No. 2 Pencil Day: Why America's Favorite Eraser-Topped Anxiety Rod Deserves a Parade

(00:00) Here's today's B Team Redux. Rockin' the casbah with The Clash on the classic rock station. 100.3 KROCK. Good morning everybody. It is Monday and we are under a heat advisory here in northwest Florida. (00:16) In effect today from 11 till 8. A high today of 95 and heat index values climbing up to 109. Check your full forecast in just a little while. How you doing? I'm Schuyler Black. He's Bobby Dewrell. (00:31) We are the B Team Morning Show 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, yes, last week's school started on a Tuesday, but this is the first Monday of the school year. (00:48) And it's also National No. 2 Pencil Day. Yeah, that's right. Let's celebrate the one tool designed to break in the middle of every important test. Oh, that's terrible. Or the kid that has to go over and use the old grind and wind pencil sharpener. (01:05) I don't even know if they have those anymore. Yeah. National No. 2 Pencil Day is that precious little pause in the calendar where we pretend a cheap yellow stick of wood and graphite deserves a parade because it's been quietly saving our bacon since elementary school. You know, it's the official patron saying of Second Chances. (01:22) The tool you trust when you're not brave enough for ink and not honest enough for commit. You know, we celebrate it by reminiscing about standardized tests, chewed erasers, and the comforting lie that you can fix anything if you just rub hard enough. (01:38) So today, on air, we're going to treat that humble pencil with the reverence it never asked for and the scrutiny it absolutely earned. Didn't pre-read that one, did you? No, I did. I wrote it. Got it. All right. (01:56) Really? Was that really in there? Yeah. Okay. Yeah, you heard it here, folks. It'll be posted on TheBTeamShow.com later on this morning. Absolutely. Three more national holidays to get to. (02:12) We'll take a look at your marine forecast if you want to head out on the water today. That's coming up in about ten minutes right now. And it's Taylor's Day today, too. I'm not going to give much more away than that. Okay. Well, we'll learn more about that in just a bit. Right now, Brian Adams, this is Lonely Nights. (02:29) 100.3 KROCK, the classic rock station. It's 623. Right now, outside, we're sitting at 80 degrees, a high today of 95. Heat index, though, climbing to 109, that full forecast. (02:47) And a look at your marine forecast is coming up in just a little bit. How you doing? I'm Schuyler Black. He's Bobby Dewrell. We are The B Team Morning Show. Hoping everybody had a great weekend. It was a warm weekend, and it's going to stay warm. Well, hell with it. (03:03) Let's just call it hot all week long. Kids, as you go back to the bus stops this morning, make sure you maybe take a bottle of water with you while you wait out there for the cheese wagon. Well, no, look, it's only 80 degrees out right now. So that's not too terribly hot. (03:19) No, but this afternoon... Yeah, it's going to get on up there. I think around, what, 94 or something like that? Yeah. It's still not too terribly hot. No, it's just the heat index that's going to be... So apparently, the humidity is supposed to be high later on. If there's a 15-degree difference between the air temp and the heat index, then that's all tied up in humidity right there. (03:39) Yeah, pretty much. But as we continue to look into the National Day calendar this morning, this sounds kind of fun. You might want to take part in this. It's National Thrift Shop Day. Oh, you ain't going to pop some tags? I've got $20 in my pocket. (03:55) That's right. This is definitely your day, paying $5 for someone else's bad decisions and calling it vintage. So it sounds respectable. Yeah, well, one man's trash is another man's treasure. Yeah, that shirt says it. This came from Kohl's. (04:12) Sure. I mean, Kohl's is nothing but the thrift shop of department stores. I know it. And it was on clearance at Kohl's. Oh, there's no way. One of these days, I'm going to meet the guy that actually paid full price for something at Kohl's. (04:28) Yeah, I know. You know what? Kohl's is like going to a used car dealer. Everything's on sale. Yeah, let's just throw the numbers out here, let them run around, see what happens. National Thrift Shop Day is that one day a year where we all pretend we're not cheap. (04:46) Yeah, we say we're sustainable, retro, into the thrill of the hunt. You walk in looking for a sensible shirt and you walk out with a fondue set, a haunted lamp, and a framed photo of strangers that somehow feels like it's judging you. You know, it's capitalism's yard sale. (05:02) It's a museum of bad decisions. It's the closest most of us will ever get to travel without a felony. So you pat yourself on the back, you dig through the rack, and you remember, somebody paid full price for that once, and that's the real tragedy. (05:18) Yeah, National Thrift Shop Day. And I'm sure my 88-year-old grandmother will be making her way to goodwill at some point today. I'm going to steal your grandpa's style. She goes to goodwill. (05:35) It's senior day, I think, every Wednesday or whatever. And they get an extra 10% off of a $1 purchase. She loves to call me, Hey, I found it. I got a shirt for you. Next time you come up, I've got a sack full of clothes for you. (05:53) They're like mediums. Grandma, I haven't been able to wear this in 20 years. Yeah, but look, if you just cut a little off that collar and sew it in. The Classic Rock Station on 100.3 KROCK. Beautiful sunshine coming up over Choctahatchee Bay this morning. (06:11) Right now, we're sitting at 80 degrees here in Fort Walton, a high today of 95. This is the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black and Bobby Dewrell. Don't forget, coming up this Saturday Down at the Landing is the Fort Walton Beach PD's Drive Sober event. Starts at 9, goes until 4. And I'll tell you what, I'm kind of thinking it's something we should go partake in because they're going to have an impaired driving simulator there. And I want to see what that's really like. (06:41) I want to see how much I disagree with it. You want to know the truth. So that's going on this Saturday down at the Landing. They're going to have food and activities for kids and all sorts of fun stuff. And another event sponsored by your Fort Walton Beach Police Department. So you can find out more details on the events tab at TheBTeamShow.com You know, I think it's funny they had one of those in Charlotte. You put on goggles and you got into a little modified golf cart. First of all, it was over the top. (07:16) I mean, it truly was. But then I kind of made him mad because I didn't fail the course. Oh! He had to drive through a little obstacle course and I was kind of like, oh, okay. That's called practice. (07:32) Got to the end and they were like, that's not supposed to happen that way. I don't know what to tell you. I think these goggles are pretty weak. And first of all, these goggles and that steering column, that was not two drinks in. Let me tell you. That was closer to seven or eight. (07:50) What was the blood alcohol level supposed to be at for those goggles? I can't remember. It was supposed to... it was allegedly at the legal limit. But there's no way it was... I mean... It was fairly weak? No, no. It was exaggerated. (08:06) Oh! It was exaggerated. They had loosened the steering. They had loosened the brakes. So even if you stomped on the brakes, it wouldn't... I mean... Yeah. It was rigged. It was over the top. (08:22) I mean, it's one of those things. I get it. You don't want people to go through that and feel like, oh, well, I should do this. Right, right. But at the end of the day... Make it realistic. Well, on the National Day calendar, we've got two left to get to. (08:38) And this one, at 645, happens to be Stay Home With Your Kids Day. Oh, yeah. I mean, it's March Monday at school. Why not? Your teachers will thank you. Probably. They probably will. You know, just... It's a parenting holiday, I guess. (08:54) Pretend the couch is a witness protection program. Have fun. Stay Home With Your Kids Day is that little calendar prank where society gently suggests you skip the grind and spend the day with the tiny roommates you created on purpose. Yeah. Look, you do it because it's quality time, which is... (09:10) It's adult code for, I feel guilty and I'm trying to pay it off one lump sum. You know, you expect crafts that look like evidence, snacks that vanish like cash, and conversations that start with why and end with you staring into the middle distance, reconsidering every decision since 2009. (09:28) Yeah, it's wholesome. It's chaotic. And it's a reminder that the real vacation is going back to work tomorrow. Stay Home With Your Kids Day. I guess that's one way to start the first Monday of the school year. Alright, stick tight. We'll check local news here in just a little bit. Believe it or not, the one, the only, Dan Diamond is back. (09:50) Yeah, that's what I heard. He's got some headlines from your weekend coming up in just a bit. Right now, Steely Dan, railing in the years. 640.6. It's the B Team Morning Show on 100.3 KROCK. 100.3 KROCK, the classic rock station. It's 6.50. The B Team Morning Show is on the air. (10:11) I cannot believe how fast this first hour has already gone by. Alright, folks. We have gone through three national holidays so far. And Bobby likes to save what he feels is the best for last. Well, I did this one for my daughter out there, Taylor. This is her day. (10:30) Really? Well, that was kind of sweet of you. Well, you know, I try to be. Alright, Tay-Tay. This one's for you. This national holiday. National I Love Schuyler's Feet Day. That's right, because nothing says care like congratulating the two body parts that have been quietly carrying his bad decisions. (10:47) Okay, we might have changed the name of it a little bit. National I Love My Feet Day. That's right. National I Love Feet Day. Yeah, just all feet. That's right. It's that special little blip on the calendar where we all pretend feet are miracles instead of the two overworked, underpaid contractors hauling the rest of your bad decisions around. (11:09) You know, it's a holiday built for lotion, warm water, and the kind of self-care that says, I'm healing, while your sock drawer looks like a crime scene. Look, the idea is simple. Appreciate feet. Treat them decent. Maybe