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Speaker 1: Our quarter past the hour. This is Monday, It's October sixth,
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Speaker 1: the year is twenty twenty five, and it's time for
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Speaker 1: another informational edition of Talkline here at w i X
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Speaker 1: and Radio. Good morning, I'm Steve Marco. It is time
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Speaker 1: for our monthly look at news and information from your
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Speaker 1: Dixon Chamber of Commerce. You're Dixon Main Street and your
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Speaker 1: discovered Dixon Organization, and the community Relations and Events director
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Speaker 1: with all three of those great entities is live with
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Speaker 1: us at the microphones this morning for our October twenty
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Speaker 1: twenty five report. Our near dear friend Jennifer Lang joins
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Speaker 1: us this morning here at w IIx in Good morning.
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Speaker 2: Good morning, Steve, thanks for having me.
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Speaker 1: It's nice to have you with us this morning. We
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Speaker 1: got a busy month of October that we are going
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Speaker 1: to share with you in Jennifer's report today, and we
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Speaker 1: may carry it a step further than that if time warrants.
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Speaker 1: We may have a little bit into the holidays. As
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Speaker 1: we get started down the line here, it is October
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Speaker 1: November December, right.
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Speaker 3: Busy, busy, busy, but one to ask for it any
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Speaker 3: other way. It's a good time to be in Dixon
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Speaker 3: or a good time to come visit texcent.
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Speaker 1: Yes, because of all of the great events and especially
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Speaker 1: the great events and the calendar of event list that
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Speaker 1: Jennifer has brought to our again attention here at Wixon
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Speaker 1: because as I mentioned, a busy month of October and
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Speaker 1: we're going to take them kind of chronologically in coverage
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Speaker 1: of October events today and we're going to start with
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Speaker 1: a monthly soiree of networking through Dixon Chamber, Dixon Main
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Speaker 1: Street and Discovered Dixon. This is your monthly business after business.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, business after business. So this is open to our
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Speaker 3: business members, our chamber members, and this is going to
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Speaker 3: be held Thursday, October ninth, five to six thirty pm
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Speaker 3: at the Plum Creek Club on Palmyra Road. So join
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Speaker 3: us if you are a member. This is a great
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Speaker 3: time to network with fellow businesses, meet new people, meet
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Speaker 3: people who are in your community, in our community, and
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Speaker 3: they'll be drinking some food and we're your name tag.
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Speaker 3: Come with those business cards, but connect and get to
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Speaker 3: Noah the Dixon business community a little bit more.
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Speaker 2: I love it.
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Speaker 3: This is just a great opportunity to catch up with
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Speaker 3: individuals maybe you don't see is that often or again,
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Speaker 3: this is just a great way to connect to meet
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Speaker 3: somebody new and I love it. I love it when
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Speaker 3: we can hear that partnerships come out of these networking events.
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Speaker 3: So again Thursday, October ninth at the Plumb Creek Club
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Speaker 3: on Palmyra Road.
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Speaker 1: This Thursday. This is this Thursday, October the ninth, starting
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Speaker 1: at five. And what I like to see is new
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Speaker 1: organizations getting together with Dixon Chamber and Main Street to
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Speaker 1: host these events. Plumb Creek Club I don't believe has
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Speaker 1: hosted an event.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that is absolutely correct, so you'll be familiar with
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Speaker 3: el and Sherry Wickered Insurance is right attached to the building,
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Speaker 3: so it's a great location.
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Speaker 2: You're right.
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Speaker 3: We love it too when people become members or when
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Speaker 3: anybody even walks in our doors and says, hey, I
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Speaker 3: want to get involved, and we're able to throw so
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Speaker 3: many opportunities for them to get involved.
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Speaker 2: And this just being one of them.
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Speaker 3: So now you know the business community is going to
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Speaker 3: come there for that hour and a half and again
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Speaker 3: just networking and that is so crucial to be able
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Speaker 3: to sit at the same table with your peers and
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Speaker 3: again see what's going on, what you could do together,
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Speaker 3: what we can do together for our community. So yeah,
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Speaker 3: please join us Thursday act Overnight where that name badge.
