Martha Day's KNME-TV Adventure, 1979–2000

You You Of high of Martha. I'm really happy to be having the sandwich and talking to the camera man here on your behalf. I want to join all of your friends and everyone at Canony and all of the volunteers and all

of the staff and thanking you for your great work over the years and your help and your support and all the contributions that we've made. We're going to miss you very much. We're going to continue to expect that you work on behalf of public television in New Mexico and even though you're and I know you're not retiring. I just talked to your husband and he assured me that you're not retiring and that this is just a some sort of a scam to avoid going to work every morning on a regular schedule. So in any event please continue to volunteer and to help public television in the state as you and to make the contribution you have in the past and now I'm going to eat my sandwich and go home. Thank you very much. Hello I'm Martha Day and during this very short break from our movie tonight I'd like to say a special thanks to our friends at KSAF TV in Santa Fe. The people of Channel

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you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. But nevertheless, it's been a good 21 years. Martha has done, I think, an amazing job Taking something Essentially from scratch Building an operation That rivals any that you will find in the public television system. But, you know, those things you expect from someone who is dedicated and who is a professional, who is concerned about the way in which she represents an organization. You expect that kind of performance. What you don't expect are things that some of you may know, some of you may not know, but did you know Martha started her career, working in politics in Oklahoma, and she was a bad lady. She was responsible for delivering,

shall we say, contributions to certain politicians, mostly under the table, and you can ask her more about that. She was never convicted, but there were some people who tried to get her, I think. But, one of the things I think that made her successful in what she has done for the last 21 years, she's very in Vinnie, she can adapt quickly, she thinks on her feet, sometimes her mouth opens before her feet get through thinking, but nevertheless. But, I think one of the favorite stories that I remember that she used to tell, but as she's gotten older, she doesn't tell this story anymore, was thinking, thinking, well, I hope, I hope. She was

a single at the time, I think. I know it was before she knew Phil, and she had a date, she was at her brothers in Oklahoma City. And, lo and behold, she opened up her luggage and found she had not packed some essential items that she needed. So, she thinks not unlike what's right up there. So, what did she do? She did not panic, she did not lay on the floor and kick her feet, she did not throw a tantrum, she said, what can I do? What's the most logical thing to do? So, she went to her brother's drawer and borrowed some of his unmentionables and went on the date. I don't know how the date went, but in any case, I think that does epitomize Martha. She was always able to think things out quickly, to react to things in a very positive way.

And, I think that's what made our development activity grow as well as it did. And, she's well regarded by all of her colleagues in the business. The interesting thing about Martha, which I don't know that all of you will notice, but Martha, when she goes to a national meeting, she was always very retiring. She always stood back and let everybody else take credit. Look, that's true. And, I always kept saying to her, get up there. And, she was always reluctant to do that. And, I think that, too, is a mark of a real profession. In any case, we'll miss you. And, we assume that we'll be in your will. And, that you will be at the station on a regular basis, continuing to cause as much trouble as you have in

the past. Anyway, we love you. Come here. We love you, dearly. It's been a unique 21 years for me. And, I wouldn't trade it for the world. Now, Veal, you have a little something she wants to say and do. I'm going to tell you something first. When I first started working, the first day I walked in, I was late, about five minutes. And, Martha says, I'm early for the first time. And, I said, oh, my God, I'm going to be late every day now. But, anyway, Martha, we had really good

times. And, we're going to miss you. There was one time that I, we always cared about, Martha and I, is when one of our staff wasn't doing well. And, I told Martha, I can't take this any longer. And, I went into her office and I said, Martha, I've got to talk to you. That's the first time I expressed myself that way. And, she says, wait a minute, let me get a cup of coffee. And, she goes down the hall and brings a cup of coffee and comes back. And, she says, okay, you can talk to me. But, I learned a lot from Martha. And, she has done great. And, we love you. Thank you. And, this is a token expressing our thanks. Wow, thank you. Thank you very much, I appreciate you. Thank you. That was... Oh.

