Welcome everybody to Mid-Day magazine for this Tuesday April 1st 2025.
Have your host James here and I am joined by our good friends, Baxter Art and Jacob.
No, no, no.
Jacob we got you.
We've got that last week.
So, cladicoids.
Cladicoids?
Cladicoids.
Cladicoids.
I know I was forgetting a syllable there, as cladicoids.
Thank you Jacob for being here and putting up with me.
I appreciate it.
Baxter and Jacob are joining us from the South of County YMCA and the Adams YMCA Aspires
Health Center.
We want to send a big thank you to our friends at Tri-City Services, sponsoring this segment,
giving us a chance to talk more with our Y and find out some of the cool things going
on over there.
And right away, thank you guys for what you put into our community, all the work you
do here.
We greatly appreciate it.
I want to begin if you don't mind Baxter with Healthy Kids Day and dive into that a little
bit.
All right.
We'll do our best here with Healthy Kids Day.
Healthy Kids Day is nationwide, so every Y in the entire country celebrates Healthy Kids
Day.
Some are spread out different weekends, different days of the week.
Ours is April 26th this year, and it's going to be a lot of fun.
We always pack with food trucks outside.
We usually bring in a fire truck, the police vehicles, whatever they decide to bring.
And then inside the Y, it's an opportunity for any kid to come in, have fun, try the
pool, go in the gym, play a Gaga ball, meet a lot of our sponsors at their booths, and
even win a few prizes.
It's a really cool opportunity for families to maybe even check out the Y if you haven't
done so before.
If you're a regular person over there, it's a great opportunity to maybe just have some
fun and joy, and it's an opportunity for us to show so much of what we do as a community
is about these kids and building a better future for them, making this community best
stronger and better for them, along with having a lot of fun.
They've been doing this for a long time too, so it's a really fun event looking forward
to it.
It's April 26th.
Correct.
All right.
So save the date, everybody, again, and you can find out more about the program and what's
going on with this event going to YMCA.org, and you'll find that right into their kid's
section right there.
I found it really easy.
It's right there for you.
Again, YMCA.org, we'll get that information out there more as we go along and save the
date.
Mark, April 26th, going to be a good one, everybody.
Want to dive into summer camp a little bit, in part because it'll make us feel warmer.
No, right?
Whatever curveball's Mother Nature tries to throw at us, spring is here and summer is coming.
It is going to get nicer out of it.
This is going to get warmer, and with that, we want to get people ready for summer camp
backster.
Yes, absolutely.
Our staff is pumped.
Our kids who are coming back are pumped, and the Boys and Girls Club is pumped because
this year we're collaborating.
This year we're going to have twice as many kids as we did last year going through our summer
camp program, experiencing a lot of new activities that we're trying to set up and start along
with some leadership programs.
The goal for 2020-25 is to innovate summer camp a bit.
I like to remind all the parents that it's a screen-free opportunity, so sometimes that's
tough to get your kids away from the screens.
It's a good place because they don't even remember they have cell phones.
They're so embraced in everything we're doing at camp, all the activities.
Everything from yoga, to fishing, canoeing, going on picnics, and sometimes just laying
in a hammock and reading.
You guys worked really hard to give a variety of things.
Every kid's going to be into something different, so being able to, if I can put it this way,
distract them from their phone instead of the other way around here and everything, you
got to be able to catch them.
You got to be able to see what sparks their interest, what brings them in, and you have
a wide variety of things for that.
Yeah, and we have a wide variety of activities.
We have a wide variety of interests from those kids, so we try not to leave anything out.
If you're creative, it's the right place to be.
If you're sporty, it's the right place to be.
If you just love to play in the sand, it's the right place to be.
We try to make sure everybody understands that it's fun all the time, even when the activity
might not be your favorite.
But registrations open.
We have continued our early bird registration through April 18th to try and make sure everybody
gets the opportunity to save a little bit of money.
