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DON DIEGO IN THE MORNIN


TRUTH IS, THE OTHER GUY"S LIVE IN EL PASO. SO WHO YOU GONNA LISTEN TO?

KGRT!!!

Living here, playing here, and working here, it’s Don Diego in Southern New Mexico!!!

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SHOW OPENING

Today is the 272nd Day of 2011. There are 93 Days Remaining.

Today is…
National Mud Pack Day

Sunrise:
7:00

Morning Quote:
Every morning you have two choices, continue ur sleep with dreams or WAKE UP and chase ur dreams. CHOICE IS YOURS.

ON THIS DAY IN COUNTRY

Friday, September 30, 2011

• George Strait topped the Billboard chart with "Give It Away" in 2006.
• Billy Currington's self-titled debut album was released in 2003.
• Frances Preston and George Jones were elected to the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1992.
• The Judds climbed to Number One on the Billboard country chart with "Let Me Tell You About Love" in 1989.

Riddle Me This

Walk on the living, they don't even mumble. Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble. What are they?


Fallen leaves


Celebrity Spotlight

Dierks Bentley sings about being at a bar and wanting to have a good time in his latest hit, "Am I The Only One," so it was only appropriate that that's where he chose to hold the song's Number One party. The celebration took place yesterday (Tuesday, September 27th) at a small Nashville bar called Losers.
Dierks tells us that "Am I The Only One" is as big a hit in concert as it has been on the charts. ["It's huge! It's a huge song. I mean, we've been starting the show off with 'Feel That Fire,' so it's like a big . . . I always try to come out swinging punches and it's a big show, and then that song comes in third. You really can't do that song too late cause it's called 'am I the only one that wants to have fun tonight.' You can't really close the show with that song. It's like meant to be up front in the show, but the energy that comes up even higher on that song comes in is palpable. It's been a great song for the live show, and it's a lot of fun. It really is. I actually wrote several verses to the song with Jim and J.R. but two only made the album, the radio edit, so in the live show I've been introducing some of the other verses that didn't make it, so it's been pretty fun."]
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CELEBRATING YOU

• Eddie Montgomery (Montgomery Gentry) (48)
• Martina Hingis (Pro tennis player) (31)
• Lacey Chabert (TV actress, Party Of Five, Daddy Daycare) (29)
• Debrah Farentino (actress, NYPD Blue, Eureka) (52)
• Marion Cotillard (actress, La Vie En Rose, Public Enemies, Big Fish) (36)


HOMETOWN HERO’S

Simply put, Hometown Hero’s are people who help others in some way.
Our Hometown Hero(’s) Today is/are James Alvarez
Daddy served in the Army and fought in the Korean War. There were some close calls but He made it home. Not long after he got back to the USA he married my Mother.
May 13, 1964 my mother was killed in a car wreck, leaving my little brother age 3, sister age 5 and myself age 10. My hero, Daddy, owned his own business, an auto body shop. We lived in the back of the shop. It was hard for Daddy to run a shop and three small children.
Different people offered to keep different ones of us. One actually said she would keep all three of us. My Daddy would not let us go. He worked and kept us. My mother's parents lived with us for a while but my Daddy came and ate lunch and took care of us. My Daddy not only worked, he played with us too. We played ball together and rode horses. We also went to church together. After my Mother's death Daddy came in our rooms at night and said prayers with us.
In a world of such selfishness I sincerely thank God for my Daddy!
Submitted by Ginger Newsom
James Alvarez is/are our Hometown Hero Today and we salute you.

MAN CAVE


The Texas Rangers had to win their last six games in the regular season to earn home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs this time.
Just to get into the postseason, Tampa Bay had to overcome a nine-game deficit in the final month and a seven-run deficit in the final game.



E-Mail “Inbox”

Hey Don my name is Tommy and I listen to your show just about every morning. I’m emailing you because I’m obsessed with a girl who works at the T-mobile store near me and I keep breaking my iPhone so I can go back to the store and talk to her.

Were on a first name basis at this point and she smiles when I walk in but I don’t have the courage to ask her out. My friend told me I should tell her what I’ve been doing because she’ll find it flattering and definitely go out with me. I’m afraid she might think I’m a stalker, what do you think?

Signed,
Tommy

Tommy, you should ask her out. If she says no, then move on. It’s that simple my friend. Think about this, she may be wanting to ask you out but doesn’t want to be too forward. Man-Up dude, ask the girl out, she can only say no.



HEALTH MOMENT

Good news!
An inexpensive drug widely used in Central and Eastern Europe, but not approved in the United States, more than tripled smokers’ chances of successfully kicking the habit in a new study published in the latest New England Journal of Medicine.
The drug, Tabex (cytisine), has been used for smoking cessation in Russia and other Eastern European countries for more than four decades, but no rigorous studies have ever been done to prove its effectiveness.
Like the best-selling drug Chantix, marketed by Pfizer, it works by targeting a key nicotine receptor closely tied to tobacco cravings.
But the drug is much cheaper than Chantix and other smoking-cessation treatments, including nicotine replacement gums, patches, and inhalers, says researcher Robert West, PhD, of the University College London.
“In Russia, a (one-month) course of Tabex sells for about $6,” West tells WebMD. “This drug costs less than cigarettes, so it could potentially save a lot of lives in poorer countries where treatments to help people stop smoking have generally not been widely available.”


WHAT’S FOR DINNER

Lawry's Signature Burger
Ingredients
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon Lawry's® Seasoned Pepper
• 1 teaspoon Lawry's® Seasoned Salt or Lawry's® 25% Less Sodium Seasoned Salt
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 4 hamburger rolls
Directions
1. Mix ground beef, onion, seasonings and Worcestershire sauce in medium bowl until well blended. Shape into 4 patties. Sprinkle patties with additional seasoned salt before grilling, if desired.
2. Grill over medium heat 4 to 6 minutes per side or until burgers are cooked through (internal temperature of 160 degrees F). Toast rolls on the grill, open-side down, about 30 seconds or until golden.
3. Serve burgers on toasted rolls. Garnish with desired toppings and condiments.



BREAK TIME CHATTER

Say what you will about social media being a GIANT time waster . . . but it sure does make STALKING and COMPLAINING easier. A new survey by Nielsen found that 89% of people use social media to stalk . . . or as they put it, "find and maintain" old friends. And more than HALF of us, 51%, use it to complain and give negative feedback to products and businesses.


And I leave you with this thought…

"Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow all delightful conditions."


KEEP SMILEIN

Get your Don Diego Kettle Corn At the Farmers Market Saturday’s 8:00 to 12:30