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Talk Line: Jennifer Lang on 2026 Discover Dixon Events · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Salk Valley. You're with the Waking crew here
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  Speaker 1: on FM ninety five one and AM fourteen sixty WIXN.
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  Speaker 1: It's eight point fifteen on your Monday morning, and so
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  Speaker 1: you know what that means. It's time for talk line
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  Speaker 1: and I'm joined once again by the one and only
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  Speaker 1: Jennifer Lang from Discovered Dixon.
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  Speaker 2: Wow. Thanks Brandon, Happy Monday. How are you.
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  Speaker 1: I'm very very very well, as I told you, fresh
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  Speaker 1: out of bathroom remodels, but a fun weekend and good. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: how's your Monday so far?
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  Speaker 2: It's good. You know, this is the first well what
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  Speaker 2: is today, February second? On that Groundhog? I tell you what,
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  Speaker 2: I'm disappointed, but that's all right. We're going to get
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  Speaker 2: through these next six weeks. So there's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: good things happening.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. It caught my ear. I was sitting here prepping
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  Speaker 1: for something and I was listening to the ABC cast
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  Speaker 1: and it said might be the most hated rodent in America.
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  Speaker 1: I was expecting him to say some mice outbreak, and
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  Speaker 1: then I hear six more weeks of Phil, and I
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  Speaker 1: was like, yeah, I don't think I like you, Phil.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, wrong answer, Phil. But that's all right, that's our
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  Speaker 2: we Uh it seems like we're gonna get a warm
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  Speaker 2: up for us here, so I have aford of that.
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  Speaker 2: It's been kind of brutal the past couple.
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  Speaker 1: Of weeks after all this. Yes, yesterday afternoon, I was
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  Speaker 1: like walking with a light jacket and it's still technically
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  Speaker 1: below freezing. Okay, Yeah, yeah, so I might grill this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, good for you. I mean, I don't think there's
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  Speaker 2: a bad time to girl out anyways, but.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, midwesterner's snow blizzard. But come on over here and
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  Speaker 1: enjoy the sausage.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we got it, the grill, keep your warm. So yeah, no, uh,
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  Speaker 2: well it's exciting. You know, as we flipped the calendar
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  Speaker 2: for Discovered Dixon, we're really getting pumped where you know,
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  Speaker 2: January was a good reset month for us. We're still working.
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  Speaker 2: We're getting things lined up for a great event season,
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  Speaker 2: getting things just lined up and working with our community,
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  Speaker 2: sitting down and talking to see what the community is,
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  Speaker 2: uh wanting to do, what the needs are, and how
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  Speaker 2: Discovered Dixon can make things happen. So we're pumped. It's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be a good year.
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  Speaker 1: I know it is. You guys always have your fingers
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  Speaker 1: on the pulse of that. And if the weather isn't
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  Speaker 1: enough to warm you up, I think your first event is.
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  Speaker 2: I think so So you know this for uh, this Saturday,
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  Speaker 2: February seventh is our Cupid Shop and Shuffle. So we
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  Speaker 2: try to highlight a couple shopping events each year. This
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  Speaker 2: is the first one of twenty twenty six. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: go to our Discovered Dixon dot com there's events. Go
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  Speaker 2: to our Cupid Shop and Shuffle and you're going to
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  Speaker 2: find out all the great businesses that are participating this
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  Speaker 2: Saturday with their specials, their deals, they're marked downs and
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  Speaker 2: and uh you know, buy ones and get one free
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  Speaker 2: and such. So gather the girls come downtown Dixon and
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  Speaker 2: even beyond and chop it shop and check it out.
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  Speaker 2: We just, uh, you know, I when I look at
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  Speaker 2: our downtown businesses, it's really cool. Like we have like
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  Speaker 2: two long Legevity Jewelers in our community, right, you know,
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  Speaker 2: our wonderful boutiques that are there. You know, we have
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  Speaker 2: so much great art down in our downtown. Yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think of you know, we have a new drop
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  Speaker 2: in art studio there on Hennepin. Of course, we have
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  Speaker 2: the next Picture Show if you haven't seen, there is
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  Speaker 2: the pottery store that's fairly new, so there's just really
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  Speaker 2: something for everybody. And but this is the time again,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the February seventh Shop and Shuffle, come down,
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  Speaker 2: check it out. And of course our restaurants and our
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  Speaker 2: bars will be offering stuff as well, so it's a
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  Speaker 2: good time to come explore.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely great time week before I mean, right, but you know,
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  Speaker 1: right before Valentine's Day. Don't be that guy or gal
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  Speaker 1: at a CVS picking out you know, the the disc
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  Speaker 1: whatever discount chocolate you can find and something that passes
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  Speaker 1: off as it gives as you're trying to rip off
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  Speaker 1: that sticker that says you weren't thinking, don't do it.
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  Speaker 2: It's your warning, gentlemen, ladies, that is your warning. You
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  Speaker 2: have two weeks, but this Saturday is the time to
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  Speaker 2: do it.
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  Speaker 1: Get it done, Get it done. You're not going to
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  Speaker 1: do any better than having an event like this that's
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  Speaker 1: already geared around having a good time and taking care
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  Speaker 1: of it a week early so that you can look
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  Speaker 1: like the hero you're meant to be.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, that's a great plog right there, The hero
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  Speaker 2: you're meant to.
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  Speaker 1: Be and speaking of heroes and great events, you've got
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  Speaker 1: another one Business after Business.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so monthly we have a business after business this
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  Speaker 2: month it will be February twelfth at ken Nelson Auto
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  Speaker 2: Group five to six thirty. This is a event that
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  Speaker 2: we invite our chamber investors too. It's a chance to
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  Speaker 2: mingle meet other businesses and people in the community. So
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  Speaker 2: it's a great networking event. Come join us, bring your
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  Speaker 2: business card, there's always a giveaway. Of course, you're going
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  Speaker 2: to meet the ken Nelson team will be there as
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  Speaker 2: well as check out all those really cool cars that
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  Speaker 2: they have and trucks and ask those ques questions and
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  Speaker 2: it's just really cool to actually talk with the no pressure,
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  Speaker 2: right you know, I know everybody's like, oh car dealerships,
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  Speaker 2: but this is a great time for no pressure, get
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  Speaker 2: to know them, enjoy a beverage, some snacks with us,
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  Speaker 2: and just uh network with your fellow business people in
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  Speaker 2: the community.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, collaboration is the key networking. Yeah, you can never
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  Speaker 1: know enough people, never you know, have enough ideas thrown
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  Speaker 1: your way, and these kind of things are the best
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  Speaker 1: way to get out of your your typical circle where
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  Speaker 1: you're not maybe you know you're you're you're not gonna
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  Speaker 1: maybe rub elbows this kind of way with people and
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  Speaker 1: meet them if you're not coming out to events like that.
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  Speaker 2: And that's true, and it's about getting to know everybody
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  Speaker 2: and anybody. You know, how can we together work? You know,
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  Speaker 2: maybe we could collaborate or there's a problem that needs
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  Speaker 2: to be solved, and that's a great time to continue
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  Speaker 2: to talk and work together.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, if Ken Nelson can collaborate with Angelo's
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  Speaker 1: on core vet speed delivered that you know what I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's better, it's good for both businesses. You know, just
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  Speaker 1: an idea out there. I'll take ten percent find your
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  Speaker 1: fee if you capitalize.
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  Speaker 2: Great plug in there, but on a.
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  Speaker 1: Better, more serious business. No, if you're you're looking for
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  Speaker 1: a job or maybe a career switch up, you guys
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  Speaker 1: got a career fair coming up.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so this is really a cool thing we do.
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  Speaker 2: This is our third year of hosting this career fair
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  Speaker 2: and hiring expo. So right now we're looking for those
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  Speaker 2: businesses that want to be highlighted. We are going to
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  Speaker 2: put you in front of every student in the Dixon
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  Speaker 2: High School. So on Wednesday, March eleventh, in the morning,
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  Speaker 2: the seniors will come through and then you know, the junior, sophomore, freshman,
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  Speaker 2: and it's just a great, great opportunity for you to
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  Speaker 2: showcase what do you do, you know, try to get
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  Speaker 2: in front of these kids who are going to be
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  Speaker 2: graduating soon. You know, you know, maybe they want to
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  Speaker 2: go into banking or social service or the trade. But
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  Speaker 2: this is a great opportunity for a business to be highlighted.
