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Who is Jean Shepherd?
Who is Jean Shepherd? Jean Parker Shepherd, Jr. (July 26, 1921 ¨C October 16, 1999) was an American storyteller, radio and TV personality, writer and actor. He was often referred to by the nickname Shep. With a career that spanned decades, Shepherd is known to modern audiences for the film "A Christmas Story" (1983), which he narrated and co-scripted, based on his own semi-autobiographical stories. Born in 1921 on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, Shepherd briefly lived in East Chicago, Indiana, and was raised in Hammond, Indiana, where he graduated from Hammond High School in 1939.[2] The movie, "A Christmas Story" is loosely based on his days growing up in Hammond's southeast side neighborhood of Hessville. As a youth, he worked briefly as a mail carrier in a steel mill and earned his Amateur radio license (W9QWN) at age 16, sometimes claiming he was even younger. He sporadically attended Indiana University, but never graduated. Shepherd was a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan. During World War II, he served stateside in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Shepherd then had an extensive career in a variety of media. Shepherd maintained his interest in amateur radio throughout his life. After leaving Hammond, he obtained the call signs W4QWN (Kentucky), W8QWN (Ohio), and W3STE (Pennsylvania). Upon his arrival at WOR in New York in 1955, he obtained the call K2ORS, with which he was often heard speaking to other ham radio operators for the remainder of his life. Read his full biography at Wikipedia: I hope you enjoy the article about one of our own. Merry Christmas, Joe, N2QOJ |
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[AZTHunt] Foxhunt on Dec 27th
Are you wondering when you will be able to use all the new fox hunting toys Santa¡¯s going to bring you?? Well I¡¯ve got good news.? I¡¯ll be putting on a walking hidden transmitter hunt on Wed, Dec 27 from 1PM to 3PM at Gilbert Riparian Preserve. Anyone is welcome, including those who have never hunted before, and I¡¯ll be happy to loan you gear if you need it.? Please let me know if you plan to attend. Byon, N6BG
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QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 12/17/2023 @ 8 PM (20:00)
QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 12/17/2023 @ 8 PM (20:00)All are welcome to the weekly training net of the Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group, a partner of the QC Fire & Medical Department and Emergency Manager. Exercise your station and your skills! Your Net Control Operator Tonight: Joe, N2QOJ 8 pm at STV / Ocotillo Repeater 449.325 MHz PL 100.0 Hz. |
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Florence PD Communication Liness are down
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Pinal Emergency Notification System (PENS) <noreply@...> Date: Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 7:03 AM Subject: Florence PD Communication Liness are down To: <jsammartino@...> 
Message from Pinal CountyThe Florence PD communication lines are down; please call 520-651-8649 for any non-emergencies calls. For any emergencies please use 911. |
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QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 12/3/2023 @ 8 PM (20:00)
QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 12/3/2023 @ 8 PM (20:00) All are welcome to the weekly
training net of the Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group, a
partner of the QC Fire & Medical Department and Emergency Manager. Exercise your station and your skills! Your Net Control Operator Tonight: John, KI7PPW 8 pm at STV / Ocotillo Repeater 449.325 MHz PL 100.0 Hz. No
radio? No problem! If you would like to listen over the Internet, you
can use this link in your browser on any PC, iOS, or Android device: |
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Re: ? Volunteers Needed - QC Holiday Festival and Parade, Saturday, December 2 ?
Hi Folks, We are 4 days away from our event, Holiday Festival and Parade 2023, and we still need about 4 more volunteers. Please let me know if any of you can participate.? If so, please direct email asap. Thank you, Joe, N2QOJ On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 10:46?AM Joe Sammartino <jsammartino@...> wrote:
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Latest Test Sessions List
Here's the latest list of Test Sessions for December, January, and February in our regional area: Here is the new Technician Class study guide from KB6NU. It is great for self-study and available from the Queen Creek Amateur Radio Club website: Another reminder: The FCC fees for new licenses began on April 19, 2022. The good news is that the new FCC fee of $35 DOES NOT apply to upgrading your license class Something new: Free study materials for General Class and Amateur Extra Class are also available at the Queen Creek Amateur Radio Club website: Note: The General Class study materials have been updated to support the new question pool that became active on July 1, 2023 and valid through June 30, 2027. Queen Creek Amateur Radio Club Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group |
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Re: When Disaster Strikes: Prepare, Act, Survive
The official registration has just been opened.? Instructions can be found here:?? That document will give you instructions on how to set up an account in Acadis (if you don't already have one), and how to register for the course once your account is set up. ?On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 3:10?PM Joe Sammartino <jsammartino@...> wrote:
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QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 11/12/2023 @ 8 PM (20:00)
QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 11/12/2023 @ 8 PM (20:00) All are welcome to the weekly training net of the Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group, a partner of the QC Fire & Medical Department and Emergency Manager. Exercise your station and your skills! Your Net Control Operator Tonight: Joe, N2QOJ 8 pm at STV / Ocotillo Repeater 449.325 MHz PL 100.0 Hz. No radio? No problem! If you would like to listen over the Internet, you can use this link in your browser on any PC, iOS, or Android device: |
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? Volunteers Needed - QC Holiday Festival and Parade, Saturday, December 2 ?
? Volunteers Needed - QC Holiday Festival and Parade, Saturday, December 2?
We need volunteers!?? This is one of our largest (and most fun) events that QCECG supports and it's one of the best events of the year for demonstration of our support for the Town of Queen Creek.
Event info here:
The public hours are 2 PM till 6:30 PM.
We typically need to support from 11 AM till about 8 PM and can break up the event into 2 shifts for folks with limited availability. More
details to come but for now, please check your calendars and volunteer
if you can. We need about 20 volunteers for this event. Send your response ASAP to N2QOJ at jsammartino@.... Regards, Joe, N2QOJ |
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