QC Forum - 2-2-25

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Quad City Forum, a weekly community service program
produced by iHeartMedia to look at the issues and opportunities
that exist in our community. Now here's your hosts for
Quad City Forum, Pat Luke and Denny Linhowe.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
We're talking to Tracy Joe Mulligan, University of Illinois Extension Office,
and listen to all the stuff that she does just
on a calm day, Horticulture, Agriculture and Natural Resource Program coordinator.
Other than that, you're not doing anything, are you, Tracy?

Speaker 3 (00:31):
No, nope, I just I file my nails here in the.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Day at work, catch up on solitaire. Yeah, I bet
that's not what's going on, especially when we talk about well,
first off, it's always busy at your office. I mean,
it's just amazing, the welcome at anybody and everybody that
has a question they can call the University of Illinois
Extension and they'll get it answered. But certainly we want

(00:55):
to talk to you today because what's coming up next
month is amazing. It's going to sound weird for some
of us that are older than twenty one, but we
have to enroll in nursery school. What's going on with that?

Speaker 4 (01:06):
We do?

Speaker 3 (01:07):
We have been offering Nursery School, which is lessons in gardening. Nope,
we're having fun on the play of nurseries. Not like
nursery like where you take your kids, but nursery. We're
like plant geeks like myself, like to go shopping nursery.
So we are having our nursery annual Nursery School. We're
having it on February twenty second at the Vibrant Arena

(01:30):
in Moline and this is the Master Gardeners of our
area their premier gardening event. So this is our big day.
So we are so excited to be offering it again
this year. And we have switched things up, so we
are having a new format and I'm so excited.

Speaker 5 (01:49):
To tell you about it.

Speaker 3 (01:50):
So we've always had a keynote, right, we've moved it
from morning to lunch to we're having bookend keynote.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
Yeah, no, what's going on with that.

Speaker 3 (01:58):
So we are having a key know in the morning
and they are going to talk about perfectly paired plants
and pollinators and you. So pollinators are a huge topic
in the horticulture world, and so we're going to have
an opening keynote with that and then you're going to
be able to choose your own adventure. For a couple

(02:19):
other workshops, we're going to talk about landscape design. You
can also look at plant trends and honey and jumping worms.

Speaker 2 (02:30):
Raised a minute with jumping worms.

Speaker 6 (02:33):
Jumping worms and I just start plant geeay.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Know, but but we love it because I thought that
the jumping worms were a bad thing.

Speaker 3 (02:42):
They are. They're horrible. They're not very nice. They're not
nice worms.

Speaker 2 (02:46):
Okay, so what do we Some bugs and.

Speaker 3 (02:48):
Such are good, they are not. Okay, We're going to
have Chris Evans, who is one of our foresters from
southern Illinois. He's going to come up and talk to
you about jumping worms. We have them in our area,
so you you may not want to know about them,
but you need to know about that.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
Knowledge is power with this, isn't it?

Speaker 7 (03:04):
It is?

Speaker 3 (03:05):
And you know, some people it's funny. I've been doing
this for a while, but I want to see them
all and I get it. I understand their pain. I
think it means I'm doing my job right.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
Well, that's a yeah, because you're putting together the great thing.
And really, when we talk about when people start to
set up their gardens for the new year, this is
a great way to I've heard of smart budgets, but
this is a great way to plant smartly. And you
do need pretty plants, but you need to have the
pollinators in there too, and you just can't pick one

(03:39):
and hope it's going to work with the other one.
This is where people can really find out how they
can fine tune their garden for twenty twenty five.

Speaker 3 (03:47):
Oh absolutely, whether it's a it's an ornamental garden of
flowers and bushes and shrubs, whether it's an edible garden
with herbs and vegetables. This is for everybody. We try
to we try to have different chapters to where if
you just strictly want to learn about edible plants, that's fine.
You can take those classes if you want to, you know,
just learn about pretty flowers. Take those classes. So we

(04:09):
try to have a variety for people. And then we'll
have a luncheon so you can stay at the tax
Layer Center. Nope, eye wireless, Sorry no more.

Speaker 2 (04:17):
And well, you know, I hate to be critical towards
towards that building because it's a beautiful building. But they
change their name a lot. They change their name more
than Square Dance Partners. You know what I mean the
but vibrant arena at the mark, you're going to be
able to be able to see it in what a
beautiful setting that is.

