Bonner County Commissioners Jeff Connolly, Dan McDonald and Steve Bradshaw have issued a county proclamation of Amateur Radio Week in support of the upcoming ARRL Field Day, sponsored locally by Bonner County ARES (download from this link).

The text of the proclamation reads as follows:

Whereas, Amateur Radio operators are celebrating over a century of the miracle of the human voice broadcast over the airwaves; and
Whereas, Amateur Radio has continued to provide a bridge between peoples, societies and countries by creating friendships and the sharing of ideas; and
Whereas, Amateur Radio Operators have also provided countless hours of community services both in emergencies and to other local organizations throughout these decades; and
Whereas, these Amateur Radio services are provided wholly uncompensated; and
Whereas, the State also recognizes the services Amateur Radio’s people also provide to our many Emergency Response organizations, including Bonner County Emergency Management and other Public Safety Agencies; and
Whereas, these same individuals have further demonstrated their value in public assistance by providing free radio communications for local parades, bike-a-thons, walk-a-thons, fairs and other charitable public events; and
Whereas, Bonner County recognizes and appreciates the diligence of these “hams” who also serve as weather spotters in the Skywarn program of the US Government Weather Bureau; and
Whereas, the ARRL is the leading organization for Amateur Radio in the USA; and Whereas, the ARRL Amateur Radio Field Day exercise will take place on June 22-23, 2019 and is a 24- hour emergency preparedness exercise and demonstration of the Radio Amateurs’ skills and readiness to provide self-supporting communications without further infrastructure being required;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Bonner County Board of Commissioners does hereby proclaim the week of June 17-23 as Amateur Radio Week, and June 22-23, 2019, as Bonner County ARES/RACES Field Day.
DULY APPROVED by the Bonner County Board of Commissioners this 11th June, 2019.
BONNER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS