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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good Monday morning.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
It is coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's here at
news Radio eight forty whas had somebody over the weekend
tell me that they have They've had the biscuits and
gravy at Thornton's and they approve, which I'm not surprised
at all by that. So if you've yet to try them,
go check them out. I don't know yet if it's
going to be a permanent thing, because they do give
us some great permanent options, but then they'll just throw
(00:21):
something out there that's great, then they'll take it away.
I mean, I'm sure they've got some data that goes
into those decisions, but sometimes I'm thinking, you know, why,
why are we getting rid of it? So I need
to I need to check it out before before they
get rid of it. Because biscuits and gravy. I mean,
I'm not sure there's a better breakfast option. But if
that's not your favorite option, they've got plenty breakfast sandwiches,
a lot of donuts to choose from. So again, we
(00:43):
are probably fueled by Thorntons. So all right, the JCPS,
there's two two things specifically by JCPS that that you're
going to hear this morning, and you just heard some
of some of it there during the News Update with
John Shannon.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
So the move that they made last week at least.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Propose I need to keep in mind, this is just
something they're proposing, and it's got to be approved, and
I would assume that it will be, but you never know.
But the closure of two schools and the consolidation of
a couple and then relocating one, that's just going to
trim four million dollars from the one hundred and thirty
(01:19):
two million that they need to trim. So, as you
heard there in the News update, doctor Yearwood understandably being
as transparent as possible, he's not going to come out
and say, hey, no layoffs, I mean that could happen,
because I'm sure he probably can. I mean, there's really
nothing when it comes to him committing to things that
(01:40):
they know they're not going to do. How long is
that list right now? Right? I mean we're talking about
one hundred and thirty two million dollars. So to hear
him say that he can't tell you that layoffs are
for sure not going to happen. I mean, of course
he can't say that. In fact, I think there are
some positions over there at JCPS that know that if
there is layoffs, which they're like it will be right,
(02:01):
that they're probably going to be on the shopping block,
because that's just sort of where you are when you
are considering this big of a deficit that they have.
So the closure of these schools, it's not at all
surprised that it's got some parents upset because they don't
want their kids to go to a different school. They
are in a good situation in their minds, so this
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is just, you know, I'll put it this way, buckle up,
because I feel like, if you've yet to be impacted,
consider yourself lucky. But if you end up getting through
all the different things they're going to have to do
in order to get this financial nightmare cleaned up, if
you can when it's all over meeting, when they do
get it cleaned up. However, that is if you were somebody,
(02:43):
that is, if you're involved in JCPS to any extent,
you're a teacher, you work there in some capacity, you
have a kid that goes there, maybe you coach one
of the schools or whatnot. I mean, I have hard
time thinking that there'll be that many that can say
nothing that was done has impacted them at all. Now,
maybe an impacts she in a good way. I don't know.
But rarely do you see a school system in this
(03:04):
kind of a situation and they're trying their best. And
again I don't envy. I don't envy doctor year would
at all. All right, So the other talking point from
JCPS is the idea of starting the change, changing the
start times to school for everybody, a universal shift essentially,
so every school across all across all three tiers middle
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or elementary, middle and high school they'd begin twenty minutes
earlier starting next school year. So that is something doctor
Yearwood mentioned and said that the staff and the principals
have been asking for this, calling it a major talking
point as far as what comes up from from the employees.
So they're going to look at this a little bit
(03:48):
more in the month of December. But this, Yeah, for
decades there were just two start times and this is
something I wasn't aware of because I didn't go to
JCPS schools, but the bus driver shortage that led to
a bunch of staggering start times. In fact, starting in
twenty twenty three twenty four, nine different start times throughout
the district. This year, three consolidated times rolled out and
(04:12):
so far it seems like it's working, and that is
something that we shouldn't just ignore. I mean, it does
seem as if JCPS has become sort of a punching bag,
but it's for obvious reasons here, let's be real. But
the whole you know, getting kids to school, right, that's
that's step one. If you're going to run a school district,
you got to figure out a way to get the
kids to schools so you could, you know, have school,
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and they couldn't do that for a while. Now at
least they seem to be doing much better at that,
So they seem to be if there's if there's maybe
you know, something you could point out as a positive,
that is that is a positive, especially when you consider
how big of an issue that it used to be.
