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Talk-Line: Lucas Pauley, Dixon Main Street · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Our quarter past the hour. This is Monday, It's March three,
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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 AM fourteen
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  Speaker 1: sixteen FM ninety five one WYX in good morning. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Steve Marco. Time for our monthly update of dues and
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  Speaker 1: information from your Dixon Chamber of Commerce. You're Dixon Main
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  Speaker 1: Street and your discovered Dixon Organization and representing those entities
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  Speaker 1: today is the marketing manager of all three Lucas Polly
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  Speaker 1: is lied with us this morning here at AM fourteen
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  Speaker 1: sixteen FM ninety five one. Good morning, Lucas, Good morning, Steve.
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  Speaker 2: How's it going?
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  Speaker 1: I am fine? And we got to mention right out
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  Speaker 1: the top, right out the get go that Lucas is
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  Speaker 1: refreshed from a plunge.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't know that I was going to make it
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  Speaker 2: to air.
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  Speaker 1: But okay, well you're buckled up. You know you still
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  Speaker 1: have your winners on. Yeah, but tell us about you know,
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  Speaker 1: this past weekend and what you participate.
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  Speaker 2: Sure so usually Jennifer Langs here are Events Court director
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  Speaker 2: and Jennifer years ago when COVID kind of hit, Jennifer
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  Speaker 2: has done polar plunge for years and years and years,
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  Speaker 2: and then COVID hit and they allowed people to do
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  Speaker 2: it from their home. Well, Jennifer had so much success
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  Speaker 2: doing that there at her house that she's done it
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  Speaker 2: ever since her house. So I've gotten roped into doing
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  Speaker 2: it the past two years. And last year I was
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  Speaker 2: telling Steve it was sixty one degrees, so it wasn't
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  Speaker 2: too bad at all. But this year was a little
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  Speaker 2: a little chillier. They had to break off the ice
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  Speaker 2: in the morning, so yeah, there was definitely some ice.
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  Speaker 2: But it was great cause Special Olympics of Illinois, So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it was it was great. There's fourteen of us.
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  Speaker 1: I think where were you?
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  Speaker 2: This was at Jennifer's house Actually, yeah, Jennifer's Yeah, Jennifer's backyard.
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  Speaker 1: Jennifer's backyard. All right, this is where the plunge took place. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: you can actually do that. You can actually kind of
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  Speaker 1: organize and you know that kind of create your own
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  Speaker 1: polar plunge. You don't have to be at a certain
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  Speaker 1: venue now. Yeah, and then as you mentioned, the cause
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  Speaker 1: was good.
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  Speaker 2: Sure.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how many other people still do that
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  Speaker 2: since COVID. I know Jennifer just on success and they've
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  Speaker 2: allowed her to keep doing it from our backyard, and
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  Speaker 2: I terrific, I'd hate I know. We raised around two
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  Speaker 2: thousand online, I believe, and then that doesn't count the people,
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  Speaker 2: the checks and cash that people brought too.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, it's terrific. Yea off for the good of
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  Speaker 1: Special Olympics. This is a special Olympics special and they
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  Speaker 1: do this every first part of the year. It seems
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  Speaker 1: like they It's called the polar Plunge and it's good
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  Speaker 1: rason that they do that because because it is they
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  Speaker 1: want they do it in the chillier weather. What they
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  Speaker 1: do is, you know, they you know, yeah, you take
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  Speaker 1: the plunge into a little bit of moisture and a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of wild water, you know, get them to
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  Speaker 1: get out and dry off and raise money for Special
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  Speaker 1: Olympics and there you go. Lucas was on hand to
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  Speaker 1: participate that weekend event here for the good of Special Olympics.
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  Speaker 1: So Lucas is with us today. Thank you very much
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  Speaker 1: for joining us, sir. We've got a very interesting list
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  Speaker 1: of activities on the agenda from March into April, and
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna start. Let's take them in chronological order. On
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  Speaker 1: March the twelfth. Excuse me, yes, March the twelfth, We're
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  Speaker 1: going to have a career fair at Dixon High School. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So this is our second year with l C I
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  Speaker 2: d A, with U and the high school as well
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  Speaker 2: offering a career fair. So the morning consists of ninth, tenth, eleventh,
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  Speaker 2: and twelfth graders coming through and meeting with local businesses
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  Speaker 2: and organizations and that offers, you know, them the chance
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  Speaker 2: to kind of learn about new careers. And then in
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  Speaker 2: the afternoon those businesses and organizations that are hiring stick
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  Speaker 2: around and we also have a hiring expo that's open
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  Speaker 2: to the public, so they'll be there as well. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that's already next week, this next Wednesday. It was a
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  Speaker 2: great event last year. Very excited to do it again
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  Speaker 2: this year and partner with l C I d A
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  Speaker 2: and the schools excuse me and yees yeah, yeah, and
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  Speaker 2: willat Lancaster.
