 Welcome to this edition of Ableton on Air. I'm your host, Lauren Siler. I'm Lauren Siler. And this is the program that focuses on the needs, concerns, and achievements of the definitely in Vermont and beyond. And besides Orca Media, we are now in Burlington on channel 17, which is the Democracy Channel. And we are broadcasted on there as well. We would like to welcome Ron Rondon, our sports anchor for this show. And welcome, Ron. Hello there. And what is the show that you do? Ron Rondon is kicking off season number five, coming up on October 5th on Brooklyn Free Speech Network. Wow. Okay, now Brooklyn Free Speech Network is what? Is what, what kind of station is it again? So for people who don't know? Well, we're everything, most of Brooklyn, of course, representing from our friends, Optimum and Spectrum, and also RCN, and also on Verizon's files. So in any of these areas, check it out. And of course, we're also online on at Free Speech Media.org. Also on our social media platforms, you can check it out on our Facebook page, wrote it for Ron Rondon. And of course, on Road Trip TV1 on YouTube. So a lot of pop culture, and some other social media, here's, we'll put it on the air. We'll post it if you're watching Road Trip right now. We'll post all this on the air and you'll see what I'm talking about. Okay, so explain to me what have you been doing on Road Trip from season one all the way up to now? Well, from the last four seasons from pop culture to entertainment to news to exciting charitable events, we've done a lot of them, including recently that tape, this one of them will be featured in season number five. We did a special benefit over at Traw Fountain in Avergees in Brooklyn. It was a, one of our friends, Jack Gia Blanc-Panco, we got a big shout out for him, did a special benefit to raise money for St. Jude's children's charity. And it's a St. Jude's, for example, in, of course, episode B, it's for real, believe me. And we raised, sorry, shirts that lighted friendship, neck of lips, I wore one before, it was just fantastic. You guys raised a lot of money? And these goals to them, and out of all that, raised over $6,200 raised to St. Jude's children's charity. So it's a great- Now, St. Jude's, so this is part of St. Jude's Children's Hospital, yes? That's correct. Okay. And St. Jude's Children's Hospital, that's a cancer hospital? Yes, it is. It's a cancer, kids who have cancer want to end fight. And it says, according to St. Jude's, they don't pay, they buy their own pockets. It's the people who donate whatever they do, and it helps the kids get better out of all kinds of surgeries and all kinds of stuff. Now, because there's also some other cancer hospitals in New York, you have Memorial Sloan Kettering, you have some others. But what makes St. Jude's a little bit different than some of the other hospitals? It's for kids, and we remember, kids who had cancer, who was battling to about a number of illnesses, like a broke cancer dude, back in the day, just a number of kinds of cancers. We're always praying for a lot of kids, and that's what the great organization that Jackie DeBranco, who organized this event, it's fantastic. It was a lot of music, it was a lot of fun, having a great time. And of course, we got some terrific performers who's fantastic, including our good friend, Teo, who is the voice of Naples. He did since safe, though, make a great day in the song. He's like an opera-like voice. He is absolutely fantastic. We got Maria Bernudo also performing, and of course, Francis, who's also performing. It's fantastic, and you see all the highlights during the season. And above the other stuff as well, we got the San Gennaro Festival this year, including the Meatball Eating Contest. Well, okay, speaking about meatballs, we here at Orca Media just debuted, well, we do Abled in our near, of course, but we just debuted, my wife and I just debuted a new show called Able to Cook, which deals with people with special needs in cooking. And since you say about meatballs, tell us a little bit more about that. What's going on with the meatballs? Well, the Meatball Eating Contest is some brave and fierce eaters who compete for the top prize. Anyway, up $250, that's what they get out. So is the Meatball Eating Contest similar to the, is it similar to the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest? It's like a similar, it's a little different between the Hot Dog Eating Contest and the Meatball Eating Contest because the sponsor, by the way, is Chacha's, that's located in Little Italy. And I want to get a big shout out to Karen King, who's the one of the restaurateurs and one part owner of Chacha's, along with the fantastic Tony Danza. You all know who Tony Danza is. Let me see who's the boss. So he was there and you interviewed him? Well, we didn't get a chance to interview him, but he was there recently, back in our third season, that cousin Bruce, he interviewed the great Tony Danza, who was also part of a restaurant tour and owner. And he's also the former police athletic league. And if I win that competition, I'm gonna be doing about fifth of the full seat. We'll go to the police athletic league, you hear throughout the New York City area, hopefully if I win, but that's gonna be an early start, but it's gonna be great. And it's fantastic and we'll have the highlights of the