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Talk Line: Andy Jackson shares information on Self-Harm Awareness Month · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Sog Valley. You've joined the Waking crew here
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  Speaker 1: on FM ninety five one and AM fourteen sixty w
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  Speaker 1: I XN. It's eight fifteen on your Thursday morning, and
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  Speaker 1: that means it's time for talk line and we're joined
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  Speaker 1: by our good friends from Sinissippi Centers. Andy Jackson is
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  Speaker 1: in the booth. Andy, how are you good morning? Ah? Good?
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  Speaker 1: It is yeah, not bad. No. I had fifty degrees
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  Speaker 1: when it came to warm the truck out at four
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  Speaker 1: thirty this morning.
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  Speaker 2: So tomorrow we're going to have twenty below and in
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  Speaker 2: a snowstorm and.
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  Speaker 1: C Yeah, because why not. It's Illinois.
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  Speaker 3: It's Illinois. It's late. What it's been like lately.
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  Speaker 2: Now it seems like it seems like spring may may
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  Speaker 2: have actually sprung. And I were talking about that off air,
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  Speaker 2: so that's nice.
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  Speaker 1: It always feels like we got to go through two
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  Speaker 1: to three false flag starts before you actually get it.
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  Speaker 3: Has snowed in April though too in the past.
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  Speaker 1: Come on, man, don't say that I'm edging my bets,
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  Speaker 1: all right, my.
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  Speaker 2: My verse psychology, I'm trying to I'm trying to jinx
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  Speaker 2: the snow out of April.
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  Speaker 1: I love it. All well, speaking of good luck or
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  Speaker 1: maybe self harm. On a more serious note, it's still March,
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  Speaker 1: and March is self Harm Awareness Month, and of course
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  Speaker 1: that is a feel you guys definitely have some expertise.
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  Speaker 2: In sinesipy does, and it is a very important awareness month.
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  Speaker 2: March is self Harm Awareness Month, and we want to
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  Speaker 2: bring more like to that. There are countless ways that
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  Speaker 2: people do deal with their pain, their trauma, mental illness,
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  Speaker 2: challenges of life, all of those things and more. And
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  Speaker 2: one way that people, especially adolescents and young adults, not certainly,
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  Speaker 2: not exclusively, but particularly them try to sort of I
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  Speaker 2: guess you say, regain control and maybe find a sense
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  Speaker 2: of release is through physical harm. But obviously that's a
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  Speaker 2: self by definition, a self harm, and it can become
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  Speaker 2: kind of a descending cycle and difficult to manage. So
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  Speaker 2: we want to bring awareness step but there is hope,
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  Speaker 2: whether it's you, family member, friend, whoever, coworker who's struggling,
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  Speaker 2: there is treatment and we talk about that and other
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  Speaker 2: things that we're going to talk about during Self Harm
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  Speaker 2: Awareness Month.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and this is something that obviously is a bigger
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  Speaker 1: issue passed just March, but you know, highlighting it as
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  Speaker 1: we will in this month, and it's something that's always
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  Speaker 1: been there, certainly seen, at least from conversation I had
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  Speaker 1: with folks, something that kind of spiked a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more after COVID. And have those numbers seemed to have
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  Speaker 1: dropped it all.
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  Speaker 2: I'll admit I haven't looked at that. It feels like
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  Speaker 2: so just a perception. Like I said, I haven't looked
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  Speaker 2: at the actual data, But the perception is that the
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  Speaker 2: demand remains high for mental health services. Sinissippi went from
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  Speaker 2: about one hundred and fifty employees pre pandemic to three
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  Speaker 2: hundred and holding right now post pandemic. We did open
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  Speaker 2: an office in Freeport, but I believe the demand. It
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  Speaker 2: just seems like it feels like the demand remains. One
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  Speaker 2: statistic we have is our last annual report. We serve
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  Speaker 2: more clients and we've ever served for our fiscal twenty six, sorry,
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  Speaker 2: fiscal twenty five annual report, and I don't think that's changed.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think that's changed.