stop stuffing them into shoes designed by people who hate toes. (11:27) And if that sounds ridiculous, well, good. Because the older you get, the more your feet become the only honest friends left in the room. God. Feet are gross, though. I don't understand why some people have feet fetishes. I don't know. (11:45) I don't get it. I don't get it. But I do know a couple guys out there that are feet guys, and I just... To each their own, I guess, Bobby. To each their own. A little strange. All right, it's 652. We'll take a break. Dan Diamond's Local News is next. (12:02) And we've got some local stuff to talk about here in the 7 o'clock hour, so stay with us. It's 100.3 KROCK. There's the cars. Just what I needed. Just what we needed was a Monday. Not really. Good morning, everybody. How are you doing? (12:17) Schuyler Black, Bobby Dewrell, the B Team Morning Show is on the air. This week is the official Week 1 games for high school football teams. Of course, we've got several across the county that we're going to be keeping our eye on. (12:34) This last Friday, Bobby and I had head coach of the Crestview Bulldogs, Mr. Thomas Grant, in the studio with us Friday morning to talk about his upcoming season. And then, of course, this Friday, we're going to have live play-by-play coverage of the Niceville Eagles with David Marshall on the call on 103.7 The Ticket and the Choctaw Big Green Indians, home and away, play-by-play, all season long on 94.3 FTW. (13:05) It is football season. A couple weeks out now from the start of the college season as well. We're going to be carrying the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Florida Gators on 103.7 The Ticket and the Florida State Seminoles on 94.3 FTW this season as well. (13:26) But, Bobby, the B Team Morning Show today brought to you by Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre as well as Okaloosa Gas at Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. I was kind of looking at the calendar, and it's so weird how late Labor Day weekend falls this year. (13:42) Just because the final Monday of August is the 31st, so we don't actually hit Labor Day weekend until almost a week late. Yeah, well, it's still exactly where it is. (13:57) It is. It's just the way the days on the calendar fell this year. So, don't forget, coming up on Labor Day weekend, we're also going to be running our special History of Rock and Roll weekend special along with local military moments and dedication of military heroes that serve right here on the Emerald Coast. (14:18) So we'll talk more about that as we get closer. Yeah, latter half of August now. School is back. Football is upon us. It's crazy how fast the summer went. Yep. Well, we've got a lot to get to, including a story about Chalamar Mayor Mark Franks, elected to the president of Florida's League of Cities. (14:41) Yeah, that's another four years. We're going to try to get him in on the show. I was talking to him the other day. He wanted to get through his inauguration. He had to be sworn in, huh? That's right. So we'll learn more about his new role. (14:57) And we'll talk about some other local stories that we've got going on here in just a little bit. Right now, Scorpions, tease me, please me. It's 100.3 KROCK. Good morning. (15:13) Well, there's Heart and Magic Man on 100.3 KROCK, the classic rock station. Look who got his green card and came back in the studio. I know. Unbelievable. I'm back. I'm back. Who invited him? You know, it's funny, though. (15:28) There's the story we were talking about in the break, and then realizing it was Magic Man. That was kind of funny to me. Is that you, Tom? No, no, no. We were talking about the guy. So, folks, there's a report this weekend out of Marion County. (15:45) Well, a gentleman, his wife of 12 years, found some text messages on his phone that indicated maybe he might have been having a little bit of an extramarital affair. Maybe. Hanky-panky on the side. And so she waited for him to go to bed. (16:03) Well, then she went into the cabinet and got a little firecracker. Now, I'm not talking a black cat, you know, not a little string. We're talking a Buddy Carter firework. An M-80. She got an M-80 and waited for him to be asleep and everything, and kind of nestled up in the bed, got a little frisky, and slid it in. (16:29) Betwixt his cheeks, one could say. Sandwiched it in there. Lit it, and, well, he's got third-degree burns, you know where. On his anus? Plus a little bit of some flesh wounds. Well, when the cops came and found him, he's been through critical care. He's going to make it. (16:50) But she told the police, well, if he's going to F-A, then I figured he should F-O. If he's going to bang some other girl, I'll show him what bangs. (17:05) I've got to tell you, man. I'm listening to this story, and in my head, I'm bad enough about what happened to him. But her going through that routine of trying to get that firework in place and get it lit. I think of what I go through trying to get a drink of a glass of water without waking up my wife. (17:24) What in the world is she doing to not wake him up? That's a sound sleeper right there. That, or he just drank a fifth like a couple hours ago, and he was out cold. I'm thinking she was