Hailing Frequiences

by John Schulte
News of the new Star Trek movie has been all over lately. Everywhere
from the grocery stores, radio stations and of course the Internet.
Our local radio station is giving away 50 tickets as a promotional
item, and news from the Citizen Press newspaper reported that
Riverside residents will have free tickets sponsored by Paramount for
the upcoming premier at the new Marcus Sycamore Cinema 12 in Iowa City
on May 6 the day before opening to the public.
The actor and actress include John Cho as Hikaru Sulu, Ben Cross as
Sarek, Bruce Greenwood as Captain Christopher Pike, Simon Pegg as
Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, Chris Pine as James T. Kirk, Zachary Quinto
as Younger Spock, Winona Ryder as Amanda Grayson, Zoe Saldana as Nyota
Uhura, Karl Urban as Leonard “Bones” McCoy, Anton Yelchin as Pavel
Checkov, Eric Bana as Nero, Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock, Clifton
Collins Jr as Ayel, Tyler Perry, Jennifer Morrison, Greg Ellis as
Chief Engineer Olson, and in her last performance Majel Barrett
Roddenberry as Voice of Computer.
Preparations for Trek Fest XXV continue and the annual Great Trek will
once again be one of the event. Our group has offered to help with
that event and Dennis Arps had offered to once again develop the clues
as he has done in the past. Area businesses will be contacted by Ranee
Fladung at the paper regarding this opportunity to have Trek Fest
participants search for clues within their business. For those of you
not familiar with the Great Trek; it is similar to the Great Race on
TV. Contestants search for items throughout town based on Star Trek
themed clues. Some of the clues direct them to area businesses while
others are at various locations throughout town. There is a minimum
of 10 participant teams needed to start the game.