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The '''[[wikipedia:Interstate 69 in Indiana|I-69ers]]''' is the unofficial name of the [[wikipedia:fan (person)|fan]] base involving the female moderators from the state of [[wikipedia:Indiana|Indiana]] on American web site [[Vote for the Girls (United States)|''Vote for the Girls'']] since its April 28, 2010.  
 
The '''[[wikipedia:Interstate 69 in Indiana|I-69ers]]''' is the unofficial name of the [[wikipedia:fan (person)|fan]] base involving the female moderators from the state of [[wikipedia:Indiana|Indiana]] on American web site [[Vote for the Girls (United States)|''Vote for the Girls'']] since its April 28, 2010.  
  
The I-69ers currently have five moderators: [[Pink Team (Vote for the Girls USA)|Pink Team]] [[Pink Team North (Vote for the Girls USA)|North]] moderator [[Alexandra Moffitt]] from {{city-state|Angola|Indiana}}, Pink Team [[Pink Team East (Vote for the Girls USA)|East]] moderator [[Maribel Mort]] from {{city-state|Marion|Indiana}} (despite being born in {{city-state|Pittsburgh|Pennsylvania}} and formerly lived in Fort Wayne), Pink Team [[Pink Team South (Vote for the Girls USA)|South]] moderator [[Jenna Monroe]] from {{city-state|Evansville|Indiana}}, [[Purple Team (Vote for the Girls USA)|Purple Team]] [[Purple Team North (Vote for the Girls USA)|North]] moderator and ''VFTG'' founder/webmaster [[Ava Zinn]] from [[wikipedia:Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne]] (though Zinn was born near [[wikipedia:Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], grew up in [[wikipedia:Van Buren, Indiana|Van Buren]], attended [[wikipedia:Mississinewa High School|Mississinewa High School]] in [[wikipedia:Gas City, Indiana|Gas City]] and forlerly lived in Marion) and Purple Team [[Purple Team East (Vote for the Girls USA)|East]] moderator [[Karly Jameson]] from [[wikipedia:Indianapolis|the state's capital and largest  city of Indianapolis]]. In the fall of 2016, [[Blue Team (Vote for the Girls USA)|blue team]] villains [[Glenn Swaringen]] and [[Ted Shields]] (it is interesting to note that Swaringen and Sheilds were colleagues at [[WHOO-FTV|WHOO]] Indianapolis while Shields co-anchored with [[Karly Ryder|Karly Jameson's mother]] from 1984 to 2015), joined the I-69ers.  
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The I-69ers currently have four moderators: Pink Team West moderator [[Tracia Matthewson]] from [[wikipedia:Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne]] (though Matthewson is originally from [[wikipedia:South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]]), Purple Team West moderator and ''VFTG'' founder/webmaster [[Ava Zinn]] from [[wikipedia:Marion, Indiana|Marion]] (though Zinn was born near [[wikipedia:Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], grew up in [[wikipedia:Van Buren, Indiana|Van Buren]] and attended [[wikipedia:Mississinewa High School|Mississinewa High School]] in [[wikipedia:Gas City, Indiana|Gas City]]), Pink Team East moderator [[Holly Everman]] from [[wikipedia:Muncie, Indiana|Muncie]], and Purple Team East moderator [[Karly Jameson]] from [[wikipedia:Indianapolis|the state's capital city of Indianapolis]]. In the fall of 2016, blue team villains [[Glenn Swaringen]] and [[Ted Shields]] (it is interesting to note that Swaringen and Sheilds were colleagues at [[WHOO-FTV|WHOO]] Indianapolis while Shields co-anchored with [[Karly Ryder|Karly Jameson's mother]] from 1984 to 2015), joined the three females (Everman, Matthewson, and Jameson) and transfemale (Zinn).  
  
In addition, [[Robyn Hurd]], who had spent most of her career in Fort Wayne, [[Holly Everman]] from [[wikipedia:Muncie, Indiana|Muncie]], [[Tracia Matthewson]] from Fort Wayne (although born in [[wikipedia:South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]]), and [[Leonard Lai]], who was born in Evansville, were also part of the I-69ers. Hurd and Everman respectively served as an original I-69er (and original Vote for the Girls moderators) until Hurd and Everman's respective deaths on May 24, 2012 and May 23, 2017, while Matthewson served as an I-69er from January 2015 until May 2017 (Matthewson and Moffitt swapped anchor duties at NoSirGifts Fantasy Television Stations' flagship station and [[WTOR-FTV|WTOR]] in Fort Wayne in 2017) and Lai was an original Zinn's Villain from January 2012 until his death in October 2015.
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In addition, [[Robyn Hurd]], who had spent most of her career in Fort Wayne, and [[Leonard Lai]], who was born in Evansville, were also part of the I-69ers respectively served as an original I-69er until her death on May 24, 2012 and an original Zinn's Villain from January 2012 until his death in October 2015.
  
