Show: Insight Station: KNCO File: 11:5.mp3 Air date: 2026-11-05 Source: OpenAI whisper-1 · shrunk from 98.6 MB to 12.3 MB --- transcript --- for ownership of Nevada County Broadcasters. Now here is your host, Tom Fitzsimmons. It is not Tom Fitzsimmons. Tom is on hiatus. We can't wait for his return. This is Mo filling in for Tom. And today, which is our regular guest on Thursday, what is it, the second Thursday of the month? First Thursday. Is this the first Thursday? It is. I know. What is time? It feels like it's the 10th Thursday of the month, actually. And Victoria is here from Interfaith Food Ministry. Good morning. Hi, Mo. How are you? I'm doing fine. I do miss Tom, though. I miss Tom, too. You know, he texted me when the Brewers won the World Series. He did. He did. Yes. He did. So are you a fan of baseball like you are of football? I am a fan of the Milwaukee Brewers. Not like a diehard baseball fan, but I grew up watching the Milwaukee Brewers and going to games at County Stadium and then Miller Park and now AmFam. So it was really, really exciting to see our Brewers win the World Series. Were you ever at a game where Bernie Brewer went down the slide? Yes. Yes. You were. Because that only happened, I think, twice during this World Series. The World Series. Yeah. I've seen Bernie go down. I've watched the running sausages, which they didn't show during the World Series, which is such a bummer. But we have a famous sausage race during Brewers games. So. Yeah. And how does that work? Do the people in the audience, do they bet on it? Or what's going on? I'm sure some people bet. But yeah. No. There's running sausages and they race. And, you know, sometimes Chorizo will win. Sometimes the Italian will win. It's really fun. So there's no prize or anything. It's just for fun. It's the glory. Yeah. It's the glory of winning the sausage race. Which one was the winner? One of the times. How many times have you been to Miller Park, did you say? A lot of times. Yeah. A lot of times. So any memorable race? No. They're always fun. It's just, it's a highlight. You get to watch running sausages. Who wouldn't love that? And it's the most Wisconsin thing ever. You got a guy running, going down a slide into beer. You have a running bratwurst. It's just Wisconsin in a nutshell. Yeah. And I was trying to explain to my wife, Gretchen. I said, Hey, we, hopefully we'll see Bernie Brewers make the slide. And she says, well, why does he do it? I don't know. I don't know why he does it. Because it's fun. Yeah. And it's like nothing in any other ballpark that I can think of. Yeah. No, the Milwaukee Brewers, it's just so fun. I'm so proud of the state of Wisconsin and happy for everybody. And I was actually there in Milwaukee during the World Series. It was electric. Yeah. It looked like it was. It was really cool. It was really, really cool. And you know, I wonder if that has a lot to do with, you know, the National Toy Hall of Fame. They inducted four new toys today. Okay. They were the Care Bears and the Pokemon cards. Okay. Did you play Pokemon? No, but I did play with Care Bears. Okay. You did? I'm a little too old for Pokemon, I think. Okay. So I look younger than I am. I know. So what do you do with the, what do you do with Care Bears? Well, they're just like stuffed dolls. And then you would watch the thing and they would do the Care Bear stare. How about Teddy Ruxpin? Oh my gosh. I love Teddy Ruxpin. I remember when Teddy Ruxpin first came out that people were so excited. I have not thought about Teddy Ruxpin in a very, very long time. I love my Teddy Ruxpin. He spoke, right? Yes. So, and, but it was a really, really popular toy and people were clamoring to get it. Is that the one that I'm thinking of? Well, there was also the Tickle Me Elmo that people went nuts for. Yeah. Did you have one of those? No, I was a little too old for that one. I think my sister might've had one. Okay. And another of the toys, I didn't know this was a toy, but Bingo. Apparently Bingo is now in the Toy Hall of Fame. Well, good. But also the slide, not, not the slide that Bernie Brewer. Just the straight up aluminum slide of our youth. Just a regular slide. Yeah. So Bernie Brewer, maybe that was inspiring. Maybe, maybe. Cause that's just a regular slide. Yeah. Well, it's a little curvy. A curvy slide. So anyway, congratulations to, to you on that. How was your Halloween? Halloween was very, you know, very chill. We, I had just gotten home from Wisconsin. So I was just kind of unpacking and relaxing. So nothing too exciting for Halloween this year. Do you get any trick or treaters? No, our neighborhood does not get trick or treaters. Okay. Ours doesn't either. Yeah. It's dark and hilly in our neighborhood. So no. I, I bought candy for about four years and then, you know, we would just eat the candy ourselves. So I stopped buying the candy. So that could be dangerous. Exactly. That could be very dangerous. Okay. Well, Interfaith Food Ministry, we are preparing for the holidays. This is our busiest time of year. Yeah. And probably I would imagine that the need is much greater this year than in any year past, but I wouldn't know about that. What, what is, what is your feeling? My feeling is that a lot of people have lost their food assistance benefits. SNAP benefits have been cut drastically. There have been new work requirements put in, you know, previously exempt people are no longer exempt. So