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Talk Line: Noah Grot & Katie Pratt talk summer fun with the FNBA · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Sog Valley. You're back with the Waking Crew
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  Speaker 1: here on FM ninety five one and AM fourteen sixty
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  Speaker 1: w I XN. It's eight thirty five on your Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: July second morning, and although it's hot and muggy outside,
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  Speaker 1: it's cool here in the booth as we're back for
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  Speaker 1: more talk line to talk with our good friends from
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  Speaker 1: the First National Bank and Amboy. It's Katie Pratt and
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  Speaker 1: know what groat folks, how are.
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  Speaker 2: You very good?
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for having us, Thank you for braving the humidity
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  Speaker 1: to come in here today. How is it faring out
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  Speaker 1: there so far?
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  Speaker 3: It's okay. I was just at the pancake breakfast. It's
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  Speaker 3: the first day for it here for Petunia Fest, so
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  Speaker 3: had a wonderful little morning over there. Everybody, make sure
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  Speaker 3: that you step out get your pancakes. The sausages is great,
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  Speaker 3: of course, I know, that's kind of one of one
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  Speaker 3: of their staples. That's a big reason why people go,
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  Speaker 3: so make sure they get out there. It was starting
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  Speaker 3: to fill up more as we were going too, but
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  Speaker 3: we got in nice and early. Thankfully, it's not as
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  Speaker 3: bad as Monday. I think Monday has been the worst
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  Speaker 3: day this week. I was up early, stepped into the
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  Speaker 3: garage and I went, I don't need to drink any
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  Speaker 3: water today.
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  Speaker 2: I just breathed it all in. So no, I absolutely
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  Speaker 2: love it.
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  Speaker 1: And you're right, there's there's plenty of reason to get
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  Speaker 1: outside even with the hot weather and Petunia Fest going on.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, First National Bank and a Boy, you
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  Speaker 1: guys have plenty of summer involvement out in the community
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  Speaker 1: and what's going on, and that's part of what you're
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  Speaker 1: here today to share.
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  Speaker 3: That's right, So I mean our of course, it's what's
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  Speaker 3: going on right now. So we're going to be involved
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  Speaker 3: in Petunia Fest. I mean we we help sponsor it.
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  Speaker 3: So make sure make sure to get out there, enjoy
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  Speaker 3: the enjoy the wonderful festivities. Go to the carnival, go
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  Speaker 3: to the go see the music, go see all the performers.
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  Speaker 3: I think there's a great lineup for this year. We
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  Speaker 3: are going to be a part of the parade on Sunday,
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  Speaker 3: so watch out for our float. We're I think entry
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  Speaker 3: fifty one, so maybe around halfway or so. But I
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  Speaker 3: don't know how many entries are actually in there this year.
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  Speaker 3: I know there was a lot last year. I assume
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  Speaker 3: there's going to be quite a you this year.
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  Speaker 2: So we got that.
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  Speaker 3: Of course, there's the there's the Reagan Run. I know
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  Speaker 3: that on Saturday, we got the municipal band. They're going
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  Speaker 3: to be playing their patriotic concert. I believe that's on Saturday,
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  Speaker 3: So stay tuned for all that. But make sure to
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  Speaker 3: wave at us while we're in the parade. And if
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  Speaker 3: you want to see our other summer involvement and all
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  Speaker 3: the other things like that, make sure to check us
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  Speaker 3: out on Facebook and Instagram. You can find us at
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  Speaker 3: the First National Bank and amboy or make it easier
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  Speaker 3: on yourself and just type in F and B.
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  Speaker 2: And boy I love it. Are you taking part in
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  Speaker 2: the Reagan Run?
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  Speaker 3: I am you am? Yes, yes, I am, my girlfriend
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  Speaker 3: and a couple of a couple of family members. We're
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  Speaker 3: going to be We're going to be going through it.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not shooting for a top time. I don't I
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  Speaker 3: don't have that in me. I don't have that in me.