So now they want to shift all three twenty minutes earlier,
from seven thirty to seven to ten, from eight forty
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to eight twenty, and from nine forty to nine twenties.
So JCPS says the tweet could improve consistency, helps schools
plan better, and satisfy staff who've pushed for this change.
The proposal heads to the board on December ninth, and
the this would be said if it does get approved
for the next school year twenty twenty six twenty seven.
So again another balancing act for Doctor Yearwood and I
(05:20):
guess the rest of the board because if this is
something that teachers are really pushing for, and obviously you
feel like you need to do whatever you can to
keep your teachers happy because you're lucky that they're there,
this probably would be something that they wouldn't mind doing
because hey, if not to say, you just are going
to cave and do whatever teachers and principles want. But
(05:41):
wouldn't be shocked if this gets pushed through. But again,
maybe that's the best way to the word's shock there.
I said, I wouldn't be shocked. Maybe that's just sort
of how we operate moving forward. When it comes to
the updates that we get as they navigate getting out
of this financial hole, is where's the shock value going
to be? Because when you really think big picture about
the mess they're in, what is going to be shocking
(06:01):
when it comes to decisions made to get yourself out
of one hundred and thirty two million dollar I mean,
really the deficit is bigger than that, but they got
a trim one hundred and thirty two. They just made
some big changes, closing schools, consolidating, some relocating one and
all that did was get you a drop in the bucket.
Four million gone out of the one hundred and thirty
two you got to get rid of all, right, quick
(06:23):
time out, don't go anywhere, keep it locked right here.
We've got traffic in weather updates on the way. Looks
like we're going to get a pleasant day before that
rain gets here tomorrow. So enjoyed, but met Melosa, But
just got the details there. Stick around right here News
Radio eight forty whas we're just a couple of minutes
away from your next traffic and weather update. I didn't
catch the exact location, but I heard somewhere near Stony
(06:46):
Brook there was a refrigerator in the road. So that's
the kind of updates you get from Bobby Ellis. I mean,
he not only is going to tell you where the
traffic is, he'll tell you how it got there.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
So I would.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Imagine moving a refrige out of the middle of the
road would not be an easy thing to do, right.
That's not like, hey, you just you know, put some
put some put some flashers on and and get out
there and you know, kick it off the road. You're
going to need some assistance. So not a great start
for those impacted by this, and certainly whoever was carrying
(07:18):
a uh, a refrigerator. I mean, of all things that
can just be in the middle of the road, I mean,
you might as well have a vehicle stalled in the road, right, I.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
Mean, someone's already mad about Thanksgiving, so they other throw
their entire refrigerator out on the highway.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
At least a at least a vehicle can be put
in neutral and pushed.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
A refrigerator is just.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
I mean like that that Again, I'm sure you could
if we if we spent some time, we could find
other items that would be more disastrous to be in
the middle of the road, But a refrigerator certainly far
from convenient when it comes to just getting something out
of the way so people can can get through. Now,
if you can throw a refrigerator, then you know you're
stronger than me. But I just had a visual of
the people that will be putting their tree up after Thanksgiving,
(07:59):
because most people do. Then I suppose if you've seen
some of the I mean, I haven't experience when I was.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
A kid that that I thought was a real rarity.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
And I guess it's not that putting the Christmas tree
up can be such a pain that people just throw
it out the window. I mean, I wouldn't say like
it's a or foot throw out the front door. I
wouldn't say it's like a super common thing. But I've
seen enough viral clips over the years. I think even
like America's Funniest Home Videos, I've seen it there before,
where people just get frustrated and just I guess that's
like a it's like a dad move where you you
(08:28):
just end up all right, that's it.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
I've had it no.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Tree this year.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
When it comes to putting something together, putting something up,
that can just frustrate you. You when you've had enough,
you just throw it out the front door.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
And there's nothing more disappointing. If you have a pre
lit tree and you get everything put together and then
you finally plug it in and you see, you know,
fifty percent of the lights are out, that's got to
be very frustrating as well.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
It is.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
And I told my wife because this is now like
the fourth or fifth year this has happened, and I
don't I think it's almost unavoidable that whenever you know,
we have some things pre lit or things that we've
lit and just kept keep the lights on when we
put it away, that you just have to know going
in when you fire it up the next year, there's
going to be lights that don't work. Then when you
buy something and the lights don't work, that's that's that's
totally different.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
But uh yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
One of my favorite things to uh to come across
on the algorithm when it comes to Instagram or TikTok,
because I can relate, is the dad crash outs where
you just you know you're doing you're doing a dad
duty and it just it gets the best of you.
