April 20, 2026 • 26 mins
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Have you ever heard of the Zembrot Education Center. Many
of you know it's an extension of the Point Arc
and ZEC is the acronym was created to increase growth
and support for individuals and families in the region. This
goes all the way back seventy two when the Point
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Arc got started. Basically, you're helping people with intellectual and
developmental disabilities to reach their highest potential, whether it's vocationally,
getting a job, residentially a place to live, educationally, socially.
So many ways for people facing some kind of developmental
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or intellectual disability to live a better life. And they're
across the river in northern Kentucky. They've done a great job,
and the former executive, the ex director of the Zembrot
Education Center is kind enough to join us today.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
This is a really cool idea.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
I can't wait to hear more about this from Brendan Relaford. Brendan,
good morning. How are you, Brandon? I hope everything's going
all right.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Doing good this morning. Thanks for having me on.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
All right, let's talk about this now.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
iHeart is actually a sponsor of speed dating. It is
coming up on April twenty fifth, that's his Saturday from
six to nine.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
At the point, what is this?
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Sure?
Speaker 5 (03:07):
So a lot of times our families will contact us
and say, you know, I have a child or I
have a family member who has a disability, and.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
I really you know, I want to see them get
out socially.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
I want to see them build meaningful connections and potentially
find a companion to be to be with. So we've
designed this, this speed dating event to do just exactly that.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
So tell me who can attend?
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Does it have to be somebody who's already currently involved
in the program in some form or fashion.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
So anyone can attend in the North Entucky Greater Cincinnati
area between the ages of twenty one and thirty eight.
So you know, they can register on our website or
give us a call and we can get them registered.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
And yeah, anyone can attend.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Have you guys done this before.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
This is the first time that we've ever done anything
like this. We have also added some educational components to
it because a lot of families are too, They're a
little skeptical about a.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
Speed dating event like this.
Speaker 5 (04:19):
Yeah, so we added some components to where we were
able to teach, you know, how to pick up on
social cues or how to know when someone is right
for you.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Well, talk about some of those.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
I'm kind of curious because I mean, we're talking people
here who could have some form of autism but are
communicative right, could have down syndrome, could have any number
of things right, So I mean, I would imagine and
you tell me, and I have had the opportunity to
spend a lot of time in my life around a
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couple of young women not so young anymore, and I
remind one of them of that all the time. As
she's banging on the door of fifty now. The primary
speaker in fact at our wedding was a young woman
with down syndrome. But she's an incredible communicator. But I
would have a hard time knowing right if maybe she
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had interest in someone that maybe she could go to
a movie with or a restaurant with. What are some
of the challenges in that regard to doing this kind
of speed dating.
Speaker 5 (05:30):
I would say that, you know, a lot of the
folks that we work with are predominantly predominantly have autism
spectrum disorder, and they might have a difficult time distinguishing
between like what an acquaintance is versus a friendship or
a romantic interest. So, you know, the speed dating event
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is obviously we want them to find companionship, but also
too it's a way for them to find a friend
or you know, someone that they can you know, hang
out with at one of our dances or whatever the case.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
But a lot of times it's.
Speaker 5 (06:08):
The the you know, the verbal and nonverbal cues that
they miss on what that might look like. You know,
someone might compliment your outfit that you're wearing, and then
they automatically think, oh okay, well this person's really interested
in me romantically, So it's really just picking up on
the cues and then also effective communication. We teach that too,
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so if you're not feeling it, it's okay for you
to say, you know what, I'm really not interested in
moving forward romantically, but I would love to be your friend.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
I just think this is so cool.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
I don't know Paul Doherty's daughter, Jillian, but I know
that she has Down syndrome, was recently married, and it's
such a moving, you know, beautiful story about two people
who have found happiness and have found love, and I
just think that it's just so amazing. Talk about some
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of the things that you provide for families and for
individuals at ZEC as you do executive director of education there.
Speaker 5 (07:16):
Yeah, So we provide opportunities for them to not just
be socially interactive, but we provide them with opportunities to
learn like pre enployment pre employment training skills, So the
opportunity for them to learn what it's like to go
on an interview, what to wear at an interview, how
to get your resume ready. So we teach those skills
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to high school students around the region and then also
provide the actual service once they're finished with high school
of job development and what that might look like and
what career path is right for everyone, whether it's going,
you know, to work right away, or are we looking
at going to some secondary options. So we also have
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advocacy programming where we teach them how to be their
own advocate and also their families what that might look like,
whether it be at the high school level or whether
it's advocating for themselves to live independently or for them
to gain employment.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
And to go on dates, things of that nature. You
guys really prep the family.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Go ahead, I forget me for interrupting, Go ahead and
finish your thought.
Speaker 5 (08:33):
No, it's we really try to prep the entire family
from the client that we serve to their family, regardless
of what they're going through, what their needs are.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Let's say there's somebody listening right now, and you guys
have bi weekly activity stuff like movie night, craft night,
game night, karaoke night. You have additional activities and so forth.
You have numerous sports, you have dances, all these kinds
of things. But maybe there's somebody out there right now, Brandon,
it's listening, that says man this would be a great
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opportunity for someone I know or even a child. Where
would they go and what would be the best way
just to get started to find out more about you guys.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
I would definitely say to visit our website.
Speaker 5 (09:22):
You can visit the Point Arc dot org or Zimbrod
Education Center dot org and you know, whether it be
wanting to attend or knowing someone or volunteering. If if
you've never been to one of the Point Arc dances,
you are missing out one hundred percent.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
There are about two hundred.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
Individuals with disabilities that attend to those events and they
get on that dance floor and they cut a rug
and they're super excited to be around their friends that
they may not get to see often. So whether it
be you know, you know someone that that the programming,
or you want to volunteer, that's a great way to
do it is to get on the website and figure
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out what we have going on.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
And for those of you wondering about the spelling, if
you have a pan or a pencil, it's zem Brod.
It's z E m b r o d T z
E m b r o d T Education Center dot org.
I'm kind of curious because it maybe more than most
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other jobs. What led you into this line of work,
I'm just curious.
Speaker 5 (10:35):
So I think throughout my career one of the biggest
things that I've loved to see is for like that
light bulb moment to go off and someone that you know,
a lot for me has been my background is education,
but I have a background in workforce development as well,
So seeing them either understand a concept that they didn't
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before or they gain employment. Something that I get to
see often right now is them getting a job and
just it's not just you know, standing you know at
the front greeting people. It's meaningful relationship or meaningful employment
that gets them through every single day and makes them
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contributing to society.
Speaker 4 (11:19):
And I think that that's huge for me. That's what
drew me there.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Well, there's no doubt about it. The woman I was
talking about lives out in northern California who spoke at
our wedding, and her dad was the broadcaster for the
San Francisco Giants for a long long time, and you know,
as she started to get older and got through quote
unquote college, she lives in a home now with I
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think it's four or five other women also with Down syndrome.
Obviously there is supervision there to help them, but every
single one of them have a job, and it's the
first thing she talks about every time I talk to her.
I mean, there are so many opportunities out there for
some of these people who are facing serious challenges and
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their families. So the last thing I want to ask
you about before I let you go, Brandon, the moms
and dads caretakers, that kind of thing. I can't imagine
what that must be like for those of us who
have been fortunate enough to have healthy kids as far
as you know, no development issues or that kind of thing.
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The relief, the joy, the pride, all those kinds of
things when they see their kids in that light bulb
moment like you were talking about, has to be almost indescribable.
Speaker 6 (12:39):
Yep.
Speaker 5 (12:41):
It's so cool to see families that will either call
or come in and just say, I am seeing my
child really taking the concepts that you guys are are
showing them and teaching them and helping them to grow,
and seeing them in action, whether that be an employment
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or whether that be making a friend, because that's really
what it's all about. So I think for me personally,
I love to see the families just you know, elated
whenever their child who wasn't able to maybe make a
friend before, is able to really thrive in that in
those social settings. And I think that's huge for the
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parents and the families. And then also to our residential program.
If you know, you were talking about living her living
in a home with for other people, and we have
nineteen residential homes, you know around northern Kentucky. And you
know the point ARC built the organization on a continuum
of services where they get education, where they get social
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interaction and employment opportunities, but also residentially.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
Well, it's such a wonderful work that you guys are
doing and we can't say thank you enough from the
bottom of our heart. And again to remind everybody, the
big event is coming up, this speed dating event Saturday,
April of twenty fifth. We are proud here at iHeart
to be a sponsor of this event. It's at the
Point from six until nine o'clock, so please please check
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it out. It's going to be a great night. Hey,
best of luck, Brandon. I can't thank you enough for
your time today.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
Forty eight.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Friday eight forty one on the morning show seven hundred
WLW Mondays with Marty. We do it every single Monday
with a Hall of Famer Marty Brenneman and sadly, Dad,
I don't mean to start the show on a sad note,
but a very very close friend of yours for a
long long time who had the nationally syndicated radio show,
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Bob Kavoyan That was a bombed Tom show that was
based out of Indianapolis, then went nationwide for many many years.
I was diagnosed I think about three and a half
years ago with stomach cancer and apparently was still doing
okay and then took a dramatic turn a couple of
days ago and sadly passed. I know you guys spent
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a lot of fun days and nights together.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
Yeah, we did.