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  Speaker 2: And then that will happen from eight to eleven, right,
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  Speaker 2: and then we're gonna reset real quick, and then from
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  Speaker 2: eleven thirty to twelve thirty it is open to the public, okay,
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  Speaker 2: so anybody can come in, have that resume ready. People
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  Speaker 2: will be hiring on spot, doing interviews. But this is
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  Speaker 2: a great time again for our community. If maybe you're
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  Speaker 2: looking for a different career path, maybe you've had questions
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  Speaker 2: about a different career, the people are going to be here.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to be here to answer your question. So
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  Speaker 2: it's just ultimately a great event on Wednesday, March eleventh,
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  Speaker 2: again we get to get in front of all these
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  Speaker 2: these high schoolers, you know, the students with helping maybe
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  Speaker 2: navigate or enlightening them with something. And then of course
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  Speaker 2: you know, our community. You know, it's just a great
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to check it out. You know, maybe you're looking
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  Speaker 2: at doing something different or you have those questions, so
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  Speaker 2: you're gonna find out. I know, I tell everybody all
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  Speaker 2: the time, go to our website discovered Dixon dot com.
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  Speaker 2: You're going to see events up there and then you
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  Speaker 2: can find out more about each event. But generally go
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  Speaker 2: to our Discovered Dixon dot com website. There is just
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  Speaker 2: such a wealth of information from our community members, our visitors,
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  Speaker 2: our business investors. There's a lot of great information that
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  Speaker 2: everybody could check out and learn a little bit more
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  Speaker 2: about Discovered Dixon and Dixon as a whole.
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  Speaker 1: There's always something going down here. And one of the
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  Speaker 1: things that you you know and it ends up surprising
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  Speaker 1: you if you've not been on the site before, is
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  Speaker 1: just how much you didn't know about a place that
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  Speaker 1: you've either grown up in or glow grown in such
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  Speaker 1: close proximity too, you feel like you you know everything
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  Speaker 1: because you can get down the street without you know,
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  Speaker 1: gpsing it. So it's like, what else do I need
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  Speaker 1: to know about Dixon. It's like you'd be.
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  Speaker 2: Surprised there is you know, we hope that our website.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's like some fun facts you know to know,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, I encourage as well if you're ever
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  Speaker 2: downtown Dixon. We are located right on Hunnepen. We're a
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  Speaker 2: visitor center. So if you're ever looking for the key
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  Speaker 2: chain or mug or sweatshirt, you know, we just have
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  Speaker 2: a bunch of different swag, whether it be from Dixon
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  Speaker 2: or Illinois or even Ronald Reagan. We do have a
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  Speaker 2: little bit for everybody. And you know, in we also
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  Speaker 2: have maps. You know, maybe if you're looking for a
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  Speaker 2: map of Dixon, but we encourage everybody to stop in
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  Speaker 2: and let us tell you something. Or if visitors. I
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  Speaker 2: love seeing the visitors. You know, what brought you to Dixon?
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  Speaker 2: Why are you here? May I suggest something? You know,
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  Speaker 2: whether it be a you know, the antique lover looking
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  Speaker 2: for a new spot to visit, or somebody who just
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  Speaker 2: wants a good burger. You know, it's kind of cool
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  Speaker 2: to be like, well, you know, may I suggest this?
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  Speaker 2: Or you know, we just have a wealth of information
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  Speaker 2: on our website as well inside our organization, So I
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  Speaker 2: tell people get involved, come visit us, let's talk. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, one more thing I do want to highlight.
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  Speaker 2: When we're talking about our website is we have a
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  Speaker 2: weekly newsletter that goes out every Wednesday. So you can
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  Speaker 2: go again to our website where it says newsletter and
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  Speaker 2: then you could add your name and email address. That
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  Speaker 2: is it, and we send an email out once a
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  Speaker 2: week every Wednesday. That is it. So that newsletter is
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  Speaker 2: going to highlight what Discovered Dixon is doing. And then
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  Speaker 2: of course we do have our community members. People submit stuff,
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  Speaker 2: you know, maybe they're having a bake sale or a
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  Speaker 2: car wash or an event. So we do have organizations
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  Speaker 2: that submit stuff. So it's a great way for you
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  Speaker 2: to know what's going on in your community here in
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  Speaker 2: Dixon once a week, just once a week, we send
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  Speaker 2: it to you.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, once we find ketchup while you're having coffee, know
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  Speaker 1: everything that's going on city. You know, when speaking of
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  Speaker 1: Dixon and all the great things that are here, you know,
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  Speaker 1: let's talk about the best things that are here.
