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May 22, 2024 6 mins
Dana In The Morning Highlights 5/22

Many schools in our area still have no power
Napoleon Dynamite actors appearing at Comicpalooza this weekend
Pearland nurse boarded plane where flight attendant gave birth
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Sunday ninety nine point one Houston's BestVariety of the eighties nineties, and today
I'm Dana with producer Anthony and thethree Things you need to know to get
your Wednesday, May twenty second starting. Still schools closed today. They're working
hard to get them open, guys, but it's the ac you know,
they've got twenty three campuses left.At HISD, you're being asked to be

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patient if buses are running late.Galena Park still five schools closed. Four
campuses still closed at Spring Branch andat Gallina Park that is and Spring Branch
Galena Park now that's right, andsy Fair that's the one that has five
schools closed because there's lots of damageout there. Now. The report from
Center Point Energy everyone they're praying andwe need to pray. We'll have their

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power back on by tonight. Lastnight at nine o'clock they were still seventy
two thousand people without power and that'sbrutal since last Thursday in this heat.
Right, So what's going on downtown? Well, where to watch for additional
road and sidewalk closures. Wind conditionsrepairs are changing in certain buildings, so

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you've got to be aware of that, many downtown workers got to work remotely
for the remainder of the week.Metro Park and Ride will not resume service
to downtown until next week, butrestaurants are open, so just travel cautiously.
You know your weather today, it'sgoing to be hot, but no
rain and no high winds. We'regoing to go up to eighty nine.
It's going to feel like ninety seven. Right now, it's eighty and uptown

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and you're up to date from Sundayninety nine point one. Tell me something
good brought to us by our friendsat Goodwill Houston. His name Albert Benois.
He's a seventy year old heart attacksurvivor, had the delight of his
life earlier this week. Now hehad tons of debris, like so many
people from last week's tornado. He'strying all by himself to haul this debris

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off to the curb. Will sixstudents on their way home from ce King
High School stop and ask him ifthey can help him. He's like okay.
They included Cardarian Estes and James Ross, who is like, why wouldn't
we help? Well, Albert hadso much fun talking with these guys.
He wanted to make sure they wereall highlighted, and each one he gave

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a twenty dollars tip to get that. A great idea of producer Anthony Dan.
This is wild, but one ofour faves is celebrating a birthday.
It's Napoleon Dynamite hitting its twentieth anniversarythis year. I mean so many memories
that Tater Tots vote for Pedro hisdance moves. But then there's Uncle Rico

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and his burnt orange passenger van.Specifically, it's a nineteen seventy five Dodge
Tradesman three hundred and Dan get this. There's only one Uncle Rico Van in
existence, and it happens to beparked right here in the Houston area.
It's owned by a guy named MarkShields. He actually owns four vehicles that
are either straight from the movie setor replicas that match the famous cars from
the shows. But Uncle Rico Vanis getting all the attention this week because

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stars from the movie are coming toh Town. The guy who lay Napoleon
Dynamite himself, John Heater, andPedro Effrin Ramirez. They're gonna be making
appearances at our upcoming Comicpalooza set fornext weekend at the George ar Brown and
yes, Uncle Rico's van will beon display. But what's even more funny
day you can actually rip the vanif you want to. It's true.
Anyone within a twenty five mile radiusyou can book time Uncle Rico Van dot

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com. It's only one hundred bucks. You can't drive it, but you
can have it out on display andagain find it at the comic Baluza going
on with Napoleon and Pedro themselves,or book it for your next gathering Uncle
Rico van dot com. I remembertaking my kids to Austin for a midnight
screening of that Movie's twenty years ago. We so you laughed and laughed.
God, I love that. Listen. If your family is compelled to help

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after last week's tornado, the HoustonFood Bank needs you. Yesterday they had
two hundred employees from Haliburton to stopby and help sorting and packing these disaster
boxes, which contain about ten meals. They've been doing it since the tornado.
They need lots of help. Kidssix and up can help out.
What a great way to end theschool year and give the kids a very

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valuable lesson. You can sign upat Houstonfoodbank dot org great idea. Now
we always have our tell Me SomethingGood stories up for you at Sunday ninety
nine dot com and you can alsofollow us on Facebook, X and Instagram.
Sonny ninety nine Houston, Sunday ninetynine point one Houston's best variety of
the eighties nineties, and Today Danain the Morning and producer Anthony. It

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was interesting our nearly impossible question thismorning. We posted it up on Facebook
at Sunday ninety nine Houston. Whatdo you wear on a plane that gets
you attention and a smile? Auniform, a tie, a business suit,
deodorant? Yeah, yeah, exactly. The answer was red? Which
color? It makes sense? Yeah, So we're asking you the craziest thing
you've ever seen on an airplane andwe've got Tamra, an ear nurse in

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Perlin. What's it for you?Tamra, Oh, well, on the
air fray maybe like five years agoto Kang told I've even seen it winning
labor went in the labors. Sowhat happened? I mean, she's a
nurse on the plane. Yep.No, So unfortunately we had to plan
the plane. We was alverty andshe get out and we wait and got

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on a new planey reboarding? Yeahlicamera. Honestly, don't you think they
probably should have rethought having that flightattendant on your flight if she's getting ready
to go into labor? No?Well she actually when it's a pre term
neighbor labor at like five months.It actually made the local news. Oh
geez. Did they ask like isthere a doctor or nurse on board?

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And you responded? What they did? Rob the doctors? And so like
me being a nurse, I waslike, I can assist an aid.
But she had a lot of help. Oh wow, what a story too.
Can tune five years ago? ButI have to ask you, Tamra,
do you have plans to get awaythis summer? I do? I

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do. We are flying to Europethis summer. You're going to Europe.
Oh my gosh, where in Europeare you going? This time around?
My friend? We are flying itto Paris before taking a train to Swizzling.
And like an anniversary or something special, it's like no, basically,
it's just our annual family vacation.Ah. That is excellent. Such memories

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you'll be making. Well, youknow you can take us with you,
Tamra if you download the iHeartRadio appwe can come along. Okay, we
want to go to Europe. Wewant to go. We want to go
Tamra. Well, safe travels.Thank you for sharing and so glad you
guys listened to Sonny. Oh,thank you. You have a great day.
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