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- 0:05Speaker 1: Local celebrity bartenders will participate in Kendall County Special Olympics fundraiser.
- 0:11Written by Eric Shelkoff, this article is being read by
- 0:15an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Those who
- 0:20stop by the Fox Republic Brewing Co In Yorkville on
- 0:23a regular basis will see a few new faces behind
- 0:26the bar on Saturday. Kendall County under Sheriff Bobby Richardson,
- 0:30Oswego Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Dan Gallup and Montgomery
- 0:34Police Department Commander Liz Palco are just a few of
- 0:37the local celebrity bartenders that will participate in an event
- 0:41that will benefit Special Olympics Illinois and the upcoming Polar Plunge.
- 0:45Special Olympics offers Olympics style individual and team sports that
- 0:49provide training and competition opportunities for persons with intellectual disabilities.
- 0:54The Celebrity Bartender event will take place at Fox Republic
- 0:57Brewing Co one oh one W Hydraulue in downtown Yorkville.
- 1:02The bartenders will hold a friendly competition. Richardson will face
- 1:06off against Palco, and Gallup will compete against Bristol. Kendall
- 1:09Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Ryan Seahawk. In addition, Kawanas
- 1:14Club of Yorkville member Chris Mahawko will face off against
- 1:18Yorkville Area Chamber of Commerce President CEO Renee Kreger. Yorkville
- 1:23High School football coach Dan McGuire will face off against
- 1:25Oswego High School football coach Brian Cooney. Special Olympics athletes
- 1:30will also be part of the event, which is being
- 1:33put on by Special Olympics Illinois Regency, Fox Republic, Brewing Coe,
- 1:37and the Kendall County Sheriff's Office. The twenty twenty six
- 1:41Law Enforcement Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Illinois will take
- 1:44place at one pm March first, at Loon Lake at
- 1:48Silver Spring State Fish and Wildlife Area one three six
- 1:53zero eight Fox Road, Yorkville. Over the years, the polar
- 1:58plunge teams have raised is thousands of dollars to support
- 2:02the Special Olympics program. To donate or to register to
- 2:06participate in the event, go to support dot soil dot org.
- 2:12Event twenty twenty six dash Leek t Tar Taler Plunge
- 2:18Yorkville Region C E seven three eight one hundred thousand
- 2:25nine