Show: Insight Station: KNCO File: 10:13.mp3 Air date: 2026-10-13 Source: OpenAI whisper-1 · shrunk from 98.6 MB to 12.3 MB --- transcript --- Welcome to KNCO Insight, Nevada County Action, KNCO's local issue talk show. This is your chance to gain insight into issues affecting Nevada County. Be a part of the show. Call with your questions or comments. The number, 477-5626, that's 477-KNCO. The opinions expressed are those of the hosts and callers and do not reflect the opinions of the advertiser, staff, or ownership of Nevada County Broadcasters. Now here is your host, Tom Fitzsimmons. Oy vey, KNCO Newstime, just about 9-0-7. Oy vey, you can have shot it already. 52 degrees. Oy vey. What's the temperature back there, Frank? 78. 78 degrees. All right, we're going to get up to 70 today or so. Probably at the Foobar Ranch. What's the name of your Joffda Ranch? Joffda Ranch. Joffda Ranch, right. Yeah, going to get into low 70s or so. So yeah, coast to coast, not too bad of weather out there after kind of a chilly start this morning. But welcome to KNCO Insight. That's the voices of Gary Miller and of course Frank Stanovich with the Frank Stanovich Show calling from North Carolina as we talk all things Marines. Very good. And I have to start the show because last week at this time, Jason Tedder was on for his show. Yeah. He's a Navy guy. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, I know him. He might stop by the show today. Good. He might stop by. I like Jason. I think he would be a great, great guy to have in here and talk with. Oh yeah, no, no. I think everybody can. Well, he might come in because he started to talk about the Navy birthday. The U.S. Navy just had their birthday. Who cares? Well, you see, that's how it started because I said, and now mind you, I don't really have a dog in the fight, but I basically told him, I said, who cares? Hey, the Marine Corps, the Marine Corps is part of the Navy, so I guess we should care a little bit. They're the ones that write our paychecks. That was kind of the point he was making on his ship. Yeah. They had a bunch of Marines that they were, as you would say, doing the Uber type of thing, taking them out to fight. Yeah, that's what the Navy is, is the Marine Corps' Uber. You know, there was no big birthday party there, but when the Marine Corps' birthday came, they of course had a to-do for them to have a birthday. The Marine Corps always does have a big do. So is there a reason why the Navy doesn't have a big to-do and the Army doesn't? They don't care. They just don't know how to do it. So maybe it's good that you guys are not together. Number one, one of the first things I've heard you learn in boot camp is what the Marine Corps' birthday is, and I got married, my first marriage was to a lady that had, her birthday was the 14th of November, and I used to say, gosh, it's only four days after the Marine Corps' birthday. There you go. Good, I had to remember it. That had a certain irritant to it. Oh, I see. That would be the way that I remembered her birthday, is that it's proximity to the Marine Corps' birthday. It's going to sound kind of funny. When I married my wife, Roxanne, I got married on August 30th, because our radio station News Talk 830, that way I would remember that. There's all these little tricks that guys use. Yeah, she didn't really like that either. And women just don't get it. We've got to trick ourselves into remembering this stuff, because nine times out of ten we're going to forget it. Did you do anything like that, Frank, on your wedding date? Was it there for a reason? Mine was on July 5th. Right after the 4th of July. Oh, the day after the 4th of July. There you go. So we had it all covered. Yeah. Like you got to do a little dandy. Makes sense to me. Anyway, so I don't know if Jason will show up. He's not here now, so he probably won't. He probably forgot. I spilled coffee down the front of my shirt. Look at that. You didn't do the right thing. Okay, so what happened? Well, I don't know. I just tipped the cup up and it came out faster than I thought it would. It ran around the corners and down the front of my shirt. So you never made it to your mouth? Is that what happened? Well, 90% of it made it to my mouth. I didn't know what was going on. I didn't know what was going on. I didn't know what was going on. I didn't know what was going on. I didn't know what was going on. I didn't know what was going on. No, no, no, no, no. I'm just going to walk around with this on and say, hey, it came with the shirt. It's kind of nice. Nobody will sit near you. You know, so that's what's nice. You'll get your space. I don't have that problem anyway. You'll get your space that way. All right. Yeah, I think it's probably a factor of bathing regularly that I've neglected that keeps people at a distance. Yeah. I will say this. I think the first thing on Gary's thing is about getting out and voting. Get out the vote. Oh, there you go. Get out the vote. See this here? Yeah. This is my ballot. All signed