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To submit a Birthday scroll to the bottom of the page and fill out the form, or you can always call 423-643-9858 the day of the birthday before 8:20am.

Today's Birthday Winner-McKinna Svoboda 6, from Ringgold

Happy Birthday McKinna!-Enjoy the DQ Grill and Chill Ice Cream Cake

Thursday 3-11-2010

We talked about the Kansas City MO school district that is closing 29 out of their 61 schools due to the budget crisis and are facing bankrupcy. We focused on how tough that is on kids who are forced to move to different schools. Great calls about David Brainerd Baptist and 21st Century Schools among others and how God helped those students through tough times.

We hide food from our kids! My kids hide food-they learned that from their parents! Great phone calls from listeners this morning sharing about hiding bananas, chocolate, and other sweets from their children-partially to ration it and partially just for their own consumption. Really funny confessional of a mom who's son has to hide candy from her!!

Wednesday 3-10-2010

We had a plea from a father this morning requesting prayer for his daughter who took a terrible fall and is facing some difficult medical needs. She has a facebook page set up and asked if everyone could go and share words of encouragement to her. "Getwellsoonsashaannmorelandweloveyou"

America's Worst French Fries (and What You Should Eat Instead!)Men's Health magazine did a study on French Fries in the US. They rate the fries by nutritional value. Disclaimer***I love all of these French Fries and this is just a nutritional study. (Please continue eating them in moderation if you like). Worst Curly Fries-Arby's Curly Fries (large) 640 calories, 34g fat (5 g saturated, 0g trans) 1,460 mg sodium-Eat this Instead! Homestyle Fries (small) 350 calories, 15g fat (2 g saturated), 720 mg sodium. Worst Wedge Fries-Jack in the Box Bacon Cheddar Wedges-715 calories, 43 g fat (13 g saturated, 1 g trans), 905 mg sodium, Worst Fries for Your Blood Pressure-DQ Chili Cheese Fries-1,240 calories, 71 g fat (28 g saturated, 0.5 g trans), 2,550 mg sodium-Eat this Instead! French Fries (regular) 310 calories, 13 g fat 92 g saturated), 640 mg sodium, Worst Regular Order of Fries-Five Guys Burger and Fries-1,464 calories, 71 g fat (14 g saturated), 213 mg sodium-Eat this Instead-Regular Fries (1/2 serving) 310 calories, 15 g fat (3 g saturated), 45 mg sodium, Worst Fries in America-Chili's Texas Cheese Fries w/Jalapeno Ranch-1,920 calories, 147 g fat (63 g saturated), 3,580 mg sodium-Eat this Instead-Homestyle Fries, 380 calories, 23 g fat (4 g saturated), 230 mg sodium, Best Fast Food Fries in America-McDonald's Small French Fries-230 calories, 11 g fat (1.5 g saturated), 160 mg sodium. Out of the big three fast food joints (McDonalds, Wendy's and Burger King), you'll find the least caloric, least salty fries underneath the Golden Arches. The key to ordering a smart side dish is portion sizing-and McDonald's has that under control.

Tuesday 3-9-2010

This morning we talked about Birthday Freebies! We all love to get something free for our Birthday! Here's the list you help us compile:

Black Angus Restuarants-Free Steak Dinner-good for 2 weeks before or after your birthday

Dennys-Kids Birthday Club-Free Kids Meal and Sundae with Kids Club Card (10 and under)

Red Robin-Sign uip for their EClub for free gift and Free Birthday Burger

Firehouse Subs-Join their mailing list to receive free sandwich during your Birthday month

Coldstone Creamery-Sign up on website for free frozen treat.

Baskin Robbins-Free 2.5 oz scoop baskinrobbins.com

Genghis Grill-Join Kahnsrewards club and receive free "bowl" on your birthday (One of my personal favorites!)

Aveda-free skin care products with birthday purchase

Nana's Frozen Custard in Hixson-free custard cone when you ask on your Birthday. (My family loves Nana's Custard!!!)

