‰  NOW 35 WPM  ‰
OF OUR TRADITION.  AND WE, AS AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND ARRL MEMBERS,
CONTINUE THE TRUE SPIRIT OF THAT TRADITION BY SUPPORTING THIS WONDERFUL AND
MUCH NEEDED EFFORT.  WE ARE THANKFUL SALVATION ARMY MAJOR SANDRA L.
DEFIBAUGH WROTE, THE NATIONAL TOY DRIVE CHAIRPERSON AND AWARD WINNING
SINGER PATTY LOVELESS, KD4WUJ, HAS DEMONSTRATED THE TRUE SPIRIT OF
CHRISTMAS BY PROMOTING THIS TOY DRIVE.  THANK YOU, PATTY, FOR YOUR DESIRE
TO HELP THE CHILDREN KNOW THAT THERE IS HOPE FOR REBUILDING THEIR LIVES
AFTER SUCH AN ASTRONOMICAL DISASTER.  SHE WENT ON, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE
SELFLESS SPIRIT OF GIVING AND SHARING DEMONSTRATED BY THE HAM OPERATORS
ACROSS THE NATION.  ASSISTING PATTY AND HELPING TO COORDINATE MEDIA WAS HER
HUSBAND AND MANAGER EMORY GORDY, W4WRO.  RICHARD LUBASH, N1VXW, A TV
PRODUCER WHO WAS WORKING ON A DOCUMENTARY OF HAM RADIO DURING KATRINA, TOOK
TIME OUT AND VOLUNTEERED TO MAKE A SPECIAL VIDEO FOR THE DRIVE WITH PATTY.
THERE WERE MANY SIGHTINGS OF THIS VIDEO REPORTED IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS.
AMONG THEM, CHARLES KOSMAN, WB2NQV, REPORTED THAT THE DRIVES VIDEO
FEATURING PATTY LOVELESS AIRED ALL LAST WEEK ON KSWO TV, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA,
‰  FROM PAGE 43  ‰
K9NYO KC0FGP N0UKO KC5NPU KF6AOK KO6RP KB7GAT AA7RT AB8OS KC8YON W9OES K0FJ
KW0U AD5NQ KH6AS K6RRS N7GFT N7RTA KB8OTZ N8YPE W9PC KI0F WB0ULX AD5NR
KG6BQG WB6RTH K7GGR WV7R AB8AA WD8PAD WB8YPG K9PET N0FPE N0UP KC5NT N6BVZ
‰  END OF 35 WPM TEXT  ‰  QST DE W1AW  ƒ