Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome,
Speaker 1: Happy Thanksgiving to one and all. It's time now for
Speaker 1: our community connection right here on Kay one, the one
Speaker 1: you trust, and you know we do this every year.
Speaker 1: It's the Toy Run. Ladies, introduce yourselves. Hello.
Speaker 2: I'm Amber Renolds, so it's a Barnosow Motorcycle Toy Run.
Speaker 3: And I'm Elizabeth.
Speaker 1: Hey, and you know something, you two have been here
Speaker 1: every year since I've been here. That's been since seven
Speaker 1: years going on now, and I can always count on
Speaker 1: company for Thanksgiving. So thank you for coming in and
Speaker 1: having fun with us today. Thank you. We enjoyed sharing
Speaker 1: it with you. Yeah, I'm musing, Rental. We got a
Speaker 1: little fun coming up, don't we yep.
Speaker 2: On the seventh of December, first Saturday in December every year,
Speaker 2: it is time for the Barnislow Motorcycle Toy Run.
Speaker 1: And it goes right past the radio station here on
Speaker 1: Frank Phillips. But where do we start.
Speaker 2: It starts in the parking lot by Arby's, in between
Speaker 2: Arby's and Kohles, and the parade will take off at
Speaker 2: two o'clock and it will go straight down Frank Phillips
Speaker 2: and end up at the Salvation Army.
Speaker 1: My goodness sakes, Now, what do we need to do
Speaker 1: besides having maybe a motorcycle a toy? Right? Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's kind of important. You know.
Speaker 2: We asked that every rider bring at least one toy
Speaker 2: and all ages, anything from infant to teenager is appreciated.
Speaker 2: And you donate a toy right in the parade and
Speaker 2: we give your free meal a the end.
Speaker 1: Well, yeah, that's right, you do. It's always a good
Speaker 1: one too. Now I don't ride a motorcycle anymore, can
Speaker 1: I still donate a toy? Yes?
Speaker 2: Absolutely? Anybody can bring a toy by when you want
Speaker 2: us to come by. Santa normally comes to the parking
Speaker 2: lot about noon, and so we hang out and everything
Speaker 2: and gather between noon and two and take off. Then.
Speaker 1: Okay, so noon and too, bring the branded toy and
Speaker 1: for boys or girls, and make sure we get it
Speaker 1: on Santa sleigh. You guys think care of that and
Speaker 1: point us in the right direction. We do, and uh
Speaker 1: and then zoom off we go down the Salvation.
Speaker 2: Army yep, and the parade route. There's, uh, you know,
Speaker 2: plenty of good spots along the way. Check out all
Speaker 2: the bikes that go by. It's a wonderful sound.
Speaker 1: It is so fun, it really is. And we have
Speaker 1: the best road because we get out there on the
Speaker 1: little balcony out here at the radio station kind of
Speaker 1: waving everybody as they go by. It's quite. It's quite
Speaker 1: the show.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I do the official count. Just a few businesses, right,
Speaker 2: you got the clicker, I got the clicker. I'm counting
Speaker 2: bikes and riders.
Speaker 1: Now, young lady, We've got some sponsors, don't wait. Yes, oh,
Speaker 1: and we do this every year. We need be the
Speaker 1: hard job because here's this big long list and she
Speaker 1: smiles right through it. Who's helping us out?
Speaker 3: So this year's sponsors, we have no Limit Power Sports,
Speaker 3: g H Masonry, ogles V, Assembly of God, Loney, Lonny Holsure,
Speaker 3: far Barsville Yard Greetings, Bartlesville, Marble and Tile, Lenape Smoke Shop,
Speaker 3: Back Roads, Bar and Grill, CNM Collision Repair Center, The
Speaker 3: Salvation Army, Imaging Concepts, Burrsville Police Reserves, Barzell Cycle Sports, Coachworks,
Speaker 3: Paint and Body, Green Country Trader and Pond Accounts by Jana,
Speaker 3: Carolyn's Doghouse, Evans Nursery, Kitty Kirk Corner childcare, early learning center,
Speaker 3: better homes in gardens, real estate, Paul's Recker, the radio station,
Speaker 3: Super six Haircuts, Truot's break in Alignment, Cole's Rental and
Speaker 3: U Haul, in memory of Cotton, Humble Roads, a Biker
Speaker 3: Church and Priesthood, Rainey's custom Butchering, Magical Universe Getaways, and
Speaker 3: in memory of Crash Turnbull Wowe.
Speaker 1: That sponsor list keeps getting bigger and bigger, and the
Speaker 1: number of motorcyclists keeps getting larger and larger. This is
Speaker 1: thirty seven years in the making, isn't.
Speaker 2: It It is?
Speaker 1: My aunt started this.
Speaker 2: Every year she would go to area toy runs and
Speaker 2: she figured that, you know, Bartotoll is big enough to
Speaker 2: support one of their own, so she did it herself.
Speaker 1: And that's how it got started out.
Speaker 2: That's how it got start.
