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Amy Meyer, a Licensed Clinical Therapist from the CGH Behavioral Health Unit. Amy was here to talk about how the CGH Behavioral Health Unit helps those suffering from mental health conditions and Mental Health Awareness Month in May.

Today one of our Irving Third graders, Hazel, dropped by WKEI this morning with The Good News about Administrative Professionals Day and a special shout out to Irving School's very own Administrative Professional, Ms. Johnson. 

Galva Mayor Rich Volkert was our guest on Wake Up Tri-Counties on Wednesday. The mayor joined us to talk about finally settling a dispute over parking regulations in Galva. A nine month discussion among Galva citizens and the City of Galva closed on Monday with a compromise that appears to have settled the matter. The Mayor addresses the parking kerfuffle and then goes on to cover other important aspects of Monday's Galva City Council Meeting. The next Galva City Council Meeting will be earlier next month. Mayor Volkert explained that with Memorial Day falling on Monday, May 26th, the City needed to move the date for next month's meeting to the previous week. 

Ruth Kapacinskas with the Kewanee Education Association joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on Tuesday morning. Leadership elections are going on into the month of May for the Kewanee Education Association and as the recent new contract between the KEA and the Kewanee School District demonstrated, choosing the right leaders is incredibly important. Ruth spoke to WKEI RegionalMediaNews.com about the positions that will be voted on and how the leadership and structure of the Kewanee Education Association works. The results of the leadership election will be announced next month. 

The Radiology Department at OSF Saint Luke Medical Center has new equipment that is expanding their services and giving more patients the chance to get treatment closer to home. Josh Bainbridge and Shelly Naftzger with the Radiology and Imaging Department at OSF Saint Luke Medical Center joined Wake Up Tri-Counties to talk about new technology, the difference between a CT and an MRI, and what it means to get to help patients stay closer to home. Josh and Shelly, along with Samantha Rux were our guests this week on Wake Up Tri-Counties. 

Sparks is joined by Sarah Baca & Destiny Dunnigan from Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mississippi Valley to talk about the organization, as well as their upcoming 35th Annual Plant Sale at the Fortress Bank location on East Jackson Street in Macomb from May 8th to the 11th. 

There'll plenty hundreds of hanging baskets, displays, and annuals available for sale starting at 8 a.m. with all of the proceeds going to benefit the Big Brothers Big Sisters, which helps pair underage youth with mentors in the community. 

BBBS is also looking for volunteers to work the Plant Sale. 

For more information about volunteering for the Plant Sale or to become a Big or Little, contact Sarah Baca at (309) 837-5437 or visit the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mississippi Valley Facebook page.

On this week's edition of The Boiler Shop Russ Hughes reacts to the news that Dayton Ince has been chosen as the new Head Coach of the Kewanee Boilermakers. Ince goes back a long way with the Kewanee Basketball program and Russ has known the man for years. We also talked about Kyle Galli being named as the new Head Basketball Coach at Wethersfield, and, as usual, we run down the week that was in Spring sports with Kewanee Baseball, Softball, and Boys and Girls Track. It's all part of Week Six of The Boiler Shop.