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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back, folks, Broadcasting live at Craig and Landris on
Shelbyville Road in Saint Matthew's Lamont, Washington. Just got back.
He's got the number in his head. He's racing. He says,
he's going to turn the lights on the LNPD lights
on a get and get here faster to give me
the answer he's going to get if he gets here.
Because I asked how many total presents in the twelve
days of Christmas? Total is the number. If you have
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that number, you'll get a two night stay at Gaylord
opry Land in Nashville. I got to tell you that's
over one thousand dollars give away right there.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
What's amazing is our very next guest, Craig's Best Cars
dot Com. Craig and landerth has been in business for
fifty years. Our next guest was fifty years old when
they got You were a young Lia Lee is a
World War Two veteran one hundred years old.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
And I'm looking at the picture of you right now.
We were army Eric.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
It's the most incredible picture ever.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
He had some young man in the Please he's eighteen
in this still have that leather jacket.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
No I got this new one.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
You one hundred year old World War two vet.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Yeah, and we want to talk about that. But I
also want to hear the story. We're looking at a
picture right now of your corvette. Oh yeah, and that
this is a beautiful corvette. As we start seeing people
come over and want and say, hey, we want to
sell that corvette for your craigs Best Cars dot com.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
But that fifty seven, no, no, no, fifty five, fifty
five for first money in California with a Vight engine
in it.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
And I want to talk about one of your passagers.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Great, it is one of my passionates for the actor
named Corn Gable.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Clark Gable, how do you want those?
Speaker 5 (01:40):
No?
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Wait wait Clark Gable?
Speaker 4 (01:41):
Okay, I didn't know anybody even with me one for
a day at a road race in San Fernando Valley.
No way, no way, Mike car called the riot in
Los Angeles with a Via engine.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
I see that.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Yeah, yeah, I got a call and did we use
your car for the official car for the road race?
I said, yeah, only drive Yeah, so who's the official
for the road race? Part evil?
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Oh my god?
Speaker 4 (02:10):
So he rode around with me all day?
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Was he drunk? Yeah, was he drunk? He was always
has like a little bourbon.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
I don't know he didn't have that. But to be
a wife coming uh drove a thunderbird? Yeah I got
blow the doors.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yeah, look, we got to end the interview. How how
how is this fair? Look, he's a great looking guy.
He's in the Air Corps, he knows card Gable, he
drives this vet. It's just not fair. Oh but seriously,
one hundred years old, World War two veteran, and we've
been looking and we've been talking and hanging out before
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we went on the air. I gotta tell you, man,
you're in great shape. What's your secret? I carry a cane?
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Is that it?
Speaker 4 (02:59):
Yeah? No, no, no secret to it. My fondest dream
will never come true.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Now.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
It was to be shot by a jealous husband. Ten
years old.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
And you're still good looking? Guys. Why did you bring
that up? Just as my wife?
Speaker 2 (03:21):
He said, he Lee brings this up right as my
wal wife walks in.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
I hope you don't. I hope you have a gun.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Listen, actually I do.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
But if she look, if she left me for you,
oh you, I would understand. Seriously, one hundred years old,
how you stay in such great shape as your nutrition.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
I don't know. I don't know anything. Really, No, I
don't do any I don't drink, nose walk. I changed women.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
You well yeah, yeah, well yeah, so you gotta like
you gotta like younger women.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
I mean, let's say that there's a fire inside.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
A dear friend of the show is Lamart Washington walks in.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
We're gonna find out he has the right answer here
in a second. But uh, we used to have a
dear friend of the show. She made it to ninety
eight years. I believe Mary Mary was grown. But she
said that she would never dated her age because she
claimed if anybody dated her age, all they wanted was
one or two things, either a nurse or a purse,
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and she.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Refused to she refused.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Today, we appreciate you coming with this coming on. You're
hanging out with Jeff Toki, such a good friend of
ours and hanging out so you are. I guess the
one hundredth Christmas you have a couple of days away.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Do you do you.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Remember your favorite Christmas out of the ninety nine that
hundred that you've had.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
I really don't. I can't think it was any special
really way back well, he's still a kid in Kali Alato, California.
But I don't really have any specific Christians. They were wrongly.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Yeah it's great, yea, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Think of all the things that you have seen in
a hundred years, because man, we have made such a
jump in one hundred years. Oh, not to mention the
hardships World War two, the Great Great Depression. My father
was a World War Two veteran. God rest his soul.
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He had me late in life, but he went through
so much.
Speaker 6 (05:42):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
I never would talk about World War Two, but we
did hear about the Great Depression and behaviors.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Went on there. He was say, you've seen a lot.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Was ever a time you thought, man, this is the
worst off it's ever been.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
No, And the reason being that in a Great Depression,
my dad had a very good job. We bought a
beautiful hit. My parents bought a beautiful home in Palo
al that's to homes Stand from the university. Okay, paid
trone grand for this house. It's sold for a little
over five million.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Oh my gosh, Oh I bet.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
Not to me. I'm fucked out.
Speaker 5 (06:19):
You know.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
I go into the theory by high and so low.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Yeah, right, but you never thought you'd get to triple
digits one hundred.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
No, I figured seventy five is going to be it.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yeah, but again, you're in great shape. You got all
your faculties. We're sitting here, we're joking around. You're a
blessed man. I wish there was a secret because I'd
like to pick it up because I got to fill
it out, make it past.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
So yeah, you got six.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
You know, let's get serious for a second, because I
want you to encourage Listen, every year are WW two
veterans that number it gets cut in half and a
man like you, no kidding, you're such a precious commodity
to the nation. So I want you to talk about
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Bluegrass Honor Flight in case, in case there's a WW
two veteran out there and their family may hear it.
You're one hundred years old, you've been on this and
I've always said to veterans while I talked to him,
you are safer on this flight than you are at
home watching prices. Right, talk about the honor flight and
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how that impacted you, and try to encourage some of
these veterans to say, you know what, or maybe their
family We're going.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
Yes, sir, thank you. I try to do this whenever
I have a chance. It was a unique experience that
will never be repeated as right at the top of
the list for every veteran. Every veteran, I don't care
if they are under a gunfire or if they are
working at an office. They were in the army. They
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are veterans, right, and they deserve the right and the privilege.
It is the privilege to go on this honor flight
that we have here. I am privileged to be associated
with Jeff. I've got my shirt, the whole thing, and
to promote that particularly are flights, which one's coming up
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in April, and we want people to sign up. I
go to the VA hospital. Okay, you just see what
it's like, and I try to talk to as many
of the veterans there as I can. If you haven't been,
go go no. It's one of the one day experience
in your life you'll never refeat.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
If you're out there listening. Lee is a one hundred
year old World War Two veteran, and he's encouraging the
family members a great day of not only World War
Two but also Korea Vietnam.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
I was just telling Joey Craig about it. I was like,
you got to go it's it's it's an incredible it's
an incredible thing.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
And Jeff, as we shift gears to Jeff, by the way,
how did.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
You get to Louisville.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
You haven't got enough time? California, the Little Way of Virginia.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Okay, that's an old story.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
I gotta feel that there's a jealous husband involved in
that story. But we'll get back to that. As we
go to Jeff Toky Bluegrass honor flights. Uh, Tony mentioned
I think it might have been off the year we
were talking Joey about Bluegrass honor flights. We're both jaded
radio people. We love our veterans. But I got to
tell you, uh, two things. Number One, I thought that
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maybe he built.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Up the oversold it.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
But number two, Uh, you can ask my wife on this.
I'm not a big fan of getting up early and
going in long days, and I went into this with
a poor mental attitude. And I can honestly say that
it's one of the best things I've ever done in
my life.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
I was never tired.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
The adrenaline rush from coming home with these veterans and
the World War II veterans, the Korea veterans, especially the
Korea veterans and the Vietnam veterans finally getting that welcome.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
It was a rush.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
My point is I went in with a poor attitude
and it was still on the best days of my life.
