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  Speaker 1: August the thirteenth. Year is twenty twenty five, and it's
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  Speaker 1: time for another informational edition of talk Line here at
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  Speaker 1: WIXN Radio. Good morning, I'm Steve Marco. It is time
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  Speaker 1: for our bi monthly look at news and information from
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  Speaker 1: Hope Cancer Wellness. The center again takes care of us.
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  Speaker 1: It's our cancer comfort Center, and it takes care of
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  Speaker 1: us throughout not only Dixon, but Lee County, the Sauk
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  Speaker 1: Valley and all of northern Illinois, reaching out with its
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  Speaker 1: information and education on a daily basis. And the executive
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  Speaker 1: director of Hope Cancer Wellness is live with us for
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  Speaker 1: our report today on WIXENT. Her name is Joe and
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  Speaker 1: Padilla and she is with us here at WIXENT Radio.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning man, Good morning Steve. Thanks for having me well.
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  Speaker 1: It is nice to have you, ma'am visit with us
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  Speaker 1: this morning. We always like to get an update of
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  Speaker 1: happening within the Hope Cancer Wellness realm, and there are
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  Speaker 1: a lot of activities actually yes, that are taking place
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  Speaker 1: on the Cancer Calendar of event list that Joan is
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  Speaker 1: going to share with us this morning. We are going
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  Speaker 1: to run from now through the end of all and
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  Speaker 1: even into September obviously, because we're in every other month
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  Speaker 1: report with Joan. She likes to give us the low
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  Speaker 1: down on happenings a little bit further into our year
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  Speaker 1: as far as hope, cancer, wellness special events are concern.
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  Speaker 1: Where are we going to start today.
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  Speaker 2: Well, let's start with today. Today we have our Stride
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  Speaker 2: for Strength and we do our walking program. It's not
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  Speaker 2: an aerobic walk, Steve, just a gentle walk through. And
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  Speaker 2: today we'll be at Sinnesippie Park at eleven am. So
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  Speaker 2: if anyone is in the mood, tie up your laces,
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  Speaker 2: come and join us. We meet at the back pavilion
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  Speaker 2: by where the sled hill is. I guess yes, all
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  Speaker 2: the way in the back. If you know Sinnesippie Park,
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  Speaker 2: you got to go all the way around into the
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  Speaker 2: back pavilion. But we meet there at eleven am. Just
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  Speaker 2: do a nice thirty minute gentle walk through the path there.
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  Speaker 2: It's lovely to be in nature and so we'd like
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  Speaker 2: anyone that's interested to come out and join us for that.
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  Speaker 1: You said anybody that's interested, Sean, So that means you know,
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  Speaker 1: you just kind of leave the door open.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, well, because if you think about it, Steve a
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  Speaker 2: lot of us have been touched by cancer. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it might not just it might not be our own diagnosis.
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  Speaker 2: We might be a caregiver, a family member, and so
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  Speaker 2: we like to open those opportunities up for everyone.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, So it's not just to those that are
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  Speaker 1: dealing directly with cancer, but those that may have experienced
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  Speaker 1: in one fashion or another relationships. And yeah, it can
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  Speaker 1: go as far as you know, being a family member
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  Speaker 1: of one that has again been diagnosed or affected by cancer.
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  Speaker 1: It's just an opportunity for everybody. Again, and I don't
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  Speaker 1: know too many people, Joan, that aren't you connected in
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  Speaker 1: one way these days. You would like to think, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: you know that we'd have this, you know, pretty much
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  Speaker 1: under control, but we don't. We are still battling, you know,
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  Speaker 1: with cancer and with its you know effects not only
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  Speaker 1: on those directly again in line, but again those again
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  Speaker 1: that's around these people that again are afflicted with cancer.
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  Speaker 1: So again, as Joe mentioned, the doors open, no pre
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  Speaker 1: registration now, it's just to drop in. Comfort walk. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: comfort a walk, comfort walk.
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  Speaker 2: We share your story, connect with people good.
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  Speaker 1: At Sippi eleven o'clock today, Sinnissippi Park in Sterling. Again
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  Speaker 1: it's the first of many on the calendar that Joan
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  Speaker 1: is going to talk about today. What else in August.
