DaVinci Pilot Newsletter of the U.S.S. DaVinci Columbus, Georgia

Volume 16 Number 07 MARCH 2011

USS DAVINCI STAFF ROSTER FROM THE CENTER SEAT Commanding Officer This month the USS DaVinci will reach a VADM Freddy Heller (706) 562-TREK milestone not all Chapters reach. On 16 Executive Officer March, we will be celebrating our 15 th anniversary COMM Russell Ruhland (334) 298-3998 as a Starfleet Chapter! Wow! Where has the time Operations Officer gone? I still remember the day in February of 1995 COMM Joe Perry (706) 327-5888 when, shortly after moving back to Columbus from Finance Officer COMM Connie Heller (706) 562-8735 Killeen, TX, I made inquires into starting a Starfleet Community Service Officer VACANT chapter in Columbus. Soon after, the Shuttle Publications Officer DaVinci was born. The 15 July, 1995 Vessel VADM Freddy Heller (706) 562-TREK Registration Request (VRR) for Shuttle status Science Officer contained the following seven names: ENS Lech Mazur (706) 596-9542 Counselor CMDR Freddy Heller LTJG Diane Ruhland (334) 298-3998 LTCMDR Connie Heller Computer Science Officer LTCMDR Joseph Perry ENS Leiko Koone (706) 616-5885 ENS Jeremy Winn Morale Officer ENS Karen Mutton ENS Dutch Cummings (706) 407-9945 Medical Officer ENS Dan Palmer COMM Jeff Kirkland (770) 253-6474 Cadet Travis Grisham Engineering Officer CPT Josh Ainsworth (706) 326-3042 Although the USS DaVinci was my first choice Communications Officer for a name, there were two other names on the LTJG Randy Dunn (334) 291-0150 request sent to the Starfleet Office of Vehicle Quartermaster VACANT Registry. My second choice was the USS Magellan Records Officer VACANT and my third choice was the USS Amelia Earhart. Security Chief VACANT At first I was going to have the DaVinci be a Galaxy Cadet Corps Commander VACANT Class starship but when Voyager premiered, I loved Senior Chief Petty Officer VACANT the design of the Intrepid Class starship and went in

that direction instead. UPCOMING EVENTS Following our official launch, the Shuttle DaVinci **21 March, Night Out at Country’s BBQ on went hard to work attracting more Starfleet members Whittlesey, 7:00 PM to her ranks. We needed 10 Starfleet members to be **19 March, USS DaVinci’s 15 th Anniversary Party, eligible for full chapter status. By the time we were 2:00 PM commissioned (along with the USS Okatoma) at the first Region 2 Sunny Summit, we had 18 Starfleet members on board. Of the original 18 members, only 4 are still part of the USS DaVinci – Connie, Travis, Joe, and myself. Here are a few photos of those early days!

Our first Night Out at the Macon Road Bonanza. (09 Oct 1995) Jeremy Winn and – gasp! – is that Joe on the right? This was our very first membership drive at Walden Books (24 June 1995)

Randy and Matthew at the Night Out.

Connie and Joe at our first membership meeting at the Columbus North Branch Library (06 July 1995)

Freddy (with Joe looking on) getting the Commissioning papers from Kelly Hilliard at Sunny Summit I – We Have Arrived! (16 March 1996)

Not a bad turn out for our first meeting! On Saturday, 19 March, at 2:00 PM, we will be having our annual anniversary party. The club will supply the pizza. If you wish to bring some sort of side dish or dessert, please feel free to do so. This is a “bring your own drink” affair and there is no sign up sheet. However, **PLEASE** let me know if you plan on attending so that I can get an idea as to how many pizzas to order. Eleven crew personnel attended the February Night Out at Johnny’s NY Style Pizza and all agreed that it was some of the best food yet! I had their pizza and I have to admit (even being a die-hard Little Caesar’s lover) that it is probably the best pizza in town. The winner of the free dinner was Connie! Lech and Margaret chat with Connie and Ariana.

