The broadcast time is 16:00 GMT, and will be available on the BBC website.  BBC Radio usually makes their programs available for 7 days after the initial broadcast, though some are available for longer.  The program can also be accessed through BBC iPlayer. ~ www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 ~  Also try http://bbc.in/xzEk0a

SPECIAL NOTICE 
FOR ECOF 2012 ATTENDEES

Disney security tells us that getting onto the Disney lot for 
the special advance screening for John Carter 
will be similar to the security practices used when boarding an airplane.

ID will be required for everyone, a driver's license, a passport, a school ID, etc. 
No one under age 12 will be admitted.
Only those who ride the ECOF/SubERB buses will be admitted.
No one will be allowed to drive to the studio separately.

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Hotel Information

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The locus of ECOF activities will be the same hotel used in the 1996 and 1999 Dum-Dum events, namely the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills, close to Tarzana and the ERB, Inc. offices. The newly refurbished Warner Center Marriott hotel is set in the San Fernando valley, adjacent to Highway 101 (Ventura Freeway), approximately 40 minutes north of LAX, and approximately 25 minutes west of the Burbank airport.

The Warner Center Marriott Woodland Hills is located at
21850 Oxnard Street · Woodland Hills, California 91367 USA
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An on-line link which will allow you to register at the Marriott can be found at
http://edgarriceburroughs.com/ at the bottom of the ECOF registration page
or
www.erbzine.com/dumdum
The Registration Page may be downloaded for mailing at:
http://www.ERBzine.com/dumdum/2012form.pdf
(The  direct link to the Marriott is HERE)
Their Website provides maps and transportation information, photographs, local attractions, amenities, etc.

You can telephone the Marriott directly at (818) 887-4800.

To receive the group rate discount you must mention the ECOF or Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Special group rates are available for Friday March 2 and Saturday and March 3rd, and for early arrivals on both Wednesday, February 29th and Thursday, March 1st. Our special group rate is $109 per night plus the city tax of 15.6%. Overnight self-parking is at a discounted rate of $9 per car. If you choose to stay elsewhere, the Marriott charges $6 to park for the day plus 10% tax. Limited free street parking is available adjacent to the hotel.

DUM-DUM 2011 ~ AUGUST 6-10 ~ POCATELLO, ID

The 2011 Dum-Dum, sponsored by the National Capital Panthans, 
will be held on August 6-10, 
at the Clarion Inn, 1399 Bench Road, Pocatello, ID 83201, land line (208) 237-1400

 Program Cover and Book Bag Logo
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2011 Dum-Dum Schedule

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Saturday, August 6 
All day – Clarion Inn check-in [Front Desk in Main Lobby]  Site seeing all day on your own
5 – 8:00 pm – Dum-Dum Registration [Main Lobby]
7:00 pm  -- Informal Drop-in Chat session [Board Room]

Sunday, August 7 
All day – Clarion Inn check-in [Front Desk in Main Lobby]
8 - 5:00 pm – Dum-Dum Registration [Main Lobby]
8:00 am -- Huckster Room available for set-up  [Madeira Room]
9:00 am -- Huckster Room Open for Business
11 – 12 noon --  Panel A: “Whither For Art Thou, BBs?” Henry Franke, Colonel USA (RET), Editor & Publisher, Burroughs Bulletin  [Board Room] 
12:45 pm --  Lunch, Huckster Room closed 
1:45 pm -- Huckster Room open
2 - 3:00 pm -- Panel B:  “ERB in our Electronic Matrix,” Bill Hillman, assistant professor (retired), Information/Communication Technologies, Brandon University, Canada [Board Room]
5:00 pm -- Huckster Room closed
5:30 pm – Book/Museum Crawl
7:00 pm -- Dinner at local eatery in Pocatello
9:00 pm -- Pre-Midnight Madness -- BB, Inc. Board Meeting [Board Room]

Monday, August 8 
All day –  Clarion Inn check-in [Front Desk in Main Lobby]
9:00 am – Meet in lobby for all-day Burroughs Territory (Coach?) Trip, including
        Yale Ranch, Raft River, Rupert, Minidoka, Burley, Fort Hall Replica, and Historic Old Town Pocatello
6 – 8:00 pm – Dum-Dum Registration [Main Lobby]
7:00 pm  -- Informal Drop-in Chat session [Board Room] plus 
The Annual Muckers Jeopardy Contest featuring teams of well-known ERB scholars.
The theme for this 2011 show is WESTERNS with the topics:

Real Life Idaho
Girl from Hollywood/Minidoka/The Return of the Mucker
War Chief/Apache Devil
Bandit of Hell's Bend
Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County

Tuesday, August 9 
All day --  Clarion Inn Check-in [Front Desk in Main Lobby]
All day  -- Dum-Dum Registration [Main Lobby]
9:00 am -- Huckster Room open [Madeira Room]
11:00 – 12 noon -- Panel C:  “Poetry in Burroughs’ Universe,” Professor Stanley A. Galloway, Bridgewater College, VA, author of “The Teenage Tarzan.” 
[Board Room]
1:00 pm -- Lunch (Huckster Room closed)
1:45 pm -- Huckster Room open
2:00 pm -- Insanity Auction  to Benefit ERB Pundits  -- Auctioneer: Bill Ross
5:00 pm – Huckster Room closed
6:00 pm -- Attitude Adjustment in hotel ‘beverage stand”
7:00 pm – Annual Dum-Dum Celebratory Banquet
9:00 pm – Annual Mucker/Panthan joint meeting  [Board Room]

Wednesday, August 10 
8:00 am -- Farewell Breakfast (informal gathering on your own)
9:30 am – Sight-seeing day trip (on your own)

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Event to be held at the Clarion Inn, 1399 Bench Road, Pocatello, ID 83201, land line (208)237-1400, http://www.clarionhotel.com/hotel-pocatello-idaho-ID057Room rates $66.00 inclusive single/double.  Each room has a hair dryer and iron. The hotel has a large indoor pool, a hot tub and a sauna for your enjoyment, as well as ping-pong and billiard tables.  Please call the Inn directly to make your reservation, citing “Edgar Rice Burroughs Bibliophiles” to get our room rate. Please be sure to specify “non-poolside” if you wish a quieter room in the afternoon and evening.

Registration $75.00 includes Burroughs Territory road trip guide, banquet, goodie bag, access to huckster room, panel/chat events and privilege of fondling all auction items.  Huckster events will be held in the Madeira Room (65’x20’-1,300 sq ft) which has wi-fi, and panels/meetings will be in the connecting Board Room. 

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LOCAL  ATTRACTIONS:
Huckster Room & Registration  20 feet in the Inn
Brass Rail Restaurant   50 feet in the Inn
Applebees Restaurant   block from the Inn
Perkins Family Restaurant  block from the Inn
The Sandpiper (seafood)   block from the Inn
Sizzler Steakhouse    0.5 mile
Bannock County Fairgrounds  1 mile
Chilis Restaurant    2.5 miles
Pine Ridge Mall    3 miles
Remo’s Italian Restaurant  3 miles
Fort Hall Replica    4 miles
Performing Arts Center   4 miles
Texas Roadhouse Restaurant  5 miles
Historic Old Town Pocatello  5 miles
Ross Park Zoo    5 miles
Fort Hall Casino    9 miles
Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Museum      9 miles
Idaho Potato Museum                         17 miles
Lava Hot Springs Spa                          40 miles
Museum of Idaho                                 45 miles
BBR45 National Lab-first reactor       62 miles
Craters of the Moon                             75 miles
Joan’s Montana Touchdown              122 miles
Yellowstone Park                               135 miles
Jackson Hole                                      137 miles

Overview

Our Dum-Dum starts off on Sunday with exploring (and buying) the treasures of the huckster room, two informative panels, afternoon book/museum crawl in historic Old Town Pocatello, Pokey dinner on your own and then the BB board meeting at 9 pm in the hotel’s Board Room for all attendees. 

Monday involves you with an all-day guided tour in an air-conditioned bus of Burroughs Territory including Yale, Raft River, Minidoka, Jerome, Burley, Rupert, the original Burroughs ranch, American Falls, and (if time) the Craters of the Moon and the Fort Hall Replica site.

Tuesday brings more huckster treasure hunt, another great panel, BB benefit auction, our grand banquet, ending with our traditional Mucker/Panthan joint meeting. 

Wednesday features our Farewell Breakfast followed by more sightseeing for those staying on in Idaho, especially as the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Festival kicks off on Thursday. 

