Construction Junction & the Landlord Sandwich: When Dirt Piles Trump Civic Budgets and Your Rental Becomes a Love Nest
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We kicked off the show with REO Speedwagon, a rant about city budget constraints that somehow led to ticketing people for charging their phones at public parks, and a dirt pile so legendary that kids abandon all other entertainment just to claw around in it—because nothing says Memorial Day weekend like municipal pettiness and a heap of unsupervised soil.
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Schuyler Black and Bobby Dewrell kicked off a Thirsty Thursday on 100.3 KROCK, Fort Walton Beach's classic rock station, with a crucial PSA: tomorrow at 9 a.m., the station switches to special Memorial Day weekend programming—History of Rock and Roll and Military Moments—honoring local military heroes who served right here on the Emerald Coast. Translation: no B Team until Tuesday. You've been warned.
We dove headfirst into the National Day calendar, starting with National Memo Day—that annual reminder that humanity can't remember a grocery list but insists on documenting every thought like it's headed to the Library of Congress. Celebrate by writing something short, bossy, and vaguely passive-aggressive about whatever's been ignored. Next up: I Need a Patch for That Day, the holiday proving adulthood is just a parade of tiny failures you cover up with something sticky and a confident nod. Ripped jeans, cracked phone screens, bruised egos—slap on a fix and pretend that was the plan all along. We also covered Brown Bag It Thursday (financial discipline disguised as a sad sandwich) and Rapture Party Day (planning a party for an event that never RSVPs back). Weather-wise, expect sunshine and 87 today, but the Memorial Day weekend forecast now shows 60–70% rain chances—mostly isolated pop-up storms, not a total washout.
Officer Marcus Montgomery from Fort Walton Beach PD's Community Policing unit stopped by to talk about Construction Junction, happening this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. out at the fairgrounds (now called the Rigdon Center, but we're still calling it the fairgrounds). Think Touch a Truck meets dirt pile heaven—big rigs, fire trucks, MedFlight helicopters, food trucks, vendors, and a sensory-friendly first hour. Bobby's already eyeing that dirt pile. Officer Montgomery also explained the difference between community policing and patrol: his job is to mingle before your worst moment, not just show up during it. He's getting promoted to corporal today—congrats, sir—and three new officers will take over the community policing beat.
In local news, some Fort Walton Beach residents are big mad after getting ticketed for charging phones and e-bikes at Chester Pruitt Park. Turns out a 2022 ordinance prohibits using city outlets without a permit—fines start at $50. City Manager Jason Davis says you can't use city property for personal use, but if you didn't know about the rule, they'll waive the fee. Eventually, all park outlets will be locked down. Bobby had thoughts about this being an alternate revenue stream thanks to the 3% budget cap crew. We also learned that cows can recognize human faces and match voices to faces on a screen—Dr. Vickery from Bobby's college days would be thrilled. And in Michigan, a landlord got caught on camera having sex in a tenant's rental house while they were at the hospital—then made himself a sandwich. Naked. As one does. Brought to you by Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre, Okaloosa Gas, and OutKast Sushi in Miramar Beach—because someone's gotta pay for all this chaos. See you Tuesday, folks. Keep it classy, Emerald Coast.
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(00:01) REO Speedwagon. Roll with the changes as we roll into a thirsty Thursday. Almost, almost the holiday weekend, Bobby. It's so close, I can almost taste it. Now, those of you that want to know, well, what can we expect on Thursday? Well, we're going to be talking about the B Team Redux. We're going to be talking about the B Team Redux. We're going those of you that want to know, well, what can we expect on KROCK this weekend, well, you can expect us tomorrow morning and then at nine o'clock, we'll switch over to our summer of 250 special programming called the History of Rock and Roll and Military Moments where we're saluting and thanking and honoring local military heroes that helped define our nation's freedom and served right here on the Emerald Coast. So that is starting tomorrow at 9 a.m. and that'll go all the way through Memorial Day Monday. So, you can count on the B Team Morning Show not being here until Tuesday after tomorrow. (01:05) That's right. Just a heads up on that. We are the B Team Morning Show, Schuyler Black and Bobby Dewrell right here on 100.3 KROCK, brought to you by Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre, Okaloosa Gas at Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. And as we always like to start out the show with a look at the National Day calendar, the first one we need to talk about today is that it's National Memo Day. (01:29) Oh, yeah, the one holiday celebrating the office novel nobody read. Yeah, except HR and they quoted it back like it was scripture. They