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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time now for our community connection right here on

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<v Speaker 1>K one, the one you trust, and we have Judy

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<v Speaker 1>in here with this from the Greater Bartlesfield Chamber of Commerce.

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<v Speaker 2>How are you doing, young lady.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm good. How about you?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you know, Bartlesville is about the best daring place

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<v Speaker 1>on the planet to be and I'm very happy to

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<v Speaker 1>be here, and I'm sure you are too.

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<v Speaker 3>I am, I am, I am. It's a little muggy outside,

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<v Speaker 3>but other than that, it's a great place to be.

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<v Speaker 1>You know something, I come from the Great Lakes area,

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<v Speaker 1>and every time someone says, oh, the winter's just so dreadful,

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<v Speaker 1>that forty that minus forty degrees, that polar vortex, I said,

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<v Speaker 1>come on down here and burn like a cinder.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll get over real quick.

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<v Speaker 1>And then they wouldn't mind having a couple of one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred degree days in life. So yeah, I'll take this one.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all part of you. We have to call the

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<v Speaker 1>price paradise.

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<v Speaker 3>There you go.

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<v Speaker 1>So now we've got some cool things going on with

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<v Speaker 1>the chamber. I understand we have business after hours coming out.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, business after hours is tomorrow, at four o'clock from

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<v Speaker 3>four to five point thirty, and it's gonna be at

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<v Speaker 3>Palace Rooms in at three oh nine Dewey Palace Rooms

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<v Speaker 3>is they've also got lollipops and number three oh nine

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<v Speaker 3>I think is the name of it. Anyway, it's that

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<v Speaker 3>little part of Palace Rooms and they've just got a

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<v Speaker 3>great deal there with their little grocery store and you

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<v Speaker 3>can get pizza there. It's that wood fire pizza. It's

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<v Speaker 3>really a suh that it's really good. It's really good.

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<v Speaker 3>So I don't know if that's what we're gonna have

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<v Speaker 3>tomorrow night, that's up to Adrian and David, but but

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<v Speaker 3>whatever it is, it will be good. And so we

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<v Speaker 3>want to encourage you to come out at four o'clock

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<v Speaker 3>to Palace Rooms and lounge, and then after it it's

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<v Speaker 3>o where you could even stay for dinner if you wanted.

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<v Speaker 2>That would be encouraged.

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<v Speaker 1>That would be encouraged because I know most folks have

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<v Speaker 1>gone by, and some folks have gone in, but not

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<v Speaker 1>everybody's gone in. Wells for opportunity to say, hey, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's nothing to hold me back now.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, It'll be fun, it'll be good, sure, And so

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<v Speaker 3>we always have. You know, there's always going to be food,

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<v Speaker 3>and there's going to be door prizes, and we have

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<v Speaker 3>great door prizes from other businesses that give us door prizes,

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<v Speaker 3>and then of course we'll have Chamber Bucks from the

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<v Speaker 3>Chamber and it's just a great opportunity to come and

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<v Speaker 3>network and meet other business leaders in town.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, we got the big form coming up.

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<v Speaker 3>We have the big form coming up. This is going

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<v Speaker 3>to be a good one. This is with Tandra Perkins.

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<v Speaker 3>She's the senior vice president from Phillip sixty six and

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<v Speaker 3>she'll be here and you can. It's two hundred and

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<v Speaker 3>ninety five dollars I think for a table. But she

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<v Speaker 3>will be here and it's at Tricount Tech and that

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<v Speaker 3>will be August the eighth, which is a Thursday, I believe,

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<v Speaker 3>and out at Tri County and it will be from

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<v Speaker 3>eleven thirty to one. And so it's a great.

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<v Speaker 2>Time indoor air condition companies.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>You've been doing some great things here and a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of things coming up to Now.

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<v Speaker 2>What's this pastries and perks. I've been hearing about past

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<v Speaker 2>and perks.

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<v Speaker 3>Really will Yeah, it is, it's a it's the new

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<v Speaker 3>thing Sherry brought into the Chamber and pastries and perks.

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<v Speaker 3>I like to say that Sherry shares the perks and

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<v Speaker 3>the Eatery shares the pastries they are bringing. They sponsor

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<v Speaker 3>it with with fresh their fresh pastries. Oh my gosh,

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<v Speaker 3>they're so good. And we did it yesterday was our

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<v Speaker 3>first time and we had a really good turnout for

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<v Speaker 3>our first time, and I thought that we're going to

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<v Speaker 3>do it again August the twentieth. It from eight to

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<v Speaker 3>nine in the morning at the Chamber office and again

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<v Speaker 3>Eatery will provide the pastries, which is really really good.

