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Something You Should Know - August 04 Butch with the VFW Post 628 - Red White and Boots Aug 14 and 15 · Something You Should Know!

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  Speaker 1: Excited to visit right now with Butch Hougen with the
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  Speaker 1: Vfwncoux Falls Post six twenty eight. They've got a fun
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  Speaker 1: event coming up. It's a couple weeks away, but let's
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  Speaker 1: chat about it right now. First of all, Butch, thanks
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  Speaker 1: for your time today. Tell me a little bit about
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  Speaker 1: this fun event.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the event is actually called Red, White and Boots.
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  Speaker 2: It's a two night event August fourteenth and August fifteenth
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  Speaker 2: at the Alliance and through Falls, and we have some
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  Speaker 2: great people coming. On the fourteenth we have Kenny Thomas.
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  Speaker 2: Kenny Thomas is a former Ranger of the third Ranger
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  Speaker 2: Battalion in the United States Army. And the next night
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  Speaker 2: we have it's actually called the Blue Bird Cafe Experience.
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  Speaker 2: It kind of comes out of Nashville, and that's led
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  Speaker 2: up by Jimmy Eery and two other guests he's bringing
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  Speaker 2: with him Inerson songwriters out of Nashville.
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  Speaker 1: It's a couple of nights and it should be really
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  Speaker 1: good time, filled with wonderful music and also some great
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  Speaker 1: information as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, Ken, you will be the speaker on that fourteenth,
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  Speaker 2: and he has a great message about leadership and taking responsibility.
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  Speaker 2: He's he's been through a good firefight as we know
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  Speaker 2: it from the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia in nineteen
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  Speaker 2: ninety three, hence the movie black Hawk Down.
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  Speaker 1: It'll be at the South Dakota Military Heritage Alliance. It's
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  Speaker 1: put on by the VFW Post six twenty eight. But
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  Speaker 1: this is open to everyone, right.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it's open to the public. You can go to
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  Speaker 2: VFW six to eight dot org and you'll click on
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  Speaker 2: the landing page. You'll see the red, white and boots
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  Speaker 2: banner and then you'll just click on there for tickets.
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  Speaker 1: Very nice. Now, August fourteenth and fifteen sounds like it's
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  Speaker 1: a long ways away, but we're gonna blink twice and
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  Speaker 1: that's gonna be here already.
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  Speaker 2: It is.
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  Speaker 1: If you would like to get tickets, if you'd like
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  Speaker 1: to get information, I'm gonna make it really easy. I'll
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  Speaker 1: throw a link on our Facebook page. Facebook dot com,
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  Speaker 1: slash Sunny Radio at Facebook dot com slash Sue Falls News. Butch,
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  Speaker 1: how long have you been with the post six twenty
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  Speaker 1: eight VFW and Sue Falls.
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  Speaker 2: I've been here since two thousand and seven, so I'm
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  Speaker 2: getting ready to hit twenty years here shortly.
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  Speaker 1: Are you in a new position there at the VFW?
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  Speaker 2: I am what they call the agent, I'm based on
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  Speaker 2: the administrator for the VFW.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it's nice to visit with you about this event.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be a really, really nice event and
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  Speaker 1: that facility is just beautiful. South Dakota Military Heritage Aliance
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  Speaker 1: couldn't ask for a better place to host an event
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  Speaker 1: like this.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we will have a wide variety of setups for
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  Speaker 2: those two nights. First night will be a table type
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  Speaker 2: setting for Kenny's speech, and then the second night will
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  Speaker 2: be basically a stadium seating on the main floor. So
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  Speaker 2: we'll have a variety of seating, a variety of opportunities
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  Speaker 2: to people basically pick and choose where they want to sit.
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  Speaker 1: Well, thank you so much for the time and energy
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  Speaker 1: you're putting into this event, and thank you for chatting
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  Speaker 1: with me about it today.
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  Speaker 2: Butch, Yeah, you're welcome I appreciate your time, and we're
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  Speaker 2: going to get this thing done.
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  Speaker 1: It's a little ways away, but it's going to be
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  Speaker 1: a really good event. And the gentleman that's going to
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  Speaker 1: be here performing Jimmy Ury. It sounds like he's a
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  Speaker 1: super talented dude.
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  Speaker 2: Jimmy Urry is a big songwriter and he's also the
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  Speaker 2: former lead singer and songwriter for the super group Shannon Doah.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I didn't know that they're really good. Yes, I'm
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  Speaker 1: assuming it's a fundraiser. Is it for a specific thing?
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  Speaker 2: What the funds are designed to do is replace the
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  Speaker 2: money that high school ROTC cadets and their programs have
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  Speaker 2: lost due to cut back some federal spunding. So we're
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  Speaker 2: going to help try to supplement their programs and their schooling.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that is a very good thing to do, and again,
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  Speaker 1: the children are the future, so I'm glad we're funding that.
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  Speaker 1: And if folks would like to join us again, it's
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  Speaker 1: coming up a couple weeks away, but time to get
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  Speaker 1: your tickets now.
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  Speaker 2: Just get your tickets VFW six to eight dot org
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  Speaker 2: and let's have a good time.
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  Speaker 1: I think it'll be a very good time. Butch, thank
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  Speaker 1: you so much. For chatting with me.
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  Speaker 2: All right, appreciate John again.
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  Speaker 1: If you would like to get tickets, I do have
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  Speaker 1: a link to make it really easy to find. Facebook
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  Speaker 1: dot com slash Sunny Radio and Facebook dot com slash
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