ever been.
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  Speaker 6: A few people have texted, hey, what's the overall goal
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  Speaker 6: this year? Which we talked with Julie about it. They
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  Speaker 6: would love to hit two million. They're saying like somewhere
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  Speaker 6: between $ 1. 5 and $ 2 million is what they want to hit.
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  Speaker 6: I think $ 2 million would be an amazing, amazing thing
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  Speaker 6: to do if everyone can come together and do it.
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  Speaker 6: And we'll see how it goes. We'll take a break.
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  Speaker 6: We'll be back right after this.
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  Speaker 6: Sold getting to the fall this is i see i
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  Speaker 6: don't know is it engagement season i feel like the
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  Speaker 6: fall is engagement season you creep up towards the holidays
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  Speaker 6: and it just so happens that it seems like a
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  Speaker 6: lot of people tend to get engaged this time of
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  Speaker 6: year because of so many opportunities so maybe you are
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  Speaker 6: looking to pop the question what do you got shop
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  Speaker 6: for rings I could tell you about the individual rings
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  Speaker 6: over at David Gardner's Jewelry, or I could tell you
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  Speaker 6: about some type of diamonds that they have or some
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  Speaker 6: kind of design that everyone seems like, but I'm not
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  Speaker 6: going to do that because I don't know. David Gardner's knows.
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  Speaker 6: David Gardner's is where Aggies get engaged. They've been where
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  Speaker 6: Aggies get engaged for decades now. And the best thing
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  Speaker 6: Jewelers because they can figure out the ring that's perfect
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  Speaker 6: for her, even if that ring is a custom, one-of-a-kind ring.
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  Speaker 6: Bottom line, get in and talk to him. Make an appointment.
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  Speaker 6: 1620-945-WTAW 979-695-1620 is our phone number today. By the way,
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  Speaker 6: if you are one of the organizations... that is trying
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  Speaker 6: to raise money today, and you would like us to
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  Speaker 6: shout you out, please, you call us, text us, 979-695-1620. Yeah,
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  Speaker 6: shoot us a text.
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  Speaker 1: Give us a call.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, we'd love to plug some of you guys for
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  Speaker 6: this hour of the show. Brass Valley Gives is most
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  Speaker 6: of what we're doing today. And, man, they're moving, getting
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  Speaker 6: close to $ 470, 000 at last check. BrassValleyGives.org. Is the website.
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  Speaker 6: I need to, I can't let the entire show go
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  Speaker 6: by without talking about the Chipotle, not the Chipotle, the
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  Speaker 6: Torchy's taco tooth.
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  Speaker 1: Oh gosh.
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  Speaker 6: Do you know about this?
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  Speaker 1: The tooth.
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  Speaker 6: This, this is being portrayed like it's bad for Torchy's.
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  Speaker 6: I don't think, I saw this story and I went
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  Speaker 6: in a completely opposite direction. I think this is actually
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  Speaker 6: incredibly good for Torchy's and I will tell you why.
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  Speaker 6: So Texas woman claims she nearly swallowed a cow's tooth
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  Speaker 6: while eating a barbacoa taco. Well, I mean, that's authentic.
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  Speaker 6: Her reaction was disgust.
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  Speaker 16: What is this? She thought it was a tooth because
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  Speaker 16: I thought they'd want to take care of this internally immediately.
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  Speaker 16: And apparently not. They just felt, let's blame someone else.
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  Speaker 16: Someone should have caught it somewhere throughout the process. Should
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  Speaker 16: not have even made it to the packaging or the
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  Speaker 16: packaged goods that they had.
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  Speaker 6: My man. All you are proving is that Torchy's has
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  Speaker 6: the real.
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  Speaker 1: The real deal.
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  Speaker 6: The real deal.
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  Speaker 1: Torchy's didn't even bank away from it.
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  Speaker 6: Dude, I didn't... And this is... Maybe it's on me.
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  Speaker 6: I never would have thought that Torchy's was actually cooking barbacoa.
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  Speaker 1: No, I would have thought it was some... Yeah, it's.
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  Speaker 6: Like, okay, it's a roast. Chop it up and throw
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  Speaker 6: it in.
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  Speaker 1: Put some spice on now.
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  Speaker 6: No, barbacoa is beef cheek.
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  Speaker 1: It is beef cheek.
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  Speaker 6: It's supposed to be. I want to be slightly in
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  Speaker 6: danger of finding something strange in my barbacoa, or I
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  Speaker 6: don't want it.
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  Speaker 1: It's just like really good chorizo, where they walk a
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  Speaker 1: pig through the grinder. That's the best chorizo.
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  Speaker 6: Throw some spices in there and call it good. If
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  Speaker 6: your chorizo isn't a challenge to eat... Because of the
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  Speaker 6: amount of grease coming out of that. And just whatever
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  Speaker 6: you find.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you're right.
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  Speaker 6: It's a waste of your time.
