One of our Congressional contacts brought the RUS program to our attention a couple of weeks ago. I have a letter to the administrator on my list of things to do. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Weaver, Jim K8JE (DIR, GL) Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 2:25 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11112] Re: USDA BROADBAND GRANT The USDA is getting in on the Broadband act: http://fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USDA/RD/RUS/USDA-GRANTS-070904-001/Grant.htm... Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL; http://www.arrl.org/ 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 Tel.: 513-459-0142; E-mail: k8je@arrl.org ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio Is! MEMBERS: The reason ARRL Is!