In this part of episode 4, "Tokyo" by The Books played right after the weather forecast. Joseph Silipino reported the local Wayne County news from Williamson, NY. Directly after that, we heard Kip Moore's "Somethin' Bout A Truck" and "Switch" by Will Smith. After the West Virginia news, "Timberwolves at New Jersey" by Taking Back Sunday was played. After that, Enya's "May it Be" played and presented a new challenge: name what movie series featured this song and other pieces by Enya and you could win a teddy bear with the Four Eyes Radio logo on it! The last song for this part was "If You're Into It" by Flight of the Conchords.
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Part II:
After a national headline about Black Friday shopping, "The Good Stuff" played by Schuyler Fisk. The story of The First Thanksgiving by Nora Smith was relayed. Then, a song was heard by Japanese band, Kannivalism followed by Nsync's "Drive Myself Crazy". A quick sports news follow-up was aired and then "If I Fell in Love With You" by the Beatles. Joseph Silipino relayed a version of the Iroquois Thanksgiving legend The Spirit of the Corn. The last song played was a song by Glen Phillips entitled "Thankful".
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News Featured in this Cast:
In West Virginia news, the Harrisville community raised money to help spread awareness for homelessness. The funds raised went to
the salvation army in Parkersburg. At the same time, residents of Harrisville
spent the night in cardboard boxes on the sidewalk. The “Holiday Hope Drive”
was started with a goal of $1,000. This original goal was reached within
the first 12 hours of setting it. Participants in this event were on the
sidewalks until 8am Thanksgiving morning. Officials say they are expected to
surpass their new goal of $2,000.
When Wolff SMG, a telemarketing company, went to find an item
from their inventory, it was missing. It was later found to be stolen. Officials
believed this could be an inside job. Wolff SMG is the primary answering
service for multiple companies and non-profit organizations that offer various
bonuses, rewards, and perks to their customers. They keep stock of and
ship various items such as novelty coffee mugs and stuffed animals. The chief
of police in Macedon, John Colella, was called to the case. Colella found out that
someone was selling stolen items on their personal E-bay account. Colella
traced the account and linked it to 37 year-old, Newark resident, Brian Gaborski. He worked postal at the Macedon post office. Colella states that Gaborski began taking cases of Wolff’s items some time in March of 2010. Soon
after, the police obtained a warrant to search Gaborski’s home. The police were able to get Gaborski to confesss
completely. The police recovered about $23,000 worth of stolen items, but Gaborski stole close to $50,000 overall in goods. After being a veteran
of the postal service for 13 years, he was forced to resign in July. After all of the paperwork was done, Gaborski
was arrested and charged with grand larceny in the third degree on Wednesday, November 14th. Macedon police chief, John P. Colella says, “Through the
use of the latest technology available to our agency, and with excellent
cooperation with the us postal inspector general’s office in buffalo, we were
able to identify a suspect immediately and recover a large amount of the stolen
merchandise for the victim. The defendant had abused his position with the
postal service for his personal gain in order to pay his mortgage and personal
expenses”. Gaborski was arraigned on the charges and the hearing will be at a
later date that has not yet been specified.
In national news, Black Friday has been pushed to tonight! Stored like Wal-Mart and Toys 'R' Us are
opening their doors to crazed shoppers out for a deal Thanksgiving
evening. The stores mentioned above and Sears have specials starting at
8pm. This year is the earliest ever that Black Friday deals have been opened up.
The stores are trying to make shopping more convenient for Americans during
this uncertain economic climate. Between high unemployment, tax increases, and
the fear of January’s fiscal cliff, Americans are in a tight spot right now. Some criticize this early shopping frenzy,
claiming that stores don’t value their workers’ holiday time with their family.
Retailers say they are only trying to give American shoppers what they want.
In sports news, the Texas A&M wide receiver, Thomas Linze Johnson, who went missing, was found three days later. More details have not yet been released.
Tune in next week for more Four Eyes Radio. The response we have gotten to the show has been a big surprise and I thank all of our listeners!!!
-Director of Four Eyes Radio, Ashley DeNardo
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