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CAR TALK · One on One With a Professional

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  Speaker 1: Mark Cunningham for Martha's Task here to help us kick
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  Speaker 1: off springtime.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, great events coming up we do.
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  Speaker 3: We're excited.
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  Speaker 1: It's fun to hear about what's going on at Martha's staff.
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  Speaker 1: Such a unique organization and one of those like you know,
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  Speaker 1: we we've had a bunch on this spring We've talk
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  Speaker 1: that are one offs Bartlesville's nonprofits.
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  Speaker 2: These are like the independent.
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  Speaker 1: Organizations that really sprang up here from the passion of
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  Speaker 1: somebody with a special idea and wanted to help people.
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  Speaker 4: Well, and that is Martha's Task. We are truly unique.
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  Speaker 4: We help low income women with sewing and crafting programs
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  Speaker 4: so they can make an income. And there's not too
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  Speaker 4: many places like us.
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  Speaker 1: It's an inspiration and it took somebody I'm sure that
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  Speaker 1: had that idea and just wanted to help people.
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  Speaker 4: Oh absolutely, that may be my key in here us.
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  Speaker 2: A little bit about.
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  Speaker 4: So we were founded in the basement of Saint James
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  Speaker 4: Catholic Church actually twenty five years ago, so we've got
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  Speaker 4: our twenty fifth anniversary coming up. There was a woman
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  Speaker 4: named Susan Murphy and she just kept running on to
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  Speaker 4: low income women that were in crisis and needed help
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  Speaker 4: needed to be able to work, but we're not really
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  Speaker 4: in the perfect place for a regular job market, so
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  Speaker 4: she was just really thinking what can we do, what
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  Speaker 4: can we do? And about that time somebody donated a
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  Speaker 4: bunch of sewing machines to the church and a program
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  Speaker 4: was born, and then we became an independent nonprofit where
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  Speaker 4: we were teaching women to sew, and then moved into
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  Speaker 4: teaching people to do crafts so they could make an
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  Speaker 4: income for emergency needs or long term needs.
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  Speaker 2: And you have a shop where you sew.
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  Speaker 3: This we do.
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  Speaker 2: We do.
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  Speaker 4: Our store is at seven eighteen South Johnstone and we're
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  Speaker 4: open nine to four Monday through Friday, and we have
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  Speaker 4: lots of really beautiful gifts, so it is a great
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  Speaker 4: place to come and off.
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  Speaker 1: And you've got a big event coming up later this month,
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  Speaker 1: I know several over the next few but tell us
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  Speaker 1: about what's going on for the person.
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  Speaker 4: Analogy Personality So it's kind of a unique name, but
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  Speaker 4: as you might figure or not figure.
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  Speaker 3: It's a purse auction and also.
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  Speaker 4: A high tea awesome. So that is going to be
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  Speaker 4: April twenty sixth. New location this year where at Bartleswell
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  Speaker 4: First United Methodist Church and it's going to be from
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  Speaker 4: one to three on that Saturday, April twenty sixth, and
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  Speaker 4: people come and have the best time.
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  Speaker 2: So it's like a fun time.
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  Speaker 3: They come and wear their hats.
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  Speaker 4: It's not required, but we have so many people that
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  Speaker 4: come in fancy hats that we have.
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  Speaker 3: A hat contest.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, of course, of course. So we have lots of
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  Speaker 4: goodies to eat and people were in their hats and
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  Speaker 4: then they get to bid on these amazing purses that
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  Speaker 4: are made from seamstresses just all around the United States.
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  Speaker 4: Actually some of them are low and some are from Alaska,
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  Speaker 4: you know, Iowa, Kansas.
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  Speaker 3: It's really wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: That's great, that's awesome to hear. That's coming up on
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  Speaker 1: April twenty six one to three pm at First United
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  Speaker 1: Methodist Church and we'll come back to that. There's so
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  Speaker 1: much other stuff going on. It's that time of year
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  Speaker 1: in Bartlesville. There's stuff. Just tonight. We've got we had
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  Speaker 1: blair on last week from the Bartlesville Public School Foundation.
