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Talk-Line: Andy McFarlane, Dixon Family YMCA · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: We are quarter past the hour. This is Wednesday, It's
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  Speaker 1: February five, the year is twenty twenty five, and it's
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  Speaker 1: time for another informational edition of talk Line here at
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  Speaker 1: AM fourteen sixteen FM ninety five one WYX. In good morning,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Steve Marco. Time for our monthly look at news
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  Speaker 1: and information from your Dixon Family YMCA. We get the
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  Speaker 1: monthly looked with the chief executive officer of the Dixon Family.
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  Speaker 1: Why he's live in studio with us this morning to
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  Speaker 1: give us the low down for this second month of
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  Speaker 1: the year. Our good friend Andy McFarlane joins us today
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  Speaker 1: here at WIX and good morning, man morning, good to
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  Speaker 1: see it, Thanks for joining us. Appreciate your visits as always,
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  Speaker 1: and Andy has quite a bit to talk about, especially
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  Speaker 1: on the calendar of Eventless, We've got some special activities
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  Speaker 1: coming up on the calendar that Andy wants to mention.
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  Speaker 1: But to kick things off, Andy, between reports between the
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  Speaker 1: last time that Andy McFarland was on the air with
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  Speaker 1: us and this report, we had a little bit of
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  Speaker 1: dweeds south of town in the Gateway expansion area. Finally, Andy,
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  Speaker 1: the ribbon was cut, and finally, after some red tape
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  Speaker 1: and some delays things like that. We the love it
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  Speaker 1: Daycare Splitter is operation.
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  Speaker 2: And everybody is absolutely pleased, ecstatic and thrilled. The staff
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  Speaker 2: are having a wonderful time. The kids are having a
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  Speaker 2: great time as well. You know, obviously we're staging in
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  Speaker 2: and ramping up enrollment. You know, we're working with parents
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  Speaker 2: and their current daycare needs and giving you know, the
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  Speaker 2: necessary notice for them to make switches. We're calling people
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  Speaker 2: on the wait lists and getting them enrolled. So we've
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  Speaker 2: been busy at it the last three or four weeks,
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  Speaker 2: you know, working on that. But we're i think enrollments
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  Speaker 2: now up to sixty one, when three and a half
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  Speaker 2: weeks ago we were at right about forty four. So
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  Speaker 2: it's it's ramping up. We're still getting you know, two
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  Speaker 2: classrooms prepped and ready to go. We have two teachers
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  Speaker 2: we still need to hire, so once we get them
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  Speaker 2: hired and on board and ready to go, we'll we'll
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  Speaker 2: be able to open those additional two rooms up and
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  Speaker 2: again capacity will will be such that we can get
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  Speaker 2: more kids in. But it's just it's absolutely wonderful. It's
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  Speaker 2: great that we're finally out there, you know, to almost
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  Speaker 2: two and a half years in the making. Yeah, and
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  Speaker 2: so you know, time flies, you know, you think about it,
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  Speaker 2: but man, it's it's just great to be out there.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I know that you were eager to get this
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  Speaker 1: project and get this area underway. I know that we
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  Speaker 1: ran into a few delays because we had to take
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  Speaker 1: care of business, you know, regulations to follow, things like that,
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  Speaker 1: and that has to be taking care. But again, the
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  Speaker 1: Love It Daycare Center is open for business now. So
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  Speaker 1: as you mentioned, Andy, you're you're taking the list that
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  Speaker 1: and you guys started this a long time ago. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: this was long before the daycare actually opened.
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  Speaker 2: We've been we've been carrying a waiting list for probably
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  Speaker 2: the last ten years. So it's definitely something that has
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  Speaker 2: been active there. And then going through that list and
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  Speaker 2: knowing that we were going to be able to serve
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  Speaker 2: the birth to age you know, twenty four months with
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  Speaker 2: this news center, adding people on the list and getting
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  Speaker 2: those people in and it just fills up real quick.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Now you mentioned there's still work to be done.
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  Speaker 1: We still have rooms to be open, place, positions to
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  Speaker 1: be filled, and so that procedure I'm not sure is
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  Speaker 1: that the older ages, Andy, that.
