Here's what's inside: President's Column Regional Reports Management Council History Soundbite Executive Director's Report Marketing and Convention Director's Report Memo to Members Probationary Review Events and Activities Showcase Your Accomplishments Test Your Knowledge President's Column Come June 1, you will notice a different look to nfbslive.com. That is when we will switch our server provider. Peter, prior to his leaving for training, along with Gene Millard worked out an agreement with Chet Slump to manage and host our website. This is a cost saving move but more importantly, we will own the website and codes. Now I'm not much of a computer expert who understands servers and codes and the like, but I can comprehend spending less money per month and ownership of the site. As it stands now, we do not have ownership of it, but the paperwork is in place to make this happen. In the not too distant future, we will also offer a new network notification system. When a major ag story breaks, the news item will flash on nfbslive, and the system will email and/or call you with the information. With the major stories we've had in the past several months, I think this will be a great additional feature. NAFB is undertaking a research project to continue building on the life-styles research we did last year. NAFB and some of our farm broadcasting member entities are leading the way in this type of media research. We should have some results and analysis by the April 20 NAMA meeting in Phoenix. On that day, the NAFB Foundation board will be meeting, as will the Marketing and Promotions committee. I have asked your president-elect Michelle Rook to chair a strategic planning committee and she is planning for that group to meet in Phoenix too. The M & P committee will, among other items of business, be finalizing plans for meetings with agencies and key marketers. I know a number have been scheduled for May, June and July. Gary Enright has only been with NAFB for a month but has put in long days working on Washington Watch (WW) and working on some aspects of our November Kansas City convention. Gary has been in contact with the Canadian embassy and we will go there on Monday, May 2 in the afternoon during WW. He first contacted the Japanese embassy and they expressed interest but then later realized that farm broadcasters were actually reporters and they did not want to talk to us. I'll pause here so you can fill in your own punch line.
Washington Watch, May 1-3, should be as successful as previous meetings. Along with the embassy visit, we will have our trade talk, our session at USDA, a session with the Interior Department, plus our board meeting and business meeting on Sunday afternoon. I was in Washington a couple of weeks ago with the Iowa Farm Bureau. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Capitol, which will be our headquarters again this year. They have finished their remodeling project. If you have been there in previous years, you will not recognize the lobby area. A Starbucks now sits where the front desk used to be and the front door to the hotel is where that driveway used to be. The watering hole, now called '21' has been remodeled as well. I will keep you updated with audio President's reports and our monthly e-CHATS. Hope your spring goes well. Emery Kleven Regional Reports East Region Greetings! National Agriculture week was March 20 through the 26, 2005. This was a big production week for me, as I'm sure it was for all of you. To kick off the week, WRAM hosted the 8th Annual Ag Roundtable. We had a panel of a dozen guest including an FFA President, an agri-finance specialist, a teacher, Farm Service Agency personnel, two State legislators, the president of Big River Resources Ethanol Cooperative, a marketing expert and a couple of producers. The discussion was two hours in length. One of the invited guests was the general manager of the local F-S Cooperative. Although he helped to sponsor the annual roundtable, he had to decline our invitation because they are already busy with pre-season activities such as anhydrous ammonia applications. On a related note, with Easter being earlier this year many farmers have begun their pre-season work. So, as a farm broadcaster, don't forget to remind the farmers about the need for taking the proper safety precautions before heading to the field or shop. This reminder should include information about not leaving anhydrous ammonia tanks in the field. Producers of a highly addictive drug called methamphetamine are using unsupervised anhydrous tanks to gather one of the many ingredients used to produce this street drug. The methamphetamine problem is way out of hand and these idiots are doing whatever it takes to acquire the ingredients, which includes anhydrous, to complete their recipe for meth. I'd like to welcome a former farm broadcaster back into the fold. Ken Hines has returned to WSDR in Sterling, Illinois. I was happy to sign-off on his membership papers. I will miss talking with former farm director for WSDR, Jim Hardesty, but I do wish him well in his new endeavor. Best wishes to NAFB Executive Director, Gene Millard on his recent social engagement with a member of the American Dental Association. He recently had root canal. Somehow we always knew Gene's mouth would get him in trouble (Just a joke Gene...It's part of what we do for a living)! Kudos goes out to Gary Engright, the new NAFB Director of Marketing and Conventions, for all of the hard work he put forth in coordinating Washington Watch. I look forward to meeting with Gary while in Washington, D.C. Finally, I'd like to thank fellow farm broadcaster Lou Hansen from RFD in Illinois for being a part of WRAM's 8th Annual Ag Roundtable. Until next time... South Region