Speaker 5 (10:22):
Well yeah, I mean, Lisa an ambassador for ho oured flights.
And as we as Americans, I tell this all the time,
veterans don't owe us anything, but we as Americans owe
our veterans.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
Everything tremendous and we have our.
Speaker 5 (10:37):
Freedoms because of our veterans. You know, we know we're
sort of divided today, but we all can agree that
we need to honor all of our veterans, and we
fly veterans who are in the service from nineteen forty
one to nineteen seventy five any time.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
So we want you to fly.
Speaker 5 (10:52):
We have a list of about four hundred Vietnam veterans
wanting to go. But if you were Korea War World
War two and you will autumn, go on our next fight,
which is April twenty first, it's real easy to sign up.
You go to Honor Fight Bluegrass dot org. Takes about
ten minutes, and you deserve the right to go because you,
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as a veteran. We owe you everything.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
And people can sponsor that person and you go with
them or you they assign somebody with you. That's that.
It's it's six.
Speaker 5 (11:20):
Hundred dollars or something, six hundred bucks to go as
a guard fly you land, there's there's escort.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
You don't stop at red lights. You go, you're you're
the big time. And every place you go in DC
you get off, people stop and cheer. It's crazy. But
I don't want you to undersell the fact that you
traveled Dwight whitting and he had a great time. I don't,
I don't, I don't. He doesn't travel well. Okay, doesn't
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travel well. It doesn't travel well. And you and you
showed him a good time.
Speaker 5 (11:52):
You know, our goal is to make it one of
the best days of a life, and it is what
I think.
Speaker 4 (11:56):
We also do it with guardian.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
No, you absolutely do it with guardians, if.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
I may, absolutely. When I went on that tour, they
lived the life of a guardian to seventy years old. Well,
I wanted my son to do it. My son was
seventy four, I said, but he's a Vietnam veteran. Oh,
he qualifies right now. So here's my my he went,
he's a guardian. Cool, and just recently he came down
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from his home in Michigan. He said, he's to his boss, says,
I'm going to go down and visit my father in Kentucky.
He says, well, wait a minute. How old are you?
He said, I'm seventy eight.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
How many years ago was your last honor flight?
Speaker 4 (12:53):
A couple of years, so three.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Years ago you're still My point is this, if you're
out there listening, if you're a World War Two veteran,
a Korea veteran, Vietnam veteran, this man was ninety seven
years old when he went on his last one. He's
one hundred years now. I'm telling you, if you're worried
about your grandfather or father, who might be they are
in the best care on this foight. Yeahs oh, yeah,
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you're They're in better care on this flight than they
are in their living room.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
That's and he had the sisters and the lady lady entertainment. Okay,
when you look at this picture and I'm holding up
the eighteen year old self, what advice do you give
this guy?
Speaker 4 (13:39):
That guy, that guy right there, I don't recognize.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
What made you become a pilot. This is a trainer.
You're leaning again.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
Why do I want to be a pilot?
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (13:49):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (13:49):
My older brother was a Navy officer pilot World War Two, right,
and well, I wanted to know like my brother, I
wanted to be a pilot. I didn't. I wasn't mad
at anybody. I wanted to fly with. Yeah, And I
went through much of the program until I got a
c serious disease illment and watched out of it and
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then ended up in radar. I was a radar, right,
and then I was gonna be on the eighth Therefore
if I continued to hit or head shot shots of
the head right. No, I never went overseas so trained
for a combat radar, but didn't get.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
Well it what a difference between your generation and the
generation we have now. But there were so many people
they're fifteen, sixteen years old lying about their age to
oh yes, and you know they they call you all,
you men, the greatest generation, And I think that rings true.
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I'm not, that's just not that's just talk.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
Well, I mean, you know, I don't really recognize it
that way. I was just part of it. I had
listened on my eighteenth birthday, and by that time, my
brothers were in the service, and I was the youngest
of three. I won't tell you what my first name
was for four years.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
But the country turns two hundred and fifty this year.
You've been around.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
For oh my god, oh yeah about that? Yeah, oh yeah, okay,
so one hundred years old. By the way, Lee's our guest.
One hundred year old World War Two veteran. Do you
have a favorite decade. It's got to be the seventies,
right or main I.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
Don't know, seventies, maybe abound of the fifties.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Yeah, because a lot going on. America was booming. America
was booming.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
I had, I had, Yeah, what I'm ensure you know.
I was with Jimmy Stewart for the day.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Are you kidding, Jimmy Stewart.
Speaker 7 (15:47):
It's just the car, Jimmy Stewart.
Speaker 4 (15:51):
I got a pictures, so, oh what happened to it?
Speaker 1 (15:55):
But you know Jimmy Stewart, Jimmy Stuart, he was a pilot. Yeah,
oh no, that's not him, but he was with him.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
You know.
Speaker 4 (16:06):
I was a press agent in an adveratis the agency. Okay,
you did working on a mobile gas account and they
were sponsoring race. This guy was gonna fly Jimmy Stewart.
They modified from Los Angeles to New York Times Top
sponsored by Mobile Gas. So I was there during the
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photo shoot and Jimmy Stewart th us all out for
coffee afterwards. Oh yeah, nice, he's a really nice man.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
Moler Gas at agents. I love it.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
You mentioned that you never drank or smoke. How did
you make it through the years. Yeah, everybody smoked, Like
in the fifties were saying every doctor smoke camel, you know,
but they were pushing on you so hard.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
You what' your thaying?
Speaker 4 (16:49):
If sarth saying it hands smoke re killing everybody, I'd
have been dead years. Yeah, you couldn't see it across
our living room moves.
Speaker 3 (16:59):
That's how it was.
Speaker 1 (16:59):
I can see this guy giving new like he gets
a new doctor, messing with that new doctor in the
in the office all the time.
Speaker 7 (17:06):
He's laughing.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
I know he's he's that guy. But we appreciate everything
you've done. And one hundred is fantastic. Merry Christmas to you, and.
Speaker 4 (17:15):
Yes and again Lee, thank you.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
For absolutely is the right that you want to tell?
Speaker 6 (17:19):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Any senior citters out there. You're one hundred years old.
You look fantastic. Yeah, you're hilarious.
Speaker 4 (17:25):
You know he's special. Just make up every morning and
get out and skip today going that's all I can say.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
My man, Yeah, and don't be so angry.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Well I can't. I can't help him there.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
Okay, Lamon Washington has the answer for a two nights stay,
or does he? How are you doing, buddy? You didn't
break any laws getting here, did you.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
I'll have to reach out to the fabulous.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
Lamont used to come on the show with us all
the time. You actually got shot in the line of duty.
Uh and your badchh it saved your life. Yea if
I'm remembering that right, you still have that badge?
Speaker 3 (18:00):
Yea?
Speaker 2 (18:01):
In the movie, in the movie, the screenplay, it's gonna
be his flask.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Oh, it's gonna be it's not gonna be a Bible,
and it's not.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
Gonna be La Washington. It's gonna be Lamarck O'Connor.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Okay, what is the answer to how many presents total
for the twelve days of Christmas? The answer is three
hundred and sixty four.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
In the math. But what does that mean?
Speaker 1 (18:25):
You are gonna you have a two night's day at Gaylord.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
I'm a math. I'm a math geek. It's the triangle.
You're a geek, that's for sure. The triangular number equation. Gosh,
the triangular number.
Speaker 7 (18:38):
We can knock it out.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
I love it. Look at it. He does, he has
it out. He has the work, he has the equation.