Thank you all very much. My home. And, in case it's another pair of underwear, a bra that I needed to... Where do you want this? Don't tell me. This is where it is ago. Thank you, Sunday. My assistant here. There you go. And, you can hold that. I did draft a couple of notes. I promised not to take too long, but I... And, I know John has to leave in a little bit and some of you do. But, I really want to take a minute. And, I don't think I'm going to cry, but I've done a little of that. I might, if I think about it. But, you don't spend 21 years of your life and not have it be important. I hope. I think I came to the station enthusiastic and energetic and... Idealistic. And, I've maintained some of that.

I'm very idealistic. I'm proud that I worked here at the station and I'm proud of every person. Valley and Jan were some of the first two people I hired and Carol Cooper, who can't be here today. Everybody that worked in development made me look better. And, I'm grateful for that. No one does anything alone. And, I know that the team that became one person from that first day to the people that I left for someone else to carry on the banner. They all had their heart in it. And, I think we had some Camelot days. We had some days that weren't so great, but we remember the good ones. And, that's what I'd like to remember. I'm not remembering what I want to say, so I want to say something. You know, I came to work when my son was nine months old. And, he's 22 today and here he is with me today. And, I'm proud that Trent has

been along the way and grown up with Channel 5. I remember when Mr. Rogers came and he said, I like you just the way you are, Trent. And, that was meaningful to me. You're very special. My husband made it all possible. He used to accuse me in the early days of not coming home until after Trent was in bed and I said, you're absolutely right. I was tired and worked hard, but he made it possible for me to work at K &M. And, as always, supported me in anything I wanted to do. Told me I was wonderful and gave me the backing I needed to go out and be a career woman and hopefully not sacrifice being a parent with no guilt. So, I thank you Phil for being there all these years and we'll continue to go on and do some neat things together. If I had to do it over again, I would change a lot of things. Unlike some people say I wouldn't change anything. Of course I would. I can remember being a witch at Halloween and a lot of people just thought I couldn't spell right. That I was a

real bitch at times. You know, I think that I hopefully grew and I believe I have a greater understanding of every department because I know I've worked with production and I've worked in programming and although I always question everything and try to push ahead, I now have a great respect for all of you and operations and everywhere in the station that make it work. Because everybody here makes that station work. So, again, I'm proud of my tenure. I will come back and work. I'm going to work on the G .O. Bond. And I, with ask, will be on pledge. Reluctantly maybe. And, again, thank you all for your recognition of me. I really appreciate it. And I appreciate the time. I have developed a special friendship with Shirley Cassadas and I want to say that I really... I'm really proud to become a good friend of you. Okay. Anyway, all of you have been special. Thanks so much and let's have it and watch. Open the press, please. Oh.

Thank you. Thank you. This is my good side, Manny. All right. Oh, cool. Manny. Woo! Oh, wait. I got two things. Okay. It's either a pan or a necklace. Pull it out of there. It's either a jewelry. It's either a necklace or a pen. And, uh, pretty. You want to look at... I do want to say some words about John. There's a particular... You know, you don't work very many places where someone gives you the freedom and the trust that John Cooper is giving me and others. And we take that for granted. And there's the good, bad, and the ugly about all that. But in that reality,

whenever I needed something and whatever I proposed something for the next stage of development for it, K &M's development, he was there. He listened to me. He gave me the tools to do the job. And that's an important quality. Besides that, personal friendship. John and I've had some good times together. We've laughed together. And I think we will continue to have a friendship, I hope, for many years to come. John has been a leading force here. And I hope to come back and help organize his... His retirement. And... What? What? Are you changing your mind? But anyway, again, seriously, I appreciate what you did. And I appreciate you giving me the freedom and flexibility of trusting me. And I don't think I've betrayed it. Sometimes it's best to give people the rope. And let them hang themselves. And when you want... As soon as you realize that trying to get you to do it differently than the way you

