Upcomming events
Tuesday the 4th: Independence Day
Saturday the 15th: The Second Annual Region Three Parrises Squares "Pool and
Darts" Tournament will be held at the Moose Lodge in Harker Heights (Killeen area) on
Saturday July 15th. The address of the lodge is 125 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Harker
Heights, TX.
The tentative schedule for the day’s events is:
11:00 am Lunch (somewhere local)
1:00 pm Darts Tournament
4:00 pm Pool Tournament
7:00 pm Steak Dinner*
* July 15th is the Moose Lodge’s Steak night and it is open to everyone from the
Region. The price of the meal is $7.00 which includes a steak grilled the way you like it,
a baked potato, a salad and a dessert. They would like a count of everyone attending the
steak meal by July 1st.
Please send FCpt Richard Getz an e-mail at [email protected]
letting him know if you will be attending.
Saturday the 29th: Sci-Fi Expo & Toyshow in Austin, Texas at the Crockett
Center off I-35 and 290. Stay Tuned to the Sci-Fi Expo website for details and guest lists
soon!!!
Saturday the 26th: Regional Trip to NASA/Johnson Space Center. For eight years,
Region Three has been gathering at Space Center Houston for fun This year we decided to do
something special. Have our trip during the same weekend as JSC’s Open House and the
Ballunar Liftoff Festival on Saturday, August 26, 2000.
For folk unfamiliar with the event, one day a year the Johnson Space Center opens up their
facilities to educate the public.
Many buildings and programs unavailable during the normal Space Center Houston tours are
accessible. Also the displays and hand on exhibits put on by JSC employees, not tour
guides. So if you have questions, you can ask the experts. The center does special things,
like freebies, astronaut signings, demonstrations, and live music. It is a space junkies
dream and for free. In the past, Buildings such as Public Affairs, Space and Space Station
Simulator, Machine Manufacturing, Aerospace
Testing and Simulations, Ellington Field, and Mission Control. For JSC’s Open House
information check http://openhouse.jsc.nasa.gov.
The Ballunar Liftoff is a three day festival starting on that Friday, but gears up on
Saturday. They have contests, balloon glows, a carnival midway, craft show and is held
around Rocket Park. This are a charge for this part. Many of the hotels in the area give
special rates and free passes into the Liftoff if you mentioned you are attending. (Check
with the Liftoff website for
participating) For more information on the Ballunar Liftoff - http://www.ballunarfestival.com.
For general information on the Clear Lake area and hotels, see http://www.clearlake.com.
Visitors to JSC Open House 2000 will have the same opportunity to visit the many control
centers, training facilities, laboratories and engineering testbeds at the center, as well
as nearby Sonny Carter Training Facility where astronauts practice for space walks and
Ellington Field with its variety of NASA aircraft. Once again, hundreds of NASA employees,
including astronauts,
scientists, and engineers will gather once again to demonstrate the work being conducted
at JSC as the center prepares for human space flight and technological research in the new
millennium.
Be sure to keep a watchful eye on the JSC website.
September
Friday the 1st - Monday the 4th: STARFLEET International Conference in Burlington,
Vermont.
Monday the 4th: Labor Day
Saturday and Sunday the 28th-29th: Sci-Fi Expo & Toyshow in Austin, Texas at
the Crockett Center off I-35 and 290. Stay Tuned to the Sci-Fi Expo website for details
and guest lists soon!!!
Sunday the 29th: Daylight Savings Time Ends
October
Tuesday the 31st: Halloween
November
Saturday the 4th: Regional trip to the Texas Renaissance Festival in Plantersville,
TX. More Info to be Announced.
Thursday the 23rd: Thanksgiving
December
Friday the 22nd - Friday the 29th: Chanukkah /
Hanukkah
Monday the 25th: Christmas Day
Saturday the 30th: Third Annual Region Three Retreat in Waco, Texas. The place will
be the Clarion Hotel where we held the first Region Three Summit. Remember that they
have an Indoor Pool for year round use and half of the rooms face the pool atrium area.
Rooms (if booked by October 2000) will be $69 for 1 to 4 people. Retreats provide the
Region Three Executive Committee with a working weekend for planning the year’s
upcoming events, addressing any matters or issues presented to them and reviewing the
Summit 2002 bids. All CO's in Region Three are
encouraged to attend.
Sunday the 31st: Regional New Year's Eve Party -- 2MI: Beginning the New Millennium
-- in Waco, Texas.
If you cannot make the Smith/Freas Party in Cherry Hill, NJ -- Join Region Three for a big
celebration!
So, put this on your ship's calendar. We will have a banquet dinner and dance on Sunday
night.
Early Registration (before August 15, 2000) is $30 per person; Pre-Registration (before
November 15, 2000) is $40 per person; and Late Registration (after November 15, 2000) is
$45 per
person.
Pre-Registration after August 15th and before November 15th is $40 per person. We also
hope to get together for breakfast on Monday morning for those that can. Check out the 2MI
Web Site for more information and on-line registration.
Happings Around Town
June 1-Aug. 31 "Summer at the Arboretum" celebrates early Texas botanical
explorers, with native plant displays and hands-on activities for children. Set beside
White Rock Lake, the Dallas Arboretum features 66 superbly landscaped acres
with a view of the Dallas skyline. Open from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. weekdays, and 8 a.m. - 6
p.m. weekends through August. Admission is $6 for adults, $3 children 6-12 and free for
children under 6. Call 214-327-8263.
July 3rd 14th Annual Kaboom Town features fireworks choreographed to music,
historic warplane fly-bys and goodies hosted by area restaurants at the Addison Conference
& Theatre
Centre, 15650 Addison Road, under the Addison Water Tower. It all begins at 7 p.m., with
fireworks starting at 9:15 p.m. For information call 1-800-ADDISON.
July 26-31 Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus brings the greatest
show on earth to Reunion Arena to entertain children of all ages. Tickets to any of
17 shows are $10.50, $13.50 & $18.50; call 214-373-8000 for show times and
seating chart.
Aug. 31-Sept. 3 Dallas Morning News Dance Festival celebrates the city's emerging
and professional dance companies with performances by the Dallas Black Dance Theatre,
Anita Martinez
Ballet Folklorico and others nightly from 8 - 11p.m. Free, at the Annette Strauss
Artist Square, Flora and Routh streets.