Haven't done this in awhile, so not all of this news is all that recent. David W. Tschanz will be speaking at Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, MA on April 18, 2001. The talk, part of the Anna E. Nichols Distinguished Lecture Series, covers public and private partnerships in public health. Senior Contributing Editor James P Werbaneth recently earned A+ and Internet + certifications from Comptia. Allan R. Kenward , creator of the award-winning stage play, "Cry Havoc", passed away at Solvang, California, on March 8, 2001. While browsing the web Geoffrey Riddell came across this site http://www.geocities.com/cbssecman/ which was named Cry "Havoc!". The site owner, CB Stevens responded favorably to our initial hi there and has mentioned Cry "Havoc!" on his site which is intended to be a resource for miniature wargamers, particularly those interested in post-WW2 African conflicts, and including several extensive photo galleries. It's also affiliated with the Victoria Gamers, a miniatures gaming group in Houston and Victoria, Texas. Jim Werbaneth reports that Preservationists, Penn Township and the Pennsylvania's Historical & Museum Commission are teaming up to purchase thirty-five acres to be added to the Bushy Run Battlefield site, near Harrison City in the western part of the state. The two-day battle in 1763 was a pivotal event in the defeat of Pontiac's Rebellion, leading to the relief of the Indian siege of Ft. Pitt (now Pittsburgh). Much of the first day's fighting took place on the tract. Recently, it came perilously close to being sold for residential housing development. Upon finalizing the land's transfer, the state will begin archaeological work, to find the south fork of a road from Carlisle to Pittsburgh. Ken West continues his interest in antique firearms and reports that his aim is improving. "At 25 yards, my six-shot groups were four inches below my point of aim and one inch to the left (probably due to my own errors in sight alignment or trigger control). My brother's results were the same. We both thought that with practice, we could tighten up the groups 25%--our "patterns" were about four inches extreme spread at that range. It's hard waiting for my next range session with these 18th Century firearms: I have a LeMat revolver (9 shots, plus a 20-gauge barrel underneath a .44 rifled barrel) and a Colt 1860. Clark Ulam can make the bullet holes touch each other to form a pattern at 26 yards with the Colt 1860 Army (still manufactured by Colt I've never tried to take a Remington apart, but everyone agrees that they were a better built weapon and they have sights that work!" Contributing Editor Brian R Train reports that chickenpox has visited his home in Victoria, British Columbia felling his wife and child for a time. Brian is also working on a number of projects. Former Associate Editor and designer of 12 Cry "Havoc!" covers Bob Miller was recently admitted for an emergency gall bladder operation. During the operation Bob developed a pulmonary embolism and arrested twice. After scaring all of us for a few days, Bob recovered nicely and is making an excellent comeback! Back to Cry Havoc #34 Table of Contents Back to Cry Havoc List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2001 by David W. Tschanz. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com