Dear DARC Members:

I'm very excited to announce the agenda for our next DARC Club meeting!

We are to be given a private tour of the New Dixie Regional Medical Center on our regularly scheduled meeting date and time.
Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at 7:00 PM.

Please plan to arrive for the meeting at the hospital a little early so we can pass security and enter together.

Please arrive at the West parking lot as close to the building as reasonable. We will gather at the North Entrance.(West Parking lot side adjacent to the IHC Medical facility).  I will monitor the 146.91 repeater for talk-in.

We will meet outside and call our security contact who will escort us to the Sundance Conference Room where the Hospital will provide refreshments.

After a very short formal meeting we will commence our tour of this fabulous facility.

My thanks to Ron Sappington WI7Z and Bill Axelgard, Head of Safety and Security at the Hospital for making this possible!

We will still offer on the same day, April 21, 2004 at 6:00 PM, a Volunteer Exam session at our regular meeting place at the Five County Association of Governments Office Building at 1070 W. 1600 South, Building B.  This will be held in the Executive Conference Room just across the hall from the employee break room.
 
Many thanks to our V.P. David Owens KD7VNH and Casey Lofthouse KD7HUS for handling the very successful Cholla Challenge Mountain Bike race sponsored by the Red Rock Bicycle Shop in St George. And thanks to the hams who spent a good part of the day to participate. There was a lot of interest generated by our competent activity and at least one more request for our future communications aid at still another cycling event!

"THE GREAT RACE" at Dixie State College (April 2, 2004) was a great success and we will be better prepared for next years event.
Many thanks for all who helped- it's very gratifying to see so many of you offer your time and energy to support the club and help our community!
Our next scheduled event will be Saturday May 1, 2004, 8:00 AM. It is "The Diabetes Walk".

There will be an orientation and training meeting for all volunteers on April 27, 2004 from 7-9 PM at the FairField Inn.

Please e-mail me if you are planning to work that event and would like to come to the training session. (w8eqa@infowest.com).
We have a confirmation for May's meeting and our guest speaker will be the ARRL Section Manager Mel Parkes from Salt Lake City.

Please check out the Club Activivities Link on the main web page  http://www.dixieham.org for ingformation on activities coming up this year.

Finally, the Washington County Sheriff's Dept. has announced the theft recovery of a Yaesu Amateur HT and charger. If you have lost such a unit please contact Officer Zubal at Washington County Sheriff's Department.

Vy 73, 
Dan W8EQA

IRLP Conference April 17-18 

 The 2004 IRLP Conference will be held April 17-18, 2004, at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

For information contact Kent B. Johnson W7AOR w7aor@narri.org or check the web site out for more information www.narri.org/2004_meeting_registration_form.html