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Speaker 3: We do have some extra there, but don't forget your
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Speaker 3: business cards. So it's really great when you could just
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Speaker 3: be like here, call me, let's get together out of
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Speaker 3: there when we have more time.
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Speaker 2: I like it.
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Speaker 1: And again that's what this is all about. It's business
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Speaker 1: after business and Plumb Creek Club is one of the
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Speaker 1: again businesses that again hosting in twenty twenty five. It's
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Speaker 1: a new business that's opening that has opened recently in
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty five that is going to be hosting this. Now,
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Speaker 1: I'm sure you're booked through the rest of this year,
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Speaker 1: are you taking?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, organizations, we definitely are booked for the rest of
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Speaker 3: this year. But if you are a business that is
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Speaker 3: a chamber member in your interests and please contact Amber Schmidt,
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Speaker 3: she's our business community relations or myself, we can definitely
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Speaker 3: hook you up to get on the calendar for twenty
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Speaker 3: twenty six. And that's one again, one of the great
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Speaker 3: things on our job is you know, maybe you don't
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Speaker 3: have the location, but maybe we can connect you with
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Speaker 3: somebody who does so you can co plan this event
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Speaker 3: together and get the word out about what you're doing.
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Speaker 2: So, yeah, give us a call for twenty twenty six.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, it's been done before. Yeah, two or three businesses
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Speaker 1: have kind of combined together in one business after business sore.
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Speaker 1: So again, if you're interested in hosting one of these affairs,
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Speaker 1: contact Jennifer or Amber at Dixon Chamber in Main Street
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Speaker 1: and they'll get you hooked up, especially for twenty twenty six.
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Speaker 1: As Jennifer mentioned, it's pretty well booked for the rest
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Speaker 1: of this year. Now we get started seasonal, you know,
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Speaker 1: in the month of October, and of course in the
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Speaker 1: month of October the season of the Witch, and that's
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Speaker 1: what we have lined up in our next event that
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Speaker 1: you're going to talk about.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, so many fall fun events coming through Discover Dixon
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Speaker 3: and we're going to start it off with Thursday, October sixteenth,
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Speaker 3: it's our Witches Night Out and that is Downtown Dixon
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Speaker 3: and beyond. So a lot of these businesses are staying
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Speaker 3: open longer to give you an opportunity to come there
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Speaker 3: do some shopping. And I hate to throw Christmas in
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Speaker 3: right away because I really do enjoy all the holidays,
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Speaker 3: but it's a great time to start that shopping for Christmas.
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Speaker 3: Of course, a lot of our dining locations are going
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Speaker 3: to have different sales and goodies to be eaten. The
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Speaker 3: businesses are decorating. As you go downtown right now, you
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Speaker 3: can see that the shops are just being filled with
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Speaker 3: fall and fun. So come and check it out. They're
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Speaker 3: gonna be offering specials, and of course we encourage you
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Speaker 3: to wear your best witchy outfit. It's just fun. Get
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Speaker 3: the girls together. Plan that date, join us from three
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Speaker 3: to eight. Now the businesses are open earlier. Okay, they're
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Speaker 3: doing their normal hours, but this particular event they are
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Speaker 3: just extending it longer because I know sometimes how hard
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Speaker 3: it is. You know, I work nine to five, and
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Speaker 3: so now it's given me an opportunity as well to
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Speaker 3: go out and check out these wonderful businesses in our community.
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Speaker 3: And you might be wondering who is participating. I can't
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Speaker 3: tell you enough to please go visit our Discovered Dixon
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Speaker 3: social media, our discovered Dixon dot com website and you're
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Speaker 3: gonna get a list of all those participating businesses what
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Speaker 3: they are providing and offering, so you can plan your
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Speaker 3: night out on that which is night Out October sixteenth.
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Speaker 1: Yeah too, numerous to mention. Really, hey, hair on the radio,
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Speaker 1: we'd be probably a long time in mentioning all of
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Speaker 1: the businesses and all of the specials going on. So
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Speaker 1: we just wanted to encourage you to go to the
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Speaker 1: Chamber website, to the Chamber Facebook page and check it
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Speaker 1: out yourself. It's as easy as that. But this is
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Speaker 1: a week from Thursday. This is not this Thursday, but
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Speaker 1: a week or so a couple of thursdays in a
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Speaker 1: row busy for Dixon Chamber and Main Street with their
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Speaker 1: Witches Night Out on Thursday, October sixteenth, runs from three
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Speaker 1: until late. And it's not just downtown Dixon, it's all
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Speaker 1: over the.
