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Talk-Line: Dallas Knack on upcoming chamber events · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: We are quarter past the hour. This is Friday, It's
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  Speaker 1: September five, the year is twenty twenty five, and it's
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  Speaker 1: time for another informational edition of talk Line here at
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  Speaker 1: w i X in Radio. Good morning, I'm Steve Marco.
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  Speaker 1: Time for our BI month we look at news and
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  Speaker 1: information from your Stock Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. Sam
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  Speaker 1: the executive director, is on board with us live in
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  Speaker 1: studio to give us the lowdown. Our dear friend Dallas
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  Speaker 1: NAC joints us this Friday morning here at WIXON. Good morning,
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, it's nice to see you.
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  Speaker 2: It's nice to see you as mony.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, it's a beautiful day, it's going to be a
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  Speaker 1: beautiful weekend. And well, Dallas is here to grace our
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  Speaker 1: airwaves and talk about the good things going on at
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  Speaker 1: the Stalk Valley Area Chamber. Busy month of September, right,
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  Speaker 1: it is a busy month of September, especially for the
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  Speaker 1: Sterling Rock Falls area. We've been talking with organizations prior
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  Speaker 1: to Dallas's visit about the activities coming up. But Dallas
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  Speaker 1: is going to refresh us with activities that are on
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  Speaker 1: the Sterling Ledger as far as the Stalk Valley Area
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  Speaker 1: Chamber is concerned and one of those highlighted events is Yestaday's.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, the Fiesta Day Parade is coming up. That's going
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  Speaker 2: to be on Saturday, September twentieth, so that's a couple
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  Speaker 2: weeks away. We're very much looking forward to it. This
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  Speaker 2: is the seventy second year of the parade. We're very
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  Speaker 2: honored to be able to continue that tradition and we're
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  Speaker 2: really excited to kick the parade off at one pm.
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  Speaker 2: It'll start again as usual in Rock Falls near McDonald's
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  Speaker 2: and it'll travel through Rock Falls, across the bridge, through
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  Speaker 2: downtown Sterling and it's going to end over near County Market,
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  Speaker 2: the Mercantile, SoC Valley Bank that area. So we're really
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  Speaker 2: looking forward to having the Fiesta Day Parade on Saturday,
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  Speaker 2: September twentieth. Following the parade, we'll have a celebration at
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  Speaker 2: the Sterling market Place. So if you're familiar with where
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  Speaker 2: the Sterling Farmers Market is, there's a big pavilion down there.
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  Speaker 2: That's where we're going to have a celebration from three
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  Speaker 2: to six pm. We're going to have dancers and live
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  Speaker 2: music and food trucks and vendors and all sorts of
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  Speaker 2: great stuff. There's going to be a lot for the kiddos,
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  Speaker 2: there's going to be a lot for the adults. We're
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  Speaker 2: just hoping to have a really great day on September twentieth.
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  Speaker 1: The City of Sterling, i think, has made it kind
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  Speaker 1: of a point and kind of a quest now to
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  Speaker 1: develop first of all, their downtown area, and this is
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  Speaker 1: part of the development of the downtown area and really
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  Speaker 1: getting active once again during a major event that is
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  Speaker 1: taking place in the Sterling and especially in the downtown
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  Speaker 1: area because the parade march is right through the areas
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  Speaker 1: of Sterling and Rock Falls that are important and into
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  Speaker 1: the downtown area of Sterling where it's going to culminate
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  Speaker 1: right there at that County Market parking lot location and
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  Speaker 1: then the big activity at the Sterling Marketplace location which
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  Speaker 1: is being developed again. And this is exciting.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it's very exciting. It's been a long time coming,
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  Speaker 2: and I won't lie. There's still years to come on it.
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  Speaker 2: We know that this is a massive, multi year project.
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  Speaker 2: But if you haven't been down to the Sterling river
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  Speaker 2: front lately, is looking incredible. The playground is coming along,
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  Speaker 2: while the splash pad is about to be completed here.