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  Speaker 3: But we're going to go for it.
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  Speaker 1: That's all right, you're doing better. I told them I'd
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  Speaker 1: do it, but I asked if they could have a
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  Speaker 1: food truck leading the race, and they said it wouldn't said.
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  Speaker 3: Carrot and stick approach.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, exactly. You know, I need a little a
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  Speaker 1: little something there for me, So all right. We're also
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  Speaker 1: looking forward to the Lee County Fair and that's a
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  Speaker 1: big part of what you folks are going to be
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  Speaker 1: doing out there this summer.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, we're happy to work with First National Bank and
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  Speaker 4: Amboy and appreciate that they give us some time here
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  Speaker 4: on the radio to talk about what's coming at the
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  Speaker 4: end of the month. July twenty third to the twenty
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  Speaker 4: six is the Lee County Fair. We open on Thursday
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  Speaker 4: at ten am and run all the way through Sunday.
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  Speaker 4: And of course I always say we are the traditional
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  Speaker 4: quintessential county fair.
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  Speaker 5: You're going to find all the fair food. There's your
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  Speaker 5: food truck.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I ask you to run.
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  Speaker 4: But we've got all of the fair food. We've got
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  Speaker 4: great events in our grandstand, and we actually have a
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  Speaker 4: lot of new things happening this year which we're super
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  Speaker 4: excited to try. Some of them make me laugh, but
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  Speaker 4: our group of volunteers is just a great group of
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  Speaker 4: people that are willing to try anything for a good
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  Speaker 4: laugh and a good time with our fair goers.
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  Speaker 5: And so we hope people will join us July twenty
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  Speaker 5: third to the twenty.
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  Speaker 1: Sixth I love hearing about that. Is there anything you're
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  Speaker 1: being very very coy this morning, Katie?
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  Speaker 2: Are you if you're under an NDA? I get it.
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  Speaker 1: I won't make you violate contract, but I always push.
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  Speaker 4: So here our new things. This is our new thing.
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  Speaker 4: So in the grandstand New on Thursday is a pro
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  Speaker 4: wrestling epic, the group coming out of Rock Island, the
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  Speaker 4: Quad Cities area, and we're super excited to work with them.
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  Speaker 4: Super nice people. I am not a wrestling person.
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  Speaker 2: I don't I don't know the first thing yet much.
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  Speaker 4: And so I'm interested to find out how this goes.
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  Speaker 4: Every time I talk about it, there's usually somebody in
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  Speaker 4: the room that's super excited about this. So that's Thursday,
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  Speaker 4: July twenty third, six thirty in the grandstand. Friday then
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  Speaker 4: will be our tractor truck pulls. This year, we're partnering
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  Speaker 4: with Back Road Pullers, which is a group that's coming
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  Speaker 4: out of Central Illinois. They've been doing a lot of
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  Speaker 4: polls around here. We worked with them last year and
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  Speaker 4: very happy to have them back. And then Saturday is
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  Speaker 4: our rodeo and we love working with TNA Buck and Bulls.
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  Speaker 4: There's Mutton bustin for the younger kids beforehand. It's always
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  Speaker 4: just a great time. Also, on Thursday, we are bringing
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  Speaker 4: a Lego building contest to.
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  Speaker 2: The Oh Cool Oh.
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  Speaker 5: It's talked about that.
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  Speaker 1: Do they build there or do they make okay, so
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  Speaker 1: they don't like, build it off site and bring it in.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, they're being shipped in, so we will provide the
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  Speaker 4: Lego kits. Not sure what the theme is yet, We're
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  Speaker 4: still working on that. There's three different age groups. Registration
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  Speaker 4: starts at five point thirty on Thursday. We'll start building
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  Speaker 4: at six. Contestants get thirty minutes to build, we'll judge them,
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  Speaker 4: and then the cool thing is is that we can
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  Speaker 4: submit the winners' names of each age division to the
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  Speaker 4: Illinois State Fair and if they like, they can go
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  Speaker 4: build at the Illinois State Fair Lego building Contest.
