Celina Texas Quarterback Club Captain Guy Charles Defines Legacy

Guy Charles (00:00:11):

I considered a blessing to be able to go, okay. I know the names that are on the wall of previous

Captains. These are guys that I looked up to who were, you know, who were in the club when I was

playing football. The guys who were out there painting the lines on the field who were at every practice,

who were, you know, back when we had a, a cooking squad, was cooking pancakes and stuff on

Thursday mornings for the quarterback club. And they were at the old, you know, either old state and

we'd run outta that smoking tunnel, and they're banging on our shoulder pads and all that stuff. And I

just wanna make sure that I do well, um, by my alma mater and, uh, do well by those who come before

me.

Ron Lyons (00:00:59):

Welcome to CelinaRadio.com. I'm your host, Ron Lyons, and this is the voice of Celina, Texas.

Ron Lyons (00:01:22):

Guys, welcome to another episode of CelinaRadio.com. And that voice that you just heard, that is the

voice of passion. I'm not even kidding. Passion for Celina Texas. Passion for Celina football and passion

for the Celina Quarterback Club, of which he happens to be the Captain. And it's the 70th anniversary

for the Celina Quarterback Club. So there's a whole legacy there. There's tradition, there's history. And

as it turns out, that voice of passion used to actually play on the Celina football team. He grew up in

Celina, moved away for a little bit, and then happened to come back to Celina and realize that this is

actually home to him. This is where he's supposed to be. And through an awful lot of blessing and God's

hand working in his life, he now sits as the Captain of the Celina Quarterback Club. And let me tell you,

he is super passionate. He's exactly the kind of person that we need leading this organization with so

much history and such a legacy. And I think you're just gonna little love it. So guys, sit back, relax, and

listen to my conversation with the man with two names, guy Charles.

Ron Lyons (00:03:03):

All right, guys, I'm here today with somebody that is very, very, very interesting in all aspects of his life.

Not only who he is today, but who he's been in the past, how he grew up with Celina and all that stuff.

And, and we're gonna get into all that stuff. But before we do that, I'm not even gonna tell you his name

yet, I'm just gonna tell you he's got a fantastic ghost story, and we're gonna talk about the ghost story

first. So without saying your name, you go back to the days when there was a, a ghost story as related to

the high school. Tell us just a little bit about that. What, what, what was the story back then and what

was the rumor and, and how did all that work back in the day?

Guy Charles (00:03:45):

Yeah, so the up where the high school is now, uh, where the original Celina school was, uh, Ella, all

Hubbard area. Um, there's a bell that's up there on the left side of the school, and it's supposedly a

documented Texas ghost story. Um, and the story was when we were in high school is that you would go

out there middle of the night. I mean, it's pitch black. I mean, this is back when you could see stars in

Celina. Uh, I don't mean celebrity stars, like stars in the sky. Yeah. You mean, you

Ron Lyons (00:04:14):

Mean the like legit in the sky stars,

Guy Charles (00:04:16):

Right? Yeah, yeah. The good old days, the constellations, all that stuff. Yeah. Right. Um, the, you would

go out there and there's a plaque on the bell at the base of it, and it's a big old base, if you've ever seen

it before, that tells the story of the school out there and, uh, who allo is, or all who allo is. Um, and the

story went that you would read the story backwards

Ron Lyons (00:04:39):

On the

Guy Charles (00:04:40):

Plaque. On the plaque, you would ring the bell three times. Right. And that road that runs to the left of

the school was a white rock road. Okay. That, you know, people don't know who driving on white rock

roads, you move on 'em fast enough, it's like driving on ice, right? And kids would go out there and party

and they would do this, ring the bell, and then supposedly the ghost would come walking down the

white rock road and kids would take off and lose control of their car run in trees. I mean, there was

always rumors that kids died out there. I don't know if that's true, but that's the story of the ghost of Ella

Hubbard out there. Okay. And so my story is, um, uh, when I was in high school, I was dating this girl and

she had, uh, a little sister, um, that I think there she was fourth grade, something like that, fifth grade.

And she was having a birthday party, and her and her friends wanted to go out to do the ghost story.

And their dad called me and said, Hey, uh, they're gonna be going out there. Can you and some buddies

go out there and scare 'em? I'm like, okay, here, here. I, here I am. I'm like 16, 17 year old. I'm like, you

want us to go out and scare a bunch of kids? Yeah. Don't hurt them. Just scare them. And

Ron Lyons (00:05:52):

You're all over it. You're like, absolutely.

Guy Charles (00:05:54):

We can do that. Absolutely. Absolutely. So, I, I, I, I, I call up my buddy, b l t, he's the guy I played on the

line with. Awesome dude. And like, Hey man, you wanna go have some fun? It's like, sure. What are we

doing? I was like, we get to scare some kids. All right, when do we need to be there? So we get out there

<laugh>, and at the time there was, uh, it was like an old airplane hangar, like the old, uh, silver Dome,

you know? Right, right. Tunneled, like half tunnel. Right. And I, I guess the gymnasium was in there,

never broke into it. So I don't know what was in inside it, but, um, anyway, I told him, I was like, dude,

go over there. And he like climbed up on part of it. So, I mean, you know what it sounds like when you're

walking on 10, right?

Guy Charles (00:06:34):

It's making up. I'm like, right. Go in there and just be quiet. I climb up on the back of the bell and it's a

pretty big platform, right? I, I still don't know how I did it without falling off, but I, I climb up there and

I'm, I'm waiting. And all of a sudden here they come and they're pulling up and again, it's pitch black out

there, right? And there's this dimm light that's on, you know, the, the, the hangar that's over here. And

these little girls are like, oh, yeah. Oh, we're gonna have the ghost story. And they start reading it

backwards,

Ron Lyons (00:07:03):

Which is what you were supposed to do,

Guy Charles (00:07:04):

Supposed to do. Right? And it's funny, 'cause I remember, you know, you've got these fourth grade kids

trying to read this. It's not even a lit up plaque, it's like stoned carves with like, headlights on, right? And

I don't, how they didn't see me, I don't know. Um, but they ring the bell three times, right? And they're

like, well, nothing's happening. Well, she's supposed to come walking down her door, like lookings. So

they start walking back towards the road. I have two bottles of rubbing alcohol in my hands, and this is a

cast iron bell. I doused the bell and set it on fire. <laugh> knowing, and knowing it's not gonna burn up.

But this whole thing, just like

Ron Lyons (00:07:40):

All, all of a sudden, and,

Guy Charles (00:07:42):

And these girls scatter and then BLTs over here, he starts banging up and down, like making noises. And

like, they were running every which way. I,

Ron Lyons (00:07:52):

You probably traumatized these

Guy Charles (00:07:54):

Kids. Oh, we to, we had come, we had to come out because it was like, some of 'em were like crying and

we're like, okay, this went way too far. <laugh>. But yeah, that's, that's my line of ghost story.

Ron Lyons (00:08:03):

So in case you don't know the voice right now, this is the man with two first names. His name is Guy

Charles Guy.