The NCAA Tournament is better known as "March Madness." I'm sure a few of you participated in the strictly "not for profit" office pools. If you did well in yours...congratulations! Farm broadcasting has its own form of "March Madness" currently taking place. Farmers are getting ready to head back to the fields and I know many of you are in overdrive trying to keep ahead of everything. We're about a month away from Washington Watch, May 1-3rd in Washington, D.C. and you still have a few days to register for what will be a great meeting in our nation's capital. Remember, if you know you're not going to be able to make it to Kansas City you must attend Washington Watch to fulfill your requirement of attending an NAFB business meeting during the calendar year. The registration deadline for Washington Watch is Monday, April 11th. I attended my first Washington Watch just this past year and I found it to be an exciting experience. The amount of interviews and information I was able to get out of the meeting was incredible. This year will be no different. Washington Watch Chairman, Tom Brand has put together an action packed agenda and I will already commend Tom for an outstanding job. If you haven't had the opportunity to be a part of Washington Watch, it would definitely be worth your time to go and I look forward to seeing those of you who will be at attending. If you have any questions or concerns about Washington Watch and beyond feel free to call me at (785) 228-7222 or e-mail me at greg.akagi@morris.com. I know we're all busy, but I don't want concerns or questions to go unanswered. We also have several people to welcome into the NAFB membership. New Broadcast Council Members are: Lanie Beetsma, KMZU Radio, Carrollton, Missouri and John Jenkinson, AgriBusiness Network and KBUF Radio, Garden City, Kansas. New Management Council Members are: Stan Koenigsfeld, Brownfield Network, Jefferson City, Missouri; Miles Carter, KMZU Radio, Carrollton, Missouri and Kyle Bauer, KFRM Radio, Clay Center, Kansas. New Allied Industry Members are: Mica Delong, Monsanto; Jennifer Garrett, Monsanto; Lane McConnell, Brownfield Network and Sara Moyer, American Angus Association. Here's hoping your spring goes well, new advertisers come knocking at your door everyday and listenership goes up 1,000%!!!!!! I'll leave with you this...
Greg Akagi West Region
It was a hectic March, but one I will never forget. I had the opportunity tour the Mato Grosso region of Brazil with the Nebraska Soybean Board. It was pretty amazing. I did come away with a little different perspective on what I saw. I expected to see the large, no, that's not the right term, I think I'll use the term "HUGE" farms. What I didn't expect to see was the small machinery. I expected to see 12-24 row planters and instead saw 6 and 8 row equipment. It seems that Brazil has an over abundance of people needing jobs and the labor is cheap so they just employ more people to run the machinery. We didn't get real far south into the dry areas but a few of the farmers around the Rondonopolis area said they expected a 10 to 20 percent reduction in yield. I need to get together with Mike Hergert, Michelle Rook and Ken Root and compare notes and pictures. All three broadcasters, with underwriting from Pioneer, recently provided harvest reports from Brazil through the National Farm Broadcast Service. On another front, time is running out to register for Washington Watch so be sure to get your applications in soon. The registration deadline is Monday, April 11th. The program looks great again this year, so don't miss it. We've had several new members to add to the NAFB roster in the West Region. New Management Council Members are Ronald Korb, KMON Radio, Great Falls, Montana and Greg Wells, Three Eagles Communications, Columbus, Nebraska. Ken Rahjes, KRVN/Rural Radio Network, Lexington, Nebraska is a new Broadcast Council Member. A new Non Commercial Broadcast Council member is Mary Jo Huff, Today's Ag, Brookings, South Dakota. Welcome to our new allied industry member, Scott Heiberger, National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield, Wisconsin. Last but not least, our new Student Member is Christine Lepple, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin. I hope I haven't forgotten anyone. I do know there are several more new members in the pipeline but, as of today, I haven't received official word. That's all I have for now. Be sure to register for Washington Watch. Randy Koenen
