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Speaker 1: Order pass the hour. This is Monday, It's July twenty one,
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Speaker 1: the year is twenty twenty five, and it's time for
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Speaker 1: another informational edition of talk Line here at WIXCENT. Good morning,
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Speaker 1: I'm Steve Marco. It is time for our informational look
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Speaker 1: at Lee County Extension and youth activities across our Stock
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Speaker 1: Valley area. But this is a special report today from
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Speaker 1: our four H Youth Development program coordinator. He is live
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Speaker 1: with us this morning for an expanded talk Line here
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Speaker 1: at WIACCENT. Our dear friend Katie Baker joins us for
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Speaker 1: the July twenty twenty five edition.
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Speaker 2: Good morning, Katie, Good morning Steve.
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Speaker 1: Nice to have you with us. And as I mentioned,
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Speaker 1: it's a special edition of talk Line today here at
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Speaker 1: w ACCENT. Not only does Katie have news and information
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Speaker 1: relating to youth activities across our northern Illinois area, but
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Speaker 1: this week is Fair week. Sure, it's a fair week
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Speaker 1: and our Lee County Fair and four H show we'll
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Speaker 1: get underway later in the week and Katie is going
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Speaker 1: to preview this for us this morning here at w ACCENT.
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Speaker 1: All of the important special activities taking place. Katie has
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Speaker 1: that agenda. We are going to talk about that a
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Speaker 1: little bit later on in the program.
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Speaker 2: Us.
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Speaker 1: In this portion of our talk line, we actually have
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Speaker 1: results from a portion of the four h Fair to
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Speaker 1: pass along your way for each show, I should say
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Speaker 1: to pass along your way to the Lee County Fair
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Speaker 1: where we had a preliminary activity held already connected with
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Speaker 1: the Lee County Fair and four eh show, and Katie
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Speaker 1: has results of that division to pass along here at
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Speaker 1: w i ACCAID. Start things out, though, Katie, We're going
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Speaker 1: to start with a look at some upcoming workshops. This
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Speaker 1: is a way from fair that we want to get
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Speaker 1: word out about that are going to be going on
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Speaker 1: starting at the end of this month into the first
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Speaker 1: of next month through Lee County Extension. So let's get
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Speaker 1: started talk about the summer workshops.
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Speaker 2: So we've got a couple more summer workshops going on.
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Speaker 2: Our educator Kathy Book is hosting these with our summer staff.
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Speaker 2: So we've got edible art coming up on July twenty second,
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Speaker 2: that I feel like that's tomorrow. So that's an interesting
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Speaker 2: Rock Falls Library and that's ten to eleven thirty. If
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Speaker 2: you are interested in going reach out this morning probably
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Speaker 2: to us or the Sterling office and see if we've
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Speaker 2: got that still open for you or if you're able
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Speaker 2: to go, if you're interested, it sounds like a good time.
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Speaker 2: And then we've got Vet Science. This is another workshop
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Speaker 2: also at Rockfalls Library from two to three thirty pm
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Speaker 2: on July twenty eighth, So that's another option if you're
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Speaker 2: interested in kind of getting a headstart on workshops this year,
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Speaker 2: we're doing something fun. They're ages eight to fourteen is
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Speaker 2: what they're open for, and they're ten dollars each for supplies.
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Speaker 2: So if you're interested in either one of those, you
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Speaker 2: can reach out. The links for those are on our website.
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Speaker 2: You can also do go dot Illinois dot edu slash
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Speaker 2: explore vet Science for the bet Science one, or we've
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Speaker 2: got go dot Illinois dot edu slash Summer Edible Art
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Speaker 2: for the Edible Art one. But yeah, those are a
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Speaker 2: couple of the workshops we've got going on.
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Speaker 1: Okay, you mentioned though, Katie, especially with that one starting tomorrow. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: they'll probably Yes, that probably be the way you'd want
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Speaker 1: to get work. That first one that Katie talked about,
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Speaker 1: the Edible Art workshop that is tomorrow in Rock Falls
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Speaker 1: at ten am. You want to call Lee County Extension
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Speaker 1: so what's your phone? Never, let's pass that.
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Speaker 2: Along ride away eight one five, eight five seven three
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Speaker 2: five two five.