Guy Charles (00:08:11):

It's actually three first names. Three first names. Yeah. Middle name, middle name's Austin. So,

Ron Lyons (00:08:14):

Okay, so Guy Austin, Charles, I don't know why in the world you have three first names. Just worked out

that way,

Guy Charles (00:08:19):

But it was better than what my parents wanted to name me. <laugh>,

Ron Lyons (00:08:21):

Don't even after the ghost story, I don't even want to know <laugh>. It's probably dramatic, but Guy

Charles, how are you,

Guy Charles (00:08:28):

Sir? I'm good, man. I doing really

Ron Lyons (00:08:30):

Good. Thank you. Very, thank you for being here. Thank you for being on the show. And you happen to

be the Captain of the Solina Quarterback Club, and we're gonna talk about that a little bit. So what's,

what, how is that? I mean, the Salon quarterback club, that's a big deal in town, and for people who

don't know what it is, tell us what, what is the Celina Quarterback

Guy Charles (00:08:48):

Club? Celina Quarterback Club? The, the Celina Quarterback Club is the athletic booster club for Celina.

Um, a lot of times we're having to explain to people, especially a lot of, uh, people moving into town

that they think quarterback club. Oh, okay, y'all just support football. And that's the farthest from the

truth. Um, we're named that because the club was started back in 1953, uh, by a guy named Billy

Parrish. If you don't know who Billy Parrish is, I challenge you to go research him. Just incredible story.

Ron Lyons (00:09:19):

Absolutely.

Guy Charles (00:09:19):

Um, but the club was started by a bunch of old farmers and, um, the idea was to raise funds. You know,

we were a football town. We, we've always been a football town, but we've always, the meaning of the

club is to always support all of line athletics. And, um, yeah, it's, it's, I I love correcting people on that in

a, in a loving way to go, look, you ought to see the money we raise and what programs we donate to and

so forth. And it's all for the common good of pouring back into a younger generation.

Ron Lyons (00:09:55):

And that's, that's awesome. And you have invited me to come. I've not been able to go yet, because

unfortunately, I don't know why in the world. But you guys meet before the sun even comes up. What's

up? What's up with that

Guy Charles (00:10:07):

Five Thirty's? Not early, man. You ought to try to get up at two 30 from Plano and drive all the way up

here, <laugh>. Yeah,

Ron Lyons (00:10:12):

5:30 AM How often do you guys meet?

Guy Charles (00:10:16):

So once football season kicks off, so it's usually right after our annual golf tournament. Um, usually

beginning of August. Um, we meet through football season, uh, every Thursday morning from five 30 to

six 30, we're at the athletic banquet hall. Um, and it's a place for men to come get plugged in. Um, and

it's, it's kinda like what you think, it's a bunch of guys sitting around drinking coffee. We always have a

good breakfast, um, go over a little bit of club business, and then we toss it over to the coaches, and the

coaches give us an overview, you know, break down the last week's game, and then they tell us what's

coming up this week. Um, and then the other aspects of Celina is just, um, how can we pour back in the

community? Like things we help out with, um, helping out with things as the, uh, homecoming parade.

Um, we have a mentor program that we kick off every year, actually just started last week, where guys

sign up and they get paid or get paired up with a player of the team. And yeah, it's, it's a way to actually

pour back in. Um,

Ron Lyons (00:11:22):

And you have a real passion for Celina. And we've talked just briefly before we actually started recording

today. And, and, and as you just alluded to, you don't, you don't currently live in Celina, but you don't

have to live in Celina to love

Guy Charles (00:11:35):

Celina. I, I, I haven't lived in Celina since oh one. So, but you

Ron Lyons (00:11:40):

Did grow up here. You spent some of your life here. I did. And enough of the formative years of your life

that it has made such an impact on you. And so you desire so strongly to give back to the community

now. And we've talked a little bit about that. One of the things that stands out to me in our

correspondence back and forth, you said something about anyone referring to me that's, that's, that's

doing something good for the community that I love so much and am passionate about. That's you're

referring to yourself. Obviously something has really, really stirred in your soul in the past to say Celina's

home <laugh>. Celina is really, you may not physically live here today, although I do believe that you'll

probably get back to Celina soon.

Guy Charles (00:12:26):

If, if God opens those doors, I'll be back up here.

Ron Lyons (00:12:28):

Absolutely. But you still, you've got a, you've got an amazing passion for this city, and let's talk about

that. So you, you were here back in, uh, high school days and, and, and you, and you had experiences

and stuff in this town that, uh, kind go back in time. Like now we all see Celina, we know there's great

booming city and all that kinda stuff. But you were here back, well, the ghost story isn't one thing. You

were here back in those days when the population was less, when some of the, the building wasn't here,

that the, the

Guy Charles (00:12:58):

Traffic jams were caused by tractors and, and, you know, combines and stuff

Ron Lyons (00:13:02):

Like that. Percent

Guy Charles (00:13:03):

Totally different. Or you'd get stuck at the train track. I was late to school so many times because the

train would stop in town and you couldn't get across the tracks.

Ron Lyons (00:13:11):

So, so help me understand. Yeah. What is it that makes Celinas so amazing? What is it that makes Guy

Charles just be like, yeah, Celina's my home. I don't live here, but Celina's my home?

Guy Charles (00:13:22):

Man, that's a, that's a good question. Um, let me back up. So like, my family moved to the area in 88.

We didn't move Toa, we moved to Prosper. My dad, uh, became athletic director at Prosper from 88 to

93. Um, I started first grade in Prosper and was at Prosper from first grade to eighth grade. And, um, my

dad had stopped coaching in 93, went back and got his principal certificate and had become a principal

in Anna. And after my eighth grade year, he said, Hey, uh, we have a choice. We can move TOA or we

can move to Anna. Well, I was like, man, I ain't, I'm not moving Anna. And it's funny now just 'cause how

big a rivalry are with them. Um, I said, but I knew the guys in Celina, Celina had just won State in 95, my

eighth grade year.

Guy Charles (00:14:09):

Um, I remember following them, uh, in that, and then I grew up playing Little League with all these guys

from Celina, and we knew each other, and it was kind of this love-hate relationship. And, but I respected

them. And I'm like, no, let's, let's move to Lina. Anda also at the time, had a marching band. So I was,

you know, I always tell people I was a band nerd. I mean, I was a band nerd and a jock, and just the

opportunity to go up, okay, I'm going to march in the band. My goal was to be in the marching band at a

and m. Didn't, didn't happen. Uh, a and m didn't have what I wanted to do, but, uh, we moved to Celina

because of a town of traditions.

Ron Lyons (00:14:49):

I love it. And we are absolutely that. And, and we'll get into that just a little bit more about how the

traditions help now with your recruiting, because that's one of the things you do, right? Yeah. You've

gotta increase membership of the quarterback club and something that kind of anchors this town is

tradition. Yeah. In, in all ways. I

Guy Charles (00:15:08):

Don't, I wouldn't say kind of like, it, it, the, the traditions of this town, there's a ton of old traditions, and

we're constantly making tr new condition, new traditions that, that just feed back into the common

good of everybody looking out for everybody. I love that. I, that's the like, life connected. Like, it's, it's

not just a saying on, on the side of something, it's, it's, if you truly are bought into what Celina is, it's

going back to my motto, um, the core values of my company is doing what is right, love people, and

work humbly. That's what we're called to do. I mean, that's what God calls us to do. And so I see that in

Celina, I mean, all the way down to how our kids are raised, um, walking into the schools, and there's

students that are still saying, yes, sir, no sir, yes ma'am. No, ma'am. Like,

Ron Lyons (00:16:03):

Isn't that amazing? You, you, you

Guy Charles (00:16:05):

Go, you go 10 miles down the road and you don't even find adults who say that,

Ron Lyons (00:16:09):

Right? Right.

