THE NEW MEXICO BROADCASTER ASSOCIATION
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DON DIEGO
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Morning Show
Living here, playing here, and working here, it’s Don Diego in Southern New Mexico!!!
Celebrity Spotlight
Gary Allan took the stage for the first time last night since undergoing surgery to remove a polyp on his vocal chord in late November. In a video message on his website, Gary tells fans he and his band are looking forward to being on the road again. Gary tours year around which means making his bus his home away from home. That’s why he’s gone out of his way to make it as cozy as possible. “We’ve got birds-eye maple on the walls. The whole top is done in like a cream leather. The seats are a dark brown leather. The tables are black and then they’re lit from the sides so there’s green and black stripes through them. There’s neon lights all through the top. It’s got a slide out so there’s more room to dance. (laughs) We have a great time!”
RIDDLE ME THIS
Why can't you take a picture of a man with a wooden leg?
Because you need a camera...wooden legs don't take very good pictures :)
HOMETOWN HERO’S
HOMETOWN HERO’S are people who serve other people, their community, and take pride in honoring, restoring, preserving, or celebrating an aspect of American hometown life, be it their work, passion, or pastime. Thus, the truest meaning of “HOMETOWN HERO ” is people protecting, defending, caring for or serving others. With that as the background, WHO is a “HOMETOWN HERO ” in your life or the life of others ? E-mail me, dondiego@kgrt.com and let me know who they are. Or call me at 523-KGRT and we can discuss the detials of your HOMETOWN HERO. Some of the greatest “HOMETOWN HERO’S ” in our lives are unknown to the outside world and garner very little, if any, attention. Call today 523-KGRT.
Our Hometown Hero(’s) Today is/are Jim Hood
His eyes sparkling with excitement, Jim Hood, prepares to turn on an awe-inspiring electrical device fashioned out of an empty oatmeal box, strands of copper wiring, a capacitor from an old TV and a transformer from an antique neon sign.
“I am going to light up your life,” says Hood, joking with visitors touring his St. John Science Museum in St. John, Kan. as he steps on the pedal of a retrofitted 1930s industrial drill to demonstrate his improvised Tesla coil.
Bringing to life the whiz-bang thrills of science was Hood’s goal when he opened the museum in 1987 after nearly 40 years as a high school science and math teacher. He charges no entrance fee to the museum, and his greatest pleasure is helping youngsters appreciate science as more than facts, formulas and abstract concepts on a page.
The museum’s 32 displays focus on lifestyle-altering inventions of the Industrial Revolution related to electricity, light and sound.
Hood says there’s no great mystery, though, behind his lifelong calling to teach science.
“It fascinates me how things work in our universe—the stars, the energy, the movement,” he says. “That’s why I love science so much.”
Jim Hood is/are our Hometown Hero Today and we salute you.
This Is Nuts
China is again under suspicion of faking the ages of its athletes. In the 2008 Olympics, many found it hard to believe that their female gymnasts were really old enough to compete, but China produced passports allegedly proving it. Now, the A.P. has noticed that the birth dates of nine Chinese figure skaters listed on the Chinese Skating Association's website don't match the dates on their International Skating Union bios. Depending on which dates are correct, some Chinese skaters might have been too old when they won junior competitions, while others might have been younger than the minimum age of 15 when they competed in the Olympics.
* China said it's ridiculous; if they were that young, they would've been working in a
Nike factory.
HEALTH MOMENT
Energy drinks are under-studied, overused and can be dangerous for children and teens, warns a report by doctors who say kids shouldn't use the popular products.
The potential harms, caused mostly by too much caffeine or similar ingredients, include heart palpitations, seizures, strokes and even sudden death, the authors write in the medical journal Pediatrics. They reviewed data from the government and interest groups, scientific literature, case reports and articles in popular and trade media.
"For most children, adolescents, and young adults, safe levels of consumption have not been established," the report said.
Introduced more than 20 years ago, energy drinks are the fastest growing U.S. beverage market; 2011 sales are expected to top $9 billion, the report said. It cites research suggesting that about one-third of teens and young adults regularly consume energy drinks. Yet research is lacking on risk from long-term use and effects in kids — especially those with medical conditions that may increase the dangers, the report said.
The report comes amid a crackdown on energy drinks containing alcohol and caffeine, including recent Food and Drug Administration warning letters to manufacturers and bans in several states because of alcohol overdoses.
The report focuses on nonalcoholic drinks but emphasizes that drinking them along with alcohol is dangerous.
BREAK TIME CHATTER
Valentine's Day provided a much-needed boost to some struggling businesses. In Las Vegas, the Little White Wedding Chapel reports that they had 10 ministers on hand to officiate for over 100 weddings, nearly three times as many as in a typical day. Other Vegas quickie wedding chapels had similar stories.
* Next week should bring a similar boom for Vegas quickie divorce lawyers.
And I leave you with this thought.
"Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart."
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