December 19, 2025 • 27 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Happy, happy birthday.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Thank you boys for coming in here and doing that
for our traffic, Maven. Lucy Chapman, Happy birthday.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
How very nice of them, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
I know we assembled them quite early and paid them
an astonishing amount of money.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Oh well you paid for that just to come in
and do.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
That, and now they're leaving. Hey, guys, have a great weekend.
Thank you so much. Nice hats Hey. It's your birthday.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
It is my birthday, and I am so happy that
it's Friday.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
You don't strike me as someone who wants to pay
wants me to pay a lot of attention to your
birthday over the next several hours.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Oh is it my birthday?
Speaker 2 (00:54):
As we as we just covered, as previously reported on
news radio eleven ten kfab is in fact to Lucy
Chapman's birthday.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
No, I actually unless you have cake? No do you
have cake?
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Not at this moment.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
No.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
I brought the singers, that's true. Jim cake Jim.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
I don't know if you'd want to eat anything that
Jim bakes. He can you cook anything?
Speaker 5 (01:18):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (01:18):
Yeah, you do. Christmas candy at my house. It's been
a long standing tradition started by my mother who had
it started by her mother. We make the most divine
divinity of all time Christmas time.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
What is that? You don't know what divinity is?
Speaker 6 (01:33):
Well, I do as it relates to it's a very
very tasty holiday tread. You wouldn't have any connection to
that divinity. But the divinity I'm talking about. You have
been listening. The divinity that I'm talking about is a
very tasty Christmas candy that is very difficult to make,
and very few people try it, and then others ruined
by putting walnuts in there. Isn't it just like meringue
(01:55):
or some pretty much, it's just a blob of sugar.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Boy, is it good? That's also me?
Speaker 6 (02:02):
Yeah, it's we did Christmas candy. So you guys make
a lemon merangue pie without the pie.
Speaker 5 (02:09):
Do this.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
It's just a meringue. It's a white mane. Not a
terrible idea. That was my nickname in college when I
lemon meringuee white merangue.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
I could see that.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Yeah, on my innermural football team. But no, Lucy, at
this point, we don't have snacks for you, but I will.
I'll find you some snacks. I've got granola bars.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
No, it's not about snacks, Scott, what was your name?
Speaker 5 (02:35):
Hi?
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Hi, Gary Sandelmeyer.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
It's not about snacks. It's about cake. Do you not understand.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Well my affection for cake.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
This is the first I've heard of it. This morning.
Happy birthday, my friend.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Dave is one of my favorite emailers. He's very funny
and it'll be sarcastic and he emails and says, Lucy,
thank you for doing what you do. No one does
it better. I hope you have a great day today.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
That's really sweet.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Thanks Steve, Dave.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Heye, that's unless you're calling me Steve, Which is that?
Do you have a number one other name that you
get called that's not your own name when people are
trying to remember your name and they take a shot
at it. Because for me it's Steve. I get Steve
all the time. Scott Vorhees distills down into Steve Lisa.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Do you Lisa? Yeah? And I always have to tell
him my name is not Lisa, my name is Julie.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
I've been trying to masquerade it's Gary here this past week.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
You're doing a fabulous job.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Well, this is the first.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
He does it better than Gary.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
But you don't look anything like him. Here we go.
We got this coming, I miss Gary. Yeah, I know
this is the day. That is one of the promises
I made to myself. I looked at myself in the mirror.
I said itself, I'm not going to be a slave
to this new schedule so much that if there's something
going on in the evening and I want to be
(04:13):
a part of it, I'm gonna go be a part
of it. I'll just deal with it the next morning. Oh,
I'm dealing with it this morning. Holiday party. On the
second glass of wine, I said, just like, fill it
like a third of the way full, and they bring
it back and it's not like an eighth of the
way not full.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
So I didn't have to drink Those are my kind friends.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Yeah, I didn't have to drink all of it, but
it just seems wasteful not to, of course, And that's
that's where the miss Now on the fourth class of wine.
There's a great time. Last night and I missed Rob
McCartney's final evening wasn't last night it k E TV
news watch seven six o'clock. Oh he didn't even do
(04:55):
the ten though.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Well I want either.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
It's but it's the ten you gotta do the ten
That's what I thought. See, this is why Rob got
fired lazy, He did the sixth and they called it
a night Rob Rob.
Speaker 6 (05:11):
I think, probably more than anything, sort of closed the
door on an era of local television and not just
an Omaha, but across the country that is the impactful, powerful,
iconic local TV anchor.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Well, we lost two.
Speaker 6 (05:26):
Of them, we got two, we lost three of you
throwing Gary and lose Nicely, Gary and Rob all in
the same year.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
But Gary wasn't on TV and there were there was
reasons why, but for John Nicely and Rob McCartney to
both retire this year and then Gary sadlemayre on the radio.
I was commiserating with Brian Mastery recently about how fun
it is to replace a guy that's been like for Hey,
we're saying goodbye to a legend, and now here's this idiot.
(05:53):
You know, so we're we're those idiots.
Speaker 6 (05:56):
Well it's it was an era that it's gone because
of just the fraction a factional nature of our media today.
You can get information from so many different sites, whereas
when Rob and Nicely and you know, Gary to a
certain degree, got on limited number of places to get
the stuff. So I think we're coming to the end,
you know, of that one little facet of our broadcasting legacy,
(06:19):
and that is the Ron Burgundy style local anchor who's
just a celebrity because so many watched them. And it's
not because the people today aren't good. It's just the
nature of where you can get information and how you
can get it. And the six and ten o'clock news
isn't just it anymore.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Yeah, but but I think that Omaha still is kind
of the biggest small town in America. And what you're
saying there is true to an extent. But like last night,
I'm hanging out with some very good, longtime friends and
it doesn't matter what the circumstances are, whether it's good
(06:58):
times bad times, you get together with friends and it's
there's nothing better. And so many people in this town
they developed that friendship relationship with these people that they
watch on TV, they listen on the radio, and they
make that connection as friends. Now I hope to foster
(07:19):
some of that. Well, you're on this radio station, it's
not like you've just showed up, not in this time slot.
I got some lady emailed me earlier this week and says,
if you're going to do it well on this show,
you need to talk less. Yeah. I don't know if
you know what the thing is though, Scott.