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Speaker 2: Community, that is correct.
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Speaker 3: So let's not forget our friends like Pam's Hallmark excuse
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Speaker 3: me a fresh fine. I do know they're participating. I
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Speaker 3: don't have it at the top of my head who
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Speaker 3: is participating.
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Speaker 2: So again, go to that.
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Speaker 3: Website and just know those are updated every day. Any
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Speaker 3: business can call say hey, we want to participate. It's
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Speaker 3: easy form. We put you on the map, so don't hesitate.
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Speaker 3: Businesses get signed up and then as well as friends,
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Speaker 3: get your girls and gals and guys all together and
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Speaker 3: join us out for that Witch is a night Out.
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Speaker 1: Which is night out Thursday, October sixteenth, from three until
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Speaker 1: eight in our community through Dixon Chamber and Main Street.
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Speaker 1: Jennifer Lang is our community Relations and Events director with
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Speaker 1: Dixon Chamber and Main Street. She's live with us with
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Speaker 1: us on the Monday morning talk line as always on
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Speaker 1: the first Monday of the month to bring us our
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Speaker 1: Chamber report. Now we moved into another annual event that
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Speaker 1: again we're looking forward to, and that comes on Saturday,
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Speaker 1: October the eighteenth.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, we are just cruising and we are going to
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Speaker 3: be with the Scarecrow Festival soon. So six blocks long Saturday,
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Speaker 3: October eighteenth, ten am to two p downtown Dixon. So
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Speaker 3: everything you think of is there, well mostly everything you think.
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Speaker 2: Of, it's gonna be there.
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Speaker 3: But there is gonna be pumpkins, pumpkins and pumpkins, all right.
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Speaker 3: So we're gonna be lining the streets. We're gonna have
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Speaker 3: different vendors, craft vendors, We're having some of our not
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Speaker 3: for profits providing those kid friendly activities we have in
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Speaker 3: front of Dixon Paint Company. You're gonna be able to
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Speaker 3: pick your pumpkin and you're gonna be able to paint
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Speaker 3: it and walk away with it that day. University of
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Speaker 3: Illinois Extension is going to have their annual potting or
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Speaker 3: Painting of the Pots, which is fun and sorry, parents,
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Speaker 3: I know you keep on hearing me talk a lot
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Speaker 3: about paint paint paints.
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Speaker 2: But it's definitely fun. We'll have a petting zoo there.
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Speaker 3: We'll have costume characters roaming around food vendors. We also
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Speaker 3: do have our scarecrow contests. Can't forget about that, So
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Speaker 3: you know you're gonna be able to put your scarecrow
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Speaker 3: up that Saturday before and they're up all week.
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Speaker 2: We do have a.
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Speaker 3: Panel of judges that will go out. We average over
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Speaker 3: thirty scarecrows every year, which is pretty cool. So please
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Speaker 3: get downtown Dixon prior to the Scarecrow Festival and walk
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Speaker 3: and check those out. So that's gonna be really cool.
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Speaker 3: We have our annual pumpkin racing, so that is gonna
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Speaker 3: be racing on Hunnepin. Let's think about like stone Bridge
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Speaker 3: running to first and Hunnepin. That's always fun to watch
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Speaker 3: and see. Gosh, what am I missing? The Dixon Municipal
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Speaker 3: Band will be there in front of the pavilion they'll
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Speaker 3: be playing from ten to one or excuse me, I
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Speaker 3: think it's eleven to one actually. But again, you're gonna
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Speaker 3: find all this information on our website. But six Blocks
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Speaker 3: of Family Fund ten am to two on October eighteenth,
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Speaker 3: and if you're interested in being a vendor, I'm sorry
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Speaker 3: to say we are sold out and we have sold
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Speaker 3: out of space for over a week now. It seems like, yeah,
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Speaker 3: the community really rallies and comes together to be a
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Speaker 3: part of this, and it's really cool when I have
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Speaker 3: other vendors from out of town who want to be
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Speaker 3: a part of something so cool that we're doing, so
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Speaker 3: that's really cool. But then let's not forget about our
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Speaker 3: downputown businesses as well. You know they are going to
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Speaker 3: be having their doors open as well, having those specials,
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Speaker 3: so make sure to stop and visit with them, grab
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Speaker 3: a coffee from Baker Street, maybe lunch at Sam Kit.