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  Speaker 2: A Ruin of the Year at Dungeon Stadium. Ruins of
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  Speaker 2: the Year tonight.
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  Speaker 3: Oh well, that's a special event.
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  Speaker 2: It is a great event.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to honor the Teacher of the Year, the
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  Speaker 1: Rising Star of the Year, Classified Person of the Year,
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  Speaker 1: it goes on and on, Substitute of the Year, all
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  Speaker 1: get honored and it's a great time. It's a no
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  Speaker 1: cost event and you can vote on the fan favorite teacher,
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  Speaker 1: so it's a great event. In you.
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  Speaker 2: There's lots of sacks.
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  Speaker 1: And stuff for free and lots of fund out there
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  Speaker 1: at Dungeon Stadium tonight, so people might want to check
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  Speaker 1: that out too.
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  Speaker 2: And we're just getting.
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  Speaker 1: Into that springtime season where there's just lots of events
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  Speaker 1: going on.
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  Speaker 4: You can find a couple of things every day or
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  Speaker 4: night to get you. Yeah, you won't be bored.
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  Speaker 2: It has been really busy out of the dealership too.
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  Speaker 1: We've had lots of interest in what's happening with all
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  Speaker 1: this crazy news about the tariffs, and you know, I
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  Speaker 1: think that truthfully, nothing has really changed that much yet.
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  Speaker 2: We're seeing some rise and used.
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  Speaker 1: Car values, where as you know, people are anticipating what
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  Speaker 1: might happen, but those so far, none of the Twitter
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  Speaker 1: prices have gone up. We're selling everything just like we
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  Speaker 1: have always have with our Dungeon simple price and keeping
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  Speaker 1: it simple and straightforward with our customers, and we got
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  Speaker 1: a great selection right now. I've got some more wrap
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  Speaker 1: fours coming this week. We got four or five more
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  Speaker 1: of those allocated. We've got a beautiful new Sequalia in yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: I think that one may already be spoken for, But
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  Speaker 1: great selection right now. Vehicles like are Tundras, the Tacomas.
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  Speaker 1: I know, we've got a couple of Siennas that are coming, Highlander, Camray, Corolla, Corolla, Cross,
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  Speaker 1: goes on and on. So what Toyota keeps telling us
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  Speaker 1: is they're going to keep shipping all their vehicles.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, Toyota's builds.
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  Speaker 1: Cars all over the world, and many are built right
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  Speaker 1: here in America. The Camra, Corolla, Corollacross, Highlander, Grand Highlander,
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  Speaker 1: rab Force, Aquahia, Tunder, and Senna are all primarily put
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  Speaker 1: together here in America. So well, you'll hopefully be a
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  Speaker 1: little bit shielded from the effects of terraffs if they
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  Speaker 1: do materialize and start to affect things. But there's been
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  Speaker 1: a lot of anticipation of that and people are coming
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  Speaker 1: out and.
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  Speaker 2: Chopping for cars.
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  Speaker 1: So it's definitely a good time to buy if you're
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  Speaker 1: going to need a car over the next few period.
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  Speaker 1: With all the next period, with all the uncertainty. I
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  Speaker 1: think it might make sense to look now. We just
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  Speaker 1: don't know what's going to happen. And you know another
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  Speaker 1: thing I keep hearing from folks. We've had a couple
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  Speaker 1: of people in the store and I saw someone a
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  Speaker 1: quick trip that you know, We're.
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  Speaker 2: Like, well, I thought you sold the store, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: Toyota has still done. Just so I want people to
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  Speaker 2: know that it's done.
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  Speaker 1: We're truly one of the few true family owned car
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  Speaker 1: dealerships anymore. We just have one dealership. We serve one community.
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  Speaker 1: We don't want looking to expand and sell cars everywhere.
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  Speaker 1: We really want to be a true family business and
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  Speaker 1: take care of the local people, serving local people, keep
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  Speaker 1: it fast, transparent, and feel good. Just because we're small
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  Speaker 1: and not a big corporate dealer doesn't mean we're not
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  Speaker 1: looking to always be changing and keeping up with the
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  Speaker 1: times and being the best we can be.
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  Speaker 2: And it's our.
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  Speaker 1: People do a great job with that, and we do.
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  Speaker 1: We're proud to be still with the Toyota brand. It's
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  Speaker 1: been a great transition as we've moved fully into that
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  Speaker 1: and focused on Toyota. It's going to be a great
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  Speaker 1: thing and to help us keep serving our community for
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  Speaker 1: many years to come.
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  Speaker 4: Well, you all are excellent at serving your community, So
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  Speaker 4: we're glad you're here.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Laura appreciate that very much.
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  Speaker 1: And I know you guys do so much at Martha's
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  Speaker 1: Task and you know you're helping people every day get
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  Speaker 1: a foothold on their lives. And you know, we call
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  Speaker 1: that inspiration at the dealership, Sparks and our community. That's
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  Speaker 1: kind of a theme I think both at the dealership
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  Speaker 1: and in Bartlesville is that the partnerships or you create
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  Speaker 1: the community does and how it helps people and lifts
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  Speaker 1: them up. And you know that inspiration you talked about
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  Speaker 1: twenty five years ago, creating.
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  Speaker 2: Martha's Task to help people.
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  Speaker 1: I know that's kind of what's undoubtedly drawing you into
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  Speaker 1: it now you've been associated with them for a number
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  Speaker 1: of years.
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  Speaker 4: I have been there almost ten years. Hard to believe so,
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  Speaker 4: but it's very rewarding, it really is. You see people
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  Speaker 4: come in broken and upset, and they just kind of
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  Speaker 4: transform as they learn to do things, even if they're
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  Speaker 4: just there for three hours and they're working and you know,
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  Speaker 4: focusing on putting colors together on a greeting card. Then
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  Speaker 4: they forget their troubles and they're making money, but they're
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  Speaker 4: also getting.
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  Speaker 3: Art therapy, so it's really fabulous.
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  Speaker 4: And then when you see people who like work their
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  Speaker 4: way out of living in a car or being on
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  Speaker 4: the streets and now they have a place to be
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  Speaker 4: and stay and support themselves, that's even more wonderful. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm sure that that's incredible to see when you're
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  Speaker 1: involved in that. Well, so tell us a little about
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  Speaker 1: how do people find get involved and how I mean
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  Speaker 1: we're both from a you know, if there's somebody who.
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  Speaker 2: Needs to help, what how do they get to you?
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  Speaker 3: Right?
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  Speaker 4: So, well, a lot of times we see people through
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  Speaker 4: referrals from you know, Grand Mental Health, Lighthouse, different organizations
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  Speaker 4: in town. Also, there are people that find us through
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  Speaker 4: word of mouth on the street. They can stop by
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  Speaker 4: a lot of times people will just stop buy our
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  Speaker 4: office and say I want to know more about you,
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  Speaker 4: either for volunteering or for working.
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  Speaker 3: They can call us.
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  Speaker 4: They can find us on all social media Facebook, Twitter,
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  Speaker 4: now x I guess and Instagram. We have a website,
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  Speaker 4: Martha's Task dot com. So yeah, any way that we
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  Speaker 4: can find people needing help and wanting to plug in,
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  Speaker 4: We're glad to have them there.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm sure you mentioned volunteers. I'm sure you really need.
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  Speaker 2: You can't do this alone, right right.
