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IN SOUTH EASTERN KENTUCKY IN FLOYD COUNTRY ON HIGHWAY US 80 ABOUT 2O MILES
WEST OF PRESTONSBURG ON THE RIGHT FORK OF BEAVER CREEK LIES THE SMALL
TOWN OF GARRETT.
AT GARRETT IS WHERE THE ROCK FOLK CREEK AND STONE COAL CREEK RUN INTO
BEAVER CREEK. I LIVE AT THE HEAD OF STONE COLD ROAD, IT USED TO BE CALL
STONE COAL CREEK , I GUESS IT GOT CHANGE AFTER THE ROAD WAS PUT IN
(NO SEEM TO KNOW HOW STONE COAL GOT IT NAME ) I LIVE UP IN THE HEAD OF
A HOLLOW ABOUT MILE FROM THE BLACK TOP ROAD.
I WENT TO A 4 ROOM SCHOOL ON STONE COLD CREEK UNTIL THE 8 GRADE
AND THEN I WENT TO THE GARRETT HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER GRADUATION IN SPRING
1970 FROM HIGH SCHOOL. I WORK THE SUMMER DRILLING WATER WELL AND ONE GAS
WELL AND MOVE TO INDIANA IN THE FALL 1970 AND STATED TO WORK AT BETHLEHEM
STEEL MILL .
I WORK IN THE COKE OVEN AT THE STEEL MILL ,WITH A CB'ER (BIG JOHN)
BUT BIG JOHN WAS ONLY 5 FEET 6 INCH TALL. AND WEIGHT ABOUT 110
POUND. WE WORKED ON THE SAME CREW TOGETHER AND BIG JOHN LIKE TO TALK
ABOUT CB HOW FAR HE COULD TALK AND HOW MANY WATTS HE RUNNING. HAVEING
ALWAY LIKEING TO PLAY WITH TV AND RADIO THIS SEEM TO BE SOMETHNIG NEW
TO CHECK OUT. LIVEING BY A LIBRARY I STARTED TO CHECKING ON SOME BOOK FOR
CB' AND HAM RADIO KEEP COMEING UP. START READING ABOUT HAM RADIO AND
WHAT YOU COULD DO WITH VERY LOW POWER AND JUST A WIRE ANTENNA. THE MORE
I READ ABOUT HAM RADIO THE MORE I WANT TO KNOW. I GUESS THAT WAS THE
START OF HAM RADIO GOT MY NOVICE TICKET IN FALL OF 1974 (WB9ZDV)
AND MADE GENERAL IN JUNE OF 1975. IN 1979 I MOVE TO VAPLARASIO.IND
FROM GARY.IND AND CHANGE MY CALL TO (N9FDF). AND 1991 I UPGRADE TO
ADVANCE CLASS. IN 2001 I UPGRADE TO A EXTRA IN 2000 WHEN MY ADVANCE TICKET
EXPIRTED.
IN 2002 BETHLEHEM STEEL WENT INTO BANKRUPTS AND WE LOST ALL OF RETIREMENT
PENSION AND BENETIF. THE GROVENMENT TOOK OVER THE RETIREMENT PENSION AND
WE GET LESS THEN HALF OF NORMAL RETIREMENT UNDER BETHLEHEM STEEL.
A COMPANY BY THE NAME OF I S G TOOK OVER BETHLEHEM STEEL. AFTER
BUYING THEM OUT. I WORK IN THE 160 PLATE MILL AS A MILLWRIGHT FOR I S G
IN JULY 2005 I WENT TO THE DOCTOR FOR A MY YEARLY CHECK UP, THEY TOOK A
CHEST XRAY AND FIND THAT I HAVE A FORM OF CANCER IN MY CHEST IN BETWEEN THE
LUNGS BUT NOT IN THE LUNGS. THE DOC TOOK A BIOPSY OF IT AND AFTER SOME MORE
TESTING THEY STARTED ME ON CHEMO TREATMENT IN AUGEST 2005, FOR 6 MONTH
(MORE LATER)
BEENING A HAM FOR 30 YEARS NOW I STILL ENJOYING HAM RADIO AND BUILDING
PROJECT FOR THE HOBBY AND THE BEST THING OF ALL IS A GOOD CW CONTACT ON 40
OR 80 METER.
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