Remembering Doc Baker

The founder of Positive Alternative Radio, the company that owns WCQR, passed away this weekend. Dr. Vernon Baker lived quite a life. He was an engineer, professor, WWII veteran, and owner of several radio stations.

I met Doc Baker several years ago, and like my grandfather and others of the "greatest generation" he was a hard worker. I'll remember his smile and his laugh and I'm thankful for his vision to reach other with the Gospel through Christian radio.

Here's a link for more info on his life, a life well lived:

http://www.wcqr.org/pages/news/in-memory.shtml

Thanks Doc!!! brian

Cow Appreciation Day

This morning we talked about the Chic-fil-A 5th Annual Cow Appreciation Day. You can go into any Chic-fil-A dressed as a cow today and get a free meal. To find out more, check out this link:

http://www.cowappreciationday.com/

ALSO, here's a link to photos from Faith and Family Night!!! The biggest one ever with close to 2500 fans and over 1800 pounds collected for the Project 52 Food Drive.

http://www.wcqr.org/scrapbook/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3397

Have a GREAT weekend...brian

Faith and Family Night/ Work 23rd Psalm

Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the BIGGEST Faith and Family Night EVER with the Johnson City Cardinals!!! What an AWESOME night with Mark Harris, a great game with the Cards and Greeneville Astros, and almost a ton of food collected for Second Harvest with the Project 52 Food Drive. Grace Freewill Baptist (pictured) won the autographed bat for bringing 60 people to the game!!!

Thanks to:

Milligan College

Johnson City Cardinals

AVI

Mark Harris

YOU for coming!!!

Here's the 23rd Psalm for the Workplace I shared this morning:

The Lord is my boss, and I shall not want.

He gives me peace, when chaos is all around me. He gently reminds me to pray and do all things without murmuring and complaining.

He reminds me that he is my source and not my job. He restores my sanity every day and guides my decisions, that I might honor him in all that I do.

Even though I face absurd amounts of emails, system crashes, unrealistic deadlines, budget cutbacks, gossiping coworkers, discriminating supervisors, and an aging body that doesn’t cooperate every morning, I still will not stop…..for He is with me!

His presence, His peace, and His power will see me through.

He raises me up, even when they fail to promote me. He claims me as His own, even when the company threatens to let me go.

His faithfulness and love are better than any bonus check. His retirement plan beats every 401K there is!

And, when it’s all said an done, I’ll be working for Him a whole lot longer…..and for that, I BLESS HIS NAME!!!

Blessings...brian

Faith and Family Night

We are teaming up with Milligan College for "Faith and Family" Night with the Johnson City Cardinals...TONIGHT! Gates open at 4:30, concert w/Mark Harris at 6, and game at 7 w/Greeneville. Admission is $1 and a can of food for the Project 52 Food Drive. Let me share an email I got today:

Good morning Brian. We are attending the Faith and Family night tonight and would like to challenge everyone to bring a canned food item for each year they have been married. My husband (Wade) and I are high school sweethearts and have been married for 19 years TODAY! What better way to celebrate what the Lord has blessed us with during the past 19 years (including wade serving in Air Force 4 yrs - and being Desert Storm Vet) than to be at the Faith & Family night tonight... Rather than spending alot of money going out to eat, we plan on putting our money to a better use...buying alot of canned goods to bring with us (19 items)... Thank you for all you and WCQR do for all of the listeners. I am so thankful to the Lord that I can listen to WCQR 24/7. I listen to you all day at work and it is a constant reminder of what our Lord has done for all of us and - even if you having a crazy/hectic day - the music just puts a smile on your face :) THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU!!!! Have a blessed day.

ALSO...the church with the largest group wins an autographed trophy bat from the Cardinals!

Here's a link for more info and one to an interview we did with Mark this morning:

http://www.wcqr.org/pages/events/wcqr-faith-and-family-nig.shtml

http://883wcqr.podomatic.com/

Take me out to the ballgame!

brian

Dream Vacations

This morning I wondered if you could take a dream vacation anywhere, where would you go?

Some "dream" spots include:

Greece

Walkabout Creek (Crocodile Dundee)

Hawaii

Bora Bora

Fiji

Ireland

Paris

a "cruise"

Venice Italy

Nassau Bahamas

New Zealand

Kenya (mission trip)

Disney World

Camden Arkansas

Thanks....brian

What is old?

This morning I talked about a new Pew Research Center survey that asked people what age was old. Naturally most people said they were not old and felt younger than they really were. The average age considered "old" was 68.

Other findings, more than half of those under 30 said people were "old" before 60.

Middle-aged respondents say it's closer to 70, while those 65 or above said 75 is "old".

I asked you what you consider old and this is what you said:

92

95-100

a day older than you currently are

you are as old as you feel

30 years older than your current age

80

90

14 (?)

72

Thanks again...brian

International Joke Day

Thanks to everyone who called with a favorite "clean joke" today! We got several calls this morning and posts on our Facebook page. I'm share a couple of my favorites:

How do you may a Kleenex dance? Put a little boogie in it!

Why did the golfer wear 2 pair of pants? In case he got a hole in one!

Why DIDN'T the skeleton cross the road? Because he didn't have the guts!

Thanks again...brian