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Next week, beginning May 6th, OSF Saint Luke Medical Center and OSF Saint Clare Medical Center will be celebrating Nurses Week. Lisa Garcia joined Samantha Rux on Wake Up Tri-Counties to talk about the many ways OSF will be celebrating nurses across numerous departments and specialties. Among the the celebrations will be the collecting of nominations for the Daisy Award, an award given to Nurses who go above and beyond to help patients. The nurses are nominated by their patients who submit stories about the nurses who helped them get through their time at OSF Hospitals. The winner or winners of the Daisy Award will be announced next month. 

Week 7 of our Spring Sports show, The Boiler Shop, featuring the voice of the Kewanee Boilermakers Russ Hughes. This week, Russ and Sean recapped the week's worth of Baseball and Softball action. We looked at the latest results from Kewanee boys and girls track. And, this week, Russ traveled to Chicago to attend the Chicago Bears draft party where he celebrated the Bears' number one overall draft pick Caleb Williams. Speaking of the NFL Draft, over the weekend former Orion Football star Logan Lee was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Before we knew where Logan was headed, Russ reflected on getting to see Logan play for the Orion Chargers on his way to the Iowa Hawkeyes. 

Today on Wake Up Tri-Counties Kewanee Mayor Gary Moore joined us and addressed Wednesday's Kewanee Planning Commission Meeting where the commission voted to approve a permit for a Marijuana Dispensary to go in at the former Broken Chimney location. Wethersfield Superintendent Dr. Andrew Brooks criticized the idea of dispensary being 250 feet from the school. Representatives from Bridgeway also spoke about the dispensary being so close to their treatment center. Mayor Moore addressed these concerns and stated that he supported the dispensary though if most Kewanee residents were to express opposition to the dispensary, the Mayor made it clear that he would vote for what people want as a representative of the people. The Mayor also discussed Monday's Kewanee City Council Meeting. 

The Henry and Stark County Health Department are honoring Infant Immunization Week. The goal is to convince parents to get needed immunizations to prevent such things as Measles and other illnesses that have long been dormant thanks to immunization. Unfortunately, misinformation during the pandemic caused some to skip needed immunizations. This has made it a necessity for the Health Department to underline the importance of getting vaccinated. It's urgent for kids to get immunized against Measles, among other illnesses to prevent these illnesses from making a full comeback. 

Linda Pont from the Kewanee Public Library joined Wake Up Tri-Counties to invite everyone to come and meet author, Becca Kinzer, a Kewanee native who is celebrating the release of her new book, Love in Tandem, a romantic comedy. Becca will talk about her book and sign copies at the Kewanee Public Library on Saturday afternoon at 2PM. It's a great chance to meet and pick the brain of an author with ties to Kewanee and who has experienced incredible success in the publishing world. Linda talked to WKEI about what went in to bringing Becca back to Kewanee for this event and about The Friends of the Library and what they do for the Kewanee Public Library.