probably laying back there, and she's distracting a little bit, I'm sure. (17:42) But at some point, you're like, hey, that tickles. But then you've got to get out of the way, because that thing's going to go off. Oh, yeah. You don't want to be under the covers when that thing goes off. Not really. You might even go outside. Yeah. Exactly. (17:57) You simultaneously need your mouth open, but don't want your mouth open. I mean, do you have to go to a colostomy bag after that? Those are all questions I don't want to know the answer to. (18:12) Yeah. It's not somewhere I want third degree burns. Let's put it that way. No. Oh, man. Hopefully he didn't have jalapenos the night before. Yeah, because it could just be worse. Yep. Exploding inside and out. (18:28) Dump a bottle of Frank's Insanity sauce on that. Wow. Ouch. This went downhill fast. It sure did. It sure did. Hey, you know, it's like your daddy always said. (18:43) Don't dip your pen in the crazy ink. It's 726, a quick break. Yeah. Rolling on down the highway. I guess it's time to go back to school, isn't it? (18:59) First Monday of the school year, 81 degrees in Fort Walton High today of 95. Heat index climbing up to 109 this afternoon. So a great day to go out for a good six-mile jog after work. That's right. Well, hey, speaking of after work, actually what it's a great day for is it's going to be a beautiful sunset tonight. (19:16) Yeah, tell me about that. Yeah, yeah. So looking at our sunset score, I'd throw it over in the promising category, about 87 out of 100. So what that says, folks, is what you've got to look at is during the golden hour. So that's one hour before sunset. Golden hour, not golden shower. (19:32) Exactly. So sunset's at 727. So starting at about 630 tonight, you want to kind of look out there. We should have about a 38 percent cloud cover through that window, which you really want between 30 and 60 percent is what you're looking for. (19:48) But what that allows for is that cloud cover as the sun kind of breaks down under it. It's what reflects off the bottom of those clouds, gives you all that vivid, bright sky, that wonderful little. Red and orange sky that you get at night. Like I said, 87 out of 100. Near full vividity. (20:05) Vividity. That's right. That's my word for it. We went full on geek mode with this golden hour. It's going to be great. And listen, it's 9 out of 10 on the UX today, so it's just very high. (20:20) Oh, instead of insane? Yeah, the scale goes 1 to 10 and we've been 11 for the last three weeks. Might as well go to 11. Hey, quick shout out, as we mentioned earlier, but Chalamar Mayor Mark Franks, a lifelong Okaloosa County resident, was elected to the president of Florida League of Cities for the 26-27 term. (20:42) Now, he was chosen by the organization's membership and sworn in by Pat Maney. Franks will serve a one-year term representing Florida's municipal governments and advocating for local communities. Like you said, you're working on getting him in studio with us, too. Yeah, trying to get some of the local civic leaders in. (21:01) We did that a few years back and we're going to try to get back on schedule with that and start making that happen. Back in the saddle. Schedule. Back on the saddle, back in the schedule. That's right. (21:17) Thanks, Tom. Back to the future. Going to make a tree and head out. You know, you want to talk about getting geeky, we could have talked about the McSimmie-Diurnal tides that we're having today. McSimmie-Diurnal. Let's get to that in just a bit. (21:32) Uncle Bobby after Van Halen. Schuyler just gets mad. He just shuts you down. I don't want to talk. Well, Alabama may have sang Song of the South, but Led Zeppelin had the Song of the Southern Border. That's Immigrant Song on 100.3 KROCK. (21:48) It's the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black, Bobby Dewrell, and benchwarmer Tom Mason in studio with us this morning. That's right. Hanging out. Over there on the tray. My three. The trace. (22:03) The trace. The trace. All right. You know what that music means. It's time for your daily advice. Ask Uncle Bobby, all brought to you by Hard Rock Bet. That's right. Baseball is heating up, and this summer, Hard Rock Bet has the hottest betting odds in Florida. (22:19) Introducing the 10-Cent Summer Sale. Big juice fee, whatever you call it. They're cutting their cut on winters. Spreads and over-under pregame baseball bets. Same bets, better odds. Swing for the fences all August long with the 10-Cent Summer Sale. (22:34) Only on Hard Rock Bet. Roll with us. Offered by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Valid for money. Spread and over-under pregame markets. With odds between plus or minus 250. Must be 21 or over. Physically present in Florida. (22:49) Wager terms and conditions apply. Concerned about your gambling? We'll call or text 1-833-PLAYWISE. All right, Bobby. There you go. Hard Rock Bet. Time to get those... That's all your Uncle Bobby advice for today. Time to get those picks in for the Savannah Bananas, I guess. (23:05) That's right. All right. Hey, Uncle Bobby. Your question comes in from the wardrobe of regret. So, your closet. Yeah, Tom's closet. (23:21) Dear Uncle Bobby. He's wearing the palm frond