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Membership News: Boat Show - February 7 - 15, 2003 The Dossin Great Lakes Museum has again been invited to participate in the Annual Boat Show at Cobo Hall and will have a booth at the show. We need GLMI members to assist in staffing the booth. Anyone interested in volunteering please contact John Polacsek at 313-297-8366. You will be advised our booth number and where to pick up your credentials. This is a great opportunity to introduce people to the Museum, the Great Lakes Maritime Institute and to sign up new members. The show runs from February 7 - 15th. Hours of the show are: Saturday & Sunday 12:00 noon to 10:00 pm and Monday -Friday Annual Fund Appeal - Thanks to all of you who responded to our Annual Fund letter. The contributions so far have been encouraging and the generosity of those who donated is greatly appreciated. As stated in the letter, your continuing support is critical in meeting the challenges of rising costs at the museum. If you have not yet sent in a donation, please consider doing so . . . it's not too late and is an excellent year-end tax deduction. Your contributions will enable us to continue the unique and remarkable experiences that mark the Dossin Museum as a major resource for information of Great Lakes History. Web-Cam Project - The Web-Cam to date has had 108,493 hits and it increases daily. In December, staff and volunteers replaced the web camera's dome mount to increase stability in high wind. Also, staff and volunters recently completed the expansion of the Web-Cam project by adding Sound and Real-Time Weather Conditions. These two features were requested numerous times by webcam viewers. The Live Audio portion of the project uses a directional microphone in a weather proof housing on the pilothouse roof. Viewers can enjoy the sounds of the river, the crackling of ice, geese honking and the occasional blast from a passing ship's whistle. At higher levels the microphone will pick up the sound of the roof top heating & cooling units. We are currently researching ways to shield the mic. Live weather data is now collected and shared from the Museum. Staff and volunteers mounted the wireless weather station on the pilothouse of the William Clay Ford, returning weather instruments to the same location they were found when the Ford was an operational freighter. The expansion projects were funded by a grant from Marine Publishing Co., the publisher of Know Your Ships. Visit the website at www.glmi.org to experience these great new additions to our webcam. Museum Hours - The Museum continues to only be open on Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. CONTENTS• Pilot House Celebrates 50th Anniversary..............................................87 Great .Lakes & Seaway News.......................................................... 92 OUR COVER PICTURE ... The WILLIAM CLAY FORD in 1983 celebrating its 30th anniversary of launch. Telescope© is produced with assistance from the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, an agency of the Historical Department of the City of Detroit. Visit our Website at: http://www.glmi.org Published at Detroit, Michigan by the GREAT LAKES MARITIME INSTITUTE ©All rights reserved. Printed in the United States by Macomb Printing, Inc.