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Talk-Line: Charlene Bielema on Dixon street repairs, other local news · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: You deal with us this morning to bring us the update.
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  Speaker 1: Charlene Bilama joins us this morning here at wix A
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  Speaker 1: good morning man, Hello, nice to see you too. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: Brandon Clark is not a lot you know, he celebrated
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  Speaker 1: his first anniversary. I see, yes he is, So that's
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  Speaker 1: probably why he's not with us.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's an assumption.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure he's probably busy with activity across our Sock
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  Speaker 1: Valley area. But happy anniversary, brand On one year with us. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: good for brand Yeah for Brandon. He's usually a regular
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  Speaker 1: with Charlene here at Whiston with chars Soloeen today and
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  Speaker 1: we do have a lot of Shaw News activity across
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  Speaker 1: our Sock Valley area. And topping the list today you
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  Speaker 1: wanted to talk about, and this is something that we've
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  Speaker 1: been talking about with our city officials as well, is
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  Speaker 1: the start of the street work it's going to be
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  Speaker 1: taking place after Petunia Fest.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, there's a lot going on when it comes to
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  Speaker 2: to roadwork and transportation. We know that our readers it
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  Speaker 2: might look like, oh, it's a story that why do
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  Speaker 2: we it? Is? It kind of worrying, why do we
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  Speaker 2: need that? But it really can mess up your day
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  Speaker 2: when you get somewhere and you thought to yourself, hey,
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  Speaker 2: I had I was gonna make it to work on time,
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  Speaker 2: and I got held back behind by this. So there's
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  Speaker 2: just a lot of projects that are going on based
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  Speaker 2: on a one point four million dollar contract the City
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  Speaker 2: Dixon has signed. I DOT Hustle has projects that are
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  Speaker 2: going on. So Peyton Felix, our Dixon reporter, wrote a
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  Speaker 2: story about the different areas that will be affected over
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  Speaker 2: this summer fiscal twenty twenty six is what actually they
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  Speaker 2: would call that. A lot of the work, if it's
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  Speaker 2: underway now, will kind of cease a little bit as
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  Speaker 2: we're getting into Petunia Fest because I dot has some
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  Speaker 2: rules about that, and then you'll see a lot of
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  Speaker 2: the work pick up after Continiafest happened. So we saw
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  Speaker 2: that with the Morson Fair too. Whenever we have the
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  Speaker 2: Morson Fair, people come in on thirty eight, so that
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  Speaker 2: makes traffic a little bit better during those really heavy times. Anyway,
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  Speaker 2: that is in our print product today and then it's
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  Speaker 2: also online.
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  Speaker 1: It went up this morning, Okay at our website you
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  Speaker 1: can see the entire list. Then through lek Shaw Local
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  Speaker 1: News again of the projects this year, I know that
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  Speaker 1: Washington Fourth Ad and you again, tile factory those areas,
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  Speaker 1: and I knows there's gonna be a lot of alley work.
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  Speaker 2: I saw that too, Yes, a lot.
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  Speaker 1: Of alleywork this year, you know, in those areas that
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  Speaker 1: obviously probably have deteriorated just by usage of businesses in
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  Speaker 1: the downtown area and all they need the upgrade as well.
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  Speaker 1: So the city is going to give us back over then, everle.
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  Speaker 2: Coy became of a quality of life issue when it
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  Speaker 2: comes saying to get in your vehicle like off the street,
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  Speaker 2: you know.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, g Jackson, Yeah, absolutely, So again watch for that
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  Speaker 1: information to come through Shaw Local News, uh and get
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  Speaker 1: your information uh there and we'll keep on touch on
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  Speaker 1: top of it with our city of Dixon right here
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  Speaker 1: on WIXIM. A local dixonite does good. And I'm telling
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  Speaker 1: you she put in her time here, did you know?
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  Speaker 2: Oh I did not know that.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, she was a part time employee here at w
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  Speaker 1: i X and Radio. She actually ran basketball football games
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  Speaker 1: those But now she is in the limelight a little
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  Speaker 1: bit further down the lot. Good for her. But she
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  Speaker 1: is a lovely lady and we are lucky to have
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  Speaker 1: bragging rights to her and you wanted to, yes, Gina Vanier, Yes, yes,
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  Speaker 1: going on.
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  Speaker 2: Gina has been She's in Nashville. She's performing performing down there,
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  Speaker 2: and I think as Peyton described it as a residency.