intended... Right. ...is impossible. Then it's very easy to say, go ahead. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. All right. I got to tell you the story of when I came to Kate and me TV. And I interviewed. That was absolutely 100 % of the positively terrified of you. I remember I went home and told Laura, but you know it seems like a nice place to work. But that marked the day before. She's really aggressive. I don't know if I can handle it. And I remember I came to work that first week. And I quit every time you went by. But lo and behold, what I learned is not only are you a pussycat, but you're absolutely positively a toothless pussycat. Martha, I just want to say thanks for 10 wonderful years. You've been a great coworker. You've been very supportive. You've been honest and blunt with me at times. When I've needed it, and I really appreciate that. And I got to say that I'm really going to miss you. And I wish for you the best in your retirement. And whichever really good time and a really good life. And you'd be sure to come

by and see us. Take care. I never thought that they would get me in front of the camera, Martha. But for you, it's worth it. It's very worth every minute. I wanted to tell you that your husband is one of the most intelligent and nicest people that I know that's ever worked at the university, but so are you, too. So I never forget that. Enemy for me has been a really good experience. So I never thought I'd be able to live a few hours from where I grew up and I'll pass. And not have the heat of El Paso. Also, the university having the tuition benefit is super for a guy like me with six kids. And I get to work with guys from Chile, from Chile, like Manny over here. We're really glad that you're staying in the area because we love to have visitors and please come by often, especially into engineering. As you see us cutting metal and putting connectors on and going crazy for the next three years, getting this digital project on the air. And I do appreciate the help that you've given us in fundraising efforts. After all, we wouldn't have closed captioning if it weren't for your efforts. So I want

to wish you well and tell you that you're much treasured and appreciated and you're always welcome at Canami. Martha, on this wonderful day that you are leaving us, you reminded me when I walked into the restaurant that I'm supposed to say something nice. So here I go. Just a second. Martha, I forgot something. As you watch this with your friends and family and so forth, be sure and think about one of the early, I think it was probably the first strategic planning session that we had as a senior staff with our board in Santa Fe. It must have been 1980, maybe 81, but I think it was about 1980. We had it there at the Hilton and I remember you and I think it was sweet.

I don't remember who else was with. Several of us went to dinner that night and enjoyed ourselves. Then we came back and you and I decided to have a night cap and Tom Howe joined us in the bar. I remember something about a sweater and a drink and so forth. Anyway, if you can't remember what it is, call Tom Howe. I'm sure he remembers. But I do remember something that Sweden said. I think you've always taken it to heart as sort of a guiding idea of how to do your job and be a professional that you are. And that is you've got to learn to drink with the big guys. Martha, I hope you have a wonderful, wonderful retirement. I know that this is not the end, but in fact the beginning. And you have a whole world stretching out in front of you with 50 million projects. And I know you'll probably be working on how God, everything from the Capitol campaign after the Geobahn, assuming that that's what you

want to do. And I hope everything works out that you wanted to personally and professionally. But I think this is a whole new opportunity for you. And I wish you good luck and congratulations. Bye. Okay. Bye, Martha. I'm really, really going to miss you. It's been wonderful working with you down in development. And hopefully I can carry on your sparkling personality and your bluntness and all this stuff. And I remember I told you before I want your desk, your chair, and maybe some of the pictures off the wall. But I know we'll still see you. So we'll see you during the bond stuff. And I'm really going to miss you. So take care and have a wonderful retirement. I'll be right there. Hold on. Really? Are we rolling? Okay. Well, this is very, very difficult because you never can think of something to say when they put something like this in your face. But good

luck, Martha. It's been a lot of years and a lot of stuff and a lot of good times and a lot of tough times. But mostly it's been good times. So I hope the rest of your life is great and eventful. And well, just good luck. And bye -bye. Bye -bye. Well, Martha, I don't know what to say. I'm really going to miss you. You were nice the first from the first day that I started. And you've always been one of my favorite people here at the station. I hope you keep in touch. And I wish you all the luck. And that you do something that you really enjoy. All of us here at Cana me will remember you. And thanks again because you've always been super nice to me. Bye, Martha. Martha, are you listening? Are you recording? Okay, this is why you'll never see me on air for Cana me because I suck on camera. Martha, you've been just so wonderful to see over the years. And the 12 years I've been at Channel 5, you've just been such

