Volume 12, Issue 10
The PEACEKEEPER
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Trivia From the Library Computer
RADM
Thomas Pawelczak
Security
&
Morale
Officer
WHO TOOK THE FIRST PRIZE ON INLAND WATERS? The
?rst prize of the war taken on inland waters was the
unarmed sloop Commencement, a small American mer?
chantman carrying a cargo of sale and a crew of four
that was captured about six miles from Bu?alo on lake
Erie on June 27, 1812. word of war had just reached
the Bri sh side of the Niagara Rive (but not the Ameri?
can side), and the sloop had innocently set sail into
Lake Erie from Bu?alo when it was captured by two privately armed Bri sh boats and taken to
Fort Erie as a prize of war.
ATTENTION:
Renewing Your Membership at the Beginning of the Year
A quick announcement for those folks that need to renew their STARFLEET
memberships, especially at the end of December and all of January. CompOps is working on the database in hopes the implementation of the membership option change will
be available by January 1st, but there is no guarantee.
Members should still continue to renew their memberships in an appropriate time
frame with the knowledge that membership processing can take 6-8 weeks for complete
processing.
If a member does not renew their membership in the appropriate time frame, then
they are still subject to the same issues as if the membership option change was not approved or going to happen.