USPS Issue 93 * STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Association * June/July 1999 017-671
In Memory of DeForest Kelley
William Shatner called him a “....true Southern Gentleman.” Leonard Nimoy said that he “....was a decent, loving, caring partner and will be deeply missed.” Brent Spiner said that he was “....maybe the nicest persona of all involved with Star Trek. I was honored to share a scene with him.” Majel Barrett Roddenberry said that he was “....truly one of the most remarkable and talented men to walk the face of the earth. This is the biggest loss that Star Trek will ever have, excluding Gene.”
However, no amount of words can really express the shock and sadness every Trek- ker felt when word of DeForest Kelley’s passing got out. We had lost Gene Roddenberry, and Mark Lenard, but this was the first regular cast member we have lost. And what a loss it is. As a Trekker since the sixties, my first memories of Trek that really stick with me were the ones of Bones and Spock and their arguments. The degree that he was beloved showed when he appeared in the pilot of Star Trek: The Next Generation, inspecting the ship before it started off.
As we pause to remember our honored dead, I remember Kirk’s words in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn, as he oversaw Spock’s funeral, and they fit here all so well: “Of all the souls...... his was the most.....human.”
We commend the soul and spirit of DeForest Kelley to the loving care of the Maker of All Things, confident of the resurrection, and remembering that this is just a tempo- rary separation. He can not return to us, but we will go the same path he now has one day.
Au Revoir, Bones. Till we meet again.
Col. Dennis Rayburn FDC-Chaplains/Counselors Chaplain, 1st BDE, Starfleet Marine Corps
LG abducted by the Dominion! (pp12-13) New CQ Editor needed! (p7) DeForest Kelley Memorial Funds and Filmography (p23) Page 2 • Communiqué • Issue 93 STARFLEET merchandise on sale now online at http://www.sfi.org/quartermaster/ Table of Contents Directory of
In Memory of DeForest Kelley...... 1 Commander Vice Commander FDC Chaplains/Counselors STARFLEET Directory...... 2-3 Dennis Rayburn From The Top...... 4 Commander, STARFLEET Vice Commander, STARFLEET P. O. Box 61 CompOps...... 4 Michael D Smith Charles Freas Puryear, TN 38251 Second Thoughts...... 4 200 Hiawatha Blvd. PO Box 8942 [email protected] FLEET Operations...... 5 Oakland, NJ 07436-3643 Amarillo, TX 79114-8942 Hailing Frequencies...... 6 [email protected] [email protected] Stellar Visions...... 6 Operations ShOC...... 7 Chief of Staff Chief of Staff Chief of Operations Communique Corner...... 7 Tony Rowley Donna Friesen Les Rickard HELP WANTED: New CQ Editor needed!...... 7 PO Box 272 12037 Viers Mill Road, #301 PO Box 22 Office of Web Consultants (OWC)...... 7 Upper Darby, PA 19082 Wheaton, Maryland 20906 Lexington, NC 27293-0022 Academy News...... 8 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Academy Application...... 9-10 VAS Profile...... 11 Internal Auditor International Charities Chief of Staff, Vessel Registry Ronald McDonald House Charities...... 11 Position open Coordinator Tom Monaghan Dominion Abduction of Tom Restivo coverage...... 12-13 [email protected] Amy Alexander 1341 Maplewood Avenue Shuttle Shard of the USS Crystal Star...... 13 746 Howard Street, Apt B-9 Norfolk, VA 23503 DiploCorps...... 14 Treasurer Boone, NC 28607 [email protected] Membership Application...... 14 Cher Schleigh [email protected] Atlas sees Bill Gates...... 15 P.O. Box 93 Senior Vice Chief STARFLEET 25th Anniversary Labels...... 15 West Point, PA 19486 Ronald McDonald House Matt Myers Sovereign...Star Trek...... 16 [email protected] Charities (can tabs) 3419 Pleasant Ridge Road Flying Fortress...blizzard...... 16 Lorrie Nelson State Road, NC 28676 STARFLEET Triple Crown...... 17 Inspector General 4219 E Cheltenham Av [email protected] Viva Las Vegas...... 18 Robert Westfall Philadelphia, PA 19124 Roberta Bondar new CO...... 18 13214 West 62nd Terrace [email protected] Vice Chief - East Bradbury meets with Bradbury...... 19 Box 138 J.C. Cohen Challenger...on the move!...... 19 Shawnee, KS 66216 Stampede Program 108 Ferris Place Conventions...... 20-21 [email protected] Lynn Evans Ithaca NY 14850 How to Build a Starship Cake...... 22 PO Box 100 [email protected] De Kelley Memorial Funds and Filmography...... 23 Director, Personnel Highland Springs, VA 23075-0100 Sean Fillmore meets NJ Gov. 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Greetings from SFHQ! I have just re- celebration of STARFLEET in Charlotte, NC Greeting Starfleet! the best in his new job. Region 12, take care turned from another successful Region 3 this year. This year’s IC promises to be a of him, he’s a good man. We’ve combined Summit, and I’d like to thank Heather Shear, spectacular time, from celebrating Over the last few years, I’ve written a lot the on-line processing with the postal pro- the crew of the host chapter Intangible, Brad STARFLEET’s 25th birthday to the atten- of Communiqué articles about the goings-on cessing, and Teri is now handling all the Pense, Mark Vinson, and all the attendees dance of Chase Masterson. If you can, come in Computer Operations, and for the most memberships. for the wonderful time I had. It was defi- join us! part, I’ve wondered how much of it you all nitely a great time, and I look forward to my read. I know before becoming Chief, I only Speaking of which, I wanted to thank all final visit to R3 Summit as Commander, Don’t forget to participate in our “5k by skimmed the EC articles and read other of you that have sent your kudos to the staff, STARFLEET next year in Dallas/Ft. Worth. 2k Membership Challenge,” as well as my items that interested me. It occurred to me especially the USS Heimdal; it really means usual reminder to donate early and often to that more than likely a lot of you did the a lot to all of us. It brightens everyone’s day This will be the second issue of the CQ the STARFLEET Scholarship Fund! same thing, so I thought I would be a little to know that we’re doing things right, and that we have distributed under our new different this time. Sure, I’m going to in- we really appreciate all the helpful sugges- periodicals class permit. I hope that you will That’s it for me for now! See you in sixty! clude the normal CompOps News since I do tions that we’ve received. find the CQ being delivered to you with want to make sure every one is informed of more expedience now, and that fewer folks what’s going on, but I am also going to share Before I move on to the essay, I wanted will fall prey to the bulk rate service demon. a short essay that I found intriguing and it to let you all know that Teri and I will be The Smith/Freas team worked long and reminded me a lot about ‘fleet. taking several vacations in June so our re- hard to get that permit finally approved; sponses will not be as quick as usual. We’ll special thanks to Chuck Freas for going the First, the “mumbo-jumbo” as I’ve heard be away the 4-7th, the 13-22nd and Teri will extra mile with the USPS! it put. Things are running smoothly for the be away the 27-30th. Membership process- most part at CompOps central with a minor ing will continue during the time that we The 1999 IC is just around the corner at exception. Chris Rossman, who used to do are not away and we are confident that there this point; I’m looking forward to seeing the on-line applications, has left his position will not be a backlog of memberships from many folks attending the 25th Anniversary to devote his time to serving as Senior Vice our vacation. If you need to get in contact Regional Coordinator for Region 12. Chris with CompOps while we’re away, please did a wonderful job for us and I wish him contact Greg Trotter or Mark Anbinder, both of which will be more than willing to do their best to solve your problems.
The following short essay has been printed in quite a few publications, but it made me stop and think, so I thought I Second Thoughts... would share it with all of you. If you can start the day without caffeine, If you can get going without pep pills, Admiral Charles Freas, Vice Commander, STARFLEET If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles, Greetings! First, a quick plug for the policy, which we will purchase and prepay Even though “Bones” McCoy and James If you can eat the same food every day 1999 STARFLEET International Conven- during the upcoming millennium year, will T. Kirk often made moral pronounce- and be grateful for it, tion in Charlotte, North Carolina. In ad- therefore be from January 1, 2000, until De- ments in the original series, that was tele- If you can understand when your loved dition to the announced special guest, all cember 31, 2002. This means that the policy vision. In reality, we weren’t put on Sol ones are too busy to give you any time, the Admiralty Board and Executive Com- will cover your membership funds during III to judge others, or their lifestyles. As If you can overlook it when something mittee members will be there, visiting with the full term of the next administration. Jean-Luc Picard once said, such judg- goes wrong through no fault of your own convention-goers from Friday afternoon Coverage from January 1, 2003 onward must ments were reserved to a Higher Power, and those you love take it out on you, until Sunday. It’ll be a lot of fun! I hope be provided by future administrations, so who frankly has already pretty clearly If you can take the criticism and blame everyone attends this year’s convention, please look closely at their campaign planks pronounced His moral judgments. If without resentment, to help us celebrate Fleet’s 25th Anniver- for specific information about if and how someone doesn’t like those pronounce- If you can ignore a friend’s limited edu- sary. I plan on attending. I currently plan candidates will provide you, the members, ments, I suggest they take it up with the cation and never correct him, on arriving Thursday night for the Admi- with this constitutionally required level of Creator. Personally, I encourage every- If you can resist treating a rich friend ralty Board meetings scheduled during protection. one to learn about, teach their children better than a poor friend, business hours on Friday. So, I hope to see and grandchildren, and personally abide If you can face the world without lies and y’all there! Third, I’m happy to announce that the by those pronounced judgments. Of deceit, Regional Coordinator’s Duties Manual will course, not everyone will do so. That too If you can conquer tension without medi- Next, I need to announce a minor cor- soon be available in Adobe Acrobat format is our reality. But we cannot let wrongs cal help, rection to the effective dates of Fleet’s fi- (.pdf format) on the Vice Commander, occurring in mirror universes lead us to If you can relax without liquor, duciary insurance policy. Because our new STARFLEET, web site. The URL will be intolerance or a lack of respect for others. If you can sleep without the aid of drugs, Constitution requires the Commander, http://www.mindspring.com/~tiggerr7/ If Star Trek teaches us anything, it teaches If you can say honestly that deep in your STARFLEET, and those persons handling rcdm.html. Check it out, and see what your us that unless someone’s lifestyle choices heart you have no prejudice against creed, significant amounts of Fleet funds to be RC is supposed to be doing, and not doing. harm us or the society we live in — either color, religion, or politics, covered as of January 1st of 1999 (the date local or international — we should try to Then, my friends, you are almost as good the new Constitution went into effect), the Finally, in response to a few comments respect all of God’s children. Remember, as your dog. effective dates of the first policy will be made to me about an article published in a we have been commanded to love one from January 1, 1999, until December 31, recent Communique, I’d like to stress that we another and to forgive others of their sins, Hope you enjoyed it and good luck on 1999. The effective dates of the second all should try to be tolerant of each other. as we too have been forgiven. So, upon the membership drive! that note ... Peace, and long life! June/July 1999 • Page 5 Operations motto: “Let me help” Fleet Operations... Major General Les Rickard, Chief, STARFLEET Operations
