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VOLUME 6 NUMBER 3 JUNE, 1995 TH I[rIG '11' ST FE THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE U.S.S. KITTY HAWK NCC 1659 A VIEW FROM THE CATBIRD SEAT By J. F sher We are mailing this newsletter hundred counties of the state. STARFLEET members are out so that everyone will know that Together we picked up over encouraged to join or renew. It is we moved the July meeting from the 2,100,000 pounds of litter! through STARFLEET Academy that 1st to the eighth. We are combining Please check the calendar you become an officer and hold rank the meeting with the party at Jeff elsewhere in the newsletter for on board the Kitty Hawk. Habrych's club house. Meeting at 5 scheduled meetings and events we are Applications are available, please ask p.m. followed by the party. Bring sure of. We did not go to Kennedy for one. When you attend side dishes, drinks, etc. as Jeff is for the launch and I guess it is a good conventions, you can often get a serving the main dish. Also, bring thing; as of this writing STS-71 is discount as a member of your swimsuit if you like to swim. still sitting on the pad. We will try STARFLEET. The map showing the location of to schedule another trip for a later We are at the mid-point of the Jeff's clubhouse is at the back of the launch when more people can go. year and we do not have many plans newsletter. Check the schedule listed by the yet for the second half of the year. There is a new STARFLEET Chief Engineer. Let him know what We have not set a date for our Academy application, so if you need is possible for you. Halloween party as that coincides one please let me know as I am We would like to thank all of with the Charlotte convention. No having them copied and they will be those persons who went to the Duke plans have been made for other available at meetings as well as by Children's Telethon and helped out. activities in the fall. If you have a mail. Remember, you have to buy We were very well received and suggestion, please come forward vouchers again to attend one of the appreciated. Almost everyone got with it. We have done so many schools. some air time, the food selection was things we could use some new ideas. Highway cleanup. June was a much better than in past years and the With a view to the future, rather poor month for attendance at T.V. talent were very friendly. please try to attend the July meeting this event. Diana, Elaine and I were (Security note: Keep an eye on P0/2 and party, especially if you are a the only ones to show up on the Woolley.) We hope even more of current member of STARFLEET. second Saturday, and we only did you will be inclined to participate Our attendance at meetings has half of the stretch. The third next year. slacked off this year and we need to Saturday, only Elaine showed up and Also, we did pledge and pay get it back up. There is food there! she did the remaining half by our donation of $250.00 to Duke. Further, when we make decisions herself. The next scheduled cleanup Now would be a good time to get the and plans, it is far more helpful if a is for August 5th at 9 a.m. The more jump on next year by starting to save majority of the crew makes them. So people that show up the quicker the your change for the Duke jar. By the come on out and let's have some fun! job is finished. way, the telethon raised over Speaking of fun, not many By the way, we received $1,483,000.00! Congratulations on showed up for the putt-putt game but another certificate of appreciation a job well done! we had fun anyway. Remember, this from the Department of For your information: all of the is not supposed to be all work. We Transportation for our efforts this DSA's that the Kitty Hawk and her probably do more civic work than spring during "The Great Trash crew members receive are written up any other ship in STARFLEET. We Bash". I haven't found a place to in the monthly memo sent out by used to always close down the parties hang this one yet, but I will. In case Linda Neighbors to all of the C.O. 's as well, at the conventions. That's you are wondering if we are alone on in Region One. Please also note that balance, that's the Wright Stuff! these cleanups, let me give you some we have been recognized in each of facts. During this one cleanup (The the Communique's that has come out ESSE QUAM VIDERI Great Trash Bash), over 65,000 from the new administration. volunteers participated in all one Those of you who are not THE SRI IL- HT STUF VOLUME 6 CONTENTS NUMBER 3 A VIEW FROM THE CATBIRD SEAT FIRST OFFICER'S LOG 3 SCIENCE DEPARTMENTAL REPORT 3 OPERATIONS DETPARTMENTAL REPORT 3 T H MEDICAL DEPARTMENTAL REPORT 3 I THE ADVENTURES OF MYSTERY AND SPOT - EPISODE EIGHTEEN 4 COLLECTOR'S CORNER 4 SiT ULPF KITTY HAWK CHRONICLES TO EACH HIS OWN 5 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTAL REPORT VOLUME 6 NO. 3 SECURITY DEPARTMENTAL REPORT 6 is a publication of the U.S.S. Kitty ENGINEERING AWAY TEAM PROJECT UPDATE 6 Hawk, the Raleigh, N.C. chapter of OVER THE NET 7 STARFLEET, an international STAR TREK fan organization. RULES OF ACQUISITION This publication is provided free of charge, to all chapter members in CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS 9 good standing. Subscriptions for non-members are $12.00 per year (six issues). 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TOOL BOX: Trigem Pentium/75; Hewlett Packard Lasedet III; Microsoft Publisher; Logitech Scanman Plus; Word for Windows; Logitech Ansel Image Editing Software. T,... A 11=54L.E FI RST OFFICER'S LOG By Carey Muse I hope everyone is having a great UP!!! ! enough room aboard this ship. I summer. I have been busy doing other In talking about summer we are would hate for us to have to undergo a things outside of the Kitty Hawk but headed toward our rough period - the refit so soon after our first five year after a short leave on Risa I am feeling heat and humidity of July and August. mission. We have just left spacedock much more relaxed and ready to I know that I echo the Medical from a refit period. continue my First Officer's duties. Department in saying "Please, if you The shuttle launch scheduled for Congratulations to the Kitty are outside take it easy, drink plenty of June has been delayed to July because Hawk for meeting its donation to Duke liquids and just take things a little of woodpeckers. Oh well, at least we Children's hospital. We continue to slower than normal". can't blame NASA for this. do good work and raise a lot of money The ship continues to grow. Mr. for this charity. LET'S KEEP IT Chief Engineer, I hope we have SCIENCE DEPARTMENTAL REPORT By Elaine Pischke Although we had only nine they could, although they could not much else is new. I have managed to names on our Highway Cleanup list, commit to four times because of work collect, as of this writing, 360 Heinz we have elected to continue the or family responsibilities. We baby food labels, which will add project for another year and see how understand not everyone can or $12.60 to our donation to the Duke it goes. That means those of us who wants to take part in highway Children's Hospital this year. I plan put our names on the list really need cleanup, and that some can only to continue saving labels, so if you to honor our commitment to show up participate occasionally. Therefore, have access to any, please pass them for at least four of the six dates in the I promise not to nag, only to remind on to me. Since Graeme is beginning coming year. Everyone else - we of upcoming cleanups from now on. to graduate to table foods, I don't would greatly appreciate your help. The Chief Science Officer has expect to have so many next year, I know a number of people expressed been busy on the homefront, still but maybe others will take up the a willingness to participate when settling into new quarters, so not slack. 0PERATIO NS DEPARTMENTAL REPORT By Larry Pischke It seems that the more Starfleet ventilation system blowing lime Jello was good to see him again; I was "improves" its technology, the more into the turbo lifts.