Where shall we go today? Let's see. How about Riverside, Iowa. This town has a bit of fame that may not be known to all. Read on to see what it is.The photos are: 1) the USS Riverside "Enterprise", 2) Riverside High School, 3) St. Mary's Catholic Church, and 4) the English River near Riverside.
Riverside is a city located in rural Washington County, Iowa, United States, along the English River on Iowa Highway 22. It is part of the Iowa City, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 928 at the 2000 census.
Riverside is a small community of 928 people situated “in the Heartland” near the intersection of Highway 218, “Avenue of the Saints”, and 22 in the English River Valley.
Riverside is approximately 12 miles south of Iowa City, the home of the University of Iowa, 35 miles south of Cedar Rapids, and 15 miles south of Interstate 80 with easy access to all via 4 lane Highway 218. Washington, the county seat is located 13 miles south of this growing community.
The town still possesses a friendly, small town atmosphere with a elementary school located in town and the Highland Middle and High School located 8 miles south of Riverside. Highland Community School District has an enrollment of approximately 665 students, including those from Ainsworth Elementary.
Riverside has proclaimed itself the future birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk, a character from the television show Star Trek played by William Shatner.
Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, asserts in his book The Making of Star Trek that the character of Kirk had been born in the state of Iowa.
In March 1985, when the town was looking for a theme for its annual town festival, Steve Miller, a member of the Riverside City Council who had read Roddenberry's book, suggested to the council that Riverside should proclaim itself to be the future birthplace of Kirk. Miller's motion passed unanimously. The council later wrote to Roddenberry for his permission to be designated as the official birthplace of Kirk, and Roddenberry agreed.
The proclamation declaring the town the "Official Future Birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk," signed by Gene Roddenberry, is housed, along with a "Cigarstore Indian"-style carved wooden statue of James T. Kirk, at the Riverside Area Community Club (RACC), in a former beauty salon along Highway 22 in downtown Riverside. A large stone and plaque in the rear of the building purports to be the site of the future farmstead and birthplace of James Kirk, and the home of his family, in the c.2230s.
Nearby, Murphy's Bar and Grill in Riverside displays a special plaque of its own--in the back section of the bar. The two sites are popular with tourists during the annual Trek Fest.
The town now hosts an annual Riverside Trek Fest that includes such events as a parade, carnival rides, and fireworks in the evening. The 2003 festival featured a "Spockapalooza" battle of the bands, as well as a lawn mower "trektor" pull. Other Trek Fests have featured minor celebrities as guests, including Grace Lee Whitney (The Original Series' Yeoman Janice Rand), and Charles Napier (The Original Series' Adam of "The Space Hippies" of the episode "The Way to Eden").
Although not considered "canon", at least two Star Trek novels had material based in the real town of Riverside. "Best Destiny," an immediate sequel to the events shown in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country," depicted Kirk's childhood in Riverside. the novel's opening chapter had a pre-teen Kirk playing with friends in fields, near the English River. This river in real life lies along the south side of downtown Riverside especially bordering the site of the annual Trek fest, and ends the city's boundaries.
Another novel, Final Frontier, not to be confused with Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, was written as a "prequel" novel to the Original Series. Telling about the space adventures of James Kirk's father, Commander George Samuel Kirk, Sr., the opening and closing passages of the novel show a Captain Kirk, mulling over his Starfleet career options shortly after his first five-year mission. The younger Kirk was shown walking around the farmhouse owned by his family in Riverside. Its wrap-around veranda had views of both the English River and the Iowa River to the east.
The USS Riverside can be seen from the program Google Earth at the coordinates of 41•28'48.46" N and 91•34'42.78" W.
Invasion Iowa
Main article: Invasion Iowa
During a September 28, 2004 town meeting, the town learned that its residents had become the unwitting stars of a Spike TV reality show inspired by the Kirk connection. Over a week earlier, William Shatner arrived in town under the guise of filming a science fiction movie called Invasion Iowa.
Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, asserts in his book The Making of Star Trek that the character of Kirk had been born in the state of Iowa.