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  Speaker 1: I've tried chorizos that were a little less greasy. Didn't
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  Speaker 1: like them.
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  Speaker 6: If you haven't gone into a restaurant in San Antonio
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  Speaker 6: and looked at the barbacoa and thought to yourself, I
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  Speaker 6: don't know that I'm ready for this. then you haven't
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  Speaker 6: really had barbacoa.
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  Speaker 1: You've never had barbacoa. You've never stepped up to Menudo.
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  Speaker 6: If you haven't had a big red on side of it, yeah.
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  Speaker 6: If you haven't had a barbacoa taco and a bowl
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  Speaker 6: of Menudo and a big red, what are you even
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  Speaker 6: doing in this state?
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  Speaker 1: Are you Texan or not?
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  Speaker 6: Cows tooth? That is a.
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  Speaker 1: That's a badge of honor.
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  Speaker 6: That's a trophy. I would have been online. Someone's like,
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  Speaker 6: this is where you get the real ask me how
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  Speaker 6: I know.
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  Speaker 1: I would have made a necklace out of it.
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  Speaker 6: Ask me how I know. That's like the golden ticket, baby.
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  Speaker 17: Good night.
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  Speaker 1: The problem was, this was on South Congress in Austin.
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  Speaker 1: That's the problem. I don't think this comes out of
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  Speaker 1: San Antonio.
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  Speaker 6: No, no, it doesn't. It's an Austin situation. San Antonio,
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  Speaker 6: we know. I can tell you, San Antonio knows their barbacoa.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, they do.
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  Speaker 6: On South Congress, you should know your barbacoa.
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  Speaker 1: You should, but it's been hippified.
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  Speaker 6: You should, but again, you walk... It's just... know what
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  Speaker 6: you're ordering what were you what did you think you
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  Speaker 6: were gonna get did you think it meant barbecue like
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  Speaker 6: it was gonna be a like a brisket.
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  Speaker 1: Taco are you one of those people that we shouldn't
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  Speaker 1: raise animals when they can just go to the grocery
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  Speaker 1: store and get some are you that person did you
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  Speaker 1: think it was a soy option yeah there's no there's
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  Speaker 8: an ambiguous ending. After leaving the vice presidency in 1804,
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  Speaker 8: Burr made a tour of the western states and became
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  Speaker 8: leader of a conspiracy supposed to have been aimed toward
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  Speaker 8: an invasion of Texas. He was arrested for treason, and
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  Speaker 8: after a prolonged trial, Justice John Marshall ruled that while
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  Speaker 8: Burr was not guilty of treason, he was guilty of
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  Speaker 8: never been ascertained, but they probably included crossing the Sabine
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  Speaker 6: 1620-945-WTAW. Brazz's Valley Gives Day. As we recheck the total,
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  Speaker 6: it's $ 471, 000. That is, by the way, spread over 200 organizations.
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: That's wonderful.
• 20:41
  Speaker 6: Thus far. 1,116 individual donors have contributed to that, along
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  Speaker 6: with businesses, matching, and everything else like that. So we're
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  Speaker 6: moving right along. If you would like to make a donation...
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  Speaker 6: Go to brassvalleygives.org. And again, you're giving to the organization
• 21:00
  Speaker 6: of your choice that's on there.
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  Speaker 17: Right.
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  Speaker 6: That's the great thing.
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  Speaker 1: You're not just throwing it in a pool and whoever
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: gets whatever. You're going directly to the organization of your choice.
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: And if you don't have an organization of your choice,
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: go find a cause that you like. You can do
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: that on their website. And then you can find out
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: about these organizations. Many of those, which you've never heard
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: of before, are on there. And they're all verified. They
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: are all top-shelf organizations. We've had several that have texted in,
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  Speaker 1: thank you guys for doing this sort of thing today.
• 21:28
  Speaker 20: St.
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  Speaker 1: Joseph's Catholic School is trying to raise money for air
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: conditioning at the elementary school campus.
• 21:32
  Speaker 6: That's a big need. The private schools in town, yeah. St.
• 21:37
  Speaker 6: Joseph is a fantastic organization.
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: Health for All is another great one. They're hoping to
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: raise $ 40, 000 in honor of their upcoming 40th anniversary.
• 21:46
  Speaker 6: Holy cow.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and they've got $ 21, 500 in matching funds to help
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: donations go. Twice as far, which a lot of these
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: organizations have.
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  Speaker 6: That's a big deal. The matching funds, you'll see a
• 21:58
  Speaker 6: little badge on the icon, and it'll say matching donations
• 22:05
  Speaker 6: or whatever, and you should pay attention. So you can
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  Speaker 6: double your impact.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 6: You can double your money by giving to some of
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  Speaker 6: these organizations.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking of impact, looking at the traffic situation after we
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  Speaker 1: reported those accidents earlier, there were two of them on
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: Harpy Mitchell Parkway. that were just west of, between Welburn
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  Speaker 1: Road and Holloman, essentially. There's still some traffic stacking up
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  Speaker 1: in the area, especially on northbound Welburn Road, but that's
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  Speaker 1: going to clear up. Those accidents have been cleared.
