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Speaker 1: Boston's Bulldozer Never sleeps The Kooner Report Weekend edition on

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Speaker 1: the Voice of Boston WRKO.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to the annual Radiothon to benefit the dav

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Speaker 2: Department of Massachusetts, and this hour of our radio thon

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Speaker 2: is brought to you by Kelly Financial Services. We're joined

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Speaker 2: here by Dan Stack, CEO of the Disabled American Veterans,

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Speaker 2: and joining us now in studio as well very special

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Speaker 2: guest Mike Vaalilla, adjutant for the dav Department of Massachusetts,

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Speaker 2: US Army and Prout, a Rock War veteran. I want

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Speaker 2: to welcome all of you and two very special guests.

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Speaker 2: Well one we've kind of introduced already, but the other

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Speaker 2: one and your father is definitely looking down from heaven

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Speaker 2: with tremendous pride. We are joined now by Willie Kelly Junior.

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Speaker 2: How are you, William.

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Speaker 3: A fantastic thank you for asking, how are you?

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Speaker 2: Very very good? And you know, Dan Stack and I

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Speaker 2: were just talking off the air a couple of five

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Speaker 2: minutes ago, looking at you talking to my son Ashton

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Speaker 2: outside the studio, and he says, you know, he remembers

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Speaker 2: you guys when you were small, and he looks at you.

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Speaker 2: You're built like a you know, you're built like a truck.

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Speaker 2: He looks at Ashton, He's built like a tank. Oh,

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Speaker 2: you know. And the two of you are talking and

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Speaker 2: he says, boy, they grow up so fast, and they

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Speaker 2: both of you really do. So I've got Ashton in

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Speaker 2: studio with me. I've got you, William. I got to

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Speaker 2: ask you. You're Kelly Financial, big supporter, you're obviously sponsoring

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Speaker 2: this hour. Why do you, in particular, why does Kelly

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Speaker 2: Financial care so much about our veterans and especially the dav.

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Speaker 3: Well for starters. I'll say that without our veterans, and

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Speaker 3: without our armed forces in general, we would not have

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Speaker 3: the things that we have today.

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Speaker 2: And I know that we.

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Speaker 3: Hear that a lot, we say it a lot, but

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Speaker 3: we literally wouldn't. Like if we did not take up

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Speaker 3: arms during the Revolutionary War, we wouldn't have our country.

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Speaker 3: So it's our fighters who protect us and keep us

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Speaker 3: in this way of life. And you guys have probably

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Speaker 3: heard that a million times now, but truthfully, that's the

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Speaker 3: ethos of it. Pretty much, that's the core. And my

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Speaker 3: father understood that him being a veteran himself, and truly

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Speaker 3: we just love veterans, and we love the military.

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Speaker 2: There are many organizations and I know you give a lot.

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Speaker 2: You're very generous, Kelly Financial is very generous. Why the

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Speaker 2: disabled American Veterans.

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Speaker 3: It's focused and it's local. My brother's keeper, for example,

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Speaker 3: same way I've worked with them before. I volunteered for them,

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Speaker 3: and you see it with dav Massachusetts. You see it

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Speaker 3: as well. And it's completely focused, and it's in an

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Speaker 3: area in our community. And I think one of the

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Speaker 3: best things you can do as an American citizen is

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Speaker 3: help your community. Obviously helping the grand scheme of things

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Speaker 3: is great as well. I'm not denouncing that at all,

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Speaker 3: but I am saying that I think a community focus

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Speaker 3: is what makes it very special and I have a

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Speaker 3: lot of respect for that. And also, we've known you

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Speaker 3: guys forever. You guys are amazing folks.

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Speaker 2: Before I go to Dan Stack and Mike Valilla, Ashton,

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Speaker 2: you and William have grown up together. You guys knew

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Speaker 2: each other when you were both very very small. How

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Speaker 2: does it feel to see William Kelly Junior in studio

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Speaker 2: making a donation to the disabled American veterans? How does

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Speaker 2: it feel right now? Ashton?

