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Talk Line 08-28-2026: Lauren Metzler & the Tevin's Tribe annual volleyball tournament · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Hey there, Sauk Valley. Welcome back. You're with the Waking
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  Speaker 1: Crew here on FM 95.1 and AM 1460 WIXN. It's 8.15
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  Speaker 1: on your Friday morning. We're at the weekend, baby. I'm
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  Speaker 1: loving it. And it's time for Talk Line. We're joined
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  Speaker 1: again once again by my good friend Lauren Metzler from
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  Speaker 1: Tevin's Tribe and the Sauk Valley Voices of Recovery. Lauren,
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  Speaker 1: how are you?
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  Speaker 2: I'm great. TGIF.
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  Speaker 1: T-G-I-F, indeed. I am ready for the weekend. You sound
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  Speaker 1: like you are running every which way and have no
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  Speaker 1: plans of stopping anytime soon.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, no. Probably, yeah, no, absolutely not. I don't even
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  Speaker 2: know when that's going to happen.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think that's in the cards for someone like you, Lauren.
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  Speaker 1: If you have downtime, you just try to find a
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  Speaker 1: way to help and keep busy.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely. You know me too well.
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  Speaker 1: And that's part of why Lauren's joining us today. Your
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  Speaker 1: annual volleyball tournament is coming up next Saturday, correct?
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  Speaker 2: Yep, September 5th.
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  Speaker 1: And Lauren, she's here to give us all the details
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  Speaker 1: on how to get involved, what's going to be happening.
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  Speaker 1: So when is this kicking off and how can folks
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  Speaker 1: get involved if there's still time?
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  Speaker 2: So on September 5th, we will be doing check-in for
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  Speaker 2: players at 8 a.m., you are more than welcome to
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  Speaker 2: come that day and sign up. I have a lot
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  Speaker 2: of people that do it that way. It's $ 35 to play,
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  Speaker 2: and I just want to make clear, like, all skill
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  Speaker 2: levels are welcome. And if you don't have a skill,
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  Speaker 2: you are still welcome to play. Like, everybody is so welcoming,
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  Speaker 2: and it's for fun and honoring. And then after that,
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  Speaker 2: probably around 9-15, we'll do a moment of silence for
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  Speaker 2: all the loved ones that we're honoring. And then after that,
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  Speaker 2: we will start the tournaments.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome. And I mean, well, I know a lot of people,
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  Speaker 1: this has grown into a big event and gotten bigger
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  Speaker 1: and bigger over the years. But for those who might
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  Speaker 1: be listening, this is their first time. Why don't you
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  Speaker 1: give them a little bit of background on the tournament, Lauren?
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, so this is my fourth year doing it.
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  Speaker 2: This year it's super special because it falls on my
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  Speaker 2: brother Tevin Rumley's birthday, which is September 5th. So I'm
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  Speaker 2: trying to go above and be the extra person that
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  Speaker 2: I am. And what I do at this tournament is
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  Speaker 2: I honor local loved ones that have passed to fentanyl poisoning, overdose, alcoholism,
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  Speaker 2: or even death by suicide. So we have their photos
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  Speaker 2: out there. We'll do a moment of silence. Families can
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  Speaker 2: come and say a word or two about their loved one.
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  Speaker 2: And then, yeah, we're just all there telling stories, connecting
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  Speaker 2: about these loved ones, stuff like that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and, you know, I see the posts when the
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  Speaker 1: tournament comes up and everybody talking around it. And this is,
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  Speaker 1: you know, this means a lot to everybody in the
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  Speaker 1: recovery space and those working to, you know, to help
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  Speaker 1: improve that. And I just, I always love the photos.
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  Speaker 1: I love the energy that you see. And this is
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  Speaker 1: just something everybody really looks forward to each year.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I had a couple people tell me, because there's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of different tournaments in our area throughout the year.
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  Speaker 2: And I had a couple of people come up to
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  Speaker 2: me and tell me my tournament was their favorite because
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  Speaker 2: it's just so fun. And I'm like, oh, my heart. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that makes me happy that people come and look forward
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  Speaker 2: to this every year and just have a good time.
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  Speaker 1: And, you know, I don't think I've ever asked you, Lauren,
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  Speaker 1: how did you land on a volleyball tournament in the
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  Speaker 1: first place?
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  Speaker 2: So, you know, at first I was thinking I wanted
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  Speaker 2: to do some type of basketball tournament, like a Gus
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  Speaker 2: Macker or something, just because my brother loved basketball, of course,
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  Speaker 2: and he was amazing at it. But then I thought
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  Speaker 2: more like, what did we do together? And a lot
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  Speaker 2: of times we would go out, you know, to, I
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  Speaker 2: can't even, is it Lake LaDonna or Crystal Lake and
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  Speaker 2: stuff like that and play sand volleyball together. He's played
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  Speaker 2: a few times with me in the leagues when it was,
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  Speaker 2: I can't remember what Emerson's used to be. Not Triple P,
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  Speaker 2: long shots.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So he's been on my team for that. We've had
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  Speaker 2: so much fun and I'm like, that's what I'll do.
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  Speaker 2: So that's how it started.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, I love that. Gus Macker, that's a name drop
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  Speaker 1: giving folks a good idea of what generation we're from.
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  Speaker 1: I know, I know.
