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Talk-Line: Brandon Clark on new businesses in Dixon · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Time to touch base with our friends from Schallocal News
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  Speaker 1: and we touch base with our good friends from Shall
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  Speaker 1: Local News Weekly to give us the update of news
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  Speaker 1: and information across our northern Illinois area. Our representative is
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  Speaker 1: live in studio with us this morning. Reporter Brandon Clark
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  Speaker 1: is with us today here at wix In. Good morning, sir,
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  Speaker 1: how are you.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Steve. I'm trucking along on this warm and
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  Speaker 2: muggy morning. Y.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, And of course we advise everybody obviously to take
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  Speaker 1: it easy, you know on these days. The dog days
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  Speaker 1: of August are not here yet. This is July that
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  Speaker 1: we're talking about. We're already getting the warmth of the
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  Speaker 1: dog days. But nonetheless we need to take care and
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  Speaker 1: especially you know, for those that may be shut in neighbors. Friends,
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  Speaker 1: please check on those relatives and neighbors that might not
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  Speaker 1: be able to you know, get to you know, their areas,
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  Speaker 1: you know, conveniently, make sure that everybody is okay. Don't
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  Speaker 1: leave anybody in cars plan please, you know, during this
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  Speaker 1: period it's it's a very warm weather across the region.
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  Speaker 1: The heat advisory, as we mentioned, in a effect for
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  Speaker 1: most of the day today. So again, take care of yourself,
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  Speaker 1: stay out of the sun as much as you can,
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  Speaker 1: stay into air conditioning as much as you can, and
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  Speaker 1: we'll keep your price here at WI Accent. Let's talk
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  Speaker 1: news across our Sock Valley area, and we wanted to
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  Speaker 1: start with a sad piece of news that comes from
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  Speaker 1: Ogle County. And we've had the story this morning about
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  Speaker 1: the crash, the airplane crashing.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I hate to start the day on
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  Speaker 2: a down note, but are in our own early hit
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  Speaker 2: and reported on that tragic story coming out of Ogle
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  Speaker 2: County yesterday. We're a crop dusting plane crash near the
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  Speaker 2: Ogle County Airport between Oregon and Mount Morris and tragically
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  Speaker 2: claiming the life of the pilot. Now authority say the
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  Speaker 2: crash happened a little after nine thirty in the morning
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  Speaker 2: after the plane hit power lines and went down in
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  Speaker 2: a cornfield just off A Route sixty four near the
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  Speaker 2: A from Family Greenhouse. When you know, tragic, tragic, ancient.
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  Speaker 2: When first responders arrived actually said the aircraft was upside down,
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  Speaker 2: full and engulfed in flames. Those crews acted quickly to
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  Speaker 2: put out the fire and secure the chemicals you know
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  Speaker 2: that the plane was carrying. Thankfully no one else on
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  Speaker 2: the ground was injured. But you know, it could have
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  Speaker 2: been much worse, Steve. The plane actually you know, crashed
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  Speaker 2: about twenty five yards from the greenhouse, which was open
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  Speaker 2: at the time. You know, could have crashed into a
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  Speaker 2: car over on the highway. So already tragic enough claiming
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  Speaker 2: the life of that pilot. Thankfully, you know, nobody else
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  Speaker 2: was hurt. The crash did knock out power and internet
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  Speaker 2: in the area, affecting several power poles and Exfinity lines,
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  Speaker 2: and even costs caused brief outages and emergency radio systems
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  Speaker 2: for a time. A Route sixty four was shut down
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  Speaker 2: and between Mount Morris and Oregon, and you know, cruise
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  Speaker 2: work tuesday to repair that damage. Last we heard, officials
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  Speaker 2: are still waiting on the National Transportation Safety Board to
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  Speaker 2: arrive and investigate the crash, and the pilot's name hasn't
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  Speaker 2: been released yet. But our thoughts are with the family
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  Speaker 2: and as everyone affected by that tragic event.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, uh and again an occurrence during the season of
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  Speaker 1: taking care of farm and agriculture. We do see, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the the planes, the aircraft in the air I have
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  Speaker 1: seen them frequently now, Brandon.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I live between several farms and I wake
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  Speaker 2: up to that most mornings, and yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just it's a it's a shame that you know,
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  Speaker 1: this tragedy occurred again in this busy you know time
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  Speaker 1: that you're going to see this happen though, I mean
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  Speaker 1: you're going to see I don't say a crash happened,
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  Speaker 1: but again you're going to see you know, crop dusting
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  Speaker 1: planes in these guys you know, doing their thing, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, it takes talent, it really does. It takes
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  Speaker 1: a talent to you know, to make this happen, make exactly.
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  Speaker 1: It's it's it's amazing what these you know individuals and
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  Speaker 1: you know crop dusting pilots do for a living. And
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  Speaker 1: this is one of the you know, circums dances that comes.
