Dana In The Morning Highlights 7/29
Houston's congestion times have grown by 27%
Kids in Denver Harbor are mowing lawns for neighbors in need
Road trip stories - Dana drove to Michigan with swollen eyes because of wasp stings
Houston's congestion times have grown by 27%
Kids in Denver Harbor are mowing lawns for neighbors in need
Road trip stories - Dana drove to Michigan with swollen eyes because of wasp stings
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Sunday ninety nine point one Houston's Best Variety of the
eighties nineties, and today I'm Dana with producer Anthony, and
here are the three things you need to know to
get your Tuesday, July twenty ninth started Houston traffic. It's
gotten worse. Yes, I know it's unbelievable, but it's true.
According to Consumer Affairs, our average commute time has stayed
(00:22):
pretty consistent twenty nine point eight minutes. However, the average
congestion time has grown by twenty seven percent from last year.
You're now the seventh worst among major US cities for
our traffic. So what do you do? You can fly,
you go to Hobby. It's getting more Houston. In terms
(00:42):
of restaurants, Killin's Barbecue is now open at Gate forty,
Spindle Tap now open at Gate twenty nine, and more
favorites are on the way Velvet Taco, the Rustic Common Bond,
Fat Cat Creamery.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
And Landry Seafood. Let's go a great destination, right, I
like Hobby Airport.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
And then while Hobby's go in Houston, Shipley's Donuts going California. Yeah,
it's been sold to a California equity firm founded in
nineteen thirty six. Shipley's Donuts the very first place my
husband took me to.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
And that's all right. I remember, Yes, we've got to
get a glazed donut. I thought, why because it's Shipley
you learned, that's right.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
So they are committed to their franchises with the world's
greatest donuts, but now they just want to make them
available to more communities across America. Your weather today could
be record breaking heat. We could go up to one
hundred official high ninety eight. We've got the ozone alert
today as well, so air quality not that great. We
will right now. We're at eighty in Uptown and Europe
(01:44):
to date, I'm sunny. Tell me something good brought to
us by our friends at Goodwill Houston.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Well.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Two brothers in Denver Harbor are on a mission. They're
taking on the fifty yard challenge, one yard at a time.
They are determined to do kind things for their neighbors.
So what they're doing is their mowing lawns in their
Denver Harbor neighborhood for single parents, for the elderly, for disabled,
(02:13):
one yard at a time. When Dad gets home from work,
they load up the truck with all of their supplies
and go out and start mowing and edging people's yards.
Once they hit the fifty yard challenge, you know what happens, Anthony,
They get free lawnmowing equipment so they can start their
own business.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Wow. That great.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
I love it doing kind things for your neighbors. Producer
Anthony Dane.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
What a story.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
There's a man out in West Harris County that went
through a financial nightmare with an unexpected blessing. Sampson Ipcho
He lost more than six thousand dollars in an elaborate
phone scam. He said he had all these calls that
appeared to be from his credit union. It was devastating
for him. But Sampson is also part of a workout
group that's become his family recently. Well, when Sampson lost
his money, he stopped attending the group.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
He says.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
What happened next, though, restored his faith in people. His
fitness family quiet organized a fundraiser. Every member chipped in
what they could, and in just a few days, they
presented Sampson with more than seven thousand dollars back.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
He says he felt just pure joy.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
He hopes others can learn from his experience of never
sharing info over the phone, but also still have the
courage to let others in. They could lift you up
in your time of need.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
And speaking of lifting us up in our time of need,
doesn't that personify.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
What teachers do? Oh yeah, they are amazing.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
And you know teachers are getting those classrooms ready for
back to school. I'd like to help teachers get five
thousand dollars worth of supplies for the classroom. Yes, you
can nominate your favorite teacher. It's a really cool event
that we've got going on. It's called Iheartradios. Thank a
teacher powered by donors choose and our teacher of the
(03:47):
day and you know she's getting ready at Pomeroy Elementary School,
a special needs teacher, Nancy Zavala who forced her heart and.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Soul into her students.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
If you would like to nominate your special teacher at
a public school, just go to iHeartRadio dot com slash
teachers and for our feel good stories. Each weekday mornings
set a preset on the new and improved iHeartRadio app
to Sonny Natty nine point one. Sunday naety nine point one,
I'm Dana with producer Anthony and Anthony. I'll never forget.
(04:17):
We were talking about road trips. The number one food
that we bring on road trips, which is absolutely genius
because it takes the kids forever to eat it beef jerky.
I you know, you can't get too hot, can't get
too cold. It flavorful, it fills you up. But the
key is it keeps the kids engaged for a long
time because it's hard to eat.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Yeah, you get that's gonna slow you down for a
little bit, at.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Least exactly no mess either. So it's got us thinking
about road trips and I am. I love taking road trips.
