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The one you trust. And right
now with our community connection, we have

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mister mister Jims squeasy hearing he is
with the kawannas and kawannas. We're busy

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all the time, but this time
we're beating some hooks. I'm ready to

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have some fun, aren't we?
That we are, Tom, It's gonna

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be a fun day. Saturday morning, Saturday morning. Gosh, it's you're

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already sure sign of summer, isn't
it. That's right. Tell us a

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little bit about the fishing derby that
takes place every year. That's a tradition

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we've put on for fifty well seventy
two years since nineteen fifty one, so

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we've enjoyed doing that. It's it's
about bringing families together, letting the kids

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come out and have some fun catching
fish out of the pond. And and

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we'd like to make a little competition
out of it and measure the fish and

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see how big they are and give
out prizes. All the kids get a

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prize, and we have trophies for
the biggest fish and different age categories,

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so everywhere from age three up through
age twelve, we'll have a good time

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out there. Those little eaty biddies
will surprise you some time. That's right,

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gets some of the biggest and just
like, well, what do you

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know, I might be good at
this, but it is a lot of

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fun. And we're tell everybody where
we're going to be dropping the hooks Joel

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and Low Park. That pond there
just off Price Road and just west of

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the Highway a little way, so
everybody in the area should bring their kids

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out and come on out. Now. Is there a charge to sign up?

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No charge, It's all free.
We have local merchants have made donations

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to help us with prizes and we
do that as a service to the community.

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Our Kawana's Club enjoys doing that.
Now, Kawanas has been around a

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while here in Bartlesville, and you're
known for really taking an interest in especially

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the youth, but making a big
difference in our community as well all around.

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I mean everything from scholarships to just
about everything. We try to stay

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involved. We certainly do. We
enjoy putting on the fireworks show, which

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would be coming up soon on fourth
of July. And we just opened the

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miniature golf course at Soonor Park Sooner
Junior and we have a blast in that

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and the kids and the whole family
enjoys that. Now if you haven't been

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out there for a while now,
last year you redesigned one of the fairways

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well eighteen Yeah, that was someone
that has the platform and the ball goes

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up the hill and back into the
building when you make it down the hole.

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So we made that a little more
permanent. It's all concrete now,

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so it'll last a long time.
You have to worry about warping. Right.

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How did our Eagle Scout project do
out there? It went very well.

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We had a we had a great
turnout there. She coordinated several helpers

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out there to get it done and
painted the whole building, several other all

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the scoreboard posts all around the course
and it really looks nice. Oh wow,

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So you got to come out there
weekends when we do it. But

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we also have what special events during
the week that's right by appointment parties and

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events every day every evening, so
you can book book a time there.

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There's a schedule there you go.
Yeah, I remember when the movies were

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in town that some of the actors
from Killers with the Flower Moon, We're

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coming over just kind of sneaking off
away from Pahaska, just get in eighteen

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over there. Yeah, we had
one of the actors in particular that really

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enjoyed playing golf, and I have
a prilege to get to know him very

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well and played several times with him. So we had a good time.

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That's great. Now that's Sooner Junior
Park. And that's over there in Sooner

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Park. Now this is at Joe
Allen where the fishing derby is taking place.

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Now do we register when we get
there? How do we how do

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we control of this big influx of
kiddos? That's right. The phishing starts

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at nine o'clock, registration at eight
thirty, so we will be there before

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that to get set up and ready, and if the kids will get there

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around eight thirty, we'll get them
all signed up and and we have a

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boy scouts from a Troop six that'll
be out there to help us circle the

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pond and radio or phone in the
results to the headquarters table. So they

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get a kick out of that,
don't think they do? Go it?

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Yeah, I'm in I'm wearing a
uniform and I got a radio. That's

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that cool? I mean that's growing
up stuff there. Oh yeah, Oh

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so now I do the bringing it
bring your own pole but what happens if

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you got a youngster that's maybe a
little that doesn't have have equipment. Do

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we have Well, we try to
bring a few extra rods and reels.

