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Welcome to The Marv In The Morning podcast. Now, here’s Marv. It’s another episode of The Marv In The Morning podcast on the Fort Not Lost In The Woods podcast site. Brought to you by Bales Construction, the Bank of Crocker, Paul’s Furniture, Shelter Insurance agent, Dave Hollard of Richland, St. Robert Auto Supply, Sieger Toyota, the Pulaski County Health Center, STR Glass of St. Robert, the VFW Post 3168 of Way, and TK’s Pizza. Well, it’s the day after Christmas as we drop this week’s podcast and somewhat of a milestone for yours truly. As 2025 comes to a close, and this will be the last podcast of this year since our next episode will drop on January 2nd of 2026. Speaking of episodes, I started this back in June of 2024, shortly after the radio station I worked at for 46 years, decided to go in a different direction. Terminated the programmers and dumped everything local that made small market radio work. Since then, that corporate decision has led to bankruptcy, another corporation taking over their debts and subsequently selling small market stations left and right to recoup their money, or keep from going under like their predecessor. It’s been a whirlwind for this station I called home for many years, and the answer, my friend, was blowing in the wind, which is how I ended up here. I was asked if I would be interested in coming back and here’s where the milestone comes in. Today as we approach the end of 2025, this is my 81st episode of The Marv In The Morning podcast. 81. I thought when I started maybe 20 or so episodes and I would be looking for something else to do, but thanks to my many sponsors, many whom I consider friends and support this endeavor, the many listeners like you, and the help of my producer Tracy for getting this off the ground in the first place, I’m shooting for 100 episodes and beyond. Again, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I’ve been fortunate to have some great guests in the time I’ve been in this podcast business, and I’ve done my best to keep it informative, interesting, and most importantly, local, pertaining to the greater Fort Leonard Wood area. Yes, we’ve had podcast listeners from across the pond and as far away as Australia, according to the data we’ve been able to gather. One of my favorite interviews just happened recently. One, it pertained to sports, which is what I did at that radio station for 41 years, it got me into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. And two, it was with a young man I had the opportunity to see grow up in the ranks on the baseball diamond as I sat behind that mic doing the play-by-play, and have had several comments about the interview with Gideon Antel, a former two-time Frisco League MVP, conference champ, and due to his unfortunate timing when he became a senior, the year was 2020 and the spring sports season was canceled due to the COVID pandemic. At the time, the Licking Wildcats, who Gideon played for under the direction of his dad Harv Antel, had a great team, but could not go any farther thanks to the pandemic. Two years later, Licking won state, then finished in the final four the next year with some of the same players Gideon had on his team. Two of his brothers were on those state teams, so he did get to experience the thrill only from a different angle. The reason for those many comments on that interview is where Gideon Antel took his baseball talent. After college, two years into Division 1, Gideon received an offer from the Savannah Banana professional baseball league and is headed to Georgia next month for spring training. The bananas are selling out stadiums everywhere they go with their sort of different brand of baseball and will be returning to Busch Stadium in St. Louis, home of the Cardinals, next August for two nights of fun. Thanks for the many positive comments on this young man. When I was doing the interview, I told his dad Harv, whom I’ve known and worked with and played ball with as teammates for many years, if I close my eyes while doing the podcast, I would have thought Harv was on the other end of that desk. He is, without a doubt, a spitting image of his dad. Well, except for the hair. Today on the podcast, we went next door of this duplex on Bolce Drive where our studio is located. Got a hold of Julie Lied, the associate executive of the Pulaski County Realty Board. And Julie will join us next. Meet you at the V, is a popular saying in our neck of the woods and for a good reason. VFW Post 3168 at Exit 150 off I-44 is a popular place, especially on Friday and Saturday night, because it’s steak night from 4:00 to 9:00, where folks come from miles around to get some of the best steaks at a price that makes even the most thrifty smile. With