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Talk-Line: Shaw Local on a new business in Sterling · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: The microphones this morning to bring us the update from
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  Speaker 1: Shaw Local News. Charlene Bielaman, Hello, Hi, good to see
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  Speaker 1: you think yeah yeah. Reporter Brandon Clark, Well, you've already
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  Speaker 1: heard for Brandon the morning, but he is with us
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  Speaker 1: here to talk Shaw Local. So Brandon, good morning, Thanks
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  Speaker 1: for Joe morning, and we are here to talk about
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  Speaker 1: the headlines of the day and the headlines of the
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  Speaker 1: week as far as Shaw Local News is concerned. And
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  Speaker 1: we wanted to start off i think in Brandon's area
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  Speaker 1: talking about the murcant Teals. Yeah, yeah, what's this all about?
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  Speaker 2: So the murcant teal Is is a restaurant owned by
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  Speaker 2: Ryan and Ashley Nairs, who also own an joining business
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  Speaker 2: in the same building, the Alchemy Ballroom events space. So
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  Speaker 2: they had recently applied for a special permit that will
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  Speaker 2: allow the Murcantel to stay open till three am for
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  Speaker 2: special events. So right now, because they serve liquor, they're
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  Speaker 2: supposed to shut down by one If the Sterling City
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  Speaker 2: Council ends up approving it later this month, that would
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  Speaker 2: allow them for it's only up to twelve events a year,
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  Speaker 2: to be able to stay open till three last call
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  Speaker 2: at two fifteen, and so I don't know if you
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  Speaker 2: guys were out there, but they held their first Halloween
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  Speaker 2: bash and that thing was massive. They said they had
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  Speaker 2: over eight hundred people coming through the door just for
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  Speaker 2: that Halloween party, some some people from over an hour away.
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  Speaker 2: And so they just kind of want to let the
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  Speaker 2: good times roll down in downtown Sterling just a little
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  Speaker 2: bit longer. So they've also been doing some work. You'll
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  Speaker 2: notice on the online story they're standing in front of
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  Speaker 2: an arch. They've actually smashed through that archway now to
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  Speaker 2: expand dining. Okay, they're going to be having additional entertainment options.
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  Speaker 2: They've kind of revamped and simplified their menu and so yeah, hopefully,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we'll we'll get to see some special events
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  Speaker 2: kind of happening later in Sterling.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, And obviously you got to go through the I
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  Speaker 1: guess moves and regulations of the community right in order
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  Speaker 1: to get these things in line.
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  Speaker 2: Then yeah, yeah, and this and this. These permits would
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  Speaker 2: you know, be open to anybody that serves liquors. So
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  Speaker 2: it's not just persuade to them. But one thing they've
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  Speaker 2: emphasized is that it's not about the ability to serve
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  Speaker 2: liquor longer. It's about the ability to stay open longer
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  Speaker 2: for these kind of events where they're finding not just
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  Speaker 2: younger people, although they are getting a lot more of
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  Speaker 2: that crowd asking for it. They want to stay out later.
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  Speaker 2: They don't want to have to go to Chicago to
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  Speaker 2: stay you know, we're staying open till three is kind
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  Speaker 2: of a common place.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that makes sense, sure, and you know, yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: stay local and you know, stay in the area instead
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  Speaker 1: of traveling to other areas to try to you know,
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  Speaker 1: fill in the gaps, so to speak. So very interesting
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  Speaker 1: story that door we're following in there. Uh So we'll
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  Speaker 1: keep on tap of that and you get some rock falls. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So Kaladi's House of Hope. I've been following this ever
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  Speaker 2: since this was this was conceptionalized. So there is a
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  Speaker 2: former I want to say. It's a nursing home right
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  Speaker 2: across kitty corner from uh sell Me's uh that they
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  Speaker 2: used to be a nursing that was gifted to the
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  Speaker 2: Sock Valley Voices of Recovery to Buildings and so what
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  Speaker 2: they've done is they've turned this into a sober living
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  Speaker 2: facility for women helping them you know, reclaim their life
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  Speaker 2: after dealing with addiction. So I got a chance to
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  Speaker 2: not only go for the ribbon cutting, but recently go
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  Speaker 2: there and kind of do a tour of the new facility.
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  Speaker 2: It's really beautiful to speak with some of their residents
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  Speaker 2: who say that this place has been absolutely life changing
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  Speaker 2: for them. Their days are structured, they get additional responsibilities.
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  Speaker 2: And so it's a forty two to two bed facility.
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  Speaker 2: They've got one in they got studio and one bedroom units.
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  Speaker 2: And so what these residents do is they have a
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  Speaker 2: structured program that allows them to gradually gain more freedom
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  Speaker 2: and responsibility in their life as they're reclaiming their lives.
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  Speaker 2: So this is something that's really been you know, they said,
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  Speaker 2: has been needed in the area. And so now they're
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  Speaker 2: taking applications. They're not full, They've still got more room.
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  Speaker 2: So go over to Salt Valley Voices of Recovery website
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  Speaker 2: and you know, if you know someone or if you're
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  Speaker 2: someone who's interested.