Greetings STARFLEET from Fleet Opera- DVC East USS PANTHER CITY NCC-63543 Participation in the program allows the tions HQ. I hope everyone is having a great Regions 1, 2, 7, 15 Akira Class Battlecruiser chapter time to get their numbers back up, summer and enjoying the warm weather. Commander JC Cohen Commodore Mark Vincent, CO stabilize their reporting and maintain their Fleet OPs has been busy with 108 Ferris St. Lieutenant Commander Cherie Vinson, XO chapter charter. So involvement and partici- commissionings and other work. This article Ithaca, NY 14850 Commissioned March 7, 1999 pation can only benefit the chapters in ques- will have some info on an opening in Ops DVCEast@sfilorg OR tion. as well as some reminders to some of the [email protected] USS NORMANDY NCC-36000 chapters who need to report to our CAP Normandy Class Supercarrier So please lets get in touch with Pete and Director. So lets dive right in. DVC West Major General Les Rickard, CO work with him on getting your chapters Regions 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 17 Vice Admiral Tom Monaghan, XO some time to get back up to speed. CAP’s, JOB OPENING IN OPS Fleet Captain Andrea Haag Commissioned April 17, 1999 as well as Operations’, motto is “Let me 7312 Pinehurst help”. That is what we are here for...to help At this time I am in receipt of Captain Dearborn, MI 48126 USS BELGICA NCC-72301 each and every chapter and member in Johnson’s intent to resign from her post as [email protected] OR Peacekeeper Class STARFLEET. DVC International. So, sadly, I have accepted [email protected] Large Exploratory Cruiser this and am going to open up the post for Captain Jeroen Vantroyen, CO Chapter Reporting applications. Chelle is going to remain in the DVC International Commander Steve Haelterman, XO With regards to reporting I am awaiting office until a replacement is chosen and in- Regions 9, 10, 11, 13 Commissioned May 5, 1999 a six month MSR “Report Card” from each stalled. As with Chelle, you do not have to Captain Chelle Johnson DVC after the June reporting period. This reside in an international region or be an in- 508 Ottawa USS SEQUOYAH NCC-2043 report will note which chapters have not ternational member to hold this post. The Leavenworth, KS 66048 Excelsior Class Heavy Cruiser reported in the first six months of 1999. position of DVC International is an Ops staff [email protected] OR Fleet Captain Jeremy Trent, CO member that handles the MSR’s from those [email protected] Commander Nathan Head, XO After receiving that report I will be send- chapters affected. In turn the DVC Interna- Commissioned May 19, 1999 ing reminder letters to all chapters who are tional submits a monthly report to the Ops A note concerning DVC International not reporting regularly. From this point on Chief and attempts to assist their chapters Regions. All regions with international chap- USS PROTECTOR the reporting will be strictly enforced as it with the problems section of their MSR’s. ters as well as chapters in the US will report Sovereign Class Cruiser has in the past. This first six months has been to the DVC International. Currently this only Captain Vanessa Taylor, CO the grace period, getting used to the report- There are just a few requirements for this affects Region 13. Commander Sarah Craig, XO ing changes etc. But from here on out I position and those are: Commissioned May 19, 1999 would request that all chapters do their best LEAVING DRYDOCK to get their MSR’s in on time barring a ex- 1) Be a currently active member in The two new kids on the block are the tenuating circumstances. STARFLEET. Below is a list of Chapters that have been Sequoyah and the Protector. May the wind be commissioned since the beginning of 1999 at your backs. FINAL WORDS 2) Have experience at the Chapter, Re- and its Command Crew. gional or Fleet level with Operations or simi- As you can see we have already been At the writing of this article I am think- lar duties. USS GUADALCANAL NCC-6021 quite busy since the first of the year. But the ing back on a person who was a formative Kodiak Class Battleship job is just starting as ShOC Chief Dennis individual in my early life, along with a cast 3) Have some Database and word pro- Major General Loujaye McPherson, Gray tells me that the following shuttles are of great men and women. Deforest Kelly cessing skills as well as access to a compat- Commanding Officer (CO) in final preparation for the Commissioning passed away recently and it was a very sad ible word processing system. Nathan B. Champine, Executive Officer (XO) Process and I should have their VRR’s soon: day for everyone who loves Star Trek. Commissioned February 1, 1999 4) Have access to the Internet and Email. Shuttle Orbit Jet De Kelley played Dr. Leonard McCoy, an USS LEGEND NCC-75019 Shuttle Raven old country doctor thrust in the life of being The deadline on applications/resumes Sovereign Class Cruiser Shuttle Ultimatum the Chief Medical Officer on a starship at will be August 15th 1999. Send your Appli- Captain Patrick Maes, CO the reaches of the known galaxy. “Bones” cation/resume to the Chief of STARFLEET Commander David Adams, XO I look forward to receiving these VRR’s was the sane, devils advocate voice of rea- Operations at: Commissioned February 1, 1999 and adding the above shuttles to the list of son to Captain Jim Kirk. When our favorite Major General Les Rickard STARFLEET Ships of the Line. Starship Captain was about to do something PO Box 22 USS BANTING NCC-17220 a bit risky you would hear “Jim, are you out Lexington, NC 27293-0022 Banting Class Cruiser CHAPTER MAINTENANCE of your mind?” or something similar. He was [email protected] Captain Bernard Guindard, CO the chief protagonist to Commander Spock, Lieutenant Dave Blaser, XO Chapter Assistance Program whose logic was always without fault, but I would like to take the opportunity to Commissioned February 1, 1999 Well, I have been receiving regular re- seldom with feeling. It took this simple coun- thank Chelle for her dedication and service ports from Pete Lutz, Director of the CAP try doctor to interject some caution and hu- to STARFLEET Operations. Chelle has been USS INTREPID NCC-74655 program. He has informed me that of the mor to the mix that was Star Trek. a real help in getting things taken care of at Intrepid Class Cruiser list of chapters he has contacted only a few the International level. She has always been Captain Robert Schneider, CO have responded to him. I am asking that any De you will be dearly missed and, as supportive of the TEAM and put in the ex- Lieutenant Commander Robert Sliney, XO chapter contacted by CAP to please respond Forrest Gump is fond of saying, “That’s all I tra work to make sure TEAM Ops ran as Commissioned March 7, 1999 as they are in danger of being placed on have to say about that.” smoothly as it always has. Standby status. From there, if there is no re- USS LIGHTYEAR NCC-74217 sponse the chapter in question will, unfor- That’s it for this little article. Take care So here is the current listing for your Defiant Class Escort tunately, be decommissioned. and Semper Fidelis. DVC’s in Ops. Captain Pat Teachout, CO Lieutenant Commander Helen Monath, XO Commissioned March 7, 1999 Page 6 • Communiqué • Issue 93 Welcome new Vice Chief/Fanzine Editor Lieutenant Todd Brugmans of the USS Highlander!
front and back covers will be color, but for the remainder of the book, black and white reproduction will be employed to keep costs Hailing frequencies... at a minimum. Illustrations must be black ink on white paper, pencil sketch illustra- Vice Admiral Gordon Goldberg, Chief, STARFLEET Communications tions tend not to scan or reproduce as clearly. All submissions should have your full name, rent century” - the century ends at the same Hailing Frequencies Open! I’d like to The new millenium begins on January 1, your ship’s name, and which region you’re time the millenium does, for the same rea- start off by welcoming Wendy Fillmore 2001, not 2000. Why? Simple. The era on from for the appropriate credit to be given. son.) back to the helm of the Communiqué, and which our common calendar is based started All submissions will become property of by thanking Mark Anbinder for the tre- (theoretically) on January 1 of the year 1AD Stellar Visions. In submitting an article or For some reason, folks at the start of the mendous job he did dur- (or 1CE, for those who artwork to this project, you are agreeing to current century didn’t have a problem re- ing Wendy’s absence. As don’t use anno domini). Yes, permit them to be reprinted for sale in the alizing that it started on January 1, 1901. you may recall, before I know there are other cal- final product. The author Oscar Wilde, in his deathbed Wendy took off for pre- endars, among them the in 1900, remarked that he would not outlast maternity leave, she had Jewish Calendar and the All written submissions mailed to my at- the century. Newspapers, referring to the decided that it was time to Chinese Calendar, which tention must be typed. Please, no handwrit- year 1900, called it “the closing year of the step down from her “other start several thousand and ten submissions. wonderful 19th Century,” and spoke of job” as Fanzine editor, and change years earlier than 1901 as “the birth of a new Century.” Why I had advertised for her re- the common calendar, but To submit contributions via E-mail, the is it that we would then want to celebrate placement. Well, I am they’re not even part of this address is [email protected], which is linked the end of this century (and the millenium) pleased to announce that discussion. And there to my personal e-mail account: only 99 years after we ushered it in? my new Vice Chief/ were adjustments to the [email protected]. To mail a sub- Fanzine Editor will be Julian and Gregorian cal- mission, send to: Of course, the only thing that “bugs” Lieutenant Todd Brugmans of the USS endars, on which our current common cal- me more than the assumption that the cur- Highlander. Submissions for STARFLEET’s endar is based, which throw into doubt the Lieutenant Todd Brugmans rent millenium ends this year (which it fanzine, Stellar Visions, can be sent to Todd actual counting of the days and years, but 91 Hillcrest Road. does not) is the insistence of the news me- by email to [email protected], or by postal we’re going to cast those aside as well. The Warren, NJ 07059 USA dia on referring to the Y2K bug (which is mail to important thing to remember is that there was no year zero. Yes, if you count from 0 unquestionably triggered by the year 2000, (yes, I am hoping any ships in the far- and the rollover of double-digit years to Todd F. Brugmans to 1999 you would get 2000 years, and a new ther regions will contribute as well) 00) as the Y2K virus (it’s not a virus - it’s a 91 Hillcrest Road millenium starting in 2000, but you can’t bug, an inherent flaw in the programming; Warren, NJ 07059 USA start at zero! There was no year zero! Any The deadline for all submissions toward timeline you look at based on the common not a program that spreads by replicating Stellar Visions IV is Saturday, September 25, itself from computer to computer), or Moving along.... calendar goes from 1BC (1BCE) directly to 1999. Submissions beyond that date will be 1AD (1CE). Add two thousand years to worse yet, as the “Millenium Virus.” held for consideration in Stellar Visions V, This whole “Year 2000” thing is really January 1, 0001 and you get January 1, 2001 but will not be included in this year’s publi- But I suppose I’ll survive it.... starting to bug me. As you know, the end — not January 1, 2000. cation. (If Harlan Ellison wrote a story for of the current millenium is coming up. You us, even HE’d have to meet this deadline). If you have any comments or ideas on want to go to the “end of the millenium” So the current millenium closes on De- how the Communications Division can fur- party on December 31 of this year, right? cember 31, 2000, and that’s when we should Stellar Visions is a self-funding project, ther serve your chapter or the fleet, please Wrong. ring in the new millenium. However, for designed to promote the creativity and tal- those of you who want to party at the end feel free to contact me by email at ents of the members of STARFLEET Inter- of this year, go right ahead — it’s still the [email protected], or by postal mail at 330 Ha- national. This year’s proposed cost per book end of the 1900s (but not the end of the “cur- ven Avenue, Apartment 3C, New York City, is $10.00. Folks wishing to pre-order copies NY 10033-5333 USA. of Stellar Visions IV, please make checks payable to STARFLEET, and mail your or- ders to the address listed above. (Please note, to cover shipping expenses, envelopes, et al, Stellar Visions... there is a $3.00 additional charge for deliv- ery of the fanzine via mail. Total price for Lieutenant Todd F. Brugmans, Vice Chief, Communications/Stellar Visions one fanzine to be shipped to you: $13.00) I am writing to address several impor- Looking forward to the next book in the Okay, guidelines for submissions: I have additional copies of Stellar Visions tant key points with regard to the series, Stellar Visions IV (The Undiscovered I and II, which can also be ordered at the STARFLEET International Fanzine Project Talent), I want to get Starfleet’s finest work- Submissions can be sent via e-mail, us- same prices listed above, by mailing to the known as Stellar Visions. As new Vice-Chief, ing on the contributions. There are four types ing a direct file transfer with me in IRC same address listed above. Stellar Visions it is my responsibility to organize, and then of things I wish to have included in this (please make sure I know what you’re send- III orders are still being accepted. As men- publish a book this year the entire fleet can year’s fanzine. They are Fan-Fiction (natu- ing before you do that, though), or by the tioned, distribution is slated for the end of be proud of; but first, some housekeeping rally), Trek-inspired Illustrations, (they can good old fashioned Postal Service. Mes- August, 1999. must be attended to. be serious, or cartoon-like, but I like a sages containing contributions for the graphic-intense book), and two additional fanzine should read SV4 in the message Over the summer, I will be looking for In early July I will be collecting the ma- sections this year will be for Poetry, and for header. I can accept and read files which folks to volunteer their time to the Editorial terials for last year’s Stellar Visions III, which Filking. Filking, for those unfamiliar with are saved as text-only files, (.txt)(.rtf), Adobe board for this fanzine. Duties include proof- has already gone through the editorial board the practice, typically takes a popular song Acrobat files (.pdf), and/or Microsoft Word reading stories, and assisting in voting for stage, and is presently awaiting final layout, be it from the radio, or stage or screen, and documents (.doc). Illustrations submitted which submissions will make the final edit, reprinting, and distribution. Initially, it ap- re-writing the lyrics. Many filks have a hu- electronically should be formatted in one of then assist in the laying out, printing and peared this goal might be accomplished in morous slant on them, some have original 3 formats: .jpg, .gif, and .bmp. For those distribution of the book. Any wishing to as- time for the Starfleet International Confer- music composed for them. For the purposes wishing to contribute artwork, but do not sist in this endeavor may also write me at ence. I will attempt to meet that objective, of this book, I’d like to experiment with Sci- have a means of scanning it into an online the e-mail addresses posted above, or leave but a more realistic deadline will have Stel- ence Fiction inspired filks, with popular format, I have a scanner here which will be me voice mail at (908) 202-4615. lar Visions III ready for distribution by the tunes being cited (be sure to mention the dedicated for that purpose. Submissions can end of August 1999. musician and the song title for the song be mailed to me, and I will scan the image(s) I look forward to everyone’s participa- you’re setting your words to. ) in. Black and white images, please. The tion in this very entertaining project. June/July 1999 • Page 7 Welcome Jenna Duerr, new Communiqué Assistant Editor! ShOC Waves! Rear Admiral Dennis Gray, Chief, Shuttle Operations
Hello again, my friends. This is easily torture the IC staff with continuous playings We will continue to accept the earlier ver- Just a quick reminder - the VRR fee went one of the hardest articles for the CQ that I of John Denver and C.W. McCall cd’s.