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  Speaker 1: You know, this is one of the risks that again
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  Speaker 1: you take with that job, you know, trying to get
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  Speaker 1: the job done. And again our sympathies go out to
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  Speaker 1: the family of the pilot that was again taken in
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  Speaker 1: by the crash. Yesterday, Brandon has the story. Shaw Local
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  Speaker 1: News will continue to cover that obviously as we move
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  Speaker 1: forward with shall Local News here at WYXIM. Let's again
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  Speaker 1: change the I guess mode and talk a few positive
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  Speaker 1: things going on, especially in and around the city of Dixon.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yam with new business. I'm happy to say there's
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  Speaker 2: a new spot to grab a bite here in Dixon.
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  Speaker 2: Dunk's Bar and Grills now open over on Chicago Avenue
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  Speaker 2: at the Foreigner Corner spot location for anyone who's familiar
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  Speaker 2: with the area. The restaurant's the latest venture from Brick
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  Speaker 2: Boss and Tanya Smith names that most people probably recognize.
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  Speaker 2: They're the powerhouse behind the Boss Roofing Empire three twelve
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  Speaker 2: and Sterling Aubrey's Fun World Arcade, several Abbey's Wine locations.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sure they know how to be bored.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean there they are. They have their hand
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  Speaker 1: into a lot, you know, you know, and you're right,
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  Speaker 1: those those individuals are well known, you know, and and
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  Speaker 1: business entrepreneurs. I mean they really scour the area, you know,
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  Speaker 1: looking for opportunities, and here's one of them. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: this was this is a hot spot. It really is
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  Speaker 1: a hot spot, really and absolutely yeah yeah and uh
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  Speaker 1: and again the former, as you mentioned, was a very
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  Speaker 1: good place to eat, and I'm sure this is going
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  Speaker 1: to be a popular places.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. When I went in there to interview you know,
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  Speaker 2: the owners that the place was already passed. You know,
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  Speaker 2: they've they've got more room in the side to expand
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  Speaker 2: for some additional events if they want to. So I
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  Speaker 2: love asking people how they come up with the name
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  Speaker 2: for their business. Yeah, and not all their businesses, but
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  Speaker 2: a couple they've had a theme name in something after
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  Speaker 2: their children. So this one's actually a tribute to their
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  Speaker 2: daughter's nickname. There you go, who they called dunk? There
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  Speaker 2: you go? All right, But they got that building back
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  Speaker 2: in April after actually being approached by the previous owner.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, Boss wasn't exactly sure if he wanted
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  Speaker 2: to jump into another restaurant venture, but after kind of
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  Speaker 2: considering the success they've had after purchasing three twelve a
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  Speaker 2: couple of years ago and getting to build something from
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  Speaker 2: the ground up, he thought it would be a really
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  Speaker 2: cool idea. He loves doing coming up with recipes and
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  Speaker 2: the food doesn't does it. He said, It's not something
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  Speaker 2: you'd want to do every day, and needs to get
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  Speaker 2: back to managing that roofing empire. But you know, another
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  Speaker 2: great spot they opened what July fourteenth, I think it was,
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  Speaker 2: So next time you're in the area. Give it, you know,
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  Speaker 2: give it a check it, check it out. It's not
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  Speaker 2: just really a restaurants. It's another chapter in this family
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  Speaker 2: that keeps investing in the community, you know, whether it's
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  Speaker 2: they've got places in Rock Falls, Sterling, and Dixon. Now,
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  Speaker 2: so the question always is is what's next.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, it's called Dunks. It's the old quarter spot.
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  Speaker 1: It's on Chicago Avenue in East Dixon. Again, as you
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  Speaker 1: head on on Illinois Route thirty eight at the intersection
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  Speaker 1: of thirty eight and fifty too, right there at that corner,
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  Speaker 1: it's right there at that corner. Really and again it
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  Speaker 1: is open for business. You got other businesses you want.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, let's stay in Dixon and let's keep talking about
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  Speaker 2: food subject near and dear to my heart, especially let's
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  Speaker 2: talk barbecue. If you haven't tried T and D barbecue yet,
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  Speaker 2: you're missing out. My wife and I actually got to
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  Speaker 2: try their food at the Eats and Beats District event
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  Speaker 2: at the RBAW Park and Rock Falls. The food truck
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  Speaker 2: serves pulled pork ribs and another barbecue cuisine throughout the
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  Speaker 2: Suck Valley. They operate on weekends. Currently, the truck's run
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  Speaker 2: by Courtney and Dantre and Dodd or is his friends call
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  Speaker 2: him Tron DoD. Yeah, that's where the name comes from.