He does, he has the equation.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
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You still have time to shot. Sign up for one
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You got pretty good odds. Right now, I want to
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Speaker 3 (19:05):
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Speaker 2 (19:06):
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Speaker 1 (19:43):
Oh the Friday Show before Christmas Week gets perfect. We
have our friends here visiting us at Craig and landerth
Autos here on Shelbyville Road. They've been here for about
five years. They're celebrating fifty years. Dwight selling cars to
Louisvillions and the surrounding are We interviewed the old man
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and he's he was such a great character and fun.
We had the one hundred year old veteran from World
War Two on It's been fun. La Motte Washington was here.
You know him l MPD. He answered the question correctly.
He promised that he didn't use his lights and run
red lights to win the two Night's Day in Nashville.
But Craig Greenberg, Rachel, how are you? We're really good.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
I'm talking to you talking to Rachel all right.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
Before we get into the fun stuff, I do want
to say something that we had your boys on with
you all for was a Father's Day and one of them.
I think we all sort of got a little emotional
because he was looking at you, and I said, what
makes you proud of your father? And he had mentioned
that what you had gone through when you were running
for office and you literally stared down the barrel of
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a gun, and I think very few people have experienced that,
and that you didn't fold, and that you actually got
stronger from that experience. Now fast forward from this past
couple of weeks at Brown University, your sons are there,
We have this awful, horrific event go on, and he's
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experiencing somewhat of what you experienced, what you've that's got
to be surreal for him.
Speaker 7 (21:18):
For you, Yeah, it was. It was horrible. When Rachel
and I got the alert, we were at the u
of L Memphis basketball game and we got alerts from
Brown that there was an active shooter. So immediately we got,
you know, texting and on the phone with Ben to
make sure he was okay, and we you know, we
left shortly there after we realized how serious it was.
But it was a really tough night for as Ben
was barricaded in his room with his roommates literally across
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the street from the building where this happened, and I've
been through it before as a mayor. I've been through
it before as a candidate. Personally, it's very different when
you're a parent and.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
It's your barricaded in his room.
Speaker 7 (21:53):
Yeah, they put you know, they got into their room
and they put.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
How did you handle that?
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Let's talk about oh hey, or talk to a second,
but okay, let's talk about the love of mother, because
the love of a mother is like none other, and
that starts humans, it's with every species. The helplessness that
you must have felt along with the love that you
have for your child must have been complete hell.
Speaker 3 (22:16):
Talk about that.
Speaker 8 (22:19):
I think going back it was hell. But it also
you're just in the moment and you don't know what
is happening, and you just go into survival mode and
you want to make sure that he is safe and
he is calm and he knows what to do if
something really scary happens. So we went through every scenario
and he'll talk about it. But he wasn't sure the
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door was locked, and you know, walking into the apartment
because one door was broken, and putting out glass bottles,
and how do you make these decisions? When do you
use the restroom like these It was a nine hour
lockdown where they're saying stay away from windows and.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Your husband and then your son. I mean, at that point,
you're trying to process this. I don't know if I've processed.
Speaker 3 (23:08):
I don't think you No, I don't think you have,
because I'm looking at you right now.
Speaker 2 (23:11):
God love you, and you're somehow you're holding it together
and this is tough on you. Let's go ahead and
shift gears and give the microphone to Ben.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Him man, welcome back, so welcome home.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
Stay there, we'll bring you back.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Bring that mic down a little bit there right here?
Speaker 3 (23:25):
Now you stand up. You got a squadda U? Ben?
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Talk about that because when you go to college, maybe
you do it these days you expect something like this,
but I gotta think you don't know, talk about getting
alerted and then that feeling.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
Well, I think it's a little different in high school.
Speaker 6 (23:43):
I feel like you do drills and sort of still
everyone doesn't want to feel that helplessness.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
But I feel like in college, no one.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
Really expects that.
Speaker 6 (23:51):
I feel like after high school you're like, Okay, we
got through that, but and then for that happening college,
it's just horrible, And really it just makes you think
that can happen to anyone. That was like the first
thing that went through all my friends' minds is like,
especially like those people like in that classroom and people
who sadly like were killed. That's really just the first
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thing you're thinking, Yeah, did you.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
Know any of those individuals at all? Or people they
knew them?
Speaker 3 (24:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (24:16):
I knew one of them, Ella Cook. She was from Birmingham, Alabama.
A great person. Can't say enough good things about her.
Speaker 1 (24:26):
So you go from you all are stressed about finals,
but you're trying to get the finals done for the
semester so you can come home, and then all this happens,
and then did you all actually finish the finals or
did they call school off or no?
Speaker 6 (24:38):
So the finals ended up being canceled. But I mean
I wasn't worried about my finals. I was going to
do well anyways. But it really just adds perspective. One
of the first things I was the next day when
we could finally leave the house and get some food.
We ended up going to hill out with my friends.
There were like a nice bagel event there. We're just
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walking through campus and it really just gives perspective of
how thankful you are to be with your friends, and really,
what are the important things in your life that give
you meaning?
Speaker 2 (25:09):
And that's all well and good and that's true, but
you're talking about the next day. Let's talk a little
bit more about the next day. Some things that you
experience go through, see you're going to carry with you
and you need to talk to somebody about that.
Speaker 3 (25:23):
Or it's going to reach overs one way or the other.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Have you start has that started to happen, like the
nightmares or anything like that, or thinking, hey, is it
safe to go in here? Second guessing every movement, and
do you plan on talking to somebody about what you've
been through, because I highly recommend that you do as
a young man.
Speaker 6 (25:43):
Well, first I will say I talked about this with
some friends, like being on edge, like I feel like
after my dad's event, probably what happened with my dad shooting, I.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
Start always like.
Speaker 6 (25:55):
Like if I'm in waffle House and my friends at
one am, for example, people are just like drunk having fun.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
But I'm always like.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
Yeah, it's a shame, but it's it's real.
Speaker 6 (26:06):
So I've sort of already experienced that, So I guess
I was sort of used to that I forgot the second.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
You've been through a lot, do you plan on talking
to somebody about this, Because it's somebody who's also been
through a few things.
Speaker 3 (26:23):
It's quite helpful. But I waited until I was in
my fifties, and I wish I wouldn't have done that.
Speaker 6 (26:29):
Yeah, I was just talking with my friends. Who's seen
that we were. I was talking about this with my
family and friends this morning.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
So yeah, good, and Brown's backed you all up that
Brown's handling everything. Well, Dad, Yeah, they've said to you.
Speaker 7 (26:41):
Well, they've just provided communications to you know, parents and I.
One of my good friends that I've made over the
past three years is the Providence Mayor Brett Smiley. We
got elected at the same time and we've become really
close friends. And Rachel and the boys know Mayor Smiley
as well, and you know, having that connection also was
just another person angle to the whole thing. It's I'm
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thrilled that and relieved, really more than thrilled. I'm relieved
that last night they were able to solve what happened here.
It's a tragedy, but I'm glad that there is an
end to it and to bring some you know, disclosure
for the families, for the victims, and for the.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
And we're so glad that you're okay. We were so
worried about you.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
This for a second. Uh.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
And you're we're talking about of course Mark Greenberg is
our guest, Rachel Greenberg has us.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
I think, yeah, well, I want to get to that.
Speaker 2 (27:32):
But we're talking about we're talking about the Brown University shooting,
and you know part of it, when there's an active shooter,
police comes in. I think, Uh, l MPD has showed
exactly that they are the gold.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
Standard where it comes from. I had the.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Unfortunately I was on the air when that happened and
I was there watching it enfold in real time. The
best of the best with LMPD. But at the same time,
we've been understaff. Where are we with recruitment with LMPD,
because that's quite critical. At one time, at one point,
we were three hundred officers down and that puts our
men and women of LMPD, unfortunately to play defense and
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never on the offense.
Speaker 3 (28:14):
How are we with recruitment?