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  Speaker 2: We are I mean do do we no, So one
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  Speaker 2: is an infant room that we're looking at opening, and
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  Speaker 2: then some of the older classrooms as well. We do
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  Speaker 2: have some staff that are currently in getting their credentials
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  Speaker 2: or at least will be credentialed. So that's another thing
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  Speaker 2: that we're factoring into is that they'll be teacher qualified,
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  Speaker 2: hopefully within the next four to six months. So that is, again,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a retention tool from a staff position standpoint.
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  Speaker 2: But I know we've got posted on our website we're
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  Speaker 2: hiring for multiple positions. Obviously for after school some of
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  Speaker 2: the childcare center activities. We've got some front desk workers,
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  Speaker 2: you know, lifeguard, swim instructors, So we do have some
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  Speaker 2: needs filling out there. But obviously as we recruit these people,
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  Speaker 2: we'll we'll find the best fit for them.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. And now that the center is up and running, Now,
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  Speaker 1: what's the registration proce I mean, you know, do you
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  Speaker 1: take them in sessions? I mean, how does this work?
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  Speaker 2: So right now we're just managing that weight list and
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  Speaker 2: then rolling people as we can from the waitlist. We
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  Speaker 2: want to serve those people first because some of those
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  Speaker 2: people have been on the wait list for two years
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  Speaker 2: and so we want to make sure we meet their needs.
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  Speaker 2: Some of the issues we're running into now as we're
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  Speaker 2: calling these families and ope numbers out of service, So
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  Speaker 2: how do we get in touch with them? You know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously we want to make sure that we reach out
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  Speaker 2: to them and do every attempt, and then obviously we'll
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  Speaker 2: move down the list. So if you're on that list
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  Speaker 2: and you haven't gotten a call, maybe because we don't
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  Speaker 2: have your current phone number, So please give us a call.
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  Speaker 2: The number out there is to eight eight eleven twenty four.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, there you go, and we'll probably be
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  Speaker 1: mentioning that frequently as we move through. With Andy. Here
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  Speaker 1: at am fourteen sixty M ninety five one two eight
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  Speaker 1: eight eleven twenty four. That's the phone number at the
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  Speaker 1: new Love It Daycare Center. I'm assuming regular daycare hours.
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  Speaker 2: Andy, that's the six am to six pmk and we've
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  Speaker 2: got staff out there. I know people are answering phones.
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  Speaker 2: I know Heather's also her direct extension will also integrate
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  Speaker 2: in with email and also with her mobile app. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: so we can definitely get messages, we can get return
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  Speaker 2: calls as quick as we can. We're trying to be
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  Speaker 2: as responsive obviously with the influx of opening and trying
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  Speaker 2: to manage that. Obviously, we'll get back to people as
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  Speaker 2: quick as we can.
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  Speaker 1: And you know this, I guess, you know, with just
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  Speaker 1: getting the feet wet, so to speak. You know, as
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  Speaker 1: you just mentioned Andy, taking care of the wait list
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  Speaker 1: and all that, probably you know, won't get into kind
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  Speaker 1: of a regular routine maybe till after the school year
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  Speaker 1: is finished or.
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  Speaker 2: You know, yeah, it don't take a couple of months.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, So you know, trying to just get you know,
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  Speaker 1: get things gelled and started, and still in that opening
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  Speaker 1: phase of the new center that's in the Gateway project
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  Speaker 1: now that is open for business. As Andy mentioned, it's exciting.
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  Speaker 1: It's great. That's absolutely that's great that you report on that,
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  Speaker 1: and thank you very much for reporting on that. You
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  Speaker 1: read A fourteen sixteen FM ninety five one. Andy McFarland
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  Speaker 1: is our guest today, our chief executive officer of the
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  Speaker 1: Dixon Family YMC eight. We do have some activities coming
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  Speaker 1: up that Andy wants to talk about, and one of
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  Speaker 1: those takes place this weekend. We'll talk about this.