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  Speaker 6: Okay. And by the way, again, if you are one
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  Speaker 6: of the organizations that is raising money today, whoever you
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  Speaker 6: us a little bit about what you do, and we'll
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  Speaker 6: do some more plugs throughout the remainder of the show.
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  Speaker 6: But the big thing today is donating. Donate, donate, donate.
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  Speaker 6: We've already heard from several organizations throughout the show that
• 22:55
  Speaker 6: have all echoed essentially the same thing. That this year,
• 23:00
  Speaker 6: and I know it sounds like hyperbole and it sounds
• 23:05
  Speaker 6: like hype and it sounds like what you say until
• 23:08
  Speaker 6: it actually is true. I know everyone says, hey, we
• 23:13
  Speaker 6: need your money more than ever. And it kind of
• 23:15
  Speaker 6: loses its power. Until you actually do need their money
• 23:19
  Speaker 6: more than ever. And that is the situation here. We're
• 23:21
  Speaker 6: talking about people who are saying they've lost 20% of funding.
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  Speaker 21: Right.
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  Speaker 6: Big organization. Big organization.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of folks that have voted for that, right?
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: But the caveat to that is that means you've got
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: to step up. But that also means you get to
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: donate to the charity of your choice.
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  Speaker 6: It's a beautiful thing. If you do both parts of
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  Speaker 6: that equation.
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  Speaker 1: Things work really well.
• 23:44
  Speaker 6: Everyone is happy with. Because, again, you can, you know,
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  Speaker 6: I don't, yeah, if you say that an organization, okay,
• 23:54
  Speaker 6: we don't need to pay them out of government money anymore.
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  Speaker 6: We're going to take 20% out of their budget. You
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  Speaker 6: have to find, it's on you then.
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  Speaker 22: Right.
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  Speaker 6: And it should, yeah, that's great.
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: It should be.
• 24:02
  Speaker 6: So step up and fund some of these organizations today.
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  Speaker 6: Like I was looking at the health for all text.
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  Speaker 6: $ 240 covers the cost of a medical visit. And you
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  Speaker 6: can cover an entire year of health care for one
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  Speaker 6: uninsured neighbor for $ 970? That's incredible. Which is a great organization.
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  Speaker 4: $ 970.
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  Speaker 1: If you have $ 1, 000 to give, you can take care of.
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  Speaker 6: The health care for one uninsured neighbor here in the
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  Speaker 6: Browse Valley. With a donation to health.
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  Speaker 1: And think about what that does. Think about what that does.
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  Speaker 1: The total ripple effect of that. How many people that
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  Speaker 1: keeps out of ERs.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: For when you need to be there.
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  Speaker 6: When you need to be there, then they don't have
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  Speaker 6: to suffer that bill at the hospital.
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: Well, I mean, you get preventative medical care. A lot
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: of people go to emergency rooms for basic medical needs.
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  Speaker 19: Bingo.
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  Speaker 1: When they shouldn't be.
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  Speaker 17: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: They don't have any other options. Because again, that's the
• 24:58
  Speaker 6: system we're in. A fantastic opportunity to donate there. So
• 25:02
  Speaker 6: if you've got an organization, 979-695-1620. We've got good news
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  Speaker 14: Hi, I'm Paul Thomas, and I'm running for state Senate.
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  Speaker 14: What's more important than the children of this state?
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  Speaker 18: Nothing.
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  Speaker 14: And yet, if a child has been raped, even by incest,
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  Speaker 14: and they're pregnant, they are forced to give birth. If
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  Speaker 14: where are most of our children? They're in public schools.
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  Speaker 14: And what are being defunded by our state legislature?
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  Speaker 1: Good morning from the WTAW newsroom. I'm Will Welch. Things
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: got a little chippy at last night's candidate forum. In
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: the contest for Bryan City Council District 2, Chris Scotti
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: accused incumbent Paul Torres of engaging in shady campaigning.
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  Speaker 24: I've heard troubling accounts of voters feeling intimidated, concerns that
• 27:29
  Speaker 24: were raised publicly at a recent council meeting. Our First
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  Speaker 24: Amendment right to free speech means people must be able
• 27:34
  Speaker 24: to express their views without fear of government retaliation.
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: Torres fired back.
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  Speaker 22: I don't intimidate my supporters.
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  Speaker 1: My supporters support.
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  Speaker 22: Me because I've been in this district for a long,
• 27:45
  Speaker 22: long time. I'm not from South College Station.
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  Speaker 17: I'm from Bryan.
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: Three Bryan residents made comments during the Hear Visitors portion
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: of the October 13th City Council meeting. They claimed campaign
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: signs supporting Scottie had been removed and replaced with Torres signs.
