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Message From the President

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Upcoming Meetings. High Flyers

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UFO Get Togethers

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New UFO Members,

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The High Flyers

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From The Flight Deck

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When I open my e-mail program every morning, I often see a few messages from our members with routine questions, or from individuals interested in joining our organization. Most are easy to answer, and of the latter I direct to our website at www.ufopilots.org and explain how to download the application and our multiple dues payment options. But occasionally I receive a note from an existing member explaining that he or she has stopped flying and is no longer eligible to retain his/her membership. I respond immediately and explain that this is incorrect, and that our only membership qualification is that the individual must be qualified as a pilot in command on or after his or her 80th birthday. They can cease flying the next day and still be a qualified as a UFO member. I’m not sure how often this misunderstanding is present in the general membership, but if any of your UFO acquaintances are laboring under this misconception, please let them know that we would be pleased to continue to welcome them into our organization. Warren Wood • President Email: wgwood99@comcast.net

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UFO Regional Meeting at

AOPA. OCT 12

First there was a "left seat", a "right seat" and a "jump seat". Then somewhere along the line the right seat disappeared. (Don't ask why). A little later on, the right seat reappeared and the jump seat went away. Regardless of what you call these collected UFO

ramblings, one thing is certain; the view from up here is interesting—to say the least. One other thing is certain--the various contributors to this column all had an abiding love of aviation in general and the UFO organization in particular. Names such as Bart Bratko, Bill Webber, Charlie Lopez, Nancy Warren to name a few are all fondly remembered for all the many contributions they made to the UFO. Truly, their legacy leaves an awesome responsibility. If the UFO is to continue growing, it would seem that we need to place increased reliance on individual recruiting efforts. In the near future, there will be changes made to the requirement for a third-class medical certificate. This in turn will have a negative impact on the recruiting list which we obtain from the FAA. Many of us are also members of other organizations (AOPA, EAA, Wright Brothers Master Pilot, etc.) which conceivably could contain UFO wannabe's. Let's all do our part to insure that the UFO continues to grow and prosper.

Jim Cavender—South West Regional Manager Email: jimcavende@gmail.com

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John has been a UFO member for a while, but sent in a write-up as be-ing one of the luckiest UFO pilots!! His luck included: 47 intentional parachute jumps, 1960s aerial supply of Recon Marines, 3 years chas-ing drug-lords in Mojave Desert, 2 broken engine mount bolts on this Stearman, supercharger failure off the coast of Kalaupapa, 2 engine fires, one Kamikaze flight, numerous flights over the snowy Sierra Ne-vadas. Keep up with the lucky and joyful flying.

UFO Reg. Mtg. at AOPA Oct 12 — 11:00 AOPA Natl. Aviation Comm. Ctr. (FDK) Fredrick, MD Texas Roundup XIII Oct 19—11:30 “Mixed Up Burgers” Grand Prairie Airport, TX (GPM) UFO Branson Fall Color Mtg II Oct 25—10:00 Timble's Treasures/Ozark Auto Show , Hollister, MO San Diego Gaggle OCT 30—11:15 Brown Field (SDM) EAA Hangar #14 San Diego, CA

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List of Up and Coming UFO Meetings UFO

Paul Woche (82) Smithfield, VA

Paul presently flies for the USCG auxiliary and has a long history of flying. He spent 26 years active duty Air Force and flew air-craft ranging from C123, C119, to KC 95 and KC135. He served as a combat pilot, Squadron commander, Wing staff Officer and Operations Officer at the Pentagon. Paul has over 9000 hours and loves flying his 1961 V-tail Bonanza.

John Davis (87) Westminister, MD

John Davis is a member of “Pilots N Paws” and uses his airplane to help transport our 4 legged friends to new homes. NBC cov-ered his story and can be viewed at www.your4state.com. Search on Scooby and Shaggy. It’s a great story about 2 Great Danes that needed to be transported from Hagerston, MD to Wis-consin . John has found a great reason to keep flying.

John Luke (84) Twentynine Palms, CA

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3 Months of Get-Togethers and Meetings Reports On UFO Members That Had Local Meetings!!

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The UFO and Wright Bros Master Pilots meeting was on July 14 at the Mission Aviation Fellowship complex in Nampa, ID. 24 arrived around 11am to be pre-sented with a spectacular tour of this es-tablishment. They gave us the feeling that they were doing a wonderful job of helping those in need all over the world. How? By training volunteers to go with their airplanes and equipment to faraway lands that have no help available. They have many types of aircraft including 7 Quest Kodiacs made in Sandpoint, ID and Caravans. They furnished lunch for all of us and helped take us to the War Hawk Museum a mile away. This is all the creation of UFO Don Taylor of Em-mett, ID. Working with him was UFO Norm Kinney of Melba, ID. This is the first time we have met in Southern Idaho.

UFO and WBMP Meeting July 14, 2016 (MAN) Nampa, ID

UFO and Wright Bros Master Pilots had a great meeting in Spokane at The Signature FBO at Spo-kane International Airport. It started at11am and lunch was catered by the Long Horn Barbeque restaurant. What a spread of great food.. We counted 28 attending. This is the 5th meeting we have had in the NW bringing together UFOs and Wright Bros Master Pilots. The Wright Bros can be as young as 70 and the UFOs as young as 80. We all know those young ones will eventually be old enough to be UFOs. Jim Cavender came all the way from Fort Worth Texas to see if this new idea is working. His comment: “You do good work , Bill Webber”. We had three arriving by air, Roy Skelton(Okanogan) Don Clayhold (Kennewick), and John and Pat Harns (Post Falls, ID). This idea could be a great start of those who want to socialize because that helps them all have a chance to live until they are 100.

UFO and WBMP Meeting July 13, 2016 (GEG) Spokane, WA

3 Months of Get-Togethers and Meetings Reports On UFO Members That Had Local Meetings!!

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Wow what a spectacular clear day for a fly-in meeting at Friday Harbor-part of the San Juan Is-lands. We were surprised by the great attendance. Bill Webber and his son Rick flew in from Spokane and shortly after we arrived, we started handing out name tags. Bill had preprinted them up for those that said they were coming. All of a sudden there were people arriving that didn’t sign up. We made extras but ran out. What a nice problem to have. The final count was 52. This is the largest attendance we have had since we started in 2008. That year there were only 11. We rushed to see the owner of the restaurant. I hope you have enough food for many extra people She assured me we would work out something for everyone. The hamburgers, soup and salad were de-licious. It was almost standing room only but we found enough chairs for everyone. John Gey-man was in charge of directing the airplanes. We estimate there were 24. We filled the parking area. We had aircraft from Cameron Park, CA, Corvallis, OR, Wilsonville, OR, and Everett, WA. All the UFOs and Master Pilots had a chance to each talk for 3 minutes because there were so many. Great clear day for a wonderful meeting.

UFO and WBMP Meeting 8/24/2016 (FHR) Friday Harbor, WA

224 Attend UFO and WBMP Meeting in WA, ID, OR

This is the first time that the UFO has invited the Wright Brothers Master Pilots to join them in their meetings. Out West, we had 7 meetings and those that attended received a packet listing the members of the UFO and WBM Pilots in that State including their Name, Age, Phone and Email. Here are the statistics of those meetings. Everett. WA May 18, 2016 29 Attended Salem, OR May 19, 2016 43 Attended Hamilton, MT June 23,2016 16 Attended Bozeman, MT June 24, 2016 23 Attended Spokane, WA July 13, 2016 32 Attended Nampa, ID July 15, 2016 29 Attended Friday Harbor, WA August 14, 2016 52 Attended Total 224 U n i t e d F l y i n g O c t o g e n a r i a n s

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Low turnout, no excuse! Only eight of UFOs were there out of about 30 diners for beef and chicken tacos for lunch. Weather was good but too many other things were going on. Bert Bate regaled us about the first five days at Oshkosh. Next gaggle is to be in con-junction with EAA 14’s 60th anniversary cele-bration, with BBQ & Octoberfest on October 29th. C U there!