Speaker 3 (04:36):
Oh, it is. And then we'll have vendors in the
vestibule and fingers crossed, it will be a sunny February
morning and there's nothing better than soaking in the sun
like a big fat cat on a February morning. So
we'll have vendors down there, which we are still looking

(04:56):
for vendors. So if you are a person that's herbal
remedies or you sell crochet things or stationary or different
types of gardening things that people would buy, we are
looking for vendors. But we're going to do an activity
where our participants go and visit the vendors, enjoy the

(05:18):
day with them, and then at the end of it,
we're going to take all of the door prizes and
we're going to do a raffle from those who have
Attended's a fun games.

Speaker 2 (05:29):
Oh, this is going to be just a and it's
so great too because depend we really haven't had much
of a winter so far, and that certainly could change,
but by February people are ready. They don't care what's happening,
whether it's snow or raining outside. They're starting to have
their eye towards their garden, and this is a great
way to make sure that they don't they don't pick

(05:50):
the wrong thing. It could be a great plant, but
maybe not in the right spot. And you'll be able
to talk to the people that will be able to
help them. And certainly when things pop up, like if
we end up having a drier than normal year, you'll
have people there that can suggest the right kind of
plans for that or what to do in case that
situation arises.

Speaker 3 (06:12):
I feel like a mom that I just like my
little boy just said all of the things that I've
been saying.

Speaker 2 (06:17):
Thanks Mom. I'm older than you, Tracy, so I don't
know how that happened, but it is. It's an amazing thing.
And then just the joy and the enthusiasm that I'm
catching from you. I know there's a lot of people
listening right now, going yeah, I want to get out there.
So for people that are just tuning in, we're talking
to Tracy Joe Mulligan from the University of Illinois Extension Offices.

(06:41):
We've got nursery school that's going to be happening at
the vibrant arena, So how can people let you know?

Speaker 3 (06:47):
One, we're looking for participants, so you can call the
Extension office at three zero nine seven five six nine
nine seven eight and register. You register by the end
of the month. It's sixty dollars for the day and
that includes your classes and your lunch and then if

(07:09):
you can also go to go dot Illinois dot edu,
backspace Nursery School twenty twenty five or google University of
Illinois Extension, Rock Island and it will be on the
web page. But get in now. We're also looking for vendors,

(07:30):
so if you are a person who sells your goods
at like farmers' markets or craft show days, those are
the type of vendors we're looking for. And you can
also call the office and we'll get you in that way.
But yes, this is a fun day. Usually we're right
around three hundred people, so you'll see people you recognize
from the garden centers and from different events. It's really

(07:52):
a neat day to get your head wrapped around the
growing season that's going to be coming up, to kind
of get your list projects that you want to work
on in your garden, in your yard and things that
you're interested in, So join us. It's a fun group
of people. And like I said, we're doing the beginning keynote,
We're doing the ending keynote, We're having a game in
the middle. Just come and enjoy a Saturday in February.

(08:18):
It's February twenty second. We're at the Vibrant Arena. It's
from eight am till two thirty. So it's a whole
day of gardening fund.

Speaker 2 (08:26):
And now, even though I went to public school, I
know that when it comes around to February first, it's
seventy dollars. And with all of the stuff that will
be introduced and people will be able to take part in,
seventy bucks is still a great deal. And again, to
find out more to be a part of the twenty
sixth annual Nursery School Lesson in Gardening produced by the
University of Illinois Extension staff Tracy, where can they go

(08:50):
to find out more?

Speaker 3 (08:51):
They're going to go to our website. They're going to
go to go dot Illinois dot edu backslash Nursery School
twenty five. If you can't get to that, give us
a call at the office at three zero nine seven
five six nine nine seven eight, or you can google

(09:12):
University of Illinois Extension, Rock Island and it's on our
web page. It's going to be a fantastic learning day,
a day of fellowship, and just a fun day on
a Saturday in February to join like minded people.

Speaker 8 (09:26):
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Speaker 7 (09:33):
Now back to Fat Luke and Danny Linnhowe, and.

Speaker 2 (09:36):
You have a chance to talk to Becky Buckrop, Marketing
and Local Fund Development Program Coordinator, University of Illinois Extension Offices.
And once I give your job title are Becky, I
would bet there's about nine other jobs underneath that that
you also do, and certainly one of them right now
is to talk about winter wellness. And I just want

(09:57):
to know right off the top, do you just want
to make sure everything the thing happens at the University
of Illinois Extension Offices in February because you get the
nursery program going on, but of course something that is
definitely important for all of us winter wellness.