several cuts of juicy steaks cooked the way you like, complimented by salad, baked potato, and a veggie. Their canteen is open Monday through Thursday from 3:00 till midnight, and Friday from 3:00 to 1:00, and they open at noon on Saturday and Sundays. Their kitchen is open from 5:00 to 9:00 Mondays through Thursdays with daily specials, and did I mention steak nights Fridays and Saturdays? And there’s karaoke Tuesdays through Saturdays from 8:00 to close. Plenty of TVs to catch up on all the big games and a huge meeting room for rent for your special occasions. Queen of Hearts runs every Tuesday and check out their website for Bingo nights. And every second Saturday of the month, from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m., they host a veteran service officer event. Way VFW Post 3168, Exit 150 off I-44. See why more people are heading to the V every day. Sieger Toyota St. Robert’s used car blow the doors off bash. As Pulaski County’s number one dealer that’s been doing this for over 56 years, we know people love a sale that actually feels like a sale. Over 175 vehicles, over 20 different makes, and over 14 lenders all ready to throw elbows to help you out. We’ve hit the magical time of the year where everything must go. It’s real simple, it’s parked, it’s priced to leave. And with 56 years of practice, we have this deal-making thing down to a science, so don’t miss out. Sieger’s used car blow the doors off bash. Expires 12/31/25. 113 years and still going strong. That’s the Bank of Crocker, who opened their doors in 1911 when Crocker was a small railroad town. And while they’re still a small town, banking services from the Bank of Crocker are as modern as any financial institutions in the big cities. Android and Apple mobile banking apps let you do your banking from anywhere around the globe. And at bankofcrocker.com, online banking is just a click away. They’ve also added branches in Waynesville, St. Robert, and Richland through the years. It’s a world apart from what it was back in 1911, but the personal hometown banking service has not changed. The Bank of Crocker. Member FDIC and equal housing lender. On the podcast today, we have Julie Lied. She is the associate executive director of the Pulaski County Realty Board. Did I get that right? Yeah, yeah. I think we’re good. We’re good. Close to it. All right. Thanks for coming. Absolutely. You are our next door neighbor here at the podcast, which makes it real easy for us to get an interview with you. I will be the first to admit, I am not up on the real estate market. And there’s probably a lot of the listeners that are not up on the real estate market. Tell me exactly, what do you do next door? So always a good question. I think that’s a question that’s maybe hard for me to answer at times like what do you do? And I’m like, well, the job of five people like everyone else. But, um, the board of realtors truly is here to serve our members. So we’re a member-focused, um, association. So our our members are realtors. So those are the people in the community here, serving clients, selling homes, um, representing either sellers or buyers in transactions, in one of the biggest things that they’re going to do in their entire life. So that’s huge. So making sure that they are all kind of running down the same lane, saying educated, staying up in what is going on in the market, so that you don’t necessarily have to know every nuance because they are going to know that for you. Um, and they’re going to know how to get you from point A to point B. And I like I like that. I like having them ready for that. And of course, you are not a realtor per se. I mean, you probably have a license, I’m sure. Uh, but as far as, if somebody wants to go buy a house, they’re not going to go to the Pulaski County Realty Board to go buy a house, they’re going to go to a Pulaski County realtor. Correct. Correct. Yep. Don’t see me if you want to see a house. Uh, I always used to joke that I was a realtor who didn’t want to realtor. Um, I was like, uh, paperwork’s my jam. That’s where I’ve been. I’m going to stay in my lane over here and and do a good job for that. But I’m going to let the showing the houses, selling the houses, um, take place with those realtors. How many realtors do we have here? In Pulaski County. So we have um, 165 to 180 at any given point. Um, some of those are secondaries with us, which means that they are also part of another board or association, and that they maybe work in our area, but it’s not their primary area. So that ends up at that higher number being about 180. This has always blown my mind when I drive around Pulaski County. And I have been here since 1978 and I have seen the housing developments go up behind the old Walmart down Green Lawn