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  Speaker 2: She has a place down there that she regularly performs
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  Speaker 2: and it's kind of one of those things that the
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  Speaker 2: music business. Somebody hears you, the right person hears you,
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  Speaker 2: you make a connection, and through being heard and a connection,
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  Speaker 2: she will be singing the national anthem at the Cups
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  Speaker 2: game coming up on July two, and then following that
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  Speaker 2: up at the end of the month at the Texas
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  Speaker 2: Rangers game down in Arlington, Texas. On top of it,
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  Speaker 2: she is being considered being called a tailor artist based
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  Speaker 2: on the guitar that she'll be using when she's performing,
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  Speaker 2: because it's her she's doing her acoustic occasion of okay,
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  Speaker 2: so being a country artist. So it'll be very interesting
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  Speaker 2: to see, you know, her take that big stage. She said,
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  Speaker 2: it's it's gonna be one of the biggest days of
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  Speaker 2: her life. It's bigger than a but bucket list thing.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's the quote. She has bigger than a
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  Speaker 2: bucket list item on her on her life list. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it is great. I know she was an American IT contestant,
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  Speaker 2: contestant in the top forty eight.
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  Speaker 1: And she actually used her acoustic style during her tryouts
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  Speaker 1: with American if your back, Oh, yeah she was. She
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  Speaker 1: was great and she actually you know, advanced. She did
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  Speaker 1: advance round to Hollywood. Yes, she advanced into rounds. Didn't
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  Speaker 1: make it all the way, but she advanced out of those,
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  Speaker 1: you know, regional areas. And I believe this one was
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  Speaker 1: in Nashville, if I'm not mistaken that she got her opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, she is, she's great. Yeah, she's a great entertainer. Well,
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  Speaker 1: I love to see her too, and we talk about
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  Speaker 1: taking taking advantage, you know, when we see her hair
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  Speaker 1: in our Dixon area, we're taking advantage of a great
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  Speaker 1: artist that you know, born and raised and we're lucky
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  Speaker 1: to have her. And again Shaw Local News is covering
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  Speaker 1: her efforts. So congratulations to Gina on some more accolades. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: What's in the Spotlight continues to pile them up. You
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  Speaker 1: have a very interesting story about a group out of
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  Speaker 1: Wisconsin you're going to talk about.
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  Speaker 2: It's the Milwaukee Dancing Granny And it's one of those
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  Speaker 2: stories where when you talk about the dancing grannies. They
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  Speaker 2: were part of the twenty twenty one Christmas parade in
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  Speaker 2: which there was a driver I don't know if you
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  Speaker 2: remember that who drove through the parade route. There were
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  Speaker 2: some people killed, sixty people injured, and the man who
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  Speaker 2: there was a man charged with six counts for those deaths.
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  Speaker 2: And they are going to be performing at during our
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  Speaker 2: Dixon Petunia Festival parade. And how does that happen? Well,
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  Speaker 2: we were hearing it was because that there was a
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  Speaker 2: connection to that, and I'll get to that in a minute.
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  Speaker 2: Actually it was because we have people from the Dixon
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  Speaker 2: Petunia Fest Board who had reached out to them and said,
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  Speaker 2: we'd love to have you walk through our parade. Now
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  Speaker 2: we're talking about a tragic event that happened in twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty one, and it took time for some of them
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  Speaker 2: to rebuild, get your ranks back, and I would think
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  Speaker 2: in some cases even wished to perform again. Sure if
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  Speaker 2: something like that would happen. One of the women who
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  Speaker 2: is part of that group actually was. She was severely hurt.
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  Speaker 2: She is back with the group walking, but she was
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  Speaker 2: sent a quilt from a Dixon church after she was
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  Speaker 2: injured and She said that quilt was just such a
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  Speaker 2: nice thing to have while she was recovering, kind of
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  Speaker 2: just something to bolster her spirits. And so she said,
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  Speaker 2: I'm very much looking forward to going to Dixon. And
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  Speaker 2: we've interviewed her as you know what it took for
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  Speaker 2: them to come back out of that and to actually
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  Speaker 2: be here. So they've been walking in parades for the
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  Speaker 2: last couple of years, but they're going to be here
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  Speaker 2: and that we could actually cheer on.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: They lost three members of their group that day and
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  Speaker 2: one of the spouses of another member who was not killed.