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<v Speaker 3>But we talk about Chamber benefits, so this is for

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<v Speaker 3>non members that could come and learn it. They've thought

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<v Speaker 3>about being a Chamber member, but they didn't have all

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<v Speaker 3>the answers to their questions, and so it's for non members.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's also for new members that may not have

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<v Speaker 3>realized all the things that are available. And then it's

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<v Speaker 3>for members that have been members for a long long

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<v Speaker 3>time that don't know about the new things like pastries

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<v Speaker 3>and perks, or where we do business after hours now,

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<v Speaker 3>because business after hours used to have a different time,

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<v Speaker 3>but business after hours is always the first Thursday of

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<v Speaker 3>the month. It's always at four o'clock and it's always

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<v Speaker 3>at a new location each time. So that's why it's

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<v Speaker 3>important to check in and if you are a member,

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<v Speaker 3>to read your weekly memo, and if you're not a member,

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<v Speaker 3>we would love to talk to you about becoming a member.

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<v Speaker 2>What a sweet way to start the day.

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<v Speaker 3>I know, yeah, it is, it is. I mean it

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<v Speaker 3>was really good.

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<v Speaker 1>So ye and you get a chance to meet people

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<v Speaker 1>to network a little bit.

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<v Speaker 3>TI huh, Well, yeah, we did. And we had a

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<v Speaker 3>young man come from Tulsa. I was telling you about

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<v Speaker 3>this earlier. He was. I just said, what brought you

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<v Speaker 3>to pastries and perks? Because he's not a chamber member

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<v Speaker 3>and it was the first time he'd ever been to Bartlesville.

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<v Speaker 3>And I know, isn't that interesting? And he he said,

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<v Speaker 3>I was really I was really pleased with this. He

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<v Speaker 3>said he had never been to Bartlesville, but what a

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<v Speaker 3>wonderful place. He said, you guys have a great place here.

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<v Speaker 3>I said, yeah, we know that. And I said, it's

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<v Speaker 3>the biggest little city or the littlest big city you've

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<v Speaker 3>ever been to. And Bartlesville is just we've just got

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<v Speaker 3>one of everything here. It's really really a great place

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<v Speaker 3>to live and work and play and or even start

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<v Speaker 3>a business and or start a business and become a

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<v Speaker 3>chamber member. But but he said that, and he's and

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<v Speaker 3>he was very encouraging about our chamber, and he had

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<v Speaker 3>been to other chambers before, and he really appreciated all

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<v Speaker 3>the things that that we offer as a chamber and

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<v Speaker 3>the things that we try to do here in Bartlesville.

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<v Speaker 2>That's great, that's fine testament all along.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, and what's going on in town too. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>we do have a great place to live here, and

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<v Speaker 3>it's pretty and people have cared about it for years

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<v Speaker 3>and we have you know, iconic things like Price Tower

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<v Speaker 3>and and are and wool of rock and the museums

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<v Speaker 3>and things like that that that you know, bigger places

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<v Speaker 3>may have, but but in Bartlesville it's pretty awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>If you if you look at any town the size

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<v Speaker 1>of thirty five to forty thousands, and that's the truth. People,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have a community center like we You don't

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<v Speaker 1>have a Unity Square, no, like we have that. That

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<v Speaker 1>is right, that's priced.

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<v Speaker 3>That's that's pretty awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And then of course our streets are in pretty

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<v Speaker 1>good shape and everything else seems to run pretty darn

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<v Speaker 1>welfare a town our size. You know, sure, we've got

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<v Speaker 1>some things to work on, but you know what, we've

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<v Speaker 1>got people who are aware of that and they're working on.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right, And who doesn't have things to work on

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<v Speaker 3>like that?

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<v Speaker 1>But that reminds me I'll be a little bit busy

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<v Speaker 1>later today on myself improving.

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<v Speaker 3>But there you go.

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<v Speaker 1>But anyway, we've got the other things that going on

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<v Speaker 1>here too.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we've got the hot topics.

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<v Speaker 3>Hot Topics. Hot topics is something that the Chamber did

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<v Speaker 3>years ago and now we're bringing it back. Sherry wanted

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<v Speaker 3>to bring this back. August twenty eighth will be the

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<v Speaker 3>first the kickoff for hot Topics that is, and it's

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<v Speaker 3>sponsored and presented by iron Wood Business Consulting here in Bartlesville.

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<v Speaker 3>It's about HR departments, So HR Mastering HR Compliance is

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<v Speaker 3>actually the title of this first one. We'll do four

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<v Speaker 3>months in the fall and then four months in the spring,

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<v Speaker 3>and so eight month total. This is a free event.

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<v Speaker 3>So if you have a small business or a larger business,

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<v Speaker 3>but you need some information about the top ten mistakes

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<v Speaker 3>that companies make in their HR departments, we would encourage

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<v Speaker 3>you to come out for this. You do need to

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<v Speaker 3>register to be a part of that, but it's just

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<v Speaker 3>so that we know how to plan and there is

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<v Speaker 3>no like I said, there's no charge involved in that.

