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Good morning. Northern Michigan. This is Cup of

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Traverse City for the 01/08/2026.

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I still wrote 2025

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on the one check I've wrote this year

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so far, but, there we go. I got

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my coffee.

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Let's take a look at the weather.

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Today, a 20% chance of showers after 4PM.

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Mostly cloudy with a high near 44.

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Wow. That's crazy, and

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that'll work. South wind around 10 miles per

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hour.

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Tonight, showers before 1AM and then showers and

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possibly a thunderstorm

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between 1AM and 4AM.

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That'll be interesting.

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Then showers after 4AM. Temperature falling to near

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41

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by 8PM

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and rising to around 46 during the remainder

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of the night.

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Southwest winds around 10 miles per hour and

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gusts as high as 25. Chance precipitation is

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100%.

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New rainfall amounts between half and three quarters

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of an inch possible.

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That ought to add to our slushy.

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And on Friday rain showers,

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likely before 1PM and a slight chance of

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rain and snow showers between 1PM, 4PM,

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and a slight chance of snow showers after

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4PM.

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Mostly cloudy with a temperature falling around

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to around 36

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by 5PM. Northwest winds

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10 to 15 miles per hour with gusts

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as high as 25.

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Chance precipitation is 70%,

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little or no snow accumulation

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expected.

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Now with those temperatures,

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so yeah, that's

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that's a bit warm and like I said,

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it's gonna add to our slush effect here.

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Like

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I said yesterday,

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it is a slushy mess

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in certain places.

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So today is National

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Argyle Day. National Argyle Day is celebrated

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on

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January 8, and the pattern derives from a

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tartan of Clan Campbell of Argyle in Western

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Scotland.

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Scottish highlanders have worn the design in kilts,

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plaids,

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patterned socks known as tartan hose

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since the seventeenth century. Each year is recognized

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and honored on this day.

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So today I want to talk about a

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thing that started back in 2020

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called Project Feed the Kids,

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that's a nonprofit here in Traverse City. It's

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run by Tiffany McQueer and her husband

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who also own J And S South Airport

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and J And S Kingsley.

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Really good,

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little diner

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in both,

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both Traverse City and Kingsley.

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But they started this project

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feed the kids,

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where they make lunches for kids because, you

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know, during the

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COVID nineteen

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pandemic

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and, you know,

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some sense,

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you know, the kids weren't going to school

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and a lot of kids, the school lunch

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was their

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thing and, you know, that's where they got

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their food for the day, was at the

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school. So

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when the schools were closed, you know, everybody

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was work you know, doing their school from

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home online or

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however they were doing it.

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You know, a lot of lot of families

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had a little trouble,

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you know, making ends meet. So they now

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have, and they did back then, they'd have

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coolers,

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set outside,

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and they would fill them up with these

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little

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bag lunches

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for kids, you know, sandwiches, whatnot.

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Each

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meal costs about $2.50,

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but it was free to anybody. They just

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pull up to a cooler and take what

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they need and

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and go. And, they've been maintaining this now

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for, you know, coming up on six years,

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and, they're they're doing rather well with it.

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In fact, the next to J And S

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South Airport, they have a whole

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a whole facility now where volunteers go in

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there and and make the lunches and,

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you know, Costco and a bunch of other

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places

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donate food for it, and

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it's, it's quite the deal. And, now they

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have six coolers,

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spread around the county pretty much.

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And, you know, every once in a while,

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they'll have a big donation from Costco, so

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they'll put out, you know, bread

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and bagels and, you know, just whatever on

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on tables next to the coolers, and people

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can just

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take what they need.

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And so far, it's been pretty good. They've

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had a little bit of trouble with, you

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know, some vandalism

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and and whatnot, but, and they had one.

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It was a windstorm. They have a cooler

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out

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by Chum's Corner somewhere. I forget where. I

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think it's by Tractor Supply, maybe. I don't

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remember.

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But, it got blown over

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in a windstorm,

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but, they got that repaired and put back

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and I think locked down a little bit

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more so it doesn't blow over.

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Hopefully,

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hopefully, that's not

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the the norm and it hasn't been.

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So,

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but, yeah, check them out. You know, I

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frequent

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the diner there over at J And S

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South Airport, and

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and, you know, they have a big donation

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thing there. Usually, I'll pay in cash and

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then, throw the change in the

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in the, feed the kids

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bin there.

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And and, you know, they do a lot

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of things around Christmas time. They have a

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huge,

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toy donation thing where they

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they help families

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that that need it. So

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but, yeah, this week

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or well

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yeah. So, anyway, a little bit of history.

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Says, they packed 81 meals that first week,

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and

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and they had hundreds of calls and whatever

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whatever, and they ended up packing about 500

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meals that second week.

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And now they're up to about 3,000 meals,

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in a weekend,

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you know, so they'll spend, you know, a

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lot of time doing that

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and keeping those coolers stocked.

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But, it's quite an operation over there. So

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if you're in the area and know somebody

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that

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that is in need,

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send them over to J and S and

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the cooler's there, and at least they can

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get some lunch.

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that's a good thing. Anyway, we'll catch you

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tomorrow.