For me, I'll give you an example, whenever my kids
had the baby baby car seats, uh getting them in
(09:32):
and out, and it was so you you're in this
space now, John, where you've got the base right.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
So look if the.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Base stays, it's fine. Those things are you clip them in,
clip them out, it's it's it's easy peasy.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
But when it came to locking in the base of
those car seat bases for infants, I mean hooking them
to the you know, basically going underneath the car, almost
digging down, digging down in that in that little crease
there where the seat belt is, to try to latch
it onto something. I mean, I remember, I remember many
times questioning life.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Oh the day we brought Daisy home, there were a
lot of swear words getting the base initially into the car.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Yeah, And I just I knew that if I took
it out of my wife's car, putting it back in
her car was going to lead to me having a
very very you know, rough put it this way, a
rough experience. And I would start, even if we even
need a car, see, can we just have the baby
sit on our laps?
Speaker 1 (10:25):
I'm joking.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
Of course we never did that, but it was just look,
you got to keep the kid safe. And my wife
was always just trying, not trying to be nice. And
when I knew it was really really getting the best
of me. Is whenever she said, well, you know, if
we go to the fire station, like they'll they'll do
it for you, and I'm like, all right, she's now
that worried that I'm just gonna lose my mind. Better,
I better take a break. Anyways, let's take a quick
(10:46):
time out. We'll come back on the other side. Trafficing
weather updates first, and then another sports update right here
at news Radio eight forty whas. Thank you very much,
John Shannon, six thirty six here at news Radio eight
forty whas. So, this is this is concerning. There's been
a major blow to the charitable gaming across Louisville and
really Kentucky as a whole, because the Kentucky Horse Racing
(11:11):
and Gaming Commission has ordered nearly all electronic pulltab machines
to be shut off after they've had a wave of
phishing scams that's led to tens of thousands of dollars
being stolen, and the fallout here is concerning, to say
the least. So I'm sure you've heard of the charities
out there that use this to raise money. One of
(11:32):
them is Shirley's Way. This is a this is a
prime way for them to raise money. I mean, it
sounds like the Shirley's Way organization. It depends mostly on
these machines, and they've essentially been cut off.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
With this happening.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
So they've been able to raise a lot of money
and now they seemingly can't unless this changes at some point,
because right now their lifeline has been has been snipped
because the fishing scam has led to them just saying that, look,
all the all electronic pull tab machines are not or
you're not allowed to use them right now in the state.
So a phishing scam, it's it's when you insert cash,
(12:11):
but you can then pull it back out using some
type of plastic fishing line, so the machine it thinks
the money stayed inside and it allows people to play
those games with cash that they never actually deposited. So
fishing has been a it's been a known thing in
that industry, but they've had enough issues recently that the
state has just decided, look, if you can't regulate your machines,
(12:32):
we're gonna have to shut it down now. Again, Clearly,
that's punishing a lot of people who are doing it
the right way and not having issues.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
And it sounds like.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
If you if you operate one of these, it's really
hard to not have at least somebody try to get
in there and take advantage of it, and you know,
it's it's tough to regulate overall. So again, these charitable
organizations are the ones that are that are going to
really really suffer. But the overall I guess point from
the state here is that they didn't do enough to
stop this activity from happening. But again, roughly ninety percent
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of Louisvell's pull tab machines are the ones from a
company called Light in Wonder Gaming and also Creative Game Technologies,
so those are now all disabled. So that's essentially shut
down Shirley's Way. So these machines have raised money to
fund cancer support, food programs that feed thousands of kids
(13:27):
every week, use sports literacy efforts, homeless outreach. I mean,
the whole operation is mostly funded by those who entertained
themselves with these games, and of course that raises money,
so all of that is essentially on pause right now.
It's tough, it really is. It's not just Shirley's Way.