call that the handbook, don't they? Yeah. Oh, listen, National Memo Day is that annual reminder that humanity can't remember a grocery list but insists on documenting every thought like it's headed to the Library of Congress. You know, you celebrate by writing a memo, right? Short, bossy, vaguely passive-aggressive about whatever needs doing, what's been ignored and who's pretending not to notice. (02:05) Now, it's the one holiday where the gift, well, it's accountability and everybody returns it without a receipt. So sharpen your pen, tighten your deadlines and prepare to be haunted by your own handwriting like a responsible adult with a grudge. (02:21) It's National Memo Day. Hopefully we don't get any memos over the weekend. Not like we read them anyway, is it? No. Wake up! I wait for the call. Wake up! Here's The Who on KROCK. (02:37) It's the B Team Morning Show. It's Gather Black and Bobby Dewrell. I see you shaking your head over there. Are you struggle-busting with that damn iPad again? No, honestly, it's the network here. Oh, well, I can't help you with that. I do know how to operate Apple products, but if you need Wi-Fi help, I'm S.O.L. on that department. (03:01) All right. The B Team Morning Show is on the air. Quick reminder that this morning, Officer Montgomery with the Fort Walton Beach Police Department will be joining us during the 8 o'clock hour to talk about Construction Junction, happening Saturday out at the fairgrounds here in Fort Walton Beach. (03:18) Everybody's saying, well, I thought that event was in April. Well, it traditionally has been, but now that the county is operating the fairgrounds, the city had to work with what dates the county had available for the fairgrounds. (03:33) So it'll be this Saturday from 10 to 2. Food trucks, vendors, all sorts of giveaways, and, of course, big rigs for everybody to check out and climb on and the dirt pile for Bobby to go get his hands all dirty. So don't miss out on Construction Junction this Saturday, 10 to 2, but we'll learn more from Officer Montgomery coming up during the 8 o'clock hour here on 100.3 KROCK. (03:58) Well, today on the National Day Calendar, Bobby, tell me all about I Need a Patch for That Day. Oh, well, you know, it's just one of those things where nothing screams adulting like fixing your life with stickers instead of therapy and common sense. Oh, so they're in a crew, too. (04:13) Yeah, just about. Yeah, I Need a Patch for That Day is an annual reminder that adulthood is just a long parade of tiny failures. You cover up with something sticky and a confident nod. Like, you celebrate by admitting out loud that everything's held together with patches. (04:28) You know, ripped jeans, crap phone screens, bruised egos, busted plans. And that one relationship you swear is fine because you put a filter on it. But anyway, the rules are simple. Notice what's falling apart, slap on a fix that's good enough to get you to tomorrow, and pretend that was the plan all along. (04:50) You know, it's not about perfection. It's about survival with style. You know, like duct tape, but with feelings. I Need a Patch for That Day. I Need a Patch for My Energy Level Today, Bobby. I would agree. (05:05) Journey Any Way You Want It on 100.3 KROCK, the Classic Rock Station. Good Thursday morning, everybody. We are on the cusp of the Memorial Day holiday weekend. We've got beautiful weather in store today and tomorrow, but a little bit of a chance of showers and thunderstorms throughout the weekend. (05:25) So we'll keep an eye on that. Relatively low chances right now. Probably just those typical sporadic afternoon isolated thunderstorms that may pop up a cell here and there. But overall, nothing widespread in the forecast at this point. (05:41) We've got details on upcoming events for you online at thebteamshow.com on the Events tab. Of course, Saturday is the Construction Junction event out at the fairgrounds. A couple more, though, coming up to start out the month of June, and we've got them all listed for you at thebteamshow.com. (06:03) Well, this is another way to – no, it's not. I thought it was going to be another way to say Thirsty Thursday. You know, have a big 40 in a brown bag. But that's not what brown bag at Thursday means? No, no, no, no. It's when we pretend a sad sandwich is financial discipline. (06:21) You know, instead of admitting that lunch out costs way less than our bad decisions. Yeah, but McDonald's comes in a brown bag. Exactly. All right, brown bag at Thursday is that sacred little speed bump on the highway of spending where you pack your own lunch like a functioning adult and pretend it's a lifestyle. (06:38) You know, not a financial coping mechanism. Look, the rules are simple, okay? Bring something from home, wrap it in a brown bag like you're hiding evidence, and act surprised when it tastes like the inside of your refrigerator. Look, it's not about nutrition. It's about discipline. (06:54) Specifically, the kind you discover right after you've spent $19 on a salad that hates you. So consider it a weekly reminder that convenience is expensive, and your wallet is not your wrench uncle. It's brown bag Thursday. What are we having for lunch? (07:09) That's a ham sandwich. PB&J? Yeah. Forerunner Urgent. It's Thursday morning, Friday eve. You're