USS Continuum

Welcome aboard!

On July 18, 2010, In News, By admin

We are Northwest Florida’s Premier Star Trek and sci-fi fan organization!

As a chapter of STARFLEET, we are open to ALL types of sci-fi fans who like to meet together — in person and online – and play games, work on costumes and other displays, be involved in community service, study science, watch movies, plans events, and enjoy each other’s company!

All events listed on the “Calendar” page are open to the public. To contact any of the Continuum’s Command Staff, please check out the “Members” page.

Cleaning House

On August 4, 2010, In News, By admin

For the past several months, a brand new facility for the Ronald McDonald House has been under construction. With their open house coming up shortly, the Continuum has volunteered to help them clean this Friday, August 6, starting at 9 a.m.

RMH is located on Bayou Blvd in Pensacola, right across from the Mellow Mushroom and Rave Theater.

If you have any questions or are available to help us clean, please contact Jay.

UPDATE:

Aug 9 2010. RMH still needs our assistance! Another group will be going 9 a.m., Tuesday, August 10 to continue the work we began last Friday.

Volunteers can go at any time, either as part of a group or as individuals. Just contact the Ronald McDonald House, so they can know when to expect you.

Food Drive

On August 3, 2010, In News, By admin

At our general meeting on August 20th, the Continuum will hold a food drive to benefit Manna Food Pantries. Members are asked to bring at least one bag of groceries to the meeting.

According to the “Donations” page on Manna’s website:

Needed Food Donations

•Grains: Pasta, Rice, Oatmeal, Jiffy Mix, Breakfast Cereals, Grits, Ramen Noodles
•Vegetables: Canned, Green Beans, Corn, English Peas, Tomatoes, Squash, Sweet potatoes
•Fruits: Canned, Juice, Fruit Snacks/Dry Fruits, Raisins, Jelly
•Milk: Powdered Milk, Canned, Milk
•Meat & Beans: Peanut Butter, Dry & Canned Bean, Canned Tuna, Chicken, Ham

The most needed items always include:

•Powdered Milk, Breakfast Foods, Peanut Butter

If you’re unable to attend the meeting but would still like to make a donation, contact Jay Gallops.

Tagged with: august 20 2010 • community service • donations • food drive • manna food pantries

Pardon our dust

On July 19, 2010, In News, By admin

I know – it’s been a looong time since we’ve added a post around here. We started using WordPress to prevent our site from going static and, unfortunately, that’s what we let it become.

In the last few months, our webmaster had to step down, being busy at his real life job. Then we had to change servers. Then we had to make sure everything from the old site made it over here to the new. And while all of that was going on, we have continued staying busy with our many projects offline.

It’s still all a work in progress. I’m still learning the ins and outs of WordPress.

The Continuum remains a very active chapter of STARFLEET. We’ve recently had a few yard sales and a lock-in. Our members are drafting a bid for the Region 2 Summit 2012. We have a food drive coming up in August and are looking at other community service projects to be involved with afterwards. We’re working on Star Trek costumes and Star Trek gaming. We’ve talked about doing yet another lock-in. We’ve talked about bowling again, maybe even starting up a league. We’re looking at updating our flyers, display boards, and web media — all in an effort to recruit new members. Like I said… we’re busy! And hopefully, this website will continue to be updated to keep folks aware just how busy, giving people the opportunity to join us on the many things we do.

Until next time,
CO Jay Gallops

Friday Night Bowling

On April 19, 2010, In Counselor's Corner, Events, News, By Sharon

Chris, Jordan and I went bowling Friday night at the Avalon Bowling Center as you can see by the pictures. Only I’m not in them. That’s because…well…I was taking the pics. It’s not easy taking pictures of people bowling…sometimes you tend to get their backsides…which doesn’t always look the best in photos. We had a good time bowling, good conversation, good music (depends on who you are). There was a mixture of country and pop and something else – I don’t know what it’s called. I couldn’t even begin to describe it to you. Ha! Anyways, I believe we played 4 or 5 games and Chris beat us each time. I think his highest score was around 178, Jordan’s 118 and mine was – Tah Dah - 100. I’m not very good at this game, however, despite my lack of skill, I enjoy playing and getting exercise. After all, bowling is about having a good time with friends. Isn’t it?

