December 23, 2025 • 21 mins
In this podcast, Community Relations and Special Projects, Emily Brewster-McCarthy and Communications and Outreach Program Manager Derek Ross will be discussing their plans for 2026. During this discussion we will learn more about what it will take to get ready for the New Year, starting right now. Listen as they share some of their fondest moments, thus far, from 2025 while working at CUPF.
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Emily Brewster-McCarthy (00:13):
Welcome to Off the CUPF, a community
use of public facilitiespodcast, the show where we
explore, discuss, and introduceyou, our listeners, to the
wonderful world of communityuse.
I'm Emily Brewster -McCarthy.
Derek Ross (00:25):
And I am Derek Ross.
Together, we are your host, andwe are here to provide you with
some of the most up-to-datenews and information about CUPF.
Emily, are you ready to getstarted?
Emily Brewster-McCa (00:35):
Absolutely, I'm ready to get started.
Listo para Mambo?
Derek Ross (00:38):
Oh, yeah, yeah.
I'm ready to Mambo.
Welcome to season two, episodetwo.
You know, we're getting lockedin for 2026, closing the year
strong.
Well, that's what the title ofthe podcast is.
So we'll go with that.
We'll probably do a couple moreepisodes about just the new
year 2026.
2026.
Yeah.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (00:58):
Woo!
Derek Ross (00:58):
Mm-mm-mm-mm.
Think about all the other newyears.
Anyway, getting straight intoit.
Emily, how are you doing?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (01:04):
I'm doing great.
I'm doing great.
How about yourself?
I'm all right.
You know, I'm all right.
Derek Ross (01:07):
I'm all right.
Since we already asking howwe're doing, highs and lows, you
want to get into that?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (01:11):
Yeah, highs and lows.
Derek Ross (01:12):
Let's do it.
Let's just jump straight intoit.
Highs and lows, Emily.
You want to start first?
Uh, I'm gonna shoot it to you.
Oh my goodness.
Thank you.
Uh uh uh sure, let's do this.
Highs and lows.
Uh, you know what?
I I I have a low.
I think I just told you beforewe started.
You know, I chipped my tooth.
I'm glad it's okay now, butthat was a very much a
high-pressure situation.
I was looking at it in themirror, and that tooth was just
(01:32):
slowly, slowly disappearing.
And I was like, let me go aheadand make a call.
Oh, yikes.
That was a low.
That was a low, but we goodnow.
We good, we good.
Um, high is that you know what?
We are together and we're doingthis podcast.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (01:43):
Oh, yeah.
Derek Ross (01:44):
That's a good feeling.
We're closing out 2025, feelinggood.
We have a full room of so manydifferent people.
We got Tebs here.
It feels good.
It feels good.
Now you back to you now, highsand lows.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (01:55):
All right, my high is going to be
actually tooth-related as well.
Uh, my daughter just lost heruh two top, like the top two
teeth.
Let me say that again.
My daughter just lost her toptwo teeth.
Derek Ross (02:06):
Top two.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (02:07):
So she looks super cute.
And yeah, we're living it up.
Um, my low is, you know, Idon't know that I ever have
really a true low.
Okay, okay, I like to be on theup and up.
Derek Ross (02:17):
I like to be positive.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (02:18):
Yeah.
Derek Ross (02:19):
We could do that.
We could do that.
You do you remember losing yourtwo front teeth?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (02:23):
I don't.
Derek Ross (02:24):
Really?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (02:25):
I mean, I do kind of, but I think I
more or less remember like thethe lisp that you gave.
Derek Ross (02:31):
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.
I remember sticking a straw anddrinking my milk through my
teeth and stuff like that, andall I want for you know, that
whole song about missing twofront teeth and stuff like that,
but I don't want to rememberreminisce about that because
that was a different time aswell, too.
But as we go around, you know,we want to definitely tell
people welcome.
Welcome to the podcast, off theCUPF podcast, of course.
(02:51):
Um, let's get into it.
Let's get into it.
We we we were doing somethingabout a did you know?
Well, we did it last season.
So, a did you know, we couldtalk about um the blogger and
how we're always postinginformation, but our recent one
was discussing kitchenfacilities, FAQs, frequently
asked questions.
So we just wanted to definitelylet people know that there are
(03:12):
questions being asked aboutfacilities and kitchen facility
usage and stuff like that.
Now, Emily, I know that thisblogger was just posted not that
long ago, but there arequestions that are on this
blogger, like what type ofequipment can be used in the
kitchen?
Um, what's included in thereservation fee if you wanted to
know?
And can I use the schoolloading docks to bring in my
(03:33):
items?
Questions like that.
Emily, I know you've done somuch in the community and stuff
like that, especially with Cov.
What is your take on schoolsand stuff like that and kitchen
usage and facilities oranything?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (03:44):
I would honestly, I would encourage the
community to get out there anduse those spaces.
Uh, there's a lot of reallycool spaces that we have
available.
And we're talking specificallyuh MCPS right now.
Absolutely.
Um, and so we have classrooms,auditoriums, gyms, fields.
Um, again, like Derek wassaying, we have kitchens.
Uh, if you go on our frequentlyasked questions on our blogger,
(04:05):
uh, it will tell you moreinformation about all of the
things and requirements that weask of uh people that are
permitting the space.
Derek Ross (04:12):
Absolutely, absolutely.
There are there's gonna be somany more frequently asked
questions popping up on ourblogger or on our social media
because we're just trying tofind ways to kind of answer
those questions before you kindof get to us a little bit.
You know, you just want tosearch and find it.
We'll have those questions up,but we'll just try to get more
and more done.
Shout out to the core servicesteam for providing us with so
many different questions anddifferent ways that we can
(04:33):
present this to the community.
But thank you so much.
Emily, you want to talk aboutNew Year's?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (04:39):
Yeah.
Um is it too early to talkabout New Year's?
No, I think, you know, we havea lot of really awesome things
happening at CUPF.
Uh-huh.
We have some, you know, almostlike New Year New Me, you know?
New Year New Us.
Um we're really excited.