Avenue. I’ve seen them pop up on Highway 28, on Highway Y, down in West Waynesville. And I’m looking at all these houses. I was stunned the other day. I uh, went up Summit Drive uh, in West Waynesville. Um, to see some friends up there. And I had not been on Summit Drive in a while. And I’m looking at all these houses. And my friend said, well, you got to go down that street and see even more. Where are the people coming from? I mean, is Fort Leonard Wood actually this big? Are they growing? Because apparently, they’re selling these houses, or else the builders wouldn’t be building them. Well, exactly. They’re going to stick a house just about anywhere, I think. Um, and it’s crazy to be like, man, we have so many neighborhoods that are new or that are just, you know, being developed still and they still end up saying, oh, we have a housing shortage. You’re like, how, how? But somehow we’re still in a housing shortage, meaning there are still needs to be homes built to accommodate people in the area. Um, and I’d love to say that that means that we’re growing, but being in this community with the Fort, I think that we have this turnover, this regular pattern, um, with coming in and leaving, that we stay pretty flat, which doesn’t happen in some other areas. And so, in a lot of ways, we’re very fortunate because we will always have market activity. It is constant, it’s steady. And I think that the Fort really contributes to a lot of that. But a lot of it is also people deciding to stay when they’re done with that. Either buying while they’re here, knowing they’re coming back, or also just deciding, I’m coming back here when I’m done. And this is this will be where I I plant myself when we’re when we’re finished kind of going in and out of the military stays. Well, we’ve talked to, we’ve talked to a lot, uh, James Breckenridge, the mayor of St. Robert. Uh, I asked him this question. Uh, I’ve asked several other soldiers who have been on here who have retired here in Pulaski County. This is a great little community to retire in. It is. It is. It’s very desirable. I don’t know that a a young soldier who comes here really thinks that this is like a fantastic place to be, especially if it’s not something that they’re used to. But it really truly grows on you. It becomes a place where you’re like, you know, I could go and stay there. And it feels comfortable and it feels like home. And I think that that’s what everybody’s looking for. That click that says, this is home. Well, they go all over the world. Right. The soldiers, you know, and all of a sudden, you know, they they may have come from New York, they may have come from LA, they’ve come from Chicago, the big cities. And all of a sudden, you know, they get down here. And there was a reason it was called Fort Not Lost In The Woods a while back. Uh, but our Fort Not Lost In The Woods has really blossomed. I love St. Louis because one of the reasons, because of the traffic. I could not stand that traffic anymore. And now, um, I love to see the people here because I know that just helps our community thrive. And this is a place I call home. And I want our community to thrive. And I mean, we’ve had a big Christmas on the Square. We’ve had a huge Christmas parade just last week in Waynesville. And we see businesses still popping up all over the place. Uh, I, you know, it like I said, it’s a great place to live. The economy is good. You know, the fuel prices aren’t out the roof like they are in other places. And the grocery prices aren’t all that bad at this point in time. So, I think a lot of people choose. And then, of course, the property here, you know, the property is not ridiculous as it is in other places. Right. Right. Our market here is, um, like I I said, very steady, which is awesome. Um, means that traditionally month after month or year after year, we’re looking at very similar numbers. So not big fluxes up, not big fluxes down. Um, for example, um, just here in November, I have, uh, numbers, uh, closed 54 single family residents. So, those are homes that we sold. That is just up from last month at 49. So, steady, which is great. You would think that fall and winter that things would have slowed down, but honestly, there is usually, um, a lot of stuff here at the end of the year. People want to get closed out, want to get in a new home. Um, nothing like the holidays where you just start feeling kind of boxed in maybe and looking around. Um, and the market time, that’s that is measured from the time the house goes on market to it closes. So under contract time, um, that it takes a sale to close is at 43 days. And that’s pretty typical. That’s actually fairly quick. I can historically say, a good number of years ago, that was more like 60 days. Uh, especially getting into