After Meeting Activities – Name That Story

Get your Trivia Mind ready, it's Name That Story, after the February Meeting!!

This will be a little bit new and a little experimental.  It will very definitely be Star Trek related, and having a ready stock of trivia in your head may or may not help since I like to level the playing field just a bit. If you remember overall stories, that's all you'll need (no ship IDs, stardates, minor characters, or backstage stuff - Sorry Jim).  For practice, try this one:  Intense twin rivalry winds up as a fistfight in the corridor.   

We'll have a couple of rounds, and self-score between.  The prize is bragging rights, and the privilege of planning the next online game.

Seriously, whether you Win this one or not: If you have an idea for an after-meeting game, I'm happy to help you make it real, and it's always welcome even if we have other things later in the day.  Give it a shot, I can tell you folks in the group enjoy the work and are really forgiving of glitches.

"Boeing, when the Doors Fell"

  • Phill

Your Practice Answer: The Alternative Factor.  Remember Lazarus?   Good Luck.

Chuck Wagon Fundraiser, Sunday October 15, 2023

Chuck Wagon Dinner and Auction

Sponsored by

U.S.S. NOKOMIS STAR TREK CLUB

SUNDAY
Sunday, October 15, 2023
at the
Dan Patch American Legion – Savage
12375 Princeton Ave
Savage, MN 55378

Cost is $13.00 per person

Social Time and Auction Viewing  2:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Chuck Wagon Chili Dinner Served, plus fun Games 2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Silent Auction Closes  3:30 p.m.
Door Prizes  2:15 p.m. to  3:15 p.m.

Please reserve your spots by October 7th so we can make sure there is plenty of Chili and fixins for everyone.

Hello Everyone,

We’re back again and we’re excited to say it’s that time again for our annual Chuck Wagon Dinner.  I can’t begin to tell you how much your support means to us.  Come enjoy a fun meal as well as the auction.  The dinner tickets are $13.00 a person as well as we are raffling off 50/50 tickets (one for $5.00 or three for $10.00).  That means if your name is drawn you will win half of the proceeds that we have collected.  Last time’s winner took home over $365.00 dollars!!!  So, if you can’t make the dinner, please buy raffle tickets.

  Please pass along the invitation to friends and family.  All are welcome.  We just need you to purchase your tickets by October 7th so that we make sure to have plenty of food for you to enjoy.  If you have already bought your tickets, please mark your calendars so you don’t miss the fun!

Thanks again my friends,

Pam

June Meeting and Anniversary Picnic

Greetings, Fellow Nokomisites!

We're hosting our 39th Anniversary Picnic IN PERSON at the Bush Lake Park, Shelter #1 in Bloomington.  This is familiar territory, the same shelter as we've used before.

Date:  June 10th, 2023
Time:  Noon meeting; we have the shelter from 11:00AM to 4:00PM
West Bush Lake Park Shelter 1
9401 W Bush Lake Rd
Bloomington
MN

We are also returning to our normal ways on picincs.   "We bring the HEAT you bring the MEAT" - we'll have grills hot and ready to go and just a few tools.  Bring favorites if you have 'em.

We're back to having a sharing table again, bring whatever you feel makes a real picnic.  Bring your own plates and utensils too, otherwise eating could be messy.

What to look forward to:

  • A very short business meeting
  • Actual People in 3-D
  • The smells of good grilling
  • And a few games, perhaps involving PEEPS

We'll also be setting up a virtual camera and speaker so you can visit if you just can't make it to Bloomington.

2022 Anniversary Picnic and Membership Meeting – June 11th in Bloomington

The 37th Anniversary Picnic takes place this Saturday the 11th at Noon.   We've booked the West Bush Lake Park Shelter 1, the two-roofed shelter in the woods in West Bush Lake Park, Bloomington.

We have the shelter from 11AM to 4PM, along with access to grills and the bathrooms.   As of now the weather forecast is quite good, no difficulties.