Park Place Restaurant in Fort Oglethorpe-Free meal on your birthday. (I reccomend the corn nuggets!!!!)

Provinos-(next to the Rave Theater)-free meal on your Birthday. (Another restuarant we go to at least 5 times a year on our family members birthdays!)

Olan Mills-free 8x10, 5x7 and 4 wallets for your child each year birth-3 years old

TGI Fridays-free appetizer/dessert

Others called in by listeners-Red Lobster, Burger King, Ace Hardware, Fields Ferry Golf Club in Calhoun, Western Sizzlin.

A new sport debuted on The Today Show this morning-Skyaking! People strap on a kayak and slide out of an airplane thousands of feet in the air and they land on a stip of water-Up for it! Or would that be "down for it?"

Barbie turns 51. On this date in history at the International Toy Fair in 1959 the Barbie Doll was unveiled. Here are some Barbie Doll fun-facts:

Barbie doll had more than 80 careers-everything from rock star to paleontologist to a presidential candidate.
Barbie doll represented a candidate for President in 1992 and ran again in 2000 with a paltform of opportunities for girls, educational excellence and animal rights.
The military series of Barbie dolls, Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps went through approvals by the Pentagon to ensure the most realistic costumes. Wouldn't you of liked to been in the "war room" to see the Generals passing around the Barbie Dolls?
Placed head to toe, Barbie dolls and family members sold since 1959 would circle the earth more than seven times.
Every second, three Barbie dolls are sold somewhere in the world.
The full name of Barbie doll is "Barbie Millicent Roberts. She is from Willows, Wisconsin and went to Willows High School.

Monday 3-8-2010

Please pray for the Jeff Sims Family. Jeff was a very Godly man, faithful husband, and father of three great kids. He had a massive heart attack Friday while working on the family sod farm. The funeral is today and they have asked me to sing a song. Jeff coached baseball with me for years, and was only about 11 months older than me. There are a lot of boys that looked up to him as a father figure. He already is greatly missed.

Five Foods you should eat everyday-according to "Real Life Makeover at Yahoo.com" 1. Leafy greens 2. Nuts 3. Onions 4. Whole grains 5. Yogurt

Oscar Wrap Up: Best Actress Sandra Bullock for the movie The Blind Side, Best Actor Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart, Best Picture-The Hurt Locker (Should have been The Blind Side), and Best director (first time a female has ever won this award) Kathryn Begelow for The Hurt Locker. Best Animated film Disney/Pixar's "UP"

Out of all the Academy nominations I have only seen one-The Blind Side, (figures!)

Monday Morning Chuckle

Monday, March 8, 2010

Tim Hawkins shares about Playground Mishaps

Friday 3-5-2010

Today we announced the JFest 2010 Lineup!!!! We did this through our JFest Ultimate Fan contest. Congratulations Connie Shrader! She was the first person who could identify all 11 of the National artists in our montage. She identified: Sidewalk Prophets, Natalie Grant, Matthew West, Matt Maher, Johnny Diaz, Among the Thirsty, Barlow Girl, Lincoln Brewster, 33 Miles, Aaron Shust and Britt Nicole. Great job Connie!

You can check out the JFest lineup at JFest2010.com

Thursday 3-4-2010

It appears that sibling rivalry can remain after decades, at least among TV child stars. The Brady Bunch kids were supposed to join together the The Today Show this morning for a reunion. Everyone had committed except for two....it appears that Marcia and Jan can not get along. Maureen McCormick and Eve Plumb have supposedly had a feud going on for years. Eve Plumb refused to make the trip to NY today to appear on the show. A website says it is because she can't stand to be in the same room with McCormick, who played her older sister Marcia on the show. Both actressses deny the feud, but apparently there is something to it.......Marcia Marcia Marcia! You two go to your room and don't come out until you can get along! Poor Cindy!

