I must apologize for the tardiness of this issue of The Citadel. October turned out to be more hectic than I had planned, with visits from relatives, network problems at work, and a very annoying cold that won't go away. As a result, you are reading this a month after you should have been. I hope to be back on track for the Winter issue. All I need is more articles....

It seems as if NHMGS is migrating south to Tacoma. ENFILADE! will be in Tacoma instead of Lynnwood, and the February auction will be at American Eagles in Tacoma instead of the Bear Room in Seattle. As I understand it the Best Western in Tacoma is giving us a much better deal for ENFILADE! than we were getting in Lynnwood, which is the main motivation for the move.

To balance all this movement to the south, we have Breakthrough 96 this month in Marysville. I hope most of you can make it. It is being organized by one person, Ed Teixeria, and I think we would be remiss if we didn't take advantage of Ed's madness, er, I mean, we would be remiss if we didn't support him in this noble effort. Think of it as one last fling before the Holidays take over your life.