Speaker 1: Like it, it's good enough for over there when we
Speaker 1: do it over there, watch me now and then look
Speaker 1: at us. My goodness sinks. We fill up a few
Speaker 1: city blocks from beginning to end with our motorcycles on
Speaker 1: our toy run. And it's really, like I said, folks,
Speaker 1: if you haven't seen it, come on out Saturday and
Speaker 1: take a look at it. And better yet, be a
Speaker 1: part of it. If you can't ride, I just donate
Speaker 1: a toy because they're so needed this year.
Speaker 2: Times are hard, they are, they are, and we have
Speaker 2: for the past quite a few years the toys that
Speaker 2: the Salvation Army is lacking. After they get their angels
Speaker 2: back from the angel trees, we have been able to
Speaker 2: complete out their lists so that every kid gets, you know,
Speaker 2: something for Christmas that has applied to the Salvation Army.
Speaker 1: My goodness sakes, you must have tons of volunteers.
Speaker 2: No, actually, this is mostly a family affair. Oh really,
Speaker 2: all the Salvation Army really helps us out reserves and
Speaker 2: and things like that. But my aunt started it, and
Speaker 2: when she decided to kind of retire, my sister, myself
Speaker 2: and my cousin's kid, the three of us run it
Speaker 2: and family helps an awful lot on that day. And
Speaker 2: you know, this one's been helping pretty much since she's
Speaker 2: been able to walk.
Speaker 1: And oh yeah, the same thing since you were in
Speaker 1: elementary school, because I remember you coming in here when.
Speaker 2: You just.
Speaker 1: Now she full grown.
Speaker 2: So my goodness sakes, but yeah, my sister does the
Speaker 2: administration stuff. I take care of the t shirts, sell
Speaker 2: them that day. I do the count and my cousin's kid,
Speaker 2: kate Lee takes care of the kitchen and the meal.
Speaker 1: Wow, this is something. This is awesome. And you know,
Speaker 1: on behalf of everybody in town, thank you, oh, because
Speaker 1: you know this is this is something a lot of
Speaker 1: folks look forward to every year. I know Salvation Army does,
Speaker 1: but you know, even folks like us who just see
Speaker 1: a good thing being done, this kind of worms. Everybody's hard.
Speaker 2: It does, it does. And our bikers that participate, you know,
Speaker 2: they they look forward to it every year. They never
Speaker 2: miss And the community. I have watched the community grow
Speaker 2: and grow that comes out to watch the parade go by,
Speaker 2: and I know that, you know, especially little kids, it's
Speaker 2: it's it's almost as fun as as the regular Christmas parade.
Speaker 2: They enjoy it just as much.
Speaker 1: This is fun. So it's coming up next Saturday, next Saturday,
Speaker 1: This Saturday, but next Saturday, folks round noonish, get out
Speaker 1: there in the parking lot and break Philips little bar
Speaker 1: between the Army's and the cools U haul there and
Speaker 1: then right around noon as she will be there, start
Speaker 1: bringing your toys and bring your bring your your your toy,
Speaker 1: your motorcycle. If you're going to be riding, bring that too,
Speaker 1: because you're gonna need it, because it's a motorcycle toy
Speaker 1: run exactly. But if you don't write, you can always
Speaker 1: donate and have fun. Sanna's gonna be there and everything.
Speaker 2: Yep, Sanna's gonna be there. We will have shirts for
Speaker 2: sale there twenty dollars. This is last year.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I love that.
Speaker 2: And the sponsors are on the back and it's money
Speaker 2: from the T shirt sales also goes to fulfilling the
Speaker 2: extra needs of the Salvation Army.
Speaker 1: That's great. Do you have a Facebook page in case
Speaker 1: folk may be a missed a few things, Yeah, we do.
Speaker 2: It's a Bartlesviille motorcycle toy run on Facebook.
Speaker 1: Easy to find, yep, pretty easy to find.
Speaker 2: And we do want to point out that you know,
Speaker 2: it is motorcycles only, so unfortunately anything with four wheels
Speaker 2: is not allowed.
Speaker 1: But we thank you for you know your donation.
Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely again, anybody is welcome to bring buy a toy.
Speaker 2: You can have a chat with Sanna and and you know, pictures.
Speaker 1: Take pictures absolutely, and.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you can share those on our on our
Speaker 2: Facebook page. We would appreciate that, you know, because we
Speaker 2: go around and take pictures as well. But we got
Speaker 2: a lot of other stuff we're doing too.
Speaker 1: You know, folks on the parade route too, they take them.
Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, you know I'm taking them those advantages along
Speaker 2: the parade route that everybody involved in the toy run itself.
Speaker 2: We don't get to see that, you know, because I'm
Speaker 2: the only person pretty much that gets to see the parade.
Speaker 2: But I'm so busy counting I can't take pictures.
Speaker 1: You know. She has to get a little band aid
Speaker 1: on her thumb because she sprains that little joint there
Speaker 1: on hitting the clicker. Yeah. Well, my husband does help
Speaker 1: me out. Yeah, best one.
Speaker 2: Yeah no, he he counts the bikes and I count
Speaker 2: the riders, So I do have the faster thumb because
Speaker 2: you know, you got two riders sometimes, gotcha.
Speaker 1: I want to thank you very much, both of you
Speaker 1: for being here today.