a dynamic, interesting person. And I'd loved all your times of coming into my office and chatting and your sweet heart. And you mean so very well. And you're just an asset. And are you, many's leaving, but I guess I'm still talking to you. You're an asset to the station and you will be even in your departure. So love you, Martha. And congratulations to your many fine years at Channel 5. And I'm not making it short and sweet, but love you. See you around. Bye. Martha, today, I want to wish you the best in your retirement. It's been a pleasure working with you at Cana me. I know when I came to Cana me seven years ago, I already knew a lot about you because I was on the tri -station meetings with you. And I always admired the fact that you were always one to jump in there, get things rolling and make things happen. And when I came to Cana me, I learned that that's just how you are. You get things moving and everything takes off. I wish you the best in your retirement years. I know you'll stay busy.

We'll miss you at Cana me and thank you for all the hard work that you provided to us. And we hope that we can find somebody that will sort of fill up your shoes. I know we won't be able to do that, but anyway, God bless you and best of luck. Martha, it's been fun, it's been great. And I'd like to wish you good luck to the woman who taught me how to question everything. Good luck, Martha. Martha, I just asked Manny, what are people saying? He said, same old stuff. Well, I don't know what to say other than same old stuff, but I'm going to miss you tremendously. You become a great friend of mine in the past few years, and I'm going to cry. But anyway, I wish you all the luck in the world. And for you and your family,

I love Trent and Phil, and I don't know what else to say, but good luck, kiddo. I'll always be thinking of you, and I know you're always be there. And let's look through yet Padilla's on Thursdays for Carmelo Adaburritos. Okay, bye. Okay, John, you're on. Okay, hi, Martha. I guess I never thought this day would come, but I guess it has come. So congratulations, and I want you to go off and have a great time. You deserve it. You really do. And I know that you've got many more things coming your way and make the best of it. Well, we'll really miss you. We really will. Talk to you later. Well, Martha, what can I say about you? You are a super energetic person. You are visionary. You have done wonders for K &M and for Mexico Television.

And it was fun working with you. And all I can say is now, welcome to the retirement core. He's like, I feel like I'm doing a pledge, but Martha, the day's getting close here. Counting them down for you. Congratulations to you. It's nice to see somebody really hang on and be able to take and enjoy their retirement. And I'm sure you will. Best of luck to you. And think about us at K &M once in a while. Thanks. Okay. Well, I've worked with Martha for about 15 years now. And the last few years, I've been across the hall from her office. And I have to say I'm going to really miss her. She has so much energy that there will definitely be a vacuum. Not only in our building, but in the station as a whole, once she's gone. And I don't know who can fill that. She's really done a lot for K &M. In fact, I know when she started out, she was the Academy Development Department. And we're all going to

really miss her. And we wish her the best. I know she's still going to keep real busy and do a lot. So feel like Martha. And please keep in touch and come visit us again. Bye. Go for any time now. Okay. Just look at the camera. Like a little someone who was talking to me. Martha, I'm going to miss you very much. Happy retirement. You've been a wonderful role model for me. A very strong woman to follow. I've grown up with you. You've given me a lot of good advice. And I appreciate everything you have done. And I hope to continue our relationship even after you're gone. I love you very much. Happy. Martha, I just want to say thank you very much for all your advice, your support, and for hiring me. I'm truly going to miss you and I'm going to miss your laughter. I'm going to miss sitting by you during our luncheon. Take care. I wish you the best in

your retirement. Bye. What are we going to do without you? You hired me. And I told you you could never leave until I left because you have to say goodbye at my last luncheon. But I guess it's not meant to be. Take care. Do well. Have a wonderful life. And please don't ever forget us. Okay, let me speak up. I had it all practice and then I said forget it. Okay. Martha, I want to wish you a very wonderful retirement. So just enjoy it and have fun. See you later. Okay, here I go. Saying something nice. Of course, I'm going to say something nice. You have been an absolute asset to Channel 5 by always striving to be the best at what you do and also spurring other people

