A P P L E   S L I C E S
The Weekly Reader of the "22 CREW"
 
 
 
RADIO CLUB OF JHS 22, POB 1052, NEW YORK NY  10002
516,674,4072  FAX  516,674,9600
 
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CLASSROOM NET 7.238 MHz 7AM M-F
WEEK 15 OF 2008-OUR 28TH YEAR 
 
NYC
 
ALBANY TO NYC.....
D R O P
D E A D!
 
KEVIN SHEEKY, MAYOR BLOOMBURG'S DEPUTY, SAID THE ABOVE WILL PROBABLY BE THE HEADLINE IN TUESDAY APRIL 8ths PAPERS (it was) .. IN AN INTERVIEW LAST MONDAY NIGHT ON TELEVISION STATION NY1... SHEEKEY'S COMMENT MIRRORS A DAILY NEWS HEADLINE FROM 30 YEARS AGOThe Drop Dead cover in 1975 WHEN THEN PRESIDENT FORD SAID HE WOULD VETO A FEDERAL BAILOUT OF NEW YORK CITY.
 

YES "APPLE SLICES" READERS THE DRAMA IS OVER FOR THIS YEAR...OUR STATE ASSEMBLY REJECTED BLOOMBERG'S CONGESTION PRICING PLAN..and the following is official:

MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG'S LEGACY PROPOSAL TO CHARGE A FEE TO DRIVE INTO PARTS OF MANHATTAN TO CURB TRAFFIC AND POLLUTION DIED IN ALBANY MONDAY.

THIS MEANS THAT FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2008 GETTING TO AND FROM PO BOX 1052 WILL BE FREE..THATS OF COURSE IF YOU DON'T COUND THE $4 A GALLON GAS!
 
WATCH FOR A RETURN OF THIS HORROR STORY IN 2009 WHEN THE FOLKS THAT TRIED TO BRING ON THIS NITEMARE ARE NO LONGER UP FOR RE-ELECTION!
 
 
 
A DOUBLE I WELCOME...
 
INDONESIA
ISREAL
 
THIS WEEK "APPLE SLICES"..YOUR WEEKLY READER, PICKED UP READERSHIP IN BOTH INDONESIA AND ISREAL....THE STAFF AT "SLICES" WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME HAMMY'S IN BOTH COUNTRIES
 
 
WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO....
FOR 28 YEARS AND PRECISELY 104 DAYS WE HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO BRING EDUCOM TO THE HAM RADIO/EDUCATION WORLD...IN 28 YEARS AND 104 DAYS SOME TRULY WONDERFUL AND DEDICATED PEOPLE HAVE HELPED SHAPE/MOLD & GROW OUR ORGANIZATION INTO NOT ONLY NYC'S LARGEST HAM CLUB BUT THE COUNTRY'S ONLY FULL TIME GROUP DEVOTED TO BRINGING HAM RADIO TO EDUCATION NATIONWIDE...
 
.......AND WHY YOU ASK....WHY WORK 24 HOURS A DAY 365 DAYS A YEAR FOR SO SO LONG..THRU BIRTHS, DEATHS,GREAT TIMES AND OCCASIONAL TRAGIC TIMES....ALL FOR WHAT....?  DID YOU REALLY ASK WHY?  HERE IS AN ANSWER AND IN JUST ONE SIMPLE PICTURE:
 
 
THATS THE CHRIST LUTHERAN SCHOOL EDUCOM PROGRAM IN FLORIDA UNDER THE AUSPICES OF PROFESSOR BILL-KM4P.  HIS CREW PICTURED ABOVE ARE ALL BUILDING TEN-TEC RECEIVER KITS BUT TOOK TIME OUT FOR AN "APPLE SLICES" PHOTO OPPORTUNITY.  BILL WAS WITH US AT THE VERY FIRST NATIONAL TEACHERS MEETING...ATTENDANCE PAID OFF IT APPEARS.  GREAT WORK KM4P & COMPANY!
 
