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Talk-Line: Sam Kersey on Rock Falls holiday events · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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Speaker 1: This is Tuesday. It's October twenty eight years, twenty twenty five,
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Speaker 1: and it's time for another informational edition of talk Line
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Speaker 1: here at WIXN Radio. Good morning, I'm Steve Marco. It
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Speaker 1: is time to touch base with our friends from the
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Speaker 1: Rock Falls Area Chamber of Commerce. Periodically throughout the year
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Speaker 1: we get news and information from the Rock Falls Chamber
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Speaker 1: and deliver the information today kind of a bittersweet talk
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Speaker 1: line between yours truly and the President and CEO of
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Speaker 1: the Rock Falls Area Chamber of Commerce. Our dear friend
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Speaker 1: Sam Kersey is live with us on telephone this morning
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Speaker 1: with us here at WIXN. Sam, Good morning, Good morning Steve.
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Speaker 2: How are you today?
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Speaker 1: I am fine, ma'am, And how are you?
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Speaker 2: I'm good. It's definitely a better suite moment, that's for sure.
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Speaker 2: We definitely got the spookiest news of the year that
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Speaker 2: on Halloween that our dear friend Steve Marco will be retiring,
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Speaker 2: and that is definitely sad news for not only us,
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Speaker 2: but our whole community. It was definitely some scary, scary news.
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Speaker 2: After forty five years of your dedication and your service
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Speaker 2: to our community, You're gonna officially be leaving us, So
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Speaker 2: we're really sad to hear that, but the Rock Falls
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Speaker 2: Chamber is very proud and very honored to have worked
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Speaker 2: alongside you for so many years. We truly hope you've
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Speaker 2: had a great retirement. It's hard to believe that you
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Speaker 2: started all the way back in nineteen eighty. That's amazing.
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Speaker 2: Is there any any good news or any anything you
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Speaker 2: want to share to the next generation before you leave,
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Speaker 2: to make sure we have some good, good recommendation, you know.
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Speaker 1: That's that's a great point you bring up, sir, That's
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Speaker 1: a great point the next generation. I like that, you know,
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Speaker 1: because I think, you know, with my stepping down on Friday,
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Speaker 1: kind of closes an era that you know of experience
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Speaker 1: here at our radio stations, you know, with the family
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Speaker 1: changing and you know, a new era and stepping forth.
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Speaker 1: I think there are exciting times ahead. I really do,
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Speaker 1: and I'm hoping that again. We'll obviously keep connections with you,
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Speaker 1: Sam and our good friends from the Rock Falls Chamber.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Sam has been with us every step of the way
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Speaker 1: since her again inauguration into becoming president and CEO of
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Speaker 1: the Rock Falls Chamber. She has been a staple with
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Speaker 1: us every step of the way, but we can go
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Speaker 1: back even further, Sam, and I know that well. You
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Speaker 1: probably have more of the history of the Rock Falls
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Speaker 1: Chamber than I do at my fingertips. But again, we
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Speaker 1: have been blessed with great leadership from the community of
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Speaker 1: Rock Falls and the Rock Falls Chamber, and I want
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Speaker 1: to thank you Sam personally for being there for us.
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Speaker 1: You have made yourself available man many times in bringing
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Speaker 1: us the news of the day for Rock Falls, and
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Speaker 1: we appreciate that. And I thank you very much for
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Speaker 1: the kind words as I kind of exit stage left
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Speaker 1: this coming Friday. But I think we'll be in good
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Speaker 1: hands moving forward, and I hope Sam Percy and our
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Speaker 1: friends from the Rock Falls Chamber along for the ride
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Speaker 1: again for the duration here at w I xcent. Sam,
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Speaker 1: I appreciate your kind words. Thank you very much. I
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Speaker 1: didn't know it was going to be kind of scary.
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Speaker 2: Very scary tho. After all that time, you've had a
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Speaker 2: lot of years of hard work and dedication. It's going
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Speaker 2: to be big shoes for anybody to fill well.