Speaker 6 (15:12):
Tom. He he was a great friend and an incredible talent.
When I think about radio personalities, and you know, we're
in an era now where you really don't have a
lot of them as you used to back in the
days of the disc jockey and and and and really
dominant talk show hosts and such as that. His radio
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show UH with Uh with Bob with a Tom Griswall
out of Indianapolis, and then Bob Cavoyan was incredibly talented
and and also was a fun guy, and his wife,
Becky a man, and I spent a lot of time
with them in Indianapolis, in Florida, in spring training, and
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uh Arizona. We've been friends for twenty four years. And
it's just a sad time. He battled like a champion
for three plus years to beat this stuff, and like
so many other people, was unable to do it. And
we're going to go up to a private deal on
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Sunday for him and his friends and family members will
be there, and it's just a very very sad time
for the Kavoyan family and for all of those who
loved him like we did.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
You know, he had that trademark Dodgers cap and for
those who don't know, his dad was a longtime employee
of the Dodgers, so as a tribute to his dad,
he used to wear that hat all the time. Although
he professed to be a big time fan of the
Cincinnati Reds.
Speaker 6 (16:53):
He was and he was also a very heavy contributor
to the Reds Community Fund and attended events. The golf
tournament that has my name on it. He came for
many years, and he was up here periodically when he
was healthy, numerous times during a baseball season.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
But he was loyal to his dad.
Speaker 6 (17:13):
You're one hundred percent right. Rarely did you ever see
Bob without the Dodger hat on and his dad, Well,
I think his dad worked in the Dodger organization for
over thirty thirty five years. Bob was a California naive,
but he got settled in the Midwest and loved it
here and had no intention of ever leaving the Midwest.
And obviously he didn't.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
You know, he had that podcast he was doing.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
We talked earlier his longtime popular radio show is The
Bob and Tom Show, and then he started a podcast
called The Bob and Cancer Show. His wife Becky was
on a lot. Tom would come on, with Grayson would
come on, all those guys would come on. But it chronicled,
and oftentimes in a humorous vein the aspects of dealing
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with cancer. I know a couple of times, you know,
you had shared with me that when you see him,
and you know, any given time, one time he'd be
doing great, then the next time you'd be like, eh,
you know, having a hard time and That's what that
podcast really was all about, and probably is still people
are able to find it if maybe they're going through
something like that, or somebody and their family through something
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like that.
Speaker 6 (18:26):
Well, he performed a great service because he was very
transparent about it, you know, and you know, it's easy
for us to say because thank God you and I've
never had to experience a family member that battled the
most insidious disease that there is and failed.
Speaker 3 (18:46):
In the battle like Bob did.
Speaker 6 (18:48):
But he felt like he could offer something to people
who were suffering from cancer and was very open about it.
This show ran basically, I think the two of the
three years in which he had the disease until he
became too ill to really do it on a regular basis.
But the show really contributed to people and their understanding
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of what he was going through and how maybe it
made it a bit easier for them to do the
same thing. You don't have big names celebrities like that
go public as he did with his battle with cancer,
and that was just the nature of the guy. I mean,
he was naturally, I said, the two of the funniest
people I've ever been around. Where Biden, you can appreciate
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it with Bob Uker and Bob Gavoyan, and they were
just naturally funny, and so we will miss the times
that we've spent up there at their home in Indianapolis,
and all the friends that we have made through our
relationship with Bob and Beck. You mentioned with Grayson, with
Grayson's a dear, dear friend of ours now, along with
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Bob's brother in law Frank Borski, and so many others
in Indianapolis that I've met through my relationship with him.
So it's going to be a real loss. It's going
to be something that will not soon will we be
over it because of how much we love the guy
and loved his family.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
All Right, we'll get to the Red Legs and how
they're playing here in a second, But this coming weekend,
I think they're honoring the soon to be elected members
of the Reds Hall of Fame, and that quartet would
be Brandon Phillips, Aaron Harang, Reggie Sanders, Lou Panellas. I
want to ask you first, you know, give me a
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quick something on each of these guys that stands out
for you. Doesn't necessarily have to be a story, but
just something about them that you because you covered all
those guys, whether it was Panela as a manager of
the other three as players. Let's start with Brandon Phillips.
You and I have talked about him off the air.
I think he's one of the true gamers in the
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history of this franchise. I mean, the guy laid his
tailoff man, he hit anywhere in the order that you
put him in there, He played through injuries. But what
do you think of when you think of Brandon Phillips.
Speaker 6 (21:11):
I think of everything that you just said. I've never
known a better fan favorite. Of all the years that
I did the games on the radio, there was no
one who related to the fans and the fans related
to him both from a positive standpoint than Brandon Phillips did.