loans and financing, and that takes some kind of jumping through all the checkboxes to get you there to closing. And again, our our sold prices, average home, um, price is 233,000, 807, uh, to be exact on that. So, holding very steady in that range. That means typical house, single family, it’s probably three bedrooms, two bath, somewhere in that range. Does the stuff in Washington D.C., you know, and I I just go back to this, like this one big beautiful bill that uh, President Trump, does that affect the housing market? It does. It does. So the one big beautiful bill act had several things in it that really impacted real estate, um, in general across the board, which does affect us here locally. So, um, one of the things it had in there was the more homes on market act. And that’s huge. That’s looking at increasing availability. Like I said, there’s a shortage. That will, uh, increase capital gains also, uh, the exclusion, which is the first time in 27 years that anybody’s even talked about that. So you take a house and you buy it and you you have equity as it moves along through the years. You’re like, oh, I have equity in this. Then you sell it, either moving up, different house, maybe you’re getting more land. For whatever reason you sell it, that gain in equity, you’re then taxed on. So anything that you’ve come out ahead, you really just get taxed on, which didn’t really feel like you came out ahead at the end. So the fact that they’re looking at that is huge. And then, well, you know what happened in Missouri? We’re blazing the trail regarding capital gains. So here in Missouri, we are the first state in the nation to not have a capital gains. So, that happened this year too. And I feel like we blazed the trail that others will follow. I don’t know who baby stepped off of who, but I I feel like that was monumental, uh, for us here in Missouri to say, hey, we’re going to not be taxed on this capital gains that we have. So, first time ever. First time ever this year was phenomenal, um, for advocacy. So if you are in equity in your home, and you sell it here in Missouri, you are not getting taxed on that on that equity. Right. Right. Yep. So instead of getting a tax bill at the end where you’re like, okay, I I made X, uh, you know, uh, selling my house, um, now I’m going to owe the taxman on all of that because they consider it, you know, income. Um, they’re saying, no, you did the thing you needed to do to get the equity. So, they’re not going to tax you on it. It’s going to be an actual gain to you. What about, uh, national and, um, state real estate market? Do we have housing shortages across the country? Yeah. Or across the state? Yes. The answer is yes to both. Um, here in Missouri, we do have housing shortages pretty much across the board. I don’t think anybody’s immune to that. Um, what that looks like is different for each community. Um, in other cases, it’s probably a little bit more drastic. We’re pretty fortunate that like we do have developments happening that I think that we’re staying pretty steady with our own growth happening here locally. Um, but a lot of people aren’t in that case, like they’re coming up with creative ways. They’re mixed uses with their downtown areas, you know, adding, um, living spaces in commercial spaces, putting those apartments above, um, businesses and so forth are really their only way. They can’t really go out, so they’re looking at going up. They’re trying to find other ways, alternative means to to supply things that are needed because we only got so much land and some places are out of space. Other thing is just economy in those places say we don’t have builders that are interested, or the price of building is so high. The first-time starter home, I really feel like is almost just like an anomaly. Um, that genuinely affordable home for a first-time buyer is that foundational step to other growth in real estate. And in equity, right? So you have that foundational step starting point. Um, when you have that starting point and that price to entry is so much higher because of building costs, because of new developments, the infrastructure, you take a place that doesn’t have any infrastructure, and you have to put in water, electric, sewer, curbs, roads. All of those things cost money. A lot of times, it’s to the city, so if it’s not in their planning thing or to a builder. If you’re just going to be an independently builder, you have to put all of those things in. That drives the cost up. So that initial first home is starting out so much higher, which means that the first-time buyers are starting out so much older. So your growth to that equity, to that, to that homeownership starts much later. And I think that that has has been something that’s just been seen and and