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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. 

Dog the Bounty Hunter, aka Duane Chapman, is revealing his most intimate stories in Nine Lives and Counting: A Bounty Hunter’s Journey to Faith, Hope, and Redemption (Nelson Book, HarperCollins Christian Publishing) a gripping memoir, releasing April 16, 2024. With a career that reads like a series of high-octane novels, Dog now invites readers into his real-life drama.

In January of this year, Paula's Design Team celebrated 50 years in business. The story began in Galva but Paula and Jim have spent most of the last 50 years in business in Kewanee. Dave Clark and Sean talked with Paula and Jim about how the business has evolved over the years, taking on new challenges in expanded services while staying on the cutting edge of the latest trends in hair. It's a constantly evolving industry with new things to learn every year. Paula, Jim and Dave also take time to reminisce about one of Dave's famous stories about the time that Paula helped a local woman recreate the incredible Bo Derek braids from the 1980 movie 10. 50 years in business at Paula's Design Team is the subject of this month's Kewanee Back When.