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Speaker 1: And I hope I believe we were moving in that
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Speaker 1: path and will be good, you know, moving forward. And again,
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Speaker 1: like I said, Sam, hopefully will be along for the
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Speaker 1: ride as we continue our communications with the Rock Falls
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Speaker 1: Chamber moving forward. We want, though, to spotlight today some
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Speaker 1: news and information from the Rock Falls Chamber. We're going
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Speaker 1: to talk about the whole quarter for Rock Falls Chamber
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Speaker 1: information from October into the end of the year with
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Speaker 1: Sam today at WIX and of course taking center stage
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Speaker 1: is a major highlight in the month of November.
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Speaker 2: Sam.
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Speaker 1: We are going to kick things off by top talking
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Speaker 1: about the holidays. And when we talk about the holidays,
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Speaker 1: not yet are we going to talk about hometown holidays.
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Speaker 1: We're going to save that for the second. Sam's going
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Speaker 1: to stick around, She's going to be with us for
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Speaker 1: again an expanded talk line today here at WIXON. But
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Speaker 1: we're going to kick things off, yes, with a kind
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Speaker 1: of a forerunner of hometown holidays, and that is your
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Speaker 1: Holiday Bingo, which is going to take place in the
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Speaker 1: month of November. Set us up for that.
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Speaker 2: This is going to be the biggest, best, grandest bingo
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Speaker 2: we've ever had. If you've ever been to holiday Bingo
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Speaker 2: and you thought it was big before, it's about to
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Speaker 2: get even bigger. So we're officially moving to the McCormick
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Speaker 2: Event Center. So we've always been in the Rock Falls
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Speaker 2: American Legion. We love them. They are great partners with us.
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Speaker 2: If you have an vent coming up, please call the
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Speaker 2: Rock Falls American Legion. We definitely want to support that venue.
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Speaker 2: This event unfortunately just outgrew it. It became so big
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Speaker 2: and so many people wanted to come to bingo. We
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Speaker 2: had waiting lists, the venue was getting a little crammed,
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Speaker 2: our lines were getting a little bit too long, and
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Speaker 2: we will definitely want to make sure to keep inflating
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Speaker 2: this event and making it the Bingo of the community.
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Speaker 2: So we took all of everybody's recommendations and ways to
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Speaker 2: make this better, and we've listened and we are here
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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty five for the biggest Bingo there is
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Speaker 2: so at the McCormick Event Center. There's going to be
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Speaker 2: a lot more space. That venue is huge. If you've
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Speaker 2: never been inside there, definitely check it out. The pathways
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Speaker 2: between your chairs are going to be so much bigger.
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Speaker 2: And we've even called in special reinforcements for this bingo.
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Speaker 2: So we have a special Bingo caller. It's going to
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Speaker 2: be mister claud himself.
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Speaker 1: Oh wow, Chata.
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Speaker 2: Will be coming in the Northfold to call Bingo that
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Speaker 2: night for everybody.
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Speaker 1: All right, dates and times, Sam Now, please of when
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Speaker 1: this is going to unfold in November.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely, Holiday Bingo is gonna be Thursday, November twentieth. But
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Speaker 2: get your tickets right now, run, do not walk. We
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Speaker 2: are over halfway sold out. We're about two thirds of
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Speaker 2: the way sold out of tickets right now, so we
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Speaker 2: only have a limited amount left. Holiday Bingo tickets are
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Speaker 2: on sale right now today at the stock Valley Bank
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Speaker 2: locations in Sterling or Rockfalls, any of the locations. You
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Speaker 2: can just go on in there and give them your name.
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Speaker 2: Tickets start at fifteen dollars, but you definitely want that
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Speaker 2: thirty five dollars ticket that gets you in all the
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Speaker 2: games that night, those huge prizes. If you can't make
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Speaker 2: it to stck Valley Bank, that's okay, jump right online
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Speaker 2: to the Rock Falls Chamber website. The Rockfalls Chamber dot
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Speaker 2: com has Bingo tickets on sale right now, so jump
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Speaker 2: online there. Doors will open at four o'clock that day
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Speaker 2: and then the games will begin at six o'clock. But again,
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Speaker 2: we're not gonna have door seats open a tickets at
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Speaker 2: the door. We are going to sell out for this event.
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Speaker 2: It's just one of those events we always sell out.