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  Speaker 2: So that and they were the biggest group that was
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  Speaker 2: actually hit hard during that parade walk.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. So what a tragedy and in that area of Wisconsin,
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  Speaker 1: and to you know, go through the emotions and the
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  Speaker 1: that tried to build back has to be you know,
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  Speaker 1: just emotional and draining. I think perseverance.
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  Speaker 2: Oh my god, to say I want to go back
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  Speaker 2: and I want to entertain, you know, kind of put
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  Speaker 2: a smile on people's faces.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, that's great.
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  Speaker 2: So the choreograph they got some they freshened it up.
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  Speaker 1: Excellent, excellent. So we'll see them at the Dixon Petunia Festival.
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  Speaker 1: Parade that will be on July the sixth. Of course
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  Speaker 1: that's a one o'clock step off with the parade activities
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  Speaker 1: at seventh the Peoria and then right down the parade route.
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  Speaker 1: So again watch for that special group, and again watch
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  Speaker 1: for the Shaw Local News coverage here at w i
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  Speaker 1: XN and again through Shaw Local News. Wanted to shift
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  Speaker 1: our attention to Sterling.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Brandon has done several stories over the last couple
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  Speaker 2: of weeks. We like to do something called eyes on Enterprise,
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  Speaker 2: where we're looking at new businesses that are opening up
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  Speaker 2: or any change in a business. And he pitched it
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  Speaker 2: to me last week. He said, Hey, there's that shops
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  Speaker 2: at Grandon and Sterling at the Plaza and he said
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  Speaker 2: there are several like little businesses in there that have
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  Speaker 2: kind of opened up recently. So he has done some
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  Speaker 2: features on each one of those. Tend to be retail,
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  Speaker 2: kind of an incubator. Think of it that you could
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  Speaker 2: decide as a business person if your idea is going
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  Speaker 2: to fly, so you actually set up shop there on
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  Speaker 2: certain days and some lot of them have the goal,
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  Speaker 2: the women particularly that are working there or running it
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  Speaker 2: so that they want to start their own brick and
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  Speaker 2: mortar business. So this is a good way to kind
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  Speaker 2: of give him a foothold. See what that takes. How
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  Speaker 2: do you manage your inventory, how does the community respond, Advertising, branding,
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  Speaker 2: all of that would be part of kind of that
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  Speaker 2: getting your feet wet in the process.
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  Speaker 1: So check that out.
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  Speaker 2: We've had several features over the last week in print
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  Speaker 2: also online about the efforts that are going on there.
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  Speaker 2: Good you did a good job with that.
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  Speaker 1: Brandon continues to cover the Sterling beat and again has
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  Speaker 1: that special news for us this morning from Shaw Local News.
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  Speaker 1: Then we turn our attention obviously to upcoming activities on
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  Speaker 1: the calendar, and obviously with the fourth of July looming
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  Speaker 1: around the corner, and obviously with the temperatures taking the
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  Speaker 1: turn the way they are, you wanted to talk about
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  Speaker 1: out door festivals.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of exactly a lot going on. We
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  Speaker 2: have a roundup that we've put together of all the
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  Speaker 2: local fireworks because that's the huge question that we get
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  Speaker 2: every year, what time and where and does that town
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  Speaker 2: still do it?
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  Speaker 1: Really? Absolutely? You know, I remember it's not getting cheaper
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  Speaker 1: to do this, I'm telling you, and people should realize,
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  Speaker 1: you know, when you see a fireworks display. Please clap loud,
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  Speaker 1: because I'll tell you what, there's a lot of background
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  Speaker 1: information and a lot of background that goes into these
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  Speaker 1: fireworks displays, and there's a lot of costs that go
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  Speaker 1: These are not cheap activities that go on. They're getting
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  Speaker 1: expensive every year. And you're lucky, you're really off, you know,
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  Speaker 1: if you are a community that can sponsor a fireworks display.
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  Speaker 1: These things and it's kind of sad to say that,
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  Speaker 1: but everything goes up. It does.
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  Speaker 2: I would look at it too from a safety perspective.