We have a lot of new changesgoing on, uh, new director, new
operations manager.
We have a whole new likesub-department under CUPF, uh
(05:02):
Community Relations and SpecialProjects, which is what Derek
and I are now under.
We're very, very excited uh forthe community to see our revamp
and to get to know the newfaces of CUPF.
Uh we are so, so uh happy withall of these changes and we're
excited for the community to getto know us.
Do we are?
Again.
Derek Ross (05:20):
We are.
What did you say?
You said the new new new us, orwhat was that?
New Year, new us.
New year, oh my goodness.
I feel I feel good.
I feel good.
We're gonna go back to highsand lows.
I feel good right now.
I feel I feel good.
I'm I'm feeling good.
You know, we got all of thisgoing on and stuff like that.
But as we get locked in for thenew year, I wanna, how does
Emily get locked in for the newyear?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (05:38):
Uh, my family, actually, so my family
does something pretty cool.
Uh, we all get together, uh,cousins, family, like
grandparents, everybody, and wejust throw a big uh New Year's
Eve party.
Nice.
And it's just uh, and we waittill midnight, all of the kids
stay up.
Uh, it's really nice.
Okay, okay.
But yeah, I mean, I have acouple, you know, funny stories
(05:59):
that maybe maybe we'll we'llwe'll touch base a little bit.
I want to hear about what yourNew Year's looks like.
Derek Ross (06:04):
Oh, oh, my New Year's?
My New Year's, I just bring itin and just look at the clock at
1201 and just be go back tosleep.
No, I don't do that.
1201.
All right, welcome, welcome.
I love it.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (06:15):
I love it.
Derek Ross (06:16):
Back to sleep.
But no, uh, actually, uh NewYear's for me is definitely just
a reflection moment.
You know, just start to thinkabout what 2025 was about, 2020,
or whatever year it is and whatwe're going into and stuff like
that.
But that is the New Year's.
And if I want to go from aprofessional standpoint, it's
just growth.
You know, we get we get anopportunity to reflect and do
stuff like that.
I have, you know, my ownreflection on New Year's, but
(06:37):
you know, we we're gonna keep itas as comfortable as possible
discussing our experiences inNew Year's.
Did you want to go first if youhave a story?
Did you want to go?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (06:45):
Um, let me think about it a little bit.
Derek Ross (06:47):
So I'll make this quick.
I'll make this quick.
So I I definitely have enjoyedgoing out on New Year's Eve.
Uh, I tried to go out as earlyas possible.
I made a mistake one yearthinking I was gonna leave out
around 7 p.m.
from home.
I was gonna go to D.C.
I was gonna bring in a NewYear's.
I did not find a parking spaceuntil 12:30.
I never forgot that day.
(07:08):
I was driving around trying tofind a parking space in DC to
get ready.
And my friends were wondering,where was I at?
The ball had dropped, and Iparked so far away from the
location of where I was going.
After that, I was like, youknow what?
I I made a mistake.
I made I made a mistake.
I should have, I should havedone something.
And I'll throw this in becausesomebody may be like, well, why
didn't you car share or doanything?
There was no car sharing atthat time.
(07:29):
There was no real anything thatI can do.
You just had to get there andfind your way and do whatever
was possible.
But I've never forgotten that,Emily.
That was such a traumaticmoment for me on New Year's
driving around.
Your turn.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (07:40):
Uh like I said, I don't really do too,
too much for New Year's.
We typically spend with family.
Um, I have spent it withfriends here and there.
Uh, but I'm not, you know, youwould think that because of my
personality, if you guys haveseen me out and about, I'm very
friendly, I'm very outgoing, butI'm a homebody.
Oh.
Yeah, I'm a homebody.
So I really like to, wheneverit can be quiet, uh, you know,
(08:02):
I'll I'll kind of like nestle itor what is it?
Nestle?
Nestle.
Derek Ross (08:06):
Yeah.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (08:06):
Nestle in?
Derek Ross (08:06):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (08:08):
Yes.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So I'll kind of, you know, justget comfy and cozy and it's
it's uh it's chilly, you know,typically.
So yeah, I like to just behome.
Oh, there is a traditionthough.
I I don't remember how manygrapes it is, but there is a
tradition where like you eat acertain amount of grapes for
like how many months, so maybelike 12 grapes in the whole
year.
So like you eat them atmidnight.
(08:29):
Um, there's a couple of otherlike cool little like
traditions.
Like oh yeah, yeah.
One is kind of like wild.
It's like wearing somedifferent colored undergarments,
like yellow can bring in thenew year, like pretty nice.
Okay, okay.
Yeah, so there's really coolthings.
Um, but transitioning to work,new year, new us.
Derek Ross (08:50):
New year, new year, new us, uh-huh.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (08:52):
I think 2026 is gonna bring a lot of
really wonderful changes toCove.
Derek Ross (08:57):
I think though.
I think so.
I think so.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (08:58):
What are some of the things that you
think are gonna be happeningwith us that are unfolding?
Do you want to talk a littlebit about that?
Derek Ross (09:02):
Uh sure, sure.
You know what?
As I bring out my crystal ball,and you know, I'm trying to
look at it and figure out what'sgoing on.
But I think for us, especiallyduring, you know, comms,
communication, communityrelations, I'll put it like
that.
I think that we're preparingfor some amazing things that are
aligned with the county,meaning that there have we have
a new website coming soon,meaning that we're gonna
(09:23):
allocate a lot of time to makingsure our documents are are also
translated.
I think that's an importantthing, working with you as well.
Um, I also want to give creditto so many different departments
we've been able to partner andcollaborate with to prepare us
for all of these new changesgoing into 2026.
There is a lot going on.
I want to get specific, but Idon't want to get real specific
(09:44):
because I really do want tosurprise people.
I want people to just come toour website and be like, oh,
CUPF.
Okay, CUPF, I see you outthere, but we don't know.
We don't know because right nowit's all work in progress.
I guess if we can hold a signup, we'll say, well, excuse our
dust, but there's really no dusttechnically.
It's just we just doing somework.