Registration will be open through the entire summer, so you can kind of sign up as we go,
that way you don't have to dish it all out right away.
But it's a good opportunity.
We're ramping up and myself along with our summer staff are really excited.
It's one of those things, too, that especially when you're able to do this for kids when
they're younger.
I don't like this phrase that much because I think it gets a little overuse, but every
once in a while it really is noteworthy getting them out of their comfort zone and whatever
that might be.
Most the time you do this, and while they may take a little bit to get used to it and
get comfortable, kids adapt so quickly.
The idea, I mean, anybody who's ever asked their teenager to take out the garbage in
two seconds later, they're on a TV or something like that, you know how quickly they can be
distracted.
It works the other way.
Away from that technology, they immediately forget about that technology, as you were saying
they're a bit baxter.
So being able to catch them in that moment and get them turned on to something else is
such a great opportunity for not only them, but again our future and again building this.
You don't know what that spark might do, or even so seeing somebody like you baxter
and be like, well I want to do that one day, I mean that could even be the thing.
Who knows where that spark may happen.
The ability of not only giving them so many options or so many variety of things to try
and do, along with the idea of man there's so many things that could spark that interest.
Yeah.
It's interesting as a camper I never thought that this would be the position I'd be in.
However I was told that this is the position I'd probably end up in.
Which I think I can see that in some of our campers, some of our young leaders.
It's hilarious because again they can see things, we can see things in these campers that
they can't see in themselves yet, but it's a place for them to flourish and be whoever
they want to be.
We're focusing a lot on the kids and rightfully so and we're wanting them to be a part
of this program, a part of the camp and everything, but we don't want to remind everybody this
is also a fun opportunity.
There are fun opportunities for adults out there.
You guys are hiring right now.
Absolutely.
Let's jump into that.
So, the Y in general is hiring, but I'm going to start with summer camp.
Camp is hiring counselors, a waterfront director and a cook for our lunches and meals out
there.
To apply, you can either apply online or you can grab an application at the Y.
You need to be 18 or older to be in any of those positions.
If they have any questions, they can send me an email.
It's arndt at stwc.org, stwcymca.org, sometimes I forget, but we're hiring for all those camp
positions.
We are also hiring at the Y in a lot of different facets, so we're looking for lifeguards.
We are looking who get paid fairly well.
We are also looking for a new childcare staff.
So, if you have time that you want to give or if you are looking for a good opportunity,
the Y's got you.
Are these part-time full-time jobs, are they?
Kind of a mixture.
So, at camp, we're looking for mostly part-time staff.
The lifeguards, we're looking for both part-time and full-time, and this could be seasonal
or it could be an actual position.
And then a full-time role in our childcare center.
And certainly, I imagine that any age is welcome for something like this other than you
got to be 18 and above.
But certainly, if you are a younger person out there, you're getting ready for college
or you're in college and you're looking for something to pay the bills during the summer
or something like that.
You talk about win-win opportunities that you don't get a ton in the business world.
The idea of being able to make a paycheck while also you're outdoors, you're enjoying
yourself, you're getting experience, real-time experience, that a classroom or a book can't
give you.
I imagine that you guys can speak to this much better than I can.
But it's something that you really got to be in the middle of to really experience and
feel.
So, especially if you are somebody who is younger and thinking about going to school for
some industry like this or anything, what a great opportunity to really get some homework
done early and enjoy yourself while also, again, making a paycheck.
Yeah, I would say that our staff, and I'm talking specifically about camp right now because
that's my department, but I would say that they get a lot more than a paycheck.
And when they leave, they want to be back to the next morning, they want to see the kids,
they want to be out there every single day, which is pretty special.
So it's a lot more, I mean, we'll fill up your bank account, but at the same time, you
get a lot of neat experiences that you probably wouldn't get otherwise.
And I've had other job offers from other companies and other businesses and everything.
