
A thief stole Soriano’s Salvation Army laptop when he left it unattended for a moment outside the store at 5:40 a.m. Reaching the 80-hour point was a high point in a day that also had a low. “Every second is going to be a new record until I get to 100.” “It feels good to know that I set a new record,” Butch Soriano said. The other two are in Minnesota and Texas and it wasn’t known Friday evening whether they still are in the running. Soriano is one of three Salvation Army bell ringers competing. He and his wife cheered but the passing shoppers took no note of the milestone. Soriano’s wife, Kim, also a Salvation Army major, and his 13-year-old daughter joined him outside the Colton Wal-Mart for the record-setting moment. 6, and vowed to go another 20 hours to hit 100.

Salvation Army Major Marcelino “Butch” Soriano passed the 80-hour record for continuous bell ringing at a red kettle at 5 p.m.
