SPEAKER_02 0:07

And welcome, welcome everyone. You're listening to iTalk 1067 FM, the voice of the mountain, and we're host Janine Ford. Hope you're having a great afternoon. And um I have a really cool story today. Uh this is I have Whitney Brown on the phone, and Whitney is uh lives in Concho. And Whitney, um you called the other day, we're talking a little bit, you have a really, really cool story that can inspire a lot of people, I think. How are you today?

SPEAKER_01 0:34

I'm doing great.

SPEAKER_02 0:35

Okay, awesome. Tell us your story. Why don't you start in the beginning?

SPEAKER_01 0:41

Well, um eight years ago I was uh homeless. I got out of a very bad domestic violence situation and I because of all the red tape, I couldn't get into any of the shelters. Um I didn't do drugs, I didn't report the domestic violence, so I went to the Mesa Chamber of Commerce and said, you know, hey, you guys any of you have have any resources? Um so the the CEO, uh Sally Harrison, um, she said, Yeah, we'll put you in a hotel for a week and we'll get you into this um vetchin shelter. And so I did that, got in a hotel, and then once I got into the shelter, I was like, hey, they just forked out a bunch of money, I'm gonna go back and like give my give my time. And so I did that and um she's like, Well, we have this guy that can help you get a state job helping veterans do uh disability benefits and um and we also have a a surprise for you when you come back up. So I took an hour uh took an hour bus ride um from from Glendale where the shelter was at um back up to Mesa and um her along with um uh Andy Biggs, um Kevin Thompson, um they uh they donated a car to me. And um yeah, it was it was great and I I uh I used that um along with this veterans retreat that I I went on as a foundation. Um I I saw a lot of things when I was homeless, it kinda changed my perspective on the homeless community. Um and I realized it's very easy for people to get there. Um yeah. With whatever, you know, people go through divorce and they lose everything and now all of a sudden they're homeless and so it kinda changed my perspective on it. But um it just kinda when I got the car donated to me, it just kinda kept coming back and I was like and I was like, and that's the trick. You you reap what you sow, and we all know that. But when we really apply it and we really help others, it always comes back around. Um and so I I got the carnet car donated to me. I started working for the state of Arizona helping veterans file their disability claims. You know, now I work for the VA hospital on the federal side. Um I also got my realtor's license. Um I got I got remarried, you know. Now between my husband and I, we've got almost ninety we own almost ninety acres of of land here in Arizona, you know, got the twenty six hundred square foot house and I used that car and that sin that situation as the foundation to completely get myself out of the dark hole and because of of that whole reaping what you sow coming back so many times, um, you know, plus I grew up like uh in the I was Mormon, I grew up, you know, volunteering at the homeless shelter and stuff like that. Um it just makes me feel good. So I'm always trying to get out there and volunteer more and more, you know, and so give service, yeah. Yeah, and it's so funny. So like Saturday there was the annual Cruise the Rim car show. Um and I've only been in the real estate business uh I'd say about a year now. Um and so obviously I don't know that many people and I said, Well, why not just give back to the community, get you know, my face out there. For me, that's my big why. I want people to know me as the realtor that helps people. Um I have a day job, so the money, I don't care about the money, it's about helping people. You know, I everybody the American dream is to own your own home. And I want to show people how to do it and and show them that it is easier than it looks. You don't need to make a million dollars to own your own house, and there's so many beautiful properties in Arizona. And so with this cruise the room show, I said I'm gonna sign up as a vendor and I'm just gonna pass out free water. It's gonna be a little bit hot, everybody's gonna be walking around looking at all these great cars, and everybody wants water. So I went to Walmart and I I bought a pallet of water and um did not realize how much a pallet was until they they rolled it up to me. Um and uh 84 cases, by the way. So my truck bed only fits uh half that, so I had to make two trips. Um but I uh I did that. I bought 84 cases of water and I passed out um uh as many as I could, so I passed out about half of them and I kept telling people, you know, hey, if you want more, come back. I got got plenty of water. Um and so by the by the end of the vent, um I was like, Man, I don't know what to do with the rest of this water. It's gonna sit in the bed of my truck and the sun and it's just gonna go bad in a couple days. Uh so I walked up to some police officer who was like, Hey, do you know where I could donate this? And he said, Yeah, I'll take you over to these people. And so um I was able to donate the other half to the future first responders of America. Yeah, and our wildland fire crew that actually trains them. Um and it uh the w the future first responders, they I didn't know, but they are entirely donation-based. So everything, their uniforms, water, food, it's all donation-based. Um and so I donated it to them. Um and to kind of get more involved in the community, I think I'm gonna start volunteering through them as well. Um but uh the the woman that that runs that, she was like, Oh, here give me let me give you a tax receipt for whatever you pay for. And I was like, No, that's okay. And she's like, Yeah, and I'll just give you a tax receipts. So I donated two thousand cases of water for free. Yeah. And I got me out of the community, I got to meet all these really cool people. Um and uh the booth next to me, uh they were um they were doing all the the political stuff and you know, helping people like understand if they were like registered to vote and whatnot. And I I they were like, Oh, do you know Congressman Andy Biggs? And I was like, Yeah, yeah, he donated a helped he helped donate a car to me eight years ago. Um and so it's just so crazy how it like circles back. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 6:56

