Huachuca Astronomy Club—Speakers Dave Healy Dave Healy is the owner of the Junk Bond Observatory (JBO) and the Astronomical League's Correspondent (AlCor) for the Huachuca Astronomy Club. To show appreciation for the efforts of Dave Healy, James Taylor presented Dave Healy with a Command Coin from the U.S. Army Intelligence Center at the June 12, 2009 meeting of the Huachuca Astronomy Club at the Sierra Vista Campus of Cochise College. Photo by Del Gordon Dave Healy Praised Highly James Taylor said, "I'd like to take a moment to recognize Dave [pause for applause]. This is a man who donates thousands of hours promoting astronomy. You can't go to his place and see his telescope and not wish you had one of those things, and you just gotta look through it, and appreciate the heavens. We have a tradition in the military, it's called the Command Coin Challenge. Every military unit gets to have the coin of their particular unit, so I have here the coin of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center. Underneath this challenge: if you ever see the person who awarded you the coin, the challenge is you pull the coin out of your pocket and if you beat the awardee, the one who loses buys the round. Unfortunately, I'm not a drinking man, so you may not get too far with that particular opportunity, but Dave, for all that you've done, and for all of the service that you've rendered, for all the military people who have come through who have appreciated this, I'd like to present you with the Coin of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center. Thank you." The Junk Bond Observatory The JBO news page is here. Speakers Index