The Salvation Army

NEXT SATERN/ARES MEETING at the Olathe Corps

February 12th

@ 7 pm.(Additional meeting information

at the end of this Newsletter.)

SATERN Annual Recognition Awards received at the

January 8th

meeting in Olathe,KS.

The January Johnson County Amateur Radio Emergency Service/SATERN meeting was held

on January 8, 2018 at the Olathe Corps in Olathe, KS. The meeting was called by Johnson

County ARES Emergency Coordinator, Brian Short KCØBS, who is also a SATERN member.

Brian presented “Spark Awards” to several ARES members who had shown distinguished

service to ARES during the prior year.

Rich Britain, NØENO, SATERN Divisional Coordinator, then presented the “SATERN

Recognition Award” to various SATERN members who were present who had provided

outstanding support to our Divisional SATERN program.

(Recipients left to right) George McCarville WBØCNK, Bill Gery KA2FNK, Ted Knapp

NØTEK, Jim Andera KØNK, Mike Asselta KDØCDQ, Brian Short KCØBS, Jim Alexander

KIØCT , Joe Krout KRØUT, Russell Copple WBØRRK, Neil Dunham KA8MMI, Charissa

Dunham KB4BMI, and Rich Britain NØENO presenter.

The following is a list of all SATERN members who have, or will be receiving, an award of

recognition. Many listed below were not at the meeting and will receive their award later.

Olathe, KS

James Alexander, KIØCT

Jim Andera, KØNK

Mike Asselta, KDØCDQ

John Capra, KDØEVM

Russell Copple, WBØRRK

Chrissa Dunham, KB4BML

Neil Dunham, KA8MMI

Diana Fiddick, KDØOBP

Herb Fiddick, NZØF

Bill Gery, KA2FNK

Ted Knapp, NØTEK

Joe Krout, KRØUT

Steve Lester, KDØEKS

Darren Martin, NØMZW

George McCarville, WBØCNK

Ed Schmid, NØREU

Brian Short, KCØBS

Chuck Simpson, KCØNUG

Donald Simpson, KDØGAU

Brian Whitlock, KBØZWA

Kansas City, KS

Rob Brannon (NØGMT)

Larry Eker, WAØYQM

Sylvia Eker, KDØQXQ

Ralph Golubski, KDØJQL

Warren Minear, KDØOYW

Curt Robinson, KCØNVK

Marshall Toburen, AAØFO

Wichita, KS

Henry Monton, WØIE

Anna Monton, WØAJM

J.B. Scott, KDØCSL

Mike Hollar, KEØCXR

SATERN Work Day on January 27th

at Kansas City,

Missouri Emergency Disaster Service.

Preparing the

SATERN

Communications

Vehicle for

another year of

community

service involved

Chuck Simpson

KCØNUG

mounting

antennas.

Communication Vehicle Radio checks! Rich Britain

NØENO SATERN Coordinator (to left) of Thomas

Laney KEØOCA a Boy Scout fulfilling community

service time, with his dad, SATERN member Michael

Laney KEØGHU, John Capra KDØEVM, and Jim

Alexander KIØCT.

Yes, Boy Scout

Thomas Laney was a

good worker!

A new battery installed, some quick adjustments, and Mike Asselta KDØCDQ has all in order.

SATERN To Celebrate 30th Anniversary In 2018

National HQ (01/04/2018) – “SATERN (The Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio

Network) will celebrate 30 years of operation in 2018.” says National SATERN Liaison Bill

Feist (WB8BZH).

The National SATERN Committee is currently working on plans to celebrate SATERN’s 30th

Anniversary. Anyone interested in helping or providing ideas or materials such as

photographs and documents from SATERN’s early days should contact Ken Gilliland

(AG6SV) at AG6SV@ATT.net.

SATERN, founded by Maj. Patrick E. McPherson (WW9E - SK), first went on-the-air on

Saturday, 25 June 1988. Maj. Pat, as he was affectionately known, created SATERN to

provide auxiliary and emergency communications services for The Salvation Army Emergency

Disaster Services (EDS) program.

Just ten weeks later, SATERN was on the air supporting the people in Jamaica and elsewhere

in the Caribbean following Hurricane Gilbert which killed 318 people in the Caribbean and

Central America. SATERN was instrumental in providing communications between the

devastated island nation of Jamaica and the United States.

SATERN began with just four radio amateurs – two from the U.S. and two from Canada. In

the ensuing years SATERN grew from those four original volunteers to a program of over

4,500 volunteers world-wide.

Montgomery, Alabama - Alabama Governor Kay Ivey

made her Amateur Radio debut on 14 December —

It’s Alabama’s 198th birthday. And at

the same time becoming the first

person to use the state’s bicentennial

call sign, AL2C. Alabama will

celebrate its 200th anniversary in

2019, and AL2C will be on the air for

2 years as part of the statewide

celebration. Check out

http://Disaster.SalvationArmyUSA.org/

for the latest in news about

The Salvation Army Emergency

Disaster Services and SATERN.