rocking with the B Team on 100.3 KROCK. (07:24) Jailbreak on 100.3 KROCK. The Classic Rock Station, it's the B Team morning show. Creeping our way closer towards 7 on a Thursday morning. Sunshine in 87. Going to be our high today. (07:39) Don't forget the America 250 Gala and Drone Show, put on by the Daughters of the American Revolution. It's coming up two weeks from tomorrow, Friday. No, three weeks from tomorrow, Friday, June 12th, from 6 to 10, out at the fairgrounds here in Fort Walton Beach. (07:56) It's going to be a fun evening with dinner, drinks, a 1776 reenactment, and a patriotic drone show around 8.45 p.m. Tickets for this fun event are on sale now, cbcdar.com. Again, cbcdar.com. (08:12) We've got the link on the website, on the events tab at thebteamshow.com. Get over there and buy those tickets up. Today, on the National Day calendar, there's one final one that we have to chat about. It's Rapture Party Day. (08:28) Oh, yeah. This is when folks dress up for the afterlife and act shocked when the only thing ascending is your bar tab. Hey, look, Rapture Party Day is that annual little pageant where we dress up the end of the world like it's a backyard graduation and act shocked when nobody gets beamed up on schedule. (08:47) You know, people throw farewell potlucks, leave passive-aggressive notes for whoever's still there, and argue over the playlist like the apocalypse is a tailgate. Now, listen, the faithful bring charts, the skeptics bring snacks, and the real professionals bring folding chairs because disappointment lasts longer when you're comfortable. (09:07) You know, it's not about salvation. It's about commitment. Nothing says conviction like planning a party for an event that never RSVPs back. Rapture Party Day. Doesn't sound too fun, does it? (09:23) I guess it's one to have. All right, we're going to take a break and pay a couple bills. A look at local news is coming up. Plus, the 7 o'clock hour is on the horizon, which means Ask Uncle Bobby is coming up in about 45 minutes right here on 100.3 KROCK. (09:41) It's about to rock! Where do you think you're going? Morocco. Next. 100.3 KROCK. It's Aussie and over the mountain on 100.3 KROCK, the classic rock station. (09:56) Good morning, everybody. It's Thursday, quite overcast. This morning and quite humid as well. 72 degrees 85 will be our high this afternoon. The B Team Morning Show is on the air. I'm Schuyler Black. He is Bobby Dewrell. I am. You have been as long as I've known you. Oh, okay. Are you now identifying as something else? No, I don't know. (10:19) I feel like you are almost like the, what's that movie, Overboard? Where the girl didn't remember anything about who she was? Yeah. Yeah. Are you talking about the original with Goldie Hawn? Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah. (10:34) What do they call that? Amnesia. That's right. Thank you. Appreciate it. You're also a doctor too, aren't you? Yeah. Yeah. And they also, at my age, just call it CRS. Can't remember stuff. That's right. Let's go with that. (10:50) Is that what the S is? Yes, sure. It's close? It's radio safe. Okay. Coming up next hour, Officer Montgomery with the Fort Walton Beach Police Department's going to be joining us to talk about our, well, their big event this weekend, Construction Junction out at the fairgrounds on Saturday. So we'll learn more about that here in about an hour. (11:13) Plus, some Fort Walton Beach residents are voicing concerns after they were issued tickets for using power at a local public park. We'll get to that story here in just a little while as well. Plus, some goofy national stories as well. (11:33) What's on the radar for you this morning, Mr. Durrell? Just trying to make it to the end of the show. Okay. Survival. I'm in survival mode. You've taken on this Bear Grylls role pretty well lately. Let's just get through it. (11:48) That's right. Man, it's been a couple of weeks. It's been a couple of weeks, but I'm getting there. I understand it. I'm just supposed to be plucky comic relief. You've got today and tomorrow, and then you've got three days in a row where you can still be sawing logs and cleared 40 acres at this point in the morning. (12:07) Hopefully. No, those will probably be the mornings you're wide awake about 4.15. Yeah. It's going to be like this morning. Did that happen this morning? Yes. Wide awake at about 3.45. So what'd you do? Get up and make coffee at that point? (12:25) Yeah. No. I tried to fight it out, slug it out until about 4.30. And then you just said to hell with it. Just to hell with it. Clearly, I'm awake. And at that point, you almost wish you just would have gotten up when you first woke up because you could have gotten along with your morning. (12:42) But it also means that about 9.30, 10 o'clock this morning, I'm going to be like, I need a nap. I need a nap or I need lunch. All right. Steve Miller, The Doors and Aerosmith all coming up before we look at your forecast. (12:58) Plus that local story about Fort Walton residents mad about being charged for using the electric at a local city park. More on that after David Bowie and changes on KROCK. 