Gaggle July 30, 2016 Brown Field (SDM) San Diego, CA

There were eight hardy UFOers who braved the stormy weather to gather at KGPM (Grand Prairie Municipal) for ROUNDUP XII on July 27. Not only that but we had two intrepid members who flew-in in spite of less than ideal flying weather. Our speaker for the day had to beg off. He was scheduled to fly-in from Copperas Cove. Dick will try again in October. This snap-shot of our gang was taken in front of Jack Russell's beautiful twin Navajo. Next up: ROUNDUP XIII on October 19.

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Friday, August 12th found a group of UFOs seated around two long tables at Dale Ether-ington’s airport, Glendale 8I3, feasting on fried chicken and an awesome array of other foods prepared by local (and excel-lent) cooks! The room was filled with fellowship, conver-

sation, and shared enjoyment in the delicious food. Attending besides Dale and his wife and daughter were Charlie Holleman & George Palmer from West Lafayette, Jim Campbell from Car-mel, Ralph Jeffers from Peru, Bob Plattner (who has never missed a meeting) from Fort Wayne, Gene & Barbara McCauley from Kokomo, Jim & Ginger Wright from Kokomo, George Robbins & pilot daughter Karen James from Seymour, and Nancy Warren from Columbus. Following lunch, everyone was transported to Grissom Air Force Base to spend some time in their museum and to walk outside among the aircraft on static display; aircraft which evoked many memories for some of our UFO members. What a wonderful day and a terrific way to be with aviation friends!

Texas Roundup XII July 27, 2016 (GPM) Grand Prairie, TX

Glendale Airport August 12, 2016 (8I3) Kokomo, IN

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Name St. Phone

C Kenneth Moon AK (907)646-1715

George Loegering AZ (623)533-6236

Alford Albertson CA (559)924-9418

Patrick Healy CA (831)624-8101

Donald Field FL (352)751-7521

James Berger IN (317)508-4122

Brady Holderread IN (574)850-0901

Straughan Tom LA (318)251-2620

James Geanakos MA (781)646-3363

Mitchell Etchart MT (406)228-2291

Gary Stensatter MT (406)251-3527

Lewis Gage NV (775)826-7184

Charles Humbert OH (216)870-8413

We have 2 Members that are over 100 Helen Kuhn (102) Orlando, FL Walter Ribeiro (100) Voorhees, NJ

We now have 1438 members. Since June 30 2016 we added 26 new members.

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Harlan Jewett OH (330)725-8201

Delores Jewett OH (330)725-8201

Philip Kidd OR (541)687-2947

Joe Smith OR

Paul Schlosser SC (843)422-1110

Rnald Damrill TX (253)208-5960

James Humphries Jr TX (210)494-0112

Daniel Nicholson TX (713)703-9333

Vern Kilbourn UT (435)619-0716

Leroy Blum WA (509)258-4543

Richard Laws WA (480)335-2789

John Nygaard WA (425)747-0412

Carleton Waldrop WA (509)332-2675

These pictures were taken at the Cameron Park California (061) Fly-in, June 22, 2016. Many more pictures are available on our web site. UFOPILOTS.ORG

John Kelly, Lt Colonel USAF Retired received his private license in 1952 and his avi-ation career soared from there. He was involved in Civil Air Patrol in Washington state and became a Junior Engineer for Boeing. In 1957 he joined the Air Force and flew the F-86L and flew all over the world. After retiring in 1980, he returned to

Washington and flew charters in a Cessna 441 and became involved with Galvin in Seattle. He achieved many distinguished positions including Chief Pilot and Check Airman, and flew Cessna Ci-tation and really enjoyed the LEAR 24XR and flew all their equipment. He also flew the B-757 for Eastern Airlines. John is presently an active flight instructor in the Mt. Vernon area and enjoys flying in the beautiful Northwest.

