WEBVTT 1 00:00:11.359 --> 00:00:13.560 Get Money. Good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, Welcome. 2 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:16.960 Is time now for our community connection right here on K one, the 3 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:21.079 one you trust is brought to you in part by Arnold Morny Camp Funeral Home, 4 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:26.239 also Tall Grass Motors and Get Real Ministries. Well, we have one 5 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:30.800 of our favorite interviewees, we Charlie. We see you not nearly enough, 6 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:35.359 but how you doing, miss dew Tom And you're a big brother, big 7 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:39.679 sister, and you brought in a big sister. I did part of a 8 00:00:39.679 --> 00:00:44.880 big couple. Really, Yes, Joanne Robinson is a big sister, part 9 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:48.000 of a big couple. As you say, We have a few of those, 10 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:51.399 and we want to talk a little bit more about that today, about 11 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:55.719 the big couple opportunity. Wow, I'll join us. Also on our local 12 00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:59.359 resource sports. Oh great, So you're keeping busy, aren't you. You 13 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:06.879 have no idea? Yeah, I've hung around. I even have some more 14 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:08.760 dogs for it. But she says she's kind of tied up. Well I 15 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:12.319 understand that. But we got some big events coming up here too, don't 16 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:17.280 we. We do, and we have lots of things that are really popping, 17 00:01:18.599 --> 00:01:22.280 just kind of if we look in the Rivier Mayor, we had our 18 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:27.680 picnic and we Truity came out and grilled burgers and hot dogs for us. 19 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:33.359 It was so it was it was it was very very much of a treat, 20 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:42.280 better than those sandwiches we usually get. And the Oklahoma Wesleyan University golf 21 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:47.000 team came because we also played miniature golf and Center Junior and we have our 22 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:52.879 Big for a Day has started up for the fall. The Oklahoma Wesleyan University 23 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:57.760 School of Business Doctor Weavers class students from there have signed up to be Bigs 24 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:04.599 for a Day for our waiting littles. So in September was the picnic and 25 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:08.400 now this in October, they played board games on campus. We don't know 26 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:13.240 what we're doing for November yet. Well, but you've got a good group 27 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:16.360 out there at Wesley. They'll figure out something. They are really it's just 28 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:22.400 amazing to see how those students connect with the waiting littles, and it is 29 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:25.039 you know, the best way we can serve a waiting child is to find 30 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:30.280 them a one to one mentor. But in the meantime, it does give 31 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:35.599 them an opportunity to come to an activity cool. And two of our matches, 32 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:39.000 two of our big brothers and little brother Matches had the experience of a 33 00:02:39.039 --> 00:02:49.000 lifetime. Kevin Lynch with Remax Bartlesville donated club level court side seats to the 34 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:53.560 Thunder game, and two of our bigs were able to take their littles to 35 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:58.120 That just truly an experience of a lifetime, and so that's something the littles 36 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:05.840 won't forget, you know that that was amazing. And so those are things 37 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:13.400 that are just really just exciting because so many ways the community is stepping out. 38 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:15.599 And I don't have all the details because I've been out of town for 39 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:21.960 a week, but November two is the place to be is Cooper and Mill 40 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:31.479 and Matt Eperson's group is hosting an OSU rally before the Bedlam game and the 41 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:37.759 Orange Seltzer. Proceeds of the Orange Seltzer will go to Big Brothers Sister, 42 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:40.240 and I think they have a bunch of other things planned as well. So 43 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:45.840 Cooper and Mill November two, and we will get more details out as soon 44 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:50.360 as I have them. Yeah, we got another big event coming up with 45 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:54.000 VSR. It's sponsibly yes, old for kid's sake. It's the time we 46 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:57.759 were just talking about that. We're just saying, you know, we go 47 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:00.120 from big event to big bowlly real quick around here. Well, both for 48 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:08.439 kid's sake is gearing up and our dates are March the seventh and eighth in 49 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:12.840 twenty twenty four. Sounds like a long time but away, but it will 50 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:17.240 be here before we know it. And DSR is the presenting sponsor again this 51 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:23.680 year and we're very happy to have their support. Well, that is great. 