IF YOU ARE READING THIS YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE VIDEO ON THE "APPLE SLICES" HOMEPAGE.
ON THE OUTSIDE CHANCE THAT YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED THE VIDEO...BACK UP AND GO WATCH IT NOW!
THAT'S OK....WE WILL WAIT...
dum de dum de dummmm dum de dum....de dumm de dum.........
VERY GOOD NOW WE ALL HAVE SEEN IT....
NOW OVER THE LAST 27 YEARS WE HAVE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO MEET MANY IF NOT MOST OF YOU READING THIS IN PERSON SOMEWHERE AROUND THE COUNTRY...SO WE KNOW WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE...
BUT WITH ALL THE NEW PEOPLE JOINING THE "22 CREW" AND THE CLASSROOM NET IT OCCURRS TO US THAT MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW ALL THE PLAYERS IN "SNOWBALL FIGHT"
SO IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE HERE THEY ARE:
MIKE-WD4DUG
JESSICA-KB2DLX
WALTER-WA4LT
MIKE-W2HLD
ME-WB2JKJ
IT'S A LOT FUNNIER WHEN YOU CAN CONNECT WHOSE GETTING HIT TO WHO THEY ARE....
AND THAT BEING SAID AS WE APPROACH YEAR 28 I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK WD4DUG-MIKE ... THE FIRST ACTOR IN "SNOWBALL FIGHT"... FOR MAKING WHAT YOU ARE READING POSSIBLE. YES WE CONCOCT "APPLE SLICES" EVERY WEEK BUT HE BAKES THE PIE SO TO SPEAK...
MANY YEARS AGO WE CAME UP WITH THE NAME "APPLE SLICES" FOR OUR NEWSLETTER. IT WAS LONG BEFORE COMPUTERS...EVEN VIC 20's BACK THEN APPLE SLICES WAS STRICTLY PAPER AND WENT OUT IN THE MAIL AND ONLY TO THE HONOR ROLL MEMBERS AS BETWEEN THE COST OF POSTAGE AND THE COST OF MATERIALS THERE WAS JUST NO OTHER WAY....
BUT NOW AS WE APPROACH YEAR 28...WITH THE ADVENT OF THE COMPUTER...AND A REALLY INTELLIGENT MEMBERSHIP ie "MAGIC MIKE" WD4DUG..."APPLE SLICES" AND THE MISSION OF THE "22 CREW" TO TAKE HAM RADIO TO SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY HAS TRULY GONE INTERNATIONAL....TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE "APPLE SLICES" PAGE....4 NEW COUNTRIES JUST THIS WEEK ADDED TO WHERE "SLICES" IS BEING READ....
EDUCOM-EDUCATION THRU COMMUNICATION ... BRINGING RADIO TO SCHOOLS HAS BECOME BENEFICIAL IF NOT T H E MOST BENEFICIAL USE OF HAM RADIO TODAY IN HELPING CHILDREN NATIONWIDE AND MAYBE WORLDWIDE...THE MODERN "APPLE SLICES" CERTAINLY HAS A MAJOR ROLE IN OUR SUCCESS AND FOR THAT AS WE COUNT DOWN THE DAYS TO A TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE GET TO REFLECT ON WHAT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU THE READERSHIP AND TO "MAGIC MIKE"- WD4DUG- WHO SINGLEHANDEDLY HAS TAKEN "SLICES" FROM THE MAILBOX OF A FEW TO THE SCREENS OF THE WORLD!
THE BEST OF THE LAST 27
AS WE APPROACH 2008 AND YEAR 28 OF THE "22 CREW" WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH SOME OF THE BEST OF THE LAST 27..