Speaker 6 (07:32):
Here's the deal, and that is you're not going to
see a guy like Rob or John be on the
TV station for thirty five years anymore.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Well, I'm not ready to make that proclamation.
Speaker 6 (07:42):
I don't think that's going to happen, but I mean,
the industry doesn't provide for it anymore.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Right, Well, there's still still might be some young college
students out there that say, you know what, I want
a career where I want to be essentially destitute without
money or the respect of my peers. And if that's
the case, broadcast journalism is still there for some people
have always maintained if you bring your own money, it's
a great career. And we got events coming up this
weekend featuring Jordy and the Jet. We've got the Jeff
(08:09):
with us right now, the Captain Jeffrey Beckman at the
Salvation Army here on news Radio eleven ten kfa B.
What's going on this weekend, captain.
Speaker 4 (08:18):
Hey, Scott, I would have never guessed in my life
that I would be mentioned in the Jordi Jeff Johnny conversation,
but I kind of like it.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
All incredible athletes.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Yeah they are actually thanks for inviting me on this morning,
and good to talk to you, Scott and Jim, and
happy birthday, Lucy.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Thanks, she's doing something else. Go ahead there, what's going
on today and tomorrow? There?
Speaker 4 (08:42):
Captain Hey, we have we have a twenty dollars bill
match going on all across town all day today, all
day tomorrow. Security National Bank, doctor Johann Schaeffer from our
board and some anonymous donors are matching up to twenty
five dollars. We've got Jordi Ball who will be at
Shields Day at one hundred and sixty eighth that neighborhood,
(09:02):
one hundred and seventieth and West Dodge Village Point from
free thirty till five, and she's going to be signing
autographs and if you want her autograph, she'll do it
for a twenty dollars match, So stop by and see
her tomorrow. Johnny the jet will be there, he promised,
eleven thirty till one pm at Shields signing memorabilia, football's helmets, whatever.
(09:25):
If you'd like that autograph, stop by and I'm going
to go kind of down the list here. Then Christmas Land,
which we can talk about if we have a second
later on, is going to be donating proceeds again all weekend.
They've been doing it the whole season to the Salvation
Army for every car that goes through there through the
I think the end of the year.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
Yeah, we talked about earlier this week that there were
a lot of cars lined up to go through there,
and now I suggested they increase the speed limit out
there to sixty five to go through Christmas Line out
in Valley and that will make that get people through
a lot faster. Have they have they decided to implement
my plan.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
I heard you say that, and I shared that with
Travis Freeman. He thought maybe thirty five would be better, Okay,
just a little slower.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Well all right, well.
Speaker 6 (10:08):
Hey, you know I was going five miles an hour
through there, and Satamier was hawking his horn.
Speaker 4 (10:12):
Let's go, Yeah, I go.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
You get someplace to be yeah yeah. No.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
So so that that's going on, and again, the thing
that you need to know about Christmas Land a couple
of things. One, I know there's traffic issues. You're great,
You're creating great Christmas memories for kids. And not only that,
you know, it's great to have a tradition in this
part of the you know, in this part of the metro,
what a great tradition. And proceeds are helping the Salvation Army.
And I can tell you Travis is donating enough funds
(10:39):
through that to feed thousands of people, Pride housing for
hundreds of people. It's really wonderful what he's doing.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Just got a moment here and I want people to
know that. Obviously need is up and that's why the
Salvation Army does their annual bell ringing campaign to meet
that need. How can people give online if if they can't,
you know, don't have any money at the Red Kettle
or something, and how can they volunteer to ring?
Speaker 4 (11:03):
Yeah, good question, Scott. Go to Registered to Ring. I
actually just went there to make sure it's working. Registered
to ring simple, It'll ask for your ZIP code and
you'll fill it in and if you want to contribute,
you can also do that online. Just again. You can
go to register to ring or donate now Salvation Army
and there's it'll take you there. And Scott, we have
a huge need this year. Three point three million dollar goal.
(11:24):
It's not a thermometer goal, it's a needs based goal.
In order to serve the people that we serve, close
to eighty thousand of the most vulnerable people in the community.
We need to raise about six million dollars a year
in Omaha, and about three point three million comes in
during this tree Lights campaign.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
He is the executive director of Development with the Salvation
Army Western Division. Captain Jeff Beckman. Pleasure and Merry Christmas. Jeff,
great talking to you.
Speaker 4 (11:49):
We appreciate the time.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
The holiday season does come with some anxiety for several families.
The Obamacare marketplace. You know what's shut down the government
here a couple of months ago is this argument about
we need to have taxpayer subsidies artificially keep healthcare costs
lower for people in that Obamacare marketplace. And obviously a
(12:11):
lot of debate about that didn't go anywhere. The House
didn't do anything to change it, and so now a
lot of costs are going to go up for some people.
A lot of those people are Nebraska's and the Midlands
ag producers. And here to talk more about this is
Chief Administrator with the Nebraska Farm Bureau, Rob Robertson joins
us here on Nebraska's Morning News. Rob, is that pretty
(12:33):
much the reality here for a lot of these producers
across the heartland?
Speaker 7 (12:38):
Yeah, it sure is. Thanks for having me on. But
there is a big, big challenge that's going to face
a lot of the self employed and small business owners,
and a lot of those are farmers and ranchers, and
you know there are officers out there, but if there's
no end of these subsidies, the costs are just going
to go up, you know, substantially for farmers and ranchers
(12:58):
and self employed it's small business owners.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
What options are out there other than probably that reality
of a lot of these producers having to raise prices
to compensate for their own increased costs.
Speaker 7 (13:12):
Well, I know you guys talk about this several times
on your program, and I always wish your listeners would
know there are some options, and we have one at
Nebraska Farm Bura raps parm Burial Health Plan which is
a non compliant ACA compliant individually rated plan and it's
really about fifty percent less cost than the unsubjutized obomacare
(13:35):
rates that you see on the marketplace. And so you know,
fifty percent less cost. That's that's like saving you know,
fifteen to forty thousand dollars a year of premiums. And
so I just think it'd be good for listeners to
know there are options to get back to the pathway
of foord abilities.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
And how did they find out more details about that?