Speaker 7 (28:16):
So this is an area, like so much when it
comes to public safety and LMPD, where we have made
really good progress over the past year. Chief Humphrey and
I are not satisfied. We need to do more. When
I first became mayor, there about eight or nine people
in a recruiting class at LMPD. The last recruiting class
started with forty one beautiful, So we are making progress now.
Speaker 3 (28:34):
That's it. Can I say why that's so critical?
Speaker 2 (28:37):
If you're thinking, well, what's the big deal going from
eighteen to forty, it's because you get a better qualified
candidate that you could filter through and you can refine,
and you can get what LMPD should be, and quite frankly,
mostly is the best of the best.
Speaker 7 (28:51):
That's right, and that's our goal. We're going to continue.
You know, we give historic pay raises to the officers.
We built the wellness center. Chief Humphrey and I are
supporting them, The community is supporting them. Lots of other initiatives,
and I think we're really headed in the right direction
and over time. I just got a call three days
ago from somebody I know who's son used to be
on LMPD went to another local police department and wants
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to come back. We're seeing that more and more that
people want to rejoin LMPD, not lead.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
That's a big deal. Huge deal.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
That's a big deal because not even four years ago,
other stations were setting up recruitment.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Oh down the block, Yeah, down the block. All right,
When is the giant concrete Taco coming to the Velvete.
Speaker 3 (29:28):
I think that's what it's called.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
Oh is it not called the giant concrete Tako.
Speaker 7 (29:32):
We're going to have new That's one of the things
I'm most excited for in the next year, Tony, is
we're going to unveil some new designs for the Belvedere
that meet our budget.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
We're going to Oh so it's not the design Oh okay.
Speaker 7 (29:42):
We tried to evolve it a little bit because of
to make it something that we could actually afford and
get built. So I'm really excited about that. Where that's
headed in early next year will start.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
And structurally the belvedere is okay, right, the it's going
on top of that parking.
Speaker 7 (29:56):
That's the thing about this project is we have to
do something there is there's.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
Water coming through the.
Speaker 7 (30:02):
Last week or two ago and we had that ice
storm and everything. Yeah, if you drove under the Belvidere,
it looked like you were in Mammoth Kate coming down
from the something.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
I know I know I can't.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
We just put a Neon sign up that says welcome
to Lolville's finest water feature.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
We did that with the U out of that listen.
Speaker 2 (30:23):
I would love to talk a Borton stuff, but I
just got alerted that there's a possible honould get for me,
and I don't want to miss.
Speaker 1 (30:30):
Yeah, what's going on here?
Speaker 3 (30:31):
All right?
Speaker 1 (30:31):
Let's oh, yes, you got the corner zip right, corner
zip is good Brooks Brothers.
Speaker 4 (30:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (30:39):
I don't know what this one is.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
It says Okay, it says Walmart.
Speaker 1 (30:47):
Do you get Dwight?
Speaker 3 (30:48):
Want you get me for? I want to know just
how well knows me. I want to know how well
my favorite green Burg knows me.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
She just well, she just picked it up at Thornton's
down the street.
Speaker 3 (31:01):
I'm gonna start with this. I gave you each Oh.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
Yeah, chocolate, milk, chocolate. I love it. That's where I
didn't give my d.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
This is not made out of clay, though, you know
I love it.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
I love it. Okay, Oh look at that he did
it with one try. Here we go.
Speaker 3 (31:21):
We're going to use this here we go?
Speaker 6 (31:28):
Yes, yes, yes, I didn't.
Speaker 3 (31:31):
I just want to make sure I'll get screwed in this. Dude,
I should be five against at this point.
Speaker 4 (31:36):
You're own something.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
I went looking for Honica socks. They did not have.
Oh I love it in faith? Yeah, j crew that
I was looking through the drawer this morning trying to
find the other one. Okay, all right, thank you, at
least for one day. I'm good.
Speaker 4 (31:52):
Okay, thank you.
Speaker 3 (31:53):
Okay, So.
Speaker 4 (31:56):
Everybody else, what is this?
Speaker 3 (31:58):
Jingo Jack?
Speaker 7 (31:59):
A lot of people make this talk show.
Speaker 4 (32:02):
Happened this for everybody?
Speaker 3 (32:03):
I'm just glad you didn't bring on the leamon bread.
Speaker 2 (32:06):
Oh my gosh, that's oh dark chocolate covered pretzels.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
Oh yeah, I won't be heavy.
Speaker 1 (32:14):
Let's give you a chance to It's getting towards the
end of the year. What's on the board?
Speaker 3 (32:18):
You like?
Speaker 1 (32:19):
What's on the board? You think you could have done better?
Speaker 7 (32:21):
Well, we definitely get it.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
We can do that, right, We can do that right now.
We can do that right talking about that?
Speaker 3 (32:36):
Good?
Speaker 7 (32:37):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (32:37):
What do you think what's on the board?
Speaker 3 (32:39):
Step in there.
Speaker 7 (32:39):
It's interesting because a couple of things we've made the
most progress are also the areas that I have the
most frustration on. So public safety, Yes, we've made great progress.
Shootings and homicides are down by over twenty percent since
I've been mayor. They're down by shootings are down over
forty percent in three years. But we still have so
much more to do, and we will in next year.
Housing we've built seven thousand new units of how that
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are affordable for families. That's great. The problem is we
need another twenty thirty thousand units, and I've been incredibly
frustrated that we haven't been able to build more.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
I think seven is a win, though it was when
you said the number at the beginning. I was like,
there's no way they get there. It's too hard. So
it's hard to do.
Speaker 7 (33:17):
And so we'll continue to make progress in these areas.
We'll continue to build more parks and libraries and improve those,
make early childhood learning a reality for all three and
four year olds. And jobs. Also, We've had a great
year with jobs and creating lots of investments in our city.
The average job wage that we created this year was
twenty four percent higher than last year. I want to
create more so more families have the ability.
Speaker 3 (33:39):
Where are we on me? I gave you the plan
as soon as you got in office to have the
human of building. Yeah, change change change to a hard
rock cafe.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
Hotel is what we're here at, Yeah, hotel or a.
Speaker 3 (33:52):
Hard rock cafe pro.
Speaker 7 (33:53):
I have not yet had a conversation with the hard
Rock Cafe, but I can't tell you in the three
years i've been mayor, we're the closest we've ever been.
A great partner. There's another it's massive. We're talking about
a really good project and I'm hopeful early in the
new year, maybe with some help from the state. That's
another thing I'm really looking forward to next year is
that the General Assembly convenes and we've built a great
partnership between the city and the state.
Speaker 1 (34:13):
And hang on, I want to give him thirty second.
We got thirty. So I need you to say thank
you to your wife for this past year and he
supported the floor is yours to Rachel right here.
Speaker 7 (34:23):
Rach I love you so much. I could not do
this without you. This job is not easy. It's not
always as fun as being on Dwight and Tony. You
know that better than anybody else. And I'm so thankful
for your support for the boys, support for your daily
just thinking and questions that you ask, an input that
you provide I love you.
Speaker 3 (34:42):
Hey, Rachel god his figures for Cross.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
Thank you, thank you Mary so much, thank you for
the President for sure, all right, Everyboddy, thanks for everybody here.
To Craig and Lander, Dwight, well you'll be in Monday.
Speaker 3 (34:58):
I am out.
Speaker 1 (34:59):
We'll see you later on news Radio eight forty w
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Welcome back, folks, Broadcasting live at Craig and Landris on
Shelbyville Road in Saint Matthew's Lamont, Washington. Just got back.
He's got the number in his head. He's racing. He says,
he's going to turn the lights on the LNPD lights
on a get and get here faster to give me
the answer he's going to get if he gets here.
