WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:05.120 You're listening to the John and Heidi Show Bonus Hour. If you miss any 2 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.400 of the program, you can find a podcast at the bottom of the page 3 00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:13.480 at Donny radio dot com. Do you ever get credit card offers in the 4 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:17.679 mail? Those are usually the worst offers. The people who actually read their 5 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:21.440 junk mail end up paying the price in the long run. At Better credit 6 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:25.239 Cards dot com, we offer a variety of credit card options to fit your 7 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:29.160 needs. Whether you want a credit card to give you cash back or points 8 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:31.879 and perks, or a credit card to help you build your credit, we 9 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:37.920 probably have it. Give yourself credit, get a better credit card, fit 10 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:42.560 better credit cards. That's Better credit Cards dot com. Thank you for listening 11 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:46.479 to the John Nheidi Show. On a free flag for Friday, I get 12 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:49.240 to select a name right now, first winner of the year, by the 13 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:53.799 way, and our first winner of the year from Maximum Promotions, a free 14 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:59.960 three by five flag from Maximum Promotions. The winner is Amber Bun. Congratulate 15 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:03.079 relations to you, Amber. You are the winner of a brand new it 16 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:07.640 smells like a brand new flag too. It's got that new flag smell. 17 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.120 You can stop in and check out all of the things they have to offer 18 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:15.239 at Maximum promotions on West Avenue in Sioux falls under the huge American Flag. 19 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:19.560 And again, if you're interested in registering to win a flag, we do 20 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:25.920 this on Fridays every free Flag Friday. So register at Sunny Radio dot com. 21 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:29.239 We'll see if we can make you a winner next week. Now we're 22 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:34.120 going to jump on the telephone. We have Andrew and we have Walker on 23 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:37.840 the phone right now and they're out at Grand Falls Casino and Golf Resort. 24 00:01:37.879 --> 00:01:41.599 They had a huge New Year's Eve party and we got Andrew first. Andrew, 25 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:44.680 are you recuperated from New Year's Eve yet? Oh? Man? It 26 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:48.680 was a I guess, for lack of a better word, it was a 27 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:52.879 blast. I mean, we've never had a party like that. It was 28 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:57.079 a party in the Events Center. People had a lot of fun. Johnny 29 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:02.599 Holme band delivered as always, and I think we might have sold the most 30 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:07.760 tickets ever or at New Year's for a New Year's Eve event. If you 31 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:12.919 were here, it was like unbelievable. We've never had so many people like 32 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:19.240 up and dancing and just enjoying the show like that ever in our history. 33 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:22.479 The nice thing is that party is over, but the parties are just getting 34 00:02:22.479 --> 00:02:24.360 started. We got so many fun things that are coming here in twenty twenty 35 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:27.879 four. Going to talk with Walker about some of those in a bit, 36 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:30.840 but right now, let's talk about the giving back program for January. I 37 00:02:30.919 --> 00:02:35.120 think that that is an amazing program every month. But this month, let's 38 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:38.840 talk about what you guys are giving back too. Yeah, this month we're 39 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:43.560 giving back to Special Olympics of South Dakota. So as always, if you 40 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:46.280 use your Resort Club card, take it up to the Resort club when you 41 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:51.400 come in, give them ten dollars and they'll put ten dollars of slop play 42 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:54.800 on your card, and that ten dollars will go directly towards Special Olympics. 43 00:02:55.199 --> 00:03:00.000 I love that. That is really cool and it's a different organization each month's 44 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:01.960 Special Olympics. This month, great organization. If you get a chance, 45 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:06.919 get out there, make a contribution. And if they're not members of the 46 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:08.520 Text Club, this is the month they get signed up. And you got 47 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:12.960 five hundred reasons to do that, don't you. Yeah, it's quite the 48 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:17.439 intent of this month. For sure. We are giving two people five hundred 49 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:23.520 dollars Amazon dot Com gift cards. Hell, so that's a lot of Amazon. 50 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:25.800 Those are a lot of packages on your doorstep after Christmas, that's for 51 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:29.840 sure. And that means if there was something you didn't get for Christmas, 52 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:34.000 you can get it yourself, right exactly. Yeah, And so all you 53 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:38.400 have to do is to join the Text Club is text the word falls to 54 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:42.360 two one seven seven seven seven, and then once you do that, there 55 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:46.280 are a few like simple opt in steps and that's it. We usually only 56 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:50.120 text you about twice a month. Yeah, so we try, we try 57 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:53.599 not to bug get too much. And that's it. Anybody who's in the 58 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:59.879 Text Club is automatically entered to win, so that's it. So if you're 59 00:03:59.879 --> 00:04:02.240 already in it, you're already in the contest. If you're not in our 60 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:06.159 tech slub, join now, because as you said, five hundred bucks, 61 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:11.159 that's nothing to sneeze at, that's for sure. And everybody loves Amazon for 62 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:14.240 the most part. And it's so easy to do it. Just send the 63 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:18.040 word falls fa l ls falls like soup falls, like grand falls, send 64 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:23.439 that word to the number two one seven seven seven seven, and you text 65 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:26.600 that over. You're entered. It's super it's simple. And we're going to 66 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:30.000 chat with Walker now about some fun stuff coming up later. This month, 67 