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Talk-Line: Lee County Council On Aging Executive Director Susie Welch · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: We are quarter past the hour. This is Friday, It's September,
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  Speaker 1: the twenty sixth of the year, is twenty twenty five, and
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  Speaker 1: it's time for another informational edition of Talkline here at
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  Speaker 1: WIXN Radio. Good morning, I'm Steve Marco. It is time
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  Speaker 1: for our look at news and information from your Lee
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  Speaker 1: County Council on aging. Throughout the year we get frequent
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  Speaker 1: updates from LCCOA and giving us the update today is
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  Speaker 1: our dear friend, the executive director of the Lee County
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  Speaker 1: Council on Ehing joins us live by telephone. Our dear
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  Speaker 1: friend Susie Welch is with us this morning here at WIXN. Susie,
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  Speaker 1: good morning, Good morning Steve.
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  Speaker 2: It's so wonderful to be with you again.
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  Speaker 1: It is nice to have you on board. Man. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you so very much for making a part of your
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  Speaker 1: busy day, our day here at WIXEN. Susie has got
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  Speaker 1: a full plate. She's always loaded with news and information
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  Speaker 1: from the Lee County Council on Ehing and we do
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  Speaker 1: have that, indeed full plate to share with you this morning.
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  Speaker 1: And Susie, we're going to just start with what's happening
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  Speaker 1: at the Lee County Council on Aging and happenings include
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  Speaker 1: something very important to our Suck Valley area and that
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  Speaker 1: concerns open enrollment for Medicare purposes. Susie, you want to
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  Speaker 1: give us the lowdown on just what the Lee County
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  Speaker 1: Council on Agent is going to be doing this year.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we're taking appointments right now for open enrollment now
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  Speaker 2: that runs October fifteenth through December seventeenth, And we just
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  Speaker 2: want to let everyone know that we have five certified
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  Speaker 2: ship councilors this year, so we'll be offering some evening hours.
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  Speaker 2: We'll be offering hours in Ashton, Franklin Grove, and Popaw
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  Speaker 2: besides at the center. So please call in get your appointment.
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  Speaker 2: We're already booked up mid November, so don't forget to
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  Speaker 2: call in and get your appointment.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, this is not surprising because each and every year
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  Speaker 1: the Lee County Council on Aging and our counselors there
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  Speaker 1: offer the help and assistance with open enrollment. This is
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  Speaker 1: for Medicare Part D that again will be again taken
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  Speaker 1: up through the councilors with Lee County Council on Aging,
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  Speaker 1: and it's not surprising as Susie just talked about the
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  Speaker 1: again full schedule that we're already seeing these councilors again
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  Speaker 1: through this first part of the open enrollment period. It
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  Speaker 1: runs from October into early December. As Susie mentioned, and
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  Speaker 1: again you need to make your appointment if you are
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  Speaker 1: again wanting help with your Medicare Part D and again
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  Speaker 1: with this is a very important this is prescription medication.
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  Speaker 1: You need to contact the Lee County Council on aging. Susie,
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  Speaker 1: do you make appointments by calling the office or how's
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  Speaker 1: this done?
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  Speaker 2: You can call the office Bidy office good our outlaying
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  Speaker 2: areas Ashton and Franklin Grove and Papa. We're going to
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  Speaker 2: put you right in touch with the counselor herself and
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  Speaker 2: she'll schedule the appointment for you and meet you in
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  Speaker 2: those towns.
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  Speaker 1: So good. I want you to mention I want you
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  Speaker 1: to mention the phone number. Then we need to get
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  Speaker 1: out the general phone number right now because this is
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  Speaker 1: an important area and we want to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: everybody has that phone number if you're planning on making
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  Speaker 1: changes to part the medicare, or if you are again
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  Speaker 1: looking for any kind of assistance with this area and
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  Speaker 1: this is a very important area for many to take under. Again,
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  Speaker 1: you need to call the Lee County Council and Agent Susie.
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  Speaker 1: Really give us that phone number right now.
