USS Challenger News

SUB SPACE CHATTER: January 2012

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:16:38 +0100

SUB SPACE CHATTER: First Bulletin of the New Year Happy 2012: The Year We May Face Doomsday according to those Mayans! By Adm. Bob VossellerVice Regional Coordinator Hard to believe we are heading into the last week of the first month of the new year. We bid goodbye to 2011 which was an extremely busy and productive year for the 7th Fleet and this year promises to hold a lot of adventures and activities as well. NEW FUTURE SHIP IN R7We bid a big hello to the USS Robert E. Lee (blare out that horn from the General Lee of Dukes of Hazzard fame) which launched earlier this month under the command of Larry Neigut whose current assignment was XO of the USS Storm. This has caused some changes in the staff of the Storm but as several members of that Atlantic City NJ based chapter are moving to Florida, the Storm felt that it would be a great idea to form a correy chapter and retain these members and Larry wants to step up to the center seat again but have a reduced role within a meeting chapter. This works for Larry's schedule and will help keep Storm's NJ departing members intact and we wish them well with this new venture which already has a chapter seal and a FB page.

Thanks for attending the 9th Annual Cookie Swap/Holiday Party

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:46:18 +0100

Thanks go out to all those who attended the USS Challenger's 9th annual Cookie Swap/Holiday Party last Sunday at our club headquarters of the Seaside Heights Community Center. We had a nice turnout, a wonderful variety of delicious cookies, some great hot beverages and plenty of laughs.A dollar store holiday gift exchanged in particular provided some holiday cheer and some snickers when the presents were opened.Thanks also goes out to USS Avenger Chief Engineer Matt Reilly who surprised the USS Challenger with a gift of a Galaxy Class model detailed to a great degree with our name and hull number. Thanks again Matt. Great job and very generous of you.Donations of toys and food will also help those in need and we appreciate those who provided them for our collection during the party.I hope everyone out there is enjoying the holiday season. Whatever you are celebrating, enjoy this special time of the year to the fullest. Adm. Bob VossellerVRC Region 7CO USS Challenger

It's the Challenger Cookie Exchange!

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:02:43 +0100

C is for cookie, that's good enough for Challenger!Come one, come all to the 9th Annual USS Challenger Cookie Exchange, on Sunday,Dec. 4 at 1pm @ the Seaside Heights Community Center in Seaside Heights, NJ! Bring 3 dozen cookies to swap eat(please TRY to use better manners than Cookie Monster) and we'll provide milk,hot chocolate and other delights. .And $8 per person for pizza if you wish to join us for dinner later on.. Dollargrab bag please bring something funny or something from dollar store, • Optional, Starfleet food collection and Toys For Tots as part of the SF program to aid those in need during this holiday season.Please let us know if you plan to attend. E-mail to co@usschallenger.org (mailto:co%40usschallenger.org)Thank you!Adm. Bob VossellerCO USS Challenger NCC-1676-D

Halloween Plans for October

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:21:46 +0100

Hi guys and ghouls here is our Halloween plans for this season coming during our ship meeting of the month.In a change from long standing tradition, this year the USS Challenger will not be hosting a Halloween party. We will be doing something different this year and it is open to those in Region 7 who wish to join us.We are going to the Tuckerton Seaport Museum (http://tuckertonseaport.org/) and meeting at 5 pm on Oct. 29 at the Atlanta Bread Company in Toms River on Rt. 37 for dinner first Then we are going off to Tuckerton to arrive around 6 p.m. for their "Haunted Seaport'' which runs from 6 to 9 pm This is $8 per permission, ($10 separate is a boat rid eon the Black Pearl Haunted pirate ship) and hayrides are $2 more.The Seaport is located at 120 W. Main St. Tuckerton Exit 58 GSP. Their phone # is 609-296-8868 should you need specific directions if you are going there directly.We are asking that those interested in attending, please RSVP by e-mailing me at co@usschallenger.org (mailto:co@usschallenger.org)

IC2011 Wrap-Up!

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100

A big thanks goes out again to all those in R7 who supported IC2011 be it just showing up and especially to those who ran panels such as the Carothers, Beryl Washington, Wayne Augustson, Willie Yee who ran astronomy night, etc. you did a FANTASTIC job.I have spent nearly 2 hours going over and captioning the photos that I took during the last four days and relived a lot of moments. I thank Mark Anbinder for providing some additional photos that he took.I also send out big congrats to the many members of R7 who received promotions and/or awards this weekend. Boy does this region have a lot of brass now. Congrats again to the USS Avenger who made chapter of the year.It was a great IC and I am not just saying that as the CO who put it on and it was especially good for the 7th Fleet who truly shined this weekend.