Again I ask all NAFB Broadcasters to please share this column with your station or network's key management and sales people. As the year progresses I want to first thank those of you among Management and Sales ranks who have stepped up to join the new NAFB Management Council. Without your involvement and input this task would be a great deal tougher. What about managers and sales people who continue to ponder individual billing as a pre-requisite to involvement or membership dues..."Maybe I'll first wait and see what farm billing turns out to be this year...?" I don't want to alienate anyone but I will be brutally honest. This business we call 'farm broadcasting' still requires work and involvement to continue realizing a payoff. It takes 'sales,' not just waiting on 'orders'. More than ever it requires management and sales people to join in numbers, to involve themselves in discussions and positioning of the industry. Although NAFB member numbers have taken a hit in recent years, for various reasons, the fact remains farm broadcasting is still a quality industry. It carries a great deal of clout and has the capability to reach the nation's bona-fide farmers and ranchers, when operated properly. However, successful farm broadcasting still requires management support for actual farm news programming and an effective sales effort to go with it. To those still having doubts or preferring to find excuses not to send the hundred bucks to join the NAFB Management Council for whatever reason, I add the following: as an owner/manager critical of various NAFB issues over the years I can say first hand "I feel your pain". But at the same time I have had to realize input from farm broadcast managers and sales people is critical if NAFB is to become and remain an effective voice for our industry. We need that collective voice. We must keep a strong position among all agriculture media to continue dealing with changes none of us can effectively deal with independently. Consider what industry-wide research alone can do for all of us. The price of membership for a place at the table is nominal in comparison. Indeed, most of us empty our pockets of more than this in small change during the course of the year. In closing, all NAFB Farm Broadcast management and sales types, including rep firm salespeople who work with NAFB member properties, are invited to give us input at anytime and let us know what they would like in terms of a speaker or program element at the NAFB Convention in November. Last year was a good start with a couple dozen managers and sales people at the session and this year is expected to be even better with more people involved. We encourage, in fact we implore you to join your farm broadcasters at the NAFB Convention for at least one day in November so you can witness first hand what is happening and exercise your voice in the organization. We need and want your input. Gary Cooper Rick Coyle History Soundbite By Dix Harper After graduating from the University of Minnesota in agriculture, he began broadcasting at a small station in Minnesota, and then moved to WNAX, Yankton, SD. Worcester's next move was to WEAF, New York City and, before going to Iowa in early 1946, he was with CBS, Washington, D.C., where he was the voice of "CBS Country Journal." Chuck and Estelle had three sons at the time and wanted to raise them in the Midwest farm country. Chuck had said that as a result of his move to Iowa he could "get out and walk the corn rows and talk to farmers rather then bureaucrats." (We did some of that together in 1947 when Chuck honored me with the first WMT Farm Radio Scholarship.) The Yearbook in the NAFB Archives is 'one of a kind' and a treasured reference. It shows that in our earliest days there was an extremely wide variance in the types of farm service programs offered by stations. There were large powerful stations, some in the largest cities, with four or five people in the farm departments. And on many of the smaller stations programs were conducted by local Extension agents or college personnel. Many farm broadcasters came from jobs as county agents or vocational agriculture teachers. Nearly all had a farm background. Chuck set out, in putting the book together, to show these differences and provide members a forum so they could exchange ideas. The first 47 pages were devoted to this goal. An editorial titled "Radio's Responsibility" by Chuck Worcester came first. Next, RFDs - as farm broadcasters were called originally - ranging from Pittsburgh, Penn., to Portland, Ore., wrote their views on "What Do RFDs Think of Their Work." To start this section, Worcester wrote: "Farm broadcasting as a profession has a lot of growing up to do." Other chapters covered use of recordings - electronic transcriptions or wire, meeting the listeners, market and weather reporting, USDA radio services, how to cover fairs, holiday shows, promotions and contests, and off-the-air activities. Individual members, and their pictures, along with the story of their programs fill the directory portion of this 99-page book. Some of their stories will be related in the following months as we look as the history of farm broadcasting. The job Chuck Worcester did as editor has never been duplicated. He was an early inductee into the NAFB Hall of Fame. Chuck was killed in a tragic accident while returning home to his farm southeast of Cedar Rapids from a cattle sale in 1961. Note of ThanksI was deeply moved by the flood of emails, phone calls and cards from NAFB members offering condolences when Shirley died. We had 58 years together. Your prayers and expressions of sympathy comforted me. Thank you so much for the burning bush given to me in Shirley's memory. It will be planted at our church home, Emmanuel Community Church in May. NAFB is a wonderful family! Thank you ALL! Dix Harper From the Desk of the Executive Director
