[Harp-L] AHN editor Al Eichler still soaring

[Philharpn@xxxxxxx]

For those of you who are curious about what Al Eichler, editor/publisher of 
American Harmonica Newsmagazine, does in his spare time, the Battle Creek 
Enquirer ran a feature news story about him on July 25. <battlecreekenquirer.com> 
if below bookmark is skewed up go to the page, then go to July 25

He's 3 grafs from the story, which has color photos of the big birds & big Al 
at the Battle Creek Inquirer (Mich) web site:

Al Eichler has a toolshed full of bald eagles. ... but they're legal, 'cause 
they're wooden...
Like many veterans, he's drawn to symbols such as the barrel-chested eagle. 
In his woodshed, he makes two types: One a small eaglet to perch atop 
mailboxes, and another a large, shield-bearing eagle. ... 
He's sold about 20 of the big eagles over the past three years. Money from 
the eagles' sales goes toward supporting Eichler's other hobby, the 
self-published harmonica fanzine American Harmonica, which had taken a precipitous sales 
drop from 1,000 to 500. Ideally, the eagle money will help him break even. ...



http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050725/LIFESTY
LE08/507250318/1032/NEWS17