1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:05,120 I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. You know who's getting it done. 2 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:11,279 Scruff, the border collie. Scruff has become an unlikely recycling advocate after 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:15,560 picking up more than one thousand littered plastic bottles. I got to talk to 4 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,600 my dogs and tell them to step it up. Scruff likes to pick up 5 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,039 the bottles and play with them for a little bit before delivering them to his 6 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:25,039 humans to be recycled. Scruff is thirteen now and he used to enjoy stick 7 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,839 fetching and then the vent said he's getting scratched on the inside of his mouth 8 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,640 wanting to try something plastic. His humans said, this is a focus a 9 00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:35,200 job for him. He's a border collige, so he loves to retrieve and 10 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,479 collect different things and stuff like that. The human and Scruff go on two 11 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,520 walks a day, one long walk in the morning, usually between three and 12 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,200 four miles wow, then a shorter mile or so in the evening. Originally 13 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,520 they will let Scruff play with the bottles and they left them there. Then 14 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,520 they felt bad thought people might think we were leaving them there, so they 15 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,840 started picking them up and keeping track and sharing their monthly report with the hashtag 16 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,960 Scruff's bottle patrol, and they have a rule. They only pick up the 17 00:00:58,039 --> 00:01:00,520 bottles that Scruff sees. So if the human sees a bottle there and the 18 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,719 dog doesn't see it, that bottle's not going anywhere. We were just curious 19 00:01:03,719 --> 00:01:07,519 to see how many he could collect. In November alone, Scruff picked up 20 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,480 one hundred and four bottles. Even though he's thirteen. He looks absolutely fantastic. 21 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,159 His human says, Hopefully it sends a good message out to other people 22 00:01:15,159 --> 00:01:18,239 around the world to pick up litter, don't leave animals to do it right. 23 00:01:18,879 --> 00:01:22,719 Gratulations. Joyce to Fall She's a ninety year old Greek grandmother. She 24 00:01:22,799 --> 00:01:26,040 just graduated from Northern Illinois University. Joyce says, we can never quit learning. 25 00:01:26,079 --> 00:01:29,400 If we have the opportunity, and we're given the opportunity, there's no 26 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,760 reason we shouldn't go for it. She enrolled in college in nineteen fifty one, 27 00:01:33,079 --> 00:01:36,640 but wound up leaving after three years to get married and she got busy 28 00:01:36,719 --> 00:01:38,920 as some kids some grandkids. But in twenty nineteen, with the encouragement of 29 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,519 her family, she headed back to NIU with her original black and white student 30 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:46,799 ID card. Awesome, it's probably the same kind of junk drawer. I 31 00:01:46,799 --> 00:01:49,799 have to pick up where she left off sixty eight years ago. The university 32 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,239 staff dug through decades old records and transcripts to find out what she needed to 33 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,400 complete her bachelor's degree. They let her finish a degree in general studies through 34 00:01:57,519 --> 00:02:00,640 online classes. She said, it's nice to finish something he started. Don't 35 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,640 give up. I know it could be difficult, but everything in life has 36 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:07,360 its ups and downs. Congratulation's choice. Max Cheveva Tanko had played hockey with 37 00:02:07,439 --> 00:02:10,960 Tyler Hess in summer camps. Max is part of a group from Ukraine. 38 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:15,360 It would come to the US and when the wars started, Tyler Hess asked 39 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,879 if Max could come with his family. Max is supported by the Minutes Hanka 40 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:22,680 Hockey Association. They've been raising money to help his hockey fees and beyond. 41 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,680 Tyler's dad, Chess says of Max, he's got a good sense of humor, 42 00:02:25,719 --> 00:02:29,319 but it's really really serious, like he's focused. Then after a game 43 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:30,840 he gets over it and he's like a kid. For now. He stays 44 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:35,960 in touch with his Ukraine family through the phone. Someday he plans on returning 45 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,360 to Ukraine. First responders have rescued an eagle impaled by a lightning rod a 46 00:02:39,439 --> 00:02:44,919 top one hundred and twenty foot radio tower at Saint George Elementary in mclenney, 47 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,240 Florida. Oh No, an eagle got stuck at the top of the tower. 48 00:02:47,319 --> 00:02:51,199 The authorities realized someone would need to go to the top of the tower 49 00:02:51,199 --> 00:02:53,840 to help the eagle. Crews headed out to the tower, cut a hole 50 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,159 in the fence, then one up one hundred feet into the tower. The 51 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:00,560 eagles found an obvious distress, but they were able to get him. That's 52 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,680 awesome, and hey, good news for all of us. Be honest. 53 00:03:02,759 --> 00:03:07,360 A new scientific paper has confirmed how powerful swear words could be. That's right. 54 00:03:07,479 --> 00:03:12,960 New research shows that swearing can make you happier, fitter, I don't 55 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,560 know that, more resistant to pain, and can increase your attention in memory. 56 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:20,199 Yeah. The effects can include a range of psychological, cognitive, and 57 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,599 emotional consequences. Now I'm regretting that I made this podcast clean. I could 58 00:03:23,599 --> 00:03:27,800 lose some weight. In a study, subjects who let rip with swear words 59 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,319 were able to keep their hands in a bucket of ice water for longer than 60 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,719 non swears. Yeah, I'll believe that one chanting a swear word was also 61 00:03:32,759 --> 00:03:38,120 shown to increase muscle performance during physical exercise. Messages with swearing in them was 62 00:03:38,159 --> 00:03:44,360 seen as more genuine than those without. 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