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Talk-Line: Jennifer Lang on Dixon summer events · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Our quarter past the hour. This is Monday. It's June
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  Speaker 1: two of the year twenty twenty five, and it's time
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  Speaker 1: for another informational edition of talk Line here at your
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  Speaker 1: source in the Stock Valley wix Good morning, I'm Steve Marco.
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  Speaker 1: It is time for our monthly look at news and
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  Speaker 1: information from your Dixon Chamber of Commerce, your Dixon Main
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  Speaker 1: Street Association and Discovered Dixon, and the community Relations and
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  Speaker 1: Events director with that organization is live with us once
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  Speaker 1: again at the microphones to fill us in on all
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  Speaker 1: we need to know. Our dear friend Jennifer Lang joins
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  Speaker 1: us in the spotlight this morning here at Wixing.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, man, Good morning, thanks for having me, Stee,
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  Speaker 2: thank you.
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  Speaker 1: For joining us. It's been a busy time for not
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  Speaker 1: only you, but for us as well here at our
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  Speaker 1: family of stations. And this is where we're going to
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  Speaker 1: start with Jennifer on our talk line today is a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of a review of a happening that took
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  Speaker 1: place on Saturday at the Riverfront.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what, Radio Land you missed out if
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  Speaker 2: you are not at the Riverfront with us. It was
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  Speaker 2: a River Country's kickoff summer block party and we had
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  Speaker 2: some great country music. So it was a beautiful night. Say,
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  Speaker 2: Kelsey Hart was in town and Delaney Ann and they
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  Speaker 2: sure put on a great show right down there on
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  Speaker 2: the riverfront. We had good food, cold drinks, and uh
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  Speaker 2: it was just a beautiful day to celebrate and kick
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  Speaker 2: off summer.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, you couldn't have picked a better day
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  Speaker 1: weather whyse to hold this. The winds were down, it
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  Speaker 1: was very calm, It was very comfortable in that riverfront
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  Speaker 1: area of Dixon. And again the music was great again
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  Speaker 1: and we had a couple of you know, Marquis artists
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  Speaker 1: join us for the evenings entertainment. And again I think
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  Speaker 1: all went well down there for the kickof of the summer.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I just it's so great to be a
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  Speaker 2: part of our community, right Like we have so much
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  Speaker 2: great live music and so many vibrant things to be
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  Speaker 2: doing in our community. And uh, you know, people follow
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  Speaker 2: us on River Country Facebook and check out the website
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  Speaker 2: as well as discovered Dixon. There is always always something
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  Speaker 2: to do. And again, kudos to everybody because it was
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  Speaker 2: a great event on Heriday and.
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  Speaker 1: Again that kicked off the summer of twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: Just you know, as the launches us in to twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five. And that's the headline that I get from
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  Speaker 1: my newsletter this morning with Dixon Chamber and Main Street,
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  Speaker 1: because we are launching into twenty twenty five with that event.
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  Speaker 1: And now we've got, you know, in this week alone,
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  Speaker 1: we've got some really neat stuff coming up. Take us
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  Speaker 1: through what's going to be happening this year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so this is a busy week for sure. So
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  Speaker 2: it'll be our second week of the Dickson City Market,
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  Speaker 2: which again that is downtown on the riverfront. Join us
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  Speaker 2: Wednesday night from five to eight pm. We have between
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  Speaker 2: fifty and sixty different vendors, crafters, artists, we have food,
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  Speaker 2: and of course we have live music. So you might
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  Speaker 2: see in print that we have a scheduled Robbie. Actually
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  Speaker 2: this week we have the Lone Canary. Okay, there was
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  Speaker 2: just a switch through there so digital we have everything changed.
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  Speaker 2: But in krent, I might say Robbie LeBlanc, So you
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  Speaker 2: missed him. He was last week he opened it up
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  Speaker 2: and it was a great show. But this week we'll
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  Speaker 2: have the Lone Canary a okay, So join us again
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  Speaker 2: five to eight down on the riverfront this week and
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  Speaker 2: then We'll continue the market every Wednesday, except we do
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  Speaker 2: take a couple Wednesdays after in that Petunia Festival time,
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  Speaker 2: and but then we'll be back at it and we
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  Speaker 2: will finish our last market on August sixth, So nine
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  Speaker 2: markets this season. Great time to get out. There's kids activities,
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  Speaker 2: food to be bought, products to be bought. There's some
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  Speaker 2: really great artists in our communities, so come and check
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  Speaker 2: it out.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. Again, the City Market in Dixon takes place between
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  Speaker 1: the bridges and corn again at that riverfront location like
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  Speaker 1: the concert that's where the city Market is held on Wednesdays.