And I've i said yesterday, if Joe Mulligan is considered
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to be the number one second basement all time, then
Brandon Phillips is right there at number two without any question.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
All Right, Aaron Harang.
Speaker 6 (21:41):
A guy that was willing to do anything for the
good of the club. And I'll never forget the relief
appearance he made back in I think two thousand and
I know you do. In San Diego when the game
went seventeen or eighteen innings and was won by a
home run by a Padre, and he was called on
to relieve by Dusty Baker because he was his flat
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a already started a game two or three days earlier
with I think five innings, struck out seven, was dominant,
never hesitated. Love playing in Cincinnati, and believe me when
I tell you he has thrilled to death to be
going into the Ridgs Hall of Fame.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
All right, now we get to Reggie Sanders. He went
on to play some great baseball after he left here,
but he came up with this franchise and everybody said
he's going to be the next this and the next that.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
At the end of the day, man.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
He had an outstanding major league career. But what do
you remember him. I would imagine most of it will
be his time with the Reds for you, right, oh yeah, yeah,
because we got away.
Speaker 6 (22:47):
You know, he went to other clubs, and really, when
you look at his track record, he played well for everybody.
Basically that maybe not so much at the end, but
to everybody he played for.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
Was one of the truly.
Speaker 6 (22:59):
Nice guys that I've ever been associated with. A war
uniform was always smiling, was always upbeat, and I'll tell
you what when he got locked in, and he had
some inconsistencies at the plate, but when he got locked in,
he could almost carry a ball club.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
He had big.
Speaker 6 (23:17):
Games for this club. I remember the opening day, I know,
ninety seven or sometime where he had two home runs
and drove in five runs the opening game of the season.
He had incredible talent, was a great teammate with everybody
that he associated himself with.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
And I tell you, whatever he's eating or not drinking,
give me some of that, because that guy looks like
he was thirty years old now. I mean, it's mind
boggling how good he looks in a great smile, and
you're right, great guy. I had a chance to be
around him a lot for a couple of years there
in Arizona, part of a team that won a World Series,
and he was a big reason why. Okay, Blue Penela,
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you know, I know you and Lou are friends. But
when you think about where this franchise was, and so
many years have passed now that there are a lot
of people out there that are Reds fans, they don't
remember Lou Panella. And when you think about the whole
Pete Rose thing and everything that went on, sort of
the changing of the guard. As far as who was
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really running the team from a leadership standpoint, you had
Dave Parker and Buddy Bell and some of those guys
that were on the way out. You have this young
cors of Larkin and Davis among others O'Neill that were
coming up to sort of take the mantle from them,
and then in the door walks lou Panella, what did
you think about his first days as manager in spring
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training of nineteen ninety.
Speaker 6 (24:42):
Well, his first meeting with the team was well documented
when he told him I'm not going to tolerate losing.
I've done a lot of research on those teams since
I took the job. You guys are too blasted good
to go out and get beat on a regular basis,
and I'm not going to stand for it. And whatever
small problems we might have that inhibits our ability to win,
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we are going to take care of them. And he
was assertive, and he was domineering, and I think he
was intimidating, and I think he was a perfect guy
for the job. I'd be less and honest about I
didn't say and I got along with almost every manager
of this club ever had in all the year. He
was my favorite manager of all time. I love being
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around him. I love watching him work. He came over
from the American League and never had any experience of
working in this league in his life, and was smart
enough to realize I don't have all the answers. Hired
himself a coaching staff that had great National League experience,
and that in spring training he sat back and listened
to what they said until he learned how to play
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ball in this league, which at the time did not
have the DH I don't think he not only does
he deserve to be in this Hall of Fame, he
deserves to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He's
seventeenth all time and wins, and there are guys in
the Hall of Fame as managers that didn't have that
many wins. I don't understand sometime the thinking of the
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idiots that vote for people that ought to be in
the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
But he deserves to be there.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
Here here to that we out of time can't talk
about the current Reds. It seems like we've been on
this pendulum with them because they had a great week.
They had a terrible week. Now they've had a great week.
So we'll just we'll try and maintain an even keel
for this week, all right, Thanks for all the time.
I hope you have a great rest of your day,
and again sorry for the loss of your friend Bob cavoyan.
Speaker 4 (26:32):
In southbound on State Route forty eight. It's over.
This is the Bloomberg Money Minute on seven hundred WLWA.
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
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Bloomberg reported last week that Spirit was at risk of
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Height eight eleven on the Morning Show, seven hundred wl W.