And you you mentioned and you mentioned to me about uh how Andy Big Biggs was, how you were surprised as you know the type of person he was.

SPEAKER_01 7:05

Yeah, so I don't uh I I'm not educated enough to know about politics and who's right and who's wrong and all that stuff. I don't I don't necessarily follow it uh just because you know we all got a lot going on in our daily life and I don't want to stress out. And if it's really something major, I'm sure I'm gonna hear about it from my friends anyway. I will say that when I came across him, I've always remembered him to this day. Um he was a a big supporter of our veterans and our first responders, um, and he was very, very nice and just very like understanding of my situation. Um, you know, there's plenty of people in my same situation, you know, women and men all the time that leave domestic violence uh situations. Um and unfortunately at the time because I was like going to school um, you know, and I didn't have a vehicle, when I left the relationship, I I had nothing except for my laptop and sea bag full of books because I was stubborn. I'm like, I'm not getting rid of my books. Um and nothing else. And and so, you know, like I said, there was a lot of red tape with these homeless shelters. Um, you know, I wanted to develop this program because I realized with the homeless shelters it's so hard to figure out where to go. You know, there's certain criteria for every single one of 'em. And I didn't I didn't report the domestic violence and I don't I don't do drugs, so I couldn't get into any of the shelters except for uh US vets um for for veterans.

SPEAKER_02 8:39

Are you are you a veteran, Whitney? Yes, I am.

SPEAKER_01 8:42

Yeah, I was in the Marine Corps.

SPEAKER_02 8:43

Oh my goodness. Whitney, how old are you? Thirty-seven. Oh my gosh, the life you've lived, unbelievable. You are such an inspiration.

SPEAKER_01 8:53

Oh well, thank you. I appreciate that. I just uh I just you know, I believe in karma and uh I'm not perfect. I can be stubborn sometimes and maybe a little bit of a Karen at times, but I have all the time they're like, you're so nice, and I'm like, that's because I've seen the ugly side of karma. And it just feels good to help others and to give back. Um, you know, my husband, he's currently deployed overseas, and so me working from home, you know, isolation is is not good for humans, so I have to get out. And I have to get out into the community for my own mental health. Um, so that's another you know big reason why I'm like I I'm like I gotta get out and do something. I don't care what it is, I'll go to the food bank, I'll go to the homeless shelter, I'll go to this car show, I don't care what it is. So it was literally the night before this car show at like 10 o'clock, I was buying a whole pot of water.

SPEAKER_02 9:49

I was just helping out. Whitney, I'm gonna uh we're gonna take a short break, and I want to come back and I I would love to hear your advice for other uh, you know, young women, young people, um, older people, anybody, okay? Because you've been there, done that. I'm really proud of you. Wow, what a story. Okay, Whitney Brown uh with us, folks. We're getting a great story today for our iTalk 1067 FL voice them out. Stay right there. And welcome back, everyone. Welcome, welcome. ITalk 1067 FM, the voice of the mountain. We're continuing our conversation. It's a great, great story. Whitney Brown, she lives out in Concho, and Whitney has an incredible, incredible story of comeback and inspiration. Um Whitney, I'm I'm so thrilled to hear your story and everything that you've been through. I would love to talk to you. Uh what are your thoughts on uh you know, sharing being su being this example, what advice would you have for others?