But what about you?
What we got?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (10:04):
I mean, I think a good, a good word,
not that things weren't goingwonderfully before, because CUPF
has always been a smoothworking machine, right?
Derek Ross (10:12):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (10:13):
But I think we're doing like an
upgrade.
I like that.
You know, we're upgrading, youknow, it's it's new tech.
Derek Ross (10:20):
Okay, new tech.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (10:21):
New um web page, right?
New episodes of the podcast,new, new, new, new staff, new
everything.
And I think we also have somereally good new energy, like
good energy.
I I do, I do see that.
So we're excited.
And I think one of the biggestthings that we've been working
on at CUPF, while, like Dereksaid, like while the dust kind
(10:43):
of settles, while we're shiftingthings around, is we're we've
been really working on um justteam work within our entire
staff.
We've been doing so manyawesome collaborations with
staff, getting to know whatstaff is good at and what their
purpose is and what drives them.
And we're really just using allof the strengths of everybody
(11:04):
on our team to make CUPFincredible.
Uh so yeah, we're lookingforward to that.
Derek Ross (11:10):
Sure, sure.
And it and if you didn't know,and I'll I'll throw this in
there, Emily, is that I thinkfor the past few days, this is
the most we've had a chance toreally, really bond with the
Civic Building team.
I think that for me, it'salways cool to go down to Silver
Spring.
And just in case the communitydidn't know, that the Silver
Spring Civic Building is awonderful location to do some
reservations, weddings, youknow, bar mitzvahs.
(11:31):
Ah, I got it right this time.
It's the inside joke becauselast time we recorded, I was
just I was fumbling that word somuch.
But you know what?
I didn't, I was practicingtoday, practicing today.
But shout out to the SilverSpring Civic Building, uh
Veterans Plaza as well, too.
Shout out to the team outthere.
Uh, we've had a chance toreally, really kind of network
and work with a lot of otherstaff and our our team.
Uh so it's been a lot more out,out, and inner communications
(11:54):
and stuff going on as well, too.
So as we continue to go throughthis and start to wrap this up,
what about, you know what, whatabout experiences?
Do you have any fond memoriesright now, 2025 that you've
done?
Because I've I know I put downone of the greatest things I've
seen you do, and I thought youdid an amazing job, uh, is
definitely the Ramona thing, youknow.
Her retirement.
Your retirement.
(12:14):
You MC that did it.
You did that.
So it was really, it was reallygreat.
But do you have any fondmemories of 2025 thus far
working with CUPF?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (12:23):
Yeah, actually, I wanted to bring up
um you made note of it.
Uh actually, I don't think wespoke about it, but we had a
outreach event, um, one of thebudget forum meetings.
Oh, yeah.
And we ended up doing a littlecosplay.
Derek Ross (12:37):
Oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (12:38):
We we dressed up.
Uh, I don't want to give itaway because I definitely want
to have Derek have his time toshine because I think he was the
one that had the shining momentduring this.
Derek Ross (12:47):
Yeah.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (12:48):
But, you know, there was a little bit
of nervousness uh in terms ofus dressing up because it was
around Halloween.
Derek Ross (12:53):
Yes, it was.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (12:54):
Um, so we wanted to, you know, just be
welcoming to the community andwe were giving out little treats
and uh it was nice.
It was nice.
It was nice.
Would you like to disclose whatwe were dressed as?
Derek Ross (13:05):
Well, well, I can say because I think you did a
great job too with your outfitas well, too.
But you know what?
I think what made me so nervousabout dressing up for
Halloween, because we aregovernment.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (13:13):
Yeah.
Derek Ross (13:15):
You know, we were trying to definitely be
professional.
So when the community sees us,but I dressed up as an
astronaut.
I think that that the the themy shining glory was my helmet.
My helmet had the visor, it waswell lit, as what the kids say.
It was definitely a lot goingon with it, meaning lit, meaning
that it had a light up.
It did a whole bunch of otherstuff.
But it definitely was a talkingpiece or starter with the
(13:37):
community and other people thatwere actually a part of the
government, you know, doingeverything with that budget
form.
So I had a good time dressed upas that.
I actually went to a happyhour.
I've done so many things inthat out.
Actually, I wear the outfit allthe time right now.
I wear your new uniform?
That is my new uniform.
If you see me dressed up as anastronaut, best believe it's
about to go down.
Okay.
I don't know what is about tohappen, but as an astronaut, I
(13:58):
feel like it is.
But for you, can you tell uswhat you were dressed up as,
Father?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (14:02):
Yeah, so I dressed up like Miss
Frizzle from the Magic SchoolBus.
Magic School Bus.
I had my lizard purse andeverything.
It was really cute.
Um, we had fun though.
Um, there were some littlesthat were coming around and
asking us what we were, and wegave some candy out, like I
said.
It was really great.
Actually, this is uh that wasone of three uh budget meetings
that we were at.
Absolutely.
But it was the only one that wedressed up for because of uh
(14:25):
the season that we were in.
Um but yeah, we've done somereally, really awesome outreach
work.
I'm sure if you haven't seen usalready, that you know, you
will uh and you'll get to knowour faces.
But we're so excited aboutmeeting new people, people
coming up to us, asking us allthese questions about CUPF.
Um, we've just been showing upfor the community a lot.
So we've had a lot of uhopportunities to meet people
(14:47):
from all over the county.
Absolutely.
Uh community members and permitholders from all over the
county, people that have beenusing CUPF for years and years
and years and are getting toknow the new faces of CUPF, the
new representation, right, uh ofCUPF.
And it's it's gonna be a greatride.
Derek Ross (15:02):
It's gonna be great.
It's gonna be great.
If you can't hear it in ourvoice, we are excited.
We are feeling good.
I can also bring up the factthat, you know, some of the
other parts that I can highlightis that I I enjoyed the TGI
summer series at Wheaton.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (15:14):
They were great.
Derek Ross (15:15):
I enjoy the music.
I feel like it's a greatopportunity for the community to
just jam out a little bit.
