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Talk Line 09-10-2026: Jennifer Lang shares Discover Dixon fall events · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 2: Hey there, Sauk Valley. Welcome back to The Waking Crew.
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  Speaker 2: I'm your host, Brandon Clark. It's 8.15 on your Thursday morning,
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  Speaker 2: and we're getting ready to kick off TalkLine. We're joined
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  Speaker 2: once again by our good friends from Discover Dixon, Jennifer Lang,
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  Speaker 2: coming in to let you know why you can't be
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  Speaker 2: bored in Dixon. You can't say it.
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  Speaker 5: There's too much going on, so there's always something going on.
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  Speaker 5: So yeah, let's dive in and talk about how you
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  Speaker 5: cannot be bored in Dixon.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and we're starting with business after business, right?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, so tonight we invite our chamber members to join us.
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  Speaker 5: Tonight it's being hosted by Preston Schilling. So the new
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  Speaker 5: location on Route 38, if you haven't had a chance
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  Speaker 5: to check that out, it's a stunning building and it
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  Speaker 5: offers a lot of space for them to do their thing.
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  Speaker 5: But yeah, tonight from 5 to 6.30, join us business
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  Speaker 5: after business. Bring your business card. It's a great way
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  Speaker 5: to network with other chamber members. The Discover Dixon team
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  Speaker 5: will be there. It's just kind of a fast, fun
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  Speaker 5: networking event. So this happens actually monthly. So tonight's our night.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, good way to get out there and
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  Speaker 2: mingle with some people not in the same usual settings
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  Speaker 2: that a lot of adults fall into as a trap
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  Speaker 2: is where you go. Nothing against anything like that. But
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  Speaker 2: it's a nice way to get out, meet some like
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  Speaker 2: minded people and also find a way to really get
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  Speaker 2: involved with your community, right?
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  Speaker 5: Like, Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we can go out and do things and
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  Speaker 2: have fun, but this is a cool way. You never
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  Speaker 2: know what you're going to end up becoming part of
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  Speaker 2: and what might be your new passion.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, we work better in numbers. It's a
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  Speaker 5: great time to, again, just the networking part of it
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  Speaker 5: to be like, oh, that's the face behind that name
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  Speaker 5: or even that voice you hear all the time. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 5: they're well attended. And again, it's just a great way
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  Speaker 5: to get involved and know some more people in your community,
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  Speaker 5: community minded. And you might have a new business partner
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  Speaker 5: or a new avenue coming to those business after businesses.
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  Speaker 5: So I hope to see you tonight, maybe.
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  Speaker 2: It will depend on how quickly I get my deliveries
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  Speaker 2: done after my wife takes over at the store. So
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  Speaker 2: we'll see. We'll see how many I get today. But
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  Speaker 2: if folks are asking, is space limited? Is there still,
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  Speaker 2: can you just show up? How does that part work?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, so if you're a chamber member, you just show up.
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  Speaker 5: So it's really just a social open house. It's from
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  Speaker 5: 5 to 6.30. We do do some announcements about 6 o'clock. Um,
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  Speaker 5: bring your business card. If not, we have something that
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  Speaker 5: you could just write on, goes in a basket. So
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  Speaker 5: there's always, um, a door prize, let's say. Um, and
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  Speaker 5: you know, we just welcome all the individuals there, uh, highlight.
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  Speaker 5: We give the, uh, host an opportunity to kind of
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  Speaker 5: talk about their, uh, business.
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  Speaker 2: Um, and, um.
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  Speaker 5: Just really, again, just fast and fun. And if you've
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  Speaker 5: not been in the building, I mean, I know who
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  Speaker 5: goes to Preston Schilling unless you really need to. But
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  Speaker 5: they've really done great work in there. It's absolutely gorgeous.