Speaker 7 (13:56):
Yeah, you know that we sell that through our agent
source Farm Bureau financial services agents, and so just to
find an agent nearby and be able to walk you
through the process. It's an application process and you got
to be individually underwritten and rate it. But it's kind
of like how insurance used to work. And then once
(14:16):
you get through the process and eight out of ten
people normally do your healthcare is at least, if not
more than half the cost of what's on the marketplace
right now.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
All right, So find the Nebraska Farm Bureau online and
you can talk with a representative there if you're one
of these self employed producers who are about to see
cost skyrocket. And we're talking about these costs going up,
like it's a very small amount of money, and it's
going up from like like twenty bucks a month to
like three hundred and twenty bucks a month, and for
(14:49):
some of these. That's kind of the reality we're facing, right,
That's that's a lot to deal with.
Speaker 7 (14:53):
Yeah, I mean, it's easily doubling the cost if there
isn't another path. You know, the farm who pays two
thousand now would probably pay you know, eight thousands or
four thousand a month. I mean, it's just horrendous, and
so that we just want to get the word outs
there's options that they may be able to use to
lower that without relying on the uncertainty of the federal
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government and the subsidies. And what our plan does too
is if they're certainty into it, you can enroll anytime
during the year, and once you're enrolled, you are permanently arrolled.
You don't have to do it every year you're in basically,
so they just put a lot of certainty back into
the process.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
I'm not a subsidy guy. I'm a free marketplace guy.
But what is your projection here for how our Midlands
agg producers are looking in twenty twenty six. The President
is talking about maybe some subsidies to help out with
some of these costs. We've got these options available to
defray some of the rising costs of healthcare gas prices
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are coming down. How are we looking the projection here
for our producers next year.
Speaker 7 (16:01):
Well, I think it's a tough year and we're certainly
not fans of subdids either, and we much rather get
prices from the marketplace and eat, including healthcare. You know,
what we're offering here is a free market approach to
try to you know, lower healthcare costs, and we prefer
that in the marketplace for our commodities and everything else
(16:22):
out there. So we're going to keep working on the
trade and the demand side of things to help boost
the prices. That it's going to be another tough year,
particularly with the input costs staying pretty high.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Well, we wish them the best. They are among the
best among us here in the Heartland, and I want
them to do well because I like to eat. Rob
Robertson is Chief Administrator with the Nebraska Farm Bureau. Rob,
thank you so much for the time today, and Merry Christmas,
Happy holidays.
Speaker 7 (16:50):
Yeah, I appreciate the time. And happy birthday to Lucy there.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Oh that's very no, there you go, Lucy.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
That's a farmer birthday message.
Speaker 1 (16:59):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
Yes, Thanks Rob, have a great weekend and thanks for
being with us on news radio eleven ten KFA Beep Jim,
you're a student of broadcast medium. Are you allowed to
just call someone live on the air without telling them that?
Speaker 6 (17:15):
Uh no, well yes you can. In Nebraska. Only one
party needs to know they're doing it. Okay, good, well
we can call Rob McCarty and roused him out of bed.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
All right, let's let's let's call home. This is good,
the good old day. Let's see what hey, Rob Scott
for hees KFAB Radio, you are live on the air
right now. Good morning, good morning.
Speaker 5 (17:36):
This is the Scott boorhees No, it's just a guy.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Who sounds like this is a bad Gary sadlemyre impersonator
this morning. Look, we had nicely. I don't know if
you ever met that guy. He was on a different
TV station. He retires. Gary sadlemyer just retired and now
you're out. What's going on? You guys are just dropping
like flies.
Speaker 5 (17:55):
No wait, we've all we all sallowed the light at
the same time.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
I'll have the same agent. You sound a little rough
this morning, my friend the market last night? What what
that party looked like? You hit mister todes.
Speaker 5 (18:08):
No, no, I didn't tie one. I kind of feels
that way. I just lost my voice and I had it.
I lost it yesterday and I thought, how ironic my
last day as a as a broadcast journalist after forty
one some years. I can't talk.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
It was well if I hadn't mentioned I am here
with Jim Rosa and Rob. You know that we're we're
big fans of yours. Congratulations on legendary care. I'm gonna
go ahead, Hey, guy just retired. The guy has no
more money coming in and give him a break. Plus,
he's not competing with us anymore. It's Christmas. Hey, you
(18:45):
can probably make.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
Some money with those dreamy eyes.
Speaker 6 (18:49):
Oh right right, he's going to start pushing old folks homes.
That's why I couldn't watch the news on k E
TV News Watch seven. I just get lost in Rob
McCartney's what would you guys not it off?
Speaker 5 (19:01):
God? Yeah? Thanks Jim, And this is KFA B.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
What do you think? This is star search? Come on?
What what was that? What was that post party like
after your last newscast? And how did you feel after
you said good night everybody and shut her down?
Speaker 5 (19:17):
I tell you what. The after after the newscast was over.
Speaker 4 (19:21):
I was.
Speaker 5 (19:22):
I was surrounded by a number of people from currently
current staff and former staff, and it was it was
humbling to be honest with you, tab him come and chair,
you see some of the faces that I hadn't seen
in a while come back and to celebrate and honor
that was. It was really cool to see. And as
(19:43):
far as one of my last word on the air
was it's a word I give everybody when I sign off,
like emails. It's just the word piece because that's kind
of that's kind of my thing. It's kind of like
a pizza out kind of deal. And it was it's
still I'm still I'm actually talking to you from work.
I'm actually you're still there. I'm actually I'm back at work.
(20:05):
I went, I went home, and I came back because
I'm still working on the story because I couldn't get
it done in time. But it really hasn't sunk in
that it's you know that it's all over, and then
I may be coming to come knock on kvab's door
some days.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
They Hey, you come hang out with us any time
any time you want. Rob It's you and I and
Gary John nicely we've all been in this business. You
guys have been in there longer than I have. But
because you're a lot older than I am, we've all
been in this business long enough to see a number
of people let out the back door by hr and
(20:39):
we'll send your stuff in the box later. You don't
get a chance much more often than not to determine
when your last day is going to be in this business.