and all set to go. All set and all ready to go. There you go. Is that the only one you're sending in? Yes. For me. No, you got to vote early and vote often, man. Well, that's back in Jersey. But that's what you want to do. You want to make sure you get it in early. That's the way I look at it. You bet. They would have been mailed out. I was on the line last week and, hey, take some time and look at the candidates and look at the issues and make an informed decision. Don't just look whether there's a certain letter designation one way or the other by the person's name and that influences the way you're going to vote. So that can be a guide to some people. And fill your ballot out and take it to the Rubin Center. They've got several places. And everybody in California got a mail-in ballot, right? So along with it came lots and lots of information on where you can vote and how you can vote. You can even mark your sample ballot and take it with you to one of the voting places on the third and take it into a booth and mark a real ballot and give it to somebody and you can watch them enter it and make sure that it gets put in there. There's a lot of comfort doing that, all right? But you have to get involved. You have to do it. It's reinforcement. I've had mail-in ballots because of back in the day when my wife was ill and it was tough to get her to a polling place. We went to mail-in ballots. This was years ago. And I just got kind of used to it. But you can go to a polling place with your ballot that they sent you and use that to mark up. That's exactly what Paul Haas does. Paul Haas prefers voting on election day in person. I think nationally, for national elections and even state elections, I think that they designate one day a year that they have elections and it's a day off for everybody. To go vote. And you go vote. And so there's no excuse for not making it in there. I really don't see any issue with that, really. I would think that would be fine. You know, and if you parlay it right, if your Marines parlay it right, since it's always like the beginning of November, kind of parlay it close to your birthday on the 10th, Veterans Day the 11th, you could have a whole block of time off. Well, the 10th is a whole week after regular voting day. Well, this year. This year. But I mean, if we kind of massage it the right way, maybe we can make that happen, make a whole week. Well, let's just sell them. Just get enough of the legislatures to get in a row and line them up and say, OK, yeah, we're going to give the president a bill to sign and we're going to change it nationally to National Voting Day. Yeah, we go. All right. We'll work on it. And then the states will fall in line. We have not heard from North Carolina, though. North Carolina, of course, one of the original colonies. Frank's been, he's trying to sell his house and he might have somebody come in to look at his house. You know, that's really important. He wants to move. Yes, he does. He's moving to Tennessee. Yeah. Right. Yeah. I don't know if they vote in Tennessee. Do they vote in Tennessee? OK. OK. What do you mean Frank hasn't called in? That's Frank right there. That's Frank. Yes. Yeah. I haven't noticed he's been with us. He's been with us the whole time. Well, you just said he hadn't called in yet. He called very late. Oh, he called very late. Oh, he called late. You know, these high interest rates that they're putting on these homes, it's real hard to sell these houses anymore. Well, that's the thing. Right. Yeah. All of a sudden, these payments go up a lot. Yeah. I was somewhere last week, and we were talking about prices of houses and stuff, and this person said, you know, the prices of houses in California is coming down, drastically falling. And I went, oh, really? Really? What would be the reason for that, do you think? I think it's just the interest rates, as Frank's talking about, because they're so unaffordable anyway with the low interest rates. So now that the interest rates are higher, people are dropping the price of their house so that they can get people in to buy. I guess. I don't know. That's what I'm thinking. Could be. And they're not looking at it because they're still looking at that interest rate, you know, you lower your price, they're still saying no because of the interest. When it's over 7%, is that what it is? Is it 7% now? Yeah. Yeah, pretty high. It's 7.2%. We're going into Jimmy Carter territory here, aren't we? Yeah, we're going in the wrong direction, that's for sure. So it's got a lot of people. That's a great point, with Frank trying to sell his house, which probably, that's the thing about timing, right? A year ago, maybe not an issue, you know? Right? Right. Yeah, but you sold your house in California for $3 million, so you just paid cash for that place, didn't you, Frank? No. Look at that, I remember when you left, you just had a big rake with money on it, you know, just kind of raking it in. He asked me to help him bag it up. I know, it was pretty amazing, wasn't