- [Todd] This program is made possiblethrough a grant from the Greater Peoria Leadership Council, a coalition of business and civic leaders working together to shape a stronger, more connected region through the Choose Greater Peoria Initiative.

(upbeat music) ♪ Well, no matter what the question is ♪ ♪ We will say, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ And everyone who's passing through ♪ ♪ We'll say, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ Whoo ♪ Ooh ♪ You're amazing, baby, you're amazing ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ You just remember ♪ You just remember ♪ You're amazing, yeah (air whooshing) (audience cheering and applauding) - Thank you, thank you, wow, what a crowd.

Thank you very much.

Good evening, and welcome to "Vibe 309."

I am your host, Blake Wirth.

And you know I'm excited to be back both in the WTVP studio and, of course, on your screen.

We have a good one tonight, folks.

So please, whatever you do, don't touch that dial.

Don't even use the bathroom, okay?

(audience laughing) (hands thudding) Our guest is a lifelong Peorian, a daughter of the River City, a woman of the people, someone who knows how to take an idea from conversation to construction to completion.

She went from being one of the youngest voices in our state's capitol to one of the most influential.

She represents the 92nd District in the Illinois House of Representatives and made history as the first African American woman ever elected to represent the central region of the state in the Illinois General Assembly.

When it comes to major investments around here in the 309, her fingerprints are usually somewhere in the blueprint.

Over 15 years in office, millions of dollars brought back home from the state to strengthen education, infrastructure, and opportunity here in the River City.

She's a mom, a wife, a natural-born leader, one who leads with conviction, speaks with clarity, and moves with the kind of purpose that makes you wanna run through a brick wall.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Illinois State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth.

(audience cheering and applauding) Jehan, hello.

- Hey, oh, my God.

- How are you?

- I should- - You wore the green.

You wore the green?

- I should pay you for that intro.

- Oh, come on, least I can do, Thank you so much for being here.

Get comfortable.

- Thank you.

- Do you like that couch?

- This is fantastic.

Where'd you get it?

- That's a Roche Bobois.

It's French.

- Roche.

- I'm just kidding.

- Amazon?

- It's from IKEA.

(Jehan and audience laughing) Roche Bobois is the most expensive line of furniture.

I wrote that joke on my way here.

(Jehan and audience laughing) It's from IKEA, though, so- - It's cute.

- It gets the job done.

- It's giving what the girl said it's supposed to give.

- Exactly, so we got a lot to get into and not a lotta time.

You do a lot.

I do real quickly, I wanna hear your upbringing in Peoria.

Like, what was life like growing up, and who and what kind of informed you to who you are today?

- I, again, as I stated, born and raised right here in Peoria.

I was raised by my parents, Annie and Sonny Gordon.

My parents, they actually, like a lot of African Americans during the Great Migration, my parents came here for the job opportunities.

And so I'm the youngest of seven children- - Oh, wow.

- with parents that have very deep Southern roots.

My mom got pregnant with me at 41 years old.

- Okay.

- It was not the plan.

- [Blake] Okay.

- She went to the doctor, and she said the doctor told her, "I have good news, and I have bad news, Ms.

Gordon."

(Blake laughs) And they said, "What's the good news?"

'Cause my mother thought I was an ulcer.

She said, "Well, the good news is you do not have an ulcer.

Bad news is you're 41," this is in the '80s, "and you're pregnant."

- [Blake] Then she got the ulcer.

- I definitely gave her a couple- - Wow.

- over the years.

I was a little rough.

- Were they already settled in Peoria?

- Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.

- Okay.

- I was the youngest of seven.

- [Blake] And you went to Limestone.

- I did.

- Limestone.

- I did, Rockets.

- Go Rockets.

- Yes.

- You play some sports there?

- I am a sports head.

- Yeah.

- I was not good at any of 'em, though.

- [Blake] What'd you play, though?

What'd you attempt to play?

- What do I look like I played?

- Well, all of them equally as well.

Come on.

Is that a politically correct answer?

- This guy is- - All of them equally well.

What did you play?

- I played basketball.

- Okay.

- Yep.

- Basketball, and that's where you met Mr.

Derrick Booth.

- Oh, no, we're in two different generations.

He got him a young whipper snapper.

- No, you guys met at a basketball camp.

- We did meet at a basketball camp, but that was many moons later.

- Many moons later.