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  Speaker 1: I had no idea, No neither did I. But I've
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  Speaker 1: seen like videos of people who do these very cool
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  Speaker 1: Lego builds, and I got to say, did y'all have
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  Speaker 1: a separate fundraiser for them legos?
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  Speaker 4: Because I've seen I know, well, we were a little
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  Speaker 4: concerned about that. So we have iron Builders is one
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  Speaker 4: of our sponsors for the Lego Building contest, and then
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  Speaker 4: also the Springfield home Builders Association. I think I got
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  Speaker 4: that right. They are the organization that sponsors the state
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  Speaker 4: Fair contest, and this year they're kind of pushing this
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  Speaker 4: out across the states, so they're actually shipping kits to us.
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  Speaker 5: We just have to rent them from so I hope
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  Speaker 5: we can keep track.
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  Speaker 2: Of all these, right.
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  Speaker 4: And then the final new thing, the thing that makes
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  Speaker 4: me laugh, but the thing that I think is going
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  Speaker 4: to be the most fun, is that on Saturday, we
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  Speaker 4: are going to attempt butter sculpting. You know how it's
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  Speaker 4: state fairs, oh, but sculpting things. So we're challenging folks
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  Speaker 4: to sculpt butter. We're going to give people one pound
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  Speaker 4: block of butter. You can use a plastic you know, it's.
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  Speaker 2: Like what.
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  Speaker 3: I use butter for everything.
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  Speaker 5: So that's a story how we came to this.
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  Speaker 4: But in the end, as I said, we have a
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  Speaker 4: group of volunteers and said, why not we have an
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  Speaker 4: air conditioned kitchen that has windows on both sides so
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  Speaker 4: people can look in.
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  Speaker 5: We can crank up the air.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, I was wondering if it was going to be
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  Speaker 1: a speed run edition, you know what I mean, especially if.
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  Speaker 5: We get weather like this at the fair. Very interesting.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, we'll give people an hour to sculpt a black
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  Speaker 4: of butter something that represents County Fairs. We've got a
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  Speaker 4: big cooler we'll put them in so everybody can see
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  Speaker 4: what they are.
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  Speaker 5: We hope people will give it a shot.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, we did this early in the spring on
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  Speaker 4: my porch with a group of folks just to see
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  Speaker 4: if it could be done.
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  Speaker 5: It can, and it's kind of fun, so why not.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, what a cheap way to get into sculpting to
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  Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Bring some home, practice it,
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  Speaker 1: wear gloves and put it in one of those butter containers.
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  Speaker 1: When you're done, it's still good to be spread there
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  Speaker 1: you go. Ah, I love it. Super cool. Well there
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  Speaker 1: you have it, folks, a breaking news, breaking new stuff
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  Speaker 1: going on. I absolutely love hearing that. No, that'll be
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  Speaker 1: a fun one.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, it will be fun, and of course that's the
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  Speaker 4: new stuff we have. But we've got all of the
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  Speaker 4: County Fair favorites. Of course that will be back, our
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  Speaker 4: County Fair Speedway, our Barrel Train, the Petting Zoo, pony Rides,
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  Speaker 4: Farmhouse Bounce, will be there with all of their inflatables,
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  Speaker 4: and this year too, I forgot that. See, there's too
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  Speaker 4: many new things they forget. We've got the Sheriff's Department,
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  Speaker 4: our volunteer fire departments, Matussa, grass Lands, the Illinois Department
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  Speaker 4: of Natural Resources are all coming in at various times
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  Speaker 4: during the fair just to provide some extra kids activities,
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  Speaker 4: things for families to do while they're there, so you
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  Speaker 4: never know when you're going to see them. That schedule
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  Speaker 4: is going to vary throughout the fair. But we're really
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  Speaker 4: appreciative of our community partners that come in and set
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  Speaker 4: up shops so they can give our fair goers something
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  Speaker 4: to do.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely absolutely, and anybody out there, I'm just going to
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  Speaker 1: throw the challenge right now. If you make a buttered
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  Speaker 1: in idge of my bearded likeness, I'll give you twenty bucks.