Some of you may have heard me say this morning that "I found Jesus!" You see I had lost him for about 3 days. Let me explain. At Christmas time I entertained the Marine Corps League's annual Christmas party. When I was finished and had shared my testimony, one of the guests approached me and said, "Ted, it is apparent that Jesus is in your heart....I want him to always be in your pocket." He then gave me a little silver "stone" with the name Jesus ingraved in it. He said he keeps on in his pocket so whenever he reaches in for change, he sees and feels it and it reminds him that Jesus is with him. So, I began keeping it in my pocket. Every morning I wake up and put it in my pocket. The other morning I couldn't find "Jesus!" I figured I dropped him somewhere and hoped that someone would pick him up. This morning when I put on my pants, I reached into my pocket and......that's right......I found Jesus!

Listeners are beginning to put the pieces together and getting close to naming all of the artists on the JFest Montage. Tomorrow we will have a winner!

We took your phone calls today "bragging on" and thanking God for your kids. My three kids give me reason every day to be thankful. "Thankful that there aren't four!" Just kidding! Chipper is picking up the game of tennis, Lauren and Trevor played very well in their soccer game last night, and upon arriving home after the game, Lauren received a phone call from the Academic Dean at Bryan College. She was invited to come and compete in the Dean's Scholarship last Friday. The competition involved an interview with a panel of faculty. Just for qualifying Lauren won a $3,000 scholarship. The overall winner would receive $7,0000. Lauren won!!!! I am so thankful for the scholarship, (means less money out of our budget for her college), but most important I am thankful for the stand that she is taking for Christ. It was apparent in her interview that God is alive and active in her life. Thank God for your kids today!

Wednesday 3-3-2010

I had the awesome priviledge to emcee the Lookout Mountain Area FCA Banquet with Bobby Bowden last night. I have always known who Coach Bowden was but never knew that much about him. I knew he was a believer-but man....He "laid the smack" down through his faith last night. It was great to hear this man of God share and challenge those in attendance. He graciously autographed a football (that FCA gave me) and a large poster of the Seminole Stadium. Those two items will be in our Celebrating 15 years Auction and party/concert. Come on out and bid on Coach Bowden!

US Post Office considering dropping Saturday deliveries. The USPS is looking at losing 238 billion dollars in 10 years, 7 billion in this last year. As Americans are turning more to electronic communications than paper the USPS items shipped have been dropping. The number of pieces of mail has dropped from 213 billion in 2006 to 177 billion last year. They know one of the cost-saving options would be to drop mail delivery on Saturdays and raise the postal rates. Makes sense to me doesnt it? Drop service and raise the rate you charge for that service??? Of course it does mean one less day I will have to receive bills at my house!

President Obama had his first Presidential health physical yesterday. The Naval Doctors say he is in excellent physical health. His heart, bloodpressure, and body-mass index are all great. However, his LDL cholesterol are high. In a press conference the Press Secretary joked about how the president knows he is just going to have to push away from the table before the pastry chef brings out the dessert. We took calls from you sharing what you need to push away from the table from. We had calls saying: chocolate, ice cream pie (David Karnes addition), spicy tofu at Chef Lins, BoJangles spicy cajun biscuits (Mike Wood's addition) and the winning dessert-Butterfinger Cake.

Dominoes Pizza's new recipe and advertising campaign seems to be turning the company around. The companies fourth quarter profit doubled following the new recipe campaign. I have had their pizza a few times-it is pretty good-especially the new crust (made with spices and garlic) tastes like one of my favorites-Little Caesars Crazy Bread.

Still no winner in our Ultimate JFest Fan Competition. Tomorrow it gets even easier. We will have a winner by the end of Friday's morning show!

Tuesday, 3-2-2010

School Closings and Delays abound!

