[HCRA] Amateur Radio Operators needed for a public service event

[n1kxr at comcast.net]

Greetings All, 



The town of Hadley, Massachusetts [ http://www.hadleyma.org ] is turning 350 years old! To celebrate the town is holding a 350th Celebration Parade on June 14, 2009, read about this event, click on this link: http://www.hadley350.org/parade.htm  . 

To support this event, the town has contacted Richard - KD1XP, asking him if Amateur Radio operators would provide support in putting on this landmark event in the town's history. 



So here is the question to you, would you like to help this celebration of the town ~and~ have bragging rights that you were part of this historical event in Hadley's history? If you said yes, then please take note of the following information. 



=== RADIO OPERATORS INFORMATION === 

EVENT:  Town of Hadley Massachusetts - 350th Celebration Parade 


DATE OF EVENT:  June 14, 2009 DATE OF EVENT:  June 14, 2009 



TIME RADIO OPERATORS MEET:  1:00 PM 



PLACE RADIO OPERATORS MEET: U. S. Post Office in Hadley. 186 Russell St, Hadley, MA 01035 

Google site map:   http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=186+Russell+St,+Hadley,+MA+01035&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&cid=0,0,5707949337498338951&ei=7tEUSt22COCJtgf9pPDaDA&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1 



RADIO OPERATOR'S ASSIGNMENTS:  Posts will be assigned at the Amateur Radio Operator's staging area. 



RADIO FREQUENCIES: VHF simplex (possibly a UHF and/or a VHF repeater). 



CONTACT PERSONS: Please contact one of the following persons via phone, radio or e-mail to volunteer, and/or for more information: Richard - KD1XP: kd1xp at kd1xp.org   Eric - N1QKO:   et-n1qko at juno.com     Tom - N1OTS:   n1ots at yahoo.com 



=== PARADE INFORMATION === 

EVENT:  350th CELEBRATION PARADE 


DATE OF EVENT:  June 14, 2009 DATE OF EVENT:  June 14, 2009 



PARADE STEPS OFF AT:  1:00 PM 



PARADE ROUTE:  The 1.8 mile parade will form near the junction of Mill Valley Road and Route 9 (Russell Street), and marching west on Route 9 to the West Street Commons where the parade will disband. 



PARADE PARTICIPANTS: Over 90 units will be marching: 18 bands (several fife and drum, Hopkins Academy and Holyoke High, a military band, floats with music, 26 floats, local police and fire departments, antique cars and tractors, the Belchertown Twirlers, Local groups and businesses, the Shriners and some surprises! 

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73 
Richard H. Wheeler - N1KXR 
http://www.qrz.com/callsign/n1kxr 
http://n1kxr.webs.com/index.html