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Speaker 2: So jump online, call your friends, get a group of
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Speaker 2: tens so you can get those seats reserved, and definitely
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Speaker 2: make sure to check out this Holiday Bingo again. There's
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Speaker 2: bigger prizes such as that electric fireplace in there, the
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Speaker 2: popcorn machine, Santa snack bag full of exotic snacks the
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Speaker 2: kids push right on. And then don't forget that huge
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Speaker 2: mega one thousand dollars shop Local jackpot. That's one thousand
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Speaker 2: dollars in local gift cards where you can shop local
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Speaker 2: this holiday season for your family. That's huge, and one
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Speaker 2: lucky winner is going to take that home that night.
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Speaker 2: So make sure to get your tickets right now.
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Speaker 1: All right, again, the tickets are on sale, and I
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Speaker 1: would not procrastinate. As Sam mentioned, don't procrastinate if you're
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Speaker 1: planning on attending this event. Even though yeah, we're talking
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Speaker 1: about November the twentieth again for Holiday Bingo Day in
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Speaker 1: Rock Falls, tickets will be going fast. This is going
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Speaker 1: to be a sellout even as we move to a
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Speaker 1: larger location, which is the McCormick Center in Rock Falls.
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Speaker 1: You want to get your tickets as soon as possible,
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Speaker 1: and as Sam mentioned, you can drop into any Sock
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Speaker 1: Valley Bank location across our northern now we're talking mostly
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Speaker 1: the Rock Falls area banks. Are we talking about all
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Speaker 1: areas Sock Valley Banks here, Sterling.
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Speaker 2: And rock Falls? And you can stop into any Sterling
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Speaker 2: location as well.
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Speaker 1: Okay, all right, So in Sterling and in Rock Falls,
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Speaker 1: the Sock Valley Bank locations are carrying those tickets to
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Speaker 1: Holiday Bingo. So stop into any one of those bank
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Speaker 1: locations and tell them that you want to be a
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Speaker 1: part of Holiday Bingo again. As Sam mentioned, it's a
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Speaker 1: fifteen dollars starter, but that thirty five dollars ticket price
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Speaker 1: will get you a lot more at the McCormick Center
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Speaker 1: on November the twentieth. It's Holiday Bingo. It's presented by
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Speaker 1: the Rock Falls Area Chamber. It's been a staple of
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Speaker 1: their holiday festivities. It is in the month of November,
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Speaker 1: and it is coming your way in less than a
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Speaker 1: month to the Rock Falls again area and a new location,
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Speaker 1: Holiday Bingo taking place at the McCormick Center in Rock Falls.
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Speaker 1: I think it's a great move and again we'll offer
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Speaker 1: up even more opportunities and even more again players to
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Speaker 1: be a board for that holiday Bingo event in November.
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Speaker 1: That's just the tip of the iceberg. When we're talking
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Speaker 1: about upcoming events for the holidays, We've got a big
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Speaker 1: one coming in November as well. This is just the
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Speaker 1: forerunner of the Hometown Holidays event. And as Sam talked
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Speaker 1: about off air, there's going to be a lot of
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Speaker 1: change with Hometown Holidays this year. We're going to talk
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Speaker 1: about that. Sam Cursey is our guest from the Rock
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Speaker 1: Falls Area Chamber. Sam, we're going to put you on
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Speaker 1: hold for just a couple of minutes because we're going
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Speaker 1: to go to a news first update at the half hour,
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Speaker 1: but when we come back, it's all Hometown Holidays in
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Speaker 1: the next half hour here at WIXON. Let's take a
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Speaker 1: break with Brandon Clark next on WYXAM, and we continue
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Speaker 1: our conversation on this Tuesday with our good friends from
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Speaker 1: the Rock Falls Chamber of Congress. The President and CEO.
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Speaker 1: There is Sam Cursey. She is live with us by
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Speaker 1: telephone this morning to again present part two of our
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Speaker 1: expanded talk Line today here at WIX. And Sam, again,
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Speaker 1: thank you so very much joining us today and thank
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Speaker 1: you for spending the extra time with us in our
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Speaker 1: talk line broadcast today.
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Speaker 2: Thank you for having me, and thank you for giving
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Speaker 2: me the honor of being one of your last interviews
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Speaker 2: this week.