MANY TIMES WE GET ASKED WHERE IS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 22 ANYWAY? THE CORRECT ANSWER IS ON THE CORNER OF E HOUSTON ST AND COLUMBIA ST .. THE HEART OF NYC's LOWER EAST SIDE...TO BE EVEN MORE EXACT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION WAS ALL OURS..SEE THE PICTURE:
...IF YOU CROSS HOUSTON (pronounced HOWSTUN) STREET FROM 22 TO THE NW CORNER COLUMBIA STREET TURNS INTO AVENUE D...THE ABOVE PICTURE WAS TAKEN FROM D & HOUSTON...AVENUE D IS THE LAST AVENUE IN A PART OF TOWN KNOWN AS "ALPHABET CITY" (SEE THE MOVIE SOMETIME)
WHEN WE CAME TO THE LOWER EAST SIDE AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 22 IN 1970 IT WAS A FAR FAR DIFFERENT PLACE THAN IT IS TODAY....LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE TIMES AND PLACES CHANGE...HOWEVER IN "LOISADA", ANOTHER NAME FOR THE LOWER EAST SIDE, ONE THING REMAINS THE SAME.....GREAT FOOD:
YES, THATS THE CREWMOBILE LEGALLY PARKED WE MIGHT ADD RITE IN FRONT OF KATZ'S DELI ON E. HOUSTON.....INSIDE YOU ENTER A WORLD WHERE PASTRAMI IS KING...KATZ'S GOES BACK TO PRIOR WW II AND IN THE WINDOW THEY STILL HAVE PRESS CLIPPINGS TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU COULD GO IN THERE AND "SEND A SALAMI TO YOUR BOY IN THE ARMY" KATZ'S WAS ONE OF THE FRINGE BENEFITS OF WORKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD!
HAMFESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE ONE OF THE BEST WAYS OF GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT EDUCOM....THE RADIO/FONE/EMAIL/PAPER MAIL ARE ALL GREAT BUT NOTHING BEATS MEETING FOLKS FACE TO FACE...WHEN A PROSPECTIVE HAM/TEACHER WANTS RADIO IN THEIR SCHOOL THE PERSONAL TOUCH IS ALWAYS THE BEST TOUCH..
SPEAKING OF HAMFESTS JUST THIS WEEK WE GOT THE FOLLOWING EMAIL:
Never too early to plan... Dayton 2008 is Friday thru Sunday, May 16-18th.
As in the past, plan on arriving Thursday evening, May 15th. Based on last
year's move to the new restaurant and "hang out" and its acceptability... we
should probably plan on the usual hotel in Miamisburg.
Mark your calendar.
73
Mike, W2HLD
Fairview(Dallas)Texas
NOW OL MIKEE IS RIGHT...MAKE THE PLANS TODAY....DAYTON IS THE BIG ONE AND YOU DONT WANT TO MISS IT....FOR MORE REASONS THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.... AND HERE IS ONE OF THEM:
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT HAMMY'S HAPPY FACE...CHECK THE GLOWING EYEBALLS...WHERE ELSE COULD YOU SEE SUCH EXCITEMENT YES THATS W2HLD...KIND OF LOOKS LIKE HE JUST FOUND OUT HE CAN FLY!
LIKE WE SAID EARLIER MOST OR MANY OF YOU READING THIS WE HAVE MET IN PERSON OVER THE YEARS....LOTS OF THOSE FIRST MEETINGS TOOK PLACE NOT JUST AT DAYTON BUT PLACES LIKE CHARLOTTE....LOOK WHO WE MET FOR THE FIRST TIME AT CHARLOTTE 2004:
THATS RON-K4ZZ AND THE ZZMOBILE......RON HAS GONE ON TO BECOME A HUGE RELAY HELP ON THE NET EACH MORNING AND WILL BE JOINING US IN ORLANDO IN JUST A FEW MONTHS..LIKE WE SAID...NOTHING LIKE PERSONAL CONTACT.....
AND WHO SAID HAMFESTS ARE JUST ABOUT RADIOS...NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH...SOME HAMFESTS YOU EVEN GET TO "GO FOR A DIP"
FOR A DONATION HAMS GOT TO THROW BASEBALLS AT A TARGET....HIT THE TARGET AND DUMP THE HAMMY IN THE CAGE...IT WAS ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE...THE SPONSORING CLUB'S EDUCATION PROGRAM...PLUS IT WAS A HOT DAY IN TEXAS!
ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER GREAT EDUCATIONAL ATTRIBUTES OF HAM RADIO COMES ONE THAT WE NEVER MISS.....FIELD DAY....THE DAY WE GET OF OF THE: CLASSROOM/MOBILE/HQ AND GO OUT IN THE FIELD....IN OUR CASE WE DONT HAVE A FIELD SO WE GO TO THE BEACH:
ONCE THE LESSON IS OVER...THE TROOPS ARE ON THEIR OWN....
THIS TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE IS NOW COMING TO A CLOSE BUT WE WILL BE BACK WITH THE MORE FROM THE BEST OF THE LAST 27 NEXT WEEK...STAY TUNED!
