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God smiled upon us AGAIN! The weather in Central Park was beautiful. I got to meet Linda Herman but the sad part was the many I didn't get to meet because of the hoopla and duties on the day of the big event. Barbara was supposed to receive the Bonander Award after me. I was supposed to give the speech and when it was her turn she was supposed to say she seconded what ever I said.....well it didn't work out that way...she went first....and forgot what she was going to say....lol The last time I gave an extemporaneous speech was at the university many years ago and it showed. Evelyn Bonander, Alan's sister presented the award and gave us insights on their childhood. It was wonderful getting to meet the family of my Parkinsn hero. Once again, many came so far to exhibit solidarity in our quest for raising money for research in search of a cure. Last year was my first walk and the pure emotion of the event was overwhelming for me. This year I took away from the event the determination to continue on for as long as time will permit me to help the welfare of our community in finding a cure. Sometimes we get upset by some policies of the national organizations and sponsors. We speak out and vent our frustrations but at the Unity Walk, we put away our differences....our politics, to come together to fight our common enemy...PD. It's fitting, that our national...and international Unity Walk takes place in the spring of the year, when hope springs eternal. The flowers and the trees and the birds awake and rejoice at the dawning of a new season. On Wednesday, at the Morris K. Udall dinner sponsored by PAN presented a Buddy Award to one of our own, Margaret Tuchman. I am so happy that Margaret received the award. Margaret, if you will recall was one of the volunteers that was instrumental in the creation of the Parkinsn List Drug Database. We are so honored to have so many volunteers who devote their time and resources to helping us, the powerless sufferers. Congratulations MARGARET TUCHMAN! John Cottingham ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn