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Interview: Hanner Strong Bags Tournament · Podcast - Big 98.7

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  Well, we have a very special guest in our studio. Of course,
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  we go have to spread the word when there's good things happening in the community.
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  And Keith stands Guard is here with us today. Hello. Keith,
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  Hey, thanks for having me. Thank you for popping over today to talk
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  to us about this great event you guys have coming up on Saturday. Let's
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  first start with how it all got started. Well, you know, you
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  know, you hear all those sad stories, but you know, we're trying
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  to do something from a past friend who passed away in twenty nineteen from cancer
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  and everything. So what was his name, Tony Hanson. His nickname was
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  Hannah what everybody called them. So we ended up starting a foundation called Hanna
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  or Strong. It just goes to back to charity. You know, he
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  was a very giving person and everything. So what we try to do is
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  change around charities for giving away prizes or cash to help people who are struggling
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  and make a better thing. And so we're very honored because this year you've
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  decided to donate the proceeds to our foundation here the Big ninety eight point seven
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  Big Christmas Wish, which we're always helping. Yeah, local community or local
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  people in the community. It's right right up his alley. You know.
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  He would do anything he could do for the community or for someone and help
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  needed help. Well, that is so cool to be a part of it.
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  And the event itself is a lot of fun. And so this year
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  you're doing a bag tournament, ex cornhole whatever you might call it, but
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  fun for everybody sort of event. Right, It's an event that anybody can
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  do it. You know, the purpose of it is to get out,
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  you know. You know, living in North Dakota, you only get four
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  or five months there, so you got to get outside anytime you can,
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  right, So we are having out the horse park, which we have plenty
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  of room. You know. Obviously we'll have a concessions for kids and things
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  if they want to be coming out. We do have a bar for the
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  adult beverages and everything obviously and with being bags and we have the Johnson five
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  band playing at twelve thirty two. Oh, that'll be nice live music.
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  Bags for the whole family. And it is all going on actually on Saturday.
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  Registration is at eleven the tournament starts at noon. We're going to make
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  it super easy because people can register now while they're listening on our Facebook page.
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  The link is right there, or they can just pop out on Saturday,
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  help people helping people in this local area. Absolutely, I'm so glad
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  you're able to honor your friend in that way, because, of course it's
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  always sud it's so hard. But I think you know, Pike had a
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  friend who passed away and they kind of do the same Yeah, the same
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  same memorial you said, Keith, it's it's just a good reason to get
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  together and remember your friend, keep his name alive. But at the same
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  time, if you can give back at the same time, why not.
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  Yeah, I mean that's why we're trying to grow this even more and more.
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  Obviously, we have a lot of people coming back, people flying in
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  from Arizona, Colorado. I mean, and we had always that seventy eighty
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  people, so we just thought, you know, let's kick her up a
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  notch, chick her up, not more for the more for the community,
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  it's better, right, Yeah, absolutely, well, Keith, thank you
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  so much for doing what you do. We'd love to see a bunch of
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  people out there supporting, of course your cause. And then the big ninety
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  points having Christmas Wish this Saturday at the Horse Park. Thank you, Keith
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  all Right, thanks for having me. Thank you