Because I asked how many total presents in the twelve
days of Christmas? Total is the number. If you have
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that number, you'll get a two night stay at Gaylord
opry Land in Nashville. I got to tell you that's
over one thousand dollars give away right there.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
What's amazing is our very next guest, Craig's Best Cars
dot Com. Craig and landerth has been in business for
fifty years. Our next guest was fifty years old when
they got You were a young Lia Lee is a
World War Two veteran one hundred years old.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
And I'm looking at the picture of you right now.
We were army Eric.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
It's the most incredible picture ever.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
He had some young man in the Please he's eighteen
in this still have that leather jacket.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
No I got this new one.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
You one hundred year old World War two vet.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Yeah, and we want to talk about that. But I
also want to hear the story. We're looking at a
picture right now of your corvette. Oh yeah, and that
this is a beautiful corvette. As we start seeing people
come over and want and say, hey, we want to
sell that corvette for your craigs Best Cars dot com.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
But that fifty seven, no, no, no, fifty five, fifty
five for first money in California with a Vight engine
in it.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
And I want to talk about one of your passagers.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Great, it is one of my passionates for the actor
named Corn Gable.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Clark Gable, how do you want those?
Speaker 5 (01:40):
No?
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Wait wait Clark Gable?
Speaker 4 (01:41):
Okay, I didn't know anybody even with me one for
a day at a road race in San Fernando Valley.
No way, no way, Mike car called the riot in
Los Angeles with a Via engine.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
I see that.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Yeah, yeah, I got a call and did we use
your car for the official car for the road race?
I said, yeah, only drive Yeah, so who's the official
for the road race? Part evil?
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Oh my god?
Speaker 4 (02:10):
So he rode around with me all day?
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Was he drunk? Yeah, was he drunk? He was always
has like a little bourbon.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
I don't know he didn't have that. But to be
a wife coming uh drove a thunderbird? Yeah I got
blow the doors.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yeah, look, we got to end the interview. How how
how is this fair? Look, he's a great looking guy.
He's in the Air Corps, he knows card Gable, he
drives this vet. It's just not fair. Oh but seriously,
one hundred years old, World War two veteran, and we've
been looking and we've been talking and hanging out before
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we went on the air. I gotta tell you, man,
you're in great shape. What's your secret? I carry a cane?
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Is that it?
Speaker 4 (02:59):
Yeah? No, no, no secret to it. My fondest dream
will never come true.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Now.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
It was to be shot by a jealous husband. Ten
years old.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
And you're still good looking? Guys. Why did you bring
that up? Just as my wife?
Speaker 2 (03:21):
He said, he Lee brings this up right as my
wal wife walks in.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
I hope you don't. I hope you have a gun.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Listen, actually I do.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
But if she look, if she left me for you,
oh you, I would understand. Seriously, one hundred years old,
how you stay in such great shape as your nutrition.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
I don't know. I don't know anything. Really, No, I
don't do any I don't drink, nose walk. I changed women.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
You well yeah, yeah, well yeah, so you gotta like
you gotta like younger women.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
I mean, let's say that there's a fire inside.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
A dear friend of the show is Lamart Washington walks in.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
We're gonna find out he has the right answer here
in a second. But uh, we used to have a
dear friend of the show. She made it to ninety
eight years. I believe Mary Mary was grown. But she
said that she would never dated her age because she
claimed if anybody dated her age, all they wanted was
one or two things, either a nurse or a purse,
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and she.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Refused to she refused.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Today, we appreciate you coming with this coming on. You're
hanging out with Jeff Toki, such a good friend of
ours and hanging out so you are. I guess the
one hundredth Christmas you have a couple of days away.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Do you do you.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Remember your favorite Christmas out of the ninety nine that
hundred that you've had.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
I really don't. I can't think it was any special
really way back well, he's still a kid in Kali Alato, California.
But I don't really have any specific Christians. They were wrongly.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Yeah it's great, yea, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Think of all the things that you have seen in
a hundred years, because man, we have made such a
jump in one hundred years. Oh, not to mention the
hardships World War two, the Great Great Depression. My father
was a World War Two veteran. God rest his soul.
(05:37):
He had me late in life, but he went through
so much.
Speaker 6 (05:42):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
I never would talk about World War Two, but we
did hear about the Great Depression and behaviors.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Went on there. He was say, you've seen a lot.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Was ever a time you thought, man, this is the
worst off it's ever been.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
No, And the reason being that in a Great Depression,
my dad had a very good job. We bought a
beautiful hit. My parents bought a beautiful home in Palo
al that's to homes Stand from the university. Okay, paid
trone grand for this house. It's sold for a little
over five million.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Oh my gosh, Oh I bet.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
Not to me. I'm fucked out.
Speaker 5 (06:19):
You know.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
I go into the theory by high and so low.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Yeah, right, but you never thought you'd get to triple
digits one hundred.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
No, I figured seventy five is going to be it.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yeah, but again, you're in great shape. You got all
your faculties. We're sitting here, we're joking around. You're a
blessed man. I wish there was a secret because I'd
like to pick it up because I got to fill
it out, make it past.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
So yeah, you got six.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
You know, let's get serious for a second, because I
want you to encourage Listen, every year are WW two
veterans that number it gets cut in half and a
man like you, no kidding, you're such a precious commodity
to the nation. So I want you to talk about
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Bluegrass Honor Flight in case, in case there's a WW
two veteran out there and their family may hear it.
You're one hundred years old, you've been on this and
I've always said to veterans while I talked to him,
you are safer on this flight than you are at
home watching prices. Right, talk about the honor flight and
(07:35):
how that impacted you, and try to encourage some of
these veterans to say, you know what, or maybe their
family We're going.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
Yes, sir, thank you. I try to do this whenever
I have a chance. It was a unique experience that
will never be repeated as right at the top of
the list for every veteran. Every veteran, I don't care
if they are under a gunfire or if they are
working at an office. They were in the army. They
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are veterans, right, and they deserve the right and the privilege.
It is the privilege to go on this honor flight
that we have here. I am privileged to be associated
with Jeff. I've got my shirt, the whole thing, and
to promote that particularly are flights, which one's coming up
(08:24):
in April, and we want people to sign up. I
go to the VA hospital. Okay, you just see what
it's like, and I try to talk to as many
of the veterans there as I can. If you haven't been,
go go no. It's one of the one day experience
in your life you'll never refeat.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
If you're out there listening. Lee is a one hundred
year old World War Two veteran, and he's encouraging the
family members a great day of not only World War
Two but also Korea Vietnam.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
I was just telling Joey Craig about it. I was like,
you got to go it's it's it's an incredible it's
an incredible thing.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
And Jeff, as we shift gears to Jeff, by the way,
how did.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
You get to Louisville.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
You haven't got enough time? California, the Little Way of Virginia.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Okay, that's an old story.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
I gotta feel that there's a jealous husband involved in
that story. But we'll get back to that. As we
go to Jeff Toky Bluegrass honor flights. Uh, Tony mentioned
I think it might have been off the year we
were talking Joey about Bluegrass honor flights. We're both jaded
radio people. We love our veterans. But I got to
tell you, uh, two things. Number One, I thought that
(09:44):
maybe he built.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Up the oversold it.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
But number two, Uh, you can ask my wife on this.
I'm not a big fan of getting up early and
going in long days, and I went into this with
a poor mental attitude. And I can honestly say that
it's one of the best things I've ever done in
my life.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
I was never tired.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
The adrenaline rush from coming home with these veterans and
the World War II veterans, the Korea veterans, especially the
Korea veterans and the Vietnam veterans finally getting that welcome.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
It was a rush.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
My point is I went in with a poor attitude
and it was still on the best days of my life.
Speaker 5 (10:22):
Well yeah, I mean, Lisa an ambassador for ho oured flights.
And as we as Americans, I tell this all the time,
veterans don't owe us anything, but we as Americans owe
our veterans.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
Everything tremendous and we have our.