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  Speaker 4: You know, we have people that come in and will
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  Speaker 4: volunteer just to answer the phones, you know, or they
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  Speaker 4: might help with teaching, sewing or crafting. We also love
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  Speaker 4: to have volunteers just for our events. You know, maybe
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  Speaker 4: somebody wants to help but they don't have a lot
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  Speaker 4: of time, but they can come help with our Personality
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  Speaker 4: or our Marty Garras party, or they can come to
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  Speaker 4: our twenty fifth anniversary party which is going to be
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  Speaker 4: June twelfth, and set up with that and serve people.
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  Speaker 4: And we're just always glad to have people get involved
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  Speaker 4: for however long they're available.
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  Speaker 1: And being an independent nonprofit, I mean you must. You've
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  Speaker 1: got to raise money to support your cause too, and
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  Speaker 1: so these events are really important.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure for.
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  Speaker 3: Fundraising they are.
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  Speaker 4: We are entirely funded by private dollars. So yeah, it's
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  Speaker 4: it's donations, grants and events.
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  Speaker 2: Awesome.
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  Speaker 1: And so tell us more about the twenty fifth anniversary event.
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  Speaker 2: Why do you have plan?
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  Speaker 4: Okay, so our twenty fifth anniversary we're going to do
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  Speaker 4: at Martha's task so people can come in and see
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  Speaker 4: what we do. It's going to be a lou Ou theme, okay,
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  Speaker 4: but it's in the daytime, so not too wild. We're
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  Speaker 4: going to have mocktails and Hawaiian type foods, and we've
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  Speaker 4: got my clients have been working on some really cool
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  Speaker 4: tropical themed merchandise and decorations for it, and we're just
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  Speaker 4: going to have a good time and celebrate the twenty
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  Speaker 4: five years that we've been here and you know, hopefully
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  Speaker 4: many more to come.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome, and I mean the the enterprise of what you do,
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  Speaker 1: the selling of the stuff, how much of that makes
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  Speaker 1: up for your budget.
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  Speaker 4: Well, a lot of people don't realize this, but we
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  Speaker 4: actually give one percent of the profits of everything that
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  Speaker 4: our seamstresses make to the seamstress so that they can.
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  Speaker 3: Help make an income.
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  Speaker 4: We have a couple of people that are volunteers that
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  Speaker 4: like to sew and they donate items to us for
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  Speaker 4: us to sell and that helps keep the lights on.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's not that much from that, right If
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  Speaker 1: you looked at new ways to sell things, I mean
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  Speaker 1: like online and that stuff, is that possible?
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  Speaker 2: You know?
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  Speaker 3: We tried that.
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  Speaker 4: It was my time, Okay, so it was a model
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  Speaker 4: that didn't work for us because we have beginner seamstresses
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  Speaker 4: and people would go online and they'd see like say
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  Speaker 4: an OSU apron and they'd say, I want three of
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  Speaker 4: those next week.
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  Speaker 3: Well, we couldn't do it.
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  Speaker 4: We didn't have both either the skill set or sometimes
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  Speaker 4: a fabric to do what they wanted to do, and
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  Speaker 4: so it just wasn't going to work for us. But
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  Speaker 4: people can go look on our and they do regularly
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  Speaker 4: look on our Facebook, and or they can call us
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  Speaker 4: up and say, you know, I want some you know,
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  Speaker 4: I want some microwave bowls sent to you know, Iowa.
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  Speaker 3: Can you do that for me? And we say sure,
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  Speaker 3: so it is possible.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, And you mentioned you've got the sports themed aprons and.
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  Speaker 2: Things like that we do.
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  Speaker 4: We have, we have collegiate items, we have NFL items,
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  Speaker 4: and sometimes people will bring us fabric from you know,
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  Speaker 4: someplace that we don't have that might not be as regional,
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  Speaker 4: and we'll make stuff for them. We do custom orders too,
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  Speaker 4: so awesome.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, I know, let's go back. I know you've
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  Speaker 1: got this other event coming up right away.
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  Speaker 2: Here the the.
