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OF OUR TRADITION.  AND WE, AS AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND ARRL MEMBERS,
CONTINUE THE TRUE SPIRIT OF THAT TRADITION BY SUPPORTING THIS WONDERFUL AND
MUCH NEEDED EFFORT.  WE ARE THANKFUL SALVATION ARMY MAJOR SANDRA L.
DEFIBAUGH WROTE, THE NATIONAL TOY DRIVE CHAIRPERSON AND AWARD WINNING
SINGER PATTY LOVELESS, KD4WUJ, HAS DEMONSTRATED THE TRUE SPIRIT OF
CHRISTMAS BY PROMOTING THIS TOY DRIVE.  THANK YOU, PATTY, FOR YOUR DESIRE
TO HELP THE CHILDREN KNOW THAT THERE IS HOPE FOR REBUILDING THEIR LIVES
AFTER SUCH AN ASTRONOMICAL DISASTER.  SHE WENT ON, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE
SELFLESS SPIRIT OF GIVING AND SHARING DEMONSTRATED BY THE HAM OPERATORS
ACROSS THE NATION.  ASSISTING PATTY AND HELPING TO COORDINATE MEDIA WAS HER
HUSBAND AND MANAGER EMORY GORDY, W4WRO.  RICHARD LUBASH, N1VXW, A TV
PRODUCER WHO WAS WORKING ON A DOCUMENTARY OF HAM RADIO DURING KATRINA, TOOK
TIME OUT AND VOLUNTEERED TO MAKE A SPECIAL VIDEO FOR THE DRIVE WITH PATTY.
THERE WERE MANY SIGHTINGS OF THIS VIDEO REPORTED IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS.
AMONG THEM, CHARLES KOSMAN, WB2NQV, REPORTED THAT THE DRIVES VIDEO
FEATURING PATTY LOVELESS AIRED ALL LAST WEEK ON KSWO TV, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA,
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K9NYO KC0FGP N0UKO KC5NPU KF6AOK KO6RP KB7GAT AA7RT AB8OS KC8YON W9OES K0FJ
KW0U AD5NQ KH6AS K6RRS N7GFT N7RTA KB8OTZ N8YPE W9PC KI0F WB0ULX AD5NR
KG6BQG WB6RTH K7GGR WV7R AB8AA WD8PAD WB8YPG K9PET N0FPE N0UP KC5NT N6BVZ
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WICHITA FALLS, IN THE TEXAS MARKET DURING THE 530 PM TIME SLOT.  THATS
BETWEEN THE EARLY LOCAL NEWS AND ABC NETWORK NEWS.  I GUESS WE GOT SOME
PRIME TIME FOR IT.  SUPPORT ALSO CAME FROM MANY CLUBS WHO QUICKLY SENT OUT
WORD TO THEIR MEMBERS AND FROM OTHERS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO STARTED
CREATIVE ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO GATHER TOYS.  FOR EXAMPLE, DR FRANK VESCI,
W1NK, A CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN IN CONNECTICUT, OFFERED FREE EVALUATIONS TO
ANY PATIENTS WHO BROUGHT A TOY WITH THEM FOR THEIR APPOINTMENT.  MEANWHILE,
JOE GUVMAN, KB1DVG, AT A MEINEKE SHOP ENCOURAGED HIS CUSTOMERS TO BRING
TOYS INTO HIS SHOP.  THERE WAS A SPECIAL COLLECTION AT THE GEORGIA STATE
ARRL CONVENTION AND THERE WERE BOXES AT MANY LARGE HAMFESTS SUCH AS STONE
MOUNTAIN.  CLUBS HELD COLLECTIONS AT MEETINGS AND LOCAL DRIVES.  FOUR BOXES
OF TOYS EVEN ARRIVED FROM WX4NHC THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.  PERSONAL
NOTES FROM KL7 KIDS IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS, TOYS ARRIVED DAILY AS DONATIONS
FROM PLACES AS DIVERSE AS TEXAS, VERMONT AND ALASKA FLOWED IN.  PALMER
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WB6RWU K7GHS NA7SA K8AAB KC8PAJ KC8ZAM AB9PJ KC0FRL WB0URW KK5NU WB6BYU
KG6SDI W7GHT W7SAR AD8A KC8PD KG8Z N9PJ KA0FSP WB0VAM KD5OFF NR6CA KF6SHU

THANK THEM FROM ALL AROUND FOR COLLECTING, LOVELESS TOLD ARRL STAFF.  MANY
OF THE TOYS ARRIVED WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THE ACTUAL DONORS.  IT WAS CLEAR
THAT THE HAM COMMUNITY WAS FAR MORE INTERESTED IN HELPING THAN RECEIVING
ACCOLADES.  SPECIAL EVENT STATION W1AW/4
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N0GUD KB0WEQ KB5OVP KF6CUE KG6SQR KK7GV KH7SO KB8AIZ N8PVC KA5OZC WA6CUE 9
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