7.21 is the time and 72 degrees is the temp. (13:19) Good morning, everybody. It's the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black and Bobby Durrell brought to you by our friends at Stripes Pub and Grill in Navarre, Okaloosa Gas at Outkast Sushi and Miramar Beach. Reminder that tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, we switch over to our special Memorial Day weekend programming, the history of rock and roll and military moments about local military heroes that, well, shaped our nation's history and served right here on the Emerald Coast. (13:47) So that's going to get underway tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. As soon as Bobby and I are off the air, that'll be running the rest of the day Friday and all the way through Monday. It should be a very interesting program. Who wouldn't want to give us a four day weekend? I know. (14:02) I know. We could have been everybody else gets Friday off, but us. We could have been like Frank. We could have been saying, Michael, just saying even Alice. Bless you. God bless you. You're doing that at least half a dozen times on the air each day. (14:20) I know. Tell me about it. I'm going to have to get my going to have to get my agent in here and renegotiate my contract. Oh, well, good luck with that. Yeah, I know. Right. Well, some Fort Walton Beach residents are voicing concerns after they were issued tickets for using power outlets at a public park. (14:39) The residents told council members they received tickets from police officers for charging their phones and e-bikes at Chester Pruitt Park. Now, according to the city, an ordinance that took effect back in 2022 prohibits the use of electrical outlets without a permit. (14:54) Fines for misusing an outlet start at 50 bucks, and the second violation is $100. Now, Fort Walton Beach City Manager Jason Davis said you can't use city property for personal use. Otherwise, why would I charge stuff at my house when I can have the city pay for it? So one of the individuals that spoke at the council meeting the other night came and said I didn't even know there was an ordinance. (15:16) And Davis said, that's fine. We waived the fee. We're trying to be good partners. Now, Davis says you can get a permit to use power outlets by reaching out to Parks and Rec. Cartsey Craig has shown grown up using the park, and within the last month, he says several residents have received tickets for using the outlets. (15:35) Cops rolled up, gave people tickets without any verbal warning, without letting us know we couldn't use the power. We've been using the power. I know I've been here for over 30 years, and it hasn't been a problem. Now, Davis says they plan to start enforcing their codes more consistently. (15:51) It's not at just Chester Pruitt. We started at the library because we found someone doing something they shouldn't have been doing at the library, so we locked that down. And he said as we go through the parks doing our upgrades, that's one of the strategies we're using to curb that behavior. (16:07) So eventually, all park outlets will eventually be locked down and not able to be accessed. But in the meantime, you can still get cited for it. Well, so there you go. So when you limit to 3% of budget every year, and you don't raise those taxes, this is an alternate revenue stream. (16:31) There you go. So remember, folks, as you're getting cracked down and getting all these new tickets for these things, the person to thank is Payne Walker and his group that wants to just limit the city. And what's the name of that group? I don't know. Crybabies. (16:47) Fort Walton Dumbasses? Yeah, Fort Walton Crybabies, something like that. I get a feeling you're not a fan. No, it's the stupidest. What they have implemented is the stupidest thing on the planet. And if there wasn't multiple instances showing cities that have tried the same thing and what it has done, it would be one thing. (17:16) But it's just stupidity. It's stupidity to take a city that, I'm sorry, is crumbling and looks like crap. Look at the infrastructure around town. It looks like absolute crap. And instead of investing in it, you just want to be the parking lot for destiny. (17:35) So go ahead, Fort Walton, have at it. The arterial roads in this town, it looks like inner city urban blight in some areas. You get across, I would say, north of Hughes on Eglin, all the way up to Racetrack. (17:52) It looks like hell. And keep in mind that probably the second biggest driver of economics in this town, tourism, anyone that flies in or drives in is coming down Eglin or Beale. (18:08) Yeah, and it looks like crap. And it looks like crap. Yep. That's why they're rerouted north through Niceville and down. Across Mid Bay. Mid Bay. Yeah. I know. It's asinine. And this whole group that came out five or six years ago, because they were mad about the fire assessment fee. (18:29) So they took an issue that was essentially a bloody nose and then they cut off the legs of the city. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's just asinine. But anyway, that was a story Channel 3 WEAR reported following the council meeting the other night. (18:49) So wanted to pass that along to you. Coming up here in about 20 minutes, we're going to check in with Uncle Bobby for your daily advice on how to deal with idiot councilmen. Actually, I haven't checked the inbox, so I don't know what today's topic is yet. (19:04) But we'll get to that here ever so quickly. On the way, ZZ Top, Rat and more on the B Team Morning Show with the Classic Rock Station 100.3 KROCK. Aerosmith and the other side on the Classic Rock Station 100.3 KROCK as we've gotten to the other side of the seven o'clock hour. (19:25) About 10 minutes out from asking Uncle Bobby for advice this morning. Of course, Dan Diamond will have local news coming your way in just a little while as well. Scatter Black and Bobby Dewrell brought to you by Stripes Pub and Grill in Navarre, as well as Okaloosa Gas and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. (19:43) Bobby, there's a story out this morning that says cows can actually recognize human faces. Yeah, I saw that. And having grown up on a farm, I can maybe. Yeah, maybe. Maybe some. (19:58) And they say they can even connect a person's face with their voice. Now, I know dogs and cats can absolutely do that. Now, researchers showed cows videos of people they knew and people they'd never seen before. (20:13) The cows spent more time staring at unfamiliar faces, showing they could tell the difference. Now, the study also found that cows could match a familiar voice to the correct face on a screen. When researchers played the voice of someone the cows knew, the animals looked longer at that person's image. (20:30) Scientists say the findings suggest cows are smarter and more socially aware than many people assume. And researchers believe this could help improve how humans interact with farm animals and may lead to better treatment and handling practices. Now, was this study supported by PETA? (20:46) Yeah, probably. Yeah, you know, it's kind of funny. Years ago, I mean, back when I was in college, Dr. Vickery, my ... hang on. Uh-oh, God bless you. There's still room for the morning. (21:02) The chair of our speech department when I was doing my speech communications degree, he was a huge advocate that he believed that we would discover in the next 50 years that animals were way smarter than we ever gave them credit for and that we would feel terrible for how we had treated them. (21:23) Interesting. So he full-on believed that all animals have higher orders of communication and awareness than we've attributed in the past. And so I always think of him when I see these reports and stories come out, that like, hey, that's exactly what he said. (21:41) Maybe he was right. Maybe he was right. And I guess it does explain why, you know, Joy Behar waved at me one time in an airport. Cows recognize human faces. There's the Allman Brothers in Midnight Rider on 100.3 KROCK, the classic rock station. (22:01) We're at 75 degrees with overcast skies here in South Okaloosa County, a high today of 85. A look at your forecast and local news coming up in moments. But first, the music in the background tells us it's time to check in with the most knowledgeable guy in town. (22:20) Yep. The one we keep turning to for advice. It's Uncle Bobby. Ask Uncle Bobby weekday mornings right here on the B Team Morning Show, stitched together by our friends at Buy TomCat Custom Apparel. That's right, Buy TomCat Custom Apparel, reminding you that, well, summer's here. (22:36) It's time for family reunions, beach trips, softball teams. You know, it's basically matching shirt season with some humidity. All right. Today, Uncle Bobby, your question comes in from the Awkward Alpha Blueprint. (22:54) They write in, Dear Uncle Bobby, I feel like I get overlooked at social gatherings, and I never know how to jump into conversations. How can I use my awkwardness to become more socially influential instead of fading into the background? (23:09) Well, first of all, you are not socially awkward. No, you're just under-deployed. See, everybody else is doing the same polite conversation thing, right? That little tap dance. And you are the only one with the raw, confusing energy to break the spell. (23:29) Look, right now you're trying to jump in like there's some secret handshake you missed. So, you know, you hover, you wait, you fade, and the room quietly files you under background character. But that's not a personality flaw. (23:46) That's a misuse of your strongest asset. Look, here's the principle. Socially influenced people are not interesting. They're dangerous mirrors. See, first thing, stop trying to slide into conversations like you belong there. (24:03) That's background character behavior right there. See, you got to enter like an unexpected plot twist. Pause at the edge of the group. Look at everyone like you just walked in on their secret meeting. (24:18) Then calmly say you need a ruling on something absurdly specific. Like whether a person can ethically own three different kinds of sunglasses. And then don't linger. No, no, no. Look, lingering is what overlooked people do while they slowly evaporate. (24:35) You drop the conversation grenade, you let it hiss, then you exit to get a drink like you are stepping off a helicopter because now everyone has a story to tell about you. Now, when someone asks what you mean, you don't explain it like a substitute teacher begging for control. (24:54) No, you give them a half answer that creates gravity. Like you're protecting the room from information they're not ready for. Then you pivot to asking them a question that forces them to perform. Because socially