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  Speaker 5: It's huge. The parking is great. They've done a lot
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  Speaker 5: of good work there. So this is a great opportunity
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  Speaker 5: to get in there, meet Jesse and his team. And,
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  Speaker 5: you know, something we all need to think about, whether
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  Speaker 5: it's tonight we think about it or another night. But
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  Speaker 5: this is the opportunity to check it out.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I like that. Check it out. And planning
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  Speaker 2: ahead is really good, especially in that, I mean, we,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's always, obviously it's not an up note thing.
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  Speaker 2: But I can say from experience, you know, when my
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  Speaker 2: mom had passed away, and I mean, this is a
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  Speaker 2: while now, thankfully with the foresight, cancer is a terrible thing.
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  Speaker 2: But the ability of foresight and to start thinking about
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  Speaker 2: that meant when she passed and had already planned for that,
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  Speaker 2: That wasn't upon us. We didn't have to think about that.
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  Speaker 2: We were just able to grieve and be together and
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  Speaker 2: not have to think about that. So that's something to
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  Speaker 2: think about. It is.
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  Speaker 5: And I think a great thing about theirs is with
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  Speaker 5: the planning is not only do you get the funeral
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  Speaker 5: home services, but now under that roof. you can have
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  Speaker 5: your celebration as well there. So there's like that room,
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  Speaker 5: that banquet room, you know, they even, they have, they
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  Speaker 5: thought about everything from, you know, bringing the potlucks in
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  Speaker 5: and all the, you know, plugins and such. So it's really,
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  Speaker 5: I've had the pleasure of being in there for business
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  Speaker 5: and not unfortunate events, but it definitely hits everything that
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  Speaker 5: somebody is looking for in our community under one house.
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  Speaker 5: And Again, the team there is pretty amazing. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 5: please join us tonight, 5 to 6.30 at Preston Schilling.
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  Speaker 2: There you go. Jennifer was ready to fire out of
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  Speaker 2: the gate today, okay? When we started saying that we
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  Speaker 2: had events and there's nothing you thought you had time
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  Speaker 2: to breathe, no. She was prepared. Tonight wasn't going to
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  Speaker 2: be an excuse for you.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, it's crazy. You know, it's crazy. We're in September and,
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  Speaker 5: you know, we got a lot to wrap up before
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  Speaker 5: the new year. A lot of good things going on. And,
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  Speaker 5: you know, this is one of my favorite times of
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  Speaker 5: the year. You know, we got all these fall festivals
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  Speaker 5: coming up. And, of course, you know, Thanksgiving and Santa
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  Speaker 5: and just the holidays is a good time.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. And speaking of good times, Dixon City Market.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: So, you know, we have had a rough summer with
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  Speaker 5: our markets. And so we decided, you know what, let's
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  Speaker 5: have a pop-up market. So please join us next Wednesday,
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  Speaker 5: September 16th, right there on the riverfront, 5 to 8 p.m.
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  Speaker 5: We have 60 vendors down there. Bobby White and Company
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  Speaker 5: is our musical act, which she's always enjoyed. Her crew
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  Speaker 5: is great to listen to. So join us. It looks
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  Speaker 5: like the weather is going to be good. It better
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  Speaker 5: be good. But stop in. I know people are busy
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  Speaker 5: right now, right? Schools and such, and a lot of
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  Speaker 5: things are going on. But I guarantee you it's a
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  Speaker 5: great time to start your Christmas shopping.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Come check out those vendors. And maybe if you're not
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  Speaker 5: wanting to shop right now, get their business card because,
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  Speaker 5: you know, we're all about shop local. And there's just
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  Speaker 5: a lot of great vendors, a lot of good things
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  Speaker 5: to do. There's non-for-profits there as well who showcase what
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  Speaker 5: they do in the community as well as they provide
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  Speaker 5: that kid-friendly activity. So there's something for kids of all
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  Speaker 5: ages there. to engage with at our Dixon City Market.