The Dancing with the Stars Lineup was released last night: Kate Gosselin-(mother of 8), Cinn Bengal Chad Ochocinco, Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, actress Shannon Doherty, 2010 Olympic Gold Medal Figure Skater Evan Lysacek, ESPN Erin Andrews, Pussycat Dolls Nicole Scherzinger, All My Children star-Aiden Turner, Comedian Nicey Nash, Baywatch star Pamela Anderson, and The Bachelor Jake Pavelka.

My pick? Female finalist-Erin Andrews and Male-either Jake Pavelka or Evan Lysacek. My prediction of first to go: Kate Gosselin or Pamela Anderson.

Bi-lingual Pandas? Two US born pandas, Tai Shan and Mei Lan are returning to China to breed but are in need of a Mandarin tutor. The Chinese Government is looking for a native Mandarin speaker to teach the giant pandas the language of their ancestors. Right now, they only respond to English, since that's all they've heard since birth.

What is one thing on your "To Do List" that you wish you could pass on to me today? I had everything from clieaning out the chicken coop, driving the tractor, digging up a water pipe in the snow, doing people's taxes, cleaning out closets, taking tests for people and playing in a parent student basketball game. Lot's of options. Just remember to accomplish all you can for the Lord. Work as unto the Lord not unto man!

Tomorrow the JFest Artist Lineup gets a little easier. Listen for the montage at 7:50 and call in with your list (in order). The first person who names all of the 11 artists in the lineup will be the ultimate JFest Fan and win a huge prize pack!

Monday, 3-1-2010

Thank you for putting Brett and myself as two of the top three DJ Weather Hits!

We unveiled the JFest artist line up this morning-sort of! Brett, our midday host put together an extremely difficult, nearly impossible montage of all the JFest artists. We played it at 7:50 this morning and had a couple listeners attempt to identify each of the artists-but unsuccessfully. Look online at J103.com for the montage-listen, dissect it, and tune in tomorrow morning at 7:50 for another opportunity to become the ultimate JFest fan!

We began the morning show off by turning our hearts towards Chile and those suffering through that devasting earthquake. Keep that country in your prayers.

I went to bed with a craving! White Castle's is the oldest fast food restaurant in the United States, and it's CEO was on the show "Undercover Boss" last night. I grew up eating White Castles, and the closest restaurant to us is in Murfreesboro. And no, the frozen ones you see at the store, (while good), just aren't the same!

The Olympics came to a close last night. Team USA did "win" the overall Olympic Medal race with 37 total. Germany was in second with 30 and hometown Canada was third with 26. The Canadians did capture more Gold medals than any country with 14 and the one that mattered most......Men's Hockey! Host Canada won the Gold medal game against the US in overtime 3-2. Their were several really touching stories from the Vancouver Games but one that you did not hear, thankfully, was any reports of doping disqualifications.....there were none!

My daughter Lauren feels as if God has shown her which college she needs to attend. We went to Bryan College Friday morning for her Dean's Scholarship Interview. While Lauren was in her interview, Amy and I met with the Financial Aide Office-they shared with Amy and I the generous scholarships they were able to offer Lauren, including both athletic and academic. Still with those scholarships and loans we still have a "small mountain" to climb" in order to send her there. But when Lauren said, "Dad, mom, I feel that this is where God wants me to go to school," God gave me such a peace to say that "He will provide." I am praying for all you parents who's sons or daughters are going to be graduating this year and looking at colleges. Give those burdens to the Lord. He can and will take care of them.

MONDAY MORNING CHUCKLE

Christian Comedian Bone Hampton shares about the dangers of shopping for Bibles at The Dollar Store

Thursday, 2-25-2010

Today is the deadline to vote for WDEF's DJ Weather Hits-where many of the DJ's in town recorded a weather forcast. Please put your favorite J103 DJ over the top!!!! The link is http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%253A%252F%252Fwdef.com%252Fdjvote&h=80109e66411f53f23df6be4453cb9d9f&ref=mf

A Disqualification in the women's short track relay put Korea out of the medals and the USA as surprise Bronze winners! The sticky issue is the official who made the call was the same official who, 8 years ago, disqualified another Korean speedskater and gave the gold medal to Apollo Ono. Do you think the South Koreans are upset????