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  Speaker 2: Doing So we've got next week on August twenty. First,
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to invite those interested. We're having singing bowls. Now,
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  Speaker 2: what are singing bowls? Well, it is a beautiful meditative program.
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  Speaker 2: We've invited Margaret Delafonte. She's a Reikie practitioner and an
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  Speaker 2: energy worker, so she is going to present on the
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  Speaker 2: sound healing experience of her crystal bowls. It's lovely, It's
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  Speaker 2: just lovely. So we'll have our yoga mats. You can
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  Speaker 2: lay down if you want to participate, you can bring
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  Speaker 2: your blanket and pillow. But it's a very relaxing evening,
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  Speaker 2: really gets you grounded and focused. So that is at
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  Speaker 2: six pm. It's at the Center, and I do need
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  Speaker 2: you to reserve a spot because of the needing of
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  Speaker 2: us placing the individuals, we need to make sure we
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  Speaker 2: have enough room, so we are closing that off at
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  Speaker 2: ten people, So please we do have spots available. If
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  Speaker 2: you're interested, please call the Center at eight one, five two, eight,
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  Speaker 2: eight four six seven three and you can register for
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  Speaker 2: our Singing Bowls Meditative practice on August twenty first.
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  Speaker 1: Very good again another this is another for you. These
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  Speaker 1: are pretty much as Joan is going to talk about,
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  Speaker 1: these are pretty much free offerings through Hope Cancer Wellness
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  Speaker 1: that are offered across our northern Illinois area. But this
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  Speaker 1: one again needs reservations and again it's limited in its participation.
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  Speaker 1: So again August the twenty first against six o'clock Hope
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  Speaker 1: Cancer Wellness between Dixon and Sterling on Illinois Route too,
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  Speaker 1: Singing bulls meditation.
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  Speaker 2: I like it.
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  Speaker 1: And again it's just another stress reliever again as we
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  Speaker 1: talk about walking, stress relieving, singing bowls, stress relieving again
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  Speaker 1: through Hope Cancer Wellness, anything else.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll have our group, our support group. Steve is
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  Speaker 2: very important. It meets on August nineteenth at the Center
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  Speaker 2: at four pm. And Kayla Smart, who is my social worker,
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  Speaker 2: she facilitates that program. She's got a lovely group. They
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  Speaker 2: are a group of survivors. There's a group of active
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  Speaker 2: cancer patients going through their treatment currently. There there are
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  Speaker 2: some caregivers in that group. So it's all inclusive because
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  Speaker 2: we have so much that we can give when we
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  Speaker 2: share our stories and we can connect with those So
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  Speaker 2: that is at four o'clock on August nineteenth. That we
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  Speaker 2: do also offer high bred Steve. So if you're a
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  Speaker 2: cancer patient and you're not feeling well, you want to
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  Speaker 2: zoom in, give us a call. We will give you
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  Speaker 2: the link and you can join us virtually at four
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  Speaker 2: o'clock that way as well.
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  Speaker 1: Very good. This is the facing for challenge, Yes, Facing
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  Speaker 1: the challenge, the Challenge group again. August the nineteenth, four o'clock.
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  Speaker 1: It's there again Hope Cancer Wellness Support Group that meets
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  Speaker 1: on a regular basis. This is pretty much on.
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  Speaker 2: A monthly Yes, it's the third a Tuesday of every month.
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  Speaker 1: Very good. So again that will happen August the nineteenth,
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  Speaker 1: prior to the singing bowls. It's August the nineteenth, four
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  Speaker 1: o'clock again at that same Hope Cancer Wellness Center. But
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  Speaker 1: again as Joan mentioned, the availability is there. You can
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  Speaker 1: zoom the program and if you cannot attend at the
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  Speaker 1: wellness Center in person, you can also get an online
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  Speaker 1: which is nice for those that may not be able
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  Speaker 1: to travel to the Cancer Wellness Center. Jump a da
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  Speaker 1: is our guest today from Hope Cancer Wellness our guest
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  Speaker 1: today on the eight to fifteen talk line. Have we
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  Speaker 1: taken care of August.
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  Speaker 2: We have taken so let's jump into September. So starting
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  Speaker 2: in September, we're going to have cancer patients and nutrition
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  Speaker 2: and diet So Jade Ulrich from OSF is going to
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  Speaker 2: be presenting little facts and information on what foods that
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  Speaker 2: might support your dietary needs and changes through your treatment.