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Can't guarantee you, but we can't, that's right. But we asked them

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to bring your own equipment. And
most most of the kids have belting some

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type. Yeah some of you is
artificial, babe, but mostly worms or

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minnows or something. And creepy crab
ask all the fishermen to have a parent

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with him or an adult somebody at
least sixteen years old that can help him

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out in case to get one of
them big whoppers, you know. And

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there you go. Let me grab
you by the way, so we all

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look at that thing. It's size
of your hand. You know. That

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kind of happens, and the kids, they just get so excited. Just

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get a nibble, that's right.
I remember being a little guy, and

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you know, I never thought I
was ever going to catch a fish,

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but getting that nibble that was everything
in the world. Finally pulled one how

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the water and said, hey,
yeah, you got to go back in.

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But this is all catching release,
right, do catching release? Yeah?

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We re stock leaving them in there
so we don't deplete the supply.

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Oh, very good, very good. You know, that is such a

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beautiful surrounding out there, and if
mother nature cooperates. You know, she's

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been putting the ring on pause mostly
so we might get a little pause there

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early in the day and it ought
to be really nice. But it's really

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kind of pictureresque out there. It's
very nice. See how the city has

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done a lot to improve that park
in the last year. They cut a

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lot of lambs up higher on the
trees so the sun we'll get through,

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and brought in a whole bunch of
sawed and put out there so we don't

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have the mudy spots. So it's
much improved and in very good shape.

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Very good. So you know,
youngsters, bringing it out with you and

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let's have some fun. Three to
twelve. It is age three through age

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twelve, three different age brackets.
Okay, so that way, you know,

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you're kind of eating league with your
peers there. You don't have to

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worry about some twelve year old crowding
out if you're three. Boy, I

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remember those days, but after a
little bit of therapy, I got over

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it. But anyway, it's all
good fun. And it's a great way

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for families to kind of connect and
have fun. And who knows, you

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know, your kids probably will walk
away making new friends. That's usually way

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it works, I think, So
they'll have a good time. Oh yeah,

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indeed. Now, Kawanas, you've
got a great website. It's been

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kind of a little under construction,
yes, but it's going looking pretty good.

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I believe it's launched. There maybe
a little more tweaking going on,

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but it is out there for everyone
to see what all we're involved in.

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And burtlesfale Kawanas. We have a
Facebook page two people can go to and

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just see what we're all about.
And you know, it's very well up

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cap you know, the europe to
date on everything there and if you really

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want to see what's coming up ahead, there's usually a good long stretch there

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that you can plan ahead, make
plans with your family, like the Fishing

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derby, like Freedom Fest, or
even even act the Christmas preade. Planning

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and planning is already underway for the
Christmas pread. You know, you guys

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killed me with that thing. Yeah, absolutely killed me because I know that

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it takes so much effort to put
it on right. And then about a

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month after it's over. Well,
back to the road board, back to

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it. Yeah, he's never stopped. Yeah, it's never stopped. Now,

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we're fortunate we've recruited some new Kawanist
members to help us. But everyone

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in the club has a passion for
serving the community, especially the youth in

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the community, and doing things to
put smiles on those kids' faces. And

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we do quite a few scholarships through
out the season antc And you can find

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that up on the website as well, and you're gonna take a look at

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it. You're gonna see, Wow, maybe I should be a kawani.

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And how how do we become a
member of the Quants Club. Well,

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we're open to anyone that wants to
come and visit. We meet at Trike

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County Tech first and third wednesdays of
each month. We have we also meet

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the other wednesdays for planning sessions,
but we have speakers and programs on the

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first and third Wednesday of each month. Very good, no secret handshake or

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anything like that. At four times
to skip on the fanthy you know,

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nothing too mysterious, there's oh well, good dude. And if it's all

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your friends and neighbors anyway, that's
right, and that's why there's such a

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great community partner. Hey Jim,
thank you very much. Anything we missed,

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I think we're about to cover it, all righty, Let's drop some

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hooks and pull in some fish.
Sounds like fine, all righty, Thank

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you very much. Listening to our
community connection on K one, the one

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you trust right here, it is
now. I