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Talk-Line: Dallas Knack, Sauk Valley Chamber of Commerce · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Excent. It is Friday. It is February the seventh of
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, and it's a quarter past the hour.
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  Speaker 1: It's time for another interesting edition of talk Line here
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  Speaker 1: at AM fourteen sixty and FM ninety five one wixcent.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, I'm Steve Marco. Time for our bi monthly
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  Speaker 1: look at news and information from your Stock Valley area
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  Speaker 1: Chamber of Commerce. Every other month we get the low
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  Speaker 1: down on happenings within our Stock Valley area courtesy there
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  Speaker 1: our Stock Valley Chamber, and the executive director has stopped
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  Speaker 1: I to join us live at the microphones for our
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  Speaker 1: ignited report of twenty twenty five so we can say
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  Speaker 1: Happy New Year. Happy New Year to Dallas Neck, the
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  Speaker 1: executive director who's live with us in studio. Nice to
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  Speaker 1: have your board mail.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, thank you for having me.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it's been a very interesting first portion of the
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  Speaker 1: year since we talked to you last I mean we
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  Speaker 1: were talking during the holidays. We were talking about you know,
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  Speaker 1: sits and sounds and you know, getting set for the
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  Speaker 1: holidays with Dallas, and we gave her the break for
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  Speaker 1: the holidays. Now she's back in this month of Vibar,
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  Speaker 1: but a lot has happened so much for this last month.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, there has been a lot going on with
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  Speaker 1: the Sock Valley Area Chamber. So we're going to step
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  Speaker 1: back and take a look at a couple of things
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  Speaker 1: that have taken place. A couple of networking events. First
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  Speaker 1: of all, that you.
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  Speaker 3: Had, Yes, So we kicked off the new year with
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  Speaker 3: some networking opportunities for our Keystone Group, which is for
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  Speaker 3: individuals under the age of forty in the Sock Valley area,
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  Speaker 3: and for a Professional Women's Network event as well. So
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  Speaker 3: those were both really great opportunities to get out and interact.
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  Speaker 3: Our Keystone Group was a speed networking event, so they
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  Speaker 3: came out, they got to network amongst themselves, and then
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  Speaker 3: they also got to learn about different opportunities in the area.
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  Speaker 3: So we had representatives that were in that age range
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  Speaker 3: from jc's Professional Women's Network, Sock Valley Community Leadership Program,
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  Speaker 3: and we also had another one, so they were able
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  Speaker 3: to go around and kind of learn more about opportunities,
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  Speaker 3: because that's what we hear a lot of They're a
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  Speaker 3: new professional, they're new to their career, they just got hired,
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  Speaker 3: they're back from college, and they're.
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  Speaker 2: Like, where do I start? What do I do.
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  Speaker 3: So we took them and took them by the hand
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  Speaker 3: and introduce them to those opportunities of how how to
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  Speaker 3: get involved, where to start, Here's a couple things you
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  Speaker 3: probably didn't even know about. So that was a really
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  Speaker 3: great way to get them more involved and learn more
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  Speaker 3: about some of our social clubs and organizations. Like I said,
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  Speaker 3: jc's Keiwanis was there and was hearing from. Like I said,
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  Speaker 3: they're peers, which is a really nice aspect of it.
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  Speaker 1: So good to start the year with. It's at are
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  Speaker 1: we going to see more of this?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, so we're hoping to have quarterly events. We don't
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  Speaker 3: know exactly what we're going to do for the next one.
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  Speaker 3: We got great feedback from this first one. We had
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  Speaker 3: a lot of feedback that they want to do something similar,
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  Speaker 3: but now we need to find new people to get
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  Speaker 3: them in front of. So we're just kind of working
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  Speaker 3: through what that looks like, what organizations want to be
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  Speaker 3: involved in that and want to send individuals again under
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  Speaker 3: the UGE forty to participate and just get more out there,
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  Speaker 3: meet some people, find out some opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely well. We hope to get assistance in that regard
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  Speaker 1: moving down the line in twenty twenty five. But another
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  Speaker 1: event that you had was tied to your profet Women's.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, the Professional Women's Network did a seminar that was
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  Speaker 3: basically about balancing time and money in the new year,
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  Speaker 3: and that was presented by Suzanne Ravelin, CEO of Hospice.
