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Speaker 2: Just shy Beto six here fifty five ker CD talk station.
Speaker 2: Brian Thomas having a great Friday talking to candidates. We're
Speaker 2: gonna talk to one more candidate. Last opportunity for the
Speaker 2: election that week next week, Jonathan Pearson. He also is
Speaker 2: running for Ham And County Commissioner. But in the meantime,
Speaker 2: everybody listens to the morning show regularly knows that I
Speaker 2: try to do whatever I can for the American veterans
Speaker 2: since I didn't have the spine to sign up for
Speaker 2: the American military myself, and I appreciate the service everyone
Speaker 2: does has for our country. It just means the world
Speaker 2: to me to be able to spread the news about veterans, causes,
Speaker 2: veterans events, helping veterans dealing with issues mental health and otherwise,
Speaker 2: but also celebrating, of course, the American veteran and somebody
Speaker 2: knows more about that than probably me. In studio, Matt Tamaris,
Speaker 2: who is responsible for the vets and brus which an
Speaker 2: opportunity for us to chip in a little bit of
Speaker 2: money buy a beer for an American veteran and also donate.
Speaker 2: Which is so cool that you've partnered with Patriots Landing.
Speaker 2: Patriots Landing and Matt, it's great to have you back
Speaker 2: in studio.
Speaker 1: Brother. Thanks.
Speaker 2: You raised so far about sixteen thousand dollars for Patriots
Speaker 2: Landing and you have bought or we have collectively through
Speaker 2: our donations, two five hundred and thirteen beers. So what
Speaker 2: you do is you donate ten bucks to vets and
Speaker 2: Bruce seven dollars buys the beer, which is about the
Speaker 2: going rate for your average craft beer these days.
Speaker 1: Sure, three dollars goes to Patriots Landing.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think we're at about we're over three
Speaker 3: thousand beers at this point.
Speaker 4: I haven't updated in a gun on it.
Speaker 2: Well, you got three ten since I gave you a
Speaker 2: donation this morning. Satterns ten veterans out there are going
Speaker 2: to get some love. And I loved it again. Patriots
Speaker 2: Landing is an outstanding organization. I can just do that
Speaker 2: real quick. Patriots Landing dot org. These are so awesome.
Speaker 2: They have a wood shop and they make these handmade,
Speaker 2: handcrafted by veteran items you know the Patriot flag, you
Speaker 2: got the the nine which is an American flag that's
Speaker 2: got nine millimeter spent casings in lieu of the stars,
Speaker 2: the wonderful cross they have which is neat but all kinds.
Speaker 2: And it's all started with them making the flag boxes,
Speaker 2: which are the exclusive flag boxes used at Arlington National Cemetery.
Speaker 2: And right on the back you'll see the name of
Speaker 2: the veteran who crafted the box. So all of these
Speaker 2: things are available at Patriots Landing dot org. But more fundamentally,
Speaker 2: it's an organization that brings veterans together. It's like a
Speaker 2: shared space, almost like a you know, a club or
Speaker 2: fraternity for veterans to share their experiences and maybe get
Speaker 2: through troubled times all while working on these projects. People
Speaker 2: go and visit it, and I encourage everybody go to
Speaker 2: Patriots Landing dot organ then schedule a visit to go
Speaker 2: see what they're doing. They love when folks swing by
Speaker 2: and you'll be inspired. And I know you're inspired. You
Speaker 2: That's why U t up with them.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I went to the original shop back in
Speaker 3: the day when I first met him. I mean, the
Speaker 3: new the new facility is amazing down there.
Speaker 4: I love it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you helped build it.
Speaker 2: I guess well, you know it's from the from the
Speaker 2: from the files of every little bit counts. That's what
Speaker 2: vets and bruises all about. Yeah, so anyway, you got
Speaker 2: I went last year on the bus tour honor bus.
Speaker 2: You were not there. I wasn't You did not show
Speaker 2: what you were out of town. I think you were going.