shirt. He does look good, though. Thank you. Appreciate that. You're welcome, Scott. Yeah, he got that from the thrift store. That's not me either. We were talking about that earlier. That's right. Just letting you know. The way you side-eyed him when you said you look good. (23:36) I'm just saying. That's awkward. Let's get to Uncle Bobby. You guys need a moment? Y'all need a moment? Dear Uncle Brandon. I feel stuck in my personal growth, and I'm worried I'm becoming boring. You are. How do I stay interesting by constantly reinventing myself without losing who I am? (23:57) Well, first of all, you don't stay interesting by finding yourself, okay? You stay interesting by making yourself impossible to pin down. See, people don't chase clarity. They chase mystery. The human brain is a raccoon, and it loves tiny confusion, right? (24:13) One week, you're a rock star. Not in your heart. In your logistics. Sunglasses indoor. A tragic scarf. Speak exclusively in dramatic fragments like you're being interviewed after surviving your own success. (24:28) Next week, you're a humble monk. Silent, hydrated. Judging everyone with the calm violence of inner peace. You know, then the week after that, you're a retired spy. You don't explain anything. You just say you can't talk about it. (24:43) You make eye contact like a locked filing cabinet. And here's the key. See, you're worried about losing who you are. Well, that's kind of adorable, but who you are is, well, it's not a sacred artifact, okay? It's a rumor. (24:58) It's a moving target. A rental car you keep returning with different bumper stickers and suspicious sand in the trunk. Okay, you want to grow? Growth comes from friction. Confusion is friction. (25:13) And when your friends can't predict whether you're meeting a nightclub menace or a forest hermit, they lean in. They listen harder. They start telling other people because they need witnesses. Your life becomes a serialized drama instead of a daily spreadsheet. (25:30) And eventually you escalate. New name each Monday. New handwriting. New coffee order with conviction. You don't answer to your old personality until Friday when you hold a press conference in your kitchen and announce you're entering a transitional era. (25:49) Then you vanish for 48 hours, come back refreshed. No explanations. Maximum intrigue. Minimum stability. And that, that, my friend, is the price of being unforgettable. Did he just talk about entering a transitional era? (26:06) He did. He was giggling when he said that. Well, okay then. There's your advice from Uncle Bobby this morning. In all seriousness, we did get a message from Miss Joellen Pate the other day on Facebook. (26:24) And she said, Hi, guys. I listen to your show every morning on my way to work. I love the Ask Uncle Bobby segment. So, Joellen, if you love Uncle Bobby so much, we invite you to go to DewBob.com and get your very own DewBob merch. Yeah, absolutely. Bobby needs it. (26:40) That's right. Hey, it's a little known fact, but that does go to the Bobby Empty Pocket Fund supporting broke Bobbies on Ferry Road in Chalamar. There you go. You heard it right here, folks. (26:56) Every one we know of them. Every one of them we know. How many are on your street? Well, there's, you know, I would say it's a 100% increase over the past decade. Oh. That's great, Bobby. You, yourself, and I. (27:12) You know, over the last century, it's been a significant increase. And it's a slow-growing problem, but it's a problem. It sounds like some of that new math. Yeah. Comic gore? Yeah, some of that new stuff going on. (27:28) All right, it's 7.52. We'll take a break. Dan Diamond has local news next on the B Team Morning Show with 100.3 KROCK. We are on the Classic Rock Station, 100.3 KROCK. Schuyler Black and Bobby Durrell, the B Team Morning Show is on the air, brought to you by Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre, as well as Okaloosa Gas and OutKast Sushi in Miramar Beach right now in Fort Walton. (27:51) 81 degrees, 95 are high this afternoon. And those of you that did not know it, Bobby and I are now selling admission tickets to come watch the show live in studio. Just kind of like Mari Povich or Ellen DeGeneres or whatever, you can come be part of the audience. (28:09) That's right, absolutely. Just go ahead and send your message in to buytickets at omnibroadcastingllc.com. And just use promo code DUBOB. That's right, DUBOB. It's 1,000% upgrade. (28:24) Is that right? That's right. What a deal. Well, this morning, Bobby, we do have a room full of guests. Yes, we do, we do. And I'm sure they probably all know ways to carve your eye out with a spoon. I got my eye on you. (28:39) I bet that's right. It's always the wiry ones you got to watch out for. Who are you, sir? My name's George Ferkies. George Ferkies, how are you doing this morning? I'm doing great. (28:54) How about you guys? We're great. It's a little known fact, they call that maneuver the Ferkie. Do they? Yeah. Sounds like a wrestling maneuver. That's right. It's worth like two points, I think. Yeah, something like that. Yeah. But, George, you are with the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, correct? (29:12) That is affirmative. All right. So tell us a little