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  Speaker 1: This is Monday. It's October twenty the year is twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five, and it's time for another informational edition of
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  Speaker 1: talk Line here at WIX and Radio. Good morning, I'm
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  Speaker 1: Steve Marco. It is time for our monthly look at
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  Speaker 1: news and information from Lee County Extension. We devote our
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  Speaker 1: time today, friends to talking about youth and four H
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  Speaker 1: activities with the four HU Development Program coordinator of Lee
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  Speaker 1: County Extension. She is live with us the microphones once
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  Speaker 1: again for our Well, it's kind of going to be
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  Speaker 1: our finale between you and I. Katie Baker here at
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  Speaker 1: FM ninety five one and AM fourteen sixty wixent. Katie
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  Speaker 1: Baker's our guest from Lee County Extension. Kind of a
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  Speaker 1: bittersweet time as we put the wraps on a series
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  Speaker 1: of interviews. Katie, you go back with me for years now?
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  Speaker 1: How long you been?
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  Speaker 2: What was I so July? This fare was my fourth
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  Speaker 2: fair and my third year. Come about three years? I think, yeah, great.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that you and I have been chatting about the
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  Speaker 1: good things going on through Lee County Extension and especially
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  Speaker 1: centering ourselves around four H and youth activities because that's
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  Speaker 1: what we want to feature when we talk with Katie,
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  Speaker 1: and yeah, hopefully we'll continue to get the information out
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  Speaker 1: with our good friends from Lee County Extension beyond the
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  Speaker 1: end of the month. But you know, wrapping things up
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  Speaker 1: with Katie Baker today on the talk line here at
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  Speaker 1: WI except good to have you on board. We've got
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  Speaker 1: some activities to talk about coming up predominantly in the
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  Speaker 1: month of November, right, yeah, lots, yes, yep. November is
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  Speaker 1: going to be a highlighted month through Lee County Extension
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  Speaker 1: and especially four h and we're going to talk with
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  Speaker 1: about a very unique activity taking place. This should be
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  Speaker 1: interesting happening at Sock Valley Community College. You wanted to
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  Speaker 1: start with that.
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  Speaker 2: We've got our Pumpkin Smash coming up. I think last
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  Speaker 2: year was the first year that we teamed up with
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  Speaker 2: Sock Valley Community College for the Pumpkin Smash, and it
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  Speaker 2: was really awesome. I forget how many like pounds of
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  Speaker 2: pumpkins were brought out there, but we had a lot
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  Speaker 2: of people bring pumpkins out and it keeps them out
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  Speaker 2: of the landfill and then you get to destroy your pumpkin.
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  Speaker 2: This year, they've got a giant tribucha and a battering ram.
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  Speaker 2: There's going to be I think a slingshot in baseball
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  Speaker 2: bats and other fun things that just destroy your pumpkin.
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  Speaker 2: So if you want to smash your pumpkin. Last year
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  Speaker 2: we had people just like drop extra pumpkins that they
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  Speaker 2: had off for us to use. So if you don't
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  Speaker 2: have a pumpkin, still come out. There's gonna be some
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  Speaker 2: like kids activities and stuff around. It's a really cool event.
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  Speaker 2: It's from ten to noon out at Sock Valley. It's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be by the baseball diamonds and it's on November eighth.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so that's to the west side of Shot Valley
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  Speaker 1: Community College, next to the baseball diamond and you can
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  Speaker 1: see that from the highway as you pass SVCC. And
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  Speaker 1: that will run from ten till noon. And all it
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  Speaker 1: takes is for you to bring out your old pumpkins
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  Speaker 1: left over from I'll be I'll just leave the Halloween.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, bring your leftover pumpkin. Try to I think get
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  Speaker 2: all the like if you've got like decorations on it.