Speaker 2: You went to a concert, didn't you.
Speaker 3: It was a family, family vacation. We went to a concert.
Speaker 3: I'm surprised you survived that one. Anyway, we don't need
Speaker 3: to go to details about the concert, but uh, I'll
Speaker 3: tell you it was.
Speaker 1: A hell of a good time.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, my son and I went and we just it
Speaker 1: was great.
Speaker 2: You got on the bus, you go from brewery to brewery,
Speaker 2: and there's all kinds of fun and games that go
Speaker 2: along with this. I'm not going to reveal anything you
Speaker 2: told me about this year's event, but let's talk about
Speaker 2: the details on that.
Speaker 1: How many people can go? Do we?
Speaker 2: Is it still open to sign up for veterans? Can
Speaker 2: people just show up at any one of the stops
Speaker 2: along the way.
Speaker 1: How does it work?
Speaker 4: Right?
Speaker 3: So the bus is already full, and you know, we
Speaker 3: have two school buses. I have to keep a couple
Speaker 3: of seats empty in case people need to stretch out.
Speaker 3: But I've I think we've were at like ninety or
Speaker 3: eighty eight or ninety people this year. It's nuts, man,
Speaker 3: And I thought, like, you know, grabbing a second bus
Speaker 3: was going to alleviate my standby list that everybody gets
Speaker 3: on there always like, hey man, I want to go
Speaker 3: put me on a standby list. My stand by list
Speaker 3: is five times longer than it was last year. So
Speaker 3: I'm trying to get as many people on as I can.
Speaker 3: But you know, it's full at this point except for
Speaker 3: a couple of seats that I say for maybe a
Speaker 3: few of your listeners. But if you want to come
Speaker 3: to the events, these are open to the public. So
Speaker 3: I'll be posting on vetsen Brus this week the Facebook
Speaker 3: page and the website what the schedule is going to be.
Speaker 3: If you're if you feel like you want to come
Speaker 3: down and see us and say hi and take part
Speaker 3: in the Veterans Day events that the brewers are hosting,
Speaker 3: come on through.
Speaker 4: It'll be a great time.
Speaker 2: It's throughout the year of the week so I mean,
Speaker 2: this isn't just a one time event per year. You're
Speaker 2: you're buying beers for veterans all year round. And also
Speaker 2: you're the flag boxes thanks to Patriots Landing operate as
Speaker 2: donation centers too. Yeah, they've turned them into like piggy banks. Yeah,
Speaker 2: donation boxes can throw money in any any bar that's
Speaker 2: assisting you. And there are quite a few bars out
Speaker 2: there that have the donation boxes in them, so throughout
Speaker 2: the year. So what do you to show up someplace
Speaker 2: and you find out someone's a veteran and you buy
Speaker 2: them a beer.
Speaker 4: That's it.
Speaker 3: I look for hats, you know, I'm getting pretty good
Speaker 3: at I'm about fifty to fifty, I guess. Sometimes I
Speaker 3: go up to folks and they're like, no, I'm not,
Speaker 3: and I just think, well, you look like a vet,
Speaker 3: you know what I mean. If they got a hat
Speaker 3: on or they got a tattoo that you know says it,
Speaker 3: then I know for sure. But yeah, I just wherever
Speaker 3: I go, man, I'm looking for you guys, and if
Speaker 3: I have a donation, I'm gonna buy a.
Speaker 2: Beer, absolutely right. Yeah, I get a big kick out
Speaker 2: of there. A lot of seniors are where their their hat,
Speaker 2: which ship they served on. You know, I love that
Speaker 2: because I know they are not gonna walk up and
Speaker 2: just even casually walk them by thank you for your
Speaker 2: service to our country. It puts a smile on their
Speaker 2: face and it makes me feel better to get a
Speaker 2: little bit of love.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: But all right, so let's let's go through the schedule,
Speaker 2: shall we, Sure, because you're gonna post it on your again.
