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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome it. It

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<v Speaker 1>is time now for our community connection right here on

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<v Speaker 1>K one, the one you trust in. Today we have

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<v Speaker 1>our friends in from Ability Works and we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about a lot of good things, a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>fun and of.

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<v Speaker 2>Course the great things that happened to Edibility Works.

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<v Speaker 1>First of all rebeccay ingram Our CEO and also Beth

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<v Speaker 1>the Flowers are fundraising committee at chair. So we've got

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of things going on Edibility Works.

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<v Speaker 2>How are we doing?

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<v Speaker 3>Billy Works is fantastic.

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<v Speaker 2>You guys are always busy. We're very busy.

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<v Speaker 3>Every day is a new day. You never know what

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<v Speaker 3>you're gonna get, like a boxer cracker jacks. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>we we have a good time.

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<v Speaker 2>It keeps it interesting, keeps you hopping.

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<v Speaker 3>Life is very interesting. But we're doing great things and

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<v Speaker 3>we're very we're very excited of.

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<v Speaker 2>What we do and tell people what it is that

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<v Speaker 2>you do.

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<v Speaker 3>Ability Works of Oklahoma, Incorporated is located here in Bartlesville

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<v Speaker 3>and we provide residential and ocasional services to people with

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<v Speaker 3>intellectual and development mental disabilities.

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<v Speaker 1>Good and we've got a fundraiser coming up to keep

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<v Speaker 1>the boat a floating as they say.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is where Beth comes in. How you doing, Beth,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing great.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you're going to be doing better here because you

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<v Speaker 1>got some fun in your fundraiser.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell us about this fantastic thing.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, every year we pick a new theme too for

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<v Speaker 4>our fundraiser and to raise money. And this year our

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<v Speaker 4>theme is come cruise with us, and so we're inviting

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<v Speaker 4>everybody to come and dress up in their cruise war

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<v Speaker 4>and we are decorations. The room will look like a

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<v Speaker 4>ship and we're so excited about it. We're we holding

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<v Speaker 4>this hill Chris Country Club. And what's the day, first

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<v Speaker 4>Friday in September.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's coming up real quick, it is, it is.

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<v Speaker 4>I hope we're ready.

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<v Speaker 2>How do we get tickets for this? Well, tickets can.

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<v Speaker 3>Be purchased online at abilityworksokay dot org, or you can

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<v Speaker 3>come to our offices at five Oho one South Virginia Avenue.

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<v Speaker 2>I invite you to go to the offices because you've

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<v Speaker 2>got to be sprised what you get to see. Absolutely,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a beautiful facility, ability inside and out. You got

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<v Speaker 2>to be so proud of that.

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<v Speaker 3>We're very proud our Board of directors has been very

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<v Speaker 3>amazing over the years and they've really set us up.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, how long you've been in business over there, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I have.

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<v Speaker 3>Been the CEO of Ability Works since January of twenty nineteen,

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<v Speaker 3>prior to that. Actually, this is a good opportunity Ability

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<v Speaker 3>Works of Oklahoma as actually the community of Bartleswell would

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<v Speaker 3>know us as ARC our ARC Group Homes and Employability.

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<v Speaker 3>So when I was hired in January of twenty nineteen,

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<v Speaker 3>one of the first things our board of directors asked

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<v Speaker 3>me to do was merge Employability into ARC Group Homes

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<v Speaker 3>and then the company was renamed Ability Works of Oklahoma.

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<v Speaker 2>So we are ARC.

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<v Speaker 3>We get called that often and we're okay with that.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what we're dis going is the community and yes,

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<v Speaker 3>and that's that's where we began.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, well it's a wonderful story.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you did that just as COVID was was kicking

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<v Speaker 1>in and you're able to get through all of that

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<v Speaker 1>to become what you are today, which beautiful.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, yes, that is.

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<v Speaker 2>That's really a remarkable story.

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<v Speaker 4>I can't tell you how blessed Ability Works is to

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<v Speaker 4>have Becky.