SPEAKER_01 11:08

To give back it people like through this whole process, I've had so many people and strangers reach out reach out to me and they're like, You're wow, you're s you're so lucky. And I'm like, I'm not lucky, I just help others. And that's how the universe works, always come back around. And it's so funny because people are like, Well, help people all the time and I'm like, We you gotta help 'em just because you want to, not expecting anything. And when you do that, it will always come back around. It might take a little bit and be patient, but yeah, just just give back because in this world, all the stuff going on it w we just everybody needs kindness. By your your political views, your beliefs, whatever you know, things you've been through in your life, everybody needs kindness, so just give back and help uh help others. That's my advice. And people always ask me like when I help them, they're like, Well, what can I do? And I'm like, give back. I don't I don't want any money, I don't need anything from you, just pass it on.

SPEAKER_02 12:06

See, this is it's so beautiful. That that advice is so priceless. And you at at the time where you were homeless and all these things had happened, what was the turnaround moment where you went, Wow, th this changed my life?

SPEAKER_01 12:23

You know, honestly, I think uh the car being donated to me coupled with um this veterans retreat that I went on, um it's held by it's uh Operation Restoring uh Veteran Hope. It's it's by Ray Perez. He is um a veteran himself, and he you know went went into some dark times. You know, long story short, he went into some dark times, ended up in prison, totally turned his life around, and he created that uh organization and basically this veterans retreat he holds every year. Uh I think he started it when I the year I was homeless. Um and uh he takes veterans up to Flagstaff up to Mormon Lake uh for a couple days and they go kayaking and you know fishing and all these different things for veterans that are in in need. And I went there and I said I'm gonna use this as a foundation and this is not this is not where I want to be at. Uh I I don't know where I'm going, but I I'm going to get out of this. And so I'm going to use this and I'm going to clear my head and it's going to be a clean slate and it's going to be better when I get back to the city. And so I was on a mission and I was like, I don't know where we're going. And then yeah, and then ironically, when I got back, that's when I got the call, and they're like, hey, we want to donate a car to you. And I was like, and there it is. And then I was like, okay, how can I get back? And so Rob Thompson reached out and he said, I have a job with the state, and you help veterans file disability claims. And even though I don't officially do that, I still have veterans constantly. They're like, Hey, how do I do this or how do I do this? And you know, one veteran I helped, um, he was a Vietnam veteran. He um he never knew that he could get benefits. And long story short, he got back paid $250,000 on his 50th anniversary. Him and his wife came in and they they looked like they were gonna cry. And I was like, Are you guys okay? Do you guys what happened with your claim? Did it get denied? And he's like, No, we got approved. And we just got this and and so now he gets, you know, medical care that he never got before. And so it's just I yeah, I just I love helping others. Um and I love showing them how to to do it too. It's so easy, but there's so many different resources that it's easy to get confused, and so yeah, I I like helping on the VA side, you know, and the real estate side, helping them navigate to their goal.

SPEAKER_02 14:47

How to how to buy a house for your first time and all these different great things. That is awesome. And um um y you know, and and I I want to ask you too, what what is what real est real estate group do you work with?

SPEAKER_01 15:02

Uh so I work with uh Keller Williams Arizona Realty, and I actually just joined um and became part of the baker team uh like a day ago, so I'm getting that all set up. Um but uh yeah, Keller Williams Arizona Realty is the brokerage that I work for, and the reason why I chose them is because they align with my values and they don't really do a whole lot of marketing. They they build off of meeting people and getting out into the community. Networking.

SPEAKER_02 15:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 15:30

Networking, yeah, and that's why I chose them.

SPEAKER_02 15:32

Yeah, so I have a former son-in-law that is with them uh down in uh Gilbert, and just a he's been with them forever, just a great, great, great group. And I just wanted to ask, because we've mentioned a couple times, just in case people want to find you. So but I your background and everything, being a former Marine, and I did and I also neglected in thanking you for your service, thank you so much. And uh and you said your husband's been gone since December on his mis on his uh deployment. Yes, ma'am, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 16:02

He's been in, I think for about 15 years. Um and uh so yeah, he um What branch is he in?

SPEAKER_02 16:11

What does he do?

SPEAKER_01 16:12

Oh he's in the army, yeah, yeah, he's military police. He's done quite a few different things in the military, but um and then you know when he is home, he's uh a correctional officer um as his day job. And uh so yeah, he deployed to the Middle East the day after Christmas and won't be won't be back till somewhere between January and April of next year.