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: And a volunteer for the Scottie campaign says she was
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: followed by Torres while canvassing. In regards to the issues,
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: the two agree that the Texas Avenue medians need to go.
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: Torres says the $ 8 million price tag is worth it
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: to help first responders who have been delayed getting to
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: an emergency.
• 28:17
  Speaker 22: First responders are having trouble making the turns on all
• 28:20
  Speaker 22: these medians, and I'd rather... somehow or another find the
• 28:24
  Speaker 22: funds with our NPO funding to be able to save
• 28:27
  Speaker 22: a life.
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: Scottie says an economic impact study could help justify the
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: cost of removal.
• 28:32
  Speaker 24: Looking at the loss of tax income, the closure of businesses,
• 28:36
  Speaker 24: the lower property values from businesses that have had to
• 28:40
  Speaker 24: close or move because of the medians, and use it
• 28:43
  Speaker 24: as a justification to remove as many of the medians
• 28:46
  Speaker 24: as possible.
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: You can hear from all the candidates for Bryan and
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: College Station City Councils from last night's forum at WTAW.com.
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: A man was arrested twice following separate incidents over the weekend.
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: Bryan Police first responded to the 3900 block of College
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: Main on Saturday to arrest 41-year-old Gary Dugas after he
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: allegedly made several false emergency calls to 911. According to
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: police records, Dugas fabricated reports of a woman screaming and
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: domestic assaults. He was charged with making abusive calls to
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: 911 and was released on $ 5, 000 bond. On Sunday afternoon,
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: Bryant police were back at the complex after receiving a
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: report that Dugas shot through the wall of a neighboring apartment.
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: Dugas told police he was cleaning a handgun when it
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: accidentally discharged. He said he removed the magazine from the
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: gun but did not realize there was still a bullet
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: in the chamber. Police say the bullet went through the
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: wall and into a neighboring apartment where two people were
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: inside at the time. Police recovered a. 45 caliber handgun
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: from the trunk of Dugas' vehicle. He was charged with
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: deadly conduct and remains jailed on $ 15, 000 bond. Giving is underway.
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: Brazos Valley Gives is your chance to support one of
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: 200 nonprofits throughout the Brazos Valley. You can give online
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: at bvgives.org, or if you prefer to make donations in person,
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: you can do so at the Brookshire Brothers locations in
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: College Station and Caldwell, or at the Washington County Chamber
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: of Commerce. Following a tumultuous campaign filled with attacks and
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: harsh words, early voting begins in Texas.
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  Speaker 25: Early voting officially underway with a record 19 million plus
• 30:27
  Speaker 25: Texans registered to vote, up 2.2 percent from the 2024
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  Speaker 25: presidential election. And in one of the country's most closely
• 30:35
  Speaker 25: watched Senate races, both candidates are making their final push.
• 30:39
  Speaker 25: Republican Ken Paxton crisscrossing the state on his come and
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  Speaker 25: take it tour, including a stop in Allen, Texas, where
• 30:45
  Speaker 25: he's painting his Democratic opponent as a far left liberal
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  Speaker 25: out of step with Texas voters.
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  Speaker 6: He wants to transition our kids.
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: He wants to transition Texas off of oil and gas.
• 30:57
  Speaker 19: How about we transition him and his crazy ideas right.
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  Speaker 1: Out of Texas?
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  Speaker 25: Meanwhile, Democrat James Tallarico making his own push across Texas
• 31:06
  Speaker 25: as part of his clear eyes, full hearts tour.
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: That's Fox's Brooke Taylor. An Italian court has agreed to
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: send a man back to Texas to face trial for
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: the death of his wife.
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  Speaker 11: Lee Gilkey will be brought back to Texas to face
• 31:20
  Speaker 11: charges in the death of his pregnant wife two years ago.
• 31:23
  Speaker 11: Police say Gilkey claimed in a 911 call that Krista
• 31:27
  Speaker 11: Gilkey committed suicide. Doctors found her death was caused by
• 31:31
  Speaker 11: pressure to her neck and back by another person. Gilkey
• 31:35
  Speaker 11: was arrested but posted a $ 1 million bond. Prosecutors say
• 31:39
  Speaker 11: after that, Gilkey cut off an ankle monitor and fled
• 31:42
  Speaker 11: to Italy, which would not allow extradition if the death
• 31:45
  Speaker 11: penalty was sought. The Harris County DA dropped the death
• 31:49
  Speaker 11: penalty in September, leading an Italian court to allow Gilkey
• 31:52
  Speaker 11: to be brought back to the U.S. Gilkey denies he
• 31:55
  Speaker 11: killed his wife. Grinnell Scott, Fox News.
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  Speaker 1: More news throughout the day or anytime at WTAW.com. I'm
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  Speaker 6: Good morning, gang. The Infomaniacs. Brass Valley Gibbs Day continues. Remember, BrassValleyGibbs.org
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  Speaker 6: is their website.
