January 2004 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[ARRL-ODV:9934] Re: Warm welcome
by Andy Oppel 11 Jan '04

11 Jan '04

Tom, You call sign suffix (BRR) fits the report perfectly. -- Andy Oppel, N6AJO At 08:18 AM 1/11/2004, you wrote: >Just to make everyone feel welcome in CT for the meeting this week, the >current weather forecast is more like you'd expect in Minneapolis (at >least Jay and Twila will feel at home). > >Temps will be about 20 degrees below normal... > >Weds-Sat - Partly cloudy, highs 10-15, lows around zero, except Thursday >snow showers and Friday morning when the low may be minus 10. > >Sunday - Same temps but snow showers. > >We'll be in the hotel anyhow, right? > > -- Tom K1BRR > > >===== >e-mail: k1ki(a)arrl.org ARRL New England Division >Director http://www.arrl.org/ >Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444 Andy Oppel andy(a)andyoppel.com

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[ARRL-ODV:9935] Re: Warm welcome
by Twila Greenheck 11 Jan '04

11 Jan '04

Tom- I'm surely glad that your hospitality is warmer than the CT temps. We're basking in St Paul's 36 degrees today. Now to pack the long johns...thanks for the warning. Looking forward to seeing you soon. 73, Twila ---------- >From: Tom Frenaye <frenaye(a)pcnet.com> >To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> >Subject: [ARRL-ODV:9931] Warm welcome >Date: Sun, Jan 11, 2004, 11:18 AM > > > Just to make everyone feel welcome in CT for the meeting this week, > the current weather forecast is more like you'd expect in > Minneapolis (at least Jay and Twila will feel at home). > > Temps will be about 20 degrees below normal... > > Weds-Sat - Partly cloudy, highs 10-15, lows around zero, except > Thursday snow showers and Friday morning when the low may be minus > 10. > > Sunday - Same temps but snow showers. > > We'll be in the hotel anyhow, right? > > -- Tom K1BRR > > > ===== > e-mail: k1ki(a)arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director > http://www.arrl.org/ > Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: > 860-668-5444 > >

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[ARRL-ODV:9933] Special Treatment For Our Troops
by dick＠pobox.com 11 Jan '04

11 Jan '04

11 JAN, 2004 - 1255 CST As most of you will be flying to Hartford in three days, you might be pleased to hear about what one of my (former) fellow crew members on American Airlines military charters is doing to welcome home the military personnel who are returning home from duty in Iraq. 73 - Dick, W9GIG ------------------------------- By Patrick Kampert, Chicago Tribune staff reporter November 2, 2003 When naval reservist Don Hodory recently returned from the war in Iraq, he and other soldiers found a surprise waiting just inside the door of the American Airlines jet that was to take them home: a 5-foot-long piece of sod from a Chicago-area nursery. The grassy strip is the brainstorm of American flight attendant Kate Pantorilla, an Ingleside resident, who wanted to give the men and women who served their country a chance to set foot on U.S. soil long before they entered U.S.airspace. "It was the first time I saw grass in seven months," said Hodory, 34, a non-commissioned officer who is back in Woodstock trying to rejuvenate his stained-glass studio. "I lay down and rubbed my face in it. I stroked it. I held it in my hands like it was a newborn baby." Hodory's fatherly tenderness is understandable--his wife, Lauri, just gave birth to twins--but Pantorilla, 56, said many returning troops have similar reactions to the sod. "We roll it out and tell them it's U.S. soil," said Pantorilla, a 35-year veteran of the airline. "They'll touch it to make sure it's not astroturf. They've taken their shoes off to step on it. Some kiss it. I've had a couple guys do a football roll into it." The sod ceremony is just as emotional for Pantorilla and her fellow flight attendants. "The crew are a mess," she said. "We're all at the age where we could be their mothers. We're just so pleased to see them and give them hugs." Pantorilla has handled about 20 planeloads of U.S.soldiers coming home from undisclosed locations in the Middle East. Before each flight, she picks up a roll of sod from Castle Gardens Nursery and Garden Center in Volo, where the owners have donated the grass for the cause. Her husband, Ernie, 58, also an American flight attendant, devised a carrying case for her that involves two large garbage bags and a handle. "When I get to the hotel, I roll it out on a piece of plastic and sprinkle a little Evian or tap water on it. I want to make sure it's nice and green when I get there," she said. The sod isn't the only surprise Pantorilla and her cohorts cook up for their heroes in uniform. The back of her skirt features a U.S. flag while a sign on the back of her shirt reads, "Saddam, kiss my flag." "I go to the front of each cabin," she said. "I stand up on the seat and say, 'This is from the entire crew for you.' And I turn around and take my jacket off, and that's when they go crazy." Some soldiers sign the flag on her derriere. Others sign any number of American flags festooned throughout the plane. Still others are recruited by the flight attendants to assist in serving their fellow soldiers with hot towels and beverages throughout the flight. Here's how Pantorilla announces her "helpers," decked out in wigs or scarves, over the P.A. system: "We've recruited four flight attendants from the defunct Saddam My A-- Airways: Brenda from Baghdad, Tammi from Tikrit, Fran from Fajullah and Mimi from Mosul. They don't speak English, but they do like having their pictures taken. "Some soldiers get wolf calls or dollar bills from their fellow warriors as they sashay through the jetliner. "The cameras are going the entire time those guys are in the aisle," Pantorilla said. Hodory was one of the servers on his flight, and he will never forget Pantorilla. "She made coming home outstandingly fun, other than the fact that she made me dress up in drag and serve food," he laughed. "But being in the military as long as I have, I didn't question anything. I became Brenda from Baghdad, all the way down to the lipstick." An American Airlines spokeswoman would not discuss its flights involving U.S.troops for security reasons, but Hodory said his experience with Pantorilla has sold him on the airline for life. "It was unbelievable that they had gone to all that trouble for us," he said.