felt. I’m going back 10 years, um, I I know a lot of construction guys. And 10 years ago, you could put up, you know, you could probably build a house for about oh, maybe 60, $70,000, you know, pretty decent home. Now, the costs of just the lumber itself, and the roofing, and the siding, and everything, is just blowing up. And now, that same home, going to cost you about 150, maybe 200,000 to get into it. And that really, I’m surprised that really hasn’t hammered, uh, the real estate market. Um, it’s being felt. Like I said, those people are traditionally now renters for much longer than they would have before. Before, you know, that was a a big step in your young adult life was to start that process of homeownership at a much sooner spot than is happening now. And I think that it’s largely just because of those driving factors, the cost. Um, you also take a an older home that maybe is in that lower price range, and it needs so much work, the the work that would go into it. So then you have a developer that will come in and buy up that home, and instead of rehabbing it as a single family starter home, it’s being torn down and a multi-family is going up. Why? Because those people are going to rent longer. So we just kind of just keep kicking ourselves a little bit. And I try not to go too soapbox on this because I really I have a passion for it personally, because I’ve watched it just happen. I’ve watched these starter homes be torn down for single or multi-family housing to go up. And it’s because there’s the need. They’re filling the need that’s there. But they’re kicking themselves in the rear to say, well, if you started that foundational step, the next house up is what you’re you need to build. Keep that entry-level home so that there’s a foundational spot for people to start. Otherwise, they have to bridge that gap till they can get to that first point for them as a bigger step. And so they have to rent longer. So, it ends up a soapbox that man, I’ll I’ll go hog on it. Yeah, but is it cost-effective to go in and gut a home? I mean, keep the foundation, you know, and the four walls, but you have to go in because you can’t rewire a house for probably under 20 grand anymore. I my sister, I’m a little ex you know, she lives out in Pasadena. And where they had the fires, her house and her neighborhood was not touched. But all that smoke and got into their insulation. And all those people out there, they had to go in and tear out their walls, reinsulate. Turn it into the insurance company and each one of the people that were doing the work were charging them 90 to $100,000 to come out there. Now, these are kind of expensive homes to begin with in Pasadena, California, where the cost of living is ridiculous anyway. Uh, but, you know, is is it cost-effective to rebuild or restructure a home rather than, like you just said, tear it down and build another one? Yeah, it’s not and that’s the hard part is that for it’s a math problem. It’s a math problem at the end of the day, and the money isn’t there to say, we’re going to sink a bunch of money into a house, um, to to keep it going when we could put in something new. But something new just equals a rental at that point. So, I don’t know that the hard part is I don’t know the answer. It’s just one of those things where I’ve watched it go down the line and I’m like, that’s where we are. You know, we have we have people who are going to have to rent longer, um, before they start that foundational step. The good news is, by waiting to rent longer, they are usually more successful in a career. Um, so more financially stable to start out at that next point. So, um, when you’re looking at first-time home buyers and statistically speaking, um, where they fall, that age is getting more and more. And it just coincides with that. They have to wait longer, but they’re also at a more successful point. So, the ability to buy at that point, maybe they don’t need the foundational step. Maybe they maybe they’re skipping the training wheels and they’re just ready to jump on the bike. We’re going to take a break and we’re going to come back and talk more with Julie Lied, who is the associate executive of the Pulaski County Realty Board. Back in a moment. At Shelter Insurance, we believe insurance should adjust to fit your needs. That’s why we work with you to design an auto, home, and life insurance plan that’s particular to you. Insurance that fits just right. And Shelter is known for our award-winning customer service, satisfied customers, and a plan for you. Ready to check us out? Shelter Insurance. We are your shield. We are your shelter. For a free insurance review, or auto, home, life, farm, or business insurance, see me, Dave Hattlet, your Shelter Insurance agent in Richland. 