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Speaker 4: Well, I'm very impressed by him, and I'm very proud

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Speaker 4: of him. I kind of wish I was kind of

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Speaker 4: in his situation because I do not have a job,

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Speaker 4: and I well not yet okay, okay, but I do

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Speaker 4: not have any money really to my name, and if

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Speaker 4: I had money, I've probably donated to a lot of

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Speaker 4: veteran communities, to the dav to help other people all

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Speaker 4: the time. I love helping people. But I'm very proud

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Speaker 4: because like he's like a cousin to me. I've I

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Speaker 4: see him as a cousin, I see him as family. Likewise,

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Speaker 4: I love him. I'm very proud of him. He he's

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Speaker 4: like my mentor in my life. I care from very deeply,

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Speaker 4: and I'm very happy that he donated money to the DA.

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Speaker 2: Now we're going to ask him how much his donation is.

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Speaker 2: In fact, maybe you can do the You can ask

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Speaker 2: the question, Ashton, but just before you do so, the

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Speaker 2: audience knows how old are you? Ashton?

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Speaker 4: I'm fifteen years old now apparently though don't say where.

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Speaker 2: Don't say where, but you're going to be sixteen in March,

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Speaker 2: and I think you're getting a job. You said when

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Speaker 2: you turn sixteen, correct.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I will get a job.

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Speaker 2: It's yeah, don't at that. Don't give too much away, Ashton.

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Speaker 2: We there's some haters out there, but you're gonna be

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Speaker 2: getting a job at sixteen.

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Speaker 4: Correct, That is correct. I will get a job at sixteen.

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Speaker 2: Okay, good, all right, Yeah, yeah, we don't want you

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Speaker 2: dosing yourself there, Ashton. Yes, so and so when you

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Speaker 2: start making your own money and you get your job,

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Speaker 2: which I believe you will, you're saying you're gonna start

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Speaker 2: making donations out of your own pocket to the DAV. Correct.

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Speaker 4: Of course, I will donate as much as I can

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Speaker 4: to the DAV to help them, to help disabled veterans,

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Speaker 4: to help veterans in general. I'm gonna do it my

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Speaker 4: best to help veterans that fought for this country. And

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Speaker 4: I just care about people and I wish that they

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Speaker 4: have great, a great life. I just like love people

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Speaker 4: and wish that everybody didn't fight. In my personal opinion,

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Speaker 4: I don't know why we fight. But I'm still young.

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Speaker 4: I don't know everything about life. I can't I can

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Speaker 4: do simple bath, but I can't say, Oh I know

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Speaker 4: about marriage. I'm not married yet. I can't do that,

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Speaker 4: but I wish that.

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Speaker 2: Okay, all right, So okay, Ashton, Sandy is giving me

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Speaker 2: the hook here, So I want you to ask William

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Speaker 2: what his donation is.

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Speaker 4: Go ahead, how much did he donate?

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Speaker 3: William Kelly Financial Services would like to donate three thousand

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Speaker 3: dollars to the additional one. Yeah, and on top of

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Speaker 3: the sponsorship, I would also like to donate an additional

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Speaker 3: two thousand dollars.

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Speaker 2: Are you serious? Out of your own this, out of

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Speaker 2: your own bank account, yes, sir, two thousand dollars.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, why not?

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Speaker 2: God bless you?

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Speaker 3: Mice been good?

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Speaker 2: Hey, I only have ice for my wife, but I

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Speaker 2: love you in a non sexual way, my friend. We

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Speaker 2: got less than a minute dance stack. Anything you want

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Speaker 2: to say to William.

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Speaker 5: I don't know what to say to William, to be

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Speaker 5: quite honest with you, because you made me cry the

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Speaker 5: first time you called me, just after your dad had passed.

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Speaker 5: And your dad has been a sponsor of our program

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Speaker 5: since we started, and I can't thank him enough, but

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Speaker 5: I know he's looking down very proud of you. That

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Speaker 5: day that you called in as a young young man

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Speaker 5: and donated what you had saved was something that just

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Speaker 5: broke my heart. And you have done that every year

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Speaker 5: since William, thank you so much.

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Speaker 4: Thank you guys for this opportunity.

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Speaker 2: William, thank you again, truly from the bottom of my heart,

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Speaker 2: thank you so much for everything and for being so

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Speaker 2: good to Ashton. Please give my best to your mom,

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Speaker 2: your sister, everybody at Kelly Financial. Take care. Okay, more

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Speaker 2: to come. Don't touch that dial.

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