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Speaker 1: See if there's an opening still with that Edible Art
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Speaker 1: workshop going on tomorrow in Rock Falls. But again that
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Speaker 1: one is a week from the day, July the twenty eighth,
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Speaker 1: also at the library in Rock Falls, has to do
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Speaker 1: with vet science. So again, if you're interested in those areas,
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Speaker 1: contact Lee County Extension either by phone or by web
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Speaker 1: again and see if there's openings that you can still
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Speaker 1: get involved in those summer workshops through Lee County Extension.
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Speaker 1: You also wanted to talk about one in August coming here.
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Speaker 2: Yes, we've got the Nature Art Explorers workshops coming up
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Speaker 2: and there it's one workshop, but it's two days. I
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Speaker 2: know we had a couple of kids that were signed
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Speaker 2: up for the one in Lee that weren't able to go,
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Speaker 2: So this is another opportunity. It's in Morrison at Morrison
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Speaker 2: Rockwood State Park. It's August fifth and seventh. We'll be
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Speaker 2: there from ten am to noon. There's a twenty dollars
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Speaker 2: supply I f for that and that one's open from
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Speaker 2: ages eight to twelve, and we're planning to do a
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Speaker 2: bunch of fun stuff for them. We've got nature journals.
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Speaker 2: The kids will get like a water bottle and I
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Speaker 2: think a backpack kind of thing, a drawstring bag. We'll
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Speaker 2: do like sound mapping. I think making stick boats and
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Speaker 2: like having a race with those is on the on
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Speaker 2: the list of things to do. I want to say,
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Speaker 2: making bookmarks from kind of naturey materials, lots of different stuff,
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Speaker 2: plant id bird, I d a bunch of different fun
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Speaker 2: stuff for that one. So yeah, again, twenty dollars supply
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Speaker 2: fee and that'll get you like a set of beginner
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Speaker 2: binocular is, a bag, a water bottle, nice, the nature
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Speaker 2: journal and we'll spend some time journaling. Obviously while we're
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Speaker 2: out out there at the park.
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Speaker 1: I would thank you. You'd probably use one of their
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Speaker 1: shelters or they're one of their you know, their picnic
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Speaker 1: areas right to a gather out.
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Speaker 2: We'll do that. Do a couple of hikes too. I
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Speaker 2: think we're going to do a hike each day just
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Speaker 2: to kind of nice get some.
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Speaker 1: Walking in absolutely Morrison Rockwood State Park is a beautiful park.
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Speaker 1: This is north of Morrison, just up the road on
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Speaker 1: seventy eight towards Mount Carroll. But again you don't have
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Speaker 1: to go that far out of Morrison to get to
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Speaker 1: Rockwood State Park. And this is August fifth, and so
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Speaker 1: this is a two day activity that takes place nature
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Speaker 1: and art at that area and contact information for that, kittie,
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Speaker 1: How does.
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Speaker 2: It not that? Again, you can if you are a
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Speaker 2: four eature and you already have an account in our
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Speaker 2: enrollment system as used to be, you can go on
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Speaker 2: there and look for the event. Otherwise, you can check
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Speaker 2: out our Facebook Lee County four each you can give
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Speaker 2: us a call, and I believe it is on our
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Speaker 2: regular website go dot Illinois dot edu, slash colw slash
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Speaker 2: events and you should be able to find it on
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Speaker 2: there and find all those links and just sign up.
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Speaker 1: A little bit more time to sign up for this
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Speaker 1: one than.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a little bit of time for that bit more.
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Speaker 1: Time to sign up for the nature art workshops at
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Speaker 1: Morrison Rockwood. Again, if you're interested, and I'm assuming that
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Speaker 1: you had to provide your own travel at least to
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Speaker 1: get the Morris.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you have to be able to get yourself there
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Speaker 2: and picked up. And again that's ten am to noon. Okay,
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Speaker 2: I want to say it's a Tuesday and Thursday.
