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Even Four-Legged Visitors Stop By The Floyd Professional Center!
- By Super Admin
- Published 10/19/2009
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Dee Dannewitz Wallace KG4VMI came to Virginia from a southeastern Nebraska farming community. She spent her early years being mentored in business, and obtained sponsorship for much traveling in education, for 4-H, and mission trips with the church & others. She received great education at LIFE Bible College and Virginia Tech, and has background in finance, accounting, sales and management. She has always enjoyed spending time outdoors and working with various community groups. After college, Dee moved to Floyd with her son, Christian, to get back to “farm living” and for a closer association with David and Gaynell and LCF Group activities.
In 2007, Dee married her long-time friend, Greg Wallace, who is a native of Floyd County, Virginia. They have their home at “Oak Hill Farm” in Floyd, where they spend free time watching the wildlife and grass grow, and sharpen their artistic and culinary skills. Greg photographs many of the historical buildings and breathtaking sceneries throughout the County.
At Floyd Professional Center: The LCF Help Desk & Community Amateur Radio Station
Promoting "All Things Floyd"-
October 19, 2009 -
Even four-legged visitors stop by the Floyd Professional Center!
I was just kicking off the new week - a frosty Monday morning - providing help and promoting entrepreneurialism via the Help Desk AND working toward a strong future for Floyd. My first visitor was a playful lab named Maggie, and her owner John Hughlett N4WRT. I had seen the two heading out from home a bit earlier in the day, and now they had finished their "have tos", for the time being, so they stopped to make a contact or two via amateur radio. They had come to make use of the community station, here in the Center.
Using club call N4USA, the station's identifier, John was able to make connections cross-country, and heard the morning radio traffic. I overheard his perfect radio"ese" as he talked back and forth with another party. Maggie waited patiently, and John would instruct her, using a kind of "made up" sign language. She seemed to get it.
John said, though, that he hadn't fashioned an understandable sign for her to "wait".
The amateur radio station housed at Floyd Professional Center is a cooperative project by area hams and local business owners. A radio tower which serves the station, sits atop the newly renovated
Neither the tower nor the station is for commercial use, but is intended to provide a valuable service to our citizens and visitors...
·Emergency Communications. Amateur radio operators within the County have provided emergency help, plus relief and aid, responding to local and out-of-county emergencies over the last many years. Memoranda of understanding have been formed with various County officials and groups related to emergency service and communication.
·Promoting Town and County. Special stations and promotions will be highlight functions of the new station. These special broadcasts are done at no cost, as operators cannot be paid, and no commercial advertising is allowed, per FCC regulations.
·Education and Outreach. By special event stations, booths, and press articles, folks are made aware of local activities, as hams provide emergency help and training. Education and outreach to the community is a focus of their work.
A Society of Radio Amateurs in the Floyd area meets monthly on second Saturdays. They begin by gathering at Blue Ridge Restaurant at 8 a.m.
When John N4WRT was heading out the door, I thanked him for the visit and for bringing Maggie. He joked that her call sign was K9DOG... I hope they'll return soon. You may come by the Center for a visit, too! See all that our little County has to offer, and Make the Most of Your FLOYD VIRGINIA visit!
Dee, of LCF Group
540-808-2880
