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.

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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 SK NE5V Chris Miller
1982 SK WB5ELG Dorothy Dirickson
1983 SK N5ABR GL 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 SK W5TUK Jim Brunson
1994 SK N5OWQ Quinn Farabee
1995 SK
SK
WA5EZT
WA5EQQ
Charlie Thorpe
Mike LeFan
1996 SK
SK
W5ZIN
NF5T
Hubert Perry
Bob Oliver
1997 SK WD5GKH
WA5JFZ
Charlie Ogilvie
Jane Eastman
1998 SK
SK
W5AYX
W5ERT
JW Roach
Floyd Gravitt
1999 SK
SK
N5NAV
K5IQZ
Ray Taylor
Dan Whelchel
2000 SK
SK
K5BNH
W4RRX
Bea Winnett
Everett Buck
2001 SK WB5ZED Leon Lesser
2002 SK N5IKN Tom Johnson
2003 W6CL Carol Lynch
2004 AC5XK Don Perese
2005 N5SIG Randy Phelps
2006 SK WB5NCK Archie Anderson
2007 KD5TXD Patricia Allison
2008 SK K5BMR George Bobo
2009 SK K8KP Joe Kallina
2010 KC0M Larry Burchett
2011 W5UFO Tom Ernest
2012 SK WB5NGV Charles Culver
2013 W5BWC John Keith
2014 W5IM Jim Bomer
2015 N5MSE Alan Walraven
2016 SK W5DAD Newt Campbell
2017 KF5QEZ George Bradford
2018 WA5VAS Gary Caywood
2019 KE5LTA Mary Peelman
2020 Picnic Canceled Covid
2021 WA5FLV Gary Sherard
2022 KF5OMH Ron Ford
2023 KZ5Z Jon Lofton