THE BEAT GOES ON
LISTEN TO US
AMAZING BUT IT IS STILL THERE AND STILL GETTING ACTION...GO TO THE ABOVE SITE AND LOOK IN THE UPPER RITE HAND CORNER AND CLIK....DUN IT ALREADY? SO DO IT AGAIN!
B I R T H D A Y S
DECEMBER 9-15
WE GOT ONE!
DECEMBER 14----HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RICHIE-WA2RQY
RICHIE-WA2RQY HAS BEEN WITH THE "22 CREW" FOR MORE YEARS THAN WE CAN COUNT....FINALLY AFTER TOO MANY YEARS OF SNOW AND COLD...RICHIE LEFT MASSAPEQUA FOR FLORIDA....HE ALSO LEFT US HIS SNOW SHOVEL....ON THE 14TH OL RICHIE HAS YET ANOTHER BIRTHDAY......AND THIS YEAR THE ONLY THING HE HAS TO WORRY ABOUT IS THE ICE CREAM CAKE MELTING IN THE FLORIDA SUN!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WA2RQY...//////FOUR!
3, 3 6 0
REMEMBER LAST WEEK WE TOLD YOU ABOUT OUR PAL LEE-K4LJP...LEE IS THE GUY WHO FOLLOWED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE GREAT N6MQS-BILL AND SENT IN AN INCREDIBLE GIANT BOX OF MANUALS...WELL HERE IS A PICTURE OF LEE-K4LJP:
NOW LEE DOES NOT DO COMPUTERS...BUT HE HAS A FRIEND WHO HELPS HIM IN THE COMPUTER WORLD...AND YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE THIS AS WE DIDNT EITHER BUT GUESS WHAT HIS PALS CALL IS....
DID YOU GUESS...
YOU PROBABLY GOT IT WRONG....HIS COMPUTER PALS CALL IS....
W 4 J K J
NO KIDDING...AND THE STORY GETS BETTER...W4JKJ IS JOHN K. JACKSON HE CALLS HIMSELF BY THE MIDDLE NAME OF KEVIN....HIS INITIALS BEING JKJ
KEVIN IS A NEW HAM BUT A COMPUTER GENIUS....AND IS LEE'S "ELMER" IN THE COMPUTER WORLD...
KEVIN LISTENS TO THE CLASSROOM NET EACH MORNING...HE CANNOT CHECK IN YET BUT WILL AS SOON AS THE UPGRADE COMES THRU...IN THE MEANTIME...
KEVIN-W4JKJ-IS ALL SET TO GO AS SOON AS THE TICKET ARRIVES. AND WE WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME HIM TO THE CLASSROOM NET AHEAD OF TIME!
TEACHER'S MEETING
JULY 12 & 13
2008
LAS VEGAS
COMING INTO TOWN THIS IS THE FIRST SIGN YOU SEE... IT ONLY GETS BETTER....INTERESTED IN BRINGING HAM RADIO TO YOUR CLASSROOM? INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING? INTERESTED IN LEARNING A LOT AND HAVING A GREAT TIME DOING IT?
...DO NOT MISS THIS...CALL THE PLAZA HOTEL
Toll Free: (800) 634-6575
AND BE A PART OF THE EDUCOM EFFORT!
