On June 9th, 2007, the first "second-generation" Star Base Andromeda club member, Hunter Taurins, graduated from Lincoln Southeast High School. Hunter is the first child of Agris Taurins and Diane (Elliott) Taurins, who met through club activities in the formative years of Star Base Andromeda.
Long-time Star Base Andromeda member Diane Taurins at the reception on the final night her art was included in a week-long exhibit of UNL staff members' artwork in the gallery inside the downtown UNL student union -- September 11-15, 2006. Check out her artwork in more detail at Portrait Planet.
On Saturday, February 7th, 2004, 21 members (or family members) of Star Base Andromeda gathered at Old Country Buffet in Lincoln for a special dinner to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the club's founding. We've now got five pictures from this event up on our ClubInfo page. Still haven't put captions on them, though...
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We offer a special welcome to visitors to this site who have come to us via the profile article about Lincoln science fiction author Robert Reed in the Sunday, January 11th, 2004 issue of the Lincoln Journal Star. We hope you'll find our Robert Reed page useful in providing an overview of Bob's publishing background. We continue to add new information on a regular basis, and we encourage you to bookmark that page so you can stay up-to-date with Bob's career. As you can see, the Reed page is part of a larger site about Lincoln, Nebraska science fiction club Star Base Andromeda. You can start a tour of the SBA information from the page you're currently on. We'd love to hear from you, if you've got any comments about this site, or any additional Robert Reed information or links to share. You can contact us by e-mail or by snailmail at the address on this page. Visitors are always welcome at our public meetings, and you will find a schedule of our upcoming gatherings both below on the left and on our Calendar of Events page. Star Base Andromeda is celebrating its 30th year as Lincoln's science fiction club in 2004, and we are currently planning an all-day event for later in the Spring to commemorate this anniversary and to share our interests with other fans in Lincoln and the surrounding eastern-Nebraska area. Please come visit our site again for updates about this 30th anniversary event! Return later in January, and you can sign our Guest Book. Thank you for visiting www.starbaseandromeda.com! |
The membership of Star Base Andromeda once again took part in Lincoln's "Harvest of Reading" project, in which local bookstores offered children's books at as serious discount to groups or individuals willing to donate the books to the children in the first few grades of public and parochial schools in the city. The following books were purchased with $25 in Star Base Andromeda funds: "Seven Blind Mice" by Young; "Tin Forest" by Ward; "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash" by Noble; "Dragon Machine" by Ward"; and "Squids Will Be Squids" by Scieszka. Books donated by one or more Star Base Andromeda members in the club's name included: "Bow Wow Meow Meow"; "Berenstain Bears and Too Much Birthday"; "Where the Wild Things Are"; "There's Something in My Attic"; "Magic Nesting Doll"; and juvenile adaptations of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and "Frankenstein".
Long-time SBA Presidio Mike Ponte got married June 28th to Katrina Kagaykina, with fellow club members Scott Clark and Roderick Vasek as groomsmen, and a total of 17 SBA members (and associated family) in attendance. Congratulations and all our best wishes to the happy couple. Also in June, another long-time SBA member, former Editor of The Andromedan Log, Diane Taurins had a showing of five pieces of her artwork placed on display in the Westgate Bank branch located at 27th & Old Cheney Road here in Lincoln Her art can be seen in the bank's conference room, at any time when the conference room is not in use by bank officials. Diane's artwork -- which you can also see examples of at her website -- will be on display at that Westgate Bank until the end of July 2003.
Today, April 9th, 2003, marks the 20th anniversary of the "Peregrine" Dungeons & Dragons game that over a dozen Star Base Andromeda members have been involved with. The first session, featuring the death of an entire group of 1st level characters, followed by the launching of a second group of characters -- several of whom are still alive (and active in the on-going plot) took place on April 9th, 1983. A special thanks from your DM to the following SBA members, who formed the core of the infamous "Not Ready For Palmdale Players": Agris Taurins, Mike Ponte, Diane Taurins, Betty Burch, Duane Bouchard, Scott Clark (DM), Jim Ramsey, Steve Petty, Frank Dreier, Scott Nemeth, Hunter Taurins, Terri Dreier and Jeff Ifland. Thanks, also, to the non-SBA members who've contributed to the tale these past 20 years. It's been a blast! Here's to 20 more...
The club's newsletter, The Andromedan Log, which as been on hold during the process of developing this website, has gone back into production, starting with a new March 2003 issue. Club memberships have been allowed to lapse and expire during this period, despite the lack of issues of The Log, as club funds have continued to be used for other purposes (video equipment rentals for monthly Video Weeks, promotional expenses, etc.). Copies to all current members were mailed on March 31, 2003. Current members whose memberships have expired in the period since the last issue will be be receiving an update sheet telling them the status (i.e. expiration date) of their current membership with their new issue.
| Last updated on 6-10-2007 |