bit about what the organization is. Because, you know, we hear all sorts of different military associated foundations around the Emerald Coast. So somebody that may not be associated with this particular foundation, what do you all do? (29:29) Well, we take care of the children of special operations personnel who are dying in the line of duty or have other problems with their health. (29:44) It runs the gamut. But it goes back to 1980. They ran hostage rescue, the first one, which ended up in a calamity on the desert. (29:59) Desert One, and we lost lots of troops there, and they left behind some children. And we came back and licked our wounds and tried to figure out what we were going to do. We realized that it was pretty important that we take care of the kids of these eight folks that we lost. (30:23) Five of them from my squadron, the 8th SOS out at Hurlburt. And three Marine personnel that were on the helicopter that collided on the ground. Actually, we were basically pulling back. The mission had been canceled. (30:42) They were reconfiguring and moving airplanes and trying to figure out what was going to happen. And the Marine helicopter was repositioning and unfortunately basically rolled across the top of the cockpit. It was actually an EC-130 that we had borrowed, but it had an 8th SOS crew on it. (31:04) And lost some good friends that night. That was Desert Claw. Desert One. Desert One. And there were a fair number of kids, I'm not sure of the number anymore, but like 13 or so that were left behind. (31:25) And we got our heads together and licked our wounds and went home and said once we figured out everything, we said we've got to take care of these kids and that's what started it. (31:41) And now it's grown to an organization that covers all special operations personnel that have any kind of difficulties. Take care of their kids. It also covers all the Medal of Honor recipients and their children. (31:58) And there's some other children that we take care of. But it's all driven to get them into college and then get them in a career. And we provide guidance and counseling and funds to make that happen. (32:13) Right. So it's just a way of honoring our heroes and taking care of those that made the ultimate sacrifice when they were out there. Basically it's a pledge that we took on Desert One when we were trying to figure out what the hell was going on. (32:29) We said we're going to take care of these kids and now it's morphed into all the special operations world and beyond. The Medal of Honor recipients to take care of those kids. And it's not just a, okay, here's some money, go fix it. (32:45) We have a fairly large staff and most of it is directed at, obviously we've got the fundraising side, but most of it is directed to make sure that those kids, all of them, and the numbers are large. (33:02) As you can imagine, we have many graduates already. Get them into college and then get them a career afterwards. And it all goes back to, this is a book about what happened on that night, The Guts to Try. (33:20) And it is sort of a mantra that we have. And we continue to have that mantra as we go through. I mean, there's guys from the 8th SOS right now and all the other special ops activities that are going on right now, as you can imagine. (33:40) So George gives us a little bit of background on what the organization is and how it came about and what they do. But you've got a major fundraiser coming up, correct? Yes. So why don't you come on up and tell us a little bit about that. (33:57) While Jim's taking the microphone, I'd like to chime in and say one of the unique things about the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, and George, correct me if I've got the numbers wrong, but over 90% of the funds raised go directly towards taking care of those children. (34:19) Unlike some of the other organizations where they may get pennies on the dollar going towards actually taking care of the kids. But the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, a huge, huge part of your donation goes directly to those kids and taking care of them. (34:34) Oh, that's correct. We have obviously the staff that basically guides the kids and makes sure those opportunities are available to them. But everything is directed at the point of the sphere, which is to ensure that those kids have an opportunity to do an unbelievable number of things of their careers. (34:56) We have one that's a doctor already. Actually, he was one of the first ones. And the list is just amazingly long and impressive if we would lay it out in front of you. Wow. (35:11) So really this all started with the Harley Fundraising Dinner for Special Operations Warrior Foundation. This all started, one of the guys, Lyndon Poff, owned a body shop down here, Emerald Coast Collision Center. (35:27) In 2005, on Memorial Day, Brian Downs and three others from Herbert Field passed away in an accident in Iraq. So yes, they would have fallen under the Special Operations Warrior Foundation umbrella. (35:43) But the other thing that happened is 2007, his wife was ready to start getting rid of his Harley Davidson. So it was an anniversary edition, Sportster. So they started with that, and they sold some