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  Speaker 1: And again, as Jennifer stated, this week is the loan came,
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  Speaker 1: and I believe they're out of rough things.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's correct. So they've actually been down with us
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  Speaker 2: for the past like four years, so they tour. They're
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  Speaker 2: a local Rockford favorite, but I think they're becoming a
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  Speaker 2: Dixon favorite as well.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, Well, and I'm going to go through the other
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  Speaker 1: entertainment for at least June, because Jennifer, you and I
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  Speaker 1: won't be talking until the you know, right after Petunia Festival.
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  Speaker 1: So again, I want to get the word out about
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  Speaker 1: entertainment and Jennifer mentioned, they'll be playing during the City Market.
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  Speaker 1: Tennis is from five to to late. They've got the
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  Speaker 1: three hours then that they'll be playing. So a group
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  Speaker 1: called Well Strung will be June the eleventh, Kirkland will
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  Speaker 1: be June the eighteenth, and then it's bowling for dollars.
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  Speaker 2: Calling for dollars. That's correct. That's a local, local group
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  Speaker 2: of gentlemen. Here they were. They joined us last week
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  Speaker 2: last year. Excuse me as well, all.
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  Speaker 1: Right, So again I just wanted to get out that
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  Speaker 1: word about the entertainment. But as Jennifer mentioned, there's so
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  Speaker 1: much more than that going on at City Market every
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  Speaker 1: Wednesday with all of the vendors and all of the
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  Speaker 1: great food and all of the great items that you
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  Speaker 1: can see, and the organizations that participate as well. I understand.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we talked with Reagan Mass Transit. It's just
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  Speaker 1: one of the organizations that you know, we're we're going
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  Speaker 1: to be featuring, you know, just displays.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we like to highlight our community. So any not
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  Speaker 2: for profit organization I allow them. I have a certain
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  Speaker 2: amount I allow each week that come at no charge
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  Speaker 2: so they can educate our community on what they're doing.
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  Speaker 2: But They also provide a kid friendly activity, so there's
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  Speaker 2: no reason why you're gonna hear mom, dad, I'm bored.
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  Speaker 2: We definitely have those games and fun things that they
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  Speaker 2: help provided and make the market a little bit more excellent.
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  Speaker 1: So again at City Market every Wednesday, say for those
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  Speaker 1: dates that Jennifer mentioned in and around Petunia Festival, it
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  Speaker 1: will run through August the sixth in downtown Dixon. That
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  Speaker 1: is just one of the events of the many that
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  Speaker 1: are being spotlighted this week. We've got others coming up
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  Speaker 1: take us through the rest of the week. Now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so the Friday, we're going to be starting our
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  Speaker 2: Fitness Friday. So people might remember it as being the
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  Speaker 2: over Front Yoga, we have changed it to Fitness Fridays,
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  Speaker 2: so seven am. It's still free. But what it is
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  Speaker 2: is we're working with Great and Grace ruin my studios
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  Speaker 2: as well as the YMCA, so they're alternating providing different
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  Speaker 2: fitness opportunities. So this week we do start it off
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  Speaker 2: with Great and Grace and they are going to do
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  Speaker 2: the bar sculpt So if you've ever been interested in
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  Speaker 2: trying out bar, come on down to the Riverfront. It's free.
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  Speaker 2: The great thing is you're going to meet these instructors.
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  Speaker 2: You might find out that, you know what, I want
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  Speaker 2: to now take a class or I want to learn more.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, as I tell everybody, do as you
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  Speaker 2: can do, okay, you know. So it's we've talked to
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  Speaker 2: all the instructors and they are providing that fitness that
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  Speaker 2: anybody can do, and you do it to your ability. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: So if it's something new you want to try see
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  Speaker 2: if you like it, come on down check it out.
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  Speaker 2: And I do know on our social media we have
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  Speaker 2: been making who each week is okay, so you can
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  Speaker 2: plan accordingly. You can give us a call. But it's
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  Speaker 2: also on our website discovered Dixon dot com, so it
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  Speaker 2: will give you the weeks and what organization and what
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  Speaker 2: they fitness that they are promoting that week.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, but that's the kickoff on June sixth,
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  Speaker 1: that's Friday at the riverfront.