(13:49):
There's other victims across the state that have had this
phishing thing take place. So you've got a double edged
sword here, right. You've got, first of all, just people
scamming your business, and then that happening is now caused
the state to step in and say, hey, you can't
really run your business, So the machines have got to
stay off until each location gets written approval from Charitable Gaming,
(14:13):
and the new conditions now include a designated chairperson must
be on site to oversee gaming, unpaid and not employed
by the host business. So somebody, I guess more so
from an objective standpoint, but I mean designated chairperson must
be on site to oversee gaming, unpaid and not employed.
I don't understand that specific criteria. But also venues must
(14:34):
confirm gaming areas are twenty one and up only. And yeah,
it's when you look at what's still open. I mean,
you could still game at one of the Shirley's Way
offices that's on Dixie Highway, and they've got I guess
a few partner spots that they have. But when you
look at Shirley's Deals Indian Trail, Fern Creek area, you know,
(14:59):
it's just tough because I mean, I feel like if
you're in the Kentucky and a community, especially the Louisville area,
you've at least heard of Shirley's Way in recent years
because of all the money they've raised and it's gone
to such great causes, and for this to just simply
be shut off, that's tough.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Now.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
I've seen a lot of people reacting and saying, hey,
this is this is that them Churchill Downs again.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
They're getting greedy.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
They think other people are the people are gaming elsewhere
and they're they're making calls. They can they can make
moves that nobody else can because the horse racing industry
owns this state. There's a really long winded impression of
that I'm giving you from people who are blaming it
on Churchill Downs. But for what it's worth, Mike mulrooney,
he's the founder of Shirley's Way and his Facebook page,
he did come out in state that he does not,
(15:40):
you know, Churchill Downs had nothing to do with this.
It's not the horse racing industry trying to shut them
down because they see them as competition. So that's good
of him to provide that level of transparency. But also
I understand why as somebody who used to who used
to fight for sports betting to be legal in Kentucky.
That's when I really really got a chance to see
just how powerful those in horse racing are in this state.
(16:03):
And it is funny to look back now to see
the complete one to eighty that they did on the
entire thing they were against it. It was immoral until
oh we.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Can, we can.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
We can make a lot of money from this, can't
we Funny how that works? But yeah, I hope they
get this figured out, because I mean, we could do
a whole four hour show probably on all of those
that have are all all the good that an organization
like Shirley's Ways has has given us. So again, tough,
tough news to hear. All right, it's six forty one.
(16:32):
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Good Monday morning.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
It is coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's here at
news Radio eight forty whas had somebody over the weekend
tell me that they have They've had the biscuits and
gravy at Thornton's and they approve, which I'm not surprised
at all by that. So if you've yet to try them,
go check them out. I don't know yet if it's
going to be a permanent thing, because they do give
us some great permanent options, but then they'll just throw
(00:21):
something out there that's great, then they'll take it away.
I mean, I'm sure they've got some data that goes
into those decisions, but sometimes I'm thinking, you know, why,
why are we getting rid of it? So I need
to I need to check it out before before they
get rid of it. Because biscuits and gravy. I mean,
I'm not sure there's a better breakfast option. But if
that's not your favorite option, they've got plenty breakfast sandwiches,
a lot of donuts to choose from. So again, we
(00:43):
are probably fueled by Thorntons. So all right, the JCPS,
there's two two things specifically by JCPS that that you're
going to hear this morning, and you just heard some
of some of it there during the News Update with
John Shannon.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
So the move that they made last week at least.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Propose I need to keep in mind, this is just
something they're proposing, and it's got to be approved, and
I would assume that it will be, but you never know.
But the closure of two schools and the consolidation of
a couple and then relocating one, that's just going to
trim four million dollars from the one hundred and thirty
(01:19):
two million that they need to trim. So, as you
heard there in the News update, doctor Yearwood understandably being
as transparent as possible, he's not going to come out
and say, hey, no layoffs, I mean that could happen,
because I'm sure he probably can. I mean, there's really
nothing when it comes to him committing to things that
(01:40):
they know they're not going to do. How long is
that list right now? Right? I mean we're talking about
one hundred and thirty two million dollars. So to hear
him say that he can't tell you that layoffs are
for sure not going to happen. I mean, of course
he can't say that. In fact, I think there are
some positions over there at JCPS that know that if
there is layoffs, which they're like it will be right,
(02:01):
that they're probably going to be on the shopping block,
because that's just sort of where you are when you
are considering this big of a deficit that they have.
So the closure of these schools, it's not at all
surprised that it's got some parents upset because they don't
want their kids to go to a different school. They
are in a good situation in their minds, so this
(02:21):
is just, you know, I'll put it this way, buckle up,
because I feel like, if you've yet to be impacted,
consider yourself lucky. But if you end up getting through
all the different things they're going to have to do
in order to get this financial nightmare cleaned up, if
you can when it's all over meeting, when they do
get it cleaned up. However, that is if you were somebody,
(02:43):
that is, if you're involved in JCPS to any extent,
you're a teacher, you work there in some capacity, you
have a kid that goes there, maybe you coach one
of the schools or whatnot. I mean, I have hard
time thinking that there'll be that many that can say
nothing that was done has impacted them at all. Now,
maybe an impacts she in a good way. I don't know.
But rarely do you see a school system in this
(03:04):
kind of a situation and they're trying their best. And
again I don't envy. I don't envy doctor year would
at all. All right, So the other talking point from
JCPS is the idea of starting the change, changing the
start times to school for everybody, a universal shift essentially,
so every school across all across all three tiers middle
(03:28):
or elementary, middle and high school they'd begin twenty minutes
earlier starting next school year. So that is something doctor
Yearwood mentioned and said that the staff and the principals
have been asking for this, calling it a major talking
point as far as what comes up from from the employees.
So they're going to look at this a little bit
(03:48):
more in the month of December. But this, Yeah, for
decades there were just two start times and this is
something I wasn't aware of because I didn't go to
JCPS schools, but the bus driver shortage that led to
a bunch of staggering start times. In fact, starting in
twenty twenty three twenty four, nine different start times throughout
the district. This year, three consolidated times rolled out and
(04:12):
so far it seems like it's working, and that is
something that we shouldn't just ignore. I mean, it does
seem as if JCPS has become sort of a punching bag,
but it's for obvious reasons here, let's be real. But
the whole you know, getting kids to school, right, that's
that's step one. If you're going to run a school district,
you got to figure out a way to get the
kids to schools so you could, you know, have school,
(04:35):
and they couldn't do that for a while. Now at
least they seem to be doing much better at that,
So they seem to be if there's if there's maybe
you know, something you could point out as a positive,
that is that is a positive, especially when you consider
how big of an issue that it used to be.
So now they want to shift all three twenty minutes earlier,
from seven thirty to seven to ten, from eight forty
(04:57):
to eight twenty, and from nine forty to nine twenties.
So JCPS says the tweet could improve consistency, helps schools
plan better, and satisfy staff who've pushed for this change.
The proposal heads to the board on December ninth, and
the this would be said if it does get approved
for the next school year twenty twenty six twenty seven.
So again another balancing act for Doctor Yearwood and I
(05:20):
guess the rest of the board because if this is
something that teachers are really pushing for, and obviously you
feel like you need to do whatever you can to
keep your teachers happy because you're lucky that they're there,
this probably would be something that they wouldn't mind doing
because hey, if not to say, you just are going
to cave and do whatever teachers and principles want. But
(05:41):
wouldn't be shocked if this gets pushed through. But again,
maybe that's the best way to the word's shock there.
I said, I wouldn't be shocked. Maybe that's just sort
of how we operate moving forward. When it comes to
the updates that we get as they navigate getting out
of this financial hole, is where's the shock value going
to be? Because when you really think big picture about
the mess they're in, what is going to be shocking
(06:01):
when it comes to decisions made to get yourself out
of one hundred and thirty two million dollar I mean,
really the deficit is bigger than that, but they got
a trim one hundred and thirty two. They just made
some big changes, closing schools, consolidating, some relocating one and
all that did was get you a drop in the bucket.
Four million gone out of the one hundred and thirty
two you got to get rid of all, right, quick
(06:23):
time out, don't go anywhere, keep it locked right here.