Oh, yeah.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (15:21):
No, no, no, I got to, I think I got to
share some dances with somecommunity members.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You was out there.
Yeah, it was really nice.
It was really, really nice.
Um, we walked out.
That was a great, actually, youbring up the the concert events
and we did some amazingoutreach.
And I keep using that wordamazing, exciting, but it's
because that's what it is.
That's what it is.
That's what it is.
There was one point where wewere walking around, and when we
(15:43):
looked around, we saw everybodywith all of our information
just walking around.
I think there may be like what,60, 70 people that had blue
bags and they were our our bags.
So it was really nice to seethat uh all of our efforts are
just we're really reaching outto the community and they're
getting to know us.
And, you know, like I said,we're we're sharing dances with
people in our communities.
We're sharing jokes, we'retrying to, you know, relate back
(16:05):
to we are the community, right?
So we want to have them see usas them because we are them.
Derek Ross (16:10):
Yes, we are, we are.
We we utilize facilities orlike I know I've taken buses,
DOTs, I've done stuff withrecreation.
We do stuff, we do stuff, andshout out to all the other
departments in the county aswell, too.
We we we we be out there, wesee y'all doing your thing.
So we just want to be able tobe a part of all the things, if
that makes sense.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (16:29):
Yeah, and we'll we'll have some
opportunities too.
Like I said, new year, new us,and that also means new lineup
of special guests, perhaps,right?
We're gonna keep repeatingthat.
And we're gonna be introducinga lot of people that work all
over the county.
We want to.
And so, yeah, we're we're justlooking forward to all of the
new collaborations, uh, all ofour new projects, and we'll just
(16:52):
be looking forward to meetingall of you.
Derek Ross (16:53):
Yes, yes, yes.
And once again, this is usgetting locked in for 2026,
closing the year strong.
Probably gonna do a few moreepisodes, you know, try to give
some more people on as we closeout the year and stuff like
that.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (17:04):
Boom.
Maybe do a countdown to the newyear?
Oh, can we do a countdown?
Yeah.
Derek Ross (17:08):
Oh, yeah, that'll be so cool as we get ready.
Do maybe a countdown and some,oh, yeah, yeah, we're gonna
we're gonna plan out.
I like that.
I like that.
I like that.
Well, you know what?
As we get ready to close thisout, you know, we want to also
say, you know, give our highfives.
I want to give a high five toyou.
You know, I want blah blah ow,blah owl, blah owl.
Boom.
I just want to say thank you somuch for joining, doing
(17:28):
communications, working in somuch at you do so much.
You do so much.
Appreciate you.
Uh I want to throw it out outthere as much.
I also want to make sure thatwe shout out everybody at CUPF.
You know, if you don't know,and when we say CUPF, that means
community use of publicfacilities.
That's what we want to do.
But we also want to make surethat there is that CUPF Avenue
when people ask, Who's CUPF?
Community Use of PublicFacilities.
(17:49):
But also again, want to give ashout out to the staff.
Uh, howdy to all the new faces.
So many new people, so many newpeople, so many new names.
So it's going to be so muchinformation being circulated.
We're just taking it a step ata time.
We don't want to bombard youwith too much.
And then, of course, Emily, youknow, I'll throw that out there
because I know you've done itso much.
You know, subscribe to ourpodcast.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (18:10):
Oh, yeah.
Derek Ross (18:10):
Absolutely.
But subscribe.
Yeah, subscribe.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (18:13):
You know what?
And here's the other thing.
Some people just, every timeanybody asks, Well, what are
y'all about?
You know, at new people that wehaven't uh met before that
haven't heard about us, I directthem straight to us.
I direct them straight to ouroff the CUPF podcast.
Please subscribe.
Please listen.
You know, you're gonna, if youhaven't listened to us before
and you've met us, pleaselisten, like I said.
(18:33):
Listen.
And we're fun.
We have fun over here.
We okay.
Yeah, we have fun.
We okay, we cool.
And listen, if you don't, ifyou don't wanna uh walk up to us
because you're shy or whatever,we have snacks.
It's fine.
Derek Ross (18:45):
It's okay.
It's okay.
Come to the table, we'll talk,we'll do stuff.
We'll we we we can dosomething.
We will dance.
We can't.
I can dance at you.
It's I can dance, especially atWheaton, Silver Spring.
There's festivals and stufflike that.
You may catch us dancing andhaving a good time because we're
gonna have a good time.
But is you do you have anyclosing words?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (19:02):
No, I'm just um I mean, I guess I'm
excited for this episode.
Yeah.
And I'm excited for what's tocome for CUPF, and I'm just
looking forward to meeting allof y'all.
Derek Ross (19:13):
And what was that you said?
You said new, new, new NewYear, new us.
New year, new us.
I'm I'm gonna keep saying that.
That may be a good slogan tohave as we prepare for that
stuff.
But once again, well, I don'thave any closure.
I I don't I don't haveanything.
I I'd want to get us locked in.
I want to get us ready.
I know 2026 is what?
Not that far away, but as weget ready for it, we want to
make sure the community knowsthat we are getting ready.
Like we're not just justchilling.
(19:34):
You know, we we just notbringing in the new year, doing,
doing, doing whatever.
We we we doing stuff, y'all.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (19:40):
You know what?
Actually, I do have someclosing words just because you
gave me my flowers just now, andI want to give you your
flowers.
Oh, flowers.
You have been incredible onthis whole journey, and I'm so
so happy that I get to sit herewith you and record these
podcast episodes and just dooutreach.
And again, if you haven't heardhis name.
You know, that's Derek Ross foryou.
Derek Ross (20:02):
For real?
Oh my goodness.
Okay.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (20:04):
And he's he's wonderful.
And I'm just, we're very, verygrateful to uh have him on our
team.
Derek Ross (20:09):
Look, look, I am not trying to cry.
You know, I know it's a matterof fact, we need to talk to
Tebs.
It's like it's something inhere is making my eyes open.
Cutting onions.
It's fine.
Cutting onions.
This is supposed to be aprofessional place, and
somebody's always cutting onionsevery time I come in here.