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  Speaker 3: So she came out and she talked about what does
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  Speaker 3: that look like and kind of uncovering some of those
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  Speaker 3: little time sucks that we aren't aware that we're even
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  Speaker 3: necessarily doing all the time, and just maybe how to
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  Speaker 3: better focus and better prioritize.
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  Speaker 2: It was really.
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  Speaker 3: About looking at some of those things that are kind
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  Speaker 3: of low effort, high winds, how can we really get
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  Speaker 3: things accomplished and keep our stuff moving forward, And also
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  Speaker 3: like where are some of those little hidden things that
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  Speaker 3: maybe you're spending money, maybe some of those subscriptions you
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  Speaker 3: don't know about looking at the apps on your phone
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  Speaker 3: and seeing those little things that are sucking some of
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  Speaker 3: your budget that you aren't even aware that's happening. And
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  Speaker 3: then also just prioritizing, like utilizing your budget and your
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  Speaker 3: time to prioritize and make the mother.
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  Speaker 2: Out of what you have to offer.
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  Speaker 3: It was a lot about she really touched and hit
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  Speaker 3: home on we all have the same amount of time
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  Speaker 3: and time commitments no matter what we're doing, no matter
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  Speaker 3: what our role is or our career is, and.
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  Speaker 2: How do we just prioritize that time.
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  Speaker 1: And that was held in late January as well as
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  Speaker 1: part of the Stock Valley Area Chambers First of the
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  Speaker 1: Year calendar of events. There's another one of those coming
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  Speaker 1: up in April, and Jay Dallas is going to take
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  Speaker 1: the wraps off of that for us in a little
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  Speaker 1: bit here at w Auction. But just backing up one
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  Speaker 1: more time because we had a little event, your annual
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  Speaker 1: dinner that was held in January, so take us through
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  Speaker 1: the highlights of that.
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  Speaker 3: So every year we have our annual meeting and dinner.
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  Speaker 3: This is where all of our members come out and
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  Speaker 3: they get to really engage with the chamber. We get
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  Speaker 3: to celebrate everything that we have done, the community has done,
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  Speaker 3: individuals have done. It's a really nice way to recap
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  Speaker 3: the previous year. And during that we do some awards.
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  Speaker 3: So we were able to award our Ambassador of the
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  Speaker 3: Year that was Teagan Bosman from Sock Valley Bank. She
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  Speaker 3: is an incredible and assador. She goes above and beyond
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  Speaker 3: She's also very involved in our Hispanic Business Leaders Committee,
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  Speaker 3: where she is making some great connections between the Chamber
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  Speaker 3: and some youth opportunities in the community too.
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  Speaker 2: I don't want to I don't want to rip the band.
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  Speaker 1: Work in progress, sorry it is.
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  Speaker 3: And I don't want to burst her bubble on that one.
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  Speaker 3: But she's doing some really great work there that I'm
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  Speaker 3: really excited. I think we're going to be able to
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  Speaker 3: make some announcements here soon about what that partnership will
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  Speaker 3: look like between our Hispanic Business Leaders Committee and the
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  Speaker 3: community at large. So Tiegan has been wonderful, phenomenal, so
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  Speaker 3: well deserving of this award. Our Ambassador of the Year,
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  Speaker 3: were very, very grateful for her and her commitment.
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  Speaker 1: Congratulations to her again representing not only the community but
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  Speaker 1: talk Dolly Bank as well in her employment. There anything
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  Speaker 1: else from the annual dinner.
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  Speaker 3: Then we awarded our Chamber Champion. So our Chamber Champion
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  Speaker 3: was Brent Ruder from Rayner. He is so phenomenal. I
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  Speaker 3: don't even know where to start with Brent. He is
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  Speaker 3: just an incredible force in our community. He is really
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  Speaker 3: getting involved in things. If you're unfamiliar with Brent, he
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  Speaker 3: started rock River disc Golf, and he has been doing
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  Speaker 3: a lot of fundraising for nonprofits. He's been partnering with
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  Speaker 3: the Sock Valley Food Bank, Rock River Hospice and Home
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  Speaker 3: on or Flight and raising tens of thousands of dollars
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  Speaker 3: for these organizations.
