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November 12, 2024 • 7 mins
Dana In The Morning Highlights 11/12

6 Houston restaurants were awared Michelin stars - including Corkscrew BBQ!
Consider giving to Goodwill Houston on this upcoming Giving Tuesday
Christmas music is what many SUNNY listeners are looking forward to this week
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Sunday ninety nine point one, Houston's Best Variety of the eighties,
nineties and today seven to fifty three Now Dana in
the Morning and producer Anthony and the Three Things You
Need to Know to get your Tuesday November twelfth started, well,
how did the Michelin Awards go last night? As Houston
hosted this first event here in town. Six Houston restaurants
got that Michelin one Star award, including Corkscrew, Barbecue Out,

(00:27):
and Spring I Love It There. There was a BCN
Taste in tradition, le Jadonnier, Houston, March, Moussafur, and Tatimo
also Corkscrew rounding out the top six. Very exciting. They
should be so proud of themselves. Well, the number one
complaint we have in the City of Houston, according to
three to one one calls over the past year, it's

(00:49):
water leakus. Yes, Public Works has admitted that twenty percent
of the city's water lines need to be replaced. That's
a several billion dollar project. Prob Why they keep kicking the.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
Can down the road?

Speaker 1 (01:02):
And our Mayor Witmeyer is asking us tomorrow as we
drive to wherever our destination is, please turn your headlights
on to honor fallen firefighter Marcella Garcia.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
His funerals tomorrow morning at nine.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
It's at co Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Church at
Saint Joseph Parkway. It's a beautiful church and he died
while battling a warehouse fire in the East End. A
woman has been charged in that case. Weather today is.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
Going to be kind of warm. Don't worry. The cooler
weather's coming in on Friday. Today. It's going to be sunny.
We'll go up to eighty.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
Right now, it's sixty one in Uptown and you're up
to date on sunny. Tell me something good brought to
us by our friends at Goodwill Houston.

Speaker 2 (01:44):
Let me tell you about Camp Hope.

Speaker 1 (01:46):
Learned a lot about Camp Hope yesterday being Veterans Day
and all while the PTSD Foundation established Camp Hope to
help returning troops dealing with severe PTSD. It's a transitional
housing facility in Northeast Houston, and it helps these veterans
come back home with all kinds of support. It's a

(02:07):
five acre campus, often a therapy sessions, temporary housing.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
It offers group.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Lessons, support sessions, and it's all at absolutely no cost
to veterans and their families.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
You can learn more about.

Speaker 1 (02:22):
Them just go to PTSDUSA dot org.

Speaker 3 (02:26):
Producer Anthony, They wanted to encourage our listeners ahead of
Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday is the global movement celebrating generosity
held on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, and we wanted
to encourage to give to our friends over at Goodwill Houston.
By committing your support, you enable Goodwill Houston to positively
impact thousands of lives each year through vital initiatives like
through Veterans Program, Goodwill Houston assistants in transitioning to civilian

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employment overcoming barriers they may face after the military service.
Goodwill Houston appreciates all the generosity of the HDI community
and it helps their efforts to continue to grow and
help serve those in need. This Giving Tuesday and they
encourage all of us to embody the spirit of giving
and create that meaningful, lasting change in Houston. So once again,
this Giving Tuesday, consider giving to our friends over at
Goodwill Houston.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
I think I'm going to give to our friends at
Goodwill Houston today.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
I just have this urge to I know there's going
to be whenever the movie right. I love that and
this is incredible. Wow.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
Texas A and Board has approved two hundred million dollars
to build the Texas A and M University Space Institute.
What huh, it's thirty two acres. It's going to include
Anthony landscapes that mimic the surfaces of the Moon and Mars.
Each landscape will be the size of Kyle Field. I

(03:41):
did not realize Kyle Field was the fourth largest field
in the country. Anyway, They're going to begin construction on
this incredible facility in January. Wow.

Speaker 2 (03:51):
That's awesome. If you'd like.

Speaker 1 (03:53):
To learn more about our tell Me Something Good stories,
we always have them up for you at Sunday ninety
nine dot com and you can also follow us on Facebook, x, Instagram,
and TikTok. Sunday ninety nine Houston, Dana in the Morning
and producer Anthony at seven to twenty one. We've been
talking about what we're looking forward to this week.