Guy Charles (00:16:10):

So sadly, yeah, it's,

Ron Lyons (00:16:11):

You're, you're absolutely right. So, so you, you, you just, you have this firing your soul for Celina and you,

you've, there's a story about you coming back to Celina and you hadn't been here for some time, and

you, you get invited, I think maybe, maybe to a quarterback club meeting or something.

Guy Charles (00:16:29):

I'm not a hundred percent sure. It was, it was a, a town luncheon, town lunch. I'd gone to town, I'd

lunch, gone to a networking meeting, um, in Prosper, and ran into some old friends and they're like,

Hey, you need to come Oh, come as my guest to the town luncheon. So, so

Ron Lyons (00:16:39):

Tell me about that. So you come back to Sale Salon, you hadn't been through the town for a minute, and

as we know around here, things changed very quickly. Yeah. So, so talk to me, when you came back,

what kind of, what kind of realizations did you have of some of the change that you saw right when you

came back into town and you saw, uh, the, the football coach and you had a conversation with him and,

and how did all that unfold that ultimately got you to joining the quarterback club and becoming the

Captain <laugh>?

Guy Charles (00:17:07):

Yeah. Um, man, that whole aspect, like God works in mysterious ways, and there's opportunities that

are placed in front of you where you're sitting there going, okay, I don't know how I'm gonna handle

this, but I'm gonna walk through this door. And, uh, in doing that, man, so I started, you were telling me

they're saying that, you know, the coach had asked me, yeah, I'm at this luncheon running to Coach

Elliot. I hadn't seen him in years. I mean, I left Slim in oh one. It was like, there's nothing for me here. It

was a small town I grew up in and I'm gonna go do my life, never thinking I would be back up here. And I

run into Coach Elliot, um, my business partner and I are, are launching our company. And he's like, when

are you moving back up here? I'm like, hadn't thought about it. He's like, and this is, this

Ron Lyons (00:18:00):

Is Coach Elliot's

Guy Charles (00:18:01):

Thing, this is coach. Yeah. Coach Elliot was, coach Elliot was my position, position coach in high school.

Like, I played on the line with Coach Elliott, he was my JV coach. I held hay with him in the summer. Like,

this guy convinced me at 200 pounds that I could block a 350 pound lineman. And you did. I'm like,

coach, the, the physics don't work. He's like, just keep your head down and go. And it's, and it's funny

because he convinced me that I could do things that are not physically possible. Sure. Absolutely. And

that has continued to transpire in my life of even with the quarterback club. Like, I never thought I'd be

sitting as Captain of the club, especially on the 70th anniversary of the club to sit here and go, okay, just

keep your head down and go, amazing. And it, it's, it's one of those things where I consider it a blessing

to be able to go, okay, I know the names that are on the wall of previous Captains.

Guy Charles (00:18:54):

These are guys that I looked up to who were, you know, who were in the club when I was playing

football. The guys who were out there painting the lines on the field who were at every practice, who

were, you know, back when we had a, a cooking squad was cooking pancakes and stuff on Thursday

mornings for the quarterback club. And they were at the old, you know, at their old stadium. We'd run

outta that smoking tunnel and they're banging on our shoulder pads and all that stuff. And those guys,

or what I knew as the club, and there's, there's guys that were in that group that played in Celina that I

know looked up to guys who were in those same shoes, you know, 20 years earlier. Right. And so to sit

here as the Captain of the club and go, I just wanna make sure that I do well, um, by my alma mater and,

uh, do well by those who have come before me.

Ron Lyons (00:19:47):

Wow. I mean, gosh, just the, I I have chill bumps right now. Like, it's amazing.

Guy Charles (00:19:53):

And I'm sorry to get emotional. I'm an emotional guy. Hey. But to talk about something that, you know,

you know what, I never thought that I would be back in this area going, you know what, this is a huge

part of me.

Ron Lyons (00:20:04):

It's, it's incredible. And please never apologize for having that. That just, that's, that that speaks to the

core of the passion that I, that I see respect and loving you. I think that's just amazing. It's

overwhelming. I love it. It's fantastic. And let me just tell you, there, there couldn't be a better person

sitting as the Captain of the quarterback club, because that's what we need in a town like this. And this

is kind of one of those things that's, it's, it's a little unfortunate. We could lose a lot of what makes us so

unique if we're not super, super careful. And

Guy Charles (00:20:39):

That's understandable.

Ron Lyons (00:20:40):

It's, well, it's growth, it's people, it's growth. Yeah. They move in and they know that, you know,

statistically this is is the place to be. The schools are amazing. Um, we can get into a neighborhood and

our home values are gonna go up and we're gonna be able to, you know, do this life. And it's a, it, it's,

it's a very active and living community, and it's something that people want to be a part of. But if you're

not careful, if you don't know the history, if you've never been to a game freezing your butt off on a

Friday night

Guy Charles (00:21:10):

Listening to a train horn, <laugh>

Ron Lyons (00:21:11):

Yes. And, and if you don't know the, the history of the, the, the, the boys and the coaches down in that

field and the, the support of the community and how, I mean,

Guy Charles (00:21:22):

You have, you have the band, the drill team, the cheer, the everything that makes Celina, the students in

the stands. Like it's, the joke was you could rob this town on an away game when I was growing up here,

like the whole town shut down. I don't even think the gas station was, I don't even think El had had, uh,

you know, Bobcat country open on away games. That's

Ron Lyons (00:21:43):

Exactly right. And, and if you, if you move in and you don't know that, then we, then we, there's a

chance we could lose that. And, and we don't wanna lose that. So, so by all means, never, never

apologize for that passion. We need as much of that passion, and we need as much of that history. We

need as much of that tradition to live for future gener generations. And, and I'll never apologize for

wanting to carry that forward and wanting to hold on to that part of my Celina. And I've been here for

30 years. Wow. And I love it. Yeah. And I pour my heart and my soul into this community, and I do

everything that I can to keep it amazing. And, and so that, that kind of brings up a very interesting

question being the fact that, and I, and I've got my feelings and I'd like to know yours. How do you feel

about all this growth <laugh>,

Guy Charles (00:22:29):

You know, it's incredible, um, from a business mindset, um, what a better place to be, especially if

you're a small business owner. If you have a service that truly serves and impacts lives, and that's what

your goal is, you need to be in slime.

Ron Lyons (00:22:44):

Right on.