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  Speaker 2: And honestly, if there's anybody out there that loves doing
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  Speaker 2: stuff like that and wants to team up and do
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  Speaker 2: something like that, I am all in. I can help
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  Speaker 2: support you in it, plan it. I just cannot do
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  Speaker 2: it on my own. I'm like, this is hard enough
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  Speaker 2: on my own. So yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: And speaking of, you know, not doing it on your own,
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  Speaker 1: You know, the recovery space and all that work, there's
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  Speaker 1: so many great people involved. Lauren works so hard to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, partner with folks. I'm certain that there's some
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  Speaker 1: people that you want to shout out today that have
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  Speaker 1: helped with this.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. I think my first shout outs want to go to, like,
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  Speaker 2: some of my top sponsors, which I appreciate so much.
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  Speaker 2: The first one, South Valley Voices of Recovery. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: they always support what I'm doing. Wells Financial Services. The
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  Speaker 2: Laundry Lounge here in Sterling. Matt and Elizabeth Kwan. SPK Plumbing,
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  Speaker 2: Select Employees Credit Union, JW's Third Base, Authentic Vibes Only,
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  Speaker 2: BGH Medical Center Caring Fund, Farmhouse Bounce, and then Slater Photography.
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  Speaker 1: Well, thank you to all the sponsors. These kind of things,
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  Speaker 1: like you said, Lauren, do not happen on their own.
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  Speaker 1: Lauren certainly doesn't have a magical ATM that helps sponsors
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  Speaker 1: these things. She She works with these people. They do fundraisers.
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  Speaker 1: And it's just so great that we have this kind
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  Speaker 1: of generosity in our area, especially, I mean, being a
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  Speaker 1: rural area. There's a lot of other communities like us
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  Speaker 1: that don't have this kind of support in the recovery space.
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  Speaker 1: And we're really lucky.
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  Speaker 2: To have it. Yeah. And that's another thing, too. Like
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  Speaker 2: if anybody wants to know more information about resources in
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  Speaker 2: our area for them, for a loved one, anything to
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  Speaker 2: do with family support groups, You're more than welcome. Come
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  Speaker 2: to this tournament. I can give you all that information.
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  Speaker 2: Other people will be there. Coworkers of mine are coming
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  Speaker 2: to play, which I'm so excited about. So, yeah, just
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  Speaker 2: come out and a lot of stuff for the kiddos.
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  Speaker 2: I have a lot of impact students, which I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to put in charge of the kiddos and the play
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  Speaker 2: areas and all that stuff. So if you've got kids,
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  Speaker 2: just know you can still come, and they will be
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  Speaker 2: taken care of for you to just enjoy the day.
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  Speaker 1: Fantastic. Love the impact. Student volunteers, glad to see them
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  Speaker 1: making their way and be a part of that. That's
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  Speaker 1: always such a great thing to see. Great group of
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  Speaker 1: kids and a great way for them to get involved
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  Speaker 1: early on, especially in this kind of thing.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely. And then another thing, my event shirts. Have
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  Speaker 2: you seen them? They're so awesome.
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  Speaker 1: No, but you've always got the coolest. I've seen them
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  Speaker 1: in the past. I have not seen your newest rendition.
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  Speaker 1: Have you put it out somewhere? Because I'll have to
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  Speaker 1: look it up after we get off the phone.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, me and JJM just launched the apparel store. So
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  Speaker 2: they opened it up for shirts, sweatshirts. It's a tie-dye purple,
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  Speaker 2: and then it has green, or green, yellow writing on it.
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  Speaker 2: Because our Viking Scholars, that was my brother's favorite football team.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome. That's so cool. I can't wait to see it.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to go look it up when we hang up.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely. They're awesome. I love them.
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  Speaker 1: Lauren, anything else you wanted to share while we've got
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  Speaker 1: a couple minutes?
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  Speaker 2: No, I just want to thank everybody that has helped
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  Speaker 2: me get donations last minute because we're scrambling around everywhere.
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  Speaker 2: My co-workers, Jordan... Jackie and Brandy, Gerald, they've all helped
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  Speaker 2: out so much. And if you want to get involved,
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  Speaker 2: if you want to come and hang out, if you're
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  Speaker 2: nervous and you don't want to go by yourself, reach
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  Speaker 2: out to me on Facebook, Lauren Metzler, or even at
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  Speaker 2: Tevin's Tribe, and I will make sure to meet you,
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  Speaker 2: get you involved, introduce you to people, and make sure
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  Speaker 2: you have a good time.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. Just know out there that you're never alone. If
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  Speaker 1: you don't know where to start, you need resources, just
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  Speaker 1: want to have a conversation maybe about this. Like Lauren said,
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  Speaker 1: get a hold of her and start that conversation today
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  Speaker 1: because you're not alone. There is great support in the
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  Speaker 1: Sauk Valley in the recovery space. Lauren is out there
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  Speaker 1: leading the way on that. Lauren, thank you so much
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  Speaker 1: for sharing this information and for all the work that
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  Speaker 1: you and everybody in the Sauk Valley recovery space does.
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  Speaker 1: It's truly needed, and we really appreciate that we have it. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: No, I appreciate you always allowing me to get the
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  Speaker 2: word out and sharing Spread awareness to all of this stuff. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Always happy to let you shout into my microphone.
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  Speaker 2: I love that.
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  Speaker 1: Well, thank you, Lauren. And we'll catch up with you
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  Speaker 1: again on the next update. Perfect.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much.