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  Speaker 2: This is at the river yeah down below, down below.
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  Speaker 1: Now it says participants must bring their own mat, so
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  Speaker 1: you're probably are going to need that every week.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I would recommend bringing your own matt. And
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  Speaker 2: it's on the cement. Some of it is not you
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  Speaker 2: you won't need a map but I would just say
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  Speaker 2: bring it if you have it, or a towel, okay,
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  Speaker 2: So it doesn't necessarily have to be a map, but
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  Speaker 2: bringing a towel in a water bottle, sure, bring it.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. Again to that fitness event. This is every Friday,
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  Speaker 1: seven o'clock seven am, seven am, right.
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  Speaker 2: And early and free.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, this is another free activity courtesy of Dixon Chamber,
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  Speaker 1: main Street and discovered Dixon and Jennifer Lang in our
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  Speaker 1: Community Events. Community relations and events director with Dixon Chamber
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  Speaker 1: and Main Street is live with us to tell us
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  Speaker 1: all about it here at wix end this Monday morning.
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  Speaker 1: So there you go. It's Fitness Friday at the Riverfront
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  Speaker 1: starting this Friday, June the sixth, and it will continue
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  Speaker 1: through the end of August. All right. So that's again
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  Speaker 1: more of a I guess, a longer list than the
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  Speaker 1: City Market. City Market ends early August. Friday will run
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  Speaker 1: through the end of August. So the dates are a
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  Speaker 1: little bit different.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, a little different, but you know, just want to
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  Speaker 2: you know, talk about that market. The reason why we
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  Speaker 2: changed our dates on the market was to go with
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  Speaker 2: the public schools calendar because you know, we yeah, we
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  Speaker 2: used to do it all of August, and it just
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  Speaker 2: seemed the last couple of weeks we're just dying down.
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  Speaker 2: Families are getting back in the swing of the kids
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  Speaker 2: going back to school, and just so much is going on,
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  Speaker 2: and it really wasn't fair to our vendors, and so
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  Speaker 2: that's why we just shortened up the time. But we
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  Speaker 2: actually started earlier this year, So we started last month
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  Speaker 2: in May and just will be shortening it up just
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  Speaker 2: a tad bit. But there's still plenty of time to
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  Speaker 2: come down and enjoy, all right.
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  Speaker 1: So Fitness Friday on Friday, June sixth, now another Friday activity.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, let's keep going with the Fridays and free
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  Speaker 2: So Friday night, John Dixon Park five thirty to seven
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  Speaker 2: join us for live free music. So this week we're
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  Speaker 2: going to start off with one of our local favorites,
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  Speaker 2: Kathy Saghetti Acoustic Circus. She'll be playing some great tunes
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  Speaker 2: and if you've never been to John Dickson Park, check
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  Speaker 2: it out. It's such a great park we have here.
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  Speaker 2: So grab that picnic basket, grab the family, come on down,
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  Speaker 2: bring a lawn chair, a blanket, and just enjoy. There's
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  Speaker 2: you know, the swings and the playground sets and let
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  Speaker 2: the kids run wild while you are enjoying some great music.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's all you know. At the facilities in John
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  Speaker 1: Dixon Park. They'll be playing in that you know area,
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  Speaker 1: that's the the pavilion right there. Yea, that usually the
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  Speaker 1: entertainers will be playing. But that opens up the rest
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  Speaker 1: of John Dixon Park. And this is the park of
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  Speaker 1: course on Galena Avenue. And this is North Galina Avenue.