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  Speaker 2: These are always very well attended. I mean, the streets
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  Speaker 2: are lined up, and I love it because y'all pull
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  Speaker 2: so much window traffic by our store for this that
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  Speaker 2: it is fantastic. They all wait until it's over, and
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  Speaker 2: that is fine because they all got to walk back.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, I love that. I love to hear that. But
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  Speaker 5: that's very true. We do have some of our downtown
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  Speaker 5: businesses who will stay open a little longer just to
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  Speaker 5: get that clientele to go by or You know, maybe
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  Speaker 5: they wouldn't have been able to come during the daytime hours,
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  Speaker 5: but staying open that extra hour or two, you know,
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  Speaker 5: opens up some new clientele to possibly shop at your store.
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  Speaker 5: So love to hear that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we make our daughter man the register so we
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  Speaker 2: can sneak off and grab a taco and listen to
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  Speaker 2: the music. But it's great because you get to sit
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  Speaker 2: there and eat great food right by the room front,
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  Speaker 2: check out all the vendors, see what's there. Again, even
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  Speaker 2: if you weren't in the intention of shopping, you get
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  Speaker 2: to see, oh, I didn't know this was here. We're
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  Speaker 2: going to go check that out later. We grab a
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  Speaker 2: quick bite, sit by the water, listen to music, and
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  Speaker 2: then we're back there. It's fantastic.
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  Speaker 5: I love it. And you know, you don't have to
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  Speaker 5: stay for the whole three hours, but we encourage you
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  Speaker 5: to walk around. It's great to see people you might
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  Speaker 5: have not seen for a while. Yeah, I love hearing that.
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  Speaker 5: So yes, Radioland, you need to come on down to
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  Speaker 5: the Dixon City Market. You are missing out if you're not. Again,
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  Speaker 5: there's something for everybody to be a part of. And
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  Speaker 5: You know, let's just kick it off or, you know,
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  Speaker 5: end our season on a high note and fill those
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  Speaker 5: streets and just have a good time.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. And when it comes to filling seats in good times,
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  Speaker 2: this next one might be on the top of the list. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: my goodness, the River Country Concert.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah. So September 19th, a week from this Saturday, join
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  Speaker 5: us on the Riverfront, River Country's country concert. And we
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  Speaker 5: work along with them on that. $ 20, three great musical
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  Speaker 5: artists here. We have Desiree in the Wild starting off
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  Speaker 5: at $ 5. 15. Jett Juergensmeyer, and then we're going to end
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  Speaker 5: the night with Shane Proffitt. So I know River Country
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  Speaker 5: has been playing a lot of the music, and it's
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  Speaker 5: definitely something you do not want to miss, right? So
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  Speaker 5: get your tickets now. It's $ 20 in advance, or it
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  Speaker 5: is $ 25 at the door. But save that $ 5, get
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  Speaker 5: the ticket, come on down. All ages are welcome. Bring
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  Speaker 5: your lawn chair. No coolers, no animals, but come join us.
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  Speaker 5: We do have some food vendors there. Of course, BBY
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  Speaker 5: Chicken will be open, so they'll have their steak sandwiches and,
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  Speaker 5: of course, chicken, as well as we do have Brita's
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  Speaker 5: Grill coming from Sterling, the Mexican food truck. And Sour
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  Speaker 5: Hour Lemonade will be there. And they have a variety
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  Speaker 5: of different flavored lemonades. And, of course, Tipsy's Bar will
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  Speaker 5: be there for the bar service. So $ 20, three bands
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  Speaker 5: on the beautiful Dixon Riverfront. The weather looks like it's
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  Speaker 5: going to be gorgeous. So do what you got to
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  Speaker 5: do in the morning and come join us for evening.