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  Speaker 1: What was it called the Personality And it's a high
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  Speaker 1: t and a perse sale, a perse auction benefiting margins task.
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  Speaker 1: You've got how many persons will there be? Do you
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  Speaker 1: have any idea?
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  Speaker 4: They are still coming in, but I'm going to guess
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  Speaker 4: about twenty purses. And then we have other items too
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  Speaker 4: that people make. We have an amazing quilt that one
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  Speaker 4: of our seamstresses made for us.
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  Speaker 2: And are their tickets involved?
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  Speaker 3: There are tickets.
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  Speaker 4: You could go to event bright to get those, or
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  Speaker 4: you can call our office and get those awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Well that is on April twenty six, because coming up
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  Speaker 1: in another a couple of weeks one to three pm.
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  Speaker 1: And you can check that out at your website. What
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  Speaker 1: is the url?
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  Speaker 3: Well, Martha's tast dot com is our website.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, okay, great, And so I mentioned all the stuff
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  Speaker 1: going on at the dealership. Another thing I wanted to
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  Speaker 1: mention is our great use car selection.
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  Speaker 2: We've got a.
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  Speaker 1: Number of vehicles that we've been out buying, Toyotas and
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  Speaker 1: non Toyotas, great lower cost vehicles. There's a less expensive
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  Speaker 1: Jarus at Toyota Yaris. It's got a few miles on it,
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  Speaker 1: it's under five thousand dollars. We've got great selection of
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  Speaker 1: vehicles all the way from that RS up to BMW SUV.
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  Speaker 1: So you can check all that out on our website
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  Speaker 1: at DUNGEUS Toyota dot com and you can shop there
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  Speaker 1: for new and used vehicles. You can go in get
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  Speaker 1: a vehicle history report, pictures, all kinds of all kinds
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  Speaker 1: of sorry about that, I had a phone call come in,
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  Speaker 1: but information. You can play with your deal. So just
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  Speaker 1: like the sales manager does. When you ask the salesman, well,
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  Speaker 1: how do what's my payment? If I put so much down?
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  Speaker 1: Or if I take the interest rate instead of the rebate,
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  Speaker 1: you know, how does that affect my payment? You can
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  Speaker 1: do that all right on your at home, on your
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  Speaker 1: computer or your phone. Take our Dunge just simple price,
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  Speaker 1: apply the rebates and incentives that are eligible for that
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  Speaker 1: vehicle and that you qualify for, and it helps you
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  Speaker 1: calculate the place you can play, change your term of
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  Speaker 1: the loan. You can actually play value your trade, do
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  Speaker 1: the put your credit in, get an actual interest rate
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  Speaker 1: from a finance institution. So just trying to keep it
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  Speaker 1: simple and as we said, fast, transparent and feel good
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  Speaker 1: so that you really enjoy.
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  Speaker 2: Buying a car. I know our.
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  Speaker 1: Team of our team of really great team of local
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  Speaker 1: people that sell cars there. They are all non commissioned,
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  Speaker 1: salaried sales professionals. They do really take your best interest
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  Speaker 1: in heart in selling you the car. They really it
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  Speaker 1: really doesn't matter to them which car you purchase or
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  Speaker 1: how much money we might make selling it. Some cars
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  Speaker 1: are in high demand and then they are going to
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  Speaker 1: bring more money, and some cars are less expensive, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, in some card times we lose money selling
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  Speaker 1: cars and that shouldn't affect the salesperson, I.
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  Speaker 2: Don't think, and I think it kind of.
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  Speaker 1: Puts them in an awkward position where they might direct
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  Speaker 1: somebody to a vehicle that isn't maybe the perfect situation
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  Speaker 1: for them. Our team does not have any of that
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  Speaker 1: going on. Everybody's paid a salary and really proud of that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, for almost four generations here in Bartlesville, over
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  Speaker 1: eight decades of selling cars in Oklahoma, and really proud
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  Speaker 1: to be a part of this local community and with
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  Speaker 1: things like Martha's task here, so twenty five years, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: that's a long time to be sewing in Bartlesville.
