2019 Des Plaines River Canoe & Kayak Marathon
Sunday May 19th, 2019

Lake Zurich RACES/ARES® has been supporting this event for many years. The race runs 18.5 miles  from Libertyville to DesPlaines. Please join us. Hams are needed for safety checkpoints along the river.

Look here for more information.

Sign up to help here

Spring State Wide Simulated Emergency Test
April 27, 2019

Lake County RACES/ARES will be participating in the 2019 Spring Illinois State-Wide Simulated Emergency Test (SET).  We are seeking RACES/ARES Members to participate in the SET. The exercise will be one day from 0800 until 1600 (the "Hotwash" may extend this time) on Saturday April 27th . The main SET activities for Lake County will be  at the EOC and other locations around the county.

Please sign up to participate here

New Board Members Elected

At the January 14th  annual meeting four board positions were up for election.
Two incumbents chose not run resulting in two new boad members elected and two incumbents reelected to the board.

The RACES board for 2019 are as follow.

Jim Nelson - K9QF - President
Brian Costello - N9ETH - Vice President
Leonard Fabbro - Secretary
Brad Sarobeloam - NEW Treasurer
Craig Tisdale - KB9MMH -  NEW Board member
Harry Hahn - W9BR - Board Member
Les Muntz - KC9HHB - Board Member

Welcome our two new board members.

Gregory Shaskan MD Award for Outstanding Medical Service
2018 Recipient  David Kleckner KC9GZB
 

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.

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.