Have you ever heard of the Zembrot Education Center. Many
of you know it's an extension of the Point Arc
and ZEC is the acronym was created to increase growth
and support for individuals and families in the region. This
goes all the way back seventy two when the Point
(02:01):
Arc got started. Basically, you're helping people with intellectual and
developmental disabilities to reach their highest potential, whether it's vocationally,
getting a job, residentially a place to live, educationally, socially.
So many ways for people facing some kind of developmental
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or intellectual disability to live a better life. And they're
across the river in northern Kentucky. They've done a great job,
and the former executive, the ex director of the Zembrot
Education Center is kind enough to join us today.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
This is a really cool idea.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
I can't wait to hear more about this from Brendan Relaford. Brendan,
good morning. How are you, Brandon? I hope everything's going
all right.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Doing good this morning. Thanks for having me on.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
All right, let's talk about this now.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
iHeart is actually a sponsor of speed dating. It is
coming up on April twenty fifth, that's his Saturday from
six to nine.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
At the point, what is this?
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Sure?
Speaker 5 (03:07):
So a lot of times our families will contact us
and say, you know, I have a child or I
have a family member who has a disability, and.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
I really you know, I want to see them get
out socially.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
I want to see them build meaningful connections and potentially
find a companion to be to be with. So we've
designed this, this speed dating event to do just exactly that.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
So tell me who can attend?
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Does it have to be somebody who's already currently involved
in the program in some form or fashion.
Speaker 5 (03:45):
So anyone can attend in the North Entucky Greater Cincinnati
area between the ages of twenty one and thirty eight.
So you know, they can register on our website or
give us a call and we can get them registered.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
And yeah, anyone can attend.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Have you guys done this before.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
This is the first time that we've ever done anything
like this. We have also added some educational components to
it because a lot of families are too, They're a
little skeptical about a.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
Speed dating event like this.
Speaker 5 (04:19):
Yeah, so we added some components to where we were
able to teach, you know, how to pick up on
social cues or how to know when someone is right
for you.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Well, talk about some of those.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
I'm kind of curious because I mean, we're talking people
here who could have some form of autism but are
communicative right, could have down syndrome, could have any number
of things right, So I mean, I would imagine and
you tell me, and I have had the opportunity to
spend a lot of time in my life around a
(04:55):
couple of young women not so young anymore, and I
remind one of them of that all the time. As
she's banging on the door of fifty now. The primary
speaker in fact at our wedding was a young woman
with down syndrome. But she's an incredible communicator. But I
would have a hard time knowing right if maybe she
(05:17):
had interest in someone that maybe she could go to
a movie with or a restaurant with. What are some
of the challenges in that regard to doing this kind
of speed dating.
Speaker 5 (05:30):
I would say that, you know, a lot of the
folks that we work with are predominantly predominantly have autism
spectrum disorder, and they might have a difficult time distinguishing
between like what an acquaintance is versus a friendship or
a romantic interest. So, you know, the speed dating event
(05:53):
is obviously we want them to find companionship, but also
too it's a way for them to find a friend
or you know, someone that they can you know, hang
out with at one of our dances or whatever the case.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
But a lot of times it's.
Speaker 5 (06:08):
The the you know, the verbal and nonverbal cues that
they miss on what that might look like. You know,
someone might compliment your outfit that you're wearing, and then
they automatically think, oh okay, well this person's really interested
in me romantically, So it's really just picking up on
the cues and then also effective communication. We teach that too,
(06:30):
so if you're not feeling it, it's okay for you
to say, you know what, I'm really not interested in
moving forward romantically, but I would love to be your friend.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
I just think this is so cool.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
I don't know Paul Doherty's daughter, Jillian, but I know
that she has Down syndrome, was recently married, and it's
such a moving, you know, beautiful story about two people
who have found happiness and have found love, and I
just think that it's just so amazing. Talk about some
(07:06):
of the things that you provide for families and for
individuals at ZEC as you do executive director of education there.
Speaker 5 (07:16):
Yeah, So we provide opportunities for them to not just
be socially interactive, but we provide them with opportunities to
learn like pre enployment pre employment training skills, So the
opportunity for them to learn what it's like to go
on an interview, what to wear at an interview, how
to get your resume ready. So we teach those skills
(07:39):
to high school students around the region and then also
provide the actual service once they're finished with high school
of job development and what that might look like and
what career path is right for everyone, whether it's going,
you know, to work right away, or are we looking
at going to some secondary options. So we also have
(08:05):
advocacy programming where we teach them how to be their
own advocate and also their families what that might look like,
whether it be at the high school level or whether
it's advocating for themselves to live independently or for them
to gain employment.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
And to go on dates, things of that nature. You
guys really prep the family.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Go ahead, I forget me for interrupting, Go ahead and
finish your thought.
