We are all brothers and sisters. I imagine that every person on earth has been affected in some way by the destructive spirit of contention, resentment and revenge. The spirit of envy and hatred has led to some of the most tragic stories in history. Perhaps there are even times when we recognize this spirit in ourselves. We are not perfect, the people around us are not perfect. People do things that annoy, disappoint and anger. Though we cannot look into another's heart, we assume that we know a bad motive or even a bad person when we see one. This topic of judging others could actually be taught in a two-word sermon. When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following. Stop it. Jessica! Hey, why didn't you call me? Hurry up! Get in the car! Where were you? We got a youth activity tonight at the old folks home in like 30 minutes. You and my friends are going to go if you want to come. Get your activity! All right, well I'm going to start walking. Are you coming? No, I've got homework. All right, well, don't you go to the juice. We may get there before the day is done. Okay, here we go. Okay, I'm going first, then you Sam. Drop. Ah, whatever, he's going anyway. Doesn't even matter. No, he doesn't get to take it. Love what? Drama? What? Oh my god. You cheating. You cheating. You got a wild card out of this. Are you kidding me, Sam? Whatever. This is why you always blink. That is so good. Hey, are you the one that made that picture of Melissa? What picture? You made her cry in biology today. Look, I was just joking around. So people need to stop taking things so seriously. Jessica, thanks for drinking all the juice. You okay? I looked at your phone. Who wrote that? Who cares? They're right. Oh no, Jess. Don't do not. They don't know who you really are. I mean, Jess, they're just kidding around. You are just like them. Especially at school. Haven't we all, at one time or another, meekly approached the mercy seed and pleaded for grace? Haven't we wished with all the energy of our souls for mercy to be forgiven for the mistakes we have made and the sins we have committed? Forgiving ourselves and others is not easy. In fact, for most of us, it requires a major change in our attitude and what you're thinking. Even a change of heart. Consider the following questions as a self-test. Do you harbor grudge against someone else? Do you gossip, even when what you say may be true? Do you exclude, push away, or punish others because of something they have done? Do you secretly envy another? Do you wish to cause harm to someone? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may want to apply the two-word sermon from earlier. Stop it. There's enough heartache and sorrow in this life without our adding to it through our own stubbornness, bitterness, and resentment. This mighty change of heart is exactly what the Gospel of Jesus Christ is designed to bring about. I'm truly, truly sorry. Let us be kind. Let us forgive. Let us talk peacefully with each other. Let us do good unto all men. Allowing us to see others the way our Heavenly Father sees us as flawed and imperfect mortals who have potential and worth far beyond our capacity to imagine. Because God loves us so much, we too must love and forgive. Remember, in the end, it is the merciful who obtain mercy.


Good morning, Sheboygan. And welcome to the fourth of July parade. Alongside the coach, Chris Wright on Mike Martin. And we're ready to bring you one of the big events in Sheboygan for the year, actually. This is a big deal. It's an absolutely big deal. And I say this every year. When I first moved to Sheboygan, this was something that was circled and invited friends and family to come down here. My family still comes down here from an aunt well in her 80s to now cousins that are two years old. So my family has always been a big thing, but the whole city comes out for the parade and let's just hope the weather stays nice at least till the parade gets done. So far we've got a beautiful morning, a little bit of clouds once in a while, which keeps it from getting too hot.  I also want to mention the team today. Our director is Scott Melloff. He's the director of the station also. Cameraman behind that camera is Greg Zablaki. Up on top we have Eric Weisman. Of course, we mentioned you, Chris, and myself, Mike Martin, and we're really looking forward to bringing you this parade. We're also gonna throw in some other information about the events happening today. Chris, you mentioned you were at the coolest cardiology freedom run. Yes, I was there right away this morning. There was over 200 runners and walkers. It's a two-mile event that takes place right across the street from the YMCA. And then there's a five-mile run. And I know the five-mile run was won by a Sheboygan Lutheran alumni, I guess, Sean Heisenstein. I, he beat the field by well over a minute in that five mile, maybe a minute and a half. That's a big gap. Yeah, and it's very well attended. They had walkers with dogs. And it's just a nice way to kick things off. I think they used to be the Dr. Opal event. And it's still the same, basically, event. But it's a real nice way to start the weekend. Last night they had the Venetian Yacht Club light thing. I was down there yesterday, very well attended for that. And of course, there's a variety of things today following the parade, which leads up, of course, to the fireworks tonight. Another thing that's happening before the parade, it started at eight o'clock this morning at the Northside Beach, was the King of the Beach volleyball tournament. And that runs until it's done, which I would think is probably pretty close to noon. So if you're looking for something to do, the run is over, you're too late for that. But you still could get down there and watch the beach volleyball. Parade will be starting any minute now. We're waiting for it to come down our way. We are sitting right next to the judges' table. And they give grades to all the different floats and displays that go on. And then they have awards for that. And we look forward to seeing the parade and see what happens. You know any of those judges? Yeah, Scott Hansen from Howard's Grove sitting there at the end. Okay. And I know Dave Huffman there is kind of organizing there to Huffman cleaners. Also known as the Brot guy when that comes up. So I'm wondering if there's like, I think there's a Brot trot too, isn't there a fun run for that? Not today, not according to my lineup. But I've been for the Brot days, I think. Well, you know what, that is tricky trot. Thanksgiving day. Okay, I know, I should tell Dominic who got to my step son kind of ran this morning. We can hear it coming down the street and we can see it now. The parade has started.  Everybody knows who John Adams was. Second president. He refused to celebrate Independence Day on the 4th of July. Really? He said it was signed on July 2nd and that's when we should celebrate it. Now, I remember last year, in son of our notes, we had talked about the 4th versus the 2nd, but. Do you know that John Adams died on July 4th? Who else? What other president? Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson. Yeah, I should have said to my students. You just took number two on the list of eight. I teach that to my students. Good. Do they learn it? They're taught it. Yeah. All right, coming down the street, Greg turned his camera around. You saw the shot from Eric's camera up on top, but leading off the parade, we have the Cheboygan Police Department and Honor Guard of the Sheriff's Department. And it's your welcome to the 2019 Independence Day Parade. And since it's the American flag, we're gonna stand up and salute our flag. Joe Summers' bagpiper. Joe Summers has been playing bagpipes since he was nine years old. He was inspired to begin playing after hearing a park ranger play them at dusk while camping out west. Next up, you see our current mayor, Mike Banderstein, and members of the Common Council. And of course, they wish everyone a happy Independence Day. There you see Mayor Banderstein in this older vehicle. That's a classic. Yeah. I would figure you would know that more than me, Marty. I know that it's a classic. And then following along, the mayor is the Common Council. A lot of members. Oh, you know what I forgot to bring? My plastic bag for all the goodies. Council already working on the judges trying to get their votes by giving the... Hey, what about the TV guys? Jim Boren driving that Corvette. It's nice that they're all here supporting the parade and their city. Whoa, nice throw, kid. They have over 60. Who is that? It's Trey Mitchell. He's an alderman here, too. Okay. Looked us up over. They have 86 different units in this year's parade. So we have 82 to go. Is that what you're saying? I didn't mean it that way. But yeah. Boy, there's lots of people here, Marty. It was, I came down at eight o'clock to help out. And there were a lot of people had their spaces all marked off and there were people along the street. Of course, a lot more now that the parade has started, but you're right. This is a big event for Sheboygan. Nice to get the community out and have a nice day for it. I think the next big one would be the broad days, huh? Yeah. Judge Torrey here. I teach her daughter, daughter son. Coming down the street, we have Wisconsin Bank and Trust. Wisconsin Bank and Trust are the 2019 sponsors of the Independence Day Parade. WBT has partnered with the Sheboygan North High Drum Line to kick off this year's parade. This student-led organization provides a unique and exciting entertainment for the community.  Yeah, the North High Drum Line, obviously student-led ensemble, the students write and select their own music, design their own routines, teach music to the entire drum line and look at how populated it is now. They travel all over the state performing for a variety of schools and other organizations. They're lively performances each and every time.  For the judges. We have the city of Sheboygan Fire Department. The city of Sheboygan Fire Department wishes everyone a very safe, independent state.  And make sure it has a good battery. So I get the odds and the odds is too. Fire Department has some impressive equipment, Chris. Yeah, they do. I got a question for you. What is the protocol when you're watching a parade? I know you should stand for the first American flag. Do you need to stand for each of the other ones too? I have no idea. I don't know that protocol. Okay. Me either. You would think on the 4th of July parade there'll be a lot of flags. Right, right.  We don't have any statistics in front of us but I know that normally now when there's like a car accident or something the fire department comes out. It's like automatic, not just a police department or an ambulance if somebody got hurt. So their number of calls or respond to calls is up over the last few years as they've changed their way of doing things. Next we have Samaritan's Hand Incorporated. Samaritan's Hand is a local faith based non-profit drug and alcohol outpatient clinic which also has a men's sober house in town. Stop down to Rotary Riverview Park after the parade to support their broad fry. So if you're looking for lunch, Chris, there you go. Let's get in front of the camera. And the judges, right? Yeah. Hi, I'm Sam comes Festival Foods. Festival Foods is a family owned company throughout Wisconsin since 1946. 