A large pizza with Canadian bacon and extra cheese! Mummmm!

Ariana and Connie talk about a shirtless Jacob.

Sandy and Randy chat with Lisa and Steve.

Joe and Jonathan pose for the camera. Up and going again at about 7:30 AM on Saturday we enjoyed a wonderful breakfast buffet at an incredible discount offered to members at the con. I managed to stuff myself with the usual eggs, bacon, and sausage (sorry Freddy, no omelets) and a Belgian waffle. Diane was the smart one and ate light with some cut fruit. Anyway, we proceeded to the autograph table and got my signed photos for the collection of the Trek Trax guests, Tim Russ ( on Voyager) and Barbara March and Gwynyth Walsh, the Duras sisters (Lursa and B'Etor) from TNG and other Trek series/movie fame. I picked up on some nice goodies from the Dealers Room and then we

And so do Steve and Lisa! attended a panel on costuming and the Duras sister’s panel. A BIG Bajoran thanks to all the folks who It was very pleasant to attend a panel with a attended our first Night Out at Johnny’s NY Style female Trek duo for a change and the ladies both Pizza. I am sure it will not be the last!! showed wonderful personality as well as hinting to us that they will be doing at least the next few VADM Freddy Heller Creation sponsored conventions, dressing as the Duras sisters in full Klingon gear. Look out, Martok and Gowron, you've got some competition now! EXECUTIVELY SPEAKING A little while later I attended a Universe Trek Trax Atlanta is a new convention being held costume contest where, well, let me say this, in Georgia's capitol city for the first time this year Klingons and Vulcans and Trekkies, oh my! There during the President's Day weekend in February. were twenty or so entries and some were very Diane & I made the voyage with relative ease, convincing. I really thought that the "Holograph stopping at the Palmetto, GA exit for lunch and " from the Dixon Hill TNG episode would have finding to our surprise a restaurant I did not know won for sure but the judges had other ideas and gave existed, which featured various cuisine from first place to a TOS female version of Spock. Diane hamburgers to pasta. We continued our mission: to and I decided to go get some pizza for supper just to journey to where no DaVinci member has gone get out of the hotel for a bit. before, and arrived in Atlanta and the host hotel Late Saturday evening came with the unity of around 4:30 PM. wedlock to Klingon drums and honor guard as a Registration was a breeze and after settling in we happy couple formally joined (Klingon style) in the ventured to a Friday evening panel on introduction bonds of matrimony. With bat'leths and mugs of to the Klingon Track. This panel basically just bloodwine raised, the vows were taken, ceremonial introduced us to what could be expected from the wounds were aching and the crowds all making the Klingon panels throughout the weekend, which will congratulatory "Qapla'!" Best wishes to the include a Klingon wedding (real life) on Saturday newlyweds. night. More on that event later. Dinner was served as we enjoyed a meal at the NEXT DAVINCI NIGHT OUT AND hotel dining room and although the service was MEMBERSHIP MEETING WILL BE AT extremely slow (why lie about it?), the meal itself was awesome. After supper we decided to go back COUNTRY’S BARBEQUE to the room and call it for the day, stopping for a (WHITTLESLY ROAD LOCATION) moment to speak with Mike Henigan, who was ON MONDAY 21 MARCH AT 7:00 PM assisting as a member of the convention staff. COME FOR THE FOOD AND FRIENDSHIP!!

Diane and I decided to go to a panel on Trek related uniforms that the panelists used to gently critique those who were in their costumes. I saw a really well done (no, not cooked like in Nemesis) and some rather nice looking TOS female costumes. After this panel we had to tour the Dealers Room one last time and then it was off to the 2011 Miss Klingon Beauty Pageant. Five contestants made their way down the aisle for judging in beauty (Klingons and beauty, isn't that an oxymoron?), talent and personality. The winner was well chosen and the day ended with our farewells and hopes to attend this convention again next year. Our shuttle docked at home around 7:30 PM. Klingon couple getting married!