Speaker 2: Vets and bruis dot com is where you can also
Speaker 2: make a donation. You can buy a VET a beer.
Speaker 2: I'm looking at it right now. Click on the link
Speaker 2: buy a VET a beer. And again it's only it's
Speaker 2: a mere ten dollar donation, but feel free to go
Speaker 2: ahead and give them more. And also, where did you
Speaker 2: hear about his list there? You should put fifty five
Speaker 2: KC dot detalk station on that list, Matt. Okay, next
Speaker 2: time I pull it up, I'm gonna look for that.
Speaker 2: But what day of the week is it?
Speaker 3: This is next Saturday, so November ninth. That Satursday is
Speaker 3: on Monday. So we always take them out on Saturday
Speaker 3: so they have a little time to recover.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you get them home at a reasonable time too,
Speaker 2: unless just stay out afterwards.
Speaker 1: Yeah, no one's going to stop you from.
Speaker 2: Getting off the party bus and walk them back into
Speaker 2: the brewery and and and continueing the festivities.
Speaker 1: But it starts at listenerman.
Speaker 4: Yeah. Every years that's the main stop.
Speaker 3: They have the Operation Flintlock Release that's with the Marine
Speaker 3: Corps and you know, I think they're raising money for
Speaker 3: toys for tots on that one. But uh, they have
Speaker 3: the Marine Corps toast every year and you saw it
Speaker 3: last year.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 3: It's about thirty forty five minutes and they go through
Speaker 3: all these battles and I mean it's moving. It's a
Speaker 3: powerful says I. You know, I had never heard that before.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Oh, sit listening. Oh my god, this is a thing, man.
Speaker 3: And you hear thirty forty five minutes, Like that's a
Speaker 3: long time to sit down and talk and do toast too.
Speaker 3: But man, I was I was glued to this like
Speaker 3: speaker the whole time.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it was.
Speaker 2: It was fascinating. Yeah, and you're drinking beer anyway, so
Speaker 2: rather than talking to the bud sitting at the table,
Speaker 2: you're listening to this wonderful toast and yeah, you know,
Speaker 2: maybe hearing something for the first time. You hadn't heard
Speaker 2: that is for those folks that didn't serve in the
Speaker 2: Marines anyway. But so that's taking place at Listenman. Should
Speaker 2: we spend noon until one thirty, get on the bus
Speaker 2: and the bus then heads on over to Fretboard. In
Speaker 2: Fretboard Brewering and Blue Ash love their beers, and that
Speaker 2: starts at one forty five and you're there to three
Speaker 2: point fifteen. Chostracker just said he will probably join you
Speaker 2: at Fretboard.
Speaker 4: Oh nice.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I asked him if he wanted to see it
Speaker 3: on the bus this year. I hadn't heard from him,
Speaker 3: but I'm glad he's gonna come out. Man, I want
Speaker 3: him to see it. I think it's there's something in
Speaker 3: hearing about it and some you know, seeing it. It
Speaker 3: makes a big difference. Man, it's a cool thing.
Speaker 2: Well, and you got something going on at each brewery too,
Speaker 2: So for example, you mentioned the Marine Corps toast Listenerman
Speaker 2: Brewery when you get to Fretboard. In addition to drinking beers,
Speaker 2: which is always good, veterans drink for free.
Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah, as long as I have donations, I'll run
Speaker 4: them out.
Speaker 2: And got a lot and I know, so at Fretboard
Speaker 2: you're doing the saluting our Vietnam heroes a tribute of honor.
Speaker 2: Before the show started, Matt, you had mentioned how much
Speaker 2: you were really hoping that you get a huge contingent
Speaker 2: of Vietnam veterans to show up, maybe make a pit
Speaker 2: stop over at this particular brewery or that one.
Speaker 3: Yeah, if you're around and you're a Vietnam vet or
Speaker 3: you know, a Vietnam vet, bring them through. My dad
Speaker 3: was a Vietnam VET, so we went to we went
Speaker 3: to veteran events all time, and he would always be like, man,
Speaker 3: that never happened. When we came home, you know what
Speaker 3: I mean, He's like, look at this, and he's like,
Speaker 3: it was not like this. You know, we were getting
Speaker 3: spat on or you know, call it all kinds of names.
Speaker 3: So I heard that my whole life, and when Fret
Speaker 3: Bog gave me the opportunity to create my own event,
Speaker 3: I was like, we gotta do something for them. So
Speaker 3: it's kind of honoring my dad, you know what I mean.
Speaker 3: We're gonna we're gonna bring these guys in. We got
Speaker 3: Craig McKee from Channel nine News. He's going to be
Speaker 3: the presenter. Awesome, We're gonna pack that room. Up, we're
Speaker 3: gonna really honor these folks and just show them some love,
Speaker 3: the love they they should have got.
Speaker 2: And of course everyone will be there primarily to see
Speaker 2: just Trecker. But yeah, right, of course, now you know
Speaker 2: that's what was a really moving thing about the most
Speaker 2: recent honor flight. And they had more and more Vietnam
Speaker 2: veterans on honor flights, but this most recent one was
Speaker 2: almost exclusively Vietnam veterans. Yeah, and from I heard a
Speaker 2: massive allergy outbreaks during that return home ceremony at CVG.
Speaker 2: Just given the veterans, they're the welcome home that they
Speaker 2: never got. Just like your dad, we love you, guys,
Speaker 2: and apologies on behalf of all Americans who were so
Speaker 2: shortsighted and callous and mean as to spit upon you
Speaker 2: because you served your country and followed your leader's orders,
Speaker 2: as stupid as they may have been. Anyway, March first,
Speaker 2: Brewing is the third stop, that one you're gonna You're
Speaker 2: gonna get over there by four pm?
Speaker 1: Is that right?
Speaker 2: Uh?
Speaker 4: Yeah, that'll be that.
Speaker 3: That's about the time we'll be rolling in, depending on
Speaker 3: traffic and stuff. But we're doing a all branch freedom
Speaker 3: toast down there and that's going to be hosted by
Speaker 3: a good friend of mine. He's been with Bets and
Speaker 3: Bruce since the very first event he came to. His
Speaker 3: name Sean Rohr. He works with the Easter Seals. He
Speaker 3: put together a toast similar to the Marine Corps host
Speaker 3: because everyone loves it so much. But he said, hey, man,
Speaker 3: I want to do one where we we toast to
Speaker 3: all the branches.
Speaker 2: So okay, now you already mentioned all the buses are
Speaker 2: full except for three three seats yep, and that the
Speaker 2: expense of the bus is coming from, you know, out
Speaker 2: of the proceeds. But you know, you get close to
Speaker 2: the point where you know, do I give money to
Speaker 2: Patriots Landing or do I reserve money for the third
Speaker 2: bus for next year so we can take the stress
Speaker 2: off of Matt Tamaris's household budget. There is right there
Speaker 2: at Vetsenbrus dot com a link to sponsor and honor
Speaker 2: bus and you can do that.
Speaker 1: It's really easy to do.
Speaker 2: Just throw a little money at it and we'll build
Speaker 2: up the coffers to have more honor busses for next year.
Speaker 2: But you can also be a sponsor. You got somebody
Speaker 2: did did someone sign up to be a sponsor again.
Speaker 3: Oh, we have tons coming in. Man, We've we've sold
Speaker 3: out the Level two sponsorship. Level one is it's one
Speaker 3: thousand dollars for sponsorship. We have three of those spots left,
Speaker 3: and then we have unlimited one hundred dollars sponsorships. So
Speaker 3: if you want to sponsor a vet, I mean they're
Speaker 3: getting they're getting the red carpet laid out for him.