influential people are not interesting. (25:12) They are dangerous mirrors. Right? See, your awkwardness is a wild card. And wild cards run tables. Make your entrances theatrical, your exits surgical, and your presence slightly unsettling in a way that feels intentional. (25:30) People do not ignore the person who might stand up mid-conversation, nod once, and disappear like a rumor with shoes. All right. There's the advice, Mr. Awkward Alpha Blueprint, from Uncle Bobby. (25:51) Hey, don't forget to buy your Uncle Bobby merch online at DewBob.com. And you can find all the past episodes as well at thebteamshow.com. It's Ask Uncle Bobby weekday mornings around 745, all stitched together byTomCat Custom Apparel. (26:10) TomCat Custom Apparel, where the custom apparel is made for you. Customly. On demand. While they wait. Anything else to add today? No. (26:25) Tomorrow's Friday. We've got to have a much longer tagline. All right. Officer Montgomery with the Fort Walton Beach PD is in the house. We'll check with him for details on Construction Junction here just after 8 o'clock. In the meantime, here's Dan Diamond with local news. (26:42) And don't forget this weekend, Memorial Day weekend, pour some sunblock on me as well. Not just sugar. That's right. Yep. You might need it. We do have higher chances of showers and thunderstorms this weekend than we did yesterday. (26:57) They've ticked those 20 to 30 percent chances up to 60, 70 Friday, Saturday, Sunday now. But when I've looked at the long-term radar prediction, it looks like it's mostly going to be isolated pop-up storms, a few cells here and there. (27:14) But I don't think there's going to be anything widespread. So the chances of us getting something looks pretty strong. It just doesn't look like it's going to be a set-in, you know, total washout type of weekend. Which is quite typical for us. We've got those mid-afternoon thunderstorms this time of year. (27:30) All right. A few minutes after 8, we are on the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black and Bobby Dewrell brought to you by our friends at Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre, as well as Okaloosa Gas and OutKast Sushi in Miramar Beach. And, Bobby, we've got somebody in studio with us. (27:45) That's right. We've got a special guest today, the lead citation writer for all of those e-bike charging and phone charging here to talk to. Oh, wait, wait, wait. No, no, no. That was different. That was a different officer. We have Officer Marcus Montgomery from Community Policing here in Fort Walton. (28:01) And you came to talk to us about Construction Junction. Wasn't that the schoolhouse rock thing? Yeah, that's just what I thought so. Construction Junction, what's your function? Yeah, we have Construction Junction going on this weekend. It's been an annual event that the police department has held for as long as I've been there, for about 11 years now. (28:19) And what it is is a lot of folks kind of correlate it with an event called Touch a Truck, which is basically we bring out various vehicles from our department, other agencies, like Okaloosa Sheriff's Department. Chalamar will be there, and they'll be bringing out their vehicles. (28:36) We have some of the construction companies that are local here that will be bringing out some vehicles, several food trucks, and a lot of vendors that are more on the educational side, as well as vendors that are selling some items inside the building where we held Winter Wonderland. And, yeah, it'll be a fun time. (28:53) I tried to promote it as a way, instead of how we know traffic can get pretty bad on 98, we have a free event for families to attend up here in Lewis-Turner, if anybody would like to come out. And, I mean, it'll be a fun time from 10 a.m. to 2 o'clock. (29:08) The first hour will be sensory friendly. And we also have MedFlight. We'll be landing their helicopters, so the kids will get to see how that whole process works as well. Well, and if you're seeing the posters or graphics for it online or posters around town, and it's posted that it's at the Rigdon Center, and everybody's like, where the hell is the Rigdon Center? (29:26) Yeah, it's the fairgrounds. That's what they call the fairgrounds now. Yeah, the County Tourism District took it over, and they called it the Rigdon Center. So I do have to remember to call it the Rigdon Center, not the fairgrounds anymore. Well, we still call it the fairgrounds because that's what everybody knows it by. (29:43) Now, Officer Montgomery, I know this wasn't what you were planning to do. We were going to talk about Construction Junction, and I swear to God I'm not going to go back on the electricity thing. That was just putting you in the hot seat. But I think it's interesting because you're with, Community policing with that with that community policing department, and I know that's a thing that some people may say I know I know I've seen a couple of the cars mark community police, but can you talk a little bit about what's community policing? (30:12) How does how does that department differ maybe from some of the other departments so people understand a little more what it is? So we have it's called community oriented policing basically our job is To get out with the community instead of how you know with