Sunday brought to us another great breakfast and we attended an early morning spiritual discussion with the representatives of Fans for Christ, an organization devoted to those who have both religion and science fiction fandom a part of their ongoing lives. I actually had the opportunity to meet some other members of Starfleet that actually read my article in the CQ ("they like me, they really like me!”). Sunday afternoon brought with it the Tim Russ (Tuvok) panel. We had front row seating and this actor also was well personified and had an excellent sense of humor. Eric Watts at the Miss Klingon Pageant.

Tim Russ (Tuvok) at the convention. Qapla! The winner! Fishing is commonly used as a time filler, There is not enough time before something happens, so rather than not doing anything, you go fishing. The last profession is also the newest. It was added in the last expansion but does not require the expansion. This profession is Archaeology. With this profession, you will have 4 dig sites on each continent. You go to the dig site and use your shovel to find artifact fragments. When you first find artifact fragments of a given race, you will be assigned a random project. Each will require you to find a number of fragments and when you have acquired at least that number, you can solve the project and obtain an artifact. You will be assigned a

Russell hard at work on his (this) article! new project for that race. This profession is the ultimate time-killer, each fragment find only takes a All in all Trek Trax Atlanta 2011 went fairly well small amount of time, and so you can do them as for the first time and I do recommend y’all make many times as you can. plans to attend this all-Trek event next year. Radio If you have any questions then e-mail me or frequencies closed! mention them at the night out and I will try to answer then in the next column. COMM Russell Ruhland COMM Joe Perry GAME MASTER This month, I will be continuing my discussion of CONVENTIONAL WISDOM professions. We will be discussing the secondary MegaCon, the annual convention in Orlando, FL professions. There are now four secondary will be held from 25-27 March at the Orange professions and you can train in all of them. County Convention Center in Orlando. Guests so far The first secondary profession is First Aid. There (and there will be many more) include William are two recipes for Anto-Toxins, but the bulk of Shatner (Cpt Kirk), Bruce Boxleitner (Cpt Sheridan First Aid is the making of various bandages. A toon on Babylon 5), Robin Curtis (Saavik in Star Trek III with the requisite skill level can use bandages to and IV), Doug Jones (Hellboy I & II and the Silver heal either their own toon or another toon. The Surfer), Mira Furlan (Delenn on Babylon 5 and amount healed varies by the cloth used to make the Danielle Rousseau on Lost), Cindy Morgan bandage. While killing humanoid mobs, they will be (Lora/Yori in Tron), ( on TNG dropping