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DJ OF THE YEAR 2010
DON DIEGO
Your Family Friendly Hometown Country
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Living here, playing here, and working here, it’s Don Diego in Southern New Mexico!!!
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Celebrity Spotlight
Country newcomer Brantley Gilbert knows a thing or two about country fans. After touring for years on his own around the nation and now on Willie Nelson’s Country Throwdown tour, Brantley has seen it all and knows that county fans come from all over. He expresses that through his latest single, “Country Must Be Country Wide”. Brantley said when it was time to shoot the music video; his fans heard it as a call to action! (Audio) “They had like…I think, 24-hours notice. There were people flying in from all over the place and they were there at like six in the morning. It was killer.” The video, which was shot at the historic Tennessee State Penitentiary, can be seen at CMT.com. Look for a new album from Brantley coming later this year.
RIDDLE ME THIS
There was a frog that fell down inside a well. The well is 30 meters deep. Every day, the frog goes up 3 meters then goes down 2 meters. The question is this: how many days does it take the frog to get out of the well completely?
You probably thought 30. Actually it is 27, because on the 27th day, when the frog, like always, goes 3 meters up, it will arrive to the 30th meter of the well and get out, without the need of getting again 2 meters down
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 Jerry Thompson
My daddy was and will always be my hero. My daddy taught me my whole life that ethics, morals, and effort are all you need to succeed. I have learned that those lessons taught to me are true. I learned it best when I realized that not only were the lessons taught verbally, but also from my daddy's example. My daddy was diagnosed with asbestiosis from working in the military. My dad refused to pursue a lawsuit stating that was the side effect he will have to endure for the honor of serving his country. My daddy went to heaven on October 6, 2010. Numerous people at daddy's funeral got up to speak and all said the same consistent thing....Jerry Thompson taught ethics, morals, and effort by example and he never faltered from those things. Everyday I try to live my life by example hoping the legacy I leave behind will show the same things my daddy did. Our family has organized a team for a 5k walk to raise funds for lung research in honor of my daddy. Our team name is TEAM EME for ethics, morals, and effort.
Submitted by Janet Gibson
Jerry Thompson is/are our Hometown Hero Today and we salute you.
HEALTH MOMENT
Drug companies are increasing their focus on using the body's immune system to fight cancer, which may hold the key to eventually defeating the disease, thanks to the approvals of so-called immunotherapies. Now seen as part of any larger cancer solution because they can help provide long-term resistance.
However, their development still face hurdles as concerns remain about potential side effects and the treatment's high costs, among the priciest in health care.
Currently, 23 cancer immunotherapies are in pipeline development, according to market-research firm Decision Resources, and companies are adding to their endeavors in the area.
Many Wall Street analysts expect both these new drugs to bring in annual sales exceeding $1 billion, and their individual price tags have raised eyebrows. One drug used in melanoma, costs about $120,000 for a standard regimen, and the other for prostate cancer, is $93,000.
While insurance companies and Medicare cover the cost of the drugs, it is unclear if they and physicians will continue to tolerate such high prices for cancer drugs that do not cure the disease.
Even as more effective disease-targeting drugs continue to be developed, they often just delay the ultimate recurrence as the disease develops resistance or the given treatment does not wipe out all of the cancer cells.
The hope is that the immune system's long-term activity against the cancer could stop this cycle.
BREAK TIME CHATTER
#1.) In a new survey, 80% of dads think that Mother's Day gets MORE ATTENTION than Father's Day. 89% of the dads surveyed say they're GOOD FATHERS, and 59% say they're doing a better job than THEIR dads did.
#2.) Here's just how messed up our country's education system has gotten. In Providence, Rhode Island, they're modeling the way they hire teachers after SPEED DATING. To fill about 300 vacancies they had prospective teachers show up, conduct brief, 15-minute sit-down interviews with officials in a gym, and then moved on to the next person.
#3.) A study analyzed data from car accidents between 1988 and 2007 and found there was a high rate of crashes involving two female drivers. Statistically, it's the most likely combo for an accident. But I’m not saying women are more dangerous behind the wheel than men . . . I’m just sayin.
And I leave you with this thought…
"Ability is what gives you the opportunity; belief is what gets you there."
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