Hey Glenda, John, et. al.

Mike and I just finished doing some troubleshooting this morning on his gen set and it appears the genny is fine but the transfer switch is bad. If something had to fail, it's a good thing it's the switch and not the gen set.

Mike's Surge Guard also has a problem - there is no 2.5 minute delay when power is first applied - the contactor immediately operated on applied power.

Things could always be worse

We went by Glenda's with Warren today and Glenda wasn't home. I see where the iRV2 banner that was on the coach was removed or is missing. Where you at?

There are 90 chairs in seminar D and 1 table and PA system. Colleen said that she wants to bring our chairs.

Glenda told me last night they had a service appointment early this morning. I noticed the coach was back when I went by there about 3 this afternoon -- maybe they are sleeping off the early wake-up!!

Another great day here at GNR. MILWITs started everyone off with a Reveille broadcast at 0700 hrs. Yesterday, John mentioned how much he appreciated (?) MILWIT Reveille so I checked to see if MILWIT could get another 5 dbs in volume for him. No luck John, but we are working on a better loud speaker system for next year. Might have a wireless remoted speaker right at your site too..if desired. Incidentally, MILWITs are still discussing playing Taps in the evening for all. Can't seem to get consensus among the MILWITs about it (time). Any suggestions about Taps would be appreciated!

The local parade in downtown Forest City today was outstanding. What a great rebluing as an American to experience a local traditional parade like that one.

As a parade participant with MILWITs today, my magic moment came as we paraded passed the senior living facility in downtown Forest City. Many of the seniors were out in their wheelchairs enjoying the parade. The MILWITs switched from candy giving to the kids..to a large bag of stuffed animals for the seniors. I wish all of you could have experienced our visions as their faces lit up when each one received a stuffed animal toy..WOW!!..such a little thing to us..but what a magic moment for each of them. A few MILWITs spotted a senior gentleman in a wheel chair with a ballcap designating his service in WW II. What a moment to give him his stuffed animal. Then we thanked him for his service to his country. Even though it was late morning...we could see the glow in his face after we thanked him for his service..

Tomorrow...another great day scheduled..

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Originally posted by Pubtym:
Any suggestions about Taps would be appreciated!

From a non-MILWIT member, here is one vote for Taps.

In this part of Iowa dusk comes later this time of year. On nights with no entertainment, 2100 Hours - Call to the Colors followed by Taps. Nights with entertainment - 30 minutes after entertainment is over.

Hi everyone,
Yes we did have an early appt. 5:30! (Our granddaughter was thrilled) We just stayed over there last night so we would not have to wake our friends and have them help us back out...those of you that have stopped by can see the what a job we have getting in and out. And guess what????...we get to do it again on Monday at 6:00AM. Therefore, we will be be spending the night at Customer Service again on Sunday night. We had to take off the banner when we pulled out, and I apologize for not getting it back on the coach today. I will get it back up tomorrow for at least part of the day before we pull out for service again.
Since we have the items that were donated by Bill in our coach, and I want to make sure we don't get delayed at service I would like to pass them off to someone so they will be there for the party. I am not anticipating the coach being over there all day, but you never know. I just hope the rain lets up so they will let us pull out for service.
Our row is having a cook out tomorrow at 12:00 (weather permitting) in front of our coach. So please stop by and say hello. When you came by today, I was probably at Bill's grocery geting things for the cookout and State row party. Then we all headed to the Branding Iron for dinner. Now we are all "hunkered" down for the storm as my dog patiently waits til the rain stops so he can go out. See you soon.

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Originally posted by glenda1908:
Since we have the items that were donated by Bill in our coach, and I want to make sure we don't get delayed at service I would like to pass them off to someone so they will be there for the party.

I'll stop by tomorrow to see if you have this concern taken care of.

Frank and or John are close by and may respond before I get there. See you tomorrow!

Thanks guys,
My friend and I are going to make an early morning run to the local laundromat, but we will be back by 10:00, if not sooner. Then I can pass off the goodies and other stuff I have. See you tomorrow.

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Originally posted by John_Canfield:
Mike and I just finished doing some troubleshooting this morning on his gen set and it appears the genny is fine but the transfer switch is bad.

John, Thank you very much for coming over and helping me rule out the problems that I am experiencing with the generator circuit.

I have a had a steady stream of antenna pointers today and tomorrow I'm setting up an autograph table!

Right before the storm today Colleen was very apprehensive, can't say that I blame her it's not that often you get blasted by a lightning bolt.

We are meeting some nice people!

Just arrived today C-4-35, I have the 3PM meeting highlighted in the program. Hope meet you all!