cloth that can be used by this profession. and DS9), (William Riker on Any class can use this profession in order to limit TNG), Marina Sirtis ( on TNG), Kevin the downtime between killing mobs. Sorbo (Hercules and Dylan Hunt on Andromeda), The next profession is Cooking. Cooking takes John Schneider (Jonathan Kent on Smallville, Bo meat that drops from beast mobs and can be turned Duke on the Dukes of Hazzard), Gil Gerard (Buck food. This food can be used as pet food or in later Rogers), Erin Gray (Col Deering on Buck Rogers), levels can provide buffs to the toon. Many foods and many more! The hotel is the Doubletree Resort have minimum level requirements and any toon, Orlando within walking distance of the convention which meets the requirements, can used the food and center. Rates are $119 per night. Check out their receive the buff whether they have cooking as a web site at http://www.megaconvention.com/. profession. ImagiCon will be held 20-22 May at the This is closely followed by Fishing. Fishing McWayne Science Center in Birmingham, AL. The requires a fishing pole. The fish that is provided can hosting hotel is the downtown Courtyard by be used in cooking to provide additional benefits. Marriott. Rates are $119 for single or double. No Trek guest announced as of press time. Go to First American (Norman Thagard) on Russian Space http://imagicon.org for more information. Craft (1995) 14 th th Timegate will be held from 27-29 May at the Astronaut Frank Borman 14 Astronaut Eugene Cernan 14 th Holiday Inn Select, Atlanta, GA. No hotel pricing or th Trek guests yet although there are guests from other Penny Johnson-Jerald (CPT Cassidy Yates on DS9) 14 Astronaut Alan L. Bean 15 th genre. Check out their site at http://timegatecon.org. th J.G. Hertzler (Martok on DS9) 18 ConCarolinas will be held 3-5 June at the First Human to Walk in Space (Alexi Leonov 1965) 18 th Charlotte Hilton University Place in Charlotte, NC. Conner Trinneer (CMDR “Trip” Tucker on ENT) 19 th Guests inclue author Harry Turtledove and actors John DeLancie (“Q” on TNG) 20 th John Billingsly (Dr. Phlox on Enterprise) and Bonita ENS Travis Heller 22 nd Friedericy (GEN Diane Beckman on ). William Shatner (CPT James T. Kirk on TOS) 22 nd Tickets are $30 prior to 7 March, $35 after 7 March, Michael Westmore (Makeup Designer) 22 nd and $40 at the door. Room rates are $95 for a First US 2 Person Craft (Gemini 3) is Launched (1965) 23 rd rd double. Go to http://www.concarolinas.org for more Russia’s Mir Space Station Falls to Earth (2001) 23 D. C. Fontana (Story Editor) 25 th information. th Leonard Nimoy (Spock on TOS) 26 Yuri A. Gagarin Dies (1968) 27 th TV SHOWS ON DVD Marina Sirtis (CMDR Deanna Troi on TNG) 29 th Here are some scheduled DVD releases for March: CRMN Matt Arnold 29 th th “Walking Dead, Season One” (8 th ) ENS Lesh Mazur 30 “Hercules, Season Two”(29 th ) “Xena: Warrior Princess, Season Two” (29 th ) STARFLEET ACADEMY

