in montana you can buy 1/2 tootsie roll. but in afghanistan you can buy a pencil. it's not that's so important but education gives a child hope. you know, if you fight tear riz her rorism it's based in fear but the real enemy is ignorance that bleeds hatred. here in america, afghanistan, africa or pakistan. the way to overcome that i think is through education and also with having courage and compassion. instead of building walls we need to build peace and have the courage to do that. so i went back to pakistan in 94 and brought the school supplies and finally got to the village and the man was again there to greet me. he shook his head and said, chizle what the heck. not only had i come back, he said you've made two big mistakes. we don't start building before wintertime and if you really want to build school we're going to have to build a bridge first and i hadn't really thought about that. so i came back to america and raised 10,000 more dollars. and then i got back from tack stan and bridge got built and no school yet. i was 38 years old, die hard bachelor and

you know the tootsie rolls come back. happy birthday. >> thank you, all right, here we go, if you're having a birthday, send it to morningshow@wmar.com. we'll give you all the publicity you need. happy birthday. let's take a look at our events of the day. >> okay. >> saturday we have a farm fest going on. glen arm, we're celebrating all things local. we're kicking off by local for the holidays. we have music, games, raffles, 12:00 to 5:00. it's about 15 minutes off the beltway, okay? >>> once upon a time, this place to be was barnes & noble, ellicot city. head to montgomery road. barnes & noble there. there's a number to call on your screen, starting tomorrow, every thursday, friday and saturday until october 30th, 11:00 a.m. they have a kid-friendly event. children telling stories. if you want more information, give them a call, that's every thursday and saturday, 11:00 a.m. until the end of october. if #y0u6b something happening in your community, we'd love to mention it on the air. tell us what's going on e-mail us per

>> anybody -- oriented tootsie rolls? here we go. it is not bubblegum. i am running for congress.d seeing you all. >> you can't buy a boat. [laughter] >> . county is the main area. and also involves part of crawford, mercer, some of the other areas down south. the candidates and this race are the incumbent who is from erie, a democrat. she won two years ago, and seated a longtime republican incumbent in a big money rates were five or $6 million were spent. her opponent is mike kelly from butler, car dealer, former city councilman down there. he came out of a pretty crowded field in the primary. did not win by a lot percentage of the vote but ended up as the republican nominee. . county, especially because of the city's voters -- registration edge does have a little bit of democratic advantage. 2 and 1/2 to one democrat to republican voter registration. but as you start moving sort of self, it is a pretty heavily republican district intends to be fairly conservative. one thing that will be interesting in this race and it started to pop up on news stories, we touched on it, is that

. -- does anybody want aid tootsie roll? >> i am running for congress. good to see you all.e county is the main area. butler county is involved. the candidates in this race of the incumbent who is a democrat. she won two years her opponent is a former car dealer who came out of a pretty crowded field in the primary is -- primaries. because of the city's voter registration, it is about a 2.5 to one democrat to republican. as to start moving further south, it becomes fairly conservative. what is interesting in this race is that will kelly be able to give to support in this area that he needs. a lot of people think that you have to have lots of support in the area to be able to do that. he has already put a lot of resources into erie. he has a lot of people that are heavily involved in this campaign. they are very cognizant of the fact that they need a lot of areas support and they are already working towards that. mike kelly has attacked his opponent about being locked up with sarah palin. that is something that he has left onto. -- latched onto. i think health care is one to