You have earned the right, my friend, to do whatever
you want in retirement. Congratulations on a great career. And
anytime you're like I'm gonna go talk to the people,
come on in. You don't put makeup on or anything,
or pants just to come on in. You're always welcome here.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
That sounds like the perfect job. I don't have to
wear pants.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Ye, just bring your own money. Just make sure you
bring your own money.
Speaker 5 (21:07):
Yeah, that's that's Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, now it's I'm flattered.
That was one of the deals. People had asked me,
why are you leaving Channel seven? Is there something wrong
at Channel seven? And I'm like, no, there's nothing wrong.
I love it here. I mean, I love the mission
of local news. I still strongly believe in it, and
it's I just I just wanted to it was time.
(21:29):
I was talking to a guy I know. His name
is Dan McLaughlin. He was a head football coach at
Wayne State and he was the winningest head coach at
the time and he's the longest tenured head coach. He
said he was on the practice field one day and
he was just like, you know, it's time to go.
Still loved the game, still loved the team, but he
(21:50):
just knew for him it was time to go. And
that's kind of where I was. I was like, you
know what, let's let's let the next team come in
and do what they need to do. And I want
to be able to get to your points. And Jim,
I just wanted to be able to walk out and
not be carried out.
Speaker 6 (22:05):
Yeah, it's much better to be seen than viewed in
this business.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
And uh, and you're one of those.
Speaker 6 (22:11):
He's still very very nice, Lee and satamire, and you
know that that era of the ron Burgundies of our
community is kind of wearing out now on the windows closing.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
And Rob, I don't blame you. I wouldn't want to
compete with Brian Mastery either, So you know you took
the cowardly way out and you know it's fine. Hey, Rob,
Merry Christmas, my friend.
Speaker 5 (22:31):
Thanks brother, I appreciate it all right, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
Guys. There we go calling him cold live on the air.
Speaker 6 (22:37):
Joe Booms and the boy.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
Loomis and with swe country ball. Our favorite country boy
is from Nebraska, game in Parks. He is Greg Wagner
and he's right here. Merry Christmas, Greg, Christmas brother. Yeah.
This will be our last report here for twenty twenty
five here in a few weeks. Yeah, well, you know
we might take those days after Christmas Day and New
(23:02):
Year's Day off if that's okay with everyone here. But
you know, with the temperature doing what it's doing past
few days, probably some ice fishing for the next fifteen
minutes and then that's it. The only ice is for
your drink, Scottie. Yeah, it's day off the ice, hey,
off the But but it does present the opportunity for
(23:23):
us some fishing here, right, maybe some.
Speaker 8 (23:26):
Open water fishing where we have trout stocked off the bank.
If you've get that skim ice, that sheet ice to
melt off a little bit more shoreline melting might help
you hunting. Hunting a lot of seasons open muzzle or
or archery, to hear a lot of Canada goose hunting,
a lot of waterfall hunting with friends and family over
this holiday period. And the tip I would give is
(23:48):
go in the afternoon, sleep in, don't go in the
morning it's too cold. Oh yeah, and afternoon to get
a little little bit of wind. Of course we had
a lot of wind yesterday, but a little bit of
wind that's probably gonna bode well for you even if
you're going to be peazing.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Right but you know, too cold. It's cold right now. Yeah,
it is cold, but are low temperatures here and this
stretch forward here and be around freezing so not not
like you know, cut off toes cold right out there.
Speaker 6 (24:14):
So exactly what about the state park activities here as
we get into Christmas, get into New Year's what's happening?
Speaker 8 (24:21):
We have a fun, crazy event tomorrow at Platte River
State Park near Lewisville, the Yule Log Festival, old school
yule Log Festival. So we cut this big log, we
decorate it, we hid it in the forest.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
It's a scavenger hunt.
Speaker 8 (24:34):
There are teams. You got to registered through the park
and then after the winning team finds it, they take
all the decorations off, they throw it in a bonfire.
Then everybody rolls marshmallows and has a good time.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
What do you think of that?
Speaker 6 (24:48):
But how if you're going through the forest looking for
a log, how do you know when you found the
yule log.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
You will see all the yule see.
Speaker 8 (24:54):
Deviations on it, and the lights are going to be going.
And there's a kid version of it too. Something fun,
something different.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
Super fun. Now, all right, what about some last minute
gift ideas? Well? You know I'm going to doorsman in
someone's life.
Speaker 8 (25:08):
You know, I'm going to bring up hunting, fishing permits,
park permits, park permits the most universal gift. But we're
a practical bunch, so you need to think maybe a
good knife, maybe like a leatherm and a multi tool,
could be a headlamp. Things you can still use around
the house and use in the outdoors, whether you're camping, fishing, hunting.
Speaker 5 (25:29):
What have you?
Speaker 2 (25:29):
And Greg, what do we see on your outdoor bulletin board?
Speaker 8 (25:33):
Swan central out in Rosyville. We have lots of trumpeter
swans in western Douglas County.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
Jim, so we do, Jim are everywhere?
Speaker 8 (25:42):
Yes, two hundred and fifty second to two hundred and
sixty fourth an old maple road. Lots of hundreds of
swans in western Douglas County, something kind of unique. Each year.
We're seeing more and more this time of year.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
Wonderful, Greg, have a great weekend Christmas, Enjoy Christmas and
New Year's and we'll talk to you again in Okay
from Nebraska Game in Parks. It's Greg Wagner. Not only
is it your birthday, you're off. You're on vacation for
the next two weeks.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
Yes I am.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
It's the lucy Christmas vacation then becomes the New Year's vacation.
So I'm giving you the last word today because the
glen Back shows on next then Clay and Buck. Here
a little Christmas greeting for our listeners.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Yes, I'm going to be out and about tomorrow from
noon to two in the Old Market, so stop by
and see me there.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
Oh shameless self promotions.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
Yes great, it's the best.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
Second just in the Old Market. Or are you riding
the horses? What are you doing?
Speaker 1 (26:32):
We're at the spaghetti Works. We're gonna be there for
four two hours for mingle and jingle love it. Yeah,
it's for our sister station KG.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
Of course that's great, but.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
A Christmas greeting, Yeah, just be kind and enjoy your family.
You won't always have them around, and or they won't
have you around. I mean, you know that's kind of
a problem too.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
It started off so good, Lucy, you're the best. Happy Birthday,
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year.
