brian campbell, ron merritt, kenneth dotson, harry bro, paul smith,

brian campbell, ron merritt, kenneth dotson, harry bro, paul smith, gabriel holldand, -- and jodi schwartz, gene kronan . >> i am bruce smith and i live on the street and adjacent and my girlfriend goes to work at 5:00 a.m. and the plaza is often littered and a complete disaster area. i do not know of these rules go far enough for some things like cleanliness or this -- the stuff that is left in the plaza. i am a supporter of the plaza and we should all have the ability to go there and sit. i have volunteered for several seniors who have a hard time going there who feel is overcome with bad alamance and food and massi dog waste scattered all the time constantly. i wish the people that did not use the plaza awould clean up after themselves and i do not know if we would be having this issue. i cannot believe how badly they treat the area. it is a beautiful area, made for us as citizens to sit back and it is often over run with a total mess and dog feces and urination. it is deplorable. i walk through there several times a day so i am supportive of this. supervisor wiener: a thank you. sister

. >> that's brian campbell the founder of rivermen.he paul he's referring to is paul bugler, a former financial guy who spent his weekends as a river guy. a few years ago paul saw an opportunity to change his job, his lifestyle, and become the ceo of a new, or sort-of-new, company. >> first thing i realized in this industry, they were very profitable at one time and because of overcapacity, price cutting, and a little bit of a decline in revenue to the users, that they weren't nearly as profitable. and that to make this work, i was going to have to do merge at least two, if not three together. >> and that's how the idea for the lansing west virginia based adventures on the gorge was born. paul approached all three company owners. everyone involved sensed that a deal wouldn't be a simple one. >> i did see some challenges because we were competitors, for sure. and you know, that relationship, we had to work on. >> but soon enough, paul was able to convince them that the key to their collective survival was joining forces. >> there's a po

kane are teaming up on the nhl all-star team the captain's pick the team is now in former hawk brian campbells also on their side the sharks logan cooter was the last player selected but there was an advantage to getting chosen last he won a new car and $20,000 donated to the charity of his choice sox fest kicks off today and joining us now we're happy to have former all-star third baseman and new white sox manager robin ventura @ joining him on the set today is louisville slugger director of national accounts sales brad beanblossom. >>first of all congratulations this is an amazing homecoming >>it's amazing you get the job you have the press conference and then there is this down time and now the fans and the players are coming together and its great to be here and see that spring training just around the corner >>we have a simple question from one of our viewers what do you think will be your biggest challenge obstacle what are you worried about? >>not really worried but coming into the situation there seems to be any negative thing out there and i want people coming and to appreciate the o

campbels chunky. it's amazing what soup can do. >> brian: the last time she was here, she had gretchen and i doing pushupslet's find out. she's the star of the new dvd "extreme shed and shred." no pushups today. >> what do you think, maybe squat jumps? >> maybe. >> brian: we'll see what we get through. first off, you're into how we eat and how we cook the things we're eating. >> well, exactly. there was a recent study that just came out through google that suggested the average american ingests one fried meal a day. and we all know that americans are getting bigger, two-thirds of us are obese. we're talking about simple changes, things we can swap out to get rid of the fried foods. >> gretchen: you say because it's not fried, doesn't mean it's not delicious. so show us an example. >> in a perfect world, we all know we love to see snacks like veggie sticks, hummus, dry roasted nuts, raw almonds, things like that. but i realize that, you know, a lot of people think my kids won't eat that. >> steve: only for a day. >> exactly. so what i want you to start looking for are products like this one. this is a litt