Ineffable Twaddle “It is my business to know what other people don’t know.” The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

A monthly publication of The Sound of the Baskervilles A Scion Society of the Baker Street Irregulars  Since March 31, 1980 Serving the Greater Puget Sound Region of Western Washington, USA

Volume 34 Issue 2 nd Our 32 Masters’ Dinner is Saturday, March 7!! February, 2015 We gave up last year on holding a laxed atmosphere, to get to know your Master’s Dinner in January, celebrating the fellow Sherlockians even better!! An- Inside this issue: anniversary of Holmes’ birth in January 1854. gelo’s has wonderful ambiance, ample nd Instead, our Masters’ Dinner now celebrates free parking and great food, so please be Our 32 Masters’ 1 the occasion of our Masters’ (Holmes’ and sure to join us! Dinner is Saturday, Watson’s) meeting in March 1881. Driving directions and a registration March 7!! Mark your calendar for Saturday, form is included with this issue of Twad- SOBs Roll Back the 1 March 7, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. for our 32nd dle for our in-state Members only. Prices!!! Masters’ Dinner once again at Angelo’s In the meantime, here are some of the Italian Restaurant in downtown Burien. smiling faces from our 2014 Masters’ Dinner! A Few Words from Our 1 Our buffet choices for your eating Veep Kashena Konecki pleasure will include chicken, pasta and VALLEY: “Birlstone”, 2 vegetarian offerings at a pre-paid cost of yes; “Scowrers”, no!! $25 per person. (Alcoholic beverages will be available on a pay-as-you-go basis.) But, Our First South Sound 2 the Club will foot the bill for appetizers, Meeting is February 15 vino and dessert!! Toasts to the pair at this event will be Trivial Twaddle: You 2 See But You Do Not most welcome. Observe Like all SOB weekend events, this is a perfect occasion for socializing in a re- Know Your Inspector 3 Lestrade Actors? Quiz SOBs Roll Back the Prices!!! #3 by SOB Charlie Cook Yes, we’re rolling back our 2015/2016 RENEWAL DUES to 1980s prices!! More on Fetherston’s 3 Our fiscal year runs April 1 through March 31. Any Member who renews for the 2015 / 2016 New BSI Biography!! year may do so for $15 for individual membership ($20 for families). Dues payments are due during March 2015, with dues “past due” if not booked by Treasurer Things to See, Buy, 4 Hank Deck by April 30. Please send YOUR RENEWAL dues to Hank at: Do & Know th 1806—177 Street Court East, Spanaway, WA 98387 Webmaster Nelan 5 Thank you so much!! Reports on 2015 BSI New Member Dues will continue as outlined on Page 6 and at our website Weekend A Few Words from Our Veep Kashena Konecki “Cartoon from Howard 5 Ostrom’s Twitter”: tery. It’s a 3-part miniseries, which will be added See more photos of Cumberbatch Mystery Solved and Freeman in Victorian garb at www. to Sunday night’s Masterpiece Theatre’s lineup. In connection with the London Museum’s gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Fans-starstruck-Sherl Member News & 6 ock-stars-Benedict/story-25908919-detail/sto exhibition, The London Society hosted on Janu- Updates ry.html. They’ve raised a ruckus while film- ary 23 a debate about the “Best Sherlock and the Best Watson”. Sounds similar to the panel ing at Gloucester Cathedral. rd PBS has just picked up “Arthur & discussion we SOBs held at the 3 Sherlock

George” for 2015, based on Julian Barnes’ Seattle Con and continued as our meeting novel of ACD’s participation in solving a mys- topic on January 18!! Continued on Page 3 Page 2 Ineffable Twaddle

The Seattle VALLEY: “Birlstone”, yes; “Scowrers”, no!! Public Library on Queen Anne Hill The February 8, 2015 Regular Monthly Meeting of The Sound of the Bas- is at 400 West kervilles will begin at 1:30 p.m. at The Seattle Public Library at 400 West Garfield, Seattle Garfield, Seattle (Queen Anne Branch). Yes, our regular meeting at the

