2MC Podcast Eps 68 - Totally Pawesome

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MAK
Hey everybody, it's MAK, and I'm Courtney.

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Courtney
Welcome back to 2MC

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MAK
We are here today. We've got a bunch of stuff to talk about. We had a board meeting. We've got events. So let's get after it.

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Courtney
All right, let's go. So last week we had a board meeting, and we wanted to kind of go over some of the things. So out of that board meeting, I know that the board requested an agenda item on e-bikes and e-scooters.

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MAK
Yes. They're all over the place.

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Courtney
They are? Yes. And I know the sheriff's office has been having a lot of outreach about them as well.

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MAK
They have. I've seen the big signs everywhere. You probably.

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Courtney
Yes.

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MAK

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Courtney
And then look.

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MAK
For that to come up soon.

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Courtney
Yes. And then they also asked staff to put together a explanation of the P3 process and just why it was selected for the Martin County operations facility. Yeah. So that'll be.

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MAK
Coming up like three hearings. We've talked a lot about it. A lot yet, but this will be a good kind of wrap up to it.

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Courtney
Yes. So stay tuned for that.

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MAK
Yeah. We had a donation of 14 parcels. And it was nearly eight acres in Hope Sand and Jensen Beach. And that's all for our land acquisition program.

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Courtney
Yes, it is super exciting. Yes. And the board also adopted an ordinance amending the Martin County Code regarding vets and reporting on pet microchips and their disaster plans.

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MAK
That was fascinating.

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Courtney
Fascinating I say.

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MAK
They had another ordinance that they adopted to allow to allow code enforcement to notify property owners about nuisances that are described in that certain section of the code.

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Courtney

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MAK
So that's always good.

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Courtney
Also another one adopted an ordinance amending MCC code, establishing procedures for the review and approval of reasonable accommodation requests for certified recovery residents. And yes, I know exactly what that means.

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MAK
So I think that was cute. They amended the MCC code. Did you think that was a thing? That's the Martin County code.

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Courtney
Yes. Yeah.

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MAK
Okay. I thought you just thought NC code was like its real name.

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Courtney
No. Martin County. Okay. But our MCC code like two MCC.

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MAK
No, that was super messy. They did have an item that they continued. And that was for, a storage facility in Hobe Sound. And that should be coming up at the May 19th.

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Courtney
Which is our next board meeting.

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MAK
Yes it is.

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Courtney
Yes. And then we usually have this happen at most of our meetings. We.

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MAK
Do have it happen at all of them. Yes.

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Courtney
Office of Management and Budget. They always come down and go over the grants that staff is applying for, which is help helps leverage tax dollars. Yeah. Yes.

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MAK
So that happened? Yeah. Okay. Good.

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Courtney
Every board meeting.

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MAK
Thank you. Office of Tourism and Marketing was there, and they were, talking about their their programs that they have, their environmental programs. It was in honor or support of national, Travel and Tourism Week specifically. They talked about the Explore Natural Martin programs. Yes.

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Courtney
And then the board authorized for a MoU which please tell us what that is.

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MAK
That's a memorandum of understanding. Perfect.

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Courtney
And that's between the Florida Division of Parks and Rec and Martin County for the Cypress Creek Floodplain project, which is to construct a weir.

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MAK
What's a we're going to tell us?

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Courtney
It's where the water is allowed to come in and they can close it. They need to.

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MAK
It's cool. It's like a little.

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Courtney
Open air if they need to.

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MAK
Yes. Like a gate. Yeah. Okay. A weir structure? Yes. Okay.

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Courtney
And that's for the Cypress Creek floodplain restoration project that Jonathan Dickinson State Park.

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MAK
It's a we are not weird.

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Courtney
So weird. Weird?

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MAK
Yeah.

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Courtney
In case you didn't know.

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MAK
I.

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Courtney
Do. No, you did not.

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MAK
I absolutely. You know what.

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Courtney
They may not know?

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MAK
May is mental health awareness month. And,

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Courtney
We kicked it off with our mango interview.

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MAK
Yes. The dog. The dog. I will tell you that our mental health was pretty good that day.

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Courtney
It was amazing.

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MAK
Just hanging out with him, feeding him cheese, giving him little.

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Courtney
Pets.

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MAK
Yeah, the tail scratches.

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Courtney
He's so cute. Yeah. But our human services department has a four part series that is on YouTube.

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MAK
They're working with our MCTV guys.

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Courtney
Yeah. Right. And so you can check those out. We'll put those down in the show notes for you.

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MAK
This is cool. I was talking with our library staff the other day and I was saying, hey, wouldn't it be neat if.