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  Speaker 3: And it is, it is, it really is. It's amazing
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  Speaker 3: that we're here.
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  Speaker 1: It is, and what so you started in that in
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  Speaker 1: a church and part of the what was it Saint James.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, in Saint James.
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  Speaker 1: And it has and you have a great Marty Gath
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  Speaker 1: party every year too.
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  Speaker 2: I've been a number of those.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a.
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  Speaker 3: That's a good fundraiser for us, and it's lots of funds.
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  Speaker 1: And that's always the weekend around Marti Gras it is.
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  Speaker 1: So you just concluded that, and you've got the Personality
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  Speaker 1: event coming up and your twenty fifth anniversary event in June,
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  Speaker 1: and is there other stuff coming on You've got I mean,
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: you've exhausted your board, but I know, I.
• 17:15
  Speaker 4: Know, I mean you might think that I just like
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  Speaker 4: to throw parties. Well very quick after our June twelfth
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  Speaker 4: birthday party, we have our Christmas in July, which will
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  Speaker 4: be you know obviously in July, and then we will
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  Speaker 4: have our open house at November.
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  Speaker 3: So so lots of getting on all year long.
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  Speaker 1: And if you're interested in finding out more, I just
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  Speaker 1: encourage people to go on down to the shop and
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  Speaker 1: maybe purchase something or come to your event here weekend
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  Speaker 1: after next. So great to have you here with us
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  Speaker 1: and tell us more about Martha's task and the great
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: stuff going on there.
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  Speaker 3: Well, thank you so much Shred for having me.
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  Speaker 1: I really appreciate and you know that your event, first
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  Speaker 1: one coming up on April twenty sixth I mentioned the
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: Harley Party is also that night. We have also another
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  Speaker 1: great event with Concerned Bingo Night, another great one of
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  Speaker 1: those organizations that started organically.
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  Speaker 2: Here in Bartlesville through the church.
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  Speaker 1: Community and is still helping people in Bartlesville decades later.
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: And then we have right after that on May third,
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  Speaker 1: the Farmers Market will open up and elder Care is good,
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: the bad the Barbecue is on May tenth. Getting excited
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: for that again out at the Huge Ranch, and if
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: folks haven't been out out there, or if they haven't
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: been out in a few years, you want to get
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: your tickets for that. I've just now got on my
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: radar the Sizzling Summer Series which is coming up again
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: this summer down at the Unity Square, and we'll be
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: out there helping them out and really should be a
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: good event or season this year. I know they their
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: first one on May sixteenth, and they once again got
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: three music nights planned and two movie nights and lots
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  Speaker 1: of stuff planned out. If you want to go out
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  Speaker 1: and hang out downtown. And then SunFest is right around
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  Speaker 1: the corner too, at the end of May May thirtieth
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  Speaker 1: and June first, and between now and then we'll be
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: having baseball tryouts at the American Legion and getting the
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: Dungeons Indians going again, and lots of great stuff going
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: on in Barshool this time of year into school.
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  Speaker 2: It's just crazy, isn't it.
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  Speaker 3: Tis the season It's wonderful.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So, and I've guessed that I've noticed it's been off
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: of busy in our service department too, out at the
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: dealership this week, especially in the mornings.
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: I don't know what it is, tom but people have
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: been getting up.
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  Speaker 1: Early, I guess and coming out and getting their vehicle service.
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: But looks like if you might come in the afternoon if.
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: You want to flipping it out. So what else there's
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: If you do want to schedule your appointment, you can
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: also do that on our website.
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: It's easy to do that. Go in, put your time
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: in it.
