Good afternoon at 12:04 with news from Minnesota Public Radio on Beretta Cunningham. The Saint Paul woman charged with the murder of her six children today pleaded not guilty in Ramsey County District Court after a judge refused to dismiss the charges Minnesota Public Radio aztlan at 9 reports of her student Court wiping tears from her eyes as the judge read aloud the six counts of second-degree murder along with the names and ages of the children. The court has determined that her is mentally competent to stand trial based on examinations. She underwent in St. Peter. Although hers lawyers, May pursue a mental illness defense. The defense has filed a motion for a change of venue based on the case is high profile and concern over the defendant getting a fair trial the six children were found dead in their st. Paul home on September 3rd, according to police reports her called nine-one-one that night saying she had killed the children. I'm one that Norman Minnesota Public Radio police are searching for suspects today in connection with an act of vandalism last night at a more had planned parenthood.Clinic Moorhead Police Officer, Ken McCulloch says someone sprayed anti-abortion slogans on the building are we had a similar incident couple similar and since over in Fargo within the last week or so kind of Women's Health Organization was also recently vandalized the forecast for the state of Minnesota today calls for cloudy skies in the north with a chance of snow showers. It will be cloudy today in Central and Southern Minnesota ice today will range from 38 in the Northeast near Duluth to 45 in the south at this hour. Mostly cloudy skies reported Rochester reports clouds and 33. It's cloudy in Fargo and 30 International Falls reports cloudy skies in 26 cloudy in Duluth and 30 and in the Twin Cities Cloudy Skies a temperature of 41. That's a news update. I'm going to Cunningham Lake Grotto 6 minutes past 12 programming and NPR is supported by carousel automobiles The Oddities store celebrating the arrival of the NW 1999 Audi.626 Avant wagon 544-544-9591 welcome back to mid-day as we count down to number one. That's our were featuring music from the new compilation big hits of Mid-America the Sumer record Story featuring some of the great music recorded by local bands back in the 1960s music that put Minnesota on the rock and roll music man. Now we're highlighting the top 10 records from that collection. We've already heard numbers 10 and 9 DJ Johnny are will be along shortly with number 8 number 7 all the way down to number one, but Melanie summer is here right now and Melanie of people are interested in this kind of music in a little Minnesota History that they can get a copy of their own and you know, how they can do it. It's so easy. All you have to do is call one 800-227-2811 make a pledge of support to Minnesota Public Radio make a $10 a month pledge at that level this Soma records collection. The big hits of Mid-America will be your thank-you gift boy there. A lot of people who called in the last hour or who Adjust that. They're enjoying this a dance party here on Minnesota Public Radio in love this music. Enjoy. This isn't the great is the great party CD. It's just a fun selection of music and you have a chance to take one home for yourself at 1 800-227-2811 and make a pledge at the $10 a month level to Minnesota Public Radio. Here's the deal that we have compressed our membership week down to a nubbin used to be we have a good 78 day drive, and you know how they work. We just beat on you day after day until you until you gave in but you said no, please don't do that anymore shorten it up. So we're going to try and we're trying something here for day drive. This is day three it all ends tomorrow, and this is the last time for those of you who want to call in during the midday program to do so, so we sure hope to hear from you one 800-227-2811 1 802-2728 11 and a special offer for Midday listeners only if you promise between now And one we will enter your name and a special drawing for some really great, Minnesota Viking souvenirs or Robert Smith is on a graph to Jersey for us John Randle Jake Reed of autograph Vikings caps, and we're going to have a drawing at 4 this afternoon. The only people eligible are those of you who called between 11 and 1 so you got about 50 minutes to get in I got to think there's a kid out there who would love to get one of those and I'd say your chances aren't bad of winning about 3 out of 200. Probably One 800-227-2811 giveaway drawing that will be having early next week for a new iMac computer system donated by First Tech computers in uptown as well. As I have a free year of Media One Express high-speed internet service, which is up to 50 times faster than the speed of a telephone modem. It means the graphics will be just pop in on your computer. This whole package is $1,700 value of a giveaway if you call One 800-227-2811 your name will automatically be entered into that drawing. So think of this as one of those midday heck of a deal. Do you got the iMac computer drawing? You've got the drawing for the Viking souvenirs? You've got the Soma records big hits of Mid America as a thank you gift at the hundred and $20 level. Plus you're supporting great programming you're saying yes, I love. Midday. I listen to Minnesota Public Radio. I enjoy the service and I want to help it strong stay strong. You can do that all with one telephone call one 800-227-2811 as we dip into are stacks of Wax. Tanner W. Top 10 Countdown. I'm John Raby. I'm the way the Del counts the underbeats and the Avanti's but first it didn't take long for this band hit the top of the charts is the accents with Y number 8. Why did you leave me? You know you love me. It's been so long. Number 8 on the countdown the accents from 1964 that song I made it to number 3 on both the wdgy on KDWB top 40 charts. And of course, they carefully calculated and included all these local songs right in their official charts kids would wait breathlessly for the end of the week to find out what song is going to be number one this week course, we'll find out what's going to be number one by the end of this hour. You don't even have to wait that long. If you remember what you were doing last time, you heard that song and the dance floor of your Junior Prom or whatever. Anyway, the main thing is is that word that we're giving you a great hour of Music here on Minnesota Public Radio kind of highlighting the big hits of Mid-America this new CD that's come out recently from Soma record the Soma records story and you can have this is your thank you gift if you want to you know relives The memories that you had when you were listen to this music for the first time or just learn about it for the first time one. 800-227-2811 is the telephone number you need to call make a pledge of support for Minnesota Public Radio. And if you pledge at the $10 a month level this CD record collection can be your thank-you gift, but you need to call Ray carry absolutely want 800-227-2811. We are having fun this afternoon. I hope you are too but the business at hand is pretty serious because what we're trying to do is raise money to pay for the programs that you normally hear on this station and there is a Gold Edition our again of $8,000 from those of you who listen to mid-day. We have a long way to go to get to that goal and we're urging you to make a call here and do what you can to help out. If you've not yet become a member. We're not going to be here Monday tomorrow is the last day of the drive. So if you found for example that the most a the election coverage campaign coverage on this station on S Pro I am was worthwhile need to hear that with a membership pledge one 800-227-2811. If it's time to renew would sure like to get you signed up right now because we need to make our goal here one 800-227-2811. And of course there's the special midday drawing that people should be aware of the autographed Vikings souvenirs, which is actually a pretty neat kind of a thing. We have an autographed Vikings jerseys autographed by Robert Smith. Also to Vikings caps one song by Jake Reed one signed by John Randle and if you pledge during mid-day today, if you call one 800-227-2811 just during mid-day today. You will be eligible for a drawing to win. One of those items to drawing will be at 4 this afternoon to the last three people who win of those one of those souvenirs, which is really a cool deal. I mean, I have to admit that one 800-227-2811 is it Phone number to call and the other part of this whole thing is that your name will also be entered into the drawing for an iMac computer system and high-speed internet service from media one. So that is all those are all great reasons to call one eight hundred two two seven 2011 make your pledge to Minnesota Public Radio and also support the programming that you listen to every single day. Do the know time machine. Dedication what you want to hear? going out to turn on your lovelight by the High Spirits number 7. Then you took it. lonely in the middle of the night. I need you to make things. Alright. Just a little. I wish I recorded in 1965 not a bands covered that song turn on your love life. High Spirits would have been as we were saying Melanie at that time. Nothing wrong with covering a covering other people's music. It was just start taking for granted that you do that. It wasn't frowned on wasn't looked down upon and Claire or whatever her name was it made the request. All right, we have business to conduct here. And we need to I get rolling along here. Those of you just tuning in. We're counting on the number one songs of the summer records big hits of men that the Midwest the big hits of the Midwest