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August 21, 2025 • 11 mins
Dana In The Morning Highlights 8/21

Funplex closing after nearly 40 years in the Alief area
Galveston to honor structures that survived the 1900 storm in Galveston
Some guys deal with anxiety before getting a haircut - listener says Reiki could possibly help
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Sunday ninety nine point one Houston's Best Variety of the
eighties nineties, and today I'm Dana with producer Anthony and
the three Things you need to Know to get your Thursday,
August twenty first started well.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Last month, we lost a bunch of jobs. Where'd they
all go?

Speaker 1 (00:16):
We lost thirty thousand, five hundred jobs last month, and
mainly in education and government services. But experts say this
latest report is no evidence of a spike in layoffs.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Houston still shows strong momentum.

Speaker 1 (00:30):
A year over year, we've added over sixty two thousand jobs,
so that's some good news. But there is some bad news. Yeah,
for so many Houstonians childhoods. This is going to be
really sad. Funplex closing its doors. The iconic West Houston
Indoor Amusement Park is closing after nearly four decades. Renovation

(00:51):
plans fell through, according to their Instagram and the a
Leaf community super sad about that.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
And shrimp. We love shrimp. There's so many ways to
prepare shrimp.

Speaker 3 (01:02):
Shrimp colubs, shrimp, creole, shrimp, gumbo and fry, deep fry,
stir Fry's, pineapple shrimp, Liman shrimp. I'll take open nun shrimp,
Helsa shrimp or shrimp.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
I know, but I don't want radioactive shrimp. None of
us do.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
As a matter of fact, you've been hearing about radioactive shrimp.
We found out it's coming from Indonesia and it's at
Walmart in the freezer section from their the Walmart brand,
the great value brand. So experts are saying, you know,
stick with shrimp here in Texas, and as I've been saying,
Airline Seafood has the most incredible cooked shrimp and their

(01:39):
cocktail sauce perfection. They've been serving Houston families for seventy
five years. Really really cool place. It's right there on Richmond.
Your weather today, let's talk. It's much cooler than it
has been. It's going to be sunny to start, but
we've got a seventy percent chance of rain gonna only
go up.

Speaker 2 (01:55):
To eighty eight. I love it right now.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
It's seventy nine in uptown in Europe to day on sunny.
Tell me something good brought to us by our friends
at Goodwill Houston. Well, it's back to school, and for
many parents, back to school can be a huge financial burden.
So enter hisd's seven Sunrise centers. They offer food and clothes,
educational support, healthcare, mental health support.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
Help with transportation.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
They're planning on opening an eighth center later this month.
Now they've teamed up with Rice University and the data
says these health centers have actually showed a thirty three
percent improvement in attendance or behavior. So whoever is the
genius behind these Sunrise centers? And I love this Sunrise
part of it. Yeah, good for you, great job, keep

(02:45):
up the good work. Producer Anthony Dane.

Speaker 4 (02:47):
This is awesome.

Speaker 5 (02:47):
We all love us some BUCkies and now the Beaver
continues to grow his reach. Texas A and M is
now the first university in the nation to partner with
BUCkies and so beaver Nuggets, beef jerky and other signature
items on its main campus. In fact, they're gonna be
off more than forty five signature items at three different
locations on the main campus in College Station. You can
find them at the Aggie Express Commons, Aggie Express, Hullabaloo,

(03:08):
and the Creek Side Market through Aggie Dining.

Speaker 4 (03:10):
And it's not too hard to see the connection.

Speaker 5 (03:11):
Being the BUCkies founder and CEO arch Beaver alp In
the third graduated from A and M back in nineteen eighty.
He says, we're thrilled this year. A little piece of
BUCkies with the Aggie family every day.

Speaker 4 (03:21):
So cool.

Speaker 5 (03:22):
Some Bucky's favorites now available for the Aggies and college
stations day away from those Bucky numbers.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
Oh it's a They are so addictus and amazing.