there's been a lot of changes. So we're definitely anticipating more, more client families coming in. We, you know, what we do is so special during Thanksgiving and Christmas. So the two weeks before Thanksgiving and Christmas, along with your regular grocery visit, we provide special holiday foods. So for Thanksgiving, it'll be a turkey and traditional sides so that every family in Nevada County has a chance to have a little joy around their table during the holidays. And this is the, the distribution. Correct. During our distribution and actually our first holiday distribution will be next week on Wednesday. And so it'll go the two weeks up until Thanksgiving. So the last one is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Okay. When, when are your distributions? So we distribute food Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. We have reservations, which I highly recommend if you're coming in for your special holiday foods this year, it really cuts down on your wait time. You can make your food choices in advance. And then from 11 to one, it's first come first serve. Saturday is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. And that's all first come first serve. And client families are eligible to come every other week. Okay. And as far as reservations, how do we do that? You can go to our website, interfaithfoodministry.org, and you can see a button to click on about online reservations. You can get more information that'll take you to our portal link where you can sign up and make your reservation. Now Interfaith closes down on, on the actual holiday itself, right? That's right. Well, Thanksgiving is a Thursday and we don't distribute on Thursday, so we won't be open. But the Friday after Thanksgiving, we will be closed, but we'll be open on the Saturday. And probably the same for Thanksgiving, for Christmas as well. Yeah, we'll be closed on, on Christmas. And we'll do the same thing for Christmas too. So the two weeks leading up, you can come in and get special Christmas holiday foods along with your regular visit. All right. So one of the things that we wanted to talk about today is sponsoring a family for the, for the holidays. That's right. We can't do any of this without the community's support. Your donation can help provide these special holiday foods for our client families this year. The other important thing is not only does it help us provide these holiday foods, but it also sustains us into the next year so that we can continue to show up for our neighbors all year round. Okay. So what does, what does it consist of? How can we, how can we sponsor a holiday? Sure. You can go to interfaithfoodministry.org. You can click on our donate button and that'll lead you to our donation page. And any donation, no matter the amount, will help us provide a little holiday joy and magic around Nevada County tables this holiday season. We have such strong buying power. We have great partnerships. We're able to purchase food in bulk. So every single dollar that is donated, we're able to stretch that, you know, four or five, six times that amount. So any little bit helps and you can help make the holidays special for a thousand, probably over a thousand families in Nevada County this holiday season. So when you say sponsor a family for the holidays, you're talking generally, not a, not specific. Not a specific family. No, you're just sponsoring a family's holiday meal for the, for the holidays. So that helps us, you know, get the, get the turkeys, the hams, and the sides that make a special holiday meal. Okay. So what would you, I know cash is always good, but monetary donations really go the farthest, as I mentioned, are really strong buying power that we're able to purchase at such discounted rates in bulk that we can really stretch that. But if you are interested in doing, you know, donating non-perishable foods, Hills Flat Lumber and South Yuba Club are both doing barrel drop-offs at their locations where you can drop off non-perishable foods there that will come right to IFM and those will go right into bags to be distributed to our client families. What would you, what would you suggest as far as actual food donations? Sure. If you're looking for specific holiday foods, it would be gravy, canned green beans, canned cranberry sauce, canned yams, and your cream of mushroom or chicken soup. Those would be really great non-perishable items to donate during this time that we can put in our holiday food bags for our client families. What do you normally have for Thanksgiving? What what is on your table? On my table, personally, we usually do turkey stuffing and my mom had this wonderful recipe of, they're called Parmesan potatoes, and so I make the Parmesan potatoes in her honor every Thanksgiving. Parmesan is cheese, right? That's right. I'm from Wisconsin, everything is cheese. You put cheese on potatoes. Is it potatoes or potatoes? Potatoes. Okay. Potatoes, just like in Lord of the Rings. Well, they also have, what, eight meals a day in Lord of the Rings? Yeah, yeah, the second breakfast, yeah. And another way you can donate is online. Yeah, online donations are really, really easy. You can just go to interfaithfoodministry.org. We make our donations really easy and simple on our donate page. You can select sponsor a family right there and put in your donation amount. You can also mail in a check. We're located at 440 Henderson