The pay is really nice and it's tempting sometimes.
And I think about, well, what about this and this and this factor, that only this area,
only this radio station can offer me.
And it's just, it's nice.
Thank you for the offer, but I'm moving on.
I'm happy where I am.
There's something about that in life and finding that in life.
And when you can, and this is an industry that is welcoming to that and really gives people
that opportunity to find that so many people, especially younger people out there and then
what we've seen since COVID, even, they're not looking for a job, they're looking for
a career.
They're looking for something that they can really put some good work into and when they
leave or if they leave, whether it's retirement or finding another position, being able to
look back and say, I did some good with that, I didn't just make a paycheck, I actually
did some good.
We're seeing that more and more, especially in younger people.
Here is a perfect opportunity for it and a great chance to put that into use.
Absolutely.
We'll get information of how they can reach out to you back before we wrap up, but thank
you, Matt, appreciate all that coverage right there.
I got to talk basketball.
I have to.
It's in my blood, you guys.
I love basketball.
Any opportunity to talk about it, I will.
And Jacob, you guys have a basketball tournament going on.
Yeah.
Pretty soon.
I mean, in the theme of March Madness and everything going on right now, we're looking to have
a 3v3, 8 foot.
So we're bringing the hoops down to 8 feet of basketball tournament and that's going
to be held on April 19th, a Saturday from 9am to 12, but then a dunk contest to a pretty
phrase, 8 foot again, right?
So everybody has an opportunity to chance the dunk if they have that capability, but that's
going to be directly after the tournament from 12 to 1pm.
But I'm super excited to offer this.
I loved this type of style of basketball player, even when I was in high school, I got a
bunch of buddies together, three of them.
And when we play against another three and then all of a sudden, we have the whole school
over there in our grade and we're playing basketball against each other with the 8 foot.
And I know the question that everybody's thinking is like, can we dunk?
Yes.
That's why we're having the dunk contest.
And we're also having dunking allowed within that tournament.
So I'm excited to throw this on.
Yeah.
I'm already stretching.
I'm getting ready.
No, not yet.
Is there an age range for this?
Is there anything like that that we should mention as you have 40-some-year-olds like me immediately
putting on our gym shoes?
If you're sure, no.
I encourage the 40-year-olds to get out there and put a team together.
But we want to make sure that everybody is in playing with each other at the same age.
So we're looking for 14 and up for that tournament specifically.
But by all means, 40-50-year-olds, if you're excited about this too as much as I am, then
get your shoes on because I guarantee you I'll be on the floor.
The exercise, the fun, the opportunity to do something, get out there, have some organic
conversations, you may not otherwise.
All these things are factor with almost anything we talk about with the Y in any program.
Certainly.
With something like this, there's been a rise of three on three basketball.
We're seeing an immense women's side of thing.
There's an excitement towards this that I feel is very similar to Pickleball where we're
seeing this rising up and being more and more of a popular sport.
And again, somebody who just loves basketball, I think there's a really cool thing happening
here where you've got the NBA and NCAA basketball, five on five in your traditional basketball
that's very popular.
We just got done celebrating an assumption royal championship around here on five on five
basketball.
But three on three has its place too and it's rising more and more with, you know, ice
cube has his, you know, organ sport going on with that.
And I see that there's other outfits joining.
So this is becoming more and more popular.
And then you touch on something else that I think that you're every day basketball player.
You're your person who just wants to pick it up and just go out there and shoot around
and everything that isn't necessarily in the conditioning or the shape of your traditional
basketball player.
Three on three is perfect for you.
It really is less people, less activity on the court, which means more opportunity for
you.
But also, I think you don't get as lost in the shuffle.
You get a little bit of, you get the exercise, you get the, you know, the fun of it while
it not, you know, one on one.
It's not as heavy as that.
Yeah.
And we're not necessarily playing full court here.
Yeah.
It's going to be a half court like street ball style.