Allan John Kelly (82) Mt. Vernon,WA

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John Torvik (80) Randle, WA

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Fred Mabanta (80) Jappa, MD

John Larrison (81) La Verna, TX John soloed in 1957 and joined the Air Force in 1957 as a flight test engineer on the Boeing B-52 and flew as Tail Gunner. He entered pilot training at Malden, MO in T-34 & T-28 then on to T-33s where he became an instructor at Vance AFB, OK. During Vietnam, he flew the A-1E Skyair. He returned home to fly the F-102/F-101B followed by a two year exchange tour with the Cana-dian Air Force. John was Maintenance Officer assigned in Korea on F-4Ds and also was an Inspector General. He retired from USAF 1979 where he became a senior logistics manager on the MX missiles and the B-1B. He is now totally retired and flying his RV-8 and is involved with several community and aviation organizations.

John soloed at Renton and Boeing field in Washington in1956 in a Taylorcraft through the UW flying club and he was with the Air Force ROTC there. He was stationed in St. Louis, Japan, Philip-pines, and Thailand. He also served as a flight engineer on C141 Starlifters at McChord AFB. He also flew for Saudi Arabia Airlines and for American Trans Air and flew all over the world for 23 years in the L1011 Tristar and B727. He has acquired over 25,000 hours in heavy jets and 3,000 in light aircraft. For the past 10 years, he has been active flying his RV-6 at his private airport in Randle WA, (WN55), a nice grass strip. He tells us all to “COME ON IN!”

Like many kids, Fred was fascinated by airplanes. He would run out of the house whenever he heard a plane overhead and try to identify it. As he got older, building model airplanes became a regular activity and his room was eventually filled with airplanes hanging from the ceiling. Fred finally com-pleted his license in 1979. After a hiatus of several years, he once again got back into flying and rented planes for about 5 years from the local FBO.

Then, in Dec 2007, he achieved his BIG dream and was able to purchase a 1976 Cessna Skyhawk (N9895Q) and has been flying this plane ever since.

Leland received his private license in 1962. He has over 2000 hours and has owned many planes, including a Luscombe, a Piper Tri-Pacer, a Cessna 150, and Cessna 172s. He sold his Cessna in 2013 and last flew in 2012. He has received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award.

Don, like many UFOs, was fascinated with airplanes as a young boy , but didn’t get to fly until 1961 after college. He got his private license in 1969, but then put flying on hold to raise his family. He started up again in the late 1990s and bought this Cessna 172M in 2002 and enjoys lots of flying in it.

Donald McCann (80) Greenbush, MI

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William Ramsay (80) Lincoln NE

William has been a private pilot since 1964 and has owned this Piper Cherokee 180C since 1965. He has almost 4800 hours and enjoys flying with his son and grandson pictured here.

Leland Oliver (87) Gervais, OR

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Ernie soloed in 1958 and got his private license in 1959. He then spent over 20 years in the Air Force/Air Force Re-serves and has flown in an Aeronca, a Cessna120, Cess-na140, Piper PA-18, Cessna172, Beach T-34, Cessna 177RG and this beautiful Piper PA-28RT pictured here—he has ~860 pilot hours.

Ernest Wilcox (82) Lake Park, FL

Bob Fitzsimmons (86) Lomita, CA

Bob started flying in 1945 at age 15—soloed at 16, private license at 17. He owned a Bellanca, and Beechstager Wing, and other planes and currently owns this Cessna 140 and still flies on a regular basis. Way to go Bob.

