Friday, December 9th

-Lori Colindres from the Aiken Center for Exceptional (ACE) Families is trying to win a $50,000 grant from Pepsi so she can help special needs families. You can vote for her organization at http://pep.si/ttC0w8 or by texting 110743 to 73774. Listen to our conversation: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

-The Burke County Bears will play Peach County in the Georgia Class 3A State Football Championship. The game is Saturday at 4:30 at the Georgia Dome and will be broadcast on Georgia Public Television.

-Bob Waliszewski joined from Focus on the Family for the Plugged In Movie Review. He said that New Year's Eve has potential for a date night movie but does not recommend The Sitter or Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. You can get family-friendly movie reviews at www.pluggedin.com.

-CBS has several family-oriented Christmas movies coming on between 8 and 10 tonight including Frosty the Snowman, Frosty Returns, Yes, Virginia and The Elf on the Shelf.

-Coming up Monday: You could win tickets to Christmas in the Country at Kackleberry Farm with the Monday Morning Mindbender at 6:10 and the Cheapie of the Week at 7:40. Also, Jason Breland, a former member of the group Truth, joins us at 8:10 to talk about the Truth 40th Anniversary Christmas Spectacular at The Sanctuary Church in Evans.