[QCWA] Lyle - W0US

[Bob Roske]

For those that don't know Lyle, he is one of our hard working NCSs on 
14.347Mhz SSB Sunday Afternoon Net.

Of course, I seldom hear him in Minnesota.

73,
Bob Roske, NØUF
President, QCWA

----- Original Message ----- 
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:10 PM
Subject: Contact QCWA


> NAME: David J Messing
> EMAIL: davidjmessing at gmail.com
> COMMENT: W0US story......
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> Lyle Quinn, W0US received a FULL, FRONT PAGE of the Feature Section of The 
> Fairbury Journal News Dec 10, 2008 edition. Title of the story.....Love 
> for Hobby Spans Over 70 Years.
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> Kim Johnson, reporter for the Journal News, was the excellent and perfect 
> person to interview Lyle.  She is a WWII history buff and had the true 
> background and interest in bringing out the fascinating story of this 
> great man.
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> If for some reason the link doesn\\\'t work, I found it on their web site. 
> Hopefully, the link will work. 
> http://fairburyjournalnews.com/SiteImages/FileGallery/FJN_Cpage1_19.pdf
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> Having the actual paper is a lot nicer than looking at the computer 
> screen, so I am sure you could order a copy to be sent.  I will treasure 
> my having the actual paper.
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> Please pass this around the group, if you would please.
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> Just think of it, Lyle  was in Washington DC copying code in 5 letter code 
> groups  for the government when Pearl Harbor was bombed!
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> Thank you.
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> 73
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> Dave
> K0RWM
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> p.s.  May I suggest you email Kim Johnson at the Fairbury Journal-News and 
> tell her how great a job she did.  She has to have some Barbara Walters in 
> her skill set to get all these details.  We all know how modest and 
> private Lyle is about his personal self.  Being a reporter is a thankless 
> job, she did her research.  Kim would appreciate your comments and thanks. 
> fjnkim at hotmail.com
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> A note to her publisher would be good too.  The owner/publisher is Fred A. 
> Arnold Jr.  Fred\\\'s parents were close friends to Lyle and Irene.  He 
> did a great job in picking Kim to cover this story.  Fred\\\'s address is 
> faarnoldjr at yahoo.com
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