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(00:01):
It's all over the news. Igot a newsflash for you. It's a
rockin Robins news flash on Madison's ClassicRock one on one point five IBAFM.
If I had a favorite edition ofthe week, this would be It's the
Friday edition of rockin Robin's news Flash. News director Robin Colbert joins us for
newstock thirteen to ten. Wyba AmRobin, Happy Friday. Back atcha Ben.
(00:23):
You know what. I've got anupdate on that oddball story from yesterday
about the Illinois guy who was stoppedby Eastound Mall and Madison with a camper.
Oh yeah, full of crying kids. Yeah well yeah, he faces
charges not just in Dane, butin sau County. On Wednesday night,
witnesses called police after they saw kidsin distress in this camper being hauled by
(00:48):
Kenneth Thompson. Now, police sayThompson had gotten into a fight with his
girlfriend during the stay at the KalahariResort in Lake Delton, and so he
was going to take off and headback to Illinois, and uh yeah,
there were nine kids that were inthe camper. Nine When on the interstate
the kids were signaling the passing motoriststo call nine one one. Now,
some of the kids are Thompson's grandkids, the others belonged to the girlfriend.
(01:12):
Nobody was hurt. In the end, he is facing an OWI charge here
in Dane County and in sau County, charges of reckless endangerment and perhaps even
child abduction. And he just leftthe girlfriend at Kalahari. Yeah, wow,
that story. I didn't think hecould get more odd, but it
kind of did odd. Well,now I got to know what were they
(01:33):
fighting about. Probably all those kids, that's a lot to take to KLi.
So I don't know. We'll seewith the child abduction charges if they
are filed. Is this the caseof he didn't because a pretty big camper.
Maybe he didn't know the kids werein the camper or I don't know.
Well, yeah, I would findthat hard to believe. Kiaran Madison
person trapped under a boat trailer onthe North Side hospitalized with serious injuries.
(01:57):
Madison's fire department was all to SpawnAvenue on Wednesday. They got a report
of a person run over by aboat trailer on a long sloped driveway.
It was quite a hectic rescue effortto free this victim. They finally brought
in an electric spreader to lift upthe trailer and get this person out from
waderneath it. Yeah, that's kindof a freak accident. What's behind the
(02:21):
jump at the pumps driving the otherday? Just this morning? Actually,
notice three eighty nine at some places. Wow, recent stormy weather here in
the Midwest, all those tornadoes inthe Chicago area being blamed. Wisconsin statewide
average today, according to tripa athree fifty two a gallon. That's up
about twenty cents from a week ago. But again, some stations here in
the Madison area are at three eightynine at gallon. Yeah, I'm got
(02:43):
a giggling because we know what's comingup in November, so I'm sure gas
prices are going to be going down. Speaking of the election, days after
Vice President Kamala Harris launched her presidentialcampaign right here in Wisconsin and West Allis,
her husband, who's referred to asthe Second Gentleman, Doug M.
Hoff, is going to be upin Warsaw this weekend to attend a mung
(03:06):
festival and also speak at a rallyin Wassaw. So there you go,
the Second Gentleman making his way toWisconsin. I may have to get used
to that term. It just seemsI don't know, it's an awkward title.
So if she were elected president,would that still be his title?
He would be the first gentleman,first gentleman. Yeah, he'd be the
first gentleman. Absolutely he would,because as VP, he's second gentleman.
(03:30):
So yeah, he'd be the firstgentleman. And he actually would be the
first. Yes he would, Yeshe would. And Fortune magazine recognizing the
city of Middleton is one of thebest places to live for families in America,
good neighbor city, coming in eighteenthon the list of top fifty cities
in the nation, number one onthe list. Stevie Nix wrote a little
(03:51):
song about it, Silver Spring,Maryland. What song is silver Spring?
Fleetwood Max silver springs, as sheputs an essah it silver springs. And
it was during you know, goodold Stevie and Lindsay Buckingham. I mean
that breakup lasted how many years?Yeah, But with all the you know,
(04:12):
the the meanings behind the songs orwhat have you, it's always somehow
dealing for Fleetwood Mac with Stevie andLindsay breaking up. And this is the
case here too. They were inthe midst of breaking up, and they
were driving through Maryland and she sawthe road sign uh for Silver Spring,
Maryland, and she thought, oh, that sounds like such a such a
nice, beautiful place to live.Consider myself a decent fan of Fleetwood Mac.
(04:36):
I don't know if I've heard thissong. Oh my god, it's
beautiful. It's very melancholy. Butand so she's saying, like Lindsay could
be her idea of having, youknow, a place place to live vision
at hell, didn't he Yeah,it didn't quite work out so well for
(04:56):
those two kids. Who knows,maybe at the end of the day they'll
event actually get back together. No, I don't think so. I don't
think so. Anyway, have agreat weekend. Two all right, Continuing
to work toward three forty. Heregang on at c G if your final
shot this week to win a pairof tickets with me into John Fogerty Show
one week from tonight in Milwaukee withspecial guests George Thurlgood. So hank time
(05:17):
for that plus Guns n' Rolls isSound Garden and Pink Floyd Down. What
a one point five
It's all over the news. Igot a newsflash for you. It's a
rockin Robins news flash on Madison's ClassicRock one on one point five IBAFM.