event and that's gonna be great. It's gonna be a lot of fun. We'll get to you. I'm gonna tell you who's there. Joey Reynolds will be here with Mother Judges. Karen King's, I told you before, she's gonna be judging and singing National Anthem. She's a terrific all-around American pop singer. She is absolutely fantastic. Before we get to sports, what else have you been doing? So you have the fifth season coming up. A big season number five, yes. How many shows have you done thus far? Well, for the fifth season, it will be show number 140 this year. Wow. Wow, wow. Congratulations. Thank you very much. It takes a lot of people to get to show 140. Yes, we got a good crew. We have a great staff. We started with just about two people. We have a growing staff of contributors to this show, the more Kurtz, the Bill Manners, or in Phil's started, got me into this and you got me into this and then you got Audra Blackwood, who's also doing the camera work, Nikki Ferguson, camera work this season. Also, we got some good photography as well. Mike Wright, who's a fantastic guy, maybe we're not gonna cover some of the events, but he also did the Italian events as well. He's also gonna be contributing this year. We have a very great crew this season and we can't wait. What made you wanna get into broadcasting? What was the major thing that, despite your special needs, what was the major thing that wanted you to get into broadcasting? Well, you know, my big dream is to like to get into sports. That's the first thing that started me off here. And then when Dee says, do you have a good, everybody tell me you have a good radio voice. That's what got me into internet radio. One of our friends, Kismear Elberg, who used to hold all your on, what's the rest of it, on talk, shoot radio, and also remember the other one from before. But he has a great show and then when he got me hoping to do it, I got my weekend show for the last seven seasons and it was a lot of fun. Is your weekend show still going on? Not at this time, because right now with folks, TV is the people who wanna fill up our audience and build a lot of good fans up there to just be able to terrific for the show. And we've got everybody on the internet, everybody on social media, like this show, everybody. And we also put in a look. We also put a statement every season that will be the NFL fix. It will be for an NFL fix challenge we can't be doing along the season during road trip, which is gonna be a lot more fun because we want, because normally you're in it this season again. Yeah. Again, we got some terrific contestants who facing for bragging rights and the title. This season, of course, Eric Spice, who is terrific in New Jersey. He's our defending champion last season. But Elizabeth Melton is not with us, unfortunately. She recently passed away back in September, or so we're gonna crown a brand new women's champion this season. So this could be a lot of fun. This could be a lot of fun. It's gonna be a two, it's gonna be two segments, double season one. So the winners from the first half of season, which is one to eight, will face the winners from the second segment, from nine to 16, will face them in the season. Week 17 showdowns will determine our champion for the season. So this is gonna be a lot of fun. And if you wanted to join us, you can go to my Facebook page and just check out Facebook and type in sports fan NFL challenge. That's the sports fan NFL challenge on Facebook. Enjoy this one. No, you're not gonna say anything. It's a lot of fun. It's bragging rights. Check it out. So in terms of, you know, baseball, now this year, the New York Yankees have been doing pretty good. Boston, yeah. Who is your... Yeah, he's already locked up the East in the region, that's why. Who is your all-time favorite team? And why do you think they should go to the World Series? Well, you know, the Yankees have won 27 championships already, looking for a win to the 28th championship coming up this year. And look how big the Yankees got. You got a power here, Lane, Aaron Judge, who has been outstanding, 52 homeruns, rookie. You can't say a better rookie a year than he is. He's outstanding. Then you got John Carlos Stanton, who fired for the Miami Marlins, who's been outstanding. He's in there. He had a full start. He came up and contributed. Gary Sanchez, another homerun hitter, who's also a home-on-derby champion. He did them myself too. And then you got the best pitchers, for Thomas Chapman, who is the closer. You are looking at a great 15th duo this year. You'll be looking at them. So you can see the Yankees in the World Series. On the other hand, they're the winning champion, Houston Astros, which I'm surprised they got it all. This is their first ever championship. And you got a lot of time from Ross Springer and a number of great players who've been incredibly done. So this is going to be like a championship, ALCF championship rematch. You'll be looking at them. And then you look at the Washington Nationals, another good team with Bryce Hopper. You could see them in their first ever World Series for their franchise. Well, I think the real big money makers here, because those money makers are the ones that have the top salaries. The Yankees and Boston, because all the other teams are small, well, they're not small, but they don't have such big hitters as... Like