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<v Speaker 2>She'd be shy.

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<v Speaker 4>She does such a wonderful job, and the client's lover.

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<v Speaker 4>Everybody that meets her loves her, and she does such

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<v Speaker 4>a great job. We're blessed. We're blessed on radio.

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<v Speaker 3>It wouldn't happen for you. Appreciate that very much.

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<v Speaker 1>I love what I do.

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<v Speaker 3>I truly do, and it's it's just a joy to

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<v Speaker 3>come to work every day. We've got some amazing employees,

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<v Speaker 3>some of the best, and I just absolutely love coming

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<v Speaker 3>to work every day.

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<v Speaker 2>I tell you what that's not. That's not something everybody has.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're you're blessed to have that.

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<v Speaker 3>It is a blessing and I don't take it for granted.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, now coming up with the fundraiser here, Uh, this

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<v Speaker 2>is just going to be a blast.

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<v Speaker 4>And uh it's always fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Well it's got to be. Let me look at this.

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<v Speaker 2>You got the big cruise ship taken off out there

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<v Speaker 2>from the country club and and uh and you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have we're not sure where it's going, but you.

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<v Speaker 1>Won't get lost at sea. It's not the ss Mino.

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to make sure we heard it won't

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<v Speaker 1>be that. Now, what can we expect that once we

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<v Speaker 1>come on.

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<v Speaker 4>Board, Well, we're all we always have fabulous food, Hillcrest

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<v Speaker 4>is so good to us with working with our menu

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<v Speaker 4>and they have a wonderful chef and we're always proud

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<v Speaker 4>of the food that we have there. And we are

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<v Speaker 4>going to have you know, Caribbean cocktails, and the entertainment

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<v Speaker 4>is going to be great. We've got a DJ that

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<v Speaker 4>helps us every year, and we've chosen music to to

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<v Speaker 4>help with the theme. The theme, and we always the

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<v Speaker 4>main thing is our silent auction and our live auction.

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<v Speaker 4>I attend a lot of fundraisers here in town, and

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<v Speaker 4>I have to say, I'm always so impressed at what

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<v Speaker 4>ability Works has in theirs.

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<v Speaker 2>You were telling me about one of these, and it

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<v Speaker 2>is amazing.

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<v Speaker 4>Red Drummond has been so generous and she has donated

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<v Speaker 4>a dinner for sixteen and uh for dinner and happy

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<v Speaker 4>hour and then a stay in her boarding house for

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<v Speaker 4>all sixteen guests.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's hard to do because that boarding house is

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<v Speaker 2>usually booked two or three years.

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<v Speaker 4>And she is so generous and she makes sure that

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<v Speaker 4>there is a night for us every year and we're

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<v Speaker 4>so grateful.

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<v Speaker 2>Wowodsakes, we all think you want to burst. Got Leah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's that's generous.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a hot item.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'd say we also.

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<v Speaker 4>Have five our dinner package with Broadway, where five restaurants

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<v Speaker 4>in town have donated a dinner for two to be

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<v Speaker 4>coupled with the Broadway shows that come in nice. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>that's a fun one. That's a fun package. It's a

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<v Speaker 4>show and dinner with five different restaurants in town. And

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<v Speaker 4>also Adrian and David Colway have been so generous this year.

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<v Speaker 2>I tell you what their businesses have been just crowd like.

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<v Speaker 4>They you know, own the Palace Rooms and Lollipops, and

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<v Speaker 4>they have donated dinner at the Palace Rooms for I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 4>They've also opened up a speakeasy and it's called nineteen

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<v Speaker 4>oh eight, and so they've donated a dinner for six

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<v Speaker 4>for their new speakeasy which I haven't seen yet but

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<v Speaker 4>I've heard it's fabulous. And they also have a new

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<v Speaker 4>mobile bar that you can rent and come to your

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<v Speaker 4>party and includes a bartender, and they've they've donated their

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<v Speaker 4>mobile bar as a as another you know item in

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<v Speaker 4>our silent auction.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow live live auction. Who's who's conducting your live auction?

