RIP Davy Jones

Its a sad day. 'The Monkees' TV show star Davy Jones passed away yesterday due to a heart attack in Florida. He was just 66 years old. He sang lead vocals in popular songs like 'Daydream Believer'.
I'm sure many of you have fond memories of Jones...I know I do. I got to meet him when he performed at the ABC 5-Budweiser Stage at the Iowa State Fair two years ago. I introduced him on the stage along with with KIOA's Pam Dixon. Our stage tent has never been so busy. It was packed with people (lots of ladies) who wanted to see him BAD! Many got there hours before to get a good spot. It was so cute to see fifty year old ladies holding up home-made signs declaring their love for him! He was such a gentleman, so sweet and genuinely excited to be in Iowa. He will truly be missed.


Rachel Pierce
rpierce@myabc5.com

Variety Telethon

This weekend is the 84th Annual Variety the Children's Charity Telethon hosted by ABC5. During the telethon you'll see celebrities you know and hear them talk all about the amazing work Variety does for our community. You'll meet children and families who've benefited from the organization. Leading up to the telethon you will also see special stories during our newscasts on ABC5 about the Telethon and Variety. I'm also so proud to say that our company President Ray Cole and his wife Susan are honorary chairs for the telethon this year!
Variety is near and dear to my heart and I've served on the board for the past three years. I'm once again this year raising funds for Variety. I have a donation page to make it easy, every little bit helps!
Here's the link:
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=999903&supId=283110498

or call in during the telethon, I'll even be taking calls on Sunday afternoon.

Hope you can tune in this Saturday and Sunday!

Rachel Pierce
rpierce@myabc5.com

A Great Valentine's Day

I know some people love Valentine's Day and some people don't. I guess I'm somewhere in the middle. Although, now that I have children each holiday seems more special and definitely more fun.

My husband and I agreed not to go too crazy with gifts for Valentine's day (both for us and our boys). We are going to emphasize 'thoughtful' gifts or 'homemade gifts' for holidays such as Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day etc. So this Valentine's day the boys got a little candy and a nice card, my hubby got a nice new razor, some chocolate, and a card (Altogether it cost me less than 3$ with my coupons!!!)

The best part was letting the boys pick out Valentine's and treats for their classrooms at daycare. And they LOVED their parties and their little treat bags. Oh, I guess I should mention what I received from my Valentine... it might be the best gift ever... a paper cutter!!! Yes, that's right a paper cutter to help me clip my coupons. But the best part is that my husband used a 50% off coupon to get it. AWESOME!

Snow & Superbowl

Between the snow fall and a Superbowl party at our house...we couldn't ask for a better weekend! All Lydia wanted to do was play in the snow. So of course we did and mom and dad had some fun too. Even though I could have cared less about the Superbowl teams playing, we had a bunch of friends over. We enjoyed great conversations, food and the commercials.

Rachel Pierce

rpierce@myabc5.com