Just get in the car, throw everything in that you need.
You don't have to worry about airport security and all
that stuff. And I'll never forget we took a road trip.
All my kids played hockey in Michigan, so Bobby started
(04:59):
the trend. My o oldest and one summer, we're going
to go to Michigan. I said, we are driving to Michigan.
Everybody in the car. I always loved doing exercises with
my kids, So the day before we went to the
high school, we were running bleachers because Bobby was trying
out for a hockey team. There running the bleachers, Anthony.
I got bitten by wasps all over my face. Ooh
(05:22):
new the nighttime, and I didn't want to take any
benadrill because it was going to slow me down. I
needed to be alert, ready to go for this big,
long trip. My eyes were swollen shut. Oh no, next day,
we're driving to Michigan. I'm a three am girl. We'll
getting up at three am and we're going. I could
see or half the trip. We arrived at our first week.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
How did you ever? Where we stayed the first night?
Would you do this? I don't know. I was just
a German.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
I drank coffee and was like peering through these swollen eyes.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
That's that's wild. I look like my youngest even. Yeah,
he was like, mom, what's wrong with are you? Okay?
We need to go somewhere.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
So we arrived. I didn't look the best when we
got there. I was exhausted. It's not yea, eyes weren't
puffy from being tired. It was because I had washed.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
You'd been dumb. But anyway, Hey, the most fun. But
it was just so bizarre.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Wow, that's that's that's such a that is such a
Danus story. I got stung, but still but still Michigan,
and I couldn't see what about you any fun, amazing road.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Trip stories that you'd love to share that you might
still laugh about. Today seven one three two one two
five ninety nine one Sunny ninety nine point one Houston's
Best Variety of the eighties nineties, And Today Dana with
producer Anthony talking about road trips. As we think, you know,
we're got about a couple more weeks left before back
to school. Maybe time to squeeze in another road trip
(06:53):
our nearly impossible question at six forty this morning we
learned the best road trip food beef jerky or any
kind of jery for that matter, And it just got
us to thinking about our road trip memories. And we're
going to uh Katie now, Connie working in oil and gas,
your road trip memories?
Speaker 2 (07:10):
What's it for you?
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (07:12):
When I was a kid, we would road trip to Disney.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
From like from Texas to Disney? Yees? Who how did
was that an annual thing? Or was this a once
in a lifetime treat? And so how did it go?
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Did mom and dad say, okay, kids, we're going to Disney.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
To get a six? And how how long was the trip, Connie?
I think it took two days.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
We broke it up and we stopped once in New
Orleans and then we went straight there.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Yeah. Now, how old were you, Connie? I think I
was maybe eights.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Right, I'm just living, trying to live from an eight
year old perspective?
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Did it feel like it took forever to yes? One percent?
Imagine And they're all in the back. Are we there yet?
Speaker 1 (07:58):
So the minute you arrived, like you're coming and mom
is saying, okay, kids, we're almost there.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
What was the first thing you did when you arrived?
We just were so excited.
Speaker 4 (08:07):
We saw the Disney World sign and we couldn't wait
to get there.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Oh my gons. And what kind of treats did your
mom pack for you guys to snack on?
Speaker 4 (08:16):
Probably candy to get us through.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Yeah, yep.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
And then a hotel stay, like in a cheap hotel,
and then back on the road first thing in the morning.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Yes, exactly. Oh yeah, oh ya, the best. I'm so fun.
Did you do any road trips this summer? No, we haven't.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Well, you guys enjoy the rest of your summer, And
I'm so glad you're letting Sonny be a part of
your summer.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Thank you so much. Let's sit over at Danville and
speak with Locke.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Road trip stories that you'd like to share, good or bad.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
I got one trip that I went a couple of
years back on a cruise. We went to Cottlem with
one of our friends, and one of our kids swam
all the way out to play on those floating But
then when I went to look for him, I could
find him. I thought he was missing somewhere, but he.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Just went back inside.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
It took a while for us to find him.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
He was crying.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Wow he got him. Oh no, bruise ship horror story.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Yeah it was.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
But at the end we laugh at We think about
it and we just laughed about it. Next time we
should do there again.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Oh my god, how old was your son when he
did it?
