Gregory Shaskan MD Award for Outstanding Medical Service
2018 Recipient  David Kleckner
 

The Gregory Shaskan MD Memorial Award was created in 2010 to honor the memory of former Medical Volunteer Dr. Gregory Shaskan. Dr. Shaskan served as Code Team Medical Captain at the Chicago Marathon from 2007-09. He was commited to the assurance that every participant finished safely. He also served as a mentor for other health care professionals to help them promote healthy living throughout the community. Each year, this award will be given to the Medical Volunteer team member who exemplifies commitment and professionalism. This individual has shown great leadership in the field of marathon medicine and additionally has served as a teacher to those who follow.

David Kleckner has been a critical part of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon for the last 10 years. He came to the event has a part of the ham radio team, and has since applied his professional experience in meteorology to support the race from an emergency preparedness standpoint. In the days and weeks leading up to the Chicago Marathon, David closely examines the weather feeds and patterns to create custom forecasts for the event. His predictive models help to inform our Event Alert System and ensure that everyone is prepared for changing conditions leading up to and during the race.

Annual Meeting
January 14th, 2019
 

Everyone is encouraged to attend the January meeting. This is the meeting where annual reports are presented on our accomplishments in 2018 and plans for 2019. Also elections to the board for the 4 board members who's terms are expiring. Please join us.

RIP N4MJV
Veteran of three wars. WWII, Korea and Vietnam

94 Years young Jim Walch, N4MJV recently moved here from Alabama to be near family. His daughter reached out to RACES to see if we could help get him back on the air. Thanks to Dave, KC9GZB and Harry W9BR Jim was soon up and running on 2 Meters. Sadly, Jim passed away a week later, but we were told that he had a smile on his face all week, being back on the air. RIP Jim.

Amateur License Testing

Members and the public are reminded that our VE Team conducts license testing every second Monday at 7PM at the Lake County EOC in Libertyville. Watch this website for exact dates as some may be offset due to holidays. Walk ins are welcome however pre-registration is available.

More details about our VE program are available here and Pre registration is available here.