= NOW 20 WPM = TEXT IS FROM FEBRUARY 2022 QST PAGE 70 = LAJOIE, AA1SE WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. AN INTERIM SM WAS APPOINTED IN MAINE, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2021, AFTER INCUMBENT SM ROBERT GOULD, N1WJO, RESIGNED, HAVING SERVED SINCE JULY 2020. ARRL FIELD SERVICES MANAGER MIKE WALTERS, W8ZY, APPOINTED PHIL DUGGAN, N1EP, OF MILBRIDGE AS INTERIM SM TO COMPLETE THE CURRENT TERM, WHICH ENDS ON JUNE 30, 2022. DUGGAN IS A RETIRED US NAVY ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN CHIEF AND ACTIVE IN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. HE SERVED PREVIOUSLY AS MAINE SECTION EMERGENCY COORDINATOR. DUGGAN IS ACTIVE IN PROMOTING AMATEUR RADIO, ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUTH. NOMINATING PETITIONS FOR THE NEXT MAINE SM TERM OF OFFICE ARE DUE AT ARRL HEADQUARTERS NO LATER THAN MARCH 4, 2022. SEE THE JANUARY 2022 ISSUE OF QST FOR THE NOMINATION ANNOUNCEMENT. RUSSIAS DESTRUCTION OF AN = END OF 20 WPM TEXT = QST DE W1AW <