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Speaker 1: Yes, sir, Yes, indeed, Sam will be one of our
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Speaker 1: final stops on our train, so to speak here at
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Speaker 1: wy Xen. Yeah, we still have a few days to
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Speaker 1: go and we still have some special guests joining us.
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Speaker 1: But Sam is one of our special guests. She has
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Speaker 1: been with us for many, many years since her again
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Speaker 1: installment as our president and CEO of the Rock Falls
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Speaker 1: Area Chamber. She has been on board with us every
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Speaker 1: step of the way. How long has that been, Sam?
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Speaker 1: How long you've been president's CEO rock Falls Chamber.
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Speaker 2: I've been president's CEO for about three years now and
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Speaker 2: I've been with the chamber for seven years now, okay.
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Speaker 1: Now, And every step of the way, we've had Sam
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Speaker 1: on board with us, you know, handling the news and
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Speaker 1: information from the Rock Falls Chamber. And we've always appreciated
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Speaker 1: her time taken because her days are busy as well, friends,
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Speaker 1: and again her time taking to spend with us here
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Speaker 1: at WI Exent. Sam, Let's move on and talk about
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Speaker 1: another holiday activity that's happening in November. Holiday Bingo is
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Speaker 1: November twentieth, and as we mentioned, it's kind of a
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Speaker 1: forerunner of good things to come Hometown Holidays just before Thanksgiving.
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Speaker 1: Talk about that in this half hour now.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely our Christmas Walk and our big Hometown Holidays event
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Speaker 2: is coming up. This big three day event is just
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Speaker 2: a tradition here in Rock Falls that many families look
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Speaker 2: forward to. On November twenty first is our Hometown Holidays
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Speaker 2: Christmas Walk. And there's lots and lots of changes, so
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Speaker 2: definitely check the website or definitely keep up today on
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Speaker 2: lots of changes happening there. One thing I want to
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Speaker 2: mention is our season's eatings giveaway happening right now. That
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Speaker 2: giveaway is sponsored by the butcher Shop Save a Lot
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Speaker 2: in Tastily Baked Bakery. They are giving away a huge
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Speaker 2: raffle basket full of a holiday feast. It's everything that
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Speaker 2: your family needs for their holiday feasts this season, from
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Speaker 2: the side to the large ham to the bake goods
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Speaker 2: on the sides. So tickets are only five dollars for
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Speaker 2: a chance to win that huge megabasket, and tickets that
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Speaker 2: are on sale now through November twenty second. You can
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Speaker 2: jump online or step into mud and Moo or the
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Speaker 2: Rock Falls Chamber for those tickets. But going back to
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Speaker 2: the Christmas Walk, those are going to have a lot
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Speaker 2: new things happening down there. So we've heard again, We've
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Speaker 2: gone down there, We've talked to our local businesses, We've
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Speaker 2: talked to our vendors. How do we make these events
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Speaker 2: bigger and better? Because our mission here at the Rock
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Speaker 2: Falls Chamber is business success and community engagement. We want
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Speaker 2: the community looking forward to these events and going out
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Speaker 2: and joying themselves with our families, while supporting our local
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Speaker 2: businesses and drawing attraction down there as well. So the
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Speaker 2: vendors are going to be indoors this year. Typically they're
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Speaker 2: down there at RB and W Park. This year, I've
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Speaker 2: moved everything out of RB and W Park. There is
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Speaker 2: nothing down there for Hometown Holidays. This year, our vendors
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Speaker 2: have moved over across the street and they will now
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Speaker 2: be at the Foundry or the formerly known as the
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Speaker 2: NAP's Bankwet. We talked to Riley and she's very, very
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Speaker 2: excited for the Foundry to join the Hometown Holidays and
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Speaker 2: be part of this great festive season. So go down
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Speaker 2: there check out our wonderful vendors. They will be inside
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Speaker 2: this year. So while you're checking them out and shopping,
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Speaker 2: you don't have to be out in the cold as much.
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Speaker 2: Sana as well has moved. He has moved inside of
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Speaker 2: PC Tech to you right there on West Second Street.
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Speaker 2: So Sanna has usually been out in the cold taking
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Speaker 2: photos with all the kids, and he is such a
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Speaker 2: jolly man. He loves coming down every season. But this
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Speaker 2: year we decided we need to warm him up a little.
