Steelhead Anvil is Closed

The Steelhead Anvil has been discontinued and this blog is now just an archive of these past issues.

You may find out about current Steelhead events in the Steelhead Sentinel, edited by Miss Krystine Qinan.

STEELHEAD ANVIL: VOL. 2, ISSUE 5

SECTIONS
A. Feature Articles
B. Resident News
C. Steelhead Events
D. Other News

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FEATURE ARTICLES

BOOMTOWN PARCELS NOW AVAILABLE!
Steelhead Boomtown is now booking! South of the present Steelhead City, this exciting new sim will be at a higher elevation than the other sims with mines running underneath and a dam upon the river. Reservations are now being accepted. Contact TotalLunar Eclipse for more information.

STEELHEAD HAS A NEW LIBRARY
(photo by Krystine Qinan)Steelhead's new library was named by Eugenia Burton, who won a trophy designed by Lumina and $1000L. A plaque or a copy of the trophy will be placed at the library with the winning essay. Here is Eugenia's winning essay:

"I am of the opinion that doesn't need to be a lot of frills for the names of such things as libraries. It will be as substantial a building, as respected a repository, and as honorable an institution with a simple name as it would be with a more fanciful one. I am too new to Steelhead to know of anyone in its history that would be deserving of the honor of having a library named after him or her. So, as I see it, the name 'The Steelhead Public Library' is immensely suitable. It is a good name. It is a sturdy name. It is a respectable name. It's a good civic name that includes the name of our fair city! We are rightfully proud of our beautiful homeland and putting the name of the town upon the name of the library is an honor to the library as well as to the community. If we feel pride in our city, we will feel equal pride in our library - and well we should. The new library building is a beautiful structure crafted by our very own TotalLunar Eclipse. It is not affiliated with any other libraries - it is *our* library and *our's* alone! It is staffed by citizens of Steelhead. It is maintained by citizens of Steelhead. It will be as much a part of Steelhead as the hotel or the town hall. It will be as if it belongs to each of us, with a good, civic name like 'The Steelhead Public Library' and that is my vote for its official name."



LIBRARY DEDICATION SPEECH (excerpted)
by CeAire DeCosta
(photo by Krystine Qinan)

...I started thinking about how we could give something back to our new community. I started thinking about a library since Hawc and I have attended several events at the Caledon libraries and have always enjoyed ourselves immensely each time. I believed we could do the same here and he was in full agreement.

Neither of us are librarians, nor do we play ones on TV! I contacted Sir JJ Drinkwater of the Caledon Libraries and asked for his future assistance. He replied that he could not undertake another library venture at the time, but would provide me with the necessary tools to get started and copies of the Caledon Library collections. I gulped and said okay, but wasn’t sure I’d know what to do with the stuff once I got it! The sun, moon and stars had to be in perfect alignment when I suddenly got an IM from Sir JJ one evening telling me that he thought he had found a librarian to undertake the task of managing Hawc’s and my fledgling dream. We were at one of our Friday night dances while he’s telling me about one Miss Riven Homewood with whom he would arrange for us to meet very soon. Surprisingly (or fate!) I found myself studying the bobbing nametags over the dancing avatars and suddenly standing out was Riven’s name! She was a new citizen of Steelhead/Harborside! After badgering poor Lunar half-to-death on what we thought the library build should be, he pretty much ignored us and then presented us with something far beyond and nicer than we ever could have expected or imagined! You are standing in and looking at a virtual work of art from a dedicated person who can take a single plain box prim (my specialty) and work magic with it. I defy anyone to tell me that it is not “real” because it is not real brick and wood. It is real because it was made with a heart.

So here we are at a new beginning. This dedication actually has four parts. First and foremost this library is dedicated to the citizens of Steelhead, Harborside, Boomtown, and any expansions that the future holds. We have the start of something special here. We are building a virtual community of people from all over the world, that regardless of our national origins and differences we are finding commonalities in a very unlikely place called Second Life. When Hawc and I first joined we came because we could see the educational possibilities to teach in SL, but little dreamed that we would also be finding and becoming parts of a vast social global network where we are finding that folks in other parts of the world are not that much different than we are, with the same hopes, dreams, and fears we all share.

Here, we can set the fears aside and we can have hope and dream dreams.

This is your library. It will become what you want it to be. Without books, the world would be very poor indeed. I also urge you to support your RL libraries in your communities. Many are being forced to curtail their services because of budget problems and sometimes they even have to shut their doors. May the doors on this library never be shuttered.