In March 1985, when the town was looking for a theme for its annual town festival, Steve Miller, a member of the Riverside City Council who had read Roddenberry's book, suggested to the council that Riverside should proclaim itself to be the future birthplace of Kirk. Miller's motion passed unanimously. The council later wrote to Roddenberry for his permission to be designated as the official birthplace of Kirk, and Roddenberry agreed.
The proclamation declaring the town the "Official Future Birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk," signed by Gene Roddenberry, is housed, along with a "Cigarstore Indian"-style carved wooden statue of James T. Kirk, at the Riverside Area Community Club (RACC), in a former beauty salon along Highway 22 in downtown Riverside. A large stone and plaque in the rear of the building purports to be the site of the future farmstead and birthplace of James Kirk, and the home of his family, in the c.2230s.
Nearby, Murphy's Bar and Grill in Riverside displays a special plaque of its own--in the back section of the bar. The two sites are popular with tourists during the annual Trek Fest.
The town now hosts an annual Riverside Trek Fest that includes such events as a parade, carnival rides, and fireworks in the evening. The 2003 festival featured a "Spockapalooza" battle of the bands, as well as a lawn mower "trektor" pull. Other Trek Fests have featured minor celebrities as guests, including Grace Lee Whitney (The Original Series' Yeoman Janice Rand), and Charles Napier (The Original Series' Adam of "The Space Hippies" of the episode "The Way to Eden").
Although not considered "canon", at least two Star Trek novels had material based in the real town of Riverside. "Best Destiny," an immediate sequel to the events shown in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country," depicted Kirk's childhood in Riverside. the novel's opening chapter had a pre-teen Kirk playing with friends in fields, near the English River. This river in real life lies along the south side of downtown Riverside especially bordering the site of the annual Trek fest, and ends the city's boundaries.
Another novel, Final Frontier, not to be confused with Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, was written as a "prequel" novel to the Original Series. Telling about the space adventures of James Kirk's father, Commander George Samuel Kirk, Sr., the opening and closing passages of the novel show a Captain Kirk, mulling over his Starfleet career options shortly after his first five-year mission. The younger Kirk was shown walking around the farmhouse owned by his family in Riverside. Its wrap-around veranda had views of both the English River and the Iowa River to the east.
The USS Riverside can be seen from the program Google Earth at the coordinates of 41•28'48.46" N and 91•34'42.78" W.
Invasion Iowa
Main article: Invasion Iowa
During a September 28, 2004 town meeting, the town learned that its residents had become the unwitting stars of a Spike TV reality show inspired by the Kirk connection. Over a week earlier, William Shatner arrived in town under the guise of filming a science fiction movie called Invasion Iowa.
Today's Jumble (9/08/08):
KIMPS = SKIMP; VOYNE = ENVOY; YULOHN = UNHOLY; CLUBEK = BUCKLE
CIRCLED LETTERS = IPENNHLUC
What the comedian gave the heckler.
"(A) PUNCH LINE"
Today is International Literacy Day amd National Boss/Employee Exchange Day. It is also Frank Cady's Birthday (born 09/08/1915). He played Sam Drucker on Petticoat Junction and Green Acres.
Other things on this day in history:
70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.
1264 - The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, was promulgated by Boleslaus the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.
1331 - Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia
1380 - Battle of Kulikovo - Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
1449 - Battle of Tumu Fortress - Mongolians capture the Chinese emperor.
1504 - Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.
1514 - Battle of Orsha - In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
1565 - Pedro Menéndez de Avilés settles St. Augustine, Florida.
1565 - The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta (the Siege of Malta started on May 18).
1727 - A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
1755 - French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
1756 - French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
1761 - Marriage of George III of the United Kingdom to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen Charlotte).
1793 - French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
1796 - French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano - French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
1810 - The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrived at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men established fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.
1831 - William IV was crowned King of Great Britain.
1863 - American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass - On the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
1888 - In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
1888 - In England the first six Football League matches ever are played.
1900 - Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
1914 - World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
1921 - 16-year-old Margaret Gorman won the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
1923 - Honda Point Disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost.
1926 - Germany was admitted to the League of Nations.
1930 - 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
1934 - Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people.
