SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX006 ARLX006 Former ARRL Midwest Division Vice Director C. Richard Dyas, W0JCP (SK) ZCZC AX06 QST de W1AW Special Bulletin 6 ARLX006 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT October 21, 2011 To all radio amateurs SB SPCL ARL ARLX006 ARLX006 Former ARRL Midwest Division Vice Director C. Richard Dyas, W0JCP (SK) Former Midwest Division Vice Director C. Richard Dyas, W0JCP, of Oxford, Nebraska, passed away October 17. He was 90. Dyas -- a Charter ARRL Life Member -- was first elected Vice Director in 1975 and began his term on January 1, 1976. He resigned in 1985 to take care of his wife. In 1987, when then-ARRL Midwest Division Vice Director Richard Ridenour, KB0ZL, resigned, then-ARRL President Larry Price, W4RA, appointed Dyas to serve Ridenour's unexpired term. Dyas was laid to rest on October 21 with military honors by Oxford American Legion Post 219 in conjunction with the US Army National Guard Military Honors Team. NNNN /EX