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Speaker 1: Okay, all right, very good. Again that is through County
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Speaker 1: Extension and again they're going to be hiking and taking
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Speaker 1: in nature at Morrison Rockwood State Park on August fifth
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Speaker 1: and August seventh. Again you heard the number eight five
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Speaker 1: seven three five two five is the number if you
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Speaker 1: need more information. But again it's Katie mentioned directing you
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Speaker 1: to that go dot Illinois dot edu website address for
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Speaker 1: registration information on the upcoming workshops that are being held
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Speaker 1: through County Extension. Katie Baker is our guest today. She
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Speaker 1: is our for EH Youth Development Program coordinator with Lee County,
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Speaker 1: and we're talking today not only about those workshops, but Katie,
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Speaker 1: we're going to take the latter portion of this first
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Speaker 1: portion of the talk line and share some results. We've
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Speaker 1: got some results already from a portion of the fare
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Speaker 1: that you wanted to share with us.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. So we had our dog show on June twenty
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Speaker 2: eighth out at Knine Junction and a huge shout out
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Speaker 2: to all the judges that we had in the volunteers,
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Speaker 2: so wonderful. And then we have our results. Our winners
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Speaker 2: from Lee County had just brought Lee County. We've got
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Speaker 2: Olivia Zimmerman who won Champion Beginner Novice too, and she's
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Speaker 2: our reserved Junior Showmanship Champion, which I don't know if
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Speaker 2: you've never seen kids do a dog show, it's super cool.
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Speaker 2: Like they have so much patience and they worked so
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Speaker 2: hard for this. It's so cool. Corus Simms one of
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Speaker 2: our four eachers. She got reserve champion in pre Novice,
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Speaker 2: which is an obedience class. It's just like a little
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Speaker 2: bit higher up than those beginner classes. And then she
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Speaker 2: got our Senior Showmanship Champion and reserve champion for Senior.
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Speaker 2: Karen Grooming good Page Birds. I know she's here in Dixon.
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Speaker 2: She got reserve champion for Raley Intermediate, and Raley is
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Speaker 2: like they lay signs out and the kids have to
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Speaker 2: kind of like walk through the course with their dog
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Speaker 2: and it's it's an obedience thing. Super cool. She also
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Speaker 2: got reserve champion and Agility, so going through that little
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Speaker 2: ops of course with her dog, Charlie, she did great.
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Speaker 2: She's wonderful. Then we got Madison Rod who got our
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Speaker 2: Junior Showmanship Champion, and she is also a reserve champion
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Speaker 2: Agility for off leash agility in sixteen inches and that's
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Speaker 2: you know, they don't have a leasha on their dog.
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Speaker 2: They're just running the course with them and also super cool.
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Speaker 2: It's super fun to watch.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, obviously it sounds like you were in attendance. Yeah, yeah,
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Speaker 1: there all right at this at this event. This was
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Speaker 1: in June. Again, it was and this was not just
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Speaker 1: the Lee County this.
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Speaker 2: Was this was our multi county ones. We had Carol
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Speaker 2: Lee whiteside ogel into Calber there too. I don't think
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Speaker 2: Carol had anybody show this year. But yeah, it's it's
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Speaker 2: really neat. These kids like practice all year for this.
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Speaker 2: I don't know a lot of them did agility, and
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Speaker 2: they still went and showed agility and they did really
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Speaker 2: well well.
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Speaker 1: And you know, you moved it away from the fair
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Speaker 1: Grounds simply, I believe, for the purpose because you have
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Speaker 1: more equipment and more accessibility, more of the you know
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Speaker 1: needs at this location. They went at the fair grounds. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: that's what's why we made the shift, so to speak,
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Speaker 1: from the fairgrounds, which was nice. It was nice while
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Speaker 1: we had it there, but again this offers you know.
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Speaker 2: I've heard it was also real hot at the fairgrounds,
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Speaker 2: which is weird. It's never hot there.
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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, right, yeah, well we'll talk about that a bit.
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Speaker 1: But again there are and this is just the Lee
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Speaker 1: County Champions Lee County, you.
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Speaker 2: Know, there are quite a few more kids. There's a
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Speaker 2: lot of obedience classes that we do. They do agility
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Speaker 2: every year in that rally, which is like an offshoot
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Speaker 2: of obedience is from what I understand, you Karen grooming
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Speaker 2: showmanship and yeah, they get a lot of opportunities to
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Speaker 2: show that day.
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Speaker 1: Now, I'm not sure is the state going to be held.