SO READERS....HAS IT BEEN WORTH 28 YEARS AND 104 DAYS TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT WORK LIKE YOU SEE ABOVE...IT SURE HAS...CHECK WITH US IN YEAR 2037 & 43 DAYS....THATS EXACTLY DOUBLE FROM TODAY AND WE WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE! 
 
 
DAYTON
 
WE HAVE STILL NOTHING IN THE MAIL FROM THE DARA FOLKS BUT WE ARE HEARING RUMORS AND ASSORTED OTHER INFO....IF YOU HEAR ANYTHING..WE EVEN TAKE UNRELIABLE SOURCES...LET US KNOW...IN THE MEANTIME THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR YOU AT OUR INN (we checked last night to make sure):
 
SUPER 8
155 Monarch Lane., Miamisburg 45342,
937-866-5500, Fax: 937-866-8270
 
AND REMEMBER THE TRADITION OF OUR SATURDAY NIGHT "22 CREW" EYEBALL CONTINUES AND TAKES PLACE HERE:
PLAN ON ARRIVING AROUND 7PM FOR AN EVENING WITH "THE FINAST FLOCK OF FOLKS IN ALL OF HAMDOM"
 
 
CRACKER BARRELL TO SELL WOUFF HONG'S?
"The Wouff-Hong is amateur radio's most sacred symbol and stands for the enforcement of law and order in amateur operation."
The Radio Amateur's Handbook, 1930, p. 11
 
NOW ANYONE THAT KNOWS THE "22 CREW" KNOWS THAT WHEN WE ARE ON THE ROAD A ***MUST STOP*** IS:
 
THE CRACKER BARRELL, THE ABOVE CB IS ON I-85 AT EXIT 124 IN GREENSBORO NC AND OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE BEEN THERE AT LEAST TWICE AND PROBABLY MORE BUT SADLY WE WERE NOT THERE LAST SUNDAY....LAST SUNDAY HAMMY'S FROM ALL OVER THE GREATER GREENSBORO NEIGHBORHOOD CONVERGED ON THE ABOVE FOR LUNCH:
 
AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE:
SEE THE GENTLEMAN IN THE SOLID BLUE SHIRT NEXT TO THE LOVELY YL? THATS BOB-W4JGA  HE IS RELATED TO THE GUEST SPEAKER:
IN FACT HE IS THE FATHER OF THE GUEST SPEAKER, YEP THATS "MAGIC MIKEEE" WD4DUG PICTURED ABOVE......
 
SO WHAT ARE ALL THESE GREENSBORO GABBERS DOING GATHERING AT THE BARRELL LAST SUNDAY AND WHAT IS "MM" TELLING THEM?
 
EASY, HE IS GETTING READY TO PRESENT A GENUINE "WOUFF HONG" SIGNED BY EVERYONE THAT CAME TO LUNCH TO NONE OTHER THAN...
K  4  Z  D  H
JACK
NICHOLSON
WHOOPS SORRY...RITE CALL WRONG NAME:
K  4  Z  D  H
RILEY
HOLLINGSWORTH
AND YES READERS .. JUST LIKE ANY OTHER REGULAR HAMMY THERE HE IS GATHERED AROUND THE CB TABLE WITH ALL THE LOCALS AT A LUNCHEON THAT WAS ORCHESTRATED BY OUR VERY OWN WD4DUG:
SO WHEN RILEY LEFT THE CB LAST SUNDAY HE LEFT WITH LOTS OF GREAT LUNCHEON MEMORIES...MAYBE A LITTLE HEARTBURN AND HIS VERY OWN AUTOGRAPHED WOUFF:
SO THE ANSWER TO THE HEADLINE IS NO THE CB DOES NOT STOCK WOUFF'S IN THE GIFT SHOP BUT WITH THE RITE "22 CREW" CONNECTIONS YOU CAN STILL LEAVE THE JOINT WITH ONE....AND WHO BETTER IN ALL OF HAMDOM TO GET THIS SACRED SYMBOL...THIS SYMBOL OF LAW AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW?...WAY TO GO JACK...AHHH RILEY...he does look like Jack don't he?"
 
