Governor of NC Proclaims Amateur Radio Week
AMATEUR RADIO WEEK
2004
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina has more than 21,000 licensed Amateur Radio operators who have demonstrated their value in public assistance by providing emergency radio communications; and
WHEREAS, these Amateur Radio operators donate these services free of charge to the citizens of North Carolina and the world; and
WHEREAS, these Amateur Radio operators are on alert for any emergency, local or world-wide, and practice their communication skills during the Field Day exercise of the American Radio Relay League, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, this year's Amateur Radio Field Day will take place June 26-27, 2004;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim June 20-27, 2004, as “AMATEUR RADIO WEEK” in North Carolina, and urge our citizens to pay appropriate tribute to the Amateur Radio operators of our State.
MICHAEL F. EASLEY
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this third day of May in the year of our Lord two thousand and four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.
