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Talk-Line: Sam Kersey, on Rock Falls "Summer Splash" · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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Speaker 1: Thursday. It's June the nineteenth, the year is twenty twenty five,
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Speaker 1: and it's time for another informational edition of Talkline here
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Speaker 1: at WIX and Radio. Good morning, I'm Steve Marco. It
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Speaker 1: is time for our look at news and information from
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Speaker 1: your Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce. This is a special
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Speaker 1: report that we have for you this morning from the
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Speaker 1: Rock Falls Chamber because there is a special activity coming
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Speaker 1: up this weekend that we want to let everybody know about.
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Speaker 1: And letting everybody know about it is the President and
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Speaker 1: CEO of the Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce. Our good
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Speaker 1: friend Sam Curfy is live with us this morning on
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Speaker 1: the telephone here at WIX and Sam, good morning.
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Speaker 2: Good morning, and thank you for having me.
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Speaker 1: Well, welcome back to WIX and Sam is with us
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Speaker 1: throughout the year to bring us updates of news and
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Speaker 1: information from your Rock Falls Chamber. But Sam, this is
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Speaker 1: a special time for the Rock Falls Chamber because a
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Speaker 1: special day long event is coming up this weekend in June.
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Speaker 1: It is June the twenty first, a one day blowout
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Speaker 1: of activities. It really is. And you've been preparing for
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Speaker 1: this for how long now?
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Speaker 2: Oh, we start planning for this all the way in
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Speaker 2: January and February, getting people lined up and getting the
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Speaker 2: park book all that.
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Speaker 1: You know, it doesn't surprise me that, you know, an
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Speaker 1: important event like this on the Rock Falls calendar takes
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Speaker 1: a bit of planning and a bit of organizing. But boy,
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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. When you hear Sam talk about
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Speaker 1: all of the things that you can take advantage of
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Speaker 1: this weekend, at this one day activity, again, you'll want
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Speaker 1: to be a part of it. In the city of
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Speaker 1: rock Fall. Sam, It's Summer Splash weekend, and Summer Splash
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Speaker 1: used to be kind of a two to three day event,
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Speaker 1: but we kind of condensed it down, right. We want
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Speaker 1: to pack it in and make it a one day,
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Speaker 1: exciting event, right, Yes.
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Speaker 2: We want to make one huge, action pack day from
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Speaker 2: start to finish. We used to have it in two
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Speaker 2: it was just a lot to be out there in
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Speaker 2: that heat for two days for our vendors, for our animals.
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Speaker 2: So instead of spreading it out, it's action packed from
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Speaker 2: start to finish. This event starts at eleven am and
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Speaker 2: we go all the way to seven pm with things
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Speaker 2: happening and through the entire day, and then every hour
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Speaker 2: a new mini event will be occurring. On the stage.
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Speaker 2: So this huge event could not be possible without everybody
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Speaker 2: coming together. First off, the community event by the community
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Speaker 2: for the community, really and.
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Speaker 1: Along with that, I see a great list of sponsors.
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Speaker 1: I don't know if they well, we might be able
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Speaker 1: to mention them a little bit later on, but it's
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Speaker 1: a lot. I tell you, you've garnered together a lot
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Speaker 1: of support for this Summer Splash this year.
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Speaker 2: Yes, we couldn't do it without our local businesses, whether
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Speaker 2: they sponsor the event, they host a many event, they
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Speaker 2: send volunteers. This year, our top sponsor was Johnson Oil's Shell.
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Speaker 2: They're usually the top sponsor of this event because they
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Speaker 2: love it so much and they love rock balls and
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Speaker 2: they want this to be a huge thing. But we're
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Speaker 2: also joined with other local businesses too, like Community State Banks,
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Speaker 2: Soft Valley Bank, Rock Falls Tourism, PC Tech, Nami of
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Speaker 2: the Soft Valley area, and so many more. We really
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Speaker 2: couldn't do it. I feel like I'm Superman sometimes, but
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Speaker 2: my body reminds me that I'm not. So we really
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Speaker 2: need everybody to come together again again, especially all day
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Speaker 2: from eleven to seven. And then there's behind the scenes
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Speaker 2: things that people don't even think about. So we get
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Speaker 2: our big dumpster to keep the park clean for everybody
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Speaker 2: from Republic Services so they chime in as well. The
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Speaker 2: Park district sends garbage cans for US. Rock River Golf
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Speaker 2: and Pools sends golf carts. It's really amazing that everybody
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Speaker 2: comes together for the.
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Speaker 1: Community, which is great. Which is great. Obviously you obviously
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Speaker 1: you know, would would know that more than we would.
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Speaker 1: But it's great seeing the backing and seeing the support
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Speaker 1: that is offered through these organizations, through these businesses again
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Speaker 1: that again make Summer Splash happen each and every year.
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Speaker 1: It's a busy time in Rock Falls this weekend and
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Speaker 1: especially with Summer Splash happening on June the twenty first,
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Speaker 1: and Sam's going to tell us all about it. She
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Speaker 1: mentioned the times of the event and this is eleven
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Speaker 1: am until seven pm at eleven o'clock. Well, actually I
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Speaker 1: see a little bit earlier, Sam, eleven o'clock. Yeah, with
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Speaker 1: a lot of the but I see an event that
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Speaker 1: actually starts a little bit earlier than that at ten o'clock.
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Speaker 1: Is that correct? Am I reading that right?
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Speaker 2: Yes, there is one event that kicks off at ten am.
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Speaker 2: It is the Ymta Family Size K. We moved that
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Speaker 2: on up just a little bit this year because it's
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Speaker 2: so hot. We want to make sure those families, the runners,
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Speaker 2: the animals, the children, they all stay safe while they're
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Speaker 2: doing that five k, And usually it's later in the day.
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Speaker 2: It's really hard to run when it's ninety five degrees outside.
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Speaker 1: You're it is going to be. It's supposed to be
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Speaker 1: a warm weekend this weekend, the temperatures are supposed to rise.
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Speaker 1: But nonetheless we don't see anything in the way of
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Speaker 1: rain or anything like that getting in the way. We're
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Speaker 1: looking at, yeah, warm temperatures. It's the summer, friends, It's
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Speaker 1: just the summer of twenty twenty five. And this is
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Speaker 1: subber Splash. That's why we call it Subersplash because it
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Speaker 1: is in the summer that this event takes place. So again,
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Speaker 1: as Sam mentioned, the starting event ten am, the YMCA
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Speaker 1: Family five K will start. Will will it start in
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Speaker 1: Rock Falls? Sam? Or where's this going to begin? And
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Speaker 1: how's this going to run?
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Speaker 2: Now? Yes, if you go down to the RBNW stage,
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Speaker 2: we'll have little signs that'll help guide you to the
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Speaker 2: start line, which is right on the other side of
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Speaker 2: the hotel of the holiday inn. So we'll start right
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Speaker 2: there on the second streets and then it will go
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Speaker 2: down to the canal, turn around and come back. The
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Speaker 2: streets will be closed off by our wonderful police department
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Speaker 2: here in Rock Falls to keep everybody safe that morning.
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Speaker 2: So if your commuting, just know that those roads will
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Speaker 2: be closed at nine point thirty until eleven just to
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Speaker 2: keep family safe. And we'll get them opened right when
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Speaker 2: we get runners back in.
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Speaker 1: And I want to say, you can still register for
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Speaker 1: this event right and probably up until the time it
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Speaker 1: steps off.
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Speaker 2: Correct, absolutely, and you can register right online at the
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Speaker 2: y MCA Sterling Rock Falls website. It's only ten dollars
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Speaker 2: to register for an individual and only fifteen dollars for
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Speaker 2: a group of four.
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Speaker 1: Okay, that takes care of event one. This is the
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Speaker 1: tip of the iceberg Franz that the Summer Splash offers
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Speaker 1: during June the twenty first, and Sam is here to
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Speaker 1: tell us about it. Sam Curfy is our Rock Falls
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Speaker 1: Chamber exec and she is here to tell us all
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Speaker 1: about Summer Splash weekend this weekend in Rock Falls. Okay,
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Speaker 1: So we've scoped out the first event, that ten o'clock event,
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Speaker 1: the YMCA Family five K's the Sterling Rock Falls Family. Why,
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Speaker 1: by the way, that's bringing that event to our Sock
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Speaker 1: Valley area. They are sponsoring that to kick off the
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Speaker 1: event calendar, Sam, I guess you know, start and take
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Speaker 1: us through what we can in this first half hour
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Speaker 1: was gonna stick with us, so we'll have plenty of
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Speaker 1: time to run down the entire schedule for you again,
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Speaker 1: event by event as we move through the Saturday in
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Speaker 1: Rock Falls, YMCA. Family five K starts things off, Sam,
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Speaker 1: where do we go from there?
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Speaker 2: Absolutely? So after the Family five K at ten am.
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Speaker 2: At eleven am, right when the big event starts, we
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Speaker 2: kick off with Happy Little Hoes. They are a wonderful
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Speaker 2: farm right in Sterling, Illinois. They're trusted chamber members. They
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Speaker 2: work with goats and lamas, and some of their animals
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Speaker 2: are special needs or they have a special needs chicken recently,
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Speaker 2: and they like to educate the community on what these
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Speaker 2: animals are and how to engage and you can book
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Speaker 2: Happy Little Hopes for your parties. So they're gonna come
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Speaker 2: down right at eleven o'clock and do a meet and
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Speaker 2: greet where you can socialize with the goats and get
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Speaker 2: to know this organization. A little bit better. Who doesn't
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Speaker 2: love goat cuddling? That's so foreign? I would come just
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Speaker 2: for that online.
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Speaker 1: So that is that is another special event that's going
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Speaker 1: to be taking Please, this is all pretty much in
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Speaker 1: that riverfront area? Is that right, Sam? Is this where
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Speaker 1: all of the activities are mainly going to take place.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we're all in one spot at the RB and
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Speaker 2: W Park right here in Rockball.
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Speaker 1: Okay, very good. So we got the Little Hooves again
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Speaker 1: opening their shop at eleven o'clock. What else do we
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Speaker 1: have going on?
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Speaker 2: Then? Right at eleven o'clock as well, we'll start off
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Speaker 2: our art competition. Registrations are now, but you can register
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Speaker 2: on site as well. There is going to be a
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Speaker 2: fun chart chalk art competition where you can reserve a
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Speaker 2: square and you can color it and decorate it. Help
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Speaker 2: us decorate the park. We picked on a nice spot
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Speaker 2: where people can view it but not walk across it,
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Speaker 2: and we'll have winners of the categories in there and
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Speaker 2: you'll get a price for that. It's completely free to enter.
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Speaker 2: We have limited chalk available. You're welcome to bring your
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Speaker 2: own supplies. We just asked that they're temporary and nothing permanent,
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Speaker 2: so we can be respectful the park.
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Speaker 1: Please, okay, and how do we register for that event?
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Speaker 2: You'll register for that one right at the rock Balls
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Speaker 2: Chamber website. You can register through Friday and then you
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Speaker 2: can register Saturday at the event at the Chamber ten.
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Speaker 2: The Chamber will be down there serving bisson Bergers hot
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Speaker 2: fresh right off the grill as well as yummy hot dogs.
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Speaker 2: Our volunteers have come together to help run that cookout,
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Speaker 2: so come grab your food. Register for the art competition,
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Speaker 2: cuddle let go, maybe run a five k if you're
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Speaker 2: feeling up to it. It's gonna be a great morning.
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Speaker 1: There, absolutely, and we still got another morning event before
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Speaker 1: we get started in the afternoon, and that has to
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Speaker 1: do with our four legged friends, the canines.
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Speaker 2: Right yes, Happy Tails has joined us once again for
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Speaker 2: the Doggy Pageant this year. Registrations will be on site
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Speaker 2: that morning starting at eleven am right when the event
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Speaker 2: kicks off. Bring your four legged pile down. Register for
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Speaker 2: the different categories. This year, there's no registration free see
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Speaker 2: nation only, so whatever you can donate to our wonderful
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Speaker 2: Happy Tails. They'll also be bringing down adoptable threats. So
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Speaker 2: if you're looking for your next for a friend, maybe
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Speaker 2: come down check it out and see what talents and
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Speaker 2: tricks they have. You could go home with your new
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Speaker 2: best friend and don't forget to check out the rest
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Speaker 2: of the event. But happy tales. We love you guys.
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Speaker 2: We appreciate you guys bringing this event back every single year. Again,
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Speaker 2: that one kicks off at eleven thirty. We tried to
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Speaker 2: keep it a little in the morning too, And it's
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Speaker 2: hot for those doggies, but we'll have cold water on
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Speaker 2: site for them as well. And if any four legged
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Speaker 2: friend goes to the Bison cookout, the chamber will have
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Speaker 2: free doggy biscuits for any customer.
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Speaker 1: All right, very good, And I love that this is
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Speaker 1: always a main staate tore the Bison Burger cookout. We've
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Speaker 1: had the you know, the Buffalo burgers, the Bison burgers
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Speaker 1: every year at Summer Splash. It's become kind of a tradition,
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Speaker 1: right Sam, that we have this cookout.
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Speaker 2: That is one staple of Summer Splashes. We always have
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Speaker 2: that wild game cookout. We've done anything from alligator broads
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Speaker 2: to Oxford Hot Dog. This year we switched to Bison
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Speaker 2: Bergers and we have a limited supply, So get down
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Speaker 2: there and make sure you get your Bisenberger before we
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Speaker 2: run out. It's only nine dollars for the meal. You'd
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Speaker 2: get the whole bison cheeseburger, chips and a drink with
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Speaker 2: that meal.
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Speaker 1: Summer Splash is June the twenty first. We've gone through
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Speaker 1: the morning events, we've gone through some of the eateries,
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Speaker 1: and Sam is here to tell us more about Summer Splash.
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Speaker 1: She's going to stay with us and is a expanded
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Speaker 1: talk line. So after Tim Lee's news, we'll invite Sam
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Speaker 1: back in and talk about the rest of the activities.
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Speaker 1: Afternoon and evening Summer Splash activities for twenty twenty five.
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Speaker 1: Sam Kurfy is our guest. She'll be joining us in
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Speaker 1: just a couple of seconds. Sam, we're going to and
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Speaker 1: we continue our conversation with our good friend. The president
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Speaker 1: and CEO of the Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce joins
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Speaker 1: us for a look at a very interesting activity. It's
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Speaker 1: Summer Splash Saturday, June the twenty first, in the Rock
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Speaker 1: Falls area courtesy of the Rock Falls Chamber. They'll be
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Speaker 1: holding all of this activity down at the riverfront area
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Speaker 1: of Rock Falls, and we've already scoped out a few
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Speaker 1: of the activities with our good friend Sam Curfy, who
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Speaker 1: joins us this morning live by telephone here at wix
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Speaker 1: and Sam, thanks for spending the extra time with us.
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Speaker 1: Appreciate that.
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Speaker 2: Thank you for having me and getting excited for the
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Speaker 2: great events coming here in Rockfalls this weekend.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, We've already scoped out the YMCA Family five K,
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Speaker 1: the Happy Little Who's the chalk Art competition, the Happy
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Speaker 1: Tales dog Patchet That will all happen during the morning
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Speaker 1: hours of June the twenty first. This entire event runs
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Speaker 1: from around eleven am until seven pm and most of
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Speaker 1: it is free, right Sam, And most of the activities
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Speaker 1: are free.
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Speaker 2: Correct, Yes, most of the activities are free. We wanted
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Speaker 2: to make sure it was open for everybody and welcoming
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Speaker 2: for all ages. So whether you're young, old, or four legged,
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Speaker 2: we have a place here for you in summer splash
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Speaker 2: to make sure to come down eleven to seven. Definitely
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Speaker 2: something for everybody, and the next big event right after
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Speaker 2: the Happy Tails Doggy Patchet At eleven thirty, there will
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Speaker 2: be a little break in the stage for some music
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Speaker 2: and some fallin at the stage, but then at one
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Speaker 2: thirty it will be the YWC a Little Miss and
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Speaker 2: Missus pageants. That pageant is completely free. Registration is open,
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Speaker 2: so come on down register with the YWCA on their website.