and then America and it's a Offering at the $120 level if you'd like to call in and make a membership legit, whatever level though you'd like to join. The important thing is that you give us a call here. We said we're having a good time this afternoon, but you need to raise some money are Melanie $6,300 left to go before 1 a lot of people I think. Haven't had a chance to call yet, probably not but there are plenty of people who have already called one 800-227-2811. They're making those pledges and a lot of them really are liking this CD Gil over son of Waconia and Tom Cooper of New Brighton and Katherine and Jeff Weigel of Andover Janet Hansen of River Falls, Wisconsin and John Bouchard of Bloomington. All those books are listening to mid-day right now. They've all pledged. They are $10 a month level. They're all getting this so much CD collection the big hits of Mid-America, and I will be will be playing us some more songs from the collections Realty hour. You'll get a nice taste of it and that your opportunity to call one 800-227-2811 make your pledge to Minnesota Public Radio support the programming that you enjoy and that you appreciate and that you are interested in as well as get this great CD collection as a thank you gift at the $10 a month level one 800-227-2811 We have a special drawing for those of you who are listening right now. And this is only good until 1 this afternoon the next 40 minutes if you call me and you don't even have to play but of course we hope you will pledge windfall in but you don't even have to pledge what you will enter your name in a drawing that we're going to have it for this afternoon. Three people will win some autographed Minnesota Vikings souvenirs. We have an autographed jersey that Robert Smith sign we have to Minnesota Vikings caps signed by John Randle and Jake Reed special. Midday offering it's only good until 1 this afternoon, but what that really means is that the number of people that you're competing with is relatively small to get in on that drawing. Give us a call at 1 800-227-2811 again, you don't have to have to pledge but we sure hope you will because the need is a real one year as you know, we don't have commercials on this Station instead. We asked those of you who listened. Make a membership pledge. We take your money and use it to pay for the program's. How important is it. Well, what is it about a third or 40% of the total budget by listener is by you by your telephone call by your pledges every year at one 800-227-2811. There's no way to get around it. We appreciate your support and we need your support every single year and the we hope that you'll come through for us again by calling one eight hundred two two seven 2011 make a pledge of support to Minnesota Public Radio and also to say thank you for the programming that I heard the last year the last several months. This is the last day for legend at mid-day there drive-ins tomorrow night. We want to end this program on a good note. Want to meet our goal at $8,000 this hour we need to hear from you want 800-227-2811 10 callers on the line. Why not join them as we return to the time machine. Reddy kilowatt number 6 the Del counts what is caprese? What is it? Because it's it's better that way with you. What is the reason? What is the reason 1967 and what is the reason the Del counts who had a lot of while they were very very popular very big dance band around here is the reason for the pledge drive here on Minnesota Public Radio pay for the programs here on Minnesota Public Radio, very simple concept friends. Those of you who listened know we don't have commercials instead. We asked Loans review listen to call and make a membership plans. We take your money pay for the programs here. If you enjoy the kind of daily coverage of here on the midday program. If you like to hear those speeches the documentaries the call in if you like hearing from the candidates, Hey, this is Halloween. This is how you do it you call one 800-227-2811. You make a pledge to Minnesota Public Radio your say. Yes. I'm going to help support this service. It's if you're listening to the program, you are a supporter of the program and you we hope that you helped pay for it. So we hope you'll call now one 800-227-2811 this asoma CD collection. The big hits of Mid-America is really a very popular. Thank you gift. And that's one of the reasons why were playing some of these songs for you this afternoon at the $10 a month level. You can take this as your thank-you gift, as did Jeff schiffman of Carlos Minnesota and I trubisky Oakdale John Thomas of Plymouth and Penny van kampen of Minneapolis. They've all said, yep. I'm going to want to get my hands on that CD. I'm going to contribute $10 a month to Minnesota Public Radio. This is the last day of pledging 4 Midday. We're down to the last 35 minutes. We want to hear from you. We