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[ARRL-ODV:9932] Re: Warm welcome
by Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF 11 Jan '04

11 Jan '04

Tom, Your WX kinda seems like the Pacific Northwest where I just got done shoveling 8" of snow with 1" of ice on top of the snow. This was our first snow in the Portland / Vancouver area in about 5 years! Temperature last week was in the teens. My next trip down here will be picking up 40-50 limbs and cutting down 5 other trees which didn't survive the ice. My antennas survived with the exception of the 15 160 meter elevated radials which all "bit the dust (or white stuff)". See everyone in a few days. Should be an "interesting" meeting. 73 Jim K9JF ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Frenaye" <frenaye(a)pcnet.com> To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 8:18 AM Subject: [ARRL-ODV:9931] Warm welcome > > Just to make everyone feel welcome in CT for the meeting this week, the current weather forecast is more like you'd expect in Minneapolis (at least Jay and Twila will feel at home). > > Temps will be about 20 degrees below normal... > > Weds-Sat - Partly cloudy, highs 10-15, lows around zero, except Thursday snow showers and Friday morning when the low may be minus 10. > > Sunday - Same temps but snow showers. > > We'll be in the hotel anyhow, right? > > -- Tom K1BRR > > > ===== > e-mail: k1ki(a)arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ > Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444 > >

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[ARRL-ODV:9931] Warm welcome
by Tom Frenaye 11 Jan '04

11 Jan '04

Just to make everyone feel welcome in CT for the meeting this week, the current weather forecast is more like you'd expect in Minneapolis (at least Jay and Twila will feel at home). Temps will be about 20 degrees below normal... Weds-Sat - Partly cloudy, highs 10-15, lows around zero, except Thursday snow showers and Friday morning when the low may be minus 10. Sunday - Same temps but snow showers. We'll be in the hotel anyhow, right? -- Tom K1BRR ===== e-mail: k1ki(a)arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444

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[ARRL-ODV:9930] Election Comm Report
by K5ur＠aol.com 11 Jan '04

11 Jan '04

Hello Everyone! Attached is the Election Committee's Report for the Board. 73, Rick - K5UR

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[ARRL-ODV:9929] Re: Meal Choice
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 10 Jan '04

10 Jan '04

I've forwarded Jim's message to Lisa. Just a reminder: Lisa doesn't read arrl-odv. Her email address is lkustosik(a)arrl.org Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: w1llu(a)att.net [mailto:w1llu@att.net] Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 10:12 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:9928] Re: Meal Choice Lisa, Unless you can slip in some pork or chicken, I will skip both meals. Jim W1LLU

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