Street in Grass Valley, 95945. You could even come in if you wanted to and drop off your donation as well, if you want to come in. We'll give you a tour if you want to see how all of this wonderful stuff happens every day at IFM. So you can actually take a tour? Yeah, absolutely. If anyone's interested in coming in for a tour, we would love to show you around. If you're interested in volunteering, it's such a magical time to volunteer and get involved with giving back to your community. We have so much fun at IFM and it's just a really, really special place and just a little extra special during the holidays. Do you get donations of yams? I remember taking cans of yam to school when I was a kid. They do a donation. Yeah, yams. Do you like yams? Are you a yam person? I'm not necessarily a yam or sweet potato person. So a yam is sweet potatoes, right? I think they're very similar. I don't know if they're the same. They may be from the same family. I'm from Wisconsin. Our vegetables are corn and potatoes. You didn't have yams on there. No, my dad actually makes a really good sweet potato. He slices them and then does kind of like a brown sugar glaze on them. That is the only time I'll really willingly eat sweet potatoes because those are really good. And you did mention gravy. Gravy, canned gravy goes a really long way. Packets of gravy, every little bit helps. Because that might make the sweet potatoes taste a little bit better. If you cover everything in gravy, you're good. Just gravy. That is what one of the four food groups, I believe. Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah, so grab some gravy. If maybe you have a problem with your cooking, it'll be covered up by the gravy. Yeah. Or the, what did you call parmesan? Parmesan potatoes. Potatoes. Yeah. Potatoes, potatoes. Well, we are going to take a break here and maybe you can announce this song. Oh, this is Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift. You recognized that immediately. Well, of course. That's pretty good. Where is this on your list? It's off the Reputation album, which I love. So it's pretty high. Reputation is pretty high. It's in the top 10. I don't know if it's top 10, but it's definitely in the top 20. Okay. Yeah. We'll try to cover some of the rest of your list here. This is Insight. Moe Howard filling in for Tom Fitzsimmons. We're talking with Victoria Lindsay from Interfaith Food Ministry. And we'll listen to some very important messages and come back in just moments. It is 20 minutes after nine, Hi, this is Jerry Johnson with The Range. It's that time of year. The leaves are falling and so are the prices at The Range, Nevada County's premier indoor shooting range and retail firearms store. Don't miss our 31st annual anniversary sale on Saturday, November 14th from 9am to 4pm. As we celebrate our country's 250th anniversary, we will salute our military and highlight the sale of a rare one of a kind military collection featuring over 70 original U.S. carbines and many other historical firearms. Our super sale of ammunition and modern arms is second to none and will be accompanied by our fall turkey shoot and all the interactive events you've come to appreciate over the last 31 years. 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It's Nevada County Turkey Trot at Hooper Stadium at Nevada Union High School, and this year begins an exciting new chapter as the Turkey Trot Foundation has been established to carry on the beloved tradition of the MBV2 Foundation that has supported and cared for our community for over two decades. There will be 5 and 10k walks and runs on a combination of trail and street terrain. Registration fees are $25 per person, 15 and older, and $12 for kids 14 and under. Registration deadline to be guaranteed a t-shirt is Wednesday, November 18th. The Nevada County Turkey Trot is a benefit to fund accessible mental health and wellness resources, supporting local youth programs, and caring for first responders who watch over all of us. On race day, registration begins at 7 30, the kids race at 8 15, and the 5 and 10k runs and 5k walks begin at 8 30. For more information and to register online, go to NevadaCountyTurkeyTrot.com. We'll see you Thanksgiving morning for the Nevada County Turkey Trot come rain or shine. This Thanksgiving weekend is a hometown musical reunion. Nevada City's favorite hometown band, Golden Shoulders, joins forces with Nevada City's other favorite hometown band, the Moore Brothers. Grab the family, the extended family, and those friends you secretly like better than your family. It's one great night of live music Saturday, November 28th, at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley. Get your tickets at thecenterforthearts.org. Attendance is strongly encouraged, family drama optional. Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he won't see, but I want and I'm needing everything that we should be. We're back on Insight on KNCO News Talk 830, mowing for Tom Fitzsimmons on this Thursday. We think it's Thursday. Yeah, we think it is. I get there on the right day. Yeah, it's good you showed up, otherwise I wouldn't recognize the day. Tell me about this song. This is early Taylor Swift, so I don't know that much about it. Okay, it's teardrops on my guitar. Yes, yes. Which probably is not good for the guitar. Probably not, you don't want to warp that wood. No, that's probably what happened. She had to get a whole new guitar. She had to write a song about it. And that's what switched her from country over to pop music. She's had enough of this. And you know, knowing Taylor Swift, she probably did experience that in real life. I believe it. Like crying on her guitar like that. Probably over, you know, a cat or a dog or something. Yeah, or this guy, Drew. Who's this guy? We're mad at Drew. What'd you do, Drew? Sounds like an artist himself too, right? Like a comic book artist with that name, Drew. You know, I printed something out recently because there was a story about that Taylor and Travis that they donated to, they called it a cat shelter, but I believe it was a dog and a cat shelter recently. It was like millions of dollars. It's amazing. And I'm not sure which one it was. Maybe it was the ASPCA, but I'm not sure. But it's just, you know, another reason to adore Taylor. She has donated to food banks and food pantries consistently. And during her Eris tour, she donated in every city she stopped in. And we're talking, you know, life changing donations for these organizations that were able to take this incredibly generous donation and then help their communities. It's really, really wonderful. We need her to come to the Center for the Arts. We really need her to come here. I would love to tell her all about the great work we do at IFM. And, you know, maybe she'd be willing to donate to us. You know, I also play music on our FM station. That's right. Maybe if I call her, she'll come to town. Yeah, I think if you call her and ask and just say, hey, you know, my friend Victoria, you know, she'd really like to meet you and tell you about all the good work that Interfaith Food Ministry does over here in Nevada County. And we'll play your songs. Yeah, perfect. If you do that. Yeah, exactly. Which we do anyway, as you know. Well, and we are talking Interfaith Food Ministry with Victoria Lindsay here on this Thursday. And, you know, today is three weeks from Thanksgiving. Three weeks from today is Thanksgiving. That crept up fast. Yeah, it happened. Yeah, I think we blinked and October was over. Yeah, we made it through Halloween. We did. And then all of a sudden it was Election Day. That's right. And now three weeks from today. Now it's Thanksgiving. Now we got to lock in. And we're going to start. We're doing some Christmas music on Star. You started the Christmas music already? No, on Thanksgiving weekend. Okay. All right. Yeah. Thank you. Not today. Yeah. Okay, good. But we can throw some in today if you request it. And also another thing about Taylor that I wanted to mention to you, and you probably already talked about this in the past, but she, after her tour, she doled out all sorts of money to those, the grips and all the people that work so hard. And it was in the thousands of dollars. $100,000 in some cases. Yeah, we're talking six digits. And people were able to earn enough to, well, not earn enough, but receive enough that they could put a huge down payment down on a home. Yeah. I mean, just the way that she treats the people around her and shows kindness and respect for the people that work with her, and especially all of the people that made the errors to her happen. What an incredible phenomenon that was. It's just so kind and an example of what it means to show up for people and show your appreciation for people. I think that would be you if you had the resources. Oh, 100%. I'd be handing out checks left and right. Yeah. Like if I had the power to change someone's life for the better like that, 100% sign me up. Yeah. Chris Gilbert would be wearing a tuxedo. Yeah. Not that he doesn't otherwise. Yeah, he's in a tuxedo right now. Yeah, that's basically his outfit. He wore that at his wedding 30 years ago and he's never taken it off. Well, look, he paid good money for it. So he's getting his money's worth. Yeah, 50 bucks. 50 bucks here and there. Well, we talked about sponsoring a family for the holidays and you briefly mentioned the community food drives, but I wonder if you could elaborate a little bit more about that. When are they? What's going on? Sure. So this is the second year that Hills Flat has done this for us. They have a donation barrel at their location, which is 380 Railroad Avenue. I mean, my husband is at Hills Flat all the time. We love shopping there. So you can donate items there until November 19th. So some of those items that I talked about, the gravy, the canned green beans, the canned cranberry sauce, all of that stuff or any other non-perishable items, things that IFM were always in need of as far as shelf stable items are mac and cheese, peanut butter, pasta sauce, ramen noodles, canned veggies, canned fruit, that sort of stuff. Those non-perishable items go a really long way to helping us. So you can donate at Hills Flat until November 19th. And then this is also the second year that South Yuba Club is doing their food drive as well. And that we're doing with our friends over at the Food Bank of Nevada County. So when you donate at South Yuba Club, those donations are being shared with our two organizations. We both work together to help our community to make sure that people have access to wholesome nutritional food. And so that is a great way to fight food insecurity right here in Nevada County by dropping off a can or two when you go over to the South Yuba Club. And so you say this is the second year that