the Mets, you know. Well, the Mets, the Yankees, and Boston Red Sox. Absolutely. And of course, think about the other teams also who've got the big salaries, like this Rangers is one team. And another team, you look at the Dodgers who's looking outstanding after a terrific World Series appearance in the game that short when Houston won the championship. There's another possibility. So you're looking at great teams who... Yeah, for example, I mean, we talk about special needs, but in terms of baseball, you've got people such as the wife of Thurman Munson, who has a foundation and she gives money towards autism. You have people such as Jorge Posada, whom I've interviewed in the past in New York in the Bronx. He's out there and he's one of the best players. Jorge Posada has a foundation for autism. And he also got Derek Eater. Derek Eater's foundation, yep. Huh? So looking at the great charities, everybody contributes because let me tell you something, they're the best kind of Yankee players went on to do their own foundation. And this is why they're the best players ever. So you give a lot of them to say thanks. And that's why Yankee players did. So in terms of football, who do you think is the best this year? Well, looking at the forward. Well, let's see. Best of the teams, I'm really surprised. You know, the surprising team, because I, if we're taking the joke today, by the way, we're taking it. The Cleveland Browns surprised us all so far. They already won. They got tied. They lost one. And now they won one because they beat the Jets. And how about this great, Cleveland Browns team? This is gonna be, this is like a rebuilding of every single loss there is. It's as you go back like an old 16 teams. And right now they're one, one, and one going into week four, coming up. And then you got the Jets. That's who got a very good quarterback, but they came up a little short this year. And the Giants, well, so far, oh, and two, but it's time to put a change around on the team. But to my knowledge, I'm looking at a terrific, I like to see the Eagles go back to the Volcker when their second championship, because I am surprised, I'm surprised by all these teams and big shout out to the fans of Philadelphia. Best team, I'm surprised. I hope it's not new England Patriots again. Yeah, I don't want to say Patriots, but we beat the Patriots. Thank God for that. So, yeah. We had Tom Ray, oh, the wife, the wife who gets so mad, the wife. Okay, let's talk about something else for a second. Recently in New Jersey, this past week, recently there was a gentleman in the group home, well, he was in a New Jersey group home who had gotten involved in a hit and run. And he passed away. In Garfield, New Jersey, a man has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit and run in New Jersey official say. Paul Fisher, 59 of New Jersey, was arrested in multiple charges, including leaving the scene of a fatal accident and endangering an injured victim. Garfield police responded to the call of a pedestrian struck by a hit and run vehicle. This past Monday at 7 p.m. When officers found 42 year old Giovanni Rivera lying in the roadway on MacArthur Avenue and with serious injuries, Rivera was transported to the hospital where he later passed away from his injuries Wednesday morning. Your thoughts on that? You know, it's sad because, you know, I know I see a lot of people who are disability and I've never seen a hit and run driver who has got hit, but the only question is, did they capture the man that is? Yes, yes, yes. Oh, good. Because they got a lot to learn because this hit and run driver has got plenty to say about because I don't like what he did to this, to this, or to this, to this. Because when you deal with, you know, cars and pedestrians, it's considered murder or, vehicular homicide. Yeah. When someone passes away. Absolutely. But I'm going to say one thing for sure because, you know, they shouldn't put like, like pedestrian lights, you know, over in Patterson, New Jersey, they need some special kind of lights for disabilities. If anybody has a walk problem or anything, they have to need a special lighted path to pass the left of pedestrians, go first before the driver's does. Because what he did to the driver to help the light or with the stop sign, does he really go for the stop sign? Could be possible. Does he stop or does he go speeding like about 60 miles per hour? That's all the representatives in their state have to put some lighted, put in a white, red box under them to put a lighted walkway. And so, when they pass it, when the... Yeah, I agree. I agree because this way. Don't be so close to the phone. You're breaking up a little bit. Go ahead. Because when the pedestrians pass by to it, it will be very important and understandable to let the car stop and let them pass. Because it's time to start building up and get some more resources and everything else to go a walkway, and that's what they gotta do that. I agree because there should be something there. Okay, so getting back to sports, before we end, because we have a couple of minutes left here, your predictions for 2019 and the Super Bowl? Well, let's see. I was still gonna say Philadelphia will go into Moira, but I'd like to see an upset, the first-timers, and I like to see birthdays. Since Philadelphia did it for the first time, I wanna see