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  Speaker 5: You can then be in bed early enough, 10 p.m.,
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  Speaker 5: or you can continue out and go down into our
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  Speaker 5: local bar. downtown and a lot of great places to
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  Speaker 5: grab a bite to eat or or a beverage.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah absolutely you know what i well i was going
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  Speaker 2: to say what i love about my job i love
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  Speaker 2: everything about my job so um but what i love
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  Speaker 2: about my job with this is as busy as i
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  Speaker 2: am i'm going to be there because i have to
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  Speaker 2: work you have i have to work honey i can't
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  Speaker 2: be at the store saturday um I'm going to a concert,
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  Speaker 2: but I promise I'm working. Yeah, yeah. But, you know,
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  Speaker 2: even though I man the WIXN home, we are all
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  Speaker 2: one big family, so I will be with the River
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  Speaker 2: Country crew helping work there. But, I mean, I get
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  Speaker 2: to be amongst all the people and listen to the music,
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  Speaker 2: so what better way to call it a day of working, right?
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  Speaker 5: I know. You know, I'm pretty blessed, too. I love
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  Speaker 5: what I do, too. There's a lot of work that
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  Speaker 5: goes into it, as you know, too, and, you know,
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  Speaker 5: organizing it and, you know, so thankful for our volunteers
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  Speaker 5: and And then, of course, so thankful for our sponsors
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  Speaker 5: for every event that we do because we couldn't do
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  Speaker 5: it without them.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely.
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  Speaker 5: But, yeah, it is great because I'll be there with
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  Speaker 5: the Discover Dixon team. You know, everything will run smoothly
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  Speaker 5: and we'll be able to enjoy it as well and
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  Speaker 5: mingle and harass our friends at River Country and WIXN. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 5: it definitely takes a lot of collaboration amongst all of
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  Speaker 5: us to make this happen.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: I think Sam and I were talking, I think this
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  Speaker 5: is our fifth year doing this.
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 5: So the very first year actually happened in Bean Blossom
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  Speaker 5: Parking Lot, and I cannot remember the name of the band.
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  Speaker 5: But any which way, here, like, fifth year, and we're
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  Speaker 5: on the beautiful riverfront.
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 5: Which I enjoy being Blossom Barking Lot, too. That's a
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  Speaker 5: whole other vibe. But, yeah, come join and celebrate with us.
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  Speaker 5: Kind of the end of summer, whatnot, but it's definitely
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  Speaker 5: going to be a good time.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's going to be a fantastic time. I can't wait. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: great way to kind of, as you said, you know,
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  Speaker 2: unofficially end summer. I don't care what the calendar says.
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  Speaker 2: We're there far enough. We're calling it fall after that one.
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  Speaker 2: But we should be excited for fall because the fun
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  Speaker 2: doesn't stop at the end of summer.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, my gosh.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't.
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  Speaker 5: It doesn't. You know, as we go into October, I
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  Speaker 5: just think sometimes, like, I remember having a scarecrow festival
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  Speaker 5: where it was, like, 70 degrees. You know, you would
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  Speaker 5: never have thought you're supposed to be in your fall clothes.
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  Speaker 5: flannels and you know everything pumpkin spice and all that
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  Speaker 5: such and it was 70 degrees but Yeah, we're gearing
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  Speaker 5: up for Scarecrow Festival. That's just one of our events.
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  Speaker 5: It's October 17th. It'll be downtown Dixon, six blocks long,
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  Speaker 5: over 120 vendors that will be in the streets. And
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  Speaker 5: let's not forget our businesses here are going to be participating.
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  Speaker 5: Their doors are going to be open. But we get thousands,
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  Speaker 5: thousands of people downtown Dixon for Scarecrow Festival. And There's
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  Speaker 5: so many moving parts to that event. So we have
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  Speaker 5: a scarecrow contest. And everything that I'm telling you is
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  Speaker 5: live right now on DiscoverDixon.com website, okay? Or follow us
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  Speaker 5: on our social media because I could just probably talk
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  Speaker 5: forever about Scarecrow Festival. But the best way to get
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  Speaker 5: any of this information is DiscoverDixon.com. Our scarecrow contest, you know,
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  Speaker 5: that is a great way for organizations and businesses to
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  Speaker 5: highlight their what they do. So scarecrows will be lined
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  Speaker 5: up all throughout downtown Dixon. We do have a time
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  Speaker 5: frame on that. So check out the website for all that.