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We do like to, um, stay educated. So a lot of times they’re here doing classes or luncheon learns. Um, but we like to send them out. Um, they’re the people living here in your community. They’re the people serving you guys. Um, and we like to be that. We like to be hands-on. So we have, um, a volunteer days where our offices, um, participated in things like, um, helping clean up, uh, at the shelter, the animal shelter. Um, feed the dogs. Um, they did some beautification and planted some flowers at the park. Um, they have picked up trash. Not my most favorite day, but, you know, we’ll go pick up trash. It’s our place. We live here. We live here. We want to take care of our community and our neighborhoods. I’m always personally passionate about, um, Salvation Army and their kettle campaigns. Um, that’s how they make their money to help our community. So we want to be a part of that process. And then other things, like we had a safety expo back in September. So September is Realtor Safety Month. And in the past, we had really focused just like member-wide safety expo in the past had been focused on just my members. And so this year they wanted to flip that and say, we want to start this something publicly. So, um, we were at the community center back in September and had vendors there, um, with booths, just kind of showcasing the things they do. Whether that was flood plain information or emergency management stuff from FEMA. Um, we have the Sheriff’s Department there, local PD, Boe and Barrel. A lot of people, just great affiliates, too. Um, showing up. We had Lowe’s there of and and their safety stuff. They had like, you know, their fire document bags. Things you don’t always think about. Always try and plug, you know, safety comes in different ways, whether that’s, um, consumer protection for fraud or scams. Tons of those that happen locally that we want to try and protect people and say, be knowledgeable about what something would look like if it came from your realtor versus what it would look like if it came from a scammer. I know just this last week that people got, um, probably a text that maybe said, hey, I’m interested in buying your property. That was not from a realtor. That was just scammers. My agents end up, uh, people who are targeted. People either want to scam my agents, or they want to pretend to be them to scam others. And that’s unfortunate. But that safety event had a lot of components to it, um, whether it be, you know, like flood plain safety, um, and just knowledge, knowing what to do, um, if you do have a house that’s in a flood plain, and that happens. Um, we had flooding December of 2024, I believe. Right? At the end of the year, November or December, we had that flood that happened. That was November, election day in November of last year. Yes. Remember it well. I live on the Gasconade. Trust me, I remember it. Yes. Oh, then you knew. Well, we did what you might not have known about, but we had hoped to get out there, was that we had a grant available for anyone who was affected by that where we could just offer money and say, hey, if you’ve had damages, here’s some grant money. We’re able to do that, um, with some of those natural disasters. I know that Rolla had the tornado that came through this year. Right. And they had grant money that were they were able to throw at it. So like just that education piece where we were like, hey, we’re here and we, you know, we’re doing things. So just also educating our members for that, but educating the public at times and say, hey, there’s some things that are happening. I wonder how many people did not know that. I know, I wish that I’d reached out to both mayors and said, hey, we have this and it was kind of like, yep, we’ll put it in our bulletins. I don’t know that it ever came out or didn’t. We did some radio ads just, um, throughout the state. So I don’t know how local those got. Um, and that’s maybe a miss where we need to be like, hey, everybody needs to know this. Before, you just put it in the paper and everybody knew that. But those days are different now. Yeah, and, you know, there is one way to get rid of the scams. And that is stay off your computer. True, true. You know, I know I know everybody’s on the phone, they’re on their laptops, they’re on their PCs. But that’s where the scamm Pick up the phone and talk to a realtor and talk to them personally, eye-to-eye, like you and I are sitting here in this room talking right now. There ain’t no scammer coming in here and going to hose us. I can guarantee you. If you can get eye-to-eye or phone-to-phone contact and keep stuff off the computers as much as possible, that’ll stop a lot of the scam and crap. Oh, definitely. And I tell people all the time, I’m