WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.600 --> 00:00:04.639 And welcome, welcome, welcome, good morning, good morning, good morning, 2 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:10.359 and the idiots. Time for our holiday edition of our Community Connection. 3 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:19.000 And as always it is our Thanksgiving annual Community Connection with the Motorcycle Toy Run. 4 00:00:19.079 --> 00:00:23.239 And I got ladies, and how you guys doing. Been wonderful looking 5 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:27.879 forward to a good year. This year brought to sidekick. Introduce yourself. 6 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:31.480 Hi, I'm ellie. Hey there you go. Nice to have you both 7 00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:36.200 in here now today it's a bright, almost darn perfect day, and here's 8 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:39.840 open that when we kick off the Toy Run it's going to be maybe it 9 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:44.159 just a little bit warmer. Looking pretty much same, Yeah, hoping for 10 00:00:44.759 --> 00:00:48.200 a warm year and plenty of sunshine. What have we got this? This 11 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:54.359 is number thirty six, yep, number thirty six. Wow, boy, 12 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:58.119 they've been doing this longer than you've been around this one. Yeah, I'm 13 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:03.519 talking to you. I was a teenager when it started. Now tell everybody 14 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:07.359 what we have going on here, because this is really pretty cool because you 15 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:10.920 know, we get a front row seat here at the radio station because you 16 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:15.439 go right down Frank Phillips Boulevard with the motorcycles and the toys and everything else. 17 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:17.799 So tell everybody First of all, where do we start out and how 18 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:22.000 does this all work? We start out at the parking lot that is by 19 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:26.439 Arby's on Frank Phillips, and the parade goes all the way down to the 20 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:30.439 Salvation Army where the drop off is and that's where we have the free meal 21 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:34.680 for the for the participants. Well, this is great, and every year 22 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:38.560 it seems to get bigger and bigger. We have the little shrinking there during 23 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:42.439 COVID, but everything is back to just about normal, if not even bigger 24 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:46.159 than normal. Yeah. Yeah, we're always hoping for a good turnout. 25 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:49.480 Plenty of toys for the kids. And you know, bring a toy, 26 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:52.040 get to ride the parade, you get a meal. It's a wonderful day. 27 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:56.079 Oh great, Now you want them wrapped or unwrapped, unwrapped, unwrapped. 28 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:59.439 Okay, so if you want to be in the motorcycle break, just 29 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:01.519 bring an un wrapped it a gift for a boy or girl. Put it 30 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:06.120 on, put it in Santa Slade because we got Santa. Oh yeah, 31 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:09.240 we got Santa. And well you got Sanda, and you do every year. 32 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:14.439 You got Santa. And the sligh comes right behind all the motorcycles. 33 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:17.000 The motorcycles come behind Santa. I forgot how that goes. Santa leads a 34 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:22.000 parade. Santa leads a parade and in zoom, off we go. Now, 35 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:23.719 if we don't have a motorcycle, but we want to contribute, can 36 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:29.639 we do that? Absolutely? Anybody can stop by the parking lot. Everybody 37 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:31.879 starts gathering at noon, noon, and the parade takes off at too. 38 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:37.199 Come by see Santa. Bring a gift. You're more than welcome to. 39 00:02:37.919 --> 00:02:40.800 And if you want to watch the parade anywhere down Frank Phillips is awesome. 40 00:02:40.919 --> 00:02:45.759 Right by the radio station, that's even better. I actually do the official 41 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:47.240 count. Just a few buildings up. Yeah, I know you do. 42 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:50.439 I've seen you go. I've seen you down there. Yeah, got your 43 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:53.159 a little clicker, got my clickers going. And we count the number of 44 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:57.879 bikes and then also the number of riders so that we know how many how 45 00:02:57.919 --> 00:03:02.360 many people are participating? Call head, Hey, hey, you got a 46 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:07.199 three four four, it's that one in the back. Oh man, that 47 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:10.159 is great. That is just an awesome thing. Now I understand we have 48 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:15.080 people who contribute being sponsors. Do yep, we have our sponsors, and 49 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:22.520 you also get on our infamous T shirts. But those things are collectors items. 50 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:24.719 Everybody knows that, oh they are. I have every shirt since I 51 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:29.400 started volunteering with it in nineteen ninety. The third year, Oh my goodness, 52 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:34.520 and Elizabeth actually does she did the art for last year's T shirt that 53 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:37.639 she and I are wearing. Oh wow, that's great. She's done it 54 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:39.599 for this year too. So we're ready for the big reveal on toy Run 55 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:44.000 Day. What the new design is. I'm dying to see. This one 56 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:47.159 looks great. The twenty two that we're modeling here, that's gonna be hard 57 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:51.520 to beat. But I got faith in you, kid, You got skilled 58 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:53.560 who we got to thank here. We got a lot of folks who have 59 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:59.680 kind of ponied up here. So this year's sponsors we have no limit. 60 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:04.759 Power Sports g H Masonry, oglesby Assembly of God, Wannie Holtscher Farms, 61 00:04:05.080 --> 00:04:12.000 Imaging Concepts, Burswelle Cycle Sports Accounts by Janna Coachworks, Paint and Body, 62 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:17.759 Carolyn's Doghouse, Evans Nursery, Paul's Wrecker, the Radio Station Super six, 63 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:24.079 Trant's break in Alignment, West Side Paint and Body in Memory of Beckett Hope 64 00:04:24.079 --> 00:04:28.920 Boreo colst rental and New Haul in memory of Cotton, Humble Roads, a 65 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:33.800 biker church and Priesthood, Rainey's Custom Butchering, Magical Universe, Ghettoways, Glenn 66 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:38.319 Dedey and Matthew Haywood and the Bartswel Police. Well there you go. And 67 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:41.800 of course they kind of ride along too, don't they. Yeah, they 68 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:44.720 don't want to miss out on the fine. They don't want to miss out 69 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:47.040 on the fine. Well, this is always a tremendous event and it's something 70 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:49.959 that a lot of people look forward to each and every year, and especially 71 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:55.560 the kiddos. Oh absolutely, they really don't put one in one together here 72 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:58.319 on this. They just know there's a lot of motorcycles in their Santa Claus. 