Anyway, once again, thank youso much for listening to our
podcast.
This is Off the CUPF CommunityUse of Public Facilities
Podcast.
Thank you for checking in.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (20:29):
And we'll see you next time.
Derek Ross (20:30):
Yeah.
Announcer (20:31):
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Welcome to Off the CUPF, a community
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wonderful world of communityuse.
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Derek Ross (00:25):
And I am Derek Ross.
Together, we are your host, andwe are here to provide you with
some of the most up-to-datenews and information about CUPF.
Emily, are you ready to getstarted?
Emily Brewster-McCa (00:35):
Absolutely, I'm ready to get started.
Listo para Mambo?
Derek Ross (00:38):
Oh, yeah, yeah.
I'm ready to Mambo.
Welcome to season two, episodetwo.
You know, we're getting lockedin for 2026, closing the year
strong.
Well, that's what the title ofthe podcast is.
So we'll go with that.
We'll probably do a couple moreepisodes about just the new
year 2026.
2026.
Yeah.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (00:58):
Woo!
Derek Ross (00:58):
Mm-mm-mm-mm.
Think about all the other newyears.
Anyway, getting straight intoit.
Emily, how are you doing?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (01:04):
I'm doing great.
I'm doing great.
How about yourself?
I'm all right.
You know, I'm all right.
Derek Ross (01:07):
I'm all right.
Since we already asking howwe're doing, highs and lows, you
want to get into that?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (01:11):
Yeah, highs and lows.
Derek Ross (01:12):
Let's do it.
Let's just jump straight intoit.
Highs and lows, Emily.
You want to start first?
Uh, I'm gonna shoot it to you.
Oh my goodness.
Thank you.
Uh uh uh sure, let's do this.
Highs and lows.
Uh, you know what?
I I I have a low.
I think I just told you beforewe started.
You know, I chipped my tooth.
I'm glad it's okay now, butthat was a very much a
high-pressure situation.
I was looking at it in themirror, and that tooth was just
(01:32):
slowly, slowly disappearing.
And I was like, let me go aheadand make a call.
Oh, yikes.
That was a low.
That was a low, but we goodnow.
We good, we good.
Um, high is that you know what?
We are together and we're doingthis podcast.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (01:43):
Oh, yeah.
Derek Ross (01:44):
That's a good feeling.
We're closing out 2025, feelinggood.
We have a full room of so manydifferent people.
We got Tebs here.
It feels good.
It feels good.
Now you back to you now, highsand lows.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (01:55):
All right, my high is going to be
actually tooth-related as well.
Uh, my daughter just lost heruh two top, like the top two
teeth.
Let me say that again.
My daughter just lost her toptwo teeth.
Derek Ross (02:06):
Top two.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (02:07):
So she looks super cute.
And yeah, we're living it up.
Um, my low is, you know, Idon't know that I ever have
really a true low.
Okay, okay, I like to be on theup and up.
Derek Ross (02:17):
I like to be positive.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (02:18):
Yeah.
Derek Ross (02:19):
We could do that.
We could do that.
You do you remember losing yourtwo front teeth?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (02:23):
I don't.
Derek Ross (02:24):
Really?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (02:25):
I mean, I do kind of, but I think I
more or less remember like thethe lisp that you gave.
Derek Ross (02:31):
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.
I remember sticking a straw anddrinking my milk through my
teeth and stuff like that, andall I want for you know, that
whole song about missing twofront teeth and stuff like that,
but I don't want to rememberreminisce about that because
that was a different time aswell, too.
But as we go around, you know,we want to definitely tell
people welcome.
Welcome to the podcast, off theCUPF podcast, of course.
(02:51):
Um, let's get into it.
Let's get into it.
We we we were doing somethingabout a did you know?
Well, we did it last season.
So, a did you know, we couldtalk about um the blogger and
how we're always postinginformation, but our recent one
was discussing kitchenfacilities, FAQs, frequently
asked questions.
So we just wanted to definitelylet people know that there are
(03:12):
questions being asked aboutfacilities and kitchen facility
usage and stuff like that.
Now, Emily, I know that thisblogger was just posted not that
long ago, but there arequestions that are on this
blogger, like what type ofequipment can be used in the
kitchen?
Um, what's included in thereservation fee if you wanted to
know?
And can I use the schoolloading docks to bring in my
(03:33):
items?
Questions like that.
Emily, I know you've done somuch in the community and stuff
like that, especially with Cov.
What is your take on schoolsand stuff like that and kitchen
usage and facilities oranything?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (03:44):
I would honestly, I would encourage the
community to get out there anduse those spaces.
Uh, there's a lot of reallycool spaces that we have
available.
And we're talking specificallyuh MCPS right now.
Absolutely.
Um, and so we have classrooms,auditoriums, gyms, fields.
Um, again, like Derek wassaying, we have kitchens.
Uh, if you go on our frequentlyasked questions on our blogger,
(04:05):
uh, it will tell you moreinformation about all of the
things and requirements that weask of uh people that are
permitting the space.
Derek Ross (04:12):
Absolutely, absolutely.
There are there's gonna be somany more frequently asked
questions popping up on ourblogger or on our social media
because we're just trying tofind ways to kind of answer
those questions before you kindof get to us a little bit.
You know, you just want tosearch and find it.
We'll have those questions up,but we'll just try to get more
and more done.
Shout out to the core servicesteam for providing us with so
many different questions anddifferent ways that we can
(04:33):
present this to the community.
But thank you so much.
Emily, you want to talk aboutNew Year's?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (04:39):
Yeah.
Um is it too early to talkabout New Year's?
No, I think, you know, we havea lot of really awesome things
happening at CUPF.
Uh-huh.
We have some, you know, almostlike New Year New Me, you know?
New Year New Us.
Um we're really excited.
We have a lot of new changesgoing on, uh, new director, new
operations manager.
We have a whole new likesub-department under CUPF, uh
(05:02):
Community Relations and SpecialProjects, which is what Derek
and I are now under.
We're very, very excited uh forthe community to see our revamp
and to get to know the newfaces of CUPF.