like, go straight back to the source, not with the information they gave you, call them directly in another way. In another way. So, um, just looking out for people. Just making sure they know that, hey, we’re looking out for you. Be direct. Do be direct. Call. Like, I’m a human being. There’s a human being at the other end of that line. Like, we’re people. Don’t buy into what you see on your computer or on your cell phone. Before we get out of here, I want to talk about an affiliate program you have coming up. Are you’re trying to set up? Well, we do have an affiliate program and we’re just always growing that. So our affiliates are our partnered people or businesses that do things that work alongside. So that’s our lenders, our title companies, our home inspectors, our carpet cleaners. I always joke about a few of these because it it doesn’t have to be that direct. Like a carpet cleaner, yeah, they’re there’s definitely like they’re going to get connected with realtors because they’re going to clean carpets or or something like that. Always kind of joke. I’m waiting for the person who is the car detailer. Um, because I have all these people at this meeting, all those cars in the parking lot. And if I can do two things at once, if I can say, hey, we’re going to have a meeting. Would you like to come and detail cars? I can give them this business. And I can have realtors with clean cars. I personally know if somebody wants to come clean my car while I have a meeting, that would be great. So it’s kind of throw that out there that it does not have to be super directly connected with real estate. Um, there’s a need. These are people and their members. And having a clean car is part of that business and what they do. Um, but we’re looking for those people that are that are doing things in the community. Cabinet maker, HVAC, um, electricians, handy mans. If you know a seamless gutter guy, I personally could use that number. But, um, we have that affiliate program because everyone’s looking for that. Each realtor when they get done, they hope that their person is in good hands after the sale. And that after the sale is where our valued partners also exist. Um, in those things that they’re going to need after they own their home. They might need gutters or a roofer. And to have them in our affiliate base and to be able to help partner their business and promoting that to, um, our consumer base is kind of huge. So I say partnership because I’m going to offer some things to them. And I hope that they reap the benefits of that in their business. So. So if you have any type of real estate dealings, contact a local real estate agent here in Pulaski County or even some surrounding counties. They don’t just stick to Pulaski County. Right. Okay. Just wanted to make make sure that. And well, I’m going to slap myself in the face because I just talked about this and stay off the computers, but do you have a web page that they they can go to to find out some of these realtors? Absolutely. So you can, um, get a full directory of our membership. Um, agents name and their office and and contact information on our website. And our website is an a.org. So we’re PCBR.org. And that PCBR stands for Pulaski County Board of Realtor. So PCBR.org. All right, there you go. Julie, thanks a lot. Thank you. Thanks Marv. Julie Lied, our guest, the associate executive of the Pulaski County Realty Board. We’ll be right back. As women, we are often the caregivers to others, but tend to neglect care for ourselves. Mark this year, your year for good health with the Show Me Healthy Women program at the Pulaski County Health Center in Waynesville. If you are between the ages of 21 and 64 years old, have no insurance with a fixed household income, you can qualify. There’s no time like the present to take care of you. For more information or to make an appointment, call 573-774-3820 or stop by the Pulaski County Health Center at 104 Ashley May Lane in Waynesville. Whether it’s winter, spring, summer, or fall, anything you need to keep your vehicle running at its best, you’ll find it at your NAPA Auto Parts store, St. Robert Auto Supply. If it’s a part they don’t have in stock one day, there’s a real good chance it will be there the next day. And that includes Saturdays. The best thing I like about St. Robert Auto Supply is the knowledge you’ll find behind the counter. Experts in finding and getting you the parts you need when you need them, and they’re excellent at troubleshooting your automotive problems. From oil to filters, antifreeze, wipers, and a good selection of high-quality tools, it’s all at St. Robert Auto Supply. It’s your one-stop. And you can get the good stuff seven days a week. 