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Was eight? Yeah, that's the age on time. But like
you think you're independent, but you're still a little kid.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
Man's glad that it ended up where you guys could
laugh about.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
It, right, we talked about all the time. Now, that
is too funny.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
The kid is the butt of all your jokes now
for the rest of his life.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Right, Yes, that's pretty funny. Well, any more, road trips
this year before the kids go back.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
To school, we're planning to go visit one of our
friends in mcland, Texas.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
And that's about it.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
That's excellent, awesome.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Yeah, well you guys enjoy and you know, you can
take us along on the iHeartRadio app so we can
kind of go with you, okay man,
Sunday ninety nine point one Houston's Best Variety of the
eighties nineties, and today I'm Dana with producer Anthony, and
here are the three things you need to know to
get your Tuesday, July twenty ninth started Houston traffic. It's
gotten worse. Yes, I know it's unbelievable, but it's true.
According to Consumer Affairs, our average commute time has stayed
(00:22):
pretty consistent twenty nine point eight minutes. However, the average
congestion time has grown by twenty seven percent from last year.
You're now the seventh worst among major US cities for
our traffic. So what do you do? You can fly,
you go to Hobby. It's getting more Houston. In terms
(00:42):
of restaurants, Killin's Barbecue is now open at Gate forty,
Spindle Tap now open at Gate twenty nine, and more
favorites are on the way Velvet Taco, the Rustic Common Bond,
Fat Cat Creamery.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
And Landry Seafood. Let's go a great destination, right, I
like Hobby Airport.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
And then while Hobby's go in Houston, Shipley's Donuts going California. Yeah,
it's been sold to a California equity firm founded in
nineteen thirty six. Shipley's Donuts the very first place my
husband took me to.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
And that's all right. I remember, Yes, we've got to
get a glazed donut. I thought, why because it's Shipley
you learned, that's right.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
So they are committed to their franchises with the world's
greatest donuts, but now they just want to make them
available to more communities across America. Your weather today could
be record breaking heat. We could go up to one
hundred official high ninety eight. We've got the ozone alert
today as well, so air quality not that great. We
will right now. We're at eighty in Uptown and Europe
(01:44):
to date, I'm sunny. Tell me something good brought to
us by our friends at Goodwill Houston.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Well.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Two brothers in Denver Harbor are on a mission. They're
taking on the fifty yard challenge, one yard at a time.
They are determined to do kind things for their neighbors.
So what they're doing is their mowing lawns in their
Denver Harbor neighborhood for single parents, for the elderly, for disabled,
(02:13):
one yard at a time. When Dad gets home from work,
they load up the truck with all of their supplies
and go out and start mowing and edging people's yards.
Once they hit the fifty yard challenge, you know what happens, Anthony,
They get free lawnmowing equipment so they can start their
own business.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Wow. That great.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
I love it doing kind things for your neighbors. Producer
Anthony Dane.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
What a story.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
There's a man out in West Harris County that went
through a financial nightmare with an unexpected blessing. Sampson Ipcho
He lost more than six thousand dollars in an elaborate
phone scam. He said he had all these calls that
appeared to be from his credit union. It was devastating
for him. But Sampson is also part of a workout
group that's become his family recently. Well, when Sampson lost
his money, he stopped attending the group.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
He says.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
What happened next, though, restored his faith in people. His
fitness family quiet organized a fundraiser. Every member chipped in
what they could, and in just a few days, they
presented Sampson with more than seven thousand dollars back.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
He says he felt just pure joy.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
He hopes others can learn from his experience of never
sharing info over the phone, but also still have the
courage to let others in. They could lift you up
in your time of need.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
And speaking of lifting us up in our time of need,
doesn't that personify.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
What teachers do? Oh yeah, they are amazing.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
And you know teachers are getting those classrooms ready for
back to school. I'd like to help teachers get five
thousand dollars worth of supplies for the classroom. Yes, you
can nominate your favorite teacher. It's a really cool event
that we've got going on. It's called Iheartradios. Thank a
teacher powered by donors choose and our teacher of the
(03:47):
day and you know she's getting ready at Pomeroy Elementary School,
a special needs teacher, Nancy Zavala who forced her heart and.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Soul into her students.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
If you would like to nominate your special teacher at
a public school, just go to iHeartRadio dot com slash
teachers and for our feel good stories. Each weekday mornings
set a preset on the new and improved iHeartRadio app
to Sonny Natty nine point one. Sunday naety nine point one,
I'm Dana with producer Anthony and Anthony. I'll never forget.
(04:17):
We were talking about road trips. The number one food
that we bring on road trips, which is absolutely genius
because it takes the kids forever to eat it beef jerky.
I you know, you can't get too hot, can't get
too cold. It flavorful, it fills you up. But the
key is it keeps the kids engaged for a long
time because it's hard to eat.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Yeah, you get that's gonna slow you down for a
little bit, at.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Least exactly no mess either. So it's got us thinking
about road trips and I am. I love taking road trips.
Just get in the car, throw everything in that you need.
You don't have to worry about airport security and all
that stuff. And I'll never forget we took a road trip.
