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
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CLASSROOM NET 7.238 MHz 7AM M-F
WEEK 23 OF 2008-OUR 28TH YEAR 
 
 
K F 4 H A X
DAVID SCOTT BERRY
1985-2008
THATS SCOTT IN THE BLUE SHIRT IN FRONT...PICTURE WAS TAKEN LONG AGO AT THE MYRTLE BEACH HAMFEST "22 CREW" DINNER.  SCOTT'S DAD, DAVE-N9QP...WAS AN OFFICER IN THE MYRTLE BEACH CLUB AND A RECENT RECRUIT TO THE "22 CREW". DAVE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING US TO THE HAMFEST WHERE WE DELIVERED AN EDUCOM FORUM.
 
MYRTLE WAS THE FIRST TIME I MET SCOTT AND HIS FAMILY. OVER THE YEARS WE BECAME VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH SCOTT & CREW. 
 
IT IS WITH EXTREME SADNESS THAT WE REPRINT THE FOLLOWING NOTING THE LOSS OF A TRULY WONDERFUL, HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED YOUNG MAN AND A VERY DEAR FRIEND:
  

David Scott Berry KF4HAX

MENA — David Scott Berry, 25, of Mena died Sunday, May 25, 2008, near Waldron. He was born May 27, 1982, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. He was a graduate of Mena High School, Rich Mountain Community College and Arkansas Tech University, a member of Ouachita Amateur Radio Association, past editor of Arka-tech Newspaper at Arkansas Tech University and a member of First Baptist Church in Mena.

Memorial service will be 10 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Mena with burial at Pinecrest Memorial Park under the direction of Beasley-Wood Funeral Home of Mena.

He is survived by his mother, Jeanette Berry of Mena and father, David Berry of Lafayette, Ind.; two sisters, Michelle Arroyo of Surfside Beach, S.C., and Stephanie Berry of Atlanta; maternal grandmother, Agnes Hinds of Mena; paternal grandparents, James Berry of Columbus, Ohio, and Nell Hillberry of West Jefferson, Ohio; and paternal great-grandmother, Mussette Berry of South Charleston, W.Va.

The family will visit with friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Rich Mountain Community College and First Baptist Church.

AS A FOLLOW UP TO THE ABOVE TRAGIC REPORT WE REPRINT IN HER OWN WORDS THE FIRST WITNESS ON THE SCENE AT THE ACCIDENT:
 
 
I can assure you that he did not suffer at all.  It is my firm opinion that he never knew the accident happened.  I do not remember leaving my vehicle nor do I remember going through the grass to get there.  But he was at peace when I got to him.  That's when I felt he must have been a Christian, because had he not been I feel he would have lived long enough for me to pray with him.  I can't imagine the pain you must feel, but I do feel it was God's timing.  We were between the two vehicles when we all got stopped.  We were in a Jeep with the half doors on.  There was debri all around us and we were not harmed.  I don't always understand God's timing but I do know that we can trust him fully and if we never understand this side of Heaven, God is in control and we will rejoice with Scott over there.  I hope it comforts you to know that he is experiencing joy beyond our wildest imagination.  It is us left behind that suffer.  You will be in our prayers.  We live across from Freds truck stop, feel free to stop by anytime.  We will always feel a special attachment to Scott although we never knew him. 
 
                                 Roberta Qualls
HEARING FROM SOMEONE LIKE ROBERTA CANNOT STOP THE PAIN OF LOSS BUT HER MESSAGE CAN CERTAINLY HELP.
 
OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO DAVE-N9QP AND FAMILY DURING THIS INCREDIBLY TRAGIC TIME.
 
 
BFORE YOU KNOW IT
WE WILL ALL BE
TOGETHER AGAIN
IN HUNTSVILLE..BUT FIRST..LETS GO TO
D A Y T O N
2 0 0 8
PART II
 
FRIDAY MAY 16, THE FIRST DAY OF THE HAMVENTION...AND THE WEATHER WAS NOT PERFECT BUT NOT SNOWING EITHER..RICK-WQ8Q MET US AT THE SUPER 8 AROUND 6:30 AM AND IT WAS OFF TO HARA ARENA HEADING FOR SPOTS 1336/1337 & 1338..THE CREWMOBILE WENT IN 1336 AND RICK'S PICK'M'UP WENT IN 1338 WITH DISPLAY TABLES IN THE MIDDLE...AND LOOK WHO WAS FIRST TO ARRIVE AT OUR SPOTS BRIGHT AND EARLY:
THATS GENE-WB5KVE AND HIS DAUGHTER...WE MUST SAY WHILE IT MAY NOT BE A "22 CREW" SHIRT IT SURE WAS THE RIGHT SHIRT SHE WAS WEARING.  GENE STARTS HIS DAY THE "22" WAY MOST MORNINGS AND WHEN WE CAN'T HEAR HIM HE CHECKS IN ON THE HOTLINE...SOMEONE SAY    I N C O M I N G!
 