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Checking into a bit of sports, holiday basketball and wrestling tournaments and where the teams are going is coming up. Crocker Lady Lions and Lions are headed to Wablow for the Doug Laura Holiday Classic. Dixon Lady Bulldogs and Lady Wildcats of Licking are in the Mountain Grove Holiday Tournament. The Licking Wildcats and Plato Eagles return to the Cabool Boys Classic. Plato Lady Eagles are in Gainesville for Holiday Hoops. Iberia Boys will host Lynn in a single night affair on the 30th. The Waynesville Tigers and Lady Tigers are both in the Rolla Holiday Tournaments, and the Lady Tiger wrestlers will join many others at the Wonder Woman wrestling tournament in Columbia at Battle High School. Okay, Chief’s Kingdom. I’ve listened to the negative comments on the Chief’s season and I’ll be honest with you, I’ve been one of the many who thought things should have gone different. They did not. Blame it on the injuries from game one to wideouts to the offensive line, a running game that was stagnant, play calling the rest of the league’s defenses finally caught up with and there were many other problems. One thing that was not a problem was Taylor Swift, Titan Travis Kelce’s fiancee. So put that in your pipe and smoke it. The only thing Taylor Swift did was bring in many more fans to the game of football. And yes, many were fans of the Chiefs. One bad year does not take away a dynasty. Look at what the Chiefs have done under Big Red, the nickname for head coach Andy Reid. Been in the playoffs each year since 2014, that’s 11 straight seasons until this year. Nine straight AFC West titles, played in the AFC Championship game seven consecutive seasons. Five Super Bowl appearances, three Vince Lombardi trophies, in other words, three Super Bowl titles in six years. That’s not too shabby. Will the Chiefs come back to their former standards? We don’t know. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes has already had surgery to repair his ACL injury suffered against the Chargers and is headed for rehab. He’s not done. Neither is Andy Reid. Some coaching changes may be on the horizon, a revamped offensive line and the Chiefs will look to retool their running game. A good O-line and the running game will be there because they do have the talent. The status of one of the best ever tight ends in the business is not known when we prepared this podcast. But Travis Kelce’s getting up there in age and so is defensive lineman Chris Jones. It happens to all great players on all teams. Football is a brutal sport. And how much can the body take? I hope Kelce and Jones come back, no matter how old they are. And I hope Patrick Mahomes rehab goes great and he’s back to start 2026. Because I think that after 2025 with a healthy Chiefs team, they have something to prove, not only to themselves, but to Chiefs Kingdom. My prediction for the Super Bowl this year, by the way, is the LA Rams meeting the Buffalo Bills. And for Bills Mafia and especially for former Bills great Jim Kelly, who played in four Super Bowls without a win, I hope Buffalo does it while Kelly is still around to see it. I’m not a Bills fan, but I am a fan of Jim Kelly, a class act. By the way, the Chiefs visit the Tennessee Titans this Sunday. Back with a wrap after this. This is Richard and Paul’s Furniture. We know that right around the corner is holidays. And we know at holidays money gets tight, but at Paul’s that’s one thing you don’t have to worry about because we’ve got some financing plans that cost you no interest whatsoever. Same as cash plans for up to two years. We’ve got several companies we can use. Maybe you’re rebuilding your credit. You can step in here and we can run you through several different companies that’ll save you so much money, lot less than rent your furniture. But at Paul’s, we’ve got options that you know nothing of. Paul’s Furniture, www.wewon’tbundledsold.com, the name says it all. Well, that’s going to do it for this week. Thanks again to my sponsors, Bales Construction, the Bank of Crocker, Paul’s Furniture, Shelter Insurance Agent, Dave Hollard of Richland, St. Robert Auto Supply, Sieger Toyota, the Pulaski County Health Center, STR Glass of St. Robert, the VFW Post 3168 of Way and TK’s Pizza. Thanks to my producer Tracy and thanks to you, my podcast listeners for joining me on this last episode of 2025. If you’re enjoying The Marv In The Morning podcast, we invite you to leave a review on whatever app you’re listening on. We would also love for you to share the episode with family and friends on your social media accounts. Be sure to follow our podcast on Facebook, on The Marv In The Morning podcast page. You’re also invited to join us on Facebook on the Fort Not Lost In The Woods podcast group. 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