AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS FROM BOONE COUNTY GOT TOGETHER AT MEMORIAL PARK AROUND 4:00 PM FOR THE PICNIC / MEETING / RAFFLE TICKET DRAWING. WE ENJOYED A HOTDOG COOKOUT WITH SEVERAL DISHES BROUGHT TO SHARE AMONG THE GROUP. THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 14 THAT MADE IT TO THE GATHERING.
THE GROUP THAT ATTENDED WAS STEVE LIPPS "KG9LX", TOM MOONEY "KB9UWR" AND HIS WIFE JUDY, JR MARTIN "N9JSS" AND HIS WIFE CHRIS MARTIN "N9VLV", FRANK HURST "N9JST", LINDA NORTON "W9JST", BRIAN SHOOP "KC9BZN", DON HERSCHELL "N9JIU", NICK IACOBELLI "KB9YUF" AND HIS WIFE MARY, JIMMIE GILES JR "N9VXQ" AND HIS WIFE DEBRA AND THEIR SON JOSHUA.
THE WEATHER WAS A BIT COOL WITH A BREEZE OUT OF THE WEST / NORTHWEST BUT WE STILL WAS ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME SHARING STORIES WITH FRIENDS TODAY. WE HAD A 50/50 DRAWING WITH A TOTAL OF $18.00 COLLECTED. THE PRIZE WAS SHARED WITH THE WINNER FRANK "N9JST" AND THE BCARA FLOWER FUND.
THE MAIN ATTRACTION THIS EVENING WAS THE RAFFLE DRAWING. THE GROUP SOLD TICKETS SINCE FIELD DAY 2002 AND THE DRAWING WAS FOR THE WINNERS CHOICE OF EITHER. AN ICOM IC-2100H MOBILE RADIO OR A GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR $125.00 FROM AES OR A CASH PRIZE OF $125.00. THE WINNING TICKET WAS DRAWN BY JUDY MOONEY "KB9UWR'S" WIFE AND THE CALLSIGN READ BY JOSHUA GILES "N9VXQ'S" SON. "KB9YUF WAS THE WINNING TICKET DRAWN AND HE WAS AWARDED HIS CHOICE OF THE $125.00 CASH PRIZE. WHEN ASKED WHAT HE MIGHT DO WITH THE WINNINGS HE SAID HE MIGHT BUY HIMSELF THE HANDHELD TRANSCEIVER THAT HE'D BEEN WANTING.
THE BCARA COLLECTED $155.00 TOTAL FROM TICKET SALES WHICH MAY BE USED TO SECURE A DOMAIN NAME FOR THE WEBSITE AND THE SERVER SPACE FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO TO COME. AS OF THIS TIME WE HAVE NOTHING DEFINITE IN MIND AS TO WHAT TO DO WITH THE FUNDS RAISED.
THE GATHERING CAME TO A CLOSE AND THE GROUP SLOWLY LEFT THE PARK SHELTER AND ALL HEADED FOR HOME AT AROUND 6:30 PM. THANKS GOES OUT TO ALL THAT BOUGHT TICKETS AND THOSE THAT ATTENDED THE GATHERING. 73'S AND GOD BLESS TO YOU ALL.......FROM ALL OF US HERE IN THE BCARA.
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