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Speaker 3: There's so many great restaurants and boutiques and everything that you.
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Speaker 2: Can find downtown Dixon. Have to check it out.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely. We can go as far as to say I
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Speaker 1: know that OSF Saint Catherine's is going to be offering
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Speaker 1: free flu shots at this Scarecrow Festival, you can actually
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Speaker 1: get a flu shot. Yeah at the Scarecrow Festival. I
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Speaker 1: know that that's going to be set up.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, thanks for bringing that up, because again there's so
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Speaker 3: many community members that are participating, so they're going to
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Speaker 3: be right there the Circle Drive on Huntepin, so that's
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Speaker 3: also where our derby will be at it. But make sure, yeah,
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Speaker 3: you visit to the season. Get it done while you can.
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Speaker 3: You know, it won't take long. And again, that's great
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Speaker 3: how they're just connecting and jumping into the event being
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Speaker 3: right there, and this is the first year that I
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Speaker 3: remember them ever doing it, and I'm like, do a
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Speaker 3: great idea.
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Speaker 1: So they're going to do that. So that's just another
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Speaker 1: reason to get downtown into the Dixon area for this
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Speaker 1: October the eighteenth festival. It runs from ten until two. Well,
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Speaker 1: you wish you could run it, you know, I know
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Speaker 1: it's kind of you know, you know, yeah, back, you know,
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Speaker 1: ten until two four hours, but you get a lot
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Speaker 1: in you sure do you know.
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Speaker 3: We've talked about extending it, but to be honest, we've
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Speaker 3: asked our vendors and they think that four hour period
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Speaker 3: is really good. And this is one of those events
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Speaker 3: that I don't know where all the people come from
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Speaker 3: because it is packed downtown and I cannot imagine having
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Speaker 3: my stroller my kids navigating through downtown. Please don't let
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Speaker 3: that de tiry please come because there's plenty of room
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Speaker 3: to explore, but there is just seriously so much going on.
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Speaker 3: It's hard to do everything. But you're definitely going to
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Speaker 3: have fun and six blocks.
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Speaker 2: Wow, this is huge.
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Speaker 1: Scarecrow Festival twenty twenty five is Saturday, October the eighteenth,
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Speaker 1: from ten until two and the six block area of
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Speaker 1: Downtown Dixon. As Jennifer mentioned, they'll be spread out across
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Speaker 1: our Downtown Dixon area and again, lots of activity. But
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Speaker 1: don't forget to what makes it the Scarecrow Festival are
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Speaker 1: those scarecrows that again the organizations and the businesses will
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Speaker 1: be setting up and being judged on and they'll be awarded.
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Speaker 1: The top prizes will be awarded.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right.
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Speaker 3: We will be given out discovered Dixon dollars, which is
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Speaker 3: just like a guest certificate for to use a multiple
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Speaker 3: different businesses throughout Dixon. So yeah, get your scarecrow in you.
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Speaker 3: We do not provide anything. That's a question a lot
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Speaker 3: of people ask us. So you build it from scratch
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Speaker 3: and then you're going to put it on to one
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Speaker 3: of the downtown It's first come, first serve. And don't
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Speaker 3: think that is scary. Don't be scared to make a
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Speaker 3: scarecrow because really get online. They really are truly easy
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Speaker 3: to do. I'm sure that you probably have ninety nine
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Speaker 3: percent of the what you need in your garage. Okay,
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Speaker 3: you probably have everything. Most thing is is getting the
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Speaker 3: people together to do it. But what a great family
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Speaker 3: events or maybe your church group or your business team building.
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Speaker 3: And again, you know I always push people go to
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Speaker 3: our website. Go to our website because you're gonna find
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Speaker 3: more of those details. I mean, we could be sitting
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Speaker 3: here for two hours, Steve talking.
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Speaker 1: About getting getting the total information package out. It's just
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Speaker 1: easier to just mention discover Dixon dot com. Go to
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Speaker 1: discover Dixon dot com, go to their web website, go
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Speaker 1: to their Facebook page, and you can learn how to register,
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Speaker 1: how to get involved, how to be a part of
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Speaker 1: the Scarecrow Festival for twenty twenty five again by joining
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Speaker 1: them at that fun festival. Jennifer Lang is our guest today.
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Speaker 1: We're going to take a short break for News first
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Speaker 1: at the bottom of the holbum. When we come back,
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Speaker 1: we still have some October events to talk about and
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Speaker 1: we may tail into some more holiday events, so stay
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Speaker 1: with us. We'll take a break for news with Charlene
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Speaker 1: m we continue our conversation with our good friend from
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Speaker 1: Dixon Chamber, Dixon Main Street, Discovered Dixon. Jennifer lang Is
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Speaker 1: lied with us this morning at the microphones for our
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Speaker 1: Monday report, our first Monday of the month, as always
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Speaker 1: a reserved for our friends from Dixon Chamber, Main Street
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Speaker 1: and Discovered Dixon. Jennifer has taken us through first portion
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Speaker 1: of October with a lot of October events, but we're
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Speaker 1: not done with October friends, as far as the event
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Speaker 1: calendar is concerned. We're going to continue right on and
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Speaker 1: talk about an activity that takes place around Halloween. Now
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Speaker 1: we're getting closer to Halloween, about a week away from Halloween,
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Speaker 1: and this is where again Downtown will be Towntown.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, so the Halloween Parade. So you guys, we brought
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Speaker 3: this back last year, and before then the Lions Club
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Speaker 3: hosted the Halloween Parade, So I think twenty nineteen was
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Speaker 3: last year they did, and before that they did it
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Speaker 3: for like seventy years or some large number, but bringing
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Speaker 3: back to the Halloween Parade for our second year, and
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Speaker 3: that's gonna be at Haymarket Square. So Saturday, October twenty fifth,
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Speaker 3: we are gonna be lining up the parade Haymarket Square
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Speaker 3: nine A. M okay, this is We're gonna line you
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Speaker 3: up by age group, right. The judges will be checking
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Speaker 3: it out because we will be given awards out after
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Speaker 3: the parade. But at nine thirty we do get a
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Speaker 3: police escort through town. It's just a couple blocks long.
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Speaker 3: We understand those little little legs out there walking in
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Speaker 3: the parade and the parents pushing the strollers. So at
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Speaker 3: nine thirty we're gonna start, We're gonna do a couple
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Speaker 3: of blocks, and we're gonna end back at Haymarket Square.
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Speaker 3: We're at that time we're gonna give out some awards
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Speaker 3: and then we're also going to give out some candy. Now,
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Speaker 3: this particular event, just to give a shout out Carla
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Speaker 3: Belzer with the University of Illinois Extension. She's been a
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Speaker 3: great lead on this particular event, So thanks Carla for
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Speaker 3: doing that. But also you're gonna get some information from
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Speaker 3: the University of Illinois extension that day because they are
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Speaker 3: also hosting a pumpkin mash.
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Speaker 2: This will be the second.
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Speaker 3: Year they're doing it November eighth at Sauk College. So
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Speaker 3: when you're done with those pumpkins, you're gonna be able
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Speaker 3: to take that pumpkin out there and you're gonna be
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Speaker 3: able to launch it, smash it, and have a good time.
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Speaker 3: So I know you can find more information on their website,
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Speaker 3: but I just wanted to kind of give a little
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Speaker 3: shout out, oh to with that because that's something that
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Speaker 3: discovered Dixon.
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Speaker 2: We do. We work with other community members.
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Speaker 3: We you know, we're a volunteer based organization, so are
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Speaker 3: they So working together to get the word out is
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Speaker 3: really crucial for our communities. So again the parade and
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Speaker 3: nine o'clock Haymarket Square than the parade and nine thirty,
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Speaker 3: but then which leads us to the trunk in treat.
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Speaker 3: So then we're gonna push you out of Haymarket Square
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Speaker 3: to go to the OSF Circle Drive right there on
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Speaker 3: Hunnepen where there is twenty different trunks that you're gonna
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Speaker 3: be able to come and get some candy. I believe
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Speaker 3: one organization is handing out books. I know another organization
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Speaker 3: is handing out pencils, so it's not just a candy,
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Speaker 3: and I know everybody's candy candy. I always try to
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Speaker 3: think outside the box and think of something different, so.
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Speaker 2: That's gonna be kind of cool.
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Speaker 3: And then we have our Treat Street, so that's our
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Speaker 3: local downtown businesses. We will we're still collecting all those
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Speaker 3: who still want to participate.
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Speaker 2: We're gonna have a map.
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Speaker 3: We're gonna have a digital map, but as well as
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Speaker 3: you're gonna be able to walk up and down First Street,
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Speaker 3: and if there is a poster saying participating in business,
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Speaker 3: just know that you can walk in the door for
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Speaker 3: a treat.
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Speaker 2: Some of them also will be outside, very good candy
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Speaker 2: out as well.
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Speaker 3: But it's definitely a fun time, great time to get
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Speaker 3: into the spirit again. That's October twenty fifth, and you
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Speaker 3: know tis the season because everybody is trying to do
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Speaker 3: that fall fun festival.
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Speaker 2: So we'll get you done with us so you can
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Speaker 2: head back out to the community enjoy some other fun events.
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Speaker 1: October the twenty fifth, This is Saturday. It starts at
17:50
Speaker 1: nine with the parade lineup at Haymarket Square and it
17:53
Speaker 1: ends at around eleven thirty with the Trunk and Treat
17:56
Speaker 1: downtown and again the OSF participating in that main event
18:00
Speaker 1: to downtown as well. So a lot of goings on
18:03
Speaker 1: during that special activity, again coordinated by Dixon Chamber, Dixon
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Speaker 1: Main Street, and Discovered Dixon. One more thing on the
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Speaker 1: October calendar before we leave October, and that's not having
18:13
Speaker 1: to do with Halloween or trick or treating or anything
18:15
Speaker 1: like this, but this is very important. This is an
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Speaker 1: annual event that you.
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Speaker 2: Guys do you know?
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Speaker 3: This is such a cool annual fund our fourth grade
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Speaker 3: architectural tours. So on October thirtieth, we've been able to
18:25
Speaker 3: coordinate all our local and private schools, so all the
18:31
Speaker 3: fourth graders from those schools are going to join us
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Speaker 3: downtown Dixon where we have volunteers station and they're going
18:37
Speaker 3: to learn the history and the architect some of the
18:40
Speaker 3: downtown businesses or the buildings. Excuse me, So we have
18:44
Speaker 3: such a cool history in our Dixon. I know every
18:48
Speaker 3: community has it, but you know, I just love Dixon, right,
18:51
Speaker 3: So they're going to be able.
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Speaker 2: To check that out.
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Speaker 3: We have an architect who's going to be leading them
18:55
Speaker 3: on First Street. They get to go into the old
18:57
Speaker 3: Settler's Cabin which is at President's Park. We bring in
19:01
Speaker 3: the John Deere blacksmith, which is really cool to hear
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Speaker 3: him pounding away and creating, and you know, he's he's
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Speaker 3: a real blacksmith, which is really just cool to see.
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Speaker 1: You know.
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Speaker 2: We have mister Jim Dixon. He has been doing this.
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Speaker 3: For years, so he kind of gets some history on
19:19
Speaker 3: how Dixon came about, you know, and it's really cool
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Speaker 3: when I'm like, hey, students, you literally are going to
19:25
Speaker 3: meet a descendant of you know, the our founding father
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Speaker 3: of Dixon. And they're just so excited because it's like
19:32
Speaker 3: really cool that we could say that, you know, so
19:34
Speaker 3: they're gonna be able to check that out. So that
19:37
Speaker 3: is one full day of just fun for those fourth graders.
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Speaker 3: We're talking about over two hundred students are going to
19:42
Speaker 3: be roaming our streets downtown. Such a cool program. But
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Speaker 3: what's really cool also is after the tour, the students
19:48
Speaker 3: have an opportunity.
