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Talk Line: Melinda Jones shares the latest summer events in Rock Falls · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Alright, Waking Crew, it's eight thirty seven on your Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: June thirtieth morning, and it's time for talk line and
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  Speaker 1: I am joined in person in the booth today by
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  Speaker 1: Melinda Jones with Rock Falls Tourism Merlinda, how are you?
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  Speaker 2: I'm great? How are you?
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  Speaker 1: I am good? I mean it's an air conditioned and
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  Speaker 1: here you had to brave the heat to come in today.
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  Speaker 2: It's crazy, isn't it.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it's it's definitely living up to the fact
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  Speaker 1: that it's going to be July tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely it is.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but that isn't stopping all of the fun, you know,
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  Speaker 1: events that are happening everywhere. I've dubbed it the Souk
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  Speaker 1: Valley Summer of Fun when I talk about these things,
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  Speaker 1: because there's just so much to do out there. You
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  Speaker 1: just got to get your butt out and do it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, really, yeah, I agree.
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  Speaker 1: And so that extends Rock Falls and what you kind
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  Speaker 1: of came into talk about today. We're going to start off.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, everybody's been talking about the two hundred and
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  Speaker 1: fiftieth anniversary of the Nation and yeah, these events are
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  Speaker 1: just popping off everywhere.
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  Speaker 2: They are. Yeah, So rock Falls, we did a couple
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  Speaker 2: weeks ago, it did Salute America to fifty, and we're
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  Speaker 2: going to carry it on through from this Thursday, July second,
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  Speaker 2: for our Eats and Beats Independence Day celebration at the
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  Speaker 2: RBNW Park. So carrying on that two fifty celebration. We've
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  Speaker 2: got tons of food trucks and uh, we've got a
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  Speaker 2: couple of bands, we've got a fire ring performer, and
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  Speaker 2: just all kinds of stuff going on in the j
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  Speaker 2: c's fireworks of course.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, so for the bands that we have, we
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  Speaker 2: have the solution. They're gonna be playing at five thirty
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  Speaker 2: at the RBNW stage and then at eight o'clock will
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  Speaker 2: be got your sixth band. So some great music to
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  Speaker 2: come listen to, great food. I mean, we invite everybody
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  Speaker 2: down there to you know, having a nice evening out,
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  Speaker 2: a warm evening.
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  Speaker 1: I should say warm, but nice.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know right along the river usually we get
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  Speaker 2: a nice breeze, so that's good. So but yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: new the shares that fire ring performer, so that's Michael
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  Speaker 2: Baker from Sterling and Tim and Sum will to be
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  Speaker 2: doing performance with that, and then the jc's will be
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  Speaker 2: doing their fireworks. Also, we just got noticed yesterday that
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  Speaker 2: we will have alcohol down there, so Rack and Socks
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  Speaker 2: from rock Balls will be providing sales for alcohols, your
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  Speaker 2: favorite drinks, and so come on down, get a cool
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  Speaker 2: one and sit back and enjoy.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean usually you can get me with some
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  Speaker 1: live music in a food truck, you know, But you
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  Speaker 1: guys are going all out.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we're going to add some alcohol to and we
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  Speaker 2: want every baby respectful and I'm sure responsible, but you
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  Speaker 2: know what, who doesn't like to have a cold brew
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  Speaker 2: with they're sitting there watching the game.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely watching the game.
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  Speaker 2: Actually it's all a game. Yeah, but yeah, watching the
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  Speaker 2: bands and the fireworks.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, no, And I've loved Michael Baker's fire,
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  Speaker 1: his fire spinning. I've loved the videos him teaching his son.
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  Speaker 2: I know, I'm excited to see it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that kid is very skilled, by the way he's
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  Speaker 1: already picking up after dad. I'd probably set myself on
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  Speaker 1: fire in like two seconds, but those two make it
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  Speaker 1: look effortless.
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  Speaker 2: That's awesome. So yeah, yeah, we're excited to have that
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  Speaker 2: and bring that something new to the event too. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and I did want to touch just a little bit
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  Speaker 2: on parking so because as in the past, we've not
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  Speaker 2: been able to use the parking lot across the street
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  Speaker 2: because that's privately owned. The jc's are actually running that
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  Speaker 2: from the private owner and they're going to allow people
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  Speaker 2: to park in there across from RBNW Park. So you
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  Speaker 2: can park in there, but please just give a small
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  Speaker 2: donation Stolen Rock Falls JC so it goes back to
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  Speaker 2: their you know stuff that they do for the children,
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  Speaker 2: for the fireworks everything. So you can park across the street,
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  Speaker 2: but we will have a golf cart available and we
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  Speaker 2: will pick up people from First Avenue and then off
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  Speaker 2: Avenue A, so we will have a golf cart run
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  Speaker 2: around pick up people that can't walk quite that far.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, absolutely, that's a that's a great thing. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you Sterling Rock Falls JCS for rock running that parking lot.