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<v Speaker 4>We have different people every year and it's oh, hold on,

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<v Speaker 4>it's an auctionnaire.

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<v Speaker 2>Skelly Roger Rogers, well friend of mine.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, he does such a great jobious. He's part of

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<v Speaker 4>the entertainment, needless to say, and he helps us so often,

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<v Speaker 4>so we're glad he's doing it again this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh man, this is going to be a lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 1>And of course the money race goes back to making

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<v Speaker 1>sure Ability Works keeps the doors open and keeps things

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<v Speaker 1>going correct.

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<v Speaker 2>Man a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>That is quite an organization you have there, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>really nice that have wonderful people on your committee there

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<v Speaker 1>to put together something as nice and wonderful as this.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean, like I said, this fundraiser committee, Jenny

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<v Speaker 3>Kirkpatrick and Beth and just a whole lot of them.

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<v Speaker 3>They're they're just amazing people in general. And again it's

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<v Speaker 3>just another blessing that Ability Works has. So we're very fortunate.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, thank you for being in our neighborhood. We appreciate that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a pleasure to be here. My family goes out

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<v Speaker 2>to visit every now and then and they say, look

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<v Speaker 2>away you.

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<v Speaker 4>Tell them about the new recycling.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that is Oh yeah, that is the best

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<v Speaker 2>the recycling.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh so, Ability Works as a thrift shop and a

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<v Speaker 3>Virginia building five oh went South Virginia. And then behind

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<v Speaker 3>our big building is our recycling center. So we recycle cardboard,

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<v Speaker 3>we shred paper for the community. We also can come

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<v Speaker 3>pick things up. Any donations for the thrift store, we

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<v Speaker 3>can also pick those up. So if you need a

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<v Speaker 3>pick up, if you have a donation or something of

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<v Speaker 3>that swort, please call our office.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah wow.

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<v Speaker 3>We also are getting ready to open a second donation

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<v Speaker 3>center at no Water Road in Highway seventy five, next

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<v Speaker 3>to mister Rainey's insurance office. Yeah, so that'll just be

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<v Speaker 3>a donation only but just on the other side of town.

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<v Speaker 3>So help the community a little bit with if they

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<v Speaker 3>have donations.

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<v Speaker 2>You guys, just don't stop moving. We're pretty busy. There's

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<v Speaker 2>some goodies in that thrift shop. I'm saying, oh there are, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>there are lots of moving parts. Oh yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>She just so calm about it here and I'm sitting like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>my gosh, the thing was going a mile a minute

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<v Speaker 1>back there.

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<v Speaker 2>But oh yeah. So once again, the date and where

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<v Speaker 2>we can get.

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<v Speaker 4>The first Friday in September Hillcrest Country Club.

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<v Speaker 3>And he's on September sixth, and you can purchase the

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<v Speaker 3>tickets at our offices or at Ability Works. Okay, dot org.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, there you go.

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<v Speaker 1>It's very easy to remain Ladies, Have I forgotten anything

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<v Speaker 1>or have we not covered something?

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<v Speaker 2>Because I know we got a bunch. You got a

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<v Speaker 2>couple more, don't you know?

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<v Speaker 4>I don't got them?

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<v Speaker 2>Alrighty, I just want to make sure I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to we do that looking like well something here.

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<v Speaker 4>We mentioned our live auction, but we didn't talk about

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<v Speaker 4>our silent auction. We have artwork donated, we have pottery donated,

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<v Speaker 4>we have jewelry donated, we have packages for hotels in town, dinners,

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<v Speaker 4>don't I mean there is a lot there and it's

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of fun and it's fun to do the bidding.

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<v Speaker 2>You just never know what you're gonna go. That's right,

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<v Speaker 2>you really don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh well, thank you for visiting with us here today,

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<v Speaker 1>and folks Visitability Works. Make sure you go to your

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<v Speaker 1>website get the tickets. We'll see you on the cruise.

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<v Speaker 4>With us with us.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, thank you for