Library opens at 1:00, and closes Queen Anne Public Library is moved forward one week to February 8 (due at 5:00. Come early, and catch up to a scheduling conflict at the Library)!! Says PFL David: with your fellow SOBs! Back to our study of The Canon in publication order, we’ll revisit “The Val- Getting there: ley of Fear”—one of only four novel-length Holmesian stories ACD wrote. It is written in two (2) parts, of which we shall devote this visit only to “Part From northbound or southbound I-5, exit at Mercer Street and head west. I: The Tragedy of Birlstone” and to the “Epilogue”. Part I concerns Holmes’ Turn right on Queen Anne Avenue investigation of the alleged murder of John Douglas, which Watson places as and head up the hill. At the 3-way having occurred in January at the end of the 1880s. The short Epilogue at the stop sign at the top, turn left onto very end returns to Watson’s narrative. We will skip entirely “Part II” of this West Galer Street. At 4th Avenue, novella—considered “the long boring part”!! turn right. The library is one (1) block north on the northwest corner, Our First South Sound Meeting is February 15 at the cross with Garfield Street Understanding the traffic and distance issues our South Sound Members face with a Seattle locale for meetings, PFL David has de- cided to offer a 2nd meeting in February!! Our first-ever South Sound Meeting Eateries Near the will be held on Sunday, February 15 at the PFL’s home in University Place at Queen Anne Library: 5:00 p.m.!! The story is the same as above: “The Valley of Fear”!

 The 5 Spot, 1502 Queen Anne Getting to Haugens’ Home (DO NOT USE GPS!!): Take Exit #130 off I-5 and go west on South 56th Street.  Proceed west for approxi- Ave. North; American cuisine. th  Hilltop Ale House, 2129 mately 3 miles where—at the intersection with South Orchard Street—56 Street will be- come “Cirque Drive West”.  Continuing west and, after encountering a traffic circle, at the Queen Anne Ave. North; th decent pub fare. next light—67 Avenue West—continue west through the intersection. You’ll see on your left white fencing; this is our complex: Nantucket West.  Continue on Cirque Drive a scant  Orrapin Thai Cuisine, 10 ¼ mile and turn at the first left-hand turn (70th Avenue Court West).  At the gate phone, Boston Street (the intersection of key “001” into the phone pad; we’ll buzz you in.  Inside the gate, follow the road to the Queen Anne Ave. North and Boston). left as it changes to 51st Street Court West.  Proceed to the very last home on your right…  The Paragon, 2125 Queen Anne house #6710. Park in the fenced RV lot to the east of the house.  If you get lost, call us Ave. North; eclectic cuisine. at (253) 460-2753.  Olympia Pizza and Spaghetti, 1500 Queen DVD set or check with Scarecrow Video on Anne Ave. North; excellent Roosevelt in Seattle. Out-of-towners: pizza with a Greek slant. Check with your local library!  Betty, 1507 Queen Anne Ave. SOB DC Smith donated to the Club’s n K f North; Northwest cuisine. Lending Library a complete DVD set of THE RULES:  Via Tribunali, 317 West Galer the much-praised Soviet Sherlock  Entries must be clearly written BOTH Street (a block south of the Library); Holmes TV series. The series has locating or naming AND correctly identifying good (but pricey) pizza and inspired DC’s dark mystery—in the the object (or objects) in question. Italian food. form of a fiendish trivia question. Place your answer in a sealed envelope,

Thanks to SOBs Jon Strandberg n K f with your name clearly printed on the out- & Sue Reid for this list!!! THE CHALLENGE: In the series’ first epi- side. sode: "Acquaintance", the set dressers  Submit your answer to DC or Club Li- prominently placed something—or some brarian Sheila at an upcoming meeting or things—in 221B that not only do not be- mail it to: DC Smith, P.O. Box 99294, Seat- From SOB Bill Seil long there but are strongly tied not to the tle, 98139-0294. The date of receipt (post- mark date for those mailed) will be noted. At The 2015 Edgar Award Nom- USSR, but to the USA. Can you ob- the end of the contest, the first complete inations were announced on serve what you see? Can you correct- ly identify it/them? correct answer will be the winner. January 21. In the category Entries must be received at or before BEST TV EPISODE TELEPLAY is We KNOW many Members have now seen this episode and entries are com- the April 19, 2015 SOB meeting. The win- “The Empty Hearse” from BBC’s ner will be announced in the May issue of Sherlock, teleplay by Mark Gatiss ing in! BUT, the judging does rely on accurate answers—so don’t give up!! Ineffable Twaddle. (Hartswood Films/Masterpiece) This contest is open to ALL SOBs, so Instead borrow the SOBs’ copy of this get to it!! Volume 34, February 2015, Issue 2 Page 3

