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Talk Line: Lauren Metzler shares breaking news on Tevin's Tribe event · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Hey, there's Sock Valley. You're back with the Waking crew
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  Speaker 1: here on FM ninety five one and AM fourteen sixty
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  Speaker 1: w i x N. It's eight thirty five on your
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  Speaker 1: Friday morning, and it's time for talk line and I'm
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  Speaker 1: joined once again by our good friend Lauren Metzler. You
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  Speaker 1: probably know her from past shows. She's with Sock Valley
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  Speaker 1: Voices of Recovery, and she also found a Tevan's Tribe,
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  Speaker 1: which is what brings her to the show this morning. Lauren,
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  Speaker 1: how are you?
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  Speaker 2: I'm so good. How are you, Brandon?
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing very well. Thank you. It looked a little
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  Speaker 1: a little colder, windy, and like it could be possibly
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  Speaker 1: what is it okay out there?
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  Speaker 2: Oh it's beautiful. It's beautiful. The wind never stops. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's a beautiful day out good.
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  Speaker 1: I'm glad to hear it because you have an event
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  Speaker 1: later today related to Tevan's Tribe. And first, for anybody
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  Speaker 1: who maybe you know, this is their first time hearing
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  Speaker 1: you since you had been on the show, just give
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  Speaker 1: us a little background on Tevan's Tribe and then we'll
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  Speaker 1: talk about today's event.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So, Kevin's Tribe is a nonprofit that I found
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  Speaker 2: it a few years ago in remembrance of my brother
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  Speaker 2: Kevin Rumley, who passed in twenty twenty to vatanyl poisoning.
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  Speaker 2: And what it does is it honors loved ones that
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  Speaker 2: have passed to you know, overdose alcoholism or petanal poisoning
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  Speaker 2: and make sure their face and their name has never forgotten.
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  Speaker 2: And then also I do awareness and prevention as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you are very very very active in you know,
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  Speaker 1: in the in the prevention and and space and and
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  Speaker 1: just the the overall healing and trying to help people
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  Speaker 1: that are dealing with these issues. I know this is
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  Speaker 1: something that's near and dear to you. You're you know,
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  Speaker 1: part of Valley Voices and Recovery, opening Cleate's House, you know,
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  Speaker 1: an honor of your mom. So you know, can't can't
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  Speaker 1: say enough about the good work that you're that you're
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  Speaker 1: doing out there. And so as part of getting that
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  Speaker 1: awareness out there, we've got your your event this afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So I just decided again last minute, impromptu. It's
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  Speaker 2: NATS and Prevention week, so I figured let's go ahead
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  Speaker 2: and go put the yard signs of Heaven's Tribe up
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  Speaker 2: and just be there handout in our hand do prevention.
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  Speaker 2: Anybody wants to come hang out, You're more than welcome.
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  Speaker 2: This is going to take place in Sterling again at
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  Speaker 2: the Grand and Civic Center. We did it last year.
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  Speaker 2: It was a good turnout. Can't make it. Drive by, honk,
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  Speaker 2: give us a way, pictures, shared it on Facebook, anything
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  Speaker 2: to help raise awareness.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, this is you know, something that isn't just an
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  Speaker 1: issue in bigger cities. This is a problem all over
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  Speaker 1: the country at the moment. At the moment.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, this is happening everywhere, and I feel like
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  Speaker 2: in our community it's just getting worse and worse, and
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  Speaker 2: I just want people to be aware and to reduce
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  Speaker 2: the stigma. Let's all come together and help save lives
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  Speaker 2: and handout prevention materials and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, well, I'm glad that you're doing this this work.
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  Speaker 1: I know you guys had your informational meeting for kleat'es
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  Speaker 1: what last night, right.
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  Speaker 2: That was thirteenth, so that would have been Wednesday night.
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  Speaker 1: Wednesday, Okay, yes, getting my days makestrike. But it was close.
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  Speaker 1: How did that? How did that go?
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  Speaker 2: It went really well. The people that came got some
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  Speaker 2: really good information and it was good to let people know,
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  Speaker 2: like what the paper said is far off from the truth.
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  Speaker 2: We're not closing tomorrow. We just need some support. But
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  Speaker 2: we're still up and running and going. We've got for
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  Speaker 2: more women coming in this weekend next week, so we'll
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  Speaker 2: be at like nine to ten women, which is awesome.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, we're doing well. We're doing good over there.
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  Speaker 1: Good good. And if anybody needs you know, you know,
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  Speaker 1: they're listening. They want some more information, whether it's on
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  Speaker 1: Tevin's Tribe or on Kleade's or anything you know, to
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  Speaker 1: do with your space and your work. What's the best
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  Speaker 1: way to do that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so they can call stof Valley Voices of Recovery.
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  Speaker 2: The phone number is seven seven nine seven zero seven
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  Speaker 2: zero one, five to one, or they could even find
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  Speaker 2: me on Facebook Tevin's Tribe. Just shoot me a message
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  Speaker 2: on there and I'll get back to you.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, awesome, and show up down down to Grand and
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  Speaker 1: Civic today for the event help spread awareness. And Lauren,
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  Speaker 1: thank you so much, you know, not just for coming
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  Speaker 1: on the show and spreading this information, but for all
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  Speaker 1: the work that you do in that space. There's you know,
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  Speaker 1: not especially in rural areas like ours, there's there's not
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  Speaker 1: always these kind of resources available, and I know you
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  Speaker 1: guys just dedicate yourself so that so thank you absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: And then one more thing. September fifth is my fourth
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  Speaker 2: annual volleyball tournament in memorial local love ones have passed
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  Speaker 2: to overdose, petinal poisoning, alcoholism, or suicide. So we'll chat
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  Speaker 2: about that later, but be on the lookout.
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  Speaker 1: Yes absolutely, we'll have Lauren back on the show and
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  Speaker 1: that gets closer. But mark that on your calendar, save
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  Speaker 1: the date. You know what a fun way to you know,
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  Speaker 1: be part of a good cause, So put that on
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  Speaker 1: your calend of Lauren. Thank you again, I appreciate it.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you brand, and have a good day.