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THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED RAISE AROUND $30,000 FOR THE OPEN YOUR HEART CAMPAIGN WITHTHE AMERICAN LEGION LLOYD SPETZ POST #1 AT KIRKWOOD MALL!  IT WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARD HELPING THOSE LESS FORTUNATE IN BISMARCK AND BURLEIGH COUNTY.  YOU CAN STILL HELP!  MAIL YOUR CHECK MADE OUT TO:

OPEN YOUR HEART

BOX 753

BISMARCK, ND  58502

THANKS TO ALL OUR LISTENERS WHO HELPED MAKE THE MARKEPLACE FOR KIDS PLEDGE DRIVE A SUCCESS...OVER 13,600 DOLLARS WERE RAISED FOR THIS TERRIFIC PROGRAM.  FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:  MARKETPLACE'S MARYLIN KIPP, KFYR'S DOLLY DAKOTA, KFYR'S TODD MITCHELL, MARKETPLACE'S MIKE SEMINARY, KFYR'S PHIL PARKER, AND KXMB CBS-12'S MARCI NARUM. 

THE LEGENDARY BAND BOSTON VISITED THE BISMARCK CIVIC CENTER ON AUGUST 6TH, AND GUITARIST GARY PIHL GIVES NORTH DAKOTA A BIG THUMBS-UP AFTER THE SHOW.  YOU CAN HEAR PHIL PARKER'S INTERVIEW WITH GARY HERE: 

DAVE GREGG, AN AMBASSADOR OF LAUGHTER, GIVE TODD MITCHELL TIPS ON BEAUTY AND MAKEUP AS HE VISITS TO TALK ABOUT RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM AND BAILEY'S UPCOMING VISITS TO THE BISMARCK CIVC CENTER SEPTEMBER 28TH-SEPTEMBER 30TH! 

NORTH DAKOTA FIRST LADY BETSY DALRYMPLE STOPPED MY THE MARKETPLACE FOR KIDS PLEDGE DRIVE WITH PHIL PARKER AND MIKE SEMINARY ON SEPTEMBER 21ST.  THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED MAKE THE DAY A BIG SUCCESS!

ADAM KREMERS IS BICYCLING TO EVERY MAJOR LEAGUE BALL PARK THIS SUMMER.

ACTOR MATTHEW MODINE TOLD US ABOUT A NEW PROJECT WHERE YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT THE FILMIN OF FULL METAL JACKET.

ERIC BLEHM IS THE AUTHOR OF FEARLESS:  THE UNDAUNTED COURAGE AND ULIMATE SACRIFICE OF NAVY SEAL TEAM SIX OPERATOR ADAM BROWN. 

LIZ PARRISH CELEBRATED HER 50TH BIRTHDAY BY RACING IN THE IDITAROD!

FOR SOME TASTY IDEAS FOR DINNER, WE TALKED TO BUCK PETERSON, WHO WROTE: QUICK FIX COOKING WITH ROADKILL

WALTER URBAN RECENTLY SET A GUINESS WORLD RECORD FOR POWER LIFTING AT THE AGE OF 53!

AUTHOR MATTHEW ROTHCHILD TOLD US ABOUT HIS NEW NOVEL SET IN NORTH DAKOTA CALLED I-29.

RON FROM LIZARD LICK TALKED ABOUT HOW LITTLE BRUCIE RECENTLY CUT OFF A COUPLE OF FINGERS, AND ABOUT THE NEW SEASON OF LIZARD LICK TOWING ON TRU TV!  YOU CAN HEAR IT IN THE AUDIO HIGHLIGHTS SECTION.

BILL OWEN GREW UP IN NORTH DAKOTA, WORKED AT KFYR, AND WOUND UP WITH A GREAT CAREER WITH ABC.  HE HAS A NEW BOOK CALLED RUNNERS-UP, BRIDESMAIDS, AND SECOND BANANAS.  IF YOU 'D LIKE TO PURCHASE AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY, YOU MAY CALL 201-387-1529.  TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW, YOU CAN HEAR IT AT AUDIO HIGHLIGHTS SECTION.

WE TALKED TO "THE PREZ" ON HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY. YOU CAN HEAR IT IN THE AUDIO HIGHLIGHTS SECTION.

VOICE OF THE TWINS JOHN GORDON HAD SOME BLUNT THOUGHTS ON WHITE SOX MANAGER OZZIE GUILLEN, PLUS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A JOHN GORDON BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND A DAN GLADDEN BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. YOU CAN HEAR IT AT THE AUDIO HIGHLIGHTS SECTION. 

DEL WILBER IS THE AUTHOR OF RAWHIDE DOWN, THE BEST SELLER THAT RECOUNTS THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF RONALD REAGAN.  TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW, GO TO THE AUDIO HIGHLIGHTS SECTION.  

BISMARCK AUTHOR M.E. ERICKSON HAS A NEW BOOK CALLED "DEATH FROM UNDER THE CITY:  THE PROPHET".  COST IS $16.00 PLU TAX, AND YOU CAN CONTACT HIM FOR A COPY AT micheal.e.erickson@hotmail.com
HE'LL ALSO CONDUCT A SIGNING ON SATURDAY, MAY 7TH AT EDGWOOD VILLAGE AND VISTA.

CHECK OUT ALEX HALSTED'S BOOK 100 THINGS TWINS FANS SHOULD KNOW AND DO BEFORE THEY DIE.

JOE MAUER TRADED TO THE YANKEES?  VOICE OF THE TWINS JOHN GORDON HAD A LITTLE APRIL FOOL'S FUN WITH THE PH PHACTOR.  TO HEAR IT, GO TO THE
AUDIO HIGHLIGHTS SECTION.

WE GOT AN UPDATE FROM NORTH CAROLINA FROM RON FROM LIZARD LICK.  GO TO THE AUDIO HIGHLIGHTS SECTION TO HEAR IT.

AUTHOR SHARON RASMUSSEN DISCUSSED THE BOOKSHE CO-AUTHORED WITH GEORGE GILLAND CALLED ALONG THE TRAIL TO THUNDER HAWK.

"THE PREZ" CHECKED IN AND TALKED ABOUT EGYPT AND OTHER THINGS.  YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT IN THE AUDIO HIGHLIGHTS SECTION.

BOB KATZ JOINED US TALK ABOUT HIS BOOK 3RD AND LONG:  A NOVEL FOR HARD TIMES.

THIS IS BISMARCK NATIVE JON RASK AT THE SOUTH POLE.  HE RECENTLY TOLD US ABOUT HIS ADVENTURE ON THE PHIL PARKER SHOW!