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:34.040 we've got Corey and the Fireflies and Ever Clear, and we've got a couple 68 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:36.879 of tickets left. If somebody listening maybe hasn't got them, they could get 69 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:41.120 a ticket right now, couldn't they. Walker, Yes, they could one 70 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:45.560 of two ways. You can either go out into our gift shop and order 71 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:49.800 them there and they will help you through that process there. Or you can 72 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:55.000 go out online and check it out at Grand Falls Casino Resort dot com and 73 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:58.560 then you go out to the event center tab out there and they'll show it 74 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:01.399 right there as well. And again that's the next concert coming up. That's 75 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:05.560 the twenty seventh, Is that right of January? Yes, it is twenty 76 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:11.680 seventh of January, starting at seven pm, doors at six. It's going 77 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:14.639 to be a fun time that is sneaking right up as well. And I 78 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:16.639 know on the ad it's talking about it's cold in January, but it's going 79 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:20.240 to be in the nineties at Grand Falls. That's because the music is from 80 00:05:20.279 --> 00:05:24.920 the nineties. So if anybody didn't quite get what that meant, that's what 81 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:28.560 that means. And it's great music. It's going to be great fun Ever 82 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:30.920 Clear and Corey and the Fireflies, and then as we turn the page to 83 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:35.759 February, we've got Sawyer Brown and then the very next night, Grand Funk 84 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:39.319 Railroad. Let's talk about that fun weekend. That's going to be a good 85 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:43.360 time. Yeah, back to back shows. Friday, February twenty third is 86 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:46.759 Sowyer Brown. We are very close to a sellout, so if you're really 87 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:50.240 wanting to go see that show, you better get them sooner rather than later. 88 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:55.399 And then Grand Funk Railroad we still have a few seats left as well. 89 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:58.920 That is the very next day, Saturday, February twenty fourth. Both 90 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:02.000 shows started eight. Very nice. I'm gonna make it easy for folks to 91 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:05.040 find tickets. I'll throw a link on our Facebook page Walker Andy, thank 92 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:09.720 you guys for your time today. You welcome John. Yeah, thank you 93 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:13.240 again. Grand Falls Casino and Golf Resort. They're just east of Sue Falls 94 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:15.199 and they've got so many fun things happening. I'm gonna throw a link to 95 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:20.040 make it easy to find tickets at Facebook dot com slash Sunny Radio and Facebook 96 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:25.439 dot com slash Sue Falls News. Invite your friends and family over to make 97 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:29.519 memories with a fun game night. Very Special Games dot Com has five fun 98 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:32.480 games that will help everyone have a blast. Games like Ransom Notes, the 99 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:39.160 Ridiculous word Magnet game Abduction, a weirdly strategic game of Doug kidnapping, Then's 100 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:44.000 with Benefits, the hilarious Evin Diagram game, Puns of Anarchy, the outrageous 101 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:47.000 pun Making game, and Charity Party, the Game of Absurdly Funny Charts. 102 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:50.959 Find these fun games and more at very Special games dot com. That's very 103 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:55.600 Special games dot com. Thanks for listening to the John ed Heidi Show. 104 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:59.040 Excited to visit with Alex Levoy. He's with a company called Via, and 105 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:01.920 if you the buses and Sioux Falls, you might have noticed that there's a 106 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:05.199 better experience and we've got some really cool new things that are coming to town 107 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:11.439 as well. Alex, congrats on Via partnering with soup Fall's metro buses and 108 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:14.000 all the cool things you guys have coming to town here. I think that's 109 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:15.920 cool. Yeah, thanks so much for having me John. We're really excited 110 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:19.240 about the partnership with supe Falls and we're off to great starts in the new 111 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:24.439 year. We transition into cover service just a few days ago. Now, 112 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:27.639 the company has been around a long time. You guys are new in this 113 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:29.920 area. But you're not new to this industry at all. You guys are 114 00:07:29.959 --> 00:07:31.920 kind of the groundbreakers that are doing this all over the place. Yeah, 115 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:35.839 that's right. We are partnering with over seven hundred cities around the world at 116 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:41.560 this point and have been doing bringing better technology to cities to help improve their 117 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:44.600 public trendsit now for quite a while. When we're really really excited about the 118 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:46.439 opportunity to do so with sup Faul and something that's kind of new in this 119 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:49.319 area, been doing it just a little while is the on demand service. 120 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:53.319 And you guys are going to make that process a little smoother, a little 121 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:56.199 easier, and enhance that quite a bit. Let's talk about what the on 122 00:07:56.279 --> 00:07:59.079 demand service even looks like. Yeah, definitely, that's a great question. 