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Talk-Line: Brandon Clark on the news in Sterling · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: And we're again nice to have a board with us
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  Speaker 1: today a courtesy of Shaw Local News. Are representatives joining
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  Speaker 1: us they do every week to give us updates on
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  Speaker 1: news and information from Shaw Local News, and the representative
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  Speaker 1: today is our good friend Brandon Clark, who is live
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  Speaker 1: with us this morning here at WIX. And good morning, sir,
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  Speaker 1: good morning, good to have you with us, Thanks for
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  Speaker 1: joining us. Brandon has again been out and about. We're
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  Speaker 1: going to bring you some Shaw Local News headlines today
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  Speaker 1: between now on the top of the hour here at Wixon,
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  Speaker 1: as we do on Wednesdays between eight thirty and nine,
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  Speaker 1: and we wanted to focus first of all today Brandon
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  Speaker 1: on the latest Dick Sterling City count news. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: kind of a I'm I'm sure you want to call
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  Speaker 1: it a bombshell, but a surprising move by Sterling's chief
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  Speaker 1: of police.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so Sterling's chief of Police, Alex shavera kind of
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  Speaker 2: just he did. It was almost kind of a bombshell
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  Speaker 2: with that reaction. But he announced his retirement next month,
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  Speaker 2: and so it was it was a very surprising and
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  Speaker 2: emotional moment. He's he's been with the force for a
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  Speaker 2: long time. I'm talking with him. You know this week
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  Speaker 2: to write a story about his time in law enforcement
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  Speaker 2: and with the Sterling Police Department. But it sounds like
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  Speaker 2: they've been doing their best to kind of stave this off.
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  Speaker 2: They really haven't wanted to lose Alex, but it's you know,
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  Speaker 2: for him, it's it's time to move on to that
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  Speaker 2: next phase in life, and he's certainly earned it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, he has spent many years in law enforcement. I
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  Speaker 1: believe it's just more than Sterling, right, I believe.
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  Speaker 2: So I haven't talked with him about that, but that
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  Speaker 2: will be in the story, So check out for that
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  Speaker 2: so you can kind of get the full background on
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  Speaker 2: his his career in law enforcement, how he came to
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  Speaker 2: Sterling and you know, and what he's done for the city.
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  Speaker 1: And you mentioned the deputy chief as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so you know this is just like the year
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  Speaker 2: for retirement, right you know, Yeah, yeah, yeah, So the
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  Speaker 2: deputy chief of Support Services had retired, Jeff Moore, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and they brought a new guy. And while nothing has
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  Speaker 2: been said officially as to who's going to replace Chief Severa,
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  Speaker 2: he did when when he made that announcement, Monday's said
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  Speaker 2: that he believes that person is within the department, So
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if they have that person yet. I'm
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  Speaker 2: certainly going to ask him when I talk to him,
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  Speaker 2: and if he's able to share that, I'm sure he will.
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  Speaker 2: And if he can't yet, you know, kind of stay
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  Speaker 2: tuned and I'll let people know when they make an
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  Speaker 2: announcement on the official replacement for him. But but yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and then Dixon had you know, they're yeah, so it's
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  Speaker 2: just like wow, all this and the deputy chief as well.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Matt Richards is retiring as well, so a
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  Speaker 1: lot of retirements, not so much resignation, but retirements. These
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  Speaker 1: are all retirements that are that are coming our way
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  Speaker 1: from law enforcement. So yeah, the new generation kind of
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  Speaker 1: you know, taking the step in then again well obviously
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  Speaker 1: replacing uh And we'll obviously get you know, news from
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  Speaker 1: Shaw Local on you know who's going to be next
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  Speaker 1: in line. As soon as that information is again obtained,
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  Speaker 1: we'll share it with you right here on WIXAM. I
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  Speaker 1: wanted to talk about some more sterling activity going on
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  Speaker 1: Brandon because that's your backyard, and again we want to
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  Speaker 1: cover sterling today. You wanted to talk about a family
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  Speaker 1: Fund center product.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, now, you know, I think this is the one
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  Speaker 2: thing that the story that everybody's really been talking about
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  Speaker 2: since it dropped yesterday, and I'm still seeing those comments
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  Speaker 2: come in today. So at Monday City Council meeting, local developers,
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  Speaker 2: JCB Investments presented a proosal to transform the long vacant
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  Speaker 2: National Manufacturing buildings. There's several buildings that comprise that, and
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  Speaker 2: there's two buildings there and they would become the northwest
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  Speaker 2: Illinois's largest indoor family entertainment center and it would be
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  Speaker 2: called Beryl and Boards. Now, this project, if it gets approved,
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  Speaker 2: this was just a presentation. It's going to fill all
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  Speaker 2: forty nine thousand square feet of the space which is
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  Speaker 2: sat empty for over twenty years now. And now I'm
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  Speaker 2: talking a one stop shop for year round indoor family entertainment.
