Billionaire Saffron Chilliwack in her Dream City Headquarters
Billionaire Offers Award
Tonight Dream City University hosts its annual faculty ball atop the Tripod Skyshell.
Tripod Skyshell Under Stars
There tycoon investor Saffron Chilliwack will be introduced to the university's
top brainiacs all engaged in a fierce competition for the prized Chilliwack Award
for Creativity in Science. The Skyshell was chosen for the ball because it is not
only one of the many tall buildings owned by Chilliwack Enterprises, but it offers
a splendid view of Star, Comet and Moon islands and the many glittering bridges
that connect them.
Police Baffled by Men With Bulldog Tattoos
Tattoo worn by burglars
Crime Beat: The smashed-in front door was Stokey Blivitz's first clue something
was wrong. He entered his house warily to find a trail of Fruit Loops and Belly
Blasters leading to his cupboard. In the den Blivitz found his collection of velveteen
cuttlefish and bungee bowling balls missing. "Dey was my favorite tings," he said
through the tears.
Neighborhood residents are distraught. Comet Island councilwoman Denise Sizzler
was quoted as saying, "The tattooed villains have to be stopped!"
Inspector Nibble of the Dream City Police Department said he would step up patrols.
But Ms. Sizzler was not satisfied. She said she had little faith in the inspector
whom she described "with all due respect" as a bungling pea-brain.
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Robots in Police Lineup
Robot Identified in Line-up
The robot responsible for the destruction of a building under construction for the
Business Department at Dream City University has been identified in a police lineup.
Thumperilla (third from left) was captured staggering down Neptune Avenue covered
in dust soon after the collapse of the building.
Rubble Left By Thumping Robot
According to constuction foreman Milo Schnagle, Professor Gerald Spotsworth (below),
creator of Thumperilla, was conducting an experiment with the robot when the incident
occurred.
Inventor Dr. Gerald Spotsworth
According to Dr. Spotsworth, Thumperilla was jumping up and down at the site in
an effort to tamp the soil flat. The vibrations evidently shook the rivets from
structure, reducing it to a useless pile of beams. "Perhaps they could name it the
Unfinished Business Building," Dr. Spotsworth commented nervously.
The mayor was quite angry. "Dr. Spotsworth," she said is a menace to the city and
should be dismissed. The mayor was outraged last month over Dr. Spotsworth's Cupric
Accumulator invention stripping the copper wire from an electrical substation, plunging
the city into darkness for ten hours. No one, including Thumperilla, was harmed
in the incident.
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Soon to be completed Princess Blue Leaf Bridge
Could the third time really be the charm for the bridge to the mainland?
The City of Dreams has made three attempts to bridge the misty 1.5 mile wide span
of ocean between Moon Island and the mainland near Sea Dog Point.
Poor engineering and a violent windstorm brought the first bridge down weeks before
it was to open. The towers of the second bridge were destroyed during construction
by floating mines accidentally loosed by the navy.
Soon, however, the two halves of the Princess Leaf Bridge are schedule to meet allowing
cars, trucks and passenger trains to race back and forth to the continent. With
the completion of the new bridge, sadly the fleet of charming white ferries that
had been so much a part of the Dream City mystique will be retired.
400,000 Expected at Darkrunner’s Masquerade Parade
Pirate Float at Last Year's Parade
Saturday night a mile-long throng of reverberant revelers will shout, sing, yell
and thunder down the length of Milky Way from Polaris to Sirius. They will be celebrating
the three hundredth anniversary of Captain Fleetfoot Darkrunner's landing on Starlight
Faraway Beach one horizon away from Admiral Squeamish Pettiprig's 200-gun flotilla
that had chased him all the way from Oola-Oola Island.
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Charles Spotsworth - Reformed or Unrepentant?
Spotsworth Upon Release from Comet Bay Prison Last Year
Crime Beat: One year ago today convicted cat burglar Charles Spotsworth was
released from Comet Bay Prison. He claims to have only stolen from other thieves
and to have sold the booty to help widows and orphans. Currently on parole, the
ex-convict spends his nights cleaning kitchens and toilets and performing the songs
of the late Dream City legendary pianist “C Sharp.”
But has Spotworth really changed his spots? According to Chief Inspector Nibble,
“He did the maximum sentence for not informing on his companions.” Nibble,
self-described “friend of Mayor Tewksbury”, added a word of warning
to the ex-bandit. “If Spotsworth thinks we're not monitoring his movements,
he's grievously mistaken.”
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