There are more details there centric to the Cherryland ARC and Amateur Radio components to this in the Cherry Juice article.
April 2019 CJ
Some of you also may have seen the presentations at a few CARC Board and Regular meetings.
The Cherryland ARC has donated money to the effort, and the team is also grateful for other efforts of generosity to make sure the contact is a success!
Members of the Cherryland Amateur Radio Club assemble the 14-element VHF Switchable Cross-Polarized High-Gain M2 antenna that will be used with a pre-amp and power amp atop the Yaesu G-5600 Rotator with GS-232A/B computer controlled auto-tracking. The antenna will be located on the roof of the Traverse Area District Library.ARISS Mentors Larry K8MU and Gordon KD8COJ, and TADL engineer Jeff KD8KXJ during the initial site survey for the ARISS contact.
Would you like to be involved? There is a “TADL+ARISS” team responsible for assuring this effort is successful, if you would like to be a part of it please contact Joe N8CN. (joe@n8cn.org)
Just a reminder about the MESH NET ( MESH – Monday Evening Social Hour )
tonight at 8pm on 146.860- (PL 114.8)
OR check in via EchoLink (W8TCM-R node ID 824031)
We welcome and encourage all amateurs to check in. The topic for this evening to consider is:
“ What is your favorite Musical Group or Musician? … And do you play a musical instrument?”
…Or really you can discuss any topic you wish!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 3/11/2019 – Monday Evening Social Hour net 146.86- repeater PL 114.8 8pm * TBARG NET IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS * 3/12/2019 – CARC Project Night 3/16/2019 – Crossroads Hamfest in Kalamazoo 3/17/2019 – Toledo OH Hamfest and Computer Fair 3/19/2019 – CARC Project Night 3/20/2019 – Weather Spotter Training 6pm to 8pm at the Grand Traverse County Health Department, 2600 LaFranier Rd., TC.. 1st Fl. Training Rm. 3/26/2019 – CARC Meeting (Programs by Tom Cash and Dave KJ4KFJ on Skywarn, Mike KD8REH on local Skywarn activities, and an update from the Salvation Army on SATERN (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network status) 4/20/2019 – Michigan QSO Party (thru 21st) 6/21/2019 – ARRL Field Day (thru 23rd) 6/24-30/2019 – *** TADL ARISS CONTACT WINDOW *** See the CARC Website for more details and directions. See the full calendar of events at: http://cherrylandarc.com/?page_id=26 Hope to hear you on the air! Check out the CARC website at http://www.CherrylandARC.com
It is with deep regret that I inform you of the passing of Beverly Stoner, K8ZJU.
If you were licensed as a ham in Northern Michigan from the 1980s until recently, there’s a very good chance Beverly (and her late husband Marion) may have been a part of the Volunteer Examiner team. She was a member of the Cherryland Amateur Radio Club along with several others, and “led the charge” for many years promoting Amateur Radio and being an exemplary steward and example of the high quality and caliber of operators we all hope to some day be.
Here is a link to and a copy of the Obituary from the Record Eagle.
April 22, 1927 – February 26, 2019 Beverley May West was born April 22, 1927, the first child and daughter of Ira Gordon and Ada May West in Kalamazoo. She grew up there, attending Milwood Public School and Western State High School, where she graduated in 1945.
Beverly Stoner, K8ZJU
She then became a central office operator for Michigan Bell Telephone Company and worked there and in Port Huron after her marriage to Marion J. Stoner on March 8, 1947. A son, Thomas Gordon Stoner, was born to her on April 12, 1950 and a daughter, Mary Anne Stoner, on July 18, 1953. She lived in Marysville, Detroit and Dearborn Heights while the family was growing up and was very active in the Girl Scouts of Metro Detroit.
She obtained her amateur radio license in 1961, being assigned the call sign of K8ZJU, and was very involved in handling messages for service personnel during the Vietnam War. She returned to the commercial field in 1972 by joining R.L. Polk & Co. in their Taylor office as a market planner.
After a move to the Lansing area, she attended Lansing Community College to study energy efficient housing. This information was used in designing their retirement home.
She worked for the U.S. Government during the census year 1980. She then became an office manager for Wright Line, Inc. and the substitute office manager for her husband at American Microwave and Communications. She was also a private contractor doing computer entry for Sparrow Hospital in Lansing.
She retired in 1991 to move to Frankfort with her husband. After the FCC stopped giving amateur radio license exams in 1984, Beverley and Marion were very active as amateur extra level volunteer examiners, giving exams in Traverse City and Manistee and in Ann Arbor after she moved to Dexter in 2008. She was a past president and life member of the Motor City Radio Club, a life member of the Central Michigan Amateur Radio Club, a member of the Cherryland Amateur Radio Club and the ARROW Communications Association. She was also a member of the Amateur Radio Relay League, Quarter Century Wireless Association, the Michigan Amateur Communication System and a founding member of The Auto State Young Ladies Radio Club. She was active in the Amateur Radio Emergency Service, being a trained weather spotter.
Beverley died on Feb. 26, 2019 in Ann Arbor, having been predeceased by her parents; husband Marion; brother, Arthur H. West; and daughter-in-law, Catherine Stoner.
She is survived by her son, Thomas and wife, Madeline, of Dexter; daughter, Mary Anne Nugent and husband, Jay, of Ypsilanti; grandchildren, Christopher Kane, of Canton, Charlette Stoner, of Oswego, New York, and Alexander Kane, of San Jose, California; step granddaughter, Alicia Schehr; step great-granddaughters, Ashley and Ava Schehr, of Birmingham; and three sisters-in-law, Phyllisan West, of Cape Coral, Florida, and Barbara and Jean Stoner, of Ann Arbor.
A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, at the Jowett Family Funeral Home, Benzonia, with Pastor Dinah Haag officiating. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until the time of the service.
Arrangements are by Jowett Family Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Benzonia.
Today it is the shades of grey that determine the day on the Grand Traverse Bay. Joseph Leo Panyard Sr. passed away March 1, 2019.
Joe is survived by his wife, Deidre Ann Jones Panyard; daughters, Tinamarie (Eric Probst) Panyard and Penelope (Scott Maleski); son, Joseph Leo Jr. (Diana Panyard); grandchildren, Kristopher Alspaugh, Kayla Panyard, Keegan Maleski, Logan Maleski and Lottie Probst; and great-grandchildren, Tristyn Alspaugh, Hayden Hartzler and Hartleigh Elifritz.
Awaiting him in heaven to go fishing and have a picnic in the dunes are his parents, George and Lolita Panyard; brothers, George and Francis; sister, Harriet Herr; grandson, Kyle Alspaugh; and the many friends he’s loved who have gone to heaven before him over the years.
He journeyed through life to the beat of his own drum while talking on his ham radio. He was an adventurous young man, hitchhiking to Seattle to see the World’s Fair and joining the U.S. Navy to proudly serve his country.
He married his sweetheart; they built a home for their young family with their very own hands. Together they raised their three children with fierce passion.
He was a dedicated son, brother, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle and friend.
Joe loved sailing, cross country skiing, swimming, picnics on the beach and taking adventures with the love of his life, Dee. His greatest joy was his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He was known to his neighbors as Hello Joe and Mr. Joe, the fun neighbor who always had a smile a conversation, a cookie, a beer or a cigar, depending on your age and preference. These past years you could find Joe sitting at the fire pit in his backyard chatting with friends, talking on his ham radio or working in his picture framing shop. For many years K8DT would welcome the morning on his ham radio to all of his friends, “It’s a great day today on the Grand Traverse Bay.”
Today it is with tears in our eyes, love in our hearts and memories we share that determine our way as we say goodbye to Joseph Leo Panyard. This summer the Panyard family will host a celebration of his life fish fry on the weekend of his favorite holiday, Fourth of July.
For anyone who would like to send a memorial, Joe loved the amazing parks and lakes of his home state, Michigan. His favorite organizations were Inland Seas at https://schoolship.org/ and Herman Community Park in Suttons Bay at http://www.suttonsbayparks.org/herman_community_park.php/.
Please feel free to share your thoughts and memories with Joe’s family at his tribute page at www.reynolds-jonkhoff.com.
The family is being cared for by the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