If I had a favorite edition ofthe week, this would be It's the
Friday edition of rockin Robin's news Flash. News director Robin Colbert joins us for
newstock thirteen to ten. Wyba AmRobin, Happy Friday. Back atcha Ben.
(00:23):
You know what. I've got anupdate on that oddball story from yesterday
about the Illinois guy who was stoppedby Eastound Mall and Madison with a camper.
Oh yeah, full of crying kids. Yeah well yeah, he faces
charges not just in Dane, butin sau County. On Wednesday night,
witnesses called police after they saw kidsin distress in this camper being hauled by
(00:48):
Kenneth Thompson. Now, police sayThompson had gotten into a fight with his
girlfriend during the stay at the KalahariResort in Lake Delton, and so he
was going to take off and headback to Illinois, and uh yeah,
there were nine kids that were inthe camper. Nine When on the interstate
the kids were signaling the passing motoriststo call nine one one. Now,
some of the kids are Thompson's grandkids, the others belonged to the girlfriend.
(01:12):
Nobody was hurt. In the end, he is facing an OWI charge here
in Dane County and in sau County, charges of reckless endangerment and perhaps even
child abduction. And he just leftthe girlfriend at Kalahari. Yeah, wow,
that story. I didn't think hecould get more odd, but it
kind of did odd. Well,now I got to know what were they
(01:33):
fighting about. Probably all those kids, that's a lot to take to KLi.
So I don't know. We'll seewith the child abduction charges if they
are filed. Is this the caseof he didn't because a pretty big camper.
Maybe he didn't know the kids werein the camper or I don't know.
Well, yeah, I would findthat hard to believe. Kiaran Madison
person trapped under a boat trailer onthe North Side hospitalized with serious injuries.
(01:57):
Madison's fire department was all to SpawnAvenue on Wednesday. They got a report
of a person run over by aboat trailer on a long sloped driveway.
It was quite a hectic rescue effortto free this victim. They finally brought
in an electric spreader to lift upthe trailer and get this person out from
waderneath it. Yeah, that's kindof a freak accident. What's behind the
(02:21):
jump at the pumps driving the otherday? Just this morning? Actually,
notice three eighty nine at some places. Wow, recent stormy weather here in
the Midwest, all those tornadoes inthe Chicago area being blamed. Wisconsin statewide
average today, according to tripa athree fifty two a gallon. That's up
about twenty cents from a week ago. But again, some stations here in
the Madison area are at three eightynine at gallon. Yeah, I'm got
(02:43):
a giggling because we know what's comingup in November, so I'm sure gas
prices are going to be going down. Speaking of the election, days after
Vice President Kamala Harris launched her presidentialcampaign right here in Wisconsin and West Allis,
her husband, who's referred to asthe Second Gentleman, Doug M.
Hoff, is going to be upin Warsaw this weekend to attend a mung
(03:06):
festival and also speak at a rallyin Wassaw. So there you go,
the Second Gentleman making his way toWisconsin. I may have to get used
to that term. It just seemsI don't know, it's an awkward title.
So if she were elected president,would that still be his title?
He would be the first gentleman,first gentleman. Yeah, he'd be the
first gentleman. Absolutely he would,because as VP, he's second gentleman.
(03:30):
So yeah, he'd be the firstgentleman. And he actually would be the
first. Yes he would, Yeshe would. And Fortune magazine recognizing the
city of Middleton is one of thebest places to live for families in America,
good neighbor city, coming in eighteenthon the list of top fifty cities
in the nation, number one onthe list. Stevie Nix wrote a little
(03:51):
song about it, Silver Spring,Maryland. What song is silver Spring?
Fleetwood Max silver springs, as sheputs an essah it silver springs. And
it was during you know, goodold Stevie and Lindsay Buckingham. I mean
that breakup lasted how many years?Yeah, But with all the you know,
(04:12):
the the meanings behind the songs orwhat have you, it's always somehow
dealing for Fleetwood Mac with Stevie andLindsay breaking up. And this is the
case here too. They were inthe midst of breaking up, and they
were driving through Maryland and she sawthe road sign uh for Silver Spring,
Maryland, and she thought, oh, that sounds like such a such a
nice, beautiful place to live.Consider myself a decent fan of Fleetwood Mac.
(04:36):
I don't know if I've heard thissong. Oh my god, it's
beautiful. It's very melancholy. Butand so she's saying, like Lindsay could
be her idea of having, youknow, a place place to live vision
at hell, didn't he Yeah,it didn't quite work out so well for
(04:56):
those two kids. Who knows,maybe at the end of the day they'll
event actually get back together. No, I don't think so. I don't
think so. Anyway, have agreat weekend. Two all right, Continuing
to work toward three forty. Heregang on at c G if your final
shot this week to win a pairof tickets with me into John Fogerty Show
one week from tonight in Milwaukee withspecial guests George Thurlgood. So hank time
(05:17):
for that plus Guns n' Rolls isSound Garden and Pink Floyd Down. What
a one point five
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