Ali Meyer

Ali Meyer joined the Oklahoma's NewsChannel 4 Team as a General Assignment reporter in July of 2000.

[Cyndi]

Hey Ali - what was the name of that singer on this morning's (Wednesday) show?

[Kari]

HI Ali,
I saw this poem and wanted to share it with you. Maybe you can spread the word. It is very touching.

"Daddy......It Hurts...!!!"


This is A TRUE STORY AND IF YOU DON'T PASS THIS ON YOU DON'T

HAVE A SOUL!!!

My name is Chris ,
I am three,
My eyes are swollen..
I cannot see.

I must be stupid,
I must be bad,
What else could have made,
My daddy so mad?

I wish I were better,
I wish I weren't ugly,
Then maybe my mommy,
Would still want to hug me.

I can't do a wrong,
I can't speak at all,
Or else I'm locked up,
All day long.

When I'm awake,
I'm all alone,
The house is dark,
My folks aren't home.

When my mommy does come home,
I'll try and be nice,
So maybe I'll just get,
One whipping tonight.

I just heard a car,
My daddy is back,
From Charlie's bar

I hear him curse,
My name is called ,
I press myself,
Against the wall.

I try to hide,
From his evil eyes,
I'm so afraid now,
I'm starting to cry.

He finds me weeping,
Calls me ugly words,
He says its my fault,
He suffers at work.

He slaps and hits me,
And yells at me more,
I finally get free,
And run to the door.

He's already locked it,
And I start to bawl,
He takes me and throws me,
Against the hard wall.

I fall to the floor,
With my bones nearly broken,
And my daddy continues,
With more bad words spoken.

'I'm sorry!', I scream,
But it's now much to late,
His face has been twisted,
Into a unimaginable shape.

The hurt and the pain,
Again and again,
O Please God, Have Mercy!
O Please let it end!

And he finally stops,
And heads for the door,
While I lay there motionless,
Sprawled on the floor.

My name is Chris ,
I am three,
Tonight my daddy,
Murdered me.

And you can help,
Sickens me to the Soul,
If you read this,
And don't pass it on.

I pray for your forgiveness,
You would have to be,
One Heartless person,
Not to be affected,
By this Poem.

And because you ARE affected,
Do something about it!
So all I ask you to do,
Is pass this on!

IF YOU ARE AGAINST CHILD ABUSE!
Post this as 'Daddy ... It Hurts'

If you do not send this to everyone you know
Then you obviously don't care about Child abuse.

At first I thought this was just a chain letter
And I wasn't going to send it either,
But now I realize that this is an important situation.

At least 5 children each day from around the world die from child abuse!!!!



This happens across the board, no matter how much money they have or their ethnicity.

Please help


















Things are to be used and people are to be Loved

But the problem in today's world is,

That people are used

and things are loved...

Watch your Thoughts; they become Words.

Watch your Words; they become Actions.

Watch your Actions; they become Habits.
Watch your Habits they become Character;

Watch your Character; it becomes your Destiny.

[tosburn]

Hi Ali, my wife & I enjoy your show with Kent & David in the morning. keep up the good work!

[Richard Pickering]

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With the economy in a downturn, everyone wants to save money. Over 200,000 active members have found out that swapping online is a great way to do it. These clubs are changing the face of home entertainment: no rental fees, no hassle, and real money savings to boot. All that is required is a working email address, a mailing address served by the US Postal Service, and some books, CDs or DVDs in good condition that you don't want to keep anymore.

How it works

When you are ready to share an item you list it as available for swapping. When another club member requests it, the system will send you an email asking you to mail it out.(Yes, you have to pay the postage.) Simply print the wrapper using two regular pieces of paper. And you can add pre-printed postage directly from the site. Then you can mail it from your home mailbox. When the other member gets it (and can keep it or re-swap it), you get credit for sending it.

You're asking, well, if I pay postage, how am I saving money? Well, each item you send gets you credit good to order for yourself. Each book is 1 credit, each DVD and CD 1 credit per disc. When you use the credit you earned, the item you order comes to you free of shipping costs. So you get each book for just the cost of the postage you spent to send out a book of your own. CDs and DVDs, being lighter in weight, are even less expensive to mail. You can transfer the credits between your accounts at the three sites, and choose from the over 4 million books, over 230,000 CDs, and over 120,000DVDs currently available.

So, if you pay $2.23 in postage to swap a book, you get a book of your choice for free. Pay $1.28 to swap a CD, you get a CD. Pay $1.90 in postage to swap a DVD, get a DVD for free. If you would normally pay 4 or even 5 dollars for each of these, you have saved dollars with your very first swap. And once you have finished reading (or watching or listening to) an item you can re-list it and swap it again and get the credit back. We calculate that each book swapper saves about 2 dollars a swap; each CD swapper saves about $2.50 a swap; and each DVD swapper saves about 3 dollars a swap.

PaperBackSwap was founded in 2004 as a way to swap books with friends and family. Through positive word of mouth and some great stories in Readers Digest, Good Housekeeping, CNN and The Today Show among many others, these clubs have grown by leaps and bounds. We now boast members in all 50 U.S. states and territories, as well as at APO/FPO/DPO addresses, and currently PaperBackSwap members swap over 60,000 books per week -- not just paperbacks, but hard covers and audio too.

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[Myers]

Putnam City North the Alma Mater of Sam Bradford is having their annual DECA Fashion Show tomorrow night October 27th at 7:30 pm at the school. This is to raise money for the DECA state and national program as well as schlorship money for the participants. Several retail stores are participating: Gill's, Express, The Couture Era and many more. Please let everyone know.

Thank You
Christina Myers

[kenschnauzer]

you might want to mention that Trick-or-Treating in Norman is tonight, due to game traffic.

[Von_olmstead]

You rock and are the best you know what I mean :) bless you Lady

[Jack]

Just wanted to say that you are the reason why I watch News Channel 4. I think you are very good at what you do and not mention you are extremely beautiful. Your husband is very lucky to have a woman as attractive as you. Anyway, keep up the great work.

[william turner]

hello ali i'm replying to the new program yesterday about the state give kids to many drugs i was put in dhs as a child forom about age 5 till i was 18 and i was forced to take many kinds of meds and im 30 know and im still haveing side effects from the drugs i was on as a child and i was just wanting to know if theres anything i can do about it i have a bad shakeing problem with my legs and hands and its been with me ever sence i was a child in dhs care its from the meds i was on and i think i should be compinsaded for something that i had no contral over as a child and that i have to live with every day of my life .