Speaker 3: I mean we're we're gonna treat them really well and
Speaker 3: make sure that they have an experience that they're never
Speaker 3: gonna forget. So all the money we collect from this
Speaker 3: sponsorship drive is just to push in the honor bus
Speaker 3: and make sure it's something that they remember forever.
Speaker 2: So do the sponsorship money also go to buy beers
Speaker 2: or does it go to offset expenses?
Speaker 4: It goes to both.
Speaker 3: So so the one hundred bucks I gave you, I
Speaker 3: could be a sponsor, then you are a sponsor. I said,
Speaker 3: you're going on a shirt. Man, Oh, you're always on
Speaker 3: the shirt. Every time you give me money, you're listed
Speaker 3: as a sponsor.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think that's why he makes the trip in studio
Speaker 2: because he knows I'm a soft touch. And it comes
Speaker 2: about donating to veterans causes, and I just liked the
Speaker 2: idea that drinking beer.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we're so built, you know.
Speaker 2: I know there's a million heavy problems and issues and concerns,
Speaker 2: and oh my god, the world's falling apart all around us.
Speaker 2: And when event like this comes up from I get
Speaker 2: so excited because you know, first and all the veterans,
Speaker 2: and second.
Speaker 1: It's a great time. It is.
Speaker 2: Man, God, does anybody smile anymore? Does anybody celebrate and
Speaker 2: get together and just not complain and moan here I'm
Speaker 2: rory about FCC compliance here, Matt Well, I just get
Speaker 2: excited about this.
Speaker 3: On the ninth, we're gonna have two busloads ninety people.
Speaker 3: They're gonna be all teeth all day, I promise that
Speaker 3: all day.
Speaker 2: If any if last year was any indication about how
Speaker 2: much fun it is going to be, double that this year.
Speaker 2: And the more people show up at these breweries, the
Speaker 2: even better time it's gonna be. So you don't need
Speaker 2: to be on the bus. Show up between noon and
Speaker 2: one thirty Listterman Brewery between one forty five and three fifteen,
Speaker 2: Fretboard and Blue Ash between three thirty roughly and five
Speaker 2: point fifteen. That's March First Brewery, March First Brewing. That's
Speaker 2: Fountain Square.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's that's the old rock Bottom.
Speaker 1: Oh okay, right there, all right, so you're going around town,
Speaker 1: we do and.
Speaker 3: You saw it last year. We have a welcoming line,
Speaker 3: so when the Vets get off the bus, the pub
Speaker 3: comes out and they form a line. They wave flags
Speaker 3: this year and the veterans get to walk right through
Speaker 3: the line as they enter the brewery. So if you
Speaker 3: if you want to get there and be a part
Speaker 3: of that, it's special.
Speaker 2: Man, Matthew Maris, God bless you for what you're doing, man,
Speaker 2: bringing some fun and helping veterans. Vets and Bruce dot
Speaker 2: com help out show up. It's gonna be great. I
Speaker 2: am pretty certain I'm free. I'm gonna check my calendar
Speaker 2: to see if I can show up at one of
Speaker 2: the one of the breweries. But yeah, man, you can
Speaker 2: count on me if I got some free time my schedule,
Speaker 2: because I don't want to miss it. Heck, good luck, folks,
Speaker 2: help them out. Vets and Bruce dot com. Joe put
Speaker 2: all the information on the blog page at five carec
Speaker 2: dot com and he'll update the the Vets and Bruce
Speaker 2: dot com page to include the full schedule, and of
Speaker 2: course don't forget to click on the sponsorship or buy
Speaker 2: vet beer links right there. Eight twenty Right now, if
Speaker 2: you five k SE detalk stations, stick around bottom of
Speaker 2: the eye, we're gonna hear from Jonathan Pearson, who's also
Speaker 2: running for county commissioner. Good day to be on the show,
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