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  Speaker 2: There's going to be a brewery. If it it's proved,
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  Speaker 2: there'd be a brewery, a winery, beast style of food,
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  Speaker 2: twenty thousand square feet of games, so we're talking large
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  Speaker 2: adult games like checkers and others, bachi ball courts, pickleball,
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  Speaker 2: ax throwing pits, ping pong, billiard's tables. And this is
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  Speaker 2: just in the phase one opening, right, So they've got
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  Speaker 2: two phases planned Phase one could open as early as
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  Speaker 2: fall of next year. That would feature the food in bevers, spaces,
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  Speaker 2: that massive game area that I'm talking about, and indoor parking.
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  Speaker 2: So a lot of people had comments on there about wow,
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  Speaker 2: where are we going to park? They would actually develop
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  Speaker 2: a space in one of those buildings just for indoor
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  Speaker 2: parking to make that a lot easier and convenient. Then
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  Speaker 2: Phase two would expand and that would be targeted for
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  Speaker 2: fall of twenty twenty seven, could be a little bit later,
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  Speaker 2: but that's what they'd be hoping for. That would bring
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  Speaker 2: a boutique bowling alley, eighteen holes of miniature golf, a
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  Speaker 2: virtual reality zone, a lounge, and even an indoor electric
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  Speaker 2: go kart track. Right, Yeah, it was insane. Wow, everybody
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  Speaker 2: was speechless, Steve speechlessn't excited. I mean there was not
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  Speaker 2: a single blank face. They were all grinning on the council.
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  Speaker 2: I can't say for how they're going to vote. I
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  Speaker 2: don't speak for them, but I can say everybody was
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  Speaker 2: excited and enthusiastic. And you know what's nice about this
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  Speaker 2: is JCB's CFO John Morse that the projects is expected
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  Speaker 2: to create between sixty to one hundred jobs and bring
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  Speaker 2: in around two hundred thousand visitors a year from around
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  Speaker 2: seventy mile radius is what they're projecting, and they say
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  Speaker 2: that would generate at least two hundred thousand dollars in
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  Speaker 2: annual tax or revenue, a number that they would expect
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  Speaker 2: to grow over the years.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, this is this is an amazing project proposal. Now
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  Speaker 1: this is just on the table, just presented on the
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  Speaker 1: table to the city count But again it sounds like,
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  Speaker 1: you know something that you know they're gonna be.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it could, it could, you know, it could completely
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  Speaker 2: kind of revolutionize and revitalize absolute. Here's the great thing.
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  Speaker 2: It's not going to cost the city anything to get
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  Speaker 2: that going. So these guys are committed to a minimum
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  Speaker 2: investment of a million dollars and they're already working closely
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  Speaker 2: with the city officials to get those things move forward.
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  Speaker 2: So Kolbe Snyder, you know, kind of led that presentation
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  Speaker 2: and he just again he just sees this way as
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  Speaker 2: a way to revitalize downtown. All three gentlemen were Sterling
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  Speaker 2: natives and they just really want to bring that back
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  Speaker 2: to the area. So that's big things coming to a
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  Speaker 2: corner of the city that's been quiet for a way.
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  Speaker 1: Too absolutely, and you just hit the nail on the
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  Speaker 1: head right and you know it's been quiet way too long.
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  Speaker 1: They need to revitalize.
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  Speaker 3: And here you go, here, here, here, it is all
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  Speaker 3: laid outward and it sounds like an amazing work in
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  Speaker 3: progress that you could put in motion if you are
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  Speaker 3: the city and if things go according to Hoyle, this
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  Speaker 3: could start is you know very soon?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, they're they would be ready and raring to
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  Speaker 2: get going.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Well, well look forward to obviously to Brandon's
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  Speaker 1: reports and more from Shaw Local News on that development.
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  Speaker 1: You know needs to be you know, redone. It needs
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  Speaker 1: to be put into play again and it needs to
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  Speaker 1: be revitalized. You mentioned the keyword that revitalization of that
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  Speaker 1: area needs to have that done, and hopefully this will
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  Speaker 1: be the key and maybe you will start the engine
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  Speaker 1: and get it going very shortly. In Sterling, you wanted
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  Speaker 1: to also talk about some new business speaking about new businesses.
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  Speaker 2: You've got a couple of new businesses. Yes, I love
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  Speaker 2: talking about new businesses. When I favorite thing right, I
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  Speaker 2: was out during hot dog Days. I hope everybody got
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  Speaker 2: a chance to be out there to meet the people.
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  Speaker 2: I put together a video story for that that'll be
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  Speaker 2: coming out later. So anybody who wasn't there wanting to
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  Speaker 2: get to see some details, see what you missed, you
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  Speaker 2: can check that out. But I got to talk to
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  Speaker 2: some new businesses Elevate Studios, so this is really cool.