From SOB Carl Wirth Know Your Inspector Lestrade Actors? If you can get to Omaha in late Quiz #3 by SOB Charlie Cook May, be sure to join us! Lippincott’s Legacy Following is a list of actors who played Inspector Lestrade. A literary conference celebrating To the right of the Lestrade actor, name those who played Holmes and the 125th anniversary of the Watson with him and the film(s) in which all three appeared. (There may be publication of “The Sign of more than one film or episode in which the actor played this role.) Four” by Arthur Conan Doyle and “The Picture of Dorian Gray” 1. George Benson by Oscar Wilde. 2. Neil Dudgeon May 29 to 31, 2015 Hilton Hotel, Omaha, NE 3. Archie Duncan For more info on the Conference: 4. Dennis Hoey www.lippincottslegacy.org. 5. Peter Madden For more about Omaha: 6. Eddie Marsan www.visitomaha.com 7. Charles Mortimer For Hotel Reservations: Resweb.passkey.com/go/ The Answers appear on Page 5 lippincottslegacy Questions? More on Fetherston’s New BSI Biography!! Call Robert Bernier at (402) 554-2521 or email lippincott@ By: SOB Sonia Fetherston, BSI, Salem, OR ceeds go to the Baker Street unomaha.edu I’m back home in Oregon after a very fun Irregulars. There are still cop- BSI Weekend in New York.  The first cop- ies of “Prince of The Realm” ies of my book (with a beautiful new cover left! They're available for $21.95 designed by Steve Doyle) went on sale Tues- at the BSI’s Baker Street Jour- day at Otto Penzler's Mysterious Bookshop in nal website: www. bakerstreet- Manhattan. I got to go in and sign them.  journal.com/prince.html. I hope you'll order It then debuted at the BSI Weekend at the yours soon.  And I hope you'll enjoy read- Sherlockian book fair in the Roosevelt Hotel ing it. Bliss Austin is my favorite of the Gold- on January 10. I loved having so many peo- en Age Irregulars, and it is a pleasure to ple come up to tell me they'd known Bliss share his story with a new generation. Austin.  Sales were quite brisk. All pro-

More...from Our Veep Kashena Continued from Page 1 It’s as good as confirmed—by Mark For two nights this year, the Muse- Gatiss’ January 15 tweet, which featured um of London will hold “Sleeping With an on-camera image and quotes from Sherlock” nights, giving the public a Getting only 3 responses to BLUE! The “one-off” 2015 “Sherlock” chance to learn all about the detective at our Meeting Location Sur- Christmas special will be based on “The its first all-night events on 14 February vey—that appeared twice in Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”. and 28 March. Get details at: http://lon Twaddle (issues 11 & 12, 2014) —we sent an e-mail blast out “The (Curious Case of the) Watson donist.com/2014/12/sleep-with-sherlock- Intelligence” was a finalist for the 2014 holmes-on-valentines-day.php?utm_cam in November. Seventeen re- Pulitzer Prize! Unfortunately it’s current- paign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter& sponses resulted, BUT...We ly on stage in Sacramento, so we might utm_medium=Londonist&utm_content= still don’t have a new restau- have to wait for it to be picked up a little Sleep+With+Sherlock+Holmes+On+Vale rant location identified, nor is closer to home. ntine%27s+Day. there a clear majority for I know we all like to curl up with a The New York Times has an article making a change in our cur- good book, so there’s now a Sherlockian about a new book about Mycroft rent day, time and venue! soundtrack to accompany you! Go to: Holmes by Kareen Abdul-Jabbar. Get So, we will continue to hold www.comicmix.com/2015/01/13/emily-s- the review at: http://artsbeat.blogs.ny our Regular Monthly Meet- whitten-the-music-of-sherlock-holmes to times.com/2015/01/08/kareem-abdul-jab ings at the Queen Anne Pub- get Emily Whitten’s playlist of classical bar-to-publish-a-novel-about-sherlock- lic Library—at least through music Holmes would have loved! holmess-brother-mycroft/?_r=1 August, 2015!! Page 4 Ineffable Twaddle