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Speaker 2: Us So the state is going to be in Bloomington
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Speaker 2: this year. I'm not sure what the facility is called,
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Speaker 2: but it's October fourth in Bloomington. Okay, They've got a
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Speaker 2: little bit of wastu till that one.
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Speaker 1: All right, very good. So again the dog show results again,
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Speaker 1: that is the preliminary activity. We had this in late June,
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Speaker 1: again at that area north of us here in and
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Speaker 1: again congratulations to all the Lee County four hers that
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Speaker 1: made the grade. And Katie has the result list right
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Speaker 1: here on WIX. Katie Baker is our guest today from
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Speaker 1: Lee County Extension. In the next portion of our talk line,
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Speaker 1: it's all going to be about the Lee County Fair
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Speaker 1: and four EAH Show. We're going to talk about the
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Speaker 1: preliminary activities. We're going to talk about the lead up
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Speaker 1: and we're going to talk about some of the major
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Speaker 1: events that comes your way in the next half hour
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Speaker 1: here at w MIYX in as we usher you into
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Speaker 1: Fair week. It's eight thirty. Time for News Versus with
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Speaker 1: Tim LEEO. Good morning with our again Lee County Extension
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Speaker 1: four HUT Development program coordinator who is live with us
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Speaker 1: at the microphones this morning to give us the fair preview.
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Speaker 1: It's Fair week and our Lee County Fair and four
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Speaker 1: EH show is about ready to get underway this week
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Speaker 1: on the fairgrounds near Amboy. Katie Baker is with us
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Speaker 1: where the expanded talk line. Again, ma'am, thanks for joining
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Speaker 1: us and stayed with us. We appreciate them. We talked
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Speaker 1: in the first half hour about workshops which we're away
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Speaker 1: from Fair that again Lee County Extension is offering, and
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Speaker 1: results of a preliminary fair activity, the dog show. The
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Speaker 1: multi state four EAH dog show took place in June
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Speaker 1: and Katie had results and congratulations to our Lee County
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Speaker 1: four achers who made the grain as far as that
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Speaker 1: dog show was concerned. Here we go, Katie, the Lee
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Speaker 1: County Fair and four eh show again. We'll start later
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Speaker 1: this week, but we have some preliminary information that you win.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah. So there's a couple of things coming up
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Speaker 2: today Tuesday, Wednesday. So today we've got first thing this
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Speaker 2: morning actually at ten thirty if you're a four eacher
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Speaker 2: and you've got some free time at ten thirty, I
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Speaker 2: know Sheila needs some help unloan the food truck for
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Speaker 2: the food stand, so that's coming up today. We've also
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Speaker 2: got set up where we set up the exhibit building
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Speaker 2: and that's four eachs and their families from specific clubs.
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Speaker 2: That's from six to eight pm. We'll set up tables,
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Speaker 2: put the tablecloths on, do all that good stuff. Tuesday
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Speaker 2: is tomorrow and that's when our premiere show goes on,
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Speaker 2: so we've got judging it too. We've got the evaluation
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Speaker 2: part at seven. That's usually a good time. I think
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Speaker 2: we've got nine or ten steer that we're entered, a
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Speaker 2: few sheep and a few swine. So then we'll get
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Speaker 2: those results at fair and then Wednesday is like all
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Speaker 2: your check in stuff. So remember if you've got live sack,
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Speaker 2: they can come out from three to eight on Wednesday.
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Speaker 2: The vet will be there from seven to eight if
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Speaker 2: you're showing horses and either junior show or forage. We've
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Speaker 2: got that Horse department check in from six to seven
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Speaker 2: open show project, so I think it's the third year
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Speaker 2: for open show for the Fair Association, and that check
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Speaker 2: in is five to seven. I think that's one of them,
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Speaker 2: so you can check those projects in. The rabbit department
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Speaker 2: check in is Wednesday. That's the day to get settled
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Speaker 2: out there, and then Thursday gates open at ten o'clock
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Speaker 2: in the morning. We've got some of our four each
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Speaker 2: shows that start a little bit earlier than that. I
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Speaker 2: think nine is our first rabbit show, but gates will
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Speaker 2: open for everybody else at ten. Lots of good stuff
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Speaker 2: going on. There's a lot of shows on Thursday, a
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Speaker 2: lot of four each stuff going on until about three,
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Speaker 2: and then we've got different stuff going on at night.