In my first weeks serving as your executive director, I feel that we have made significant progress in several areas to enhance the efficiency and service of NAFB to our members and our allied industry associates. With the help and cooperation of our small, but very professional staff, we constructed a budget that has prioritized our resources to maximize our marketing and member services mission. I am pleased to report that membership renewals are "on budget" and additional new memberships are in the pipeline. The NAFB Board of Directors and staff would like to express our sincere appreciation for the honesty and integrity of the vast majority of our membership in reporting their formula investment participation. NAFB's long tradition of trust has again been vindicated and your continued dedication to this industry is most valued. The www.nafb.com web site is being enhanced in several ways and will be a focus for continued development. The marketing section of this web site is a very valuable resource for all members and we are pleased that a majority of our members now have their "electronic media kits" posted. If you have yet to post your marketing information and need assistance, please contact us immediately at (816) 431-4032 and we will provide assistance. This section of NAFB.com is an excellent marketing tool and we certainly would like all our NAFB member stations and networks to be represented as we promote this marketing and media planning tool to our allied industry partners. We are most pleased that Gary Enright has joined our team as Director of Marketing and Conventions. Gary and I met recently with Denny Waddle, NAFB Marketing and Promotions Chairman, and laid out a template for marketing calls, research and agenda priorities for 2005. The agenda for the Marketing and Promotions Committee meeting is being refined in preparations for the meeting in Phoenix on April 20th. The NAFB again hosted a booth in the trade shows at both the National Cattlemen's Beef Association Convention in San Antonio, Texas as well as Commodity Classic in Austin, Texas. This provided NAFB with a visible presence and an opportunity to meet many of our valued clients as well as many producers from across the country. It is always gratifying to hear from so many producers as they express their appreciation and loyalty to our farm broadcasters. We express our appreciation to many of you for assisting with your presence at the NAFB booth while participating in these national industry events. We have been working with NFBS Director, Peter Shinn, in exploring numerous enhancements to NFBS Live web site services. This news service will continue to be a valuable resource for many of our members and we look forward to making an important announcement in coming weeks. We have been working with Peter to improve the operational structure and documentation system for our valued clients as NFBS Live is truly the premier, immediate news service serving American agriculture's most credible, immediate news source, "FARM BROADCASTING" ! As we strive to serve our audience and advertisers in this industry, it is often good to reflect on those who have provided us with opportunity. The opportunity for me to be engaged in farm broadcasting was made possible by a man that perhaps only a few of our older members can remember. Harold J. "Smitty" Schmitz started his career at Purdue University's WBAA in February 1945 and resigned to fill the position of farm director at KFEQ Radio in St. Joseph, Mo. October 1, 1947. Smitty served as farm director for KFEQ Radio as well as KFEQ TV (after it went on the air in 1953). One of Smitty's programs that he produced daily was entitled "Wondering around, Just Wonder'n." Broadcast at 12:20 p.m. each day were interviews that he conducted as he traveled the area. He decided to join his farm broadcasting friend, Mal Hansen of WOW, Omaha in operating a travel agency, Travel and Transport, in St. Joseph in 1964. This departure from KFEQ provided me with the opportunity to apply for a job as Assistant Farm Director for KFEQ in May 1964. Harold J. "Smitty" Schmitz passed away last month at his home in Lafayette, Indiana after a lengthy illness. My salute to Smitty: "Thank you for providing me the window of opportunity to experience the thrills, agonies, joys, and satisfactions of 40-plus years in farm broadcasting and working with some of the finest humans ever to grace this earth." I'm sure that as Smitty is "Wondering Around" our heavenly father's kingdom, he still sports that infectious grin that endeared him to so many friends and associates. Gene Millard Marketing and Convention Director's Report