Speaker 5 (10:37):
Freedoms because of our veterans. You know, we know we're
sort of divided today, but we all can agree that
we need to honor all of our veterans, and we
fly veterans who are in the service from nineteen forty
one to nineteen seventy five any time.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
So we want you to fly.
Speaker 5 (10:52):
We have a list of about four hundred Vietnam veterans
wanting to go. But if you were Korea War World
War two and you will autumn, go on our next fight,
which is April twenty first, it's real easy to sign up.
You go to Honor Fight Bluegrass dot org. Takes about
ten minutes, and you deserve the right to go because you,
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as a veteran. We owe you everything.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
And people can sponsor that person and you go with
them or you they assign somebody with you. That's that.
It's it's six.
Speaker 5 (11:20):
Hundred dollars or something, six hundred bucks to go as
a guard fly you land, there's there's escort.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
You don't stop at red lights. You go, you're you're
the big time. And every place you go in DC
you get off, people stop and cheer. It's crazy. But
I don't want you to undersell the fact that you
traveled Dwight whitting and he had a great time. I don't,
I don't, I don't. He doesn't travel well. Okay, doesn't
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travel well. It doesn't travel well. And you and you
showed him a good time.
Speaker 5 (11:52):
You know, our goal is to make it one of
the best days of a life, and it is what
I think.
Speaker 4 (11:56):
We also do it with guardian.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
No, you absolutely do it with guardians, if.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
I may, absolutely. When I went on that tour, they
lived the life of a guardian to seventy years old. Well,
I wanted my son to do it. My son was
seventy four, I said, but he's a Vietnam veteran. Oh,
he qualifies right now. So here's my my he went,
he's a guardian. Cool, and just recently he came down
(12:23):
from his home in Michigan. He said, he's to his boss, says,
I'm going to go down and visit my father in Kentucky.
He says, well, wait a minute. How old are you?
He said, I'm seventy eight.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
How many years ago was your last honor flight?
Speaker 4 (12:53):
A couple of years, so three.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Years ago you're still My point is this, if you're
out there listening, if you're a World War Two veteran,
a Korea veteran, Vietnam veteran, this man was ninety seven
years old when he went on his last one. He's
one hundred years now. I'm telling you, if you're worried
about your grandfather or father, who might be they are
in the best care on this foight. Yeahs oh, yeah,
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you're They're in better care on this flight than they
are in their living room.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
That's and he had the sisters and the lady lady entertainment. Okay,
when you look at this picture and I'm holding up
the eighteen year old self, what advice do you give
this guy?
Speaker 4 (13:39):
That guy, that guy right there, I don't recognize.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
What made you become a pilot. This is a trainer.
You're leaning again.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
Why do I want to be a pilot?
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (13:49):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (13:49):
My older brother was a Navy officer pilot World War Two, right,
and well, I wanted to know like my brother, I
wanted to be a pilot. I didn't. I wasn't mad
at anybody. I wanted to fly with. Yeah, And I
went through much of the program until I got a
c serious disease illment and watched out of it and
(14:09):
then ended up in radar. I was a radar, right,
and then I was gonna be on the eighth Therefore
if I continued to hit or head shot shots of
the head right. No, I never went overseas so trained
for a combat radar, but didn't get.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
Well it what a difference between your generation and the
generation we have now. But there were so many people
they're fifteen, sixteen years old lying about their age to
oh yes, and you know they they call you all,
you men, the greatest generation, And I think that rings true.
(14:46):
I'm not, that's just not that's just talk.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
Well, I mean, you know, I don't really recognize it
that way. I was just part of it. I had
listened on my eighteenth birthday, and by that time, my
brothers were in the service, and I was the youngest
of three. I won't tell you what my first name
was for four years.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
But the country turns two hundred and fifty this year.
You've been around.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
For oh my god, oh yeah about that? Yeah, oh yeah, okay,
so one hundred years old. By the way, Lee's our guest.
One hundred year old World War Two veteran. Do you
have a favorite decade. It's got to be the seventies,
right or main I.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
Don't know, seventies, maybe abound of the fifties.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Yeah, because a lot going on. America was booming. America
was booming.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
I had, I had, Yeah, what I'm ensure you know.
I was with Jimmy Stewart for the day.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Are you kidding, Jimmy Stewart.
Speaker 7 (15:47):
It's just the car, Jimmy Stewart.
Speaker 4 (15:51):
I got a pictures, so, oh what happened to it?
Speaker 1 (15:55):
But you know Jimmy Stewart, Jimmy Stuart, he was a pilot. Yeah,
oh no, that's not him, but he was with him.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
You know.
Speaker 4 (16:06):
I was a press agent in an adveratis the agency. Okay,
you did working on a mobile gas account and they
were sponsoring race. This guy was gonna fly Jimmy Stewart.
They modified from Los Angeles to New York Times Top
sponsored by Mobile Gas. So I was there during the
(16:26):
photo shoot and Jimmy Stewart th us all out for
coffee afterwards. Oh yeah, nice, he's a really nice man.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
Moler Gas at agents. I love it.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
You mentioned that you never drank or smoke. How did
you make it through the years. Yeah, everybody smoked, Like
in the fifties were saying every doctor smoke camel, you know,
but they were pushing on you so hard.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
You what' your thaying?
Speaker 4 (16:49):
If sarth saying it hands smoke re killing everybody, I'd
have been dead years. Yeah, you couldn't see it across
our living room moves.
Speaker 3 (16:59):
That's how it was.
Speaker 1 (16:59):
I can see this guy giving new like he gets
a new doctor, messing with that new doctor in the
in the office all the time.
Speaker 7 (17:06):
He's laughing.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
I know he's he's that guy. But we appreciate everything
you've done. And one hundred is fantastic. Merry Christmas to you, and.
Speaker 4 (17:15):
Yes and again Lee, thank you.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
For absolutely is the right that you want to tell?
Speaker 6 (17:19):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Any senior citters out there. You're one hundred years old.
You look fantastic. Yeah, you're hilarious.
Speaker 4 (17:25):
You know he's special. Just make up every morning and
get out and skip today going that's all I can say.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
My man, Yeah, and don't be so angry.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Well I can't. I can't help him there.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
Okay, Lamon Washington has the answer for a two nights stay,
or does he? How are you doing, buddy? You didn't
break any laws getting here, did you.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
I'll have to reach out to the fabulous.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
Lamont used to come on the show with us all
the time. You actually got shot in the line of duty.
Uh and your badchh it saved your life. Yea if
I'm remembering that right, you still have that badge?
Speaker 3 (18:00):
Yea?
Speaker 2 (18:01):
In the movie, in the movie, the screenplay, it's gonna
be his flask.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Oh, it's gonna be it's not gonna be a Bible,
and it's not.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
Gonna be La Washington. It's gonna be Lamarck O'Connor.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Okay, what is the answer to how many presents total
for the twelve days of Christmas? The answer is three
hundred and sixty four.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
In the math. But what does that mean?
Speaker 1 (18:25):
You are gonna you have a two night's day at Gaylord.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
I'm a math. I'm a math geek. It's the triangle.
You're a geek, that's for sure. The triangular number equation. Gosh,
the triangular number.
Speaker 7 (18:38):
We can knock it out.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
I love it. Look at it. He does, he has
it out. He has the work, he has the equation.
He does, he has the equation.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Hey, folks, come on by Craig Craig and Landag shop Row.
You still have time to shot. Sign up for one
thousand dollars gift card. It's just the people right here.
You got pretty good odds. Right now, I want to
tell you about the fireplace. Nothing is better during the
Christmas season, the fire and the fireplace. But let's make
sure it's safe for you and your family.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
First. Did you know that.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Your fireplace should be serviced every single year? If not,
that fire in your fireplace can go to your attic
or even down the walls, catch your home on fire.