it? Yeah, right. Well, are you getting some bites out of the house, Frank, are you getting some bites, at least? Yeah, we've shown the house several times, we're going to have another open house here at my son's house, and they lowered their price a little bit, too, but the interest rate is killing sales. People come in and they've got a 7.2% interest on it, they just say no. They do know that it's the house of a famous radio personality, right? Absolutely. Yeah, that's what I mean. I've got a KMCO written on my front porch. That'll sell it, of course, everybody in North Carolina immediately knows what that is. That'll sell it, Frank, for sure. Waiting for the Andy Griffith Show to break out. There you go. Alright. It's ridiculous that the rates are going up so high, and I don't know who to blame, the banks, or who. Well, so you've got to blame somebody. Nine out of ten people are blaming it on Trump, because he gets blamed for everything. He's in there, so it's like, you know what, nobody's taking any action towards it, though. It's just kind of sitting there, so everybody's getting kind of frustrated, because it doesn't seem like there's any... This new guy that he got as the Fed chairman, he replaced the old guy because that guy wasn't doing anything to take care of the interest rates, and this new guy came in, and he's not doing anything now. So, you know, it's frustrating. Yeah. That's where we're at. Alright. Well, we have to take our first break here. So, Frank, just relax for a second, alright? I will. It is the Frank Stanovich Show, after all. It stars Gary Miller. I'm just along for the ride. So, quick break. We'll be right back. Why suffer through slow, spotty internet, or worse, no internet at all? At Smarter Broadband, we believe fast, reliable internet isn't a luxury. It's essential. Whether you're working from home, attending online classes, streaming for your favorite shows, you deserve the service that actually works. 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And The Social Reckoning, also rated R. Playing through October 15th at your local theaters. Now you know what's showing. Be sure to enjoy a movie on the big screen at Nevada County's two prime cinema theaters, the Sutton and the Del Oro. Gary Miller bringing us back with his flute playing here on KNCO. As it is the Frank Stanovich Show starring Frank Stanovich. Yes, sir. Yes, during the break, I did my best Frank Stanovich impersonation. Became like the happy housewife. I got you some... What did you do over there? Yeah, I gave you a couple of wet wipes there to clean off your shirt. There you go. What's nice, he took a stain that was like a very thin little stain, now made it into the shape of Michigan. I got a racing stripe on there now. Yeah, it's almost like Michigan, really. You can almost see Detroit down there. I took that wet wipe, whatever it was, and I did the whole front of my shirt with it. Once it dries out, it's going to be fine. Yeah, that'll be sometime next week. What did you put in that? It really smells different. It's a Clorox disinfecting wipe. Oh, I see. I'm going to have a bleach streak. I'm going to look like a skunk. It's the COVID days there. It's President Trump approved. It's President Trump approved. Remember he said get Clorox all over yourself? Oh, yeah, I forgot all about that. That's why his hair is so good. Anyway, he's snorting over there. We've got Frank over there. Frank, you're going to Tennessee. We wish you all the best. Do you have a date when you hope to be moving? Well, we wanted to get there next month, but that's not going to happen, I don't think. We'll get there when we get there. Okay, all right. Right. Everybody over here is on alert, especially the military, with what's going on in the world. Yeah. These threats that have been made on California, with L.A. and San Diego blown up. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Jeez. Well, you know, this is military out here, and that puts them on alert. It probably does, yeah. By now they could be gone tomorrow, or tonight, who knows what's going to happen with our president. He could say, go and do it, and we're gone. I will say this, especially when they mention San Diego, that is like the Armed Forces headquarters on the West Coast. It's amazing what's down there. Marine Corps headquarters. Yeah. Marine Corps Navy base. But Trump didn't say to bomb those cities, for Iran to bomb those cities. He was saying that if we allowed Iran to have a nuclear weapon, that those cities could be bombed by Iran. Yeah. That's what he said. But it gets everybody on alert, though. I mean, because you have to kind of, you know, it just gets out there. I understand what you're saying, Frank. You know, you guys have been on alert, though. Every time we've talked since you've been in North Carolina, it's been like a pretty intense time. It's all Frank's fault. That's what I'm wondering. One thing after another. Get him laughing over here. I'm on a block where, you know, 90% of my block