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Speaker 2: Kids can come and enter in for most silly, best talent,
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Speaker 2: most creative, best summer outfit, so make sure to dress
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Speaker 2: up in your favorite summer attire. Come down at one thirty. Again,
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Speaker 2: that event is free. There's great little prizes and certificates
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Speaker 2: for the kids already made. Registration is filling up, to
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Speaker 2: make sure to get in there while you still.
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Speaker 1: Can, all right. Again, that's through the why WC of
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Speaker 1: the Sotck Valley. The YWC of the Stock Valley is
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Speaker 1: sponsoring that event at one thirty it's the Little Mister
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Speaker 1: and Miss Pageant again. I believe this is a kind
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Speaker 1: of an ongoing event, right Sam, we've had this before.
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Speaker 2: Correct, We've had it in a different and style. So
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Speaker 2: usually the YWC eight does the stuffed animal patches a
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Speaker 2: little mister patches.
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Speaker 1: All right, very good, and Sam has scoped that out
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Speaker 1: for you again. That will be presented at one thirty
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Speaker 1: at the band show Again. That competition will take place
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Speaker 1: right there on the riverfront. Then there's an interesting activity
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Speaker 1: coming up after that you're gonna have to explain this
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Speaker 1: one to me. Sam.
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Speaker 2: This is the most exciting thing of the summer that
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Speaker 2: I am ready for. I cannot wait to see these
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Speaker 2: amazing builds. So at two o'clock we have the Lego
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Speaker 2: Brickwarf Competition. This is going to be so much fun.
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Speaker 2: It is open for all ages. Registration still open, but
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Speaker 2: at two o'clock the builds will come down. Because we
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Speaker 2: didn't want the builds to be in the heat for
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Speaker 2: eleven to seven and it's just too much on structures,
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Speaker 2: so they'll come down to the park at two o'clock
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Speaker 2: and you can vote as a community for your favorite build.
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Speaker 2: We will have a little Brickers category, a Legendary Brickers,
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Speaker 2: and then a brick Master. We have these very large,
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Speaker 2: wonderful gold medallions for first place that are engraved with
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Speaker 2: the Brickmaster champion on them. Again, this is totally free
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Speaker 2: to enter. So whatever age you are, if you love
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Speaker 2: Legos and you love to build and you love to
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Speaker 2: be creative, calm down, submit your builds for completely free
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Speaker 2: show off to the community. You can put your name
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Speaker 2: on it, or if you're a little more shy, you
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Speaker 2: can enter an anonymously too, and at five point thirty
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Speaker 2: on the stage again we're gonna have a winner's announcement,
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Speaker 2: so we'll announce the brick winner and then a couple
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Speaker 2: other winners from the other activities such as the chalk
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Speaker 2: competition as well. So really fun come down and again
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Speaker 2: we have a community Favorite medallion as well, so big
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Speaker 2: gold medallion for community favorite. So even if you don't
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Speaker 2: have a build, come down and vote for the favorite
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Speaker 2: build of the day.
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Speaker 1: All right, that starts at two o'clock again the Brick
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Speaker 1: Wars with a z I Love It Tom petition. The
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Speaker 1: Lego bricks will be used in putting together some very
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Speaker 1: interesting motifs and that will start at two o'clock. In
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Speaker 1: rock Fall, Sam take us through the rest of the
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Speaker 1: Summer Fun Summer Splash agenda for June the twenty first.
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Speaker 2: Now what better way to kick off the first day
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Speaker 2: of summer than with Summer Splash. So again, all day
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Speaker 2: we have from eleven to seven activities. Right now we're
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Speaker 2: only at two o'clock. We still have action packed happen
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Speaker 2: through Summer Splash. So at two o'clock we will also
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Speaker 2: have PC Little Rascals pettings who are coming in as
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Speaker 2: well as barrel rides. They will come in from two
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Speaker 2: to seven to finish up the event. Because of the heat,
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Speaker 2: we just couldn't have the animals there all day, but
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Speaker 2: lovely on Call Imaging has made sure to open their
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Speaker 2: lot for us. So right across from RB ANDW there's
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Speaker 2: a grassy patch between the park and the parking lot.