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  Speaker 2: I know some people like to like tie things on it,
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  Speaker 2: like the fabrics and stuff. Just just your pumpkin. Just
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  Speaker 2: bring your pumpkin.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, And the various fashions destroying pumpkins. But this
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  Speaker 1: saves room in the landfill. This saves you know, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you haven't disposed of it other ways.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it'll save it from the landfill. And then
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  Speaker 2: I think they throw them out in the fields of balley,
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  Speaker 2: so they just kind of decompose over time and that
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  Speaker 2: nutrients then goes back into the field for soccer Bailey.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, good, good place. Yeah, all the way around. But again,
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  Speaker 1: some very interesting methods of destroyed the pumpkins as well.
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  Speaker 1: And boy, if you would have relieved some stress, it
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  Speaker 1: sounds to me, like Katie, you could do this at
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  Speaker 1: the Pumpkins Smash November the eighth, ten until noon at
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  Speaker 1: Stock Valley Community College. Again, just bring your pumpkin, no registrate,
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  Speaker 1: you just bring them out, right.
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  Speaker 2: Yea, yeah, just bring them out. We'll be there. I
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  Speaker 2: think last year they had a pinata thing and that
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  Speaker 2: was super fun. So if that's more your style, that
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  Speaker 2: was pretty cool.
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  Speaker 1: All right, November the eighth market on your calendar, it
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  Speaker 1: is the Pumpkin Smash at Sock Valley Community College, coordinated
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  Speaker 1: through Lee County Extension And once again that happens in
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  Speaker 1: early November. Also happening in November, a very important time.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So our awards and volunteer recognition happens in November.
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  Speaker 2: It's November thirteenth this year, from six to eight pm.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to give pizza, chicken, and salad. So if
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  Speaker 2: you're a four each member that filled out an experience
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  Speaker 2: award and you got a letter in the mail for
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  Speaker 2: me or an email, please make sure you are SVP
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  Speaker 2: by November first, just let us know you're coming again.
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  Speaker 2: What we'll have dinner and then we'll do awards. We're
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  Speaker 2: going to play some trivia. We'll get some prizes for trivia.
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  Speaker 2: It's fun time. I think our Federation club picked the
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  Speaker 2: topics this year and it's like a little bit of
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  Speaker 2: four each, a little bit of animals and then some
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  Speaker 2: other cool topics. So it's nice. Yeah, it'll be a
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  Speaker 2: good time. So if you're free and you want to
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  Speaker 2: come out. It's open to the public too, if you
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  Speaker 2: want to come see like the cool stuff that our
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  Speaker 2: four eachers have done. Sure we award our top president
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  Speaker 2: things like that, right, yeah, yeah, a bunch of cool things.
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  Speaker 1: Sure.
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  Speaker 2: Really. The kids do awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Stuff absolutely and deserve recognition for a lot of these
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  Speaker 1: four chures that really put in the time and effort.
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  Speaker 1: And again this is where they shine is at the
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  Speaker 1: awards and volunteer record and also volunteers. It's not just
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  Speaker 1: the four it's the volunteers that have You've.
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  Speaker 2: Got like forty some volunteers and I mean like running
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  Speaker 2: our club and helping out at activities and there's I mean,
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  Speaker 2: there's so many.
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  Speaker 1: That's great. Again, this is the twenty twenty four to
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five Awards and Volunteer Recognition program. It's November thirteenth.
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  Speaker 1: You need to call and reserve a spot.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, let me know somehow. I've got a registration link.
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  Speaker 2: I think it should be on our Facebook. If you
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  Speaker 2: get our newsletter, it's in there too. It's not our
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  Speaker 2: z sweet enrollment site. But yeah, just our SVP. Just
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  Speaker 2: let us know if you've got any like food issues
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  Speaker 2: or something that's on that form to register. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: by November first, let us know if you can come
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  Speaker 2: to our awards ceremony.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, six until eight pm again at the Amboy Community Building. Again,
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  Speaker 1: this is a kind of a change of venue. It
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  Speaker 1: used to be held at the four H Fairgrounds, but
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  Speaker 1: now they've switched it to the amboy Community cellder and
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  Speaker 1: I think that's been there for the last couple of years.