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  Speaker 1: You submitted in there wind loser draw. I want to
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  Speaker 1: see it. That would be cool. Stare it down. I'll
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  Speaker 1: just keep it in the fridge and bring it home
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  Speaker 1: and not say anything to my wife and have it
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  Speaker 1: staring back at her like, honey, you go get me
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  Speaker 1: the pop Oh, I love it. Anything else you wanted
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  Speaker 1: to share this morning before I throw us off track.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I will say that we'll be at the fair.
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  Speaker 3: We'll have a well, have a group there on Friday evening,
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  Speaker 3: so we'll be there on the twenty fourth. We'll have
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  Speaker 3: some some folks there at the tent, so make sure
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  Speaker 3: to stop by. We're always giving away some goodies. Give
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  Speaker 3: away some popcorn, and then you can take that and
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  Speaker 3: meander about the rest of the fair and enjoy your time.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to get my popcorn and rub it on
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  Speaker 1: my butterface, you know what I mean. Have a little
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  Speaker 1: bit there exactly.
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  Speaker 3: You'll you'll have plenty of flavoring once you have that face. Don't,
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  Speaker 3: of course, don't take away too much.
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  Speaker 1: If they make it to scale. Okay, this thing is
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  Speaker 1: like a Charlie Brown round dome. It's just perfectly I
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  Speaker 1: don't know. They gotta make.
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  Speaker 3: Part of your beard out of the popcorn.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe it'll add some depth. I'd like that. There we go.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, dear boy, you can see how this whole all
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  Speaker 4: came about. Yeah, started our conversation and here we are.
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  Speaker 2: I absolutely love it.
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  Speaker 1: No if anybody wants any more information than anything you've
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  Speaker 1: shared today, or any of the services at First National
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  Speaker 1: Bank and a boy, what's the best way to do it?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely?
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  Speaker 3: So, of course we have our six locations. We have
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  Speaker 3: our two in Amboy, we have two in Dixon, one
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  Speaker 3: in Franklin Grove, one of them Innroe Center as well.
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  Speaker 3: You can always call us to at eight one five,
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  Speaker 3: eight five, seven three six two five or check us
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  Speaker 3: out on our website Fnbamboy dot com. And like I
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  Speaker 3: mentioned earlier, we're on social media too. We're on Facebook
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  Speaker 3: and Instagram, so look us up at under our name.
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  Speaker 1: There you go, and if you want to register find
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  Speaker 1: any more information about the Lee County Fair, what's the
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  Speaker 1: best way to do that.
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  Speaker 4: Lee County Fairgrounds dot Com is our website. Also on
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  Speaker 4: social media on Facebook and Instagram, Lee County Fair and
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  Speaker 4: four eh show times coming up on this and we
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  Speaker 4: hope to see everyone out there.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, get out there.
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  Speaker 1: As I've always told you, there's plenty to do in
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  Speaker 1: the Souk Valley summer fun I've coined that guys, anybody
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  Speaker 1: you here using it, they need to vendo me a buck,
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  Speaker 1: all right, But seriously, you just got to get out
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  Speaker 1: and do it because organizations like yours are just helping
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  Speaker 1: to make sure there's always something to do and I
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  Speaker 1: appreciate all the hard work that you're doing and coming
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  Speaker 1: on the show this morning and again braving the heat.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody always is like, thank you for spreading the word.
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  Speaker 1: I sit in an air conditioned booth and play music
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  Speaker 1: and talk to folks like you, So yes, I do
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  Speaker 1: wonderful work. But you guys are the ones actually sweating
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  Speaker 1: out there and making the hustle.
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  Speaker 3: We appreciate it so awesome, man, thanks for having us.
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  Speaker 2: Brandon