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Wendy’s to Launch Breakfast in the U.S. in 2020

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The Wendy’s Company announced plans today to launch its breakfast menu across the U.S. system in 2020. The menu features signature items including the Breakfast Baconator®, Frosty-ccino, and Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit.

The Wendy’s Company announced today that it plans to launch its breakfast menu, currently available in more than 300 restaurants, across the U.S. in 2020. The menu features signature items that takes the best of Wendy’s, from Applewood smoked bacon to the Frosty®, and creatively delivers them to fans for breakfast. Signature items include the Breakfast Baconator®, Frosty-ccino, and Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit.

The Wendy’s Company announced plans today to launch its breakfast menu across the U.S. system in 2020. The menu features signature items including the Breakfast Baconator®, Frosty-ccino, and Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit.

“Launching breakfast in our U.S. restaurants nationwide provides incredible growth opportunities,” said Todd Penegor, President and CEO of The Wendy’s Company. “We are well-positioned to pursue it. We believe we have the right team and structure in place, and we put Wendy’s fan favorites on our breakfast menu to set us apart from the competition.”

Wendy’s is Fast Food Done Right: your go-to for real, fresh, crave-able food that doesn’t cost a fortune and the new breakfast menu attests to that. To support its expansion into breakfast, the Company and its franchisees plan to hire approximately 20,000 crew members across the country. Individuals interested in providing high-quality experiences that match the high-quality Wendy’s food should visit careers.wendys.com or a local Wendy’s.

Video: Geoffrey Esper Beats Joey Chestnut at 2018 Ice Cream Eating Championship

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Geoffrey Esper, currently ranked fourth in Major League Eating, won the second Prairie Farms World Ice Cream Eating Championship on Sunday, August 5, 2018, at the Indiana State Fair by eating 15.5 pints of ice cream in 6 minutes. Joey Chestnut came in second with 14.5 pints of ice cream.

Miki Sudo still holds the world record by eating 16.5 pints of ice cream in six minutes, which was set last year.

2018 Ice Cream Eating Championship Results

1 Geoffrey Esper 15.5 pints in 6 min
2 Joey Chestnut 14.5
3 Juan Rodriguez 12
4 Dud Lite Dudzinski and Derek Jacobs 11.5
6 Adrian Morgan 11.25
7 Gideon Oji and Matt Hazzard 11
9 Matthews Raible and Cohen 7.25
11 Meliss Klabel 5.5

Health Department to Offer Special Flu Shot Clinics Oct 24, 26 & Nov 2

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The Marion County Public Health Department is offering low-cost flu shots at eight special walk-in clinics scheduled around the community in October and early November. These clinics are in addition to the flu shots available through the health’s department’s district health offices.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends the flu vaccine for everyone six months of age and older. It is especially important for pregnant women, people age 65 and older, and anyone with certain medical conditions including asthma, diabetes and chronic lung disease.

Flu shots are $20 for adults and for children ages 2-18. Some fees may be waived based on insurance status. Shots for children under two years old are free. The special walks-in clinics are scheduled for the following locations and times:

Tuesday, Oct. 24
Southport Presbyterian Church
7525 McFarland Blvd.
9 a.m.-Noon

Thursday, Oct. 26
Cathedral Kitchen
1350 N. Pennsylvania St.
9-11 a.m.

Thursday, Nov. 2
Sharing Place
(located inside the Lawrence Education and Community Center)
6501 Sunnyside Rd.
10 a.m.-Noon

Stop The Sales Scams of Robocall Hell

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For the past several years the robocalls have gotten worse and worse. So bad to the point that most of us don’t answers calls from numbers that we do not know.

You’ve probably heard from “Rachel from Card Services“. And from the “Your Car Warranty Has Expired” scammers. Or from countless other such robocall miscreants. If you’ve not, please consider yourself lucky.

Do Not Call Lists

In Indiana, you can signup for the Indiana Do Not Call List with the Office of the Indiana Attorney General at https://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/2445.htm.

In the United States as a whole, be sure to check out https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/stop-unwanted-calls-texts-and-faxes & https://www.donotcall.gov/.

Though in our experience, much like any government mandated bans & laws, this is often fruitless. Scammers are still going to scam. And they’ll spoof numbers too. And call from multiple numbers, often within minutes of each other.

Stop the Robocalls From Ringing You

That said, we like to keep track of these numbers and stop them from bothering us again. While they tend to use multiple numbers, eventually you’ll see the same one again. So what we do is save the number in our phone and call it something like “Robo Scams”. Then assign the number a custom name such as “Rachel”. And the final piece of the puzzle is setting “Robo Scams” to go directly to voicemail. Sometimes they leave messages, sometimes they don’t. But regardless, they’ll never get a live answer.

If you have any advice to add, please leave a comment below.

Known Robocall Numbers to Block

And without further ado, here are the numbers we’ve received robocalls recently to personal numbers that are on the Do Not Call list. The type of call will be noted when known.

  • 317-413-4357 (Security System Robocall)
  • 317-490-2766
  • 317-490-3687
  • 317-490-5241
  • 317-490-6895 (Security System Robocall)
  • 317-490-9241 (Security System Robocall)
  • 317-506-4594 (Security System Robocall)

Note that every single one of these is a “local” Indianapolis number, which appears to be in the wireless number exchanges. But we have also seen these from other area codes as well.

If you have any questions, leave a comment below.