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C1:( Another man campaigned on roller skates. VIis wife explained: "We met at a roller skating rink, and we thought it would be a fun idea. He's going house to house, subdivision to subdivision on his skates, and people remember him." Ty~s ~ccepted often transp~ letters. the award.

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