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Talk Line 08-21-2026: Katie Matteson shares updates from the Dixon Family YMCA · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back, Soak Valley. You're with the Waking crew here
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  Speaker 1: on FM ninety five one and AM fourteen sixty w IXN.
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  Speaker 1: It's eight fifteen on your Friday morning. We're right at
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  Speaker 1: the weekend, folks. But first you know what it means.
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  Speaker 1: Now it's time for talk line. We're joined in the
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  Speaker 1: booth once again by our good friends from the Dixon
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  Speaker 1: Family YMCA Katie Madison stopping in the study today. Katie,
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  Speaker 1: how are you?
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  Speaker 2: I'm good, How are you?
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  Speaker 1: Very good? Thank you for joining me here today. I
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  Speaker 1: appreciate it. You got a lot of updates here for us.
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  Speaker 1: Love everything you guys do at the Dixon Y and
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  Speaker 1: so it's always good to hear what's going on down.
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  Speaker 2: There for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. And so we're kind of starting off talking about
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  Speaker 1: annual facility maintenance.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's something we do every year. So starting next Thursday,
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  Speaker 2: August twenty seventh, our basketball Gymnasium and our Land Fitness
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  Speaker 2: studio will be closed till Labor Day. They're going to
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  Speaker 2: be resurfacing the floor, so give it in a brand
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  Speaker 2: new coat, so it's going to look all nice when
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  Speaker 2: everyone comes back. And then we do our pool closure.
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  Speaker 2: That's actually going to start a little earlier. We usually
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  Speaker 2: close it on Saturday. Next Saturday, but we're going to
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  Speaker 2: close it next Friday, the twenty eighth. I believe at
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  Speaker 2: nine am they're going to drain it and then they're
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  Speaker 2: gonna do all the maintenance work, so all the repairs
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  Speaker 2: for that so it looks nice when it comes back
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  Speaker 2: on Labor Day.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome. You guys go hard. I thought my wife had
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  Speaker 1: us dig in deep for spring cleaning.
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  Speaker 2: I know, yep. So it gives us that time where
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  Speaker 2: we get to close it down and revamp thing. So
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  Speaker 2: that way it's something new for everyone.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome, And I mean that's a great, great thing to do.
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  Speaker 1: Get that in there regularly. Everybody appreciates that. It always
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  Speaker 1: looks fantastic anytime I've been in there, so I'd love
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  Speaker 1: to hear that. Keep that just in mind. It just
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  Speaker 1: a very brief thing, and you guys will be back open.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah for sure. It's just like I said. Next Thursday
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  Speaker 2: and Friday, it will be closed, but we are still open.
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  Speaker 2: The wellness center and weight room is still open normal
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  Speaker 2: hours and babysitting hours are still available, so we're still
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  Speaker 2: going to be open. Still. Some still get that workout
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  Speaker 2: in for sure.
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  Speaker 1: There you go, don't don't skip your workout, no excuse,
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  Speaker 1: she wasn't giving you a day off, No days off,
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  Speaker 1: just letting you know what's going on, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: if you don't have enough going on, then why has
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  Speaker 1: some volunteer opportunities for you?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we are. We're always looking for volunteers, and especially
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  Speaker 2: right now it's so important. We have our youthful soccer
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  Speaker 2: season approaching. I believe games start already next weekend, so
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  Speaker 2: we do have a soccer concession stand out there. And
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  Speaker 2: so it went really well this last spring. We had
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  Speaker 2: a ton of parents step up why staff members and
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  Speaker 2: then also the Sock Valley Impact Program, so we definitely
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  Speaker 2: are looking for more volunteers this fall. We've posted some
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  Speaker 2: things on Facebook. They can call us or email our
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  Speaker 2: front desk manager Crystal, and then we have posted on
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  Speaker 2: SOFC Valley Impact Program as well to sign up.
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  Speaker 1: So there you go. Love the Impact program. I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: they'll they'll get you some great kids to come over there.
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  Speaker 1: But again doesn't just have to be for them. You
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  Speaker 1: get involved with your community, with your local y fantastic programs.
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  Speaker 1: When some of our kids were very little, they did
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  Speaker 1: the soccer program. It's very cool now. It's hard enough
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  Speaker 1: to get teenagers to spend fifteen minutes in the same
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  Speaker 1: room with you unless they.
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  Speaker 2: Want, for sure. Yeah, but I'll say that concession stand
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  Speaker 2: is popping, so, I mean it's pretty popular now. So
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  Speaker 2: they did a really good job on opening it last spring.
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  Speaker 2: So I can't wait to see what the Spall brings.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely be part of it. Come down to the why
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  Speaker 1: sign up volunteer and again, you know we were talking
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  Speaker 1: no days off. Fitness programs are a great way if
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  Speaker 1: you you know, maybe you're unsure or you've been working
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  Speaker 1: out for a while and you just need something different.
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  Speaker 1: You know, taking a class or a program is a
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  Speaker 1: really nice way to shake things up or just get
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  Speaker 1: you started.
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  Speaker 2: For sure. Yeah, I always tell people if you need
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  Speaker 2: a change in your routine, like either you know, we
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  Speaker 2: have personal training here at the Dixon Why myself, I'm
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  Speaker 2: a trainer, and then we also have three other trainers
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  Speaker 2: as well. Give them a little shout out here Shane
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  Speaker 2: and a Cue and then our new trainer Jason. All
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  Speaker 2: amazing trainers there. So definitely, you know, fill out a
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  Speaker 2: form today, get signed up with them. A part of
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  Speaker 2: your membership at the Dixon y. Also, we do free
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  Speaker 2: orientations so that will show you how to use the
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  Speaker 2: fitness equipment there. And then like you said too, we
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  Speaker 2: have a ton of different classes there and it's for everyone.