NEXT UP WE GOT LUCKY BY MEETING W9LUK-LUCKY
 
LUCKY, FROM WISCONSIN,  IS A:  CLUB MEMBER, VETERAN ICOM DAY PLAYER AND CLASSROOM NET CHECKIN...ALSO WEARING OUR FAVORITE LONG SLEEVE "22 CREW" DENIM SHIRT WHICH DOES NOT HURT WHEN BUYING YOUR ICOM DAY TICKET!
 
NOW WHEN LUCKY LEFT US HE WAS REPLACED BY A HAM I HAVE NOT SEEN IN SEVERAL YEARS EVEN THOUGH HE LIVES ONLY ABOUT 30 MILES FROM CREW HQ:
IN THE BLACK JACKET TALKING TO WALTER IS LEON-W2LRT...MOST MORNINGS YOU CAN HEAR LEON ON THE CLASSROOM NET ALTHOUGH WE NEVER CAN AS HE IS JUST TOO CLOSE.  YOU CAN SEE IN THE ABOVE PHOTO OPPORTUNITY LEON IS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN MAKING SOME KIND OF REALLY IMPORTANT POINT TO WALTER..ONCE THAT CONVERSATION ENDED WE GOT LEON TO POSE FOR A GROUP SHOT AND EVEN WAVE TO THE CAMERA:
AND THEN...AND THEN... ALONG CAME RANDY AND RANDY JR AND TOM
KB3INO     KB3IFH     KC8QGJ
RANDY ON THE LEFT IS THE DAD OF RANDY JR IN THE MIDDLE...NEXT TIME YOU GET A QSL CARD FROM THE "22 CREW" THINK GOOD THOUGHTS ABOUT RANDY JR. AS WITHOUT HIM YOU WOULD NOT HAVE THAT CARD...RANDY JR-KB3IFH HAS BEEN PRINTING OUR CARDS FOR YEARS AND THATS MANY 1000'S OF CARDS...THANK YOU JUNIOR AND THANK YOU DAD FOR HAVING SUCH A GREAT AND GOOD KID....TOM-KC8QGJ IS A LONG TIME PAL AND SUPPORTER OF THE EDUCOM CONCEPT AND THE "22 CREW" PLUS A REGULAR MORNING NET CHECK IN...ONE PICTURE BUT 3 REALLY GREAT PALS!
 
AND TALK ABOUT HRA=HAM RADIO ACTIVE ... MEET K4LJP-LEE ALL THE WAY FROM FLORIDA..LEE IS A LONG TIME "22 CREW" SUPPORTER AND EQUIPMENT DONOR..IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HIM BUT FROM THE LOOKS OF THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON PICTURE LEE HAD ENOUGH HAMFEST FOR ONE DAY:
STILL GOING STRONG WAS KEITH-N8VVP... A REGULAR ON THE CLASSROOM NET AND SURE GOOD TO SEE HIM AGAIN:
 
AND YES .. THIS SCHOOL TEACHER ALL THE WAY FROM W VIRGINIA... THE OTHER HALF OF 2/3 TIME VERN-NZ8K .. THE PERFORMER OF THE DAILY WB2GIN JOKE OF THE DAY..MADE IT TO OUR SPOT:
 
 
NOW I HATE TO LEAVE OUR SPACES BUT WE DO LIKE TO GET AROUND THE HAMFEST A LITTLE AND MEET SOME OF OUR OTHER FRIENDS WHO ARE ALSO "TIED TO THEIR TABLES"...SO LEAVING THE BOOTH IN THE CAPABLE HANDS OF RICK-WQ8Q WE TOOK A WALK INSIDE HARA ARENA IN SEARCH OF THE QCWA BOOTH...AND FOUND IT:
 
THATS OUR VERY GOOD FRIEND, CHUCK-K1IGD, GENERAL MANAGER OF QCWA  QUARTER CENTURY WIRELESS ASSOCIATION...QCWA, FOUNDED IN 1947, IS A CLUB YOU SHOULD JOIN IF YOU HAVE OVER 25 YEARS AS A LICENSED HAMMY....WB2JKJ AND THE "22 CREW" ARE LIFE MEMBERS.  YOU DONT HAVE TO BE A LIFER BUT YOU SHOULD BE AT LEAST A MEMBER...DROP CHUCK A LINE GET AN APPLICATION AND TELL HIM WE SENT YOU.
 