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  Speaker 2: It's tasty and delicious barbecue Byron Do. Yeah, so Dantren's
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  Speaker 2: been cooking his whole life. He actually learned watching the
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  Speaker 2: women and his family and went to study the culinary
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  Speaker 2: arts in Chicago. But like so many great stories, that
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  Speaker 2: took one turn after another. When he came back home
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  Speaker 2: to Dixon from school, he was working a factory job
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  Speaker 2: when he lost it due to taking too much time
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  Speaker 2: time off to visit his young son who was in
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  Speaker 2: the hospital. H So, at that point, and with some
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  Speaker 2: encouragement from his wife, he started He was selling food
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  Speaker 2: plates from his home and decided to just go all
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  Speaker 2: in and bet on himself. And as orders and demand
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  Speaker 2: orders for his food plates started to exceed what they
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  Speaker 2: could legally serve from their from their home, they got
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  Speaker 2: a food truck and as they say, the rest is his.
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  Speaker 2: So great.
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  Speaker 1: That's great. I always like to hear of the origins
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  Speaker 1: and how how they have to get started in these areas.
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  Speaker 1: But that's great, that's that's a good story. And again
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  Speaker 1: that rock Falls that's located Rock Falls. I did Dixon mostly,
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  Speaker 1: but they they travel around. So look at the T
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  Speaker 1: and D Barbecue Facebook page to find out where where
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  Speaker 1: that is. Read the full story on shaw local dot com.
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  Speaker 1: It's not just about barbecue. It's about resilience, hustle, and
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  Speaker 1: betting on yourself. You go, all right again covered with
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  Speaker 1: Shaw Local News. We're talking eats now. So now now
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  Speaker 1: we've talked about the cuisine in East Dixon. We talked
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  Speaker 1: about the food truck that's all around. Is there anything else?
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  Speaker 2: So you got the yeah, well not food, but we
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  Speaker 2: will stay with business and we'll stay with Dixon a go. So,
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  Speaker 2: after fourteen years of cutting other people's hair, of cutting
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  Speaker 2: people's hair and other people's salon of local lady Tasha
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  Speaker 2: Foster finally decided it was time to come home and
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  Speaker 2: take charge of her future. Tired of a long commute
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  Speaker 2: from Dixon to Freeport and feeling burned out from booth
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  Speaker 2: Reynolds and gas costs, she and her husband Ben made
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  Speaker 2: a bold move. They opened Silver Arrow Studio in downtown Dixon,
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  Speaker 2: right on West First Street. So I was in there
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  Speaker 2: the other day interviewing them. Nice clean location, very classy.
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  Speaker 2: Tusha said, it's just made sense if she was going
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  Speaker 2: to build a science solid client base. She wanted to
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  Speaker 2: do it at home. Since then, her appointment books have
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  Speaker 2: been filling up and they've been loving it. The slant
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  Speaker 2: offers everything from cuts in color to waxing beard trims,
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  Speaker 2: which is great for a bald beard a dude like me, right,
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  Speaker 2: you figure, what are you doing in a hair place?
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  Speaker 2: I still got some business, Steve.
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  Speaker 1: And again that's in Westbrook. Stright.
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  Speaker 2: It was first anything else, you know, just some news
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  Speaker 2: in Sterling. So there's that new theater, the Spark Center,
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  Speaker 2: going in the old Starlight Theater round. So the Sterling
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  Speaker 2: City Accouncy and Animsley approved a redevelopment agreement that'll let
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  Speaker 2: them get a little bit out of their investment costs reimburst.
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  Speaker 2: They put about six million dollars into it so far,
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  Speaker 2: so they'll be part of the Tists disc Wow, the
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  Speaker 2: Tiff District there, Oh my god. But what's nice is
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  Speaker 2: you know this is is doing it through the Tiff
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  Speaker 2: District means it doesn't come out of the city's general budget.
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  Speaker 1: Right absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: So what that means is reimbursements will come from increased
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  Speaker 2: property tax revenue generated by the improvements from those projects
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  Speaker 2: to the area. They'll get a portion of those overages
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  Speaker 2: each year until they're you know, repaid to the set
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  Speaker 2: amount that they'd get back excellently.
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  Speaker 1: And again that again refurbishing of that area and Sterling
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  Speaker 1: takes place, and again, uh Allevia pretty much much the
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  Speaker 1: tax burden. It won't be much in the way of
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  Speaker 1: again that type of situation going into this redoing in Sterling. Brandon,
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  Speaker 1: we thank you so very much for the update from
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  Speaker 1: Shaw Local News. Again read Shaw Local News, get online,
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  Speaker 1: and again we'll keep updating a week after week with
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  Speaker 1: Brandon with shar from Shaw Local News right here on Wison.
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  Speaker 1: Pleasure having you on board today.
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  Speaker 2: Always happy to be here.
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  Speaker 1: That is Brandon Clark from Shaw Local News, our guest
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