PFL David offered Thin g s to See, Buy, Do and Know a drawing in November open only to SOBs living • From Editor Terri: Seen at the 3rd Sher- doing since then, he has written the screen- outside the Seattle-Tacoma area. lock Seattle Convention in January— play for “The Imitation Game”—the new film A dozen SOBs entered—strangely,  Sara Crauder, a Stormy Petrel in Vancou- with Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing. choosing only two (2) of the three ver had a booth with her Sherlockian sewn  The late John Ruyle, a delightful humorist items being offered! goods and baked goods. Check her out at and a skilled printer who wrote, printed, bound Names were put in Margie’s bowler hat at the December Meeting, and 221bbakingstreet.storenvy.com or on Tumblr. and published a long series of parodies featur- the winners are…  Rebecca Flaum at the “Studio ing Turlock Loams and Dr. Fatso, also presid- reasona- For the photo of Catawampus” booth had ed over the Quaker Street Irregulars. “The Cumberbatch & bly-priced and good original Canon of Turlock Holmes”, with commen- Freeman signed by drawings of Cumberbatch and tary by (former SOBs) Ray and Greta de them both: Freeman. Check out her products Groat and an introduction by Michael Kean, SOB Charlie Cook at studiocatawampus.com or on offers a nice look at John's delightful work and of Sumter, SC Tumblr. has been published by George Vanderburgh For the photo of • From SOB DC Smith: ($30.00). The publisher's address is Box 50, Rathbone & Bruce, with a photoprint   I'm familiar with the work of the Black Cat R.R.4, Eugenia, ON N0C 1E0, Canada; www. of Rathbone’s Press and they made some really fine minia- batteredbox.com.

signature: ture books. If I had the dough for The artist Charles Wysocki (1928-2002) SOB Don Mathews an impulse buy I’d pick up “The specialized in Americana, and a web-site at of Elk City, ID ABCs of Baker Street” (1983) www.charleswysocki.com shows his work. His And, while the third photo—of Cum- myself, but my loss might be your print “Hound of the Baskervilles” was pub- berbatch alone, signed by him—was gain. Check it out at: www. lished in 1997 and now is available as a 1000- not selected, a third name has now been drawn and SOB Dottie ebay.com/itm/191448207431?_trksid piece jigsaw puzzle ($13.95). Editor’s Note: A Normandin of North Grafton, MA =p2060778.m1438.l2661&ssPageName=STR framed copy of the print resides above the has received it! K%3AMEBIDX%3AIT fireplace in a certain SOB’s living room!!! Can’t do anything about “Warehouse 13” Paul Laudiero's amusing “Sh*t Rough going off the air, but watched the pilot for the Drafts” (Chronicle Books, 2014; $12.95) is subti- new series on TNT called “The Librarians”. tled “pop culture's favorite books, movies and Has Noah Wyle from the hit movie films. It TV shows as they might have been”, and The was fun, has a similar gimmick and some nice Classics include one-page alternatives for surprise twists in the story. If you liked "The Speckled Band", "The Red-Headed “Warehouse 13”, then you might want to give League", and "The Hound of the Baskervilles". this one a look. Editor’s Note: Haugens also Colin Mochrie, most famous for his ap- got hooked on this series, which ended its 10- pearances on the TV improve program ep first season in late January. “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”, has obviously • From Peter Blau’s newsletter: enjoyed writing “Not Quite the Clas-

TopFoto (www.topfoto.co.uk) is sics” (Diversion Books, 2013; $14.99); he book- From SOB Judy Lyen a British agency that offers access ends the first and last lines of classic books Here are details on to some three and a half million and poems around his own versions, one of Anglicon 2015: The Regeneration images, many quite interesting; which (“A Study in Ha Ha”) is Sherlockian. search for “Sherlock Holmes” and “Conan • From SOB Cara Doyle” to see what’s available. Cross: The January 9

 The Museum of London has posted Tacoma News Tribune  June 12 to 14, 2015 some nice video at YouTube by way of publi- spotlighted the 3rd Sher-  Full weekend is $65 through cizing its on-going exhibition at www.tinyurl. lock Seattle Convention February 28 com/ns8s66n, including the interesting clip, with a file photo of none-  Sea-Tac Double Tree Hotel, “Sir Ian McKellen on Sherlock Holmes”. other-than my hubby Tukwila  Graham Moore’s pastiche “The Sherlock- SOB Geoff Jeffery, taken at his Sherlockian  SOBs wanting to volunteer can call me at (253) 761-3447 ian” (2010), published in Britain as “The display at the Washington State Fair in 1997,  More: http://anglicon.com Holmes Affair” (2011) was a N.Y. Times best- with the headline, “The Game is Afoot”!! seller. If you’ve wondered what he’s been Volume 34, February 2015, Issue 2 Page 5