Happy, happy birthday.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Thank you boys for coming in here and doing that
for our traffic, Maven. Lucy Chapman, Happy birthday.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
How very nice of them, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
I know we assembled them quite early and paid them
an astonishing amount of money.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Oh well you paid for that just to come in
and do.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
That, and now they're leaving. Hey, guys, have a great weekend.
Thank you so much. Nice hats Hey. It's your birthday.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
It is my birthday, and I am so happy that
it's Friday.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
You don't strike me as someone who wants to pay
wants me to pay a lot of attention to your
birthday over the next several hours.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Oh is it my birthday?
Speaker 2 (00:54):
As we as we just covered, as previously reported on
news radio eleven ten kfab is in fact to Lucy
Chapman's birthday.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
No, I actually unless you have cake? No do you
have cake?
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Not at this moment.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
No.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
I brought the singers, that's true. Jim cake Jim.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
I don't know if you'd want to eat anything that
Jim bakes. He can you cook anything?
Speaker 5 (01:18):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (01:18):
Yeah, you do. Christmas candy at my house. It's been
a long standing tradition started by my mother who had
it started by her mother. We make the most divine
divinity of all time Christmas time.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
What is that? You don't know what divinity is?
Speaker 6 (01:33):
Well, I do as it relates to it's a very
very tasty holiday tread. You wouldn't have any connection to
that divinity. But the divinity I'm talking about. You have
been listening. The divinity that I'm talking about is a
very tasty Christmas candy that is very difficult to make,
and very few people try it, and then others ruined
by putting walnuts in there. Isn't it just like meringue
(01:55):
or some pretty much, it's just a blob of sugar.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Boy, is it good? That's also me?
Speaker 6 (02:02):
Yeah, it's we did Christmas candy. So you guys make
a lemon merangue pie without the pie.
Speaker 5 (02:09):
Do this.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
It's just a meringue. It's a white mane. Not a
terrible idea. That was my nickname in college when I
lemon meringuee white merangue.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
I could see that.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Yeah, on my innermural football team. But no, Lucy, at
this point, we don't have snacks for you, but I will.
I'll find you some snacks. I've got granola bars.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
No, it's not about snacks, Scott, what was your name?
Speaker 5 (02:35):
Hi?
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Hi, Gary Sandelmeyer.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
It's not about snacks. It's about cake. Do you not understand.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Well my affection for cake.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
This is the first I've heard of it. This morning.
Happy birthday, my friend.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Dave is one of my favorite emailers. He's very funny
and it'll be sarcastic and he emails and says, Lucy,
thank you for doing what you do. No one does
it better. I hope you have a great day today.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
That's really sweet.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Thanks Steve, Dave.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Heye, that's unless you're calling me Steve, Which is that?
Do you have a number one other name that you
get called that's not your own name when people are
trying to remember your name and they take a shot
at it. Because for me it's Steve. I get Steve
all the time. Scott Vorhees distills down into Steve Lisa.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Do you Lisa? Yeah? And I always have to tell
him my name is not Lisa, my name is Julie.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
I've been trying to masquerade it's Gary here this past week.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
You're doing a fabulous job.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Well, this is the first.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
He does it better than Gary.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
But you don't look anything like him. Here we go.
We got this coming, I miss Gary. Yeah, I know
this is the day. That is one of the promises
I made to myself. I looked at myself in the mirror.
I said itself, I'm not going to be a slave
to this new schedule so much that if there's something
going on in the evening and I want to be
(04:13):
a part of it, I'm gonna go be a part
of it. I'll just deal with it the next morning. Oh,
I'm dealing with it this morning. Holiday party. On the
second glass of wine, I said, just like, fill it
like a third of the way full, and they bring
it back and it's not like an eighth of the
way not full.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
So I didn't have to drink Those are my kind friends.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Yeah, I didn't have to drink all of it, but
it just seems wasteful not to, of course, And that's
that's where the miss Now on the fourth class of wine.
There's a great time. Last night and I missed Rob
McCartney's final evening wasn't last night it k E TV
news watch seven six o'clock. Oh he didn't even do
(04:55):
the ten though.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Well I want either.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
It's but it's the ten you gotta do the ten
That's what I thought. See, this is why Rob got
fired lazy, He did the sixth and they called it
a night Rob Rob.
Speaker 6 (05:11):
I think, probably more than anything, sort of closed the
door on an era of local television and not just
an Omaha, but across the country that is the impactful, powerful,
iconic local TV anchor.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Well, we lost two.
Speaker 6 (05:26):
Of them, we got two, we lost three of you
throwing Gary and lose Nicely, Gary and Rob all in
the same year.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
But Gary wasn't on TV and there were there was
reasons why, but for John Nicely and Rob McCartney to
both retire this year and then Gary sadlemayre on the radio.
I was commiserating with Brian Mastery recently about how fun
it is to replace a guy that's been like for Hey,
we're saying goodbye to a legend, and now here's this idiot.
(05:53):
You know, so we're we're those idiots.
Speaker 6 (05:56):
Well it's it was an era that it's gone because
of just the fraction a factional nature of our media today.
You can get information from so many different sites, whereas
when Rob and Nicely and you know, Gary to a
certain degree, got on limited number of places to get
the stuff. So I think we're coming to the end,
you know, of that one little facet of our broadcasting legacy,
(06:19):
and that is the Ron Burgundy style local anchor who's
just a celebrity because so many watched them. And it's
not because the people today aren't good. It's just the
nature of where you can get information and how you
can get it. And the six and ten o'clock news
isn't just it anymore.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Yeah, but but I think that Omaha still is kind
of the biggest small town in America. And what you're
saying there is true to an extent. But like last night,
I'm hanging out with some very good, longtime friends and
it doesn't matter what the circumstances are, whether it's good
(06:58):
times bad times, you get together with friends and it's
there's nothing better. And so many people in this town
they developed that friendship relationship with these people that they
watch on TV, they listen on the radio, and they
make that connection as friends. Now I hope to foster
(07:19):
some of that. Well, you're on this radio station, it's
not like you've just showed up, not in this time slot.
I got some lady emailed me earlier this week and says,
if you're going to do it well on this show,
you need to talk less. Yeah. I don't know if
you know what the thing is though, Scott.