52 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:26.639 It's nice when our community comes together like this. It seems like we 53 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:30.560 all just kind of intermesh and we all kind of work for a very good 54 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:33.639 outcome, for a common good. It is. It's really exciting. You 55 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:38.160 know. We're going to talk a little bit more about volunteer recruitment and we're 56 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:43.639 also going to talk to Joanne about being a big and how that's working out, 57 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:46.759 and also being on the board as well. We're going to take a 58 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:51.639 quick break though first for these words from Contract Ministries, also Tall Grass Motors 59 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:56.360 and all more A knee camp, you a home. The first conversation I 60 00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:00.279 have with someone's loved one, I don't care if it's three o'clock in the 61 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:03.800 afternoon or three o'clock in the morning. That first conversation is mister X, 62 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:08.279 this is him, How with Arnold more in Camp funeral Home. First of 63 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:11.759 all, so let me say I'm very sorry we're having to have this conversation 64 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:16.759 right now. And to the nth degree, those people always appreciate you taking 65 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:21.759 a moment to just pause and say I'm aware that someone you care about very 66 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:27.160 much has just left you, and I'm sorry that we have to do this, 67 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:30.120 but we have to do this. And if it's three o'clock in the 68 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:33.800 morning, I try to be brief but concise and say do you have any 69 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:39.120 questions or anything I can do for you right now before we meet at our 70 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:42.920 arrangement conference. And sometimes I say, you know, can you call my 71 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:46.040 priest? Can you call my pastor? And I don't mind doing that. 72 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:48.399 It'll be all right. We'll walk with this together, Arnold Moore, And 73 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:54.399 we can't Funeral Home, seven Dewey, Bartelsville Life. We will walk through 74 00:05:54.439 --> 00:05:58.720 this together. Is it time to start thinking about a new car? But 75 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:01.399 the thought of dealing with the life our dealerships is just too intimidating, too 76 00:06:01.439 --> 00:06:06.399 confusing. There is an easier way. 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You and I were talking in the 100 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:40.680 green room and folks, we really don't have one of those, but we 101 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:43.319 pretend we're TV. Yeah it's not green. No, it's not at all 102 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:46.879 very colorful as a matter of fact. But we were talking about being a 103 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:50.240 part of a big couple. How did you and your husband first get involved 104 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:55.839 with that? So I've been involved with Big Brothers, Big Sisters for I 105 00:07:55.879 --> 00:08:00.759 don't know how many years. I've done time here in Ville and also in 106 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:03.560 Houston and back and forth a few times. But when I was here, 107 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:09.439 I would I would get involved, and I Charlie asked me to be a 108 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:13.519 part of the local resource board and I joined the resource board and that's when 109 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:20.240 I heard about more information about the specifics on the littles that were waiting, 110 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:28.639 and they highlighted a particular kid and he had been waiting over two years. 111 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:31.840 That's a long time in a child's like two weeks is a long time in 112 00:08:31.919 --> 00:08:37.000 a child, right, And and as they described him, you know, 113 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:43.080 they that he's he's on the autism spectrum, which my husband's daughter is on 114 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:48.480 the autism spectrum. And he likes video games and my husband likes video games, 115 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:52.480 and uh, and he's kind of a computer geek and my husband's a 116 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:56.279 computer geek. And I was like, okay to you know, you get 117 00:08:56.399 --> 00:09:00.840 put two and two together. So I I you know, I asked my 118 00:09:00.919 --> 00:09:01.360 husband. I'm like, hey, do you want to do this. We 119 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:05.519 can do it together. And he was like sure. So we've been matched 120 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:09.799 up now for a couple of months, and you know, it's it's it's 121 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:15.120 going great. It's it's sad that we didn't get him before he was already 122 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:20.000 sixteen, but you know, we're our main goal is to make sure that 123 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:24.519 he gets his driver's license. That'll be a big skill, a life skill 124 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:31.960 that that he that he needs and will definitely definitely use. So how did 125 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:35.799 you first get interested in kind of hanging around and helping out with big brothers, 126 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:37.879 big sisters. What we kind of generated that little spark. So it 127 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:41.360 started with Bowl for Kid's Sake. So at the time, a lot of 128 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:45.679 people say that, Yeah, at the time, I worked for Phillip sixty 129 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:52.879 six and that organization is pretty heavily involved with that particular fundraiser, and you 130 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:56.279 know, I got a team together, and you know, next year, 131 00:09:56.279 --> 00:09:58.440 I got a team together. Next year, I got a team together. 132 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:03.399 At one point, I was the coordinator for Phillip sixty six for all of 133 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:07.600 the teams. Did that off and on for a while. So it was 134 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:11.360 just kind of, you know, one foot in front of the other, 135 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:13.519 one step at a time, and it eventually grew into me being on the 136 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:18.679 board. Okay, so you're with the Resource Board, and that means you've 137 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:22.440 got to do a lot of connecting, right, Yeah. You know, 138 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:30.559 part of the responsibility of board members is to talk to prospective bigs and try 139 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:35.799 and encourage them to give back and to pour into a young person's life, 140 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:43.919 to be a good mentor positive mentor to help that little reach their full potential. 