Uh we are so, so uh happy withall of these changes and we're
excited for the community to getto know us.
Do we are?
Again.
Derek Ross (05:20):
We are.
What did you say?
You said the new new new us, orwhat was that?
New Year, new us.
New year, oh my goodness.
I feel I feel good.
I feel good.
We're gonna go back to highsand lows.
I feel good right now.
I feel I feel good.
I'm I'm feeling good.
You know, we got all of thisgoing on and stuff like that.
But as we get locked in for thenew year, I wanna, how does
Emily get locked in for the newyear?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (05:38):
Uh, my family, actually, so my family
does something pretty cool.
Uh, we all get together, uh,cousins, family, like
grandparents, everybody, and wejust throw a big uh New Year's
Eve party.
Nice.
And it's just uh, and we waittill midnight, all of the kids
stay up.
Uh, it's really nice.
Okay, okay.
But yeah, I mean, I have acouple, you know, funny stories
(05:59):
that maybe maybe we'll we'llwe'll touch base a little bit.
I want to hear about what yourNew Year's looks like.
Derek Ross (06:04):
Oh, oh, my New Year's?
My New Year's, I just bring itin and just look at the clock at
1201 and just be go back tosleep.
No, I don't do that.
1201.
All right, welcome, welcome.
I love it.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (06:15):
I love it.
Derek Ross (06:16):
Back to sleep.
But no, uh, actually, uh NewYear's for me is definitely just
a reflection moment.
You know, just start to thinkabout what 2025 was about, 2020,
or whatever year it is and whatwe're going into and stuff like
that.
But that is the New Year's.
And if I want to go from aprofessional standpoint, it's
just growth.
You know, we get we get anopportunity to reflect and do
stuff like that.
I have, you know, my ownreflection on New Year's, but
(06:37):
you know, we we're gonna keep itas as comfortable as possible
discussing our experiences inNew Year's.
Did you want to go first if youhave a story?
Did you want to go?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (06:45):
Um, let me think about it a little bit.
Derek Ross (06:47):
So I'll make this quick.
I'll make this quick.
So I I definitely have enjoyedgoing out on New Year's Eve.
Uh, I tried to go out as earlyas possible.
I made a mistake one yearthinking I was gonna leave out
around 7 p.m.
from home.
I was gonna go to D.C.
I was gonna bring in a NewYear's.
I did not find a parking spaceuntil 12:30.
I never forgot that day.
(07:08):
I was driving around trying tofind a parking space in DC to
get ready.
And my friends were wondering,where was I at?
The ball had dropped, and Iparked so far away from the
location of where I was going.
After that, I was like, youknow what?
I I made a mistake.
I made I made a mistake.
I should have, I should havedone something.
And I'll throw this in becausesomebody may be like, well, why
didn't you car share or doanything?
There was no car sharing atthat time.
(07:29):
There was no real anything thatI can do.
You just had to get there andfind your way and do whatever
was possible.
But I've never forgotten that,Emily.
That was such a traumaticmoment for me on New Year's
driving around.
Your turn.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (07:40):
Uh like I said, I don't really do too,
too much for New Year's.
We typically spend with family.
Um, I have spent it withfriends here and there.
Uh, but I'm not, you know, youwould think that because of my
personality, if you guys haveseen me out and about, I'm very
friendly, I'm very outgoing, butI'm a homebody.
Oh.
Yeah, I'm a homebody.
So I really like to, wheneverit can be quiet, uh, you know,
(08:02):
I'll I'll kind of like nestle itor what is it?
Nestle?
Nestle.
Derek Ross (08:06):
Yeah.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (08:06):
Nestle in?
Derek Ross (08:06):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (08:08):
Yes.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So I'll kind of, you know, justget comfy and cozy and it's
it's uh it's chilly, you know,typically.
So yeah, I like to just behome.
Oh, there is a traditionthough.
I I don't remember how manygrapes it is, but there is a
tradition where like you eat acertain amount of grapes for
like how many months, so maybelike 12 grapes in the whole
year.
So like you eat them atmidnight.
(08:29):
Um, there's a couple of otherlike cool little like
traditions.
Like oh yeah, yeah.
One is kind of like wild.
It's like wearing somedifferent colored undergarments,
like yellow can bring in thenew year, like pretty nice.
Okay, okay.
Yeah, so there's really coolthings.
Um, but transitioning to work,new year, new us.
Derek Ross (08:50):
New year, new year, new us, uh-huh.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (08:52):
I think 2026 is gonna bring a lot of
really wonderful changes toCove.
Derek Ross (08:57):
I think though.
I think so.
I think so.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (08:58):
What are some of the things that you
think are gonna be happeningwith us that are unfolding?
Do you want to talk a littlebit about that?
Derek Ross (09:02):
Uh sure, sure.
You know what?
As I bring out my crystal ball,and you know, I'm trying to
look at it and figure out what'sgoing on.
But I think for us, especiallyduring, you know, comms,
communication, communityrelations, I'll put it like
that.
I think that we're preparingfor some amazing things that are
aligned with the county,meaning that there have we have
a new website coming soon,meaning that we're gonna
(09:23):
allocate a lot of time to makingsure our documents are are also
translated.
I think that's an importantthing, working with you as well.
Um, I also want to give creditto so many different departments
we've been able to partner andcollaborate with to prepare us
for all of these new changesgoing into 2026.
There is a lot going on.
I want to get specific, but Idon't want to get real specific
(09:44):
because I really do want tosurprise people.
I want people to just come toour website and be like, oh,
CUPF.
Okay, CUPF, I see you outthere, but we don't know.
We don't know because right nowit's all work in progress.
I guess if we can hold a signup, we'll say, well, excuse our
dust, but there's really no dusttechnically.
It's just we just doing somework.
But what about you?
What we got?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (10:04):
I mean, I think a good, a good word,
not that things weren't goingwonderfully before, because CUPF
has always been a smoothworking machine, right?
Derek Ross (10:12):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (10:13):
But I think we're doing like an
upgrade.
I like that.