Greetings and salutations! loose 33-cent stamps per course. Includes Breaking schools have opened and are ready for you to recommend to your crew. Manuals. Ooooo.... this Academy Commandant chair is nicely broken in! As you may al- School of Strategy and Tactics (SOST) School of Music (SOM) ready know by now, Mandi Herrmann has Director, Captain Sanford Berenberg Director, Rear Admiral Sherry Anne Newell News... resigned as Commandant effective March 59 Sunrise Park Rd. 5 N.W. 40th St. 31, 1999. I’d like to thank Fleet Admiral Lawton, OK 73505 New Hampton, NY 10958 Hello everyone! Mike Smith for having faith in my ability, [email protected] [email protected] and putting me here ‘permanently’. 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STARFLEET Academy history, the Acad- in the Star Trek Universe to the already emy has two Vice Commandants. Fleet Acrocademy (SA) learned aspects of strategy and tactics on I received many fine resumes, and from Captain Tom Restivo has been promoted Director, Captain Mike Wilkerson both ship to ship and fleet actions. $3 per those have chosen Michael Anderson as CoC from “Special Assistant” to “Vice Comman- 4212 Gardenview Drive #3 course, plus 3 loose 33-cent stamps. In- Director. dant, Administration.” Tom’s duties in- cludes Manual. Saint Ann, MO 63074 clude, but are not limited to, keeping the [email protected] Michael can be reached at: Academy documents (Applications, Bro- College of Literature (SCOL) [email protected] chures, etc) updated. An individual new to Director, Brigadier General Jill Rayburn The “STARFLEET ACROCADEMY” is a the Academy, but not new to STARFLEET is school providing Fleeters with a Library of P.O. 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(Includes Manual) this course should be able to recognize de- Interspecies Communications are ready for I’m sure the Academy will continue to grow vices used by authors in books, television students. CoC’s Basic Web Design is being and prosper right on into the 21st Century Set to open as soon as possible are the episodes and movies. $2, SASE, 2 loose 33- updated and will be available as soon as and beyond. Cadet School and College of Chapter Devel- cent stamps per course. Free via e-mail. possible. Includes Manual. opment. Applicants for directorship of the Two new Deans have been named: Rear Klingon Warrior Academy and College of Please join me in welcoming him by Admiral Sharon Ann Campbell, Dean of the Communications are being considered, and Starfleet Counselor’s College (SCC) flooding him with applications! Institute of Technology, and Rear Admiral Director, Commodore Helen Pawlowski should be announced in the coming weeks. Sherry Anne Newell, Dean of the Institute P.O. Box 22225 of Arts. Both are long-time Academy Direc- St. Louis, MO 63116-2225 (no e-mail) Well, I think that’s about it for now. tors who slipped smoothly into their new Vice Admiral Marlene J. Miller chairs. Thank you for reading this missive, and This course deals with 6 areas: Listen- Commandant, STARFLEET Academy for your support for STARFLEET Academy! ing, Jealousy, Stress, Anger, Grief, and Di- Director - Vulcan Academy of Science I’m happy to announce that several new plomacy. Each comes with a manual. $3, 2 School of the Year - 1998 [email protected], [email protected], Klingon Warrior Academy Returns! [email protected] With the abduction of my Right-Hand Klingon customs and culture, weapons, lan- The Klingon Warrior Academy offers KWA302 - Command and Ranks Man, Academy Vice Commandant Tom guage, and history. In addition you will these courses: KWA303 - Names and Honorifics Restivo... I feel it’s about time I called in learn Klingon medicine, government, and KWA304 - War College III reinforcements to get him back! ship command. You will learn about I. Klingon Warrior Apprentice Klingon names, and ranks. Furthermore, KWA101 - History Klingon Warrior Graduate Course As of this minute... the Klingon Warrior you will learn about famous Klingon war- KWA102 - Weapons KWAGC: Essay on a subject picked by the Academy, under the direction of Ensign riors in the War College Courses. KWA103 - Language student. One page or more essay, with a Debra (Deb) Kern, is now re-opened and KWA104 - War College I “pass” or “fail” grade only. ready for students! All graduates who score a 100% on all their tests will take a special graduate II. Klingon Warrior Journeyman The first two courses are $3.00 plus 3, Perhaps some of the graduates can work course. Pass this course and you belong to KWA201 - Customs 33-cent stamps. their magic to overthrow the Dominion and the Klingon Warriors of Fame. These spe- KWA202 - Medicine bring Tom back home! cial graduates can choose a Klingon name KWA203 - Government The third course is $4.00 (study guide which will be placed in the Hall of Honor. KWA204 - War College II provided) plus 3, 33-cent stamps. At the Klingon Warrior Academy... These Hall of Honors graduates will receive the Sword of Honor pin and a special cer- III. Klingon Warrior Craftsman Full application information is on page 10 of Cadets are taught about the Klingon race tificate. KWA301 - Starships this issue of the Communique (page 2 of the through a battery of tests. You will learn Academy Application). June/July 1999 • Page 9 Try out the new schools... SOST, SCOL, SCC, SOM, SA, and SCOC!
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Captain Richard Heim, RDC Sciences for Region One
STARFLEET Academy’s Vulcan Acad- of science (i.e., astronomy, biology, and plan- ics, and Earth resources. Our resources on Earth Day clean up events in their local com- emy of Sciences is a very special school. In etary science). When ‘Star Trek’ came out in this planet are limited, and we must take munities.” VAS you can earn up to 14 fictional degrees 1966, I was glued to the television watching special care of them. “Science is very im- in two fields -- Biological Sciences and Physi- Mr. Spock and Scotty go through their portant to the world today,” he explained, In closing, Charles explained that he cal Sciences -- with over two dozen electives. paces.” “but all must be tempered with caution, not firmly believes mankind will one day colo- You learn a lot about real science as you do to abuse this knowledge.” nize both the Earth’s oceans and the Moon the course work, and have a great deal of During Junior High and High School, his or Mars. “But before that happens,” he fun while you’re at it! interest became a full fledged hobby. To- If he could decide NASA’s space mis- pointed out, “mankind must stop repeating day he is doing a self-taught course on Na- sions for the next 30 years, Charles would its bloody history of warfare and killing and In the history of STARFLEET, there are tive American archaeology and anthropol- concentrate on rocket engine or similar pro- start to live in unity as Gene Roddenberry only ten members who have completed all ogy. “The subject matter is Native Ameri- pulsion advancements, such as the ion pro- had dreamed.” of the courses offered at the time they were can rock art (pictographs and petroglyphs) pulsion of the current Deep Space One mis- enrolled. VAS would like to honor these and culture.” He adds that his interests in- sion. With the mathematics and theory that (On behalf of the Vulcan Academy of Sci- special people for their commendable ac- clude geology, and that he and his wife are have been developed over the last couple ences, I would like to take a moment to thank complishment. also into astronomy and astrophysics. years, “maybe we will soon reach real warp Charles for corresponding with us, and to ask drive technology.” you to join me in a hearty round of applause! If The Vulcan Academy of Sciences gives a In real life, Charles has over 23 years in you would like to learn more about VAS, or take hearty SALUTE to: Charles Flowers! the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army as an air- But he also feels we should broaden our some courses, check out the VAS web page at: craft crew chief/mechanic. He is currently focus in science. We have expanded our Charles has been a member of working for a private company restoring knowledge of the universe, the “out there,” http://www.sfi-sfa.com STARFLEET going on five years. In that Soviet and Eastern Bloc MIG fighter aircraft with many studies during the last 40 years. time, he has risen from Chief of Sciences and basic trainers. Charles believes we should now consider or send a SASE to VAS Director Vice Ad- aboard the USS Highroller, to become the looking at our own planet. “We should con- miral Marlene Miller, 461 Harmony Lane, ship’s Commanding Officer as well as the Charles notes that the most important duct more research in our own oceans to Campbell, OH 44405-1212, or email her at Regional Division Chief of Sciences in Re- scientific discovery was probably the break- help support us in the near future,” he said.
Hello STARFLEET! 3) Collect the tabs/cans, recycle them and Please include with your mailing;. turn them into your local Ronald McDonald Your name, and address Now that the program is underway, I House and report your contribution to me. Ship/Shuttle name &# hope everybody is busy collecting can tabs/ Amt of cans/tabs collected Lorrie Nelson cans for the Ronald McDonald House Chari- Could anything be easier? Oh, and don’t Amt of money donated to local house (if 4219 E Cheltenham Av ties program in STARFLEET. With the offi- wait until you have a lot of tabs, I will pre- applicable) Philadelphia, PA 19124 cial start of summer taking place right now, weigh your contributions, and then combine [email protected] the opportunities to collect are greater now all of the tabs I have received and then take Remember, when you lift that can of than ever! Remember there are 3 ways for a them to be recycled. There is power in num- soda/juice/whatever to your mouth and the Chapter/Shuttle to participate. bers. So send to me whatever you have. tab hits your lips, remember to twist it off and send it to me. At your next meeting 1) Send the tabs to me directly. I send in reports quarterly. All ships/ forgo the 2 liter bottles and go with CANS! shuttles participating will be recognized in 2) Collect cans and after recycling them my report and will be published in the Want more info please go to the website yourselves, mail a check made out to Communiqué. http://members.xoom.com/lo1nelson/ STARFLEET to me. Page 12 • Communiqué • Issue 93 Tom “Little Guy” Restivo abducted by the Dominion!! USS Highlander Executive Officer An Kidnapped! update...
The Dominion News Service Greetings STARFLEET. On Saturday, June 19th, members of USS On Stardate 9905.20, while on a routine Highlander made an attempt to rescue Tom survey mission near the border between Re- (“The Little Guy”) Restivo from Dominion gions 1 and 7, the USS Highlander was at- captivity. tacked by Dominion Infiltrators. Using the element of surprise, the infiltrators swiftly The Dominion is merciful. On Saturday, knocked out Highlander’s warp drive and June 19th, we allowed The Little Guy to have shields. Then, to the crew’s horror, a Do- a visit from his fiancee, Maggie Pragnell. minion boarding party beamed onto the Ms. Pragnell presented the guard on duty bridge and kidnapped their XO, Fleet Cap- Have You Seen with a note, allegedly from The Vorta, read- tain Tom (“The Little Guy”) Restivo. ing, “Dear Dominion, Please excuse Little Guy. He has explosive Maggieness.” (An A Dominion spokesperson, identified imageof the note appears on our web site.) only as “The Vorta,” issued the following statement: Me? By the time the forgery was detected, the guard (A Jem’Hadar trainee) had already “Glory to the Founders! We have cap- The Dominion has issued a challenge to — About the Charity — released Mister Restivo. He was recaptured tured STARFLEET’s ‘Little Guy’ and are the regions of STARFLEET. The region con- a short time later and returned to captivity. holding him for ransom. He will be re- tributing the most money toward Mister Julien Fleming is a terminally ill five year The Jem’Hadar responsible has been re- turned unharmed, but only if STARFLEET Restivo’s ransom will be named as The Little old boy living in Sterling, Virginia. He has turned to training, with an extra emphasis meets our demands. We are desperate, but Guy’s Rescuer. Although the abduction oc- been diagnosed with GM1 gangliosidosis, a on verifying orders. we are merciful. We are holding Mister curred near the border between regions 1 and rare neurological disease which has left him Restivo till July 10; however the conditions 7, all regions are welcome to participate in unable to see, talk, swallow, sit up, crawl, Because STARFLEET did not heed our of his captivity will be dictated by the ran- the challenge. walk, or smile. earlier warnings, Mister Restivo is now som payments received.” watching the Next Generation episode, In order to track the competition, a web His mother, Donna, quit her job when “Shades of Gray,” which will be followed “Right now, Mister Restivo is being site has been set up at http:// Julien was diagnosed to care for him full- immediately by the Voyager episode, forced to listen to a recording of William www.networkboy.com/dominion/. The site time. His father Clarke is a tow-truck driver “Threshhold.” Shatner singing ‘Lucy in the Sky with Dia- will also be updated occasionally with pho- which gives him flexible hours to help in monds’ while watching bad Star Wars paro- tos to prove that Tom has not been harmed. emergencies, but no medical benefits. We warn you, any further rescue at- dies in continuous loop All donations to help pay Julien’s family cannot afford to pay for both tempts will result in the cruelest punishment rotation (‘Hardware the ransom will be given his medical expenses and supplies, which possible: Forced viewing of Terry Farrell’s Wars’ is funny the first to the Julien Fleming fund are approximately $1200/month, and the fu- guest appearance on Penn and Teller’s TV few times you see it, but (See below). Please send neral which looms closer each day. (Esti- show accompanied by Picard and the chil- after the 30th repetition, checks, payable to “The mated cost of the funeral is $7500 for the dren from “Disaster” singing ‘Frere Jacques. it begins to wear thin). Julien Fleming Fund” to basics, not including headstone, flowers, Upon payment of a $300 either Blair Learn, 11604 etc.) Do NOT cross us again. ransom, we’ll switch the King’s Arrow Court, music to Brent Spiner’s Germantown, MD 20876- Additional information about Julien’s album ‘Ol’ Yellow Eyes is 1720 or else to USS Athena, condition may be found on the World-Wide- Back’ and change the PO Box 311, Merrifield, Web at http://www.ql.org/julien/ or by video to a collection of VA 22116-0311 contacting The Dominion in care of the ad- Roger Ramjet tapes. At dresses listed above. the $700 level, we’ll let This is the fourth Do- him watch The Best of minion-sponsored kid- Nicole deBoer (with her napping in the past 18 oh-so-cute scrunched months. Other personali- nose).” ties within STARFLEET abducted by The Domin- “We issue this warn- ion are Lisa N. Paradis Berkenbilt; Jeremy Above, center: Tom “Little ing: If STARFLEET makes any attempt to Trent; Les Rickard; the Commander, Guy” Restivo. Bottom left: A rescue him, Tom will be forced to view a STARFLEET, Michael D. Smith and last but dominion of the Dominion. double feature showing of ‘Shades of Gray’ not least, a small flock of ducks. Bottom right: Tom is blind- followed by ‘Threshold.’ Repeat violations folded before he is taken will be met with the cruelest punishment: The Dominion kidnapping service is away. Forced viewing of Terry Farrell’s guest ap- available for weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, pearance on Penn and Teller’s TV show parties, staff meetings, and just about any accompanied by Picard and the children other event you can think of. For further in- from ‘Disaster’ singing ‘Frere Jacques.’” formation, please contact The Vorta at [email protected]. June/July 1999 • Page 13 Support the Julien Fleming Fund and help save the Little Guy!!
