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<p class=MsoNormal>Ladies and Gentlemen,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>We have received an invitation from Soldier’s Angels
to ride with them in the 37<sup>th</sup> Annual City of Richardson Christmas
Parade. It is on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 9:00 AM. Their
e-mail invitation says, in part:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:windowtext'>“On December 6th, The City of Richardson will be
holding their Annual Christmas Parade. Soldiers' Angels has decided to
participate. We will have a decorated truck with our Soldiers' Angels
Flags flying, lights, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:windowtext'>It is our hope that we can have more military presence at the
parade. We are inviting The PGR's to ride with us. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:windowtext'>We have also invited the Paralyzed Veterans of America to
participate. Some of them will be riding in the back of the
truck with us, others will be pushed by volunteer high school ROTC students in
formation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:windowtext'>It is our hope that we can have Soldiers' Angels go
first, followed by our Paralyzed Veterans, and then the PGR's to acknowledge
our Fallen Heroes.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>What makes this a non-mission mission is that we will not be
assigning a ride captain to this event and we are not classifying it as an
official PGR mission. (More info. about the parade itself can be found
here - <a href="http://www.cor.net/SantasParade.aspx?id=7900">http://www.cor.net/SantasParade.aspx?id=7900</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I need a volunteer to step up and be the point person,
though, and contact Soldier’s Angels to determine where to stage and
other such details. It should be a good time with much cooler weather
than those 4<sup>th</sup> of July parades. If such a volunteer will drop
me an e-mail at <a href="mailto:pgrlucas@charter.net">pgrlucas@charter.net</a>
I will give you the name and phone number for our contact person at Soldier’s
Angels. I will also be happy to post all of the relevant information in
this forum for all who would like to ride in the parade. It’s also
a good chance to get to see Santa one-on-one and get your list in early.
Everyone would like to see a little new chrome and leather under the tree this
year, not to mention those fancy electric/heated jacket and pants liners that
Walter (Boats) loves so much.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>When we have our point man/woman I’ll let you know and
we’ll go from there.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, everyone.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Steve Lucas<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Deputy State Captain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>North Texas PGR<o:p></o:p></p>
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