on for their best. That is a very difficult situation sometimes. Sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's hard, but you have always, always, always tried to tell us. And be a role model for us to do our best. And I want to thank you personally from the bottom of my heart for doing it because now I understand and now I try to always do my best. So take care. Good luck. We will miss you terribly. And I will always think of Channel 5 and you as synonymous. Take care. Well, Martha, congratulations on your retirement. You were the first one that hired me and so I have you to blame. No, I'm just teasing. But I wish you well and good luck and stay in touch. And again, thank you for having me meet so many friends and people here at Channel 5. And it was your fault that that happened. But again, thank you very much and congratulations on your retirement. Well, let's see. Are you rolling that now? Yeah,

okay. Then I can't say what I really want to say, right? Is this for Martha? Yes. Okay. I wasn't sure which party this was. Well, I don't know what you'll use this for Martha, but if it's to sit around and have some greens, that's great. You and I have been there a long, long time and a great deal of the success of the station is because of the energy and enthusiasm and commitment that you made. You really did build the development activity for the station and I thank you for that. I came in as a new general manager shortly after you had arrived. And I think we both learned a lot of the things that we seem to know by heart now together. And I treasure that and both Carol and I love you and

wish you the best and hope you enjoy retirement. And that you can't stay away too long and continue to come back and help the enemy raise the money it needs and continue to serve the community. That you love so dearly. The best of you and Phil, Trent and enjoy retirement and don't stay away very long. We love you. Thank you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I

appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. I appreciate you so much. Nice work. Nice work. Nice work. Nice work, my lady. Nice work, my lady. Nice work. Nice work. Nice work, my lady. Nice work, my lady. Nice work, my lady. Nice work, my lady. Nice work, my lady. Nice work, my lady. Nice work, my lady. Nice work, my lady. Nice work, my lady. Nice work, my lady. Good morning, sir. You are the public and public television. Public television exists because you want the finest quality programs available. You want the aired commercial free, and you're willing to voluntarily contribute to maintain this high standard. We'd can and may hope you'll choose to support our programs and

services so we can continue to provide you with even more of the finest television available. 42 % of canemies income depends on individual contributions, so when it comes to buying great programs, don't let anyone kid you, it's your gift that counts. Rush your check now to Canemey, Box Triple M, Albuquerque 87196, and if you've received a letter from us, why not respond today? Thank you. I really do appreciate all of you being here. I'm John Cooper, by the way. And I work at Channel 5, I work with Martha and frequently for Martha. But we have a few things that we'd like to say and a few tokens of appreciation and some things that I hope express how we feel about Martha. One of the things I'd like to do right now is introduce the current chair of our

Canemey Board and ask her if she would come up and make a presentation, Liz Shipley. I'd also like to have Bob McNeill join me here. He also serves on the Canemey Board as a representative from the Citizens Advisory Committee. And Bob and I would like to present Martha with a resolution that was passed by the Board for Canemey. I'd like to read it to you. I'll try not to choke up like I did earlier. I'll hold it. Whereas Martha Day has served with distinction as the first development director of Canemey TV, beginning in 1979, and whereas she was instrumental in building a team of professionals who created the station's first fundraising program. And whereas Canemey TV's fundraising program has been recognized by the public

broadcasting system with numerous awards and recognition. And whereas Martha Day continued to develop the station's plan giving opportunities as director of strategic funding. And whereas she added measure play to the long range funding opportunities through her creation of the where there's a whale, there's a way television series. And whereas she has devoted her career to the mission of Canemey TV and public television. And whereas she has set an example for others who have chosen community fundraising as a career. And whereas her commitment to high professional ethics and fundraising has been greatly, has greatly benefited Canemey TV. And whereas her leadership in the New Mexico fundraising community has helped increase recognition of the profession throughout the state. Therefore be it resolved that we, the members of the Canemey TV Board of Directors, do hereby express our deep appreciation and sincere thanks for the dedicated service and leadership of Martha Day for the

past 21 years. And that signed by the Board of Directors, August 15th. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I always, I subscribe to it. The substance of the comments. Martha is wonderful. I've known her for many years. She has, she's made an enormous contribution to Canemey into our state, as you all know. But I make it a point to not use the word where it is. And if you talk about a graph, this one has at least 10 words. So you must have been, I think John Cooper drafted this. Maria. Maria, as Martha Day accepts this graciously. I want to say something to some point,