We've got traffic in weather updates on the way. Looks
like we're going to get a pleasant day before that
rain gets here tomorrow. So enjoyed, but met Melosa, But
just got the details there. Stick around right here News
Radio eight forty whas we're just a couple of minutes
away from your next traffic and weather update. I didn't
catch the exact location, but I heard somewhere near Stony
(06:46):
Brook there was a refrigerator in the road. So that's
the kind of updates you get from Bobby Ellis. I mean,
he not only is going to tell you where the
traffic is, he'll tell you how it got there.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
So I would.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Imagine moving a refrige out of the middle of the
road would not be an easy thing to do, right.
That's not like, hey, you just you know, put some
put some put some flashers on and and get out
there and you know, kick it off the road. You're
going to need some assistance. So not a great start
for those impacted by this, and certainly whoever was carrying
(07:18):
a uh, a refrigerator. I mean, of all things that
can just be in the middle of the road, I mean,
you might as well have a vehicle stalled in the road, right, I.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
Mean, someone's already mad about Thanksgiving, so they other throw
their entire refrigerator out on the highway.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
At least a at least a vehicle can be put
in neutral and pushed.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
A refrigerator is just.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
I mean like that that Again, I'm sure you could
if we if we spent some time, we could find
other items that would be more disastrous to be in
the middle of the road, But a refrigerator certainly far
from convenient when it comes to just getting something out
of the way so people can can get through. Now,
if you can throw a refrigerator, then you know you're
stronger than me. But I just had a visual of
the people that will be putting their tree up after Thanksgiving,
(07:59):
because most people do. Then I suppose if you've seen
some of the I mean, I haven't experience when I was.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
A kid that that I thought was a real rarity.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
And I guess it's not that putting the Christmas tree
up can be such a pain that people just throw
it out the window. I mean, I wouldn't say like
it's a or foot throw out the front door. I
wouldn't say it's like a super common thing. But I've
seen enough viral clips over the years. I think even
like America's Funniest Home Videos, I've seen it there before,
where people just get frustrated and just I guess that's
like a it's like a dad move where you you
(08:28):
just end up all right, that's it.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
I've had it no.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Tree this year.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
When it comes to putting something together, putting something up,
that can just frustrate you. You when you've had enough,
you just throw it out the front door.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
And there's nothing more disappointing. If you have a pre
lit tree and you get everything put together and then
you finally plug it in and you see, you know,
fifty percent of the lights are out, that's got to
be very frustrating as well.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
It is.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
And I told my wife because this is now like
the fourth or fifth year this has happened, and I
don't I think it's almost unavoidable that whenever you know,
we have some things pre lit or things that we've
lit and just kept keep the lights on when we
put it away, that you just have to know going
in when you fire it up the next year, there's
going to be lights that don't work. Then when you
buy something and the lights don't work, that's that's that's
totally different.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
But uh yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
One of my favorite things to uh to come across
on the algorithm when it comes to Instagram or TikTok,
because I can relate, is the dad crash outs where
you just you know you're doing you're doing a dad
duty and it just it gets the best of you.
For me, I'll give you an example, whenever my kids
had the baby baby car seats, uh getting them in
(09:32):
and out, and it was so you you're in this
space now, John, where you've got the base right.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
So look if the.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Base stays, it's fine. Those things are you clip them in,
clip them out, it's it's it's easy peasy.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
But when it came to locking in the base of
those car seat bases for infants, I mean hooking them
to the you know, basically going underneath the car, almost
digging down, digging down in that in that little crease
there where the seat belt is, to try to latch
it onto something. I mean, I remember, I remember many
times questioning life.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Oh the day we brought Daisy home, there were a
lot of swear words getting the base initially into the car.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Yeah, And I just I knew that if I took
it out of my wife's car, putting it back in
her car was going to lead to me having a
very very you know, rough put it this way, a
rough experience. And I would start, even if we even
need a car, see, can we just have the baby
sit on our laps?