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Speaker 2: He's usually getting a little cold at the North Pole
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Speaker 2: and maybe he needs a little toastiness. So PC Tech
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Speaker 2: warmed their hearts and open their doors and made sure
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Speaker 2: to give Sannah a place to stay. So on November
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Speaker 2: twenty feet from five to seven, come down to PC
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Speaker 2: Tech for those free photos with Sanna. You and your
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Speaker 2: family are more welcome, We'd love to have you. PC
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Speaker 2: Tech is great supporters of the Rock Falls Chamber and
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Speaker 2: Hometown Holidays. They've done so much for us, including helping
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Speaker 2: us with all that Bengo equipment the night before. We
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Speaker 2: could not do that huge mega holiday Bingo without Robert
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Speaker 2: and PC Tech. They're definitely experts in their field. Moving
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Speaker 2: back on to Hometown Holidays Christmas Walk, we've also moved
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Speaker 2: a big portion of this event, our love Light Ceremony,
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Speaker 2: that is a very special piece to our community. Each year,
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Speaker 2: for only five dollars, the community can register their loved
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Speaker 2: ones names and we recite it down at the love
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Speaker 2: Light Ceremony and the night of the Christmas Walk, as
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Speaker 2: well as publish it in the newspaper on Christmas Eve.
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Speaker 2: Those registrations are open right now. You can jump on
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Speaker 2: the Rock Falls Chamber website or go right over to
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Speaker 2: the Rock Falls Library and get those in. Make sure
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Speaker 2: to do that before November tenth though, so we can
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Speaker 2: get in the ceremony and in the newspaper. But that ceremony,
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Speaker 2: it's getting a little cold out there, and we understand
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Speaker 2: and that maybe grandma and grandpa don't want to sit
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Speaker 2: down there for long periods of time. So we've teamed
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Speaker 2: up with the Rock Falls United Methodist Church. They're located
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Speaker 2: right at two ten Fourth Avenue. It's right behind the
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Speaker 2: Pink Heels fire Station or the Rock Falls Farmer's Market
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Speaker 2: right on Second Street. Right there. They've generously offered to
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Speaker 2: open up their doors and taken the love Light Ceremony,
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Speaker 2: so we will be reciting the names inside of the
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Speaker 2: church that night at six o'clock, so come grab your family,
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Speaker 2: bring grandma down. You guys can sit in the warm,
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Speaker 2: nice church. We'll have a special presentation that night. We
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Speaker 2: are joined by the Salvation Army who will be doing
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Speaker 2: their Kettle kickoff as well as playing some live music
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Speaker 2: down there as well. So definitely make sure to take
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Speaker 2: note of those big changes from the vendors to Santa
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Speaker 2: Claus to the love light ceremony. But then don't forget
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Speaker 2: we have our typical great festivities happing down there that
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Speaker 2: night as well, so there's gonna be our free carriage
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Speaker 2: rides as well. They are usually right behind PC Tech.
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Speaker 2: You can jump on the free wagon rides and go
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Speaker 2: through town and see all the beautiful lights and all
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Speaker 2: the shops open right here in rock Falls. It truly
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Speaker 2: is the most magical time here in rock Falls. Lots
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Speaker 2: of cocoa snacks, trees, holiday giveaways happening. Businesses can join
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Speaker 2: the fun right now. It's only a fifteen dollars registration
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Speaker 2: for Chamber members to come be part of this, be
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Speaker 2: part of this great festivity in this local tradition, there'll
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Speaker 2: be kids activities. We are also joined by the Stirling
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Speaker 2: Park District Gymnastics team. They will be doing special performances
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Speaker 2: downtown as well. And then don't forget the huge mega
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Speaker 2: draw here. Wicker Insurance wants to make sure that this
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Speaker 2: is one of the best Christmas Walks of the area.