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: Actually we've got we know what what parts are there,
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: and techs are available, and it's easy to schedule, and
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: that way they really get you in and out quicker
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: that way too. If you've got your appointment scheduled. It
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: it does help them be a little bit more efficient.
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: There is a lot of other stuff going on at
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: the dealership. We've got Mike and the team and the
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: body shop. I was talking to him the other day
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: and they've got you know, they continue to be one
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: of the fastest shops with the quickest turnaround time in
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: the area. And we hear that both from our insurance
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: partners that that you know, we work with virtually all
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: insurance companies. We're the only OEM body shop in town now.
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: Our team is really proud to be highly trained. They
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: do by shop specific training that they're gold certified and
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: it's a really great program. These are guys who really
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: take great pride in putting your car back together in
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: the best way possible.
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: And you know, if you're in a situation like.
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: That, you want to be able to work with somebody
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: that's going to help you understand the difference between different
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: parts and how they're putting putting your car back together.
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: Some insurance companies will want to use used parts, which
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: are great. It just depends on the vehicle and how
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: old it is and what and what's going on with
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: the repair. So there's just a lot to consider, and
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: that our team does a great job of that work
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: closely with your insurance company, tries to get it done
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: quickly so you're don't have a lot of downtime. And
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: it's a great uh they really, you know, with our
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: parts department ability to get those parts quickly and get
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: them your car back on the road. I think that's
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: the big difference we have. And hear that all all
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: the time from our customers and the insurance people we
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: work with. And so you might want to give Mike
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: or and Twain a call out there at the body
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: shop if you're needing that kind of work. And also
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: I was talking to John Kitchell, who runs our detail
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: shop down at a Dungeons truck ranch where we park
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: some nice vehicles sometimes when they get first get into town.
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: But John and the team are great, really do a
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: great job cleaning all our cars. Plus they'll clean yours.
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: If you need a detail, they're there for you. We've
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: got a call us at the dealership and we can
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: make arrangements for that at nine eight three three three
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  Speaker 1: nine hundred, and you can ask any questions about any
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: of this stuff we've talked about newer used vehicles, service,
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: the body shop if you need parts and accessories, detail,
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: full service, automotive, just whatever you.
• 22:53
  Speaker 3: Need, so get to know.
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: Well, thank you, and we've got just a few minutes
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: left and let's let's back through all this stuff going
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: on at Martha's Task.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, Well, we have our personality coming up April twenty
• 23:08
  Speaker 4: six and it really is a lot of fun. I
• 23:11
  Speaker 4: will say. One thing we haven't talked about is a
• 23:13
  Speaker 4: lot of people like to bring their daughters or granddaughters.
• 23:16
  Speaker 4: So we have a developed a kid's hat contest as well,
• 23:21
  Speaker 4: so that the little girls can get up on the
• 23:23
  Speaker 4: stage and model their beautiful creations.
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: And that is so much fun.
• 23:28
  Speaker 4: Then yes, So that is April twenty sixth, one to
• 23:31
  Speaker 4: three at Barnisville First United Methodist Church. You do need
• 23:35
  Speaker 4: to be have your reservation in so get your tickets
• 23:39
  Speaker 4: now either by come u buy our office at seven
• 23:41
  Speaker 4: eighteen South Johnstone. You can call us nine one eight
• 23:45
  Speaker 4: three three six eight seven two five or go to
• 23:48
  Speaker 4: event bright dot com and find those So it's.
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: A chance to have a high tea and dress up
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: a little bit and get them a one out, one of.
• 23:55
  Speaker 4: A kind purse exactly exactly. It's and and visit your friends.
• 24:00
  Speaker 4: I mean a lot of people. I sold my first
• 24:03
  Speaker 4: table for the tea in December. Oh really because a
• 24:05
  Speaker 4: lot of people like to get together with their friends
• 24:08
  Speaker 4: and have that table and just have that whole tea
• 24:10
  Speaker 4: party experience.
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: So it's it's pretty popular. We have a.