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  Speaker 2: The best things. Yeah. So our Best Addicts in Gala
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  Speaker 2: is coming up in April April seventeenth. Invitations are being
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  Speaker 2: sent to our investors as we speak. But community, this
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  Speaker 2: is where you get to nominate. We look to our
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  Speaker 2: community who are these wonderful people. Nominate that Citizen of
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  Speaker 2: the Year who was a rock star in twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 2: We also look for our four under forty, so those
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  Speaker 2: are those if you're under forty, and the movers and
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  Speaker 2: shakers in our community. You know, there's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: great people in our community. And I encourage you, you know,
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  Speaker 2: start nominating. Start talking to your friends and say, hey,
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  Speaker 2: have you thought about so and so. Get on our
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  Speaker 2: website where you're going to find that form, or even
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  Speaker 2: on our social media. The form is really easy, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and if you don't think you know enough about the person,
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  Speaker 2: please go ahead and submit, because I'm going to tell
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  Speaker 2: you what if you submit something and then your other
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  Speaker 2: friend is submitting something and you guys are all kind
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  Speaker 2: of putting together this great puzzle of this amazing person.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, we're also looking for a Business of
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  Speaker 2: the Year, small Business of the Year, Volunteer of the Year,
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  Speaker 2: and you can find out again all that information. It's
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  Speaker 2: on our website. It's so easy to nominate. And just
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  Speaker 2: what everybody knows, we do have a committee that does
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  Speaker 2: come together, will come together the month prior, and that
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  Speaker 2: consists of past citizen of the years. We'll sit down
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  Speaker 2: and we'll go through all those every single nomination form. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: we go through and we talk about every individual. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: get those nominations in because we do have a vibrant,
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  Speaker 2: great community with so many wonderful people.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, and you hear so many times come from people
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  Speaker 1: that'll talk about you know, someone or a business and
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  Speaker 1: mention you know and go on for a little bit
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  Speaker 1: about how great someone is or some good they did. Right, like,
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  Speaker 1: this is the chance to actually give them some proper
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  Speaker 1: recognition beyond your own lip service, let everybody else know
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  Speaker 1: why they're so wonderful, and that just keeps going that positivity.
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  Speaker 1: So I absolutely love these and I can't wait to
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  Speaker 1: see who shakes out to be the best of Dixon.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so there's time, friend, So nominations will be open
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  Speaker 2: until the end of this month, So please start, you know,
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  Speaker 2: send us those nominations because we look at every single
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  Speaker 2: one and and please don't be discouraged if that individual
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  Speaker 2: maybe does not get it this year, it's great because
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  Speaker 2: we do have we keep that information and again you
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  Speaker 2: can continue nominate them next year because I'm sure they're
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  Speaker 2: just gonna do more great things and such, so talk
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  Speaker 2: it over and of course if you have any questions,
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  Speaker 2: always reach out to us at eight one, five two,
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  Speaker 2: eight four three three six one or our Discovered Dixon
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  Speaker 2: office or yeah, get hold of us, let us know
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  Speaker 2: how we can help you.
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  Speaker 1: There you have it, whether you got questions, concerns, they're
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  Speaker 1: going to take care of you. Get those nominations and
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  Speaker 1: now you've got the rest of the month. But don't forget,
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  Speaker 1: don't put it off. You heard it here, just hop
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  Speaker 1: online and put it in. Do anything else you want
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  Speaker 1: to share this morning, Jennifer, Oh, I.
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  Speaker 2: Think I shared quite a bit. Go to our discover
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  Speaker 2: Dison dot com website or our social media stopping to
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  Speaker 2: visit us. But as always, we always appreciate the opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to come and talk with you.
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  Speaker 1: Always love hear what you guys have going on, and
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  Speaker 1: thank you for keeping things interesting and vibrant within the community.
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  Speaker 2: Jennifer, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Have a good day, you too,