but... Martha, we have to, we have to, we have to get out of here tonight. So the amount of time, a lot of it to you saying anything is very limited. Thank you, Bob, and Liz, and all of the Board for supporting what the station does and supporting the work that Martha did throughout the years. I have a couple of other small items I want to present to Martha. This is the Canemey, Martha Day ultimate fundraising tool. And I have, I have, I have another. Wait a minute, I need

comfortable. I need money in this. Yeah, and anything you raise tonight goes to the stage. I also have, because I think this, as much as anything, the community knows you in this way. This is a, and this is not a traveling award, you get to keep this. It's the Martha Day fundraising voice of Canemey 1979 to 2000. And I have, have one last thing, the, the, her, her colleagues, her, her department heads and directors that she has worked with over these past years. And I would like to give her this personal gift to say thank you for

all the things that you did to make us all look like we knew what we were doing. Thank you. First to open this, but I didn't want to acknowledge one other thing. The luncheon day before yesterday. It's been a whirlwind of activity. The, the staff of Channel 5 bought me this pen. It's just from Mariposa and it's my woman spirit and will guide me into the next life of whatever I'm going to do. I want to open it, but I, I want to open it. I want to say a couple things first. Do you mind doing it? I still have stories. Oh, you have stories, okay. I'll open this, and then I'm done with the story. I know y 'all are dying to go home, but today you're going to have, not going to have to lose them 30, we're going to be. We're milking this thing, the bar's wing, they get you. Oh

well. This has been fun. I'm at school now, guys. Over at UNM, having a ball. Taking a glass with those freshmen over there. I'm not going to work. Well, I am working. You gave me permission for an hour. Got that one caught, didn't you? Yeah, but what did you do to some firemen? Listen, I am so worried. Look at this. This is interesting. Your mother told you to say it's interesting. No, I'm joking. It is. It's really cool. It is a hanging. And it's a briefcase, and it's an original piece of art. And it's baggage of baggage. And did someone make it right now? I can't read baggage. Or it's a book. It's a book. No, it's an art piece. It's that you hang it on your wall. Thank you.

It's made out of a book. It's baggage of the art piece. Oh, the art of traveling light. I really needed that. Let me just mention very quickly. I repeat a little bit of what I said at the luncheon. The luncheon day before yesterday. So those of you who are there bear with me. When I had an opportunity to come to Albuquerque for an interview in 1979, I wanted to go over to the station. It was about a little before lunchtime. And let's see. I think I can. I was the only one there. Well, those of you who remember Sweet Johnson, he said, we have a lunch schedule, but it's not until 12 .30, and we have a little time to say something you want to do. And I said, I like to go to the station. And he said, what?

He said, it's 11 .30, so I'm not going to be anybody over there. I said, well, I'd like to go just see the place. I walked in and sure enough that about the only person I found was Martha Day, who had been there maybe three months, four months. And I walked in and introduced myself. And she said, oh, you're one of the candidates. And I said, yeah, she said, well, what do you think you can do? And there you are. And that sort of started our relationship. We went down hill after that. But Martha was, we then, before I actually came here, the development conference was scheduled. So I decided to go since I would be coming down here shortly. Martha's first development meeting. It was at Turtle Creek in Dallas, San Antonio. And I think Martha had the distinction. I mean, she either didn't have a door on her room, or she could only, she could not call out on her telephone and she was a total wreck. Because she couldn't communicate.

But I learned a lot about Martha on that trip. And unfortunately, I'd already accepted the job. But she told me about her film career with the Italian company. That's a story into itself. She told me about her. She did the rendition on her brother's underwear. And I didn't know this woman very well. So it was an interesting meeting. I don't remember much about the meeting. I remember Martha. So I later got down here the next month or so. And it turned out that she was inventing things as she went. And that's probably why the station was as successful. And the fact is that the community responded so well to what she was doing. And the people in the community that she knew really did believe in her, I think. And that's why we were

