[HOE] The Librarian's Almanac for January 4th

[Michael Cone <Michael.Cone@apollogrp.edu>]

SEATTLE RUINS, WASHINGTON STATE- Thom Burnett, the Law Dog for the region,
is reporting another sighting of the renegade "Hellcat" Bradley. The
cast-off from the Engineer's Society was spotted leaving the ruins of the
Redmond-Bellevue area in her modified hover truck. The notorious
technoshaman seems to have won a few more supporters. Along with the
previously reported light combat can, there are three new wasters, one of
which sports the hair-free look of a Syker.

YUMA VILLAGE, ARIZONA- Dalton Barker announces his impending nuptials to
Melody Arkham. Ceremonies and a small dance are planned for the town hall.
Melody Arkham currently oversees the Guard Corps for the village and Dalton
Barker is the replacement for David Cannon, the Law Dog removed from his
position last month after substantiated charges of corruption. Attendance is
open and no gifts are required.

NEAR BEAUMONT, TEXAS- Emily Turner, Ike Statler, Mitch Burke, and Otis Bell
have all been confined to one home in town. The town mayor, sheriff, head
farmer, and resident electrician respectively, were all discovered to be
missing their shadows in a town meeting yesterday. The confinement was
completely voluntary and they have stated that they will remain isolated
until both a cause and cure can be found. Any experts in the occult are
asked to pay the town a visit for an immediate consultation. Payment is
negotiable.

MOVIE TOWN, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA- two locations scout for the Director in
Movie Town log the discovery of the Vannacutt luxury resort on the
northwestern edge of the Bitterwater Mesa located north of Shan Fan. Upon
preliminary investigation, the area looks well enough as can be expected.
The eleven story main building has kept its Art Deco construction very well
through the years. The grounds are well overgrown and have a wide variety of
small mutant animals inhabiting the underbrush. Both Preston and Childs have
the gut notion that the resort is inhabited but there were no obvious signs
of such.

LAS CRUCES RUINS, NEW MEXICO- wasters in transit through the ruins have
noticed an alarming number of savages in the area. In comparison with those
living in the University, an estimated sixty young ferals have arrived into
the ruins over the past month. There is no explanation at present for the
throwback migration.
BLUE RIDGE, NORTH DAKOTA- Observers from the indian community of Fars
Landing report a large series of explosions spread over a couple of days,
outside of town. The local "Medicine Man" says that the "soul stealers are
awake once more".
BOISE, IDAHO- the searchers sent out to find the Templar Robbie Dawson and
his group return with the head of James Gilbert Quincy in a box, still alive
but babbling incoherently about the man with the black eyes. The appendage
in the box in question appears to be a cyborg.
Submitted by the prolific Brother Dominic, Journeyman Librarian