I've never felt more welcome in my life. So many of you have e-mailed or called and welcomed me and offered "...anything we can do to help you get started." It's a nice feeling. My affection for NAFB goes back many years and I have many dear friends who made their living as professional farm broadcasters and in the allied industries. It's great to be among you. For years I have realized how special agriculture is because it has its own media. Those of us involved in that media should be proud of our professionalism and high degree of integrity and credibility. I know you all already know this, but NAFB and NFBS have the greatest staffs in the association world. It is a pleasure to work with each one of them. They're hard working and serious about their duties and yet we all have a lot of fun. In future columns, I will be spending quite a bit of time on the subjects of marketing, strategic planning and membership development because they are the life-blood of NAFB. The challenge of representing this industry is awesome. But I firmly believe that the NAFB staff, officers, board and committee members are up to the test. I know that with your help we will succeed. If my goal can be condensed into one sentence it would be: "To continue to develop farm broadcasting as a major factor in preserving and protecting American agriculture through information and service." With God's help we all will succeed. Gary Enright WASHINGTON WATCH MAY 1-3, 2005 We're in the final countdown for the Washington Watch. The event will be held at the Holiday Inn Capitol - 550 C Street, SW - Washington, DC - Phone 202-479-4000 (for reservations). This year we will have new USDA Secretary Mike Johanns speak on Monday May 2nd. Interior Secretary Gale Norton speak on Tuesday, Senate Ag Committee Chairman Saxby Chambliss and House Ag Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte will appear on Tuesday May 3rd. This year we expect from 15 to 20 organizations and associations to make their spokespersons available for interviews during Issues Forum Sunday afternoon May 1st. There will be a lot of great material available and some new faces at that session. We will visit the Canadian Embassy on Monday afternoon May 2nd and follow that with a very special event "Meat Washington...Dinner at the American Meat Institute." You'll have a tremendous amount of new and updated farm news material for your listeners from some of the top spokespersons in the nation. The Holiday Inn Capitol assures us that the hotel now has high speed internet connections and phone lines in each room. Register on line at nafb.com. Registration for all events is $100 each for each attendee. Single meal tickets will be available at the registration desk for family members who may accompany members who are registered. Hotel rooms are being reserved for our group BUT MUST BE MADE NOW in order to receive our lower rates from $154 for a single, $169 for a double, triple or family rate. I appreciate your timely attention and look forward to seeing you in the nation's capitol. For more information or an agenda go online to www.nafb.com Gary Enright, Meeting Coordinator There are two Broadcast Council probationary NAFB members on the website for review. You can view and comment on them at the following links: The National Association of Farm Broadcasters has constitutional provisions for individuals to apply for membership. If no person has been a voting member at a radio station or network for 12 months and the individual holding that position has not been an active voting member for 12 months, then the candidate must apply under Probationary Status (Voting Probationary Membership). Voting Probationary Membership requires the NAFB Membership Committee to review the application of the individual and upon a favorable outcome, place the individual's credentials in front of the full voting membership for 30 days. Comments regarding the on air work of the individual, or other factors that may not be known to the membership committee are solicited from the voting ranks. Comments must be attributed to a voting member and will be reviewed by the membership committee at the end of the 30 day period to determine the final status of the individual. Below are individuals who have been initially approved by the membership committee. Information regarding each individual will remain on the NAFB website for 30 days following email notification of members that the nomination has been made.
If any voting member of NAFB in good standing wishes to contribute any information regarding this individual, you may do so by writing it below. The information will go to the NAFB national office and be distributed only to the membership committee. The information will be considered only if it is attributed to a voting member who declares their name and affiliation in the submission. NAFB had a major presence at several meetings and trade show events throughout the winter. At each of the following trade show events NAFB had a booth. Passers-by were able to stop at the booth and fill out an entry blank to win a BOSE Wave® radio. This promotion was a great way to attract attendees to the booth and NAFB representatives the opportunity to interact with producer listeners as well as meet many industry advertisers. According to NAFB office assistant Rose Marie Lawrence, "The response was very positive as everyone wanted to win the BOSE radio and it was a positive tie in to emphasize the quality and values of farm broadcasting." The winners were selected by random drawing from the hundreds of entries at each event. Winners of the BOSE Wave® radios: American Farm
Bureau Federation Annual Meeting January 2005 National
Cattlemen's Beef Association Annual Meeting February 2005 Commodity
Classic Convention and Trade Show February 2005 A fourth radio will be given away at the NAMA Convention April.
