1 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:09,960 The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Congratulations to 2 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:16,039 Dorothy Fidelli. She's seventy seven. She got married to herself. Yeah. 3 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:20,760 Dottie lives at the O'Bannon Terrace retirement community in Ohio, and said, you 4 00:00:20,839 --> 00:00:23,960 know what, I've done everything else, why not, I'm gonna marry myself. 5 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:28,079 Rob is the property manager of the retirement home. He performed the ceremony, 6 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:30,160 and Dotty said, I came in here and I told Rob. He 7 00:00:30,199 --> 00:00:32,280 said, Rob, you're gonna marry me? And he said, You're what. 8 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:37,320 Rob performed the ceremony in front of Fideli's friends and family. Rob told 9 00:00:37,359 --> 00:00:40,799 Today dot Com she's an incredible woman. She's full of life. She's always 10 00:00:40,799 --> 00:00:43,840 thought of others. Dottie's daughter, Donna, thought it was fun and said, 11 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,719 oh mom, yeah, let's go do it. I'll go get your 12 00:00:45,759 --> 00:00:48,679 dress, I'll get you everything. Her daughter did all the cooking and decorated 13 00:00:48,679 --> 00:00:52,079 the community room of the retirement home with a balloon arch and other special touches. 14 00:00:52,119 --> 00:00:55,320 There was a two tiered white cake decorated with red roses, as well 15 00:00:55,359 --> 00:00:59,200 as heart shaped cookies and finger sandwiches in the shape of wedding bells. Dottie 16 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,840 said, I was nervis then I was really happy. Dotty was married once 17 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,840 before. She and her ex husband exchanged vows at the Justice of the Peace 18 00:01:06,879 --> 00:01:10,359 back in nineteen sixty five, and right after the ceremony he went to work 19 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,000 and Dottie went home. She added, I wore a black dress, so 20 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:18,239 it was doomed before it started. Congratulations Dotty. Good news if you're a 21 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:21,840 migrating bird, Missouris made it a little safer for you. They've been turning 22 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,799 off the lights on the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis at night. Jeremy's Sweat 23 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:30,280 is the superintendent of Gateway Arch National Park and said Saint Louis sits right beneath 24 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,280 the Mississippi Flyway, a major migration highway, so they kept the lights off 25 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,680 in May. They'll do it again, and it's September. This helps minimize 26 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:41,359 the possible disorientating effect of the lights on migrating birds. Good news for Charles 27 00:01:41,439 --> 00:01:45,599 Jessup. He was reunited with his work portfolio and five thousand dollars in cash 28 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,200 thanks to a group of high school students who were in the right place at 29 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:53,640 the right time somewhere on Highway twenty between each Troy and Waterford. Jessup drove 30 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,840 off in his pickup truck and has lost his open portfolio containing several important items, 31 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,560 including five thousand in cash. He lost his MacBook, his business records. 32 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:05,120 He retraced his steps. He only found his laptop, but he also 33 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:09,800 spotted Waterford Union High School's Future Farmers of America students doing their spring roadside cleanup. 34 00:02:10,159 --> 00:02:13,759 He asked the students if they had tracked down any of the items, 35 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,719 and sophomore Morgan said, all right, we're probably not going to find it, 36 00:02:15,759 --> 00:02:17,039 and all of a sudden, I was like, wait, there's a 37 00:02:17,039 --> 00:02:21,080 fifty dollars bill right here. We found money after money after money, and 38 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,000 then we found his portfolio. Then we found a bunch of papers with the 39 00:02:23,039 --> 00:02:27,360 portfolio. Was actually pretty crazy on much we found in the ditch, Jesseph 40 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,840 said, and went from having its terrible day, you know, beating myself 41 00:02:29,879 --> 00:02:31,039 up for why would it be so stupid to leave that on the back of 42 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:39,360 my truck, to Wow, what a great kids. I am Patty Callahan, 43 00:02:39,479 --> 00:02:44,439 Henry, I am Mary kay Andrews, I'm Kristin Harmel, and I'm 44 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:49,199 Kristy Woodson. Harvey. Friends in Fiction is led by four longtime friends, 45 00:02:49,319 --> 00:02:53,199 the four of us, with more than seventy five published books between us. 46 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,879 Through end depth conversations and interviews, we discussed the books we've written, the 47 00:02:57,879 --> 00:03:01,240 books were reading, and the art of storytelling. We are here with endless 48 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:07,879 stories to support indie bookstores, authors, librarians and readers just like you. 49 00:03:07,439 --> 00:03:13,960 We are always seeking innovative ways to introduce dynamic voices and trends in publishing. 50 00:03:14,479 --> 00:03:16,879 On this channel, you will find hundreds of episodes with some of your favorite 51 00:03:16,879 --> 00:03:21,280 authors, including the four of us, with our new releases. As we 52 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:25,240 reveal the stories behind the stories, offer writing tips and talk about the creation 53 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:30,639 of novels, memoirs, and nonfiction titles. So if you love books and 54 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:36,199 you're curious about the writing world, you are in the right place. You 55 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:47,000 can listen to Friends and Fiction on any major streaming platform. Eighth grader Xavier 56 00:03:47,159 --> 00:03:52,520 Jones needed a ride to his graduation from middle school. Couldn't get one, 57 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,319 so he asked his friend and brother to walk along with him. He said, 58 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,120 if I want it, I gotta go get it. They walked two 59 00:03:58,159 --> 00:04:00,400 and a half hours through Saint Louis Or at the school. When the fourteen 60 00:04:00,439 --> 00:04:04,719 year old arrived, Mentor Darren Seals was speaking at the ceremony. Hearing that 61 00:04:04,719 --> 00:04:08,000 one of his students had walked two hours to be there, he paused, 62 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,960 informed the audience. Seals said, I had to stop my speech and call 63 00:04:11,039 --> 00:04:12,960 him on board and was like, hey, everybody, get off your feet 64 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,599 and give him a standing obation. They clap from They were like, whoa 65 00:04:15,639 --> 00:04:18,560 he walked here? Now as it happened. The presidents of Harris Stowe State 66 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:24,079 University was in attendance that day and was moved by the perseverance and determination shown 67 00:04:24,079 --> 00:04:28,399 by young mister Jones. She offered to give him a ride to college. 68 00:04:28,639 --> 00:04:31,000 The boy didn't understand what a ride meant. Mister Seals tells the story. 69 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,959 She said, you got a full ride. You know what that means. 70 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,040 And he said, they're gonna give me a ride to school. No, 71 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,360 you're getting a ride to college. You said, wait a minute, I 72 00:04:39,399 --> 00:04:42,160 don't have to pay for college. Then it all started hitting him, and 73 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,839 good news. If you don't want a boring coffin after you die. 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