SPEAKER_02 16:31

Oh wow. So you're keeping yourself busy, uh you know, donating your time, helping people. And we so we so appreciate all the good work. Do you have anything else you want to share with people? You've inspired us all today. You said you said inspired us all. I said you've inspired us all today, but do you have anything else you'd like to share?

SPEAKER_01 16:53

Um not really, just be kind. Everybody knows it's the most common you know, basic uh advice, and I think we uh we tend to forget the basics. Um you know, and even if it's something as simple as like, hey, you know, you your outfit looks great today. It always puts a smile on people's face. Just uh just be kind because willingness. Yeah, we people really need it nowadays and it it takes two seconds.

SPEAKER_02 17:24

And if you can help somebody, please help. That's the big thing too. I mean kindness and giving service, helping your fellow neighbor, helping people out. And one thing I do love about up here in the White Mountains, we have a lot of people that are really good, good, good people and dig deep, don't we?

SPEAKER_01 17:40

Yes, we do. Yeah, there's uh I'm finding out that there's a lot of organizations out there, um, and I don't even know the half of them. Um so I'm kinda on a kind of on a mission to find find out and you know, and there's tons of realtors up there, and I'm you know, I I might not ever be the best, but I do want to be known as the realtor that helps people.

SPEAKER_02 17:59

Nice. That's awesome. And we and and being a veteran too, um the th one group I'm always amazed by is Marty and her team with Fishers of Men for Veterans. And yeah, they are wow. I mean, because uh all they do is they do outreaches in every town and take food boxes and she's the one that searched out in the woods for so many of our veterans that were living over in the winter because they get post-traumatic stress disorder and they go out in the woods and they live there. And three of them had fro frozen to death a few years ago. Yeah, and we found them and uh so Turkey has been on this mission. They've they've built this trailer at the restaurant so they can do uh you know medical checks on location with them. But she knows where these uh these guys camp. And she and all their volunteers are the ones that put up all the flags in the White Mountains um, you know, several times. But yeah, pictures of men, you would love them. You would fit right. Yeah, they're wonderful. And they're they do the gigantic coat drive and give hundreds of coats away to everybody every winter, yeah, to help the community. But um, you know, there's so many areas in Arizona that don't have any, you know, outreach for veterans, and we have a lot of veterans up here, you know?

SPEAKER_01 19:09

We do, yeah. We have about six hundred thousand veterans in the state of Arizona.

SPEAKER_03 19:13

Wow.

SPEAKER_01 19:14

And so, I mean, even you know, like kind of going back to the homeless thing, going through that process, I realized like so most of these people they they don't have a laptop like I do. You know, they might not have a cell phone, they don't have a vehicle, and almost every single homeless organization, they have this red tape. So like, you know, you either have to be a female or you have to have, you know, women and children, or if you do drugs, you gotta go to this one or whatever. And most of them, you it's really hard to get in contact with them because they're so busy. And then you also have to schedule an appointment. So a lot of these people, if they even have money, they're taking a bus to get there, and then they're being told, Well, no, you gotta schedule an appointment. Yeah, you also have to sell all this paperwork and whatnot. So I honestly want to get with an IT guy, and I want to create a website um and eventually a pamphlet where we can just hand out to people if that if they don't have access to the internet.

SPEAKER_03 20:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 20:11

Create a website with all of the organizations, and they can put all of their criteria in there. And that way people can just basically click a bubble like I'm female, I have kids, and and then it'll spit out which shelters that they can go to, and then it'll also tell them the exact times that they have walk-ins or they have appointments, so they have all that information, and it'll save not only the homeless individuals, but all those organiz organizations and the state so much time and money because a lot of these organizations, they're something as simple as you know, driving to get go pick these people up. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 20:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 20:52

They're probably wasting millions of dollars every year. Yeah. Um that would solve the whole that would solve the whole problem.

SPEAKER_02 20:59

Yeah, and that's that's like with um the re Center up here in Pine Top, they have one day on computers and they have these people that just apply for benefits for people that walk in because so many people up here can't, they don't have a computer, they don't have internet. And and they they literally sit down, they talk to them what this, this, this, and oh, you fit into this, this, this. So the recenter does that once a week at private Thursdays. And then the Fishers of Man, that's what they beg for. They have a few people that are good with the VA stuff, maybe a couple people, but sometimes they don't have anybody in outreach. And they'll do an outreach like in Holebrook or they do them all over in the White Mountains. And when they have an outreach, you know, if they don't have that person, they have like pizzas on average of three to four veterans that'll just wander in and say, Can you help me with this or that? And I think they're you know, they can't find their D D two form, they can't, you know, so they they try to get some people that can help with that. But it is it's a hard navigation for these folks, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_01 21:56

Oh yeah, absolutely. I mean I I I I've been working for the VA for I think probably the last five or six years and I still like get confused. Uh there's so many different departments that you know help, but the problem is there there are so many departments. It was very easy to get confused, you know, get lost in a shuffle.