Speaker 6 (07:32):
Here's the deal, and that is you're not going to
see a guy like Rob or John be on the
TV station for thirty five years anymore.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Well, I'm not ready to make that proclamation.
Speaker 6 (07:42):
I don't think that's going to happen, but I mean,
the industry doesn't provide for it anymore.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Right, Well, there's still still might be some young college
students out there that say, you know what, I want
a career where I want to be essentially destitute without
money or the respect of my peers. And if that's
the case, broadcast journalism is still there for some people
have always maintained if you bring your own money, it's
a great career. And we got events coming up this
weekend featuring Jordy and the Jet. We've got the Jeff
(08:09):
with us right now, the Captain Jeffrey Beckman at the
Salvation Army here on news Radio eleven ten kfa B.
What's going on this weekend, captain.
Speaker 4 (08:18):
Hey, Scott, I would have never guessed in my life
that I would be mentioned in the Jordi Jeff Johnny conversation,
but I kind of like it.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
All incredible athletes.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Yeah they are actually thanks for inviting me on this morning,
and good to talk to you, Scott and Jim, and
happy birthday, Lucy.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Thanks, she's doing something else. Go ahead there, what's going
on today and tomorrow? There?
Speaker 4 (08:42):
Captain Hey, we have we have a twenty dollars bill
match going on all across town all day today, all
day tomorrow. Security National Bank, doctor Johann Schaeffer from our
board and some anonymous donors are matching up to twenty
five dollars. We've got Jordi Ball who will be at
Shields Day at one hundred and sixty eighth that neighborhood,
(09:02):
one hundred and seventieth and West Dodge Village Point from
free thirty till five, and she's going to be signing
autographs and if you want her autograph, she'll do it
for a twenty dollars match, So stop by and see
her tomorrow. Johnny the jet will be there, he promised,
eleven thirty till one pm at Shields signing memorabilia, football's helmets, whatever.
(09:25):
If you'd like that autograph, stop by and I'm going
to go kind of down the list here. Then Christmas Land,
which we can talk about if we have a second
later on, is going to be donating proceeds again all weekend.
They've been doing it the whole season to the Salvation
Army for every car that goes through there through the
I think the end of the year.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
Yeah, we talked about earlier this week that there were
a lot of cars lined up to go through there,
and now I suggested they increase the speed limit out
there to sixty five to go through Christmas Line out
in Valley and that will make that get people through
a lot faster. Have they have they decided to implement
my plan.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
I heard you say that, and I shared that with
Travis Freeman. He thought maybe thirty five would be better, Okay,
just a little slower.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Well all right, well.
Speaker 6 (10:08):
Hey, you know I was going five miles an hour
through there, and Satamier was hawking his horn.
Speaker 4 (10:12):
Let's go, Yeah, I go.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
You get someplace to be yeah yeah. No.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
So so that that's going on, and again, the thing
that you need to know about Christmas Land a couple
of things. One, I know there's traffic issues. You're great,
You're creating great Christmas memories for kids. And not only that,
you know, it's great to have a tradition in this
part of the you know, in this part of the metro,
what a great tradition. And proceeds are helping the Salvation Army.
And I can tell you Travis is donating enough funds
(10:39):
through that to feed thousands of people, Pride housing for
hundreds of people. It's really wonderful what he's doing.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Just got a moment here and I want people to
know that. Obviously need is up and that's why the
Salvation Army does their annual bell ringing campaign to meet
that need. How can people give online if if they can't,
you know, don't have any money at the Red Kettle
or something, and how can they volunteer to ring?
Speaker 4 (11:03):
Yeah, good question, Scott. Go to Registered to Ring. I
actually just went there to make sure it's working. Registered
to ring simple, It'll ask for your ZIP code and
you'll fill it in and if you want to contribute,
you can also do that online. Just again. You can
go to register to ring or donate now Salvation Army
and there's it'll take you there. And Scott, we have
a huge need this year. Three point three million dollar goal.
(11:24):
It's not a thermometer goal, it's a needs based goal.
In order to serve the people that we serve, close
to eighty thousand of the most vulnerable people in the community.
We need to raise about six million dollars a year
in Omaha, and about three point three million comes in
during this tree Lights campaign.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
He is the executive director of Development with the Salvation
Army Western Division. Captain Jeff Beckman. Pleasure and Merry Christmas. Jeff,
great talking to you.
Speaker 4 (11:49):
We appreciate the time.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
The holiday season does come with some anxiety for several families.
The Obamacare marketplace. You know what's shut down the government
here a couple of months ago is this argument about
we need to have taxpayer subsidies artificially keep healthcare costs
lower for people in that Obamacare marketplace. And obviously a
(12:11):
lot of debate about that didn't go anywhere. The House
didn't do anything to change it, and so now a
lot of costs are going to go up for some people.
A lot of those people are Nebraska's and the Midlands
ag producers. And here to talk more about this is
Chief Administrator with the Nebraska Farm Bureau, Rob Robertson joins
us here on Nebraska's Morning News. Rob, is that pretty
(12:33):
much the reality here for a lot of these producers
across the heartland?
Speaker 7 (12:38):
Yeah, it sure is. Thanks for having me on. But
there is a big, big challenge that's going to face
a lot of the self employed and small business owners,
and a lot of those are farmers and ranchers, and
you know there are officers out there, but if there's
no end of these subsidies, the costs are just going
to go up, you know, substantially for farmers and ranchers
(12:58):
and self employed it's small business owners.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
What options are out there other than probably that reality
of a lot of these producers having to raise prices
to compensate for their own increased costs.
Speaker 7 (13:12):
Well, I know you guys talk about this several times
on your program, and I always wish your listeners would
know there are some options, and we have one at
Nebraska Farm Bura raps parm Burial Health Plan which is
a non compliant ACA compliant individually rated plan and it's
really about fifty percent less cost than the unsubjutized obomacare
(13:35):
rates that you see on the marketplace. And so you know,
fifty percent less cost. That's that's like saving you know,
fifteen to forty thousand dollars a year of premiums. And
so I just think it'd be good for listeners to
know there are options to get back to the pathway
of foord abilities.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
And how did they find out more details about that?