able to grow the way we have and frankly, it made us all look very good because of the hard work that she was doing to build a development activity from scratch. And there are a number of people in here who have worked with Martha who have actually grown up with the station who really have been responsible for a lot of that. And I want to single out two people who I think were the first two people that Martha hired and maybe were wrong. But one is Jan Lightline who is still with us and responsible for this evening actually and made all the arrangements. And thank you for doing that. Thank you. The

other one works. I appreciate it. Because the university has a silly capitalism rule. Will you get a haircut? Yeah, a lot. At the university. And I'd like to recognize Carol Kyle, who also happens to be my wife, as being, I think she was the first membership manager. Yeah. And for many years. Really, the early years made that whole department really work. And there are many others here today who I would say thank you for really making that department really what it was. And Martha had a way of really getting people motivated, stimulated, frustrated, angry. But you know what? They built a department that won, I think almost

every single award there is in public broadcasting. And during that period of time, we were recognized throughout the system as a station who really were serious about what we were trying to do. And I thank you. Thank you, Jonathan. Thank you. You guys have a good one, please. And I want to thank a lot of people for your request. Okay, Trit? I just wanted to thank you very much for coming to my mother's retirement party. Oh, thank you so much. The system, all there is a red light pervert, 57, that the million dollars in it, waiting for my mother. Is that true? It's a dream. Is that it? That everybody knows I love my mother, and she's done a lot. It's a talk my ears off. I

think everybody in the room has that same center. Is that what you want to say? That she's a great lady. Thank you. Thank you. We're your legs and you said long enough to reach the ground. So I am going to take this moment to thank people in this room that are here because I'm sincerely appreciative of everyone who is here. And for many reasons, there's a whole range of people here tonight. There's people that are volunteers, and I... There's numerous volunteers that have been around a long time, but Leon over here, Kapaloski, was there until two in the morning in 1979, 80, 81 in the early, early, early, early, early, early days of fundraising. And she came today, and I appreciate that. I appreciate all the other volunteers that are here, and they're the ones actively working right now for CanaMe TV, and Kathy Betty, and Mel, and Grace Pork, and Lois. I know there's others, and I'm going to go... That's that

table. But the volunteers, again, I mean, if fundraising didn't have the volunteers that we've had through the years, we would have never been able to do what we've been able to do. Hi, Martha. Hi, Martha. Herbie Stockman, speaking for myself, and one of your contributors who just adores you, my wife Sally. Thanks for... Hello, hello. The wonderful British comedies, and more than any of that for the pleasure of your company, and the K &NB people that we have met over time. We love you. We wish you well with your new studies. Can't wait to hear what you have to say about this type of geography. God bless you. Three, two,

one. Hey, Martha. It's Susan McKenzie here. You know, I'm a really poor substitute for the Universal UNM, but I want you to know that everybody, President Gordon, Judy Jones, everybody at UNM, has been so very, very proud to work with you, and honored to work with you, and for me, lucky to work with you. You have been an absolute delight for everybody. And let me tell you, this doesn't even, this is not only at UNM, it has gone all the way up to Santa Fe, because I do know the folks at C -A -T. When I mentioned today that you were retiring, said, ah, Martha? Okay. But that's how you what? You'll always be part of it. You'll always be part of us. And the other thing is, I'm so glad you responded to Blackmail, because now I don't have to run this Geobon campaign by myself. I have you for one more year. If I work it right, I'll have you for five more years. Take care, Martha, from all of us to all of you. Martha, I started working for Martha Day in 1986,

and worked in the membership department as a gift processor, very inspired by Martha's leadership. But every now and then we'd all take a minute, or if we had a break, we'd take a minute and open up a magazine and look through it, and everybody read magazines in our department. But every time I read a magazine, Martha Day came down the hall, and busted me. I couldn't get by with it. I felt guilty. Martha, I admire you, and I appreciate your friendship, and I won't forget you, and you won't forget me, and we'll get together, and I'm just so glad you have this opportunity to take it easy now, and take a class, and spend the day doing whatever you want. You really deserve it. Okay. I'm Martha. I want to tell you that it's a real treat to be here, and to see your transition from all those years at the station to another kind of