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Speaker 2: So Wicker Insurance is sponsoring the thousand dollars jackprop prize again,
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Speaker 2: so that thousand dollars cash prize is going to be
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Speaker 2: given away that night to unlucky winner. To participate, all
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Speaker 2: you have to do is go through the Christmas Walk
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Speaker 2: and collect free tickets at participating locations. You can check
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Speaker 2: out where those locations are right on our website, So
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Speaker 2: go down there, collect your free tickets, and then right
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Speaker 2: at seven forty five meet us down there with Santa
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Speaker 2: Claus and we will announce a thousand dollars prize winner.
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Speaker 2: And I know people are getting confused, Sam, You're giving
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Speaker 2: away one thousand dollars every day down there. Yes, we are.
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Speaker 2: There's one thousand dollars given away at Holiday Bingo on
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Speaker 2: Thursday night, and there's another thousand dollars given away on
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Speaker 2: Friday night on November twenty first at the Christmas Walk,
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Speaker 2: So don't miss Hometown Holidays. We're giving away lots of
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Speaker 2: money lots of great activities. Registrations are open now in
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Speaker 2: the Rock Fast Chamber website. We'd love for everybody to
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Speaker 2: be part, whether your business looking to get exposure and
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Speaker 2: grow your connections, or a community member just coming to
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Speaker 2: look down for some festive holiday fun.
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Speaker 1: Yep. Absolutely, this is Hometown Holidays Week and Sam Curcy
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Speaker 1: is here from the Rock Foals Chain to tell us
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Speaker 1: all about it. We've talked about holiday Bingo on the twentieth,
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Speaker 1: and the Christmas Walk and the really nuts and bolts
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Speaker 1: of the Hometown Holidays takes place on the twenty first.
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Speaker 1: That's that Friday. And don't forget those changes that Sam
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Speaker 1: mentioned that are going to be taking place during Hometown
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Speaker 1: Holiday's twenty twenty five. But exciting changes, and I think
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Speaker 1: good for the community and good for those that participate
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Speaker 1: in the Hometown Holidays activities in Rock Falls on the
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Speaker 1: twenty first. But we're not done yet, are we, Sam?
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Speaker 1: I mean we move into the weekend, don't we with
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Speaker 1: some a couple more activities, is that right?
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Speaker 2: Absolutely? That's only day two of our three day huge
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Speaker 2: mega event. And before I go to Saturday, November twenty second,
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Speaker 2: I do want to mention one thing that we are
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Speaker 2: grateful for Joe McDonald and McDonald's Unior Home. They are
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Speaker 2: the ones that sponsor our Lovelight ceremony each year, so
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Speaker 2: they're the ones that get that newspaper article published on
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Speaker 2: Christmas Eve. So thank you Joe McDonald and McDonald's Funeral
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Speaker 2: Home for being part of our community. We really appreciate you, guys.
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Speaker 2: And then moving on to November twenty second, that third
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Speaker 2: day of Hometown Holidays is Gritch Dodgeball.
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Speaker 1: All right, there you go, Action pact YEP Grinch Dodgeball
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Speaker 1: again on Saturday. Will it take place at the same
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Speaker 1: location it's been at?
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Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely, we will be right down here at the
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Speaker 2: Rock Falls Middle School. They are kind enough to open
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Speaker 2: up their doors and let us use their gymnasium. That
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Speaker 2: way we can keep all the kids and all the
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Speaker 2: activities kind of contained in one spot. The games kickoff
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Speaker 2: right at twelve o'clock, so make sure you're there before
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Speaker 2: twelve o'clock check and starts at eleven thirty that day,
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Speaker 2: so come checking your kids. The culvers will be down
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Speaker 2: there serving up custard by donation, and all donations from
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Speaker 2: the custard will go to supporting another great local nonprofit.
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Speaker 2: Any children that get registered within the first one hundred
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Speaker 2: kids will get a free goodie ba provided by our
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Speaker 2: great local businesses here in Rockfalls and Stirling and Dixon,
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Speaker 2: so lots of fun. It'll be a great time. This
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Speaker 2: is free for any children ages pre k through the
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Speaker 2: seventh grade to get registered right on the Rock Falls
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Speaker 2: Chamber website. Come down for a soft game of dodgeball
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Speaker 2: against the Grinch. It's very nice. It's nothing aggressive or
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Speaker 2: anything like that. It's a really time game where kids
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Speaker 2: can come down there and play dodgeball against the Grinch
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Speaker 2: himself as Santa Claus as our referee, and then our
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Speaker 2: local Christmas trees and else helping back the children to
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Speaker 2: make sure the Grinch doesn't take over rock Ball.