Region 7 still has the lead, but any of the other groups could still take it from them. Another The total is now within $50 of what’s needed for switching the musical selection to Brent Spiner. Ransom payments, in the form of checks update... or money orders made payable to “The Julien Fleming Fund,” may be sent in care of Blair Learn, 11604 King’s Arrow Court, Greetings STARFLEET. In order that he might plead for better Germantown, MD 20876-1720. music and an earlier release, The Little Guy Our original plan was to release The will be allowed to attend Shore Leave, but We thank you for supporting our charity. Little Guy at the Shore Leave convention, will remain under close guard at all times. however a most curious thing has hap- The Vorta pened. It has been 39 days since we captured Fleet Captain Thomas Restivo. Ransom pay- The Dominion — The most unique char- Although a few people have expressed ments to date total $297.93 with a break- ity fund-raiser in the known universe. their horror at Mister Restivo’s abduction, down by participating group as follows: It has been 32 days since we captured many more Fleet Captain Thomas Restivo. Ransom pay- have expressed Region 1: $65 ments to date total $252.93 with a break- an entirely dif- Region 2: $10 down by participating group as follows: Top left: a blind-folded LG awaits his ferent senti- Region 5: $25 fate. Right: a helpful restaurant ment. Perhaps Region 7: $167.93 Region 1: $65 employee holds Tom prisoner while a his sister Region 17: $10 Region 5: $25 Dominionite takes the photographic phrased it best: Academy: $20 Region 7: $132.93 evidence presented here. Bottom left: “How much to Region 17: $10 USS Highlander CO Gerri Wampler reads keep him?” The total is now a Academy: $20 the ransom demands. mere two dollars and After con- seven cents from what’s sulting with The needed for switching Founders, we the musical selection to have decided to Brent Spiner. offer you an op- portunity to change The Little Guy’s release Checks or Money Orders made payable date. Traditional ransom payments will still to “The Julien Fleming Fund” may be sent count towards upgrades of the music and in care of Blair Learn, 11604 King’s Arrow video he is subjected to, however for every Court, Germantown, MD 20876. $25 dollars received between now and his release date, we will extend Mister Please be certain to include a note speci- Restivo’s captivity by one-half week ($50 fying whether your payment is for the ran- for a full week extension). som, or if you wish us to “Keep Him” in- stead. For example: Payments totalling $25 would extend Mister Restivo’s captivity We thank you for supporting our char- until July 13th (one half week from July 10). ity. Payments totalling $50 would extend it to July 17th (one full week). And payments The Vorta totalling $75 would extend it to July 20th (one-and-a-half weeks). The Dominion — The most unique char- ity fund-raiser in the known universe. Photos courtesy of Lisa and Jay Berkenbilt Shuttle Shard! David Badger, USS Crystal Star
Hello STARFLEET! a half hour. It was fun building it. We did use it as a prop at the local theater for the I’m David Badger of the USS Crystal Star opening of “Insurrection.” We had lots of NCC-1160 in Anchorage, AK. We got to- people ask us questions about the shuttle gether one weekend and decided to build while waiting to see the movie and the the- a shuttle. The construction crew consisted ater manager was very pleased that we of the Captain, David Berube, the Chief brought it. We are looking for other times Engineer, David Badger, Marcus Hulshof, we can use it in the future. It was originally and a couple of others. The actual construc- designed as a float for the 4th of July pa- tion took two Saturday afternoons. We fin- rade and the Furrondy parade (Furrondy is ished it last September and designed it to an annual fur trade festival they have every be assembled and disassembled in less than February in Anchorage). Page 14 • Communiqué • Issue 93 Still looking for Assistant DiploCorps Directors for Regions 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 16 STARFLEET Diplomatic Corps Commander Christopher M. Esquibel, Director, STARFLEET Diplomatic Corps
Hello friends of the Fleet, Diplomatic Corps is pleased to announce Finally, Eric Larkin proposed the idea If these regions would like to pick their that we have some new Assistant Directors: that the Regions should pick their own As- own Assistant Directors please contact me My Name is Commander Christo- Region Four: John Nelson sistant Directors for their Region. Although at: [email protected] and we can see what pher Esquibel. I am the newly appointed Region Five: Stephen Idell the Director of STARFLEET Diplomatic we can do. Director of STARFLEET Diplomatic Corps. Region Fourteen: Joost Ueffing Corps has always picked someone for that With my friend Captain Jeff Higdon leav- Region Seventeen: Paul Reed region, I am willing to give it a try. I have Time for me to go. I hope you all have a ing as Director of STARFLEET Diplomatic started this idea with Region Four and we great summer and don’t get sunburned, OK? Corps, left me with some big shoes to fill The Assistant Director, Diplomatic will see how this works out. but I am greatly honored to be in this posi- Corps, Regional Services does the same ‘Bye for now! tion and I will do my best to do my job to function as this office but on the Regional The Assistant Directors that are already the best of my abilities. level. They report to the Director and usu- in service will remain since their Regional Commander Christopher M. Esquibel ally report to a designated regional officer Coordinators have approved them already. Director of STARFLEET Diplomatic Corps The first thing I would like to address is or the Regional Coordinator of their area. Email: [email protected] that my Deputy Director Eric Larkin has left Their primary duties are to establish diplo- This sounds like a great idea and I hope http://members.aol.com/JKirk1a/dc.htm the Diplomatic Corps. I thank Eric for his matic relations with other organizations and it works. Thanks for the idea Eric! services as Deputy Director of this Depart- associations within their jurisdictional area, ment. I’m currently looking for a replace- as well as coordinating efforts between their I am still looking for Assistant Directors ment for this position. If you are interested regions, chapters within their regions and for Regions: please contact me at: [email protected] other organizations and associations. 110 Also Check out Diplomatic Corps new Welcome John, Stephen, Joost, and Paul 211 Website at: http://members.aol.com/ to the Diplomatic Corps! 312 JKirk1a/dc.htm 613 816 9
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For the first time since 1985, Bill Gates various laptop monitors hooked into the for whatever ails them, which made for timent. After completing a series of com- made his way to the Gateway City to usher main board that was projecting desktops at what became an electrifying experience. Bill ments to tie up a couple of loose-ends, Bill in a new era for an area middle school (by monumental sizes. Nothing quite like a four started off with an overview of what is go- then opened the floor to what was supposed linking a high-speed Internet Connection via foot icon, hey? The Start Button on a Win- ing on in the to be a 20 minute 17 computers to it...) and also to visit dows 98 screen was the size of the Captain’s world of soft- Question and An- “America’s Center,” the St. Louis, Missouri Yacht (an Isuzu Amigo...), and the bass from ware, and also swer Session. This Exposition Center in downtown St. Louis. the supplied sound systems was outstand- what turns promptly became ing and remarkable. Windows, a 45 minutes, to the Assistant Chief of Operations Brian popular oper- delight of everyone Young and Mike Wilkerson headed to the While the developer presentations were ating system, in the convention “Microsoft Developer’s Series” convention rather dry (a series of people in real life that will take as the hall, many of which to learn more about computer networking, use the products showcased at the conven- millennium used the micro- web development, and most importantly to tion), the one on “Visual Studio 6.0” was full approaches. phone to share the see the man himself, Bill Gates, who, accord- of fun tidbits about upcoming details of web Many fixes, honor, devotion and ing to many recent polls is the richest man development and tools that look like they treats and new thanks that they feel on the planet. will be supplementing the shelves at many items will be in regard to Bill. a workplace soon. Then came the time for on the fore- Again, many of While the actual exposition area was the Keynote speaker: Bill Gates. front of things those sentiments are rather small, the convention arena that to come via shared by the Atlas housed the different “break out sessions” While many people think that Bill is Windows and crew members. and main sessions were nicely maintained someone that would come off as a “geek”, he assured that and prepared for many hundreds of people. Bill Gates’ presentation provided us with a the ride would In any case, Each of the halls have four humongous video very different viewpoint. Bill is a dynamic be a comfort- while the man may feed panels so that everyone in the conven- (though nasal) speaker, and is more than able but excit- be on a mission to tion halls could see a representation of the willing to try to help people to find the fix ing learning be successful, we experience for wish to thank Bill Windows us- for providing a ers. sense of “being a person” to those He then that attended the St. STARFLEET’S 25th treated the Louis convention. crowd to a video presentation which was a Sometimes people kaleidoscope of things that made everyone forget that from behind the busy days, the comfortable including an entertaining title of “richest man on the planet” and the Anniversary Label! “cable-man-internet-hookup” video that demonified image that is provided to us by provided a great deal of levity for those in those that think its easier to bemuse, than to the convention hall. In the Q&A session praise, there is a man behind the suit, and someone commented that having it avail- attitude: That man’s name is Bill Gates. Fleet Captain Thomas Rutledge able on the WWW would be a great idea and Thanks Bill. the Atlas crew that attended shared that sen- Starfleet proudly celebrates its 25th year wording. The bottom has a banner with of fandom! ‘1974 Anniversary 1999’. The label is a gold foil with bluish/purple ink. The cost is 10 Above: Bill Gates Back in 1974, the same year President cents per label with shipping included to the Below: Microsoft Convention room Nixon signed a bill that made 55 MPH the lower 48 states. There are no minimums, so national speed limit. Aerosol spray cans and order what you wish. Funds from the sale unleaded fuel were first introduced and con- of these labels will start the Region 5 trea- cerns about the ozone layer began. Streak- sury. Payments can be directed to: ing became a popular fad and Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run. Thomas Rutledge 9805 NE 116 St., Suite 7405 Born at Lufkin, Texas in 1974, Starfleet Kirkland, WA, 98034 International has become one of the largest fan run organizations. The initial emphasis The labels will be sent by return mail. For was on the Star Trek genre but has grown to further information you can e-mail include science fiction, fantasy, public ser- [email protected] or point your brows- vice, along with many other interests of their ers to region5.org/label.jpg. Please note that chapters worldwide. In view of this historic this label is not the ‘official’ logo of Starfleet moment FCapt. Rutledge has commissioned International nor is endorsed as such. Chap- a 25th Anniversary label to commemorate ters may use the label as they see fit without this event. The labels are about 2x2 circle permission from Thomas Rutledge. design with a wreath stalk along the left and right side. In the center is the 25th and along Fleet Captain Rutledge the outer rim is the ‘Starfleet International’ Region 5 Page 16 • Communiqué • Issue 93 “The Oldest Ship in Philadelphia...” USS Sovereign! USS Sovereign Away Team recruits during Star Trek: Insurrection opening weekend! Lieutenant JG Lorrie Nelson - Communications; USS Sovereign
When the crew of the USS Sovereign good use of his weekends by creating a rep- However, when the same crew came to acter, movie. Some of us felt real old when a NCC-75000 (Region 7) found out the open- lica of the Captain’s Ready room (complete the theater on the 11th, anticipation turned pre-teen said that her favorite series was ing date of Insurrection, we immediately took with a replicator; and a replicated china tea into disappointment. The area that the crew TNG. When asked how she could have seen action. We knew that in addition to making cup and saucer). He also built a Borg Re- had been given on the 10th had by now been them, she remarked that her father had taped plans for an Away Mission to see the movie, generation Chamber,. Phasers, and reduced to little more than that of two card them for her because she hadn’t been born we realized that this mission could also be tricorders. Cards were brought out of their tables on one side and three feet on the other to watch them in first run syndication! used to recruit members into our ship. In boxes to be used as props for the recruiting side. So for a brief period of time the crew addition we realized that we could also do table. The crew pressed their uniforms, considered opening up the air locks and Commanding Officer Beryl E. Washing- something for our community at the same shined their shoes, polished their buttons “spacing” the manager and crew of the the- ton deserves special mention. Not only was time. Commanding Officer, Fleet Captain and practiced their Klingon, Borg, and ater. But sense prevailed (and nobody she instrumental in setting up the weekend, Beryl E. Washington and XO, Commander Betazed greetings. We knew that this would wanted to go to the Brig), and the USS Sov- but I never saw her sit down the entire 11 Cher Schleigh started making phone calls to be a weekend when we wanted to not only ereign made fantastic use of the space allot- hours I was there on Saturday. She was ei- our charity, Children’s Hospital of Philadel- enjoy seeing a Star Trek movie, but we ted us. ther making last minute arrangements with phia, and Franklin Mills Outlet. They knew wanted to show the community a definitely the theater, talking to people in line about our that in order to reach the greatest number unnerdy, ungeeky side to Star Trek. During our three day mission, the crew, ship, going into the theaters before the show- of people, we had to have our premiere in uniform, walked through out the mall. ing of the movie to talk about the Sovereign, event in a large movie theater, and at the It was decided that a few minutes before This generated interest in Star Trek and in or bringing people over to our recruiting time Franklin Mills theater was one of the each showing, someone from the crew the movie, and in our ship. On opening table. Where