[QCWA] QCWA Chapter 119 January Meeting Invitation

[Vic Culver]

Hello, Thrill seekers.  A late announcement but an early indication of 
great fun and fellowship to be had at the January meeting of QCWA 
Chapter 119

   FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2015 AT 12:00 NOON.

Our meeting is at Frankie's Place for Ribs (the best ribs in the 
Tidewater area, and you can take that straight to the bank!) in the 
Fairfield Shopping Center, 5200 Fairfield Shopping Center, Virginia 
Beach, at the corner of Providence and Kempsville Roads (behind the bank 
and Hardees).  Gathering begins a bit before noon and lively 
conversation driven by the month-long estrangement (since our last 
meeting) keeps everyone happily engaged until it is time to order lunch 
from the menu.  After lunch we quickly dispatch with any 'business 
items' that there may be and then settle in for an interesting program.

The program for January involves our own Treasurer, Barry, K5VIP, who is 
a major contributor to the Air Force MARS Phone Patch Net as AFA3CU.  
Gone are the days of dozens, if not hundreds, of 'health and welfare' 
messages from deployed Air Force personnel contacting home.  Replacing 
that good work is a life-saving hand outstretched to our high flyers who 
criss-cross the country and the oceans carrying out their designated 
world-wide missions. This activity is one very much appreciated by 
pilots, navigators, and flight engineers who find themselves in 
difficulty in flight. Air Force MARS is a sought-after mode of 
assistance with which most all flying personnel are familiar.  Barry 
will relate stories of thrilling rescues engineered by being on hand to 
provide the needed link between those in peril and those on the ground 
who might help.  And sometimes the link provides evidence of the amusing 
side of seriously intended operations.  Along with his talk a  
semi-professional video presentation of the Air Force Phone Patch Net 
activity will be shown.

If you are visiting in our area, please do try to find time to join us 
on Friday afternoon.  If you are a member, or a prospective member, and 
don't have to punch a time-clock, take an extra few minutes for lunch 
and the wonderful QCWA fellowship that permeates the occasion.  If you 
live here then we surely hope to see you.  Support your local QCWA 
Chapter and the folks who work hard to give you the kind of QCWA 
organization you can be proud to claim as your own.  See you on Friday.  
Contact: <vic at w4vic.com>

Chapter 119 Officers -- 2015:  President Rue, W4RUE; Vice-President Ed, 
W8NLZ; Secretary Vic, W4VIC and Treasurer Barry, K5VIP