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  Speaker 1: This is just north of the Snyder's location and the
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  Speaker 1: bank location right there on North Galeena Aveaue, just across
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  Speaker 1: the street from dunkin Donuts. If you want to know
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  Speaker 1: where John Dixon Park is, that's where it is. That's
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  Speaker 1: where John Dixon Park is. And as Jennifer mentioned it,
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  Speaker 1: it's just bringing your lawn chairs and you're making yourself
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  Speaker 1: comfortable for that time that the groups will be playing.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, and make sure you get there on time
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  Speaker 2: and early because Culvers provides a free custard. Whilst why's
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  Speaker 2: last time enjoys music in a sweet treat.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, that's music at the Square again at John Dixon
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  Speaker 1: Park starting this Friday, June the sixth. It runs from
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  Speaker 1: five thirty until seven, so you have a wake up
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  Speaker 1: call for the again Fitness to Friday, and then the
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  Speaker 1: late evening five thirty until seven you can go to
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  Speaker 1: Music at the Square and enjoy the music of Acoustic
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  Speaker 1: Circus to kick things off at John Dixon Park. Jennifer
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  Speaker 1: Lang is our guest today. We're gonna stop for news
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  Speaker 1: first at the bottom of the arm, but when Jennifer
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  Speaker 1: comes back, she still has another event coming up this
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  Speaker 1: week that we need to tell you about, and also
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  Speaker 1: some other special events on the calendar as we get
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  Speaker 1: going into the summer of twenty for twenty five, and
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  Speaker 1: a special activity taking place in the downtown area that
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  Speaker 1: Jennifer's also good a spotlight today, it's all after Tim
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  Speaker 1: Lee Nick continue our conversation with our friends from Dixon Chamber,
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  Speaker 1: main Street Discovered Dixon. It's our monthly look at Chamber
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  Speaker 1: and Main Street activities through the eyes of our community
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  Speaker 1: relations and events director. She is live with us this
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  Speaker 1: morning for the expanded talk line today here at Wix,
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  Speaker 1: and Jennifer Lang has joined us for our look ahead
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  Speaker 1: at the summer of twenty twenty five. We've already scratched
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  Speaker 1: the surface, so to speak, of just this week's worth
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  Speaker 1: of activities, and we're still not done with the week
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  Speaker 1: not even done. Nope, we have to talk about an
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  Speaker 1: activity coming up during this next weekend.
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  Speaker 2: You wanted a spotlighte Yeah, to join us this Saturday,
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  Speaker 2: the Summer Block Party. This is held at the North
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  Speaker 2: Plaza North Shopping Center, so right in front of My
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  Speaker 2: play Village, right in front of Pam's Hallmark. We are
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  Speaker 2: going to have ConA ice, there's going to be costume characters,
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  Speaker 2: Miller's Petting Zoo, We're gonna have the fire trucks there.
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  Speaker 2: And we have a lot of great businesses and organizations
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  Speaker 2: in our community that are going to be providing those
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  Speaker 2: kid friendly activities and fun. So I believe we have
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  Speaker 2: somebody who's gonna be doing some face painting. Pam's Hallmark
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  Speaker 2: is going to have their uh changing colored nail polish,
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  Speaker 2: and boys, there's lots of stuff for the boys too,
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  Speaker 2: So come on down enjoy it. And the best thing
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  Speaker 2: is it's free. So nine am to noon, right there
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  Speaker 2: in front of Pam's Hallmark, my play Village, you know,
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  Speaker 2: And we cannot do any of these events without our sponsors.
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  Speaker 2: But the Summer Block Party sponsors Mercy Health Health, Rainer
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  Speaker 2: and Sock Valley Banks. So thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah good, yeah good. Yeah. You always depend on those
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  Speaker 1: participating sponsors to come through with the support that you
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  Speaker 1: need to put on these events. Without those sponsors, you
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  Speaker 1: would not probably see a lot of these events that
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  Speaker 1: Jennifer and I are talking about through Dixon Chamber and
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  Speaker 1: Main Street without the support of those great sponsors that
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  Speaker 1: get behind things like the Summer block Party that's in
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  Speaker 1: once again what we call the Pamida Shopping Party, the
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  Speaker 1: Culver's Shopping a Lot. That is where it's the North
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  Speaker 1: Galina shopping area. And again it's around the Culver's Pam's
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  Speaker 1: Hallmark area in that parking lot area, that's where the
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  Speaker 1: Summer Block Party will take place this Saturday again, that
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  Speaker 1: is June the seventh, and again the start.