Speaker 4 (03:31):
Yes they are. Oh my gosh, that's such fun news.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
Well, the Galveston Hurricane September eighth, nineteen hundred still stands
as the deadliest natural disaster in American history. Unbelievable loss
of life. One hundred and twenty five years later, the
structures that came through this catastrophic storm are being honored
in a big way. Yep, the anniversary of this September

(03:54):
eighth landfall in Galveston, the Historical Foundation wants to spot
spotlight as many of these properties as possible with these
really sweet yard signs, handsome plaques on this amazing property.

Speaker 2 (04:07):
Over seven hundred have been approved.

Speaker 1 (04:09):
So that way, when you go to Galveston, you can
drive around and you can see that that property survived
the storm.

Speaker 4 (04:15):
I mean, that's a miracle. It is awesome.

Speaker 1 (04:16):
They're going to have all kinds of fun events on
that day, special trolley tours, and there's going to be
a big, huge block party and all kinds of outdoor
activities and a sneak peak of the nineteen hundred storm experience.

Speaker 4 (04:31):
Wow, it kills yet, but it's going to be cool.
And that's your good news.

Speaker 1 (04:34):
You're tell me something good for Thursday or Friday and
Sunday nighty nine point one and for our feel good
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Sunday Natty nine point one, Houston's best variety of the eighties,
nineties and today, and Anthony, we learned with our nearly
impossible question.

Speaker 4 (04:54):
I was kind of surprised about this too.

Speaker 2 (04:56):
I pose the question.

Speaker 1 (04:57):
Is this a sign that guys are more vain than girls?
Twenty one percent say they get nervous getting a haircut,
They on average get ten haircuts a year.

Speaker 4 (05:06):
Yeah, and I thought that was kind of interesting.

Speaker 1 (05:08):
So Anthony, yeah, maybe you can shed some light on
why a guy would get nervous getting his haircut.

Speaker 5 (05:14):
The only thing, and I was telling you this earlier,
the one thing I could think of is if I
didn't have a regular person I was going to, I
would probably be a little bit more nervous because they
don't know my cut, you know, they don't know how
I like to do things. I've like in the last
few years, I've had like literally the same person or
the same like two people that were cutting my hair.

Speaker 4 (05:32):
So it's like they knew my style. It was like
a no brainer.

Speaker 5 (05:35):
I go in they know it's like hey, and even
when I wanted to try something new, they knew me
well enough where it was like, Okay, I'm gonna help you.
Remember when I grew my hair out longer, super long,
and then when I cut it like I that would
have been something I was really nervous about. But again,
they knew me, they knew my style, so like I
could go in there with confidence.

Speaker 1 (05:53):
So do you go like to a chain like sports
clips or do you have your own special I we
have our.

Speaker 4 (05:57):
Own, So I use Jess's lady.

Speaker 5 (05:59):
So she's been going to her for years whatever, and
then so COVID happened and then she like she she
actually lives in our neighborhood, but she like converted one
of her rooms into like a salon, so it's it's great.
She can just cut her cut her hair right in
her in her home. But it again, it's made it
so simple. I don't have to think about it. And
she's really good at what she does. That is excellent. Yeah,
that's excellent.

Speaker 1 (06:17):
I think my husband goes to like sports clips, so
it's always a different person.

Speaker 5 (06:21):
And I've been to those places, like they're fine, but again,
like my my nervous would be like, oh, I hope
I get you know, a person who knows, you know,
my cut or style or whatever.

Speaker 4 (06:29):
This tallic You've got to make sure were those little things,
you know, we want to find out from you. Guys.

Speaker 1 (06:34):
Do you really get nervous getting your hair cut? And
how can we calm you down?

Speaker 6 (06:38):
You know?

Speaker 1 (06:39):
So it's not such a yeah really and I love
getting my haircut. I do too now, it's so nice.
And I love the smell of their shampoo.

Speaker 4 (06:47):
Always the best product.

Speaker 1 (06:48):
Yeah, never makes me nervous, and so I'm just curious
why guys would get nervous seven one, three, two, one
two five ninety nine one Saturday ninety nine pointy one
Houston's Best Variety in the eighties nineties and today I'm
Dana with producer Anthony. We promised you cooler temperatures on Thursday,
and it's here. We're only going to go up.

Speaker 2 (07:05):
To eighty eight today.