I C O M   D A Y   2 0 0 8
 
THE LIST HAS NOT CHANGED...IF YOU PAID ATTENTION..DID YOUR HOMEWORK AND  SENT IN YOUR ENTRY AND YOU DO NOT SEE YOU...DON'T PANIC.....WE NEVER MADE IT TO POB 1052 THIS WEEK...WE WILL HOWEVER MAKE IT THIS WEEK SO PLEASE SEE TO IT THAT YOU GET YOU IN!
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2008 IC DAY PLAYERS LIST
 
761175 & 761176................GEORGE-NK8T
761177 & 761178 & 761179.........................JOE-W2LED
761180.........................................CAL-W9JAN
761181................................................STU-WA4JUO
761182....................................................ROGER-W8CNJ
761183 & 761184....................................WALTER-WA4LT
761185....................................................BILL-KM4P
761186............................................GRANT-VE3GFM
761187 & 761188...............................DAVID-WB2DZH
761189..............................................DOYLE-WD4HXE
761190 & 761194..................................BOB-W8OWL
761191...............................................BRYAN-KC9HYZ
761192...........................................GENE-WB5KVE
761193.....................................VIC-KA5BDX
761194..........................................ROBERT-W5GQW
 
WE GOT
 
NEW CLASSROOM NET CHECKINS
A SPECIAL RING OF THE WELCOMING "22 CREW" BELL TO THE FOLLOWING FOLKS WHO ARE NEW ON THE NET THIS WEEK .. IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
 
KD4HXT-BOB
N0NFI-BOB
W8NIC-LARRY
KC0RMR-CLAUDIUS
K4ZDH-RILEY....SUNDAYS INDIGESTION WAS GONE BY THURSDAY THE 10TH WHEN HE MADE IT TO CLASS FOR THE FIRST TIME...WELCOME
N0CBL-GENE
 
 
WE WELCOME ALL SIX OF YOU TO START YOUR DAY THE "22" WAY MONDAY THRU FRIDAY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
 
 
B  I  R  T  H  D  A  Y  S
 APRIL 13-20
 
ZERO...NONE...NADA....DID WE MISS YOU?  DO WE HAVE YOUR BIRTHDAY ON FILE?  IF NOT .. LET US KNOW NOW!
 
 
 
3, 4 4 8 
 
C'MON FOLKS...JUST 52 MORE TO MAKE 3,500 AND THEY SAID WE WOULD NOT BREAK 1,000!  WITH YOUR HELP TO  C A N  GET TO 3,500 AND EVEN BEYOND...SEND'M IN TODAY.
 
TEACHER'S MEETING
JULY 12 & 13 
2008
LAS VEGAS
Typical desert scene in the Las Vegas area.REMEMBER ITS NOT ALL FLASHING LIGHTS...AND ITS NOT JUST A 2 DAY TEACHERS MEETING....IN JUST MINUTES FROM THE MEETING SITE YOU COULD BE IN THIS PICTURE.
 
READ THE FLYER ON THE MAIN WEB PAGE AND MAKE YOUR RESERVATION NOW AT THE PLAZA..YOU CAN TAKE THE ABOVE PICTURE YOURSELF AS THAT SCENE IS LESS THAN A BLOCK FROM OUR MEETING SITE...THIS IS THE PREMIER EVENT OF THE YEAR FOR THE "22 CREW".. WE WANT YOU TO BE A PART OF IT...
...DO NOT MISS THIS EVENT...CALL THE PLAZA HOTEL
Toll Free: (800) 634-6575
MAKE YOUR RESERVATION...
AND BE A PART OF THE EDUCOM EFFORT!
 
NEED A TAX DEDUCTION 
 
RADIOS YOU CAN WRITE OFF..KIDS YOU CAN'T 
 
GIVE US A REASON TO COME TO YOUR HOUSE...CALL US NOW...SEE YOU THIS WEEK!
 
 
 
THIS WEEKS SKED
 
UNLESS YOU CALL US...WE WILL BE AT HQ ALL WEEK!
 
DING DONG

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