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: Following cool And then coming up in June, your twenty
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: fifth anniversary.
• 24:21
  Speaker 4: Twenty fifth anniversary, that is going to be We're going
• 24:24
  Speaker 4: to do that ten am to four pm at our
• 24:26
  Speaker 4: office seven eighteen South Johnstone and just invite people to
• 24:30
  Speaker 4: come and have a you know, have a good time
• 24:32
  Speaker 4: to do the Luau thing with us and just celebrate
• 24:37
  Speaker 4: all that we you know, all the lives that we
• 24:39
  Speaker 4: have touched through the years, all that we've accomplished, and
• 24:42
  Speaker 4: just all the people that were grateful for that celebrated
• 24:46
  Speaker 4: us or you know, built us up through the years,
• 24:48
  Speaker 4: that helped us do this work.
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: Well, and let's talk about the work again.
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: I think we kind of went past that, but that's
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: what's so inspirational. Wow, you do lifting people up that
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: really need the help, and talk again about the main
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: cause and purpose of what you do.
• 25:04
  Speaker 4: Well, the main cause and purpose is to help women
• 25:07
  Speaker 4: become self sufficient, independent and able to support themselves.
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: And we have people that are coming in.
• 25:15
  Speaker 4: They're all at the federal poverty level and below, so
• 25:18
  Speaker 4: they're you know, really living a marginalized lifestyle. And some
• 25:23
  Speaker 4: of them are really really have nothing. They're homeless. They
• 25:27
  Speaker 4: might be coming out of domestic violence or just some
• 25:30
  Speaker 4: difficult situation and so being able to come in and
• 25:34
  Speaker 4: work in our crafting program and you know, just a
• 25:38
  Speaker 4: chance to make some money and you know, support themselves
• 25:42
  Speaker 4: a little bit. You know, if they're if they're homeless,
• 25:45
  Speaker 4: that might be the money that pays for you know,
• 25:48
  Speaker 4: their food for the day, or for you know, the
• 25:50
  Speaker 4: socks to put on their feet, you know. Or it
• 25:53
  Speaker 4: might be for someone that's living in a house, the
• 25:56
  Speaker 4: money they need to buy their child's rip or to
• 26:01
  Speaker 4: pay a utility bill so they're electricity doesn't get cut off.
• 26:04
  Speaker 3: You know, we work with those kind of situations all
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: the time.
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: Awesome, Well, it's very inspirational, and thank you for what
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: you do, and good luck on the events coming up
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: and there are twenty fIF Congratulations on the twenty fifth anniversary.
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you for all your hard work. Laura,
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: and you're in your volunteers and the board. I know,
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: I know.
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: It is a one off organization started right here in
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: Bartlesville and sustained by Bartlesville people, and it's so impactful
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: on the people that need it the most.
• 26:36
  Speaker 4: And we're really grateful for all of our volunteers and
• 26:39
  Speaker 4: all of our board members. I'm so grateful for my board.
• 26:42
  Speaker 4: They work very, very hard for all the things that
• 26:44
  Speaker 4: we do.
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: Well, thank you all for listening to us today on
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: car Talk. We're so glad you were here today, and
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: we look forward to our next show.
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: Next week. I will actually be out of town.
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: I'm going to go celebrate body's birthday and see him
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: and excited to see him.
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: But I'll be back in a couple of weeks.
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: I think we we tracked down my friend who built
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: the trails out at at at the lake out at
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: the Hudson Lake and have him on there and find out,
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: you know, because there's an inspiration there and that you're wonderful.
• 27:14
  Speaker 2: Yeah you've been out there. Yeah, no, it's awesome. I
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: want to hear that that was not an easy job.
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: Have been an easy job? All right, Well, we'll talk
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: to you soon. Come see me at the dealership. Everybody
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: all right.
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: Thank you once again, folks, you've been watching and listening
• 27:28
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• 27:33
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• 27:34
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• 27:39
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