Speaker 1 (07:07):
We've got a seventy percent chances some rain, I mean
nice lower humidity. Wow, right now, it's seventy nine in Uptown.
We learned at our Nearly Impossible question at six forty
that about twenty one percent of guys feel nervous getting
their haircut. They get their haircut about ten times a year,
and I thought that was just kind of strange.

Speaker 2 (07:24):
And it's funny.

Speaker 1 (07:25):
Because we have someone to the rescue, Jody calling in
from Cyprus. You are a reiki expert that's energetic healing,
and maybe this might help guys with the experience, the
nervous experience from getting a haircut. First of all, tell
us Jody about reiki.

Speaker 6 (07:45):
So it's actually scientifically absurd that reiki can help with
things like insomnia. You know, healthy sleet better, it can
help with high blood pressure. It's just good for overall
well being actually, and your chance life force prana or
chief through I'm channeling it through my palm chakras. Maybe

(08:05):
you've heard of chakras before, Yes, yes, So there's some
in the palm. We have a bunch. There's seven main ones,
but the ones that I channel it through my palms,
And really anybody can do this. You just need to
get certified and then you'll be able to channel that
energy through your palms. And it's just so soothing and
helpful and wonderful. And I get a lot of really

(08:27):
good feedback from my clients.

Speaker 4 (08:29):
That's amazing. Now let me pay a scenario for you.

Speaker 1 (08:32):
So you know a man in your life who's losing
his hair and he's afraid to just shave it all off.
You just can't get himself there would reiki? Would you
with the palms and that positive energy? Would you massage
his head, his face? What would you do to give
him that calm to finally.

Speaker 4 (08:51):
Just let it go?

Speaker 6 (08:52):
So what I would do is I you know, I
would I don't focus on anywhere in particular unless I
feel drawn to what it is is the energy goes
where it needs to go. The energy is intelligent, and
so I would just focus it on where I felt
it was needed, not necessarily on the head or the faith,
but you know, you could even focus on the heart

(09:13):
chakra and maybe that's where it's needed, right, because they're nervous,
they're like feeling down about themselves, you know, and so
I think that that would be a good place to
focus energy.

Speaker 4 (09:24):
That it's incredible. Yeah, how did you even get in this?

Speaker 6 (09:28):
Well, so long story short, I was, I have anxiety,
but my anxiety was so overwhelming and I didn't want
to take medication. So I started doing meditation. And think
about this, medication and meditation one letter different, right, right,
So I got into meditating them and as I started

(09:50):
doing this, I got to a point where I did
not need medicine anymore. And then it led me to reiki.
And once I had a reiki session, I knew. I
was like, Okay, I need to do this. I need
to help other people find this. And so then I
got certified in raki one, then reiki two, and now
I'm a reiki master that I can teach it and
I can also administer reiki as well.

Speaker 4 (10:12):
That's just amazing.

Speaker 2 (10:14):
Right, We've got some amazing listeners.

Speaker 4 (10:17):
Thank you so much for sure.

Speaker 6 (10:19):
And you're welcome.

Speaker 4 (10:20):
How do you spell reiki?

Speaker 6 (10:22):
It's r e I k I r e I k I.

Speaker 1 (10:25):
And do you have a website or anything where people
can maybe talk to you or I search further.

Speaker 6 (10:30):
I don't right now because I am in the process
of trying to find a space to practice out of now.
I just I have a chiropractor table that I go
from place to place, and you know, people's tones or
they come to my home. I could give you my email.
Let me put my email out, Can I do it?

Speaker 2 (10:50):
Yeah?

Speaker 6 (10:51):
Okay, so it's going to be j O. D I
l y n n nineteen eighty seven at yahoo dot com.

Speaker 4 (10:58):
Fantastic. I love it.

Speaker 2 (11:00):
Thank you so much.

Speaker 1 (11:02):
I don't think we can relax people as much as
you can, but I hope we relax you just a little.

Speaker 4 (11:06):
Bit in the morning.

Speaker 6 (11:07):
Yeah, thank you. You do. I listen to you guys
a lot, and I appreciate everything you do.

Speaker 4 (11:11):
Aw thanks Jody, Thanks again, it.

Speaker 2 (11:14):
Was great to talk with you.

Speaker 6 (11:15):
Thank you, and thank you for the interest.
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