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  Speaker 1: This will be at Lancaster Guernasi m I understand.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, Lancaster Gernas Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Lancaster Gym on the campus of Dixon High School on
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  Speaker 1: March the twelfth. Again, the early hours will be voted
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  Speaker 1: to the high schoolers from ninth through twelfth grade. They'll
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  Speaker 1: be again given the opportunity to visit with the employers
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  Speaker 1: again and then after lunch it's open to the public people.
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  Speaker 1: You know, if your job seeking, here you go. It's
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  Speaker 1: a job fair career fair at Dixon High School Wednesday,
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  Speaker 1: March the twelfth, and it runs the day but again
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  Speaker 1: for high schoolers in the morning, for the public in
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  Speaker 1: the afternoon, and Dixon Chamber, Main Street and Discovered Dixon
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  Speaker 1: are going to be there as well. Again kind of
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  Speaker 1: co sponsoring, co sponsoring, Yes, the event on that Wednesday,
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  Speaker 1: So again circling on your calendar should be a good
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  Speaker 1: turnout hopefully that we'll get not only for the high
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  Speaker 1: schoolers who obviously will be there, and again for the
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  Speaker 1: public in the afternoon at Landcaster Gym. Then immediately after
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  Speaker 1: that the day after that, on Wednesday, March the twelfth,
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  Speaker 1: here comes some activities on March the thirteenth, it's your
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  Speaker 1: business after business.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, business after business, very amazing chance to you know,
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  Speaker 2: meet and network with people full at local businesses and
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  Speaker 2: chamber members. So this this month's at Pest Control Consultants downtown.
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  Speaker 2: I don't have the address right off hand, but right
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  Speaker 2: near Basel Tree if you're familiar with that area, and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: great business. It'll be a nice business after business, so
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  Speaker 2: come and kind of network and meet some new people,
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  Speaker 2: and yeah, it's always a great chance.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Again. That's Thursday, March the thirteenth, five until
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  Speaker 1: six thirty, this time hosted by Pest Control Consultants. And
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  Speaker 1: I understand from Jennifer and from Lucas and from our
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  Speaker 1: friends at Dixon Chamber, Main Street and Discovered Dixon that
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  Speaker 1: these are, you know, filling up fast as far as
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  Speaker 1: the sponsor hosts are concerned, they are, Yeah, they are.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not sure.
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  Speaker 2: He call our office and you can speak to Amber
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  Speaker 2: who handles those directly, but she, I know, we we
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  Speaker 2: have businesses lining up to get those. They're you know,
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  Speaker 2: a great chance for businesses to kind of showcase their
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  Speaker 2: spot and have people learn about their business as well.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, it offers a nice chance for those businesses
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  Speaker 2: and Chamber members to do that.
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  Speaker 1: For business after business five until six thirty Thursday March
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  Speaker 1: the thirteenth, the day after the Career Fair, that will
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  Speaker 1: be a Piss Control Consultants here in Dixon again starting
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  Speaker 1: at five o'clock. Then right after that, in less than
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  Speaker 1: a week. We're going to be well, this is gonna
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  Speaker 1: be on at the campus of Dixon High School. Correct,
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  Speaker 1: It's gonna be in the Wilts Auditorium. This is gonna happen.
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  Speaker 2: Correct, Yep, we were unsure if the theater was going
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  Speaker 2: to be ready. It is ready, but we you know,
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  Speaker 2: had already started the marketing. And I will say the
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  Speaker 2: theater looks amazing. If you get a chance to go
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  Speaker 2: to a show here pretty soon it's it's at amazing renovations.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, we will be at the at the high
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  Speaker 2: school for the candidate forum Tuesday March or ye, Tuesday
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  Speaker 2: March eighteenth, five thirty doors open, starts at six.
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  Speaker 1: Dave.
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  Speaker 2: Doctor David Helmet from Soccer will be moderating as he
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  Speaker 2: has done in the past for us, and then we'll
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  Speaker 2: have city Council, school Board, Dixon Township Supervisor, and Township
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  Speaker 2: Highway Commissioner on hand. This will be not a debate
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  Speaker 2: style candidate forum will be more of a offering, a
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  Speaker 2: chance for each candidate to speak to the audience at
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  Speaker 2: that event.