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  Speaker 1: That's that's very cool. Love the shuttle, Uh if you
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  Speaker 1: can walk walk, save it for somebody who needs it. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: because we all need to get out and walk a
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  Speaker 1: little more anyways. So yeah, it's it's a beautiful time.
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  Speaker 2: Definitely walk underneath the First Avenue bridge if you haven't
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  Speaker 2: been down there, that's beautiful. It's a new walkway that
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  Speaker 2: just got done so beautiful down there.
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  Speaker 1: So and this doesn't stop the funny, you guys have more.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so let me go into July eighteenth, which is
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  Speaker 2: our Eats and Beats, and that we have a couple
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  Speaker 2: of food trucks, not as many, but we have the
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  Speaker 2: Drew Cagel and the Reputation and the All Born Band,
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  Speaker 2: so that'll be a really fun night. The All Born
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  Speaker 2: Band is from eight three to ten, and then Drew
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  Speaker 2: Cagel is six thirty to eight. Drew Kegel's been at
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  Speaker 2: RBNW Park a couple of different times. He's from Champagne area,
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  Speaker 2: great rock band. And then of course we all know Allborn,
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  Speaker 2: so it's gonna be a great night rocking on the river.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, a couple of food trucks. Food trucks will start,
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  Speaker 2: you know, about five o'clock, so come on down, bring
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  Speaker 2: your a launch chair, and have a great night.
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  Speaker 1: So I love our local food truck scene, Like I
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  Speaker 1: don't think we know how lucky we are to have
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  Speaker 1: such a robust selection of this and that they're part
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  Speaker 1: of all these events and that y'all are always on
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  Speaker 1: top of bringing them in and making sure it's there. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: and I know I say that a lot, but I'm
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  Speaker 1: a foodie and so is the Salt Valley exactly.
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  Speaker 2: We all are, you know, and it's fun because we
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  Speaker 2: have all our local ones. But then we also draw
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  Speaker 2: in front some from like Sycamore into Calgary.
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  Speaker 1: I've seen that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, so they like to come down the Sock Valley.
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  Speaker 2: So what's that tell you we're good down here?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? Absolutely, And you know, I've grown up in this area,
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  Speaker 1: so you know, the fireworks show at the end was
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  Speaker 1: just always kind of a hallmark. I had grown up
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  Speaker 1: from there. Actually it's only a funny story now because
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  Speaker 1: I was little, but like I literally have a piece
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  Speaker 1: of that history ingrained into me. I was like probably
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  Speaker 1: six years old and I was watching the firework display
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  Speaker 1: and I had had, just by the random luck, a
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  Speaker 1: bit of like ash had come down in my eye.
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  Speaker 1: Usually that's never that you've never heard of anybody, Right,
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  Speaker 1: I can't win a lottery ticket, but I win these random,
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  Speaker 1: weird life events. They never do anything. I have a
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  Speaker 1: fantastic memory for movies in cinema. It would be like
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  Speaker 1: one category on Jeopardy. Oh so yeah, I ended up
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  Speaker 1: getting my eye flushed out. But I was like yeah,
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  Speaker 1: my memory can stretch that far back when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to fireworks, and I've still still been to them. There
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  Speaker 1: weren't food trucks back then, folks, So now we just
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  Speaker 1: have so much.
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  Speaker 2: Going on this, Yeah, definitely, And you know, fireworks are
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  Speaker 2: so cool to see, you know, and they're going to
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  Speaker 2: shoot them up form Laurence Park, so nobody's gonna get
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  Speaker 2: any ash in their eyes or anything. And Sterling rock
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  Speaker 2: Falls Jacy is actually this will be a bigger shell
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  Speaker 2: for the two fiftieth.
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  Speaker 1: So that's what I heard. Yep.
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  Speaker 2: So if you were disappointed like last year or whatever,
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  Speaker 2: you got to come this year.
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  Speaker 1: You have to come so confirming it.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it's good. So come on over to Rockfall's RBNW
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  Speaker 2: Park and get a really good view.
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  Speaker 1: That is such a beautiful park by the way. So
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  Speaker 1: I've married a few couples down there. They love going
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  Speaker 1: down there using the ban chill or the river the backdrop.
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  Speaker 1: And it was about two weekends ago now we did
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  Speaker 1: where you can rent the bikes yes over yeah, uh
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  Speaker 1: huh yeah. A couple of my wife and a couple
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  Speaker 1: of the kids, we went down and rented a couple
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  Speaker 1: of the bikes. Kids brought their bikes, but me and
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  Speaker 1: my wife had been wanting some and we were like,
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  Speaker 1: I was like, no, I remember, you can rent them.
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  Speaker 1: It's a really cool thing. I did it with my phone.
