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Good morning, good money, good
morning. You're welcome, Welcome, welcome.

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It is time now for our community
connection right here on K one,

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the one you trust, no stranger. Here we have Sharon Reeth and she

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is with the Veterans Connection organization right
here in Barblesville. You've been at this

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for like three or four years now, haven't you. Yes, yeah,

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ever since twenty nineteen and we're still
going strong. So God's been real good

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to us. Well, your organization's
been real good. We are doing God's

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will and it shows and we're doing
something kind of cool. When I first

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heard about this shortly before Christmas,
I said, well, there you go.

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This is spot on the money.
We have veterans that sometimes fall through

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the cracks. Yes, and this
is what your organization is famous for,

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is making sure that nobody does yes
and well, when the holidays are over,

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sometimes the food runs out. You're
right, we're trying to put a

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stop to that. You're right about
this. Yeah, Well, what we've

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done is Hilton approaches about being a
partner with them and collaborating to ensure that

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veteran eat after the holidays. So
it was something that they came up with

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and we was surely about being a
part of it. So we started the

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food drive. It kicked off December
the twelfth at Hilton. It's going to

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run for about twenty seven to twenty
eight days until January of the ninth,

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and then we'll be giving away food
to the veterans on the tenth at ten

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o'clock in the morning. So please, if you have any food, to

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drop it off at Hilton. It
was a necessity for us to ensure that

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veterans ate after the holidays, because
what happens is they'll get a meal,

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yes, and after the leftovers gone, it's still plenty cold. There's a

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whole lot of winter left. You're
sure right, You're sure right. And

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that was the thing that was on
our hearts to do here in Bortlesville was

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to ensure that they at least have
a bag of two of groceries don perishables

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to take home with them. And
we're excited about it. We're excited.

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We got a couple of people that's
partnering with us. Homeland is donating one

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hundred sacks. Wow. And we
have the boxes that you could drop off

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all around Bortlesville or vest in the
Employment conference room, which you can't get

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to that. But Region Bank Gateway
also have a box for us. We

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have one at the City of Dewey
and City Dewey PD, we have one

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at Jane Phillip's Hospital, and then
we have a box over in no lot

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of one of our board memberies over
there. So we're just pretty excited.

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The Sheriff's office too, The Sheriff's
office of course. Yes, my goodness

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sake, I got to tell you
this is good when a plan comes together,

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isn't it. It really is,
so please you could always just even

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call me at four zero five three
two three six three nine and I'll come

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pick them up. Yes you will. I'll come pick them up if that's

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if that's what you need, because
we want to ensure that we give out

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the food into it's gone. Now. Your former military, but there's really

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no such thing as former military because
May Susie is former military and there's nothing

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formal about that. Yeah. I
have a twenty year military veteran and also

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a disabled veteran a Navy of course. But I love all my military brothers

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and sisters. It don't matter what
warrior was in or you're in, we're

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still military brothers and sisters. Yes, yeah, indeed. And one of

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the things that a lot of people
have really been thankful for is that it's

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hard sometimes for veterans to say I
need help. Yeah, those three words

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are the most difficult to get out
of their mouths. And this year,

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as we end American legs, one
word for the year was reached one more.

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So we're just here to help and
assist. As a no finger pointing.

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At some point in time, everyone
needs some help and we're here to

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help. And you do that,
you do that, some people get kind

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of frustrated because well, you know, government ain't government unless there's red tape.

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And you do a wonderful job at
your office kind of cutting through the

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morass and just getting right to where
the veterans need to go. Oh,

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thank you so much. With the
team that we have is so many on

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my team, I just want to
give a shout out to each of my

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board members. You guys know who
you guys are. I'm not going to

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name all of you guys, but
we appreciate my board members and also my

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staring committee. With that you guys, VCO will not be doing what we're

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doing in our community. So thank
you guys for all the help and thank

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everyone who's going to go get some
can goods and some nonperishable box goods too,

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and making that donation too, because
we really want this to last.

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We really want this to make a
good impression and save a few lives.

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Yes, we do. Now.
When you and I first started talking together

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on the radio, we were talking
about something pretty dark, but it happens,

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depression. Yes, and you really
you put together a lot of good

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teams and you've come up with a
wayer hooks might not be feeling so good

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at the moment to stick around another
day. That's right, that's right.