You know, we're upgrading, youknow, it's it's new tech.
Derek Ross (10:20):
Okay, new tech.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (10:21):
New um web page, right?
New episodes of the podcast,new, new, new, new staff, new
everything.
And I think we also have somereally good new energy, like
good energy.
I I do, I do see that.
So we're excited.
And I think one of the biggestthings that we've been working
on at CUPF, while, like Dereksaid, like while the dust kind
(10:43):
of settles, while we're shiftingthings around, is we're we've
been really working on um justteam work within our entire
staff.
We've been doing so manyawesome collaborations with
staff, getting to know whatstaff is good at and what their
purpose is and what drives them.
And we're really just using allof the strengths of everybody
(11:04):
on our team to make CUPFincredible.
Uh so yeah, we're lookingforward to that.
Derek Ross (11:10):
Sure, sure.
And it and if you didn't know,and I'll I'll throw this in
there, Emily, is that I thinkfor the past few days, this is
the most we've had a chance toreally, really bond with the
Civic Building team.
I think that for me, it'salways cool to go down to Silver
Spring.
And just in case the communitydidn't know, that the Silver
Spring Civic Building is awonderful location to do some
reservations, weddings, youknow, bar mitzvahs.
(11:31):
Ah, I got it right this time.
It's the inside joke becauselast time we recorded, I was
just I was fumbling that word somuch.
But you know what?
I didn't, I was practicingtoday, practicing today.
But shout out to the SilverSpring Civic Building, uh
Veterans Plaza as well, too.
Shout out to the team outthere.
Uh, we've had a chance toreally, really kind of network
and work with a lot of otherstaff and our our team.
Uh so it's been a lot more out,out, and inner communications
(11:54):
and stuff going on as well, too.
So as we continue to go throughthis and start to wrap this up,
what about, you know what, whatabout experiences?
Do you have any fond memoriesright now, 2025 that you've
done?
Because I've I know I put downone of the greatest things I've
seen you do, and I thought youdid an amazing job, uh, is
definitely the Ramona thing, youknow.
Her retirement.
Your retirement.
(12:14):
You MC that did it.
You did that.
So it was really, it was reallygreat.
But do you have any fondmemories of 2025 thus far
working with CUPF?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (12:23):
Yeah, actually, I wanted to bring up
um you made note of it.
Uh actually, I don't think wespoke about it, but we had a
outreach event, um, one of thebudget forum meetings.
Oh, yeah.
And we ended up doing a littlecosplay.
Derek Ross (12:37):
Oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (12:38):
We we dressed up.
Uh, I don't want to give itaway because I definitely want
to have Derek have his time toshine because I think he was the
one that had the shining momentduring this.
Derek Ross (12:47):
Yeah.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (12:48):
But, you know, there was a little bit
of nervousness uh in terms ofus dressing up because it was
around Halloween.
Derek Ross (12:53):
Yes, it was.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (12:54):
Um, so we wanted to, you know, just be
welcoming to the community andwe were giving out little treats
and uh it was nice.
It was nice.
It was nice.
Would you like to disclose whatwe were dressed as?
Derek Ross (13:05):
Well, well, I can say because I think you did a
great job too with your outfitas well, too.
But you know what?
I think what made me so nervousabout dressing up for
Halloween, because we aregovernment.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (13:13):
Yeah.
Derek Ross (13:15):
You know, we were trying to definitely be
professional.
So when the community sees us,but I dressed up as an
astronaut.
I think that that the the themy shining glory was my helmet.
My helmet had the visor, it waswell lit, as what the kids say.
It was definitely a lot goingon with it, meaning lit, meaning
that it had a light up.
It did a whole bunch of otherstuff.
But it definitely was a talkingpiece or starter with the
(13:37):
community and other people thatwere actually a part of the
government, you know, doingeverything with that budget
form.
So I had a good time dressed upas that.
I actually went to a happyhour.
I've done so many things inthat out.
Actually, I wear the outfit allthe time right now.
I wear your new uniform?
That is my new uniform.
If you see me dressed up as anastronaut, best believe it's
about to go down.
Okay.
I don't know what is about tohappen, but as an astronaut, I
(13:58):
feel like it is.
But for you, can you tell uswhat you were dressed up as,
Father?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (14:02):
Yeah, so I dressed up like Miss
Frizzle from the Magic SchoolBus.
Magic School Bus.
I had my lizard purse andeverything.
It was really cute.
Um, we had fun though.
Um, there were some littlesthat were coming around and
asking us what we were, and wegave some candy out, like I
said.
It was really great.
Actually, this is uh that wasone of three uh budget meetings
that we were at.
Absolutely.
But it was the only one that wedressed up for because of uh
(14:25):
the season that we were in.
Um but yeah, we've done somereally, really awesome outreach
work.
I'm sure if you haven't seen usalready, that you know, you
will uh and you'll get to knowour faces.
But we're so excited aboutmeeting new people, people
coming up to us, asking us allthese questions about CUPF.
Um, we've just been showing upfor the community a lot.
So we've had a lot of uhopportunities to meet people
(14:47):
from all over the county.
Absolutely.
Uh community members and permitholders from all over the
county, people that have beenusing CUPF for years and years
and years and are getting toknow the new faces of CUPF, the
new representation, right, uh ofCUPF.
And it's it's gonna be a greatride.
Derek Ross (15:02):
It's gonna be great.
It's gonna be great.
If you can't hear it in ourvoice, we are excited.
We are feeling good.
I can also bring up the factthat, you know, some of the
other parts that I can highlightis that I I enjoyed the TGI
summer series at Wheaton.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (15:14):
They were great.
Derek Ross (15:15):
I enjoy the music.
I feel like it's a greatopportunity for the community to
just jam out a little bit.
Oh, yeah.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (15:21):
No, no, no, I got to, I think I got to
share some dances with somecommunity members.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You was out there.
Yeah, it was really nice.
It was really, really nice.
Um, we walked out.
That was a great, actually, youbring up the the concert events
and we did some amazingoutreach.
And I keep using that wordamazing, exciting, but it's
because that's what it is.