another first-timer game to a Super Bowl, and Jack gotta be the Jack and Bill Jack Wards. The reason I said Jack and Bill, they came that close to win a Super Bowl. But in the regular season at home, they got their revenge and beat New England last. You could see a Philadelphia-Jackson-Bill Super Bowl in their presence. So this is gonna be a very light to see that happen. And of course, if any football fans in Philadelphia, I know I'm proud of them. I applaud them for what they did. And I hope the next word, if Jack and Bill should win a Super Bowl, I will also respect them. They will have their first ever celebration in the Jack and Bill. So either way, this is gonna be a Super Super Bowl coming up with Super Bowl 52. What's your predictions with basketball this year? Because we have a pretty good matchup. Well, I like to see the Knicks and the Lakers battle it out, but Knicks is not good. Right now, we got LeVon heading to Los Angeles. So this is gonna be a big, big difference right now. Why do you say the Knicks are not good? What happened? It's a ban. Last year, they were a little bit unsure like they're in fourth place. But I like to see if they can do better to get at least to third place in order to get into the playoffs because they're gonna go like a number, and becoming a seven-seated team. And that's gonna be a very important challenge for the Knicks. Because if they don't get to the playoffs, they can get a good effort on that. What about the Brooklyn Nets? For the Brooklyn Nets, well, I think they're gonna get at least to a 12-seat. So that's gonna be very, that's gonna be a 12-seat, but a 30 in the number eight seats. So it's gonna be, we're gonna have to see two New York teams get into the seven and eight seats. And they're hoping to work their way up to the NBA second round, so that's as far as we can go. Yeah, maybe they need to build a staple center. Well, since you're talking about the Lakers, maybe they need to build a staple center here or some kind of big, cute basketball stadium here in Vermont. Then we can really have some matchups. And it would be good if they could put one more, like if they could, and however, there's just one thing I would say, that since you guys got the Vermont Lake Monsters right there in multiplayer, can it be a very, this is my question here. If they have a baseball team in search because they're looking for one more extension team or a hockey extension team, because Vermont is home to hockey. Well, Vermont has, I mean, UVM, the Catamounts, UVM College, the College of Vermont. We have a pretty good hockey team this year. It's gone to semifinals and finals, and you know, I'm in the past. So we have a pretty good team. Well, right now, the NHL already got 31 teams. So if they could do something, if they could go a... Well, it doesn't seem double, it doesn't seem double, everyone. We have NCAA hockey, you know. Yeah, we know, we know. But can we get a professional team if they can make it as an extension team, one more extension team so we can make it all even the 32 teams. So we already got 31 so far at this point anyway. Yeah. Well, we would like to thank you. Oh, well, what do you think about the people suffering that stung Florence, Hurricane Florence? Oh, right. Well, let me say to my final word before we go. I want to say our fortune prayers to all the victims down in South Carolina and North Carolina. I got a friend named Ben Meliskey. Ben, if you're watching this, I see it. I want to say our fortune prayers that we hope we build this whole day, I hope the Red Cross can help a lot of people during this hurricane even so all... Yeah, I hope so too, yeah. They're supplying them clothes and shelter. Yeah, well, yeah, they're supplying them with clothes and shelter and stuff. Because Hurricane Sandy was just as bad as this. Yes. And you saw, the rest of the animals in the cages, they rested some animals. Exactly, that's worth. So we hope we can get some rescuers and hopefully the rest of you look better. So really quick, what is your website again? Okay, you can check out facebook.com, look up for road trip to Ron Rondon, or you can go to YouTube and look for the road trip TV, one channel, and of course, we also got our Pinterest, our LinkedIn, on Google+, just like everybody, and on Twitter, that's Ron on the School of Road Trip TV. And of course, again, you'll get a copy of this program so you can show it in Brooklyn as well. Just to let you know, Abel de Nonaire is also, besides Arkham Media, we are broadcasting on channel 17 in Burlington. Just to let you know before we end, this program today and this week is in memory of someone here who died in Montpelier, Vermont. Salam and Jenkins senselessly passed away in an automobile accident. And we just would like to say to his family and friends, we are truly sorry and we are saying condolences to the family and this program is to his memory, Salam and Jenkins. We would like to thank Ron Rondon for joining us on this edition of Abel de Nonaire. Ron, thank you. It's for the remind and we can't wait to see you guys on our show and of course, also the cooking one that you can send us. Yeah, we're gonna send you copies of that as well. Okay. And that is also running on channel 17 Burlington, Vermont. This puts an end to this edition of Abel de Nonaire. I'm Ron Seiler. I'm Ron Seiler. See you next time.