[TNham] Governor Phil Bredesen signs a Proclamation declaring Amateur Radio Week to be the week of June 27, 2003 through July 3, 2003

[Giles SkyWarn]

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AMATEUR RADIO WEEK

Fellow Tennessee hams, I am pleased to announce that Governor Phil Bredesen
has just signed a Proclamation declaring Amateur Radio Week to be the week
of June 27, 2003 through July 3, 2003 - just in time for our Field Day! Text
follows:


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  WHEREAS, amateur radio provides excellent volunteer emergency
communications for served agencies such as the Emergency Management
Agencies, Red Cross, Salvation Army and others in times of natural disasters
and other emergencies, and

  WHEREAS, by continuous learning and experimentation amateur radio
operators have helped to forward the science of electronics, and

  WHEREAS, by example, lecture and hands-on teaching experience, including
the opportunity to communicate with amateurs in space, amateur radio
operators teach young people the adventures available in radio and
electronics,

  NOW, THEREFORE, I, Phil Bredesen, Governor of the State of Tennessee, do
hereby proclaim June 27- July 3, 2003 as,

"AMATEUR RADIO WEEK"

  in Tennessee, and commend this observance to all our citizens.


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