STEELHEAD LIBRARY TEA MACHINIMA
Shot by Mr Xenophile Neurocam


STEELHEAD WEATHER SYSTEM IN TEST PHASE
Weather testing in Steelhead has begun under observation only. If it rains in your home, do not be alarmed these are preliminary tests to ensure the system's accuracy.

STEELHEAD HAS A NEW NAVAL FLAG
Steelhead residents have chosen and have selected a naval flag! Congratulations to Tanarian Davies for creating the winning design.

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RESIDENT NEWS

Sheriff Ortega's future Boomtown build

Let us give a hearty "Hoooo!" welcome to the newest residents of Steelhead, who have purchased parcels in Boomtown: Alberick Rotaru, Naergilien Wunderlich and Saj Zenovka

Congrats to all of our residents who celebrated/will be celebrating their RezDays in March!

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STEELHEAD EVENTS
As always, dances are from 7-9 pm SLT. See you there!

PAST EVENTS:
3/7 Pirate night at the bay on the Jolly Pidgeon
3/14: Steelhead Library Dedication

UPCOMING EVENTS
3/ 16: Library Open House Schedule of Events
11am - 12pm -- Open House at the Library
12 - 1pm -- Walking Tour of Steelhead
1 - 2pm -- Open House at the Library
2 - 4pm -- Open-Air Tea Party Steelhead Gardens
6pm -- Storytelling by Gilbert Sapwood, City Hall Meeting Room
This is a Wold Storytelling Day event and the first WSD event ever held in SL.

3/22: Backinmytyme Live Performance
Backinmytyme (Raymond and Mary-Lee Frog) will perform a LIVE one-hour show of 19th c. songs and stories at the Steelhead Ballroom starting at 7 pm SLT.
3/23: Steelhead Barn Dance, Kokopelli Stage
Come on over for a Western-style hoedown...or is it a hootenanny?

3/28: TOGA! TOGA!, Steelhead Ballroom
Get out your togas because we're going to party--Roman-style!

STEELHEAD PHOTOS
Please feel free to send any future (full-perm) photo submissions to Eladrienne Laval. You can also post them the Steelhead in SL Flikr group!

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OTHER NEWS

Residents attend a recent town meeting

TOP TOWN MEETING QUOTES:
Fuzzball Ortega: Ok, if everyone will take a seat.....and if Darien will stop gettin' jiggy over there, we can start the meeting.

Eugenia Burton: I don't have any garden implement costumes...

Annechen Lowey: I only have one country song on my library, and it involves zombies.

Lumina Elvehjem: Tensai is excellent target practice if you have a death wish
Eugenia Burton gave you Harborside Homicide!

Riven Homewood: First gypsies, then djinns---now a stud farm?!?

Forelle Broek (regarding the Mark Twain swearing contest): And a goldarned good contest it'll be, or I'm a cockchafin' sunofa swine
Kara Timtam: Cruelty to roosters. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

A FINAL WORD FROM OUR RESIDENT ZOMBIE, AzA Zymurgy:
"Brains"

All Steelhead Anvil editorial inquiries and submissions may be sent to Eladrienne Laval via notecard inworld.

STEELHEAD ANVIL: Vol. 2, Issue 4

SECTIONS
A. Feature Articles
B. Resident News
C. Steelhead Events
D. Other News

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FEATURE ARTICLES

BOOMTOWN IS ANNOUNCED!The plans for Steelhead Boomtown were announced at the town meeting on Feb. 12. The new sim will be located to the south of the present Steelhead City. Based upon the RL Columbia River Gorge on the Oregon-Washington border in the U.S., it will be at a higher elevation than the other sims and have mines running underneath and a dam upon the river.

Reservations are now being accepted. Contact TotalLunar Eclipse for more information and to be placed on the waiting list.

STEELHEAD IS FULL!Steelhead City and Steelhead Harborside are both currently full, with no open residential sims available! One 512 storefront lot near the docks in Doc Wrangler's old spot is available for rent and Lunar has built a beautiful new building for it (see above photo).

LIBRARY NAMING CONTEST
Steelhead's new library needs a name! Please take a notecard from in front of the library to participate. Entrants must write a 250-300 word essay on why they think the library should be called by that name and submit it as a notecard to CeAire DeCosta. The winner will be named on March 7 and receive $1000L, a nice trophy custom-designed by Lumina Elvenheim, and a plaque with the winner’s name will be mounted semi-permanently at the library. You may contact Miss DeCosta have any questions.