32 stores now are located in our state. They have state of the art supermarkets and employees more than 7,500 employees Festival Foods is one of the sponsors for tonight's fireworks which of course takes place approximately 9.30. There's another entity that's very involved in our community. Very much so. Hoping to sponsor different events. Shoreline Metro, welcome to Shoreline Metro, your destination for affordable, dependable, safe and courteous transportation in the Sheboygan Metro area. At Shoreline Metro, we are more than a transportation option.  Climb aboard today. And here comes the Shoreline Metro trolley. We'll be following the water bottles. Lots of water bottles by Festival Foods today. A lot of that candy's not making its way to the curb. I was just gonna say it. And not gonna make it to the beach either at this rate. Here's that trolley that Marty mentioned. That's a pretty classy way to travel, Chris. There you go. All right, following the Shoreline Metro comes Meyer. This is a 1936 Chevy Steak race truck right behind the Shoreline there. You can see it coming there with Meyer. And it is the replica of the first truck that was used by Hendrick and Fred Meyer to transport groceries to their first store in Greenville, Michigan. This restored truck that's coming up here was presented to Fred on his 75th birthday. The Grand Rapids-based retailer operates over 245 super centers and proud now to serve here in Sheboygan. And it basically took over the old mall. There you see that truck. Came out firing, Chris, they're a major sponsor of the Sheboygan AIDS. And it's nice to see. It's quite a truck too. Next we have the Republican Party of Sheboygan County. The Republican Party of Sheboygan County wishes everyone a happy and safe Independence Day celebration. And as we go through the parade, we'll have Republicans and Democrats represented. But remember, Independence Day is really a nonpartisan you know, event that our country celebrates our independence, obviously. Which was signed on July 2nd, but we celebrate on the 4th. Oh, here's one, you'll like this. Did you know that America isn't the only country that celebrates the 4th of July? And do you know what the other country is? Puerto Rico? Denmark, party's hard on the 4th of July, Chris. They celebrated since thousands of deans immigrated to the U.S. in 1912, so they really embraced our country in that respect. Okay, that's the numbers one, two and three. We got five left on our list. Long Republican line, a lot of people in their portion of the parade. I think the Democrats come up in the 40s, so they'll have their representation as well. Okay, I got a question for you, another parade question. If we had a Democratic president, would the Democrats be first in the parade? That's a good question, I don't know. That's a good question, I'm uncertain. I don't, well, I hope they don't think about it that hard.  Coming up the street now, Marty, is the Hmong Mutual Assistance Association, the traditional Hmong dancers are wearing clothing and styles, very indicative of the different groups of Hmong living in our community. As they come up, you're gonna see a variety of colors here. The most common colors are white and then the green. The Hmong and the styles range from traditional to contemporary and the Hmong community is always a crowd favorite here at the parade. I think you get an opportunity to see this, I know I have when I was teaching full-time and even now as I substitute teach, is the Hmong community comes into the schools at certain points during the year and it provides their, performs their traditional dances and shows off their traditional garb and quite impressive. Yep. They've certainly been an asset to our community. Yep, I know the Hispanic community does the same and it's nice that the diversity is shared. Yeah, great, great point. You get a chance to see some of the traditional dance that they perform. He's a helper over at Sheridan School and you can see more of the traditional dance in the trailer of this black truck, on this black truck. Following the Hmong Mutual Assistance Association is Pink Heels, Sheboyk County. They are a nonprofit organization spreading love and support to families battling illness that is affecting the family structure. We can help through financial aid or home visits with our Pink Fire Truck. Find us on Facebook for more information and I remember them, Chris, they were at Wildwood Baseball Park a couple summers ago, promoting their program and I actually had a chance to sign the front of the truck because my dad had died of cancer and then we were also over at Jefferson a couple of years ago, one of the days I was subbing. So, great organization. I'll take the next group here. It's the Sheboyk Falls varsity dance team, which is everyone is safe and happy Independence Day. The purple birds, Larry Brand, you always used to call them when he was coaching out there. The purple birds. Yeah, the falcons. So, when I was at Chilton, we played falls one week, I think it was football season and in one of the displays at Chilton High School they had knocked the falcon of the Sheboyk Falls. They made them take it down. The ferris of the ferris here, Marty, so good. You could take that one, the purple birds. It's nice that Falls came out today. I don't remember them being here before. No, you're right, I don't either. It's nice that they got in. It's nice that the kids are willing to give up part of their fourth of July to come down and help us celebrate. Next up is the Sheboyk in 2019, Sheboyk County Ferris of the Fair. And this year it is Sarah DeHec. Join us at the Plymouth Fairgrounds for the Sheboyk County Fair. It's August 29th through September 2nd. There's Sarah, congratulations to her. Greg had mentioned that he got her name and he said, yeah, she was in the parade last year but we didn't know who it was. So he checked it out, make sure he knew and gave us the name, but it was in the dialogue this time. That's good. Coming up, one of my favorites is the Sheboyk and Dog Training Club, which was basically established in 1952 with a focus on teaching owners how to take care of their dogs and to live with them. With two heated training buildings and two outdoor fencing areas, the club has opened year-round, operated by its members. They offer classes for the public nearly every day of the week. Mixed breed or pure bred, all dogs are welcome to come to the Sheboyk Dog Training Club. You have a pet? Well, Colleen has pets. We have dog, cat, guinea pigs, fish. The answer I guess would be yes. So, yeah, I guess so. Next we have the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 47-4, station of Sheboyk. Wishes everyone a safe and happy Independence Day. Given our situation on the lake, Coast Guard provides a very important service for us. Following a division, training ship, Avagon and nonprofit naval youth groups, we teach young women and men ages 10 to 17 with three core values of C cadet organization, honor, courage, and commitment. Here you can see them as they pass by us here. Another great organization, especially given our situation on the lake. Thanks for the soda, Marty. You're welcome. Thank my wife, she put it all together. Next we have Horizon for Girls. Students are promoting their efforts to stop bullying. They will sponsor along with much community support, a 5K as part of their Come Together event at Fountain Park, September 14th. Remember that date, September 14th. Stop and see them at the Rotary Riverview Park for face painting, so you can get your face painted and then get your double brunt. Yep, and here's Acuity found up. They have the Acuity Health Challenge. It's a locally 5K, two mile runner walk, a listening Dominic. This event hosts a unique vendor village on site. 100% of this year's proceeds are being donated to benefit Boygan's behavioral health and wellness. Another company here in Sheboygan that really promotes the community and it's been a godsend for Sheboygan at Sheboygan area. Triple I Shrine Animal Unit coming up. The Triple I Animal Unit is based out of Milwaukee. We march in character costumes to provide stronger legs for children at our Shriners hospitals. They've been here a number of years too. Yes, they have. SpongeBob Squarepants. The Shriners still have their football game with the Packers, right, pre-season. Oh yeah, every year. She biking is a 15-person pedal cavern that tours Sheboygan and is a great option to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, bachelor-bachelorette parties, and any other reason you just want to get on a bike. Have some liquid. I've seen that around town. I've never seen that around town. Really, I have. I guess it depends on the neighborhood, Jiren. Tilly's Pit Crew. Tilly Pit Crew coming up. Our mission is aimed at reducing population of pit bull dogs in Sheboygan County while offering owner support and network with local rescues and shelters to secure a safe future for these dogs. In three years, we have provided over 350 free resources for pit bulls and their families. Oh, I didn't know something like that even existed. Parade's going to the dogs, Marty. Yeah, right. And here comes Discovery Coach Trolley all aboard for a fun time on the Discovery Trolley, our 28 passenger vintage Trolley's, our ideal for weddings, corporate events, local transfers and more. David Priggy. Yeah. And Discovery Coach also has 16, 30, 48, 56 passenger coaches for all your transportation needs, family-owned business since 1949. Jerry and Phil Bittner. Oh, yeah. Jason. Unfortunately, we just saw all those people, Chris. The Bittner, mother, grandma, Joyce passed away a few days ago and we were at her funeral. But the family seems to be recovering doing well. Next, we have Orange Cross Ambulance. Orange Cross Ambulance Service, paramedic and critical care provide services and they've been proudly serving the citizens of the Sheboyton County since 1979. And right behind them comes the town of Wilson, Wilson first responders. The town of Wilson's first responding unit is an incident response team, response to all local and regional emergencies, supporting everyone here in our community in a time of crisis. Let's go to one of these. You'll like this one too, Chris. We basically devour all of our favorite foods on the fourth. Listen to this, 155 million hot dogs. Wow. 107 million dollars spent on popsicles, can you imagine that? I can't, I'm not that much of a popsicle guy here. Me either. 167 million spent on watermelon. Oh well. Plus, Independence Day is the biggest holiday for what sales? It's a beverage. Beer, really? You got it. I was gonna say, not water? No, not water. United One Credit Union. We are here basically, we're here because you're here. That's United One Credit Union's message. And they're here today with a patriotic group of employees, family and friends that include aero transmission and a combining two and one. Oh, we gotta like that guy's shirt. Go Cubs. Been a tough couple of weeks watching the brewers and the Cubs. So they brought in Kimbrell at the end of that game. They lost 18 to five. He gave up three more runs in his one inning. Last night, they brought him in with the one run lead. He lost it. Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. They spent a lot of money on that guy too. Yep. But who's complaining? The worms.  But anyways, let's get back to the parade. The Sheboygan Lakers Figure Skating Club promotes the sport of figure skating. Learn to skate lessons are offered Monday evenings from September to March. September to March on Mondays, you can learn to skate. Skaters begin at the age of three all the way up to adults, which are all encouraged to participate. We also have a theater on ice team and two competitive synchronized skating teams as well. So come fall, grab your skates and... Head to the blue line. Hit the ice. When I was a kid, they used to have around the city various ice skating rinks that the city would come and flood them. And they had shelters where you could go in when it got too cold. Yeah, it's all, none of that's available anymore. Now you have to get to the blue line. That was something, you know. Okay. What I understand is like, you talk about, there's adults that talk about that. Remember when? That was something they remember is skating in parks. I remember my right arm around and Reinbold skating. Over at Grant. And it would be at night too, right? And they had a little shelter. I was really good at skating forward. I could not skate backwards and ever learn that skill. Okay, you can hear them coming down the street. Oh yeah. Now they're... The Kiel Municipal Band. They've been in this parade forever. I was just gonna say that. The Kiel Municipal Band members range in age from 15 to 88. Years old and are all volunteers. A few members have over 60 years of service. And many others have 30 years or more. Please join the band tonight for the annual 4th of July Sousa Concert at Kohler Breveen Park. You know, at one time bands were very prevalent. I think we talked about that a little bit during the parade last year as there were hardly any bands. Yeah. It's a very traditional thing for cities to have a band. And there's very few. One thing we haven't done the last couple of years is the Memorial Day parade. But there's a parade where you get North in there and South in there. And of course, Kiel I think comes for that one too. So at least you'd have three. But 4th of July, this might be our only band. Q for your service. Here comes another mainstay at the parade. Diane Remy School of Dance and Baton, which was founded almost 60 years ago. Founded in 1960 teaching classical ballet, tap, jazz, Spanish dance, basic ballroom and all forms of baton twirling. Again, another very traditional thing for our parade. Like you said, she's been around for an awfully long time. Oh yeah. Lot of kids have gone through her school. Next we have RCS and Powers. RCS is proud to present their next play for 2020 Shrek. Happy Independence Day from RCS. Okay, and there of course located on the Geely Avenue. See Sean in there. Sean sometimes comes down to Salation Army and helps Judy Strauss in the crew serve the Emanus meal. Judy Strauss was at pickleball yesterday. I'm never going to pickleball again. Just kidding. Judy, was she any good? I didn't get to play with her though. There's a red, white and blue corvette for you. That's a dandy. It looks like it goes really fast. Not right now though, please. Yeah, really? And following them comes the US Bank. Located right up the street here. It employs family and friends in Sheboygan, Manitowoc and Appleton. Accompanied by Ron and Mary Cringeson and all their beautiful horses. We've seen them before too. Woolett's carriage rides. That's out on off Superior and about 70th Street or so. Okay, I didn't even know that, Chris. Maybe it's Rangeline there on. That's that near out near where you look sort of. Yeah, for her. Good job, Greg. A little dab in. We'll do you. I think this is the, I'm going to take this one, Marty. I think this is the Legion post here, Marty. That's what it looks like. Yep, they're represented by American Post 83. Okay, down by Wildwood. Nice to see them walking. They've been providing that sponsorship for the baseball program for, gosh, it's got to be close to 60 years, if not longer. I'm not sure if it's the same group. Prescott Baines does the Legion team and the partnership used to be with the Recreation Department. I know they have their Friday Night Fish Fry there. Still attend that at the post 83 as well. Yeah, here's a great case where the, next we have the Sheboygan County elected officials. Sheboygan County elected officials are proud to be part of the Fourth of July parade and wish all of us a happy fourth and safe for that matter. Next is the Sheboygan Theater Group. Sheboygan Theater comes today preparing for its 86th season. We start our season today with live entertainment at one o'clock at Fountain Park. So again, another one of those activities this afternoon that you can participate in, this one's at Fountain Park. Don't tell me there's nothing to do on the Fourth of July in Sheboygan. Don't tell me there's nothing to do in Sheboygan, period. Right, there's always things to do. Clark cursed in the middle. Clark works over at Jefferson. EA does a great job with the kids. He's been there forever. Oh, I think I just took yours, Marty. Sorry about that. So I get to do another one. What did you do? I did the odd. Oh, so I'll do that. Two JVs. Oh, I mean the JCs. I can do the JCs in there. Bratdez, we mentioned that before. August 2nd and 3rd come down to the Dominion of Terror as well for 45 years of haunting, giving back to our community one scared of time. But again, Bratdez coming up first weekend in August, a very traditional event. That takes place at Kiwanis Park, correct? Yes, sir. By the way, your comment about the parade going to the dogs. We have more dogs in front of us again. Part of the JCs. Anyway, I think it was two nights ago, a bunch of buddies of mine went to a timber rattlers game and it was dog night. They had 175 dogs at the game. Wow. I know. That was pretty impressive. And they had a big dog race in the outfield. The best part about the dog race out in the outfield, they didn't need a cleanup crew. Probably a lot of sniffing going on there. Oh, no kidding. Got a slight delay in the parade here, Marty. Legend Larry's prominently displayed on that sign right behind the Bratdez truck. That part of the youth football. Absolutely. We'll read that as long as we're waiting. Chewigan Youth Football. It was founded in 1987 after the middle schools dropped sports for the school. The founders saw a need for football fundamentals before high school. Chewigan Youth Football teaches fifth through eighth grade boys and girls. The basics of football and cheerleading. Another great organization allowing kids to be involved. Well, Coach Culliff, I believe is the start of that, right? Yeah, I think he was all part of that initial organization. And I know he fundraises big time for it. And is that coach on the top? It is. There's Coach Culliff. Long time teacher at Grant. Maybe some of you have had him as a fied teacher. And there you see the sign. Wanted tackle football players entering fifth through eighth grade. There's some former players as well. That's nice to see that. They got some big kids out there. Holy cow. Yep. Just a month away. And they'll be starting practice. And I'm not kidding about that. That's a fact. That Bob Mayer out there? Yep. Right behind him comes the Warp Dance Company as a collective of aerialists and professional dancers who work collaboratively to create and present innovative works to artistic performances. We are located currently in Chewboygan Falls and offer classes in aerial and dance and fitness. The aerial dance company, Marty. Holy cow. Some pretty small kids there at the end too. Yep. Great activity. Increase your flexibility. Next we have the Supernova Circus Arts. It was started in 2014 by Sarah Wolfel. She teaches hoop dance classes at Warp Dance Studios and is also a fire performer with lakeside luminaries. Can you do the hula hoop, Chris? Oh, yeah. I demonstrated. I can do it on my neck and I can do it on my arms but I can't make it go on my waist. Oh, really? Look at this. Coming in the spring of 2020, Johnsonville providing a new marketplace. Holy cow. Look at that's coming on Highway J. From Charlie Murphy serving Johnsonville Brats to that, Marty, holy cow. Happy independence day from Johnsonville, proudly independent family-owned employer with more than 1,800 American workers. They've been making famous sausage right here in Chewboygan County since 1945. As you celebrate America this year, remember you can't spell sausage without USA. All right then. That's true. Gesso used to say you can't spell Duke without the UK. And also we have the Johnsonville Sausages here, the ones you see right at the ballpark. They've come to Chewboygan. Hey, they were out of his game. I mean, they're picking Johnsonville Sausages, the Sausage races. You know, when I go to the games I always take the same one. So, you know, I'm hoping that that one wins. I figure one out of five chances. Next we have Chewboygan County Democratic Party, wishing all of us a happy independence day. Oh, more sausages, Chris. Yeah, they're right with the- Democrats. I had the hot dog, Bobblehead, at home. By the way, if you want, you can have my Travis Shaw mayor of Ding Dong City, Bobblehead, if you wanted to. For you non-Beassball fans, Travis Shaw got sent down to the minors. But he'll be back. Oh, hold on to your seats, fans. Chris is gonna talk about- There you go, yeah. There's Ralph and Dave. This is the Chewboygan County Pickle Club, which is active seniors who live to stay fit, playing their great sport. They have courts throughout Chewboygan County. Check their website out for details. There's Tom Riemer, there's Bruce. Jerry, Candy's walking. A lot of the players we play with. There's Larry right here. Right there, Bruce passing and Larry. Rochester Park, nine to 12 in the morning. Go and play some pickleball, or six to eight, I believe, on Tuesday and Thursday, Rochester Park. Do you wanna meet Chris, be there. Town of Chewboygan Volunteer Fire Department presents the fire trucks that serve and protect the town of Chewboygan residents and the surrounding area. Again, providing a very needed service for our community and county. We're just now halfway through the parade, Marty. Alrighty. Time flies when you're having fun. It's gonna be a long one today. That was 43 of 86, ladies and gentlemen.  I was wrong. Oh, wow. One of them dropped out. Okay. I hope it's, oh, it's an even two, so that means you'll have to do a double, but that's okay. Do I get paid overtime? No, but I'll take a- I did the opening too.  