does she get all that energy? biggest. would go into the theater and give a short night, the shoppers in the mall were greeted speech on STARFLEET and our ship, and by a Klingon, Vulcan, Catian, and Bat. If that All in all, we handed out all of our flyers As the premiere date approached, invite them to visit our table after they saw wasn’t enough to stir up conversation and and had to make more. We made a sizeable FCaptain Washington made calls to the lo- the movie. interest... Our resident Borg (Sonny Wright) amount of money for Children’s Hospital, got cal radio and televisions stations. Com- came out of his regeneration chamber long the word out that Trekkers are not geeky or mander Schleigh faxed information to all of On December 10th, some of the crew enough to scare a few humans and create nerdy, and most importantly, had a great the local newspapers. Donations from the members made a visit to the theater. They enough interest to sign up new members. time. crew were accepted for the raffle to benefit worked well into the night transporting, One enterprising crew member overheard Children’s Hospital. Honorary hats were hauling, building, setting up the Ready a woman remarking that the Borg was not Hey Captain, are you ready for 2001 and made for the manager of the theater and for room, Regeneration Chamber and other real. She made a deal with the lady that if Star Trek 10? the Public Relations representative from equipment. And when they left on Thurs- the Borg was real the lady would buy a raffle Children’s hospital. Flyers and applications day night, their muscles ached, but they ticket. Lieutenant JG Lorrie Nelson were reproduced. A slide show about the knew it had been worth it. We had a exhibi- - Communications Sovereign was made to be shown on a PC. tion that was supreme. We answered endless questions as to USS Sovereign NCC-75000 Our resident Borg, Sonny Wright, had made which is our favorite episode, series, char- Region 7 Philadelphia, PA USS Flying Fortress takes on a blizzard... and wins... Fleet Captain Tim Frayser, CO, USS Flying Fortress On the afternoon of March 13, 1999, a National Guard went out into the storm, res- backed up to the church, dropped off seven offered words of comfort to their 200 fellow fierce winter snowstorm moved southwest cuing travelers from their cars and taking bags of groceries, and then left with hardly refugees, working with church volunteers across the Kansas border into Oklahoma, them to safe places in various towns along a word. In a scene repeated in churches until after 1 AM. The officers remained un- settling along Interstate I-44, which runs the turnpike. By sunset, every hotel room in across town, people were sleeping on the til the next morning, helping cook and serve from Oklahoma City northeast to St. Louis. Stroud was taken, and within the hour ev- floors, in the pews, in the classrooms, the breakfast to the refugees of the storm, until Motorists traveling on the Turner Turnpike ery road out of Stroud was closed by the offices, and even in the small cafeteria. The the OHP announced the roads were finally between Oklahoma City and Tulsa watched storm, which dumped a reported 20 inches church even found a place for a family’s pet clear for travel. the weather turn from a light sleet to a blind- of snow on Creek County, OK alone. Hun- dog so she wouldn’t have to spend the cold ing blizzard within minutes. Traffic slowed dreds of stranded motorists suddenly found night in their car. Ironically, sixty degree temperatures the to a crawl, and when two semi tractor trail- themselves is a strange town, with the tem- next day melted most of the snow off, but ers jack-knifed fifteen miles short of the Tulsa perature falling below freezing and nowhere Among those stranded in Stroud were the cost had been great: thirteen people lost exit, eastbound traffic on the Turner Turn- to go. Fleet Captain Tim Frayser and Commander their lives in the snowstorm. There were pike ground to a halt. The traffic jam Deb Trimble of the USS Flying Fortress. The dozens of wrecked vehicles, many minor in- stretched for over five miles behind the ac- The town of Stroud responded with re- two had been en route from Tulsa to Norman juries, and almost 8,000 homes were with- cident; hundreds of cars, including two markable compassion. Every church in for the Oklahoma Sector Dinner when they out power overnight. If not for the quick snowplows, were stranded on the turnpike town— as well as many private homes— were forced off the turnpike by the snow- action, hard work and open hearts of local for up to five hours. opened their doors to the stranded travel- storm. Finding themselves at the First Oklahomans, however, the cost could have ers. At the First United Methodist Church, United Methodist Church, the two been much more grave. The people of Stroud The Oklahoma Highway Patrol one of the first to open its doors, Pastor STARFLEET officers rolled up their sleeves and their fellow Oklahomans are to be com- promptly closed that section of the Turner Kathy Leithner, parishioners and neighbors and joined local volunteers to help out in mended for their remarkable generosity and Turnpike, diverting all eastbound traffic off contributed blankets, food, soap, toothpaste the crisis. The officers served coffee, sand- selfless compassion in the face of this sud- at the Stroud, OK exit. The OHP and the and first aid supplies. Two men in a pickup wiches and juice, distributed blankets, and den crisis. June/July 1999 • Page 17 Oh, and Voyager’s rider jumps the gate and heads out of the stadium! Unbelievable! The STARFLEET Triple Crown... David E. Klingman, DMD
In honor of the Old Earth custom of In the straightaway, Founder loses all of It’s Captain Kirk way in the lead, with tive... how do you feel to kow that she was horse racing, it’s the STARFLEET Triple its hair and... oh! What an upset! Founder’s only Kobiyashi Maru standing in the way broken?” Crown! jockey comes off the horse! Breen takes a lead of Vulcan Ambassador and Prime Directive over Dominion! And close by Captain Kirk to place and show. Founder is off the field “Good lord man! It’s... just... a horse... At the gate: jumps the fence and cuts across the center of in the infirmary,. and Captain Kirk looks like move out of your parents’ racing box... and... the field! What a race, folks! Prime Directive a sure winner as he comes up the finish... oh place your own bets... you’ve... got to mister! Prime Directive tries to follow, but his jockey is broken from my goodness! Folks, Section 31 has jumped Vulcan Ambassador the strain and Kobiyashi Maru passes him. the stable gates and knocked Captain Kirk’s This is unbelievable folks... it’s just in that Chancellor Martok Coming around the second turn, it’s Breen rider off the horse... Captain Kirk goes down! Section 31 was NOT sanctioned to race to- Dominion followed by Dominion, with Chancellor Section 31 has taken Captain Kirk Down! day, and indeed Kobiyashi Maru was ille- Breen Martok and Hirogen coming up in the pack... Kobiyashi Maru comes to the finish line in gally drugged by Section 31’s owner to win Voth what’s this? Chancellor Martok and Hirogen the lead! Kobiyashi Maru has gotten in the the race... and so Kobiyashi Maru is thrown Hirogen start bucking and kicking each other... oh, way of victory again... Vulcan Ambassador out, putting after a view of the photo finish Captain Kirk folks, it’s a real blood feud out there... today places logically, and Prime Directive has showing Captain Kirk just snaking over the Kobiyashi Maru is NOT a good day for Chancellor Martok. been broken once more. line in front of Vulcan Ambassador, the fi- Founder nal tally is Captain Kirk followed by Vulcan Emissary As they come well into the turn, it’s still And as we finish, the vet , Doctor McCoy, Ambassador and Prime Directive. A stun- Voyager Breen followed by Dominion, with Captain comes out of the stables for an interview... ning race, with Captain Kirk once again Kirk almost across the field into the opposite overcoming Kobiyashi Maru and Prime Di- And they’re out of the gate! Dominion straightaway. The rest of the pack is far be- “Doctor, can you tell us about Captain rective broken for the seventh consecutive takes an early lead, teaming up with hind folks. It seems Chancellor Martok and Kirk? Is he injured?” year. Breen... Breen’s jockey pulls out its riding Hirogen’s bloody corpses are blocking the crop and smacks Emissary several times, entry to the turn, but here comes Emissary “It’s worse than that, he’s dead.” And finally, this just in, Voyager has been knocking him off. At the behest of Vulcan followed by Kobiyashi Maru, then Vulcan spotted on the highway headed out of town, Ambassador, his jockey opens a dialogue Ambassador who has made a steady and cal- “And what about Founder, could you re- and Section 31 has escaped from the stables with Founder who morphs into a 99 Ferarri culated come from behind. Prime Directive store his hair?” and has disappeared. Testarossa and takes a rapid lead. struggles with the ailing Founder. “I’m a doctor, not the hair club presi- See you for tomorrow’s race, with the Coming into the first turn, Captain Kirk Okay folks, they’re coming into the final dent.” lineup being: and Prime Directive bring up the rear pe- straightaway. It’s Breen and Dominion... it’s rimeter with Voth keeping to himself in the Dominion and Breen... wait... Captain Kirk “Doctor, look! Captain Kirk is getting up! Captain Kirk far back of the pack, with Hirogen hunting jumps the fence again and takes the lead! Unbelievable! His trainer is coming over Prime Directive close on Voth’s tail. Kobiyashi Maru, still Unbelievable folks! It’s now Captain Kirk from the stables... let’s get an interview... Kobiyashi Maru having trouble at the gate, blasts out and followed by Dominion and Breen who are What happened? Vulcan Ambassador struggles to catch up. Oh, and Voyager’s neck and neck. The rest of the pack isn’t even Romulan Warbird rider jumps the gate and heads out of the close! “Captain Kirk was dead, how did you The Prophets (a pair of horses) stadium! Unbelievable! Coming out of the survive after Kobiyashi Maru overtook and some newcomers from out of state... first turn, Founder is in the lead, with Breen And they head into the final stretch, with you?” Malon Freighter and Dominion following close behind. Captain Kirk in the lead followed by Breen Species 8472 Kobiyashi Maru miraculously comes and Dominion, with Emissary coming up on “I... don’t believe... in... the no win sce- Borg Drone around the first turn, passing Vulcan Am- Dominion’s tail... wait... oh my... a wormhole nario.... I... also have proof... that... Kobiyashi and a new horse to the Triple Stakes bassador and steps up behind Captain is opening on the straightaway, and there goes Maru ... was... on... STEROIDS!” Crusade Kirk’s tail. Hirogen comes out of the first Emissary, taking Breen and Dominion in the turn carrying Voth’s head in a saddle bag. backwash! “And your sister horse, Prime Direc- It should be an exciting race, don’t miss it!
Photo by Commander. Brian Smith, CEO USS Challenger, R7 DCOS: Rounding out the CO’s table is from left-right Starfleet Marines International 5th Division CO and Indepen- dent USS Tempest XO Tim Riess; STARFLEET Region 7 Coordinator and USS Challenger CO Rear Admiral Bob Vosseller; and SFI Major General William Stemmle during the 3rd Annual Division Meeting which involved SMI, Starfleet and UFPI members in Millville NJ on March 20th. Page 18 • Communiqué • Issue 93 Greetings from the USS Roberta Bondar in Nanaimo, BC, Canada! Viva Las Vegas! Fleet Captain Stephen C. Idell
(From “The Manifest” – April / May, 1999) let you alert the Starship to beam you Following these events, you’re given the aboard. opportunity to tour the shops along the In February, I had the opportunity to Promenade of Deep Space Nine, and stop travel to Las Vegas with Nadine Romero and But this was not the most exciting part in at Quark’s Bar for an alien meal or an ex- my sister, Terry. Our main objective, each of The Experience. The highlight of this ad- otic beverage. Some of the items in the shops of us being Trekkers, was to visit Star Trek: venture is to be whisked away through a are a bit pricey, but for enough strips of gold- The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton. We temporal rift by some renegade Klingons to pressed latinum you can buy almost any- arrived on Monday morning, checked in to the 24th century. The details of this incident thing “trek.” Being Las Vegas, there was the our hotel, and headed immediately to the ever-present casino – but of course the Hilton. The great big sign and delta shield Hilton’s was theme oriented and space- confirmed that we were in the right place. aged. The only things lacking were Morn, and the dabo girls at the dabo table. Luckily, the line for tickets was short and we were able to enter the museum of The The rest of our stay in Las Vegas was History of the Future without delay. The en- anything but uneventful. We tried to see trance was very impressive, with large mod- all the attractions, from one end of The Strip els of various Starships, both Federation and to the other. We started at the Pyramid of Klingon, suspended from the ceiling. The the Luxor Hotel, through the Excalibur and pathway that winds through the exhibit the MGM Grand, to the Stratosphere Tower. gives a detailed history of the space pro- We watched a Pirate battle, witnessed a vol- gram, from its early days before the moon cano erupt and marveled at a water ballet landing to the twenty-fourth century. Of choreographed to music. course, from our point of view here in the twentieth century, this all seems conjecture. Las Vegas is not content to just sit and However, the presentation is so vibrant that vegetate. All around us, new hotels and at- it’s easy to suspend your reality and get tractions were in some state of construction. Pictures by Commodore Wendy caught up in the fantasy. Theme hotels such as Paris, complete with Fillmore from her trip to Las Vegas with its own Eiffel Tower, and the Venetian, rec- her husband, Fleet Captain Bob Many of the displays consist of props and reating a Renaissance city, are a couple of Fillmore, in September of 1997 costumes previously used on the sets of the the wonders being built in this desert oasis. various Star Trek series and movies. I was are classified, but suffice it to say that it in- Four days was just not enough to see ev- most impressed with the attention to detail, volves transporters, a death-defying The old “Glitter Gulch” in downtown erything. There’s a lot to see and do in Las even though I knew none of these props re- shuttlecraft ride, and a space battle that Las Vegas has not been forgotten either. Vegas besides gamble, and I look forward ally worked. You could almost believe that spans the centuries – and I’ve got the bruises Freemont Street is a pedestrian mall, with to returning some day. If there is one thing if you picked up a tricorder it would actu- to prove it! various music and light shows played on its I’m sure of, it’s that with the amount of ally scan, or that the communicator would canopy each evening. walking we did, we can truly be called “trek- kers!”
