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so you know he's leaving the station
really retiring she's way too young for
that moving on to the next chapter in
her life so Laurie
good luck in your new auto repair
business we sure this is breaking news
so the last day oh my goodness but big
thank you to a Wheel of Fortune team Pat
Sajak and Vanna White and after 30 years
in television news half of them spent
right here at local 10 Laurie will be
saying farewell to all of us tonight
from the anchor desk as she moves on to
new adventures and opportunities her
husband is in the studio right now to
make sure of that and before she signs
off tonight we wanted to share with you
some of the experiences and
recollections from her local tent family
both past and present good evening
everyone I'm Calvin - and I'm Laurie
Jennings local 10 News starts right now
when I first learned that Laurie was
leading the anchor desk at first like
everyone else I was shocked okay and
then I remembered I know exactly where
she's coming from
I've decided it's time it's just time
for me to say goodnight to the evening
news when Laurie explained it to the
viewers and said you know when it's time
they didn't me right here tomorrow Betty
you got a great-looking date on the way
rings phone ring I was standing in the
kitchen it was Laurie
she said I have something to tell you
and she told me she was gonna be leaving
I'm not okay with it wasn't okay with
her then still not okay with it but I
told her I understand here in Vatican
City on the eve of the ceremonies very
grateful for her to have been able to
work with her all these years will be
laid to rest she's very pleasant work
with very very professional and really
put a clicked right away our you know we
got the both were on the same page with
the stories we both got you know knew
exactly what we needed for to make the
stories happen every day and it just it
just worked you know there was like you
know I look at each other and we like to
know exactly what to do during Hurricane
Wilma Dwight got the stomach flu and
went home so Laurie and I were stuck
there for 15 16 hours straight
covering Hurricane Wilma and here she
was newly pregnant with the twins and
she somehow managed to power through it
was amazing her stamina Laurie has a big
heart and you see it on the air but
people in the community charitable
organizations see that all the time
she's just bubbly and so full of life
and so full of joy and she loves life
so she's just infectious she's fun to be
around right it was enough in Memphis
outside of the work and the great
professional she is it's the friend
listening the story sharing those
details of raising our kids watching our
kids grow up together and those are the
things that I'm really gonna miss so
much about it how do you sum up nine
years Border Patrol officials not only
does she make you better as a as a
journalist but she makes you want to be
better as
because she cares so much I'm happy with
the time that I that I've had with her
and I'm sure there will be
oh yes there will be more times Alton
we're gonna have dinner get-together
tonight and we will be here for the
11:00 and and that is when I will really
say it official good night so for now
it's just I adore you all absolutely
love you we make a great team
absolutely I don't know if you know this
Calvin we spoke with the manager of the
restaurant we're not leaving the rest
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just do it live from there I just thank
you all have been so many tributes today
and so many wonderful things that's
really hitting home today it is hard not
to get very very emotional and keeping a
Kleenex nearby at all times all day long
but everyone has made me feel so special
namely the three of you thank you thank
you thank you here's what I say nine
years ago we had no idea what was gonna
happen I mean we didn't know if it was
gonna last a year or five years we had
no idea and I told someone this earlier
when you respect someone as much on the
very first day as you did on the last
day says a lot about you
absolutely 16 co-occur is it I'm with
you the longest you put up with me for
nine years so and we've only grown
closer and stronger and the four of us
make an awesome team who's gonna take
care of you know the thing I tell people
in the US about you all the relationship
and the way you are as a co-worker and
as a friend is that it's one of those
cliches you you can't say anything bad
about a person and it's kind of a cliche
and it's not true yeah but it's true
with you really isn't as an SF co-worker
as a friend as a parent as a wife I mean
there's all the things that you are in
the community thank you for watching
everyone we'll see you right back here
tonight for the planner film at 11
o'clock we'll see it