South Yuba and Hills Flat, they've been doing it. Yeah. Yeah. It's really great. It's just another example of how our community shows up for one another and want to help people, especially during the holidays, which can be a difficult time for many. And many families are wondering, how am I going to be able to afford a Thanksgiving meal or whatever the circumstances. But everybody should be able to enjoy a meal around their table with their loved ones. So it's really, really important. Yeah. That is a great sentiment. All right. So Hills Flat Lumber and South Yuba Club, have you ever get too many donations? No. There's no such thing. So there's never been like extra that you've like saved for next time or anything like that? No. No. We have that all. And the shelf stable stuff, we keep that in our pantry. Those items go in our staples bags for client families. The staples bags include canned soup, canned fruit, canned veggies, along with our other groceries that we provide. And things go on our pantry where if a client family comes in and want to ask for something extra, if they need salt or cooking oil or baking supplies, we have those available too as an ask for our client family. So those little extra things go a really long way. You ever get donations of spam? Yeah. We get spam. We get all types of non-perishable items. We get all types of stuff. My stepdaughter and stepson, they had read about spam and they wanted to know more about it. And so their mom, my wife, was reluctant. But once they got some spam and they made like spam sandwiches and they thought, this is the best. I'm going to tell you something. Spam is delicious. Spam is absolutely delicious. My grandmother would make scalloped potatoes in spam. I distinctly remember that. She grew up in the Great Depression. So I remember that. And I didn't understand why spam got such a bad rap because it tasted really good. Yeah. They knew what they were doing during that era. They did. They knew how to stretch a dollar. They knew how to stretch a can. They really, really made an effort to make everything in their pantry work. Yeah. Both of my parents, they grew up during the Depression. And in our house, they always had cans and cans of items stored because they went through it once. They were not going to go through it again. Absolutely. They wanted to be prepared. That's peace of mind. And that's one of the things that Interfaith Food Ministry does so well is help prepare us. Keep us prepared. Exactly. We are here for you. That is what we do. We've been doing this for 39 years. If you are in need of support or struggling and putting food on your table or having to deal with a high PG&E bill and you don't know and gas is so expensive, groceries are so expensive, that's what we're here for. Come on in. The only requirement to come receive food at IFM is a photo ID and proof of Nevada County residence. So a utility bill, a lease, your car registration, anything that just proves you're a Nevada County resident. How long have you been with Interfaith Food Ministry? I have been at IFM for three and a half years now. And so Phil Alonzo, he said to himself, I feel more comfortable having someone else go on the radio. Yeah. He was like, you know what? This girl has a face for radio. We're going to have her do it. Well, I wasn't going to say that, but you know, I remember talking with Phil and he actually did pretty well, but I can understand. Oh no, he does a great job. He would want to bring in. Phil is our executive director, so he is also extremely busy. You know, he is helming the ship. He is working so hard. He has so much on his plate and he always does it just in a friendly, fun, you know, chill manner. But, you know, me being able to do this frees him up to be able to work on some important IFM stuff. And you have a great personality for it. Well, thank you. Thank you. I love doing it. I could talk about the good work that we do at IFM all day long. You're going to have to get the hook and get me out of here. Yeah, let's do that. Let's talk about some of the other things, non-holiday, but also we're going to swing back around to the holidays as well. And so what's this song? Do you know it? Is this Love Story? Wow. Excellent. Good job. See, that's why I don't bring out any trivia for you about Taylor Swift anymore. No one learns anything because you know it all. So we are going to head into the news booth and get an update from Chris Gilbert here in just a second. It is nine thirty six, fifty four degrees. Moe Howard filling in for Tom Fitzsimmons on Insight here on KNCO News Talk 830. They helped create what we now call Americana, and they're still doing it. The Jayhawks are celebrating 40 years with a brand new album and live tour. See them on Tuesday, December 8th at the Center for the Arts in downtown Grass Valley with new floor seating that's just opened up. See the band that's backed up Johnny Cash and Ray Davies up close and personal. Tickets at the center for the arts dot org or call five three zero two seven four eight three eight four. The Jayhawks, December 8th, the Center for the Arts, Grass Valley. I'm Chris Gilbert with the KNCO Local News Update. Leading by over 400 votes on election night, Scott Beasley and Bob Branstrom are optimistic about being the two new members of the Grass Valley City Council in December. They would replace Hilary Hodge and Haven Caravelli who didn't want to run for new four-year terms. Beasley was the top vote getter with a slim lead of 15 votes over Branstrom, and Peavy was third among the three candidates. Beasley told us that there's potential for a pretty tight city budget next year while at the same time he heard many residents ask for a greater police presence. Literally during my canvassing had an unfortunate e-bike accident so again depending on the neighborhood there's some attention to e-bikes. Other neighborhoods want to see a little bit more action around homeless and I was hearing people are hoping that they get more support which would come from health and human services at the county or some people are looking for more enforcement for loitering around businesses there in the basin. Meanwhile Branstrom wants to see more progress by the city in providing more affordable housing. He noted that there are three developments being planned that would provide about 100 more homes and apartments and with market rates as well. He says Branstrom also wants the city to work consistently with Hospitality House and Habitat for Humanity in providing more reasonably priced housing. But he says his top priority will be taking more strides in reducing the wildfire risk. He says that includes more neighborhoods joining firewise communities which could help reduce overgrown vegetation and help address wooden fences that are too close to homes. Branstrom would be rejoining the council after a two-year absence. He was unseated by council member Joe Bonamolo in 2024. And looking at the two open seats on the Nevada Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees, incumbent Olivia Pritchett leads Nina Kopp 60 to 39 percent and Tim Drew leads Keith Allen 59 to 40 percent to replace Ken Johnson who did not seek another term. And looking at local ballot measures affecting western Nevada County, measure Q has 61 percent support for updating Nevada City short-term rental regulations. And the Pleasant Ridge School District bond measure, measure M, has 66 percent support just under the two-thirds requirement that's needed. It's unknown at this time how many ballots still need to be counted countywide. And the next vote update isn't until Friday. For other local election results, go to the Nevada County Elections Office. I'm Chris Gilbert, KNCO News Talk 830. Hey Nevada County, I'm Lucas Mijares. And I'm Jesse Etlin. We're the founders of Zion Capital right here in your backyard. And if you've listened to Dave Ramsey, you know how important it is to have someone you can trust. That's why we're your local smartvester pros. Lucas was named one of eight finalists for advisor of the year by Investment News and has been featured in Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. And Jesse's been voted best financial advisor in Nevada County four years in a row. We're backed by firms like Fidelity and Charles Schwab, so you don't have to drive down the hill. You can have Schwab and Fidelity right here in your backyard. That means you get a true hometown relationship with Fortune 500 muscle behind your plan. 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For weather, any time, click on the weather center at knco.com. I'm meteorologist Dan Holiday on KNCO News Talk 830. They'll hold your brother down and let it go. But if you're sick of him, I got you. I was patient zero. Banger. Yeah. Absolute banger. This, um, who is this artist? This is Taylor Allison Swift. I don't know if anybody's heard of her, but I think she's got a promising career ahead of her. Things. Yeah. Things are looking good. Uh, and was this song about, uh, Travis? I highly doubt it. No, I highly, highly doubt it. The Cleveland, that one that came out, that's definitely about Travis. So this is about this one. Who knows? And this is, I believe this is number one right now. Is it really? I think so. Right on. Or at least it was. You get those violins coming in at the top. And those are real violins. Yeah. Yeah. Not AI violins. Some people say there's too much sax and violins in music, but there, when it comes to Taylor Swift, that's, that's not right. No. Yeah. And we are, we are talking with Victoria Lindsay from Interfaith Food Ministry, Mo Howard filling in for Tom Fitzsimmons on this Thursday, three weeks from Thanksgiving. And you did something, um, to support Tom this morning because, uh, there is, uh, you can go to our website. So tell me what you did. Oh, I donated to Tom's GoFundMe. Yeah. And so did you just go to the website? Is that how you did it? Yeah, I just went to the website and I actually, I shared it with my friend Laura and I believe she donated as well. Um, but it's just been really, really beautiful to see how our community is rallying around my friend Tom. And you know, you can listen to some messages. I did. Did you? Yeah, I did. I did. And you know, we can't, um, we can't play this computer on the air. Okay. So, uh, but I've, I've been meaning to play some of those, so I'll have to dub them off. Yeah, please do. I mean, Tom is just such a, such an important part of Nevada County and he's just such a wonderful human being. And, um, I just love and adore Tom. And he is, uh, on hiatus perhaps for a few months, but, uh, he, uh, this chair is waiting for him when he comes back. That's right. We're, we're waiting for you, Tom. So we're looking forward to that. Hopefully by the next time you're here. Let's hope. Let's hope. So anyway, if