Greg & Dan Show Interviews

This morning on The Greg and Dan Show, we gave Mark Grote from The Score a call to talk about the upcoming Chicago Bears season.

 

Mark is a Illinois State University alumni and ex-WMBD employee and is working with The Score covering the Chicago Bears full-time. Today Mark shares his perspective on Caleb Williams, and how he compares to past Bears Quarterbacks, and his thoughts on the recent Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Chicago Bears.

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This morning on The Greg and Dan Show Erryn Dykstra and Chealsea Carmona came in to inform us about the upcoming Pathways to Success Event Leadership Conference.

 

Pathways to Success is for women leaders in the Greater Peoria area, and is organized by Peoria Women in Leadership and National Association of Women Business Owners. The event will feature their keynote speaker Betsy  Allen-Manning, as well as many other influential women from across the nation. Thank you to Erryn and Chelsea for coming on to the show!

 

For more information visit: https://www.peoriawomeninleadership.com/Conference.Tickets for non-members will be $85, and $75 for members. Registration for the event will close on Friday the 6th, and the conference itself will be on September 20th from 8 am - 4 pm. 

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This morning on The Greg and Dan Show, we gave mystery novel writer and Central Illinois-native Phillip Mottaz.

 

Phillip is subject to what Greg has decided is the greatest coincidence ever. Phillip has recently written and released a book featuring the Gallagher brothers of the band Oasis solving a mystery, and believe it or not, within the same week of its publishing, Oasis recently just announced their reunion. We ask Phillip what his reaction to the reunion news was and what made him decide to write a book featuring the Gallagher brothers. 

The book is titled: Deadly Maybe: A Gallagher Brothers Mystery and is available wherever you get your books from. Thanks for coming on the show Mr. Mottaz!

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This morning on The Greg and Dan Show, Patrick Urich, City Manager of the City of Peoria came to speak to us about pensions.

 

Recently, there has been a lot of discourse circulating about state and local pensions in Peoria. As of right now we are supposed to have $763 million in pension funds, right now we are at 52% of that contribution and must make up the remaining 48% by 2040. In the interview, Mr. Urich details the structure of the Illinois state pension system, as well as at the local level and where the money to contribute to the fund will be sourced from. 

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Today, Jack Manis came on to the Greg and Dan Show to tell us about the upcoming Peoria Blues and Heritage Festival.

 

This year is the 34th year of the festival and is one of the oldest running events on the Peoria Riverfront. The festival will feature performances from Shemekia Copeland, Here Come the Mummies, Peoria-natives Steady Flow, Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers, and many more.

The Festival will run from Friday the 30th through Saturday the 31st. Gates open at 5 pm on Friday and 12 pm on Saturday. For more information and tickets, please visit https://peoriabluesandheritagefestival.com/lineup/.

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This morning, on The Greg and Dan Show Lindsey Spangler and Chirs Horan from Red Sneakers came in to visit.

 

Red Sneakers is an organization that helps to bring awareness to allergy food preparations and treatment. In their recent partnership, Red Sneakers collaborated with UPC Discovery to make the first allergy friendly early learning center. This October Red Sneakers will also be hosting their second annual 5K Walk/Run for Food Allergy Awareness and Teal Pumpkin Fall Festival. 

 

For more information visit https://www.redsneakers.org/peoria.

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This morning, Greg and Dan gave congressional candidate Judge Joe McGraw a call.

 

Judge McGraw is running for Congress for the 17th congressional district for the Republican party. In this interview, they discuss the Farm Bill, Inflation, Issues with Congress, Affordable Connectivity, and What He’s Learned from Traveling the 17th District.

 

Visit judgejoeforcongress.com for more information.

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This morning, on The Greg and Dan Show we invited Jerry Kolb and John & Linda Pes to talk about the upcoming Bridge to Bridge Run. 

 

This Labor Day, September 2nd, at 7 am the 10th annual Bridge to Bridge Race kicks off at 7am. The 4 mile run will conclude at the CEFCU stage and host a post-race celebration that will feature food from Olive Garden, cold beer, live music from Jonny Quest, and much more.

Sign-ups are still open, and are at https://bridgetobridgerun.com/. PAcket pick up will be this Saturday at RC Outfitters from 12 - 5 pm and Monday before the race starting at 5:45 am. Good luck to all the racers.

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This morning, on The Greg and Dan Show, Major Anita Sells, Tami Shawgo, Theresa Mangieri, and Rachel Braker from the Salvation Army’s Women's Auxiliary Event.

 

Every year the Women’s Auxiliary hosts a fundraiser event. Since the group's inception this fundraiser has brought in more than $1 million for the Salvation Army’s mission. Today these women came in to inform our listeners about the upcoming event, exciting guest speakers, and an update on the Salvation Army’s mission.

 

The event is on October 3rd, and will feature a silent auction hosted by our very own Greg Batton and guest-speaker Ben Zobrist. If you are interested in joining the Women’s Auxiliary or attending the event please visit https://centralusa.salvationarmy.org/peoria/ for more information, tickets close a week in advance.

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Today we are honored to share that we had Chief Craig Harper from the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.

 

Chief Harper shared with us the history of the Peoria Tribe and their story, as well as the reason for his historic visit to the Peoria area. In collaboration with the Peoria Riverfront Museum, the Peoria Tribe helped to create a beautiful woodworking piece to house the Riverfronts collection of handmade duck decoys. In the interview, Chief Harper shares his hopes for the future of the Nation and how the citizens of Peoria can support the Peoria Tribe and their relationship with the Greater Peoria Area.

 

To learn more visit peoriatribe.com, and look them up on any social media platform. Thank you Chief Harper for the honor of coming onto the show, we hope to host you again soon!

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