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  Speaker 2: It's eight one five two eight eight nine two three six.
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  Speaker 2: And even if you just want to have it checked
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  Speaker 2: from last year, it's a good idea because things changed. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: nothing stays the same.
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  Speaker 1: That's right, that's right. Exactly. Everybody is different to all
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  Speaker 1: individuals are different. All of these areas are different. As
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  Speaker 1: Susie just mentioned, eight one five two, eight eight nine
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  Speaker 1: two three six. They're located at one hundred West Second Street.
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  Speaker 1: That's their Lee County Council on Aging office location. You
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  Speaker 1: know where it is, friends, if you don't, it's gleaned. Second,
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  Speaker 1: it's the post House Ballroom right there on the quarter
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  Speaker 1: and they're right in that area of the post House Ballroom.
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  Speaker 1: So that's where the Lee County Council on Aging is housed.
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  Speaker 1: And again, if you'd like to visit, Susie would love
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  Speaker 1: a visit from you to make your appointment. But if
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  Speaker 1: you have to make a phone call, call that number
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  Speaker 1: and don't hesitate because again these appointment areas are filling
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  Speaker 1: up fast. According to Susie. Open enrollment for Medicare is
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  Speaker 1: underway and it starts next month through the Lee County
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  Speaker 1: Council on Aging. Susie, let's talk about energy efficiency. Now,
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  Speaker 1: you wanted to mention that this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I'm so excited about October and all fun things
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  Speaker 2: we're going to be bringing you. We're going to have
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  Speaker 2: an all month long offering of energy efficient items like
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  Speaker 2: light bulbs, door sweep, weather stripping, and even plastic for
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  Speaker 2: your windows. So any senior can come to Lee County
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  Speaker 2: and just ask for these items and we have them
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  Speaker 2: right there at the reception desk.
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  Speaker 1: Actually give to you excellent, excellent, very good.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: So we're taking part in making homes more energy efficient,
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  Speaker 1: and the Lee County Council on Aging is helping those
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  Speaker 1: in need. As Susie just mentioned again, light bulbs, door sweeps,
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  Speaker 1: weather stripping, plastic for windows all available through the Lee
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  Speaker 1: County Council Energy It's not gonna stay nice all through
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  Speaker 1: the year.
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  Speaker 3: I'm hoping, Susie that it does. You bet you, you
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  Speaker 3: bet youa. But it's not going to. You know, and
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  Speaker 3: I know and it's not going to. So we need
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  Speaker 3: to get the heads up on that. So this is
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  Speaker 3: going to be run during October, is that right?
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  Speaker 1: All through the month?
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  Speaker 2: Rat?
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  Speaker 1: Okay? Very good? So again, yeah, go ahead, go ahead.
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  Speaker 2: We're also going to do our part to get you
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  Speaker 2: ready because we have the Health Department coming in the
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  Speaker 2: thirtieth at September to give flu shots from one pm
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  Speaker 2: to four pm. So you just bring your insurance card
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  Speaker 2: with and they'll take care of everything else for you.
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  Speaker 1: That's great. It's the start of that season too. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: the cold weather season is going to come. And this
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  Speaker 1: is next week. This is in less than a week.
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  Speaker 1: This is next Tuesday again, September thirtieth, the Lee County
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  Speaker 1: Council on Aging is hosting the Lee County Health Department
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  Speaker 1: a flu shot clinic from one until four at that location. Again,
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  Speaker 1: make sure you go to the Lee County Council on
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  Speaker 1: Aging facilities for your flu shots because that's where they'll
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  Speaker 1: be located from one until four on September thirtieth. I
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  Speaker 1: believe it's fifteen dollars a shot again, and as Susie mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: bring your necessary materials when you're going to get your
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  Speaker 1: influ wins of treatment next week. Susie Welch is our
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  Speaker 1: guest today from the Lee County Council Loan Agency's our
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  Speaker 1: executive director there, Susie, let's talk feet.
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  Speaker 2: Now, what's going on this? Okay?
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  Speaker 1: Alright?