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Ava Zinn, Holly Everman, and Robyn Hurd have had a close friendship since 1989. On January 4, 1989, the then-27 year old Robyn Hurd became the first friend of then-6 year old Ava Zinn. Everman became the second friend of Ava Zinn on December 28, 1990.
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Ava Zinn, Holly Everman, and Robyn Hurd have had a close friendship since 1989. On January 4, 1989, the then-27 year old Robyn Hurd became the first friend of then-6 year old Ava Zinn. Everman
  
 
===Early years===
 
===Early years===
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===Moderator fan clubs===
 
===Moderator fan clubs===
In 2014, many fans organized fan clubs for their favorite moderators. Some of these fan clubs included what was then-Ava & Holly's [[Cat Pound|the Cat Pound]] (now Ava & Alexx's Cat Pound),<ref>??</ref> [[Karly Jameson|Karly's Klams]], [[Big Ted-Glenn Ten]] (a parody of [[wikipedia:Big Ten Conference|the Big Ten]]) ,<ref>??</ref>  among others.
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In 2014, many fans organized fan clubs for their favorite moderators. Some of these fan clubs included Ava & Holly's [[Cat Pound|the Cat Pound]],<ref>??</ref> [[Karly Jameson|Karly's Klams]],<ref>??</ref>  among others.
  
 
==Today==
 
==Today==
Since the debut of ''Vote for the Girls'', Zinn, Moffitt, Mort, Monroe, Jameson, Swaringen, and Shields, and previously Everman, Hurd, and Matthewson have enjoyed a large fan base in Indiana and Zinn has eclipsed [[Archibald Coolranch]] as the all-time winning moderator as of December 18, 2012. Of those seven, Zinn has become the winning moderator on twelve occasions (seven as a solo moderator and five with her then-girlfriend [[Kymberly Alvaraz]]), Mort (through inheritances from [[Robyn Hurd|her mother]] and [[Kellie Rock|aunt]]) won on two occasions (her mother's pick of Melanie Amaro won the first season of ''The X Factor USA'' and her aunt's pick of Gaby Diaz won the twelfth season of ''So You Think You Can Dance''), Jameson winning once on an imported victory from Romania, and Shields and Swaringen winning once (Swaringen became the winning villain on the twenty-fourth season of  ''Dancing with the Stars'' and Shields became the winning villain on the twelfth season of ''The Voice''). Moffitt and Monroe are currently the only moderators not to win thus far. Prior to Everman's May 2017 death, Everman had won on three occasions, and Matthewson is currently the only moderator not to win with Matthewson's best finish as moderator was third place on the fourteenth season of ''American Idol'' (Zinn's final pick, Nick Fradiani, was announced the winner and also Alvaraz's first win, though Matthewson's final pick, JAX, was declared the female winner).
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Since the debut of ''Vote for the Girls'', Zinn, Everman, Matthewson, Jameson, Swaringen, and Shields have enjoyed a large fan base in Indiana and Zinn has eclipsed [[Archibald Coolranch]] as the all-time winning moderator as of December 18, 2012. Of those six, Zinn has become the winning moderator on twelve occasions (seven as a solo moderator and five with her girlfriend [[Kymberly Alvaraz]]), Everman winning on three occasions, and Jameson winning once on an imported victory from Romania. Matthewson, Swaringen, and Shields are currently the only moderators not to win with Matthewson's best finish as moderator was third place on the fourteenth season of ''American Idol'' (Zinn's final pick, Nick Fradiani, was announced the winner and also Alvaraz's first win, though Matthewson's final pick, JAX, was declared the female winner), while Swaringen and Shields have yet to win.
  
While the site's success in Indiana gained it a large fan base nationally, many consider Ava Zinn auctioning off her virginity to Kymberly Alvaraz in 2014 as a threat if a female did not win American Idol's 13th season and eventually Christina Grimmie's third place finish to have been a cause for the strong fan base in other cities (especially in Denver, San Francisco, and Chicago, and Pittsburgh{{ndash}}the respective hometowns of Alvaraz, Everman's girlfriend [[Perri Johnson]], and Karly Jameson's wife [[Kathi Jameson|Kathi]]), and birthplace of Maribel Mort. Three instances of the site's fan base were during [[Vote for the Girls (U.S. season 6)|the sixth season]] as Zinn's pick [[Valerie Rockey]] from Indianapolis finished runner-up and losing to [[Leonard Lai]]'s pick of Ricky Ubela, Kellie Rock's pick and York, Pennsylvania native [[DaNica Shirey]] was the last female on the seventh season of ''The Voice''{{ndash}}Rockey and Shirey were recipients of the Moderators' Save (an element used to decline a "VFTG Loss"), and Littleton, Colorado native and runner-up of the twentieth season of ''Dancing with the Stars'' Riker Lynch was chosen by Zinn and Alvaraz.  
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While the site's success in Indiana gained it a large fan base nationally, many consider Ava Zinn auctioning off her virginity to Kymberly Alvaraz in 2014 as a threat if a female did not win American Idol's 13th season and eventually Christina Grimmie's third place finish to have been a cause for the strong fan base in other cities (especially in Denver, San Francisco, and Chicago, Indiana{{ndash}}the respective hometowns of Alvaraz, Everman's girlfriend [[Perri Johnson]], and Karly Jameson's wife [[Kathi Jameson|Kathi]]). An instance of the site's fan base was during the twentieth season of ''Dancing with the Stars,'' which Littleton, Colorado native Riker Lynch was chosen by Zinn and Alvaraz in the spring cycle of the site's sixth season.  
  
