The event will take place on July 22, 2007. The
start/finish is at the Northern Essex Communiy College
in Haverhill, MA. off of route 110.
The planned start time is 7:00 am for the 100 mile
with staggard starts for for the 62 and 27 mile
courses...
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To all New Hampshire ARES Members:
I am happy to announce that Tom Richardson, AB1CL, has been appointed as New Hampshire Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC). Tom brings to the position a long professional background in emergency services, having spent 30 years as a Fire Fighter and a Fire Captain. He has also served as an advisor to the UNH Search and Rescue Team. Over the past 6 years, he has served in various positions, including President, with the Port City Amateur Radio club. He has participated in numerous Seabrook nuclear power plant emergency communications drills. He is currently serving as New Hampshire section Affiliated Club Coordinator...
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ARRL Statement on Red Cross Background Checks
October 24, 2006
The American Red Cross has recently notified their local chapters that their volunteers and staff members must submit to a criminal background check. There are some sound reasons as to why these criminal background checks were required. The Red Cross didn’t want the possibility of having a person with a history of violent crime representing them while assisting disaster victims...
Link to ARRL article
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The Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce has once again asked us for help with communications at the numerous parking lots during the Seafood Festival Sept. 9th and 10th. Duties include directing traffic into the parking lots, answering numerous questions, herding people to bus stops, (and some years pet sitting, automobile trouble shooting, and other ridiculous things!) If you have worked the Red Hook Brewery 5K race, then you know the drill...
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This Portsmouth Herald article expresses concerns similar to the concerns many of us have. Many of our members might like to read it. It goes along with my observation that there was a 23 minute time span between the Governor declaring a state of emergency and that fact being announced in the Incident Field Office. - Tom, AB1CL.
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