E. Sue Owens
1916 Addington St.
Irving, Texas 75062-3505
ad5js@arrl.net
10-10 # 73089

My friends call me Sue.  I am the XYL of a long-time HAM, WB5KHC.  After many years of being inactive, he dusted off his key, put up a couple of antennas and soon had me studying for my ticket.  It took me almost a year but I have passed the exam for EXTRA Class operator. Now we spend many weekends enjoying our joint hobby.

One of our favorite things to do is work portable from a remote area.  We often work from a hilltop on the property of Animal Angels in Jack County, Texas, where I do a lot of volunteer work.  Special QSL cards, some history on Jack County and information about the sanctuary is sent to each contact we make from there upon receipt of your QSL card sent to the address above.

I am also the volunteer webmaster for Animal Angels, a sanctuary for abused, abandoned or otherwise homeless dogs.  Carole Sanders, the President & Director, along with a handful of dedicated volunteers, has created a "last hope safety net" into which many a lucky dog has landed.  They come in all sizes & colors, from all sorts of backgrounds, but they all have one thing in common - they are in need of another chance at the life every companion animal deserves.  Some have come to us because their guardians have died & there was no extended family to care for them.  Others have been rescued from abusive homes by friends or neighbors - some have been rescued from animal control facilities as just too good an animal to destroy.  Most have come to us by being found  on the side of the road where they had been dumped - left to fend for themselves against the elements & the dangers that usually result in road kill - sitting faithfully at the spot where their people left them, waiting for them to return, until hunger & thirst drives them to seek food & shelter.  The lucky ones end up here .. the others are the carnage you see on the side of the highway.

Once they arrive at Animal Angels, they have a home for life.  Many will be adopted into new homes, with loving families, but it is part of our "home for life guarantee" that they can & must be returned to us if that home situation changes & they can no longer care for the dog.

To learn more about Animal Angels and see many of our resident dogs, visit us online a www.anmlangls.org   Perhaps you will find your next "best friend" at the Sanctuary.