March & April Events

Public Service – N8ADO Xenia Marathon coming April 7th State Wide Tornado Drill – March 20th Skywarn Spotter Training – In Person March 27th at 6pmMedia Room in the county building on Ledbetter Road Advanced Training is in Columbus April 20th GCARES has been asked to help EMA on April 8th NVIS Day – April 27th more info to come

March 2024 President’s Message

Hello XWARN!Time is moving so quickly. I cannot believe that we are already in the middle of March. Hamvention will be here before we know it. T-Shirts have been decided. Be thinking about when you can volunteer to sell them. Remember all members are required two hours. In just a few short weeks, we have our first large public service event with the Xenia Marathon. Please come out and help if you are able. We need lots of volunteers to make this event successful. I would like to extend a huge thank you to John Westerkamp, W8LRJ, and Tim Procuniar,…

Xenia Marathon

Sunday, April 7Full Marathon, Half Marathon, 10 KStarting gun at 8:00, Official end at 6 hours after the start. For course maps, etc. see the website RUNXENIA.COM Last time we had 21 volunteers, which worked out OK as some of us wereable to cover multiple locations. More eyes and more communications arealways good. In addition to spotters at designated places, we can useseveral bicycle mobiles to patrol the course and to track the tail ends. Duties: Report progress of race information (lead runners, runnerdensity, tail end), Report runner injuries and/or the need forassistance, Report logistical issues, Assist course marshals Required equipment:…