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  Speaker 2: He also, in his free time, I say.
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  Speaker 3: That lightly free time, but so he was part of
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  Speaker 3: the Socck Valley Community Leadership Program. He currently is he's
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  Speaker 3: getting involved in Keystone and he's a mentor for the
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  Speaker 3: CEO program. So he has been a mentor. Yeah, I know,
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  Speaker 3: he's been a mentor for a couple of years now.
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  Speaker 3: He's really making an impact with our students and he's
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  Speaker 3: really showing our younger generation just the opportunities we have
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  Speaker 3: here in this community, and he is giving back.
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  Speaker 2: He's such an incredible human.
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  Speaker 3: We are very, very lucky to have him in our
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  Speaker 3: community and it's just incredible to be able to name
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  Speaker 3: him our Chamber Championship.
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  Speaker 1: So a couple of worthy names out there as far
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  Speaker 1: as recipients of important award areas during the annual dinner
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  Speaker 1: held through the Stock Valley Area Chamber in the month
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  Speaker 1: of January, and Dallas has the recap for us here
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  Speaker 1: at am fourteen, has anything else to add on that
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  Speaker 1: there was?
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  Speaker 3: You know, we also recognize some of our ambassadors that
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  Speaker 3: have spent ten, twenty and twenty five years actual ambassadors,
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  Speaker 3: so we're very thankful for their leadership and their volunteer.
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  Speaker 1: Asks very good. So again some recognition out and some
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  Speaker 1: awards handed out during their annual dinner earlier in this
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  Speaker 1: year of twenty twenty five. Dallas Nac is our guest
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  Speaker 1: today are again executive director of the Stock Valley Area
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  Speaker 1: Chamber of Commerce with first of the year information for
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  Speaker 1: us here at AM fourteen sixteen FM ninety five one.
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  Speaker 1: We move on ahead into twenty twenty five. There's a
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  Speaker 1: busy time coming up obviously as students prepare for graduation
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  Speaker 1: scholarships through the Sock Valley Area Chamber, and you wanted
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  Speaker 1: to talk about that today.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Our scholarship applications are open. You can find them
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  Speaker 3: on our website Sock Valley Area Chamber dot com slash scholarships.
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  Speaker 3: So we have quite a few areas. So we have
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  Speaker 3: a business scholarship, We have an AG scholarship manufacturing, Hispanic
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  Speaker 3: Business Leaders and CDL. All of those have a little
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  Speaker 3: bit different dates. So our AG scholarship is due March first,
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  Speaker 3: but then our Hispanic business leaders are manufacturing and our
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  Speaker 3: business scholarships those are all due in April. All that
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  Speaker 3: information can be found on our website. But the moral
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  Speaker 3: of the story here is there's a lot of opportunities
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  Speaker 3: to get funds to go to school. So for any
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  Speaker 3: of our local students, I highly recommend visiting Sock Valley
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  Speaker 3: Area Chamber dot com slash scholarships before March first and
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  Speaker 3: checking out those applications.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, absolutely, again money is available for college use. And again,
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  Speaker 1: students heading into these lines check them out. Some of
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  Speaker 1: them are right down students lanes that again you'll be
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  Speaker 1: able to adapt that money to your education. But again
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  Speaker 1: you have to apply for the scholarships. You can't take
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  Speaker 1: any of this unless you apply. So the first step
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  Speaker 1: is to get online. As Dallas mentioned at Skvalle Area
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  Speaker 1: Chamber dot com, check out their website information register. You
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  Speaker 1: can do that online. Then you can do that right online.
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  Speaker 3: Then you can do all of our scholarship information right online.
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  Speaker 3: If you have any issues, of course, caller office. We
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  Speaker 3: have paper copies as well.
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  Speaker 1: Very good. So again online registration for scholarships obviously that
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  Speaker 1: will be handed out. Graduation time is coming up April
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  Speaker 1: into May, and that's when the scholarships will be handed out.