patrol Which have no nothing against patrol obviously, but they respond to your call right typically in your worst moments and things like that community policing's job is to get out there and Basically mingle with the community and kind of get face to face before you have that worst moment correct Yeah, and so we've held several events I've personally coordinated several events. We've done movies at the park or excuse movies at the landing obviously construction Junction winter wonderland I View it as it's my job to make us look good Mm-hmm, and so and I enjoy it. I enjoy getting to meet everybody within the community I'm all over for Walton Beach and even sometimes going into the county and Being with the sheriff's office their community resource deputies We have a tendency to kind of coordinate together and get together and do some things It's it's it's a more specific role, which I enjoy yeah, yeah, yeah, it's it's awesome I mean, I think it's it's one of the great things that that we actually do around here I mean, you know trying to try to get into the community and trying to make sure people can see you because you're right I mean usually when you're you're calling a police officer Something's wrong right right and and at that at that point patrol, you know, they have to make decisions They have to do thing right? There's I mean, it's They're there to calm the situation down or where wherever and you know Unfortunately, sometimes determine who's right and who's wrong? (32:01) Yeah, and the wrong guys never happy about it That's I've been doing that for about a year. Mm-hmm So you kind of do what Chris Chris Fordham does for the sheriff's office? Yes. Yeah For Yeah for right now Fortunately, I don't want to say unfortunately. Fortunately, I actually will be taking a promotion today. Oh, congratulations. Thank you I'll be going back onto the road But there'll be three more officers coming in to take over and I know they'll do a great job Then when I try to tell them I was like your job is you need to you got to get out there. You have to I Don't want to say like kiss babies or anything, right? (32:45) You have to be the one-on-one between the police department besides chief, of course and the community We don't have a relationship with the community. We are not a police department, right? Right, right That's my biggest thing. So it's a sergeant Still corporal, okay. Okay become a corporal. Yeah Sergeant would be the next step. Yeah. All right. Well, I saw this I saw the stripe already So, this is a master police officer, okay, okay, so you get to now yes, all right. All right. Hey, I'm learning Yeah, okay. All right. Well boy, I promoted a lot of people in the past. I saw the one stripe called corporal Bobby will work on the city's payroll for you I'll make it happen Chief make this man a sergeant Trust me he listens Well officer Montgomery What would you like folks to know that haven't been to construction junction in the past? (33:59) What would you like him to know about this weekend's event? I mean it is It is a completely free event and it is it is fun. It's for the kids. We're gonna have The rain hole if the rain kind of holds off We'll have a two bounce houses dirt pile with some toys for kids to play. That's his deal. It's the it's the dirt pile Yeah, I mean, I swear y'all don't have to put anything else out there, but the pile of dirt I mean, it's funny because every time I've gone out there. It's literally been nothing but a pile of kids all right parents are just But I know as long as they're having fun, that's all that matters But I mean we'll have kids will be able to get in there have questions for these folks who do these jobs They'll be able to get up into the vehicles ask these questions parents and I've seen dads all the time Right Yeah, so I mean it's Why does only the kid get to climb up yeah Kids too Shout out to Eglin they're bringing out some of their stuff as well. Oh awesome egglin and Herlberg so artillery type of stuff No the Rangers kind of blew that for A special tactics will be out there with FHP Yeah, field security forces Eglin security forces Marine unit, so we'll have a few boats out there from our unit as well And it'll be fun. I mean I want the parents to come out I know it's the weekend depending on the weather will have the indoor area as well as the outdoor To get out the house and again. I mean you can't be free right besides the food trucks of course But I mean you can't really be free right vendors, so yeah, see I've always thought now No, no bear with me here because I know sometimes police and fire. You know you have your nice little rivalry But I but I've always thought what you should offer is like coming off the dirt pile before you go out get the get the Fire department there with a hose and offer a free kid wash I mean, I mean obviously they couldn't put a full power No, but you know it'd be it'd be kind of funny to have a kid wash The ladder with the nozzle at the end, and they just show the whole area Yeah, now the county would feel about it. Just shower the kids down as they go right yeah Yeah, they offer that up in florella for the Masonic celebration. Well. Yeah, that's that's a whole different Different so we we go up to the florella with the Masonic celebration, and we actually