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  Speaker 5: But we also do judging on that. Judges will go
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  Speaker 5: around and. They'll give their first, second, and third place
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  Speaker 5: on it. And it's kind of cool because even prior
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  Speaker 5: to the Scarecrow Festival, families will be walking the streets.
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  Speaker 5: It's an annual thing for them to check out all
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  Speaker 5: these cool scarecrows. And the creativity that people come up with,
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  Speaker 5: I'm always just so amazed. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how some of these people, where it
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  Speaker 2: comes from, and then it's like, wow. And then, of course,
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  Speaker 2: how didn't I think of that?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Well, and it's really cool. Some of the manufacturers actually
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  Speaker 5: utilize some of their parts into making a scarecrow. So
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  Speaker 5: if you're interested in making a scarecrow, don't be scared. Really, seriously,
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  Speaker 5: you probably have... 80% of the supplies in your garage,
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  Speaker 5: in your basement, you know, in your closet. So, uh,
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  Speaker 5: check it out, Google it, um, you know, participate in it,
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  Speaker 5: but most importantly, you know, check out the date timeframe
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  Speaker 5: of that and go check it out. Cause the, again,
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  Speaker 5: the creativity is just absolutely amazing. And that's just a
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  Speaker 5: small part again of, um, the scarecrow festival. We also
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  Speaker 5: have our pumpkin Derby. So the great way, um, pretty
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  Speaker 5: much you find a unit. I always use the word
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  Speaker 5: unit because what is a union unit? You know, it
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  Speaker 5: could be a baby stroller. It could be a skateboard.
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  Speaker 5: It could be the Tonka truck. Um, but, uh, there's
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  Speaker 5: more rules to that. So again, go on our website,
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  Speaker 5: but you're going to put a pumpkin, a whole real
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  Speaker 5: pumpkin on it and it's going to be racing down Hennepin. Um,
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  Speaker 5: so something really cool this year is that we actually
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  Speaker 5: have like a track, um, Um, let's say that you're
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  Speaker 5: going to put your unit on and we're going to
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  Speaker 5: say three, two, one, put it down. And then there
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  Speaker 5: is going to start rolling. So, um, check it out,
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  Speaker 5: be a part of it. So registration will start at noon, um,
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  Speaker 5: at the OSF, um, circle drive, um, And then the
• 15:58
  Speaker 5: races will start at 1 o'clock. And it's just really
• 16:02
  Speaker 5: a hoot to watch happen. And, Brandon, this is your invite.
• 16:07
  Speaker 5: I want you to make one because I'm also going
• 16:11
  Speaker 5: to be racing independently, people. Okay. We have great volunteers
• 16:15
  Speaker 5: who are running it. But I will be racing in
• 16:18
  Speaker 5: a business category. So I think you should.
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: I'll see if I can whittle me old pumpkin dragsters
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: or something. Yeah. We'll have to come up with something.
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: I like that.
• 16:28
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 16:28
  Speaker 5: You know, and this is a great time again. You know,
• 16:30
  Speaker 5: as I said, a Tonka truck, you know, a skateboard.
• 16:34
  Speaker 5: Go to the Leidig Center. That's actually where I had
• 16:37
  Speaker 5: purchased something. And then, of course, decorate it. Have fun
• 16:42
  Speaker 5: with it, you know. And it's really cool because— You know,
• 16:46
  Speaker 5: families as well will view those entries before the races start.
• 16:50
  Speaker 5: And it's just kind of cool to see, again, the
• 16:51
  Speaker 5: creativity that our community comes up with. So this is
• 16:54
  Speaker 5: an all ages event.
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 16:56
  Speaker 5: So we have the littles and the big people. Everybody
• 17:01
  Speaker 5: is invited to participate in the pumpkin derby.
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: You're not too old to have fun. Never. You know
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: what I mean? And if you think you are, you're
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: taking yourself way too seriously. It's much funner on this side.