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  Speaker 1: I know you're not surprised by and I am. I've
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  Speaker 1: been meeting to and I was like in it, like
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  Speaker 1: electronically unlocked it for it, brought it back and I
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  Speaker 1: was like, this was so easy. Got to ride along
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  Speaker 1: the river and yeah, it was a great time.
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  Speaker 2: I love our bikes down there, so yeah, five dollars
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  Speaker 2: an hour, can't beat that.
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  Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, it was so cheap, so quick. I was like,
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  Speaker 1: and believe me, after about two hours. I know maybe
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  Speaker 1: some of you if you can ride a bike for
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  Speaker 1: more than two hours, you try own your own bike.
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  Speaker 1: You can do a lot four biking than I do.
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  Speaker 1: But for the first time in a long time, it
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  Speaker 1: was a great experience. So thank you guys for having
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  Speaker 1: you know, everything that get that gets done down and
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  Speaker 1: falls out. Love it.
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  Speaker 2: We have the kayaks too, over on the Hennipeges.
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  Speaker 1: That's what we want to do next.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, that's fun. That is thirty dollars an hour, and
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  Speaker 2: I think ten dollars after the first hour. But you
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  Speaker 2: get your kayak, you get your life checket, you get
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  Speaker 2: the paddles, so you got everything and just take it
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  Speaker 2: down the Hennepen Canal and float and there's no current
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  Speaker 2: really on the head of Pen, so you don't really know.
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  Speaker 1: It's beautiful act. So I got to kayak on there
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  Speaker 1: once when I don't they have this group of ladies
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  Speaker 1: that we're getting together. Yes, sister. So when I was
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  Speaker 1: a reporter, I did a story on him and I
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  Speaker 1: actually went on the river for with them for the story,
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  Speaker 1: which was a fantastic time. But you're right, going on
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  Speaker 1: the hen and Pin, it's it's peaceful, it's a lovely time.
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  Speaker 2: Ye see wildlife, turtles, herons, I mean all kinds of stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I love it. Well, there you go, honey, I
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  Speaker 1: got the final question answered. The life jacket comes with
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  Speaker 1: the rentals, So that's probably going to be it's going
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  Speaker 1: to be busy this week. We might wait till next
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  Speaker 1: week and when it yeah, when it cools off in
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  Speaker 1: the excitementcause there's so much going down there. But I
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  Speaker 1: think next weekend that's what my plans are.
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  Speaker 2: Good.
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  Speaker 1: I love it. Anything else you want to share.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I do want to give a shout out to
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  Speaker 2: my sponsors. We are you know, graciously love our sponsors
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  Speaker 2: because of what they do for us. So Johnson Oil
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  Speaker 2: Bank or Johnson Oil Stock, Valley Bank, CGS, rock Falls
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  Speaker 2: Medical Center, Holiday and Express and Suites, Low Sher Heating
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  Speaker 2: and air Conditioning, River Country one oh one point seven,
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  Speaker 2: Arthur's Garden, Deli Boss, Rovin Signing Experts, Candle Light In Community,
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  Speaker 2: State Bank of rock Falls, Extreme Dumpsters, Kunis Auto Group
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  Speaker 2: of Sterling, Balvelene Express Care, Selmy's Greenhouse and Family Farm,
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  Speaker 2: Still In Federal Bank, Total Construction Services, and United Metal Buildings.
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  Speaker 2: Plus we have a whole list more of those are
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  Speaker 2: our top premier ones. But we thank all of our
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  Speaker 2: sponsors because without us, all of our events, you know,
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  Speaker 2: they're free because of them.
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  Speaker 1: So absolutely and always brings me back to the point again,
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  Speaker 1: it's just one more reason you don't have an excuse
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  Speaker 1: because so many of these events are free. Right, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: even if you're like I'm broke this weekend, grab your
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  Speaker 1: launch hair and come listen to the music, bring your
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  Speaker 1: own PB and J and come listen to the music
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  Speaker 1: and watch the fireworks.
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  Speaker 2: Right, it's all free.
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  Speaker 1: So I absolutely love it. If anybody wants any more
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  Speaker 1: information on anything we've been talking about today and what's
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  Speaker 1: going on with Rock Falls tourism. See what's the best
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  Speaker 1: way to do it.
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  Speaker 2: If you go to our Facebook page. We keep only good,
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  Speaker 2: uh what I want to say news on there. So
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  Speaker 2: it's visit rack Falls and then if you want to
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  Speaker 2: go over our website, visit Rackfalls dot com or give
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  Speaker 2: us a call at eight one five six two two
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  Speaker 2: one one six.
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  Speaker 1: There you go go online, give them a call all
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  Speaker 1: the information. Melinda, thank you so much for for not
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  Speaker 1: only coming on the show and sharing it, but for
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  Speaker 1: all the fun work that you're doing making sure that
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  Speaker 1: this is the Suck Valley Summer of Fun and we'll
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  Speaker 1: continue for every.
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  Speaker 2: Year, so exactly. Thank you for having me pleasure