Yesterday’ s Intergalactic Food Festival was a feast of fun which drew about 30 people as members of my chapter joined the USS Avenger, USS Asimov, USS Britannic (including RC Commodore Wayne Augustson) and the USS Dragon Star for a very enjoyable meal that included a great variety of food and beverage.

I can’t list them all but Laura Victor’s Rhacktageno, Joe Horton’s Green Coconut Cake, Judy’s Oreo pie, Jennifer’s Thompson’s Cheron Cookies of black and white, plus items like cheesey bread, burritos, the pasta dishes, casseroles and much more.
We also enjoyed the British pies offered up by the Battershill clan on the Challenger and the Brenda’s salad island creation. Watch for photos from this event on the Challenger’s website and the R7 website.

It was all wonderful and I know many of us put on some pounds yesterday. We caught up with what was going on during this snowy winter and the occasion made for a nice chance to escape cabin fever.

The event ran from noon to about 7:30 p.m.Donations were also made to Project Replicator, our food drive for an area food pantry which, like last year, will go to the Lacey Food Bank later this week.

So thanks again for coming and making it a wonderful event. This year, thanks to Larry Neigut’s donation of two ST phaser Hallmark Holiday ornaments, we held a raffle and raised a few bucks to support expenses of Starfleet International Conference 2011.

It was a full weekend for many of us who started things off on Friday night with a mini-marathon of new Doctor Who offerings and a glimpse at some upcoming movies like December’s TRON: Legacy and Star Blazers.

For those who couldn’t make it, I  hope you had a great weekend also!

Adm. Bob Vosseller
CO USS Challenger
VRC Region 7

There were spooky goings on at the Seaside Heights Community Center, Seaside Heights NJ on Halloween night.

A group of boils and ghouls invaded the center for a Halloween party that lasted from 6 pm to 12:30 a.m. Nov. 1.

I first stopped by on Friday night to raid the dealer’s room and found a few things. On Sunday I returned to the Dealer’s Room and now are the proud owner of the two Mego recreations that were released in the Night of the Living Dead collection of 4. That included the hero, Ben and the first zombie we see in the classic 1960s movie at the grave yard. Barbara and the child zombie (who I interviewed a year or so ago) will be released by Fearwerx.com shortly. They were among the vendors at the con.

I took a number of photos on Sunday and enjoyed the world premiere of the rough cut of a horror film called "Black Waters of Echo Pond" which starred Robert Patrick (of Terminator II and The X-Files) and I have to say, it was pretty good.

I got to the con on a possible mission for Beryl on Saturday night and watched the film "Sleepaway Camp" from 1982. It was a nice combination of camp, humor and horror. The cast had a mini reunion during the con.

Check out photos here!

Adam West, TV’s Batman from the 1960s was among the guests. The Batmobile from the show was also present during the weekend. Actress Kelly Labrock of "Weird Science" fame was there as were director John Landis and David Naughton of "An American Werewolf In London.” Landis spoke about his time directing Michael Jackson in "Thriller" perhaps one of the most famous music videos of all time. He described Jackson who was 21 at the time, "as a very gifted 9-year-old who lived in his own private world.”

John Astin (Gomez of the Addam’s Family) and Erin "Wilma Deering of Buck Rogers" Gray were also present.

All in all, between that and our time at the Star Trek Exhbit on Saturday where we joined members of the USS Sovereign, USS Matrix, USS Abraham Lincoln and visitors from the USS Justice and USS Malverne it was a busy fun filled weekend!

Adm. Bob Vosseller
VRC Region 7
CO USS Challenger