COMING BACK FROM SEEING CHUCK WE DECIDED TO GO IN SEARCH OF "S T A R S" AND WE FOUND THEM:
 
NOW THESE ARE NOT THE STARS THAT FELL OVER ALABAMA...THESE ARE THE REPS OF THE "SOUTH TOWNS AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY"  HEADQUARTERED IN HAMBURG NY.
 
RICH-KI2X                       BOB-KA2WYE
RICH-KI2X ASIDE FROM BEING A STAR AT "STARS" IS ALSO A "22 CREW" CLUB MEMBER...BOB-KA2WYE IS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE "STARS" CLUB.
 
WE WANT TO NOTE THE IMPORTANCE TO HAM RADIO AND EDUCATION OF THIS CLUB.  ASIDE FROM THE SPECTACULAR DISPLAY THEY PUT ON AT DAYTON "STARS" IS A SUPER PRO-ACTIVE HAM CLUB SPONSORING EVERY KIND OF HAM RADIO FUNCTION YOU COULD IMAGINE.  MOST IMPORTANT TO US IS THEIR WORK IN EDUCATION.  THE ARRL "BIG PROJECT" IS COMMITTED TO HELPING THEM AND SO ARE WE.
 
WE WANT TO SALUTE RICH & BOB AND THEIR DAYTON HELPERS FOR PUTTING ON A WONDERFUL DAYTON EXHIBIT PLUS WE WANT TO SAY HOW PLEASED WE ARE TO BE WORKING WITH THEM IN PURSUIT OF EDUCOM...EDUCATION THRU COMMUNICATION.
 
AFTER VISITING WITH QCWA AND STARS IT WAS BACK TO WORK AT THE "22 CREW" BOOTHS AND UPON OUR RETURN WAITING PATIENTLY FOR US WAS "NO HIGHWAY" N0HWY-TOM ALL THE WAY FROM MINNESOTA:
 
THE SUN WAS BRITE BUT IT WAS AROUND 5PM WHEN TOM LEFT US AND IT WAS TIME TO PACK UP AND HEAD BACK TO THE SUPER 8 TO PREPARE FOR THE FRIDAY NIGHT "22 CREW" PRACTICE FOR SATURDAY SESSION AT THE DARK HORSE WHICH GOT UNDERWAY AROUND 7 PM WITH THE ADVANCE TEAM ASSEMBLING OUTSIDE THE DINING ROOM AND W2HLD READING HIS NOTES AND CHECKING THEM TWICE:
AS THE TEAM WENT TO LOOK FOR A TABLE N2DAD-TOM WAS INTENT ON NOT MISSING HIS FAVORITE TV SHOW:
BUT WE DID MANAGE TO GET HIM AWAY FROM THE SCREEN AND READY TO EAT:
 
BUT NO THE NIGHT WAS NOT OVER YET IT WAS BACK OUTSIDE FOR SOME INTENSE HAM RADIO DISCUSSIONS:
AND THANKS TO THE DESIGNATED DRINKER..AHH DRIVER, W2HLD, WE ALL GOT BACK SAFELY TO THE SUPER 8:
FRIDAY FROM 6AM TO MIDNIGHT WAS SIMPLY A PERFECT DAY....NOW LETS GO TO THE FINAL DAY SATURDAY....BUT...JUST LIKE TONY WOULD OF DONE... WE WANT YOU TO COME BACK NEXT WEEK FOR THE FINAL CURTAIN ON DAYTON 2008.

I C O M   D A Y   2 0 0 8
SO .. WHAT ARE  YOU WAITING FOR????????????????
 
NOW ITS UR TURN..LOOK AT THE LIST AND IF YOU DON'T SEE YOUR NAME COULD YOU PLEASE FIX THAT FOR NEXT WEEK!
 
