Vegas shepherd rescue. Good morning, ladies. Good morning. All right. So beth, julie, youre teaming up. Tell us about it. I was so honored that i got to head a committee here at our station to dole out money that the foundation said they would give to the Las Vegas Community which is so generous of our parent company. And as we began looking at organizations, we want to do give the money to vegas shepherd rescue, one of julies favorite, was top on our list. So honored on behalf of Scripps Howard foundation to present you with 1,500. [ cheering ] i know the money will go to help lots of animals. Oh, most definitely. We dont get any help from anybody, so we have to raise everything. So this means the world to us. No government assistance . No, no. Wow. So with this money, what are some of the things that it goes to . I wanted to talk about a very special dog named kennedy because its more than just its really about rescuing them from desperate situations. And kennedy was one of these dogs. This is him when we first picked him up from the shelter. Hes very extremely, dangerously underweight. Wow. And basically he was going to be put to death because they said that he was despondent and he didnt was having a difficult time breathing, having a difficult time eating. But they didnt investigate why well, we picked him up and took him straight to our great doctors at craig road Animal Hospital and what we found was that he had a ball lodged in his throat. And thats why he couldnt breathe. Thats why he couldnt eat. Wow. There there is the ball that was pulled out. Oh, my gosh. Of course, id be a little depressed if that thing was stuck in my throat. No telling how long it had been there, but obviously quite a dangerously thin. But fortunately, we got it pulled out and now you should see him now. He is just a happy, healthy, perfectly fine dog. Look at him now. He was adopted. Working the camera. Yeah, he is. And hes got a family. He was adopted by a metro detective right there. No kidding. And jack had adopted, previously adopted from us anotr featured on the Morning Blend a couple years ago. But anyway, so yeah. Hes a happy, healthy dog. And he still loves balls, believe it or not. That one is really big. And it can go down. Can i tell i couldnt we chose vegas shepherd rescue . Because there are over 100 employees at ktnv and we so badly wanted to support organizations that our employees feel passionately about. All of our employees give of their time and money. Honestly. Her heart and i mean, those dogs eat you out of house and home. She gives so much of her own money and that is why julie, its a tribute to you. You set such a great example for us here. We all want to be like julie. So we really because there are a loft great animal rescues out there, we really chose vegas shepherd rescue to honor julie. Job well done. Thank you so much. Beth, youre so cute. Whe was picturing a bracelett, wwjd what, would julie do. Thats right. Thank you so much. And i know it takes people like you who work for no money to pull off the Amazing Things that vegas shepherd rescue does. And i have to say, we have a great team of volunteers. We have a great group of a lot of women, let me say. But we have some men, too. But really great core group of themselves every day. They take shifts feeding breakfast, middays, dinners, bedtime checks. There is a lot that goes into it. How do we get involved . Vegasshepherdrescue. Com. Volunteer shop our store, donate, whatever. Foster. Foster. Foster, adopt, donate. Support. Thank you so much. Thank you. Beautiful. Thanks. Great to see you. Youll have to come back. You were fun. Thank you, ladies. Adopt, foster, volunteer, donate. For more information, call the numbered or head to the web site on your screen. Our next guest began writing songs together in seattle in now eight studio albums later, they traveled the world sharing their unique brand of rocknroll. Thats right. And tonight they play here in las vegas for the First Time Since 1993. Whoa. Yeah. Here with the seattle rock group, the pose yerkes are the founders, Ken Stringfellow and jon auer. How is it going . Excellent. Hey, guys. 30 years. Yep. Were getting this. Ouch. Thats incredible. How do you do it . How do you keep the inspiration going d the music . You know, i think weve been doing this for so long, it just comes naturally to us at this point. And weve been to all kinds of ups and downs, of course. Weve been through it all. The music just keeps us going. You still love it . Simple as that. You guys have seriously endured. Were overlooking the drummer. You cant overlook the drummer. Who do we have back here . Thats frankie siragusa. How are you doing . Im doing all right. All right. Was the last time you performed in las vegas. What do you guys remember about that time, about your show or about your stay in vegas . I remember all the money i lost after the show. Really . I did dig the kind of the naughty disneyland vibe of vegas. Thats pretty descriptive. Naughty disneyland. Yeah. I agree. Ive been to real disneyland. I would validate that. So you guys have been through, you mentioned ups and downs. You suffered a couple tragic losses. Yeah. How do you keep going . Once again, the music. Thats what we we were like halfway to making our latest album when our drummer, who had been with us for almost 20 years, passed away, like without warning. That was super heavy, as you can imagine. Wow. And thank goodness for frankly. I had known him beforement we worked on some projects. Us a positive vibe so we could keep going. The music got us through really. We finished the record and here we are today. That must have been a really difficult event. Oh, my lord. Absolutely. You dont know how to go on from, but im so glad that we did. Its kind of the only way to heal it was to keep going. Yeah. Absolutely. Has it changed your music do you think in the latter half of the album . Has it changed your approach . It definitely affect what had came out on the record, but more than anything, has given us more you appreciate life. Yeah. Were really unified front these days. Its called perspective, right . Yeah. Youre playing in the bunk house tonight if. Yeah. Tell us about the show. What can we expect . Were gonna bust out all the new tunes from our new album and a bunch of the classics and we got a lot of great local bands playing with us tonight. Well see special k, indigo kid, par. We had the very talented shana tonight. Its the last night of our tour. Perfect blow it out for us right now. What are you going to play . Unlikely places. All right. Thanks. . . . . I keep looking for you in unlikely places . . Yeah ive been searching the streets every moonlight night . . Yeah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Awesome, you guys woo thank you so much. The bunk house saloon. Doors open at 7. Music from 8 to 1 a. M tickets are available in advance on ticket. Com. And at the door. You must be 21. Stay with us. Well be right . . Attention medicare beneficiaries. Living in clark county. Call now and let unitedhealthcare help find a plan that may be right for you. Like an aarp medicarecomplete plan insured through unitedhealthcare. Like primary care doctor visits for a 0 copay. All in one simple plan for a 0 monthly premium. This Medicare Advantage plan offers you 0 copays for specialist visits. Overnight hospital stays. And tier 1 drugs. Hearing aids as low as 330 each, saving you thousands. And transportation to your Doctors Office or pharmacy at no additional cost. Medicare open enrollment ends december 7th. 