UT making second playoff appearance, Nonprofit sending care packages to military, Women think they look their worst on Mondays

Dana In The Morning Highlights 12/9

UT is scheduled to makes its 2nd ever College Playoff appearance
HOME is a Houston area non-profit creating care packages for our military members
A majority of women think that Monday is their worst looking day of the week

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
Sunday ninety nine point one Fine Dana with producer Anthony
and we are Houston's holiday music station with the three
Things you need to Know to get your Monday, December
ninth started all over a parking spot. Just a tragedy
a military veteran, eighty year old Earl Hollis. They took
him off life support over the weekend. He was brutally
attacked in northeast Harris County over a parking spot. His attacker,

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they say it was an acquaintance, Anthony Boyce. He was
in court on Saturday and Tony Busby Houston lawyer, and
he is representing victims of P.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Diddy.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
And there is another victim under the name of Jane
Doe that has come forward and now jay Z is
on the list claiming that jay Z attacked her with
P Diddy when she was only thirteen after an award
show at an after party. Wow. Well, the matchups are set.
The Texans and SMU both made it to college football playoffs.

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The tournament December twenty and twenty. First it begins concludes
January twentieth. National title game will be in Atlanta. Today
is golf, Yes, golf for the kids. At Saint Jude
Children's Research Hospital. And it's going to be a beautiful day, sunny.
We're gonna go up to eighty right now. It's sixty
one in Uptown and Europe to date on Sunday ninety

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nine point one. Tell me something good brought to us
by our friends at Goodwill Houston and God Bless Home.
Home is the acronym for Help Our Military Endure. It's
a Houston area nonprofit sending care packages to US mers
military personnel from all around the world. They've been doing
it for twenty three years. Trudy Dohan is the president

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and CEO. She says the packages include sacks and hygiene products, games,
handwritten notes, and despite rising postage, they will still continue
to mail these packages. If you would like to donate,
maybe help volunteer, you can go to Help Our Military

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Endure dot org for the details.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
Isn't that great?

Speaker 1 (02:04):
I love that?

Speaker 3 (02:05):
Idea producer Anthony More reason to head down to Galvison Island, Dane.
One of its restaurants just made yelp's list of best
restaurants with ocean views. Recently, yelp posted a list of
the countries quote restaurants with ocean views as captivating as
the food. They feature twenty places across multiple states based
list off ambience, food quality, and of course noting the
importance of a beautiful ocean side setting. So on the

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list places you'd probably expect to find places in Alaska, California, Florida, Hawaii, Maine,
Rhode Island, but there was a Texas place that broke
through down in Galvi It's Jimmy's on the Pier. You
can find this gym along this seawall. It was number
eighteen on their list, and according to reviews Day, Jimmy's
is the place to watch the Gulf waves and soak
in the sun. They've got a twenty four hour coffee

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and gift shop on the first floor and the food
to try fried oysters, shrimp, pole boys, and fish tacos
among the top picks. But make sure to put it
on your list to try next time you're on the island.
It's Jimmy's on the Pier with some of the best
oceanside use fantastic.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
Hey, speaking of food, have you seen the Ronald McDonald
the iconic red shoe that rolls around in parade. Yes,
McDonald's grand over things, all kinds of events. You just
smile when you see it. You know that shoe originated
here in Houston. Instead of doing floats, McDonald's owner operator,
Denise Bantham's late husband Steve, decided why not make a shoe,

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So he teamed up with other owner operators and then
used local artists Jason Barnett to create this vintage, nostalgic,
iconic Ronald McDonald shoe car. It's on a Chevy Silverretto
Silverado chassis. It's it's an amazing site to behold and
everywhere the shoe goes, people clap and smile, and Denise

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knows her late husband would be so proud of this
shoe's success and the fact that Houston owns it.

Speaker 3 (03:55):
It's pretty cool though, it really see.

Speaker 1 (03:57):
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nine Sunday nighty nine point one, Houston's holiday music station
Dana in the Morning producer Anthony here too. We're talking

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about the topic of our nearly impossible question. According to
most women, like sixty percent say they look their worst
on a Monday, And we're asking you if that's the case,
or what day is it for you? Or maybe no
days at all?

Speaker 3 (04:30):
Now you're perfect?

Speaker 1 (04:31):
Yeah right? Monica calling in from excuse me, Christy calling
in from Kingwood working at a nonprofit she is passionate about.
And Christy, so what's it for you? Do you have
a day of the week where you look your worst?

Speaker 2 (04:44):
I think it's going to be base for me.

Speaker 1 (04:46):
Now what is it about it? Tuesday? Okay?

Speaker 2 (04:48):
So mondays, I go in pretty headstrong and then I'm
already exhausted.

Speaker 1 (04:54):
I know what. That's got a spot on you know what. Yes,
Sunday we kind of overachieved toge at ourselves ready for Monday, right,
pick out a cutess, whatever it takes, maybe do our
hair special, and then by Monday night we're going I'm beat.
I'm so over there.

Speaker 2 (05:09):
Yeah right, you know, And I have kids and so
it kind of takes even more toll on me. But yeah,
it's going to be half. I have five children.

Speaker 1 (05:18):
Oh gosh, Christy, what are their ages?

Speaker 2 (05:21):
So the oldest is fifteen years old? And the youngest
is eight years old.

Speaker 1 (05:27):
Wow, you are one busy. Yes, but isn't it isn't
the Christmas season? I mean, I know it's hectic for
you with work and everything, but isn't it just the
most joyful season with the kids.

Speaker 2 (05:38):
It is, and it's so it's so much fun. Just
also just like teaching them and showing them what the
true meaning of Christmas is. And so we do the
most that we can by volunteering. They'll come to work
with me and even volunteer there, and so it's fun. Chris.

Speaker 1 (05:55):
And you know, we play so many songs during the
Christmas Season two that really teach you what the Christmas
season is really about, so you can be in the
car with the kids and listen and explain the.

Speaker 2 (06:06):
Lyrics them, right, yeah, especially the I think the song
is the Christmas Shoes.

Speaker 1 (06:11):
Oh my gosh.

Speaker 2 (06:13):
Yes, yeah, isn't that that's a favorite?

Speaker 1 (06:16):
Very passively of that right yeah. Oh, Christy, Well, thanks
for sharing a little bit of your life with us,
and a very merry Christmas to you and your family.

Speaker 2 (06:25):
Thank you so much. You guys have a good one.