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Talk-Line: Brandon Clark, Shaw Local · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Here at AM fourteen sixty FM ninety five one from
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  Speaker 1: Shaw Local News. Our good friend Brandon Clark joints us
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  Speaker 1: this morning and this half hour. Good. Yeah, it's good
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  Speaker 1: to see you. And we've got lots of bases to cover,
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  Speaker 1: so to speak with Brandon this morning. He's going to
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  Speaker 1: take a trip across the our Shock Valley area and
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  Speaker 1: we're going to start Brandon with some law and court
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  Speaker 1: proceedings and things like that.
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  Speaker 2: Oh well, yeah, so Shar Shar was supposed to be here,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm not the most familiar with the case, so
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  Speaker 2: I won't go too far. But she's covering I believe,
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  Speaker 2: a sentence or plea hearing today on a twenty twenty
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  Speaker 2: two o WI case and involving a gentleman who had
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  Speaker 2: sounds like he essentially either hit or run over somebody
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  Speaker 2: at the Reagan Run. Yeah, and so considering I don't
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  Speaker 2: know too much more about the details of that, and
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  Speaker 2: I had got the update from her last night that
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  Speaker 2: she couldn't be here for that today, look out for that.
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  Speaker 1: Lookout for that story. Okay, all right, that will be
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  Speaker 1: again posted as we cover that story. Looks like proceedings
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  Speaker 1: are moving right along and we should have word on
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  Speaker 1: that shortly through Shaw local News, so we did want
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  Speaker 1: to get word out of that just rather getting going
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  Speaker 1: we wanted to move over to the Sterling area though.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So the Sterling City Council on Monday they gave
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  Speaker 2: a presentation about a eligibility report for creating a Tiff
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  Speaker 2: district in the area. Basically, this Tift district would basically
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  Speaker 2: include the Northland Mall, Jeff's Automotive and this site of
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  Speaker 2: the former holiday In parking Lot, which, for anybody who's
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  Speaker 2: as old as me can remember that was the hotel
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  Speaker 2: across from the Wendy's where some parties may or may
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  Speaker 2: not have happened. Maybe not when it was holiday In,
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  Speaker 2: but it was a rather frequented spot by some of
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  Speaker 2: our youth. So yeah, that Tiff district whould include that area. Basically,
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  Speaker 2: what tax increment financing districts are I'm not an expert,
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  Speaker 2: so I'll keep this kind of simple. They're designated areas
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  Speaker 2: where future increases and property tax revenue are captured and
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  Speaker 2: then used a fundreado development projects in that area. And
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  Speaker 2: so what that means is the Northland Mall, Jeff's Automotive,
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  Speaker 2: the owner of that hotel, parking lot. They would be
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  Speaker 2: able to sit submit projects for redevelopment that would hopefully
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  Speaker 2: make that area more attractive to future you know, retailers
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  Speaker 2: maybe moving into the mall, future developers that would like
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  Speaker 2: to develop along that area. We've seen across the street,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we've had the marshals the five below. The
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  Speaker 2: development of that area is moving along, and so they'd
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  Speaker 2: like to see that continue. They want that to be
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  Speaker 2: more attractive. And you know, essentially that that's what TIFFs do.
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  Speaker 2: They aim to take underperforming areas or blighted areas and
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  Speaker 2: stimulate economic development.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly. Tax increment financing is because this is not you know, no,
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  Speaker 1: this is a you know, this is being used across
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  Speaker 1: our entire area and probably states and at least in Illinois.
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  Speaker 1: It is a very popular usage and it does provide breaks.
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  Speaker 1: Know well, when people like like the Northland Mall or
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  Speaker 1: like the areas that you mentioned put it to use,
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  Speaker 1: they get breaks, you know.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and and and essentially, you know, the you know,
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  Speaker 2: the idea is is this work gets done, Uh, this
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  Speaker 2: raises their you know, the their property values. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: your property tax goes up, and just the the increase
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  Speaker 2: the portion from where the baseline is set into the
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  Speaker 2: increase is captured and used to have paid for those
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  Speaker 2: products exactly.
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  Speaker 1: That's the incentive. There you go. And so again that's
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  Speaker 1: pretty just that's that's pretty exciting because it's kind of
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  Speaker 1: that's unusual that the north Land Mall, especially that area
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  Speaker 1: hasn't under the guise of that yet. So the council
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  Speaker 1: is going to move on.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that that'll be put forth as an action item.
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  Speaker 2: It sounds like possibly later in the spring. Monday was
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  Speaker 2: just the eligibility report that they had hired S. B.