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  Speaker 2: We host Fancy Feet and they're getting so much, they're
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  Speaker 2: so popular that they're going to start hitting us every month.
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  Speaker 2: So their next time will be October twenty eight. For
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  Speaker 2: twenty five dollars, you can get your Tonio's trim your
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  Speaker 2: feet so nice little massage and they'll even put fingernail
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  Speaker 2: polish on your toes.
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  Speaker 1: Nice all right, all right, very good, all right.
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  Speaker 2: As we age, it gets harder and harder to get
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  Speaker 2: to them toes. Yeah, and coaches attactor can cost over
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  Speaker 2: two hundred dollars, so this is quite the bargain for
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  Speaker 2: our seniors.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, but you need to make an appointment with the
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  Speaker 1: with the person in charge, right, Susie. Or do you
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  Speaker 1: can you call the Council on Aging office here?
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  Speaker 2: Nope, you have to go straight to the CNA. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: I'm deb okay, give her a call and she made
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  Speaker 2: paints the schedule and it's eight one five, two one three.
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  Speaker 2: Oh my, I don't have all my numbers here.
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  Speaker 1: That's okay, that's okay, Uh, I'll tell you. I'll tell
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  Speaker 1: you what you know. That's okay. Uh, well, we'll just
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  Speaker 1: uh well, her name is Deb and she is a
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  Speaker 1: CNA and she handles this, and uh call the Council
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  Speaker 1: on Aging, you know, call the Counsel on Egene office
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  Speaker 1: at eight one five two eight eight nine two three
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  Speaker 1: six two eight eight nine two three six. They'll have
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  Speaker 1: a phone number for you to attach to if you
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  Speaker 1: want to make an appointment for this special activity taking place.
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  Speaker 1: It's a foot clinic at the Lee County Council on
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  Speaker 1: Aging on October the twenty eighth, And as Susie mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: they're going to be offering this pretty much once a
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  Speaker 1: month now because of the popularity of the program. So again,
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  Speaker 1: make your appointment with Deb again to schedule for your
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  Speaker 1: foot treatment through the Lee County Council on Aging. Let's
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  Speaker 1: turn to some fun going on at the Lee County
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  Speaker 1: Council on Aging facility. You've got some scheduled activities coming up.
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  Speaker 1: Take us through the list.
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  Speaker 2: Now. We usually have, you know, like our Wheel of Fortune,
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  Speaker 2: our family feud, but this month we're gonna try music
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  Speaker 2: video bingo. Does that sound like fush?
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  Speaker 1: It sounds interesting? What's it all about? I mean, how's
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  Speaker 1: how's this gonna go here?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you watch a video and you are given a
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  Speaker 2: hint and either a name of the song the our
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  Speaker 2: authors I got it, last name, or something is on
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  Speaker 2: a bingo sheet, I guess, and your valuable prices like paper,
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  Speaker 2: towels and toilet paper. You know you gotta car okay,
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  Speaker 2: and when is that that will be out? Tope, We're seventeen.
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  Speaker 3: We're good, all right.
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  Speaker 1: So it's music video bingo along with the rest of
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  Speaker 1: their fun activities that take place. As Susie mentioned, they
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  Speaker 1: like to play Wheel of Fortune, they like to play
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  Speaker 1: The Price Is Right, they like to play family feud.
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  Speaker 1: All of this is available through the Lee County Council
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  Speaker 1: on Egypt at various times and dates. But they're gonna
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  Speaker 1: try music video and it's music video bingo. That's October
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  Speaker 1: seventeenth on the fund Ledger for the Lee County Council
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  Speaker 1: on Aging. And then you have something called a Fifth
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  Speaker 1: Friday celebration.
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  Speaker 3: Susie.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it's the fifth Friday day. For the longest time,
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  Speaker 2: there hasn't been anything to do, so we've been celebrating.
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  Speaker 2: Last time, I think we had ice cream, and this
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  Speaker 2: time we're going to have individual apple pies. That will
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  Speaker 2: be October thirty first.