1935 - US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long, nicknamed "Kingfish," is fatally shot in the Louisiana capitol building.
1941 - World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad. Stalin orders the Volga Deutsche deported to Siberia.
1943 - World War II: Julius Fučík is executed by Nazis.
1943 - World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) in Frascati was bombed by USAAF.
1943 - World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.
1944 - World War II: London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time.
1944 - World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany.
1945 - Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
1951 - Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan in formal recognition of the end of the Pacific War.
1954 - The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
1959 - The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is established.
1960 - In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
1962 - Newly independent, Algeria, by referendum, adopts a Constitution.
1962 - Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways 9F locomotive 92220 'Evening Star'
1966 - The Severn Bridge was officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
1966 - The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.
1967 - The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways.
1968 - The Beatles perform their last live TV performance on the David Frost show. They perform their new hit Hey Jude.
1970 - Hijacking (and subsequent destruction) of three airliners to Jordan by Palestinians; the events to follow would later become known as Black September
1971 - In Washington, DC, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
1974 - Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
1975 - Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline (printed in all uppercase) "I Am A Homosexual." He is later given a general discharge.
1991 - Former Yougoslavic Republic Of Macedonia becomes independent.
1994 - A USAir Boeing 737 crashes in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania, near the city of Aliquippa.
1999 - United States Attorney General Janet Reno names former Senator John Danforth to head an independent investigation of the 1993 fire at the Branch Davidian church near Waco, Texas in response to revelations in the film Waco: The Rules of Engagement contradicting the official government stories.
2004 - The NASA unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
2005 - Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.
1264 - The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, was promulgated by Boleslaus the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.
1331 - Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia
1380 - Battle of Kulikovo - Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
1449 - Battle of Tumu Fortress - Mongolians capture the Chinese emperor.
1504 - Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.
1514 - Battle of Orsha - In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
1565 - Pedro Menéndez de Avilés settles St. Augustine, Florida.
1565 - The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta (the Siege of Malta started on May 18).
1727 - A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
1755 - French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
1756 - French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
1761 - Marriage of George III of the United Kingdom to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen Charlotte).
1793 - French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
1796 - French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano - French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
1810 - The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrived at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men established fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.
1831 - William IV was crowned King of Great Britain.
1863 - American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass - On the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
1888 - In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
1888 - In England the first six Football League matches ever are played.
1900 - Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
1914 - World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
1921 - 16-year-old Margaret Gorman won the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
1923 - Honda Point Disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost.
1926 - Germany was admitted to the League of Nations.
1930 - 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
1934 - Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people.
1935 - US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long, nicknamed "Kingfish," is fatally shot in the Louisiana capitol building.
1941 - World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad. Stalin orders the Volga Deutsche deported to Siberia.
1943 - World War II: Julius Fučík is executed by Nazis.
1943 - World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) in Frascati was bombed by USAAF.
1943 - World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.
1944 - World War II: London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time.
1944 - World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany.
1945 - Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
1951 - Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan in formal recognition of the end of the Pacific War.
1954 - The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
1959 - The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is established.
1960 - In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
1962 - Newly independent, Algeria, by referendum, adopts a Constitution.
1962 - Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways 9F locomotive 92220 'Evening Star'
1966 - The Severn Bridge was officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
1966 - The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.
1967 - The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways.
1968 - The Beatles perform their last live TV performance on the David Frost show. They perform their new hit Hey Jude.
1970 - Hijacking (and subsequent destruction) of three airliners to Jordan by Palestinians; the events to follow would later become known as Black September
1971 - In Washington, DC, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
1974 - Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
1975 - Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline (printed in all uppercase) "I Am A Homosexual." He is later given a general discharge.
1991 - Former Yougoslavic Republic Of Macedonia becomes independent.
1994 - A USAir Boeing 737 crashes in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania, near the city of Aliquippa.
1999 - United States Attorney General Janet Reno names former Senator John Danforth to head an independent investigation of the 1993 fire at the Branch Davidian church near Waco, Texas in response to revelations in the film Waco: The Rules of Engagement contradicting the official government stories.
2004 - The NASA unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
2005 - Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.
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