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She has great ideas on what to get your Furry Friends this holiday season. Hi. Hi. Thanks so much for having me today. Oh, im so thrilled. Listen, the thing i always say safe. And i believe you have something that can help us out with that. You are so right. Thats one of the most important things you can do to show your love is make sure theyre safe. Whistle gps pet tracking device is awesome. Its the best on collar pet gps tracking device combined with the mobile app. It also has a really neat bonus. Its also an activity tracker. So its the first device that combines the activity tracker, plus a gps rolled into one. You can access all the information from your phone at your fingertips. So its a really, really neat, handy device. So useful and easy to use. This is awesome. Its like a fitbit for your dog. Exactly its like a fitbit for your dog. Thats totally what it is. A fitbit for your dog, but also then some. Lets say you set a parameter, a safety zone, it will give you an safety zone. So it will notify you. It will let you know right away if they left the parameters so you have a better chance of locating your dog. I have one dog who is an escape artist. That could come in handy. It does. I had an escape artist dog, too. Its life saver. It really can be. Absolutely. One thing that people are looking to a lot over the holidays is leaving their pets maybe at home with a pet sitter. It can always be a little a worrisome event. Do you have any advice for us . I sure do. Dog vacay will make you feel secure about leaving them at home. Im a helicopter mom when it comes to my dogs. Im nervous about who i leave my pet with. But the awesome thing about pet vacay is they vet every host that is part of their program. They have 30,000 hosts between the u. S. And can did. Yeah. 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For more information, check out their web site. Thank you so much. We have a whole Massive Network of shelters in las vegas. So many great people adopting animals. And i love those stuffed pets, too. They would make a Great Holiday gift for somebody. Great connecting with you. Great connecting with you. This is so much fun. Thank you so much for having me. Have a wonderful holiday. For more information about all the great information she shared with us, visit the web site on your screen. All right. Thanks. Before we head to break, it is a rare and unique opportunity to musical. High School Students from across the state will do just that when the nevada thespians in conjunction with the Clark County School district present the amateur world wide premiere of the hunchback of notre dame. A new musical. Thats right. Performances start this friday at the Cashman Center theater. For more information and tickets, head to the web site on your screen. Diabetes is a serious disease that affects millions of americans. Sadly our older Adult Population is the most at risk. The good news is in many cases, diabetes can be controlled. Yes. That is true. And here to help us understand how is dr. Sundeep singh from Healthcare Medical partners. Well as dixon keller from humana, hes a sales and marketing director. Welcome to you both. Thank you for having us. Thank you. So doctor, lets start off by talking about diabetes. What can you help us understand about the disease . As you were saying earlier, diabetes is a chronic disease and so as time goes on, your older Patient Population is more affected. As our patients get older, we have more patients dealing with that. Then another statistic is hispanics happen to be two times as more likely to diabetes, according to the American Diabetes association. So its important to try to isolate who your main targets and patient also be and try to screen for it at least. Big important thing is diet and exercise. Really maintaining a healthy diet and its hard to know sometimes what is healthy and what isnt healthy. So we always provide information for our patients. Then a reasonable exercise program. So always good to talk to your doctor before you start the exercise program. Many of my patients, ill start wherever they can get to. Okay. For our viewers watching who may have diabetes, what are some steps that they can take . Important thing is regular interval checkups with your doctor. I think its important to just keep an eye on things. We can do foot inspections, make sure the eye exams are okay. So thats a big one for me is doing that. Regular checking of your blood sugars. Its important to monitor your levels, make sure theyre not going high or low. Then based on those levels, we can readjust the medications. Its important to do those things. Always check the instructions on your medication. Sometimes theyll have certain things in timed intervals. Due diligence is important for diabetes. Yes. Dixon, were in open Enrollment Period right now. Lets talk about seniors and medicare. Whats important right now for seniors . Right now open enrollment, it started october 15 and ends on december 7. This is a time when seniors can make a change or enroll into a Prescription Drug plan. Its very important for seniors to look at different types of plans. Were talk being diabetes right now and there are specific plans called special needs plans made just for people with diabetics, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, arterial disease. These are all plans that are engineered specifically to help the folks with those chronic conditions. Thats really important to know because those chronic conditions are then considered special yes, they are. In your Healthcare Plan . Absolutely. So you want to be sure youre on a plan that accounts for that. You want to make sure its custom tailored just for you to help treat your specific needs and humana and Healthcare Partners work closely together to