Tagged with: Bowling

One busy month

On April 14, 2010, In Captain's Log, By Jay

It has been an extremely busy time for the Continuum within the last four weeks! I, for one, have had barely enough time to read my emails, much less write any blog entries. We’ve been involved with the Region 2 Summit, the Great American Cleanup Kick-off event, Festival on the Green, Yuri’s Night Pensacola, and the Hubble IMAX Premier at NAS Museum. And this doesn’t even include all the behind-the-scenes work going on.

At our next ship meeting — this coming Friday, April 16 at PJC at 7 p.m. — we hope to reflect over the last month as we offer Certificates of Appreciation for everyone who was involved and a few promotions. We’re already discussing how well this year’s Yuri’s Night went, and how we can make Yuri’s Night Pensacola 2011 even better. Next year is the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic journey into space, after all. So expect some big things!

However, for the next couple months, we’re going to be shifting gears a bit. Outside of our yard sale on Saturday, April 24, we hope to have a few fun activities, giving us all a chance to take a much-needed break. We’re planning a camping trip for early next month, a stargaze party in June, and possibly a lock-in sometime. There’s also talk of visiting Kennedy Space Center before the year’s end.

We hope to see all of our members continue to be involved, as well as getting a few members to join our ranks as well. This is a very exciting time in the life of our group!

Yuri's Night Is Coming

On March 28, 2010, In Astronomy, Events, News, Space Exploration, Star Trek, By Jay

Yuri’s Night is coming to Pensacola!

Who is Yuri Gagarian? Yuri was a Cosmonaut that, On April 12th 1961, became the first person to go into space.

This year the USS Continuum and the Escambia Amateur Astronomers Assocation are coming together at the PJC Planetarium to celebrate Yuri’s achievement along with all of the wonders of astronomy and space science. How much will it cost to attend? Nothing! This is a family friendly and FREE event that is open to the public. Join us!

As April 12th falls on a Monday we are holding our event on Friday April 9th. We believe this will give more people a chance to attend the festivities and have fun with us.

The event will begin at 6pm at the PJC Planetarium and the areas around it. The following events are what you can expect to take part in that night.

PLANETARIUM SHOW SCHEDULE
6:15 — Earth’s Wild Ride
7:00 — Night Sky presentation by Billy Jackson
7:45 — Two Small Pieces of Glass
8:30 — Night Sky presentation by Billy Jackson
9:15 — Ringworld

DISPLAYS:
- Recruiting tables & banners
- Captain’s Chair replica based on the original Star Trek series
- Telescopes will be setup to see the wonders of the night sky
- 15+ models of various shuttles, rockets, the Hubble space telescope, etc.
- 2-5 Star Trek models.
- Solar system model (planets in scale to one another)
- Binders full of space mission patches
- Many books on space exploration for you to browse and read
- 3-4 model rockets
- Posters on space exploration and astronomy
- And more!

DVDs:
- The Mighty Saturns (continous play)
- Hail Columbia (36 min)
- Ultimate Space Experience (48 min)
- Liftoff! (continous play)
- Journey to the Edge of the Universe (90 min)
- Destiny in Space (40 min)
- When We Left Earth

Bring your imagination, your sense of wonder and you thirst for knowledge!

Tagged with: yuris night

Futuristic Fashion

On March 28, 2010, In Counselor's Corner, By Sharon

Find your inner Star Trek ladies with these new futuristic fashions for 2010.

http://www.fashionising.com/trends/b–Futurism-and-sci-fi-futuristic-fashion-trend-2878.html

Personally, I like Threeasfour and Space Army. The shoes they can keep.

Speaking of futuristic and ladies fashions, check out this new video by Lay GaGa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I

Tagged with: Fashion • Lady GaGa

New page

On March 27, 2010, In Counselor's Corner, News, By Jay

Sharon, our ship’s counselor, now has her page ready to go on the site. Be sure to visit the Counselor’s Corner.

Festival On The Green

On March 25, 2010, In Events, News, By Jay

Join us at UWF’s Festival On The Green this Friday and Saturday. March 26-27.