Guy Charles (00:22:45):

If you are looking for a place where family, uh, faith and values are still around, you need to be in slime. I

remember Coach Elliot saying to me back that day, I ran into him before I actually got involved in the

club, and he said, um, Hey, the reason that I need you involved, he goes, one, we don't hardly have any

alum in, in the club anymore. Uh, which is really surprising to me. 'cause I know we still have a ton of

alum here at Living Town, but I get it, life's busy. Life has gotten a lot more busy than growing up here.

And he said, you are one of the people who will welcome new people with open arms. And it's funny

'cause I don't live here. Um, but I was a move-in and I remember how I was welcomed. I mean, granted,

I had curly, you know, bleached blonde hair, I have dark hair.

Guy Charles (00:23:38):

So I mean, bleached hair moved into this <laugh>, it was even more country than Prosper. We're like,

man, six miles up the road, man, that, that's really country up there. Right? Right. And you know, I I like

a great story recently over the past few years was Gabe Gaton, and he talked about when he came to

Slim, he took his earrings out of his ears and he cut his hair <laugh>. That was me. I didn't have earrings.

I got earrings after I left Celina. But Right, right. It was, it was one of those things of like, it was

something, if you want to be a part of it, here's the traditions. And granted, there's old traditions,

there's new traditions, but the town as a whole, you can hate the growth or you can embrace it and

make it yours. Um, the growth's gonna happen no matter what.

Guy Charles (00:24:25):

You, you can't escape that. And, you know, people will say, oh, I, I hate that, uh, this has happened or so

forth. It's like, it, it was going to eventually happen anyway. And, and granted, I have a ton of friends

who have moved because they don't like the growth, and that's fine. I, I'm a firm believer that the great

thing about living in the US is to each as their own. And you know what, go do what's best for you. But if

you want to be a part of something, and you'll hear me say this a lot of times as a tagline, as I jump on

Facebook Live from time to time for the Quarterback Club, is, hey, for all you in move-ins, um, welcome

to the Greatest Town in Texas.

Ron Lyons (00:25:07):

Absolutely. Amen. Yeah,

Guy Charles (00:25:09):

I love

Ron Lyons (00:25:09):

It. I love it guys. Every time I talk to somebody like Guy Charles and we get a little reminder of the

history and the tradition and the legacy of Celina, Texas, it just makes me so very proud of my city. And

it is my city. I was born in Dallas, but Baby Celina, Texas is my city. Celina, Texas is your city. And I know

you feel the same way I do. You get chill bumps just thinking about it. It's an amazing city. We're just,

we're beyond blessed to be here. There's some people out there who are haters and stuff. You know

what? They're insignificant. I go on these message boards sometimes and I see some of the negativity.

And I think, you know what, that's not Salida. If you want to get the stuff that I'm talking about, the very

positive, uplifting, and amazing stuff, find the best of Celina on Facebook.

Ron Lyons (00:26:23):

It's a group, and it's about 6,000 to 6,300 people as we record this podcast. And it's about 6,000 to 6,300

of the best people you'd ever want to hang out with The group's. Amazing. You can talk about anything

you want to talk about, as long as you're kind and respectful, you can promote your business. You can

brag about your kids, you can sell something, you can learn so much, and you can make amazing friends.

So guys, come on over to the best of Celina and check it out. We've got just incredible things. We really

support small business. I'd say we support small business like nobody else in the city. We have

networking events, we have all kinds of crazy, fun things. I just can't even start to tell you all the cool

stuff. So come check it out for yourself guys. It really is the place to be. If you love Celina, Texas,

Ron Lyons (00:27:34):

And very obviously that passion that you have is, is very well placed with a quarterback club. And people

always want to know, like, okay, so people who've been here for a while, or they, you know, maybe they

own a business or they do something like that, or in your case, you're the Captain of the quarterback

club. And, and, and by the way, we are gonna talk about your business in a minute. I, I do want to ask

you about that. But people always want to know, what do you like to do in town? Where do you like to

eat? What do you like to eat? What are some of your favorite things? So just, you know, being a person

who you drive up here, how many times a week do you think you drive up to

Guy Charles (00:28:05):

Lineup? Um, I'm many. I'm up here anywhere from three to four times a week. I typically, so you drive

up? I drive up. Um, it, it's funny, it, it used to take me 28 minutes to get up here. Now it takes about 45.

There's, there's so many. Um, I think you what though? I think if you move to Texas, you have to put a

student driver sticker on your car or something like that. That's probably a good idea. You know, so I

<laugh>,

Ron Lyons (00:28:24):

I I'm gonna blame all of that traffic on Frisco.

Guy Charles (00:28:28):

Okay. Oh, I, hands down. I mean, there's the traffic on Preston Road and Preston is still the fastest way

to get up here than the tollway. Wow.

Ron Lyons (00:28:36):

Yeah, absolutely. And, uh, and, and I was in, I was, you know, I was, I was part of Frisco back in the day,

and one of the tests that we had, uh, as a police officer is name all of the red light intersections in Frisco.

And you could do it because you could come Main

Guy Charles (00:28:50):

Street, 1 21 <laugh>, you pretty much, that was it. There was,

Ron Lyons (00:28:53):

There was less than five. And of course, now I I, you probably have five within just a couple, few miles on

Preston Road. Now, you couldn't name 'em all if you wanted to, but it, it, it's just, uh, one of those things

that people like to know. What do you like to do? So I'm gonna ask you, where do you like to eat when

you're in Celina, Texas? And, and we're not picking favorites because they're No, it's understandable.

They're, they're all good. But, but if you had to say, Hey, here's something that I really like. And so for

other people can listen and say, Hey, I'm gonna go give that a try. What's, gimme an idea. What's, what's

of places you like to

Guy Charles (00:29:24):

Eat, man, so first off, Elaine, my wife and I, uh, just celebrate 17 anniversary, so I'll throw out. Well,

congratulations. Thank you. Um, we are huge foodies and a lot of that became, because there's some

food allergies in our family. So living in Plano, it's, we have every type of ethnic food you can think of,

and we are adventurous. And I raise my kids to be adventurous in food. So coming up here to Celina, like

growing up to Celina, there was two places, well, I'll take it back. There's three places to eat. There was

Burger Fixins Right. Which opened when I was in second grade. Right. Um, there was a place called Billy

Bob's. Right? Yep. Which is where Lucy's is. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, which great thing about Billy Bob's

is you could get all, you could eat chips and sweet tea and didn't have to pay anything <laugh>.

Guy Charles (00:30:07):

Um, and then the other was Jimbo's. Doggo was on the right there where Toast of Walnut was. That's

right. And that was what you could eat in Celina. There was nothing to eat and prosper. Um, so coming

back up here after all these years and seeing what's up here and having that foodie mentality and go,

man, there's some, there's some quality stuff up here Sure. Is. So places I like to eat. Um, before Celina

being a foodie, um, barbecue was never on my radar. Right. Which don't, I'm also one of those Texans

who likes beans in my chilies. So <laugh>, you know, and I tell people when you, when you, when you,

when you, when you raise poor, you have to put beans in there. 'cause we, we didn't have enough

money, just have all meat. So. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. So, um, with, with barbecue, it's one of

those things of going, okay, I respect the process of it, but I just, oh, you haven't had a good barbecue.