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<v Speaker 3>So you can discover the critical compliance questions that every

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<v Speaker 3>HR professional is going to have. But again, Ironwood Business

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<v Speaker 3>Consulting is going to come in and facilitate that for us.

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<v Speaker 1>It's amazing in a short time that it went from

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<v Speaker 1>you can just stick a shingle out and go into

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<v Speaker 1>business to oh my gosh, what's this. Yeah, there are

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of you know, pieces of red tape. You

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<v Speaker 1>have to really navigate through it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, there are and and so Ironwood will help

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<v Speaker 3>you navigate through those, and obviously the Chamber will we

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<v Speaker 3>do everything we can to give businesses a platform to

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<v Speaker 3>be successful and to ask those questions that we may

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<v Speaker 3>not have an answer for, but I guarantee you we'll

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<v Speaker 3>find someone that will.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the way you guys work. I mean, you're still

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<v Speaker 1>resourceful and you have so many people with whom others

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<v Speaker 1>can connect. You know, one thing, this is completely a

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<v Speaker 1>different aside. You know that book that comes out at

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<v Speaker 1>the first of the year, and it's got just about

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<v Speaker 1>everything you want to know about bartle Let's put it

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<v Speaker 1>out that is one that is one piece of marketing

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<v Speaker 1>that money just can't buy.

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<v Speaker 3>Isn't that just a great book?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, when my mother moved to town that she says,

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<v Speaker 1>by Golling, all I have to do is get through

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit more of this and she says, that's it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to know everything I need to know. She

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<v Speaker 2>said it was so.

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<v Speaker 1>Easy at her age to navigate, to understand, to absorb,

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<v Speaker 1>and she said it was really nice that it was

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<v Speaker 1>in color.

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<v Speaker 2>And everything.

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<v Speaker 1>She said, it just made you feel so connected so

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<v Speaker 1>quickly to the community.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's a great book. It talks about the ed

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<v Speaker 3>you know, schools here in Bartlesville. It talks about our

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<v Speaker 3>healthcare system in Bartlesville. It talks about a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>different things throughout the book. And then it also at

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<v Speaker 3>the back of the book are all of our chamber

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<v Speaker 3>members are listed there by category so people can can

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<v Speaker 3>find things. Yeah, because if you're looking for some a

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<v Speaker 3>plumber or you're looking for a veterinarian, you know, those

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<v Speaker 3>things are listed in the book by category. They're easier

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<v Speaker 3>to find that way instead of by alphabet. So it's

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<v Speaker 3>nice to have that to be able to just look

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<v Speaker 3>them up really quickly. And you know, we give those

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<v Speaker 3>books out to all of our members. We have an

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<v Speaker 3>Advocate committee at the Chamber. It's made up of about

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<v Speaker 3>thirty four people this year, and we do Operation thank

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<v Speaker 3>You in January and that's when in one day we

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<v Speaker 3>try to distribute those books to all of our members

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<v Speaker 3>in that one time, and our advocates assist us in

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<v Speaker 3>doing that. They take a list and the books and

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<v Speaker 3>they take them out. But if you don't have a book,

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<v Speaker 3>they're available at the Chamber and you can combine and

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<v Speaker 3>pick one up. But we try to give those to

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<v Speaker 3>our members, like I said, in one day. Some days,

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<v Speaker 3>hundred and sixty members right now, so we don't get

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<v Speaker 3>them all done in one day sometimes, but we certainly

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<v Speaker 3>make a concerted effort and thank you for our advocates

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<v Speaker 3>that come out and help us do that.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I encourage folks who are actually even looking

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<v Speaker 2>To drop by your office. Absolutely you can't and.

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<v Speaker 1>Just ask a few questions, because I mean, you guys

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<v Speaker 3>You know, we have people come in every day, whether

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<v Speaker 3>like that young man yesterday that said he was they

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<v Speaker 3>were wanting to move here, that his wife had said, well,

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<v Speaker 3>why don't we move to Collinsville, And he said, no,

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<v Speaker 3>why don't we move to Bartlesville. And so I'll let

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<v Speaker 3>them work that out. But it's it's just neat to

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<v Speaker 3>see people that come in to ask about the history

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<v Speaker 3>of Bartlesville. They and then a lot of times we

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<v Speaker 3>can send them over to visit Bartlesville, over to where

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<v Speaker 3>at the community center with Maria or Becky and they

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<v Speaker 3>can go over there and get stuff too. But we

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<v Speaker 3>have maps, We have Oklahoma maps, we have Bartlesville maps.

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<v Speaker 3>We have all those things. And then obviously the book

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<v Speaker 3>that people can come and get and learn more about

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<v Speaker 3>Bartlesville Northeast Oklahoma.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what really adds just that little sparkle or

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<v Speaker 1>that little star on the top of the tree, it's Christmas.