Speaker 5 (10:11):
Yeah, that's right, we do have a busy I think
the wintertime is a great time for folks to do
a lot of educational programs and this event is a
perfect winter day escape into health and wellness. It's our
fourth year. We're partnering with black Hawk State Historic Site
and so we're having it at the beautiful Watchtowver Lodge
there at black Hawk Park and that is one of
the most beautiful facilities, I think in the Quad Cities

(10:33):
with its big fireplaces. It's a cozy indoor setting. We're
going to have a nice fire going and then there's
a whole day for folks to come in from ten
am to one pm on Saturday, February eighth. And this
year's theme is Unplugged, and so we're asking people to
take a break from screens and to connect with nature, creativity,
and community. And then we have a lot of fun

(10:54):
things going on. For One of the things they can
do is make their own delicious pancakes and pizza. Oh
my goodness, they get a Yeah, they got to choose
their own little healthy tappings to put on that.

Speaker 2 (11:04):
I just wait a minute, though, Wait a minute, Becky,
I'm thinking, what about pancake pizza? Is that possible? Can
we do? Can we work that little mash up together?

Speaker 5 (11:14):
You know? What I bet some of the folks with
some of the kids that don't come, we'll probably try
they'll combine up. But there's nothing better than those two
foods on a winter's day. And then one of the
funnest things I think about the day is like hands
on crafts, So people get to make some fun make
and take projects, and it's such a great setting for that.
We have a big table set out and a lot
of variety. And then we're going to encourage people to

(11:35):
go out, of course too while they're at the site
and take some nature walks. We'll have master gardeners there
to help with get tips on gardening, nature, bird watching,
some things like that. We'll have some good information booths
Illinois Extension. Well, of course, we'll have resources for families
to do some more mindfulness activities and try to think
think of ways that they can, you know, spend less
time on their screens and more time engaging with each other.

(11:58):
So it's also a great way to do that. It's
Heart Health months, so we'll have some resources on heart health.
There'll be some fun youth focused games, some indoor you know,
fun things they can do with our SNAPPED program. Also
in the same building as the Hauburg Museum. You go
and visit that that great museum too. I think a
lot of times we kind of forget those ones that
are here all the time.

Speaker 2 (12:17):
And when we talk about black Hawk State Park, if
the weather cooperates and so far it seems like we
kind of go through the cold, bone chilling cold and
then it's nice. I'm still thinking walking black Hawk State
Park would be i mean, talk about great trails there.

Speaker 5 (12:33):
Yeah, it is a really beautiful facility right along the river.
So it is a good chance. I think they can
go out and have a walk. We're gonna have a
little scavenger hunt. They can take out with them and
seeing come back in warm, back up and you know,
have some warm pancakes or whatever.

Speaker 2 (12:46):
So well, remember pancakes, pancakes and pizza. They may try.
That may become a popular thing. It's great to be
unplugged because you start looking back up again. You go, hey,
look what look at all the.

Speaker 5 (13:00):
Right We're so much on our phones that we forget to,
you know, hey, live with some real life connect with people.
And that's one of the great things about the extension
programs like Forage and stuff. It is like a lot
of hands on activities, so you know, you can really
do that. We're working with Alan Barton. He's an assistant
professor and an extension specialist at the University of Illinois,
and he's got a new grant that we're going to

(13:21):
work with him on. So we should have a lot
of good resources this year and our programming about being smartphones,
smart families and ways that you know, we can try
to get rid of that addiction that so many of
us have and like so many hours that we spend
on that when we could really engage with one another
and it's really better for our mental health to like
be out in nature, connect with people, do things we

(13:41):
love to do, hands on activities.

Speaker 2 (13:43):
When I look at black Hawk State Park, Becky, I'm
amazed at how even though you really can't see it
as you're going through the park, as black Hawk Road
kind of cuts it in half, but all you have
to do is get up over by Hallberg Museum and
over by where you guys are going to be and
look to what I guess would be the south. It's incredible.

(14:03):
The Rock River is right there.

Speaker 5 (14:05):
Yeah, it's a great place. I usually try to go
over there at lunchtime and walk. I mean, it's such
a nice thing to have in the middle of the town.
And you know you can do like there's a nice
sidewalks there you can do you can do nature trails walk,
you know, down to the river through the woods. It's
great to be right inside the urban area and be
able to have that access to nature.

Speaker 2 (14:24):
Now again, date and maybe a website to find out
more on it. And really, when you said the hours
are basically what are we talking about from like ten
to one? This is not like you have to be
there at ten. This could be kind of stop in,
go back out, stop in again, right, But what's the
date and take it from there?

