Summer 2006
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#71 Summer 2006 |
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If you
remember what I wrote last Mindscanner (and why should you, I wrote it
and I had to look it up!) I
wrote: We need to encourage folks to get to them, whether they are in
Minneapolis, Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas, Dover, Atlanta, San Diego,
Denver or points in between. The Convention is our lifeblood, almost
our point of being. When we lose sight of that and concentrate on more
private fan activity, we cut ourselves off from new possibilities and
new people. I learned that again at Maquis Gras where I spent time with
several new KAGsters who were attending their first con as Klingons. I
am sure they experienced new fun and are
Mary Bertelson Then came the
awards and promotion to worthy Klingons. Accepting for the Klingon
Assault Group, Zaheer of the RakeHell and garaghQ of the Ice Dagger
were promoted to Lt. Commander. And then Martok and Gowron handed out
special awards: Qe'pa and Morduck of the RakeHell where recognized for
their fine work and given the honor of the 'Order of the Batleth' by
Gowron. Japa of the Black Thunder was inducted into House Martok, and
K'hrtas of the RakeHell (AKA K'Ditzy...Mary Bertleson) as a seminal
figure in Midwest Klingon fandom was given the honor of Da'har Master.