you'd like to donate knco.com and then you can listen to Tom's message, uh, that he, um, shared on the air a couple of weeks ago. And if you'd like, you can donate to his GoFundMe. And we actually had some people, uh, that have no access to the internet. They wanted to know how they could help. And so they, they dropped off. Oh, I love that. That's really great. Yeah. That's really, really wonderful. And were you the one that brought him the soup? Who brought him soup? I didn't bring him soup, but you know, Tom, Tom and I are neighbors. So I, I did drop off a care package for him. You did. I did. Good for you. And, and you also offered to help take care of Ranger. That's right. I told him, I told him I could walk Ranger anytime. And so, you know, Tom, I highly, I highly doubt you're listening. You know, you're on hiatus, but maybe if you are, I'm going to keep bugging you and offer to walk Ranger. So just take me up on it. Yeah. And that's another thing. We, we miss having Ranger around here. I know. Ranger, the cutie patootie. I sent my husband over to put pine needles off of Tom's driveway and Ranger wouldn't let him. He was not, he was not happy that someone was getting too close to the house. Well, yeah, he's, he's very protective. He is very protective of Tom. I think we're all very protective of Tom. Yeah. All right. Well, thank you for doing all that for offering. It's the least I can do. Yeah. And I know you're close with Tom, which is cool. And so he, did you say he called you or texted you? He texted me. He actually texted me. That happens very rarely. Yeah. And he said, Hey, Wisconsin girl, how about your brewers? And I was so happy to hear from him. And so it was great. So yeah, I texted him a picture of me. I was on the, I was on a plane traveling, watching one of the games and had my brewers hat on and said, I'm the only brewers fan on this flight. Coming from Milwaukee? Yeah. Coming from Milwaukee. And you were the only brewer. I was the only brewers fan, but I had the whole flight crew cheering. Good. Yeah. Good for you. I can see that happening with you. You can sponsor a family for the holidays by making a donation. The community food drives are going on at Hills Flat and South Yuba Club. And also there's an art show coming up. Yes. Local artist, Ronnie Hart, who is just an absolute gem. Every year, her and the Grass Valley Courtyard Suites do a art show, a gallery in the lobby there at the Courtyard Suites and proceeds of the sales of all of Ronnie's art get donated directly to IFM. So that's another way that you can support IFM during the holidays to help provide special holiday foods for our client families here in Nevada County. But she's doing a special artist reception at, in Courtyard Suites is hosting it. That's this Saturday from 530 to 630. There'll be refreshments. Ronnie will be there. You get to look at her cool art. She's a mixed media artist. I have, uh, quite a few of her beautiful pieces and, uh, she's just, she's just a delight. So, uh, if you're at Grass Valley Courtyard Suites, take a look around, come, come join them for the artist reception, get to meet Ronnie. She can tell you about her process and you can support IFM. And they, uh, when, when I spent the night at Courtyard Suites during one of our Christmas, um, during a Christmas, uh, party that we had at, uh, at Serino's, um, I got to meet the cat that, that lives there. Oh, that's right. I'm forgetting the cat's name. Yeah. Well, that cat was TT and that cat got out and, uh, yeah, they lost TT. Uh, hopefully TT was adopted. I hope TT found a new family. Uh, but then they adopted, um, another cat and I can't remember the name of the cat, Peggy or something like that. I can't remember. Well, I'll say hi to the cat for you on Saturday if you can't make it. Thank you. But that's another reason to go to Courtyard Suites, see the art and maybe give, um, give the cat, the new cat. Yeah. And I've seen pictures of the cat and it's already like taken charge. Oh yeah. It runs the place. Taken possession of Courtyard Suites. So anything, anything you can do to help out Interfaith Food Ministry plus run into a cat, uh, you ought to do it. Uh, so, um, let's, let's talk again about the, uh, distributions and how that's working. Sure. Sure. So like I said, we, uh, have our distribution distributions Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10 a.m. to 11, our reservations, highly encouraged cuts down your wait time. So easy, simple. Uh, we have many people that really enjoy using the reservation system and it also helps us plan and know how many, you know, families are coming through during that hour. Uh, and then from, uh, 11 to 1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, that's first come first serve. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. first come, first serve. Uh, those are food access Saturdays that are help made possible, uh, with our partnership with our friends over at United Way. And so Saturdays, uh, no reservations required. Our Thanksgiving distributions begin next Wednesday and run until the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. So it's two weeks before Thanksgiving. You can come in and receive special holiday foods along with your regular visit, uh, and, you know, come on, come through. We, uh, we see a lot of people during the holidays. Please pack your patients as well. The lines can be a little long, uh, you know, and please be respectful about the neighboring businesses and the neighboring residents in our area. Please make sure that you're following, uh, traffic instructions and just, you know, please remember that, uh, you know, the lines may be long, but we're, we're here to help and that's what we're going to do. And you must, um, Interfaith must have, um, some increased costs due to the, uh, the fuel prices, right? Yeah, everything. I mean, we are feeling the impact of increased fuel costs, increased food prices, increased, uh, you know, electricity bills. We are absolutely feeling it too. Um, you know, our, our truck is diesel and diesel is very expensive. Um, our refrigerated box truck that, you know, we're allowed, we're able to, uh, pick up and transport food with. So we're, we're absolutely feeling it too. But again, we've got our really strong buying power and we're really able to make sure that we're purchasing food that one, will benefit our client family, stuff that they're looking for important, uh, nutritious staples and other things for people to put on their tables. Uh, and we have a great, uh, food committee of, you know, staff and volunteers that really put a lot of thought, time and effort into what we're purchasing, how we're purchasing it and what we're paying for it. How many trucks do you have? We just have the one refrigerated box truck, just the one. And how far have, does it travel? It travels all the way down to South County. So we have a really great food rescue program. So SB 1383 was passed where grocery stores cannot throw out food that is still edible. Uh, and through our box truck and our volunteer drivers, uh, and people volunteering and using their personal vehicles, we go and pick up at pretty much every grocery store in the area, um, food that is still perfectly good to eat. Uh, and we take that into IFM and then we're able to share it with our client family so that food isn't going to waste. We're saving, um, food from landfills. We're helping the environment and we're helping our community. So if you, um, if you have any advice about, uh, gas prices, just try to shake them off, right? Yeah, just shake it off. Just shake it off. I don't know that that'll work, but maybe it's good advice. I don't know how much we can shake off, but we'll do our best. All right. Well, we have some more, um, important messages from our sponsors. We'll come back and finish up with Victoria Lindsay at Interfaith Food Ministry in just a couple of minutes. Hi, I'm Pat Dyer. There are some things that never go out of style. 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And I did want to mention that earlier this morning, I was talking about it being Donut Appreciation Day. You ever get any donuts there at Interfaith Food Ministry? Yeah, sometimes we have donuts. We get a lot of donuts for the food rescue from the bakeries. Well, yeah, today is Donut Appreciation Day. It's Donut Appreciation Day. And Marianne, our general manager, she heard us talking about it this morning, and she brought in some donuts. Oh, how fun! That was really nice of you, Marianne. Yeah, in fact, we had a contest this morning about the most popular donut. What do you think? What do you think it is? Here's your choices. Oh, okay, yeah. Classic, glazed, cream-filled, or chocolate? I'm going to say that chocolate is probably the favorite, but for me, it's the classic old-fashioned. That's right. It is the classic glazed. Yes, classic glazed. It's your favorite. Yeah, I like a classic anything, although a Boston cream donut is very significant to me and my husband. That's right. It had something to do with your... How we met. Yeah, it was Boston cream night. That was the theme of Phish's show the night we met at Madison Square Garden during their Baker's Doesn't Run. And you recently saw Phish again, didn't you? Yeah, I just went and saw him out in Denver, Colorado, where I used to live. Excellent. Yeah. Now, when you met, did you have like each side of a donut, and you kind of ate your way toward each other? Wouldn't that have been adorable? But no, we didn't do that. Do you ever do that now? No, but maybe that's what we'll do for our anniversary next year. Yeah, maybe like the lady and the tramp? Lady and the tramp, yeah. Eat your way to your lover. All right, we just have a few seconds left. So let's talk about anything you want to throw out there. Sure. I just want to thank Nevada County for all of the support. Like I said, we've been around for 39 years, and this is only possible because of you. You are the people that make this magic happen during the holidays, and you are the ones that help keep Nevada County fed all throughout the year. And we could not do it without you. This community is so incredible. I mean, just look at how everyone is supporting Tom right now. Like, this is a very, very special place where we live, and I'm honored to be a small part of it. And if you're able to give donations, give your time, give a couple of cans this holiday season to help Nevada County families make the holidays a little special, we'd greatly appreciate it. All right, and can you identify this Taylor Swift song? No, you can't. This is just the Insight music. Okay, we'll go with that. It's the Insight music by Taylor Swift. Well, thank you, Victoria. Thanks, Mo. Thanks for having me. Been a pleasure. I'll see you. Tom, we miss you. Bye. --- end of transcript ---