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  Speaker 2: So, yeah, backed by popular demand is our Daddy Daughter
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  Speaker 2: Dance and so we opened the WIY up from six
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  Speaker 2: to eight and so it's after hours. We have music, activities, refreshments,
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  Speaker 2: just wonderful activities for fathers and their daughters to come
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  Speaker 2: out and take part in and some great things get
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  Speaker 2: all dialed up and dressed up. You know. Obviously you
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  Speaker 2: know the royal ball theme with that, and it's kind
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  Speaker 2: of a neat little thing. I remember taking my daughter
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  Speaker 2: when she was way, way little and she just absolutely
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  Speaker 2: loved it. And so you know, that's sixty eight. It's
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  Speaker 2: fifteen dollars a couple, and then obviously five dollars for
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  Speaker 2: each additional because you know, we know that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: dads don't just have one daughter, sometimes they have two three,
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  Speaker 2: so you know, bring them all out and have a
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  Speaker 2: great time and a party out on the night at
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  Speaker 2: the Y on Saturday. Public well and welcome for everybody,
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  Speaker 2: so good good numbers, non members community, if you're visiting
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  Speaker 2: from out of town, stop buy.
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  Speaker 1: Do we need to pre register for this or can you.
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  Speaker 2: We'll take registration also at the door, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously for planning purposes we'd like to get in a number.
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  Speaker 2: So if you can try to register early, okay.
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  Speaker 1: Daddy Daughter Dance at the YMCA. This is coming Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: February the eighth, starting at six o'clock and is Andy
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  Speaker 1: mentioned you can get information. We'll pass along website addresses
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  Speaker 1: and phone numbers at the end of our broadcast today
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  Speaker 1: here at w ACCENT. Something interesting coming up end of
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  Speaker 1: February that you wanted to talk about today.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So we've been partnering with a Value Lab and
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  Speaker 2: talking a little bit about, you know, creating an awareness
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  Speaker 2: of people. You know, when you start talking about health
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  Speaker 2: and wellness, you really have to start knowing your numbers.
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  Speaker 2: And so obviously people were in this whole idea of
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  Speaker 2: you know, a new year, a new ye and trying
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  Speaker 2: to get fit. Well. Some of that means you need
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  Speaker 2: to know your numbers. And so we're partnering with Value
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  Speaker 2: Lab and they're coming out on the nineteenth and the
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  Speaker 2: twenty sixth and from six am to eleven am they're
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  Speaker 2: going to be offering up some blood workups and so
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  Speaker 2: they have a discounted rate for one hundred dollars. They
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  Speaker 2: can come out and get a full lipid panel and
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  Speaker 2: then they'll test all of your different levels, whether it's
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  Speaker 2: cholesterol A one c's, you know, those types of things
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  Speaker 2: and really, you know, give you an idea to say, okay,
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  Speaker 2: where am I health wise? And obviously it's a fasting test,
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  Speaker 2: but it's you know, great, come in and get your
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  Speaker 2: test done before you go to your class and work
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  Speaker 2: out or after whichever you prefer it. We'll have them
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  Speaker 2: out there. They're promoting their new mobile lab that they
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  Speaker 2: have out so but again it's a great, great way
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  Speaker 2: to you know, again start the year off. Also, you know,
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  Speaker 2: February's Heart Health Share or Heart Heart Month, and so
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  Speaker 2: Heart Month is a great way to again know your numbers.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely and again with these visits from Value Lab. The
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  Speaker 1: mobile lab will be at the Dixon Family BYMC on
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  Speaker 1: those two dates, starting at eleven o'clock nineteenth of February
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  Speaker 1: and the twenty sixth of February. And do you need
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  Speaker 1: preregistration then for this, okay, show up, just again show
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  Speaker 1: up those days. And is there a cost it would
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  Speaker 1: cost it?
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  Speaker 2: I suppose very one hundred dollars for the entire panel.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, So it's one hundred dollars for the visit into
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  Speaker 1: the lab and whatever needs to be taken care of
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  Speaker 1: through that mobile lab can be taken care of. As
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  Speaker 1: Andy mentioned, again with these visits a very interesting stop
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  Speaker 1: off or value lab with their mobile lab facility at
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  Speaker 1: the Dixon Family YMC egg in February nineteenth and February
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  Speaker 1: twenty six. We're kind of gearing up for an activity
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  Speaker 1: in March. Shall we take the wraps off just briefly
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  Speaker 1: before our time is up, just because we'll talk about
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  Speaker 1: this obviously first of March.