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Speaker 2: The midway. They'll have those farmhouses out. Those are always
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Speaker 2: fun for the kids. They've got a couple of new
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Speaker 2: events on Thursday this year. There's a Get Creative. I
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Speaker 2: think they're kind of like Ertz and crafting different stuff.
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Speaker 2: And then the tractor and truck pull with back road
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Speaker 2: pollers is at six o'clock on Thursday. And there's also
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Speaker 2: a new Farmer Games which from yes what the fairboard
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Speaker 2: talked about. That sounds like it's going to be pretty fun.
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Speaker 2: So definitely come check that out, whether as a participant
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Speaker 2: or just come out to watch it.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's freeing the show barn. That's free in the
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Speaker 1: show barn. Right, you don't have to pay for that one.
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Speaker 1: That's freeing the show barn. That runs kind of the
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Speaker 1: parallel to the tractor and truck Pull, which you have
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Speaker 1: to pay for in the grand stands. Right, that's an
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Speaker 1: extra fee, extra fee. Okay, all right, So tailing back
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Speaker 1: there you go. That's the first day of the fair,
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Speaker 1: as Katie mentioned, and again there's a lot of judging
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Speaker 1: going on. Rabbit judging, goat judging, cat judging, bingo will
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Speaker 1: be played at four o'clock and then again later that evening.
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Speaker 1: It's the Tructor and Truck Pull on Thursday starting at
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Speaker 1: six pm. That's an extra admission. Let's talk about admission
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Speaker 1: before we get any further into the fair. What's the
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Speaker 1: cost of a fair admission?
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Speaker 2: Okay, so daily admission is five dollars. Twelve and under
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Speaker 2: are free. So if you've got kids that are twelve
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Speaker 2: and under, they're free to get in. Adults are five bucks.
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Speaker 2: If you want a season pass, you can get that
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Speaker 2: for eighteen dollars. The grandstand shows like that Tractor and
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Speaker 2: truck Pull Thursday night is extra six dollars. The Friday
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Speaker 2: tractor and Truck Pull is ten. The Saturday is Rodeo
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Speaker 2: TNA Bucking Bulls and that'll be seven dollars to get
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Speaker 2: in for that, and five and under are free for
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Speaker 2: the grandstands.
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Speaker 1: Right, So again those are the extra admission prices. You
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Speaker 1: have to pay that plus the gated mission. Who don't
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Speaker 1: want to confuse anybody, because that daily pass just gets
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Speaker 1: you into the fair grounds. It doesn't get you into
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Speaker 1: the grandstand area. You have to pay the extra fee
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Speaker 1: if you want to take in those grandstand shows. Again,
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Speaker 1: at the Lee County Fair and four h show, Katie
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Speaker 1: went through the first day, which is Thursday, July the
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Speaker 1: twenty fourth, and hopefully it'll be a good day even
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Speaker 1: though the heat.
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Speaker 2: Is supposed to be fine.
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Speaker 1: But this is always you know, it's fair time. It's
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Speaker 1: fair time, you know, and this is just standard. It
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Speaker 1: really is a standard. It's it, really, it really, but
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Speaker 1: but I guess you have to throw out word katie,
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Speaker 1: just so that you know you stay hydrated, you know
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Speaker 1: class exactly.
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Speaker 2: You know, if you're drinking water, if you're walking around
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Speaker 2: out there like that, that's a must.
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Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what those for the four inches
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Speaker 1: go above and beyond to protect their animals. They're protect
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Speaker 1: their livestock in their animals. They go above and beyond.
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Speaker 2: They take care of them absolutely.
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Speaker 1: They really do. You know. They they are not going
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Speaker 1: to leave any stone unturned, you know, if they if
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Speaker 1: the elements don't get to be that way, they're right
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Speaker 1: there to protect their livestock.
