Bill Pitterle – Commander, #500
Comments From the Board
Don’t forget; the meetings this month are
Dec 11th
for the Board
and
December 13th
for the General Meeting
Squad Officer
Election
Our election
will be held this month at the general meeting. We have a very
good list of capable members and we wish them all the best and
thanks for being willing to serve.
The positions
open and candidates for same are as follow:
·
Commander; Bill Pitterle, unopposed
·
Secretary: Claudia Bullard, unopposed
·
Two Board Member seats: Alphabetically; Kim Donau, Ira Gibel,
Ted Lucas, Tammy Miotto, Dave Pirtle and Sue Spinck. Vote for
two only.
Ballots have
been mailed out and all Active members are eligible and
encouraged to vote. Write-in candidates can be added on your
ballot. Turn in your ballot before the next meeting either by
mailing it to the Squad address or bringing it to the meeting on
Dec 13th. Please place your name on the outside of
the envelope only, not on the ballot.
Main Street Electric Light
Parade
By Greg Reed
521
The Electric Light Parade turned
out to be a great success. Earlier in the day it
did not look very promising. With the wind and rain
it looked like the Parade might not even happen at
all and if It did, would anyone show up to watch it?
Well, it Did happen and it
was Beautiful! At the last minute the rain stopped
and the sky cleared. The people came to watch, all
bundled up, with big smiles on their faces. The
lights went on and the parade started. The night
was crisp, the air was fresh and the show was
wonderful. If you missed it, you missed a lot.
Tonto Rim Search And Rescue
had our squad truck pulling our latest raffle
fundraiser: A 2008 Arctic Cat 650 Prowler XT H1
riding on it's own Big Tex trailer. Everything was
decorated in orange lights with search and rescue
members walking or riding on their decorated quads
along side. It looked great!
Remember, even though TRSAR
members cannot purchase tickets for themselves, you
can purchase raffle tickets as gifts or stocking
stuffers for your friends, neighbors and loved
ones. You can even purchase tickets for family
members as long as they don't live under your same
roof. Just think, what a great, inexpensive gift
this makes ($10) and you are helping your own TRSAR
organization as well. Don't forget to tell your
friends and neighbors about our raffle, too. YOU
are our own best ambassadors for Tonto Rim
Search And Rescue's raffle sales program.
Thank you! To every one who
helped plan, decorate and participate in our
Electric Light Parade entry. You did a great job
and we couldn't have done it without you.
Also check out our web site:
www.TRSAR.org. People can now purchase raffle
tickets at our web site using their bank cards
through PayPal. Thanks, Jack Quinn, for all the
hard work you did to get this feature set up.
Merry Christmas! Happy
Hanukkah! and Happy New Year! Everyone have a Safe
and Happy Holidays.
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This first set is the
preparation of the squad truck
December
2007 Training & Events Schedule
Requested
Training Sessions
If you would like to volunteer to run a training session, or if you
have a training session request contact any Board Member or Don
Johnson
To reserve use of squad ATV, contact Don Johnson at 928-474-5335.
Jacket, gloves,
boots, helmet, and eye protection required to operate Squad ATV
Squad Web Site:
www.trsar.org
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Annual
GCSO Party 
Saturday Dec 15 at 6:00 PM @ American Legion Hall
Potluck style
Make plans now to attend, you need
to go by the GCSO to sign up for the dish you are providing.
There will be a gift exchange for
those who wish to participate, just bring an inexpensive
gift, male type if you are male, female type gift if you are
female.
Who’s New
Ted Lucas 547
of
Payson
Joined in January 07,
Tom Laporte 551
of Star
Valley
joined in March,
Bob Sumegi
517R of
Payson
joined in May,
Warner
Thompson 552R
of
Payson
joined in June,
Dr. Olivia
Morris 528R of Payson joined in August and
4 new members
joined us in October.
Alphabetically;
Sonja
Denman 564R
of
Tonto Basin,
Sheri Hayden
557R of
Payson,
Joseph Oravec
556R of
Pine
and
Mary Smith
531R of
Payson.
We welcome all
of you and congratulate you on choosing to dedicate your
time and talent to saving lives in the wilderness.
It is
encouraging to see all these dedicated volunteers and we
encourage you to become involved in the area of SAR that
best fits your personality. There is always room for one
more in any field.