- Yes, I'm his young wife.

- Okay, it's, like, noticeably younger, considerably younger, (Jehan laughs) little bit of a "Love & Basketball" situation there- - You know.

- though.

- A little bit, for sure.

- Yeah.

- It definitely started over basketball.

- Peoria's power couple.

- Oh.

- I'm a hoops junkie myself.

- Okay.

- So growing up, you know, Derrick Booth's one of those names you hear alongside all the others.

- That's my baby.

- Okay.

He's much older than you, though.

- I mean, he would not like much.

- Yeah, older.

- But he and I were not in high school at the same time, so let me just say that.

- Okay, and we'll leave it there.

- And we'll just leave it there.

- And we'll leave it there.

(Jehan laughs) Okay.

So a couple big, big projects, big investments in our community I wanna talk about, first the Peoria Stadium Dome.

- Yes.

- Can you talk about that?

- So, Derrick, again, he's always a common thread in this.

We went to a football game.

So when he was coaching at Manual, they do a rotation where coaches have to, he coaches basketball, but you have to be engaged in many of the other sports.

And so one particular Friday night, Friday night lights, we were out at the stadium, and he had to do, like, the scoring for a game.

- Okay.

- And I couldn't believe it.

There was holes in the roof.

It was leaking.

It was rusty.

It was a little raggedy.

- Yeah.

- And I was just, like, looking around, and I'm like, "I know we can do better than this."

- Sure.

- Like, our community deserves, so many families within our community, they go there, right?

Many of our high schools play out there.

And I said to myself, "We have to do better."

So I called Dr.

Kherat.

I'm like, "Hey, I was just at the stadium.

Find out what it would cost to redo this dome, or excuse me, redo this stadium turf, you know, new bandstand.

And let's figure out what it would cost to do something that would be sustainable like a dome."

- And this is over 10 years ago.

- Oh, my God, yes.

- 'Cause this was 10 years in the making- - Yes.

- this dome.

- Yes, yes.

- This does not just happen overnight, people.

- [Jehan] You don't do big things quickly.

- You don't.

- Takes time.

- [Blake] Takes time, and it takes people.

- It does, it does.

- Collaboration.

- So just honestly, going to a game on a Friday night and seeing that, it's a thing that I have.

We in Peoria deserve more, and we're working for it, and I think that if you look around, and you see what we don't have, that's an opportunity to do more, and so that's how I look at my role.

I'm looking at what we can do more.

- Yeah, I love that.

What does this mean for high school athletes first and then also our community?

Because from what I understand, there's potential to host tournaments here.

- Absolutely.

- So let's start with the high school kids.

What does this mean for them?

- So first and foremost, when they go and they visit other schools, right, they know the place that they live in and the turf that they play on.

It's comparable or better than what they're seeing everywhere else, right?

When you're going to, whether it's, you know, the surrounding schools in our community, but even when you go other places within the IHSA, our kids deserve better.

When you see nice things, it does something to your spirit.

It does something in terms of what it feels like you are deserving of.

More specifically, when we think about the dome, the sustainability piece is so critical.

You know, I have a young child, and, oh, my God, for all the parents out there, youth sports is insane.

- Yeah.

- It is so expensive.

But you know what?

You're not gonna be the only parent who's out taking their kids all around in these youth sports, and so having that dome gives Peoria the opportunity.

We know how successful Louisville Slugger is, how it keeps the restaurants packed out in Grand Prairie, the hotels packed at Grand Prairie.

It's so packed that we need other avenues and other opportunities, so it actually is an opportunity for Peoria public schools to have a sustainability model, to be able to rent that space out, to be able to host tournaments there.

So it's an investment from the state of Illinois, but it also is going to have a long-term impact in terms of bringing more economic opportunity for our school district and hopefully slow down the rise of those property taxes.

- I love that, unbelievable.

(Jehan laughs) And if you're driving down Memorial and you see a big, huge dome, that's what we're talking about.

I got a chance to get a tour.

It really is quite the facility.

Okay, let's transition to the Golf Learning Center.

- Yes.

- The Bays.

- I have my green on for that reason.

- You wore the green.

We color coordinated.

(Jehan laughs) Okay, so talk to me about that.

'cause I'm someone who likes to think I'm okay at golf until the season starts.

Then I realize I suck, but what does this mean for the community golfers, everything?

- So let me give you, again, Derrick is, like, a common theme.