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  Speaker 20: Wow.
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  Speaker 6: What do we got? We're up to $ 482, 807. That was
• 34:00
  Speaker 6: a big pop.
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  Speaker 1: A nice pop.
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  Speaker 8: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Keep it going.
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  Speaker 6: Come on. Yeah, we're looking for a goal of 2
• 34:09
  Speaker 6: million by the end of the day, which that's kind
• 34:11
  Speaker 6: of our goal. I think they're like 1.5 between 1.5
• 34:14
  Speaker 6: and 2. A nice flat 2.
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah, we set things a little higher here. The bar
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  Speaker 6: because we had a big old party last night.
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  Speaker 17: We did.
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  Speaker 1: Royce, were you out there for the near fisticuffs?
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  Speaker 12: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Almost a Donnybrook.
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  Speaker 6: It got, yeah.
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  Speaker 17: More than normal last night.
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  Speaker 6: I do have a video clip of this. I'm debating
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  Speaker 6: sharing it because there was so... I don't... I get it.
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  Speaker 6: That was one.
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  Speaker 6: Between two candidates. There was so much shared in terms
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  Speaker 6: of ideas, in terms of philosophies.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot more there than just your Jerry
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  Speaker 1: Springer show.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, and I get that those moments end up being
• 35:25
  Speaker 6: the ones that everyone talks about, and for good reason.
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  Speaker 6: Extraordinary claims were made. But that said, what I would recommend...
• 35:37
  Speaker 6: Is go back and listen to the whole thing.
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  Speaker 17: Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 17: Because you're right. There were a lot of good thoughts
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  Speaker 17: and ideas that came out. You know, a lot of
• 35:46
  Speaker 17: honesty at times.
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  Speaker 6: A lot, yeah.
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  Speaker 17: Where people said, you know, I'm just not sure about that.
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  Speaker 6: Which is great, too. Because you don't expect them to
• 35:55
  Speaker 6: know everything. It was a great dialogue. Scott always does
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  Speaker 6: an amazing job of hosting these. And again, you have
• 36:01
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• 36:05
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• 36:10
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• 36:21
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• 36:29
  Speaker 6: top in full podcast form. Listen to it while you
• 36:32
  Speaker 6: do whatever you're going to do today. And thank you
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  Speaker 6: guys for putting that on every single year.
• 36:35
  Speaker 17: Well, and thank y'all for being a partner with us.
• 36:37
  Speaker 17: You know, I know we don't have a lot of time,
• 36:40
  Speaker 17: but this was an idea I had years ago. And
• 36:44
  Speaker 17: the first year... We did it. And there weren't a
• 36:47
  Speaker 17: lot of people there. And I'm thinking, I don't know
• 36:50
  Speaker 17: if we should do this.
• 36:52
  Speaker 6: Right.
• 36:52
  Speaker 17: You guys weren't involved yet.
• 36:53
  Speaker 13: Yeah.
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  Speaker 17: And Larry Marriott, God bless his rest his soul, I
• 36:58
  Speaker 17: should say, came up and said, Royce, don't let poor
• 37:01
  Speaker 17: attendance cause you to cancel a really good event.
• 37:05
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 17: And that caused me to say, OK, we'll do it
• 37:07
  Speaker 17: next year. And then Ben Downs called me. said can
• 37:10
  Speaker 17: we partner with you and boy did it take off
• 37:13
  Speaker 17: once you guys got involved and tucker you were there
• 37:15
  Speaker 17: for both of them thank you for it's a great match.
• 37:17
  Speaker 6: I mean it's it's such a great day it's uh
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  Speaker 6: it's one of my favorite events every election season and
• 37:24
  Speaker 6: part of it is because again you get the amount
• 37:25
  Speaker 6: of people you get in the room uh as far
• 37:28
  Speaker 6: as candidates go the questions are deeper than you usually
• 37:32
  Speaker 6: get right and it's not It gets spicy occasionally, but
• 37:37
  Speaker 6: it's not a debate. There's a difference between a debate
• 37:42
  Speaker 6: and what we do with these things intentionally. Because we
• 37:47
  Speaker 6: want to hear where people stand on the actual issues.
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: It's not who.
• 37:50
  Speaker 6: Can lay the biggest blow. We're trying to convince them. Again,
• 37:54
  Speaker 6: this is my platform. This is what I would like
• 37:57
  Speaker 6: to do with the office.
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: And answer some questions directly from the people.
• 38:01
  Speaker 6: Which is fantastic.
• 38:01
  Speaker 17: Well, and it's... well, how do you feel about this
• 38:05
  Speaker 17: type of thing? You know, one of the things we
• 38:08
  Speaker 17: always wanted was to be fair. We allow questions from
• 38:12
  Speaker 17: the audience, but not in person. They have to write them.
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 38:14
  Speaker 17: Because how many times you've been somewhere and some guy
• 38:17
  Speaker 17: gets up.
