31 AUG 2015 - Almost a year ago I decided to attend the next American Airlines retired pilots' (The Grey Eagles) annual convention after an absence of four years. On Friday, 21 AUG Judy and I flew to Newark, NJ, to board Celebrity Cruises Lines MS Summit on Sunday 23 Aug for a seven day round trip cruise to Bermuda. We used the extra day in Newark to spend most of the day at the World Trade Center which provided a bit of over-due 9-11 closure for me. We returned home yesterday afternoon 30 AUG. My Vice Director Kermit Carlson, ARRL President Kay Craigie, Dave Sumner, and my fellow CEOSC members knew I would be out of touch unless there was a dire emergency. To those of you who sent me a congratulatory email for winning another term as Central Division Director, I thank you for your thoughts and kind words. Now to get back to processing more email... 73 - Dick Isely, W9GIG