Central Territory SATERN Net Seeking Check-Ins

Saint Germain, WI (01/04/2018) –

Central Territory SATERN Net

Manager Andrew Falkenstern

(N9NBC) reports that the Central

Territory SATERN Net is seeking more

check-ins and Net Control Operators.

The Net meets each Saturday on 7.265

MHz (+/-) at 0930 (CT). All amateur

radio operators are welcome. They do

not have to be SATERN volunteers,

members of The Salvation Army, or live

in the Central Territory which covers

the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,

Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,

Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Check out

http://Disaster.SalvationArmyUSA.org/ for the latest in news about

The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services and SATERN.

Doughnut Girls: The Women Who Fried Donuts and

Dodged Bombs on the Front Lines of

WWI

In 1917, a cheerful Salvation Army lassie handed a fresh

doughnut to a homesick doughboy in France. The Salvation

Army doughnut has symbolized loving concern for those in

the armed forces.

In 1917 young Helen Purviance, an ensign in the Salvation

Army, was sent to France to work with the American First

Division. Putting her Hoosier ingenuity to work, she and a

fellow officer, Ensign Margaret Sheldon, patted the first

dough into shape by hand, but soon employed an ordinary

wine bottle as a rolling pin. Since they had no doughnut

cutter, the lassies used a knife to cut the dough into strips and

then twisted them into crullers.

Ensign Purviance coaxed the wood fire in the potbellied stove to keep it at an even heat for

frying. Because it was back-breaking to lean over the low fire, she spent most of the time

kneeling in front of the stove.

“I was literally on my knees,” she recalled, “when those first doughnuts were fried, seven at a

time, in a small frypan. There was also a prayer in my heart that somehow this home touch

would do more for those who ate the doughnuts than satisfy a physical hunger,”

Soon the tempting aroma of frying doughnuts drew a lengthy line of soldiers to the hut.

Standing in mud and rain, they patiently waited their turn.

Although the girls worked late into the night, they could serve only 150 doughnuts the first

day. The next day, that number was doubled. A while later, when fully equipped for the job,

they fried from 2,500 to 9,000 doughnuts daily, as did other lassies along the frontline

trenches.

After several soldiers asked, “Can’t you make a doughnut with a hole in it?” Ensign

Purviance had an elderly French blacksmith improvise a doughnut cutter by fastening the top

of a condensed milk can and camphor-ice tube to a wooden block. Later, all sorts of other

inventions were employed, such as the lid from a baking powder can or a lamp chimney to cut

the doughnut, with the top of a coffee percolator to make the hole.

The soldiers cheered the doughnuts and soon referred to Salvation Army lassies as “doughnut

girls,” even when they baked apple pies or other treats. The simple doughnut became a symbol

of all that the Salvation Army was doing to ease the hardships of the frontline fighting man —

the canteens in primitive dugouts and huts, the free refreshments, religious services, concerts,

and a clothes-mending service.

Today Salvation Army Red Shield Clubs and USO units offer members of the Armed Forces a

variety of services, ranging from attractive recreational facilities to family counseling — but

the famous doughnut remains a perennial favorite.

Nor is it confined to those in uniform. During every sort of

peacetime emergency –fires, floods, earthquake, transit

strikes, blackouts — The Salvation Army’s mobile canteens

have provided thousands of civilians with the doughnuts that

stand for the Salvationist loves concern and readiness to help

in time of need.

Sources: Susan Mitchem Director of the Archives at

Salvation Army Headquarters provided this article

QST Magazine February 2018

“WW1USA: A Series of Truly

Special Events”

Fifteen events commemorate the centennial of World War I article by

Randal R. Schulze, KDØHKD, with a picture of a number of local

HAMS, pp.71-74. (Permission granted by Maty Weinberg,

KB1EIB, ARRL Production Coordinator)

SATERN January 2018 Volunteer Hours by Henry

Monton WØIE

Name Call Sign Hours

Andera, Jim K0NK 7

Asselta, Mike KD0CDQ 23

Britain, Deb AB0UY 1

Britain, Richard N0ENO 37

Clark, Lee ND0K 5

Dunham, Neil KA8MMI 2.5

Hollar, Mike KE0CXR 1

Krout, Joe W0PWJ 5

Laney, Mike KE0GHU 9

Laney, Thomas KE0OCA 8

Lester, Steve KD0EKS 15

Loper III, Charles KC0UYR 2

Martin, Darren N0MZW 6*

Martin, Robert N0RDM 5

McCarville, George WB0CNK 10

Monton, Anna W0AJM 2

Monton, Henry W0IE 11

Scott, JB KD0CSL 4

Short, Brian KC0BS 12

Volunteers reporting: 19 Total hours this month: 165.5

Twelve month total: 2,168.9 (Feb 2017 – Jan 2018)

Twelve month average: 180.74

*Includes 3.5 hours submitted

too late to include in the Dec

2017 report.

Sedgwick County SATERN Net: W0VFW/R 145.270 (-)

@ 7:30 PM

1/28/2018

Members:

AB0RC

KB0HAZ

KD0CSL NCS

KE0CXR X

KE0ORN

KG0WQ

W0AJM X

W0IE X

W0REM

Guests:

KE0OSK X

WESTERN DIVISION Emergency Disaster Services

Summit February 22, 23, 24 & 25, 2018.

Location Lodging & Classes are at:

Gene Eppley Camp and Retreat Center

915 Allied Road

Bellevue, NE 68123 9) 291-1912 ∙ www.geneeppleycamp.or

Event Description:

Emergency Disaster Services Volunteers will be offered a variety of workshops to increase

their knowledge of The Salvation Army as well as share ideas. Those attending Emergency

Disaster Services workshops will receive certification for the courses.

Local, state, and federal government disaster management agencies are becoming increasingly

insistent for all responders to be properly trained and credentialed by associated NGOs (Non-

Government Organizations).

Service Extension Unit Volunteers are also invited to fully participate in the Emergency

Disaster Services Summit and the courses being offered.

You must have Introduction to The Salvation Emergency Disaster Services to

ATTEND this event. You can take this course online ahead of time if you do not

have this course. Please go to http://disaster.salvationarmyusa.org follow the

instructions to create a profile and to take the Intro course.

Do you like to read?

An outstanding, revealing biography of William and Catherine Booth which I read in 2013 is

available on request at our local library.

“Blood and Fire William and Catherine Booth and Their

Salvation Army.” author, Hattersley, Roy , 1999.

“How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the

German Army in World War I.” Author, Yockelson,

Mitchell A. , 2016. Read about The Salvation Army on

pages 47, & 163-4.

“Leadership Secrets of The Salvation Army.” Author Robert A.

Watson, 2012. “The Salvation Army is by far The Most Effective

Organization in the U.S.A.”(Currently is not available at public

library.)

The INTERNATIONAL SATERN SSB NET is on 14.265.0 MHz on Monday through

Saturday at 11:00 AM (ET) / 10:00 AM (CT), 0900 (MT), 0800 (PT).

The INTERNATIONAL SATERN DIGI-NET is on 14.065.0 MHz on Saturdays at 1:00 PM

(Eastern) / 12:00 PM (Central). Default mode is OLIVIA 8/500 (8 Tones, 500 Wide) offset by

the standard 1000 Hz.

The CENTRAL TERRITORY SATERN HF SSB NET is on 7.265.0 MHz on Saturdays at

1430 Z / 09:30 AM (CT). New time

The EASTERN TERRITORY SATERN HF SSB NET will be reactivated in the near future.

The SOUTHERN TERRITORY SATERN HF SSB NET is on 7.262.0 MHz on Saturdays at

11:00 AM (Eastern) / 10:00 AM (Central).

The WESTERN TERRITORY SATERN HF SSB NET is on 3.977.7 MHz on Sundays at 1600

Z / 10:00 PM (Mountain) / (9:00 PM (Pacific). The pre-net begins two hours earlier and

stations can use Net Logger on the internet to check-in and monitor the net.

Title: SATERN KC Metro 2 Meter Net

Date: Tuesday’s

Time: 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Central Time (US & Canada)

Location: 145.130 MHz (Negative Offset) Ararat Shrine Repeater

Notes:

Please join us for the SATERN KC Area Metro 2 Meter Net.

It is on the Ararat Shrine Repeater.

Title: SATERN Divisional HF Net

Date: Tuesday’s

Time: 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm Central Time (US & Canada)

Location: 3.820 MHz Plus or Minus 10 KHz for QRM

Notes:

Please look for the net control station George, WB0CNK, or

Chuck, KC0NUG.

Title: SATERN Divisional

PSK-31 Net

Date: Tuesday’s, 2018

Time: 9:00 pm –9:30 pm Central Time (US & Canada)

Location: 3.579.5

MHz

Notes: Please look for the net control station, Chuck KC0NUG.

The Wichita Area SATERN 2 Meter Net is held on the W0VFW Repeater at

145.270 MHz (- offset) on the fourth Sunday of the month at 7:30 PM local

time (0030 UTC).

See you February 12th at The Salvation Army

Olathe Corps, 420 East Santa Fe, Olathe, Kansas 66061, at

7pm. (picture left)

SEDGWICK COUNTY SATERN meeting on the 2nd Thursday of each month, in the City Command

building, at 6:30 PM local time. The address is 350 N. Market, Wichita, Kansas 67202

WYANDOTTE COUNTY SATERN meeting - On the

third Thursday of the month at the Harbor Light Village

Salvation Army Corps, 6721 State Avenue, Kansas City, KS.

The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. in conjunction with the

Jayhawk Amateur Radio Society. (picture left)

Mike Asselta kdØcdq@arrl.net

Kansas & Western Missouri Divisional PIO Editor Volume Year 8 Number 2 February 2018