hope that you'll call in right now and make your pledge at one eight hundred two two seven 2011. Continue is here shortly where you got the top five still to come but right now we're trying to get you to go to your phone. The Pledge gurus here who keep track of these things say that were at were flagging a little bit Melanie. People are enjoying the music too much. I think if we could be in the next couple of minutes next 2 minutes if we could get about $1,000 in pledges we get back on track us about 10 of you to call us at 1 800-242-2811 and I get a reminder if you call us before 1 today, your name will be automatically entered in the drawing this afternoon or giving away 3 Vikings, Minnesota Vikings souvenirs autograph camps, John Randall J. Creative signs a couple of caps for us. Robert Smith is signed. Replica Vikings jersey. So get in on that all you have to do is, so hopefully you'll pledge at the same time 1-800 R22 72811 doesn't matter how much you pledge whatever you can afford. The most important thing is that you do call that you do become a member of Minnesota Public Radio because this is after all members supported radio. We rely on you to help us meet our obligations every year and bring you this quality programming. So we hope that you'll make that step in and take take the moment that it needs said that you need to just call one 800-227-2811 and make your pledge of support for Minnesota Public Radio during this last week day of our drive. It ends tomorrow evening, no matter what and we want to help keep us to ourselves on track here to to reach the goal for tomorrow night by getting to the 8000 Mark in this hour of midday, but we need to do one 800-227-2811 1 802-2728 11 once again back into the stacks of Wax. That's the newbeats bread and butter as we continue the Kanter W top 10 Countdown worth number. Juventus Meet me at the dance. From 1964 that's the underbeats and foot stomping and Gary. We need to talk to go to the phone right now. If they don't want to keep filming a commercial radio for heaven's sakes one 800-227-2811 number to call. Thank you. Johnny are thank you Johnny are this is midday and we are urging all of you are listening to go to your phone. Make a membership legit one 800-227-2811 do to 72811 $8,000 to go all this hour we have about 5,500 left to go in just a half an hour to get there. So keep those phones ringing won't you that's called her number for coming in at 1 800-227-2811 and back we go now to the know time machine here again, John. Weather ball say we can expect a chilly weekend Vale weather just a moment. number right now and the Avanti That Melanie summer was probably the best of the dance tunes out Gregory D and the Avanti's and the grind. Why it's kind of a foot stomping sold it to him. Now. It's very honored to have a guest appearance by Johnny are he is here and we're here basically to tell you the same thing while you're listening to this great music is great selections from the big hits of Mid-America CD think about calling and making a pledge of support to Minnesota Public Radio at one 802-227-2811. We are still needing about $5,600 in the rest of this hour to stay on track for the end of the end of the drive goal here and we want to hear from you one 800-227-2811 make your pledge of support to Minnesota Public Radio and 2. Midday the top three songs on our countdown, but let me make a suggestion if you consider this. Here's here's the midday heck of a deal for today join us at that join us. If you can at least $10 a month level hundred $20 on $66 is Basic Rachel. Don't be put off by this if that's what level you want to join that that's great $66. But if you move up to the hundred and $20 level $10 a month will send you a copy of the Soma records to a collection that were playing this our big hit submit America. We will enter your name in the iMac computer giveaway write Monday. We're going to have a drawing and everybody who calls in will have their name had heard you went on an iMac computer and a years free service mediaone high-speed express service, which I guess like 50 times faster than what you get off your telephone or brake pads part of the deal plus plus only on midday only from now until 1 you let it will enter your name in the Vikings Minnesota Vikings souvenir. Give away at 4 this afternoon only for people who called in between 11 and 1 will draw three names from our kitty and you'll have a chance to win one. The to autograph Vikings caps John Randall and Jake read each sign to Camp or the Vikings jersey signed autograph by Robert Smith the get in on that. All you have to do is give us a call at 1 800-227-2811. But you have to move a little step a little Lively now if we're going to make our goal and if you want to get in on the Minnesota Vikings drawing, if you'd like to get one of these Soma record collection discs great dane, that only get two discs out of it, but there's a great little booklet in their written by let's see Jim olsburg and Tom torvill and they have a put together a great history of Minnesota Music back in the 60s to get to your sense of what life was like also a pint of a song by song report on each of these groups of who they are. And what's this all about? It's it's great. 