What’s New?

We’re pleased to reveal the winners of the logo contest we announced back in December. We’ve already begun rolling out the new artwork and you should expect to see more of it in the days ahead.

Congratulations to STAT member Inge Heyer on creating the winning logo for the Star Trek Association of Towson (above left).

Congratulations also to long-time Shore Leave attendee and Shore Leave 38 Program Book artist Todd Brugmans on creatin gthe winning logo for the Shore Leave convention (above right).

STAT member Thomas Atkinson was recently featured on WJLA for the Star Toys Museum he operates.

Join the Star Trek Association of Towson on March 3, at the Lyric Opera House for Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage, a concert featuring music from the different incarnations of Star Trek, accompanied by video from the TV episodes and movies.

Additional details are available

We are holding a contest to design new logos for STAT and Shore Leave.

• Submissions are due at the January meeting (Sunday, January 10).
• Entries will be presented to the club in February.
• We are seeking separate logos for STAT and Shore Leave.
• The contest is not limited to STAT members (it’s open to the public).
• All submissions become property of STAT.
• The contest will be advertised on the STAT web site.

Guidelines:

• Should be usable for both print and T-shirts.
• The STAT logo should be suitable for letterhead.
• Avoid small details and shading
• Logos should be scalable from 1 ½” x 1 ½” up to 8 ½” x 11″.
• Line art may have an advantage.
• Logos should be Science Fiction themed.

Instead of meeting at the lodge this month, the December meeting will take place at the TItled Kilt and will be followed immediately by the holiday party. (We’ll be back at the lodge in January.)

The meeting is at 1:00pm on Sunday, December 6 and the Tilted Kilt is located at 8133 Honeygo Blvd, Nottingham, MD 21236.

We are saddened by the pasing of actor Bruce Hyde. Hyde was best known to fans as Lieutenant Kevin Riley in The Original Series episodes “The Conscience of the King” and “The Naked Time.” In addition to acting on TV and the stage, he was professor emeritus of communication studies at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, teaching both acting and communications. In 1987 he was a guest at Shore Leave 9.

Bruce Hyde passed away on October 13, 2015. He is survived by his wife Dr. Susan M. Saetre.

The Star Trek Association of Towson (STAT) and the Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) are co-sponsoring a Fan Film Night on October 3, 2015 at the BSFS building.

On October 3, 2015 at 7:00pm the Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) and the Star Trek Association of Towson (STAT) will sponsor a Star Trek Fan Film night featuring the Star Trek New Voyages episodes: World Enough and Time (which guest stars George Takei) and Blood and Fire Parts 1 and 2 (written and directed by well-known science fiction writer David Gerrold).

This event will be held at the BSFS Building, 3310 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore Maryland (directions at www.bsfs.org/bsfsdrct.htm) and projected on the 10ft screen inside Kelly Hall with theater sound. This is a free screening. Come on down and experience these stories filmed in retro classic Trek style extending the original ST series. Watch a trailer at www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYF1rtMQ0Hg.

For more information on BSFS please visit their web site www.bsfs.org; for more information on STAT see, please visit www.statclub.org.

For more information on BSFS’s Balticon convention see www.balticon.org and for more information on STAT’s Shore Leave convention see www.shore-leave.com.

In Memoriam: Leonard Nimoy

We are saddened by the passing of Leonard Nimoy. Although he was perhaps best known for the role of “Mister Spock” throughout Star Trek’s various incarnations, his acting credits included more than 130 movie and television roles, in adition to directing, writing and producing. He was also an accomplished photographer, author, poet and singer. He was a guest last year at Shore Leave 36.

Leonard Nimoy passed away on February 27, 2015. He is survived by his wife Susan as well as his children and grandchildren.

Thank you sir, for helping to show us a bright future.

We have a web site! You can find out more about the Star Trek Association of Towson by visiting us at www.statclub.org