<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Aug 28, 2006, at 10:59 AM, <A href="mailto:BUDDYonRC@aol.com">BUDDYonRC@aol.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT id="role_document" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> <DIV>I would like to inform all the guy's in pattern that we have lost one of our own.</DIV> <DIV>This morning one of my best friends Ray Rhodes passed away. Ray was one of the founding members of the Mid-County R/C Club, and competed in many local pattern contests. He will be missed by all who knew him. He was found this morning by a neighbor sitting in his favorite chair on his patio where he went every morning to enjoy his morning coffee and cigar. As soon as I have more information I will post it here.</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>I knew Ray was sick at the Baton Rouge contest last year, but when I saw him at this year's contest, he looked and acted so much better that I thought he was over the hump. He and I would trade beating each other in the Master class and I will miss seeing his smiling face.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Ron Van Putte</DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>