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  Speaker 2: I think those numbers probably are going to be a
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  Speaker 2: little bit higher for this current fiscal year when we
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  Speaker 2: go to do our annual reports. So I think that
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  Speaker 2: demand remained high after COVID there's reasons that we could
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  Speaker 2: have a completely separate discussion about why that is.
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  Speaker 3: But no, I think the demand has remained high.
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  Speaker 1: Is this something that demands you're seeing across all age groups?
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  Speaker 3: Believe so?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, obviously, again, not looking at actual data, I can't
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  Speaker 2: definitively say that, but yes, that's that's my perception, okay.
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  Speaker 1: And you know for family members, loved ones who you know,
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  Speaker 1: maybe they're they're not quite aware, right these these things
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  Speaker 1: aren't always quite so obvious, right.
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  Speaker 2: Some is some signs are some signs aren't. If starting
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  Speaker 2: with the most common form of self harm, cutting, that
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  Speaker 2: would be an obvious one. Other things that might be
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  Speaker 2: obvious you might see from headbanging or head hitting, burning, scratching,
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  Speaker 2: pulling hair. The things that might not be as obvious
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  Speaker 2: internal damage like ingesting poisonous or toxic substances. You might
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  Speaker 2: not see that. A person might say they're or.
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  Speaker 3: Not feeling well.
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  Speaker 2: Also consuming too much alcohol or drugs, which could be
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  Speaker 2: a form of self harm, not just or or not
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  Speaker 2: a substance use issue. So it's important to know also
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  Speaker 2: that it isn't an attempt at suicide, but a way
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  Speaker 2: to deal with emotional distress. So those kinds of self harm,
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  Speaker 2: some are as I said, more obvious than others for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, And so I mean you make a good
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  Speaker 1: point some of this, It doesn't it isn't always the
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  Speaker 1: point about suicide. It's more that that release and something
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  Speaker 1: that they're dealing with and should be you know, finding
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  Speaker 1: a healthier way to work.
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  Speaker 2: Right, It's an unhealthy release and then it's very temporary,
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  Speaker 2: and so it causes that self destructive psych goal to happen,
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  Speaker 2: and it probably will get worse unless someone seeks treatment.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, So if someone is dealing with this or knows
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  Speaker 1: someone who's dealing with what's the best way to go about,
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  Speaker 1: you know, maybe approaching somebody and then of course starting
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  Speaker 1: proper services.
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  Speaker 2: Well you can always be just sort of that non
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  Speaker 2: judgmental caring you know, you're there for that person. If
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  Speaker 2: you think there's an open door to suggest that they
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  Speaker 2: go get treatment and encourage them, you that definitely do
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  Speaker 2: that if you can convince them to go, and if
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  Speaker 2: you let's maybe they need a ride and you can
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  Speaker 2: take them, that would be great as well. But certainly
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  Speaker 2: being a being a support to them and being an
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  Speaker 2: encouragement to then reach out to a treatment provider like
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  Speaker 2: Sinissippi Centers to get the proper treatment support that they
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  Speaker 2: need for this.
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  Speaker 1: Anything else people should know about this, Andy, Well.
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  Speaker 2: Just you know, like we said, some of the signs
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  Speaker 2: are more obvious scars, cuts, burns, those kind of things.
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  Speaker 2: Other things are not, like a change in how they're
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  Speaker 2: wearing clothes, like longer sleeves, longer pants, maybe sharp objects
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  Speaker 2: being around. Those are some of the signs that you
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  Speaker 2: might that you might look for. There are more, and
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  Speaker 2: you can always look it up on our website. We
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  Speaker 2: have a blog article at the bottom of our homepage
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  Speaker 2: so harm Awareness Month that you can read all about
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  Speaker 2: this and get an idea of what this is all about,
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  Speaker 2: what the signs are, and what you can do. But
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  Speaker 2: going back to your question, just be that encouragement, give
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  Speaker 2: them some information, give them support. You can contact Sinnesippy
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  Speaker 2: Centers at eight hundred our pardon me sorry, two eight
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  Speaker 2: four sixty six one one is our main number, and
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  Speaker 2: info atsincipy dot com. And also the website is sinnesipy
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  Speaker 2: dot org that you can start with and like I said,
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  Speaker 2: go to that blog article.