Ken learned to fly in the Aviation Cadet program. In 1966 after serving in the USAF, he chose to make a career flying for American Airlines, where he flew until retirement in 1996. He has owned a Citabria, a Skyraider ultralight, and this Cessna 152. He looks back on his flying career with fond memories.

Ron was in the Royal Air Force from 1943-1947. He got his private license at London Elstree in 1962, and in 1964 bought an Auster airplane. Then he started flying in a club that owned a Piper PA-28.. He has about 800 hours flying time and is current until 2018!!

Ron Wright (90) Stevenage, England

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Eugene Sullivan (80) Bluffton, SC

Kenneth Johnson (80) South Kent, CT

Charles Craddock (80) Murrells Inlet, SC Charles soloed in 1964 and got his private license in 1968. For his work, he often would rent a plane to do business. He got his instrument license in 1983 and bought a Piper Seminole soon after and then received his multiengine license. He has always been a part of and/or an officer in many Flying Clubs. He now co-owns this Cessna 182S. He is involved in the FAA Wings Program, Young Eagles, AOPA, EAA, and QB.

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Harlan and Delores (Dodie) have joined the UFO to-gether as one of our few husband and wife duos in UFO. They own this Cherokee 140 and fly all around in it together. Welcome.

Harland & Delores Jewett (82 & 80) Medina, OH

Eugene joined the Civil Air Patrol in 1951 and after col-lege joined the Naval Reserves, first operating Navy blimps out of San Diego. Eugene soloed in 1959, but didn’t get his private license until 1991. He spent a career both in the military and private sector working with sur-veillance type aircraft. He still flies regularly with the Civil Air Patrol and has almost 2200 hours of flight time.

To celebrate his 70th solo flight anniversary (May 26, 1946). Skeet was looking for a J-3 Piper Cub, but instead he found a 1947 Cub Cruiser that was completely restored. He took it off and then flew it as PIC for 45 minutes. He entered the downwind leg at Moontown Airport 3M5, turned to base, and then on final he was asked by the owner if he would like to land the aircraft, but he replied that after 70 years the owner should land it since he had not landed one like this in 70 years.

Skeet Vaughan Jr. (87) Huntsville, AL

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Marge Beaver (81) Norton Shores, MI

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Marge didn’t learn to fly until after raising 5 kids, but since then has logged 7400 hours mostly in her Car-dinal that she still uses for her aerial photography busi-ness. She has done jobs in most states, but now just works in the Midwest so she can sleep in her own bed at night. She has authored three coffee table style books. The most recent is “Above the Lighthouses; Lake Michigan” with aerial photos of all 97 lights around the lake both as close ups and aerial views. All 4 seasons are represented. It would be available to UFO members at a discount if interested. Check it out on her website at http://photography-plus.com

John Potter (80) Benicia, CA

John was born and raised in El Paso TX and started flying at the age of 13. He is retired from the US Navy and worked at the PG&E Nuclear Power Plant. John flies out of Buchanan Field (CCR) Concord, CA and has his Commercial/Instrument/MEL with 4300 hours. He flies this beautiful 1977 Commander 114.

Larry Schumacher(80) West Chester, OH Larry started Schumacher Dugan Construction in his garage and has grown it to a firm that is credited for completed projects ranging from Industrial Warehouse complexes, Shopping Centers, and Office Building in the Greater Cincinnati area. Larry has driven some of the world’s most famous tracks, including Daytona, Se-bring, LeMans France and won the Professional Sports Car North America Nation-al Championship. Larry earned his pilot’s license in 2005, and instrument rating 2 years later. In his spare time enjoys flying his Piper Malibu, boating and farming.

Jim was a career US Air Force man with 23 years and 4,000 military hours, and was then a civilian test pilot at Fairchild Aircraft with 6,000 hours. He doesn’t own a plane now but flies whenever he can with friends.