SPEAKER_03 22:14

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 22:15

Yeah, you know, and on on the disability side of it, if even if it's something as simple as an outdated form, you know, then they then the VA sends it back to him and says, hey, you gotta do it on the right form. And they, you know, they get confused and maybe think that they get denied, and then they just give up. And I'm like, I'm like, no, don't give up. You you can appeal it, or they might be looking for something else. You're you're basically just painting a picture for them, and then they're like, Oh, okay, I see what you're trying to get here. Let me help you. And so I I love helping veterans navigate the system because the benefits are out there. Uh, and the VA does want to help. It's just a matter of like trying to figure out where exactly to go to get that help.

SPEAKER_02 22:54

Yeah, exactly, exactly how to navigate it all. Well, Whitney, thank you so much. Your story is so awesome. We so appreciate you.

SPEAKER_01 23:01

Yeah, Mike, greatly appreciate your time.

SPEAKER_02 23:04

Okay, everybody. Great story. Whitney Brown, realtor, you know, volunteer extraordinaire or veteran. We love you, Whitney Brown. Okay, everybody, keep it right here. ITOK 1067 FM. And you are listening to iTalk 1067 FM, the voice of the Mountain American host, Janine Ford. I have Mike Montandon on the phone from Heber, Arizona. And this is so exciting, Mike. What's going on with this massive, incredibly sized flag in Heber? Tell us what's going on.

SPEAKER_00 23:48

Well, it really is fantastic, and you can hardly appreciate how big it really is. The flagpole, it'll be the tallest civic flagpole in Arizona. It's a hundred and fifty-five feet tall. Ooh. And the the flag is forty feet by eighty feet. It'll it's lighted, it'll fly full time. You'll be able to see the flag coming into Hebrew. You know, we're we admit Heber's kind of a map dot, you know, people see it on, you know, coming up from Phoenix, driving through on their way to Pine Top and Lakeside. But now, as they come over that hill up up at the top, you'll see this flag for miles. Uh either either direction driving from uh from up from Phoenix, you know, coming up from Payson or coming down from Sholo, you will know you're going through Heber. It's it's located at the football field. It'll actually the community is putting it together and there's there's it's still a legacy thing. There's a a a big wall at the base with laser engraved pavers. So the donors who've helped build this thing have their name on there. And it's not too late. It's not too late. There's a second wall we're putting up of pavers. If you go on the website at raise the flag250.org, you can purchase a paver with your, you know, and some some are anonymous. I like I love that when people do that, but some people put them in memory of some veterans in their family or or their organization. You give us a logo, we can engrave it on a paper.

SPEAKER_02 25:30

Oh, I love this. So this is awesome. Raise the flag to 50.org and give us an idea of where it's gonna be and the overall massive size, isn't it like two feet at the base around the pole?

SPEAKER_00 25:42

Yeah, so the the pole i it's just huge. You know, the pole starts, it's 26 inches at the base, and of course, you know, no human can raise a flag that big, so there's a one horsepower winch inside there to to raise the flag. Everything is just big about it. And you know, it goes 18 feet into the ground. Uh you know, it's just a it's a very large scale event, and it's been the vision of a couple of Hebrew families for a long time. But then they got Hochran, the Hebrew Overguard Community Resource Network, involved. So there could be a 501c3 and donations could be taken. And then they got the high school involved, and the high school had a little twenty-foot flagpole there at the base of their football field. And they said, How about right there? Yeah. We we we we pulled that twenty-foot flagpole up and and and you know it's been wonderful. The locals in Heber, you know, graded the pad and dug the hole and donated crane time, you know, all the the things that were necessary to get this flagpole put up. Oh and it's uh it's been exciting. Really happy.

SPEAKER_02 26:59

And you know what, everyone coming up the mountain, going to the White Mountains and going through Hebre are just gonna be like, oh, wow. You know, incredible.

SPEAKER_03 27:14

Yeah, it's gonna be a huge landmark.