Speaker 5 (08:33):
No, it's we really try to prep the entire family
from the client that we serve to their family, regardless
of what they're going through, what their needs are.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Let's say there's somebody listening right now, and you guys
have bi weekly activity stuff like movie night, craft night,
game night, karaoke night. You have additional activities and so forth.
You have numerous sports, you have dances, all these kinds
of things. But maybe there's somebody out there right now, Brandon,
it's listening, that says man this would be a great
(09:07):
opportunity for someone I know or even a child. Where
would they go and what would be the best way
just to get started to find out more about you guys.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
I would definitely say to visit our website.
Speaker 5 (09:22):
You can visit the Point Arc dot org or Zimbrod
Education Center dot org and you know, whether it be
wanting to attend or knowing someone or volunteering. If if
you've never been to one of the Point Arc dances,
you are missing out one hundred percent.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
There are about two hundred.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
Individuals with disabilities that attend to those events and they
get on that dance floor and they cut a rug
and they're super excited to be around their friends that
they may not get to see often. So whether it
be you know, you know someone that that the programming,
or you want to volunteer, that's a great way to
do it is to get on the website and figure
(10:06):
out what we have going on.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
And for those of you wondering about the spelling, if
you have a pan or a pencil, it's zem Brod.
It's z E m b r o d T z
E m b r o d T Education Center dot org.
I'm kind of curious because it maybe more than most
(10:28):
other jobs. What led you into this line of work,
I'm just curious.
Speaker 5 (10:35):
So I think throughout my career one of the biggest
things that I've loved to see is for like that
light bulb moment to go off and someone that you know,
a lot for me has been my background is education,
but I have a background in workforce development as well,
So seeing them either understand a concept that they didn't
(10:55):
before or they gain employment. Something that I get to
see often right now is them getting a job and
just it's not just you know, standing you know at
the front greeting people. It's meaningful relationship or meaningful employment
that gets them through every single day and makes them
(11:17):
contributing to society.
Speaker 4 (11:19):
And I think that that's huge for me. That's what
drew me there.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Well, there's no doubt about it. The woman I was
talking about lives out in northern California who spoke at
our wedding, and her dad was the broadcaster for the
San Francisco Giants for a long long time, and you know,
as she started to get older and got through quote
unquote college, she lives in a home now with I
(11:44):
think it's four or five other women also with Down syndrome.
Obviously there is supervision there to help them, but every
single one of them have a job, and it's the
first thing she talks about every time I talk to her.
I mean, there are so many opportunities out there for
some of these people who are facing serious challenges and
(12:05):
their families. So the last thing I want to ask
you about before I let you go, Brandon, the moms
and dads caretakers, that kind of thing. I can't imagine
what that must be like for those of us who
have been fortunate enough to have healthy kids as far
as you know, no development issues or that kind of thing.
(12:27):
The relief, the joy, the pride, all those kinds of
things when they see their kids in that light bulb
moment like you were talking about, has to be almost indescribable.
Speaker 6 (12:39):
Yep.
Speaker 5 (12:41):
It's so cool to see families that will either call
or come in and just say, I am seeing my
child really taking the concepts that you guys are are
showing them and teaching them and helping them to grow,
and seeing them in action, whether that be an employment
(13:02):
or whether that be making a friend, because that's really
what it's all about. So I think for me personally,
I love to see the families just you know, elated
whenever their child who wasn't able to maybe make a
friend before, is able to really thrive in that in
those social settings. And I think that's huge for the
(13:23):
parents and the families. And then also to our residential program.
If you know, you were talking about living her living
in a home with for other people, and we have
nineteen residential homes, you know around northern Kentucky. And you
know the point ARC built the organization on a continuum
of services where they get education, where they get social
(13:45):
interaction and employment opportunities, but also residentially.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
Well, it's such a wonderful work that you guys are
doing and we can't say thank you enough from the
bottom of our heart. And again to remind everybody, the
big event is coming up, this speed dating event Saturday,
April of twenty fifth. We are proud here at iHeart
to be a sponsor of this event. It's at the
Point from six until nine o'clock, so please please check
(14:14):
it out. It's going to be a great night. Hey,
best of luck, Brandon. I can't thank you enough for
your time today.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
Forty eight.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Friday eight forty one on the morning show seven hundred
WLW Mondays with Marty. We do it every single Monday
with a Hall of Famer Marty Brenneman and sadly, Dad,
I don't mean to start the show on a sad note,
but a very very close friend of yours for a
long long time who had the nationally syndicated radio show,
(14:45):
Bob Kavoyan That was a bombed Tom show that was
based out of Indianapolis, then went nationwide for many many years.
