March 13, 2024

But we didn't order a new roof.

But we didn't order a new roof.

In this episode of '5 Good News Stories,' Johnny Mac shares a collection of heartwarming and inspiring tales that bring a little more positivity into the world.

The stories feature an accidental roof replacement that ended on a positive note, a significant scientific breakthrough at Pennsylvania State University where scientists have successfully 3D printed human skin tissue for wound treatment, an Oscar-winning documentary short 'The Last Repair Shop' spurring donations for a music repair program in Los Angeles, a college student named Connor who won a new car by making a 94-foot putt at a basketball game, and a couple named Mark and his wife who discovered a lost lottery ticket worth $50,000.

Ice Cream and Good News: A Perfect Combo
Unexpected Roofing Surprise for Scott and Debra
Innovations in Medicine: 3D Printed Human Skin
Oscars Night: Celebrating Musical Education
Auburn University's Halftime Hero
The Lost Lottery Ticket Saga



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Caloroga Shark Media Man. Good news
for me. I was writing the script

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for the show and my wife came
home with black raspberry ice cream. It

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was delicious. Yesterday was the first
nice days since last year. Hi.

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I'm Johnny Meg with five good news
stories. I'm high on ice cream.

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Good news for Scott Debra. They've
got a new roof on their house.

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That's great, right, it'll keep
the rain out. It makes the house

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look better. Here's the thing,
though, they didn't order a roof.

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The roofing company came by and I'd
taken off a lot of the old roof

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and then realized, hey, we're
at the wrong house. The owner said.

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Had to be humble. We made
a mistake. Here's what we can

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do to fix it. Scott,
the house owner said, it was pretty

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funny. They were very gracious,
very sweet. They understood a little shocked

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and Dug the house owner he's kind
of like me, he said. He

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probably wouldn't even notice the new roof
after he got back. But once a

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week I'll ask my wife how long
has that been hanging on the wall there,

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And the answer is usually like twenty
years. Scientists successfully three D printed

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some human skin tissue into open wounds. WHOA How does this work? Scientists

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at Pennsylvania State University printed living human
skin tissue directly into the open wounds of

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rats. Why is this good news? Well, current methods of skin and

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hair reconstruction, like skin grafts,
can often result in scars. This could

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lead to a more seamless treatment for
humans. That's good. Did you watch

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the Oscars the other night? A
lot of people did, and The Last

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Repair Shop took home the Academy Award
for Best Documentary Short and that has inspired

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a bunch of donations for the Music
Repair Program in Los Angeles. During his

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acceptance speech, one of the directors
talked about the importance of investing in today's

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youth and removing barriers to music education. He said, LA is one of

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the last cities in America to give
public school students free and freely repaired instruments.

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We need to fix that because musical
education isn't just about creating incredibly musicians,

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It's about creating incredible humans. Well
said. There's a website, the

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Last Repair Shop dot com and where
hours after the Oscars, nine thousand dollars

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had been raised. The goal is
five million, so still a ways to

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go. Congratulations to Connor. He
goes to Auburn University. He was in

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one of those contests, you know, at halftime of a sporting event,

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can you win a car? Well, Connor made a ninety four foot putt,

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rolling a golf ball from one baseline
through a sign to the other basket.

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He won a car from the local
Toyota dealership. Congratulations Connor. Good

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news for Mark and his wife.
They found the lottery ticket they had lost.

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They had won fifty thousand dollars.
They couldn't find the ticket. Mark

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walked into the local convenience store.
The owner was like, congratulations. Mark's

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like for what. The owner said, you won the lottery, and he

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said, I wish she said you
did. I have you on video.

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Mark and his wife looked around.
They couldn't find the ticket. They were

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worried they had thrown it away.
The wife said, had been beating myself

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up for three months, thinking I
threw this ticket away. Luckily, Mark

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went to check on the condition of
a company car he sometimes drives, and

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he saw the ticket inside. The
car is not used often. Mark says,

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I don't know how long it might
have sat out there. If I

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hadn't needed the car. They grabbed
the ticket, went to lottery headquarters.

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They got a check for thirty six
thousand dollars after taxes. They plan to

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pay off the bills and might even
take a trip. And those are your

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five good news stories for today.
If you join the program, boy,

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the numbers are really up. I
appreciate you all listening to this. People

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are really catching on. It's fun
for me to do so, thank you.

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Please share the show with a friend
that'll help grow the show, and

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I'll see you on Friday with five
more good news stories.