- Yeah.

- Myself, Derrick, Ryan- - And you guys live together?

- We do, we do.

(audience laughing) We've been shacking for a while now.

So myself, Derrick, Ryan Spain, and Ashley Spain.

- Okay.

- We were all out on a junket for, interestingly enough, we were trying, (laughs) oh, Lord, this might be- - Here we go.

(Jehan laughs) Buckle up.

- This might be an interesting one.

So we were out trying to convince, believe it or not, we were in Vegas.

We were trying to convince Boyd Gaming to come to Peoria.

Yes, that's what we were trying to do.

We met with their CEO.

We were like, "Hey, we think that there's an opportunity.

We just passed a capital bill, and we believe that land-based casino, we know it should be in Peoria."

So we were out there trying to- - What year is this?

- This is one week before the world shut down with COVID-19, so this was last week of February in 2020.

- [Blake] Okay, okay.

- So we were out there on that visit to try to bring business to Peoria, and we were doing this in a bipartisan way.

- Yeah.

- And while we were out there, we went to Topgolf, and that was my first time ever going to Topgolf, and I thought, "Wait a minute.

This is fantastic."

Like, I am horrible at golf.

- Yeah.

- But I had such a good time.

It was such a vibe.

- Oh, sure.

- And 309- - Yeah.

- needs this.

- Yeah.

- Did you catch that?

Okay.

- That's the name of the show.

(Jehan and audience laughing) That's the name of the show.

- And anytime I'm going places, and I see nice things, I'm always thinking, "How can we do this in Peoria?

How could we do it and make it scalable for us?"

- [Blake] Yeah.

- So I thought, "Okay, you know what?

We probably can't get Topgolf," because the licensing fees would be incredibly expensive.

But I'm like, "I bet if we just figured out how to get the technology, certainly we can do the construction," and one of my co-conspirators out here, there are a number of 'em out in the audience, but I called Emily Cahill one morning, like a psycho, at 5:30 in the morning.

Ring.

(Blake laughs) "Hey, Emily, it's Jehan."

"Hi, Jehan," like it's normal to get a call at 5:30 AM.

I said, "Emily, I have an idea.

You know Topgolf?"

She says, "Yeah, I'm very familiar.

I love it."

I said, I think we should have one in Peoria.

If you can build it, I'll go get the money."

She said, "Let's do it."

- Just like that?

- Just like that, man.

- Just like that?

- Just like that.

She said, "I'll do it," and we have been co-conspiring on that and so many other phenomenal projects that are still coming to pass.

- Okay, let's put a pin in that right now.

- Okay.

- Because it's one of those things, it feels like, I wish we could show the people what we're talking about.

We're talking about this new technology and Topgolf.

Like, if we could just go there, it would be great.

And I think we should go there.

In this "Vibe Check," we recently went to the Golf Learning Center and checked it out for ourselves.

Go ahead and run it.

(air whooshing) (sniffs) Smell that, Todd?

- [Todd] What, your cheap cologne?

- No, not that I'm talking about spring.

Spring is in the air.

That can only mean one thing.

(upbeat music) Golf season is upon us.

That is why today we are at the GLC, the Golf Learning Center.

If you're trying to get your game right, you don't wanna be any other place.

The vibes, I'm told, are off the chain.

Let's go ahead and check it out.

(club thuds) (upbeat music continues) - This place is great.

They're doing great things for the Peoria scene, just adding more places to go, things to see.

They got the simulators inside.

They got the restaurant, beautiful 75-degree Friday, and we're out here watching March Madness and swinging some golf clubs at the Bay, man.

It's great.

- No place I'd rather be on a Friday afternoon, nice little green space, dingers off the mats, good food, good vibes.

(clubs thudding) (upbeat music continues) - Oh, I love this new facility.

This is a massive upgrade for the Peoria area, especially in the summer.

Think about this in the springtime.

In the summertime when the weather's nice, there's no place I'd rather be as a golf man.

- It really is amazing.

I mean, I've been coming up here for years and years, but to see it get an upgrade like this is, like, golf paradise.

Like, you've got the digital side of it, or you've got just walking around.

You could bring kids up here.

It's a great spot for sure.

- And, obviously, you're a really bad putter.

There's a putting green down there.

What are your thoughts on that?

- Yeah, I mean that is definitely a weakness in the game, and I'm looking to try some maybe aim-point putting or, like, the claw.

