SECTIONSA. 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 EVENTS2/ 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 hallSHERIFF'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.