From SOB DC Smith Webmaster Nelan Reports on 2015 BSI Weekend Did you know By: SOB Webmaster Stu Nelan, Melissa, TX disused New York that The Mini- Daughter Kami and I met in New Central Railroad Tonga Society is York City once again and had a great spur). a Sherlockian time at the BSI Weekend which ran The highlight of group that is in- January 7 through January 11! the weekend was terested only in She came up as always from D.C., finally meeting SOB miniature recrea- where she lives and works, and Sonia Fetherston, tions of 221B? joined me in several of the Sherlocki- BSI and her hus- Founded in 1979 by Dee Snyder, an events, including the Christopher band Ben! I had read so much about Dorothy Shaw and John Bennett Morley Walk and lunch, a stop at the her being with the SOB’s and had Shaw, it was mostly a correspond- Mysterious Bookshop, the Gaslight read her 2012 BSI Christmas Annual ence club whose members occa- Gala Dinner (for us non-BSIs), and the (and brought it with me for her to sionally gathered and showed off Lost in New York Dinner. sign!), and I’ve just unpacked her their creations. Some made theirs We also did several non- new book “Prince of The Realm” by hand; others hunted for pieces Sherlockian activities, like a tour of about Sherlockian Bliss Austin. to complete their creation. Sadly, I the World Trade Center Museum (Wife) Pat stayed home, so very couldn’t get any of the images on (honouring 9/11) and its new build- soon I’ll take her on a three-week the Mini-Tonga Society's site to ings; seeing the musical “On the cruise, for which I now have plenty of load. However, I was fortunate Town” (about three sailors on a 24- reading material! to find a video (https:// hours shore leave during WWII), and By the way, I noted that BSI Inves- m.youtube.com/watch?v=hs27- walking and exploring the High Line tures for 2015 included that of SOB VBUYi8) that features a hand- (also known as the High Line Park, it’s Bill Mason of Green Brier, TN as crafted room box by Mary a 1.45-mile-long linear park built in “White Mason”. Ciccolella that was over two years Manhattan on an elevated section of a in the making. It is actually a box within a box, fully contained with “Cartoon from Howard Ostrom’s Twitter”: Mystery Solved battery power. There are many It started with a quick e-mail from items in the room which specifi- SOB Margie Deck and the cartoon cally represent individual story she attached, with the above title in lines. View the video to see if the subject line. This resulted in a re- you can spot them!! sponse from SOB Airy Maher that read, “Oh! I love Basil's work! He illus- trates for the Baker Street Journal as well!” Having deduced that the cartoon (the Answers to the “Lestrade

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very cool fellow, and I just love his cute ing a funny, head on over to Basil’s Benson George = SH” of Life Private comics. He recently did one about the theo- own website at: http://ghost “The Blakely; Colin Stephens, Robert 1. ry that Holmes hates Professor Moriarty bees.tumblr.com/about. The Sound of the Baskervilles The Sound By appointment ... is a scion society of the Baker Street of the of Her Majesty, Irregulars, serving the greater Puget Sound Region of Western Washington, U.S.A., and Queen Victoria Baskervilles has met monthly since March 31, 1980. $20 per year brings Members the monthly newsletter “Ineffable Twaddle”, a copy of Ineffable Twaddle Beaten’s Christmas Annual, and the incalcu- lable benefits of association with a group of A monthly publication of certifiable Holmes aficionados. The Sound of the Baskervilles Meetings are held the 3rd Sunday of each A Scion Society of the Baker Street Irregulars since March 31, 1980 month. Location of the meetings may vary. Serving the Greater Puget Sound Region of Western Washington Regularly scheduled additional events President: David Haugen, PFL, SOB, PSC throughout the year include: “The Masters’ Treasurer: Hank Deck ([email protected]) Dinner” celebrating the meeting of Holmes and Watson (March), “The Annual Wreath Vice President: Kashena Konecki ([email protected]) Throw” commemorating Holmes’ loss at Secretary/Editor: Terri Haugen ([email protected]) Board Member Emeritus: Al Nelson ([email protected]) Reichenbach Falls (May), “The Dr. John H. Board Member Emeritus: Al Nelson ([email protected]) Watson Picnic” (July), and “The Will Crakes Lending Librarian: Sheila Holtgrieve ([email protected]) Lending Librarian: Sheila Holtgrieve ([email protected]) Memorial Jollification” (December). Webmaster: Stuart Nelan ([email protected]) Other activities—book crawls, teas, plays Website: www.soundofthebaskervilles.com and gaming events—are as announced. Direct correspondence to: To join, send your check for dues—$20 for The Sound of the Baskervilles individuals, $30 for families (U.S. funds only) 6710 – 51st Street Court West —to the address shown at left. University Place, WA 98467-2287 Phone: (253) 460-2753 Email: [email protected]