1967 this is fascinating. I've been kind of paging through it in a while. I've been listening to the tunes. I've been reading all this and it's just a terrific terrific collection a little bit of a piece of Minnesota music history is not here and that's good. Thank you gift at the $120 level which is $10 a month one. 800-227-2811 is the telephone number for you to call. We hope that you'll call her right now before 1 help us to reach our $8,000 goal for this our help us to reach our goal for the end of the drive as well as taking advantage of the heck of a deal that we've got going today the drawing for the Viking souvenirs in the drawing for the iMac computer as well as this a particular. Thank you gift at the $10 a month level. Of course. Any level that you pledge is is most appreciated and most welcome and there's a variety of premiums that no matter what level you are you play that if you choose the $66 on a basic membership level lots of things to choose from including one of those nice to NPR Diner mugs. Those sorts of things are the most important thing is that you call and make your 1 800-227-2811 1 800-227-2811 5 callers on the line now if you're not yet had a chance to play during our midday program. Sure. Hope to hear from you because I know a lot of you enjoy the programs find them useful, and this is the time when you can show your support for those kind of things it's time to renew. Give us a call one 800-227-2811 another blast from the past one 800-227-2811. Mankato we please play run run run, please. run baby run Yes, the Mankato band some guys I grew up with. Yes. Absolutely. That song made number one in New York and hit number one in New York. Number three and La the problem the gestures had was that their song kept bubbling up at different times all across the country. And so it never got too high on the Billboard charts number 44 bus Which the Distributors couldn't keep up with the demand for the record and unlike most of these songs with your cover versions. This is a Dale Menton original great song great band and horse there for me and Cato what he expects. Hey, you can't beat those musicians from Mankato. That's for sure. Hey, Christina pan of Saint Cloud is called in at the hundred $20 level to get this big hits of Mid America CD is her thank you GIF. She's called 1-800 2 to 7:20 11th to take advantage of the the offer going on here during the day Jennifer Witherspoon of Plymouth is called in a pledge bill or of Big Lake Stanley gold. Minneapolis Kevin Shea of Burnsville, Steven, Lim Kidder of Owatonna, these folks have all called in to say yes, I support Minnesota Public Radio. Yes, I'd like the programming that I hear. Yes. I'm going to help you continue to provide that programming that we've come to expect help you continue to pay the bills frankly and we hope that you'll do the same one 800-227-2811 number to the number one on the Hit Parade. But right now it really is important that all of you who been listening this hour and they're going to listen on a fairly regular basis. Give us a call here with your membership pledges. You know, what we do here on midday is often kind of different. This is not a difficult program, but then many things that you here on this station at this time is different from what you hear on most stations. You often don't hear documentaries broadcast another stations. You often don't hear full length speeches broadcast another stations sell them to you get the full hour long. Calling programs with newsmakers on interrupted by commercials. It's tough thing to find. We're glad to provide that service. We think you enjoy the programs and we sure hope if you have not yet become a member you make a membership pledge. Now we have about what about halfway to our goal for this hour about 20 minutes left to go. So give us a call at 1 800-227-2811 Melanie. I suppose some people are thinking I'll call him on Monday can't do it can't do it. This is the last day of the last week day of this membership drive you around the news and Information Services shorten it up. Usually it's a full week of pledging this time around we thought we try a little bit shorter drive to see if we can raise the same amount of money, but have less fewer days pledging and we hope that you'll help us make this a success success. So today is your last chance to plead for Midday got about 20 minutes left one 800-227-2811. We're getting really excited. Yeah, it's time ya, I'm sorry. I had to go to the go to the panic