STEELHEAD CITY'S STREETS HAVE NAMES
The new names of Steelhead City's streets have been announced: Shortline Way, Cherry Tree Lane, Harbor View Way, Grand Central Avenue (formerly Gunfight Lane), Dock Street, Steelhead Docks, and Dock Street. The bridge leading to Miss Katt's Lighthouse Island will be named Katt Walk.

MEN OF STEELHEAD CALENDAR AVAILABLE
In honor of the gents who danced in a little less than usual to help raise money at the Harborside Shirtless O'Clock Fundraiser, Krystine Qinan has created a "Males of Steelhead" 2008 Calendar. Originally distributed through the group, please contact her if you would like a copy!

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RESIDENT NEWS

Zombie Dia runs the Loft

Let us give a hearty "Hoooo!" welcome to the newest resident of Steelhead, who claimed the last spot in Harborside: VelesJaeger Munster

Congrats to the following residents who celebrated/will be celebrating their RezDays: Etty Enoch (2/10), Dominic Roffo (2/20).

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STEELHEAD EVENTS
As always, dances are from 7-9 pm SLT. See you there!

PAST EVENTS:
2/1: Steampunk Football "Tailgate" Party at the Steelhead Saloon (and that's American football)
2/8: Lunar New Year, at the Ballroom
A celebration of all things Asian in honor of the New Year! Here is Tibouchina Freschi (photo by Krystine Qinan)...
UPCOMING EVENTS
2/ 15: Anti-Valentine's day at Kokopelli Stage
Does the holiday make you a little less than romantically warm and fuzzy? This is the party for you!

2/22: Mark Twain/Huck Finn at the Steelhead docks
Take a trip along the river...

2/29: Formal Ball, Blue Moon at the Ballroom
Feeling "blue"? Good, because that's the color of the evening!

STEELHEAD PHOTOS
Please feel free to send any future (full-perm) photo submissions to Eladrienne Laval. You can also post them the Steelhead in SL Flikr group!

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OTHER NEWS

Ducks in a row at town hall

SHERIFF'S BLOTTER
Tiny bunny Elle Laval has received a full pardon and her criminal record wiped clean in regards to her recent scuffle at the The Loft pub. "Hoooo!" said Laval. "So nice to be an upstanding member of society once more!"

"As for the Professor (accomplice squirrel Phin Messmer)..." said Sheriff Ortega. "That's a whole other story."

TOP TOWN MEETING QUOTES:
Tanarian Davies: [faintly] I have a dragon tail in my face.
Darien Mason: Do these scales make me look fat?

VelesJaeger Munster looks dreamily at the lady with the explosives.

CeAire Decosta would think twice about the "Boom" in Boomtown with Tensai involved.....

Hawc Decosta: Salmon Spawn to the rescue!

Darien Mason: "I got chickened at the Steelhead Town Meeting an all I got was this lousy T-shirt!"

A FINAL WORD FROM OUR RESIDENT ZOMBIE, AzA Zymurgy:
"Brains"

All Steelhead Anvil editorial inquiries and submissions may be sent to Eladrienne Laval via notecard inworld.

STEELHEAD ANVIL: Vol. 2, Issue 3

SECTIONS
A. Feature ArticlesB. Resident NewsC. Steelhead EventsD. Other News

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FEATURE ARTICLES
HARBORSIDE IS HERE!
As a holiday "present" for all of us, Steelhead Harborside landed on Dec. 24! The sim was moved to the north of the City and opened to residents on the 27th. Residents quickly put up tents, caravans, small cabins, and tiny log homes and the silliness soon ensued with dogsled races and other fun. "We had a lot of people wanting residential land in Steelhead, yet we were only one sim. Desmond (Caledon's Guvnah), as well as other people, desired growth in Steelhead so hence the reason for us growing," said manager TotalLunar Eclipse. "I forsee Steelhead becoming quite the town. I will cap Steelhead so its not so big, but in general I have nigh hopes for growth."

It is not too late to be a Harborside resident as three 1024/six 512 lots are still available. Contact TotalLunar Eclipse for more information.

WATCH YOUR PRIMS AND LAND BORDERS
Residents are asked to please watch out for any prims extending outside of their land borders as they use the overall prim count of the sim. Also, make sure that items are set to the group as they will be returned otherwise.

FRIENDSHIPS EXTENDED TO OTHER SIMS
Steelhead has extended friendships and welcomes to the sims of Deadwood and Taupo. Deadwood is a historical Wild West RP sim with strict RP rules (such as no non-humans allowed), so please be mindful of this while visiting. In the past, the medieval, magical lands of Taupo and Steelhead have exchanged flags and made jewelry gifts for one of our events and Lunar has helped them with their cloak industry. His Majesty Dennis Albion visited the Jan. 8 town meeting and has invited Steelhead residents to participate in their upcoming fashion show.