Guy Charles (00:31:06):

I'm like, I've had a lot of barbecue and I just don't like it. Right. Then I had Tinder and I walked in and I'm

going, okay, this is, this is legit. This is the real deal. And my cardiologist doesn't like me eating there

every day of the week. <laugh>, sorry, Terence. Um, and, but I would say my between Tinder and

Toaster Walnut, and I would say Toast of Walnut, I love just because it has that fresh aspect now and all

the other restaurants we have in town, great food, but also, you know, between Terrence, between

Joey, there's two great guys that I can sit and just literally chew the fat with and we can talk food Right

on. Like, I love to cook. Good. And, you know, it's those, those are, those are my jams here. And that,

that's what,

Ron Lyons (00:31:52):

If you're gonna, if you're gonna, if you're gonna have to narrow it down, you're gonna go maybe to one

of those two and and give you an idea if you're

Guy Charles (00:31:58):

Gonna roll into. Well, and, and I, and I love, don't get me wrong, I love Jimbos, but I I, I have a dairy

allergy. Like, I, I can't eat it. Right on. And I remember destroying Jimbo's Pizza back in the day and then

it destroying me. So, you know, it turned the favor. Yeah. So, I mean, yeah. The, the fact that I still see

Doggo around town and just go, man, like that was a dude that used to feed us when we were coming

in, you know, after two a days just smelling the high heaven downtown was, I mean, run down literally.

Right, right. Um, so yeah. Yep. No, sorry for the ramble. Go back down memory lane. So

Ron Lyons (00:32:34):

You're No, but that's a good, we love taking those trips with people. So, so you, you roll into toasted

Walnut and what is Guy Charles going to find on the menu that he's gonna, like, what are you gonna,

what are you, what are you gonna gravitate towards when you go to toasted? So,

Guy Charles (00:32:50):

So it's funny because I, you know, Joey and I talk on Facebook Messenger all the time. And, uh, he's, I,

this, this secret menu, I guess you actually have to live in the town to be able to experience the secret

menu. 'cause I've never got to experience the secret menu. And most of the stuff on the secret menu,

like again, my cardiologist wouldn't approve. Right. And it's usually has cheese on it, so I'm out. So, right.

Um, but I go on the toaster walnut, like my go-to is the chicken salad. Oh, wow.

Ron Lyons (00:33:18):

Nice.

Guy Charles (00:33:18):

And chicken salad. I, I, I love cucumbers. Um, so cover it all in Crushed Red Pepper, and I'm good with

that, with that avocado, man. It, it's, it's solid. Wow. And it also, it's just being in that restaurant, like I,

when, when the place was Jimbo's, like, we were only allowed in like the first, you know, 15 square feet.

Right, right. Like, we never were in the back of the place. Right. So to actually walk in and see these old

buildings, these, like the old house we're in right now, like, I've been in a lot of these homes and it's

incredible to see how Celina has still held on to the quality of the town, but it's just improved it

Ron Lyons (00:33:57):

Absolutely. I, I agree with that wholeheartedly. Just for reference, we're in the, the famous blue house

right off the square with the yellow door. Yep. And, uh, the plans for this, uh, house as of right now are

to turn it into a restaurant. And one of the things that me and my wife want to do is we wanna preserve

the historical integrity of these older homes. We could knock this down, this is a great spot, and we

could build from the ground up something brand new, but we don't want to do that because we love

the history of Celina. And

Guy Charles (00:34:25):

It's like an old cast iron skillet, man. It's got seasoning a hundred, and that's, that's what I cook in. I I

used to clean and restore old cast iron. So, you know, there's something about using history

Ron Lyons (00:34:35):

A hundred percent. And, and, and I'm all on board for that. I think now, obviously it's, it's, it's harder. It's

more expensive. There's nothing really easy. You know, knocking, demoing, and building from ground up

is always less expensive than, you know, repurposing an old house like this, a a hundred year old house

is, that's tough. You

Guy Charles (00:34:54):

Know, it's something worth keeping's worth fighting for.

Ron Lyons (00:34:56):

Absolutely. But this is gonna help put the downtown square on the map. This is gonna be something

amazing. And thank God we've got the ability to actually do that. Now. We haven't started running

through the process of permits and all that. So there may, there may be a few, there may be a few little

roadblocks along the way, but, you know, God willing, this is gonna come to fruition and one day you'll

be able to sit there and say, Hey, I sat right here mm-hmm. <affirmative> and what is now the piano

lounge of this re amazing restaurant. And, and we talked about Salon a history now how amazing Celina

was. Yeah. And yeah, hopefully, uh, hopefully that, that'll be sooner rather than later. But you've got a

very interesting story or, or, um, I guess kind of a, a, a path, uh, in your personal employment that has

led you to where you're at right now. So you were in Celina, you wanted to grow up, get out of here, you

went to school, you actually did some stuff or, or had some training in, in the audio field, basically.

Guy Charles (00:35:52):

Yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm a degree at audio engineer. I mean, that's worth anything. I, I haven't touched it. And,

and

Ron Lyons (00:35:58):

So you're probably hating everything. Bit bit of my equipment and everything that we have. Right. We're

in a very, very

Guy Charles (00:36:02):

Acoustically, I, I'm, I'm, I'm being polite. <laugh> you're

Ron Lyons (00:36:04):

Being polite. Thank you for that. It, I'm, it is still the number one podcast in Celina. So,

Guy Charles (00:36:10):

Dude, I, I, I listen to your stuff and I'm, I'm sitting there going with the technology today. Like, it's, it's

incredible the quality. You can get out of equipment now. You don't, you don't have to have a $20,000

microphone in front of you. Thank

Ron Lyons (00:36:21):

God for that, because I'd be in an awful lot of trouble right now as you're sitting there with your

Walmart headphones on right now. Oh yeah. By the way. So, but you, you started that, you went down

that path. You, you had some training and, and you got your degree in that, and then ultimately you

ended up doing something very different. So take me on that path from, you know, leaving Celina,

getting your education and landing in the, the field that you're in right now.

Guy Charles (00:36:45):

Yeah. So, uh, graduated college at, went to a trade school out in Florida, called Full Sail. Um, got out of

there in 2002, came back, um, I was one of the audio engineers for Stonebriar Church in Frisco. Um,

recorded classical music, jazz choir, pipe organ, like not your typical audio engineering stuff. Um, had an

opportunity that came up in, let's see, I got married in 2006, uh, around right around the end of 2007.

Had some people approach me about, um, let's, we wanted to do a car wash.

Guy Charles (00:37:29):

A car wash. Wow. Okay. And they knew I was good with talking with people. And that's not something I,

I'm just relational, like I'm a connector again, do what is right. Love people work humbly. Like that's,

that's the mo. Um, and so the car wash is gonna be in Houston. My wife's from Houston, and so it was

like, Hey, we're moving to Houston. So we moved to Houston and over the next four years, that's where

I tell people I went through the Vietnam Customer service <laugh>. I like that. Um, it ran a car wash

down there. I mean, dove head first into it. And this wasn't your typical machine car wash. This was a

hand car wash, had 30 employees, like we were cranking out three to 400 cars a day.