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  Speaker 1: Right, you just learned about them. You just learn who
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  Speaker 1: you're going to be voting for. Learn a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more about the individual's running for offices. Yeah, there's there's
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  Speaker 1: not a whole heck of a lot being again again challenged,
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  Speaker 1: I guess through these races coming up in our April
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  Speaker 1: consolidated But this is a great opportunity to again meet
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  Speaker 1: who serves and who is going to be running once
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  Speaker 1: again in the consolidated elections. I know there are a few,
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  Speaker 1: not many, that will be a challenge, but again, as
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  Speaker 1: Lucas pointed out, you can meet the candidates. They'll introduce
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  Speaker 1: themselves to you if you don't know who is running
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  Speaker 1: for the particular positions that are up for the April consolidated.
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  Speaker 1: But again, this is Tuesday, March the eighteenth. You know,
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  Speaker 1: doctor Helmick is always a great motor. He's done it ye,
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  Speaker 1: So again he'll be on hand to kind of ask
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  Speaker 1: the questions if there are any that you know the
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  Speaker 1: audience has for the individuals that are seeking offices, and
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  Speaker 1: again starts at five thirty at Dixon High School. Please
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  Speaker 1: note the venue Dixon High School, not the Dixon Theater,
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  Speaker 1: but the Dixon High School Wilts Auditorium will be the
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  Speaker 1: location of this year's candidates forum. Courtesy of Dixon Chamber,
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  Speaker 1: Main Street and Discover Dixon and to kind of round
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  Speaker 1: out our activity list, a big event coming up that
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  Speaker 1: we wanted to keep touting, and this will be the
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  Speaker 1: first part of April, as I don't know where we
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  Speaker 1: are now as far as the nominations are concerned, to
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  Speaker 1: kind of bring us up to day on the Best
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  Speaker 1: of Dixon.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, so we've had an amazing number of nominations this year.
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  Speaker 2: We decided they were supposed to close the last Friday,
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  Speaker 2: and we kept it open over the weekend. Today, I'll
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  Speaker 2: close the nominations and then we'll kind of go from there.
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  Speaker 2: We've had quite a few nominations for all the different
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  Speaker 2: awards that we do at the Best at Dixon gala.
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  Speaker 2: But tickets are still available, So you can go to
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  Speaker 2: vote Best of Dixon dot com and you can our
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  Speaker 2: SVP right there and then our office will reach out
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  Speaker 2: to you. You can also for any event for Discovered Dixon.
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  Speaker 2: Just go to Discover Dixon dot com Events drop down
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  Speaker 2: and then you'll find the event too, So if you
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  Speaker 2: don't remember vote Best Best at Dixon, you can always
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  Speaker 2: remember Discovered Dixon dot com. And yeah, tickets are still available.
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  Speaker 2: It's a great event. It's such a you know, a
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  Speaker 2: good feeling event.
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  Speaker 1: Community spirit.
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  Speaker 2: It really is you know, just you know, hearing stories
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  Speaker 2: that you know about people you may know, hearing stories
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  Speaker 2: about people you might not know, you know, a four
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  Speaker 2: hunder for winner that you don't know of. It's always
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  Speaker 2: an amazing, you know event to kind of just hear
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  Speaker 2: you know, where businesses came from, where you know, the
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  Speaker 2: citizen of the year you know, started who they think.
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  Speaker 2: It's always you know, kind of nice to see those connections.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, and it's always kind of neat to
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  Speaker 1: you know, the secret way that the Citizen of the
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  Speaker 1: year you know, just kind of gets surprised during the evening.
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  Speaker 1: You know, usually try to you know, yeh, try to
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  Speaker 1: you know, surprise the upcoming Citizen of the year. We
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  Speaker 1: try to make it you know, uh that way as
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  Speaker 1: so that's kind of cool. Break it down even further,
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  Speaker 1: you mentioned for four under forty you got the citizen businesses.
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  Speaker 2: Yep, Business of the Year as well, and then we
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  Speaker 2: do a Community Spirit a Volunteer of the Year award.
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  Speaker 2: So that's another great award too to kind of recognize
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  Speaker 2: that volunteer, you know, great volunteer base we have in Dixon.
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  Speaker 2: There's an amazing group of volunteers for all sorts of events,
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  Speaker 2: and some of those people are just you know, unsung heroes.
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  Speaker 2: So this offers a chance every year for people to
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  Speaker 2: kind of nominate those people that you might not hear
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  Speaker 2: all the time, but then you you know, you read
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  Speaker 2: the list of everything they do and it's pretty amazing.
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  Speaker 2: You know, all the people that you do know around
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  Speaker 2: Dixon that you know do great things, there's you know
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  Speaker 2: those people that also do those great things that kind
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  Speaker 2: of just go you know, unsung. So this offer yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I know, the Radar so yeah, and this is going
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  Speaker 2: to be held at Dixon Elks. Yeah, the Elks lots cheap.
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  Speaker 2: They've been the host for I don't know mind how
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  Speaker 2: many years and great to work with, so yeah, we
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  Speaker 2: continue to do it there.