And the worst part is before you realize it, it's
too late, before you light that first fire of the season,
even if you've had fires already. Get your fireplace inspected
(19:26):
with the fireplace ten Fara eight, Shelbyville Road, stick around
more on the Ways We brought cast live from Craig
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the Mayor on the Way News Radio eight forty whas.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Oh the Friday Show before Christmas Week gets perfect. We
have our friends here visiting us at Craig and landerth
Autos here on Shelbyville Road. They've been here for about
five years. They're celebrating fifty years. Dwight selling cars to
Louisvillions and the surrounding are We interviewed the old man
(20:03):
and he's he was such a great character and fun.
We had the one hundred year old veteran from World
War Two on It's been fun. La Motte Washington was here.
You know him l MPD. He answered the question correctly.
He promised that he didn't use his lights and run
red lights to win the two Night's Day in Nashville.
But Craig Greenberg, Rachel, how are you? We're really good.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
I'm talking to you talking to Rachel all right.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
Before we get into the fun stuff, I do want
to say something that we had your boys on with
you all for was a Father's Day and one of them.
I think we all sort of got a little emotional
because he was looking at you, and I said, what
makes you proud of your father? And he had mentioned
that what you had gone through when you were running
for office and you literally stared down the barrel of
(20:51):
a gun, and I think very few people have experienced that,
and that you didn't fold, and that you actually got
stronger from that experience. Now fast forward from this past
couple of weeks at Brown University, your sons are there,
We have this awful, horrific event go on, and he's
(21:11):
experiencing somewhat of what you experienced, what you've that's got
to be surreal for him.
Speaker 7 (21:18):
For you, Yeah, it was. It was horrible. When Rachel
and I got the alert, we were at the u
of L Memphis basketball game and we got alerts from
Brown that there was an active shooter. So immediately we got,
you know, texting and on the phone with Ben to
make sure he was okay, and we you know, we
left shortly there after we realized how serious it was.
But it was a really tough night for as Ben
was barricaded in his room with his roommates literally across
(21:40):
the street from the building where this happened, and I've
been through it before as a mayor. I've been through
it before as a candidate. Personally, it's very different when
you're a parent and.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
It's your barricaded in his room.
Speaker 7 (21:53):
Yeah, they put you know, they got into their room
and they put.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
How did you handle that?
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Let's talk about oh hey, or talk to a second,
but okay, let's talk about the love of mother, because
the love of a mother is like none other, and
that starts humans, it's with every species. The helplessness that
you must have felt along with the love that you
have for your child must have been complete hell.
Speaker 3 (22:16):
Talk about that.
Speaker 8 (22:19):
I think going back it was hell. But it also
you're just in the moment and you don't know what
is happening, and you just go into survival mode and
you want to make sure that he is safe and
he is calm and he knows what to do if
something really scary happens. So we went through every scenario
and he'll talk about it. But he wasn't sure the
(22:40):
door was locked, and you know, walking into the apartment
because one door was broken, and putting out glass bottles,
and how do you make these decisions? When do you
use the restroom like these It was a nine hour
lockdown where they're saying stay away from windows and.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Your husband and then your son. I mean, at that point,
you're trying to process this. I don't know if I've processed.
Speaker 3 (23:08):
I don't think you No, I don't think you have,
because I'm looking at you right now.
Speaker 2 (23:11):
God love you, and you're somehow you're holding it together
and this is tough on you. Let's go ahead and
shift gears and give the microphone to Ben.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Him man, welcome back, so welcome home.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
Stay there, we'll bring you back.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Bring that mic down a little bit there right here?
Speaker 3 (23:25):
Now you stand up. You got a squadda U? Ben?
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Talk about that because when you go to college, maybe
you do it these days you expect something like this,
but I gotta think you don't know, talk about getting
alerted and then that feeling.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
Well, I think it's a little different in high school.
Speaker 6 (23:43):
I feel like you do drills and sort of still
everyone doesn't want to feel that helplessness.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
But I feel like in college, no one.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
Really expects that.
Speaker 6 (23:51):
I feel like after high school you're like, Okay, we
got through that, but and then for that happening college,
it's just horrible, And really it just makes you think
that can happen to anyone. That was like the first
thing that went through all my friends' minds is like,
especially like those people like in that classroom and people
who sadly like were killed. That's really just the first
(24:12):
thing you're thinking, Yeah, did you.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
Know any of those individuals at all? Or people they
knew them?
Speaker 3 (24:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (24:16):
I knew one of them, Ella Cook. She was from Birmingham, Alabama.
A great person. Can't say enough good things about her.
Speaker 1 (24:26):
So you go from you all are stressed about finals,
but you're trying to get the finals done for the
semester so you can come home, and then all this happens,
and then did you all actually finish the finals or
did they call school off or no?
Speaker 6 (24:38):
So the finals ended up being canceled. But I mean
I wasn't worried about my finals. I was going to
do well anyways. But it really just adds perspective. One
of the first things I was the next day when
we could finally leave the house and get some food.
We ended up going to hill out with my friends.
There were like a nice bagel event there. We're just
(25:00):
walking through campus and it really just gives perspective of
how thankful you are to be with your friends, and really,
what are the important things in your life that give
you meaning?
Speaker 2 (25:09):
And that's all well and good and that's true, but
you're talking about the next day. Let's talk a little
bit more about the next day. Some things that you
experience go through, see you're going to carry with you
and you need to talk to somebody about that.
Speaker 3 (25:23):
Or it's going to reach overs one way or the other.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Have you start has that started to happen, like the
nightmares or anything like that, or thinking, hey, is it
safe to go in here? Second guessing every movement, and
do you plan on talking to somebody about what you've
been through, because I highly recommend that you do as
a young man.
Speaker 6 (25:43):
Well, first I will say I talked about this with
some friends, like being on edge, like I feel like
after my dad's event, probably what happened with my dad shooting, I.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
Start always like.
Speaker 6 (25:55):
Like if I'm in waffle House and my friends at
one am, for example, people are just like drunk having fun.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
But I'm always like.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
Yeah, it's a shame, but it's it's real.
Speaker 6 (26:06):
So I've sort of already experienced that, So I guess
I was sort of used to that I forgot the second.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
You've been through a lot, do you plan on talking
to somebody about this, Because it's somebody who's also been
through a few things.
Speaker 3 (26:23):
It's quite helpful. But I waited until I was in
my fifties, and I wish I wouldn't have done that.
Speaker 6 (26:29):
Yeah, I was just talking with my friends. Who's seen
that we were. I was talking about this with my
family and friends this morning.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
So yeah, good, and Brown's backed you all up that
Brown's handling everything. Well, Dad, Yeah, they've said to you.
Speaker 7 (26:41):
Well, they've just provided communications to you know, parents and I.
One of my good friends that I've made over the
past three years is the Providence Mayor Brett Smiley. We
got elected at the same time and we've become really
close friends. And Rachel and the boys know Mayor Smiley
as well, and you know, having that connection also was
just another person angle to the whole thing. It's I'm
(27:01):
thrilled that and relieved, really more than thrilled. I'm relieved
that last night they were able to solve what happened here.
It's a tragedy, but I'm glad that there is an
end to it and to bring some you know, disclosure
for the families, for the victims, and for the.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
And we're so glad that you're okay. We were so
worried about you.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
This for a second. Uh.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
And you're we're talking about of course Mark Greenberg is
our guest, Rachel Greenberg has us.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
I think, yeah, well, I want to get to that.
Speaker 2 (27:32):
But we're talking about we're talking about the Brown University shooting,
and you know part of it, when there's an active shooter,
police comes in. I think, Uh, l MPD has showed
exactly that they are the gold.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
Standard where it comes from. I had the.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Unfortunately I was on the air when that happened and
I was there watching it enfold in real time. The
best of the best with LMPD. But at the same time,
we've been understaff. Where are we with recruitment with LMPD,
because that's quite critical. At one time, at one point,
we were three hundred officers down and that puts our
men and women of LMPD, unfortunately to play defense and
(28:13):
never on the offense.