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  Speaker 1: In this, Yeah, the initials s are that's the website.
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  Speaker 1: So I think it's dot org dot org is dot
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  Speaker 1: or s v v o R dot org. We're gonna
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  Speaker 1: be chatting with the Soft Valley Voices and Recovery next
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  Speaker 1: week because their recover cont is coming up very shortly,
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  Speaker 1: so we're going to be involved with that, and we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna be chatting with officials from Salt Value Voices, So
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  Speaker 1: they might just want to bring out this area as
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  Speaker 1: well when we chat with them, uh down the line
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  Speaker 1: in the month of Octobers. But very exciting news, really nice,
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  Speaker 1: really really great news for those in need in the
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  Speaker 1: Rock Falls area. Lee County. We're going to talk about some.
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  Speaker 3: The burn ords. Yeah, there's been some activity at the
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  Speaker 3: county board level where they're discussing. Basically, what it comes
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  Speaker 3: down to is when you have days of heavy winds
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  Speaker 3: and you have red flag warnings and such and you're
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  Speaker 3: talking about fires, maybe that people want to burn on
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  Speaker 3: their own property if the conditions are wrong or should
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  Speaker 3: I say right, and those buyers take off, then you
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  Speaker 3: have a lot of resources that go to that, and
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  Speaker 3: so the the discussion is is how do we control
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  Speaker 3: some of that, like to be a responsible burner. So
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  Speaker 3: they're looking at it and saying, Okay, if you're going
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  Speaker 3: to have a fire, you know you have to have
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  Speaker 3: somebody who's eighteen years old who's responsible. This is what
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  Speaker 3: your water source you should have there, and they're tweaking
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  Speaker 3: that a little bit to bring it back forth for
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  Speaker 3: an October twenty three vote by the county board. The
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  Speaker 3: first version came through, they heard some feedback. The county
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  Speaker 3: board heard some feedback and decided, hey, we want to
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  Speaker 3: make this a little less restrictive than we were before.
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  Speaker 3: But it comes down to what the sheriff said, to
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  Speaker 3: be responsible when you're actually burning out there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, yeah, and especially this year, we're parched. We're
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  Speaker 1: very dry, We're parched across Illinois.
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  Speaker 3: So well, my husband, of course, being an ex firefighter,
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  Speaker 3: what do we have around the house?
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  Speaker 1: Scanners?
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  Speaker 3: We can hear those. And there were those types of
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  Speaker 3: calls last week and they're move ups. Then you had
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  Speaker 3: the fire departments move up to help, and sure, so
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  Speaker 3: there was a lot of that kind of activity happening
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  Speaker 3: last weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Sure, absolutely. And you know, you know we've talked about
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  Speaker 1: the chaos area, you know, and the coordination departments you
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  Speaker 1: have that you had that with Shaw Local, you know
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  Speaker 1: before we were talking about the gathering of the fire
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  Speaker 1: departments and this is probably part of the organization now
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  Speaker 1: and again with the ordinances, not surprising especially this year
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  Speaker 1: because it's been so dry right that we need maybe
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  Speaker 1: a tweak as you mentioned right on the on the
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  Speaker 1: ordinance in Lee County, so we'll keep on time.
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  Speaker 3: Safe for Yeah, I'm making it safe for everybody and
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  Speaker 3: for property because just because it's your property and it's
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  Speaker 3: like I want to do, you know, what I want
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  Speaker 3: to do on my property, those kind of fires can
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  Speaker 3: easily affect your neighbors. We've seen that happen before.
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  Speaker 1: So absolutely, and especially in rural areas, outdoor farm fields,
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  Speaker 1: even tractors and combines out on the field can ignite
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  Speaker 1: because it's that dry. So we really need to take
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  Speaker 1: this all over advisement, and so the Lee County is
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  Speaker 1: doing that. With the report that we have from Shaw
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  Speaker 1: Local today breast cancer awareness.
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  Speaker 3: It is we're starting to see a lot of submitted
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  Speaker 3: items about different fundraisers that are happening throughout the month,
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  Speaker 3: walks that are happening. It's a cause it's kind of
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  Speaker 3: like near and dear to me because runs in our family. Grandmother,
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  Speaker 3: a couple of aunts that have had brist cancer ware,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just to be aware anything we can do
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  Speaker 3: to get that message out, but at the same time
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  Speaker 3: to actually raise funds for research or you know, care
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  Speaker 3: and comfort.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, and especially early detection. We all early detection
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  Speaker 1: with this, you just you just.
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  Speaker 3: Os Also we have a story that's coming up to
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  Speaker 3: about OSF and some businesses that are actually.
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  Speaker 1: Conducting their own fundraisers. Right there's like four of them,
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  Speaker 1: I think Angelo's, Culver's, Chipotle, and then a.
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  Speaker 3: T shirt Khali yep yep to I'll work together and
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  Speaker 3: it's for specifically Warmen Care.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, absolutely, this this is geared towards breast cancer awareness
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  Speaker 1: and they're all pitching in with os F Saint Catherine
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  Speaker 1: to again get the word out and to fund you know,
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  Speaker 1: necessary areas, uh, to make you know this is serious stuff.