 
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
761195 & 761196................................BILL-N8DSG
761197..........................................BILL-KI4EWI
761198.......................................VIC-WA2PJZ
761199...................................JIM-N8UA
761200 & 761201.....................RICH-KI2X
761202....................................LUCKY-K9LU
761203 & 761204...............................WALTER-WA4LT
761205 & 761206.............................DICK-VE3WII
 
 
B  I  R  T  H  D  A  Y  S
 JUNE 1-14
 
WE ARE LATE ON THESE:
 
JUNE 1 
A VERY HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY GREETING TO   K G 4 M L O-------ONE HALF OF THE TENNESSEE TWINS AND ALWAYS A HAPPY HAMMY!
 
JUNE 3    WD4DUG-MIKEEE   IF A TREE FELL IN THE FOREST AND NO ONE WAS THERE WOULD THERE BE ANY NOISE?  KINDA THE SAME THING WITH "APPLE SLICES"  WE COULD WRITE THIS EVERY WEEK BUT IF NO ONE COULD SEE IT WOULD IT BE THERE.  MIKEEE MAKES "SLICES" SEEABLE...WE HOPE UR JUNE 3 BIRTHDAY WAS THE BEST EVER.
 
JUNE 8   TODAY  A FAVORITE WITH THE SHORTWAVE LISTENERS AND ALWAYS A BIG MICHIGONIAN SIGNAL RITE AROUND 2/3 TIME NONE OTHER THAN A SUPER BDAY GREETING TO N 8 U A  JIM ahhhhhhhh  BUT JIM WHY THE #27   WE DONT LIKE THAT....MIND IF WE CHANGE IT?  GOOD WE KNEW IT WOULD BE OK:
 
*****AND NOW    COMING UP ON JUNE 11   YET ANOTHER YEAR OLDER BUT STILL NOT A DAY OVER 39 ............HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KRIS-KC6TOD ... KRIS IS THE XYL OF GEORGE N6VNI AND AS A TEAM THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN INDISPENSIBLE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE "22 CREW" THROUGHOUT THE LA AREA AND MUCH OF CA AND BEYOND...IN FACT LETS JUST SAY THE WHOLE LEFT COAST...!  KRIS HAVE A "WONDERFUL OLD WEDNESDAY" BIRTHDAY!!!
 
**********THATS ALL FOLKS....OK..DID WE MISS YOU?????...  LET US KNOW........DO WE KNOW IF YOUR BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP?  LET US KNOW THAT ALSO***********
 
 
 
 
3,  4  6  9 
 
GETTING NEW ONES IS NOT EASY...YOU CAN HELP....LETS HIT 3,500 BEFORE THE SNOW FLIES...LIKE WE SAID---YOU CAN HELP....SEND IN THOSE BOOKS TODAY.
 
 
TEACHER'S MEETING
JULY 12 & 13 
2008
LAS VEGAS
THIS IS GOING TO BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT...DON'T MISS THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT OF THE YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO BRINGING COMMUNICATION TO EDUCATION.  BE THERE!
 
 
**************I M P O R T A N T !!!
ROOMS ARE BLOCKED FOR US.  WHEN YOU CALL THE FOLLOWING NUMBER HIT #1 FOR ROOM RESERVATIONS...YOU MUST ASK THE LIVE PERSON YOU WILL SOONER OR LATER GET FOR "NATIONAL RADIO TEACHER'S MEETING" SPECIAL ROOM RATE.
 
IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE MAKING THE RESERVATION PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH 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 
 
DON'T WAIT TILL THE LAST WEEK OF DECEMBER TO CALL US..DO IT NOW AND WE WILL BE RIGHT OVER AND AVOID THE HOLIDAY RUSH!
 
 
 
THIS WEEKS SKED
 
WEDNESDAY THE 11TH...WE WILL BE ON THE ROAD TO MASSACHUSETTS.  DUE TO ALMOST $5 GAS PRICES WE MAY NOT USE THE "22 CREWMOBILE" THIS WOULD MEAN NO RADIO AND THE NET WILL BE IN THE CAPABLE HANDS OF THE GREAT WY8I.  TUNE IN AND FIND OUT.
 
SATURDAY THE 14TH...GOING TO PHILADELPHIA ON A MAJOR MISSION THAT NO MATTER WHAT GAS IS WILL REQUIRE THE TRUCK....WE WILL BE ON THE RADIO THRUOUT SATURDAY...LISTEN FOR US ON 7.238
 
 
DING DONG

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