I'll take a soda break at that time. That you thought this was a soda break. Right behind the town of Chewboygan Volunteer Fire Department's Woodlake Market. Woodlake Market is a full service grocery store with one of the area's most extensive selection of organic locally grown products, cheeses, seafood, liquors, wines and beer. Stop out to Kohler, to Woodlake Market. Years ago, I'd go out there pretty regularly because Pat was their baker. She was awesome. They had the best crawlers in the county. And then Pat retired. But their bakery is very good too. Speaking from experience. Next we have Friends of Peace Park Chewboygan. This unit includes a miniature peace pole. The real peace pole is located at the corner of Third Street and Michigan Avenue on that little triangle that's there right before you hit the lake. It bears the message may peace prevail on earth in 16 languages. The groups are singing peace songs as they make their way along the route. And I believe right behind them comes the Chewboygan African Drum and Dance Community connecting people and bringing a healthy community through African drumming, dancing and culture. Hey, that's pretty cool. Is that Malalia on the sign there on top of the truck? I am Malala. Through the Chewboygan African Drum and Dance Community we have the Faith-Based Education. Our float is designed to showcase the schools that are a part of Faith-Based Education. We are hoping to promote the many school options that have faith as a central part of their teaching. I think before we get into that we should enjoy the music. This isn't on our list, Chris. You can take it. Looks like the raising grannies of Chewboygan here. Following the Faith-Based Community comes Bethlehem Lutheran, Bethlehem Lutheran Church and School, which is everyone a blessed Independence Day. They're well represented here today. First you see the Faith-Based right here followed by Bethlehem Lutheran right behind them. The transition, Chris. The grannies were not on our list. I think we'll probably run into them further down the line. There you see Bethlehem Lutheran. That's where my wife went to school in church. Very well represented. Yes, it's nice to see Bucky Badger out there. There you see him at the bottom of your screen. Bethlehem Badger, I guess. Right, Bethlehem Badger. Next we have the Color Guard from VFW Post 9156. Color Guard is represented today by VFW Post 9156. And again, good organization to have in the community for all the veterans that have served our country so gracefully, loyally, including you, Marty. Navy man. And right behind the VFW Post 9156 comes the Sheboygan North Dance Team. Sheboygan North Dance Program is an award-winning program, both the varsity and JV as of the current. WACPC State Hip Hop Champs. The varsity is coached by Kayla Pinter and the JV coached by Vicki Roudman. Here are your Lady Raider Dance Team. They put in a lot of time, Chris, for practicing. I remember talking to some of the girls and you talk about basketball as all these hours of practice in football. They don't have to take a backdoor to anyone in terms of preparation. And they do the fitness training like all the other sports too. They're asked to come to that as well. I mean, it's quite impressive. Yep, multifaceted. Next we have the Sheboygan North Cheer and Stunt Team. Sheboygan North Cheer and Stunt Team works all summer to prepare for sporting Raider Athletics. Getting ready, of course, for the 2019-20 school year. And they're gonna be at the events for the team. Go Raiders. We're kinda in preparation for that too, aren't we? We're in training. This is our pre-season right here, this parade. That's right. Got their tie-dye shirts on today. Looking quite festive. Up next we have Sheboygan's very own hometown radio stations, 1330 a.m. And 105 FMWHBL. Sheboygan's rock stations, 101-65, the buzz, 104-5-96-1. Sheboygan's point, and Sheboygan County B93 with Jonathan Hensler. If you can't remember all those numbers, look at your screen and check out the trucks. Yep, they like to thank all the amazing listeners for Sheboygan to continue listening to their radio stations here in Sheboygan County. I do listen to Jonathan Hensler on Sheboygan Country 93 in the morning that I'm going to school. He's quite an entertainer. Oh my gosh. He gives all the birthdays, he gives facts. We set to see him on a semi-regular basis during the sport season. He does mostly high school basketball during the course of the basketball season. We'll see him then. You know, you've been doing this TV gig for 20 years now. I've been doing it for 25. I think this is starting my 26th year. But anyway, I get these people that come, hey Marty, how's it going? You still doing that radio gig? No, it's 25 years of TV, man. Does that mean you got a voice for radio but not a face for TV? Correct. That's absolutely correct. Next we have the VW, pardon me, VW Club of Sheboygan. The Volkswagen Club of Sheboygan celebrates our country's independence with decorated Beatles, buses, convertibles, and new Volkswagen's. I know, I know. Get the next one. By the way, I got a question for you again on parade etiquette or protocol. How come North gets to go before South in a parade? I'm not complaining, I'm just asking. What determines that? I don't know. Do you know anything? I don't know any of those protocols. Another traditional group here at the parade is this Volkswagen group. They are quite buggy. Yeah, for sure. I always like this band, Marty. Oh yeah, this is really cool. I think Colleen would like to spend time in there. Not with me, but I think she would enjoy traveling the country that way. I don't think you'd make good time in that vehicle. That looks like a lot of 40 miles an hour. Maxing all it. Oh, Chris, use sailing. Oh, we got a group here. We have a use sailing group. You can take them, since they don't have any dialogue. Yeah. By the way, they do have a use sailing group. They do have a new building, a storage facility on Superior Avenue out by a Valrath company. I know they provide lessons and things well as well. I know Steve Anvaigle worked with them for a number of years teaching and instructing. It doesn't look like they're on the list, Chris, but since they're in the parade, we'll talk about them. Yeah. You know, again, I think it's another great organization for our community. Here we go. Schwoigen-Saltai School Dance Team. Award-winning Schwoigen-Saltai Varsity Dance Team is coached by Alexis Campia. And I would say between North and South, when all this dance business got started, South was really well represented and they kind of started the boom in Schwoigen and... They're a banner state seven championship, state championships, and both schools are very well represented and do a great job in our state. And here you get an example of their expertise. Nice job by those girls. Some of them are huffing and puffing. Ladies, you have a lot more routines ahead of you. All right, you only got two blocks in a three mile course. Powing the dance team up comes the John Michael Kohler Art Center, which is located basically just to our left here, just to the east, blending the art, car tradition and the commercial food truck, this connecting community's collaboration with the John Michael Kohler Art Center explores the eat local movement. Look for the Art Cafe car during your summer events around town.  We have nothing to do in Schwoigen-Baloney. Yeah, really. Come over to the park right next to us here, over here on the seventh street and the food trucks come there and they have entertainment, free, free. Part of that Leavitt music series, I believe. Great thing that the John Michael Kohler Art Center provides for us here at Schwoigen. Pretty nifty truck there. Next on our list is the theater for young audiences. I'm not sure if this is it, Chris. It's a combination. I don't see the young audiences, but Schwoigen Chevrolet is represented here right now. Schwoigen Chevrolet and Chrysler have been your hometown dealer for over 27 years with eight brands with over 800 vehicles in stock. They're certain to have a vehicle for you and there is the Jeep truck. There's Colleen's truck that she wants us to purchase. We went to the lot, Marty, and she jumped on it and hugged it. I don't know if that's a good thing. Seen on a camera. She wants it. That's for sure. Well, we don't see the theater for young audiences. We're gonna jump down to Crossroads Community Church. Crossroads Community Church is promoting their free children's outreach event. Wisen up July 22nd to 25th from 6.15 to 8.30 p.m. at Christian High. The event is open to children going into first through sixth grade. Sign up on the website. www.crossroadscheboygen.org. Walk ups welcome. Come rain or shine. Crossroads Community Church meets Sundays at Lake County Academy. A represented group. Can I just go back to that theater for young audiences? Please do. Maybe they were part of that John Michael Koehler Art Center. The TYA is celebrating their 30th year in 2019. We are delighted to bring live theater to all ages and are thrilled to be part of this parade this year. And again, the theater for young audiences and other great opportunities for kids to get involved in the fine arts. And here comes the Girl Scouts of Manitou Council. They're here today showcasing Girl Scouts, Go-Gitters, Innovators, Ristakers and Leaders, G-I-R-L for Girl, showing that girls can be all those things through the sisterhood of the Girl Scout. Register today for your Girl Scouts. Ooh, there you see the yellow bus behind the kids. I don't see that. I see the cookies, Marty. Now we're gonna get those kids at this table. The heck with the judges. There you see a box of Thin Mints. Not that I would know they're Thin Mints because they're in a green box or anything, Marty. But that's what they come in that color. Got that memorized. Next we have Bookworm Gardens. Check out the magic school bus from Bookworm Gardens. This year's Sheboygan's very own Botanic Garden will travel to Washington, DC for a special exhibit at the US Botanic Garden. Bookworm's mission is to enrich the mind, body and spirit of young and young at heart. That'd be you and me. Through exploration in a garden environment based on children's literature, it's really awesome, Chris. The magic school bus. Yeah, and of course Bookworm Gardens is located out by the center out there. You can visit out there and... Go up instead of driving in the parking lot for a Lutheran high, just follow the road up to the top and when you get to the stop sign, it's on your left. Yep, following them comes Bethel Baptist. Bethel Baptist has been located in Sheboygan for over 125 years. We're committed to exalting and celebrating and taking Christ to those around us. We welcome Bethel Church to the parade. I think it's time for another one of these, Chris. We're getting to the end of the parade. You know that the Macy's Fireworks is the biggest in the country. This year, New York City has competition for the biggest fireworks display. You know what city that is? Philadelphia. Asheville, Tennessee. Yeah. They're trying to beat them. I'm not sure if it's gonna be longer, more fireworks or more money spent. I actually heard there's a shortage of fireworks in our country. Really? Really. I think it's a lot of hot-headed people out there. Next, we have Pentecostals of Sheboygan County. We celebrate freedom today because of past sacrifices. Isn't that true? Wishing you all a safe and happy 4th of July. See, they all got their cup blue on. The Salvation Army, Marty, is ringing in the 4th of July this year and asking you to ride for a reason. Join riders for all ages this Saturday, July 6th, for this