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Taking
Care of Those Who Take Care of Us
"I
live in the town that hosts Cannon Air Force Base. A
large portion of the men and women from Cannon were
deployed overseas long before we began the war in Iraq.
And they stayed overseas as we became involved. We made
our men and women overseas our Sweethearts for Valentine's
Day! Children wrote letters and made cards, people packed
boxes of personal items, cookies were lovingly baked
and protectively packed.
We
made a CD that was sent to units overseas of a live
broadcast where the community came out and expressed
their appreciation and support of our deployed men and
women. Women read letters, groups sang songs, and children
read poems and expressed their heartfelt sentiments
for their parents who were overseas."
Pam
Atherton is an award-winning
journalist and talk show host. Her radio program,
A Closer Look, has been on the air since
1997. With a general interest format, the show features
guests that include people from the local area as well
as national newsmakers. And sometimes it's just the
Girlfriends getting together to talk things over.
Some
of the nationally known guests on
A Closer Look include Willie Nelson,
"Weird" Al Yancovic, New Mexico Governor
Bill Richardson, Julia Child and
Alan Eisenstock.
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