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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Larry Perry <larryperry@performancepress.ccsend.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Larry Perry<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 16, 2021 8:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> mmoore11@kent.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> EXT: Strongest Dad in the World<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><span style='font-size:1.0pt'><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/msv5/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="Web Bug from 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cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#869198;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:#E6E6E6;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Letter from Larry</span></i><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#717A80'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;background:#EB4C39;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:white'>Friday<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:white'>April 16, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img width=223 height=357 style='width:2.3229in;height:3.7187in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/54023c2e001/d2df5b40-ef6d-47b4-b221-8f8e718251b5.png"><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>Good Morning Everyone:</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>Team Hoyt is father and son Dick Hoyt (born June 1, 1940) </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>and Rick Hoyt (born January 10, 1962), from </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><a href="" target="_blank"><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none'>Holland, Massachusetts</span></i></a></span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>,</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>who have competed together in various athletic endeavors,</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>including </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><a href="" target="_blank"><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#403F42;text-decoration:none'>marathons</span></i></a></span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> and </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><a href="" target="_blank"><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#403F42;text-decoration:none'>Ironman Triathlon</span></i></a><a href="" target="_blank"><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199;text-decoration:none'>s</span></i></a></span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>. Rick has </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><a href="" target="_blank"><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none'>cerebral</span></i></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><a href="" target="_blank"><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none'>palsy</span></i></a></span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> and during competition Dick pulls Rick in a special boat </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>as they swim, carries him in a special seat in the front of a bicycle, </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>and pushes him in a special </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><a href="" target="_blank"><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none'>wheelchair</span></i></a></span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> as they run. Team Hoyt </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>was inducted to the </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><a href="" target="_blank"><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none'>Ironman</span></i></a></span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span></i><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>Hall of Fame in 2008. I thought you </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>would like to hear about a very special relationship between a father </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>and his son.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#A20000'>Strongest Dad in the World </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <i> [From Sports Illustrated]</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>Work nights to pay for their text messaging. Take</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>them to swimsuit shoots. But compared with Dick</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>Hoyt, I suck. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son,</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times he's</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a wheelchair but</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>swimming and pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>the handlebars-- all in the same day. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>him on his back mountain climbing and once hauled</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>him across the U.S. on a bike. Makes taking your</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>son bowling look a little lame, right? </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>And what has Rick done for his father? Not</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>much--except save his life.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>This love story began in Winchester, Mass. 54</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>years ago, when Rick was strangled by the</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>umbilical cord during birth, leaving him</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>``He'll be a vegetable the rest of his life;''</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>Dick says doctors told him and his wife, Judy,</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>when Rick was nine months old. <i>``Put him in an</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>institution. '' </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>But the Hoyts weren't buying it. They noticed the</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>way Rick's eyes followed them around the room.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>When Rick was 11 they took him to the engineering</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>department at Tufts University and asked if there</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>was anything to help the boy communicate. `<i>`No</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>way,'' </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>Dick say he was told. ``<i>There's nothing</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>going on in his brain.'' </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>"Tell him a joke,''</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> Dick countered. They did. Rick</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>laughed. Turns out a lot was going on in his</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>brain. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>Rigged up with a computer that allowed him to</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>control the cursor by touching a switch with the</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>side of his head, Rick was finally able to</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>communicate. First words?<i> </i>Team Hoyt is father and </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>son, Dick Hoyt, (born June 1, 1940) and Rick Hoyt (born January</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>10, 1962), from </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><a href="" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none'>Holland, Massachusetts</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>who have competed </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>together in various athletic endeavors,including </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><a href="" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#403F42;text-decoration:none'>marathon</span></a><a href="" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199;text-decoration:none'>s</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> and</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><a href="" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#403F42'>Ironman Triathlons</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>Rick has </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><a href="" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none'>cerebral</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><a href="" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none'>palsy</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> and during competition Dick pulls Rick</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>in a special boat as they swim, carries him in a special seat in the</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>front of a bicycle, and pushes him in a specia<u>l </u></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><a href="" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#403F42'>wheelchair</span></a></span><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> </span></u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>as they run. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>Team Hoyt was inducted to the </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><a href="" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Ironman</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> Hall of Fame in 2008. I</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>thought you would like to hear a bout a very special relationship</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>between a father and his son.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'>*****<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#BF3F2F'>Much love from the mountains of East Tennessee where God's </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#BF3F2F'></span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#BF3F2F'>love is seen daily in our surroundings!</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#BF3F2F'>Larry</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></td></tr></table></table></div></td></table></tr><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F'>NOTE: This letter is sent to anyone interested in receiving these inspirational notes. 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