family-friendly event. Five beautiful routes to choose from, ranging from 10 miles to 100 miles. Register at thesalvationride.org. So this Saturday, the ride for a reason. Salvationride.org. Next, we have Gaming Generation, cosplaying gamers from a local store that love having fun and making people smile. I believe that store is on North 8th Street, round 8th and Lincoln. Followed by the Sheboygan Pops. The Sheboygan Pops was founded in 1989 to promote band music in the area. The band performs winter and spring concerts in addition to the summer concerts in Founta Park. All concerts are free. All concerts are free, so. Would this be our second band then, even though they're not marching? Yep, 30 years of the Sheboygan Pops, Marty. Next, we have St. Cyril's and St. Cyril and Methodius Picnic Committee. This is a 1926 Model T Ford Restored and Driven by Jack Leonard. The banners are for the St. Cyril and Methodius Slovenian Fest at the Land Park this Sunday, July 7th. I always go down there for that as well. All right, great food and fellowship, just like the Greek picnic was this past weekend. Oh yeah, I was there too. We got our food on, I think it was Saturday, went down, got our food, but this time instead of eating by the lake, we took it home. Good decision, because it rained right after that. I was there Friday. Menard Orthodontics led freedom ring in 2019, creating beautiful smiles. And Menard Orthodontics, Sheboygan, Plymouth and Beyond, happy 4th of July to all. Next, we have Iglesia L. Cavario, proudly promoting our church and our summer Bible school in 2019, as well as the Gospel of Jesus, amen. Iglesia L. Cavario. Very well represented group of them coming up here, Marty. Oh, you're right. Nice. You know, they're all smiling as they go by, Chris. I wonder what they're like at the end of the road. I think this is you. Yep, coming up. Well, I think this is a dare to dream one, Marty. I'm not sure which group this is. Maybe it's, well, take all of them. I'm putting my sheet away. I think that's the poem. So we're gonna, I'm not sure which group this is. As we look through our list, dare to dream does not seem to be on it, so we don't have any dialogue to give you. We're getting near the end, Chris. We're in the 70s, I'm 80 something. Yep, it's picked up in momentum, I guess you could say. Well, that pride and hospitality all they had to say was happy 4th of July, basically. Yeah, I don't, yeah, I don't. Which is good. Yeah. Nothing wrong with that. I would say it's pride, hospitality. Yeah. But anyway, coming up after them is Palm's Tree Service. Palm's Tree Service is showcasing their Tree Service Abarists, Abarists performing live cutting on the float. Well, see if they do that in front of the judges and us here. Really? Hope they don't get sawed us in our equipment. Oh boy, they're a cut above the rest. Oh, come on, Chris. I'm feeling your stuff now. See, I'm not getting older. I do know that his saw works better than my electric saw. Palm Van Horn Automotive, since 1966, Van Horn Automotive Group has remained Wisconsin's premier family-owned and operated auto group. We probably sell new, used and certified pre-owned vehicles for every budget and style. There's another nice jeep. Yeah, that one's pretty sharp. These look good in that white one, that Rubicon. Yeah. With the big wheel in the back. All right. You know, if I had that vehicle when I got a flat tire, it still left the call triple A. I couldn't handle that big wheel. Next we have Blue Harbor. Blue Harbor Resort is presenting a mini flow rider, which can be found at Breakers Bay Water Park. Learn to surf at the resort or just enjoy the environment. Pool access is included with your purchase of a day pass for the water park. That's a good deal. I'll have to admit, I've never surfed before, Barry. Me either. Well, now it's time for you to learn. Get your shoulder fixed first. It's not on my bucket list. Lakeland University is a proud to display their talented drum line during the 4th of July. Thank you to our talented students and professors for making this possible. Lakeland University. Sheboygan County's very own. We have Dalsky's Raw Dog. Dalsky's Raw Dog is a pep food store specializing in raw foods and treats and natural foods. Dalsky supports both the cities and the sheriff's K-9 unit. That's interesting. Yeah, they're located, I believe, on Calumet on the north side. And here comes the town of Wilson's fire department. January of 2017, the town of Wilson Black River fire department went through a change and officially became a municipal fire department and assumed the name. The town of Wilson Fire Department. That's a reorganization there. Next up is Meyer Motors. Meyer Motors Incorporated is a third generation family owned and operated GMC and Buick dealership. Visit us at www.gomeyermotors.com for more information. Now, you presently have a Buick. Yep. I presently have a Buick and you're looking at a Chevy now. No, no. Or a Calinas.  I have the responsible vehicle. Yeah, right. She has a hero. That's not what her dad said. Jimmy Johns has been handling, handing out samples today, which is everyone is safe and happy independence. Freaky fast, freaky good. Jimmy Johns. They have a variety of locations here in Sheboygan. Whoa, they are throwing out. I want one of those. Lunch. Geez. Hey, we gotta go through another one of my things here, Chris. Did you know that there is an official Fourth of July city? Seriously. In 1979, an act of Congress dubbed Seward, Nebraska, America's official Fourth of July city. Wow. White Nebraska. Really? Alliant energy. Alliant energy wishes everybody a safe and happy independence day. And boy, don't we depend on them. As long as we have a short break, in Bristol, Rhode Island, they literally paint the town red, white, and blue. So instead of having those yellow lines in front of town and street, it's red, white, and blue. Wow. I know it's a little lame, but still it's kind of impressive, I guess. Oh, I would think. Another tradition of the parade is the YMCA gymnastics squad. The Sheboygan County YMCA springers founded way back in 1985. This team now is comprised of over 100 gymnasts. 100 gymnasts, aged from four to 18, competing at 19 separate levels. They've been state champions since 1989, competed in the YMCA gymnastics conference ever since in 1992. And let's watch these springers. This is Nugent, is one of their coaches. Oh yeah, there she is, right there in the red. Yeah. They're all in red. She's looking in the blue shoes to your left, coming on the screen there. Denise. Oh, that was nice. Very nice. Outstanding job, Denise, with your group.  Walmart online grocery pickup. Walmart free online grocery pickup wishes everyone a happy independence day. Do you take advantage of that service, Chris? Sure. Seriously? No, I do not do the grocery pickup line. You know, in order to do that, you'd actually have to pick up the phone and call or go online. Go online. You have to do something first. Following them comes Perfect Surface Ink. They will be demonstrating, explaining their soft wash methods for you. So go to Perfect Surface Ink. So that's a car wash? Must be. Boy, being on that big truck, they could come and do your house. Yep. Another tradition of the parade coming up, Marty. Oh, exterior cleaning, roof siding, concrete, and more. Doesn't say any about cleaning your mouth. Another tradition, Marty. Oh, Jaeger clowns. They're a regular in this parade too. They've always been here, it seems like. Jaeger clowns are another parade favorite. This is Barbara Jaeger's 62nd appearance in the Sheboygan Independence Day Parade. That's impressive. Look at that. There she is. We clown around, but we don't quite get to it to that extent. Oh, I get Santana's limo. They're not here. Oh, they gotta be. So go ahead. Santana's limo is a, oh, okay, all right, all right. Road Legal 4WD Association. Road Legal 4WD Association is the largest four by four non-profit in Wisconsin. They've opened up three parks and mapped all the public trails in Southeast Wisconsin. Trails can be viewed at RL4WD.com. Weekly rides, classes and workshops are being done to increase sustainable trails and tourism in Wisconsin. And that would be all your four. By the way, WD means four-wheel drive, right? Four WD, four-wheel drive, okay. Wow, they got a lot of vehicles, Chris. Off-roading and on-roading, that would be fun. Nice. Public trails. Okay, I don't know if this is the last one on my list here. By the way, Chris had a list, but he didn't do it. But anyway, number eight and last. And in Tennessee, they stay up late or start early, depending on how you look at it. In the Smoky Mountains, Gatlinburg hosts the Midnight Parade, Chris, which kicks off at exactly 12 a.m. To launch its fourth of the July festivities. That's interesting, yeah. That parade's over. Those people are sleeping in. They're sleeping in. Way to get Scott up early today. That's like, was it in Indiana? They have Midnight Madness. When college starts their pre-season basketball practices and they have midnight practice so they can open up right at the beginning. I'll tell you, this is impressive, all these four-wheel drive vehicles. We could do Santana's limo. Sure, we could do that. It's an even. Yeah, it's a family-owned and operated company provide transportation services to our clients from the North and South Eastern Wisconsin throughout the county as needed. Everyone deserves to be treated like a star. And then, I can't remember her name now, but one of the Santana daughters worked for us at the station. Oh, okay. I think she was in Scott Melloff's class at South and would show up as part of that and then help out. She was nice. I was hoping to see her in a parade, actually. Probably following the road legal four-wheel drive association in this red vehicle, this big truck coming to Semi, I believe is our last group of the day. It's our local drummers love playing drums together as well as playing with a variety of local bands. They call themselves the 12 drummers drumming. We'll see if they'll be drumming as they come by the stand here. I've got a couple of activities that are coming up today. We mentioned about the coolest cardiology run in the King of the Beach volleyball tournament and of course the parade, which we're at right now, but from noon until five o'clock at Rotary Riverview Park, Meyer family fun zone is being operated, includes live music concessions and games for all ages. They also have a music lineup. Hawaiian Joe's acoustic at 12, 115 is gonna be Stuart Bartzen acoustic. At 230, they have the Acusta Delix. And then at 345, they have Emerson Buggins acoustic. Sounds like an acoustic show this afternoon having to do with Meyer's family fun zone. Then they have Freedom Fest from 11 to noon at the land park from 11 to, pardon me, from noon until 11 p.m. And they also provide music. 12 drummers drumming, I only got up to 10. People at the end of our day, end of our parade for the day and we wanna thank you for watching. One more time for the crew. Scott Mailup, our director, Greg Zablaki on the ground camera. Eric Weisman up on the deck for my partner, Chris Wright. I'm Mike Martin saying thanks for watching everybody and we'll see you down the road.