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  Speaker 6: It's the worst.
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: An activist question.
• 38:20
  Speaker 6: It's the worst. Someone gets up on stage and tries
• 38:22
  Speaker 6: to zing them. That's not the point.
• 38:24
  Speaker 17: Well, or they spend 10 minutes telling you their opinion.
• 38:28
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Something we're here for, man.
• 38:29
  Speaker 17: Is there a question in there yet?
• 38:31
  Speaker 16: Horrible.
• 38:32
  Speaker 17: Okay, and the other thing is, They'll ask you a
• 38:35
  Speaker 17: really hardball question and you a really softball question because
• 38:38
  Speaker 17: you're their candidate. So the rules are, you know, you
• 38:42
  Speaker 17: can submit a question to Scott.
• 38:44
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 38:45
  Speaker 17: Okay. And any question, both parties have to answer.
• 38:48
  Speaker 6: Right.
• 38:49
  Speaker 17: You can ask the hardball, but your candidate is going.
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: To have to answer. It's a great setup and it's
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: a great thing. And Royce, thank you historically for that
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: and the many things.
• 38:58
  Speaker 17: Well, and again, you guys made it happen and thank
• 39:01
  Speaker 17: you for that. You know what? I'm going to start
• 39:03
  Speaker 17: off here. We've got a common theme coming up on
• 39:06
  Speaker 17: the first three events.
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: They're free.
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  Speaker 6: It's free.
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  Speaker 1: It's for me.
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  Speaker 6: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 17: The first one is next Monday, the 26th from 12
• 39:16
  Speaker 17: to 2. We have our new member orientation. It'll be
• 39:19
  Speaker 17: at Cooper's Old Time Barbecue. This is not only for
• 39:22
  Speaker 17: our new members that are looking to get the most
• 39:25
  Speaker 17: out of their membership. This is for folks interested in membership.
• 39:28
  Speaker 17: We will not put pressure on you to join. This
• 39:31
  Speaker 17: is an informative deal. You come out and sit and
• 39:34
  Speaker 17: see what it is. You know, what is the chamber about?
• 39:36
  Speaker 17: How can my business benefit from the chamber? And then
• 39:40
  Speaker 17: if you don't feel like it fits for you, you
• 39:42
  Speaker 17: just get up and leave and that's it. But come
• 39:45
  Speaker 17: on out and join.
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  Speaker 1: Us for that.
• 39:47
  Speaker 17: The second one is our Community Outreach Small Business Forum,
• 39:51
  Speaker 17: sponsored by Frost Bank, is Tuesday, October the 27th from
• 39:55
  Speaker 17: 6 to 8, 30 at the Brazos Center. And this, again,
• 39:58
  Speaker 17: is a free event. And it's designed for minority small
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  Speaker 17: businesses to find out how different things are available to
• 40:07
  Speaker 17: them and what they can do and where they can
• 40:09
  Speaker 17: gain some experience or some help or any of those
• 40:13
  Speaker 17: type of things.
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  Speaker 5: Right.
• 40:15
  Speaker 17: It's educational and it's networking. And then the third free
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  Speaker 17: business event is our Business After Hours. That's next Thursday,
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  Speaker 17: October the 29th. It's going to be at First Financial Bank.
• 40:27
  Speaker 17: You guys could walk.
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  Speaker 1: To that one.
• 40:29
  Speaker 6: Yes, we could.
• 40:30
  Speaker 1: Yes, we could.
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  Speaker 17: It's the one right over here on Harvey Mitchell and 6th.
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  Speaker 6: Don't let me cross that road on foot.
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  Speaker 17: I could.
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  Speaker 6: I certainly could.
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  Speaker 1: I might try it on a scooter.
• 40:40
  Speaker 17: Yeah, that's right. But and again, this is a networking
• 40:44
  Speaker 17: event free. And if you're not a chamber member, we
• 40:48
  Speaker 17: welcome you because we want you to come see what
• 40:50
  Speaker 17: we're about. And if you and again, if it fits,
• 40:53
  Speaker 17: we're glad to have you. But what an incredible networking opportunity.
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  Speaker 17: You know, we have several hundred people there and gives you,
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  Speaker 17: you know, sometimes you're looking for people. you know, customers,
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  Speaker 17: but sometimes you're looking for a vendor.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 21: Yeah.
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  Speaker 17: And this is a good chance.
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  Speaker 6: You never, you generally never know who you're going to
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  Speaker 6: bump into.
• 41:13
  Speaker 21: Right.
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  Speaker 6: When you go to these things.
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  Speaker 17: That's right.
• 41:14
  Speaker 6: Which is the whole idea.
• 41:16
  Speaker 4: It is.
• 41:17
  Speaker 17: And then our annual banquet is coming up on Monday,
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  Speaker 17: November the 9th, sponsored by the City of College Station.