I don't really, that's what I gotta work on this season.

- Oh.

- I absolutely love this place.

Whether you like golf or not, it's a place to be.

It's fabulous.

- Well, the vibe here is super cool.

It's awesome whether you're a golfer, or you're hanging out for lunch because the food's really good, and the drinks are delightful.

I had an after Aperol spritz, and I'd highly recommend it.

They know what they're doing behind the bar.

(Maggie clicks tongue) - GLC, I'd say it passes the "Vibe Check."

That's gonna do it from us, back to you, Blake.

(air whooshing) (audience cheering and applauding) What a facility, what a facility.

Jehan, I have a feeling this is finally the year I turn my golf game around.

- You have to.

- I'm not going to.

I'm not.

- You have to.

You can take lessons.

- Won't happen.

- Lessons can happen at the Golf Learning Center as well.

- You can take lessons there?

- I take lessons there.

- You take lessons there?

- I do.

And my daughter takes lessons there.

- Okay.

- And you should, too.

- Well, I'll think about it.

I'll think about it.

Someone else I wanna bring on the show right now, for the first time ever, by the way, "Vibe 309" bringing on a second guest.

This is a big step.

- Ooh.

- Thank you.

She is someone who's up at 5:30, apparently, in the morning.

(audience laughing) She is the executive director of the Peoria Park District.

She is Emily Cahill- - Whoo.

- ladies and gentlemen.

(audience cheering and applauding) - Oh.

- Hi.

- Oh.

(lips smacking) - How you doing?

- Good, how are you?

- Emily, thank you, I'm great.

Thank you so much- - Thank you.

- for joining us.

Okay, so first and foremost, were you up at 5:30, or did she wake you up, (Emily laughs) or what was it?

- I have a really good voice where I can pretend like I was awake for a really long time before she called.

- [Blake] Yeah?

(Jehan laughs) - No, she woke me up from that.

Like, I was dead asleep, but I was like, "Oh, my God, it's Jehan," right?

When you see the caller ID, you're like, "Ah."

- You answer.

- Yes, you do.

It does not matter what you're doing.

You answer the phone.

- It doesn't matter what time it is.

- And I'm so glad we did.

- So it was just like that?

She said, "We need this," and you're like, "I'm in."

- Yeah.

- And then what happens after that?

'Cause, obviously- - Then you have to go talk to other people, right?

And you have to explain yourself.

You have to say, "Hey, this thing, what do you think?"

And you're like, "It's gonna be great."

And they're like, "Okay, well what about," right?

And they start asking all the questions, "What do we do?"

And we worked through it all, and it is magic.

You're right, and everybody now is like, "See, I knew all along that was gonna be great."

You know?

Seriously.

- [Blake] You ladies look great.

- Thanks.

- And it was a home run.

- Yeah.

- So I know there was, like, one phase of funding at, like, $4 million, and then you guys went back and were able to get more funding.

Is that right?

- Yes, so when we had the conversation in 2020, right, COVID did a lot of things.

It also made construction way more expensive.

And so when we actually went out to bid, we were like, "Oh, wait, yikes," right?

There was a gap.

Our board was able to find some dollars to help us keep going in the process.

But I went to Jehan, and I said, "Look, we wanna do this the right way," right?

We wanna make this feel exactly how it needs to feel so you feel like you're in Topgolf in Peoria, not in the Park District Golf Learning Center where we added this thing.

- Yeah.

- Right?

We wanted it to be a complete transformation.

And so she was able to help us do that.

And you see the product, right?

People come in the door, and they're like, "I didn't think this is what it was gonna be."

And it's just topnotch all the way around.

- [Blake] Yeah, and the food is great.

- So good.

- The restaurant.

What do we know about the restaurant?

- So we know what our limitations are as a park district, right?

We aren't cookers, and so- - [Blake] You guys can grill hot dogs.

- We are really good at hot dogs.

We're pretty good at popcorn, right, that kinda stuff, but to say we want this to be a destination where if you're not a golfer, you still come out, and you wanna have a meal and watch everybody else make fools of themselves, right, we wanted that to be worth it.

So we went out to the community, and we found folks that had a spirit for the Park District.

We're working with Matt Rixner from Fox Pub and Nick Babcock from Bearded Owl Brewery.

And so they brought their amazing talents to us.