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 17:11
  Speaker 5: You know, you have to laugh at yourself. And I
• 17:14
  Speaker 5: say that because when I come and visit Sam sometimes,
• 17:16
  Speaker 5: he's like, hey, I got a TikTok idea.
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: And I'm like, oh, okay.
• 17:22
  Speaker 5: So, yeah, we got to laugh at ourselves and just
• 17:24
  Speaker 5: have fun because life is too short. So get involved.
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: And this is one of the events, you know, my
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: oldest loves Scarecrow Festival, loves Christmas Walk. I know we're
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: bitterly into the heat to be talking about it. But
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: it's one of those things that if he ever moved away,
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: he's like, I would fly back. He's like, and come
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: visit during these times so that I can come and
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: do these because it's like this is part of childhood.
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: And he always likes and is looking forward to it
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: every year. Yeah.
• 17:51
  Speaker 5: You know, I try to think of how far back
• 17:53
  Speaker 5: when I started this role about eight years ago, I
• 17:56
  Speaker 5: tried to go back on all the events just to
• 17:58
  Speaker 5: get a timeline and history of it. And I know
• 18:02
  Speaker 5: that Scarecrow Festival in Dixon has been going on for
• 18:04
  Speaker 5: over 30 years. Oh, my goodness. As well, you know,
• 18:08
  Speaker 5: the Christmas walk as well. The growth of Scarecrow Festival
• 18:11
  Speaker 5: since I started has been huge. You know, it used
• 18:14
  Speaker 5: to be like three blocks long. Now it's six blocks long. And,
• 18:19
  Speaker 5: you know, I mean, we pack in those vendors in
• 18:21
  Speaker 5: a good way, you know. But the Scarecrow Festival for
• 18:25
  Speaker 5: me is the one event, I mean, many events, but
• 18:28
  Speaker 5: the one event that, like, you want to be a
• 18:30
  Speaker 5: part of. You know, I encourage every non-for-profit, any church group, whatever,
• 18:35
  Speaker 5: get a hold of me, any business that, Like, this
• 18:38
  Speaker 5: is one you want to be a part of. And
• 18:39
  Speaker 5: there's always something to be a part of. Like, whether
• 18:42
  Speaker 5: it's you're a vendor or maybe you do the scarecrow
• 18:45
  Speaker 5: or you do the pumpkin derby, you know, we want
• 18:49
  Speaker 5: you to be a part of it. So definitely talk
• 18:51
  Speaker 5: to me about that because it's not daunting. You know,
• 18:55
  Speaker 5: I think about the scarecrow. Really, they're not that hard.
• 18:57
  Speaker 5: And the pumpkin racing, it's, you know, again, you probably
• 19:00
  Speaker 5: have those tools to make it happen to be a
• 19:04
  Speaker 5: part of without spending any money.
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: So.
• 19:07
  Speaker 5: And most importantly, just come down and enjoy. Bring the family.
• 19:10
  Speaker 5: Put it on your calendar. It's from 10 to 2.
• 19:14
  Speaker 5: I'll tell you what. There's a lot that will be
• 19:18
  Speaker 5: seen and done at the Scarecrow Festival.
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: Mark it on your calendars. You can't say you missed
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: out after you've heard it here now. Yeah. Jennifer, I
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: want to thank you for coming on and always updating
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: us and making sure there's something fun to do in Dixon,
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: you and the team. We appreciate it and look forward
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: to more updates because the fun won't stop at fall either.
• 19:41
  Speaker 5: It won't, and I'll see you soon. But visit us, discoverdixon.com.
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: Absolutely. Thanks, Jennifer.
• 19:46
  Speaker 5: Thank you.
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: You've been listening to Talk Line here on The Waking. Crew,
• 19:50
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• 19:52
  Speaker 2: coming up right after these messages.
• 19:54
  Speaker 5: On September 11th at 8.30 in the morning, the Dixon
• 19:57
  Speaker 5: American Legion posted