tickets. (35:58) And Lyndon was having a little trouble selling tickets, and Steve Connolly got involved, one of our retired colonels that George Ferkes is good buddies with. I am too. Anyway, they got involved, and they started selling tickets. (36:14) They raised $8,000, I think, that first year. That all went to Beth Downs. The second year, they decided they were going to do it again. And what they did was a chicken dinner and beverages and that kind of stuff in the body shop. (36:29) They used to have to clean the body shop, and it was quite the task. Clean it up for the weekend, I think Lyndon appreciated that. But the VFW got involved, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Specter Post, right down here on the Okaloosa County line, on 98. (36:45) We got involved, we had a bunch of people that were motorcycle riders, we had a bunch of people that knew this. And we were deeply involved with community service kind of stuff. And we decided that we could put that under our umbrella for tax-free purposes, so we didn't have to worry about the IRS chasing us down with this fundraising dinner. (37:07) So this would be the 20th year. So the 19th of September, out at the, what used to be called the Okaloosa County Fairgrounds, it's now the Rigdon Center. So we're going to have our dinner. Tickets are available at the Emerald Coast Harley-Davidson. (37:23) I'm guessing the folks at Emerald Coast Harley-Davidson have donated, this is the 11th bike. Harley has donated the motorcycle. Therefore, we're able to give $50,000, $55,000 a year to Special Operations. Very cool. (37:39) And now this motorcycle, I've been to a couple of the events, and I mean, it's a custom paint job, right? It's usually pretty custom for the event. I mean, it's a one-of-a-kind, what you're getting. Yes, it is. Keith Jetty down at Wicked Paints does the job for us. (37:56) Every year, we started painting the bike with a special paint job. The fifth year is when we started doing that. So I would like to find some of those motorcycles that are really good-looking bikes. The one this year... I know a guy that has two. (38:12) Might be interested in buying one or two of them back. Yeah, Mikey's got two of them. Yeah, but the Veterans of Foreign Wars, we gather together, the folks get together. We rent the facility up there. (38:27) It takes quite a bit of work. Lyndon Poff has a big cooker and everything. We do up the ribs and the pork and all that business, all the cooking. So it's a good time. It's a lot of work, but you kind of surge forward and do it. (38:44) We try and get tickets available every year on the 24th of April, which is the anniversary of the Eagle Claw mission that George was speaking of. And the Specter Post VFW, and there's eight VFWs, Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts, spread amongst the four counties here, between Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton. (39:06) There's a lot of community activities that go in and out of there. Swing Blager Local Post, there's some scholarship opportunities. I'll drop some information with you guys later that maybe we can promote a little bit of that. Sure. Teacher of the Year programs, scholarship programs for kids. (39:22) Price of tickets and what it includes. Price of tickets and what it includes. Oh, so price of tickets, if you go by Emerald Coast Harley-Davidson, it's probably your best opportunity to try and get a ticket. Tickets are a $100 donation. It gets two folks in. (39:38) The dinner includes ribs and pulled pork and some awesome baked beans. Mashed potatoes, salad, most of the time prime rib. We'll see what the price of prime rib is. (39:54) All you have to say is awesome baked beans and that's enough for me to buy a ticket. He had Schuyler at Baked Beans. This kid will put away two pounds of Baked Beans just by himself. There's 550 tickets sold. There's 10 held in reserve for final. (40:12) Any distinguished visitors or something like that need to come by. 550 tickets sold and we anticipate $55,000. Between all the donations that we gather up and we have companies, like I said, Emerald Coast Harley donates the Harley. Wicked Paints donates the paint. (40:31) RS4S, defense contractor, they pay for our fairgrounds and rental. So we appreciate all the help that we do get. Yeah, and it's a fun event. I've been two or three years in the past. (40:46) I can't remember. I've had a conflict the last two years. But it's usually something that I try to make. So I know it's a lot of fun. Now it's done as a drawdown, which it's really awesome for me because you do the drawdown. And I think so far, you give a little door prize to the first person called out. (41:07) And I'm usually like number three or four. You don't even get the loser prize. No, I don't even get the loser prize. That's how bad of a loser I am. First place loser. It's not like you stick around and you have hope. It's like five minutes in and it's like, yeah, you're done. (41:22) There is a second chance. You hang around a little bit longer. We take all the ones that we call out. You need to buy more tickets. That's his fault, isn't it? That's his fault. And like you said, we have the loser prizes. There's usually about 20 loser prizes. (41:37) Now it can