Woman Driver!!!! Heavy favorite to win Gold-the German famale 2 man bobsled crashed and flipped throwing the brakewoman out of the sled. Thank God there were no injuries, but driver Cathleen Martini had won 5 gold medals this season-but no Olympic Gold and this was her first crash ever!

Former Olympian Dan Jansen knows all about the pressure to compete when you've just lost a family member-In the 1994 Olympics, just hours before Dan was racing on the ice he learned his daughter Bonnie lost her battle with cancer. He continued to compete and fell in the race, eliminating him from a possible medal. You've seen the Visa commercials about how he came back and won Gold 8 years later and took a victory lap carrying his baby girl he named after his sister. Dan has reached out to Canadian figure skater JoAnnie Rochette in the loss of her mother via email. He wrote: "I don't know if you can prepare for the emotions you're going to feel out there, but if you can get through it there are millions of people supporting you and most of all-skate with your mother in your heart." That displays a lot of class from a former olympian!

Britt Nicole joined us from Nashville this morning to talk about her new song about faith "Walk on Water." She sang two songs accoustically from her home studio in Nashville. I am working with the tech people here to get that interview posted on line. Keep checking.

US ski team darling Lyndsey Vonn fell yesterday and was injured-but don't worry it was just her pinky finger that was broken and she will skate her final events in Vancouver.

Tomorrow Mike Lee and I will be switching places so I can be with my daughter Lauren as we go to Bryan College for a college visit and a Dean's Scholarship interview-pray for us and I will see you for the Ride Home!

Wednesday, 2-24-2010

Should Hotdogs be redesigned? HealthDay reports that the leading group of pediatricians in the United States is pushing for a redesign of common foods such as hot dogs and candies, along with warning labels placed on food packaging, to help curb sometimes fatal incidents of child choking. Dr. Gary Smith says, "Any food that has a cylindrical or round shape poses a risk." Hot dogs were high on the list of foods that cold be redesigned-perhaps the shape. Hard candies could be designed to be flat rather than round. The most common cause of death for kids aged roughly 1 to 5 is choking but it's also one of the most common reasons for visits to the emergency room and, for kids who don't die of these injuries, sometimes there are long-lasting injuries or implications. Hot dogs are the prime offender-accounting for 17 perdcent of food-related asphyxiations in children under the age of 10, according to one study. "If you were to take the best engineers in the world and asked them to design a perfect plug for a child's airway, you coldn't do better than a hot dog," Smith said. "It's the right size, right shape, it's compressible so it wedges itself in. When they're in that tight it's almost impossible, even with the correct training and correct equipment, to get out. When it's wedged in tightly, that child is going to die. Other high-risk foods include hard candy, peanuts and nuts, even peanut butter.

I've had my share of mistakes coaching youth sports thorugh the years.....Can't tell you how many times I told boys on my baseball team to steal and they got out. Or how many times I messed up the lineup and put the wrong player at shortstop or right field. But the error that the speedskating coach from The Netherlands made last night was really terrible. With his athlete just a few laps (of a 25 lap race) away from Gold-he motioned the skater to change lanes and he did. Unfortunately it was a lap too soon, and it resulted in the skater being disqualified. Due to the Olympian not winning any medal he will lose over $500,000 in bonuses from the Netherlands Olympic committee. Ouch!

There wasn't a dry eye in the Figure Skating venue last night as Canadian JoAnnie Rochette took to the ice for her short program. It hasn't even been 48 hours since her mother died of a heart attack in Vancouver, and yet she skated her heart out on the ice. She cleanly landed all her jumps and brought the entire crowd to it's feet. Not only did she "hold it all together" and finish-she is in 3rd place going into the long program on Thursday. Korea's Kim Yu-Na is in first, Japan's Mao Asada is in 2nd. JoAnnie could win gold, or it could go to the two American skaters, currently 5th and 6th. Win or lose-JoAnnie has shown the world the Olympic spirit, courage and strength.

