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  Speaker 1: Business owner giving back to Oswego in many ways. Written
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  Speaker 1: by Eric Shelkoff. This article is being read by an
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  Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlett Kelly. Rice believes
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  Speaker 1: in the power to make a difference. I'm a strong
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  Speaker 1: believer that if you want to see a difference, you
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  Speaker 1: should be the difference, Rice said. I might not have
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  Speaker 1: control to change things at a higher level, but I
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  Speaker 1: can definitely make a difference in my community and make
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  Speaker 1: it better by doing small things. Rice is doing just that.
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  Speaker 1: She is involved in several Oswego organizations in addition to
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  Speaker 1: owning the Scoop ice Cream shop in downtown Oswego with
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  Speaker 1: Christina Reynolds and owning Imagination Print and Design in downtown Oswego.
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  Speaker 1: I always loved being able to design and take it
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  Speaker 1: all the way to completion and seeing the finished product,
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  Speaker 1: Rice said, and having my own business was always my dream.
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  Speaker 1: She has a degree in Visual Communication design with an
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  Speaker 1: emphasis in graphic design. I'm communicating through design the message
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  Speaker 1: that the customer wants, Rice said. That's what I went
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  Speaker 1: to school for and that's what I love doing. Rice
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  Speaker 1: helps helps out her fellow business owners in many ways.
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  Speaker 1: She has served as the chairman of the Board of
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  Speaker 1: Directors for the Oswego Area Chamber of Commerce. She also
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  Speaker 1: is a member of the Oswego Downtown Association, an arm
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  Speaker 1: of the Chamber of Commerce, which hosts various events in
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  Speaker 1: downtown Oswego, such as the Chocolate Walk for Charity and
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  Speaker 1: the Bunny Hop. I want to help make the events
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  Speaker 1: more successful, Rice said, And it's fun. We have so
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  Speaker 1: many fun events. She said that the events are another
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  Speaker 1: way to bring people to downtown Oswego. So many people
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  Speaker 1: come to those events and they're like, Oh, I've never
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  Speaker 1: been in that shop. Rice said, the more people that
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  Speaker 1: come downtown and know about all of us, the better
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  Speaker 1: we all are. For more than ten years, Rice has
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  Speaker 1: also been involved in the Oswego Junior Women's Club, a
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  Speaker 1: non profit organization dedicated to supporting women, children, and families
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  Speaker 1: in Oswego and surrounding communities through volunteer services and philanthropy.
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  Speaker 1: She chairs the group's fundraising committee. The club itself does
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  Speaker 1: so many great things. Rice said, I'm just playing a
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  Speaker 1: small part in being on the fundraising committee with a
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  Speaker 1: group of really fabulous ladies. But it's fun. We have
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  Speaker 1: a lot of fun raising money that includes hosting a
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  Speaker 1: whig Crawl every year. Rice also serves on the board
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  Speaker 1: for the Oswego Foundation for Educational Excellence. We provide grants
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  Speaker 1: for teachers in SD three hundred eight. Rice said. This
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  Speaker 1: past year, we gave out about fifteen thousand dollars in
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  Speaker 1: grants to different teachers. She juggles all these activities with
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  Speaker 1: being a mom. Rice and her husband have a ten
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  Speaker 1: year old son who is in fourth grade at Boulder
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  Speaker 1: Hill Elementary School. I really try to be present wherever
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  Speaker 1: I am, Rice said. If I'm at work, I'm focused
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  Speaker 1: on work, and if I'm at home, I'm focused on
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  Speaker 1: what is going on at home. I think it is
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  Speaker 1: really important to be present and take time for your family.
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  Speaker 1: Angie Hibbin, president and chief executive officer of the Oswego
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  Speaker 1: Area Chamber of Commerce, said she appreciates everything Rice does.
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  Speaker 1: She's been amazing, Hibbin said,