button time to go to the panic button. Go back to the countdown one. 800-227-2811. Is that telephone number? And again, this is about the best time to fledge if you like. Midday, you've got the CD is a thank you gift at the $10 level. You've got the opportunity to put your name into the drawing for the Viking souvenirs. Robert Smith autographed jersey to autographed hats by John Randle and Jake Reed and you got the chance to put your name in the drawing for the iMac computer and the high-speed internet service for media one. So, I mean, what more could you ask for one 800-227-2811. This is just a great time for you to call and make your pledge of support. So we hope you'll do that soon 3 callers on the line at one 802-2720. 1105 callers on the line waiting for you. Now you'd be caller number 6 and usually the way it works is calling number 6 and probably 7 will come in shortly here at one 800-227-2811. We are counting down to number one and we're counting up to 8,000 hear all of that happening. This hour will have the number to on the Hit Parade. The number one. The important thing though is that you join the Hit Parade here 85,000 people are on that hit parade list. These are people like yourself who listen don't listen all the time, but they listen to some programs on this station would miss those programs that they weren't available realize full. Well that the best way to make sure that those station that this program's remain strong is to make a membership pledge because they realize by far the biggest source of funding for Minnesota Public Radio are individual people 66 packs at a time. Maybe a hundred. 20 maybe 240 maybe $84 whatever you pick the number whatever it's worth to you, whatever you can afford. We're not asking that you stretch yourself too far. Just pick a number that feels good feels right. Give it a try for a year. If you're not a member and if it's time to renew give us a call at 1 800-227-2811 their pledges to Minnesota Public Radio. They're calling one 800-227-2811. They're saying yes, I support this service. Yes. I want Minnesota Public Radio to remain strong and I'm going to help you out and that's what we're asking you to do as well. We've got thank you gifts which will help us to show our appreciation at the hundred $20 level again to $10 a month the a collection of double CD collection the big hits of Mid-America which were featuring this hour. If you would prefer at the $66 level of the NPR big heavy ceramic Diner mug, which is really cool kind of those old-fashioned Diner mugs. That's the 60. Level what you need to do those call one eight hundred two two seven 2011. All right enough suspense. Let's go back to the K&W time machine number 2 on the countdown. Almost to the top. We're at number 2 and a very special guest is coming up at the Palms Ballroom in Renville tonight. Chris Roberts is on the line. Surfin bird is the word tonight. Baba, baba, baba, baba, baba, baba, baba, baba, baba, baba, baba, baba, baba, baba, baba. Well, I made it all the way to number for Melanie on the Billboard charts was peeking actually about this time and Thanksgiving is 1963 the out trash men and that really it's an odd song admittedly by a very important song in the history of Minnesota music. Oh boy. This is been great. I just love these songs. And if you have been enjoying this hour and he want to take advantage of the opportunity here. You can take this CD collection the big hits of Mid-America as a thank you gift. If you pledge to Minnesota Public Radio at one 800-227-2811 that $10 a month level is what We'll ask him you if you'd like to take this home as a thank you gift one 800-227-2811. We've got what 13 minutes left in. Midday Gary and we need to get about another $4,000 from our listeners to help keep us on track for the for the pledge drive here. You can be done friend. So but we're going to need to hear from all of you for going to make our goal by 1 today one 802-227-2811 still to come on the countdown number one. But again when I get you signed up here very quickly before we get to number 11 800-227-2811 at the $120 level got that Soma records collection. If you'd like that for a premium special, thank you GIF everybody who calls in in the next 12 minutes will be entered into the drawing or the Viking souvenirs an autographed. Jersey. Robert Smith is signed a jersey Jake reiber Jake Reed and John Randle that signed Vikings caps. It's only good until 1 today your chances of winning a very good but there are no Good at all unless you call this one 800-227-2811 and now friends the moment at least a few of us have been waiting for. Time to find out who's at the top of the charts on the camera W top 10 Countdown. I'm John Raby and I hear this next group has a brief role in it's a bikini world who could but the Castaways and Liar Liar coming in at number 1. Hope you're happy. 