141 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:48.080 So that's one of the things that you know, you try and do 142 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:54.320 as a board member, you know, and also planning the various fundraising events 143 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:58.000 and those kinds of things. Very good, Charlene. I take five minutes 144 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:01.240 with you, you get somebody converted pretty quickly. I mean that's just me 145 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:05.279 talking, okay, But you know, this is not just something that you 146 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:09.840 sign up and you go into. We take our time. We're very select 147 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:13.600 and very careful. Well, I believe everybody wants to help. It's a 148 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:18.399 matter of finding out they what they want to do. Say so, they 149 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:20.720 may not want to do what you just ask them to do, but if 150 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:26.360 you talk with them and listen to them, you'll find out what piece of 151 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:31.960 the of the mission they want to pick up. And then then they'll be 152 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:35.080 picking up things they never knew they wanted to pick up. And then you 153 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:39.480 know, once we kind of get this thing kind of going, there's a 154 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:41.559 little bit of a process that we go through, but that's outlined on your 155 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:46.480 website, and we just want to make sure everything's good. Now, we 156 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:50.720 ask volunteers to do an online application. They come in for an interview. 157 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:56.000 We do background checks, driving record checks, and purpose of the interview is 158 00:11:56.000 --> 00:12:01.120 for us to get to know you, to understand what you're bringing to the 159 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:05.960 table, your personality interests, what your strengths are, so that we can 160 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:09.440 match you with the child, because matches are made on the basis of personality, 161 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:16.000 common interests, what the child's needs are, and what the volunteer strengths 162 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:20.399 are. So, if you think about it, that's how you have friends. 163 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:22.600 So you get along, you have something in common, and one of 164 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:26.080 you is not too needy for the other, so well that's how it will. 165 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:31.679 Yes, and we do have a bit of a list. We have 166 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:33.919 twenty two kids on the waiting list. Now it's a different twenty two than 167 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:39.440 it was a year ago, but nonetheless we had at one point. We 168 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:45.799 still have about thirty kids on the inquiry coming in the door. So we 169 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:52.080 need additional volunteers we need. Our target is primarily men or couples, because 170 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:56.840 our highest need is for mentors for boys. But right now, out of 171 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:00.679 the twenty two, I think maybe ten or girls and the the rest of 172 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:03.399 boys, well, I want to go back to boweling for kid's sake, 173 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:09.039 because I know that's coming up here in a couple of months. But you 174 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:11.519 had a lot of fun with this, didn't yet it is. It is 175 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:15.320 a lot of fun. So tell people who never participated, what can they 176 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:20.320 expect besides just a lot of fun. The one thing I always tell people 177 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:22.759 is it's not about the bowling, because the first thing people say is, 178 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:26.799 oh, I don't bowl. It's not about the bowling. It's it's about 179 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:31.879 connecting with others in communities, connecting with the people in your circle, raising 180 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:41.200 funds for this magnificent organization to help fund you know, mentorships and you know 181 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:46.559 and those relationships. It's it's about getting together with a group of people and 182 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:52.000 having a night of fun at you know, the Red Apple Bowling Alley. 183 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:54.679 Pretty sure, the scores really don't matter. You're having so much fun. 184 00:13:54.840 --> 00:14:00.639 No, Yeah, And there's door prizes and music playing, and it's it's 185 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:03.879 just a fun night. It's a fun night. Charlene, You've done this 186 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:07.759 over and over again for many years and with a great rate of success. 187 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:11.759 This is a lot of fun. Oh yes, and we're coming back a 188 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:16.519 couple of years ago. We've added and we're really promoting not only the bowling 189 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:20.200 team, but if you're like a, I'm done with the bowling, but 190 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:26.000 I want to support the cause, then you can be a virtual fundraiser and 191 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:31.120 just reach out to your network to help raise raise funds, no bowling party 192 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:37.559 involved. Our goal this year is one hundred and fifty five to five thousand. 193 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:43.679 We're coming back from COVID. COVID was not friendly for were in person 194 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:48.919 bowling, but we've each year the last two years has been better and so 195 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:52.240 this year I hope that we'll be back to our pre COVID levels. Our 196 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:56.320 goal is eighty four teams. I believe, well, let's make this a 197 00:14:56.320 --> 00:15:00.559 big old party, Let's have a lot of fun, Let's raise some much 198 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:03.039 needed funds for big brothers and big sisters. So I wanted to make sure 199 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:07.559 that everybody kind of put that little seed right there where it needs to be 200 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:11.039 so conngerminate. So when we start really getting folks to sign up, they're 201 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:15.519 going, oh yeah, they're ready to go. So the early bird, 202 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:20.279 the website will be open and the early bird will be announced probably in a 203 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:24.000 week or two. Oh, so it's