Photo (left) of two officers from left Captain Donna Jean Noddin now First Officer at- taches captain’s pin to collar of newly appointed Captain of the USS Roberta Bondar Michael McColl…
Second photo of three officers from left of the USS Roberta Bondar NCC 74669 chief medi- cal officer Commander Loraleigh Graves presents con- gratulatory cake to new Cap- tain Mike McColl (right) with First Officer Captain Donna Jean Noddin in middle of photo USS Roberta Bondar
Captain Donna Jean Noddin June/July 1999 • Page 19 Let us know what your ship is up to! USS Bradbury
Captain John Russell, News... USS Bradbury
Sunday, March 7, 1999, the command “A group of volunteers that keep coming crew of the USS Bradbury shuttled into Chi- back year after year are the USS Bradbury cago to the Stars Our Destination bookstore group of Star Trek fans. to meet with our namesake Ray Bradbury. Ray was both surprised and delighted to “Dressed in full STARFLEET regalia, a see us again. Captain John Russell pre- Ferengi, Borg, Klingon, three humans and sented him with USS Bradbury Kahn, a genetically improved human, have crewmember pin and a copy of our latest been answering phones from 11 p.m. to mid- newsletter – The Bradbury Chronicles. Ray night for four or five years now, said Ferengi commented on how delighted he was with impersonator and Executive Officer of the our charity and community service work. group Priscilla Russell of St. Charles. He is an honorary member of STARFLEET, with his membership being covered by the “In preparation for coming to the telethon Russells for the last few years, since sign- this year, the group stood outside Elgin Fox ing our commissioning papers in St. Louis theater last week – in uniform – and collected when we became a ship. He continues to $250 to bring with them, said Russell, who be a very fine and captivating gentleman. works at Flinn Scientific in Batavia.” We all appreciate the wonderful reading he has given us. Excerpt from an article published in the Kane USS Challenger... on County Chronicle, Monday, February 15, 1999, by Deborah Niemann, titled “Jayne Shover Eas- Rear Admiral Bob Vosseller, ter Seal raises $271,000 during annual telethon” the move! CO, USS Challenger; and Region 7 Coordinator Above photo by USS Challenger Engi- neer Ens. Samantha Cadmus: Enjoy- ing a Star Wars: Episode 1, Phantom Menace premiere party are (left-right) Darth (Cmdr. Brian Smith, R7 Deputy Chief of Staff and USS Challenger Chief Engineer) Maul, R2D2, and Chewbacca (Bob Vosseller) during a promotion by NJ shore radio station B98.5 The Chal- lenger helped bring attention to “Find- A-Cure” during the May 15th party in front of “Flick’s Sushi Bar” in Brick Twp. NJ and brought along Find-A- Cure’s automated R2D2 for the occa- sion!
Right photo by USS Challenger Engineer Ens. Samantha Cadmus: Trading in his Starfleet uniform for a wet wookie cos- Below photo by Bob Vosseller: A crowd of Star tume at far left is Bob Vosseller, Diane Trek fans and production members of the ABC talk from the B98.5 FM Morning Show, show “The View” are seen during a taping of the Cmdr. Brian Smith playing Darth Maul show last fall during the release week of STAR and B98.5 FM Morning Show DJ Mike TREK: Insurrection. Ten members of the USS Chal- during the Star Wars: Phantom Menace lenger were part of the audience in the NYC studio premiere party held on May 15th. while their CO was interviewed by the warm up host about STARFLEET and ST Fandom.
Above: Ray Bradbury with a member of the USS Bradbury at Chicago’s “Stars Our Des- tination” bookstore
Right: John and Priscilla Russell with Ray Bradbury Page 20 • Communiqué • Issue 93 ShoreLeave XXI... July 9-11... Baltimore, MD... Upcoming Conventions... Compiled by Fleet Admiral Blair Learn
June 18-20 Tranquility Base 1999, Cincin- June 25-27 Polycon, San Luis Obispo, Cali- July 9-11 Hexacon 9, Scottsdale, Arizona; July 16-18 Baroquon, Cambridge, United nati, Ohio; Info: Tranquility Base, 8216 fornia; Info: PolyCon Committee, University Info: Hexacon 9, PO Box 62613, Phoenix, AZ Kingdom; Info: Baroquon, 8 Saddlers Close, Princeton-Glendale Rd. #303, West Chester, Union Box 168, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 85082-2613 Ph: 602-973-2341 http:// Baldock, Herts., SG7 6EF, UK http:// OH 45069-1675 Ph: 513-942-5256 http:// Ph: 805-549-0988 http://polycon.punk.net/ members.aol.com/boniece/ www.philm.demon.co.uk/Baroquon/ www.skypacer.com/tranbase/ Guests:Mira Main.html Guests:Mary Gentle, James Wallis Furlan, Robin Atkin Downes, Robin Curtis, June 25-27 Empire Union, The Ultimate July 9-11 Shore Leave XXI, Baltimore, Gerard Christopher, Apollo Smile Fan Convention, Detroit, Michigan; Info: Maryland; Info: Shore Leave, PO Box 6809, July 16-18 Nexus 1999, Bristol, United King- John Paladin 707 Kirts Blvd. #103 Troy, MI Towson, MD 21285-6809 Ph: 410-496-4456 dom; Info: 1 Lullington Road, Knowle, June 18-20 Anime North, Toronto, Ontario; 48084 http://www.customnet.net/ (24-hr hotline) http://members.aol.com/ Bristol, England BS4 2LH http:// Info: P.O. Box 24090, Dufferin Mall Postal ~klingon Guests:Robert O’Reilly, William shoreleave Guests:Tim Russ, Eric Pierpoint, www.cosham.demon.co.uk/ Guests:Sophie Outlet, 900 Dufferin St., Toronto, Ontario Cambell Barbara March, Gary Lockwood Aldred, Robert Duncan McNeill, Richard M6H 4A0 http://www.animenorth.com/ Arnold, John Freeman Guests:Hitoshi Doi, Hyi-san, Kenji Shimizu, June 26-30 Trek Expo 99, Tulsa, Oklahoma; July 9-11 Gateway, St. Louis, Missouri; Info: Matthew Miller, Robert DeJesus, Locke, Barb Info: Starbase 21, 2130 S. Sheridan, Tulsa, OK Gateway, PO Box 3064, Florissant, MO July 16-18 Intercon 14.5, Cherry Hill, New Schofield, Christina Carr, Martin Hunger, 74129 Ph: 918-834-9636 http:// 63032 Ph: 314-524-3014 http:// Jersey; Info: Intercon 14.5, PO Box 196, Pandora Diane Waldron, David Pulver, www.starbase21ok.com Guests:Leonard www.stlf.org/gateway/ Guests:Andreas Merrifield, VA 22116-0196 http:// Mark C. MacKinnon Nimoy, Nicole deBoer, John deLancie, James Katsulas, Chase Masterson, Joshua Cox, www.ilfinfo.org/intercon/i145/index.html Darren, Andreas Katsulas, Richard Biggs, Jerry Rector, Gerard Christopher, Richard June 18-20 Slanted Fedora - Portland, Port- Jason Carter, Kari Wuhrer, Kenny Baker, Hatch, Jack Stauffer, Dick Durock, Laurell July 16-18 Beauty and the Beast ’99 Conven- land, Oregon; Info: Slanted Fedora Enter- Yvonne Craig, Gary Lockwood, Anne K. Hamilton tion, Orlando, Florida; Info: Lyn Musacchio, tainment, 11916 W. 109th Street Suite #125, Francis, Bruce Campbell 873 N. Lake Claire Circle, Oviedo, FL 32765 Overland Park, KS 66210 Ph: 913-327- July 9-11 Castlecon 12, Frederick, Mary- Ph: 407-359-5814 http://www.bcn.net/ TREK(8735) http://www.sfedora.com/ July 1-5 EmpireCon/WesterCon 52, Spo- land; Info: FanTek, 1607 Thomas Rd., ~bearmous/b&bcon99/ newpage1.htm kane, Washington; Info: Empire 52, PO Box Friendly, MD 20744-4130 Ph: 301-292-5231 7477, Spokane, WA 99207 Ph: 509-482-5288 July 16-18 Earth2, Sherman Oaks, California; June 24-27 MidWestCon 50, Cincinnati, http://www.webwitch.com/westercon52/ July 9-11 Readercon 11, Waltham, Massa- Info: Earth2, PO Box 3306, Oak Park, IL Ohio; Info: Pat Sims, 34 Creekwood Square, index1.html Guests:C.J. Cherryh, Kristine chusetts; Info: Readercon, PO Box 381246, 60303-3306 http://members.aol.com/ Glendale, OH 45246 http://www.cfg.org/ Kathryn Rusch Barbara Hambley, Ellen Cambridge, MA 02138-1246 Ph: 617-926- e2party/ Guests:Clancy Brown, John midwestcon/ Datlow 1885 http://www.readercon.org (Gegenhuber) Wollner, Rockmond Dunbar, Guests:Harlan Ellison, Ellen Datlow Joey Zimmerman, Jeff Deist, Lisa Ebeyer June 25-27 Conestoga ‘99, Tulsa, Oklahoma; July 1-4 DragonCon, Atlanta, Georgia; Info: Info: Conestoga ’99, PO Box 54037, Tulsa, OK Dragon*Con, Post Office Box 47696, Atlanta, July 9-11 Concertino 99, Westborough, July 16-18 Anime Expo 99, Anaheim, Cali- 74155-4037 Ph: 918-836-5463 http:// Georgia 30362-0696 Ph: 770-623-6321 http:/ Massachusetts; Info: MASSFILC c/o Ellen fornia; Info: 7336 Santa Monica Boulevard, www.ionet.net/~rlmorgan/kon/ /www.dragoncon.org/ Kranzer, 18 Cottage St., Arlington, MA Suite 640, Hollywood, CA 90046 http:// Guests:Harry Turtledove 02474-5504 http://www.lovesong.com/ www.anime-expo.org/ Guests:Mika July 2-4 AnthroCon 99, Valley Forge, Penn- massfilc/concertino/ Guests:Bill & Brenda Akitaka, Mari Iijima, Mayumi Iizuka, June 25-27 Darkcon 1999, Chandler, Ari- sylvania; Info: AnthroCon, PO Box 60445, Sutton Sachiko Kamimura, Hiromi Matsushita, zona; Info: Darkcon, PO Box 5833, Glendale, King of Prussia, PA 19406 http:// Hiroyuki Ochi, Kazuko Tadano, Akio AZ 85312 Ph: 602-978-9314 Guests:George www.anthrocon.org/ Guests:Vicky Wyman, July 9-11 X-Khan, Colorado Springs, Colo- Takami, Akira Kamiya, Henry Goto, Steve Clayton Johnson, William F. Nolan S. Andrew Swann rado; Info: Penny Tegen, 2926 Valarie Circle, Bennett Colorado Springs, CO 80917-3832 Ph: 719- June 25-27 Gathering 1999: Gargoyles July 2-4 InConJunction XIX, Indianapolis, 597-5259 http://members.iex.net/~rogers/ July 17-18 Star Trek Fab 4 Tour, Raleigh, World Tour, Dallas, Texas; Info: Gathering Indiana; Info: InConJunction XIX, PO Box khan.html Guests:Kevin J. Anderson, North Carolina; Info: Slanted Fedora Enter- 1999 631 Sumner Drive; Mesquite, TX 75149 19776, Indianapolis, IN 46219 http:// Rebecca Moesta tainment, 11916 W. 109th Street Suite #125, Ph: 972-285-7917 Guests:Greg Weisman, www.indy.net/~incon/ Guests:Bill Overland Park, KS 66210 Ph: 913-327- Christine Morgan Forstchen July 9-11 Toronto Trek 13, Toronto, Ontario; TREK(8735) http://www.sfedora.com/ Info: Toronto Trek, Suite 0116, Box 187, 65 newpage1.htm Guests:George Takei, James June 25-27 ConJuration, Columbia, Mis- July 2-4 CONvergence, Bloomington, Min- Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 1E6 Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, souri; Info: PO Box 874 Columbia, MO nesota; Info: CONvergence 1999, PO Box Ph: 416-410-TCON (8266) http:// Stephen Furst 65205-0874 Ph: 573-446-8919 http:// 13208, Dinkytown Station, Minneapolis, www.icomm.ca/tcon/ Guests:Peter Jurasik, home1.gte.net/conjure/ Guests:Richard MN 55414 Ph: 612-996-9224 http:// Stephen Furst, Andrew Robinson July 17-18 JVL Con ‘99, Janesville, Wiscon- Knaak, Ellisa Mitchell, Nancy Nutt www.convergence-con.org/ Guests:Forrest sin; Info: Rays Hobbies, 1316 Monterey Ln., Ackerman, Gary Russell, Harry Knowles, July 10-11 Sci-Fi Expo and Toyshow, Plano, Janesville, WI 53546 Ph: 608-756-5684 http:/ June 25-27 Monster Bash Convention 1999, Pam Keesey, Gordon Purcell Texas; Info: PO Box 941111, Plano Tx 75094- /members.aol.com/rayshobby2/ Monroeville, Pennsylvania; Info: Creepy 1111 Ph: 972-578-0213 (10am to 6pm CST) index2.html Guests:Wortham Krimmer, Classics, P.O. Box 213, Ligonier, PA 15658 Ph: July 2-4 Otakon, Baltimore, Maryland; Info: http://www.scifiexpo.com/ Guests:Jeri Steven Burgauer 724-238-6436 http://wvnvm.wvnet.edu/ 661-A Waupelani Drive, State College, PA Ryan, Chris Owens, Ray Park, David ~ygor/monsbash.html Guests:Sara Karloff, 16801 Ph: (814) 867-3478 http:// Prowse, Warwick Davis July 23-25 Telefantastique 2, London, Dwight D. Frye, Carla Leemmle, Forrest J www.otakon.com/ Guests:Hiroyuki United Kingdom; Info: Telefantastique 2, 38 Ackerman, David Prowse, Hal Wamsley, Kitakubo, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Fred Schodt, July 15-18 Necon 19, Bristol, Rhode Island; Rochford Ave., Loughton, Essex, IG10 2BS, Terminal Stare, David Skal, Tom Savini, Adam Warren, Lisa Ortiz, Crispin Freeman, Info: Necon 19, 67 Birchland Ave., UK Conrad Brooks, Gary Don Rhodes, Bob Tiffany Grant, Fred Perry, Amy Howard, Pawtucket, RI 02860 Ph: 804-966-5170 http:/ http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/ Tinneli, John Russo, Bill Hinzman, Russ Robert DeJesus, Michael Brady, Steve /www.para-net.com/~necon/ Guests:Kim 6936/ Guests:Mira Furlan, Michael O’Hare, Streiner Bennett, Chris Beveridge, John Staton, Jeff Newman, Thomas Tessier, Bernie Wrightson Diane Duane, Peter Morwood Thompson, Robert Fenelon, Neil Nadelman, June/July 1999 • Page 21 Don’t forget the STARFLEET International Conference... August 6-8, 1999... Charlotte, NC... Upcoming Conventions... Continued
July 23-25 Visions ‘99, Boston, Massachu- August 6-8 Diversicon 7, St. Paul, Minnesota; August 28-30 Shinnenkai ‘99, London, Sept 9-12 Shorecon ‘99, Cherry Hill, New setts; Info: Infinite Visions, Box 904, S. Info: Diversicon 7, PO Box 8036, Lake Street United Kingdom; Info: PO Box 110 , Jersey; Info: Shorecon ’99, c/o Multigenre, Yarmouth, MA 02664 Ph: 508-896-7448 Station, Minneapolis, MN 55408-8036 Ph: DIDCOT, Oxon, OX11 9YT, UK http:// Inc., 266 Spruce Dr., Brick, NJ 08723-6528 http://www.i-visions.com 612-825-9353 www.ndirect.co.uk/~newmoon/ Ph: 732-657-3311 shinnenkai/ Guests:Fred Perry, Helen http://www.multigenre.com/page2.html July 23-25 Costume College 1999, Van August 12-15 Comic-Con, San Diego, Cali- McCarthy, Steve Kyte, Jonathan Clements Sept 10-12 Nexus ‘99, Berlin, Germany; Info: Nuys, California; Info: Costumer’s Guild fornia; Info: 619 491-2475 http:// Frank Völzer, Waldowstraße 53, D-13403 West, PO Box 3052, Sante Fe Springs, CA www2.comic-con.org/comiccon/ Sept 2-6 Aussiecon Three / 1999 Worldcon Berlin, Germany http://www.snafu.de/ 90670-3052 http://members.aol.com/ Guests:Mark Evanier, Neil Gaiman, Larry / Spawncon Two, Melbourne, Australia ~agents/ Guests:Nana Visitor, Alexander ZBLGilbert/cgw.html Gonick, Patrick McDonnell, Mike Mignola, (Victoria); Info: Aussiecon Three, GPO Box Siddig, Richard Biggs, Jason Carter, Kenny Jerry Robinson, Jim Steranko, Jill Thompson 1212K, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia; US Baker, Jeremy Bulloch, Michael Sheard July 24-25 Vulkon, Saint Petersburg, Agent, PO Box 266, Prospect Heights, IL Florida; Info: Vulkon, PO BOX 821673, August 13-15 Wincon V / Unicon 1999, Win- 60070-0266 Sept 10-12 CopperCon 19, Scottsdale, Ari- South Florida, FL 33082-1673 Ph: 954-441- chester, United Kingdom; Info: Wincon V, 53 US Address: PO Box 688, Prospect Heights, zona; Info: CopperCon 19, PO Box 62613, TREK http://www.vulkon.com/ Havant Rd., North End, Portsmouth, Hants, IL 60070-0688; UK address: 45 Tilehurst Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85082-2613 Ph: 602-973-2341 Guests:James Darren, Peter Jurasik PO2 7HH, UK Reading, UK Ph: +61-3-95171661 http://www.casfs.org/cucon/ http://www.pompey.demon.co.uk/ http://www.aussiecon3.worldcon.org/ Guests:David Weber, Brett Bass July 30-August 2 Bree Moot 4/Mythcon wincon.htm Guests:Diana Wynne Jones, War- Guests:Gregory Benford, Bruce Gillespie, J XXX, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Info: Bree ren Ellis and John Barnes Michael Straczynski Sept 10-12 ArmadilloCon 21, Austin, Texas; Moot 4/Mythcon XXX, 293 Selby Ave., St. Info: ArmadilloCon 21, PO Box 27277, Aus- Paul, MN 55102-1811 Ph: 612-292-8887 August 20-22 Bubonicon 31, Albuquerque, Sept 3-5 Anime Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; tin, TX 78755 Ph: 512-868-0036 http:// http://www.mythsoc.org/ New Mexico; Info: NMSF Conference, PO Info: PO Box 5303, Coralville, IA 52241 www.io.com/~llw/dillo/ Guests:Bradley mythcon30.html Guests:Douglas A. Ander- Box 37257, Albuquerque, NM 87176 Ph: 505- http://omocha.shc.uiowa.edu/ Denton, Mitchell Bentley, David Hartwell, son, Gary & Sylvia Hunnewell 266-9030 (10am-10pm MST) http:// animeiowa/99/ Guests:Hiroshi Aro, Kuni Peggy Ranson, Steven Gould, Peter F. members.aol.com/bubonicon/ Guests:Jack Kimura, Stephen R. Bennett IV, Kevin Hamilton July 30-August 1 RiverCon XXIV, Louis- McDevitt, David Martin, Lubov Bennett ville, Kentucky; Info: RiverCon, PO Box 58009, Louisville, KY 40268-0009; http:// August 20-22 NecronomiCon 4, Providence, Sept 3-6 ConQuest Game Convention, members.aol.com/raroehm/rivercon.html Rhode Island; Info: NecronomiCon, PO Box Milbrae, California; Info: 467 Saratoga Ave. If there’s a convention in your area you’d Guests:Esther Friesner, Gary Williams 1320, Back Bay Annex, Boston, MA 02117- Suite 1422, San Jose, CA 95129 Ph: 408-271- like to see appear in this list, please send 1320 5992 http://www.con-quest.com/ the convention’s name, dates, location, and July 31-August 1 Novacon 10, Tyson’s Cor- http://ww2.necropress.com/necronomicon contact information to Blair Learn at 11604 ner, Virginia; Info: One Trek Mind Produc- Guests:Fred Chappell, T.E.D. Klein Sept 3-6 Mephit Furmeet, Memphis, Ten- King’s Arrow CT, Germantown, MD 20876 tions Inc, PO Box 1124, Ashburn, VA. 20146 nessee; Info: Mephit Furmeet, PO Box or to [email protected]. Please allow Ph: 703-858-1716 August 20-22 ConMan 7, Merrimack, New 771803, Memphis, TN 38177-1803 http:// at least two months time between your sub- http://members.aol.com/novacon97/ Hampshire; Info: P.O. Box 403, North mephitfurmeet.org/mfm99/ Guests:Joe mission and the convention’s date. Guests:Jennifer Lien, Armin Shimerman, Chelmsford, MA 01863-0403 Ph: 978-251- Rosales, Elin Winkler, Pat Duk Dave McDonnell, Dennis Bailey 9321 http://www.totalcon.com/conman/
August 5-8 Gen Con Game Fair, Milwau- August 26-29 Polcon 1999, Warsaw, Poland; kee, Wisconsin; Info: P.O. Box 1740, Renton, Info: Konfederacja Fantastyki RASSUN, ul. WA 98057 Ph: 1-800-529-EXPO http:// Koszykowa 69/4, 00-667 Warszawa, Poland www.andonunlimited.com/ http://rassun.art.pl/polcon/ Guests:Tomasz Guests:Rebecca Moesta Anderson, Dave Kolodziejczak, Leslaw Olczak Arneson, Linda P. Baker, Richard Baker, Neal Barrett, Jr, Julie Caitlin Brown, Nancy August 26-29 Conucopian / NASFiC ‘99, Varian Berberick, Monte Cook, Bruce Anaheim, California; Info: NASFiC ’99, c/o Cordell, Greg Costikyan, Troy Denning, S.C.I.F.I. Inc., PO Box 8442, Van Nuys, CA Robin Atkin Downes, Diane Duane, Ru 91409 Emerson, Bill Fawcett, Roland http://www.99.nasfic.org/ Guests:Jerry E. Photo by Cmdr. Brian Smith, CEO Pournelle, Richard & Nicki Lynch, Ellen USS Challenger, Region 7: Actress August 6-8 DeepSouthCon37//Crescent Datlow Marina “Counselor Troi” Sirtis City Con XIV, Metairie, Louisiana; Info: prepares to sign another auto- DeepSouthCon/Crescent City Con, PO Box August 27-30 Galileo Convention IV, Lon- graph during Vulkon held in Bal- 52622 New Orleans, LA. 70150-2622 Ph: don, United Kingdom; Info: 38 Planetree Ave, timore, Maryland last March. 504-488-0489 http://www.fatsnake.com/ Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 9TH ccc/ Guests:Mike Resnick, Toni Weisskopf, http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/ Steve Jackson, George Alec Effinger, Bar- mlrichardson/galcon.htm Guests:Walter bara Hambly, Sharon Green, Theresa Koenig, Richard Arnold, Eric & Debra Patterson, Sydney Williams, Danny Frolich, Stillwell, Anne Page Peggy Ranson, Roland Mann, Dr. Jack Stocker August 27-29 Dragonflight 99, Seattle, Wash- ington; Info: P.O. Box 776, Seattle, WA 98111- 0776 http://www.dragonflight.org/ Page 22 • Communiqué • Issue 93 If I new you were comin’ I’d a baked a cake... How to Build a Starship Cake... Fleet Captain Bethany Theilman
Once I began icing the cake, it became apparent that I needed a big piece of plywood underneath the cake to keep from touching the edges all the time and also for stability in transport. Cut a rectangular piece of plywood to about two inches bigger on all sides than the form and cover it with foil or paint whatever color. This piece will not touch the food. Center the ship on the plywood piece and screw it securely from the bottom making sure to countersink the screws to avoid scratching tabletops. Putting a piece of masking tape over the screw heads might be a good idea just to be safe. This is much easier to do before the cake is on the form.