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  Speaker 1: Halloween, Halloween. All right, I like that. Very good on Halloween,
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  Speaker 1: individual apple pies during their fifth Friday celebration. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: what's that all mean? You're just going to serve these
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  Speaker 1: delicious delicacies that day, Susie, I mean, how's this gonna work? Okay?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, come in and have fellowship at twelve thirty. Good,
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  Speaker 2: we have all sorts of games going on from Yuker
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  Speaker 2: to Mexican train, dominoes and just have fun.
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  Speaker 1: Good.
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  Speaker 2: That's on Halloween, pad you haven't seen for a while.
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  Speaker 1: All right, very good, and take part in their apple
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  Speaker 1: pie celebration. I like it, all right. That's on Halloween.
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  Speaker 1: That's October thirty, first of twenty twenty five. That's a Friday.
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  Speaker 1: That's the fifth Friday, and again takes place at twelve
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  Speaker 1: thirty at the Lee County Council on Agen office. Now
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  Speaker 1: we move into the education portion of our program Susan,
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  Speaker 1: and you wanted to spotlight a couple of special visitors
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  Speaker 1: that are going to come aboard with you.
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  Speaker 2: We have been so fortunate to have Tom Wadsworth, a
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  Speaker 2: local historian, share with us all of his presentations, and
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  Speaker 2: he's taken us through one and another, you know, all
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  Speaker 2: the way up to October's where he's going to talk
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  Speaker 2: about Dixon's remarkable role in the Civil War. And that's
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  Speaker 2: going to be October twentieth at one pm. Alah makes popcorn.
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  Speaker 2: It's a wonderful afternoon.
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  Speaker 1: And you can learn more about Dixon history that day
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  Speaker 1: and everybody's invited. Public invited again one o'clock October twentieth.
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  Speaker 1: Our local historian Tom Wadsworth will be on hand talking
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  Speaker 1: about Dixon's role in the Civil War. That's on October
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  Speaker 1: the twentieth. Then you have somebody from the Extension office visiting, right.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, she's been doing a healthy aging for us once
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  Speaker 2: a month and October twenty eighth she's going to talk
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  Speaker 2: about who gets Grandma's yellow pie plate. And that's at
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  Speaker 2: ten o'clock in the morning.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, that should be an interesting gathering too,
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  Speaker 1: some interesting information from Lee County Extension. And they've been
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  Speaker 1: doing this once a month now through County Extension. They've
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  Speaker 1: been again inviting visits in to talk about areas of seniors.
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  Speaker 1: And again this is October twenty eighth, This is that
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  Speaker 1: week of Halloween and again it is at the Lee
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  Speaker 1: County Council on Aging facility in downtown Dixon. Looking ahead
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  Speaker 1: into the month of December, Susie, you've got some special
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  Speaker 1: activities around the holidays planned, is that right?
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  Speaker 2: That's correct. We're bringing back Santa's Workshop again and that's
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  Speaker 2: going to be December sixth. For years and years, the
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  Speaker 2: Lieutunty Council on Aging has been known for their Stantus
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  Speaker 2: Workshop where kids have been invited to come in and
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  Speaker 2: buy gifts for a quarter fifty cents and be able
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  Speaker 2: to give their mom and dad a present on their line.
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  Speaker 2: So this is a great opportunity for the kids. It
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  Speaker 2: was not happening for a few years, and we tried
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  Speaker 2: it out last year and the parents just thanked us
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  Speaker 2: so much for doing this that it was touch a
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  Speaker 2: wonderful thing for the kids. So we do need volunteers
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  Speaker 2: to wrap. The first year, I only had four and
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  Speaker 2: they got they got real busy, and I hear we
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  Speaker 2: need about fifteen, so please please volunteer to wrap and
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  Speaker 2: make kids' days. We're going to have a community breakfast
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  Speaker 2: first from ten to eleven in the post House and
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  Speaker 2: everyone's welcome to come. This is a great time to
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  Speaker 2: bring your grandchildren out. We're going to be serving biscuits
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  Speaker 2: and gravy and a whole bunch of other things that
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  Speaker 2: are kids friendly. Five dollars suggested donation. A great time
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  Speaker 2: of fellowship, getting together as a community. And then at
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  Speaker 2: eleven we hope to have the Key Club act as
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  Speaker 2: elves and bring the kids down to Stander's Workshop. That
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  Speaker 2: will from eleven am to one very good.