is all military. All Marine Corps. And, you know, they're flying out here. Matter of fact, they sent a whole bunch of equipment out of here not too long ago somewhere. Nobody's saying where, but it's gone. But it's gone. Well, we've all got a pretty good guess of where it went. Well, yeah, you can guess. So, you know, they're all on the – and nobody's saying anything they can't. No, of course not. They can't say anything because they're not sure what's going to happen either. Yeah. Iran's trying to stir up as much stuff as they can to sway the election in this country because they figure if they could put pressure on Trump, then he won't be giving them any. And, you know. We do hope that once it's over, meaning the election date and all that stuff, that things will hopefully resolve one way or another. Speaking about military and military families and stuff, though, there is the stand-up for veterans that's happening locally here. And the stand-down used to happen. I always think of your fellow Marine, Oral Stallings, when I think of the old stand-down that used to happen. Right. Because he was such a mover and shaker to make that happen. He and a couple other people were responsible for getting that thing off the ground. Yeah. And there are still some people around that remember that or were a part of that. But they're going to do something. It's connecting veterans and their families. It's not stand-down. Yeah, it's stand-up for veterans. I have a little brochure on it. It's going to be over at the Elks Lodge. We've been talking about it off of Highway 49. It's going to be free flu shots. There's going to be health services, veteran services, housing services. So a lot of the things that vets and their families can get are going to be out there for display. And people are there to talk to. It's October 16th and 17th, 830 to 330 or 830 to 1530. Yes. Is that more preferred? That's the proper military. How many years did it take me to do that, Gary? It took me about 10 years, you and I talking, for me to go military time with. There you go. I just wanted to impress them there, Frank. But on their flyer they put 830 to 330. So they did that especially for civilians. What I love is that you guys especially have talked for a long time. There's one thing about veterans not knowing maybe what benefits are out there. But certainly family members don't know as well. And so this is a great opportunity for family members to come too. And really just talk down and find out what's there, what can help. I found out I do not have any injuries that can be related back to my service in the active duty service. Well, you have a tremor right now when you drink coffee, apparently. That was not a tremor. That was an earthquake of monumental proportions. No, it was a faulty cup. It was a faulty cup. It wasn't a faulty lip. It was a faulty cup. Yeah. So where were we? I'm kind of losing track here. You're just going sideways on us. I know. I didn't get much sleep last night. I understand. Well, this is something that, you know, the stand-down has gone away, which saddens me that that's happened. But this is actually, it's great that I met the woman. She came on with Jason Tedder. Doris. Doris, exactly, yes. That has been very much in the forefront of making stand-up for veterans happen. So I really give her credit. She's affiliated. She is affiliated, loosely affiliated. Loosely affiliated or maybe strongly affiliated with the American Legion Auxiliary. American Legion Auxiliary. Exactly right. But she's doing this kind of, it's not an American Legion Auxiliary function. She's doing this kind of on her own with the help of her daughter. Yeah, and she's been actually, for people out there, she's actually putting out some of her own money to make this thing happen. This is when I found out. It almost took my breath away. It's like, wow, that's above and beyond passion to make something happen. Because she knows how important it is. Just an aside, I had a conversation last week with a fellow Marine. And like I started to say, I don't have any injuries related to my military service. And I thought that that was one of the prerequisites for going to the VA. But that's not so. But over two years or more on active duty, that qualifies you for VA benefits. And with the way insurance prices, especially personal health insurance prices, are going nowadays, it might be a good idea for people, guys that served, all you guys and gals that served, that don't have any injuries related to your military service, take a look at the VA. Because there may be a possibility you can get in there and you can get some medical support. Yeah, medical attention. You know, like a doctor that you can go see, you know, like you would if you were paying for it out of your own pocket. Yeah, like a good physical, get you checked out. And take advantage of your VA benefits. So I'm going to look into it. I'm going to look into it. I've got an application that I received. And I just kind of shelved it because I thought, well, what difference is it going to make? Well, according to this person that I talked to last week, it might make a lot of difference. There you go. That's a great idea. It's certainly better than the old days when you and Frank would get together and you guys would cough and call it good. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, Frank, how's your cough? Oh, it's just great. All right. Good to go. I know. Yeah. I thought you were going to tell a story about the doctor, but then let's not go there. Let's not go there. No. He keeps himself pickled with that Stanovich hooch. There you go. There isn't a self-respecting germ that's going to go within ten feet of it. Exactly. That kills everything. Yeah. That's COVID approved. Anyway, we're going to get a news update weather forecast back with the Frank Stanovich show in minutes. I'm Chris Gilbert with the KNCO local news update. A few more details are now out regarding a fatal motorcycle crash Sunday evening that killed a Nevada city man. CHP Officer Sean Armrucker says the 41-year-old man was reportedly traveling on Indian Springs road west of my Day and Track. He was unable to negotiate one of the curves on Indian Springs road there and lost control and ended up colliding with a tree on the Niagara. One of the trails there was a branch-you-know-what. It was intended to protect you and the outsiders. Armrucker says by the time emergency responders arrived, the driver had already died. Meanwhile, not much more information has been gathered regarding the crash as the investigation continues. And the man's name hasn't been released yet. And it's considered one of the top ten gravel challenge rides for bicyclists in the nation. The annual Heart of Gold race is coming up on Saturday starting at Pioneer Park. It was created with the impetus of youth mental wellness. One of the riders last year is Nevada County Supervisor Hardy Bullock. He says there are three course options with varying difficulty. He says the most popular one, which he'll also be on, is the medium route, which is 42 miles. Bullock says the long course is around 70 miles and is very tough with the steep climbs and elevations and the Tahoe National Forest. The short course is also very fun. We're doing e-bikes this year. The surface quality is great. It's primarily dirt. There is a pretty long downhill section of pavement that comes down Tyler Foot Road. And that's kind of a welcome reprieve in that part of the day. So you can get done with the gravel, get on the pavement and kind of rest for a little bit and then get back on the gravel again. But it's primarily a gravel ride. The short ride is 28 miles. One of the longtime riders is Justin Faffinger. He's also a promoter of the All for One ride, which takes the challenge to an even higher ultimate level on Saturday, November 6th. It also starts in Nevada City on Maidu Avenue with course choices ranging from 45 to 80 to 125 miles. It also raises money for charitable causes. And there's still time to register for either event on the website or the day of the races. Bullock says normally around 250 to 300 riders participate in Heart of Gold. All Heart of Gold courses also end at Pioneer Park. If you want to greet the riders when they get back, there is a post-ride festival from noon to 4 p.m. with food, drinks, live music, a bike wash and more. Join us for our next local news update coming up at the bottom of the hour. I'm Chris Gilbert, KNCO News Talk 830. Johnny Houlihan grew up in Nevada City, graduated from Nevada Union and spent his teenage years listening to KNCO, dreaming about music. That dream eventually took him to Nashville, where he built a career as a singer, songwriter and producer. Nevada County Line, you feel like home the moment I cross over. Now Johnny's music is bringing him home. His latest album, 119 Grove Street, is inspired by the Nevada County he grew up in with songs like Nevada County Line and Hometown Radio. The dials set steady on KNCO and the DJ's laughing like an old friend does, reading school scores, weathering the football bus. Hear Johnny Houlihan live Wednesday, November 11th at 7 p.m. at the Miner's Foundry in Nevada City. It's a special hometown concert you won't want to miss. Seating is limited. Get your tickets now at knco.com. Johnny Houlihan, coming home to Nevada County. This from the KNCO B&C Ace Home and Garden Center Weather Center. Ace is the place. Here is your forecast on KNCO News Talk 830. Sunny and not as cool with a high temperature near 70, a very light northeast wind. It will be clear overnight, low 48. Sunny and dry Wednesday with a high 72. Wednesday night is going to be clear, our low in the mid 50s. And much warmer air will settle in Thursday with a high in the low to mid 80s. For weather anytime, click on the weather center at knco.com. I'm meteorologist Dan Holliday on KNCO News Talk 830. Alright, KNCO News Time, 938.54 degrees. Welcome back to KNCO Inside. It is the Frank Stanovich Show. That means it stars Frank