Madison Messenger - June 9th, 2019

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Watch ham radio operators in action June 22-23
The Madison County Amateur Radio clude digital messaging, as well as voice and Morse Code communications.
Madison County club members will demonstrate the
Club will participate in a national emergency
communications preparedness exercise
June 22-23. The exercise, known as using wire antennas, low-power radios and emergency power.
“magic” of ham radio by contacting hams across the country while
Field Day, involves setting up and operating The public is invited to come and see modern amateur radio technology
in action and learn about the hobby. Club members will an-
emergency radio communications using amateur
(ham) radio to communicate with similar
operations throughout the country. air. Best visiting times are 2-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
swer questions, provide literature and even help visitors get on the
The club will conduct its 2019 Field Day Sunday.
operations from 2 p.m. June 22 through 2 Field Day is sponsored by the ARRL, the national association for
p.m. June 23 at Deercreek Township Hall, amateur radio, and has been an annual event since 1933. This
75 Middle St., Lafayette. Operations will in-
year’s operations are expected to involve more than 40,000 ham
Sign up soon for fair contests
The 2019 Madison County Fair is offering
new opportunities in its youth royalty
contests and announcing changes to existing
royalty and ambassador opportunities.
New this year is the Royalty for a Day
contest, open to boys and girls ages 5 to 10
years old. No stage competition is required.
Participants simply complete an entry form
and drop it off at the Junior Fair office by 7
p.m. July 9 during fair week. One boy and
one girl will be selected in a drawing to pair
up with members of the older Junior Fair
royalty on July 10.
New requirements are in place for the
fair’s ambassador program in which youths
are selected to represent various animal
species project areas. Candidates must be
11 to 18 years old as of Jan. 1 of this year
and enrolled and an active member in any
4-H, FFA, Farm Bureau Youth, Boy Scouts,
Girl Scouts or FCCLA. They must have
been active for two or more years, including
the current year, in the division for which
they apply. Previous ambassadors are eligi-
HISTORY
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thousand people at Firestone Stadium
in Akron. Cardington-Lincoln got out to
a big lead, notching five runs in the first
two innings. Defensively, West Jefferson
stopped the scoring from that point
forward but came up short offensively
themselves. The final score was 5-2.
“I think our nerves got to us in the
first couple of innings, but once the girls
settled down, they were able to shut
Cardington out and played how they
have played down the home stretch of
our season. They never give up and
fight to the end,” Stevens said.
So many things made this season
extra special, continued Stevens, who
just completed his 15th year as West
Jefferson’s head coach—getting to hang
tournament championship banners in
the gym, the players’ parents springing
for coach bus transportation to regionals,
sitting back and watching the team
gel and finish in the top four of 186 Div.
III teams across the state.
“I am very honored to be part of their
historic run towards a state championship.
They are champions in many
ble to run again for the same specie if no other candidates apply in
that category.
Fair prince and princess candidates must be 11 to 15 years old.
King and queen candidates must be 16 to 18 years old. They must
have been active for two or more years, including the current year,
in 4-H, FFA, Farm Bureau Youth, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts or
FCCLA. A person cannot hold the title of prince, princess, king or
queen more than once. Attendants may run multiple times.
Youths may compete for in the royalty and ambassador contests
but can only hold a single title.
All ambassadors and royalty winners are required to be attend
the Madison County Fair to lead tours and assist with shows and
other activities, as well as visit other fairs and events during the
following year.
Applications and information can be found on the 4-H website
and are due by June 15. A mandatory meeting and practice session
are set for 6 p.m. June 17 in the conference
room at the Della Selsor Building on the
Madison County Fairgrounds in London.
Interview times for June 27 will be assigned
at that time.
Complete guidelines can be found under
Division Q in the Junior Fair Book, which
can be downloaded at www.madisoncountyfairoh.com/junior-fairbook.
Messenger photo by Jeff Pfeil
Senior pitcher Isabelle Fisher talks with her
coaches, Taylor Bowman (hidden), Tony Caldwell
and Jim Stevens (right) after the Div. III
state semi-finals.
ways,” he said.
Stevens and Caldwell were joined on the
Roughriders’ coaching staff by Taylor Bowman,
a former all-state catcher.
radio operators from across North America. Often using only emergency
power supplies, ham operators construct and operate emergency
stations in parks, shopping malls, schools and backyards
around the country. Their slogan, “When all else fails, ham radio
works,” is demonstrated by hams who can send messages in many
forms without the use of phone systems, Internet or any other infrastructure
that can be compromised in a crisis. The event combines
public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach
and technical skills.
Modern amateur radio is a fast-growing hobby. Ohio is home to
nearly 28,000 licensed amateurs in Ohio, over 750,000 in the United
States and more than 2.5 million worldwide. Through the ARRL’s
Amateur Radio Emergency Services program, volunteers provide
both emergency communication for thousands of state and local
emergency response agencies and non-emergency communications
services to a wide variety of community and civic organizations, all
without cost to the public.
Go to http://www.arrl.org/field-day to learn more.
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