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  Speaker 1: We're not you know, this is nothing to joke around
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  Speaker 1: with that you just mentioned Charlene with your your family
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  Speaker 1: and you know it's it could.
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  Speaker 3: Be any family, execut It comes down to it comes
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  Speaker 3: down to early detection and not all the time because
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  Speaker 3: you know, aggressive cancer there's there's all also that kind
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  Speaker 3: of a situation, but early detection does it's important to
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  Speaker 3: think about that absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: And we'll be connecting with the YWCA of the Sock
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  Speaker 1: Valley because they're a part of this effort this month
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  Speaker 1: of October, so we'll be connecting there and bringing a
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  Speaker 1: lot of information with those guys as well. So we'll
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  Speaker 1: have a lot of connections with Seawan Local covering the
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  Speaker 1: events and stories of the morning that Charlene and Brandon
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  Speaker 1: bring us today here at wy accent So Viviance. Let's
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  Speaker 1: let's there's a lot of that. It's the event list
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  Speaker 1: October event.
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  Speaker 3: Isn't this the favorite time of the year.
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  Speaker 1: I think it is.
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  Speaker 3: I think it is right.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. I got a wedding to be October
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  Speaker 1: is great.
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  Speaker 3: One of my kids was born on Halloween.
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  Speaker 1: It's great. That's it. You would always get more candy
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  Speaker 1: geared up boy, and you see Halloween in July.
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  Speaker 3: You do you do exactly because why wouldn't you, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: it's Halloween.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So we've got the Rock Falls has a Slumberjat festival
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  Speaker 3: coming up this weekend. We've got the Scarecrow Festival on
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  Speaker 3: the eighteenth, which is always a big draw for our area.
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  Speaker 3: Fulton Festival, they have a Fall festival coming up. I
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  Speaker 3: know that they have one that's downtown, but they also
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  Speaker 3: have one that takes place in Heritage Canyon. A little
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  Speaker 3: plug here. If you've never been to the canyon, go
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  Speaker 3: to the canyon.
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  Speaker 1: It's really cool. It is really cool. It's cool.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, with the restoration, it's got homes there. It kind
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  Speaker 3: of reflects in eighteen sixties kind of feel with cabins
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  Speaker 3: and the settlers. And it's a great thing to do
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  Speaker 3: in the fall.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, I think it's great. And that's all part of
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  Speaker 1: that Fulton Fall Festival that comes up during this month
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  Speaker 1: of October. Don't forget this weekend too, it's autumnd Parade
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  Speaker 1: in Oregon. Yeah, you know, the two day event. We
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  Speaker 1: just talked with Debbie Dixon, who is going to be
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  Speaker 1: stepping aside after this Autumn Parade. She's been coordinating for
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  Speaker 1: three decades plus. Oh wow. And so she is stepping
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  Speaker 1: aside making way for others to take over because she
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  Speaker 1: has been doing the job. She was with the Oregon
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  Speaker 1: Chamber for a little bit, but she is stepping aside
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  Speaker 1: after this year to let the future take over and
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  Speaker 1: get things.
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  Speaker 3: I think that's a great point because we never really
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  Speaker 3: think about the legacy of these events and it's like
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  Speaker 3: having a line of succession of how did we used
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  Speaker 3: to do it? I don't know, you know exactly. I
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  Speaker 3: think about that with Dutch Days because we started in
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  Speaker 3: the early seventies and.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely we had a very successful run of events though
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  Speaker 1: we just had the more to paint the town event
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  Speaker 1: we did that was well, that was ton I saw
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  Speaker 1: people over there for that's really good to paint the town.
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  Speaker 1: And so we've had all kinds of you know, great events.
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  Speaker 1: Weather it is cooperated for the most part. You know,
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  Speaker 1: even though we can complain about you know, not having
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  Speaker 1: water in the gardens and the lawns and the fields,
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  Speaker 1: it still has cooperated for these outdoor.
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  Speaker 2: Fists right erectly.
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  Speaker 1: So that's that's kind of on the flip side of
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  Speaker 1: what's happening across our area. With that, guys, we're going
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  Speaker 1: to say thank you so very anything else, no, not
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  Speaker 1: for me. We'll just wait till next week and bring
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  Speaker 1: everybody up to date on more stories through Shaw Local
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  Speaker 1: right here on FM ninety five one and a fourteen
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  Speaker 1: sixty W mics and Charlie Beidama, Brandon Clark, we'll see
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  Speaker 1: you in a couple of seconds. Charlie will see you
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  Speaker 1: next week right here. Well absolutely, Charlie will be with us,
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  Speaker 1: you know, throughout the week. News chores too.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we were alternating. It allows us to kind of
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  Speaker 3: have that different voice.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so we'll Charlie will be you'll handling some news
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  Speaker 1: chores as well for us here at Wison. Thanks guys,
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  Speaker 1: you're work. Yes today, that's our report from Shaw Local
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  Speaker 1: in the Sock Valley to look for your next vehicle?
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