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  Speaker 2: The ice skating ribbon is very close to completion as well,
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  Speaker 2: So we're really excited to be down in that area
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  Speaker 2: for the celebration this year, and we look forward to
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  Speaker 2: hopefully once everything is completed there, maybe move our celebration
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  Speaker 2: into that area to really utilize just the wonderful assets
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  Speaker 2: that downtown Sterling has to off.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely again, they I think they made it a focal point,
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  Speaker 1: especially the city. They really jumped forward with this now
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  Speaker 1: and have really you know, grabbed on to you know,
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  Speaker 1: what needs to be done and what is being done
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  Speaker 1: in that area Dallas. And it's right in the heart
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  Speaker 1: and right next door to you're.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yes, right, So I get to see it all
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  Speaker 2: the time. I'm very proud to be part of the
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  Speaker 2: commission that is working on this. We've had a long
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  Speaker 2: standing history at the Chamber with previous directors that have
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  Speaker 2: been involved in it as well. It's definitely a passion
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  Speaker 2: project for a lot of us, and I think it's
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  Speaker 2: important because this will really solidify Sterling as a destination
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  Speaker 2: once the Amphitheater is completed, and then of course with
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  Speaker 2: the multi year progress on a convention center and hotel
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  Speaker 2: and all of the potential that is there as well.
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  Speaker 2: This will really solidify Sterling is the destiny absolutely, so
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  Speaker 2: we're really looking forward to that now.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we've heard about the preliminary you know move, you
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  Speaker 1: know in putting that Family Fund Center in and I'm
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  Speaker 1: sure that you are you're well aware of that in
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  Speaker 1: your joint efforts with the community and with the city,
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  Speaker 1: and yeah, I mean developing that area and you know,
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  Speaker 1: a needed development in that area has been dormant for
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  Speaker 1: quite a few years now. It really needs to be sparked.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, and it had to be dormant for a while
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  Speaker 2: due to some EPA regulations and all of that. And
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  Speaker 2: so now that we're nearing the end of that, that
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  Speaker 2: part of it will be done in twenty twenty six.
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  Speaker 2: And so once we hit that mark, I think you're
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  Speaker 2: really going to see a lot of progress being made.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, like I said, though, there's a lot going
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  Speaker 2: on right now, there is if you haven't been down there,
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  Speaker 2: there's always activity.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, let's not lose sight of the Fiesta Day's parade again,
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  Speaker 1: that's September the twentieth again through the downtown Rock Falls
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  Speaker 1: in downtown Sterling areas again, it will be winding its
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  Speaker 1: way into that county market area and then the big
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  Speaker 1: festival afterwards three until six again in that Sterling marketplace area,
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  Speaker 1: which is great for that September the twentieth, the fest
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  Speaker 1: today's celebration in Sterling in this month of September, and
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  Speaker 1: Dallas is be a part of it with the Souk
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  Speaker 1: Valley Area Chamber again presenting a lot of this activity
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  Speaker 1: in that Yesta Day's September twentieth period. Anything else with visa.
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  Speaker 2: The parade registration is open and it closes next week,
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  Speaker 2: so if you want to participate in the parade, it
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  Speaker 2: is free to participate in the parade, but you do
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  Speaker 2: need to register. You can go to our website Sock
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  Speaker 2: Valley Area Chamber dot com slash fiesta for the form
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  Speaker 2: to submit.
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  Speaker 1: Really no cost for the parade, Okay, free to participate,
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  Speaker 1: just need to register and that needs to be done
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  Speaker 1: very soon because they want to organize before the twentieth obviously,
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  Speaker 1: so again get your name and organization in by going
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  Speaker 1: to the website for registration information on how you can
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  Speaker 1: be a part of the Yestaday's Parade on September the
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  Speaker 1: twentieth through the Souk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. Dallas
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  Speaker 1: Nack is our executive director there. She joins us for
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  Speaker 1: our Friday morning talk line here at wyxcay. A couple
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  Speaker 1: of other events around the calendar that we wanted to spotlight.
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  Speaker 1: One again in September, the Professional Women's Network is hosting
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  Speaker 1: an event. Is that correct?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, Words at Work will be our lunch and learn
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  Speaker 2: for September. That'll be September twenty fourth, so eleven thirty
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  Speaker 2: to one o'clock. We provide lunch with this. There's also
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  Speaker 2: some networking opportunities with it as well, and I'm very
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  Speaker 2: excited because doctor John Vandrel from Sack Valley Community College
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  Speaker 2: will be presenting this. We know, words at work that's
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  Speaker 2: a hot topic right now right we're having difficult conversations.