Phill has electronics good to go for background music and Zoom-ing the meeting.  We have a large bag of charcoal for grills for you to cook whatever grillable or roastable goodies you bring.  Halloween style treats (packaged) are ok to bring and share, but not yet homemade treats out of an abundance of caution. Drinking is ok if we avoid D&D (drunk and OK disorderly).  Sorry, No bouncy Galileo or Inflatable Trelane's Castle.

Speaking of Zoom, we'll have the meeting up and running a little ahead of time and keep it up until there's nobody on.  If you're at the meeting in person, stop by the Zoom PC to say hi to those who can't make it this time.

See you all there!

 

Did You Know..

When someone says "Get A Life", consider this:

  • All 13 Star Trek films have a combined total of 25 hours and 17 minutes, or just over a full day.
  • Every single television series, both currently airing and retired, total up to 626 hours and 31 minutes, or just over 26 days.
  • Every series and movie combined totals to 651 hours and 48 minutes, meaning it will take over 27 days to watch them all uninterrupted.

We've watched at least 39,000 minutes of Star Trek (not counting repeats).

2021-2022 Calendar is Available on the Website

In September we set our calendar for the coming year.  It's now available online in the Nokomis Website.  Click on the EVENTS tab to see the upcoming events.  You'll find preliminary details, links to new articles or signup sheets (if any) and the times associated.

Where an event is shown as Penciled In, we've loosely scheduled it - be aware it can move as the event plan forms up. Want to try your hand at running an event?  These are tailor made for practice.

It's gonna be a fun year, and hopefully the world remains healthy enough for all of this to happen.

Happy New Club Year!!

Movie Night – Outdoor-Safe on August 22nd

star-trek-movie-night-600x520The Backyard Movie Night is coming This Month!

This is one of the few events we can host outdoors and stay safe from the scourge.  Mary's agreed to host a socially spaced event outdoors in front of Storage Bay 3 (the shed) so we can get together at least once in six months.  We'll do the Star Trek movie set starting at 7PM, and host the food using the best party subs Jersey Mike's has (thanks Emma and Harrison).

The event will only take place if the weather is good, there isn't a good option to move indoors if it rains.  We'll make the call on the day before the event.  If we have to cancel due to weather we'll fully refund the money you paid.

With just over a month remaining, it's time to reserve your place at the event and pre-pay.  The link below is for PayPal, or you can send checks to Pam and she'll hold them until the night of the event.  We are looking into Venmo, but we're not quite there yet.

It's been a long time since we went virtual, let's have some in-person fun.

 

Something new….

OK...now that I am the chief cook, chauffeur, maid, and bottle washer I find that I have been getting a little bored doing the 'same ole, same old' for making meals. Most days I prefer simple easy meals without extra/exotic ingredients. Plus, let's be honest, I need to be able to adjust recipes because of likes/dislikes, lactose intolerance and allergies...no one in this house likes the same thing--so it seems.

I receive daily emails with recipe suggestions from Recipe of the Day from Taste of Home and Betty Crocker websites. Both have a daily suggestion or two from their free subscription services, can be easily signed up for and cancelled, and have a huge back log of choices. These have been helpful! Hope it makes your menu planning a little more interesting!

Sorry to postpone today – but Did We Mention Beer?

The 17th annual beer tasting and competition will take place on March 14th after our membership meeting, and it's time to get prepared. The meeting is only a mile away from our house at the St. Anthony Village library, so we'll start at 3pm instead of the usual 5pm. Pro tip: if you don't get to meetings often, here's your chance!

This is also a St. Patrick's Day party, so get your green on if you like. Please bring a dish to share for the potluck dinner. We'll start the food about 3:45pm, so folks get time to arrive and get organized.

You do not have to compete in the tasting to attend, of course, and can simply enjoy visiting, relaxing, and some fun and games. However, if you are competing, make sure you're there by the time the tasting starts at 4pm! If you wish to enter the tasting, you should bring 4-6 bottles of your entry. All types of beer, hard cider, malt beverage, near beer, maltini, non-alcoholic beer or malternative are welcome. You can even enter a soda if you'd like to, as you never know what will win. Keep in mind that the Bad Beer Board is also up for grabs.

Everyone is invited - don't be shy! If you need the address, email me at or come to the meeting. Slainte!