life and another adventure, and I hope you'll keep in touch. I also want to tell you that my experiences with K &A are so much enhanced by having a relationship with you throughout the years, and being able to really get a sense of the station, and what was needed from that interaction with you. Happy days ahead. Okay, hi, I'm Penny Ranby, and I've been a friend of Martha's for probably 30 years. And tonight, when John Cooper passed the 10 Cup to Martha, I thought, and then she went rushing after the audience to raise money, I thought that's typical of Martha, because her first thing always was raising money for K &A. And it didn't matter how fancy the equipment was, the 10 Cup was fine. She'd do it, and I could tell tons of stories. But I think what I'd like to say, really, is that just deputamized Martha to me, that she was willing to rush out and raise money again, and that's what she did for K &A. And

that's what she did for UNM and this community, and I think it made a big difference. Are you ready? Okay, Martha. If I knew it dumb blonde joke, I would tell it. But I don't know a dumb blonde joke tonight, so good luck and have fun. I met Martha Day as a parent at Comanche Elementary for Trent. I treasured her as a friend watching her on K &A. But we love her as a family member. But a wonderful time in your life. Just retired. You're starting a new career. It's going to be an exciting time. We do love you. Thank you. Martha, good luck and congratulations. It's been a great career, and I very much respect all the great work that you've done at K &A. I'm not going to say goodbye, because I know that we might be working together even more closely after your retirement than before. So good luck and bon voyage. They only made one of her, and she's been a

friend for a long time, and I've watched it in still enthusiasm into a lot of projects. Alba Kookie owes her a lot. Best wishes to you, Martha, and from now on, if you have any job that needs to be stuff, you'll stop it. Happy? Martha, we're expecting to walk out the back door and come in the front door as volunteers. Thank you. Hi, Martha. I just want to say that I'm sure glad you took a flyer on hiring me that 12 and a half year. Well, it's 16 years now. But anyway, it was a great 12 and a half years. Retirement is wonderful, and I know you're going to enjoy it, but I just really wanted you to know that it was a good 12 and a half years that I spat at K &M. The first ones were working for you, and that was a bonus. Anyway, happy retirement. Martha, I just want you to know how honored I am that

you would have invited me to this party. You've always been so special and so important to me. I think of you as a quintessential fundraiser, and you have so much fun, you have so much energy and enthusiasm. I just hope I can live up to those kinds of expectations, the ones that you've brought to this whole field, and what you've brought to Alba Kookie in New Mexico. I love you, and I look forward to continue working with you. Bye -bye. You're ready. Martha, this is a wonderful event. I can't believe that we're all at this point in our lives, we're we're retiring. I know that the next few years will be wonderful as you make new decisions. You have been such fun to work with. We've been friends long before you went to K &M. So I'm wishing you the very best, and I know you'll keep on talking. Love you, bye. Martha Day, you're leaving after 21 years. 21 years of accomplishing numerous tasks that only I only know just the percentage of. But one thing I do know, one thing I do know for sure, is that you will

not miss this. You will not miss Pledge Nights. You will not miss sitting here at 10 minutes to 10 in the evening on listening to phones that you want to ring. You won't miss people talking in your ears and hearing voices in the evening and such. I know that you won't miss that and that you'll be watching us at home. Maybe sometimes wishing you were here. But relax, enjoy your retirement. We know where you live for the Capitol campaign. Thanks for four and a half years of working with you and good luck in everything you do. Is a time at an ops meeting when an engineer announced that there was a problem with the exciter on a piece of equipment and someone else popped up and might even have been John Cooper and said, that's okay, all we have to do is hook Martha Day up to it and we'll be fine. We'll certainly miss Martha's excitement and her

enthusiasm and we'll miss many other things and I wish her very well. Have a good retirement. I'll be seeing you around the D .O. Bond issue and you better stop in and say hi. Bye. So we know that you can have fun and retirement and just anytime you get really bored, jump over the fence and we'll go walk dogs together. Have fun. I always want to say what a wonderful person Martha Day is. But a great job she's done for Channel 5. And they're going to be sorry to miss her and fear and she will not be the messenger to get shot anymore and all of that stuff. Shhh. I love you.