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  Speaker 2: So we're looking forward to having Jade give us a
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  Speaker 2: wealth of information. There that September tenth, at five o'clock,
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  Speaker 2: we will be meeting on the second floor classroom at
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  Speaker 2: help Me Steve town Square.
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  Speaker 1: There you go, thank you, okay, town Square Center town
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  Speaker 1: Square Center, Yes, in their classroom on the second floor,
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  Speaker 1: and that's at five o'clock.
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  Speaker 2: We do ask that you reserve your spot, so if
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  Speaker 2: you could please call the center again eight one five
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  Speaker 2: to eight, eight four, six seven three to reserve your
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  Speaker 2: spot so that we have enough so Jade knows information,
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  Speaker 2: packets and things like that to have enough of those.
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  Speaker 1: So we've gone through categories like stress, We've gone through
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  Speaker 1: categories like again support, and now we're into nutrition. Yes again,
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  Speaker 1: it's Helpe Catcher wellness covering the basis you know when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to cancer care and cancer education and assistance. Again,
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  Speaker 1: here they are with all of these free programs and
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  Speaker 1: once again, this one will happen on September the tenth.
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  Speaker 2: What else is going on, So let's move to September eighteenth.
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  Speaker 2: You know a lot of our patients will say that
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  Speaker 2: they're having trouble sleeping and getting their rest. So we've
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  Speaker 2: invited Jennifer Pillars. She is the OSF, She is part
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  Speaker 2: of the Sleep Lab at OSF. So she is going
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  Speaker 2: to go over how cancer patients can get more valuable rest.
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  Speaker 2: She's going to give them some tips and explain how
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  Speaker 2: quality sleep will support your body's natural healing process, but
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  Speaker 2: give you tips on how to get some better rest
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  Speaker 2: as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, okay, that's on the eighteenth the center.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, that will be at the center and so they
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  Speaker 2: can register for that the same way you can email us,
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  Speaker 2: you can call the center reach out. It's going to
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  Speaker 2: be a very interesting program. We appreciate Jennifer's time.
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  Speaker 1: Okay from OSF. That's Saint Catherine's that's going to be participating.
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  Speaker 1: We get a lot of these organizations coming to board
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  Speaker 1: with WILL Cancer. Willis again to offer their services and
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  Speaker 1: assistance as well well through these special programs. This one
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  Speaker 1: is on the eighteenth of September.
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  Speaker 2: Start time jowing on four o'clock for that.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, And again we are in need.
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  Speaker 2: Of reservations, yes please.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, you know, just a simple phone call. That's all
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  Speaker 1: it takes, is just a simple phone call to all
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  Speaker 1: of these that we need reservations on and they will
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  Speaker 1: take care of you and make sure that you have
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  Speaker 1: the space when it comes to these special programs. This
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  Speaker 1: one on valuable rest again and yeah, that's a really
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  Speaker 1: necessary category that we need to talk about as far
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  Speaker 1: as cancer assistance is concerned. So on September the eighteenth,
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  Speaker 1: be it hope cancer wellness for that special event anything.
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  Speaker 2: Else then, So we've gone from support stress relief education,
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  Speaker 2: we are going to enter into a little bit of
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  Speaker 2: a holistic also stress relieving. We would like to invite
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  Speaker 2: those that are interested in maybe making their own little
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  Speaker 2: miniature Zen garden. Okay, So zen Garden will be on
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  Speaker 2: September twenty fourth, that's at four o'clock. That is at
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  Speaker 2: the center as well. We will provide everything that you
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  Speaker 2: need and it's a perfect way to slow down, relax
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  Speaker 2: and become one with your world.
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  Speaker 1: I like that. I like that. In just general terms.
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  Speaker 2: I like that.
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  Speaker 1: I like that just just you know, you know, obviously
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  Speaker 1: you know we're directing this towards the need with the
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  Speaker 1: cancer assistance and all, but I like the idea and
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  Speaker 1: a zen garden. Obviously we'll take the stress and you know,
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  Speaker 1: maybe you know, keep a person busy, right right, We're
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  Speaker 1: going to.
