<**><**>¢ PRESIDENTS MESSAGE¢ by ALEX PIGNATO¢¢ This issue of the newsletter is¢ dedicated to the memory of those¢ innocent people who died in that¢ cowardly bombing in OKLAHOMA CITY. I¢ hope the criminals are caught and they¢ are brought to justice!¢¢ Good news, our senior member BILL¢ SMINKEY wrote that he is slowly coming¢ along after another relapse of his¢ illness. We all wish him good health.¢¢ Our member JOE HICSWA (also¢ President of JACG) advises that he¢ will be off and running on his 1978¢ HONDA motorcycle, traveling SOLO,¢ through AMERICA, much as he did last¢ year. See, we have our own intrepid¢ explorer.¢¢ Once again, we will be having our¢ annual (picnic??) restaurant dinner on¢ July 14th, at the same place we all¢ enjoyed the last couple of dinners,¢ namely, LAMBROU's, 4073 Austin Blvd. ,¢ Island Park. Hope we have a good¢ turnout. I would remind you that this¢ part of the newsletter is being¢ written prior to that date, but if I¢ have the time and space, I may be able¢ to give you a report on the dinner in¢ this same newsletter.¢¢ The next NEAR*US meeting, will be¢ at the OL' HACKERS meeting place, THE¢ PLAINVIEW Library on Saturday, JUNE¢ 17th, at 11:30 AM. We expect a goodly¢ crowd, as it will also be a Swap and¢ Shop meet, and we hope to have a guest¢ speaker from WIZTRONICS. At least five¢ ATARI clubs are expected to attend.¢¢ PLEASE NOTE new address:¢ Fine Tooned Enginering¢ P.O. BOX 31270¢ Mesa, AZ 85275¢¢ 6/23/95 The NEAR*US meeting and SWAP/¢ meet was a success. Much discussion¢ about where NEAR*US is headed at this¢ time. JON MORDOSKY, advised he could¢ not continue as chairman due to many¢ job and personal demands on his time.¢ No one volunteered, so we are sort of¢ rudderless right now. Next meeting is¢ at LIAUG's Smithtown Library on Oct.¢ 17th.¢ The Swap meet had many 8 and 16 BIT¢ bargains. I heard an 8 BIT'er say, he¢ had never seen so much 8 BIT stuff in¢ one place! Ya shoulda been there!¢¢ Thats it for this newsletter,¢ enjoy the rest of the newsletter!¢ *==*¢¢