• 41:23
  Speaker 17: It'll be at the Hilton College Station. This is, if
• 41:27
  Speaker 17: you're a member of the chamber, it's $ 100. If you're
• 41:29
  Speaker 17: a non-member, it's $ 125. We're still, you're still welcome to come.
• 41:33
  Speaker 17: And it's an opportunity for her to celebrate the year.
• 41:37
  Speaker 17: We'll have a new chair and thank the past chair.
• 41:41
  Speaker 17: And Susan Balabino, the new president of A & M,
• 41:43
  Speaker 17: is going to be our speaker.
• 41:45
  Speaker 6: Wonderful.
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  Speaker 10: Good get.
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  Speaker 12: Wonderful.
• 41:46
  Speaker 17: So what a great opportunity to come out and hear her.
• 41:49
  Speaker 17: I have a number of ribbon cuttings. Wright-Neger Dentistry, Thursday
• 41:53
  Speaker 17: the 22nd, 430 to 530 on Greens Prairie Road in
• 41:58
  Speaker 17: College Station. And then Deluxe Ribbon Cuttings. And all three
• 42:02
  Speaker 17: of these are a little different than we do sometimes
• 42:05
  Speaker 17: on time. Today, Brock Realty Group, Tuesday, the 20th, 430
• 42:11
  Speaker 17: to 530, they're on Barron Road, 280 Barron Road. And
• 42:16
  Speaker 17: then Thursday, this Thursday, the 22nd, Hutton Distributing, they're 1230
• 42:22
  Speaker 17: to 130. And that's on Lakeway Drive in College Station.
• 42:26
  Speaker 17: And then Dave & Buster's is Monday, October the 26th
• 42:30
  Speaker 17: from 11 to 12.
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  Speaker 6: That's right. It's about opening season. Just about for all
• 42:35
  Speaker 6: D & B.
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  Speaker 17: Right.
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  Speaker 6: That's going to be a big deal.
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  Speaker 17: Yeah, and that's 1502 Harvey Road. And Platinum Member Spotlight's Whataburger.
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  Speaker 17: We appreciate them and all they do. And again, thanks.
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  Speaker 17: You know, I talk about all you guys do for
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• 42:52
  Speaker 17: incredible example of that with you partnering with us on
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  Speaker 17: the Canada.
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  Speaker 6: Forum to help people become informed.
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  Speaker 17: So they go to the polls regularly. with an idea
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  Speaker 1: We want people to go informed of the polls. We
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  Speaker 6: No matter what.
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  Speaker 17: It's amazing how many people don't vote.
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  Speaker 7: It is.
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  Speaker 6: And, again, I genuinely mean that. I think it's one
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  Speaker 6: It's even more of a pleasure when you can sit
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  Speaker 6: and watch Scott do all the work. Because that's so
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  Speaker 6: much better for everyone. Hopefully we'll be able to talk
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  Speaker 1: It's like watching a great classic artist or sculptor at work, right?
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  Speaker 6: It's so cool. Royce, thank you so much, man.
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  Speaker 17: Thank you, guys.
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  Speaker 6: would in most other communities of a similar size. You
• 50:17
  Speaker 6: just do. Like, it's not close. And so it never
• 50:20
  Speaker 6: surprises me. It does sometimes surprise.
• 50:25
  Speaker 1: To me.
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  Speaker 14: Yeah.
• 50:26
  Speaker 1: And it surprises me in the greatest of ways, because
• 50:30
  Speaker 1: like you said, I know, I know what this community does.
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: But every single time when you can present the need
• 50:38
  Speaker 1: as it has been presented.
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  Speaker 23: Right.
• 50:39
  Speaker 1: The community just really it brings me to tears.
• 50:43
  Speaker 6: I mean, half a million dollars in in, you know,
• 50:47
  Speaker 6: what is they started five. So half a million dollars,
• 50:49
  Speaker 6: about four hours of of work for, again, 200 organizations.
• 50:56
  Speaker 6: will benefit from this money. A lot of them with.
• 50:58
  Speaker 1: Matching funds, a lot of them with double matching funds.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, it's a beautiful thing. Huge fan of this event
• 51:06
  Speaker 6: since the Community Foundation started back several years ago. And
• 51:11
  Speaker 6: it's a beautiful thing to take a day and focus
• 51:17
  Speaker 6: everyone's energy on on helping the people that most of
• 51:22
  Speaker 6: the year are just behind the scenes helping everyone else
• 51:28
  Speaker 6: in the Brazos Valley. I could not be happier enough
• 51:30
  Speaker 6: to be a part of this every single year.
• 51:32
  Speaker 1: And this covers the entire region of the Brazos Valley.
• 51:37
  Speaker 1: And it covers every possible charitable category that you can imagine.
• 51:41
  Speaker 6: Whatever you're passionate about, I mean that. I would be
• 51:46
  Speaker 6: very surprised if you were able to not find an
• 51:50
  Speaker 6: organization to fit your particular passion.