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  Speaker 2: Start small, but that is something then that an individual
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  Speaker 2: can take with them and if they want to recreate
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  Speaker 2: something in their own garden at their house, they've at
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  Speaker 2: least got a little bit of the basic information to
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  Speaker 2: get that started.
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  Speaker 1: All right. And again we'll have assistance there on September
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  Speaker 1: the twenty first at four o'clock. Again, that's a whole
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  Speaker 1: cancer wellness again here between Dixon and Stirling. Anything else
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  Speaker 1: then before we're going.
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  Speaker 2: To end this month of September, and I don't want
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  Speaker 2: to shock you, Steve, but it is an important conversation.
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  Speaker 2: We will be hosting another one of our death cafes.
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  Speaker 2: It is a time for you to pull up a chair,
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  Speaker 2: grab a cup of coffee, settle in and let's have
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  Speaker 2: an open conversation about death and dying. There's not an agenda.
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  Speaker 2: This is a conversation of thoughtful dialogue and We just
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  Speaker 2: want to invite people to come. It's important to have
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  Speaker 2: that information. What is it that you want to discuss
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  Speaker 2: with your family? You know, that's one thing Steve, we're
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  Speaker 2: all going to experience is death, and so death talking
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  Speaker 2: about it won't kill you, and it's an important conversation
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  Speaker 2: to have. This is not a grief group.
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  Speaker 1: This is a.
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  Speaker 2: Conversation about how to talk to your family, to talk
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  Speaker 2: to your medical providers on what it is you would
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  Speaker 2: like as an individual.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, you know there, you know, and preparations you know
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  Speaker 1: obviously in this area can be made at any time. Really,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, this is this is something that's not, like
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  Speaker 1: you mentioned, Joan, you know, something that we you know
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  Speaker 1: again are zeroing in on, but something that will naturally
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  Speaker 1: happened to all of us in it's good time, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, at any time we can we can you know,
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  Speaker 1: get ourselves, you know, maybe situated a little bit better
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  Speaker 1: with something like this gathering.
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  Speaker 2: That's on what date now, September twenty fifth, at five
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  Speaker 2: thirty at the center. You know, Steve, it really we
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  Speaker 2: had an individual participate and she had had her cancer
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  Speaker 2: diagnosis and it was it was you know, she wasn't
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  Speaker 2: going to be cleared of cancer. And she came and
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  Speaker 2: her her impetus of coming was so she could get
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  Speaker 2: information on how to talk with her grandchildren about what
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  Speaker 2: she was going through but her upcoming death, and she
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  Speaker 2: didn't want to do it in a scary way. And
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  Speaker 2: so through the conversation she brought together she was going
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  Speaker 2: to write them a letter and they were going to
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  Speaker 2: share this letter openly to each other. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: that was one of the benefits. She walked out of
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  Speaker 2: there knowing that she had some tools and she was
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  Speaker 2: strengthened by the fact that input from others were able
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  Speaker 2: to guide her into having this project, and so she
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  Speaker 2: was able to share that with her grandkids very good
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  Speaker 2: before she left us.
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  Speaker 1: All right, And again that's exactly why we have this
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  Speaker 1: particular meeting again and again. This one will be on
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  Speaker 1: August September the twenty fifth, at five point thirty at
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  Speaker 1: the Hope Cancer Center between Dixon and Sterling. Again. Call
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  Speaker 1: for information on any of these items that Joan talked
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  Speaker 1: about today. Eight one, five, two, eight, eight four, six
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  Speaker 1: seven three your website address.
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  Speaker 2: Our website is home of Hope Online dot org. All
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  Speaker 2: of our information is on there. The calendar is on
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  Speaker 2: their contact information is on there. Please don't hesitate to
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  Speaker 2: reach out. You can stop, buy for a cup of coffee,
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  Speaker 2: get a tour if you need to talk to somebody.
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  Speaker 1: Excellent. Hope Cancer Wellness is here for our needs. And
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  Speaker 1: John Padilla again gives us details of some special events
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  Speaker 1: throughout the year. Right here on WIKE.
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  Speaker 2: I said, nice to have you, Thank you, Steve. Good
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  Speaker 2: to see you.
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  Speaker 1: Our executive director, John Pada of Hope Cancer Wellness our
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  Speaker 1: guest today on the talk line. Let's go to press
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  Speaker 1: next with Tim Lee.