1 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:09,000 The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Do you 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:13,000 believe in luck? A man from the small town of Luck, Wisconsin got 3 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:18,199 lucky. He won fifteen point one million dollars in the States Megabucks lottery game 4 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:23,239 Mark Cunningham purchased his winning ticket at Wayne's Food Plus. He said, dreams 5 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:27,079 really do come true. He also won another two bucks on another ticket. 6 00:00:28,359 --> 00:00:31,839 A small town in Alabama is honoring a man who paid off his neighbor's pharmacy 7 00:00:31,839 --> 00:00:36,479 bills for years and kept his generosity a secret until shortly before his recent death. 8 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:41,560 Hody Childress, a farmer and US Air Force veteran, began doing this 9 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:45,079 anonymously when he walked in a drug store in twenty twelve and learned from the 10 00:00:45,119 --> 00:00:48,600 owner that sometimes families can't afford to pay for their medicines. For about a 11 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,159 decade, on the first of every month, he would walk into the pharmacy 12 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,039 with a one hundred dollar bill. Now, if you want to keep the 13 00:00:54,159 --> 00:00:59,759 legacy going, you can donate directly to Geraldine Pharmacy. Google the Hody Childress 14 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,280 pretty cool that others are keeping this going. Children had said, don't tell 15 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:04,439 a soul where the money came from. If they asked, just tell them 16 00:01:04,439 --> 00:01:08,159 it's a blessing from the Lord. A fifty seven year old woman from China 17 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:11,200 has turned a desert into a forest. How do you do that? You 18 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:15,400 plant a tree every day for thirty five years, That's how you do it. 19 00:01:15,719 --> 00:01:21,000 Yin yu Zen has successfully planted over three hundred thousand native plants and trees 20 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,519 in an arid land of over forty two square kilometers. She said, I 21 00:01:23,519 --> 00:01:27,040 would rather die of fatigue from fighting the sand than be bullied by the sand 22 00:01:27,079 --> 00:01:30,079 and wind. She wasn't always successful. In the beginning. She sold her 23 00:01:30,079 --> 00:01:34,239 family's livestock and purchased six hundred tree saplings to plant around her house, but 24 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:40,840 only twelve survived. I've tried planting some trees in the backyard, and I'm 25 00:01:40,879 --> 00:01:44,879 batting probably about forty percent with them. Over the years, she worked tirelessly 26 00:01:44,879 --> 00:01:48,400 with the help of her husband, and experimented with different sewing and growing techniques 27 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,840 and prioritize those species of trees that are better adapted to the desert, until 28 00:01:51,879 --> 00:01:56,000 she mastered her desert reforestation skills, increasing the survival rate from one percent to 29 00:01:56,079 --> 00:02:00,239 seventy percent. Yin has received full government sport and over eighty awards for her 30 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,680 efforts. She's been picked as one of the ten most powerful woman in China 31 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,319 twice. She was a torchbearer at the two thousand and eight Beijing Olympics, 32 00:02:07,319 --> 00:02:10,319 and she was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in two thousand five. Good 33 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:15,560 news if you're a squirrel living in Scotland. A recent survey of red squirrels 34 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:21,719 in Scotland has revealed that efforts to increase their numbers have been successful. The 35 00:02:21,879 --> 00:02:25,400 Great Scottish Squirrel Survey, which as you know, is conducted every October, 36 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:30,879 found that six hundred and fifty nine participants reported two hundred and fifty five gray 37 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:35,680 squirrels and five hundred and ten red squirrels, more than triple the number reported 38 00:02:35,719 --> 00:02:39,439 in a typical week. Vanessa Fawcett, from the Red Squirrels Survival Trust urged 39 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,919 gardners to help with the conservation efforts by feeding red squirrels and growing food that 40 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,680 would benefit and supplement the existing food sources four red squirrels. The main threat 41 00:02:47,719 --> 00:02:53,400 facing red squirrels are urbanization, gray squirrels competing them for space, and squirrel 42 00:02:53,479 --> 00:03:04,360 box I am Patty Callahan, Henry I am Mary Kay Andrews, I'm Kristin 43 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,080 Harmel, and I'm Kristy Woodson Harvey. Friends in Fiction is led by four 44 00:03:08,199 --> 00:03:13,560 longtime friends, the four of us, with more than seventy five published books 45 00:03:13,599 --> 00:03:17,039 between us. Through end depth conversations and interviews, we discussed the books we've 46 00:03:17,039 --> 00:03:21,879 written, the books we're reading, and the art of storytelling. We are 47 00:03:22,039 --> 00:03:28,360 here with endless stories to support indie bookstores, authors, librarians and readers just 48 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:34,240 like you. We are always seeking innovative ways to introduce dynamic voices and trends 49 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:38,159 in publishing. On this channel, you will find hundreds of episodes with some 50 00:03:38,199 --> 00:03:40,719 of your favorite authors, including the four of us, with our new releases, 51 00:03:40,879 --> 00:03:46,120 as we reveal the stories behind the stories, offer writing tips, and 52 00:03:46,199 --> 00:03:51,280 talk about the creation of novels, memoirs, and nonfiction titles. So if 53 00:03:51,319 --> 00:03:54,759 you love books and you're curious about the writing world, you are in the 54 00:03:54,840 --> 00:04:08,280 right place. You can listen to Friends and Fiction on any major streaming platform. 55 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,400 Hey, good news. You know that painting out in the shed with 56 00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:14,360 all the bird droppings on it that your wife wants you to throw out, 57 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,920 Take a second look, because recently somebody went through this very thing. It 58 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:23,360 turned out to be an early Van Dyke's sketch allen by Roberts stumbled across this 59 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:26,879 thing and believed it to be the work by the Dutch master. He bought 60 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,879 it for the excitement of the chase. He bought it for six hundred dollars, 61 00:04:29,959 --> 00:04:32,519 which you know isn't too bad for artwork found in a shed covered in 62 00:04:32,519 --> 00:04:36,800 bird droppings. A study of Saint Jerome is one of only two known live 63 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:41,800 model works completed by the panther or Anthony van Dyke. Artnet says it was 64 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:46,600 likely created between sixteen fifteen and sixteen eighteen. It depicts an elderly man with 65 00:04:46,639 --> 00:04:49,560 a long beard slouching on a chair. The eighty seven year old Roberts said, 66 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:53,519 I've devoted the last thirty years of my life to the search for art 67 00:04:53,519 --> 00:04:56,399 that I like to call orphaned, that for one reason or another, has 68 00:04:56,399 --> 00:04:59,120 been neglected, overlooked, perhaps lost in the shuffle of the art world in 69 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,480 different countries. It is predicted to sell for at three million dollars on auction. 70 00:05:02,959 --> 00:05:06,120 That is your good news for today. Val the show for free on 71 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:10,040 Apple, podcast, Spotify, YouTube, wherever you get your shows, and 72 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:15,279 you have a great day. I'm Johnny Mack, host of Daily Comedy News. 73 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:17,040 Do you like a little Letterman homage there on the music bed? Yeah. 74 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,360 Start your mornings with a quick ten minute recap of late nights, Not 75 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:25,000 Dave, All Late Night, and the latest on Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, 76 00:05:25,079 --> 00:05:28,399 John Mulaney, Tick the Sorrow, Eliza's Lassenger, Amy Schumer, Joe 77 00:05:28,519 --> 00:05:31,399 Rogan, Mark Marin, all your favorite comedians. It's Daily Comedy News. 78 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,480 It's an easy way to start your morning, and I promise I'll keep it 79 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:43,759 clean. Daily Comedy News wherever you get your shows