College of Law Enforcement ACCOLADES SLT 101 - The Academy, Part I - Distinction A BIG Bajoran thanks or congratulations go to: SLT 102 - The Academy, Part II - Distinction Harold Stewart for his weekly donation of cans. SLT 103 - The Academy, Part III - Distinction Joe Perry for his donation of cans. SLT 104 - The Academy, Part IV - Distinction Russell Ruhland for being selected as TRACOM SLT 105 - The Academy, Part V - Distinction Student of the Month (Runner-up) Brigade for SLT 106 - The Academy, Part VI - Distinction completing 9 (Starfleet Academy) courses, 4 with SLT 107 - The Academy, Part VII - Distinction Distinction and 1 with Honors. SPP 101 - The Police - Distinction Russell Ruhland for receiving the Platinum SPP 102 - Radio Procedures - Distinction Boothby Award for completion of 450 SPP 103 - Arrest Procedures I - Distinction STARFLEET Academy courses! SPP 104 - Arrest Procedures II - Distinction SPP 105 - Arrest Procedures III - Distinction HAPPY BIRTHDAY! SPP 106 - Arrest Procedures IV - Distinction Many happy returns to the following DaVinci SPP 107 - Arrest Procedures V - Distinction personnel, Star Trek celebrities, and events that are SPP 108 - Arrest Procedures VI - Distinction celebrating birthdays or anniversaries in March! SPP 109 - Impounding Procedures - Distinction SPP 110 - Deconfliction - Distinction Barbara Luna (LT Marlene Moreau on TOS) 2 nd SPP 111 - Use of Force - Distinction James Doohan (LTCMDR Montgomery Scott on TOS) 3 rd rd SPP 112 - Biased Enforcement – Distinction Apollo 9 Blasts off to Test Lunar Module (1969) 3 CRMN Justin Whitaker 4 th College of Technology Jolene Blalock (T’Pol on ENT) 5 th COBT 210 - TNG Q-Who? - Honors Anton Yelchin (Chekov in Star Trek) 11 th COBT 211 - TNG Best of Both Worlds, Part I – CADET Ariana Heller 12 th Distinction Astronaut Wally Schirra 12 th th COBT 212 - TNG Best of Both Worlds, Part II – Uranus Discovered by Sir William Herschel (1781) 13 Honors COBT 213 - VGR Unimatrix Zero, Part I - Honors COBT 214 - VGR Unimatrix Zero, Part II - Honors Tanya Davis Apr 11 COBT 215 - VGR Endgame – Honors Randy Dunn Apr 11 Jun 11 Jonathan Evans Dec 11 Dec 11 College of Archaeology/Anthropology Tony Fleming Jul 11 Jun 11 SOAR 301 - Archaeology Level 3 – Distinction Freddy Heller Jul 11 Sep 11 College of Survival Mike Henigan LTM Feb 11 PSS 108 - Emergency Preparedness - Distinction Cami Houser Jan 12 Jan 12 PSS 109 - Star Trek Survival Equipment – Benlee Huguley Feb 12 Distinction Clarence Jenkins Feb 12 TSS 104 - Ropes & Knots - Distinction Tyrone Jordan Feb 12 TSS 105 - Signaling - Distinction Todd Kes Oct 11 TSS 106 - Poisonous Plants - Distinction Jeff Kirkland Oct 11 Aug 11 TSS 107 - Usable Plants - Distinction Leiko Koone Nov 12 Nov 11 TSS 108 - Poisonous Snakes/Lizards – Distinction J. Chris Lewis Feb 12 Tyricia Mann Apr 11 School of Engineering History Lech Mazur Jul 11 Oct 11 SOEH 104 - Modern Principles/Terms – Honors Margaret McGillicuddy Jul 11 Oct 11 College of Abnormal Psychology Amanda Moore Apr 11 PSD 101 - Psy Development 1 - Beta Tester Lisa Neal Jul 11 PSD 102 - Psy Development 2 - Beta Tester Joe Perry Jul 11 Nov 11 Karen Pynenburg Jul 11 May 11 Bajoran Orientation College Kris Reeves Jul 11 BOC 101 - Geography - Beta Tester Russell Ruhland Aug 11 Aug 11 BOC 102 - History & Government - Beta Tester Park Scully Nov 11 Nov 11 BOC 103 - Society & Culture - Beta Tester Frazier Smith Jul 11 BOC 104 - Religion & Notable Bajorans – Beta Tester Gisela Stephens LTM Nov 11 STARFLEET Marine Academy Harold Stewart Feb 11 Feb12 PD 16 - Cadet Familiarization - Pass Jo Ann Timmons Jul 11 Jul 10 CE 10 - Combat Engineer Basic - Pass Angela Welch Jul 11 MD 12 - Medical History/Traditions - Distinction Patty Williams Sep 11 Justin Whitaker Oct 11 MEMBERSHIPS Many of you do not know when your membership NIGHT OUT LOCATIONS in the DaVinci or Starfleet is due for renewal. So to The list of restaurants for the 2011 Night Out help you remember, the following lists your family locations has been selected! There are some new ones expiration dates. Pay special attention to those on the list as well as some old favorites! marked in BLUE they mean expired or nearing Congratulations to Connie, the winner of the free expiration in your membership. Our membership dinner at Johnny’s NY Style Pizza during the stands at 61 with 29 of those in Starfleet! February Night Out.