James Humphries, Jr. (81) San Antonio, TX

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James Geanakos (80) Arlington, MA

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Jim started flying in 1956 in an Aeronca Champ and got his private license in 1957. He then went on to get his Com-mercial, Instrument, Multi-Engine, CFI, CFII, and ATP. He has 8,043 flying hours of which 5,334 are as an instructor—way to go teaching others to fly!! He recently sold this Skylane 182 and continues flying with friends now.

Paul Schlosser (81) Hilton Head Island, SC

Paul began flying in 1971 and has flown twin engine aircraft, gliders and many different single engine planes and has over 4,700 hours. He owns a 1937 Boe-ing Stearman, a 1987 Beechcraft Bonanza F33 and a 2008 American Legend AL3. He is looking forward to being a UFO member.

Tom Straughan (80) Dubach, LA

Pictured here is Tom and his wife Rubie with their 1971 PA-39 Piper Twin Comanche. This plane has extra fuel tanks and has a 7.5 hour range. Tom got his private license in 1965, followed by instrument, glider, multi-engine and commercial. He has owned 4 Piper airplanes and flies this one about 80 hrs/year all over the U.S. and the Bahamas. They are ready to meet UFOs.

LeRoy Blum (81) Nine Mile Falls, WA

LeRoy got his private license in 1955 in an Aeronca Champ and through the years added Glider, Commercial, Instrument, Com-mercial Glider, Multi-Engine, and Single Engine & Glider In-structor ratings. He has owned a 1940 Porterfield LP-65 since 1975 and has flown this Stinson 108-3 for the last 15 years.

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UFO Regional Managers

AL Skeet Vaughan (256) 881-2566

AK Buck Stewart (907) 495-6527

AR Jim Stamps (479) 293-4147

AZ (North) Harry Amster (602) 954-0998

AZ (South) Kayl Craig (520) 881-0988

CA North Annie Orton (530) 529-4108

CA Northwest Richard Dennis (707) 538-1976

CA, Palm Springs Tony Terrigno (760) 772-8480

CA, San Diego Robert Johnson (619) 475-4732

CO Jack Cronin (303) 333-3000

CT, MA, RI, VT Bob Barker (203) 321-1073

DE, MD Wayne Peters (301) 299-1775

GA, SC Ray Bell (404) 634-4531

HI Willy Schauer (808) 732-3644

ID John Harns (208) 777-8389

IL Red Bainbridge (815) 282-5083

IN Nancy Warren (812) 372-2769

KS Alfred Shippy (785) 200-3059

MI Al Ranger (941) 258-6620

MN, WI Bob Ward (608) 274-0849

MO, IA Al Brennecke (314) 845-8771

MT Ed Gonsalves (406) 381-2975

NE Bill Ramsay (402) 489-2067

NC Tom Van Petten (252) 586-5853

ND, SD Forest Wixon (605) 222-1365

NM Vern Dudley (505) 266-2491

NV North Charles Kettering (775) 826-5161

NV South Marvin D. Rogge (702) 655-9005

NY, Rhinebeck Bill King (845) 268-7077

NY, South Harold Levy (631) 329-0425

OH Charlie DeBerry (937) 435-9229

OK Frank Lowry (918) 640-6619

OR Bert Zimmerly (503) 708-5703

PA Lloyd Babcock (484) 467-2702

TX North Central Jim Cavender (817) 292-1044

TX North East Wayne Collins (903) 850-2611

TX South John Larrison (210) 313-2868

UT Russ Roberts (435) 590-7610

VA Tom Van Petten (252) 586-5853

WA William Webber (509) 466-2026

WY Bernie Peterson (307) 673-8414

Argentina Hugo Casadella (5411) 4815-8779

Europe Charles Strasser 44-1534-851681

UFO Area Representatives

West William Webber (509) 466-2026

Southwest Jim Cavender (817) 292-1044

Northeast Bob Barker (203) 321-1073

Midwest Red Bainbridge (815) 282-5083

Mid Alantic John Sullivan (410) 266-6517