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We have together with veterans and then
we have a veter Connection organization and we

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promote suicide awareness in our community.
We've partnered with Veterans Administration to give out

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phone numbers. Nine eight eight is
so available, not only for the veterans,

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but for anyone that needs any kind
of help. And if they can't

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help you, they would tell you
where to go. So nine eight eight

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is so easy to doubt if it's
necessary, nine eight eight, there you

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go. And I want you to
write that down. I want you to

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share that on your social media too, because you know a lot of people

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kind of hide their feelings. And
if someone's in a in one of those

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places at the wrong time, you
know, just maybe seeing that on their

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feet on their phone definitely will change
their minds definitely. And Bordersville has such

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an outlet here. You know,
our police department is doing a wonderful job.

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By Sheriff's department. There's so many
outlets, so just gonna knock on

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the door. I believe Bordersville is
one of the most given communities there ill,

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so there is help here in Bordeosville, even if it don't come directly

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from Veteran Connection organization. Please use
your outlets. Now, where are you

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located? Last I checked, you're
out there at Track County Tech. I'm

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still out there at the Strategy Center. I'm still at the Strategy Center.

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Yeah, the east Side Police Department
has moved into the building, so I'm

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your company. Feel of grand safe. I love it. So we're there

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doing what's necessary for our community.
So now I can see all veterans because

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I used to kind of pick and
choose because I didn't know if I was

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safe enough because of the temperament that
we have sometime. So now that I'm

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there and the police officers there.
I am just excited about it. Yeah.

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So we're still in the same place, Strategy Center. That's good.

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That is really good. Now we
have a BA that showed up here.

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Yes, yes, have you been
working with them VA? Due to us

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having a VA initiative with our suicide
awareness they are one of our outlets when

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it comes to teaching suicide awareness in
our area. They have to piggyback with

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us because it's a VA grant that
we have. So yes, I do

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know the suicide Awareness Coordinator of the
Mental Health Team because they're one of our

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outlets. When we go and speak
around town and promote suicide awareness, they

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actually come and do the speaking for
us. We just set up the meetings.

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They're on their way to put Huska
to do a SAVE training and then

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they'll be going to Jane Phillips Hospital
to do a SAVE training and they just

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did one with the sheriff Department.
My goodness sakes, you're busy. It's

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my team. It's my team.
Do you ever stay home? I mean,

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it's my team. We have Ryan
Bvar he is my TWV ambassador.

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So Ryan and Jean Sanders and Jason
Elmore with me. It's so many that

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just do their part. So with
a good team, you know, you

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could build a small world. So
that's what we're trying to do. We're

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trying to build a world that is
successful and resourceful for veterans. Now we're

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raging food for veterans with can goods
and non perishables. You're gonna see them

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all over town. Yes, and
if you have a question, just asked

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we we'll tell you. And also
on the tenth we'll be handing out the

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food. Where are the veterans you
need to go for this? They need

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to go downtown to Hilton. The
Hilton has that circular drive, so you're

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going to come in one end and
then go out the other end. We'll

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meet you right at the fourier there
and under the little petition there and we'll

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put the foods right in your vehicle. Got to get out and that is

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stored at ten o'clock and then that
evening at six o'clock, we have a

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charity bingo at Coppers and Meals,
so please stop buy. They have brewed

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up a beer for us and that
special occasion, so please come by and

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support that that evening. It is
a charity bingo. And remember it's not

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army versus navy, okay, And
it's open to the public. It's just

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anyone could come, So please come
and have some fun with us at Coppers

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and Mills and just show them how
much we appreciate them. Also portning with

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together with Veteran and VCL, that
is great. Hey. It is open

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to everyone, and indeed we want
everyone to have a good time, and

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we also want you to remember where
the proceeds are going to. Yes,

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together with Veterans and Veteran Connection Organization. Oh man, I tell you,

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Sharon, it's always great having you
in you we're gonna do something about warming

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it up. I don't know,
I don't know who to call for the

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weather, but we're gonna be We're
gonna be fine. We're gonna I'm just

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old, I'm just grumpy. But
anyway, this is gonna be great.

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And again, if you want to
set up an appointment, you can do

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that and give you guys a call
down at the Strategy Center at the Tray

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County Tech. Yes, we'll put
all that information in the little news story

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that we're gonna let out here over
here in a little bit and now you

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can find that at Bartlesville Radio dot
com and you can also watch the video

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again if you just a caughta and
just a few minutes into it. You

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can watch the whole thing on Facebook
Live. I want to thank you for

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coming in. Can you Can you
come back soon? Sure? I sure

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will, and God bless him having
holidays to everyone, all right, thank

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you, miss Shaer. We