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Speaker 2: Speaking of stones, our Federation Club painted had a bunch
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Speaker 2: of rocks painted at Dixon City Market this year. The
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Speaker 2: kids came out and painted rocks at Dixon City Market
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Speaker 2: and our Federation kids chose about five of those rocks
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Speaker 2: that they marked with a gold yellow star on the
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Speaker 2: back of them. So if you're out on the fairgrounds
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Speaker 2: and you see painted rocks and you turn one over
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Speaker 2: and it's got a golden star on it, take that
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Speaker 2: to the fair office and you can get a free
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Speaker 2: buffalo chip. Oh, we'll give you a keep on for it,
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Speaker 2: all right.
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Speaker 1: So some delicious delicious delicacies for finding one of those
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Speaker 1: decorated rocks on the fairgrounds with the leak County four
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Speaker 1: each pair. The fairgrounds located again.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and out of Amboy. He's eleven ninety six ye
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Speaker 2: Franklin Road.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I say yes, right, siday a boy. It's right
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Speaker 1: to the east of the intersections of US Highways fifty
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Speaker 1: two and thirty. If you go right east of that
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Speaker 1: about a half a mile, you can't miss the fairgrounds.
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Speaker 1: They're located right there on Route thirty and again. They'll
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Speaker 1: open on Thursday at ten am. The gates will open
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Speaker 1: to the public on Thursday, the twenty fourth, Now Friday,
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Speaker 1: Saturday Sunday. You already mentioned the grand stand events. Anything
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Speaker 1: else special that stands out on Friday as hard. We
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Speaker 1: got a lot of judging again on.
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Speaker 2: Friday, alrightday, there's a lot of judging. We've still got
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Speaker 2: four each shows going on. And if if you're a
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Speaker 2: newer for each parent and you're confused about like, well,
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Speaker 2: I'm showing this project, I don't know what depart minutes
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Speaker 2: and check at the top of the page in the
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Speaker 2: fair book for where that goes, and you'll kind of
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Speaker 2: find your judging time, but other stuff that's going on
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Speaker 2: Friday looks so if we've got pony Rides, Magic by Cory,
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Speaker 2: that rustic bridge ax throwing, it looks like we'll be
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Speaker 2: out there from four to eight. Our awards ceremony and
17:15
Speaker 2: Ambassador announcement is at five. The quality Meats and baked
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Speaker 2: goods auctions, so I think it's our vegetable vegetable display baskets.
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Speaker 2: There's the meat from the premiere on Tuesday. One of
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Speaker 2: our decorated cakes are a couple of those, the pies
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Speaker 2: and tea rings, I think go to that'll be five
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Speaker 2: thirty on Friday, so if you want to come support
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Speaker 2: the kids Fair Association. Fair Association takes care of the auction,
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Speaker 2: but it's our four AHers that are in the auction
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Speaker 2: selling their goods, so come out and support them. And
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Speaker 2: again Friday nights grandstand thing is the Lee County Fair
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Speaker 2: and the Lion Night State pull or tractor truck bull
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Speaker 2: and then we've got pin Dodgeball for the kids that night.
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Speaker 1: So more judging. On Saturday, we've got the pancakes being
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Speaker 1: served early. I was a fun event that it takes
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Speaker 1: place on the patio right there when the pancakes start
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Speaker 1: flipping at seven o'clock, but then more judging takes place.
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Speaker 1: We've got beef and sheep judging going on, horse performance
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Speaker 1: and haltered judging again will be going on, and then
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Speaker 1: you got your afternoon into the evening events on Saturday.
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Speaker 2: Then King, Yeah, we've got I think are the farm
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Speaker 2: scene stuff they set up that day too on Saturday,
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Speaker 2: And I want to say they're doing like the last
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Speaker 2: year they did like a oh man, like you get
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Speaker 2: to go out and kind of vote individually. I can
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Speaker 2: put like a penny in a jar for somebody's farm
18:33
Speaker 2: farm scene, So I think they're doing that again, So
18:35
Speaker 2: come out and check that out. Rustic Bridge will still
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Speaker 2: be out there. The Petting Zoo pony rides Bingo again
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Speaker 2: at four on Saturday. Our five o'clock show on Saturday
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Speaker 2: is for our Cloverbud graduation and the rest of our
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Speaker 2: awards from Saturday, the Master Showmanship contest. This was super fun.
