Greg & Dan Show Interviews

This morning, on The Greg and Dan Show spoke with Mayor of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Paul TenHaken.

 

Mayor TenHaken was recently featured in yesterday's Way To Go Todd segment. The segment covered Mr. TenHaken and his willingness to help out a local graffiti artist. After the mayor saw this person's art he decided to commission this artist to encourage his talents as an artist. The mayor also shares how he plans to help encourage other local artists by having a legal public space for artists to share their work on a public wall.

 

Thank you for coming on to our show Mr. TenHaken!

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This morning, on The Greg and Dan Show had Phil Luciano come into the studio to talk about his new show on WMBD.

 

Starting today, the Phil Luciano officially launches Monday to Friday afternoons from 3 - 6 pm. He shares about his early test show last Friday and what he plans to do on the show today. Featuring a special interview at 4 pm about the greatest little league baseball player to ever live.

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This morning, on The Greg and Dan Show Chris Setti from the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council.

 

Chirs came in to tell us about the collaboration between Peoria and her neighboring counties. Recently the Urbana area opened up the new Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing (IFAB) plant in collaboration with the University of Illinois. As our listeners may or may not know agriculture is the number one industry in the Central Illinois area and is incredibly important to the health of this region.

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This morning, on The Greg and Dan Show Dave Johnson came into the show this week to inform us about ransomware.

 

By law, certain categories of public organizations are not allowed to pay ransomware. Last week in North Miami there was a data breach using ransomware. Florida and North Carolina are the only states that do not allow government organizations to use taxpayer money to pay criminals. Dave explains to us the potential benefits and drawbacks of this policy, and the rules around ransomware that govern the private sector.

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This morning, on The Greg and Dan Show Jenni Davis, from the Peoria Public Library, and Kripa Guha, from Main Street Quest, came in to speak with us about an upcoming scavenger hunt in Peoria.

 

September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month. For the 3rd year, City Link and Peoria Public Libraries have teamed up to give free rides to any member of Peoria Public Libraries by just showing your library card. This year however, there will be a scavenger hunt on September 14th, hosted by Main Street Quest. This hunt will feature a $500 reward to the team of 5 who solve the most clues by 6 pm that night. The scavenger hunt will run the length of the Main Street Corridor from Bradley all the way to the Riverfront, which is bus route number 11. The hope is to familiarize Peoria citizens with the community transportation and Bradley students with the Downtown Peoria area.

 

The hunt begins on Saturday, September 14th with the starting point will be in front of the Wyckoff Building at Bradley University. The event is open to everyone, with sign ups starting at 10 am and running until 4 pm, and the event itself will wrap up at 6 pm. Good luck to everyone who participates!

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This morning, Greg and Dan brought in Amy McCoy, executive director of Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce, and Gary Gillis, Cluemaster and Grand Marshal of the medallion hunt for 37 years, for Pekin’s Marigold Festival.

 

This Monday, the Jimmy John’s Marigold Medallion Hunt kicks off on Monday, August 26th. The medallion will be hidden somewhere in a public location in Pekin, IL. Since 1978, the hunt has been a city-wide hunt for a small disc in the Pekin area, with clues being dropped by the Cluemaster from Monday to Saturday morning, or until it is found. The reward for whoever finds the medallion will be given $1,500 courtesy of Jimmy John’s. This year's medallion was designed by Pekin Community High School student Dana Snyder.

 

The first clue will be released on Monday at 12:00 pm posted on the Pekin Marigold Festival Facebook page, you can also visit https://pekinchamber.com/marigold-medallion-hunt/, or text 346-HUNT. Good luck to everyone who participates!

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This morning, Greg and Dan had the coach of Bradley University’s Men's Soccer team, Tim Regan, on the show.

 

After a successful college and professional athletic career and 8 years on Bradley’s coaching staff, Tim Regan this year became the team's head coach. Coach Regan shared his perspective on the challenges and advantages of recruiting athletes to Bradley, gave us an update on the team’s upcoming season, and how the team plans to use the Bowling Song.

 

Bradley’s season begins today at 7:00 pm at Shea Stadium against Chicago State University. Please come out and cheer on the Bradley Braves!

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This morning, Greg and Dan had Jodi Brown from KBStrong on the show.

 

This Saturday, KBStrong will be hosting the 6th annual BrownFest in Washington. The event will be for all ages and will have activities, food, drinks, live music from the Stone Cold Cowboys and Dueling Pianos, and a Bourbon Raffle. KBStrong’s mission is to raise awareness for and help fight against Glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. For more information on their cause and Kevin's story please visit https://kbstrong-fightingthefight.com/pages/kevin-story.

 

The event will be hosted at Washington’s Countryside Banquet Facility, 659 School Street. Stone Cold Cowboys go on at 5:00 pm and Dueling Pianos at 8:00 pm. For tickets email [email protected] or their Facebook page: KBStrong.

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This morning, Greg and Dan had Denise Beattie from the new live performance group We Play In Peoria.

 

We Play In Peoria is a live radio play performance group based out of Peoria. This Saturday, the group will be performing from 2-3 pm at the Irish Fest, in the Cultural Village. They will be performing classic plays from Fibber McGee and Molly, two Peoria natives, and Burns and Allen.

 

For more information, look them up on Facebook.

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This morning, Greg and Dan welcomed Congressman Eric Sorensen of Illinois’ 17th Congressional District.

 

In the interview, the Congressman is asked many questions about his perspective about his district and the country. Congressman Sorensen answers a variety of questions for our listeners about a variety of topics from the Farm Bill, Infrastructure, Affordability, his Constituency, and many more. The Congressman also shares his personal experiences and perspective on his tenure in Congress and what he hopes to accomplish throughout his career in Congress.

 

To support the Congressman’s campaign visit ericforillinois.com, and for all his congressional duties visit sorensen.house.gov.

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