  
Many regional communities not officially associated with the "Indianapolis" or "Fort Wayne" markets have overwhelming numbers of fans of Zinn, Moffitt, Mort, Jameson, Shields, and Swaringen who regularly flood local stations in Nashville, Tennessee <ref>??</ref> (of which Ava Zinn's longtime friend, Elaine Ellis, currently resides in Nashville); Louisville, Kentucky (home base of Purple Team South moderator [[Sonia Donbar]]); Lexington, Kentucky; <ref>??</ref> and Columbus, Ohio (home of Purple Team South moderator [[Donna Doogan]]) with requests to show the technically "out of market" supported contestants.<ref>??</ref>
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Many regional communities not officially associated with the "Indianapolis" or "Fort Wayne" market have overwhelming numbers of fans of Zinn, Everman, Matthewson, and Jameson who regularly flood local stations in Nashville, Tennessee <ref>??</ref> (of which Ava's longtime friend, Elaine Ellis, currently lives in Nashville); Louisville, Kentucky; Lexington, Kentucky; <ref>??</ref> and Columbus, Ohio with requests to show the technically "out of market" supported contestants.<ref>??</ref>
  
 
Josh Kaufman's controversial victory on ''The Voice'' could also be seen as a sign of the national reach of Vote for the Girls' fan base as well.
 
Josh Kaufman's controversial victory on ''The Voice'' could also be seen as a sign of the national reach of Vote for the Girls' fan base as well.
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==Criticism==
 
==Criticism==
{{Criticism section|date=October 2017}}
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{{Criticism section|date=June 2013}}
 
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Anti–I-69er sentiment has grown strong enough that in some cases, other moderators and villains have taken steps to keep Indiana fans out of opposing moderators in their cities.<ref name="tribreview060407">??<!----{{cite news | first = Joe | last = Bendel | title = Rooney: Opposing teams discriminate Steelers fans | url = http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_441131.html | work=Pittsburgh Tribune Review | location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | date = 2006-04-07}}---></ref> Instead of being permitted to buy support a contestant to a Donna & Tim/Kathi & Karly match in Jacksonville, for instance, they were required to pay for tickets to two other games (one in Jacksonville and one in Columbus, Ohio), as well.<ref>??</ref> In other cases such as fans of [[Addison Agen]] in October 2017, Ava Zinn refused to sell uncensored episodes to fans calling from outside Fort Wayne's 260 and Marion/Muncie's 765 [[wikipedia:area code|area code]], and they encouraged fans who were selling their own tickets to do the same.<ref name="tribreview060407" />  
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Anti–Steeler Nation sentiment has grown strong enough that in some cases, [[front office]]s for other teams have taken steps to keep Pittsburgh fans out of games in their cities.<ref name="tribreview060407">{{cite news | first = Joe | last = Bendel | title = Rooney: Opposing teams discriminate Steelers fans | url = http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_441131.html | work=Pittsburgh Tribune Review | location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | date = 2006-04-07}}</ref> Instead of being permitted to buy tickets to a [[Chargers]]-Steelers game in San Diego, for instance, they were required to pay for tickets to two other games, as well.<ref>{{cite news | first = Joe | last = Bendel | title = Steelers are hot ticket in town | url = http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ufANAAAAIBAJ&sjid=23ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4285,3985394  | work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | page = D3 | date = 2005-10-06 | accessdate = 2009-02-19}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In other cases, teams refused to sell tickets to fans calling from Pittsburgh's 412 [[area code]], and they encouraged fans who were selling their own tickets to do the same.<ref name="tribreview060407" /> Steelers President [[Art Rooney II]] complained to the NFL about the situation, but his grievance was not acted upon.<ref name="tribreview060407" />
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==Famous fans==
 
==Famous fans==
  
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[[Category:Culture of Marion, Indiana]]
 
[[Category:Culture of Marion, Indiana]]
 
[[Category:Culture of Muncie, Indiana]]
 
[[Category:Culture of Muncie, Indiana]]
[[Category:Culture of Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
 

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