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  Speaker 1: And this is all during Christmas Walk weekend. This is
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  Speaker 1: right after the Christmas Walk. I know that the Christmas
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  Speaker 1: Walk is being held during that weekend. This is Christmas
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  Speaker 1: Walk weekend. The Lee County Council on Aging office gets
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  Speaker 1: together and again offer special activities during that weekend. And
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  Speaker 1: this is it from ten until eleven Breakfast with Santa,
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  Speaker 1: and then eleven until one at Santa's Workshop. And as
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  Speaker 1: Susie mentioned, volunteers are needed for that workshop to take place.
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  Speaker 1: Make the kids season brighter by joining them at the
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  Speaker 1: Lee County Council on Aging and helping out with wrapping gifts. Again,
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  Speaker 1: if you'd like to assist, we'll give you that phone
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  Speaker 1: number once again that you can call Susie at to
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  Speaker 1: make your plans for the first part of December, during
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  Speaker 1: that special weekend from the Lee County Council on Aging
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  Speaker 1: and Susie to wrap things up. Here we go, we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna wrap things up speaking about early December. You got
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  Speaker 1: a trip going on, is that right? In early December?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you get a little warm and go to Myrtle
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  Speaker 2: be There you go. We're going to have a bus
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  Speaker 2: trip going from December sixth to the fourteenth, Okay, so
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  Speaker 2: it should be a fun time for all, all right.
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  Speaker 2: And then in twenty twenty six we're going to be
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  Speaker 2: going to Scotland in Ireland and also Italy. Want more
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  Speaker 2: details on that, check out the Echo Golden Echo Park
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  Speaker 2: in the Suck Valley newspaper. That's right, and you'll see
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  Speaker 2: more details on that.
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  Speaker 1: That's right. You can go to that Golden Echo insert
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  Speaker 1: they distributed at various times during the month. But again,
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  Speaker 1: get a hold of one of those Golden Echo inserts
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  Speaker 1: because that has detailed information on all these trips coming
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  Speaker 1: up Myrtle Beach, the motor coach trip in December, that's
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  Speaker 1: December sixth through the fourteenth, and again next year planning
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  Speaker 1: overseas trips to Scotland, Ireland and Italy, so again contact
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  Speaker 1: the Lee County Council on Aging for further information about
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  Speaker 1: these travels that they have planned. And Susie, I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to let you give out the phone number once again.
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  Speaker 1: Please at the Lee County Council on Aging office if
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  Speaker 1: you'd like to volunteer for that holiday activity or if
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  Speaker 1: you'd like more information about the trips coming up. What's
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  Speaker 1: your phone number again?
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  Speaker 2: Eight one five two eight nine two three six.
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  Speaker 1: That's the phone number at the Lee County Council on Aging.
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  Speaker 1: They're located at one hundred West Second Street in Dixon.
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  Speaker 1: That's at the corner of Galena and Second in downtown Dixon.
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  Speaker 1: It's the post house facility and the Lee County Council
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  Speaker 1: on Aging facilities right there on the hot corner in
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  Speaker 1: downtown Dixon. Susie, always a pleasure having you on board.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so very much. It's a busy time for
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  Speaker 1: the Lee County Council on Aging for these months ahead
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  Speaker 1: through the rest of the year, but we thank you
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  Speaker 1: so very much for giving us the update and insight today.
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  Speaker 1: You have yourself a good day and we will hopefully
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  Speaker 1: see you down the line.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I hope too, real soon
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  Speaker 1: See Susie Welch is the Executive director of the Lee
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  Speaker 1: County Council on Aging and our guests this morning here
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  Speaker 1: at Wi