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Speaker 2: To then create a three D.
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Speaker 3: Masterpiece of one of the buildings that they saw on
19:58
Speaker 3: the tour.
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Speaker 2: You know, so then we go in there.
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Speaker 3: There's a deadline for it, and then we go in
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Speaker 3: there and we judge them. We also give out awards
20:06
Speaker 3: for these students based on you know, use of material
20:11
Speaker 3: or you know, the execution of this project.
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Speaker 2: And I'll tell you it is just.
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Speaker 3: So cool to see what they come up with, what's
20:18
Speaker 3: in their minds and how they put this onto this artwork.
20:21
Speaker 3: And if you've never seen one of these, the Books
20:24
Speaker 3: on First is probably the best place to go because
20:26
Speaker 3: they collect a lot of these. A lot of times. Yes, parents,
20:29
Speaker 3: what am I going to do with this? You know,
20:32
Speaker 3: this masterpiece? Well we always tell them take it to
20:35
Speaker 3: that business. Maybe they do want it, but Books on
20:38
Speaker 3: First you can definitely check them out. It's just a
20:40
Speaker 3: really cool thing that we are proud to say that
20:43
Speaker 3: we have. Main Street has did this for over thirty years.
20:48
Speaker 3: I believe this is our thirty second year of doing it.
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Speaker 2: Twenty twenty does not count. Okay, that does not count.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, but that's pretty cool that we're able to
20:59
Speaker 3: do that, which is going to lead me to in November.
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Speaker 3: All right, So November, Dixon is so excited that we
21:07
Speaker 3: are going to be able to host the Illinois main
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Speaker 3: Street Conference. So our team, you know, had to fill
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Speaker 3: out the six page application about why we should be
21:17
Speaker 3: the community to host and we.
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Speaker 2: Were awarded of it.
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Speaker 3: So we are so excited that November twelfth through the fourteenth,
21:25
Speaker 3: we're going to have other main street communities coming here.
21:27
Speaker 3: We're talking about other event directors like myself, marketing directors,
21:31
Speaker 3: anybody in the main street world, city officials, council, I mean, mayors,
21:37
Speaker 3: everybody and anybody. They're going to be coming. They sign
21:40
Speaker 3: up for this right and they're coming. But you know,
21:43
Speaker 3: the segue from the fourth Grade tours is last year
21:47
Speaker 3: Amber and I were able to go to the b
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Speaker 3: Tavia main Street Conference and there we were given an
21:53
Speaker 3: award for our work on our fourth grade tours. So
21:56
Speaker 3: it's just really cool that that happened. But with the
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Speaker 3: conference coming up, one of those nights, we're having a
22:02
Speaker 3: welcoming reception where everybody checks in and we're inviting the
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Speaker 3: students who are winners this year to actually be there
22:10
Speaker 3: if they choose to, so we can show all these
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Speaker 3: other main street communities what our community has done. Because
22:17
Speaker 3: last year, after the awards, I had so many people
22:20
Speaker 3: come up to me saying tell me more, like how
22:22
Speaker 3: cool is that? And it is pretty cool that we
22:25
Speaker 3: have been able to do it. So we're excited to
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Speaker 3: have them be at the conference, the winners of the
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Speaker 3: fourth grade tours.
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Speaker 2: But you know, heads up.
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Speaker 3: Everybody, when you see somebody wandering during that time, stop
22:36
Speaker 3: and tell them hi, tell them what you like about
22:38
Speaker 3: our community. We're really rolling out the red carpet. We're
22:42
Speaker 3: trying to work with anybody and anybody to give the
22:45
Speaker 3: experience to these outer towners of what Dixon is all about.
22:50
Speaker 3: You know, they're gonna be eating here, they're gonna be
22:53
Speaker 3: shopping here, they're gonna be walking around here. They're gonna
22:56
Speaker 3: be a part of our community. And we should be
22:58
Speaker 3: very proud that we're going to be able to open
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Speaker 3: our arms and welcome all these individuals here.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, because this is just I mean, communities are offered
23:07
Speaker 1: this kind of once in a year, right. Yeah. The
23:09
Speaker 1: Batavia you mentioned was last year, and it's you know,
23:12
Speaker 1: it's a choice of communities year by year that get
23:14
Speaker 1: to post this. And this is Dixon's turn now yeah
23:17
Speaker 1: again this year, twenty twenty five is Dixon's turn to
23:20
Speaker 1: host the Illinois Main Street Conference in the early part
23:23
Speaker 1: of November. As Jennifer mentioned, it'll run from November the
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Speaker 1: twelfth through November the fourteenth, a lot of activities will
23:28
Speaker 1: take place at the Dixon Elks Club. I understand.
23:30
Speaker 3: Yeah, so there will be award ceremony on that Thursday,
23:34
Speaker 3: the thirteenth, that night, but you know, we're utilizing everything.
23:37
Speaker 3: So Wednesday they're going to come in and we're gonna
23:39
Speaker 3: be able to showcase the Northwest Illinois Territory Museum along
23:44
Speaker 3: with our fourth grade winners. And then Thursday everybody will
23:48
Speaker 3: meet at the Dixon Theater, which will be opening keynote
23:53
Speaker 3: speaker we have, and just really trying to pump them
23:55
Speaker 3: up and say go explore Dixon, and then the individuals
23:59
Speaker 3: will be able to pick different locations. We're working with
24:02
Speaker 3: the post House, Ballroom, Sale Amandra is the Next Picture Show,
24:06
Speaker 3: and City Hall, so they'll be able to go to
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Speaker 3: certain locations to hear whatever speaker presentation is. So they'll
24:15
Speaker 3: be all day for Thursday just bouncing around and then yes,
24:18
Speaker 3: Thursday night we'll be at the Elks for the awards,
24:22
Speaker 3: and then Friday will get up again and they will
24:25
Speaker 3: then again go to we have a bunch of different
24:28
Speaker 3: speakers come into town, right, and so they'll do that
24:30
Speaker 3: again on Friday, and then we one thing we're also
24:34
Speaker 3: offering them is to sign up because we fourth grade
24:37
Speaker 3: tours it's very successful. So we're going to do a
24:40
Speaker 3: condensed version of our fourth grade tours for those who
24:43
Speaker 3: want to sign up. But we're also doing an art
24:46
Speaker 3: tour with all the art and murals we have in
24:49
Speaker 3: our community. We're going to also highlight that too as
24:52
Speaker 3: well as give them an opportunity if if they would
24:55
Speaker 3: like to sign up to participate at So hopefully Friday,
24:59
Speaker 3: we're done at noon and we hope that they want
25:01
Speaker 3: to stay, eat and drink and shop in our community.
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Speaker 2: And we'll call it today.
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Speaker 1: Well, and again that is an early part of November.
25:08
Speaker 1: That's November twelfth through the fourteenth. That's just one of
25:11
Speaker 1: the many activities that will take place in November as
25:13
Speaker 1: we head towards the holidays through Dixon Chamber, Dixon Main Street,
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Speaker 1: and Discover Dixon. This will wrap up our report today
25:20
Speaker 1: with Jennifer Lang from the Dixon Chamber, Main Street and
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Speaker 1: Discover Dixon organization. And for me to you, ma'am, I
25:25
Speaker 1: thank you so very much for gracing our air waves
25:27
Speaker 1: during the time we've had together.
25:29
Speaker 2: It's been a.
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Speaker 1: Great run and I appreciate your information shared with us
25:33
Speaker 1: every month. You, along with our other representatives of Dixon
25:36
Speaker 1: Chamber and Main Street, have been great to enjoy every
25:40
Speaker 1: month on this program here at WIX. And unfortunately after
25:44
Speaker 1: this month and after this report, well things may change.
25:47
Speaker 1: But hopefully we'll continue to have our reports with Dixon
25:49
Speaker 1: Chamber and Main Street. But it won't be with.
25:51
Speaker 2: Me, it won't be with you, Steve. But you know
25:54
Speaker 2: what bus to you.
25:55
Speaker 3: You know, I've been doing this with you for seven
25:57
Speaker 3: years and you make it so easy.
25:59
Speaker 2: And thanks for providing great radio for all of us.
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Speaker 1: I appreciate your kind words. Thank you so very much,
26:04
Speaker 1: and thank you so very much for joining us today
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