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  Speaker 1: Well there you go. If you are someone you know
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  Speaker 1: or dealing with these kind of issues. Help is available
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  Speaker 1: right here locally at Sennissippi Centers. You've got some other
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  Speaker 1: things going on over at Sinnissippi.
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  Speaker 2: Right, Yes, a few events throughout the year, and I'll
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  Speaker 2: preface it I didn't include my notes for yet, but
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  Speaker 2: we are it's probably time to start teasing this some more,
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  Speaker 2: which is it's going to be our sixtieth anniversary year.
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  Speaker 2: So Mississippi Centers was formed on May thirty first, nineteen
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  Speaker 2: sixty six, and we had an office in Dixon, which
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  Speaker 2: is ones on Gileena Avenue, which is I think still
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  Speaker 2: a house today. It was actually a house structure that
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  Speaker 2: we started out in and there was an office in
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  Speaker 2: Sterling that, off the top of my head, I don't
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  Speaker 2: remember where that location was, and from the beginning served
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  Speaker 2: four counties. And so we're going to be doing some
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  Speaker 2: things to commemorate that sixtieth anniversary year during our events.
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  Speaker 2: So it's kind of a lead into what you just asked.
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  Speaker 2: One of the things going on is our second annual
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  Speaker 2: Gathering for Good fundraiser is May sixteenth at the Dixon
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  Speaker 2: Elks six to nine. We're going to have dueling pianos
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  Speaker 2: howl to go. They're all requests. There are a lot
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  Speaker 2: of fun and they'll provide entertainment. They'll be your derves,
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  Speaker 2: dessert auction, silent auction, lots of fun and for a
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  Speaker 2: good cause. And there's that going on. We just sent
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  Speaker 2: out the postcard for Sinnssippi's Golf Open August thirteenth at
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  Speaker 2: Deer Valley, So we want to thank our corporate sponsors
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  Speaker 2: ken Nelson Auto Group and Sockveetty Bank for making that
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  Speaker 2: event possible. Scramble format sometimes called best ball, but if
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  Speaker 2: you're technically golf, it's really a scramble and tee off
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  Speaker 2: at noon, and like I said, the mailing went out
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  Speaker 2: informations online for that as well. And then we are
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  Speaker 2: hosting an American Red Cross blood drive at our Dixon
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  Speaker 2: Office Conference Center April twenty first, and that's going to
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  Speaker 2: be one to six watkins welcome. But really the Red
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  Speaker 2: Cross really really prefers appointments so they know what to
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  Speaker 2: prepare for. So all of those things are under our
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  Speaker 2: events section on our website at Sssissippi dot org. You
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  Speaker 2: can go to the events and then click on one
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  Speaker 2: or all of those if you're interested and find out
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  Speaker 2: more information.
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  Speaker 1: I've been to a live dueling pianos event that alone
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  Speaker 1: is worth heading out on over for, just in in
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  Speaker 1: conjunction with, you know, supporting a great cause. Sure, have
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  Speaker 1: you ever been to one before?
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  Speaker 3: Oh?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, besides ours, of course, our first annual, But yes,
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  Speaker 2: I've been to them.
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  Speaker 3: They are a lot of fun. Yeah, and uh so.
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  Speaker 2: And then this we're going to try to incorporate the
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  Speaker 2: sixtieth anniversary even into the music a little bit. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: maybe some songs from you know, the nineteen sixties that
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  Speaker 2: are good for that would be appropriate for dueling pianos,
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  Speaker 2: you know kind of thing, and just some other stuff
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  Speaker 2: that maybe we'll do.
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  Speaker 1: They'll be able to work it. And it's it's almost
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  Speaker 1: magic the way those those acts work, and.
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  Speaker 2: How they know that I played drums myself every week,
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  Speaker 2: and how they know that many songs though just yeah
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  Speaker 2: by heart and be able to play those. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it's it's amazing. I know they have the lyrics up
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  Speaker 2: there and everything that they sing so they don't mess
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  Speaker 2: a lyric up, but yeah, it is amazing how those
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  Speaker 2: how those folks can perform.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't know you played the drums how long?
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  Speaker 2: I don't normally say that. Gosh years now yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: somebody you like.