Stanovich. Yeah, right. There he is. That's right, it stars Frank Stanovich and Gary Miller. Gary happens to be in studio with me. Frank's, I think he's having his unofficial open house today because he's on the radio. He's in the East Coast studio. Yeah, he's in the East Coast studio there in North Carolina. Again, that's a selling point for his house. If you want a house that has been a monthly studio to go along with. How many bedrooms there, Frank, in your house? How many bedrooms do you have? Four bedrooms. Four bedrooms. Man. Four bedrooms. How many bathrooms? Four. Four? Four. Four bathrooms, yeah. You got a living room and a kitchen and a family room? Yeah. Yes. Wow. How many square feet you got, Frank? I don't know. There's a lot of them. A lot of them. He's got two left feet. We'll put that on the sales brochure. Wow. There's a lot of square feet. I just went back to thinking about my mom. There were nine kids in our little row house we had. We had one bathroom. Nine kids. Oh my goodness. Five sisters. Oh, man. Oh, man. It was so bad that around the corner was a Flying A gas station. Yeah. And my first boss, Sammy Jordan, nice black guy, young man, older than me, obviously, but he actually had a couple of planks on the retaining wall above where the gas station was in our backyard, and we were able to slide the planks over, and he gave us a key that we can go in there and use the bathroom because he felt bad for us boys. So all the boys went over to the gas station. Yeah. When we were young, we went outside to pee outside. Well, yeah, but this is Jersey City. It's a little bit too busy. Well, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, you and I were raised in the country, Frank. We can do that. That's right. That's right. I can tell you stories. All right. Oh, yeah. Well, Gary, you have here about Freed, you know, the Center for Independent Living and special aid they have for veterans, too. Yeah, yeah. They're helping out with, well, if you like, you need a grab bar in the shower or in the bathroom, you know, for people that are getting older and need to have a little bit of that security and something to hang on to. They install those and they'll do, I think they'll put in handicap ramps. They'll even help people find their initial housing, people that are homeless, if you will. Wow, that's great. Or veterans that are, you know, maybe you've been renting and suddenly the guy that owns the place wants you out because he wants to tear it down or sell it to somebody or do something. So talk to Freed. Get a hold of those people and maybe they can help you locate another place to live. Yeah. There's a Norma Spies whose number is 559-3287 or a Serena Cantway, I believe it is. Yeah. Which is, again, 530-205-8740. Yeah. They're on Sutton Way in Grass Valley. They've got a website. It's Freed.org or www.freed.org. And if you've got computer capability, just go on their website and check them out. Wow, that's great that they do that. I had no idea. They are attached kind of where the Sutton Theater is if people wonder where that Freed office is. It's kind of right near the movie theater, the Sutton Cinemas. Yeah. Good place to go. That's great information. Yep. Yeah. All right. Now, we've talked about this. Pete Vasilakis, one of my favorite guys. Yeah. The dancing Greek. The dancing Greek. There he is. Yeah. And the Veterans Honor Guard. I know we've been running, what would you say, short on people? You know, Frank, even before you left, you could always use more people involved with the Honor Guard. Right. Well, the thing is, they're aging out. A lot of those guys are like Frank and I, you know. Yeah. Our step is a little bit slower and we have trouble counting cadence and keeping in step anymore. I'm not buying that from you, sir. I would buy that from me, but not you, sir. Yeah. Two, three, four stuff. I have a feeling if General Steele asked you to, I think you'd step right into it, wouldn't you? If he asked me, I would, yes. Yes. Yeah. Yep. All right. But we need people to help have that happen. Frank, you've been on that Honor Guard. What's it like to be part of that? It's a great honor to be on it and to give the honors to those that have passed away. It's heartbreaking. I've done the folding of the flag, the presentation of the flag. I've done the firing of the weapons. It's an honor to do it. You really feel great after you do it and you are sorry for the family. And that's important that the family knows that we're there for them. You know, and you guys did, boy, it's probably been over 10 years ago, a ceremony out at Bear River High School for the students out there. And the administration still talks about that, how special that was. You know, just that it really stayed with even the teachers that were there, just how solemn it was, how important it was, and how it moved the kids. Because the kids can be, you would think, kind of distracted and stuff, and they were as laser focused as they can be because they could feel the emotions of it