The Signal Kinzua Power Squadron a unit of

The United States Power Squadron

4 Vine Street,

Warren PA,16365

The SignalThe official publication of

Kinzua Power SquadronDistrict 11

A unit of the United States Power Squadrons

Calendar of Events

May 14, 2014 regular monthly meeting at the public library from six o’clock to eight o’clock.

June 1, 2014 boating class at Smith boys Marina on Chautauqua Lake from 8:30 to 12:30

June 11, 2014 regular monthly meeting at the public library from six o’clock to eight o’clock.

June 14 2014 boating class at Smith boys Marina on Chautauqua Lake from 8:30 to 12:30

June 14, 2014 boating class at Wolf run Marina from 8:30 to 12:30.

June 28, 2014 boating class at Wolf run Marina from 8:30 to 12:30

There will be no meeting for July

Squadron bridge officers for 2013/2014

Commander Cdr. David Hollingshead AP 814 – 726 – 1517

Executive officer Lt/C Victor Defrisco 716 – 665 – 6155

Education officer P/C William Ransom SN 814 – 723 – 5107

Admin officer P/C Bruce Battler JN 716 – 664 – 7865

Secretary P/D/C Samuel Lore JN 814– 723 – 1215

Treasurer P/D/C Douglas Walters SN 814 – 723 – 5408

Published bimonthly by the Kinzua Power Squadron, a unit of the United States Power Squad-

rons, District11, incorporated in Pennsylvania as a non profit organization. Information to be

published in The Signal must be in the hands of the editor no later than 10 days prior to publica-

tion dates. The editors reserve the right with mutual agreement to edit contributions. The Signal

is the official publication of the Kinzua Power Squadron. It does not necessary reflect the views

of the squadron or of the USPS. Opinions expressed are those of the writers and their publica-

tion does not imply agreement with the Editors, the KPS or the USPS. Material in this publica-

tion may be reprinted unless otherwise stated.

Squadron Editor: David B Hollingshead AP

Volume 45, Issue 17

The Signal

Education Department

Courses for USPS Members

Advanced Grades

Seamanship, Piloting , Advanced Piloting, Junior Navigation and Navigation

Elective Courses

Engine Maintenance, Marine Electronics, Cruise Planning, Weather, Sail & Instructor Devel-

opment

From the editor’s desk

For some time now I have dwelled upon and even procrastinated about do-

ing my job as editor of the Signal. Ever since my bout of pneumonia that ended

in January I have not had the ambition or responsibility about doing this job, fi-

nally I have crawled out from underneath my rock and got some of my ambition

back so I am going to give it a try to produce our newsletter! There has been a lot

of things going on in my life and I will not dwell upon them That being said and

done I am going to try to get things back in order and be the Editor again.

As editor it is my job to produce the newsletter and gave you articles that

are interesting and newsworthy. I am always asking people to give me an article

for the Signal and I have written a few small articles myself and this is where I

find the difficulty in doing the newsletter.

June Birthdays

David W Winans June 11

Floyd Russ June 15

May Birthdays

Bruce Battler May 4

Bill Ransom May 8

Warren Bobeau May 14

David Gaff Winans May 26

As you can see from our calendar of events we have a pretty intense month

of public boating courses. We just finished two boating courses in March , one

was here in Warren with nine students and the other was at Smith boys Marina on

Chautauqua Lake with nine more students. I have been talking to Wolf run Mari-

na about holding a class for them and they are very interested in doing so. The

Chautauqua yacht club and Smith boys Marina want us to hold a class up there.

We are making one class up there which will be held at Smith boys on June 1 and

14th and a class at Wolf Run Marina will be on June 21 and 28th. Hopefully we

may see a few new members from these boating classes.

We have changed our meeting date to the second Wednesday of the month

And the meeting place is at the Warren Public Library

March 22, 2014 Kinzua Power Squadron

March 29, 2014 Spring Conference