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  Speaker 1: Rock, jazz, what's your what's your what's your jam?
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  Speaker 3: Just a little bit of everything.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but yeah, so actually started out at Rosebrook. Was
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  Speaker 2: it Charlie I don't remember now anymore, a well known
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  Speaker 2: individual that was part of Rosebrook back in the day.
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  Speaker 3: Back then.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of just encouraged me to get up and and
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  Speaker 2: of course I made a fool of myself a little
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  Speaker 2: bit because I hadn't been practicing. I hadn't really been playing,
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  Speaker 2: but I always wanted to play drums. But anyway, started
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  Speaker 2: there and then just started playing some more. And yeah,
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  Speaker 2: so I don't normally talk about that kind of myself,
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  Speaker 2: that kind of stuff, but it kind of worked it
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  Speaker 2: in just because you know this. But anyway, I had
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  Speaker 2: not about me, but I know, but I had.
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  Speaker 1: I had to ask we make sure the folks get
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  Speaker 1: the full rundown and everything half happening, But I had
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  Speaker 1: to ask. I absolutely love that. I'm a huge live
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  Speaker 1: music fan. I grew up all my friends were musicians
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  Speaker 1: and I was just the guy in the couch listening
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  Speaker 1: and jamming along. Didn't pick up anything till till later
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  Speaker 1: in life. So I think that's very cool.
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  Speaker 2: Well, if you want to bring it back around to SSSISSIPI.
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  Speaker 2: It's it's something music is something that can be very
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  Speaker 2: therapeutic for people. Yes, so playing playing drums, playing an instronment, singing,
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  Speaker 2: listening to music. I've always just loved music, so and
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  Speaker 2: that's something that can be very very therapeutic. To do
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  Speaker 2: something like that that you love is can be very therapeutic.
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  Speaker 2: So that's that's something for maybe a suggestion if somebody's
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  Speaker 2: not doing that, maybe engage in something that you really
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  Speaker 2: really love, do it more or start doing it. And
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  Speaker 2: if you haven't done it, and very therapeutic.
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  Speaker 1: No, I completely agree, highly recommend. I actually grew up.
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  Speaker 1: One of my best friends didn't learn till like later
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  Speaker 1: in life that he had add and it was, you know,
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  Speaker 1: during that time in life, it was like you're just
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  Speaker 1: a hyperactive kid. You can't sit down. You must be
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  Speaker 1: gotten to a lot of bit of a lot of
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  Speaker 1: trouble that way. Picked up a guitar completely changed everything.
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  Speaker 1: He poured his entire energy into learning and it just
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  Speaker 1: ground him out. Sure, So yeah, completely that's I agree
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  Speaker 1: with you. It's a wonder full form of therapy for
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  Speaker 1: anybody who picks that up. You don't have to plan
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  Speaker 1: to sell out, arenas right, It can just kind of
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  Speaker 1: calm your soul.
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  Speaker 2: I think there's a lot of if a lot of
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  Speaker 2: us have jobs now that are kind of like office
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  Speaker 2: oriented type jobs where you're maybe working on a computer
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  Speaker 2: doing this kind of thing and doing more of a
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  Speaker 2: hands on where you're creating something. Yeah, can can can
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  Speaker 2: help out too, So a lot of people have those
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  Speaker 2: kind of hobbies that for that reason, I think, Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: No, I absolutely love it. Anything else to share in
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  Speaker 1: your events or anything at Sinissippi any know, we kind
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  Speaker 1: of want No.
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  Speaker 2: Well, just if you want, I'll just go over the
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  Speaker 2: contact information again. Phone is eight one five two eight
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  Speaker 2: four six six one one. That's our main office that
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  Speaker 2: can get you to any of our other offices. Info
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  Speaker 2: at sinnesipi dot com is the email and the website
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  Speaker 2: is Sinissippi dot org where you can get all kinds
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  Speaker 2: of information there, all of our office numbers and locations
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  Speaker 2: and hours and all those kind of things and other information.
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  Speaker 1: Annie, thanks for coming in and sharing this information today
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  Speaker 1: and all the fine work you folks do at sinesip
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  Speaker 1: my pleasure.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you,