Speaker 3 (28:14):
How are we with recruitment?
Speaker 7 (28:16):
So this is an area, like so much when it
comes to public safety and LMPD, where we have made
really good progress over the past year. Chief Humphrey and
I are not satisfied. We need to do more. When
I first became mayor, there about eight or nine people
in a recruiting class at LMPD. The last recruiting class
started with forty one beautiful, So we are making progress now.
Speaker 3 (28:34):
That's it. Can I say why that's so critical?
Speaker 2 (28:37):
If you're thinking, well, what's the big deal going from
eighteen to forty, it's because you get a better qualified
candidate that you could filter through and you can refine,
and you can get what LMPD should be, and quite frankly,
mostly is the best of the best.
Speaker 7 (28:51):
That's right, and that's our goal. We're going to continue.
You know, we give historic pay raises to the officers.
We built the wellness center. Chief Humphrey and I are
supporting them, The community is supporting them. Lots of other initiatives,
and I think we're really headed in the right direction
and over time. I just got a call three days
ago from somebody I know who's son used to be
on LMPD went to another local police department and wants
(29:11):
to come back. We're seeing that more and more that
people want to rejoin LMPD, not lead.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
That's a big deal. Huge deal.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
That's a big deal because not even four years ago,
other stations were setting up recruitment.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Oh down the block, Yeah, down the block. All right,
When is the giant concrete Taco coming to the Velvete.
Speaker 3 (29:28):
I think that's what it's called.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
Oh is it not called the giant concrete Tako.
Speaker 7 (29:32):
We're going to have new That's one of the things
I'm most excited for in the next year, Tony, is
we're going to unveil some new designs for the Belvedere
that meet our budget.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
We're going to Oh so it's not the design Oh okay.
Speaker 7 (29:42):
We tried to evolve it a little bit because of
to make it something that we could actually afford and
get built. So I'm really excited about that. Where that's
headed in early next year will start.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
And structurally the belvedere is okay, right, the it's going
on top of that parking.
Speaker 7 (29:56):
That's the thing about this project is we have to
do something there is there's.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
Water coming through the.
Speaker 7 (30:02):
Last week or two ago and we had that ice
storm and everything. Yeah, if you drove under the Belvidere,
it looked like you were in Mammoth Kate coming down
from the something.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
I know I know I can't.
Speaker 2 (30:15):
We just put a Neon sign up that says welcome
to Lolville's finest water feature.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
We did that with the U out of that listen.
Speaker 2 (30:23):
I would love to talk a Borton stuff, but I
just got alerted that there's a possible honould get for me,
and I don't want to miss.
Speaker 1 (30:30):
Yeah, what's going on here?
Speaker 3 (30:31):
All right?
Speaker 1 (30:31):
Let's oh, yes, you got the corner zip right, corner
zip is good Brooks Brothers.
Speaker 4 (30:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (30:39):
I don't know what this one is.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
It says Okay, it says Walmart.
Speaker 1 (30:47):
Do you get Dwight?
Speaker 3 (30:48):
Want you get me for? I want to know just
how well knows me. I want to know how well
my favorite green Burg knows me.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
She just well, she just picked it up at Thornton's
down the street.
Speaker 3 (31:01):
I'm gonna start with this. I gave you each Oh.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
Yeah, chocolate, milk, chocolate. I love it. That's where I
didn't give my d.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
This is not made out of clay, though, you know
I love it.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
I love it. Okay, Oh look at that he did
it with one try. Here we go.
Speaker 3 (31:21):
We're going to use this here we go?
Speaker 6 (31:28):
Yes, yes, yes, I didn't.
Speaker 3 (31:31):
I just want to make sure I'll get screwed in this. Dude,
I should be five against at this point.
Speaker 4 (31:36):
You're own something.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
I went looking for Honica socks. They did not have.
Oh I love it in faith? Yeah, j crew that
I was looking through the drawer this morning trying to
find the other one. Okay, all right, thank you, at
least for one day. I'm good.
Speaker 4 (31:52):
Okay, thank you.
Speaker 3 (31:53):
Okay, So.
Speaker 4 (31:56):
Everybody else, what is this?
Speaker 3 (31:58):
Jingo Jack?
Speaker 7 (31:59):
A lot of people make this talk show.
Speaker 4 (32:02):
Happened this for everybody?
Speaker 3 (32:03):
I'm just glad you didn't bring on the leamon bread.
Speaker 2 (32:06):
Oh my gosh, that's oh dark chocolate covered pretzels.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
Oh yeah, I won't be heavy.
Speaker 1 (32:14):
Let's give you a chance to It's getting towards the
end of the year. What's on the board?
Speaker 3 (32:18):
You like?
Speaker 1 (32:19):
What's on the board? You think you could have done better?
Speaker 7 (32:21):
Well, we definitely get it.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
We can do that, right, We can do that right now.
We can do that right talking about that?
Speaker 3 (32:36):
Good?
Speaker 7 (32:37):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (32:37):
What do you think what's on the board?
Speaker 3 (32:39):
Step in there.
Speaker 7 (32:39):
It's interesting because a couple of things we've made the
most progress are also the areas that I have the
most frustration on. So public safety, Yes, we've made great progress.
Shootings and homicides are down by over twenty percent since
I've been mayor. They're down by shootings are down over
forty percent in three years. But we still have so
much more to do, and we will in next year.
Housing we've built seven thousand new units of how that
(33:00):
are affordable for families. That's great. The problem is we
need another twenty thirty thousand units, and I've been incredibly
frustrated that we haven't been able to build more.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
I think seven is a win, though it was when
you said the number at the beginning. I was like,
there's no way they get there. It's too hard. So
it's hard to do.
Speaker 7 (33:17):
And so we'll continue to make progress in these areas.
We'll continue to build more parks and libraries and improve those,
make early childhood learning a reality for all three and
four year olds. And jobs. Also, We've had a great
year with jobs and creating lots of investments in our city.
The average job wage that we created this year was
twenty four percent higher than last year. I want to
create more so more families have the ability.
Speaker 3 (33:39):
Where are we on me? I gave you the plan
as soon as you got in office to have the
human of building. Yeah, change change change to a hard
rock cafe.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
Hotel is what we're here at, Yeah, hotel or a.
Speaker 3 (33:52):
Hard rock cafe pro.
Speaker 7 (33:53):
I have not yet had a conversation with the hard
Rock Cafe, but I can't tell you in the three
years i've been mayor, we're the closest we've ever been.
A great partner. There's another it's massive. We're talking about
a really good project and I'm hopeful early in the
new year, maybe with some help from the state. That's
another thing I'm really looking forward to next year is
that the General Assembly convenes and we've built a great
partnership between the city and the state.
Speaker 1 (34:13):
And hang on, I want to give him thirty second.
We got thirty. So I need you to say thank
you to your wife for this past year and he
supported the floor is yours to Rachel right here.
Speaker 7 (34:23):
Rach I love you so much. I could not do
this without you. This job is not easy. It's not
always as fun as being on Dwight and Tony. You
know that better than anybody else. And I'm so thankful
for your support for the boys, support for your daily
just thinking and questions that you ask, an input that
you provide I love you.
Speaker 3 (34:42):
Hey, Rachel god his figures for Cross.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
Thank you, thank you Mary so much, thank you for
the President for sure, all right, Everyboddy, thanks for everybody here.
To Craig and Lander, Dwight, well you'll be in Monday.
Speaker 3 (34:58):
I am out.
Speaker 1 (34:59):
We'll see you later on news Radio eight forty w
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