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  Speaker 2: But here we go, Shamrock.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, absolutely, yes, we're.
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  Speaker 2: Hoping that the groundhog is wrong and that we'll actually
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  Speaker 2: have good weather and maybe spring will be here sooner.
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  Speaker 1: He's wrong, he's wrong. I'm gonna tell you that he's won.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going with other groundhogs anyway, go ahead, go ahead.
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  Speaker 2: But a great race. So obviously we've got the race
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  Speaker 2: kicking off on the fifteenth. Anybody that registers by March
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  Speaker 2: first will be guaranteed a T shirt. Any after that, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: we'll take our chances and we'll see if we can't
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  Speaker 2: fulfill the need for a shirt, but we have to
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  Speaker 2: make sure that we get the limited numbers in and
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  Speaker 2: production for those T shirts going in. There's gonna be
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  Speaker 2: a kid's fun run, which is free. Are now through
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  Speaker 2: the fourteenth and it's an early bird fee which is
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  Speaker 2: twenty dollars, and then after that it goes up to
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  Speaker 2: twenty five and then race day is thirty for that. Again,
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  Speaker 2: it's a full three point one mile road cote course
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  Speaker 2: throughout the neighborhoods and along the river. Beautiful, beautiful course.
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  Speaker 2: It's so nice to be able to take advantage of
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  Speaker 2: our resources in downtown Dixon and to be able to
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  Speaker 2: get that for that. The Kid's Fun Run starts at
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  Speaker 2: eight thirty and then we will promptly start our five
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  Speaker 2: k race at nine thirty. And I know that's not
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  Speaker 2: typical for races to start that late in the morning,
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  Speaker 2: but because of the weather factors, we want to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that we are able to get in and if
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  Speaker 2: there's snow or ice that you know, courses are properly
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  Speaker 2: treated or at least the area is safe for that.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll evaluate that as well for that particular day.
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  Speaker 1: HIT and registration available in various forms. I'm assuming online.
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  Speaker 2: We've got forms at the y as well, so there's
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  Speaker 2: multiple areas to do that. You can email us, we'll
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  Speaker 2: send you the forms if you need to as well,
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  Speaker 2: and definitely have a way to get you registered.
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  Speaker 1: It has become a very popular event friends, and it
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  Speaker 1: centers itself around Saint Patrick's Day. The Shamrock Shuffle again
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  Speaker 1: is back through the Dixon Family YMCA in March, and
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  Speaker 1: obviously we'll take the wraps off of it further as
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  Speaker 1: we discuss things in March with Andy here at AM
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  Speaker 1: fourteen sixteen FM ninety five one.
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  Speaker 2: Date on that event once again, March fifteen.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, it's not Saint Patrick's Day, but it's that weekend
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  Speaker 1: on the fifteenth of March in Dixon again, that Shamrock
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  Speaker 1: Shuffle will take place courtesy of the Dixon Family. Why
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  Speaker 1: just to keep less anything else, said Andy that you
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  Speaker 1: wanted to add to there's that Do we take care
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  Speaker 1: of it?
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  Speaker 2: So? I think we think we covered a lot.
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  Speaker 1: We covered a lot, we think we did, and hopefully
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  Speaker 1: we got the word out about some very important events,
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  Speaker 1: especially this weekend with the Daddy Daughter Dance and with
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  Speaker 1: the mobile Lab visits and with the Shamrock Shuffle coming
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  Speaker 1: up in March. Lots of activities going on at the
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  Speaker 1: Dixon Fan Wyne of course, the opening of the new
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  Speaker 1: Love It Center in the Gateway area of South Dixon,
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  Speaker 1: all great topics of discussion with Andy McFarlane today, Sir,
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  Speaker 1: we appreciate you dropping by and telling us all about
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  Speaker 1: it here at w Thank you, our CEO of the
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  Speaker 1: Dixon Family. Why Anny McFarlane and our guest on the
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  Speaker 1: talk line today here at WIXM. Let's go to press
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  Speaker 1: next with Timblee at eight thirty