Ron Lyons (00:38:09):

Is this when you had the long hair and earrings?

Guy Charles (00:38:11):

Oh yeah. It, well, I didn't have earrings anymore after, after I, I, I, I got rid of the earrings after I got

married. But yeah, anybody who knows me, um, can look at my Facebook page, go back through my

pictures, and my style has changed so many times. It's, it's, I keep reinventing yourself. Oh, I, I've, I've

had a mullet. I've had a mohawk, I've had dreadlocks, I've had, you know, yeah. I got, right now

everybody sees me with a handlebar mustache. So, um, being down there in Houston, yeah, I was clean

cut when I showed up down there. Um, I dealt with every pimp, prostitute and drug dealer, Southwest

Houston. Those were my easy customers, <laugh>. But I learned how to deescalate situations fast. Nice.

Being in that situation. I left there, had hair down my shoulders, and, uh, you know, I looked like an

episode of Duck Dynasty <laugh>, um, move back up here.

Guy Charles (00:38:56):

Elaine and Elaine and I were like, let's leave Houston. We want to go back home. So she had gotten a job

up here, um, which she's still at today. Um, she's a mental health counselor for a prestigious private

school in Dallas. Nice. Um, been there for 13 years, uh, just incredible at what she does. But in coming

back, we lived apart for a year because I couldn't have work up here. And I finally quit the car wash and

was like, all right, move back up here again. I'm a connector. Started leveraging relationships. I

messaged, I don't know, 1500 people, like looking for word, blah, blah, blah. And it's funny 'cause what I

do now, I had a lot of people offer me, and again, didn't think about it. Um, had a buddy who had just

bought a company, do an insulation, um, of energy retrofit of old homes.

Guy Charles (00:39:45):

And I did that for almost eight years. Wow. And it just, it's funny, each step of the way, you look at my

resume and you're like, what path is this guy on? <laugh>? Well, I'm on God's path. 'cause some reason

God put me in every situation to prepare me for the next step. I love that. Um, yeah. And so after, uh, I,

it was 2000 summer 2019, um, God had a different change of plans for me. Didn't know what I was

gonna do. And a buddy of church came and approached me. He was like, Hey man, what do you know

about the financial service industry? I'm like, what? Financial planning? I'm like, man, no. With integrity.

Does that work? Like growing up in a small town, the guys that I knew who one we always thought

financial planning, only the wealthy did used. Right. Um, two, the guys who were doing financial

planning were snake oil salesmen.

Guy Charles (00:40:40):

Like it was all about pushing product. It wasn't about serving or anything like that. So as I'm sitting and

talking with my buddy who's a slow talking country boy, he grew up in Allen, but farm, his family has a 4,

4, 400 acre farm up in Westminster. I mean, he grew up hauling hay like I did. Uh, he's like, man, this is

what I do for a living. I'm like, you, this country bumpkin is making a living doing this. I'm like, dude, it's

about serving people. I'm like, well, that's something that's I've looked for in every job I do. So, um,

yeah, it dove into it. Um, been, uh, in 2020 we launched EOS Financial. Okay, eos, eos, there's some

meaning to that. What is, what does EOS mean? So EOS is, um, and you hear you, EOS is a, is Greek for

the concept or the mindset of seeing something through to completion to see something through to

maturity.

Guy Charles (00:41:41):

Um, so we're a, a financial planning service. Um, and what does that mean? Again, people are like

financial planners. Okay, are you stockbrokers or, you know, you know, what snake oil are you selling?

And so forth. Um, first off, our core values go back to what you keep hearing me repeat Micah six, eight.

Do what is right. Love people work humbly. Um, man, the best way of describing what we do, you have

a junk drawer in your house? I do actually, probably two or three, but yes. Yeah, I, I, I have two or three

or just depending on which drawer my daughters are like throwing junk into. So, um, most people have

a junk drawer. And what that means is, so you have this spot in your home where you keep random

stuff, nuts, bolts, paper clips, pens, you know, you name it, it's probably in there.

Guy Charles (00:42:31):

And the only time you go to that junk drawer is when you have to fix something or you're trying to

address a situation or so forth. Sadly enough, most of America treats their finances that way. And a bit

of it's just information overload. I mean, what we, on internet and so forth, so people have this financial

junk drawer, they're like, okay, uh, aunt Susie sold me this, um, bill, my buddy from high school told me I

needed this, had this 4 0 1 k from a previous job. Uh, Dave Ramsey told me to do this. Um, and that's

how we handle our finances. Again, you go back to a junk drawer when you need to fix something or

address something. So when people have to start figuring out what's in their junk drawer, their financial

junk drawer, um, maybe an investment opportunity comes up. You deal in real estate investment, you,

Hey, I need liquidity.

Guy Charles (00:43:24):

What do I have? What can you start trying to sort it and you're like, uh, I got a little this. What can I use

this so forth? Or, um, I'm about to approach retirement. I'm three to five years out. Okay, well how,

what do I have in order? I mean, you're three to five years out from retirement like this. We could have

addressed this earlier, but again, there's still hope there. 'cause we, we've got this junk drawer going on.

The worst case scenario is when a spouse dies. I mean, you hear people going, okay, do you have your

estate in order? Well, having that financial junk drawer in order can be huge. Heaven forbid a spouse

passes. So what we do is we sit down with individuals, we sit down with families. Um, big part of our

wheelhouse is small business owners because it works both in families and in business.

Guy Charles (00:44:13):

And we take this junk drawer and we dump it out. We're not throwing it away. We're dumping it out

and going, okay, this makes sense here. And I'm talking with my hands. All you people listening can see

me talking with my hands. <laugh>, this makes sense here. Okay, we have this. I don't know why we

have this and so forth. And what we're doing is we're creating a roadmap that can give some peace of

mind. Like, I don't know about you man, but peace of mind is, um, it's a currency. Like to be able to go to

bed at night and go, okay, I know this is taken care of, sadly enough, just going, okay, I, I've accumulated

all this stuff. That's a piece of mind. No knowing. It all works together. It's not about how much you

accumulate, it's about how you efficiently accumulate and what options you have on your money.

Guy Charles (00:45:01):

So, um, that's what we do. And that's kind of out there, uh, trying to explain it, uh, for y'all who are

listening. But yeah. Uh, business owners, I would say is just helping them. How do you retain key

employees? Taxes? Oh my gosh. We, we have CPAs that calls for tax strategies all the time. We help

people manage assets. We just, I'm trying to be, EOS is just trying to be back in a area where we can

build relationships that turn into clients, but that clients turn into friendships. That's our end goal. I'd

much rather have a book of business that's full of friends, because you're more likely to pick up the

phone and call a friend and ask for help then to go, oh, I'm sorry for bothering you. It's like, no, bud.

We're friends. Like, what, what do you need? Okay, we've walked through this, let's revisit it. You know,

go from there.

