Volunteer in the Spotlight Winter, 2004-2005 Our Friday docent, Dean Floerchinger, is also a University of Arizona cadet in the AFROTC program. In the last couple of years Dean has taken part time out to serve as a wilderness guide in Wyoming’s Bridger National Forest wilderness area an area he rode horses and grew up [...]
Volunteer in the Spotlight Fall, 2004 “Hey Larry, come on over and give us a hand here!” “OK, what do you need?” That is a typical conversation with Larry Sanders, our Wednesday docent, who is also one of our most valued handymen. He is shown below putting the finishing touches on one of his latest [...]
Volunteer in the Spotlight Summer, 2004 “Hi ya Boss”! The friendly, enthusiastic greeting rings out as soon as I walk in the door. I know immediately that Brad Hayward is on the job at the volunteer desk. Again, as usual, just as he has been nearly every week for almost ten years. Neither rain nor [...]
Volunteer in the Spotlight Spring, 2004 Museum Clean-Up By ROTC Our Friday docent, Dean Floerchinger, is a University of Arizona student and also an Air Force ROTC cadet. Recently Dean talked some of his fellow cadets into spending a couple of days at our museum aiding in clean-up of both the outside grounds and inside [...]
Volunteer in the Spotlight Winter, 2003-2004 “I’ve flown forty five different aircraft from hover to mach 2.1”. That’s one of the bits of wisdom Richard (Dick) Bushong relates to our visitors during his Thursday shift at the museum. And that is a statement that very few pilots can make. He goes on to explain that [...]
Volunteer in the Spotlight Fall, 2003 Our Fren’ Ben Dewayne (Ben) Bennett has been a veritable fixture at the 390th Memorial Museum for more than sixteen years. Ben started as a volunteer and has served your museum in a variety of tasks steadily ever since. For several years in the early 90’s Ben was even [...]
Volunteer in the Spotlight Summer, 2003 Eugene L. Radtke has only been with us for a little over two years but has made a very favorable impression on us with his hard work. Gene comes in on Mondays and assures us of clean windows for all of the display cases as well as the main [...]
Volunteer in the Spotlight Spring, 2003 “Come on in and look around and let us know if you have any questions”. The tone, enthusiasm and Nebraska accent clearly identify the speaker. Up in the office we know that Vern Hutt has arrived and is on the job again. No one can resist Vern’s request to [...]
Volunteer in the Spotlight Winter, 2002-2003 HE LAYS IT ON THE LINE FOR US! It’s 11:00 AM and the museum has been open for an hour or so. We go to the railing in front of the office to view the attendance. There, clustered around the ball turret of “I’ll be Around” we see a [...]
Volunteer in the Spotlight Fall, 2002 It’s 9:30 AM as we dial the familiar number. Ring…ring… “Hello” “Hi, Louis?” “Yes”. “It’s Tom from the Museum. How are you this morning?” “Just fine”. “Jeff called in sick. Can you help us out and volunteer again today”? “Sure, when do you need me”? “Right now”. “OK, see [...]
Volunteer in the Spotlight Summer, 2002 “Dependability” could be the nickname for our Don Anderson. Don discovered our Museum in 1997 and with his love for aircraft and history adopted us. It wasn’t long before he accepted the responsibility for scheduling all other volunteers. He is a willing, a proactive worker who donates substantial amounts [...]
Volunteers in the Spotlight Spring, 2002 Early Monday morning, and except for the whir of computers and occasional tap-tap of a keyboard, everything is still. The museum does not open for another forty-five minutes although the office staff has been quietly busy for more than an hour. Then, wafting up from the hangar floor, come [...]