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Courtney

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MAK
Okay. Right. And then Lacey said, thank you so much for that suggestion, Mac. We have these options. Okay. Okay. One of them is, Novelist Plus, and that connects readers of any different ages with book recommendations based on preferences.

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Courtney
Oh that's fun right?

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MAK
So if you go in there and you're like, I like dogs. And I'm, I'm curious about my mental health and it, it.

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Courtney
Comes your books would be of interest to you. Yes.

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MAK
And available.

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Courtney
So.

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MAK
I know I thought it was really neat.

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Courtney
Yeah.

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MAK
Okay. Yeah. So we have that available, and we'll put the list, or the link in our show notes.

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Courtney
Okay. And then they also have the May author talks. Yes. Which are you can review past recordings and ones that are happening at that time. Yeah. And that's also something the library does.

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MAK
If you guys haven't noticed we love our library system.

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Courtney
We do. And speaking of library and mental health and four legged animals gizmo.

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MAK
So everything we've talked about basically. Okay good.

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Courtney
Was that a good segue. It was okay. So gizmo has his own book called gizmos. Possum.

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MAK
Possum paws. I'm not like a possum.

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Courtney
No, no, I realize I said that.

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MAK
Afterwards, like, awesome and paws.

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Courtney
Yes. Yeah. Guide to mental health. On Saturday, May 16th, from 2 to 3 at the Blake Library. Gizmo will be there.

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MAK
Gizmo is going to be at the Blake library. Yeah. I did not know this.

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Courtney
Yes. And you get your own copy of the book while supplies last.

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MAK
That's cool. Do you need to register for it?

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Courtney
You do? Yeah. Okay.

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MAK
We're dropping that link, and we.

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Courtney
Will drop it in the show notes, but. Yeah.

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MAK
How cool. I didn't know that.

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Courtney
Yeah.

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MAK
Pause to read dogs. Cool. Yes.

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Courtney
Okay. So this is for teens.

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MAK
It's a boot scootin bash.

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Courtney
It is. And it's Wednesday, May 13th, from 6 to 8.

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MAK
It's at the Vince Bocchino Community Center.

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Courtney
It is. And it's, learning how to line dance. Supported by the Children's Services Council.

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MAK
Do you have to wear boots?

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Courtney
No. You can wear boots, sneakers, whatever. Something you can dance in.

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MAK
That's pretty cool, right? Wednesday from 6 to 8.

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Courtney
Yes.

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MAK
Okay.

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Courtney
Space is limited. So make sure you register. Yes. Yeah.

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MAK
And this is all the stuff from our Parks and Rec department, right? And, one of the cool things they have is no cost. Summer camp and also free swimming lessons. So you want to tell us some more about one or both of those?

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Courtney
Yes. Okay, so the summer camp is part of the Children's Services Council, Martin County. They offer free camps at three different locations, ages five and older. It's open for youth that live in Martin County and that are enrolled in Martin County elementary or middle school. And I believe that summer dates are June 1st of July 31st.

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MAK
Right. And then they also have free teen camps, right? Is that true? Did I just lie? No, they have them.

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Courtney
Oh, that is teen dish teen ish, right?

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MAK
No.

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Courtney
Youth and then teen. Okay. Summer camps all around.

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MAK
Kids and teens. Yes. Two different ones.

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Courtney
And. And then the free swimming lessons is available to Martin County youth between the ages of six months. And 17 years of age. And that's through the splash program. That's with the Children's Services Council of Martin County as well. And so.

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MAK
Amazing program.

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Courtney
Yes. And so we can drop all that information. The show notes how you can be eligible and all that.

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MAK
Yeah. Really important. Get those swimming lessons. Yes. Historic preservation month. Did you look at me because I'm old? Okay, very.

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Courtney
I plead the fifth.

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MAK
Historic Preservation Month is also in May, and we have some cool stuff coming up. May 15th at 2 p.m.. There's a lecture at the Blake Library about the House of refuge. Yes. And that I think is going to be super interesting in the House of refuge. I think we've talked about is just gone. Undergone,

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Courtney
Restoration.

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MAK
Research, a major restoration project. Yeah. So just learning about the legacy and the history of the House of refuge again. That is.

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Courtney
Friday, May 15th.

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MAK
At 2 p.m.. And then on Saturday, there's an open house at the Apollo School. And that's free. And that's a restored, two room schoolhouse in Hope sound in the zoo's park area of Hope sound. And if you haven't been there, it's it's really cool.

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Courtney
It is really cool to see. Yeah. And that's. Saturday, May 16th, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. And yes, free. Yes. For residents.