73 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.199 Yeah, exactly. We of the years, especially since I've been doing 74 00:05:01.279 --> 00:05:05.720 the count for about the past fifteen years, where I get to see everybody 75 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:10.519 lined up because not only do I I count, then I have to run 76 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:15.000 to the Salvation Army. So I go down the parade after all the bicycles, 77 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:17.079 and I get to see all the people that were out by standing watching 78 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:20.680 the parade. And I've seen that group grow over the years. Oh, 79 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:24.600 it's something else. It is a lot of fun and when's the date again? 80 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:28.160 The date is December second, next Saturday, next that. Okay, 81 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:31.000 that's a big day around here. He's got this prey, got that prey. 82 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:33.839 So you start out with the motorcycles and you do the other one later 83 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:36.600 at night. Yeah, you get a two for that day. Yeah, 84 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:42.560 two for the price of one. This is gonna be good. I'm kind 85 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:46.040 of jacked up for it now. I've been looking ahead at the weather and 86 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:50.000 it looks like we're gonna probably be on the pretty okay side. Yeah, 87 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:54.399 for December second, And it's gonna be a great day to get on the 88 00:05:54.399 --> 00:05:56.879 motorcycles, gonna be a great day to ride. It's gonna be a great 89 00:05:56.959 --> 00:06:00.759 day to help out kids in need. Absolutely. You know, luckily our 90 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:03.519 people show up. You know, we've had people show up when it's cold, 91 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:08.800 snowy, rainy, whatever, but a beautiful day always brings them out 92 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:12.480 in droves. Now, Lizbeth, you've been coming in here every year i've 93 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:15.759 been here, which is about five years. Have you been part of this 94 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:18.759 ever since you were toddler? Yeah, I mean I've grown up within this 95 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:23.839 and so it's just been a fun experience. I remember when she was about 96 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:28.839 three foot something and now she's full grown person. Yeah, it's a boy. 97 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:31.199 They do that, don't they. Yeah. I mean when she was, 98 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:34.519 when she really was a toddler, she was helping out, you know, 99 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:41.000 wrapping up silverware and helping us serve the food and everything roll. And 100 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:45.160 it's just grown since then. My goodness sakes, it's kind of you kind 101 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:46.920 of grew up with that too, because you started off as a teenager with 102 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:50.879 this and you grew with it as well. So it's a nice little family 103 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:58.040 traditioning guy going it is. My aunt Marty Halter, started it and she 104 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:02.120 there was they would go to a one in Tulson and the Toy Run and 105 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:05.920 a couple other places, and she's like, Bartlesville has enough to support a 106 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:10.639 toy run, and so she decided to start it, and she has. 107 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:16.040 And good how it's grown absolutely so much so that when she decided to step 108 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:19.920 back and kind of just be the face of the toy Run rather than running 109 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:26.879 it and doing all the hard work, she earned her her retirement. It's 110 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:31.920 taken three of us, me, my sister, and my cousin to take 111 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:36.439 it over, and one of us runs the kitchen, my sister does the 112 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:43.360 the the administrative stuff, and I do the t shirts and the radio spot. 113 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:46.800 Hey, he does the artwork. Yeah, he does. It's all. 114 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:50.519 You know, it's mostly run by the family. Well, you gotta 115 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:54.000 love it, you know, this really is a cool thing, and we're 116 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:57.959 looking forward to it December second. I get out there about noon at the 117 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:01.319 parking lot down there by Army's. Yeah, and then we'll put the toys 118 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:05.319 up in Santa's Slay. Santa will lead the way at two at two o'clock 119 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:11.079 in Zoom, we go down. We obey all posted speed limits, absolutely 120 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:18.399 we do. Also there's it is for two and three wheel motorcycles and three 121 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:22.120 although side by sides and ATVs and things like that maybe street legal. They're 122 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:28.439 they're not a motorcycle, so you know, they unfortunately can't participate, but 123 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:33.200 they can bring a toy and watch the parade and have fun. Absolutely, 124 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:37.080 just like anybody else. Yeah, and remember if you if you're not a 125 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:39.919 writer or you used to be, uh and or you want to be, 126 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:45.039 but you don't have your your two wheels on you, you can always bring 127 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:48.480 a toy and that that works just fine too. It does. Every bit 128 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:52.799 goes to the kids. The what we have left after we sell the t 129 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:56.679 shirts, and we help the Salvation Army out by asking them what they need, 130 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:00.759 and we go have a toy buy, you know, a week or 131 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:03.320 two after the toy run to complete out what the Salvation Army needs to help 132 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:07.039 the kids. That's got to be fun too, it is. It's a 133 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:13.960 pretty fun trip. I want to thank you for sharing your Thanksgiving morning with 134 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:16.159 us, both of you ladies, and also telling us about the toy run. 135 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:20.440 We're going to have this on the internet here with our news story and 136 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:24.559 we'll tell everybody about what they can do, where they can find you and 137 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:26.639 how they can participate. All right, thank you very much, thank you, 138 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:31.080 and happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving into you two, alrighty, thank you've 139 00:09:31.080 --> 00:09:33.600 been listening to our community connection.