123 00:07:59.160 --> 00:08:03.279 So the man service is it is really part of a growing trend for the 124 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:07.000 most innovative transit sort of approaches or agencies in the United States. And what 125 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:11.360 it is. It's a way to book an on demand shuttle trip or a 126 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:16.959 bus trip through a smartphone application and SAM on Demand, which is the suit 127 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:22.519 falls on demand service. It's currently just a Saturday only service to cover up 128 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:26.399 for for some times in which there aren't quite as high bus frequencies, and 129 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:31.240 it lets riders to go from corner to corner where they'd like to go, 130 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:35.399 pick them up within a couple of blocks of their their pickup location, and 131 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:39.399 drop them off where they'd like to go, and you book all that. 132 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:43.720 You can track the entire trip through your smartphone application. It's also available for 133 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:46.639 writers who might not have a smartphone over the phone and it's a really sort 134 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:50.759 of seamless easy process. And part of our division we we've aligned on the 135 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:54.600 suit Falls is that we we would make this on demand service a larger and 136 00:08:54.679 --> 00:09:00.240 larger part of the seup falls trends that network over time. So currently just 137 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:03.679 Saturday service. We'd like to expand that in the months to come, and 138 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:07.480 we'll have more to say hopefully soon on that very nice How far in advance 139 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:09.919 if somebody would like to do the on demand do I need to know a 140 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:11.559 week in advance, a couple of days in advance, an hour in advance, 141 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:13.639 what does that look like? You can do it? It truly is 142 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:18.399 on demand, So if you'd like the book as much as five or ten 143 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:20.200 minutes in advance, you can do so. We'll usually have a vehicle available 144 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:24.960 for you within a ten maybe sixteen minute most of wait time, so it 145 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:28.159 really is available pretty much on demand, though if you'd like to plan further 146 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:30.960 in advance, we also offer that option, and you can do that if 147 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:33.720 you have an appointment to get to or something else that's a bit more time 148 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:37.320 sence it. I love that. I feel like that is a great service 149 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:41.200 that's going to be extremely welcome, and I'm glad that you guys are going 150 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:43.519 to expand that and make that even a bigger part of what you do with 151 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:46.840 SU Area Metro and your relationship with them. I love that. Yeah, 152 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:48.639 we're certainly excited. We think it's part of definitely, as I mentioned, 153 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:52.919 a broader trend we're seeing in the United States where great transit agencies are using 154 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:56.279 a mix of fixed strout buses, the traditional six stout bus, and on 155 00:09:56.320 --> 00:10:01.919 demand services together to make sure that they maximize the geography that they can cover 156 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:05.600 in cities, but also just make it easier for writers to use the transit 157 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:09.360 network. And I think we've seen really enthusiastic reception to these sets of services 158 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:11.080 in other places. If somebody would like to learn more, is there a 159 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:15.360 website they can go to, or maybe the app if they'd like to download 160 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:16.519 that, where do we find the information to do all of that? Yeah, 161 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:22.240 you can download the app in the Apple App Store or the Google Play 162 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:26.120 Store. It's really easy to download and you can try the on demand service. 163 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:28.200 You can also plan your bus routes right there in the app. So 164 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:31.519 we definitely encourage suit Falls residents to get in there and download that app. 165 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:35.519 It's going to be hopefully one of their go to apps to write the trend 166 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:39.159 of the network and what do we look for in the app store? Is 167 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:41.000 it under sam like Seweria Metro or what are we looking for in there? 168 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:45.480 Yeah, if you just search for Sewerya Metro and the app store, it 169 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:48.480 should be the first result that pops up. Very very nice. Thank you 170 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:50.840 so much for taking the time to share this, and I think it's really 171 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:54.879 cool, exciting stuff in the works here for twenty twenty four and we're excited 172 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:58.440 to help you guys share share it with the people listening here. Great, 173 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:01.399 thanks so much having down work that it is well. Absolutely again, if 174 00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:03.559 you'd like to know more, I'll throw a link to make it easy to 175 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:07.840 find. We shared a press release just earlier this week, but I'll share 176 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:11.600 some more information at Facebook dot com. Slash Sunny Radio at Facebook dot com 177 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:16.519 slash Sue Falls News. If you're planning for the new year involves getting your 178 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:20.279 financial life in order. 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January Jones was born in the Siux Falls area. Betty 188 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:01.480 Draper from the hit TV show Me Bad Men, used to be a lifeguard 189 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:05.879 at Wildwater West right here in Sue Falls, our very own January Jones now 190 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:09.759 an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actress. She was born and raised right here 191 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:13.639 in Sue Falls, graduating from Roosevelt High School in nineteen ninety six. She 192 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:16.279 then moved to New York to pursue a career in modeling and eventually made her 193 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:20.799 way into acting. She might best be known for her role as Betty Draper 194 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:24.360 in the AMC hit show mad Men, but Jones is a bona fide supermodel 195 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:30.320 and internationally renowned actress. We're so proud to see the awesome achievements January Jones 196 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:33.799 has accomplished from her time as a young lady walking the halls of the Empire 197 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:37.120 Mall. Happy birthday to January Jones. This day in Sue Falls History has 198 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:41.440 been brought to you by the Sue Falls Funk Page, West, Sue Studios, 199 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:45.000 and Sunny ninety three point three. Invite your friends and family over to 200 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:48.039 make memories with a fun game night. Very Special Games dot Com has five 201 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:52.120 fun games that will help everyone have a blast. 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