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Speaker 1: All right, there you go. Grinch Volleyball on Saturday at
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Speaker 1: Rockfalls Middle School. It's all part of the hometown holiday celebration.
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Speaker 1: Now you can go online then Sam for a registration
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Speaker 1: of your kids to that Grinch volleyball. Is that correct?
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Speaker 2: Absolutely so? Grinch Dodgeball registration is right on the Rock
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Speaker 2: Falls Chamber website. That's Rockfalls Chamber dot com. Check out
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Speaker 2: our website for your updates and registrations that are open now.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, it's all taking place in November, and we spotlighted
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Speaker 1: today as Sam joins us this morning from the Rock
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Speaker 1: Falls Chamber, It's hometown Holiday's month in the month of November,
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Speaker 1: a big month for the Rock Falls Chamber, and we
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Speaker 1: have it all for you today here at Wixen. Sam,
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Speaker 1: one more thing before we let you go, and you
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Speaker 1: wanted to briefly mention another activity taking place in the
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Speaker 1: month of December.
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Speaker 2: Yes, I wanted to make sure. We just saved the
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Speaker 2: date for two dates in December of twenty twenty five.
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Speaker 2: The first one is December fourth at twelve o'clock. We
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Speaker 2: have Star Media coming into the Rock Falls Chamber to
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Speaker 2: do a seminar for our members and our community. So
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Speaker 2: they will be doing a marketing seminar to help businesses
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Speaker 2: prepare for their twenty twenty sixth year, helping them with
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Speaker 2: strategic planning outlets to make sure they're spending their money
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Speaker 2: in the right way and making sure they're getting the
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Speaker 2: best reach for their marketing purposes. Janelle Starr will be
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Speaker 2: with us that day at twelve o'clock on December fourth,
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Speaker 2: so mark your calendars for that and then the following
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Speaker 2: week is our big Speed Networking event, Big Speed Dating
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Speaker 2: but for your business, where you get the opportunity to
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Speaker 2: meet one on one with local businesses, sit down for
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Speaker 2: a quick timed round, switch your business card, swap your elevator,
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Speaker 2: pitch and then move on to your next person. Where
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Speaker 2: else can you sit down one on one with another
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Speaker 2: local leader. Twenty plus leaders in one night only on
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Speaker 2: December ninth at the Rock Falls Chamber, So make sure
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Speaker 2: to jump online for registrations for both of those events.
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Speaker 2: For the Janelle market uh Marketing Seminar on the fourth
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Speaker 2: and the Speed Networking event on the ninth of December,
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Speaker 2: as well.
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Speaker 1: Again in early December again on the Rock Falls Chamber calendar.
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Speaker 1: It's all there at Rockfalls Chamber dot com. Please go
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Speaker 1: to the website for hometown holiday's information, for holiday bingo information,
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Speaker 1: and for the upcoming December seminars as well through the
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Speaker 1: Rock Falls Chamber. If you have any questions, call the
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Speaker 1: Rock Falls Chamber at eight one five six two five
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Speaker 1: four five zero zero. They'll be happy to try to
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Speaker 1: answer your questions moving forward into this holiday time ahead, Sam,
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Speaker 1: it's been a pleasure chatting with you. Thank you so
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Speaker 1: very much. For making my day and you'll always make
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Speaker 1: things pleasant when we chat with our good friends from
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Speaker 1: the Rock Falls Chamber. I'm going to miss our chats,
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Speaker 1: but hopefully we'll continue on with information from the Rock
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Speaker 1: Falls Chamber as we move forward. But again, thank you
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Speaker 1: so very much for being a part of my family
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Speaker 1: for the last three years here at WI Accent.
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Speaker 2: Thank you so much Steve for having me today, and
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Speaker 2: thank you so much for forty five years of service
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Speaker 2: in our community. We greatly appreciate you.
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Speaker 1: Sam Cursey is our president and CEO of the Rock
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Speaker 1: Falls Area Chamber of Commerce, our guest today on the
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Speaker 1: talk line here at WI Accent. Sports First