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HOMETOWN:
Burchard, Nebraska
LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT ME:
* I’m the oldest of 6
* I am a cowgirl at heart. When I’m not at work you can usually finding me riding my horse.
* I was an extra in the movie “Seabiscuit”
* My favorite “holiday” is Halloween. I spend several pain-staking hours making my own costume. Two years ago I went as “Kermit the Frog” (my boyfriend was “Miss Piggy”) and last year I was “Beaker” from the Muppets.
* My pet peeve is people who put their Christmas lights up before Thanksgiving and leave them up until April. I believe there should be a law that says you can only display Christmas lights from Thanksgiving Day through January 10th.
STUPIDEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE:
I fell up the steps of the Nebraska State Capitol while I was delivering documents for an attorney I was working for. I had huge bruises and cuts on my knees and hands and my papers went flying everywhere. I fear that the 4 people who witnessed my fall weren’t the only ones to see it… the Capitol has camera’s everywhere! The security office probably rewinds the tape and watches it daily.
MOST ANNOYING HABIT:
I drink out of the carton… leave toenail clippings on the table… belch in public… use all the toilet paper, then don’t replace it… drive with my blinker on… leave the seat up (errr… wait, that’s not me).
FAVORITE MUSIC:
Thanks to my Mom I was exposed to all types of music. She used to tell me stories about seeing Ike & Tina Turner, Willie Nelson and Hank Williams play in the Texas dance halls. I was 4 when my Mom took me to my first concert… Ernest Tubb in Humboldt, NE.
Today my preferences lean toward Classic Rock and Country. I couldn’t do without my Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and George Strait CDs.
WHAT LED ME TO RADIO:
My parent’s gave me a cassette recorder in the 4th grade, and since that day I knew I wanted to be in radio. I used to interview my brother and pretend like I was a DJ, introducing songs from my parent’s Sonny & Cher, Beatles and Herman’s Hermit’s albums.
IF I WAS NOT A DJ, I WOULD BE:
...collecting aluminum cans for cash.
FAVORITE RADIO MOMENT:
I was in the bathroom at a bar and I over heard this chick telling this group of women waiting in line to use the bathroom that she was me. She was telling them to stop by the station and she would get them concert tickets, t-shirts, etc., etc. So as I walked out of the stall I felt it necessary to introduce myself… and let’s just say I doubt she’ll ever claim she’s someone she’s not ever again.
Email Me: kgarrett@threeeagles.com