Speaker 7 (13:56):
Yeah, you know that we sell that through our agent
source Farm Bureau financial services agents, and so just to
find an agent nearby and be able to walk you
through the process. It's an application process and you got
to be individually underwritten and rate it. But it's kind
of like how insurance used to work. And then once
(14:16):
you get through the process and eight out of ten
people normally do your healthcare is at least, if not
more than half the cost of what's on the marketplace
right now.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
All right, So find the Nebraska Farm Bureau online and
you can talk with a representative there if you're one
of these self employed producers who are about to see
cost skyrocket. And we're talking about these costs going up,
like it's a very small amount of money, and it's
going up from like like twenty bucks a month to
like three hundred and twenty bucks a month, and for
(14:49):
some of these. That's kind of the reality we're facing, right,
That's that's a lot to deal with.
Speaker 7 (14:53):
Yeah, I mean, it's easily doubling the cost if there
isn't another path. You know, the farm who pays two
thousand now would probably pay you know, eight thousands or
four thousand a month. I mean, it's just horrendous, and
so that we just want to get the word outs
there's options that they may be able to use to
lower that without relying on the uncertainty of the federal
(15:16):
government and the subsidies. And what our plan does too
is if they're certainty into it, you can enroll anytime
during the year, and once you're enrolled, you are permanently arrolled.
You don't have to do it every year you're in basically,
so they just put a lot of certainty back into
the process.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
I'm not a subsidy guy. I'm a free marketplace guy.
But what is your projection here for how our Midlands
agg producers are looking in twenty twenty six. The President
is talking about maybe some subsidies to help out with
some of these costs. We've got these options available to
defray some of the rising costs of healthcare gas prices
(15:54):
are coming down. How are we looking the projection here
for our producers next year.
Speaker 7 (16:01):
Well, I think it's a tough year and we're certainly
not fans of subdids either, and we much rather get
prices from the marketplace and eat, including healthcare. You know,
what we're offering here is a free market approach to
try to you know, lower healthcare costs, and we prefer
that in the marketplace for our commodities and everything else
(16:22):
out there. So we're going to keep working on the
trade and the demand side of things to help boost
the prices. That it's going to be another tough year,
particularly with the input costs staying pretty high.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Well, we wish them the best. They are among the
best among us here in the Heartland, and I want
them to do well because I like to eat. Rob
Robertson is Chief Administrator with the Nebraska Farm Bureau. Rob,
thank you so much for the time today, and Merry Christmas,
Happy holidays.
Speaker 7 (16:50):
Yeah, I appreciate the time. And happy birthday to Lucy there.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Oh that's very no, there you go, Lucy.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
That's a farmer birthday message.
Speaker 1 (16:59):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
Yes, Thanks Rob, have a great weekend and thanks for
being with us on news radio eleven ten KFA Beep Jim,
you're a student of broadcast medium. Are you allowed to
just call someone live on the air without telling them that?
Speaker 6 (17:15):
Uh no, well yes you can. In Nebraska. Only one
party needs to know they're doing it. Okay, good, well
we can call Rob McCarty and roused him out of bed.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
All right, let's let's let's call home. This is good,
the good old day. Let's see what hey, Rob Scott
for hees KFAB Radio, you are live on the air
right now. Good morning, good morning.
Speaker 5 (17:36):
This is the Scott boorhees No, it's just a guy.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Who sounds like this is a bad Gary sadlemyre impersonator
this morning. Look, we had nicely. I don't know if
you ever met that guy. He was on a different
TV station. He retires. Gary sadlemyer just retired and now
you're out. What's going on? You guys are just dropping
like flies.
Speaker 5 (17:55):
No wait, we've all we all sallowed the light at
the same time.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
I'll have the same agent. You sound a little rough
this morning, my friend the market last night? What what
that party looked like? You hit mister todes.
Speaker 5 (18:08):
No, no, I didn't tie one. I kind of feels
that way. I just lost my voice and I had it.
I lost it yesterday and I thought, how ironic my
last day as a as a broadcast journalist after forty
one some years. I can't talk.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
It was well if I hadn't mentioned I am here
with Jim Rosa and Rob. You know that we're we're
big fans of yours. Congratulations on legendary care. I'm gonna
go ahead, Hey, guy just retired. The guy has no
more money coming in and give him a break. Plus,
he's not competing with us anymore. It's Christmas. Hey, you
(18:45):
can probably make.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
Some money with those dreamy eyes.
Speaker 6 (18:49):
Oh right right, he's going to start pushing old folks homes.
That's why I couldn't watch the news on k E
TV News Watch seven. I just get lost in Rob
McCartney's what would you guys not it off?
Speaker 5 (19:01):
God? Yeah? Thanks Jim, And this is KFA B.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
What do you think? This is star search? Come on?
What what was that? What was that post party like
after your last newscast? And how did you feel after
you said good night everybody and shut her down?
Speaker 5 (19:17):
I tell you what. The after after the newscast was over.
Speaker 4 (19:21):
I was.
Speaker 5 (19:22):
I was surrounded by a number of people from currently
current staff and former staff, and it was it was
humbling to be honest with you, tab him come and chair,
you see some of the faces that I hadn't seen
in a while come back and to celebrate and honor
that was. It was really cool to see. And as
(19:43):
far as one of my last word on the air
was it's a word I give everybody when I sign off,
like emails. It's just the word piece because that's kind
of that's kind of my thing. It's kind of like
a pizza out kind of deal. And it was it's
still I'm still I'm actually talking to you from work.
I'm actually you're still there. I'm actually I'm back at work.
(20:05):
I went, I went home, and I came back because
I'm still working on the story because I couldn't get
it done in time. But it really hasn't sunk in
that it's you know that it's all over, and then
I may be coming to come knock on kvab's door
some days.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
They Hey, you come hang out with us any time
any time you want. Rob It's you and I and
Gary John nicely we've all been in this business. You
guys have been in there longer than I have. But
because you're a lot older than I am, we've all
been in this business long enough to see a number
of people let out the back door by hr and
(20:39):
we'll send your stuff in the box later. You don't
get a chance much more often than not to determine
when your last day is going to be in this business.