I C O M DAY 2007
WE GOT 1 NEW PLAYER THIS WEEK AND HE IS:
JOHN---K B 4 I Z P
JOHN HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE THE EARLY 80'S HE IS A HAS BEEN AN OFFICIAL CLUB MEMBER AND HONOR ROLL MEMBER SINCE 1982 AND THIS YEAR IS IN FOR 2 TICKETS IN IC DAY...JOHN GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU
761127-SKIP-K7OAH
761128-STU-WA4JUO
761129-CAL-W9JAN
7611130-DARRELL-W9DB
761131&761132- JIM-NN7K
761133-ROGER-W8CNJ
761178-HUGH-AC4HY
761179-VINCE-N6OA
761180-BILL-WB2ODD
761135&761136- WALTER-WA4LT
761137-BILL-KM4P
761138&761139&761140&761141-LOUIS-W4EYE
761142-GENE-WB5KVE
761143-TOM-K9GPC
761144-FERRIS-NB6T
761145/761146-GEORGE-NK8T
761147-RAY-K9RJO
761148/761149DAVID-WB2DZH
761150/761151-GRANT-VE3GFM
761152RAY-N8UY
761153JOHN-WA5RHF
761154TOM-N0HWY
761155MIKE-WD4DUG
761156/761157-BILL-N8DSG
761158DOYLE-WD4HXE
761159/761160-RICH-KI2X
761161RICK-NY4DX
761162PAUL-N2FOB
761163 PHIL-W1GEE
761164LUCKY-K9LUK
761165AUBREY-K8AGE
761166 BOB-K2GSL
761219STEVE-N0SR
761220CHUCK-N4NM
761215&761216&761217&761218-DALE-KB7UB
761214DAVID-W7DNO
761212&761213-GEORGE-N6VNI
761211-RICHARD-K8RBW
761167-RANDY-KB3IFH
761169&761170-ROLAND-W4MUR
761171-DAVE-KB9ZMF
761172-REV. FRANCIS-W5FAR
761173-TONY-W4AZQ
761174-BOYD-W0BUW
761175&76176-RICHIE-WA2RQY
761177-JIM-AA0XJ
761178-HUGH-AC4HY
761179-VINCE-N6OA
761180-BILL-WB2ODD
761181-JOSE-KB2IKJ
761182 & 761183-JOHN-KB4IZP
AS YOU CAN SEE TIME IS RUNNING OUT AND WE NEED SOME MORE PARTICIPANTS...HERE IS THE FLYER....SEND IN THAT BOTTOM TEAR OFF PIECE WITH YOUR DONATION NOW:
NO ONE GUESSED THIS HAMMY STATION
LOTS OF GUESSES ON THIS SUPER STATION BUT NO WINNERS...LOOK AT THE CLUES...THEY ALL POINT IN ONE DIRECTION....SOUTH....WAY SOUTH TO NONE OTHER THAN:
YEP LAST WEEK BELONGED TO THE ONE AND ONLY BURT-W4SNT...THATS HIS STATION AND THAT IS HIM....WE GOT ALL SORTS OF GUESSES FROM WA4LT TO K2GSL TO W9JAN AND A LOT MORE BUT NO ONE HIT IT....JOIN US IN ORLANDO THIS YEAR AND MEET BURT IN PERSON.
NOW FOR THIS WEEK......
GUESS THIS HAMMY STATION
LOOK AT THE NEATNESS OF THE WHOLE THING...LIKE NO DUST NO NOTHING...DOES ANYBODY REALLY LIVE HERE????? NO ASHTRAY NO COFFEE CUPS.....NEATLY ARRANGED BOOKS THAT DESK....WITH THE CUTE KEY ON TOP AND ALL...WAS THIS A SETUP FOR A PICTURE...? DOES HE REALLY TALK TO US ON THIS....DOES HE GET IN A BUBBLE BEFORE HE ENTERS THE ROOM? JUST TOO PERFECT..THEN AGAIN YOU ALL KNOW HIM....MANY OF YOU MET HIM AT DAYTON AND ORLANDO AND SOME OTHER SPOTS THAT I WONT DIVULGE AS IT WILL GIVE IT AWAY....AND COME TO THINK OF IT HE IS ALWAYS WELL DRESSED POLISHED AND PRESSED AND ALL...HMMMM MAYBE THIS IS REAL LIFE....SO WHO IS IT....LETS GO WITH YOUR BEST GUESS!
AND FOR NEXT WEEK.....SEND IN YOUR PICTURES NOW...
NEED A TAX DEDUCTION FOR 2007? (there is still time-BUT NOT MUCH)
TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE ROOM YOU ARE PROBABLY SITTING IN RIGHT NOW...WHAT HAVE'NT YOU USED IN A WHILE? WHAT WOULD BE BETTER OFF HERE THAN THERE? ASIDE FROM A TAX DEDUCTION YOUR DONATION WILL BE BENEFITTING A VERY GOOD CAUSE...WE WILL COME AND GET IT OR ARRANGE PICKUP...YOU DO NOTHING BUT SAY THE WORD...GET THE DEDUCTION AND KNOW THAT YOU HAVE GREATLY HELPED MANY CHILDREN...LET US KNOW TODAY!
THIS WEEKS SKED
THIS WEEK ON THE 12TH WE CELEBRATE THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE DAY...AT LEAST IF UR IN MEXICO...OR GOING OUT TO EAT MEXICAN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...OTHER THAN VOG DAY EACH DAY WE SHOULD BE HERE AT "22 CREW" HQ WAITING FOR YOU ON THE CLASSROOM NET.
DING DONG