SPEAKER_00 27:16

I I recall you know, growing up in Phoenix, my parents had a cabin in Pine Top, and I just know when I drove through Heber, the sign meant I'm an hour from the cabin. You know, that's all that's all it was. Right, right. But now I'm gonna come around that that hill and see that flag flying, and you're gonna know where you're at.

SPEAKER_02 27:36

Right. I love that. That's gonna be so incredible. It'll be a destination to go see the biggest flag in Arizona. That's incredible. Now, also, and we want to mention if people want to donate, do this and help them out. Raise the flag 250.org again, and we'll mention that again, right?

SPEAKER_00 27:52

Yeah, that's correct. And so I said we we take donations of any type, but if there are pavers available, and I know this won't come as a surprise, but the smallest pavers, the hundred dollar ones are sold out. But we've got pavers all the way up from two hundred and fifty dollars to five thousand dollars. And you know, we've had some wonderful families come in and some of the creative artwork they've come in to put on the larger pavers is gonna be beautiful. You'll love it.

SPEAKER_02 28:22

Oh, this is great. I love this. I'll just love it. And also talk about the dedication where everybody's gonna be out there and and then it's gonna go into the 4th of July where the fireworks are held there too.

SPEAKER_00 28:34

Absolutely. So, and you know this prayers are welcome. Every year, yeah, every year, the fireworks are not gonna happen, right? There's too much fire danger. We're right there right now. If nothing changes, there will not be fireworks. But every year, right around the first of July, the prayers are answered, the rains come, and we're able to hold those fireworks. And they're they're some of the best in the country. Oh, yeah. I love Heber's fantastic.

SPEAKER_02 29:01

Hebers fireworks are incredible. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 29:04

And so there will be actually two events. Uh Friday morning at 7 a.m. There's a community breakfast, uh, and we will raise the flag for the first time at that event, and then Saturday morning at 6 30 a.m. is the big community event. And of course, we'll have 40,000 people in Heber just for 4th of July. Yeah. And so that that'll be the event to see everything happen at 6 30 in the morning, 4th of July, 250 years.

SPEAKER_02 29:36

Oh my gosh, yes. Like for always forget we're celebrating 250. And the Fourth of July fireworks there. I love how the kids are all out playing, you're just on your blankets and your chairs. It's like an old fashioned fireworks, Fourth of July celebration.

SPEAKER_00 29:52

Well, you know, the the the location is perfect because uh the high school's got not only a football field but uh several baseball and softball fields surrounding it. So it just gives a huge area to picnic and layout and safety also.

unknown 30:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 30:09

It's just a fantastic layout for fireworks.

SPEAKER_02 30:12

But that canyon right there, too. What's so great about it is you lay uh literally they're cl they're closer than most fireworks displays you'll watch, okay? And they're very safe, but very but closer uh up close to where you lay on your backs. We all lay down and look up at the sky, and it feels like the sky is covered with fireworks. It's it's awesome.

SPEAKER_00 30:32

Yeah, it is it is a great show.

SPEAKER_02 30:34

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 30:35

We're really looking forward to it. So this this 250th, you know, I'm old enough, I remember this the bicentennial really well.

SPEAKER_03 30:43

Yeah, I think that's a great thing.

SPEAKER_00 30:44

I remember watching fireworks in on 1976. This'll be better. 250 years will be better.

SPEAKER_02 30:51

Yeah, so exciting. Now, remind us all again of how we can help raise the flag250.org, how we can help the flag.

SPEAKER_00 30:59

Uh absolutely. Be there for the breakfast on the third. That's a fundraiser. Donate as much as you think the pancakes are worth. Or go on raise the flag250.org and make a donation, buy a t-shirt, or make a big enough donation to get your name on a paper and make it uh make it a a a long-term commitment to the community.

SPEAKER_02 31:24

Oh, I love this. I just love it. Okay, guys, we are fast approaching the 4th of July. It is coming so fast. And this flag, I am so excited about this. This is incredible. We're gonna just love that. Okay, so Mike Montandon, thank you so much for calling in. And we wanna want to remind everybody raise the raise raise the flag 250.org. Raise the flag 250.org. Mike, thank you so much.

SPEAKER_00 31:49

Thank you, Janine.

SPEAKER_02 31:50

Okay, and you have a great evening. All right, everybody, keep it right here. iTalk 106 7 FM, the voice of the mountain.