• 51:52
  Speaker 1: I would be shocked.
• 51:54
  Speaker 6: On BrassValleyGives.org. And again, money's passed through. 100% of it
• 51:57
  Speaker 6: goes to the charity. You can give to the general
• 52:00
  Speaker 6: fund if you want. But, I mean, let's be real.
• 52:03
  Speaker 6: It's more fun to find somewhere that has got a
• 52:07
  Speaker 6: specific ask. And a lot of them are very specific asks.
• 52:10
  Speaker 3: St.
• 52:10
  Speaker 6: Joseph's Catholic School. looking for an AC rebuild for the
• 52:14
  Speaker 6: elementary school. That's pretty critical.
• 52:16
  Speaker 8: Right.
• 52:16
  Speaker 6: And also pretty expensive.
• 52:18
  Speaker 1: The health for all that we mentioned.
• 52:19
  Speaker 6: Health for all budget. Obviously, the Pluralsdale Food Bank, Teresa
• 52:23
  Speaker 6: jumped on with us a little bit today to talk
• 52:25
  Speaker 6: about the situation they're facing and how much that money
• 52:28
  Speaker 6: means to them. And we started this morning talking with
• 52:32
  Speaker 6: the Salvation Army, who, again, you can donate to through
• 52:34
  Speaker 6: Browse Valley Gibbs. 30% higher, a third higher in terms
• 52:40
  Speaker 6: of the amount of kids that are applying this year
• 52:44
  Speaker 6: to be on the Angel Tree.
• 52:47
  Speaker 1: A third higher.
• 52:48
  Speaker 6: That wasn't a small program, gang. That was a big
• 52:51
  Speaker 6: group of kids. That was thousands of kids any given year.
• 52:55
  Speaker 6: Add another third. And, you know, how do you survive
• 53:00
  Speaker 6: that as an organization that is a nonprofit? And the
• 53:03
  Speaker 6: thing is, well, people have to step up and give.
• 53:05
  Speaker 6: And we're seeing that so far today. So if you
• 53:08
  Speaker 6: are a business and you want to donate as a business,
• 53:11
  Speaker 6: take some time, go to the website. They explain everything beautifully.
• 53:14
  Speaker 6: But find a way to make this fun today. Find
• 53:17
  Speaker 6: a way to make this cool. And if you can't
• 53:18
  Speaker 6: contribute financially, then find a group you believe in and
• 53:23
  Speaker 6: contact and find a way to volunteer.
• 53:24
  Speaker 1: That's a great addition to this website. You can find
• 53:27
  Speaker 1: those organizations that need you and your volunteer hours to
• 53:31
  Speaker 1: help out. So you can do one or both.
• 53:33
  Speaker 6: You can do, yeah. But it is a, good Lord, okay.
• 53:36
  Speaker 28: $ 514, 000.
• 53:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I've been watching these numbers spin. And thank you
• 53:40
  Speaker 1: for that.
• 53:40
  Speaker 6: No, it's a beautiful thing. And again, just to reset it,
• 53:44
  Speaker 6: in case you're wondering what the ultimate goal is today.
• 53:48
  Speaker 6: I mean, $ 2 million is the nice round number I
• 53:52
  Speaker 6: think we would all feel really good about. That is
• 53:55
  Speaker 6: a big ask. But that said, it's 9 a.m. or
• 53:59
  Speaker 6: coming up on 9 a.m. They're already at $ 514, 000. Could
• 54:04
  Speaker 6: it happen? Absolutely. Pass the word around. Share it. Tell
• 54:07
  Speaker 6: your friends about it. See what we can do today
• 54:09
  Speaker 6: because I do think it'll be amazing.
• 54:11
  Speaker 1: Post it on your social medias.
• 54:12
  Speaker 6: Absolutely, yes. That's what it's there for, guys.
• 54:14
  Speaker 1: You can share the video that you posted this morning
• 54:16
  Speaker 1: at 5 a.m.
• 54:17
  Speaker 6: That's right. Yeah, yeah. Or better yet, make your own.
• 54:21
  Speaker 1: Exactly.
• 54:21
  Speaker 6: Make your own. Then share that. Tell everyone else to
• 54:24
  Speaker 6: do it, too. We'd love to see some of those. Again, obviously,
• 54:27
  Speaker 6: if you did not get a chance... to make it
• 54:29
  Speaker 6: to the Candidates Forum last night, or the Candidates.
• 54:32
  Speaker 1: Forum last week.
• 54:33
  Speaker 6: Both of them are available online at WTAW.com. Click the
• 54:37
  Speaker 6: Candidate Conversations with Scott DeLucia tab, and enjoy, man. It's
• 54:43
  Speaker 6: a great listen, and we are glad to have it there,
• 54:46
  Speaker 6: and we will see you back on the radio tomorrow
• 54:47
  Speaker 6: at 1620.