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KANSAS AREA C.A. First electric guitar was played at the Shadowland Ballroom in BEST WESTERN WICHITA NORTH MAIL COMPLETED FORMS TO: Wichita by Wichitan Gage 915 EAST 53RD STREET NORTH, WICHITA, KS P.O. BOX 12845 Brewer in 1932. 67219 Wichita, KS 67277 REACHING OUT I made it into this program because someone else worked their Twelfth Step on me. Someone passed it on to me. Someone was out there after they got clean and sober, caring about others. I need to never, ever forget that. Had they simply gone on with their lives and forgotten about people like Best Western Wichita North me who were still out there using and suffering, I wouldn’t be here today. My Registration gratitude begins with that fact. It is with Schedule of Events that gratitude in mind that I reach out Address:_______________________ to others, especially the newcomers. Friday I need to have them in my life. 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