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Burke Amateur Radio Club charter
meeting is Oct. 10
From Staff Reports
No one really knows for sure
how the 700,000 Amateur Ra
dio operators in the U.S. came
to be known as “ham radio op
erators” or just “hams,” but it’s
a badge of pride for those who
enter into the outspoken scien
tific hobby. There are over 2.5
million ham radio operators
world-wide.
Burke County’s newest ser
vice club, the Burke Amateur
Radio Club, is putting out a call
to all area hams and those with
an interest in becoming one.
The club’s organizational,
charter meeting will be held this
Thursday, Oct. 10 at
Waynesboro City Hall.
Although ham radio operators
take up the hobby for a variety
of reasons, one of the greatest
benefits is the emergency com
munications they provide to the
public.
People in the path of last
year’s Hurricane Sandy in New
Jersey and, most recently, the
massive flooding in Colorado,
found out first-hand the tremen
dous value of ham radio com
munications. With police, fire
and rescue communications
greatly impaired or even un
available in some locales, ham
radio, as witnessed by many
CSRA hams listening in on the
emergency frequencies, came
through when all else failed.
Not just in these two disasters,
but, over the years, many lives
have been saved because of lo
cal hams answering the call to
action in time of emergency.
According to the Federal
Communications Commission
(FCC), “The FCC established
amateur radio as a voluntary,
non-commercial, radio commu
nications service. It allows li
censed operators to improve
their communications and tech
nical skills, while providing the
nation with a pool of trained
radio operators and technicians
who can provide essential com
munications during emergen
cies.”
All licensed hams are re
quired to have a basic knowl
edge of radio technology, good
operating techniques and rules
of operation on any of the 18
FCC-assigned ham “bands.”
Every ham has earned his or her
Amateur Radio license by pass
ing a FCC written exam that is
given by local, volunteer license
examiners. Morse code is no
longer required for any ham
radio license.
The first license exam that all
Amateurs must pass is the Tech
nician Class license. The aver
age person needs only 10 hours
of study time in order to pass
the 35-question exam. The new
Burke Amateur Radio Club will
soon offer a Technician class
license study course at no cost
to participants. There will be
an examination session hosted
by the club at the end of the
course.
JOIN THE HAMS
WHEN: Thursday, October 10
in the council room at
• 6:30 p.m.- meet and greet
• 7 p.m.-meeting
WHERE:Waynesboro City
Hall, 628 Myrick Street.
MORE: Sign-up for email up
dates at http://burkearc.com.
BCHS thespians to present Fall Follies
Cast members of Fall Follies are preparing for their
presentation on Oct. 17.
From Staff Reports
The Burke County High
School Thespian Society will
present “Fall Follies” on Octo
ber 17 at 7 p.m. in the J. D.
Smith Auditorium. This pro
duction is a variety showcase of
three amusing one-act plays.
The evening opens with “The
Scheme of the Driftless Shifter,”
a mixed-up melodrama by
Carolyn Lane. Directed by
Victoria Price, the cast features
Karlos Birt and Shaquanna
Powell, supported by Price’s
Acting I class. The cast repre
sents an amateur group trying
to present a classic melodrama
while making classic amateur
mistakes. Sound cues are late,
actors blow their lines, and char
acters enter incorrectly while
the theater’s custodian tries to
clean up in the middle of the
“big scene.”
“The Do-It-Yourself Fran
kenstein Outfit,” a science fic
tion comedy by British play
wright David Campton, features
students from the Advanced
Acting classes. Senior Kacey
Mobley is directing this produc
tion. Makinizi Hoover plays a
sales demonstrator attempting to
sell robot kits to consumers.
The story’s ending is a mind-
bender as the audience tries to
determine just who is a robot
and who is not.
To top off the evening the
Drama Club and Thespian So
ciety students will present
“Wiley and the Hairy Man” by
Jack Stokes. The story is based
on a folktale about a young boy
named Wiley who lives in a
swamp with his mother. The
boy is pursued by the Hairy
Man and must fool him three
times to make the Hairy Man
leave him alone. Makinizi
Hoover plays the lead charac
ter. Lewis Singleton portrays
the Hairy Man and Kacey
Mobley appears as Mammy. A
chorus of trees acts as narrators,
commentators, and observers of
Wiley’s straggle. This piece is
scheduled to be Burke County’s
entry for the Region Play Com
petition on October 25.
Tickets will be $5 for students
and adults. Tickets for this fam
ily friendly event may be pur
chased at the door.
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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9
A Free Diabetic Teaching
will be offered in the Burke
Medical Center classroom, 6-8
p.m. The course is designed to
help diabetics learn how to bet
ter control their diabetes
through healthy eating. Partici
pants should eat before they
come and are encouraged to
bring along their partners or
anyone else who helps with food
preparation. Space is limited
and pre-registration is encour
aged. Lor more information,
call the dietary department 706-
554-4435.
THURSDAY, OCT. 10
The Augusta Technical Col
lege Criminal Justice Depart
ment will host a community
symposium on the Waynesboro/
Burke Campus, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m.,
in the campus auditorium. Reg
istration begins at 8 a.m. The
theme is “Bringing the Commu-
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nity Closer to the Criminal Jus
tice System: Earning Trust
Without Conflicts -Round 2.”
This event is free and open to
the public. Certified personnel
are eligible to receive 8 hours
of POST credit.
SATURDAY, OCT. 12
Edmund Burke Chapter of
NSDAR will meet, 10:30 a.m.,
at the Burke County Library.
The committee chair will
present the program. The orga
nization is dedicated to helping
residents put their patriotism
into action. Call 554-3560 for
more information.
SUNDAY, OCT. 13
Waynesboro Toastmasters will
meet, 5 p.m. at Westminster
Presbyterian Church, 841 Jones
Avenue in Waynesboro, for an
informative program designed
to improve leadership and com
munication skills of fun and fel
lowship. Visit
www.GaToastmasters.org.
MONDAY, OCT. 14
The Burke County Genea
logical and Historical Society
will meet, 6:30 p.m., at the
Burke County Library. The pro
gram will be on Meadow Gar
dens, the historic farm home of
George Walton.
SATURDAY, OCT. 19
The Edmund Burke Acad
emy Class of 1973 will gather
for a reunion and celebratory
dinner. Classmates will also at
tend the Oct. 18 EBA football
game. Lor more information
email dcarr@whbass.com.
OUR POLICY
WHAT’S NEXT is a compli
mentary sendee for non-profit
Burke County groups hosting
free public events. A fundraising
event with an admission fee may
be included for $10 per week,
paid in advance. Email
truecitizennews @ live, com. Our
deadline is noon Thursday.
SPOOKY STORY
DEADLINE IS
OCT. 16
Lourth-and fifth-graders
have one more week to scare
us.
Entries for the annual
Spooky Story Contest are due
next Wednesday, Oct. 16 by
4 p.m.
The contest is open to stu
dents living or attending
school in Burke County, and
the winner gets a pizza party
for his or her entire class,
compliments of Papa’s Pizza
to Go.
Our favorites stories will be
printed in the Oct. 30 edition
of The True Citizen, then
readers will go online and
cast their votes. The student
who receives the most votes
wins.
Entries may be dropped off
at The True Citizen office,
629 Shadrack Street,
Waynesboro, emailed
to TmeCitizenNews@live.com or
faxed to 706-526- 4779.
Stories should be typed or
clearly printed, no more than
500 words and include the
author’s full name, grade,
teacher and school.
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