Mr. President, how are you, Mr. President? I'm just doing fine. I hope you are. You only have something pretty good. How's Miss Eisenhower? We're fine. We're leaving for California tonight. Is that right? Lady Bird and I want to talk to you and tell you we just sure hope you could come to the inauguration and if we could do anything to make arrangements or anything for you, we'd love to do it and make you, if it is possible, make you as comfortable as it could and we want you to come see everything you want to see and nothing that you didn't want to see. Maybe you've had too many of them. This is all, Mr. President, you're very kind, but you see, mainly you won't travel except by train. Train. Now to come back all the way just after we got out there and we had to get our children out for the holidays, it would be quite a burden on her and I think it would just be unwise. Well, I wouldn't want you to do anything that would take any energy. Much resistance. Well, I get her quite, please be quiet while I try to keep her pretty steady there. Well it's not anything I want more than for both of you to conserve all you have so you'll be with us as long as everything. I just want you to know that we both would feel mighty, pleased and happy if you felt like you were here. I can't tell you how deeply appreciate it. I appreciate it. Why are you on the phone? I'd like to tell you about an incident. Sure thing. I was out at Hershey at a meeting with the Republicans doing the last campaign and it was a pretty nice meeting. You're trying to get the things on the rails and some constructives and so on where we could all support. It turned out that there was a reporter there. Now, he apparently gave to Newsweek or some other darn organization a statement which purported to be a quote from me in which I said we all had to unify and that was true. We had to do our best to put it to win because that's what Republicans are out for. And then he said, he put on and throw out this communistic form of government we have in Western. Now, never in my life have I accused anybody or any organization in the United States of incognito. I never go into this business of criticizing and trying to, by exaggeration, to express my disapproval of something.  But that's fine. Just because, I know this can hurt you, but it can hurt me terribly in my own mind because I could ever, people could think me guilty of saying such a damn thing. Nobody thinks you guilty of anything except the very best motives and the best judgments that you capable of exercising. And long as I'm here, there's nobody going to have more respect or really more affection than you. And you can just be sure of that. I never read it. And if I had read it, I wouldn't have paid a damn better attention. I think I probably stopped this thing, but I told him. I said, if this man writes this thing, whatever I can do to discredit him and the public, I'm going to do it. I said, I've never taken off on this, buddy. But I'm not going to have this kind of thing said because after all, you know, I tell you, I have personal friendship and admiration without agreeing those political problems. And I'm certainly never going to say anything that was implied. That kind of a thing about the administration you had. I know that. Well, we're in different parties, but we're for the same country. And we may have different approaches. I don't think many. I served under you eight years and I didn't find it very uncomfortable. I didn't find that I was very incompatible. And I found myself down there on the front row, voting for your recommendations a good many times when Republican leaders on the back row fighting them. And I find myself pretty comfortable with you. And I don't, I haven't ever found it necessary to say anything personal about you or anything about your program. And I talked to Melton Goodie. He started out with me when I was a kid congressman and he got me my first nationwide broadcast over radio. So we had a pretty good close touch and Bob Anderson calls me every week or so. And they helped me and you just pay no attention. They're not ever going to divide us. You can fight a good Republican fight. I'll do my best. But we'll both be for the country when the chips are down and I want your advice and your suggestions and your recommendations and your judgment without bothering you and without being a pest every time I can.  Well, thank you very much, Mr. President. I most deeply appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. President. It's only because of my concern for naming things in health care. I understand that. I understand that. And if it were, if it were something besides just a ceremony and I had to have you, I'd tell you. But I just want you to know that we would be happy. Please say my one effective greeting to the lady first. Sure will.


From Austin, Texas, it's theCube covering Pure Storage Accelerate 2019. Brought to you by Pure Storage. Howdy y'all, welcome back to theCube, the leader in live tech coverage. We're covering day two of Pure Accelerate 19, Lisa Martin with Dave Vellante. Welcoming to theCube for the first time from ESG. Mark Peters, principal analyst and practice director. Time with you. Oh, my apologies. You are so young. I wish, I wish that were true. You in fact were one of the first analysts. I think that's true. If not the first analyst ever on theCube. Well I'll say welcome back. Thank you. We're glad to have you here. So you've been with ESG for quite a while. You know the storage industry inside and out, I'm sure. Pure, just about to celebrate their 10th anniversary. Yesterday we heard lots of news, which is always nice for us to have fodder to talk about. But I'd love to get your take on this disruptive company, what they've been able to achieve in their first 10 years, going directly through as Dave's been saying the last two days, driving a truck through EMC's install base back of the day. Your thoughts on how they've been able to achieve what they have. That allows me to talk about something I really want to talk about. And I think it addresses your question. How have they been able to do it? It's by being different. And I don't know, you mean obviously you do a stack of interviews here and maybe other people have talked about that. But that is the, and when I say different, I don't necessarily mean technology. I have a kind of standard riff in this business that we get so embroiled in the technology, do not for one second think it's not important. But we get so embroiled in that that we miss the human element or the emotional element. And I think that's important. So they were very different. They created these armies of fans who just bought into what they did. Now of course that was based on initially bringing Flash to the market, making Flash affordable. They've extended that here with the C announcement. And other things as well. Sorry, I don't want to just focus on that. But they've continued to do things differently with the technology. But I think what really made them an attractive company and why they've survived 10 years and are now big, sizable, is because they were a different sort of company to deal with. Are you at all surprised that the fourth accelerate is in Austin, Texas. Totally. Dell's backyard. Yes. They're bold. They're disruptive. They're different. They're bold. Okay, but also, did you go to the other three? The last two? I was trying to remind myself where they were. I know one was kind of on a pier and in a ballpark in San Francisco. One was, you remember the one that was in that rescue wharf? Yes. Which was, but that was a rusting. So cool. But it was a metaphor and a rusting spinning desk, right? But it was also such a different sort of place. And so, and I promise I'm coming back to your question. But it was also an effew at EMC, but anyway. Oh, yeah, I agree. And then the last one was in some sort of concert-y whole thing. The Belgrade Civic, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, rock hall. Yeah, so they were all different. And so, yes, I know this is Dell's backyard. Probably literally, because I'm sure Michael Owens is a lot of the place, but. It's also kind of very normal place. And so there's a little bit of me that I don't want to use the word worry. But as you grow up, and of course we've got the 10-year anniversary. We're in Austin. What's the tagline of Austin? I don't know. Cook them? No, keep Austin weird. Oh, okay. Now I don't want to suggest it appears weird, but they were always a little different. I said that's why I think they were attractive. I agree. As much as anything. Yes. That's why they had the hordes of the admiring fans all wearing their orange socks and T-shirts and cheering. And as they get older, as they get more mature, as they expand their portfolio, Charlie was on stage talking not so much about scale as a problem when he was asked, but more about complexity. As you get more complex, you actually get more normal. And so I don't know that weird is the word, but a bit like Austin, pure needs to keep pure interesting. I like that. Very interesting. So you and I, we've been around a while and we've kind of students of the industry. I was commenting earlier that it's just, to me, very impressive that this company has achieved a new definition of escape velocity, we're achieving a billion dollars. Sure. First company since then I have to do it. I got it listed. 3PAR couldn't do it. Compellent, Data Domain, Isilon, Ecologic, Left Hand. All really good companies. All very successful companies. What do you think? And all coming out of the dot com, you know, crash. Maybe that paid part of it. Pure kind of came out of the, you know, the recession. Why do you think pure has been able to achieve that, that, you know, 4X3PAR, for example, in terms of revenues, and it's got a ways to go. They probably do 1.7 this year. I think they have aspirations for five. I don't know if they publicly stated that. I hope they do. They probably have, right. Of course, why wouldn't they? Thoughts on why they were able to achieve that. What were the sort of factors? Genuinely, having no idea what you were going to ask me and now actually listening to the question, you've just made me think of something that I had not really thought about. That's why it took so long to ask the question. It was a very long question. I'm too worried to formulate an answer. You are the star. You used the word escape velocity. Let's think about planes.  