Speaker 1 (10:25):
I'm joking.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
Of course we never did that, but it was just look,
you got to keep the kid safe. And my wife
was always just trying, not trying to be nice. And
when I knew it was really really getting the best
of me. Is whenever she said, well, you know, if
we go to the fire station, like they'll they'll do
it for you, and I'm like, all right, she's now
that worried that I'm just gonna lose my mind. Better,
I better take a break. Anyways, let's take a quick
(10:46):
time out. We'll come back on the other side. Trafficing
weather updates first, and then another sports update right here
at news Radio eight forty whas. Thank you very much,
John Shannon, six thirty six here at news Radio eight
forty whas. So, this is this is concerning. There's been
a major blow to the charitable gaming across Louisville and
really Kentucky as a whole, because the Kentucky Horse Racing
(11:11):
and Gaming Commission has ordered nearly all electronic pulltab machines
to be shut off after they've had a wave of
phishing scams that's led to tens of thousands of dollars
being stolen, and the fallout here is concerning, to say
the least. So I'm sure you've heard of the charities
out there that use this to raise money. One of
(11:32):
them is Shirley's Way. This is a this is a
prime way for them to raise money. I mean, it
sounds like the Shirley's Way organization. It depends mostly on
these machines, and they've essentially been cut off.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
With this happening.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
So they've been able to raise a lot of money
and now they seemingly can't unless this changes at some point,
because right now their lifeline has been has been snipped
because the fishing scam has led to them just saying that, look,
all the all electronic pull tab machines are not or
you're not allowed to use them right now in the state.
So a phishing scam, it's it's when you insert cash,
(12:11):
but you can then pull it back out using some
type of plastic fishing line, so the machine it thinks
the money stayed inside and it allows people to play
those games with cash that they never actually deposited. So
fishing has been a it's been a known thing in
that industry, but they've had enough issues recently that the
state has just decided, look, if you can't regulate your machines,
(12:32):
we're gonna have to shut it down now. Again, Clearly,
that's punishing a lot of people who are doing it
the right way and not having issues.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
And it sounds like.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
If you if you operate one of these, it's really
hard to not have at least somebody try to get
in there and take advantage of it, and you know,
it's it's tough to regulate overall. So again, these charitable
organizations are the ones that are that are going to
really really suffer. But the overall I guess point from
the state here is that they didn't do enough to
stop this activity from happening. But again, roughly ninety percent
(13:06):
of Louisvell's pull tab machines are the ones from a
company called Light in Wonder Gaming and also Creative Game Technologies,
so those are now all disabled. So that's essentially shut
down Shirley's Way. So these machines have raised money to
fund cancer support, food programs that feed thousands of kids
(13:27):
every week, use sports literacy efforts, homeless outreach. I mean,
the whole operation is mostly funded by those who entertained
themselves with these games, and of course that raises money,
so all of that is essentially on pause right now.
It's tough, it really is. It's not just Shirley's Way.
(13:49):
There's other victims across the state that have had this
phishing thing take place. So you've got a double edged
sword here, right. You've got, first of all, just people
scamming your business, and then that happening is now caused
the state to step in and say, hey, you can't
really run your business, So the machines have got to
stay off until each location gets written approval from Charitable Gaming,
(14:13):
and the new conditions now include a designated chairperson must
be on site to oversee gaming, unpaid and not employed
by the host business. So somebody, I guess more so
from an objective standpoint, but I mean designated chairperson must
be on site to oversee gaming, unpaid and not employed.
I don't understand that specific criteria. But also venues must
(14:34):
confirm gaming areas are twenty one and up only. And yeah,
it's when you look at what's still open. I mean,
you could still game at one of the Shirley's Way
offices that's on Dixie Highway, and they've got I guess
a few partner spots that they have. But when you
look at Shirley's Deals Indian Trail, Fern Creek area, you know,
(14:59):
it's just tough because I mean, I feel like if
you're in the Kentucky and a community, especially the Louisville area,
you've at least heard of Shirley's Way in recent years
because of all the money they've raised and it's gone
to such great causes, and for this to just simply
be shut off, that's tough.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Now.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
I've seen a lot of people reacting and saying, hey,
this is this is that them Churchill Downs again.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
They're getting greedy.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
They think other people are the people are gaming elsewhere
and they're they're making calls. They can they can make
moves that nobody else can because the horse racing industry
owns this state. There's a really long winded impression of
that I'm giving you from people who are blaming it
on Churchill Downs. But for what it's worth, Mike mulrooney,
he's the founder of Shirley's Way and his Facebook page,
he did come out in state that he does not,
(15:40):
you know, Churchill Downs had nothing to do with this.