MEQAL ON THE MENDSteelhead old-timers may remember resident MeQal Anna. Even though he is no longer in SL, Dr. Mason and Sheriff Ortega still communicate with him regularly through the Capper group (from where Darien invited the two over to SL in the first place). MeQal was in the hospital after having a stroke on New Year's Eve and doctors were also checking for an aneurysm. His real name and phone number to the hospital were provided so friends could check up on him. He arrived home the night of Jan. 3 and let everyone know that he was OK except for some numbness in his right hand, trouble kicking with his right foot, and difficulty swallowing. The doctors found no aneurysm. He was told to spend the week in bed, but insisted on sitting at the computer while on the mend.

He also had an interesting story to tell about comparing tattoos with his nurse. But that's not fit for publication in the Anvil ;)

THEATRE REBUILDING IN THE WORKS
By popular demand, Lunar is rebuilding the theatre. He will be basing its look upon that of the New York Theatre.

STEELHEAD FROM THE SKY
New Steelhead resident Zoe Connolly, owner of the Harborside Air Station, took this machinima of her flight over the sim...



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RESIDENT NEWS

Myfanwy Davies and Barky von Sledd Dog kick off Harborside fun

Let us give a hearty "Hoooo!" welcome to the new residents of Harborside (and Steelhead!): Forelle Broek, Eugenia Burton, Zoe Connolly, sisters Myfanwy & Tanarian Davies, Tibouchina Freschi, Diamanda Gustafson, Robin Halberstadt, Edwina Heron, Riven Homewood, Eladrienne Laval, Annechen Lowey, Myfi Lundquist, Phineas Messmer, KitlalminaQuetzal Nightfire, Gloire Thibaud and Searra Weatherwax.

Gnarlihotep Abel, Remington Pinion and Krystine Qinan have moved their residences from Steelhead City to Harborside.

Vincente Shepherd is opening the newest location of his Gaslamp Emporium shop in Harborside and Doc Wrangler has relocated his shop to Harborside...

Congrats to the following residents who celebrated/will be celebrating their RezDays: Hotspur O'Toole (12/26), Eugenia Burton (1/1), Angelica Trescothick (1/3), AzA Zymurgy (1/18), Zoe Connolly (1/26), Mitsu Figaro (1/26), Eladrienne Laval (2/1), and Maev Ceawlin (2/6).

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STEELHEAD EVENTS

STEELHEAD EVENTS1/11: Walk Like An Egyptian Night" at the Ballroom
Eladrienne Laval and Frequency Picnic shared 1st prize for their costumes

1/18: Luau at Kokopelli
Chase away those winter blues with grass skirts and tropical tunes!

1/26: Masquerade" at the Ballroom
Who is behind that mask? Find out at the dance!

STEELHEAD PHOTOSPlease feel free to send any future (full-perm) photo submissions to Eladrienne Laval. You can also post them the Steelhead in SL Flikr group!

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OTHER NEWS

(left) Elle spending time with the jail's rat--who does NOT like roommates--and a tiny on the run...

SHERIFF'S BLOTTER
Tiny fugitive bunny Elle Laval turned herself in after disorderly behavior and catfighting at popular Harborside hangout The Loft pub. "Them Tinies are real terrors...," said Sheriff Ortega. "Great, do I need to build a tiny jail too?" Accomplice squirrel Phin Messmer is still on the run.

A busy night at the Loft pub

TOP TOWN MEETING QUOTES:
"CeAire DeCosta has tried on her wimple and it fits over her horns!"

Tensai: I need to teach my monkey to hoo

Dia Gustafson (about Miss Katt): Hoooo! Omnipotence!

Augustus Timeless: Sister's already 'sploded the house twice, so it's good.

Riven Homewood: Do we need to sacrafice any animals?
Forelle Broek: Don't be sacrificing my chickens, Riven

Elle Laval: But wouldn't Leonidas be bothered by seeing his fishy brethren served up?
Dia: he has a 15 sec memory span dude

Darien Mason: I don't recommend chainmail bikinis. They cause bruising

A FINAL WORD FROM OUR RESIDENT ZOMBIE, AzA Zymurgy:
"Brains"

All Steelhead Anvil editorial inquiries and submissions may be sent to Eladrienne Laval via notecard inworld.