Ron Lyons (00:45:54):

So that's exactly what you do. So you're not just trying to build relationships for the sake of building, uh,

your, your bank account, so to speak. You're actually trying to establish relationships because when you

have a friendship or when you have a relationship with someone that you happen to also have a

working relationship with, let's say, in my case, I'm much more likely to pick up the phone and say, Hey

guy, I am considering doing this. I need a little bit of guidance. Yeah. Can you help me with this? As

opposed to maybe after the fact I call you and go, Hey, uh, I, I did this and I hope that it's okay.

Guy Charles (00:46:30):

Yeah. We, we've had that. We, you know, we've had clients that call us and go, Hey, I bought a

Lakehouse this summer. And it's like, okay, they, they could afford the lakehouse, but it's like, okay, let's

go back and revisit this. Um, huge blessing for me is most guys that step off into this industry are out on

their own. Uh, my business partner now has been doing this almost 18 years. Um, it's literally working

with my best friend. That's awesome. That's, that's the, and he, he understands like if we would've

known each other in high school, we probably ended up in the back of a squad car together. Like it's,

we're, we have both had the same sense, six sense of humor and so forth. And,

Ron Lyons (00:47:03):

And, and oddly just as a side note, because of our age differences in, in how we've landed in Celina, had

you done that

Guy Charles (00:47:11):

Could probably have been your squad car. Yeah,

Ron Lyons (00:47:12):

It could've been my squad car. Yeah. So, yeah, just, I'm not trying to like age myself too much, but it

really well been. So anyway, so, so, so this guy's like your best friend and you guys are in business

together and

Guy Charles (00:47:23):

We knew each other six months before we got in the business together.

Ron Lyons (00:47:26):

Wow.

Guy Charles (00:47:26):

Wow. And that's again, it's God opening a door and going walk, walk through this. Yes. And man, it's

just, it's been incredible. I mean, and not all of our clients are, are friends. Like we do order taking

meaning that, hey, someone contacts us and goes, I need life insurance. Right? Okay, great. We're

brokers. We can touch about 90 different carriers. What do you need? Let's walk through this. Or you

know what, uh, I, someone told me to look at this annuity or long-term care or you know, where you're

talking product based, um, which is good. There's a place for that. But the great thing in doing like

financial planning, there's no such thing as a one size fits all. Right. I don't know about you. When was

the last time you tried on a one size fits all T-shirt? It never works like it goes on, but Right.

Guy Charles (00:48:14):

Is it tailored made for you? And that's the joke. 'cause my business partner's name's Taylor and we're

always like, we tailor make financial plans nice. There's too many variables for a one size fits all. Sure.

Absolutely dope. Yeah. That's, that's who we are. We're Teleos Financial. We office here in Celina. We

do have an office down in Dallas, but nine times outta 10, you're gonna find us up here because we're

wearing boots and jeans. Right on. Um, you, we like to go, Hey, we're gonna go pitch washers or shoot

guns with people or, you know, we're good old boys just trying to serve because that's where God put

us. That's

Ron Lyons (00:48:46):

What you're supposed to do. That's the calling on your life. And I love it. So tell me real quick, if

somebody wanted to have some sort of, uh, an interest in the, uh, Celina Quarterback Club, how does

that process start? How do they reach out to you? Is there a website?

Guy Charles (00:49:00):

Man, how do that? I appreciate you asking that. 'cause that's, like I said, you, me, going into the club,

like one never thought I'd be sitting here doing a podcast. One, I didn't think line of record would be

reaching out to me to go, Hey, we wanna write an article. Like it's just me pouring back into my

hometown. Right on.

Guy Charles (00:49:18):

But to be able to communicate the common good of the club, um, the way to get plugged in, man, you

can, you can find us on Facebook. I'm pretty sure if you've moved in the town, um, within a short period

of time, you're going to hear of things of Salan. That could be everything from the quarterback club to

Bobcat moms to the band booster. Like we are a youth oriented town. Granted, business is coming here,

but the common good is pouring back into the young people of this town. Right on. I mean, that's, that's

what makes a town is you're, you're raising up the next generation. Um, so to get plugged in with the

quarterback club, easiest way is during football season, like right now, um, like you said, every Thursday

morning, five 30 in the morning, <laugh> up at the athletic banquet hall. So that's at the high school

above the weight room. Um, and

Ron Lyons (00:50:12):

As you're sitting here saying this, you're like literally looking at me like five. Like expect me to, dude,

Guy Charles (00:50:18):

I I, I'm, I'm gonna keep saying this 'cause people there's people that are, I get up at 2 45 on Thursday

morning, so we always, our, our meetings start kicking off, um, right at the beginning of football season.

So, so you're

Ron Lyons (00:50:31):

Underway right now?

Guy Charles (00:50:32):

Yeah, we're underway right now. We just had our third meeting this morning. Um, and it is, we start at

five 30. It's five 30 to six 30. We nine times outta 10 end Right at six 30. 'cause been, you know, going to

work. Right. You gotta get out. Absolutely. So come get some coffee, some dark coffee <laugh> and, um,

at that time, oh yeah. It's, it's strong. It's like pine tar. It's strong. There you go. Um, and, uh, we always

have a good breakfast, right? Um, and yeah, it's, it's showing up. And man, if, if you're one of those guys

that's like, I don't know if I can show, show up, come look for me. Just introduce yourself. Right on. I will

introduce you to guys who are plugged in there. It is a place to feel like you belong. There's, there's not a

lot of places for men to feel like they're belonging anymore unless it's, you know, hey, a good group of

bible study where guys are working on themselves, right. Or, you know, go out and play golf or so forth.

But to actually show up to a place where the common good is to pour into the younger generation

Ron Lyons (00:51:32):

Very good stuff.

Guy Charles (00:51:34):

Why not be a part of that? I mean, absolutely. That's again, goes back to living connected. That's,

Ron Lyons (00:51:38):

And that, and that's worth a, that's worth a getting up early and showing up for And, and, and so is

there, uh, like a Facebook page is there?

Guy Charles (00:51:47):

Yeah, most nine times outta 10, like the communication through Facebook. Once you are involved in the

club. Um, we use an app called Team Reach. Okay. Um, and that's, we use Facebook and team reach to,

to communicate. Okay. Um, constantly, you know, and social

Ron Lyons (00:52:02):

Media's where it's all at. Right.

Guy Charles (00:52:03):

Social media's where it's all at. Right. Um, and yeah, it's, there's still, once you get involved and you start

knowing guys, guys got each other's phone number, it's like texting, you know? Gotcha. Hey, we're

volunteering for this event show up.

Ron Lyons (00:52:17):

And you guys also, if I, if I'm correct about this, you have a table at the home games, some something

usually set up. Is that like right inside the entrance?

Guy Charles (00:52:26):

Yeah. Right. Right at the entrance. Um, and the soon as you come in, you'll see a set up. Um, and it's, it's

great 'cause there's, there's always good tables that are set like Bobcat moms. If you have not been to

Bobcat moms table, like that is the swag table. Like it's the swag table. <laugh>. Oh. Oh. They what

Bobcat moms does Uhhuh for, for, you know, our community Right. Is incredible what they sell at the

games. Like there's some pretty cool stuff there that's so awesome. We're, we're not the swag

community. Although this year for the 70th anniversary, I I, I brought back the Pearl Snap shirt. I've been

wearing pearl snaps since junior high. So we got the Eli Kaman shirt. Um, so That's awesome. Yeah.