involved. Yeah. I remember being out there and talking to the kids afterwards, too. They were really impressed. Yeah. They were totally impressed. Yeah. And they wanted to learn how to do it. They play taps. They have a bugler that plays taps. And then they have the rifle salute for those that weren't at, you know, 21-gun salute. And it's impressive. Yeah, very impressive. Like Frank says, it's quite an honor. Yeah. You weren't playing the bugle, Frank, were you? No, no, no. I was calling the cadence. I did the bugle one time, I think. Yeah, but you lost your lip, though. Yeah, I did. Yeah. This is the guy that spilled coffee with his lip. Yeah. I never was a very good bugle player. Did you try to play it? Yeah, I got kicked out of the drum and bugle corps when I was in junior high school. Did you? I did. I should have played the drums. How do you get kicked out? You can't hit your notes. You know, I didn't have a lip for it. You know, you've got to have a certain lip. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Playing a bugle, you don't just blow into the thing. You've got to have the lips. You know, you've got to kind of. Wow. Yeah, kind of like that. That's for a tupa. Yeah, yeah. Lips wet, too. You can't let them dry. When it's a little higher pitch, you've got to get the lips tighter together to do a bugle. Yeah. Like that, you know. Right. All right. Now, who can be part of the honor guard? As far as any branch of the service? If you've got a black pair of pants and a white shirt, they'll give you the cover and you can know how to, which is right shoulder and which is left shoulder arms and you know how to pull the trigger when they say fire. Those are the prerequisites. All right. And you've got to stand at attention. Okay. And you've got to have a certain decorum, you know, that like you really want to be there and you know that this is an honor. Yeah. Yeah. And I think if you haven't done it, I have a feeling once you experience it, you'd probably love to do it. Yeah. Oh, yeah. They've got most all of them. You wear long-sleeved white shirts, don't you, Frank? Yes. Yeah. And they've got a patch on each shoulder. One is the American flag on one shoulder and the Honor Guard patch on the other, right? Right. Yeah. All right. And can you wear any medals that you were awarded on your shirt? Yes, you can. Okay. Yes, you can. Yeah. So those that have received medals for their service, active duty service, those go on your shirt, you know, above the left breast. And then a name tag goes on there. And they've got a cover, campaign cover, that's special to the unit. And they have weapons. The weapon is the M1 Garand, nine and a half pounds. And you fire blanks in that. Usually you lock and load with three rounds. All right. The thing is, is that, you know, we talk about funerals, but also parades. You know, I was thinking there's other opportunities too, right? Yeah. All veteran Honor Guard usually is the front unit in the Fourth of July parade. And I don't know. I don't think they did the Constitution Day parade this year, but sometimes they do. Yeah. And, of course, you know, we're about to have Veterans Day before long. The 11th of November is Veterans Day. Yes. You know, things like that. So there's definitely opportunities out there to be involved with the veterans. Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, you know, all of the major nationals. You had St. Patrick's Day yesterday. St. Patrick's Day was not yesterday. When was it? It was the 17th of March. Yeah, you march on the 17th, Frank. Yesterday was – you were – Frank, you were about 700 miles north of where you should have been. It was Columbus Day. Yes, it was Columbus Day. Boy, the Italians out there really love when you mix up – They're throwing tomatoes at us now, Frank. Hey, we got a laugh out of it, didn't we? We got something out of it. Wow. Hey, what's the matter, you? You don't know? What's the matter, you? I can just see where I grew up. Oh, my goodness. That would – the party would be on right there. Oh, man. In your neighborhood? In your old neighborhood? Boy, oh, boy. Those have been fighting words. Yeah. Anyway, real quickly, before I take a break, the Marine Corps League needs new members, too, since we're talking about being part of things. Oh, you betcha. That's the discussion we've had this morning so far, and that's the kind of stuff that we do. But the Marine Corps League has a – we do provide color guard and honor guard for Marines when asked. And we do parades, that sort of thing. Absolutely. And we do Toys for Tots. We just kicked off – October 1st is Toys for Tots. In fact, we got our box, I think, right out here. You got your box out here, and things are going to start ramping up a little bit more next month. But right now, we have – the wife of one of our members is working with our Toys for Tots coordinator, and she's out trying to get donations, fiscal donations, to help out. Oh, okay, great. If we happen to be short on a – and we've talked about this