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  Speaker 1: And there'll be refreshments, yep.
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  Speaker 2: Reshmants will be there and the Basel Tree does offer
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  Speaker 2: the food there as well. Yes, so yep, yeah, So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you can get a table, you can buy individual tickets.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you can get a group of friends or
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  Speaker 2: your family or you know, some businesses get tables. So
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  Speaker 2: it's all sorts all over the board. Anyone's welcome to
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  Speaker 2: come and kind of enjoy and celebrate Dixon public invited.
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  Speaker 1: And then this is the Best of Dixon Gala on
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  Speaker 1: Friday April the fourth, Friday April fourth at the Dixon
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  Speaker 1: Elks and Is lucas mentioned, there are tickets still available
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  Speaker 1: in any capacity that you want, whether you want to
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  Speaker 1: see the table, whether you want to come individually, when
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  Speaker 1: you want to come as a couple, doesn't matter. There
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  Speaker 1: tickets still available. And again food and refreshments one night,
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  Speaker 1: really neat ceremony for the Best of Dixon again. Awards
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  Speaker 1: that will be handed out that evening through Dixon Chamber,
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  Speaker 1: main Stream and Discovered Dixon. That's on Friday, April the fourth.
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  Speaker 1: Quick mention, you wanted to mention a quick May activity
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  Speaker 1: coming up?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, so, as you'll see, we'll start rolling into you know,
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  Speaker 2: our more summer events. Outside events Rock for Madness is
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  Speaker 2: the bike ride Trail and Road one hundred Mile Road,
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  Speaker 2: fifty five mile Road, and the thirty Mile Road, as
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  Speaker 2: well as six, nine and thirteen. I might be wrong
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  Speaker 2: a trail ride, but Rockmeroermadness dot com or Discovered Dixon
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  Speaker 2: dot Com. Like I've said, we just opened up registration
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  Speaker 2: for those those rides a few days ago. We've already
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  Speaker 2: got some sign ups, so it's our third year doing
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  Speaker 2: that ride. Partnering with you know, the Park District kind
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  Speaker 2: of helps out with that, getting stuff ready with us
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  Speaker 2: the Bike Local Bike Club gets helps out very much
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  Speaker 2: so and then partnering with The Why as well. We're
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  Speaker 2: actually going to be doing it from the Dixon Park
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  Speaker 2: District facility this year, so we're kind of shifting soccer
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  Speaker 2: that day and The Why was you know, more than
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  Speaker 2: gracious enough to help us do that, so I want
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  Speaker 2: to thank the Why for doing that too. So we'll
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  Speaker 2: be starting from the facility, So the routes are changing
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  Speaker 2: just a little bit. In the past, we had started
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  Speaker 2: at the little park, so we just wanted to kind
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  Speaker 2: of get it out of the park a little bit
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  Speaker 2: and allow you know, the public to enjoy the park.
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  Speaker 2: We did have to close some parts of the park
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  Speaker 2: from doing it in there, so doing it the facility
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  Speaker 2: kind of allows us to open that park back up
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  Speaker 2: for people. So again, you know, we just opened up
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  Speaker 2: registration and it's our third year and it's exciting, fun event,
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  Speaker 2: kind of nice little kickoff to the.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely and we'll have obviously more information in our April report.
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  Speaker 1: We just started things, you know, with the opening registration,
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  Speaker 1: so we'll have more of a full report in April
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  Speaker 1: leading up to the event. In first part of May,
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  Speaker 1: hopefully we'll maybe have you guys back on before the
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  Speaker 1: event takes place. We'll just have to see how the
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  Speaker 1: calendar works out in May. But again we'll be talking
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  Speaker 1: about it in earnest, obviously in the April report coming up,
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  Speaker 1: and again for Dixon Chamber information, go to Discover Dixon
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  Speaker 1: dot com. Chamber office is located on Hennepin Avenue in
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  Speaker 1: downtown Dixon. Your phone number Lucas.
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  Speaker 2: To wait for three three six one.
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  Speaker 1: You can call the you know if you have questions
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  Speaker 1: on any kind of the event. So you know that
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  Speaker 1: Lucas and I just went over. If you have any questions,
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  Speaker 1: please call the Dixon Chamber office and they'll be able
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  Speaker 1: to assist in all of these great things coming up
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  Speaker 1: with Dixon Chamber, Commerce, Main Street and Discovered Dixon. Appreciate
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  Speaker 1: your visit today, sir, thanks for leaving us. Always nice
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  Speaker 1: to see a marketing manager Marketing director. Lucas Polly from
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  Speaker 1: Dixon Chamber and Main Street our guest today on the
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  Speaker 1: Monday Morning talk line here at w wax and let's
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  Speaker 1: go to press next with Tim Lee.