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  Speaker 1: Decisions need to be made before that time, obviously by committees,
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  Speaker 1: and again recipients will be named and again those again
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  Speaker 1: monies will be handed out through the Sock Valley Area Chamber.
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  Speaker 1: So we recommend, as Dallas mentioned before, March the first,
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  Speaker 1: which is less than a month away, that you get
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  Speaker 1: on board the Sock website, the Sock Chamber website and
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  Speaker 1: register for that scholarship monies that are being given away
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  Speaker 1: through the Stalk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. You got
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  Speaker 1: a candidate's forum coming up.
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  Speaker 2: We do have a candidate's forum.
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  Speaker 3: This is for the Sterling Alderman at Large. That'll be
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  Speaker 3: March nineteenth at six pm. It is at Sterling City Hall,
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  Speaker 3: so you're.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to come out to that again.
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  Speaker 3: March nineteenth, we'll have all the Alderman at large candidates.
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  Speaker 2: There are four of them.
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  Speaker 3: We're still working to confirm all of them, but we
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  Speaker 3: have that available. If anyone has questions they would like
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  Speaker 3: us to ask the candidates during the forum, they can
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  Speaker 3: email them to me or you can call into the
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  Speaker 3: Chamber office as well.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, again that is coming up before the
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  Speaker 1: April consolidated election. We've got a lot of interesting off
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  Speaker 1: year elections. Of course, last year was a very interesting
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  Speaker 1: year of elections, but this one should be a very
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  Speaker 1: interesting year as well because we've got lots of city
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  Speaker 1: council opening, school board openings, things like that, and as
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  Speaker 1: Dallas mentioned, Alderman openings in Sterling. And again they're going
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  Speaker 1: to be hosting that candidate's forum in March.
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  Speaker 2: The nineteen nineteenthyt.
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  Speaker 3: Seventy the nineteenth at six pm at the City Hall.
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  Speaker 1: At Sterling City Hall, So again through the Stock Valley
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  Speaker 1: Area Chamber, they're hosting the candidate's forum to get you
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  Speaker 1: set with news and information from the candidate's running for
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  Speaker 1: those important offices in Sterling. And to kind of wrap
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  Speaker 1: things up, we mentioned that you're going to have another
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  Speaker 1: networking event in April. You wanted to preview that.
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  Speaker 3: Little Yes, that'll be April thirtieth. Lee Hartman is presenting
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  Speaker 3: on emotional intelligence and leadership and that is I'm very
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  Speaker 3: excited for this one, so highly requested topic. We're very
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  Speaker 3: excited to have Lee. She's a fantastic speaker. So April
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  Speaker 3: thirtieth at Champs.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, and what we'll do is preview that one even
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  Speaker 1: further in depth. We'll get a lot more information come
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  Speaker 1: our April report, because that's the next time we'll be
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  Speaker 1: talking with Dallas from our Sock Valley Area Chamber. Every
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  Speaker 1: other month we get the news and information from your
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  Speaker 1: Stck Valley Area Chamber of Commerce, and that event will
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  Speaker 1: take place hopefully after the time that we chat with
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  Speaker 1: Dallas next right here on AM fourteen sixteen FM ninety
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  Speaker 1: five one. What a great time and a great report
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  Speaker 1: to that Dallas shares with us this morning to get
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  Speaker 1: us launched into twenty twenty five. As far as our
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  Speaker 1: Sock Chamber reports are concerned, Man, we thank you so
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  Speaker 1: very much. I hope your holidays were good. Yes, and
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  Speaker 1: again we're often running in twenty twenty five with news
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  Speaker 1: and information from the Sock Valley area chambers, so we'll
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  Speaker 1: have Dallas on board with us throughout the year to
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  Speaker 1: give us the lowdown of what is happening in our area.
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  Speaker 1: Right here on AM fourteen sixteen FM ninety five one,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for joining us.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: The executive director of the Stuck Valley Area Chamber of
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  Speaker 1: commresce Dallas Knack, our guest on the eight fifteen talk Line.
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  Speaker 1: Today here at WIX, Let's go to press, next to
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  Speaker 1: Day thirty. Get Tim leave. Good morning for Shaw local News.
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