Isn't it to take off, which may be not the same as escape, which is in the sky, isn't it? But you get the point. How long to really take off and be independently airborne? They gave themselves, I don't know how much was, by design, default, how it really happened, I don't know. They had an immensely long runway. You think the whole conversation about pure for years and years was, oh yeah, yeah, they're making loads of revenue, but they lose 80 cents every time they get 50. That was the conversation for years and years. I know they've now turned that corner. And I think the difference actually, the more I think about it, yes, you can talk about product, yes, you can talk about the experience. I think those things are both part of it, but the other companies you named had cool things too. They all had cool products. You had, what was it, the autopilot thing with the propellant, and they had lots of people cheering actually in this building, I think. Three-par was yellow and kind of cool in a different part of the market. Disruptive, right? But they were both trying to get to the exit fast. Whether that exit was being bought or whether it was going under, I don't know. It was going to be one or the other, and for both of them, they got bought. I don't think pure had that same intention, and it certainly got funding and backers that allowed it to take longer to take off. That's a really good point. And I think there's a new Silicon Valley playbook. You saw it with ServiceNow, with Frank Slutman. It's like the Silicon Valley Mafia. Slutman, Deetson, Bushree at workday. They all raised a boatload of cash, and they sacrificed profits for growth. I mean, I remember Dave Scott telling me, when he came on, the board was saying, hey, we're ready to raise 30 million. He said, I need 80. 80's chump changed today compared to what these guys are raising. Well, I mean, I think they pretty quickly raised hundreds of millions, didn't they? They weren't scraping by on 50 or 80 million, which is what you see. Sorry, can one more thought? Go ahead. Just this escape velocity idea, I think is interesting, because the other thing about escape velocity is partly how long you take runway or whatever, but it's the payload. And the more the payload, the longer it takes to take off the ground, or the more thrust you need. Thrust, in this case, is money again. But if you think about it, this is another thing that we're here and I are going to say, we've been doing this a long time. The storage industry over decades has been one of the easiest industries to enter, and one of the hardest to actually do well. Why is that? Because the payload is heavy. It's easy to make a box that works fast, big, whatever you want, in your garage, you know, two men and one application, working for a day. It's really hard to be interoperable with every app, every other system, operational needs, and so on and so forth. And so the payload to be successful, I think they understood that too. So, you know, they didn't let themselves get distracted by like the initial shiny glittery we need to get out of this business. I love the parallels with payloads and rockets, because of course we had Leland Melvin in their keynote this morning, I'm a former NASA geek. Talk to us about your thoughts on their cloud strategy, the evolution of the partnership with AWS. We talked about that yesterday, sort of this customers bringing this forcing function together but being able to sort of simplify and give customers this pure management plan, the software layer, wherever their data is. Your thoughts on how they're positioning themselves for multi-cloud hybrid world? Okay, two thoughts, one cloud, then you also use the word simplicity. So I want to talk about both of those things if I can. I don't know, I'm sorry this is not a very good answer. I think it's the truth. I mean, you can't exist in this world if you haven't got a cloud story and it better be hybrid or multi, whichever you prefer. I think those have very distinct meanings by the way but we would be here for an hour and a half, it would be a cube special to really get into that. However, so you've got to do this. I mean, there is just, none of the clients they're dealing with, almost none. That's not research, I'll talk research in a second but you know, glib statement, everyone's got a cloud strategy. It doesn't matter which analyst company you put up the data, we all do it. I want to talk about a cup some research we've done in a second, but everyone will tell you a high number of people who have a cloud first strategy, whether that's overall or just for new applications or whatever, so they've got to do it. What's crucial to whether or not they succeed is not the AWS branding, because everyone's got AWS branding. It's true. They meet people that they don't work with or will not work within the next year or two. I mean, I'm sure there's one.  No, let's go, you're on a roll. But simplicity is really important. So David knows we do a lot of research at ESG. One of our cornerstone pieces of research is I think all the IT spending intentions we do every year. One of the questions this year has been for a couple of years now is basically saying, simple question, excuse the overuse of the word, is how much more complex is IT in your experience, more or less complex than it was two years ago? IT broadly. And you know the answer. I love this question, yeah. You know the answer. And 66% of people say it is more complex now than it was two years ago. People don't want complexity. We all know that there's not enough skills around. Got the research to back that up as well. And so simplicity is really important. Cause, who was sitting in this seat before me, I think, will say that the company, Pure, was founded on simplicity. That was the point. They were to be the apple of storage. I think that's why people love them. They were just very easy to use. And so coming finally back to your question, if they can do this and keep it simple, then they have better chance of success than others. But how do you define success for them? Is it keeping their customers or getting new ones? That's a challenge. They do have a very high net retention rate. I want to say like 140%. But things like we have a 140% retention. Yes. How do you do that? So this is interesting. It's actually 150% renewal rate by the Mike Scarpelli CFO math of renewal rates on a dollar value, a net dollar value renewal rate for the subscriptions. Mike Scarpelli was a CFO of ServiceNow, invented this model, and ServiceNow had like a hundred and whatever, 1,500, whatever, 20%. That makes sense. And so it's a revenue-based renewal. Makes sense, sorry. For one second I thought you were retaining more people than you'd go. But 150% is insane. I mean, 105% is great. 150% is- Sorry, interrupt to do a question. Unbelievable. Well, I was just saying- No, it's good nuance though. Yes, and thanks for clarifying. It's, you know, companies can say whether it's one of Pure's customers or Pure themselves or a competitor. We are cloud-first. We have a cloud-first strategy. And a company like Pure can say we deliver simplicity. Those are marketing terms until they're actually put in the field and delivered. So in your perspective, how does Pure take what IT professionals are saying? Things are so much more complex these days. How does a Pure commit and say simple, seamless, sustainable like Charlie Giancarlo said yesterday and actually make that a reality? Well, I mean, obviously that's their challenge and that's what they have worked to do. To some degree, and this comes back to what I was saying at the beginning, to some degree it becomes self-fulfilling because that's why your customers come back with more money because they bought into this. And so as long as they're kept happy, they're probably not going to go and look at 20 other people. I'm not saying they never had any of that simplicity to start off with, but it's very interesting. If you go to a Pure event, their customers, and this might be sacrilege sitting in this environment, don't talk about the product. They talk about the company. You're right. We have the same thing yesterday. And they talk about the experience, there's that word again, of being a Pure customer. Yes. And so they're into it. They bought into whatever this is. And as long as the product, please do not strike me down, is good enough. I'm not saying that's all it is. I think it's a lot better than that. But as long as it's good enough, but you're really well looked after. A few minutes ago when I was saying, that's why I think this market is about so much more than just how fast can you make the box? How big can you make the box? How smart can you make the box? All of those are interesting. But ultimately, I'm only looking at Dave because he's so old. Ultimately, technology is a leapfrog game. Yeah? Funding is not. But you bring all the... Yeah, so that's a good point. But we've not seen the competitors be able to leapfrog Pure or be able to neutralize them the way, for example, that EMC was able to somewhat neutralize 3-par by saying, oh yeah, we have virtualization too. Yeah. Or thin provisioning rather. Yeah. And even though they had a thin provisioning bolt on, it was good enough. Yes. And they could get the check box. Yeah. The competitors be able to do that here. I'm not saying they won't. But thus far, they haven't. I think I was going to say, basically this on my MBA, but I don't have one, so I can't say that. But I've read the books. If you look at Harvard Business School cases, I think the mistake made by the competition was to assume that Pure would go away. That they would either buy it or that it would fail. And will make fun of the fact they don't make any money for the first few years. And the people going to them are going to be sadly mistaken when they can't add all these features, whether that be cloud or whether that be analytics or flash blades or whatever else they're going to add.  There are great parallels in history when you let competition in and you just keep thinking at each point they're going to go away. Spot the accent. British motorcycle industry. When the Japanese came in, they literally said we'll let them, there are records, we'll let them have the 50 CC market because we don't really care about that, but we'll make the big bikes. Well, okay, we'll let them have the 150, 200 CC because really that doesn't matter. And 10 years later, there was no industry. Well, and I think what happened with EMC in particular, look, let's face it.  EMC responded by buying Xtreme I.O. And they said, you know what?  We're going to go really aggressive into our own accounts and we're going to keep them with flash. And then what happened is their account said, hey, we're good. We don't actually really need more stewards because EMC tried to keep, and is trying to keep both lines alive and now they're conflicted. Pure, you know, had a clear mission. I was going to say, you brought up a great point. Sorry, just for a quick bit. Yeah, come on. I can just say, well, no, just because, I think what's interesting about that is if you look at how EMC, using my words accurately, yeah, used to act, I think you said that too, so I'm not criticizing. Dell is, they were exceptional organized marketing organization. We go that way. And if you're not going that way, you've got a big problem, both as a customer and as an employee. And so, but the problem with that is also, is that way would sometimes become that way. And then it would become that way on the product, depending on what was doing well. So for example, they had, you know, tens of thousands of feet all marching to the Xtreme I.O. beat for a few quarters and then they would go off onto the next product. Pure just carried on and marching to its beat down that runway escape velocity. Sorry, question. A point you brought up a minute ago before we wrap here that I think is really interesting is that you're right, pure customers talk about the experience. I think we were talking with a customer yesterday and Dave was asking him, well, what technologies are you using? He started talking about workloads. So when we're at other events, you hear other names of boxes brought up here to your point, it is all about the experience. So interesting in how they're, you know, continuing to just be different. But to wrap things up, since they're in my ear, we're almost out of time. I just want to take a minute to ask you kind of upcoming research. What are some of the things that you're working on that are really intriguing you and ESG land? I think right now from my perspective, I mean, as a company, we're continuing to do 27,000 different things because there's so much going on in the market. So whether that security is massive area of focus right now, even improvements in networking. So it's not just the regular run of the mill, you know, bigger, faster, cheaper, which is always there. So AI, of course. And in all these, as again, you may both know, you will now, Dave knows, I mean, we're always looking at buying intentions rather than counting boxes. So it's really where people are moving over the next few years. That said, to me, I think what's really interesting is two other things. Number one is to what extent, I don't think we can really measure this easily, but to what extent can we get people, talking about pure again, to acknowledge that emotions, attitudes, experiences, are an important part of this business. I'm old enough that I'm not scared of saying it. And I think pure as a company is not scared of saying it. Do you know what I mean? I think a lot of companies don't want to admit that. And we all know that they have different corporate cultures and mantras and views and their customers reflect that too. And the other thing just generally is, the future of IT as a whole. I know that, I mean, I'm doing this and because none of us really know what that is. But clearly, we've got to stop talking about the cloud at some point. It's just part of IT. It's not a thing as such.  I don't know that we're yet at that point, but that's got to happen. Interesting. Thanks for looking into it. I'm imagining this was a crystal ball. But Mark, I wish we had more time because I know we could keep talking, but it's been a pleasure to have you back. Yeah, that whole multi-cloud, hybrid cloud for an hour and a half. We'll come back and we'll have that discussion. Like what that all means and love to have you back any time. Excellent. Thank you for joining Dave and me. Thank you. For Dave Vellante, I'm Lisa Martin. You're watching theCUBE from Pure Accelerate 19.


Hello, and welcome to the session in which we would look at an example for closing entries. Why are closing entries important? Well for one thing you need to know them for your financial accounting, intermediate accounting and the CPA exam, however understanding the closing entries could help you understand how retained earnings work and what happened to what we called temporary accounts. So it's not only you want to know how the closing process occur, but you want to understand the concept, how it's being done, and what accounts are affected, and how everything affects the retained earnings. So let's take a look at this example to illustrate these concepts. ABC Company has year-end account balances of sales revenue 900,000, interest revenue 10,500, cost of goods sold 535, administrative expenses 210, income tax expense 38,100, and dividend of 20,000. Ending retained earnings is 105, so I'm going to ask you to prepare the journal entries for the closing and compute the ending retained earnings. Now why is this example straightforward and simple? For one thing, I'm giving you all temporary accounts. What does that mean? It means all the accounts that are listed in this example, such as sales revenue, interest revenue, cost of goods sold, administrative expenses, income tax expenses, as well as dividend, are considered temporary account. Temporary means we close them. We close them at the end of the accounting period. You have to be careful on your exam. You might be giving assets. You might be giving liabilities. You might be giving common stock. Well, those accounts are permanent. We don't close them. So the first thing in the closing process you need to understand is which of my accounts are temporary, which of my accounts are permanent. I'm going to give you a shortcut, a hint. Anything that goes on the balance sheet do not close. Anything that goes on the balance sheet do not close. So any account that's considered a balance sheet account, you don't close. Everything else gets closed. Why? Because everything else either goes on the income statement or the retained earnings statement. But you don't close retained earnings because retained earnings goes on the balance sheet ending retained earnings. So this is what you need to know. Now what is the closing process? Well the closing process consists of four steps. I'm going to go over four steps by illustrating this concept. Well the first step is to close any revenue, any revenue, or sometime they call them in your textbook or CPA review course, credit balance income statement. What does that mean? Well, we know that revenues, well hopefully we know this. We know that revenues will have a credit balance. Now also we need to know that in addition to revenues we could have gains. Revenues would also have a credit balance. So any credit balance income statement account gets closed. Now in this example we only have two accounts which are sales revenue and interest revenue that are considered revenue, which is income statement with a credit balance. Now let's take a look at sales revenue. If sales revenue is 900,000 credit balance, how do I make this go down to zero? Well what do I have to do? I'm going to have to debit this account 900,000 to make it go down to zero. So what do I do with these balances? I debit them. So I debit their balances, so this is the debit, this is the debit, and what do I credit? I credit income summary. Now certain textbook or certain CPA review courses what they do rather than crediting closing revenue to income summary, they close revenues to retained earnings. And if it's in your textbook or if it's in your CPA review course they are closing it to retained earnings, that's fine, close it to retained earnings, we're going to end up in the same place. But I'm going to be using income summary to illustrate the concept, to really explain the concept. So step one is to close your credit income statement balances to income summary, usually close revenues to income summary and this is what we just did. So we transferred, so our revenue accounts are gone for the next period. The whole amount is transferred to an account called income summary, this is step one. Step two in the closing process, remember we have four steps is to close all debit income statement balances to income summary. Well cost of goods sold, if you know anything about expenses, cost of goods sold will have a debit balance, so we'll have a debit balance of 535. And all expenses will have a debit balance. Now also in addition to the expenses we could have losses, they have a debit balance. Also we could have sales, returns and allowances, they will have a debit balance. So any debit balance of an income statement account, any of these debit balances, guess what? We are going to close them, so they all have debit balances. So how do we close the debit balance? How do we make a debit balance go down to zero? Well we credit that balance, therefore I'm going to credit cost of goods sold 535, therefore it's gone. I'm going to credit administrative expenses 210,000, that's gone too. I'm going to credit income tax expense 38,100. If I have a list of other expenses, losses, any debit balance accounts on the income statement, I credit them. Usually we don't credit expenses, that's not normal, but in the closing process we do. Now what do we debit? We are going to debit for the total income summary. So all these balances, we debit income summary. They get close to income summary. So all the expenses are gone. So we get rid of the revenues, we get rid of the expenses. That's fine. Once again, certain tax book or certain CPA review course, they debit retained earnings automatically, that's fine if they do that. Now so we're done with the expenses, we're done with revenues, they are all transfer. So these are all the revenues, these are all the expenses. What do we do next? Step three is to close income summary. So you need to find out what is your income summary account. Now if you have more credits than debits, you have a credit balance. So the difference between 9, 10, 500 and 73,100 is an income summary balance of 127,400. Now if the credit are revenues and the debit are expenses, well this number is also net income. So your net income is 127,400. Now what do we do with net income? We need to close it. It has a credit balance. How do we close credit balance? We are going to debit this credit balance. We are going to debit this credit balance. And where do we close net income? Where do net income ends up? The net income ends up and retained earnings. Therefore, I closed income summary and I transferred this account to retained earnings. So I increased retained earnings and hopefully this makes sense because net income increases retained earnings. So I'm done with step three. Step three is basically closing income summary.  This is step three. Step four in the closing process is closing dividend. How much dividend do we have? Well we have dividend of, dividend for this example of 20,000. Dividend will have a debit balance. So how do you close the dividend? Well we're going to debit retained earnings. We're going to reduce the dividend by 20,000. We're going to reduce retained earnings by 20,000 and credit the dividend because dividend has a debit balance. We need to credit to get a dividend. Now what we did is we transferred everything, dividend, revenues and expenses. Everything is transferred to retained earnings. Now I'm asking you compute the ending retained earnings. I compute the ending retained earnings and the answer is 212,400. So this is my ending retained earnings. So why is this exercise important? Why is it important? Well, because it shows you what happened to revenues, what happened to expenses, what happened to temporary accounts such as dividend. They all get transferred to retained earnings which is a permanent account. Retained earnings is a balance sheet account. So retained earnings is a very important account because it's a cumulative account. It keeps track of the company's income, income which includes revenues, expenses and dividend and obviously losses if you have losses rather than income over the years. I hope this recording was helpful and an understanding closing retained earning. What should you do now? Go to farhatlectures.com and work multiple choice questions that's going to help you understand, reinforce the concept. Good luck, study hard and stay safe. 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