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Hudson Division 2007 Awards Dinner  |
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Frank Fallon - N2FF - ARRL Hudson Division Director - gives his opening welcome to the award winners and guests as well as his thanks to all involved in setting up this evening's celebrations. |
Joyce Birmingham - KA2ANF - ARRL Hudson Division Vice Director adds her welcome wishes and extends her thanks to all who helped put the evening's events and awards together. |
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Jim Joyce - K2ZO - 2007 Master Of Ceremonies, and a Former Grand Ole Ham Award Winner, expresses his thanks to all who came and who helped with setting up the evening's events and celebrations. |
Mary Hobart - K1MMH - ARRL Chief Development Officer and the evenings Guest Speaker thanks everyone for coming and for generously supporting the ARRL's Spectrum Defense Fund. |
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| BARA President, Steve, W2ML with his 'BARA' Babe, Heidi, KC2LEQ, Dick, K2ZB, Tony, K2AMI, Josephine, WB2EKV and Jackie, YL of Jim, K2ZO enjoying the speeches from the award winners. | Friends of Larry Lutzak, WA2CNV winner of the Amateur of the Year award, including Assistant Director, George Sau, WB2ZTH applaud while listening to Larry's acceptance speech. |
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| Some of the group from the Eastern New York Section, who are always the 'life of any party' and were the lucky winners of a pile of door prizes! | Steve, W2ML says to Heidi, KC2LEQ; "I just gave Joyce a hundred dollar bill! Do you think she will remember to send me my change for 2 dinner tickets??" Heidi responds, "Don't count on it. Joyce and I are going out for Margarita's after this dinner is over!" |
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| Katie Breen - W1KRB ARRL Membership Manager and Special Dinner Guest catches up on recent BARA Babe happenings with Joyce Birmingham - KA2ANF ARRL Hudson Division Vice Director | Norm Wesler, K2YEW wins a door prize! It looks like the ARRL Antenna Book. Director Fallon looks on nervously, thinking that Norm could be competition in the next RTTY contest with a new antenna |
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| Hudson Division Assistant Director and Metroplex ARC officer, Walter Lange, AE2AA wins a door prize! Metroplex was just 1 of over 30 ARRL affiliated clubs represented at the 2007 Awards Dinner. | George Sau, WB2ZTH wins a door prize after having been honored earlier by Director Frank Fallon, N2FF with an old copy of QST featuring a photo of his "EX - YL". Frank will never live that one down! |
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| Sylvia Stone, K2SLY enjoys winning a copy of "Hints and Kinks". | Josephine Kondas, WB2EKV, soon to be an expert at ham puzzles! |
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| With Joyce Birmingham - KA2ANF and Katie Breen - W1KRB looking on, Frank Fallon - N2FF verifies that Antje Dirksen-Post, KC2DTP has the winning ticket for the first ever BARA Babes Sponsored YL Treasure Box. The box was filled with prizes for a YL to enjoy | Jim Joyce - K2ZO congratulates Steve Barreres, K2CX on his good fortune at winning the evenings 'BARA Box' (BARA Box: a box of electronic and other special treasures that always is a hit with the watching crowd but not necessarily with the lucky recipient. |
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| Bob Napoli, K2LGO of Peconic Amateur Radio Club wins a door prize. | Frank Fallon - N2FF and Jim Joyce - K2ZO present Jim Jackson - NS2K his prize of a new ICOM HT donated by KJI Electronics. |
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| The International Cheese Display was a big hit again this year. On the right is Pete Cecere, N2YJZ - Eastern New York Section Manager and wife Heidi as they try to decide which cheese they should sample! | Lot's of hungry folks enjoying the evening's buffet, many coming around and filling their plates more than once as the kitchen keep the trays freshly filled |
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Dinner featured Hand Carved to Order Roast Beef along with several other entrees, salads, vegetables and more (see the Dinner Menu) |
Everyone's Dessert wishes were fulfilled with a specially designed Strawberries and Cream cake - once again there were no leftovers! |