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  Speaker 2: There are a pole Fitness and Specialties studio class, right,
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  Speaker 2: so they actually opened on May tenth. That's on First
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  Speaker 2: Avenue and Sterling and there it's a high energy pole
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  Speaker 2: fitness class. They also offer cardio drumming, kettlebell workouts, chair
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  Speaker 2: dancing routines. So the studio features twelve poles and it's
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  Speaker 2: open for all all ability levels apparently, so even I
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  Speaker 2: can get on there and swing around a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if any of you want to see that,
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  Speaker 2: but it sounds like a great way to work with us.
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  Speaker 1: So why am I thinking to the King of Queens
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  Speaker 1: she was a pole? Yeah, I'm thinking of that.
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  Speaker 3: I don't want to go there. I don't want to
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  Speaker 3: go there.
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  Speaker 2: But that's a great business, great business opening. Yes, all right,
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  Speaker 2: they've got other classes if swinging their booty camp, jazz
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  Speaker 2: it Up. She does a festor routine Santa Baby, which
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  Speaker 2: is pole and chair. So they've also if you know,
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  Speaker 2: that's little too I energy for you. They've got a
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  Speaker 2: zenroom for meditation classes and she's also going to be
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  Speaker 2: bringing in some some massage therapists. So yeah, kind of
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  Speaker 2: a great way to just work up a sweat and
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  Speaker 2: then relax.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. This, this, and this is a very popular way
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  Speaker 1: of exercising these days, is with these items that you
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  Speaker 1: just mentioned in that new business. What's the other business, So.
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  Speaker 2: Coco's prom and homecoming there are new boutique and Sterling
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  Speaker 2: helping girls in the Sauk Valley find that perfect prom
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  Speaker 2: and homecoming dress. So they're actually in the back of
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  Speaker 2: savvy chic bridal boutique, but it has a it has
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  Speaker 2: its own front entrance in Light Street, which some folks
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  Speaker 2: who kind of notices more of an alley between businesses,
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  Speaker 2: but it's actually known as night Light streetreet has a
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  Speaker 2: nice iron gate arch to kind of let you know there.
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  Speaker 2: Owner Savannah Egan's been in the bridal business for nearly
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  Speaker 2: a decade and launched that to just give local teams
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  Speaker 2: some more options.
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  Speaker 1: Good, Okay, So a couple of really interesting new businesses
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  Speaker 1: have opened their doors and are operating right there there,
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  Speaker 1: open and operating Okay, open and operating in the Downsound
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  Speaker 1: Sterling area. So new businesses spotlight. We always like to
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  Speaker 1: as Brandon mentioned, mentioned those right here with our report
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  Speaker 1: from Shaw Local Media. A couple of area events just
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  Speaker 1: really quick brand Yeah, we got about a minute to
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  Speaker 1: you know, a couple of Dixon events and what happens
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  Speaker 1: this weekend. It's the Venetian Night event and we talked
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  Speaker 1: to Jennifer Lang Monday about that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeap Venetian Nights Saturday, August ninth. This year they got
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  Speaker 2: a whole new feature, a drone drone light show. So
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  Speaker 2: that's going to be very cool. So you want to
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  Speaker 2: see that when the lights go out. Otherwise they're going
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  Speaker 2: to have you know, there'll be street performers, mini boat races,
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  Speaker 2: face painting and other activities spaghetti eating contests from Lena
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  Speaker 2: Social Clubs. To go down and check that out.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, that's on Saturday again, starting at five, mainly between
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  Speaker 1: the bridges, but again they'll have a lot of street
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  Speaker 1: performers things like that. It's an annual event courtesy of
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  Speaker 1: Dixon Chamber in Main Street and also the Dement Town.
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  Speaker 2: The Music Fest. That's on Saturday, September sixth, that's going
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  Speaker 2: to be bringing four bands with a kind of a
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  Speaker 2: variety of sounds. You're also going to get painting, local
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  Speaker 2: vendor booths, you know, drinks and food from places like
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  Speaker 2: Mary's Diner, Little Smoke, Pj's Pub and others. You know,
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  Speaker 2: there's drinks available for those who are old enough with
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  Speaker 2: an idea and rest band. So just a good night
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  Speaker 2: of music and food and fun. So get downtown to
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  Speaker 2: Dixon and check that out. Absolutely a couple of major
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  Speaker 2: events coming away. Annual events on the Dixon Chamber and
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  Speaker 2: Main Street calendar coming up August into September, and Shaw
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  Speaker 2: Local News will be on top of all of these
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  Speaker 2: stories and be able to deliver the goods, so watch
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  Speaker 2: for that information to come out a courtesy of Shaw
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  Speaker 2: Local News.
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  Speaker 1: Always a pleasure having you on.
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  Speaker 2: Board, Always a fun time.
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  Speaker 1: Sir And and Clark are representative from Shaw Local News,
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