before, but if we come up short on gifts for especially the older kids. Yeah, teenagers. We get a lot of infant and toddlers and up to maybe eight- or nine-year-old kids. Exactly, yeah. We get a lot of toys in that area. But once they start moving up into the older ages, up into the teens, we don't get so much. So if we have money donations, we can turn that around, and we can go out and buy gifts. Yeah, teenage-type gifts. For teenagers, yeah. Yeah, all right. And we've done a lot of that in the past. Now, you got yourself down as a contact number for new members of the Marine Corps League, right? You bet. Call me. My initial is GSM for Gary Sutter Miller, 55, at att.net. That's my email address. And my phone number is 530-477-1533. No crank calls at 3 o'clock in the morning telling me that I won the Procter & Gamble or Publishers Clearing House. Look at me, Frank. Frank's just still thrown off by the time change and stuff, you know, the time zones. I've warned him about that. He's up at 6. It's 3 out here. But anyway, that's a whole other thing. Anyway, let's take our last break. We're down the homestretch here at the Frank Stanovich Show. So a quick break. We'll be right back. 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Foot and Ankle Surgeons of Northern California, because every great journey starts with healthy feet. Again, Gary Miller bringing us back to the Frank Stanovich show, doing his guitar riff right there. Yeah, Frank Stanovich show comes in two places. Frank is back in North Carolina on his porch. Nice day back there in the 70s. Drinking his sweet tea. A few clouds. A few clouds floating on by. No hurricanes or anything like that, right? Well, that was yesterday. Yeah, I was going to say no hurricanes today. Hey, Frank, did I tell you that John Bynes was here last week? No, how's he doing? He's doing pretty good. Good. Yeah, he came out. He was here for about six days. Now, didn't he move back in that same area? Yeah, he's closer to Frank than you and I are. Yeah. Yeah, he moved to a little town in, well, he's in North Carolina as well. Just north of the Tennessee border. What's the town, starts with an A, that got all the flooding two years ago with the hurricane? Oh. Was that Asheville? Asheville. Asheville. He's only about 60, 70 miles from Asheville. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right. Yeah. Well, he could be closer to Nashville also, eventually. Yeah. If I ever sell this house. Yeah, he likes it back there. Oh, yeah. He says he's in the foothills of the Appalachians. Yeah. And he says it's kind of like Grass Valley, but it rains more. It does rain more. Oh, it does. Sure. We've had some storms up there. I've been watching the weather that way. It's been pretty wet. Yeah. Yeah, you Californians have the best weather. We have some tornadoes out there too. We have the best weather in California. It's amazing how nice the weather is. A little bit more rain would be welcome. It would be nice. Yes, it would. Yeah, yeah. If we could get God to cooperate with us and give us Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday a rain, and sunshine, and then 60 to 70 degrees, or maybe even up as high as 80 on the weekends. Yeah. That would be... Yeah. Yeah. Then everybody in the whole country would be moving here. Very San Diego-like, yes. Very San Diego-like, if you ask me. I don't know. You've got people down in the valley that are losing their homes left and right. Well, Long Beach is getting hammered by the high seas, high waves, high ocean current. That was pretty bad. Yeah. No doubt about it. Hey, it throws your money down and it takes your chances. That's right. That's what you got to do. All right. Are you guys all set at the Marine Corps League with the Veterans Building getting remodeled and redone and all that stuff? It's not going to start until a year from now. Next spring? A year from now. A year from now. They're going to do... The plan is they're going to remodel the kitchen in the Nevada City Veterans Building first. Oh, that makes sense. They're kicking that off right after Christmas. Okay. Because they use the kitchen for Victorian Christmas stuff. That's going to go until June. Then they're not going to be booking any more events into the Grass Valley Hall after May 31st. Right. Right. You hear it before you know it. That's what's going to happen. That's right. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, get out and vote. I'm going to talk about that lady that's going to get... They're supposed to get the... The suicide. They're supposed to kill her. Whatever. What are you talking about? Anyways, that gal that killed that other woman. Oh, the woman that they tried to execute her because she killed people. Yeah. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. And it didn't take... I don't know. I think they will let her be a doll? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, stand her up. Stand her up with that Nadal guy and let them get them both. --- end of transcript ---