Wake-Up Call With Bill Lundun & Gerry Snyder

Katie Brown - Scorpion Creek Ranch

https://www.scorpioncreekranch.org/

Danise Thomas - Heathly Moves

Denise Thomas, the founder and CEO of Healthy Moves. Bringing physical education into the elementary schools in our community for the kids to get a healthier start to their day and their life!

Jan Goss - Tipping

AMERICANS ARE CONFUSED, FRUSTRATED BY NEW TIPPING CULTURE
The state of tipping in America is, in a word, a mess.  Americans are divided and confused over when to leave gratuities and how much to tip for all kinds of services, according to a new study published Thursday by the Pew Research Center - and many don't like recent trends such as added service fees and suggested tipping amounts.  If it seems to you that almost everywhere these days, from coffee shops to takeout spots, there's an added service fee, you're not alone. People are feeling "tipflation" - the proliferating number of workers to whom consumers are expected to pay gratuities - with 72 percent saying that tipping is expected in more places today than it was five years ago.  Most don't like the addition of "service charges," the amounts that many restaurants and other businesses have tacked on to customers' tabs under various names, often to cover the higher costs of things like food and labor - without having to raise their prices. An overwhelming 72 percent of people oppose them, with only 10 percent saying they favor them.  And they are also more likely to oppose a suggested tip amount than favor it, something businesses have recently taken to putting on touch-screens at takeout spots or on printed bills - ostensibly to make calculating them easier, but often used as a prod to get customers to shell out. Forty percent of Americans oppose such suggested tips, while 24 percent favor them. (About a third neither oppose nor favor them.)  But with more opportunities to tip, and with some restaurants and other businesses offering prompts, there's still plenty of confusion about whether customers should leave a gratuity - and if so, how much. Jan is An etiquette expert, bestselling author, keynote speaker and runs Show Up Well Consulting, an executive protocol company.

Secret Wine Society

John Kruse - American/NW Outdoors Radio

John Kruse hosts weekend shows on KPNW Northwestern Outdoors is heard Saturday morning 6-7am, and 4-5pm Saturday Afternoon American Outdoors Radio 3-4pm Saturday.

Cheri's Hazelcream

Go see Cheri this weekend at Market of Choice:
FRIDAY
10-1 Willamette
2-5 Franklin
SUNDAY
Sheldon 10-1
Delta 2-5

Bo's Christmas Tree's

Gary Conley - Conley Capitol

David & Jeany Snider - CHRISTMAS PRESENCE

Narrow Shoes Productions & Wildish Community Theater Present
CHRISTMAS PRESENCE - Dec. 19-21, 2024
CAST: Ricardo Cárdenas, Ciro Magnani, Mago Gilson, Niels Miller, Jeany Van Meltebeke Snider, Wesley Coleman, David Snider and Donovan Snider.
WHERE: Wildish Community Theater, 630 Main St, Springfield, OR 97477
WHEN:
Thursday evening Dec. 19: 7:30pm
Friday matinee Dec. 20: 2pm
Friday evening Dec. 20: 7:30pm
 
Saturday matinee Dec. 21: 2pm
 
Adults: $25
Students: $18.75
Learn More:
www.narrowshoesproductions.com

Paul Powers - AI

Trump's return to the White House is the best thing that could happen for our country's competitiveness in the AI race. The biggest threat to America's current narrow advantage in AI is regulation. Under Biden's administration, we have been heading toward complex, ineffective regulations and compliance hurdles that slow down American innovation and punish US startups. Trump plans to repeal Biden's executive order. Perhaps more importantly, we can expect him to invest more aggressively into America's competitiveness against China in the AI race. And this matters even if you're uninterested in technology. The race to AI dominance is more important and will have longer-lasting effects than the nuclear arms race of the Cold War. That's because the results of this race may be permanently irreversible.  Wall Street's response to Trump's victory is telling - investors want Trump, not Harris. And tech companies need investors. Trump's presidency will make investment more appealing with lower taxes and less regulation, and this will directly support American tech companies. With Trump's decision to have Elon Musk lead a Department of Government Efficiency, some of the biggest winners should be startups that support lowering government spend. These startups will be doing the American people a great service in return. Whatever your stance on where the government should invest its funding, one thing should be glaringly obvious to all: We're not getting what everything we're paying for. As one of countless examples in the military alone, the US Air Force was overpaying for soap dispensers from Boeing by about 8,000%.