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  Speaker 2: Friedman to conduct to say, yes, this this area does
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  Speaker 2: meet the eligibility criteria.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, yeah you have to. Yeah, you have to meet
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  Speaker 1: guidelines in order to get involved. So again that to
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  Speaker 1: put forth by the Sterling City Council. So that area
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  Speaker 1: of Sterling covered with Brandon this morning. You wanted to
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  Speaker 1: talk about a business today? Yes, he just puts a
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  Speaker 1: big smile on.
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  Speaker 2: Well, so brothers Darryl right off, you know, as you're
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  Speaker 2: coming off the the Avenue bridge across from I want
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  Speaker 2: to say, it's Golden Key Motors or something. Yeah, gotcha.
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  Speaker 2: So these are two friends, neither of them named Darryl
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  Speaker 2: Chris Schuler and Tony Walters. Some made know Tony Walters,
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  Speaker 2: he ran the dog House for for several years, but
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  Speaker 2: they actually named their business. They were there playing poker
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  Speaker 2: with some buddies.
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  Speaker 1: One night.
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  Speaker 2: They're watching The Bob Newhart Show and they had an
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  Speaker 2: episode where the two brothers Daryl and Darryl, Yeah, where
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  Speaker 2: they would do anything for a dollar, and they thought
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  Speaker 2: it was hilarious and the group of all these buddies
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  Speaker 2: did nothing but call each other Daryl for like two
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  Speaker 2: years after that, it's been there running joke. So Schuler
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  Speaker 2: and Walters, you know, they've they've been friends for years.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they actually met working at at a mc
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  Speaker 2: donald's together, and they eventually they were like, why don't
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  Speaker 2: you know, why don't we open a business? And he,
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  Speaker 2: you know, one said that they are only if we're
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  Speaker 2: going to call it brothers Daryl, and he's like, dude,
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  Speaker 2: you're eating my mind. And so, you know what's really
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  Speaker 2: cool is they wanted to do this around the time
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  Speaker 2: that COVID shut down dining options for establishments, So they
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  Speaker 2: were originally going to do a food truck. Didn't have
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  Speaker 2: enough money for a food truck, so they got a
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  Speaker 2: tent and they started doing events with the rock Fall
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  Speaker 2: Chamber of Commerce. They just grinded all summer long saved
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  Speaker 2: their money. That spot became available and for the past
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  Speaker 2: four years they have been Brother Daryl's. And what is
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  Speaker 2: really cool that I also want to talk about is
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  Speaker 2: they run a really interesting annual golf outing every year.
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  Speaker 2: It's for charity to go to Saint Jude's Children's Hospital
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  Speaker 2: called the You Suck Jackass otherwise known as the Why
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  Speaker 2: is j Classic in some references, And I'd like to
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  Speaker 2: say that that is named after it's themed after the
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  Speaker 2: movie Happy Gil.
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  Speaker 1: There you go.
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  Speaker 2: So if anybody's seen that, you know, and so just
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  Speaker 2: to explain that, you know, they have some regular golf holes,
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  Speaker 2: but they also have some special circumstances. They have a
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  Speaker 2: special hockey shaped putters in the movie, they have the
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  Speaker 2: long range Drive contest.
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  Speaker 1: Where you got to run at the ball.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's a hole you do blindfolded. They have
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  Speaker 2: a couple other buddies who are hecklers, who are just
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  Speaker 2: hackling everybody the entire time. In one hole has a
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  Speaker 2: beautiful woman trying to distract people. Just these different wacky
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  Speaker 2: themed holes. You know, they have a good time. They
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  Speaker 2: you know, they donate all this money to this great cause.
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  Speaker 2: It's been getting more and more golfers, raising more money
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  Speaker 2: every year. This year's July thirteenth, So give them a
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  Speaker 2: call if you want to sign up. Have a good
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  Speaker 2: time for a great cause.
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  Speaker 1: Excellent. Again, I love it. I love the connotation connecting
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  Speaker 1: with happy Gilmore and that's all. It's all happy Gills
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  Speaker 1: you sucking.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, he does that for the crowd. Heckles with
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  Speaker 3: the he yells that out and it bothers him. And
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  Speaker 3: that's why, Yeah, we could say that on you. And
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  Speaker 3: that's not because it's in the movie, you know, because
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  Speaker 3: because and it all connects it all.