have a fire battle So they actually off the fire hydrant they they split two hoses and you stand 50 yards apart, and you shoot each other Yeah, it's the most shots on each other. Yeah, it's a trophy. We we want to two years in a row three years in a row We did not win last year Kind of rigged yeah, yeah Yeah, and it's funny because the kids get around and play behind Yeah, you know and so our team one year overshot, and we just nailed the kid instead of rolling down the hill It was flares. I'm like oh great Meanwhile the kid jumps up like yeah, and gets right back in the fray. I'm like oh, man. You got a love country kids Well officer Montgomery looks looks like it's gonna be a fun time this Saturday tended to out at the fairgrounds or the rigged it in Center But that's coming up this Saturday. We've got more details on the event on our events tab at The B Team show.com But thanks for taking some time to come in to chat with us about it And thanks for all your your hard work on putting it together and everything you do for our city, too Thanks a lot all right we're gonna play a couple more tunes We'll check your weather forecast in about 10 minutes in the meantime music from Boston. This is peace of mind 100.3 KROCK the classic rock station black magic woman from Santana Some people say he was a pretty good guitarist Huh Aaron Rodgers came out yesterday and said that he's coming back to play another season now He does say the 2026 NFL season will be his last the current 42 year old quarterback confirmed This is it meaning he plans to retire after the upcoming year Rodgers recently signed a one-year deal to return to the Pittsburgh Steelers and said Reuniting with head coach Mike McCarthy his former head coach with the Green Bay Packers Helped convince him to come back for one final season the four-time NFL MVP is entering his 22nd NFL season and ranks among the league's all-time leaders in touchdown passes after difficult years with the New York Jets including an Achilles injury Rodgers bounced back last season by helping Pittsburgh when the AFC North didn't make a Pittsburgh or make a playoff appearance In Mike Tomlin's final season with the Steelers, so Aaron Rodgers coming back for one final season to Pittsburgh I saw there was a story yesterday that firefighters in Destin rescued a little tiny tiny kitten out of a Storm sewer and one of the One of the firefighters actually ended up adopting the baby kitten So there's a feel-good story from all of our emergency personnel. We had to officer Montgomery in Last break talking about the community policing that Fort Walton Beach PD is working on and of course now we're talking about You know a little tiny feral kittens that are getting adopted by Destin firefighters, so shout out to all of our local emergency personnel for everything that they are doing right here in our area Well the America 250 gala and drone show is coming up three weeks from tomorrow Friday June 12th from 6 to 10 also out at the fairgrounds It'll be a great evening Featuring a 1776 reenactment as well Dinner, drinks, and a patriotic drone show beginning around 8.45pm. Seating and tickets for this event are on sale now. Just go to cbcdar.com. That's cbcdar.com to purchase your tickets online for the America 250 Gala and Drone Show put on by the Choctahatchee Bay Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. (40:26) We're going to take a break and pay a couple bills. More nonstop classic rock is coming up on the way. Zeppelin, Skinnerd, and Styx. Right here on 100.3 KROCK. 100.3 KROCK, the classic rock station. Good morning everybody. Skinnerd, what's your name there, little Dewrell? Yeah, I hear you. (40:48) It's the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black and Bobby Dewrell brought to you by Stripes Pub and Grill in Navarre as well as Okaloosa Gas and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. A story coming out of the state of Michigan. A Michigan couple says that they caught their landlord on their home security camera having sex inside their rental house while they were away at the hospital visiting a sick relative. (41:14) The tenants say the landlord was supposed to be there doing repairs and removing dead birds from the attic. But tenant Jevon Crawford says that he and his wife got camera alerts on their phones and were shocked to see the landlord naked with a woman in their living room. Well, there you go. Yeah. Crawford says the encounter lasted close to an hour and at one point the landlord allegedly walked around the house nude and even made himself a sandwich in the kitchen. (41:39) Yeah, well, there you go. Yeah, why not? Have at it. The couple turned the footage over to police and authorities are now looking into whether any laws were actually broken, though legal experts say it may end up being more of a lease violation or trespassing issue than a criminal case. (41:58) So anyway, landlord getting busy in one of his rentals. I own this bitch. I guess so. We're out of here in 10 minutes. Here's Bryan Adams. Well, that's not what it's going to be like this weekend. It's Memorial Day weekend highs in the mid to upper 80s all weekend long. Eighty five are high today. Seventy seven. Our current temp outside. We're out of time. 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