An Olympic Prank-What kind of things have your kids been talked into? I can remember some pretty crazy things I talked my brothers into. Well the Olympics is no safe place from pranks either. Veteran American Olympian long-track speedskater Chad Hedrick tricked younger first-time Olympian Ryan Bedford, 23. Chad said "You do it-I'll do it." Do what? Shave your head and dye it to look like an American Flag. Ryan did it-and then Chad looked at his patriotic head and said-"Nah."

Who are happier Silver Medal winners or Bronze medal winners? A new study of Olympians has determined that Bronze medal winners are usually more fulfilled. Apparently, silver medal winners look up/forward-"I could of had Gold!" and bronze medal winners look down/back "Wow! I made the medal platform! I could of not won a medal at all."

I learned a lesson last night......I'm to old to eat spicy food close to bedtime! After watching my two oldest play soccer in Dalton we were heading home at about 9:30 and hadn't eaten supper yet. There is a great Mexican restaurant in Dalton called Tijuanas. They have a Fiesta Platter which has nachos, tiquitos, and stuffed jalepeno peppers. I knew it wasn't a good idea, but I was hungry and did it anyway. Needless to say, I didn't sleep very well last night because of all the heartburn! Ugh! But is was so good!

Tuesday 2-23-2010

New Credit Card Laws going in to effect to help "cure" America's credit crisis. Some of the new laws include: Those under 21 must have a cosigner or proof of a stable job-this knocks down the lure of new college students getting instant credit cards. Credit Card Statements must now post how long it will take to pay off the balance if only the minimum payment is made. New laws are targeted to make it more difficult to get credit cards and more expensive to have them. Annual Fees are on the comeback, New fees-$1 paper statement processing fee from cards issued by Ann Taylor and Victoria's Secret stores. Fifth Third Bank is charging a $19 inactivity fee if you don't use your card within 6 months. The average interest rate is on the rise also-in just the last week it has gone from 10.7% to 13.6%. Credit Limits are being slashed. The Government is doing a lot to help people see that credit is a priviledge not a right, and those priviledges come with costs.

Today is National IHOP Pancake Day-take the family in to your nearest IHOP restaurant for a free short stack (3) of buttermilk pancakes. All they ask is that you make a donatoin to the Children's Miracle Network or other charity.

Olympic Update:

Canada's "Own the Podium" Campaign got a boost from Ice Dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir-they won Gold. Team USA won silver and the Russians won bronze.

South Korean figure skater Yu-Na Kim is already a millionare. Forbes magazine reports she made 8 million in endorsements (Hyundai cars and Government programs) but if she doesn't medal at all in this olympics she is in danger of losing it all-and she has a lot of competition.

One of those competitors looking to overthrow Kim is Canadian darling of the ice Joannie Rochette, 24. She is the skater who is suffereing through heartbreak as her mom passed away from a heart attack soon after arriving to Vancouver Sunday. Joannie is being supported by her father, boyfriend, coach, sports psychologist and an open ended offer from the Canadian Olympic committee to offere her anything she needs. Tonight she skates for the world and for her mom.

The Olympic "medal board" USA-25 Total medals, Germany-21, Norway-14, Russia-11, and Canada-10.

Today watch for Mens speed skating 10,000m. (Dutch favored to win), Womens biathlon-4x6 km relay, Womens freestyle skiing, Men's giant Slalom with Bode Miller and Ted Ligety, and Nordic Combined Team Cross Country skiing.

Team USA women's hockey team will play for the Gold medal against Canada on Thursday.

Today's Monday Morning Chuckle

Chonda Pierce entertained thousands Friday night at Chattanooga's Memorial Auditorium. Here's a clip from Chonda for all you ladies.....