It's not going to be make it take it like it's supposed to be kind of a fun opportunity.
But also like throw a twist to basketball playing, right?
Yeah.
Three versus three, like you said, it's rising through, honestly, in a professional level.
But I think it's cool just to bring it back to what it's about.
Street ball with your best friends playing three to three.
There's going to be some YMCA swag throwing in there.
But also, you know, a championship trophy that we can carry on and maybe have it this
again next year.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I see what kind of condition my dad's in.
He's got a great.
He's a great shot.
He's got a great shot.
But this is going to be really fun.
If people want to register, they want to find out more about it.
How can they do that?
Yeah.
You can check out our website.
It is.
The flyer is on our website.
You can register on there as well.
It's $15 per team.
So it's $5 a person.
And then the Don contest.
If you do want to play in the tournament and want to continue to do Don contest afterwards,
that's included in that.
If you're just an individual that just wants to throw some dunks down and show off what
you got, $5 so that Don contest.
So again, YMCA swag is going to be thrown out there as well as then that championship trophy.
But it will be April 19th on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and then that Don contest is
from 12 to 1 p.m.
I, as soon as you said that I was thinking about when I was young, I used to like to do
the windmill dunk.
In my head, I was doing it.
I pulled my rotator cuff.
Yeah.
In my head, I did just that.
Just that.
I was just going to ask the two of you if you thought you could dunk on 8 feet.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
It's attainable.
But when you look up at the basketball hoop and you're like, mm-hmm, maybe I got to run
up to the home factor.
Yeah.
It's pretty big in this room right now.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Definitely.
Like I tore your rotator cuff thinking about it.
You know, Jacob, one other thing I definitely wanted to talk to you about before we wrap up
is the healthy living programs in our new, your new in-body machine.
Can you tell us about that?
Oh, yeah.
I'm super pumped about this in-body machine, okay?
If you haven't heard of what a in-body composition analysis machine is, it's just wait in the name.
It's a body composition analysis.
So a long story short, what it's going to do for you is going to be able to break down
your body.
So it's going to come into mind based off of the densities in your body.
So referring to water weight, body fat mass, as well as lean mass.
It's then going to take all those that information with your total weight, it's going to break
it down even further.
So it's going to give you a muscle to fat analysis, which will give you an idea of whether
or not you're in a blow or average or above average based off your height, age and gender.
So you'll also even get further down broken to body fat percentage.
Your basal metabolic bowel rate, which is also known as what you need to eat to sustain
life in general.
And then what's really cool to me is a segment lean analysis.
So it's literally going to break open if you're left arm, your right arm is bigger than
the other, or if you're disproportionate from your legs to your upper body.
It's a really great tool for our personal trainers.
As now we can add that to the value of what we offer, because that's going to help us be
able to sway our training regimen, but also help nutritionally a little bit to manage
to get to where we want to get to.
I mean, really getting down to the bare science of it, of what is benefit, how would
it benefit your, the clients?
And so much of these programs, whatever we're talking about, weight loss or just getting
in shape or any of that, people come into with good intentions, but they don't always
go into the, necessarily programs that are going to help them succeed those goals.
A lot of the traditional ways we've done this, we're learning and adapting to newer
ways with newer technology.
This is the perfect example of that, and I did a little homework on this, but I didn't
know some of the stuff you mentioned there that is really unique and just kind of cool
to think about.
Certainly, it's amazing in first and foremost what it can do for the clients and for people,
but just on a technological side, but that's really cool.
That's really interesting.
Yeah, it's pretty sweet.
It takes our personal training from us being able to show your sign of success through
measurements or just through the numbers increasing, through strength training, or just like
you're overall feeling, now we're able to actually have biometrics to show to you and
explain to you like, hey, this is what actually changing in your body.
It's not just this big number on a scale.
It's all this things broken out in for you, so we can be like, okay, yes, you gained weight,
but you also lost 10 pounds of fat, but put on 10 pounds of muscle.