1965 big hit number one on our Soma countdown Liar Liar by The Castaways that great great. Thought the voters voters were torn Melanie between the app and Surfin Bird as to the number one song A Surfin Bird actually. A little higher but about The Castaways. Hello tougher competition The Beatles were on the scene by then. So Like this one better. But anyway now you heard the top 10 want to get the top 10 for your own CD player at home. Call one 800-227-2811 make a pledge to Minnesota Public Radio in $10 a month and take the big hits of Mid-America as your thank-you gift Gary. We've got 10 minutes left in mid-day to to 72811 making their Pledge on this last day of pledging for Midday during this drive is really the last time I asked around up here. If you have not had a chance to call in. We got $11 on the line right now collars on Alanda. If you'd like a copy of the Soma records big hits of Mid-America that's available as a premium at the $120 level. If you're already a member and additional contribution or fifty bucks and I'll send it out to you. And of course, it's a great addition to Minnesota Public Radio great help the Minnesota Public Radio. We have also as part of the deal here in this expires now and Eating a half minutes. Anybody calling between now and 1 or later your name in the drawing that were holding this afternoon for Viking souvenirs and autographed jersey that Robert Smith sign to Vikings tap sign by Jake Reed and John Randle, but only until 1 and we have a special challenge brand here. Tell us about that Melanie. Well, it's pretty easy some of NPR's members have gotten together and kicked in a little extra money. And basically they're saying that for every $2, we raised between now and 1 they will kick in an extra dollar. So it's like your your pledge of $120 will be worth a hundred and eighty it'll be an extra 50% will get so it'll help us to get our goal here for this hour and help us to keep marching towards the end of the drive and it's an extra incentive you to call him now between now and 1 and pledged during this last day of midday at 1 800-227-2811. You've got $2,800 left. To go to reach our goal and you can help us keep on track. You can help us reach that goal one 800-227-2811 employees are Pillsbury or volunteering in the phone room this afternoon and thanks to all of you who've already called. Sure hoping if you haven't called yet. You can give us a ring here at one 800-227-2811 just seven minutes left to go over those of you who've been thinking about calling during the midday broadcast. This is the last week day of our membership Drive. We're not going to be here Monday. We wrap up tomorrow and we sure would like to get you signed up like to get you in on this drawing for the Vikings to souvenirs. We'd like to get you in on the drawing for the iMac computer that will be on Monday like to give you an opportunity to pick up one of those Soma record collections the big hit submit America that we've been featuring this our honor New Day program. Lots of reasons. We'd like to hear from you the big one. Of course is that we need your membership support and is Melanie know it's right now you can file your W-2 Membership, but you would go what is a third your membership. It'll be a half again as large one 800-227-2811 6 minutes to go. We are about $2,600 short of where we need to be you can help us reach that goal. Although right now one 800-227-2811. I am always always amazed at how our listeners respond to these pledge drives. I think it's wonderful. I think it is just wonderful and truly there's something great about public radio in Minnesota in particular and how how are the streets always come through for us you do it time and again and we're asking you to do to do it today. Call one 800-227-2811 help us reach our goal. We got $2,600 to go in 6 minutes call us and make your pledge and help us reach our goal. Johnny are would want you to call that's right. 1 800 7:20 1102 to 72811. A lot of people think I think Melanie. I believe a lot of people think that their membership just doesn't matter just as a lot of people used to think they're both didn't matter. Well last week we found out that low and behold if you just roll the dice take a chance, go ahead. Try it. Hey, see, what can happens happen? That's right. I'm going to give it a try give this membership thing a try 5 minutes left to go here. And a lot of you have already called in our thanks those have you been with us for years. Thank you very much for your continued support. But if you haven't had a chance to call yet to renew your membership to take out a new membership or matching your contributions, basically two for one match right now you get us to and the members will add an additional $10 one that's good for 4 and 1/2 minutes 4 and 1/2 minutes to go on this special opportunity to get on the special drawing and