It's not the horse racing industry trying to shut them
down because they see them as competition. So that's good
of him to provide that level of transparency. But also
I understand why as somebody who used to who used
to fight for sports betting to be legal in Kentucky.
That's when I really really got a chance to see
just how powerful those in horse racing are in this state.
(16:03):
And it is funny to look back now to see
the complete one to eighty that they did on the
entire thing they were against it. It was immoral until
oh we.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Can, we can.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
We can make a lot of money from this, can't
we Funny how that works? But yeah, I hope they
get this figured out, because I mean, we could do
a whole four hour show probably on all of those
that have are all all the good that an organization
like Shirley's Ways has has given us. So again, tough,
tough news to hear. All right, it's six forty one.
(16:32):
In fact, now it's six forty two. It's news Radio
eight forty whs stick around, trafficking, weather updates coming up next.
It's news Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee that's me,
got the full crew here today, the company man John Alden,
Scott Fitzgerald as well as John Shannon. That's Coffee and Company.
And you guys are part of the company as well,
(16:53):
So we appreciate you hanging out with us. Also appreciate
my friends over at the Louisville Men's Clinic. I believe
I'm coming up on about two year years now since
I've been working with the folks over there at the
Louisville Men's Clinic, and not just working in our partnership,
but they've they've made a big impact on my life.
And that is not an exaggeration to say, that's not hyperbally,
it's the truth.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
You know.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
I think for a good chunk of my thirties, I
just assumed that, hey, this is this is just the
way it's going to be, because you know, life happens.
I was somebody that was pretty mindful of exercise, not
as much on diet, but you know, I tried my
best to take care of myself, and over time I
started to not see really any benefit of doing that.
(17:34):
I would lose any results I was getting in the gym,
and it was it was tough, but I just chalked
it up as Okay, what are you going to do?
Speaker 1 (17:40):
That's life.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
You're getting older. And then I realized, well, maybe maybe
something's off. And I've known for a while what the
great folks that the Lotible Men's Clinic can do for
a lot of men in the area, and they've been
great partners with us at iHeart for a long long time.
And I decided, hey, why not when I go have
a conversation with him, why not talk to them and
see if maybe maybe I am dealing with something that
I didn't really know. A whole lot about which was
(18:02):
low testosterone. And I just assumed that. I'm sure there's
many of you that assume the same thing. You throw
low t and ed in the same in the same lane,
and it's not it's totally different. You can have low
testosterone just because you get older and your body can
stop producing the levels of testosterone that that you used
to have. And here's where it really made sense to me.
(18:25):
You can have low testosterone and it's not going to
be some huge concern for your for your overall like life.
So when you go get lab work done at you
with your physician, they're going to see your levels and
it's it's it's gonna be rare for them to be
blown away one way or the other. But your levels
should be in a certain range depending upon your age.
So I got my levels checked. My levels were nowhere
(18:47):
near my age range. So that made a lot of
sense as to why I was not seeing the effects
from the gym starting to develop some.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Flab, really fatigued, just lethargic.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
And sure enough, since I've and taking testoster and treatment
and I've been able to keep my levels in the
in the age range of where I am. I mean,
I feel younger now for the last two years, roughly
than I did for a good chunk of my thirties.
It's one of the things that I wish I would
have known a lot sooner. So I just know there's
many that assume, well, I no, I don't need that.
I'm you kidding me. I got testosterone for days. I
(19:21):
mean I wake up every day and you know, just
a mozing testoster. And if that's the case, then.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Good for you. But you may you may be wrong.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
You may, and there's nothing there's nothing against just no
harm in having a conversation just to see because you
may think as most men are just you know, they've
they're they've they're macho. Right there, I'm a man and
that's fine. You are actually you know, I think you
know when we or the other if you're a man
or not. But you could, you know, maybe feel more
manly without even knowing that. You know, you've got that
kind of an issue. So just go have a conversation
(19:48):
with them, and they may change your life like they
did mine. It's the Louis Men's Clinic. You can check
them out online at louisvim Men's Clinic dot com or
give them a call fabo to four four four four thousand.
All right, Trapp youing weather updates on the way a foggy,
foggy start to the week here. We've also got a
sports update coming your way as well, the Scott Fishgerald
right here at news Radio eight forty whis
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