Now it is up to
us to get better acquainted with you. In this newsletter we
will be having member profiles beginning with the new
members listed above and then doing some of the members with
more seniority as time passes.
Computer
Tips, Techniques, Rants, Raves, and Netiquette
submitted by
Les Hulse
I have noticed
that several squad members have been bringing their digital
cameras to training sessions and missions.
So, for a
little change of pace for the next several issues, let’s take a
look at digital cameras. This may give you some ideas if you are
in the market for a camera or wish to upgrade the camera you
already have.
Pixels and megapixels
When you
purchase a digital camera one of the first things you'll
undoubtedly be asked is how many megapixels you want, or need.
Currently, consumer digital cameras range from two megapixels to
12 megapixels!
Huh?! What's megapixel?!?!
Simply put, a megapixel is equal to one million pixels,
which stands for picture elements. The more pixels there are in
a digital image, the higher its
resolution and
quality will be.
Digital cameras
capture images as pixels. Images are made up of thousands of
these minuscule, tile-looking pixels. The more pixels a camera
has, the greater sharpness and detail an image will have when
viewed on a computer monitor.
One of the most helpful ways to determine how many megapixels
you need is to decide the largest size photo you will want to
print. Megapixels influence the visual quality of an image when
printed. Also, the greater the
number of megapixels, the less likely an image will become
pixilated when cropped.
While the
megapixel count of a digital camera is important, other factors
such as camera sensor and
optical quality of a lens play important roles in image quality.
For printing
photos with the least pixelation, consider:
|
Maximum print size: |
Get
a digital camera with: |
Image resolution in pixels |
|
4x6" |
1
megapixel |
800x600 |
|
5x7" |
2
megapixels |
1024x768 |
|
8x10" |
3
megapixels |
1600x1200 |
|
11x14" |
4 -
5 megapixels |
2272x1704 + |
|
13x19" & above |
6
megapixels + |
|
How Many Images
Fit on a Memory Card
Most camera
manufacturers publish tables on their Web sites to show how many
images you can save on their included memory card. There is no
fixed rule for the number of photos you can put on one card
because different image file types, different amounts of
compression, and image content all affect the size of each file
– and each camera manufacturer does things differently. But the
manufacturer's site is a good place to start when you decide how
much memory you want.
As a general
rule, I'd recommend a minimum of at least a 256 megabyte or two
128 megabyte cards if you're buying a 3-5 megapixel compact
digital camera. If you want to shoot lots of high resolution
photos and manipulate them on your computer, then you'll
probably want to look at 512 megabyte and 1 gigabyte cards.
It's also a
good idea to not save all of your photos on one card. There's
always the possibility that cards can get corrupted, lost, or
stolen. Using more than one and switching during a shoot
protects your valuable photographic data.
APPROXIMATE
NUMBER OF IMAGES PER CAPACITY OF CARD
MB = megabytes GB= gigabytes
* Average file size using cameras highest resolution JPEG
mode. The actual number of images per
card will vary and depends on the camera model and
compatibility of the scene being photographed.
Two tips for
this month:
1 – Never
completely fill any memory card – always leave empty space for
at least 2-3 photos.
Why? Many
memory cards will become corrupt if the last photo you take
cannot be completely stored on the memory card. The photo file
will not be “closed” possibly resulting in all photos being made
non-accessible.
2 – Always
erase and format your memory cards using your digital camera.
Why? Some
computer programs will format the card slightly differently from
your camera – possibly resulting in fewer photos per card or
making the memory card unusable.
Question: Do any of you
find this section useful?
We can rant
and rave about many topics, but do not know if it is
appreciated. Also, we will most likely choose topics that “tick
us off” and ignore the ones that you may be interested in. We
can give you our opinion on just about anything (opinions are
cheap).
So let us know if this section is useful, and if you would like
us to tear into some topic, just tell us.
Send any
comments and/or suggestions to the editor; Mike – address at
bottom of newsletter.
Website
Tonto Rim SAR Members can now have
your very own email address through our site. Just contact our
Webmaster at
jack@jackswebs.com to arrange for it, no cost to you or us.
I
told my friend that I was having an affair.
He turned to me and asked, "Are you having it
catered???"
THAT, my friend, is the definition of "OLD"!!!!
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Thanks to those who contributed to this
issue of the newsletter.
Mike 502
miket@trsar.org
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