So often, and you know this better than I do, but so often people get dismayed or they
put in a week or a month into this pro or into a program and they're not seeing the
results when they look in the mirror.
And so they made this way them from continuing or something like that with this, whatever
you see in the mirror is one thing, but this data that it's able to give you from literally
your own body is really able to show you, no, see, you are making improvements here.
It may not be that noticeable, but look, you're making improvements here here and really
the encouragement that this can bring, the support that it has, I don't know if that's
necessarily the intention, I know that it's a machine, but it's giving that.
It's really able to do that for people.
Yeah, exactly.
It provides that clarity.
Uh, have you, this is a bit newer over there.
So have you been using this for a while?
Yeah.
Got to use it for a while?
Personally, I've used it for four years and moving on now, but for the YMCA, this came
in on Thursday last week.
It is very new.
So things are kind of shaping around it.
It's kind of a soft open.
It's available for people to purchase packages for.
So like, you don't have to buy individual consultations with a trainer to use that
in body, but this package is available for that.
Um, again, this is all newer kind of programs that kind of get slowly, it literally opened
yesterday for people to start dipping into it and looking into it.
But I'll have more information soon to come.
Yeah, well, I'll be bringing you guys back soon.
I'm sure and we'll talk about it more than, uh, and when it comes to this program and
I want to, uh, you know, go back a little bit because not only if we were talking about
camp and some of the numbers there or the basketball tournament and some of the numbers,
there you heard, uh, all you, one of the main things our audience heard was affordable.
Everything we've talked about today was very affordable.
And that's something that I, I, I, I mentioned every time the Y joins us, it's greatly appreciated
from the community.
Now, we want to keep these guys employed.
We want to keep the lights on over at the Y.
We got a beautiful building over there.
Uh, that's not what's the most important part to the Y.
It's getting, um, is every individual in this community a part of these programs getting
everybody to go in and out of that Y a couple of times a week, a month, a year, whatever
it might be, making use of this amazing facility and the amazing people we have over there
working at it.
And with that, I want to mention membership for all that is a program that is fantastic
and is available to everybody out there.
Uh, if you are in a certain income bracket and you don't think you can afford some of
the things that, uh, backster and Jacob have been talking about today, I, I, I disagree.
Head on over to the Y, reach out to them, find out more because they want to work with
you on those things.
That's what membership for all is about.
And a big thank you to all of the nonprofits and businesses and people that fund membership
for all and give us the opportunity to be able to offer whether it's programs like you
guys have been talking about today or the membership itself, uh, at a affordable rate.
So we can get all these families over there and have some fun and keep you guys very busy.
Uh, that is, uh, that is a goal keeping you guys busy.
That's really the good.
Uh, appreciate you both so much, man.
You guys do so good together.
Uh, thanks for the time.
If people do have follow up questions, they'd like to know more about some of what we talked
about today.
Uh, should we send them to the website?
Is that the easiest way to get a hold of your, do you have personal, uh, emails that
you want to mention?
I think the website's a perfect destination because that'll get you anywhere you need to
go and all of our information is on that website.
It just depends on, um, what part of the why you really want to engage with.
Go to ymca.org right now, be sure to bookmark it and again, you can reach out to these
guys and, uh, about any of the other programs they have on over there as well.
And keep in mind that, uh, you want to follow them on social media also.
It's not only a great way to keep up the data and everything they're doing, but sharing
their posts on your page, you just never know who might see it that wouldn't otherwise.
Uh, back to Jacob.
Thank you so much for putting up with my questions, hanging out with us and especially everything
you do in our community.
We appreciate you.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Yeah.
There's a reason we keep coming back, James.
And a big thank you to Tri City Services, uh, and we're here in Wisconsin Rapids by
local support, local support, our friends over there.
We'll be back with more midday magazine coming up right here at 97 5 FM W F HR.
