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<DIV>George,</DIV>
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<DIV>All is well here in NW Houston, specifically Cypress... power restored as of 10am Sat. I am in the shop as I type working on projects. </DIV>
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<DIV>I vote to go forward with the contest as planned.</DIV>
<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Glen Watson</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: <glmiller3@suddenlink.net> <BR><BR>> Hi all, <BR>> <BR>> As I start cleaning up here in Lake Charles after IKE, I see on the news that <BR>> the Houston and Beaumont areas were much harder hit than we were. Since most of <BR>> the contestant pool for our upcoming contest (Gulf Coast Pattern Championship) <BR>> planned for October 4-5 would be coming from that area, I'm wondering how you <BR>> guys feel about it? <BR>> <BR>> Were you: <BR>> 1) far enough inland to avoid significant damage and want to proceed as planned <BR>> 2) Have too much going on now to worry about pattern and would rather cancel or <BR>> postpone the contest? <BR>> <BR>> I haven't been out to our field yet to assess the damage there ( Rita took off <BR>> our canopy and club house roof, and destroyed most of our w
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bles), but I <BR>> doubt that the runway was damaged, so if you want to have it, we can probably go <BR>> ahead from a facilities standpoint. <BR>> <BR>> My thoughts today are with Ron, Glen, Jim, Mark, Richard, Buddy, and the other <BR>> "pattern guys" out there in SE TX. <BR>> <BR>> I realize that if you had significant damage, you probably won't get this <BR>> message, but it's the thought that counts<G>. <BR>> <BR>> G <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list <BR>> NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org <BR>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>