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Out Loud on Springfield

By Sun-Times Wire

Charlie Potter invited me on his Great Outdoors Show on WGN Sunday.

We will discuss all that is going on and did go on in Springfield related to Illinois outdoors in the last 10 days.

With that, we will have no trouble filling the whole show (5-5:30 a.m. on 720-AM).

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