Speaker 5 (14:43):
Yep. It is a Winter Weillless events Saturday, February eighth,
ten am to one pm at the Watchtower Lodge, Blackhawk
Park in Rock Island. And our website that you can
find the information is go dot Illinois dot edu, backslash
Winter Wellness and it's also on our Facebook page. So
give us look and come and join us stuff by
any time between ten and one and have a great

(15:03):
time with your family.

Speaker 8 (15:05):
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Speaker 7 (15:12):
Now back to bat Luke and Danny linnowe, good.

Speaker 9 (15:16):
Morning, and we welcome to our show Sydney, ohs Folk
and Sydney is.

Speaker 2 (15:21):
With Ducks Unlimited and so I guess Sydney.

Speaker 9 (15:24):
The first question that I'm going to throw out to
you is can you share the mission that Duck's Unlimited has?

Speaker 4 (15:31):
So Duck Unlimited is a international wetland conservation organization. They
work to help raise funds and fun project for wetland conservation.
A lot of people think, like, oh, Duck Unlimited, they're
just in it for like preserving ducks, but so much
more than that. I mean, Weland conservation chuirs that we
have clean drinking water and rich soil.

Speaker 2 (15:52):
When we were looking at your one of your Facebook
posts here, this is disturbing and yet a lot of times,
when we're living our lives, we don't realize that the
environment is changing. Eighty seven percent of the world's wetlands
have disappeared in the last three hundred years, and that's
where duckson Limited. You're kind of the secret agent getting
out there, just trying to make sure that we hang

(16:15):
on to the wetlands. And it's easier said than done.

Speaker 4 (16:18):
Yeah, it's kind of a behind the scenes organization essentially.

Speaker 2 (16:22):
And again I think of conservation and taking care of
the environment. I don't always think of family friendly stuff.
But this will be a great event for the whole
for everybody.

Speaker 9 (16:32):
For everybody to bring your kids, to bring you know,
your niece's, nephew's grandkids, you know, anybody who's interested in
having a nice.

Speaker 4 (16:39):
Night the super family friendly event. My little one will
be there herself, so and obviously I've grown up in
the organization. My dad's been a part of it for
a long time. He's our chairman, and then my siblings
and I all got grandfathered in. So yeah, there will
be lots of activities for the kids from one hundred
years to zero years.

Speaker 6 (16:56):
Welcome everybody, well.

Speaker 2 (16:58):
Now, and I want to go back to this because
I don't believe sometimes when we do what mom and
dad say, or grandma and grandpa say, sometimes you feel
like they're almost like there's pressure for mom and dad.
But I we don't get that vibe with you Sydney
on On wanting to be a part of this, because
we would bet even if your dad or your family

(17:19):
wasn't involved, you probably would have been there anyway.

Speaker 4 (17:23):
Yes, yes, that's very true. It's definitely an organization that
I believe in. Im proud to be a member of.

Speaker 2 (17:30):
There's volunteer work that happens with du it takes money
to make that happen. And this is a fundraiser yep.

Speaker 4 (17:37):
All of our funds raised go right back into the
organization to fund projects, which is great. There's a lot
of work in our area. You've been involved with Cone Marsh,
Princeton Nahant Marsh and we actually just got a big
grants two years ago for local work in eastern Iowa.
Should see that start coming down the pipeline and some
more projects in our area for sure.

Speaker 2 (17:57):
February eighth is when it's going to hap happen, but
generally speaking, when we want to do stuff with the
mid Mississippi Ducks Unlimited Chapter. It's a Starlight Ballroom yup.

Speaker 4 (18:08):
We've been at the Starlight Ballroom for as long as
I can remember, So it will be February eighth at
the Starlight doors open at six and we will have
a very limited number of tickets out the door. Potentially
sometimes we sell out of those before the event, but
ticks are available online now or by giving us a call.

Speaker 2 (18:27):
Give us the phone number a couple of times.

Speaker 4 (18:29):
Five six three three seven zero nine five two one.
That's five six three three seven zero nine five two.

Speaker 2 (18:38):
To one, okay in online now, I see it right
here in the little fact sheet that you were kind
enough to send Danny and I. If people want to,
as they're listening to us this morning, want to go
to that online address.

Speaker 4 (18:48):
Yep, it's pretty simple. It's just ups duc ks dot org, price.

