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.
Complete History
 Whitney Nugget
Silent Keys

WHITNEY NUGGET

RECIPIENTS

FIRST PICNIC 1971                                  FIRST WHITNEY NUGGET 1976

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 

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