the biking souvenirs that will be at 4 this afternoon. Lots of reasons to call the big one is the programming $6 on the line were about $1,900 short of where we need to be in Just 4 minutes to go and one 800-227-2811 every minute Matters from now until the end of the drive and every dollar matters every phone call matter because we Built the system one member at a time over the years one 800-227-2811 every one of you is important to us and you are important to the whole system helps keep us going strong helps us a for the quality programming that you enjoy every single day one 800-227-2811 your last chance to flex 4 Midday this time around and we need to hear from you but got $1,500 you have to go we're almost there. But we need to hear from you Melanie much time. We're going to have to lay on that baby here a little while. I'm afraid I'll Gary Gary Gary. I'm to hit the panic button. Just three minutes to go near midday community and there are only four people on the line. I think they're all signed up for Pete's sake. Well, maybe there's a few folks out there few. Midday listeners who have not yet become member one 800-227-2811 five people on the line right now. This is a Time for you to call and make your pledge you can take advantage of the the signing up for the Vikings of memorabilia which expires in 3 minutes. You can take advantage of the iMac computer giveaway. You can take advantage of the big hits of Mid America as a thank you gift at the $10 a month level. You can get an NPR Diner mug at the $66 level and most important. We've got the challenge Grant going for every dollar that you contribute members will contribute an extra $0.50. So it's like, you know, it's an extra bonus for us, but you need to call one eight hundred two two seven 2011 $100 level. It's really worth $150 to us in the next 2 and 1/2 minutes 2 and 1/2 minutes to get on the Vikings and 2 and 1/2 minutes to I show your support for the midday broadcast like to thank all of you been with us at one 800-227-2811. There is room for you on the line. It takes just two minutes of your time 7 callers on the line and we're still about $1,300. Shy we've got just two. Just left to go. Yes, we're going to need you. It is going to make a difference if you make that call and we sure hope you will all the gestures. I mean, what more do you need one? 800-227-2811. I don't know what more he can watch. I mean we heard Jesse Ventura on the airwaves a week ago today. We've heard Gary talkin to the candidates throughout the campaign. You wouldn't have been listening to those programs for half that helped make up your mind in terms of who you were going to vote for. That's the important part of our programming and part of our service to you. And if you think that's something that's important to you. Call us right now at one 800-227-2811 make your pledge to Minnesota Public Radio Show your support for Midday 10 people are calling right now and making their pledges at one 800-227-2811 Gary minute and a half left minute and a half left minute the hell we're panicking. One 800-227-2811 still $1,300 to raise we got about a minute ago. Now if you are not yet in on the Vikings drawing you have one minute to get in on that. We are going to cut that off at 1 just for Midday listeners. We got the matching Grant. What we really need is a phone call right now one 800-227-2811 $10 on the line number 11 is coming in now and hopefully number 12 at one 800-227-2811 a couple of months every kind of fun big hits of Mid-America. That's the music you listen. Do it's a double CD collection of the seal. My record store at Great Minnesota Music created from the stick in 63 to 67. That's your thank you gift to the $10 a month level one 802-227-2811 $1,200 to go and a minute to go seven colors on a line help us reach our goal call one 800-227-2811 in and help us stay on track with you in this drive clutch cable one last round up here one last round up. If you call us right now, we can still count it for the match. We can still catch it to her the Viking giveaway. We can still come on to what the midday or supporters get you in on the match. Do you have to drink? I have to draw a Polish right now one 800-227-2811. Thanks to all of you, Thanks to Johnny are otherwise known as John raabe Melanie Sommer. Thank you. Saturday is the grand finale of our fall membership Drive during A Prairie Home Companion from 5 to 9. Listen to the Steele family Kate McKenzie and Garrison Keillor with all the news from Lake Wobegon that Saturday night here on k n o w FM 91.1 do Minnesota Public Radio? We have a cloudy Sky 42°. I can't believe I found 91.1 Minneapolis. And st. Paul partly cloudy skies are forecast for the rest of this afternoon with a high near 45 20% chance for a snow shower tonight with a low near 30 and then partly cloudy and windy tomorrow with a high reaching the upper 30s.