be something from a haircut to a car wash bucket. It may have a little bit of booze in it. You might have to be over 21 to carry that one away. It has been funny because when you get drawn out, because I think you all do it. (41:52) I know you do something for the first one out and then it seems like it's at different intervals, like at 10 or 20 or basically round numbers. And that has been me every year. It's like I'm either 19 or 21. Like, hey, they're going to give something at 20. Yeah, you're not going to hit that. (42:07) All right, we'll try and set you up this year. Well, if you all would like to learn more about the Special Operations Warrior Foundation and this upcoming event, these guys are actually going to go down the hall. (42:25) That's right. Yeah, they're going to be over with Dan Diamond. Yep, over on 94.3 FTW. So here in about 10 minutes, if you'd like to learn more, they're going to be on the air with him for the second half of the 8 o'clock hour. But we want to thank you all for everything that you do and for your hard work on this event and appreciate you coming in this morning to tell your story a little bit. (42:43) All right, we appreciate you. Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you very much. Thank you, George. Thank you, sir. All right, it's a B Team morning show on 100.3 KROCK, the Classic Rock Station. 8.24 is the time. Silver, blue, and gold from Bad Company on 100.3 KROCK. (43:02) I feel like it should have been silver, blue, and green cards. Well, no, I mean silver, blue, and gold. They're talking about all the colors of the sky, I'm told. Which should all be there tonight. I was leading into a story. Let's see how I was transitioning into a story. (43:18) Good job. About the golden hour. It's the actual sunset. That's right. It should be beautiful. It should be vivid. 87 out of 100 on the score. Beautiful cloud cover. You're going to see all that silver, blue, and gold. But no green cards. Well, I've got a green card story for you. (43:34) So federal authorities have arrested 11 people accused of running one of the largest marriage fraud schemes in history. And they're going to have to pay for it. And they're going to have to pay for it. And they're going to have to pay for it. Arrested 11 people accused of running one of the largest marriage fraud schemes in U.S. history. (43:52) Arranging roughly 1,000 fake marriages. Primarily between Chinese nationals and U.S. citizens to get green cards. Prosecutors say the operation ran for 10 years and made tens of millions of dollars. Foreign nationals allegedly paid up to $100,000 for a fake marriage. (44:09) While Americans were paid around $30,000 to participate. Now the group allegedly recruited Americans, staged phony weddings, filed fraudulent green card applications, and created fake prenups. One prenup even said the fake couple would live separately and must not interfere with each other. (44:27) Now Attorney General Todd Blanche called it one of the largest marriage fraud prosecutions in United States history. And all 11 defendants faced federal charges including marriage fraud and immigration document fraud. Anyway, that's where the green card comment came from. (44:45) But they were actually married. Yeah, but... With prenups. You think these are legit? Not... Did they get married? It sounds like they got married. So then they're married. (45:00) But they're married. That's going to be an interesting one to prosecute through the courts. I think so. It's 844. The B Team Morning Show is on the air. (45:15) Schuyler Black and Bobby Dewrell on 100.3 KROCK. 849 is the time. The B Team Morning Show wrapping things up before the B Team Encore Hour starts here at 9 o'clock. We'll talk about local events and happenings here over the final hour of us being on the air this morning. (45:32) But I want to thank the folks with the Special Operations Warrior Foundation for stopping in this morning. Telling us about the great annual event coming up. Bobby and I will talk more about that here over the next week or so as well. Now we want to thank you all for dialing in and spending this Monday morning with us. (45:49) If you're going to be outside today, stay hydrated. Get some shade from time to time. Some A.C. if you can. It's going to be another scorcher. Heat index values climbing up to 109 this afternoon. Thanks in part to our sponsors including Okaloosa Gas, Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre. (46:04) And our friends at Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. If you missed anything we talked about today, you can find it all online at our website, thebteamshow.com. All right. That's right. I'm Schuyler Black. Bobby, get us on out. (46:19) Hey folks, thanks for joining the B Team Morning Show. Your leading alternative to quality programming right here on the Emerald Coast. Now, we know you have a choice in what you listen to each and every day. And we appreciate the fact that you settled in on this wild ride that we call a morning show. But it's come that time of day. We've got to mosey on out of here. So you keep on rocking, keep on rolling. (46:35) Never settle for the ordinary. Until the next time, the B Team is out. And that's a wrap on today's B Team Redux.