Wolfgang Van Halen gets it done!
This script shares five positive news stories covering a range of topics from an unexpected discovery by a magnet fisherman to heartwarming care at the Houston Zoo.
The first story celebrates a magnet fisherman who found a potentially medieval sword in a river, sparking interest and eventually leading to its donation to a museum amidst legal considerations.
Next, the extraordinary care given to a female jumping stick at the Houston Zoo is highlighted, where a unique treatment helped it recover.
The third story applauds Wolfgang Van Halen's generous donation to support school music programs across the country. The fourth tale anticipates California's super bloom, promising a spectacular natural event thanks to recent weather conditions.
Lastly, the script recounts the recovery of a cherished stuffed animal mistakenly thrown out, demonstrating community effort and the joy of retrieving a beloved item. These accounts collectively showcase human interest, kindness, and the small wonders that brighten the world.
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Callaroga Shark Media. I'm Johnny Mack
with five good news stories. Nice job
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by a magnet fisherman. He was
cleaning up the local river. He'd been
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out in the rain for a couple
hours and then they locked onto something and
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he asked his friend, what do
you think it is? And his friend
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said, looks like a sword.
He wrote on Facebook. Possibly medieval sword,
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whatever era it is, it's definitely
over two hundred and fifty years old,
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so we'll get back to that.
So what is magnet fishing. Well,
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a strong magnet gets attached to a
rope, you lower it into a
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stream or river. You try to
attract metallic objects. The Smithsonian Institute warns
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you this can be dangerous. Sometimes
you might catch a live grenade, so
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don't do this anyway. The experts
checked out the sword. It dated back
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to the eighth or ninth century and
almost certainly belonged to a Danish warrior.
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The fishermen sold the local paper it's
the oldest thing found in in this county
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magnet fishing. There was a little
dispute with the landowner in the river's trust,
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who don't permit magnet fishing. The
latter set a legal documents, saying
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they wouldn't take action on the condition
the sword was passed to a museum which
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I had done. Good news out
of the bug house at the Houston Zoo,
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a female jumping stick that is an
insect that looks like a stick was
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going through molt. That's the process
by which the bugs shed their exoskeletons and
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grow new ones. However, when
this female finished, the zookeepers noticed a
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crease had developed between her thorax and
head in an area without a joint.
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This neck like spot was so weak
that when the jumping stick attempted to climb
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up trees, her head flopped almost
all the way back on itself. So
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what did the vets do? They
made a neck brace. They used the
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rod of a sterilized Q tip and
some tape and they braced their head in
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thorax, which allowed the crease to
heal. Spokesperson at the zoo says,
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whether it's a mammal, reptile,
bird, or even insect, all of
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our animals receive extraordinary care. Nice
job by Wolfgang van Halen and you may
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know him, or you'd probably know
his father, Eddie van Hallend. Wolfgang
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has donated one hundred thousand dollars to
launch a special program to support public schools
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to acquire instruments for their music programs, working with the Mister Hollands Opus Foundation.
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I know that was important to Eddie. Wolfgang has launched the Adopt a
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School campaign, which connects qualifying schools
across the nation in need of musical instruments
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with donors interested in supporting music education
within a community of their choice. Wolfgang
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said, music has been a huge
part of my life. That's an understatement,
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and it's our family's great pleasure to
help support music education programs and bring
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the gift of music to students across
the country. Music education has proved to
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be a huge contributor towards a student's
success in school and in life. Nice
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job, Wolfgang. Good news if
you like the super bloom. Drenching rains
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and records snowfall throughout California's winter season
has carried on. This year's super bloom
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promises to be similar to last year's. We won't know for certain until April
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when peak blooming intends to occur.
But Evan Meyer, who's a botanist and
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the executive director of the Theatre or
a Pain Foundation, said, it's definitely
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looking like it's gonna be a good
season. All right, Dad messed up.
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Jake threw away his daughter's favorite stuffed
animal by mistake. It happens,
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actually doesn't happen. Come on,
Jake, step this up. Cupcake is
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a floppy eared dog. His daughter, Charlotte received it when she was four.
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She's now a grown woman. But
you know, cupcake, man,
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I get it. Dad was talking
to the daughter and was like, Hey,
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what are you looking for? And
she says Cupcake. Dad says,
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somewhere in the back of my head, I was like, is that the
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stuffed animal I just took to the
dump? Oops. Mom put out a
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post on Facebook asking if anyone was
available to open the dump for them.
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A local official saw it and took
care of it. On a rainy Thursday
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morning, they began searching through trash
compactors that had smushed the waistbag so thoroughly
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that they had to use a backo
to loosen up the garbage enough so they
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could use their hands. Now,
this show's called five Good News Stories.
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I'm not gonna be like, yeah, and they didn't find it, and
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I'll see tomorrow. That's not how
this ends. They found cup. Superintendent
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Dan says it made us feel pretty
good. No one wants to be without
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their stuffy and the smile on her
face said at all. Congratulations Charlotte Dan.
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Yeah, you better make this up
somehow. And those are your five
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good news stories for today. If
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