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  Speaker 2: How do we work through conflict resolution? How do we
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  Speaker 2: just you know, mindfully speak to our colleagues and individuals
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  Speaker 2: that we're working with or encountering every day. So we're
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  Speaker 2: very excited to have this lunch and learn again. That's
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  Speaker 2: on September twenty fourth. It'll be at Sock Valley Community College. Again,
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  Speaker 2: lunch is provided, there's some networking aspects to it. There's
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  Speaker 2: a low cost for our members non members of course
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  Speaker 2: are welcome to join as well, and registration is online.
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  Speaker 2: That cutoff date will be a week prior, so it'll
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  Speaker 2: be on the seventeenth, so you still have a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of time to register for it, so if you're
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  Speaker 2: interested again, just visit Sock Valley Area Chamber dot com.
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  Speaker 1: All right, again, that's on September the twenty fourth, out
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  Speaker 1: at Shock Valley Community College. That'll be held at the college,
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  Speaker 1: but it is through the professional women's networking area of
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  Speaker 1: the Suck Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. And again if
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  Speaker 1: you'd like to attend, and again we should be very interesting.
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  Speaker 1: Doctor Mandrel is always an interesting speaker and he'll present
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  Speaker 1: that program again on September the twenty fourth. Deadline is
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  Speaker 1: coming up though in just a couple of weeks on
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  Speaker 1: registering for that event. Another area of the Sock Valley
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  Speaker 1: Area Chamber is gathering together for some activity.
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  Speaker 2: Do we have a lot of professional development opportunities going
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  Speaker 2: on right now. Our Sock Valley Under forty group is
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  Speaker 2: hosting their first launch and learn opportunity as well, so
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  Speaker 2: they are hosting a panel on workplace while being on
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  Speaker 2: October fifteenth. This will be a panel of three individuals
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  Speaker 2: that are or have been in an HR field or
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  Speaker 2: in a mental health field, and they'll be talking specifically
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  Speaker 2: about how to prevent burnout and recign it, how to
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  Speaker 2: just take care of yourself in the workplace, how do
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  Speaker 2: you have difficult conversations? Going off of John's thing, but
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  Speaker 2: how do you have that conversation? Especially for some of
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  Speaker 2: our younger individuals, maybe you feel like the role you're
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  Speaker 2: currently in isn't for you, or maybe you're ready to
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  Speaker 2: take that next step you want a leadership position, or
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  Speaker 2: maybe this company organization isn't for you anymore. How do
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  Speaker 2: you go about having that conversation with HR and a
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  Speaker 2: professional and easy to do manner, and you know, how
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  Speaker 2: do you make it worthwhile for yourself? How do you
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  Speaker 2: advocate for yourself in the workplace. There's also some other
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  Speaker 2: aspects we'll be touching on, such as culture in the workplace,
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  Speaker 2: what does that mean? How do identify if it's the
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  Speaker 2: right fit for you? So this will really be geared
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  Speaker 2: towards our younger individuals. This is hosted by stock Valley
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  Speaker 2: under forty but everyone is welcome to attend, but just
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  Speaker 2: know that the information will be tailored a little bit
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  Speaker 2: more towards that like first, second, third job possibly and
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  Speaker 2: how do you just go about growing in your profession
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  Speaker 2: or in your career?
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  Speaker 1: Okay, right where and when?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, this will be at Sock Valley Community College as well.
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  Speaker 2: This will be in the Riverview Conference Room and it
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  Speaker 2: is on October fifteenth. It is also eleven thirty to
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  Speaker 2: one and lunch will be provided with this one as well.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, very good. So again two events at Sock Valley
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  Speaker 1: Community College through the Sock Valley Area Chamber utilizing the
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  Speaker 1: nice facilities at the college for a couple of networking events.