I was diagnosed I think about three and a half
years ago with stomach cancer and apparently was still doing
okay and then took a dramatic turn a couple of
days ago and sadly passed. I know you guys spent
(15:08):
a lot of fun days and nights together.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
Yeah, we did.
Speaker 6 (15:12):
Tom. He he was a great friend and an incredible talent.
When I think about radio personalities, and you know, we're
in an era now where you really don't have a
lot of them as you used to back in the
days of the disc jockey and and and and really
dominant talk show hosts and such as that. His radio
(15:36):
show UH with Uh with Bob with a Tom Griswall
out of Indianapolis, and then Bob Cavoyan was incredibly talented
and and also was a fun guy, and his wife,
Becky a man, and I spent a lot of time
with them in Indianapolis, in Florida, in spring training, and
(15:59):
uh Arizona. We've been friends for twenty four years. And
it's just a sad time. He battled like a champion
for three plus years to beat this stuff, and like
so many other people, was unable to do it. And
we're going to go up to a private deal on
(16:24):
Sunday for him and his friends and family members will
be there, and it's just a very very sad time
for the Kavoyan family and for all of those who
loved him like we did.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
You know, he had that trademark Dodgers cap and for
those who don't know, his dad was a longtime employee
of the Dodgers, so as a tribute to his dad,
he used to wear that hat all the time. Although
he professed to be a big time fan of the
Cincinnati Reds.
Speaker 6 (16:53):
He was and he was also a very heavy contributor
to the Reds Community Fund and attended events. The golf
tournament that has my name on it. He came for
many years, and he was up here periodically when he
was healthy, numerous times during a baseball season.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
But he was loyal to his dad.
Speaker 6 (17:13):
You're one hundred percent right. Rarely did you ever see
Bob without the Dodger hat on and his dad, Well,
I think his dad worked in the Dodger organization for
over thirty thirty five years. Bob was a California naive,
but he got settled in the Midwest and loved it
here and had no intention of ever leaving the Midwest.
And obviously he didn't.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
You know, he had that podcast he was doing.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
We talked earlier his longtime popular radio show is The
Bob and Tom Show, and then he started a podcast
called The Bob and Cancer Show. His wife Becky was
on a lot. Tom would come on, with Grayson would
come on, all those guys would come on. But it chronicled,
and oftentimes in a humorous vein the aspects of dealing
(18:02):
with cancer. I know a couple of times, you know,
you had shared with me that when you see him,
and you know, any given time, one time he'd be
doing great, then the next time you'd be like, eh,
you know, having a hard time and That's what that
podcast really was all about, and probably is still people
are able to find it if maybe they're going through
something like that, or somebody and their family through something
(18:24):
like that.
Speaker 6 (18:26):
Well, he performed a great service because he was very
transparent about it, you know, and you know, it's easy
for us to say because thank God you and I've
never had to experience a family member that battled the
most insidious disease that there is and failed.
Speaker 3 (18:46):
In the battle like Bob did.
Speaker 6 (18:48):
But he felt like he could offer something to people
who were suffering from cancer and was very open about it.
This show ran basically, I think the two of the
three years in which he had the disease until he
became too ill to really do it on a regular basis.
But the show really contributed to people and their understanding
(19:14):
of what he was going through and how maybe it
made it a bit easier for them to do the
same thing. You don't have big names celebrities like that
go public as he did with his battle with cancer,
and that was just the nature of the guy. I mean,
he was naturally, I said, the two of the funniest
people I've ever been around. Where Biden, you can appreciate
(19:36):
it with Bob Uker and Bob Gavoyan, and they were
just naturally funny, and so we will miss the times
that we've spent up there at their home in Indianapolis,
and all the friends that we have made through our
relationship with Bob and Beck. You mentioned with Grayson, with
Grayson's a dear, dear friend of ours now, along with
(19:58):
Bob's brother in law Frank Borski, and so many others
in Indianapolis that I've met through my relationship with him.
So it's going to be a real loss. It's going
to be something that will not soon will we be
over it because of how much we love the guy
and loved his family.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
All Right, we'll get to the Red Legs and how
they're playing here in a second, But this coming weekend,
I think they're honoring the soon to be elected members
of the Reds Hall of Fame, and that quartet would
be Brandon Phillips, Aaron Harang, Reggie Sanders, Lou Panellas. I
want to ask you first, you know, give me a
(20:36):
quick something on each of these guys that stands out
for you. Doesn't necessarily have to be a story, but
just something about them that you because you covered all
those guys, whether it was Panela as a manager of
the other three as players. Let's start with Brandon Phillips.
You and I have talked about him off the air.
I think he's one of the true gamers in the
(20:57):
history of this franchise. I mean, the guy laid his
tailoff man, he hit anywhere in the order that you
put him in there, He played through injuries. But what
do you think of when you think of Brandon Phillips.