Red River Farm Network's (RRFN) Mike Hergert and Don Wick, Grand Forks, North Dakota, know the value of a good ag affiliate and a great listener promotion. Here is a photo of the Ultimate Farm Service Truck that some lucky farm listener is going to win from Red River Farm Network affiliate station KQLX AM-890 in Lisbon, North Dakota. The completely reconditioned cab-over Ford service truck sports a hydraulic press, air compressor, remote hydraulics, generator, acetylene and arc welder, boom, vice, plenty of tool and equipment storage and fire extinguisher. KQLX listeners are being asked to register at sponsor locations, listen and call in (to become a finalist). They have one hour to respond. If you'd like to find out more about this farm listener promotion go to www.kqlx.com or call John Vasichek, RRFN at (800) 364-8827 or Terry & Chad Loomis, KQLX at (800) 726-8965.
Al Gustin, KFYR and KBMR, Bismarck,
North Dakota hosted a panel discussion on Animal I-D during the
KFYR Radio Agri International Trade Show in February. About 350
producers got questions answered and saw a demonstration of
electronic identification technology.
Susan Littlefield, farm director for KZEN/Farm and Ranch Market Network, Columbus, Nebraska, hasn't slowed down even with baby #3 on the way. The baby is to be delivered by C-section on April 15 yet Littlefield still found time to grab a one-on-one interview with U.S. Ag Secretary Mike Johanns during Commodity Classic in Austin, Texas, February 24-26, 2005.
Brian Winnekins of WTMB-WBOG continued his excellent coverage of the dairy industry at the 2005 Dairy Farmers of America annual delegate meeting. While at the meeting in Kansas City, Winnekins had the opportunity to stop and visit Elsie the Cow during the Convention.
Chuck Zimmerman, president of ZimmComm, Marketing and Communications in Holts Summit, MO was one of three U.S. agricultural journalists chosen to receive a trip to Switzerland for this year's Annual Congress of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ). According to Greg Lamp, IFAJ International Committee Chairman, "Chuck was chosen because he will be "blogging" the congress and that really impressed the committee." ZimmComm's blog (or web log) www.agrimarketingpros.com is currently the only one of its kind dedicated to the business of agricultural communications. Congratulations, Chuck. Enjoy your trip! The Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (ACT) has selected Sam Knipp, to receive their highest honor, the 2005-06 National ACT Honored Professional award. This award is only given to one person each year. Knipp is the Director of Corporate Communications/PR for Oklahoma Farm Bureau. He is currently a NAFB Associate Member but was a Voting Member while a farm broadcaster at WIBW, Topeka and KFEQ, St. Joseph. The award will be given at the ACT national conference June 1 in San Antonio. Nice work, Sam! As many of you know, Peter Shinn has served in one component or another of the U.S. Air Force for over 20 years. For more than eight of those years, he has served with the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa. And now that he has met his hit retirement eligibility – the leadership in the 185th has selected him to become a commissioned officer. As a result, Peter is taking part in a six week basic training course for Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard officers at the McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base near Knoxville, Tennessee. Until April 24, the NFBS will be a one person operation as Pete completes his training. Congratulations Peter and thank you for your continued service to our county. We are looking for NAFB members who have been recognized for their hard work. If you or one of your colleagues has been honored with an award, let it be known! Write to the editors of eChats and let us know of your accomplishments. We will add the announcement to the next edition of eChats so all of your peers will have the opportunity to congratulate you. Send your information and pictures to Karen Tremble at ktremble@mfrn.com or Janelle Brose at jbrose@mfrn.com. Q: Who was the President of the United States when the U.S. Department of Agriculture was founded? Please send your responses to jbrose@mfrn.com. If you answer the question correctly your name will be entered into a drawing that will be held at the 2005 NAFB annual meeting in November. The correct answer will be announced in the April edition of eChats. Good luck! March trivia question and answer: Q: Who was the longest serving Ag Secretary and how long did he or she serve? Please give the exact years of service. A: James Wilson (1887-1913)
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It's
been a busy time of year for NAFB but then again, when is it not
a busy time? The staff and some of the committees have been
working on many fronts. First off, Peter Shinn is at Air
National Guard officer training doing push-ups on a frequent
basis. He will be back in the NFBS office on April 25. Stacia
has done a fine job filling in for Pete during his leave. 
In
February the 1946 NARFD Yearbook and Directory was mentioned in
this space. This unique and monumental book was edited by
Chuck Worcester, WMT, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Chuck later
served as the fourth president of our association. 