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Speaker 2: Over there, our animals will be safely in the grass
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Speaker 2: to keep them protected and off the concrete as well.
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Speaker 2: So thank you on Call Imaging for keeping our animals
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Speaker 2: safe and our kids safe. Again. That comes in at
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Speaker 2: two o'clock. Right at two point thirty, we kick off
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Speaker 2: the kids Dance Party, and that is going to be
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Speaker 2: led by the Girl Scouts Troop one fifty. They are wonderful,
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Speaker 2: hard working girls. Whatever we need, whether we need to
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Speaker 2: take out posters, help with signs, those girls are so
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Speaker 2: hard working. So when we needed a host for the
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Speaker 2: dance party, they came with energy and are ready to
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Speaker 2: party for us. So at two thirty that'll kick off.
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Speaker 2: Bring everybody down and have fun to your favorite Disney songs.
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Speaker 2: And then right at three o'clock leading after the dance
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Speaker 2: party is a fun costume parade, also led by the
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Speaker 2: Girl Scouts Troop one fifty. And this idea came because
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Speaker 2: in October, everybody loves their costumes and loves dressing up
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Speaker 2: for Halloween and getting excited. But that jarn weather every
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Speaker 2: year makes us put codes on and hire our beautiful costumes.
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Speaker 2: So this is your second opportunity to strut your awesome costumes.
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Speaker 2: And there's a lovely life little route on the park,
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Speaker 2: so the kids will go through the park led by
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Speaker 2: the Girl Scouts one p fifty and they'll get their
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Speaker 2: candy bags at the end of the parade by participating
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Speaker 2: in the parade.
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Speaker 1: All right, again, that starts at three o'clock and again
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Speaker 1: that will march through that area again. The riverfront in
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Speaker 1: Rock Falls, the RBNW area in Rock Falls will be
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Speaker 1: busy with summer splash activities and that's just one of them,
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Speaker 1: starting at three o'clock. Then right after that a competition
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Speaker 1: right Sam takes.
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Speaker 2: Place, another competition, the watermelon eating competition. We're so excited
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Speaker 2: for this. This has been getting great, great feedback from it.
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Speaker 2: We're having so many people register. So we have a
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Speaker 2: watermelon eating contest right at three point thirty. We have
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Speaker 2: big medallions again for first, second, and third place. The
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Speaker 2: first place winner will also receive this great I'm the
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Speaker 2: Watermelon Eating Champion T shirt. It's so much fun. The
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Speaker 2: most fun about this though, is it's going to be
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Speaker 2: no hand so you have just use your face, devour
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Speaker 2: into this huge chunk of watermelon, eat it all the
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Speaker 2: way down to the rhine, and the first place winner
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Speaker 2: takes the gold medallion in T shirt for that day.
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Speaker 2: That'll be it, right at three point thirty. Registration for
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Speaker 2: that does end a day, just because we have to
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Speaker 2: know for our account, so please make sure to get
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Speaker 2: registered today and make sure to get in there. If
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Speaker 2: we have any open spots, we would take in walk
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Speaker 2: in registrations, but I just can't guarantee that, so make
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Speaker 2: sure to register today on the Rock Falls Chamber website.
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Speaker 1: Okay, good. Then a couple more events will kind of
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Speaker 1: wind down. Summer Splash for twenty twenty five go ahead
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Speaker 1: absolutely so.
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Speaker 2: We have at four pm our River Country Stomp. They're
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Speaker 2: a wonderful country group that loves to bring the party
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Speaker 2: and bring energy to the crowd, so come down enjoy
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Speaker 2: them at four o'clock. We also have our activities happening
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Speaker 2: through the whole day so we have Rock of the
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Speaker 2: Snake where the community can bring down painted rocks and
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Speaker 2: help us grow our giant snake around the park. This
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Speaker 2: year we have to be fifty feet fifty feet of
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Speaker 2: rock snakes, so please help us do that. Bring up
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Speaker 2: painted rock or come down and paint one with us.
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Speaker 2: Help us grow rock go to over fifty feet. That
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Speaker 2: is all day eleven to two seven. Don't forget through
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Speaker 2: this whole day. We also have vendors go lore. There
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Speaker 2: are so many vendors out here to check out anyone
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Speaker 2: from Muddy Move boutique. They have amazing products on call.