All my kids played hockey in Michigan, so Bobby started
(04:59):
the trend. My o oldest and one summer, we're going
to go to Michigan. I said, we are driving to Michigan.
Everybody in the car. I always loved doing exercises with
my kids, So the day before we went to the
high school, we were running bleachers because Bobby was trying
out for a hockey team. There running the bleachers, Anthony.
I got bitten by wasps all over my face. Ooh
(05:22):
new the nighttime, and I didn't want to take any
benadrill because it was going to slow me down. I
needed to be alert, ready to go for this big,
long trip. My eyes were swollen shut. Oh no, next day,
we're driving to Michigan. I'm a three am girl. We'll
getting up at three am and we're going. I could
see or half the trip. We arrived at our first week.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
How did you ever? Where we stayed the first night?
Would you do this? I don't know. I was just
a German.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
I drank coffee and was like peering through these swollen eyes.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
That's that's wild. I look like my youngest even. Yeah,
he was like, mom, what's wrong with are you? Okay?
We need to go somewhere.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
So we arrived. I didn't look the best when we
got there. I was exhausted. It's not yea, eyes weren't
puffy from being tired. It was because I had washed.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
You'd been dumb. But anyway, Hey, the most fun. But
it was just so bizarre.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Wow, that's that's that's such a that is such a
Danus story. I got stung, but still but still Michigan,
and I couldn't see what about you any fun, amazing road.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Trip stories that you'd love to share that you might
still laugh about. Today seven one three two one two
five ninety nine one Sunny ninety nine point one Houston's
Best Variety of the eighties nineties, And Today Dana with
producer Anthony talking about road trips. As we think, you know,
we're got about a couple more weeks left before back
to school. Maybe time to squeeze in another road trip
(06:53):
our nearly impossible question at six forty this morning we
learned the best road trip food beef jerky or any
kind of jery for that matter, And it just got
us to thinking about our road trip memories. And we're
going to uh Katie now, Connie working in oil and gas,
your road trip memories?
Speaker 2 (07:10):
What's it for you?
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (07:12):
When I was a kid, we would road trip to Disney.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
From like from Texas to Disney? Yees? Who how did
was that an annual thing? Or was this a once
in a lifetime treat? And so how did it go?
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Did mom and dad say, okay, kids, we're going to Disney.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
To get a six? And how how long was the trip, Connie?
I think it took two days.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
We broke it up and we stopped once in New
Orleans and then we went straight there.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Yeah. Now, how old were you, Connie? I think I
was maybe eights.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Right, I'm just living, trying to live from an eight
year old perspective?
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Did it feel like it took forever to yes? One percent?
Imagine And they're all in the back. Are we there yet?
Speaker 1 (07:58):
So the minute you arrived, like you're coming and mom
is saying, okay, kids, we're almost there.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
What was the first thing you did when you arrived?
We just were so excited.
Speaker 4 (08:07):
We saw the Disney World sign and we couldn't wait
to get there.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Oh my gons. And what kind of treats did your
mom pack for you guys to snack on?
Speaker 4 (08:16):
Probably candy to get us through.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Yeah, yep.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
And then a hotel stay, like in a cheap hotel,
and then back on the road first thing in the morning.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Yes, exactly. Oh yeah, oh ya, the best. I'm so fun.
Did you do any road trips this summer? No, we haven't.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Well, you guys enjoy the rest of your summer, And
I'm so glad you're letting Sonny be a part of
your summer.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Thank you so much. Let's sit over at Danville and
speak with Locke.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Road trip stories that you'd like to share, good or bad.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
I got one trip that I went a couple of
years back on a cruise. We went to Cottlem with
one of our friends, and one of our kids swam
all the way out to play on those floating But
then when I went to look for him, I could
find him. I thought he was missing somewhere, but he.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Just went back inside.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
It took a while for us to find him.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
He was crying.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Wow he got him. Oh no, bruise ship horror story.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Yeah it was.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
But at the end we laugh at We think about
it and we just laughed about it. Next time we
should do there again.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Oh my god, how old was your son when he
did it?
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Was eight? Yeah, that's the age on time. But like
you think you're independent, but you're still a little kid.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
Man's glad that it ended up where you guys could
laugh about.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
It, right, we talked about all the time. Now, that
is too funny.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
The kid is the butt of all your jokes now
for the rest of his life.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Right, Yes, that's pretty funny. Well, any more, road trips
this year before the kids go back.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
To school, we're planning to go visit one of our
friends in mcland, Texas.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
And that's about it.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
That's excellent, awesome.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Yeah, well you guys enjoy and you know, you can
take us along on the iHeartRadio app so we can
kind of go with you, okay man,
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