Speaker 2 (04:11):
It's our Facebook question.

Speaker 1 (04:13):
And I think Joey Bond, who is with our social department,
I think he kind of is playing with us, because.

Speaker 2 (04:20):
Of course we're all looking forward to the Christmas music.

Speaker 1 (04:23):
We made the announcement yesterday that we're flipping the switch
to Christmas music Friday afternoon at five. We're all looking
forward to we're having a big party here and it's
so nice when you have an office party just to
visit with people that you don't normally get to hang with.
We're never around here at five o'clock in the afternoon
because we get up at three o'clock in the morning.
So we're gonna come on back after work on Monday

(04:44):
on Friday and then party and have fun as we
all flip this huge ginormous Christmas switch. I mean, this
is something like Santa Claus would have up in the
North Pole to Christmas music, and we'll all be doing
it together, and we hope you're excited, Yes, want to
join going in and gather your kids around the radio,
kind of like old timey.

Speaker 2 (05:04):
I just love it.

Speaker 1 (05:05):
And we're asking you what are you looking forward to
this week? And we've got Frank from Jennifer A Jennifer
Jennifer calling in from the Woodlands.

Speaker 2 (05:13):
Now you're an art teacher, so cool, what's it for
you this week?

Speaker 4 (05:17):
I'm going to present at the Texas Artificius Association conference
in Galveston, OHO.

Speaker 1 (05:23):
All that, right, now huge you being an artist presenting
in Galveston.

Speaker 2 (05:27):
What is your what is your piece?

Speaker 4 (05:29):
Well, I do digital photography, so I'm not it's not
a gallery show, and it's just I'm teaching teachers about
alternative process with photography.

Speaker 2 (05:37):
Wow. What got you into this, Jennifer?

Speaker 4 (05:39):
Well, I was originally a park ranger.

Speaker 2 (05:41):
Wow. I loved Yeah, I.

Speaker 4 (05:43):
Love being outdoors and I love doing art that was
around nature, and so I went back and got my
master's so I could teach others because I love the
spark that people have when they create.

Speaker 2 (05:56):
That's so incredible. That's amazing you're sharing that.

Speaker 1 (06:00):
Just you found your passion and now you're able to
kind of spark that passion in others.

Speaker 2 (06:05):
That is excellent. Thank you and good luck to you
this weekend.

Speaker 4 (06:09):
Yea, thank you?

Speaker 2 (06:10):
All right? Take care And are you excited about the
Christmas music?

Speaker 4 (06:13):
Yeah, we were just talking about that. My son plays
Christmas whenever he can.

Speaker 1 (06:19):
Well, he'll be able to play lots of Christmas start
on Friday at five.

Speaker 2 (06:22):
Okay, yes? And what's his name? Love?

Speaker 4 (06:25):
His name's Tristan.

Speaker 2 (06:26):
Tristan. Well, you guys have fun, and thank you both
for listening. We appreciate you. You're welcome, have a great day.

Speaker 3 (06:32):
Appreciate you, Jennifer. Let's hit up to Montgomery and speak
with a school nurse, Frank.

Speaker 1 (06:36):
Frank, we have to ask you. We posted this on
Facebook and I thought you'd be the perfect person. What
are you looking forward to this week? Oh?

Speaker 2 (06:44):
Cooler weather? Cooler weather and anything else? What is it
about cooler weather that makes you feel good in the
holiday spirit?

Speaker 1 (06:53):
You know, there's something else that could be putting you
in the holiday spirit this week?

Speaker 2 (06:56):
Have you heard? I know I've heard you guys were
making it Christmas music. Did you not hear it? I
missed it yesterday? Well, Frank, can I tell you it
right now?

Speaker 4 (07:06):
Go ahead?

Speaker 2 (07:06):
We are. We're flipping the switch to.

Speaker 1 (07:09):
Christmas music Friday afternoon at five, when you're done with school.

Speaker 4 (07:14):
I cannot wait, so.

Speaker 2 (07:17):
Glad, Frank. We're excited about it too.

Speaker 1 (07:19):
So you'll be here, okay, we'll all have fun listening
to the holiday music together. You bet you.

Speaker 2 (07:23):
Thank you so much, guys,
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