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Speaker 2: Taron Pfeiffer, she's our superintendent for that and she does
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Speaker 2: a great job. She finds awesome judges and like it's
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Speaker 2: it's a show. And the kids they do, they show beef,
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Speaker 2: swine and sheep. They show all three of them to
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Speaker 2: do that master showmanship. It's a really neat contest. So
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Speaker 2: if you're out there around six, go check that out.
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Speaker 2: And then the rodeo is that night, TNA Bucking Bulls
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Speaker 2: Saturday Rodeo, but yeah, that's our Saturday.
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Speaker 1: Yep. Don't forget tractor and truck pulls on Thursday and
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Speaker 1: Friday at six, but the rodeo starts at seven, so
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Speaker 1: that's an hour later for the rodeo on Saturday. Then
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Speaker 1: Sunday kind of wrap things.
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Speaker 2: Sunday gets wrapped up. I think we've only got horses
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Speaker 2: that day. Most of our general projects are wrapped up.
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Speaker 2: We are going to have a couple of newer things
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Speaker 2: this year. Kathy Book, our educator, is going to host
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Speaker 2: Culinary Creations Cookoff and that's our kids have already signed
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Speaker 2: up for that that are doing that. They'll have like
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Speaker 2: teams and they'll do like a cookoff over over some
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Speaker 2: different foods. So that'll be a good time. And then
19:53
Speaker 2: what's not on the schedule is one of our volunteers
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Speaker 2: offered to do a livestock skillthon for the kids. Okay,
19:58
Speaker 2: so if they want to sign up for they can
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Speaker 2: just check in at the office with me, and I
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Speaker 2: think I put a link on our Facebook court too
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Speaker 2: so they can check that out. There's also the Marketplace
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Speaker 2: Vendor Fair on Sunday from ten to two and that's
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Speaker 2: like a bunch of different vendors. You can go around
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Speaker 2: and see them because the weather's going to be fine.
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Speaker 2: And then we've got puddle Pool that goes on. Petting
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Speaker 2: Zoo is still out there, but yeah, lots of good
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Speaker 2: stuff on Sunday still yep.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, So that's a preview of your Lee County Fair
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Speaker 1: and four EH show taking place on the Lee County
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Speaker 1: four H Fairgrounds near Amboy again on Franklin Grove Road.
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Speaker 1: It's just Route thirty east. Route thirty is the location.
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Speaker 1: You can't miss it. Again, it's in and around the
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Speaker 1: intersections of US Highways fifty two and thirty just east
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Speaker 1: of that intersection. And again Katie mentioned all of the
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Speaker 1: admission prices, all of the gate admission, all of the
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Speaker 1: grand standing mission. Again, if you would like more information,
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Speaker 1: they get brochures all over the place. These green brochures
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Speaker 1: will really get you through the Lee County Fair and
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Speaker 1: four EH show, So pick one of those up wherever
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Speaker 1: and enjoy the Fair this weekend July twenty fourth through
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Speaker 1: the twenty seventh on the fairgrounds near Amboy and Katie.
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Speaker 1: Of course, after the wrap up, well we'll get set
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Speaker 1: for announcements of state Fair qualifiers things like that that
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Speaker 1: will be next in line. As you know, after the
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Speaker 1: fair is concluded, then you put together all of the
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Speaker 1: lists of those that will be attending the State Fair
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Speaker 1: from the Lee County Fair and four EH Show representing
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Speaker 1: our Lee County area. That will be a little bit
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Speaker 1: later on in the year. Again, all of the admission
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Speaker 1: prices are included in the brochure. It's a five dollars
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Speaker 1: general admission into the fairgrounds. It's an eighteen dollars season pass,
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Speaker 1: so if you plan on going all four days, you're
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Speaker 1: going to save some money there as well. Call Lee
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Speaker 1: County Extension eight five seven three five two five for
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Speaker 1: more information about the workshops. You can get some County
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Speaker 1: Fair information as well. I'm sure by dialing that number. Katie,
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Speaker 1: we thank you so.
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Speaker 2: Very much man, thanks for having me, and again.
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Speaker 1: Good luck with the fair this year. You'll be on
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Speaker 1: the fairgrounds, I sure will, all right. Katy Baker from
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Speaker 1: Lee County four H on the fairgrounds this weekend, and
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Speaker 1: again we thank you so very much for joining us