That's what it is.
That's what it is.
There was one point where wewere walking around, and when we
(15:43):
looked around, we saw everybodywith all of our information
just walking around.
I think there may be like what,60, 70 people that had blue
bags and they were our our bags.
So it was really nice to seethat uh all of our efforts are
just we're really reaching outto the community and they're
getting to know us.
And, you know, like I said,we're we're sharing dances with
people in our communities.
We're sharing jokes, we'retrying to, you know, relate back
(16:05):
to we are the community, right?
So we want to have them see usas them because we are them.
Derek Ross (16:10):
Yes, we are, we are.
We we utilize facilities orlike I know I've taken buses,
DOTs, I've done stuff withrecreation.
We do stuff, we do stuff, andshout out to all the other
departments in the county aswell, too.
We we we we be out there, wesee y'all doing your thing.
So we just want to be able tobe a part of all the things, if
that makes sense.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (16:29):
Yeah, and we'll we'll have some
opportunities too.
Like I said, new year, new us,and that also means new lineup
of special guests, perhaps,right?
We're gonna keep repeatingthat.
And we're gonna be introducinga lot of people that work all
over the county.
We want to.
And so, yeah, we're we're justlooking forward to all of the
new collaborations, uh, all ofour new projects, and we'll just
(16:52):
be looking forward to meetingall of you.
Derek Ross (16:53):
Yes, yes, yes.
And once again, this is usgetting locked in for 2026,
closing the year strong.
Probably gonna do a few moreepisodes, you know, try to give
some more people on as we closeout the year and stuff like
that.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (17:04):
Boom.
Maybe do a countdown to the newyear?
Oh, can we do a countdown?
Yeah.
Derek Ross (17:08):
Oh, yeah, that'll be so cool as we get ready.
Do maybe a countdown and some,oh, yeah, yeah, we're gonna
we're gonna plan out.
I like that.
I like that.
I like that.
Well, you know what?
As we get ready to close thisout, you know, we want to also
say, you know, give our highfives.
I want to give a high five toyou.
You know, I want blah blah ow,blah owl, blah owl.
Boom.
I just want to say thank you somuch for joining, doing
(17:28):
communications, working in somuch at you do so much.
You do so much.
Appreciate you.
Uh I want to throw it out outthere as much.
I also want to make sure thatwe shout out everybody at CUPF.
You know, if you don't know,and when we say CUPF, that means
community use of publicfacilities.
That's what we want to do.
But we also want to make surethat there is that CUPF Avenue
when people ask, Who's CUPF?
Community Use of PublicFacilities.
(17:49):
But also again, want to give ashout out to the staff.
Uh, howdy to all the new faces.
So many new people, so many newpeople, so many new names.
So it's going to be so muchinformation being circulated.
We're just taking it a step ata time.
We don't want to bombard youwith too much.
And then, of course, Emily, youknow, I'll throw that out there
because I know you've done itso much.
You know, subscribe to ourpodcast.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (18:10):
Oh, yeah.
Derek Ross (18:10):
Absolutely.
But subscribe.
Yeah, subscribe.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (18:13):
You know what?
And here's the other thing.
Some people just, every timeanybody asks, Well, what are
y'all about?
You know, at new people that wehaven't uh met before that
haven't heard about us, I directthem straight to us.
I direct them straight to ouroff the CUPF podcast.
Please subscribe.
Please listen.
You know, you're gonna, if youhaven't listened to us before
and you've met us, pleaselisten, like I said.
(18:33):
Listen.
And we're fun.
We have fun over here.
We okay.
Yeah, we have fun.
We okay, we cool.
And listen, if you don't, ifyou don't wanna uh walk up to us
because you're shy or whatever,we have snacks.
It's fine.
Derek Ross (18:45):
It's okay.
It's okay.
Come to the table, we'll talk,we'll do stuff.
We'll we we we can dosomething.
We will dance.
We can't.
I can dance at you.
It's I can dance, especially atWheaton, Silver Spring.
There's festivals and stufflike that.
You may catch us dancing andhaving a good time because we're
gonna have a good time.
But is you do you have anyclosing words?
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (19:02):
No, I'm just um I mean, I guess I'm
excited for this episode.
Yeah.
And I'm excited for what's tocome for CUPF, and I'm just
looking forward to meeting allof y'all.
Derek Ross (19:13):
And what was that you said?
You said new, new, new NewYear, new us.
New year, new us.
I'm I'm gonna keep saying that.
That may be a good slogan tohave as we prepare for that
stuff.
But once again, well, I don'thave any closure.
I I don't I don't haveanything.
I I'd want to get us locked in.
I want to get us ready.
I know 2026 is what?
Not that far away, but as weget ready for it, we want to
make sure the community knowsthat we are getting ready.
Like we're not just justchilling.
(19:34):
You know, we we just notbringing in the new year, doing,
doing, doing whatever.
We we we doing stuff, y'all.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (19:40):
You know what?
Actually, I do have someclosing words just because you
gave me my flowers just now, andI want to give you your
flowers.
Oh, flowers.
You have been incredible onthis whole journey, and I'm so
so happy that I get to sit herewith you and record these
podcast episodes and just dooutreach.
And again, if you haven't heardhis name.
You know, that's Derek Ross foryou.
Derek Ross (20:02):
For real?
Oh my goodness.
Okay.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (20:04):
And he's he's wonderful.
And I'm just, we're very, verygrateful to uh have him on our
team.
Derek Ross (20:09):
Look, look, I am not trying to cry.
You know, I know it's a matterof fact, we need to talk to
Tebs.
It's like it's something inhere is making my eyes open.
Cutting onions.
It's fine.
Cutting onions.
This is supposed to be aprofessional place, and
somebody's always cutting onionsevery time I come in here.
Anyway, once again, thank youso much for listening to our
podcast.
This is Off the CUPF CommunityUse of Public Facilities
Podcast.
Thank you for checking in.
Emily Brewster-McCarthy (20:29):
And we'll see you next time.
Derek Ross (20:30):
Yeah.
Announcer (20:31):
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