The History of the Whitney Nugget

(As told by Jane Eastman WA5JFZ)

We never had prizes, but as Net Secretary, I wrote everyone's name on a piece of paper and put them into this big coffee can, just in case we did have a prize.  Sometimes in April it is pretty windy, so I went out in the yard at Lake Whitney, picked up a big rock to hold the names down in the can.  I brought the can home and for "kicks" said "who would have won if we had a prize", I pulled out Lee Ulrey K5HZR, so when he and Emma visited us next I presented him the "Whitney Nugget".  He was so honored, we chose the most deserving one for the next year and so on.  At first it was just the rock that the recipient signed and passed on.

Whitney Nugget Recipients

1976   SK       K5HZR       Lee Ulrey 

1977   SK       W5KLV      Jerry Connaway 

1978   SK       WA5YEA   James Dunn 

1979               N5FN        Roger Coday 

1980   SK       W5TYS     Will Thompson 

1981               NE5V        Chris Miller 

1982   SK        WB5ELG  Dorothy Dirickson 

1983   SK        N5ABR     G.L. Webb 

1984                KA5AZK   Jo Ann Keith 

1985   SK         K5OWK    Marty Green 

1986   SK         W5KBP    Trevor McNutt 

1987   SK         WA5ZJY   Karl Hutcheson 

1988   SK         W5CTZ    Harry Pfeiffer 

1989   SK         KC5GO    Edd Price 

1990   SK         W5YQZ    Henry Dingus 

1991   SK         KD5RC     Dale Jobson 

1992   SK         WB5BKM  George Winship, Sr. 

1993                 W5TUK    Jim Brunson 

1994   SK          N5OWQ   Quinn Farabee 

1995   SK          WA5EZT  Charlie Thorpe 

                         WA5EQQ Mike Lefan 

1996                  W5ZIN     Hubert Perry 

           SK           NF5T      Bob Oliver 

1997                  WD5GKH Charlie Ogilvie 

                          WA5JFZ   Jane Eastman 

1998                  W5AYX    J.W. Roach 

            SK         W5ERT    Floyd Gravitt 

1999                  N5NAV     Ray Taylor 

            SK          K5IQZ      Dan Whelchel 

2000                   K5BNH    Bea Winnett 

            SK          W4RRX    Everett Buck 

2001                  WB5ZED  Leon Lesser 

2002   SK           N5IKN      Tom Johnson 

2003                  W6CL      Carol Lynch 

2004                  AC5XK     Don Perese 

2005                  N5SIG       Randy Phelps 

2006                  WB5NCK   Archie Anderson 

2007                   KD5TXD   Patricia Allison 

2008                   K5BMR     George Bobo

SK indicates Silent Key