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Speaker 2: Imaging will be joining us Stock Valley, CPR Noamia, the
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Speaker 2: Salk Valley, Serve Internet Build a Pet Clubhouse. How cool
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Speaker 2: is it that we have a build a pet right
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Speaker 2: in Stertainly the Radar will be joining us McDonald's of
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Speaker 2: Rock Balls, Harvest Time, Bible Church and so many more.
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Speaker 2: There's so many vendors, so much to do, and while
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Speaker 2: you're there, make sure to get your sizzling meet up ticket.
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Speaker 2: So tickets are on sale right now for the Giant
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Speaker 2: Summer Splash meetup. This is a seventy two piece huge
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Speaker 2: meat bundle from the Butcher shop, so rapple tickets are
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Speaker 2: own twenty five dollars for your chance to win this
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Speaker 2: big seventy two piece meat bundle, or you can get
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Speaker 2: five tickets for only twenty dollars. There are twelve items
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Speaker 2: of everything in this big bundle, so twelve pot dogs,
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Speaker 2: twelve brats, twelve New York strips, twelve Hamburgers, twelve chicken
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Speaker 2: bruss twelve for under one oh and if your car
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Speaker 2: don't hold anymore, goosh. There's so much and ticket's only
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Speaker 2: five dollars, So please get your tickets at Community State
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Speaker 2: Bank and Stralian Rock Balls right now or mud and
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Speaker 2: Move boutique right now. You can get them through Friday.
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Speaker 2: After Friday tickets sales stop and the only place to
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Speaker 2: get your tickets is at the Bison Cookout between eleven
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Speaker 2: and six o'clock at the Summer Splash Riverfront on June
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Speaker 2: twenty first, at six o'clock we cut off tickets and
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Speaker 2: then at six forty five on the RB ANDW stage
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Speaker 2: we will announce that winner of the huge meet up Bundle.
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Speaker 2: Definitely make sure you're in that it's great opportunity and
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Speaker 2: don't forget all proceeds from this event from the Bison
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Speaker 2: cookout or the meat up, everything goes back into our community.
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Speaker 2: We're a nonprofit organization, so it keeps events like this
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Speaker 2: coming back, making sure that they stay free for the community.
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Speaker 2: So please join us for Big Family fund this weekend
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Speaker 2: on June twenty first, between eleven and seven. I can't
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Speaker 2: wait to see everyone there for everything that's happening.
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Speaker 1: Yep. Absolutely, it's a busy event. It's the Summer Splash
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Speaker 1: event courtesy of the Rock Falls Chamber. Go to Rockfalls
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Speaker 1: Chamber dot com. I'll tell you what. That's your one
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Speaker 1: stop shop when you want to know everything about it
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Speaker 1: because they got pages of information on there that you
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Speaker 1: can look through and find out your favorite events during
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Speaker 1: this one day blast in Rock Falls. It's Summer Splash weekend.
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Speaker 1: It's Saturday, June the twenty first, as Sam mentioned, with
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Speaker 1: the five k starting at ten, then running through the
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Speaker 1: rest of the day until around seven o'clock, culminating with
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Speaker 1: that great drawing. Get your tickets now for that great
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Speaker 1: drawing of that meat bundle again that culminates Summer Splash
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. Sam, we're out of time on the
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Speaker 1: talk line today. We'd like to thank you so very
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Speaker 1: much for taking us through the entire Summer Splash weekend.
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Speaker 1: All we can do is say best of luck. Weather
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Speaker 1: looks good and we again hope that we get a
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Speaker 1: good turnout for Summer Splash twenty twenty five this Saturday
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Speaker 1: in Rock Falls. Thank you for joining us and telling
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Speaker 1: us all about it today.
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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having me, and I can't
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Speaker 2: wait to see everybody this Saturday again.
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Speaker 1: Rockfalls Chamber dot com is the website address. Please go
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Speaker 1: there for news and information about Summer Splash twenty twenty five.
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Speaker 1: Sam Kersey has bun our guests from the Rock Falls
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Speaker 1: Chamber on the air with us today here at WI