Speaker 2 (18:55):
Of the ticket and what can they expect when they
when they get to the Starlight on the eighth February.

Speaker 4 (19:00):
Essentially, we have lots of stuff going on. You'll come in.
Your dinner ticket will include your dinner, admission to the event,
and then it also includes a year long do You
membership and a year long do You magazine subscription, and
that has all kinds of information and reading material in it.
And then that dinner is cater by Jeff's Market. Gosh,

(19:23):
they've also been our cater I think for as long
as I can remember. So we usually have Ribbi chickens
and then a variety of size and salad. We usually
have some orders while everybody's kind of getting in and
getting situated, and then there'll be lots of raffles. There
will be our live auction hosted by Dean Martin.

Speaker 2 (19:41):
Now, Danny, you want to bring up one thing, because
we talked about the auction. This is kind of lead
leads Sydney into what always us a big draw with
the with.

Speaker 9 (19:49):
The event, and I know Dean will have fun with this.
But the pie auction, I mean the pie auction, this
is like big bucks man.

Speaker 4 (19:56):
Yes, we love our pie auctions. So we usually work
with Village and they're able to help us out with
some pies and usually we have a dozen give or
take assorted pies, and then with that pie you get
a chance at a ticket to a gun. So essentially
it's usually a mystery gun. We don't know which one
really well, we know you don't know.

Speaker 2 (20:20):
Probably the best because if we know and you don't know,
that seemed like it's a really bad way to plan
an auction.

Speaker 4 (20:27):
That's fair, that's fair, and then so it's a mystery
gun and then you get a chance with that. But yeah,
our pie auction usually brings a lot of money in.

Speaker 2 (20:37):
For the organization, So every penny is going to help
out the environment and just continue to do the great
work of the mid Mississippi DU organization has been able
to do, and Sydney you've been a big part of that.
Of course, we're talking to Sidney os folk now with
our local chapter of DU. But Sydney for people just

(20:57):
tuning in and they maybe caught some of that information again,
it's February eighth. It's going to be at the Starlight Ballroom.
But why don't you give the phone number a couple
of times and that website again and the price of
the tickets lay that all out here so people this
morning can maybe get ready to be a part of it.

Speaker 4 (21:15):
So February eighth is our event at the Starlight Ballroom
in Davenport. Our tickets are available by Colleen five six
three three seven zero nine five two one. That's five
six three three seven zero nine five two one, or
by purchasing online at ducks dot org. That's du c

(21:38):
ks dot org.

Speaker 8 (21:41):
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Speaker 7 (21:48):
Now back to bat Luke and Danny Lynnewe.

Speaker 2 (21:53):
We have Laurie McKenzie. We are lucky to be able
to talk to her right now. Because she's a busy lady.
Whenever we see news headlines about the country of Haiti's
You've been to the country more than a few times,
but it seems to be so frustrating. There are people
that we want to help, but sometimes it's tough to
get the help to them, and you're certainly going to
be trying with a fundraiser that's going to be happening

(22:15):
here soon. More on that in a second, But how
did you first get connected with trying to help out
the country of Haiti.

Speaker 6 (22:23):
Well, I've actually been involved in Haiti ministry since I
was in college, which was in nineteen ninety four. My
husband and I actually spent a year as interns down
there at a mission. Then we came home, you know,
got back into life, had children when I went back
in two thousand and six, and pretty much since two

(22:44):
thousand and six, with a few exceptions, had been there
two to three times a year, working with a couple
of different ministries. And then in two thy twelve I
actually started Love for Lalamo with Pastor Fontaine, who was
the Haitian pastor there that asked us to come look

(23:07):
at what he was doing. So we were able to
come in and support him and what he was already doing.

Speaker 2 (23:14):
How did things in Haiti change from nineteen ninety four
till two thousand and six. It has to be drastic.

Speaker 6 (23:22):
Sure, there absolutely were a lot of changes. Haiti has
the history of turmoil and coups and turnover in their government.
It's always been a tough thing for them. The biggest
thing that I noticed between ninety four and two thousand
and six was lots more mopeds and lots more cell phones.

Speaker 2 (23:46):
Well, how crazy that is? Mopeds, cell phones and yet
no help really getting to help out the people that
need this most. And I've been to a few discussions
about it, one recently where there was a pastor out
in Orion where he went out and it was like,
from one block to the next, you have to get

(24:09):
permission for somebody that's like controlling that block, and it's
not always a good person that's controlling that block. So
this has to be difficult to just just get into
the country, let alone be able to do some good.