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<v Speaker 2>In the Ville.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh we love Christmas in the vill, don't you. And

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<v Speaker 3>we are starting to put christ well, we start putting

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<v Speaker 3>Christmas in the Ville together the day after we close

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<v Speaker 3>it you know, it's one of those things. It's just

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<v Speaker 3>a year round event, but we are getting close. It

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<v Speaker 3>feels like it's a long ways away, but it's not.

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<v Speaker 3>And this year we will extend Christmas in the Ville

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<v Speaker 3>an extra week. We are Opening night is November thirtieth,

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<v Speaker 3>awesome again. We'll have food trucks and we'll have our

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<v Speaker 3>top train and things like that that are available for

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<v Speaker 3>opening night. And it is just always such a grand,

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<v Speaker 3>grand time. It's we live in a Hallmark movie for

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<v Speaker 3>that month. You know, it's just awesome. The lights and

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<v Speaker 3>the music and the kids laugh and mom and dad

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<v Speaker 3>Christmas carolers and Santa Claus and oh my gosh, it's

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<v Speaker 1>And also on top of that, it's a photo op

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<v Speaker 1>or six. Oh yeah it happened because oh yeah, you've

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<v Speaker 1>got the historic depot where you guys are located.

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<v Speaker 2>You got that yeah train, you got the.

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<v Speaker 3>Ice ornament, that great big ornament. We've had people. Two

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<v Speaker 3>guys last year proposed at Christmas in Theville in that ornament.

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<v Speaker 3>They they set it up and did a whole surprise

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<v Speaker 3>thing and and did their proposals and got yes answers,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, and so that was that was a neat thing.

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<v Speaker 3>But it just brings so many people to downtown, and

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<v Speaker 3>the businesses and the restaurants downtown benefit from that as well,

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<v Speaker 3>and they are always so supportive and and people walk

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<v Speaker 3>downtown and all the lights from all the other businesses

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<v Speaker 3>and all the things that Phillips puts up. It's just

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<v Speaker 3>beautiful downtown. But Christmas in the Ville is just one

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<v Speaker 1>It takes you back to almost like it like a

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<v Speaker 1>Norman Rockwell pain. Yeah, I mean, that's just how awesome.

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<v Speaker 3>It truly is like that. And we have people from Parsons,

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<v Speaker 3>Kansas and Schnoot and Coffeeville. We had some from Erie

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<v Speaker 3>last year. We have them from Tulsa and Collinsville and

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<v Speaker 3>Ouasso and Skytook but and no Wada obviously. But it's

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<v Speaker 3>interesting how it's expanding and people are farther away or

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<v Speaker 3>learning about it and they come to Bartlesville for that day.

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<v Speaker 3>And so the revenue that is generated there, the tax

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<v Speaker 3>revenue that's generated there, and for businesses too because they

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<v Speaker 3>come to skate, but they eat and they shop and

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<v Speaker 3>they look around at how beautiful Bartlesville is. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>Oh boy, do the shop?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, they do.

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<v Speaker 2>So can people find out more about the.

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<v Speaker 3>Chamber, Well, obviously they can call Our phone number at

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<v Speaker 3>the Chamber is three three six eight seven zero eight.

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<v Speaker 3>And then our website. You need to check out our website.

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<v Speaker 3>We have a new website. It is Bartlesville dot com

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<v Speaker 3>www obviously Bartlesville dot com and it will tell you

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<v Speaker 3>about how to join the chamber. It will tell you

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<v Speaker 3>can find our member directory there under member center you

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<v Speaker 3>can find out different things that are available to Chamber members.

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<v Speaker 3>And then obviously you can you can call me at

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<v Speaker 3>at that number three three six eight seven zero eight,

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<v Speaker 3>and I would love to talk to you about becoming

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<v Speaker 3>a Chamber member if you're not already. And then but

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<v Speaker 3>our website is the biggest thing. It is really We

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<v Speaker 3>have a new one and it looks great.

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<v Speaker 2>I like that video, that Drone video.

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<v Speaker 3>I know, my gosh, isn't that cool?

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<v Speaker 2>Brett?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah yeah. And Tresa Cruz puts that stuff together for us.

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<v Speaker 3>So she is such an incredible creative person and she

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<v Speaker 3>has great ideas, and so I just kind of got

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<v Speaker 3>to give her credit. Especially in the front page of

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<v Speaker 3>that book that we talked about. She did that too.

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<v Speaker 2>So's people do that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, she's very creative and very sweet. We do have

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<v Speaker 3>a great office and a great staff and anybody there

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<v Speaker 3>would be so happy to help you with any of

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<v Speaker 2>Than you for being with us today.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Oh my goodness, you've been listening to our

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<v Speaker 1>community connection with Bartlehill Chamber of Commerce,