You have earned the right, my friend, to do whatever
you want in retirement. Congratulations on a great career. And
anytime you're like I'm gonna go talk to the people,
come on in. You don't put makeup on or anything,
or pants just to come on in. You're always welcome here.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
That sounds like the perfect job. I don't have to
wear pants.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Ye, just bring your own money. Just make sure you
bring your own money.
Speaker 5 (21:07):
Yeah, that's that's Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, now it's I'm flattered.
That was one of the deals. People had asked me,
why are you leaving Channel seven? Is there something wrong
at Channel seven? And I'm like, no, there's nothing wrong.
I love it here. I mean, I love the mission
of local news. I still strongly believe in it, and
it's I just I just wanted to it was time.
(21:29):
I was talking to a guy I know. His name
is Dan McLaughlin. He was a head football coach at
Wayne State and he was the winningest head coach at
the time and he's the longest tenured head coach. He
said he was on the practice field one day and
he was just like, you know, it's time to go.
Still loved the game, still loved the team, but he
(21:50):
just knew for him it was time to go. And
that's kind of where I was. I was like, you
know what, let's let's let the next team come in
and do what they need to do. And I want
to be able to get to your points. And Jim,
I just wanted to be able to walk out and
not be carried out.
Speaker 6 (22:05):
Yeah, it's much better to be seen than viewed in
this business.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
And uh, and you're one of those.
Speaker 6 (22:11):
He's still very very nice, Lee and satamire, and you
know that that era of the ron Burgundies of our
community is kind of wearing out now on the windows closing.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
And Rob, I don't blame you. I wouldn't want to
compete with Brian Mastery either, So you know you took
the cowardly way out and you know it's fine. Hey, Rob,
Merry Christmas, my friend.
Speaker 5 (22:31):
Thanks brother, I appreciate it all right, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
Guys. There we go calling him cold live on the air.
Speaker 6 (22:37):
Joe Booms and the boy.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
Loomis and with swe country ball. Our favorite country boy
is from Nebraska, game in Parks. He is Greg Wagner
and he's right here. Merry Christmas, Greg, Christmas brother. Yeah.
This will be our last report here for twenty twenty
five here in a few weeks. Yeah, well, you know
we might take those days after Christmas Day and New
(23:02):
Year's Day off if that's okay with everyone here. But
you know, with the temperature doing what it's doing past
few days, probably some ice fishing for the next fifteen
minutes and then that's it. The only ice is for
your drink, Scottie. Yeah, it's day off the ice, hey,
off the But but it does present the opportunity for
(23:23):
us some fishing here, right, maybe some.
Speaker 8 (23:26):
Open water fishing where we have trout stocked off the bank.
If you've get that skim ice, that sheet ice to
melt off a little bit more shoreline melting might help
you hunting. Hunting a lot of seasons open muzzle or
or archery, to hear a lot of Canada goose hunting,
a lot of waterfall hunting with friends and family over
this holiday period. And the tip I would give is
(23:48):
go in the afternoon, sleep in, don't go in the
morning it's too cold. Oh yeah, and afternoon to get
a little little bit of wind. Of course we had
a lot of wind yesterday, but a little bit of
wind that's probably gonna bode well for you even if
you're going to be peazing.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Right but you know, too cold. It's cold right now. Yeah,
it is cold, but are low temperatures here and this
stretch forward here and be around freezing so not not
like you know, cut off toes cold right out there.
Speaker 6 (24:14):
So exactly what about the state park activities here as
we get into Christmas, get into New Year's what's happening?
Speaker 8 (24:21):
We have a fun, crazy event tomorrow at Platte River
State Park near Lewisville, the Yule Log Festival, old school
yule Log Festival. So we cut this big log, we
decorate it, we hid it in the forest.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
It's a scavenger hunt.
Speaker 8 (24:34):
There are teams. You got to registered through the park
and then after the winning team finds it, they take
all the decorations off, they throw it in a bonfire.
Then everybody rolls marshmallows and has a good time.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
What do you think of that?
Speaker 6 (24:48):
But how if you're going through the forest looking for
a log, how do you know when you found the
yule log.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
You will see all the yule see.
Speaker 8 (24:54):
Deviations on it, and the lights are going to be going.
And there's a kid version of it too. Something fun,
something different.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
Super fun. Now, all right, what about some last minute
gift ideas? Well? You know I'm going to doorsman in
someone's life.
Speaker 8 (25:08):
You know, I'm going to bring up hunting, fishing permits,
park permits, park permits the most universal gift. But we're
a practical bunch, so you need to think maybe a
good knife, maybe like a leatherm and a multi tool,
could be a headlamp. Things you can still use around
the house and use in the outdoors, whether you're camping, fishing, hunting.
Speaker 5 (25:29):
What have you?
Speaker 2 (25:29):
And Greg, what do we see on your outdoor bulletin board?
Speaker 8 (25:33):
Swan central out in Rosyville. We have lots of trumpeter
swans in western Douglas County.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
Jim, so we do, Jim are everywhere?
Speaker 8 (25:42):
Yes, two hundred and fifty second to two hundred and
sixty fourth an old maple road. Lots of hundreds of
swans in western Douglas County, something kind of unique. Each year.
We're seeing more and more this time of year.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
Wonderful, Greg, have a great weekend Christmas, Enjoy Christmas and
New Year's and we'll talk to you again in Okay
from Nebraska Game in Parks. It's Greg Wagner. Not only
is it your birthday, you're off. You're on vacation for
the next two weeks.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
Yes I am.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
It's the lucy Christmas vacation then becomes the New Year's vacation.
So I'm giving you the last word today because the
glen Back shows on next then Clay and Buck. Here
a little Christmas greeting for our listeners.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
Yes, I'm going to be out and about tomorrow from
noon to two in the Old Market, so stop by
and see me there.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
Oh shameless self promotions.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
Yes great, it's the best.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
Second just in the Old Market. Or are you riding
the horses? What are you doing?
Speaker 1 (26:32):
We're at the spaghetti Works. We're gonna be there for
four two hours for mingle and jingle love it. Yeah,
it's for our sister station KG.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
Of course that's great, but.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
A Christmas greeting, Yeah, just be kind and enjoy your family.
You won't always have them around, and or they won't
have you around. I mean, you know that's kind of
a problem too.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
It started off so good, Lucy, you're the best. Happy Birthday,
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year.
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