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  Speaker 1: And again this is November thirteenth through Lee County and
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  Speaker 1: four h recognition in November. Katie Baker is our four
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  Speaker 1: HUT Development program coordinator with us on the talk line
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  Speaker 1: today from Illinois Extension, Lee County Extension talking to us
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  Speaker 1: about youth and four age activities. We're going to continue
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  Speaker 1: talking about those activities with something else that well, actually
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  Speaker 1: something is due in November, but this again a little
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  Speaker 1: bit later on down the lane. But you wanted to
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  Speaker 1: talk about camp counselor applications.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So every year Northern Illinois hosts a four each
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  Speaker 2: summer camp and that summer camp this year is going
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  Speaker 2: to be June fourteenth to the eighteenth. And while registration
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  Speaker 2: for camp isn't open, we are looking for camp counselors
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  Speaker 2: right now. And you've got to be fifteen years old
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  Speaker 2: by June fourteenth, So if you're fifteen by the start
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  Speaker 2: of camp, you can apply to be a camp counselor.
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  Speaker 2: Those applications are due November seventh, and you need two references.
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  Speaker 2: It's a great time the kids get to do like
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  Speaker 2: archery and nature hikes and just a bunch of there's
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  Speaker 2: something there's like grate stacking. If you're a camp counselor,
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  Speaker 2: you're going to kind of like be in charge of
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  Speaker 2: leading those camp activities. It's a really good leadership experience.
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  Speaker 2: You get to kind of learn different games and activity
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  Speaker 2: to keep your campers occupied and busy and doing stuff
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  Speaker 2: and moving that whole week. It's yeah, it's worth it.
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  Speaker 2: It's a good time to come.
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  Speaker 1: Summer camp again is in June of twenty twenty six. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: Katie talked about these camp counselors are kind of the
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  Speaker 1: leaders when it comes to the activities and all that
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  Speaker 1: take place. Now for h I mean, I don't see
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  Speaker 1: four H recognize.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a fourage camp, but you don't have to
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  Speaker 2: be in four H So it's open to kids that
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  Speaker 2: are not in forage. But if you want to just
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  Speaker 2: kind of get the experience and you have that leadership background, like,
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  Speaker 2: it's a great thing to you know, diputyes it to
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  Speaker 2: four H whether that's by being a counselor or being
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  Speaker 2: a camper.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, and I think it. You know, as you mentioned, Katie,
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  Speaker 1: it probably looks great on a resume, you know, having
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  Speaker 1: put in the time as a camp councilor would look
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  Speaker 1: nice on a resume for future references. Again, you have
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  Speaker 1: to be fifteen. That's interesting, you know, a very young
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  Speaker 1: age that you can.
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  Speaker 2: Be, you know, fifteen to twenty years old.
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  Speaker 1: Our camp counselors, well, you know because because they obviously
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  Speaker 1: probably relate, you know, to those that actually participate, right
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  Speaker 1: because you're looking at you know, youngsters, you know, in
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  Speaker 1: four h.
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  Speaker 2: And it's a good opportunity for our four achers to
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  Speaker 2: get that leadership experience. So we want to be able
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  Speaker 2: to have that and it is a volunteer opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: So all right again that again the camp. Now do
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  Speaker 1: we know where the camp is going.
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  Speaker 2: To be the Polo Christian Camp?
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  Speaker 1: Okay, okay, all right, Rock River, so be it in
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  Speaker 1: Ogle County, right in Ogle County in Polo. But again
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  Speaker 1: that is June fourteenth through the eighteen. You probably need
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  Speaker 1: to know that if you want to you know, register
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  Speaker 1: for that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, definitely save those days.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, So you got to have those dates reserved. And
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  Speaker 1: this is shortly after school that's out for twenty twenty six,
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  Speaker 1: so it's June fourteenth through the eighteenth. But again we're
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  Speaker 1: looking for camp counselor applications to be in by next month.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, November seven. You got to have those if you
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  Speaker 2: want to be a camp counselor get your application in
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  Speaker 2: because that's November seventh, they're due.
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  Speaker 1: And how do we how do they go about applying?