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  Speaker 1: And I think it's great and I think it's important,
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  Speaker 1: especially in this day and age that we talk about
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  Speaker 1: the workplace. It is really becoming kind of volatile in
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  Speaker 1: many aspects. And again we hear it on the news
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  Speaker 1: and we hear it through you know, figures and statistics
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  Speaker 1: and things like that. You know, it is, you know,
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  Speaker 1: an interesting time to be employed and to be in
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  Speaker 1: work and to be you know connected with jobs and
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  Speaker 1: what goes on in the workplace. And I think this
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  Speaker 1: is necessary. I really do you know, both of these seminars.
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  Speaker 1: It's necessary.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we hear we get a lot of requests
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  Speaker 2: for things like this, whether it's from an HR department
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  Speaker 2: or whether it's from individuals, it is necessary. And I
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  Speaker 2: think it's really important to keep in mind too that
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  Speaker 2: a lot of this is more how can I act
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  Speaker 2: and how can I represent myself? And how do I
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  Speaker 2: keep myself in line? And what is or isn't acceptable
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  Speaker 2: in some of these situations. It really is personal growth.
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  Speaker 2: This is a professional development opportunity, but this is really
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  Speaker 2: about personal.
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  Speaker 1: Growth absolutely, you know, in getting one tailored again to
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  Speaker 1: you know, I guess deal with you know, some of
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  Speaker 1: those situations and some of the you know, workplace areas
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  Speaker 1: that need to be you know, addressed, and they're going
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  Speaker 1: to do this at both of these again networking events.
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  Speaker 1: This is kind of connected that you know, doctor Mandrel
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  Speaker 1: will be speaking on words at work and then we
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  Speaker 1: shift our attention to the you know, workplace well being
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  Speaker 1: you know, and so again a lot of connection between
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  Speaker 1: these two organizations are going to be presenting separate seminars,
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  Speaker 1: one at the end of September on the twenty fourth,
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  Speaker 1: and one at the beginning or should say, in the
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  Speaker 1: middle of October on October the fifteenth, but all again
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  Speaker 1: through the Sack Valley area. Chamber of Commerce. And again
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  Speaker 1: you can go to the website.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sok Valley Area Chamber dot com.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, really go to the website and get all the
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  Speaker 1: information you need on registration information. They got it detailed
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  Speaker 1: out right there. I know that you have your Facebook working,
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  Speaker 1: you know, daily, but you know the website is registration
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  Speaker 1: headquarter time. So sock Valley Chamber dot Com is the
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  Speaker 1: website address. And again this is for just not members
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  Speaker 1: but everybody.
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  Speaker 2: This is open to the community. And I know it's
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  Speaker 2: called Sokvalley under forty and Professional Women's Network. These events
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  Speaker 2: are open to anyone who would like to attend.
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  Speaker 1: Sure, absolutely so if you want to attend, just go
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  Speaker 1: to that website and get more information. I know that
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  Speaker 1: we got holiday events coming up that we're gear up for,
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  Speaker 1: you know, in November and especially in December with activity,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm sure you're preparing for that area coming down
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  Speaker 1: the pipe. But we'll get to that maybe later on.
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  Speaker 1: Right here at AFFM ninety five one and a fourteen
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  Speaker 1: sixty year number at the sauk Vale Area Chamber. If
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  Speaker 1: anybody has any questions, eight.
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  Speaker 2: One five six two four zero zero, that's the number.
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  Speaker 1: Give that call, you know, if you have questions about
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  Speaker 1: the upcoming events, about yesterday's about you know, the professional
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  Speaker 1: women's Networking event, about the Sock Valley Under Forties group,
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  Speaker 1: please call for questions. If you need answers, please give
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  Speaker 1: them a call and then go to the Sock Valley
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  Speaker 1: Chamber website and register for these great things coming up
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  Speaker 1: through the Sock Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. Dallas, it's
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  Speaker 1: been a pleasure having you on board. I appreciate your
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  Speaker 1: visit and I thank you so very much. We will
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  Speaker 1: see you down the line.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: Dallas Nack is our executive director of the Socck Valley
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  Speaker 1: Area Chamber. Our guest this morning on the talk line
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  Speaker 1: here at Wixen News. First Is Next. I'm Brandan Clark
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  Speaker 1: with Shaw Local News, Sock Valley