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  Speaker 1: I smiled because I love it. Yeah, I love it
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  Speaker 1: because it's in the movie. It is absolutely you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and it's iconic, it really is. Yeah, yeah, because
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  Speaker 1: you know, because it's become a Yeah, you're right, it's
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  Speaker 1: become kind of a staple movie for a lot, especially
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  Speaker 1: for the golfers around here to enjoy. And again, uh,
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  Speaker 1: they're going to have that in July. And again it's
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  Speaker 1: a good cause. Saint Jude's a good a good cause.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: And so if you want to participate, you just connect
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  Speaker 1: with them then right, yeah, okay, let me just give
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  Speaker 1: them a call, connect with them and brothers Darryl and again,
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  Speaker 1: uh again, connect with them on that upcoming fundraiser that
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  Speaker 1: they're going to be amsh Yeah, you'll have updates right
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  Speaker 1: here on w I X mean up because we do
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  Speaker 1: this every week now, Fred, So I'm sure Brady will
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  Speaker 1: have some updates absolutely, All right, moving on, you have
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  Speaker 1: some school in for me.
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  Speaker 2: Moving across the bridge. Yeah, so you know, beloved superintendent.
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  Speaker 2: You know I say that a story had great reception.
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  Speaker 2: People really going to miss him is and I'm hoping
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  Speaker 2: I'm not getting your own name, sir, but Rock Falls
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  Speaker 2: Elementary's District thirteen Superintendent Dan arix or or Eric's any
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  Speaker 2: anybody who knows him knows how to pronounce it. Sorry
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  Speaker 2: if for I get your name wrong, sir, But you
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  Speaker 2: know he's been an educator for nearly thirty years. He's
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  Speaker 2: been the superintendent for the past fifteen. He was a
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  Speaker 2: principal at Marrill Elementary for six years and an eighth
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  Speaker 2: grade math teacher at the Rock Falls Middle School for
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  Speaker 2: eight years, So you know he's he's given decades of
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  Speaker 2: service to Rock Falls school children. And you know, just
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  Speaker 2: everybody you know from who I've talked, they're really going
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  Speaker 2: to miss him. The guy's done a great job.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, So again, yes, after putting in his time, his
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  Speaker 1: tenuere and we wish him well in his future. But
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  Speaker 1: again that retirement announced, yeah, ready, that's already given. A
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  Speaker 1: retirement has been announced through the Rock Falls Schools of
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  Speaker 1: a retirement and Brandon hands the story for us this
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  Speaker 1: morning from Shaw Local News here at WX.
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  Speaker 2: And anything else you know. I want to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that I mentioned here in Dixon at Jersey Mike's there's
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  Speaker 2: an event with Dixon Buddy Bags. So from five to
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  Speaker 2: eight pm, twenty percent of sales are going to go
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  Speaker 2: to support Dixon Buddy Bags, which provides to breakfasts to
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  Speaker 2: launch two snacks. I'm sure I might be forgetting some here,
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  Speaker 2: but they essentially every week they provide these free meals
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  Speaker 2: to school children in the area. So Dixon Buddy Bags
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  Speaker 2: supports Dixon. There's one for Sterling and one for Amboy.
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  Speaker 2: I was trying to find other of the communities that
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  Speaker 2: had them, wasn't able to find it, but you are
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  Speaker 2: if you can contact either the Dixon or Sterling Buddy
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  Speaker 2: Bags and they said they'd be happy to you know,
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  Speaker 2: help other people learn how they can get this program going.
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  Speaker 2: But they you know, they use monetary and food donations
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  Speaker 2: to make these meals possible. Volunteers come in and pack
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  Speaker 2: them every week and it's a great program to help them.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, st by Jersey Mikes get a sub
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  Speaker 2: and support help helping to feed you know, area school show.
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  Speaker 1: Nice of businesses and we see a lot of this
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  Speaker 1: happening with the area establishments. You know, the businesses coming
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  Speaker 1: to board with organizations and agencies to help their cause.
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  Speaker 1: And good for Jersey Mikes. Congratulations afters and Mikes on
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  Speaker 1: supporting that Buddy Bags program here in Dixon. So again,
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  Speaker 1: go to Jersey Mikes and support that Buddy Bags program
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  Speaker 1: when you purchase your food through Jersey Mikes. Always a
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  Speaker 1: pleasure having them board. Fun time we went all tell
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  Speaker 1: you we were gonna go all the day, travel all around
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  Speaker 1: the area today, so I think we've covered all the
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  Speaker 1: bases Dixon, Sterling Rock Falls with Brandon Clark today from
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  Speaker 1: Shaw Local News. Pleasure having you on board. We'll see
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  Speaker 1: you next week. Always a great time. Shaw Local News
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  Speaker 1: is Brandon Clark visits with us Today Here at AM
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  Speaker 1: fourteen sixty and FM ninety five one w i xcent.
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