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  Speaker 2: You can check out our website. Our newsletter's got the
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  Speaker 2: information in it if you're interested. You can also just
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  Speaker 2: reach out to our office and let me know when
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  Speaker 2: I can send you the forms and stuff for it too.
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  Speaker 1: Katie is going to have a phone number and again
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  Speaker 1: information on how to get aboard their websites and their
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  Speaker 1: Facebook page in just a couple of minutes right here
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  Speaker 1: on WUIs in. But first you have another workshop that you.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we've got a Global Flavors workshop coming up. I
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  Speaker 2: think that one starts November sixth, and it's going to
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  Speaker 2: be super neat. I think there's a workshop about every
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  Speaker 2: two weeks. There's two in November, two in December, and
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  Speaker 2: two in January. And it's tasting Global flavors. So you
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  Speaker 2: make food from like Mexico, Japan, Italy, Greece and a
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  Speaker 2: couple other countries and you get to make those recipes
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  Speaker 2: and taste them and try new things. It also goes
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  Speaker 2: along with one of our project books for one of
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  Speaker 2: our projects, so this could also be kind of like
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  Speaker 2: practice for a fair exhibit too. So it's a really
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  Speaker 2: neat workshop. Global Flavors is what it's called. That's going
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  Speaker 2: to be on our Facebook, our website, and our newsletter
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  Speaker 2: all that good stuff. But that's coming up. That's November six,
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  Speaker 2: that the first one starts. And you can sign up
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  Speaker 2: for the whole series or you can just sign up
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  Speaker 2: for an individual workshop. I feel like I just really
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  Speaker 2: want to try the food from Italy. You can do that,
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  Speaker 2: or you can sign up for all of them.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, And where is it going to be.
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  Speaker 2: That'll be at the Whiteside County Extension Office.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, So again that is in Whiteside County. So we're
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  Speaker 1: moving all over our northern Ogle County, Whiteside County here
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  Speaker 1: in Lee County. We're moving all over the area really
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  Speaker 1: to bring all kinds of news and information that Katie
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  Speaker 1: has to offer on our October twenty twenty five report
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  Speaker 1: from Lee County Extension and four h and Youth Activities.
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  Speaker 1: Once again, Katie your phone number at County Extension for
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  Speaker 1: those that are interested in obviously all of these activities,
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  Speaker 1: you can call the you know, the general number. They'll
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  Speaker 1: be able to help you out with even the pumpkin
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  Speaker 1: smash and dates and times and things like that. So
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  Speaker 1: what's your phone number?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, if you want to give us call eight one
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  Speaker 2: five eight five seven three five two five. Our Facebook
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  Speaker 2: is Lee County four h You can check us out
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  Speaker 2: like just website go dot Illinois dot edu, slash clw
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  Speaker 2: slash event then you'll find all the stuff on there,
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  Speaker 2: or you can shoot me an email and my emails
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  Speaker 2: on our website Facebook, Lee County four each we try
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  Speaker 2: to keep the updated with different events.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yep. And again you can you know, actually
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  Speaker 1: reserve for the banquet on Facebook and online and for
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  Speaker 1: camp council information. You can also go online for that
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  Speaker 1: information and get it filled out before that early part
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  Speaker 1: of November. And don't forget that workshop that Katie talked
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  Speaker 1: about in November as well. If you'd like to participate
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  Speaker 1: in that again, go online or call eight five seven
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  Speaker 1: three five twenty five. That's the county extension number in
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  Speaker 1: Lee County. Been a pleasure having you on board.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you so much, Steve, and.
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate all of your time that and and your
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  Speaker 1: visits with us. Katie has been a mainstay with us,
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  Speaker 1: you know, throughout the year everyone joining us for County
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  Speaker 1: Extension reports. Hopefully we won't lose that moving forward, but
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  Speaker 1: thank you so very much, ma'am.
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  Speaker 2: It's been a pleasure having Thank you so much, Steve.
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  Speaker 1: Katie Baker, our for Intube Development program coordinator with Lee
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  Speaker 1: County Extension. That's our talk line for today here at
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  Speaker 1: WIX News Firsts. Next here comes Brandon Clark.