Speaker 6 (24:25):
Exactly right now, there are no commercial airlines that are
flying into Haiti because in the last two and a
half years it's just continued to be under basically martial law.
The gangs are running the city of Porter Prince, which
is where most people would fly in through. There's only
two places to fly in to Haiti, and that's Porter

(24:47):
Prince to Capati. Capitation is on the northern coast and
it is a little safer, but still not a safe
thing for people to be doing. The last time I
was there was in April of twenty two, and probably
the last time a lot of people were actually in

(25:09):
win in and out of the country because they've sent
full time missionaries out of the country. For the most part,
there's a few that have stuck it out, but.

Speaker 2 (25:20):
Okay, and it's really really.

Speaker 6 (25:21):
Difficult there right now for any anybody to go.

Speaker 2 (25:26):
And that brings us to know the fundraiser here, but
also how heartbreaking that must be because there had to
be There have to be many relationships of people that
you want to see and you want to make make
their life better. But how can we make life better?
Maybe one of them is this fundraiser that you're going

(25:46):
to be having February eighth, and it'll be over at
the Golden Leaf Banquet Center. Now, when did you start
the idea of trying to get another fundraiser?

Speaker 6 (25:55):
Going back Okay, Well, we've actually continued to do fundraisers
and I have people that give monthly through a sponsorship program,
which is wonderful because that's what keeps us going. So
as bad as the country is to travel in right now,
since that's not safe, fortunately, we've been able to continue

(26:16):
with the financial support. So we just continue to raise
funds and everything has gotten so much more expensive, so
we're always looking to increase those funds so that they
can go to school and pay their teachers and have
food program for lunch because that's often the only food
that the kids in school will get that day.

Speaker 2 (26:37):
So with the fundraiser that's happening on February eighth, how
people can be a part of it, I would gather
you need some sort of a head count or maybe
there's other things that they need to know what's going
to be happening there other than the location, which of
course is the Golden Leaf Bankwet Center. But LORI you
take it from there.

Speaker 6 (26:56):
It is a trivia night, and so it's a lot
of fun to get a team to other just you know,
have fun answering trivia questions. Doesn't matter if you're good
at it or not. It's all for fun.

Speaker 7 (27:06):
Luri.

Speaker 2 (27:07):
Yes it does matter. If I'm doing trivia, I want
to be the winner, so well.

Speaker 6 (27:12):
Well please come and win.

Speaker 2 (27:14):
Then okay, that's right.

Speaker 6 (27:18):
At trivia, Yeah, it doesn't matter.

Speaker 2 (27:21):
It's camaraderie and we want people to have a good time.
Do great if they can, but just having a good
time and become aware that, you know, just going trekking
across the bridge or trekking over to any kind of
a center for a fundraiser. This is pretty easy from
our perspective. There's people down in Haiti that don't have
that choice. They need whatever help we can give them.

Speaker 6 (27:43):
Right, So, if you're interested in coming, it's ten dollars
of person. Seams are of eight, but we're flexible on that.
We don't charge for the whole table. We just charge
per person. So if you have six that's great. Come
with six people. If you are by yourself, that's fine.
Come alone and we can set you at another table.

(28:05):
It's just ten dollars per person to play and then
they'll be raffled and whatever else. That evening just for fun.
So if you can't make it, we're always accepting donations
for both Truan and lalamand and you can give it's
all text deductible through our five oh one C three.
I don't know if you want me to give my number,

(28:27):
name and number.

Speaker 2 (28:28):
Well, I don't want you to give yourself more private
information than you want to. But is there a website
that they could go to?

Speaker 6 (28:34):
Yep, it's called Love for Lalaman. That's l O ve
e f O r l A l l E m
A n D and that's dot org. There's the website there.
I don't know if it has the Trivia Night on it,
but my name and number is on there. I don't
mind giving out my number if.

Speaker 2 (28:54):
You know what for this particular thing, you give it
a couple of times because we want to We want
to give everybody an opportunity if they can't make it
there for the Trivia Night in some way, shape or form,
to be able to get a hold of you and help.

Speaker 6 (29:08):
Okay, contact number is three zero nine seven eight one
three seven eight five.

Speaker 2 (29:14):
Can you give it again? Give that again?

Speaker 6 (29:17):
Okay, three zero nine seven eight one three seven eight five,
and that you can register for the Trivia night if
you're interested in coming. You can always get more information
with that number. And then again. The The website is
loveflalamans dot org.

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