Show up at the games. Come talk to us. Done. We have membership dues once a year. It's 10 bucks to

join. Wow.

Ron Lyons (00:53:18):

Okay. Yeah. Okay. And it's such a great and worthy thing. I mean, it's obviously

Guy Charles (00:53:23):

70 years.

Ron Lyons (00:53:24):

That's in incredible. It's incredible. So, so you wanna talk about legacy, you wanna talk about history,

you want to get plugged in, in the city of Sole and you want to do something that's worthwhile. If you're

a gentleman who loves this community and wants to be a part of something amazing, show up, get up

five 30 Thursday, I'm gonna be there at five 30 Thursday morning,

Guy Charles (00:53:44):

There, come be there. And, and it, and it's, it's one of those things that we do it during football season

Right On like it's, and but we stay connected throughout the, throughout the year. Throughout,

throughout the year. Right. On. Um, and again, it's not something just for football, like Right. I I, I have

guys in the club who don't have kids in the program. I don't have kids in the program. We have band

parents in the program. I mean, we, it, it's, it's a place for men to belong and to come pour back in.

That's, that's our common goal. It's

Ron Lyons (00:54:14):

Amazing. You, you, you got me, man. I am hooked. I am definitely gonna be there. Typically my best

work happens in the evenings and into the wee hours of the morning. 'cause that's just

Guy Charles (00:54:25):

The way I'm Okay. I'll, I'll call you when I'm getting up and meet me up there,

Ron Lyons (00:54:29):

<laugh>. I'm just, what I'm gonna do is on Thursday, I'm just not gonna go to

Guy Charles (00:54:32):

Bed. Hey, there you go. I'm just gonna, we have some guys that are like that. They get off night shift and

they just show up. I, I'm

Ron Lyons (00:54:36):

Just gonna roll in there like that. I'm gonna look for the coffee, I'm gonna grab the donut or whatever

you happen to have that day. And I'm just gonna sit there and be present knowing that I'll be awake

through most of the things that happen, that matter through the day. But, um, and, and they can find

you on Facebook. They can show up to the game. Walk up to your table. Look for the guy that has three

first names. <laugh>.

Guy Charles (00:54:58):

Yes.

Ron Lyons (00:54:58):

You know, I was gonna pick on that again. Yes. And, uh, be a part of that. But let's, let's talk about your,

uh, your business. So if somebody had some sort of, uh, interest in financial planning or one of those

other things that you guys do, how can someone find your business?

Guy Charles (00:55:11):

Yeah. Our website is LIOs financial.com. That's, and you're gonna have to spell Yeah, I will spell it. Um,

it's t e l E I O S, Teos and then financial.com. Gotcha.

Ron Lyons (00:55:25):

And so if you e services, and you and I didn't know this, you guys, you do have an office right here in

Celina? Yeah. We, we,

Guy Charles (00:55:31):

We have a, a small office here in Sinai. We office out of the Keller Williams building. Gotcha. Um,

Georgina Hendon who runs that. I always tell people she used to beat me with a paddle when I was in

grade school. <laugh>, I grew, I grew up with her son. But yeah, it's, it's, it's a great place to be because

so many, there's so many realtors up there who are shaking hands with everybody that's moving in.

Right. And it's like, Hey, welcome to the greatest town in Texas. There you go. And then how can we

help you with your finances? <laugh>. There

Ron Lyons (00:55:57):

You go. So, so, so I have one last question for you, and then we're gonna get outta here. 'cause I know

you've got a very, very busy and crazy life like I do, but I just, I want to ask you something that's, it's a

little serious. It's kind of on the, it's kind of on the real side. And, and, and, and that is, what exactly

would it take to get you to move back to Celina, Texas?

Guy Charles (00:56:20):

Man, God's timing. That's, you know, um, if it's meant for us to be back up here, it'll happen. Um, my

wife's got a great job. She loves the idea of Celina up my girls. They, anytime they see something orange,

they're like, oh, it's, it's Bobcat. That's awesome. Yeah. I mean, my girls wear slim of clothes and we live

in Plano. <laugh>. That's the best. Um, yeah. So to, to get back up here, um, it's something that, you

know, we pray about, uh, quite a bit, but it's God's timing. If, if it's meant for us to be up here, we'll be

up here.

Ron Lyons (00:56:58):

So maybe, so maybe that's what, so maybe that's what we do. Maybe what we do is we say, Hey, if you

happen to be a believer and you want to, you feel so inclined, say a little prayer for this family.

Guy Charles (00:57:14):

Again, the greatest town in Texas,

Ron Lyons (00:57:16):

Greatest town in Texas. I love that. If, if I didn't, if I, if I was the kind of guy that would steal things, I

would, I would literally take that and trademark that. That is some good stuff right there, buddy. You

have been amazing today. Thank you so much. Thank you, sir. We've gotta get you up here to Celina.

Um, guys, go out there, check out the quarterback club, see what's going on. It's fantastic stuff. You've

got a guy with three first names running it and, and he feels the calling and God is definitely working in

his life. He's moving things. He's, he's, he's the greatest chess player of eternity and he's moving the

pieces. He's certainly moved the pieces for Guy Charles. And I think we're gonna continue to see that. So

Guy, thank you so very much. And God bless brother.

Guy Charles (00:57:56):

Thank you buddy.

Ron Lyons (00:58:05):

So what did you think about Guy Charles? Is he not everything that I said, he's just so full of passion,

passion for Celina, passion for the Celina football team and passion for the Celina Quarterback Club. And

it's so cool that he actually grew up here back in the day, and he had so many of those really good,

strong Celina men lifting him up, helping him become who he is today. And now he's come full circle and

he's back as the Captain of the Celina Quarterback Club. And let me tell you, this is an enthusiastic guy. If

you have not seen him out there at the Soel football games, and if you haven't seen some of his videos

and things like that, then you're missing out Guy Charles is exactly who you want sitting in the Captain's

seat of the Celina Quarterback Club. And quite honestly, I, I want him back in Celina. I want him live in

here. I wanna run into him at Brookshire's and say, Hey man, what's up? And just get some of that

energy that he's got because that's, that's the kind of person he is. He's a very strong believer. He's a

very, very good man. And I think that Celina is better because of Guy Charles.

Ron Lyons (00:59:39):

Guys, I hope you enjoyed this a lot. I hope you really got a lot out of it. We try so, so hard to bring you

people like Guy Charles and to make your life better by pouring into you and showing you new, the

better side of Celina, Texas. So let's gonna wrap it up today, guys. We've got great guests still coming up.

We're weeks and weeks booked. It's gonna be incredible. And I do have another little treat for you. It

seems like everybody's really loving whenever I throw some sort of special song on the end, and I don't

know why, but Guy Charles just takes me back to my own high school and high school football and all of

that stuff. And that was back in the eighties. So I'm gonna throw a 1980s song on the end here. I hope

you really like that. And don't forget, guys, go check out the best of Celina on Facebook and we've got

some very, very special things coming for you through that. And for now, guys, like I always say, stay

safe and God bless.

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