time to start thinking. There are 204 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:28.360 prizes for getting your team registered. Get that done before Christmas, and then 205 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:33.679 you can enjoy the holidays and be ready to hit the ground running as soon 206 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:39.159 as January. Now, I've seen these old for kids takes before Another Citys 207 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:43.279 and what have you, and the amount of fun that the folks have is 208 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:48.039 just well, they keep wanting to do it again, so they keep signing 209 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:52.279 up again. So we're kind of hoping that this is going to be it 210 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:56.399 too now that we kind of have that reset after COVID come back. It's 211 00:15:56.559 --> 00:16:00.360 it's good, it's fun and kind of revisit your friends and is at the 212 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:03.519 event. And if you're new to the community and you haven't done it here 213 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:07.240 yet at the Red Apple Lanes with the Big Brothers Big Sisters right here in 214 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:11.320 Barnesville, cordially invite you to get a hold of Charlene and by golly, 215 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:15.600 we'll get a team together. Yes, it's it's a lot of fun and 216 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:22.799 it does support our mentors for vulnerable children in our community, so very important. 217 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:26.600 That is very very important. What's the website so folks can find out 218 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:33.679 more information at the leisure The main website is Big Oklahoma dot org. Both 219 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:41.440 for kid's Sake is BFKS Bartlesville dot org. The Make That Easy A guy 220 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:45.639 like me. Can you figure that out? That's pretty darn good. So 221 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:48.039 go to the website, folks, when you get a little bit of a 222 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:51.960 break in your workday today, or maybe when you get home and start calling 223 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:55.960 your friends and say, hey, let's go bowling, and let's say and 224 00:16:56.000 --> 00:17:00.519 if you got somebody you think would be a really good mentor, hey let's 225 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:06.400 go menoring. The Big Big Oklahoma dot org is is where you can go 226 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:08.839 to find out more about the organization, more about being a mentor. There's 227 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:14.799 a short video there, and of course you can always call our office. 228 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:18.960 My number is nine one eight two one three four five two four And Charlie 229 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:23.480 always gets back to you. Damn good about that. Some folks I just 230 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:26.599 kind of called the black hole or what you know. But Charlie, you 231 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:30.920 will always get avoided some way and in a very timely manner. I appreciate 232 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:33.680 you stopping buy Is there anything else that I might have? Miss Yees? 233 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:38.839 Yeah, so I think I'd like to stress for somebody who is questioning whether 234 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:44.720 or not they have what it takes to be a mentor that it doesn't you 235 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:48.480 have what it takes, you know? Do you are you able to have 236 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:51.000 a cup of coffee with somebody. Are you able to eat a meal with 237 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:52.839 somebody? Are you able to go watch a movie with somebody? Are you 238 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:57.799 able to take them grocery shopping, show them that basic life skill. Are 239 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:02.000 you able to you know, do errands and have them come with you. 240 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:07.480 It doesn't have to be okay, we were doing some big expensive thing or 241 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:11.359 outing. In fact, you know, that's that's really we don't want to 242 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:15.920 do that because that's you know, we want to teach them life skills. 243 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.319 So we want to build that relationship and we want to teach them life skills. 244 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:23.880 So keep it kind of close to home and keep it fairly very practical. 245 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:30.440 If you have if you have a heart for kids and you're active and 246 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:36.119 you want to involve a child and things you're already doing, and so the 247 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:38.680 activities are going to be as varied as the people. There will be the 248 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:42.119 people who I have a big brother one time said, well, I'm kind 249 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:47.319 of a computer nerd, and his idea of fun was going down and watching 250 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:52.279 the barges come in. And I can be fun, I guess. And 251 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:56.519 I matched them with a little brother. They were matched for years and they 252 00:18:56.559 --> 00:19:02.319 had a great, great time. So all you need, as Johann said, 253 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:04.960 is a heart for kids and a willingness to involve them in the things 254 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:11.079 that you're already doing and helping them to experience another way of life, learn 255 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:17.880 some life skills, and just enjoy spending time together. There you go, 256 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:21.480 big brilliants, big sisters. Thank you very much, Charlie, and thank 257 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:23.960 you very much jo Anne for coming in here and sharing your story in your 258 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:30.200 experience. And this is great. So let's make sure that you're thinking about 259 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:33.680 it being a mentor. Go to the website, make a call. And 260 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:36.640 if you're thinking about putting that bowling team together, go to the website, 261 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:41.799 make several calls. Folks, you've been listening to our community connection on K 262 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:45.839 one, the one you trust. There's a great song called Jesus Loves Me.