And you taste that when you come hang out with us.

It's really cool.

- It really is.

And Jehan said it when we were talking to her.

Like, we deserve these things.

- Yes.

- Yes, we do.

- And we have people like you and you fighting the fight to get us these things.

And I'm personally very grateful because I need something like this.

I am gonna, I just thought about, I'm gonna take you up on those lessons- - You should.

- because my game needs it, first and foremost.

But is this the first thing you guys have collaborated on together?

- Oh, God, no.

- Okay.

What are some other highlights of your guys' partnership over the years?

- Oh, gosh.

- Girl, give him a rundown.

- Give him the rundown.

Come on.

- [Jehan] You have a whole presentation of it.

- I do?

(Jehan laughs) - [Blake] Did you bring it?

- I forgot it in the car.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

I mean, there's so many things we have because of Jehan's belief in us.

We're able to offer free summer access to Peoria Zoo, Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum, Golf Learning Center to every kid in our community and their families during the summer, June, July, August.

We've changed the way kids think about what they wanna be when they grow up.

We have a whole program that she has helped us to develop.

That starts when you are a little bitty at the Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum all the way up through college when you figure out what you wanna be when you grow up.

And we help them know that they can be anything that they wanna be.

- [Blake] What's that program called?

I love that.

- It's actually called Be Anything!

- Be Anything!

- Tricky.

- I love that.

- Yeah, so Be Anything!

And the idea is that we give them access to on-the-job experiences.

We have kids who've actually started with us, gone through our programming in elementary school all the way up through they've been interns.

We have two examples that I can think of off the top of my head who were interns to part-time employees to now full-time employees at the Park District.

- That's amazing.

- And it's just what, I mean, it's changing the way we think about who we are and how we operate- - I love it.

- But it's also recognizing that every single person in Peoria deserves to have fun.

- Oh, yeah.

- And for us to be there to do it really is just so meaningful to us to be able to do all the things that we used to just dream about.

We're doing those things with her help.

- Yes, it's important to have fun, which is why we should do my favorite part of the show, the rapid-fire section part of the show.

- Ooh.

- All right.

- Jehan, we'll start with you.

You ready?

- Okay, let's go.

- Two minutes on the clock.

There's no clock.

(hands thudding) (Jehan and audience laughing) Favorite place to eat in the 309.

- [Jehan] GLC.

- Okay.

- Easy.

- I paid her to say that.

- Easy.

- Keep going.

I paid her to say it.

- Eat and drink.

- What about you?

Favorite place to eat in the, besides GLC.

- Besides Fairways?

- [Blake] Yeah.

- I really like Jonah's.

- [Blake] Yeah, Jonah's is great.

- Yeah.

- Oyster bar.

- Oyster bar side.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

But great vibes both spots.

- Absolutely.

- What are we getting at GLC?

- You're gonna get the fried green tomatoes.

- Okay.

- It's so good.

- I'm a meatloaf head.

They have the best meatloaf I've ever had in my life.

- Really?

- Yes.

- It has a peach bourbon glaze.

- Are you kidding me?

- No, I'm not.

- They have hush puppies that taste like funnel cake.

- Yep.

- They have shrimp and grits, the good kind.

Everybody cannot do shrimp and grits.

- Yeah.

- No, they can't.

- They have deviled eggs with seafood in 'em.

- What?

- Crazy.

- The best greens you'll have in Peoria.

- Somebody with a big arm, forearm- - Yes.

- that knows how to season food, if you know what I mean- - Yes.

- is back there cooking.

- [Blake] Carl Cannon's back there just- - You said it, not me.

I am not putting that on Carl.

- No.

- 'Cause I think Carl- - [Blake] I didn't mean it, Carl.

- Carl uses... (Jehan and audience laughing) - I've never had Carl's greens.

I don't know.

- Well, he's got big arms.

- Do not put me in it.

- Anyway, we only got- - Do not put me in that.

- We gotta go.

Favorite coffee spot in the 309, Jehan.

- [Jehan] Zion.

- Zion, what about you?

- CxT.

- Okay, CxT, do you go to the one downtown, or are you more of the Keller Station?

- I'm the Keller Station.

- Okay.

- People sleep on downtown now.

- Yeah, they do.

- It's a good little spot there.

- They do.

- All right, let's start with you, Emily, one local business you think deserves more love.

- Hmm, that's a really good one.

- [Blake] Thank you, I wrote it myself.

- I know you did.

I would say Relics.

- Ooh, I love Relics.

I love it.

- Do you really?

Yeah.

- I really do.

- Indoor house plants all your bag, right?

- I got some on there that's from Relics.

- I love it.

- I love relics.

What about you?

- Hoerr Nursery.

- That's a great one.

- I'm a plant girl.

- That's another great call.

- Very good.

- Plant mom.

- That's a great call.

All right, last one I wanna ask you each first.

Jehan, we'll start with you.

If your younger self could see you now- - Oh.

- what would surprise her most?

- Oh, that I'm doing everything I said I wanted to do.

- Give it up real quick.

(audience cheering and applauding) - That's really good.

- I love that.

High bar, she set the bar high.

Emily, go ahead.

- I know.

That's really hard.

- If your younger self could see you now, what would surprise her most?

- That I get to be Ron Swanson every day.

- I love that, not Leslie.

No, you're- - I'm not.

Everybody has to understand that.

- You're Ron Swanson.

- I'm really Ron Swanson.

- I wanna give you both something here.

- Ooh.

- So cool.

- Your brand-new 309 hat.

- Love it.

- Would look good on your head or on a shelf.

- Is it fitted or a snapback?

- It's a snapback.

- Okay, if it's a snapback that means I can fit it.

- It's a snapback.

- Absolutely.

- Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for Jehan Gordon-Booth and Emily Cahill.

(audience cheering and applauding) Thank you so much.

If you go to Jehan Gordon-Booth's website, click the about Jehan tab, and at the very bottom of her bio it says, "If there's anything her mother, Annie Jo Gordon, taught her, it's that bettering a community takes everybody's help."

Her mother was right, like most mothers are.

It's a simple sentiment, but it's spot on.

And it got me thinking about all the ways we've bettered our community just in the last year or so.

When you zoom out and actually look at what's been done, it's hard to ignore the wins.

And as the host of a late-night show that highlights the very best of this region, I'd be remiss, irresponsible really, to not point 'em out for ya, so let me do that.

We talked about it earlier, but it's worth mentioning.

The Peoria Stadium Dome opened this year, state of the art, over 140,000 square feet of year-round space for kids to train, to compete, to grow.

Another awesome win, as you saw in the "Vibe Check," the Golf Learning Center got a full makeover, two levels, 21 bays, Toptracer technology, a new bar and restaurant.

Even if you suck at golf, which a lot of us do, you'll leave saying, "Wow, that place is great.

What an awesome asset for our community."

Speaking of awesome community assets, did you know the Steamboat Classic, aka SC415, hosted the United States of America track and field four-mile championships last summer and will do so again this summer?

We're talking Olympic hopefuls coming to our city, boosting our economy, running in our streets.

I don't know about you, but that makes me very proud to be from Peoria.

Something else that makes me very proud is everything our community does for St.

Jude Children's Hospital.

Last year, the St.

Jude telethon raised a record 12.1 million United States dollars.

Central Illinois is widely recognized as leading the nation per capita in support for St.

Jude.

In fact, in its 48-year history, the Peoria-based telethon has raised over $200 million for St.

Jude in their mission to cure childhood cancer.

There are many more wins I wish I could tell you, but for the sake of time, I'll share just one more.

Some of you know WTVP had their federal funding cut last year.

Obviously, that was not ideal, but our community stepped up and helped WTVP reach its goal of $1 million through the We Believe in WTVP campaign, 1,500 new donors, just one more example of how this community not only cares but comes through when it really matters.

When you add up all those wins, you know what that's called?

Momentum, real momentum, and it's undeniable if you're paying attention.

People like Jehan have dedicated their life to fighting the good fight, to bring nice things to our community because we deserve it.

And there are many other people in the 309 also fighting the good fight, and to them, I tip my cap.

(upbeat music) Just like Annie Jo Gordon said, bettering a community takes everybody's help.

I've said it before.

I'll say it again.

I believe our community is second to none, and that's a hill I'll die on.

And that's my take.

So thanks for tuning in, ladies and gentlemen.

It has most definitely been a vibe.

(audience cheering and applauding) (paper rustling) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (fingers tapping) (upbeat music continues) - Oh.

- Oh.

- And that is why we have the Golf Learning Center to get better at our game, Mark.

- Practice makes perfect.