Speaker 6 (21:11):
I think of everything that you just said. I've never
known a better fan favorite. Of all the years that
I did the games on the radio, there was no
one who related to the fans and the fans related
to him both from a positive standpoint than Brandon Phillips did.
And I've i said yesterday, if Joe Mulligan is considered
(21:32):
to be the number one second basement all time, then
Brandon Phillips is right there at number two without any question.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
All Right, Aaron Harang.
Speaker 6 (21:41):
A guy that was willing to do anything for the
good of the club. And I'll never forget the relief
appearance he made back in I think two thousand and
I know you do. In San Diego when the game
went seventeen or eighteen innings and was won by a
home run by a Padre, and he was called on
to relieve by Dusty Baker because he was his flat
(22:04):
a already started a game two or three days earlier
with I think five innings, struck out seven, was dominant,
never hesitated. Love playing in Cincinnati, and believe me when
I tell you he has thrilled to death to be
going into the Ridgs Hall of Fame.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
All right, now we get to Reggie Sanders. He went
on to play some great baseball after he left here,
but he came up with this franchise and everybody said
he's going to be the next this and the next that.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
At the end of the day, man.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
He had an outstanding major league career. But what do
you remember him. I would imagine most of it will
be his time with the Reds for you, right, oh yeah, yeah,
because we got away.
Speaker 6 (22:47):
You know, he went to other clubs, and really, when
you look at his track record, he played well for everybody.
Basically that maybe not so much at the end, but
to everybody he played for.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
Was one of the truly.
Speaker 6 (22:59):
Nice guys that I've ever been associated with. A war
uniform was always smiling, was always upbeat, and I'll tell
you what when he got locked in, and he had
some inconsistencies at the plate, but when he got locked in,
he could almost carry a ball club.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
He had big.
Speaker 6 (23:17):
Games for this club. I remember the opening day, I know,
ninety seven or sometime where he had two home runs
and drove in five runs the opening game of the season.
He had incredible talent, was a great teammate with everybody
that he associated himself with.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
And I tell you, whatever he's eating or not drinking,
give me some of that, because that guy looks like
he was thirty years old now. I mean, it's mind
boggling how good he looks in a great smile, and
you're right, great guy. I had a chance to be
around him a lot for a couple of years there
in Arizona, part of a team that won a World Series,
and he was a big reason why. Okay, Blue Penela,
(23:52):
you know, I know you and Lou are friends. But
when you think about where this franchise was, and so
many years have passed now that there are a lot
of people out there that are Reds fans, they don't
remember Lou Panella. And when you think about the whole
Pete Rose thing and everything that went on, sort of
the changing of the guard. As far as who was
(24:16):
really running the team from a leadership standpoint, you had
Dave Parker and Buddy Bell and some of those guys
that were on the way out. You have this young
cors of Larkin and Davis among others O'Neill that were
coming up to sort of take the mantle from them,
and then in the door walks lou Panella, what did
you think about his first days as manager in spring
(24:39):
training of nineteen ninety.
Speaker 6 (24:42):
Well, his first meeting with the team was well documented
when he told him I'm not going to tolerate losing.
I've done a lot of research on those teams since
I took the job. You guys are too blasted good
to go out and get beat on a regular basis,
and I'm not going to stand for it. And whatever
small problems we might have that inhibits our ability to win,
(25:05):
we are going to take care of them. And he
was assertive, and he was domineering, and I think he
was intimidating, and I think he was a perfect guy
for the job. I'd be less and honest about I
didn't say and I got along with almost every manager
of this club ever had in all the year. He
was my favorite manager of all time. I love being
(25:28):
around him. I love watching him work. He came over
from the American League and never had any experience of
working in this league in his life, and was smart
enough to realize I don't have all the answers. Hired
himself a coaching staff that had great National League experience,
and that in spring training he sat back and listened
to what they said until he learned how to play
(25:48):
ball in this league, which at the time did not
have the DH I don't think he not only does
he deserve to be in this Hall of Fame, he
deserves to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He's
seventeenth all time and wins, and there are guys in
the Hall of Fame as managers that didn't have that
many wins. I don't understand sometime the thinking of the
(26:08):
idiots that vote for people that ought to be in
the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
But he deserves to be there.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
Here here to that we out of time can't talk
about the current Reds. It seems like we've been on
this pendulum with them because they had a great week.
They had a terrible week. Now they've had a great week.
So we'll just we'll try and maintain an even keel
for this week, all right, Thanks for all the time.
I hope you have a great rest of your day,
and again sorry for the loss of your friend Bob cavoyan.
Speaker 4 (26:32):
In southbound on State Route forty eight. It's over.
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