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  Speaker 2: So whether you're a water person, we have deep water aerobics,
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  Speaker 2: we have shallow water aerobics. And then if you're not
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  Speaker 2: a water person, we got the land fitness classes which
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  Speaker 2: are great. We have everything from a five am class
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  Speaker 2: to you know, six o'clock classes, seven o'clock classes, but
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  Speaker 2: like from yoga to high impact all the stretching classes,
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  Speaker 2: so something for everyone.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely go And then on do you put these online them?
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  Speaker 2: Assuming or yeah, they're on our website. And then so
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  Speaker 2: I also do the marketing at r Y too, so
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  Speaker 2: I really try hard to post it on Facebook. You
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  Speaker 2: kind of see through our stories each day of what
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  Speaker 2: classes are and stuff.
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  Speaker 1: So awesome, go online check them o. Now even better,
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  Speaker 1: go into your why talk to somebody check these out.
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  Speaker 1: I can't recommend those kind of things enough. You really
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  Speaker 1: you could end up finding your new tribe question, you
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  Speaker 1: know what I mean. I did kettlebells years ago and
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  Speaker 1: it's always a super interesting group. Who gets involved with
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  Speaker 1: that but you really do start to build an own
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  Speaker 1: new little community around some of these classes and some
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  Speaker 1: of those similar interests. So you know, go down to
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  Speaker 1: the WY you're not only going to get fit. You
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  Speaker 1: might leave with a new friend.
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  Speaker 2: For sure. And I feel like we're a huge family there,
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  Speaker 2: so we're really supportive of one another. So like even
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  Speaker 2: if you're a new member and you're coming into class
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  Speaker 2: and it's like, talk to somebody because they're going to
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  Speaker 2: be there to help you.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, Career opportunities.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so we're definitely hiring at the WHY a bunch
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  Speaker 2: of different areas. We're looking for front desk staff, so
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  Speaker 2: that includes membership, you know, greeting members as they come in,
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  Speaker 2: creating those membership opportunities. And then also for our we're
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  Speaker 2: looking to hire some lifeguards and then also swim instructors.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, there you go. You got some job openings down there.
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  Speaker 1: I assume again you could ply online.
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  Speaker 2: Yep, you can ply online, or you can come in
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  Speaker 2: person and fill out an application.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, I always prefer in person, but I know so
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  Speaker 1: many folks like to take advantage of online, so I
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  Speaker 1: like to mention that. So, no, that's great. Anything else
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  Speaker 1: you want to share this morning Katie.
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  Speaker 2: Also before I forget. So we are partnered with Discover
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  Speaker 2: Dixon and they've been doing the Fitness Fridays, which I
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  Speaker 2: was telling Jennifer and Amber I think a week or
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  Speaker 2: two or ago that I felt like this summer, all
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  Speaker 2: of the classes have been doing amazing down there, like
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  Speaker 2: the numbers have been super high. It's been awesome to
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  Speaker 2: partner with these other studios as well. So we will
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  Speaker 2: be having next Friday, August twenty eighth, our trainer Andy
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  Speaker 2: will be doing a total body class at seven am.
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  Speaker 2: And then also too during our shutdown for the Land
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  Speaker 2: Fitness Studio, our yoga instructor Deanna, she's going to be
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  Speaker 2: teaching a yoga class at the Riverfront next Friday at
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  Speaker 2: eight am. So guess what you can do total body
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  Speaker 2: and then you can stretch right afterwards. And then the
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  Speaker 2: following week she'll be doing I believe it's September second
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  Speaker 2: and fourth at eight am at the Riverfront Yoga.
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  Speaker 1: So there you go, get on out there. Check those out.
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  Speaker 1: I've been telling you about Fitness Fridays. It's not something
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  Speaker 1: I made up. Those pictures, aren't ai. Those are people
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  Speaker 1: down there having a good time starting their Friday mornings
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  Speaker 1: off right and the Wise taken the helm next Friday
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  Speaker 1: with it. And I love that double dose. Like Katie said,
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  Speaker 1: get on out there, move your body and then stretch
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  Speaker 1: it out after you're done. Love that. If anybody wants
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  Speaker 1: any more information on any of this, whether it's online
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  Speaker 1: or they need to talk to somebody, what's the best
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  Speaker 1: way to do it, Katie.
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  Speaker 2: You can call us our numbers eight one five two
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  Speaker 2: eight eight nine six two to two, or you can
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  Speaker 2: even email the Welcome Center, which it's just Welcome Center
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  Speaker 2: at Dixon YMCA dot org.
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  Speaker 1: Well, there you go, folks, whether it's online, the address
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  Speaker 1: I mean going, you know, calling it does not matter.
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  Speaker 1: You got no excuse. You have a way to get
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  Speaker 1: all this information. But again I always suggest talking to someone.
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  Speaker 1: Go into the YMCA. That's really just what do they say,
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  Speaker 1: pictures worth a thousand words, which is bizarre for me
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  Speaker 1: to tout that on radio where it's always just a voice.
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  Speaker 1: But you really should start or stopping the why. It's
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  Speaker 1: a beautiful facility and they'll get you started on your
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  Speaker 1: fitness journey. Katie, thank you so much for coming now
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  Speaker 1: we appreciate this and the why is going to be
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  Speaker 1: giving us monthly updates regularly, so we look forward to
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  Speaker 1: your guys's next update.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you again