Librarian Sheila Holtgrieve, who devised Member News & Updates the two very popular daily quizzes we ran at SOBs attending our January 18, 2015 Meeting, the Sherlock Seattle Con! We had lots of en- tries and great prizes (see below)!! Dates of presided over by PFL David Haugen were: Lauren Messenger Airy Maher Terri Haugen  MORE HOLIDAY WISHES: From our KC, MO Interest SOBs Paul & Marcia Naher; his personal John Longenbaugh Sue Reid Al Nelson ● SUNDAY, note said, “Thanks for the ‘dues holiday’ and for February 8 Jon Strandberg Shannon Wallace Judy Lyen our wonderful Club! You SOBs are the BEST!”  Regular Monthly  We saw Judy for the first time in ages; she sup- MORE HOLIDAY WISHES: From our Omaha contin- Meeting, 1:30 to plied us with the info for Anglicon 2015 (see P. 5) gent SOB Carl Wirth; his note said, “I wish 4:30 p.m., Queen  Our guest was a gal named Jaimie, whom Airy Washington was just across the river and I could Anne Library, 400 had met at the Sherlock Seattle Con and who had attend your gatherings.” So do we, Carl! West Garfield, lots to add! We sent her home with a member app  SOB Emily Romnes, just 17, tied for 1st Seattle After announcements, the group had an inti- place—the youngest person competing—in mate discussion of when and how we first became the Washington Potato Commission’s 2014 ● SUNDAY, Sherlockian fans and those Holmes & Watson ac- February 15 Culinary Challenge. With the task of coming tors in film, TV and radio whom we like best. Our up with an original recipe using Washington First South Sound likes were hugely varied, from John L.’s admira- SOB Meeting, 5:00 potatoes, she created a dessert that looked tion of Arthur Wontner as Holmes to Shannon’s just like a baked jacket potato with butter on p.m. at Haugens’ devotion to the Russian Watson, Vitaly Solomin. in University Place top—completely from potato ice cream!!! Some like David “found” Holmes in school; Airy, Proud Pop James said, “It tasted great!!” ● SATURDAY, as an adult, “found” him on the radio! It was a fun

March 7 and lively time! Over-anticipating the crowd nd We’ve Got Two New Members! Our 32 Masters’ we’d draw—who knew we had so many Seahawks Second place prizes for the daily quizzes we held at Dinner, 2:00 to fans among us—there were lots of eats and treats the 3rd Sherlock Seattle Con were: Free 15-month 5:00 p.m. in Buri- and too much coffee and punch, oh my! memberships in The SOBs! en. See Page 1.  Kudos go to SOB Bill Mason of Green Brier, Friday’s winner was: Amy Platt of Issaquah UNDAY (whom we somehow failed to get a photo of!!) ● S , TN, who was invested into the Baker Street Irreg- March 15 ulars, as “White Mason”, at the BSI Weekend in Saturday’s winner was: Marian Cole of Bellevue Regular Monthly New York City in January, 2015! Congrats, Bill! —a very prominent and busy Meeting, 1:30 to EDITOR’S NOTE: In reply to a congrats e-mail PFL volunteer at the Con— 4:30 p.m., Queen David sent him, Bill said, “Haven't had much oppor- shown here. Anne Library, 400 tunity to (sign messages with “BSI”) yet. I'll try it here Please be sure to welcome these West Garfield, first...I like the looks of that!” new SOBs when you see them at Seattle  Kudos also go to SOBs Margie Deck and Club an upcoming Club event!