10 year old calls police...for help with homework

0:03 Callaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. The Shawano County Sheriff's Office set on social media that a dispatcher answered a nine to one to one call from a ten year old who called to say he needed help with his math homework. He stated that his family wasn't very good at math either, and he needed help. The dispatcher explained to the young caller that nine one one is not the right number to call for homework help, but she offered to help. She had some time, so she said, all right, can I help you with the program? And he gave this long problem with decimals. She wasn't able to help them, so she informed him, well, let me see if I can get a deputy near your residence. Deputy Chase was in the area and he's like, all right, I'll ahead on over and take a look at the math problem.

0:48 Chase wrote in his report, personally, I'm not overly proficient when it comes to math, but nonetheless I responded to assist. The police tell us. The young caller was given a business card and was told We're always here to help, except next time, use the non emergency line. Happy birthday do best Friend, who celebrated his fortieth birthday at SeaWorld in San Diego. Best Friend is the oldest known macaroni penguin in North America. Forty is well beyond the expected lifespan of fifteen to twenty years for a macaroni penguin in the wild. Best Friend's daily activity has include bubble blowing in his water tray, playing with trickling hoses, and letting out ecstatic calls when spoken to. He'll even curl up in your lap for a nap when he's in the mood. A town council in Scotland was given the go ahead by a local court to sell a marble bust that was found propping open a Gordon shed. The bust was purchased by the town council in nineteen thirty for five dollars and depicts the man after whom the town gets his name, Sir John Gordon. The bust was sculpted in seventeen twenty eight. It disappeared for decades. It was rediscovered being used as a doorstop in a shed.

1:52 There was a discussion about displaying it as a historical peace, but a local authority said the value made securing insurance very difficult, so it's they had locked away from public view for a lot of time. It was shown in the louver in twenty sixteen at the J. Paul Getty Museum in la. The town is now clear to sell it. The money will go to the Common Good Fund. Good News. More Americans doing good deeds. Fifty nine percent of Gen Z and millennials responded to a survey they say they are doing more good. Of the Gen Exit baby Boomer surveyed, forty seven percent said they did as much good as they wanted to. One fifth of younger generations gave themselves an A for the amount of good they've done. Only ten percent of older respondents gave themselves an A. So what motivates people to give back to their community? Forty seven percent said satisfaction of giving forty three percent a sense of purpose. Other responses wanting to make the world a better place, emotional wellbeing and community connection, showing my children how to support their community, physical health benefits, skill development and networking opportunities. A reptile wrangler responded to a home because a massive carpet python was found hiding inside a barbecue grill. The Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers twenty four to seven Love that title posted a video on social media Stuart Mackenzie and the video says, I've just seen it still to suppear up under the barbecue. He opens the bottom of the barbecue reveals the back half of the snake as it makes its way up into the cooking area. Stewart explains, it's not what you need in the barbecue. He had to partially disassemble the barbecue to

3:23 remove the snake without injuring it. The social media post said, although this snake was quite easy to get a hold of from the beginning, the snake would have held on type with the top half of its body and gotten quite the fright. Yikes. That's your five good news stories for today. If you enjoy this program, tell a friend about it. They might like it too. If you would like this program without commercial interruption, I hear you, I get it. I'm trying to work with you. Here. There's a link in the show notes. For five bucks a month, you get this show and like twenty others in the network, commercial free. If you're on Apple Podcasts, there's a banner it says uninterrupted listening. Click on that you get a thirty day free trial after that five bucks a month. All right, appreciate you listening. You have an awesome day.