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  Speaker 2: Time it's nine am to now.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, very good again and it's free of charge through
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  Speaker 1: Dixon Chamber and Main Street. Then we push on with
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  Speaker 1: the calendar for a couple of activities as we move
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  Speaker 1: through the month of June that we need to spotlight
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  Speaker 1: especially during this month. And the next one up, I
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  Speaker 1: believe is your Business after Business.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Business after Business will be Thursday, June twelfth, five
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  Speaker 2: pm to six thirty pm This is open to our
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  Speaker 2: chamber business members and friends, I should say, but come
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  Speaker 2: enjoy in network, meet people, bring your business cards. Every
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  Speaker 2: month we are at different locations. This particular one is
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  Speaker 2: going to be at the Prairie Room Solar, so it's
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  Speaker 2: at one oh one West First Street and that is
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  Speaker 2: downtown Dixon. Is in the basement, lower level, but there
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  Speaker 2: will be signage, so bring your business cards. Come and
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  Speaker 2: meet some other individuals and learn more about this particular
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  Speaker 2: solar company in the Lee County. I've had the pleasure
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  Speaker 2: of meeting them, really nice people and just another way
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  Speaker 2: to connect and be informed.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely to join us, and like Jennifer mentioned, you introduce
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  Speaker 1: a fairly new business. Then with this business after business
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  Speaker 1: from five until six thirty again, this is Thursday, June
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  Speaker 1: the twelfth, coming up again for Chamber members to attend
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  Speaker 1: your guests and enjoy an hour and a half worth
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  Speaker 1: of networking. It's a ninety minute event that takes place
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  Speaker 1: again at Prairie Broom Solar again in downtown Dixon. So
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  Speaker 1: that's on June the twelfth. A couple of other quick
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  Speaker 1: hits as we move through the summer of twenty twenty five,
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  Speaker 1: and that includes some Petunia Festival activities. Are we going
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  Speaker 1: to jump to Petunia Festival?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, yeah, let's do it because I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: tell you what, this month is coming and going so
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  Speaker 2: fast anyways, So while we are not the Patunia Festival,
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  Speaker 2: we're so supportive of this great organization. But one activity
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  Speaker 2: that we do during the festivity time is our brush
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  Speaker 2: and Bloom, So that has been going around for years
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  Speaker 2: and years and years. So it's sad or no, I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 2: Friday July fourth, nine am to noon, and this is
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  Speaker 2: going to be at the old Lee County Courthouse right
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  Speaker 2: there or not well, right by the big beautiful art
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  Speaker 2: but for this is a ticketed event and we provide
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  Speaker 2: all the paint and supplies that you need to be
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  Speaker 2: you're the artist in yourself, paint something and it's if
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  Speaker 2: pre advanced sales are fifteen dollars for one square, right,
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  Speaker 2: and if you want to get a T shirt with that,
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  Speaker 2: it's twenty five dollars, but I must say that you
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  Speaker 2: need to order that by June thirteenth. And all this
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  Speaker 2: information that we talk about you can find on discover
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  Speaker 2: Dixon dot com. There's an events tab on our website
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  Speaker 2: and it's really easy to navigate, so go check it out.
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  Speaker 2: So it is a ticketed event. We do sell squares
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  Speaker 2: the day off if there is availability. This one is
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  Speaker 2: a hot event of ours. People love coming down and
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  Speaker 2: vteen with us, so I do recommend getting that square
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  Speaker 2: sooner than later. But yeah, July fourth, nine am to noon.
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  Speaker 2: Ticketed event twenty five dollars and includes a T shirt
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  Speaker 2: fifteen dollars pre sale with no T shirt. Come and
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  Speaker 2: join us and will have fun.
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  Speaker 1: Now, thank of the squares on the sidewalk at the courthouse.
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  Speaker 1: Think of all those squares, they're full. I'm not kidding
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  Speaker 1: because our grandkids take care. You know, some of those
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: squares we do the we do the brush and bloom
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: And I'm telling you, think of all those squares on
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: the sidewalk, they're all taken. They're all taken. I mean,
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: that's that's how popular this event is. When you come
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: down and turn the kids loose on those squares and
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: just have them go. You know, it's a lot of fun.
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: And it's on the fourth of July.
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah, And you know, when we talk about kids, I'm
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: talking about kids of all ages. So like I have
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: seen all ages participating in this really great event. Families
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: working together on these squares. The squares are huge. Yeah,
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: so please come nine am. Again. We do quit distributing
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: the paint at eleven because I really believe some artists
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: could stay there forever. I get it, I understand it,
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: but we have so many fun, fill packed activities that
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: weekend that we got to cut it off at some point.
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: So so yeah, please join us. July fourth.
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: Okay, and the Reagan Run. You wanted to put in
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: a good word for the Reagan.
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely so. I don't know a community if you know,
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: but this is all a volunteer lead board, then a
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: volunce to your led committee. I am on the committee
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: for the Reagan Run. But also discovered Dixon does get
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: money back from this because all money that's generated from
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: the Reagan Run does go back into our community, and
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: we're just one of the organizations that get it. But
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: please Saturday, July fifth, eight am. It starts up at
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: the Ronald Reagan boyhood home. It ends at Haymarket Square.
