It was the deepest sadness that an announcement was made during the Monday night Net that Ken Ae6la wife Lynn passed away on Sunday July 27th. They had been married for 60 years, the history of both of them participating in CARS goes back decades. Please keep your thoughts and prayers on this lovely couple.
Submitted By Mark Godbout N6IV
This last weekend, July 12th, was the 44th running of the Markleeville deathe ride, a 105 mile endurance bike ride over the California Alps.
C.A.R.S along with the Tahoe ARA and Nevada ham club, S.I.E.R.A. provided radio communications for this day long event.
CARS members included Mark n6iv, Dave n6dao, Walt k6wgy, Pascal k6pwg,Mark n6arp, Eric km6ele, Ken ae6la, Tony km6qfd, Helen km6ele, and Mike wa6zty who spear headed our involvement.
Just another example of ham radio to the rescue when land lines and cell phones just won’t work
This years theme for the Columbia Father’s Day Fly-In was honoring our Vietnam Veteran’s. The VFW chapters have put together a traveling Vietnam war memorial which is a close replica of the memorial in Washington D.C. It was on display for those who would like to pay their respects to the 58,000 service men and women who lost there lives in this conflict.
Other events was a classic car show, various private aircraft and local emergency agencies such as CDF, who also had there fire fighting helicopters on display for those who wanted to climb aboard and peek inside.
Local Scout troops provided the flag ceremony to the start of the airshow which rounded out the day.