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MAK
Very good. Now, what is this next thing I see? I was not aware of this.

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Courtney
So this is family archeological event at the Hobe Sound Public Library. That was really hard to say.

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MAK
Archeology event?

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Courtney
Yes. That's what I.

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MAK
Said. Okay. Is that the Hobe Sound Library?

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Courtney
Yeah. Saturday, May 16th, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m..

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MAK
It's archeology day. Yes. Okay.

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Courtney
Yes.

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MAK
Do you know what they're going to talk about?

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Courtney
Archeological stuff. Cool.

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MAK
All right. Also on Saturday, there's so much going on. I know the not house. And that's a k a not like a not.

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Courtney
And it's a reenactment.

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MAK
I know these are fun. I love that, right. Yeah. Reenactment and lecture at Gazebo Park. And, that's in city of Stuart.

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Courtney
And that. Saturday, May 16th at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.. Speaking of camps, how we've been talking about camps.

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MAK
Okay. A while ago. Yep.

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Courtney
Yep. It's it's that time of the year. You got to start thinking.

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MAK
I know what are the kids getting almost mid-May. I know right. We are mid-May. Schools getting ready to get out.

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Courtney
Yeah I'm probably like 3 or 4 weeks that long. I think I don't know I'm it's been a while since I've been in school.

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MAK
We do a golf summer camp. Right. It's really a swinging good time.

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Courtney
I see what you did there. Yeah. It's open to ages 7 to 17. It starts on June 9th. So you definitely want to sign your kids up for a fun paw tee time.

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MAK
I get it. Those aren't. Yeah, I've got both of them in there, too. Golf term. I tried in one word. Yeah. Okay, cool. This is one of my favorite UF IFAs. They have so many neat programs. And when I was going through them, they have the water ambassador program coming up and that's Tuesday, May 19th, and that's about, an ecosystem, water quality, natural system scale, water quality.

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MAK
Yeah. What does that scale water quality.

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Courtney
Scaling.

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MAK
Water quality. Okay. I get it. And then they have also ambassador program's water ambassador programs in June, July, and August.

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Courtney
And September and.

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MAK
September.

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Courtney
Don't forget it.

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MAK
Summer and through the fall. Yes. Other cool stuff that I saw. They go to this? Yeah. They have master, master gardener, plant sales. And we always talk about those and they always host those, so those are cool. Then I also saw this and I didn't realize that they have garden help at the Home Depot.

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Courtney
Oh, that's.

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MAK
So they have a little desk there. So talking about native plants and stuff. You should go.

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Courtney
Oh, that's so fun.

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MAK
Because you were talking about planting some things. And, to be fair, I'm not sure that they would. Well, first of all, survive you.

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Courtney
That's true.

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MAK
Second of all, I'm not sure they are the appropriate zone for us. Yes, because we are in the zone and we're in the hot zone.

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Courtney
Yeah, I own a or something.

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MAK
Oh, no no, no, no, you need to go back to garden school. They're numbers. Numbers?

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Courtney
Oh, okay. And then I, I are we nine a is that a thing now. Okay. Well the more you know the better because I don't.

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MAK
Yup. Then they're also doing some programing. The Blake and I was very interested in this. It's good bugs, bad bugs and other smart pest solutions, right? Yeah, because there are good bugs.

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Courtney
And there are bad bugs. I know all about those.

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MAK
You had some bad bugs.

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Courtney
Well, I will say they are good bugs because they eat other bugs. Yes, but bad for me.

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MAK
Yes, I think that's fair. Yeah, but I think the spiders get a bad rap.

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Courtney
They do? Okay.

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MAK
Fair enough. They're a.

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Courtney
Little creepy.

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MAK
Well, they've got all those legs and eyes. All right. Thank you.

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Courtney
Yes.

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MAK
What else you got? Got pages and pages.

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Courtney
No, that was all.

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MAK
That was it.

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Courtney
Oh, yeah. I feel like we went over the board meeting. Stuff we gave some events. It's a lot of different months for things.

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MAK
Mental health. Well, summer.

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Courtney
Swimming.

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MAK
What else? Let's not swim.

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Courtney
Historic. Yeah.

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MAK
Historic. It's swimming month.

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Courtney
Yeah. Something about swimming.

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MAK
I'm glad you did your research today.

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Courtney
All right, well, that's all we got. Don't forget to, like, subscribe and follow.

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MAK
I liked it when Mingo said it. Whoa whoa whoa.

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Courtney
I'm sorry. I'm not Mingo now. Or gizmo.

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MAK
No spots. Yep. Anyway, that's all we got in the sweet.

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Courtney
Things that you guys.