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: We did have to adjust the the route, thank you,
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: a little bit, because of all the construction going on,
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: but trust me, it's still going to be a great one.
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: We're thinking that people are gonna whip through it because
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: you know what, runners, you are going to miss out
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: on those hills only for this year, all right, but yeah,
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: please join us. Check it out. We are on Facebook
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: Reagan run five k it is. There is a cost
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: right now. It it did just go up or actually
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: I think today June first, it was yesterday. Yesterday, Well
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: I guess it did move up to twenty five dollars now,
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: so but still that's a great deal because if you
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: wait until the day of, it goes up to thirty
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: five dollars. So get registered, join us. It really is
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: a cool thing. And if you're not a runner and
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: you still on joy is, come to the Haymarket Square
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: or find a spot along the route and cheer these
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: people on. So you could run it, you could walk it,
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: you could do cartwheels through it. Whatever, get out there
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: and enjoy it and be a part of it.
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: Get me registered dot com.
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: That's the registration, that's correct, Get me registered dot com.
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: And one more thing that we wanted to mention before
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: we let Jennifer go, and that's the launch of your
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five Downtown Banner program.
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so this is a really cool program. They line
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: the streets. You see them on the light post, so
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: soon the ones that are on the light posts will
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: come down. We'll make sure those get back to the
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: businesses if they choose, but then we get new ones, right,
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: and so we just went live and they're really cool.
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: So you can find that on our Facebook or on
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: our website site. So you can purchase a banner. It's
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: two hundred and fifty dollars per one, four hundred and
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: seventy five for two, or if you want all three,
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: because there's three different ones. They all kind of look
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: the same, they're just different wording on each one. Okay,
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: so you can get all three of them for seven
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: hundred dollars. Of course, if you're a discovered it's an investor,
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: we do give you a ten percent off your purchase price.
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: But you got to get in by June twenty first,
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: all right, so get those in. Check it out. They're
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: absolutely gorgeous, if you might have noticed last week they
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: put all the petunias up. So it's just kind of
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: cool to watch the growth of them because they're so
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: darn beautiful. And I get the joys of seeing so
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: many visitors come into our town and compliment us on
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: our streets, on our banners, on our petunias. So kudos
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: to everybody who makes that happen. But this the banner
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: program is not only just for the businesses, Steve. If
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: you wanted to put your name on it, you could
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: do it. I could do it for a loved one.
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: Anything you can have put on that. So get your
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: family name up on there. And the great thing is
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: again what they do come down every year. We do
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: give you an opportunity to take yours so you can
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: put it in your basement or in your garage, kind
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: of a little keepsake. Absolutely so, so help uh beautified
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: Dixon and get that banner.
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: How do you purchase?
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: So everything's on our website, Okay, and I know people
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: sometimes everybody's not computer savvy. Call us, stop in, let
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: us help you navigate to get that purchase. That's what
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: we're here for to help you. And it's great just
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: to be a part of the community and get the
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: community to be a part of us.
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: All right. Www. Dot discovered Dixon dot com. That's the
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: website address. If you need help, call them at eight
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: one five two eight four three three six one. You
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: can stop by their offices located on handupin Avenue in
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: downtown Dickson, and they're open regular business hours as well,
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: so again they'll be able to help you with any
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: kind of purchase that you want to make as far
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: as the banner program is concerned. So yeah, take a
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: look and you know, be a part of that really
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: neat program that again discovered Dixon and the Dixon Chamber
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: and mainStreet Organization are launching for the summer of twenty
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: twenty five. Busy time. And let's see, this is the
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: June report. I'm not sure whether we'll be able to
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: I hope we'll be able to fit you in before
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: the fourth of July. I think the first might be
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: on a Monday. We'll just have to check the calendar,
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: because if you said the fourth was on frame, well
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: it might be the end of well have to wait.
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: We'll have to I think either the end of June
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: or first of July. I think we'll have Jennifer on
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: just before our festival launches, So yeah, I think that's
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: planned for that fact, that Monday before the holiday weekend,
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: so we'll we'll talk to you then about all of
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: what's going on in downtown Dixon and across our Dixon
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: Landsdag with Dixon Chamber Main Street and discovered Dixon Pleasure
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: having you on board today, thanks for Jennifer Lang, our
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: Community Events, Community relations and Events director with Dixon Chamber,
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: our guest today on Wixon Sports