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  Speaker 2: You really have to have that all kind of set
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  Speaker 2: up and people who know what they're doing, so heightending
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  Speaker 2: that on from one group to the next. We do
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  Speaker 2: have a list and it covers Whiteside County and Ogle
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  Speaker 2: County as well as Lee and included in that brand
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  Speaker 2: and listed some festivals that were also happening, because there's
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  Speaker 2: several things that are tied to those. Sometimes the fireworks
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the day, sometimes they precede the
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  Speaker 2: whole event, so you can look for that, and we'll
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  Speaker 2: run that again too as a kind of a reminder
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  Speaker 2: because maybe you didn't see it last week or this week.
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  Speaker 1: Good okay.
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  Speaker 2: And then also we put a round up together of
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  Speaker 2: pools as the pool season was opening. You know, we
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  Speaker 2: had some delays because it was if you could believe
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  Speaker 2: what chili at the end.
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  Speaker 1: Of May, and it's hard to it was actually and
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  Speaker 1: so there was some delays.
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  Speaker 2: So we had a story that ran then, but that's
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  Speaker 2: also still up online where you can see what hours,
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  Speaker 2: what the costs are to go to our local pools
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  Speaker 2: in the area. Another thing that's getting tougher and tougher
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  Speaker 2: to see in communities to maintain a pool or you know.
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  Speaker 1: Insurance and all that exactly expensive. You have one awesome,
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  Speaker 1: so very good, so again watch for those features coming
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  Speaker 1: out in Shaw Local News. Then a couple of activities.
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  Speaker 1: One taking place and we're going to be a part
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  Speaker 1: of this weekend. We're going to do a live shot
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  Speaker 1: from touch a Truck.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's hundred and seventy vehicles plus their entertainment throughout
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  Speaker 2: the day. I'd like to take my little grandson to that.
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  Speaker 2: It sounds like a ball.
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  Speaker 1: Rock fALS Tourism putting on that event. I've ember friend
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  Speaker 1: in rock Fas had busy, busy time for rock Foid.
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  Speaker 1: They have fireworks display next week in the Sterling Rock
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  Speaker 1: Falls area and that's going to be held right down
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  Speaker 1: in that area as well. And then Sick The Magazine
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  Speaker 1: just recently we had their again activity.
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  Speaker 2: Great turnout for that. We had a photographer who was
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  Speaker 2: there and got pictures of that. A lot of different
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  Speaker 2: things when it comes to something like that, you have
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  Speaker 2: cars that come in that you can just go up
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  Speaker 2: and look at them, you can talk to the drivers,
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  Speaker 2: and on top of it, they had the burnout contest
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  Speaker 2: for participants of Sick the Magazine. You couldn't just pull
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  Speaker 2: in and burn out, otherwise I'd have to restrain my husband.
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  Speaker 2: We still have a seventy no min that we used
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  Speaker 2: to drag race in our garage, So Glory Days anyway. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: so that was a great turnout. And then other events
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  Speaker 2: that we had too that have been recent Juneteenth that
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  Speaker 2: had a turnout for that, we had a photo gallery also,
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  Speaker 2: we were at PrideFest Page Park broad In Thanks you.
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  Speaker 2: So those are our events that we make sure that
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  Speaker 2: we have a photographer at so that you can go
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  Speaker 2: back and kind of take a look recap if you
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  Speaker 2: were there. It's fun to see if you're in the
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  Speaker 2: photos if you weren't, you can get a feel for
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  Speaker 2: what actually happened there. And then today our photographer put
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  Speaker 2: together a very large sports gallery that is online. I
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  Speaker 2: think I put it up for noon today. Forty different
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  Speaker 2: photos of different sports events that happened this spring, and
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  Speaker 2: there are photographer's favorite photos. And if you pay attention
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  Speaker 2: to Alec Pescal's photography, it's very very good. He can
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  Speaker 2: just get the details of somebody airborne and any kind
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  Speaker 2: of sports. So keep an eye out for that today.
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  Speaker 1: Very good. It's all coming through Show Local News, so again,
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  Speaker 1: lots of coverage and lots of different areas. Shaw Local
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  Speaker 1: News covers the basis for us here at w ACCENT.
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  Speaker 1: I wish we had more time, man, but we'll save
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  Speaker 1: it for next week, okay, just before the Petunia Festival.
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  Speaker 1: Yes with us, Yes, yes, so we'll look forward to that.
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  Speaker 1: Charlene Bilama, the managing editor of the Dixon Telegraph Sterlink Gazette,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for joining us today here.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome, Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Always a pleasure to visit with Charlene on w ACCENT.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go to its first tetive say blue bears.
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  Speaker 2: Hmm