The County Pulse

This County Pulse Podcast episode Andy Wheeler – Kankakee County Board Chairman will join us.  Andy discusses his history of growing up here in Kankakee, his previous work that brought him to his current position which is County Board member in District 15 and County Board Chairman.  Andy also speaks about not just changing the County fiscally which has been very impressive but working to changing the way people treat each other and how to work towards rebuilding a more cooperative and respectful culture for all Kankakee County Residents.  

Chairman Wheeler also discusses his goal as a person to work with Local Companies and Local Youth to provide them with the vision to see the opportunities beyond Kankakee County. His goal is to ensure that our young people have internships and opportunities with local companies and making sure the County and local municipalities provide the necessary tools to get accomplish those goals.  All the while giving them not jut the dream of a college education but giving them the building blocks to accomplish that goal.  

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This County Pulse Podcast episode is 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 "𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙚" 𝙇𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙬𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡.  Coach "Big Pete" is the publisher 6 of Deep Dish Football which highlights, interviews and promotes Illinois High School Student Athletes and creates Watch-lists, coverage of all Illinois Football and talks about various awards given during the High school season.

Listen in as Big Pete gives his top Football Teams in every class from 1A up to 8A including local teams that are some of the top picks in their class as well as a review of all local teams in the area.  You won't want to miss this podcast. 
 
 Coach Big Pete discusses free recruiting for Football Players in Illinois and the reasons why parents and players you should never, ever pay for recruiting. He also talks about the things High School players need to do to increase their awareness among colleges and increase their chances of finding the right place to continue on with their Football career while obtaining their College degree. 

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Listen to Part 1 of a 2 Part Interview with Devin Johnson who is the Founder of All Love Basketball and Assistant Basketball coach at Kankakee Community College (KCC).  Coach Johnson discusses Travel Basketball and building student athletes to be competitors on the basketball court both during AAU/Travel Basketball and then about those student athletes take those skills to their High school Teams. 

Part 1 breaks down lay of the land nationwide and Coach Johnson talks about the Travel Teams and a few players.  We have broke the interview into 2 parts in some cases as The County Pulse Podcast Host and quests spend considerable time talking about each guest area of interest.  Make sure you take the time after listening to this Podcast to take time to listen to Part 2 which will be available soon.

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Zack Myers is the Varsity Head Coach at Manteno High School.  Coach Myers talks about his days of being a 3 sport athlete at Dwight as well as the coaches he worked under while working his way to be a Manteno Panther.  

Coach Myers speaks about how his team is preparing for the 2020-2021 season without recent graduates and how he expects that to be a change in the Panthers approach as they compete to repeat as the Illinois Central Eight Championship while attempting to advance into the IHSA playoffs.  

Coach Myers spent time coaching at Peotone, Gardner-South Wilmington and Herscher over the past seven years  He is a Dwight High School and Monmouth College. 

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This is Part 1 of a 2 Part Interview with Brandon Woods who is the Assistant Program Director for All Love Basketball located in Kankakee County and Coaches various Travel basketball Teams for All Love. 

Coach Woods will be The County Pulse Podcast's Travel and High School go-to person this year.  Coach  gives his thoughts on the recent ESPN, 10 part series "The Last Dance" and the traits of many view as the greatest basketball player to every play the game, Michael Jordan and how young players can adopt many of those traits.

Part 1 also gets into the thick of Travel Basketball and what circuits are the best including Prep Hoops and NY2LA, the circuits All Love Basketball played in last year. 

Make sure you take the time after listening to this Podcast to take time to listen to Part 2 which will be available soon. 

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This County Pulse Podcast episode is Mike Kohl - BBCHS Varsity Football Coach. Coach Kohl discusses the recent decision of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) allowing schools to begin reopening as it relates to BBCHS Football Program.  Coach Kohl also talks about where he's from, how the recent pandemic has impacted his life and how is preparing for the upcoming season both on and off the field including his philosophy to encourage his players to love each other and to adopt a recent saying he heard and witnessed while visiting Tom Allen Head Football Coach at Indiana University - L.E.O. "Love Each Other".  Coach Kohl also talks about what defines him now whether he is winning or losing. 

Coach Kohl also discusses the current schedule 2020 fall Football Season, the Southwest Suburban conference, our opponents and also changes in offensive strategies and players who may have an impact for BBCHS Football this coming season including recent events that impact his players and Coaches of Color

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This County Pulse Podcast episode is Marie P. Anderson who discovered many models who have and are advancing their carriers including Cindy Crawford. Our discussion revolved around the her start in the industry including discussion Cindy and her signing of her we well as her push for and advocacy for models today in the industry as well as how to become a model and education men and women who want to get into the Modeling Industry. 

This episode is Marie P. Anderson is an internationally published author and former fashion model with several decades of experience scouting, developing and managing fashion models from inside every Chicago top fashion model agency. She dedicates her time to coaching her model clients, public speaking, scouting and managing her fashion models as an independent agent, as well as producing model coaching videos with her online company, Boss Babe Models.  

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Jim Rowe is in his second term as Kankakee County County States Attorney and a friend of the host, Jeff Dexter.  Jim speaks of his life as a young man and how it was molded into the man he is today.  Jim speaks straight forward about how his life as a young person growing up in a diverse community and higher education at DePaul University, made him into the person he is now and how he uses those experiences and his family values to guide him today in his professional and personal life. Jim is an active person in Kankakee County Community and works with his favorite great organization in the community including KC-CASA and Harbor House.  

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