Preheat oven and bake two big flat cakes according to package directions. I think I used a jellyroll pan. While cake is cooling, make a thin frosting to seal in crumbs. The books recommend thinning frosting with milk, but I was afraid to do that and let it go unrefrigerated overnight. I let store-bought frosting warm up until it spread easily and colored it grey to do Intrepid class. All the others ship classes seem to be white. Faced with the 3 rd anniversary of the USS Haise, and wanting to do something differ- ent and special, I built this starship cake form so we could have a cool 3D cake. There are Cut the cake in the shape of the saucer section. Also cut two nacelles. For variety, I used no plans, but you can get a good idea of how I went about it from the photos. chocolate cake for the lower saucer level and yellow cake for the nacelles and upper sec- tions of saucer. Make sure to put some icing under the cake pieces to stick it to the form. For the form, get some good top and side photos of your class ship. USS Haise is In- Use the rest of the cake to make additional saucer levels and command bridge as needed. trepid class. Start with some scrap plywood, a scrap 2x6 or 2x12, a jigsaw, and some screws. Glue together pieces with frosting. If you have a big enough freezer, I have been told that Make sure the wood is not pressure treated “green wood” or you will be exposing food to freezing the cake before frosting helps keep crumbs down. Seal in crumbs with base coat arsenic and other fun heavy metals. Trace out and build form for engineering section out layer of icing. Build the saucer section up to the desired configuration with icing gluing of the 2x scrap as shown below. Precision is not so important except for the notches where everything together. Let first coat of icing dry. the plywood Saucer and nacelle section will attach. Those must be 90 degrees to the sur- face of the wood. Remember, cake icing hides many wiggles and errors!
I sketched out and cut the saucer section from 1/4 inch plywood and the nacelles out of 1/2 inch plywood in the proper shape for the Intrepid class. 1/4 inch would probably have been fine for both. Where the pieces joined, I cut notches in the Saucer section in order to have more strength in the joint and to complete the rounded look of the ship. Remember to cut a little and then have to cut again is better than taking a big notch out and having it not fit snugly. Then again you could actually measure it….
Coat with finish coat of icing. Tint as desired. Smooth as well as you can. I found that it was hard to smooth the icing to starship patina. After- ward I asked the lady at the cake shop and she said to rub the icing lightly with paper as soon as you could touch it to smooth out the spatula marks. She said it would take several sheets of paper. So let me know how it works.
I put a couple screws thru each joint at bottom (nacelle) and top (saucer) joints for extra Don’t forget to cover exposed parts of the form with strength and stability. Countersink screws flush with wood. At this point, I attached the icing also. Decorate with thin tip with black and white form to another piece of scrap plywood. You can see the ends in the front and back photos. for as many windows and as much detail as you have I do not recommend that you do this. Experience taught me that extra support under the time or patience. The red nacelle stripe works well with saucer was necessary. Not because the 1/4 inch plywood bent, but because the thin scrap red sugar, and adds a lot of pizzazz. It would have to be of 1/2 inch CDX plywood I had attached the form to bent. It looked like the whole ship icing for stripes on vertical surfaces though. Blue icing was doing a 15 degree nose dive. I did a quick fix of covering a plastic cup of appropriate may be desired for Nacelle glow on some classes. I used height with foil and wedged it underneath to hold up the saucer. If I did it again, I’d those hard strawberry candies you get in the all the Christ- probably make a delta shield or a graceful curved support to prop up the saucer. mas food gift boxes to make the front of the nacelles. They are not cough drops!
Above all have fun and don’t sweat it. Everyone will be so awed by the fact you made it that nobody will notice you used 3.5 cans of icing to cover up and hold it together. The fact that the ship looks like it has been through a meteor shower with shields down will be irrelevant once everyone digs in and it looks like a hulk from Wolf 359. Bon Appetit! June/July 1999 • Page 23 “He’s not really dead... not as long as we remember him.” Kelley Filmography Thanks to imdb.com, The Internet Movie Database.
DeForest Kelley (1920-1999) 30. Men, The (1950) 15. “Richard Diamond, Private Detective” 36. “Room 222” (1969) ... aka Battle Stripe (1950) (1957) in episode: “Fine Art of Murder, The” in episode: “Suitable for Framing” Actor filmography 31. Malaya (1949) (episode # 3.34) 1/25/1960 37. “Bold Ones: The New Doctors, The” .... Lt. Glenson 16. “Richard Diamond, Private Detective” (1969) in episode: “Giants Never Kneel” ... aka Alien Orders (1949) in episode: “Adjuster, The” 38. “Ironside” (1967) 1. Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury (1999) ... aka East of the Rising Sun (1949) (episode # 3.28) 12/7/1959 in episode: “Warrior’s Return” .... Doctor Leonard McCoy 32. Duke of Chicago (1949) 17. “Black Saddle” (1959) 39. “Slattery’s People” (1964) 2. Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars, The .... Ace Martin in episode: “Apache Trail” in episode: “Which One has the Privilege” (1998) (V) (voice) 33. Canon City (1948) (episode # 2.8) 11/20/1959 40. “Fugitive, The” (1963) .... Viking 1 .... Smalley 18. “Wanted: Dead or Alive” (1958) 41. “Gallant Men, The” (1962) 3. Trekkies (1998) 34. Variety Girl (1947) in episode: “Hostage, The” in episode: “Taste of Peace, A” 4. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Coun- .... Bob Kirby (episode # 2.6) 10/10/1959 42. “Stagecoach West” (1960) try (1991) 35. Fear in the Night (1947) 19. “Richard Diamond, Private Detective” in episode: “Image of a Man” .... Cmdr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy, M.D. .... Vince Grayson (1957) in episode: “Limping Man, The” 43. “Stagecoach West” (1960) 5. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) (episode # 3.14) 5/24/1959 in episode: “Big Gun, The” .... Cmdr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy, M.D. Notable TV guest appearances 20. “Rawhide” (1959) 44. “Laramie” (1959) 6. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Encoun- in episode: “Incident at Barker Springs” in episode: “Gun Deal, The” ter at Farpoint (1987) (TV) (episode # 1.7) 2/20/1959 45. “Donna Reed Show, The” (1958) .... Admiral Leonard “Bones” McCoy 1. “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (1987) playing “Admiral Leonard McCoy” 21. “Wanted: Dead or Alive” (1958) 46. “Bat Masterson” (1958) 7. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) in episode: “Secret Ballot” in episode: “No Amnesty for Death” .... Cmdr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy, M.D. in episode: “Encounter At Farpoint” (episode # 1.0) 9/26/1987 (episode # 1.24) 2/14/1959 47. “Lawman” (1958) 8. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) 22. “Rough Riders, The” (1958) in episode: “Squatters, The” .... Cmdr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy, M.D. 2. “Littlest Hobo, The” (1979) playing “Prof. Hal Schaffer” in episode: “Nightbinders, The” 48. “Silent Service, The” (1957) 9. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982) (episode # 1.8) 11/20/1958 in episode: “Gar Story, The” .... Cmdr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy, M.D. in episode: “Runaway” (episode # 2.15) 2/12/1981 23. “Zane Grey Theater” (1956) 49. “M Squad” (1957) 10. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) in episode: “Accuser, The” in episode: “Diamond Hard” .... Cmdr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy, M.D. 3. “Cowboys, The” (1974) in episode: “David Done It” (episode # 3.4) 10/30/1958 50. “Gunsmoke” (1955) 11. “Star Trek” (1973) TV Series (voice) 24. “Zane Grey Theater” (1956) in episode: “Al Clovis” .... Dr. Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy (episode # 1.1) 2/6/1974 4. “Laredo” (1965) in episode: “Shadow of a Dead Man” 51. “Millionaire, The” (1955) 12. Night of the Lepus (1972) (episode # 2.25) 4/11/1958 in episode: “Millionaire Iris Miller” .... Elgin Clark in episode: “Sound of Terror” (episode # 1.28) 4/7/1966 25. “Boots and Saddles” (1957) 52. “Lineup, The” (1954) 13. Johnny Reno (1966) in episode: “Marquis of Donnybrook, The” in episode: “Chloroform Murder Case, The” 14. “Star Trek” (1966) TV Series 5. “Death Valley Days” (1952) playing “Gambler” (episode # 1.14) 12/26/1957 53. “Lone Ranger, The” (1949) .... LCdr.. Leonard H. “Bones” McCoy, M.D. 26. “Trackdown” (1957) in episode: “Gold Train” 15. Apache Uprising (1966) in episode: “Lady of the Plains” 1966 6. “Virginian, The” (1962) in episode: “End of an Outlaw” 54. “Lone Ranger, The” (1949) .... Toby Jack Saunders (episode # 1.9) 11/29/1957 in episode: “Legion of Old Times” 16. Marriage on the Rocks (1965) in episode: “Man of Violence” (episode # 2.14) 12/25/1965 27. “Zane Grey Theater” (1956) 55. “77 Sunset Strip” (1958/I) .... Mr. Turner in episode: “Village of Fear” in episode: “88 Bars” 17. Black Spurs (1965) 7. “Bonanza” (1959) in episode: “Ride the Wind: Part 2” (episode # 1.22) 3/1/1957 (episode # 6.7) 11/1/1963 .... First Sheriff 28. “Zane Grey Theater” (1956) 18. Town Tamer (1965) (episode # 7.18) 1965 8. “Bonanza” (1959) in episode: “Stage to Tucson” .... Guy Tavenner (episode # 1.7) 11/16/1956 19. Where Love Has Gone (1964) in episode: “Ride the Wind: Part 1” DeForest Kelley Memorial Fund (episode # 7.17) 1965 29. “Science Fiction Theatre” (1955) .... Sam Corwin playing “Dr. Milo Barton” 20. Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1964) 9. “Dakotas, The” (1963) Michael Anderson, USS Hazard in episode: “Reformation at Big Nose Butte” in episode: “Survival In Box Canyon” .... Amos Troop as posted to the main STARFLEET listserve (episode # 1.13) 4/1/1963 (episode # 2.64) 10/12/1956 21. Warlock (1959) 30. “Gunsmoke” (1955) .... Curley Burne 10. “Virginian, The” (1962) in episode: “Duel at Shiloh” playing “Will Bailey” A DeForest Kelley Memorial Fund has 22. Law and Jake Wade, The (1958) in episode: “Indian Scout” been set up at the North Shore Animal .... Wexley (episode # 1.15) 1/2/1963 11. “Bonanza” (1959) (episode # 1.23) 3/31/1956 League and a DeForest Kelley Fellowship 23. Raintree County (1957) 31. “You Are There” (1953) Fund has been set up at Harvard Medical .... Southern Officer in episode: “Decision, The” (episode # 4.12) 1962 in episode: “Rescue of the American Pris- School. If you would like to participate, 24. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) oners from Santo Tomas, The” (February 3, Make checks/MO’s Payable To: .... Morgan Earp 12. “Bonanza” (1959) playing “Captain Johnson” 1945) (episode # 4.4) 10/9/1955 25. Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The (1956) 32. “Route 66” (1993) Harvard Medical School .... Medic in episode: “Honor of Cochise, The” (episode # 3.3) 1961 in episode: “1800 Days to Justice” for the DeForest Kelley Fellowship Fund 26. Tension at Table Rock (1956) 33. “Strike Force” (1981) c/o Timothy Welch .... Breck 13. “Two Faces West” (1960) in episode: “Fallen Gun” in episode: “Judge, The” Harvard Medical School 27. Illegal (1955) 34. “Police Story” (1973) 25 Shattuck Street, Room 306 A .... Edward Clary (episode # 1.6) 11/21/1960 14. “Zane Grey Theater” (1956) playing “pilot” Boston MA 02115 28. View from Pompey’s Head, The (1955) 35. “Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law” ... aka Secret Interlude (1955) in episode: “Calico Bait” (episode # 4.26) 3/31/1960 (1971) in episode: “Make no Mistake” Marge Stein 29. Taxi (1953) DeForest Kelley Memorial Fund .... Fred North Shore Animal League 16 South Street Port Washington, New York, 11050 STARFLEET merchandise on sale now online at http://www.sfi.org/quartermaster/ Sean Fillmore meets the Governor of New Jersey! Farewell, Deep Commodore Wendy Fillmore, Vice Chief, Communications/Communiqué Sean Fillmore (4 months old) met New Our heartfelt thanks go out to all of you Jersey Governor Christie Whitman (with the for your prayers and support over the past Space Nine... help of mom, Wendy Fillmore) at Great Ad- six months. It’s been a long road, but things venture on Wednesday, May 26, 1999. are going really well. Sean was born at a mere 2 pounds 4.8 ounces; today he weighs A few months ago an e-mail was sent well over 12 pounds! Even though he’s only around to the employees where Bob works. supposed to be two months old, he’s almost The point was to find a caught up with March of Dimes Ambas- other five month old sador family to represent babies for height Bob’s company, Ameri- and weight. He’s can Cyanamid, for the still on an apnea 1999-2000 year. We monitor, but the hadn’t known until then Doctor stopped the that the March of Dimes caffeine this week supports so much neo- (6/29) and we’ll see natal care, treatments, how Sean does with- and research. out it.
Our first “job” was to If not sooner, I attend a Press Confer- hope to meet you all ence at Great Adventure the end of next year with the NJ State Governor, Christie when we get together to ring out the Smith/ Whitman. Several other March of Dimes Freas administration and ring in the new families were there as well as other groups, century and millenium both! If you’d like but as you see, we still managed to meet the to help with the STARFLEET New Year’s Governor! Eve (2000-2001) party planning, drop me a note in the mail or join our list at The press conference was held in a new [email protected]. section of the park, the Looney Tunes Sea- port. This section has lots of bigger rides for young kids... small enough for the little Picture by Brian Smith, USS Challenger ones, but big enough for the parents to ride with them. Really neat! Bobby and I had a great time.
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