April Red Lobster DaVinci Starfleet May Olive Garden Josh Ainsworth Jul 11 Jun 11 June CiCi’s Pizza Matt Arnold Jul 11 July Longhorn’s Karen Baker Jul 11 August Cracker Barrel Ken Baker Feb 12 September Willy T’s Abby Boyd Jul 11 October Chili’s Steve Brown Dec 11 November Ruby Tuesday Phil “Rat” Campanaro Jul 11 May 11 December Don Chucho’s Dutch Cummings Jul 12 Feb 11

FINANCIALLY SPEAKING

Opening Balance 265.60 Night Out 10.00 Closing Balance 255.60

COMM Connie Heller

WELCOME ABOARD! Welcome aboard to the following crew personnel who have recently joined (*) or renewed their membership in the DaVinci (D) or Starfleet (S). Russell and Joe man the DaVinci membership drive Benlee Huguley (D) table at the 3 rd Columbus Game and Hobby Expo at Hal Stewart (S) the Coca-Cola Space Science Center (02 April 2005) Steve Brown (D) J. Chris Lewis (D*)

TABULATIONS Our goal for 2011 will be the same as for 2010, 130,000 tabs! As always, the top tabber gets to pie both the Captain and his Number One! But that is not all! For anyone reaching 8,000 tabs, they will get to pie one member of the Senior Staff!

Starting Balance 32

Freddy Heller 1442 Hal Stewart 112 Russell and Joe talk to a prospective member! Connie Heller 70

Total 1656

USS DAVINCI IN PHOTOS The following is a trip down the USS DaVinci memory lane. Each month I will show a series of photographs from our very beginning, as the Shuttle DaVinci, up until the present time. Many of you will remember these faces. To others they will be complete strangers. But, they made what the USS DaVinci is today. Enjoy! Reminisce. If you have any photographs that you would like to see published in the Pilot, feel free to send them to me with a brief explanation as to who is in the photo and when and where it was taken.

Joe hands out a DaVinci application.

The DaVinci crew at the Expo (In rear: Freddy, Ashley, Mandy, and Randy; in front: Joe, Frazier, and Russell)

FINALLY! Go back and check when your membership on the DaVinci and or Starfleet expires. Several Russell with Boba Fett! memberships have or are near expiring! Please renew as soon as possible or you might not get a newsletter.

CARGO BAY

For Sale : Hundreds of Star Trek, Star Wars, and other miscellaneous female action figures. Low prices! The more you buy the more you save. Call or email Freddy for a complete list!

For Sale : Miscellaneous Star Trek items. Comics, magazines, commercial items, toys, you name it I probably have it! Low prices. Call or email Freddy for a complete list!

For Sale : If you have been to Freddy and Connie’s house you probably noticed the large collection of Liberty Falls houses. Well, they are for sale! Check with Connie for your needs.

Autographs : Looking for that certain autographed Russell reading the Game and Hobby Expo photograph of your favorite Star Trek or other sci-fi brochure. personality? Check with Freddy. He just may have what you need.

DaVinci Slideshow : The new DaVinci slideshow is now available. It has been burned onto DVD+R discs, which play in nearly all DVD players. The price is $5.00 apiece. There are also historical discs (old leftovers) available for only $1.00 apiece, in varying formats. See or call Connie for more info!

Want to put an ad in the Pilot? Just send it to me and it will go in. Does not matter what it says – wanted, for sale, or something more personal! th Deadline is the 20 of each month. DaVinci Members Receive a Discount!

DaVinci Members Receive a $25.00 Discount!

DaVinci Members Receive a 10-15% Discount!

SPECIAL ITEM FOR SALE!!! What you are looking at is a Lego Star Wars DaVinci Members Receive a Free Regular Drink display that was in Toys R Us. The display is 47 with Adult Buffet Purchase! inches in length, 16 inches wide, and 18 inches in height! It is quite nice and is currently sitting in my house if you wish to look at it. I am asking $425 for the display, which is very reasonable since just the ship in the second photo was going for over $160.00 on eBay! All the money from the sale will go into the DaVinci treasury. So, if you are a Star Wars fan or know someone who is, let them know about this one of a kind item! In fact, any DaVinci member who recommends a buyer that purchases the display will get 10% of the sale price! Please feel free to give out my email address and telephone number.

DaVinci Members Receive a 20 % Discount!

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