Your registration fee of $75.00 includes the Burroughs Territory road trip guide, banquet, goodie bag, access to huckster room, panel/chat events and the privilege of fondling all auction items. Our registration form and program schedule are up on the web. All events will be held in the Madeira Room (65’x20’ - 1,300 sq ft) which, for you Gridley Wave enthusiasts, has wi-fi. BTW, the Clarion Inn is also HQ for Sho-Ban Festival celebrities so you might see the Head Man Dancer and members of the two Host Drums from the Northern Cree and Comanche tribes. 

Come join us in this area of ERB's early life and really take time to see the surrounding country. For further information, contact our organizers John Tyner tyner@taliesan.com and/or Joan Bledig jthev@aol.com

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Since most folks will be taking time to sightsee in the general area (since the BBs have never ventured to Idaho for a meeting before) we invite you to check-in on Saturday and get settled in Pocatello or “Pokey” and share tales on Saturday night. If you are flying, best and least-expensive suggestion is to fly to Salt Lake City and rent a car for the three hour drive to Pokey. One can fly to Pokey from Salt Lake City but it is expensive.  Alternatively you could fly to Boise and drive down from there.   For those of you driving, I-15 and I-86 intersect outside of town. 

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PRINT OUT INFO IN WORD FORMAT

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Registration | Schedule

ECOF 2011 ~ MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Memorial Day Weekend - May 26-29

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Rudy Sigmund has just announced his plans for ECOF 2011 which will be held during the US Memorial Day Weekend in MINNEAPOLIS at the BLOOMINGTON AIRPORT HOLIDAY INN on I-35. The hotel is holding a package of 35 rooms until May 10, at the rate of $76. The hotel phone number is 952.703.7526, but "ECOF" should be mentioned when booking, since the normal rates are $95-$150. The hotel is just 10 minutes from the airport and they have hourly airport shuttle service. They also have shuttle to the MALL OF AMERICA which is only seven minutes away.

THURSDAY: For early arrivals there will be a guided tour to some of the most unique used and collectible bookstores in the twin cities, followed by a gathering at the Mall of America. In addition to the huge array of shops on five levels, the Mall has an indoor theme park, 24-plex movie theatre, huge aquarium, mini golf, live butterfly walk-through, etc.

FRIDAY: The dealer room will be open all day and closing in the evening for a barbaque picnic at MINNIHAHA FALLS PARK by the Mississippi River near downtown. The falls is nearly 60 feet high and made famous by the poem "Song of Hiawatha."

SATURDAY: The dealer room will be open all day with an auction in the afternoon. The banquet will be held that night at poolside and the dealers room in the evening for socializing.

SUNDAY: A farewell breakfast will be available at the hotel and there will be discount tickets, including the monorail, for the MINNESOTA ZOO for those interested.

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GUESTS OF HONOUR

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Mike Chapman is the author of 22 books, including two books on movie Tarzans Herman Brix (aka Bruce Bennett) and Glenn Morris. He will have copies of his books for sale and the magazine Iowa History Journal with a long feature article on Jock Mahoney. Mike has been the host of  three Dum-Dums ( Dum-Dum 2008 | Dum-Dum 2004 ~ II )

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Mike Hoffman
Mike has done amazing ERB-related and SF/Fantasy art for a long line of publications. His latest project is the publishing of a new edition of ERB's "Beware!" which he has also illustrated (see ERBzine 3372 ). 
Mike is also featured in ERBzine's ERB Artist Encyclopedia

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Mike Grell
In the early 1980s, Grell illustrated the Tarzan newspaper strip (some of which were collected in Blackthorne Publishing’s “Comic-Strip Preserves” series in 1986). In 1999, Grell returned to the jungle with the 4-part comic series, “The Savage Heart,” published by Dark Horse Comics. He is also the creator of “The Warlord” series. Mike is featured in an ERBzine series starting at: ERBzine 2966
Mike is also featured in ERBzine's ERB Artist Encyclopedia

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David Fury
Fury is best known as the author of “Kings of the Jungle,” as well as the definitive biographies of two Hollywood legends, Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan. He will be on hand to sign copies of “Twice the Hero” and “No Average Jane,” and to unveil his latest project.

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REGISTRATION FEE for the event is $65.
This will include the guided bookstore tour on Thusday, the barbeque picnic on Friday and the banquet on Saturday along with a packet with a pin, shirt and a special ECOF edition of a book on ERB with the guest author there to autograph it. 

CONTACT:
Rudy Sigmund
1125 N. Broadway
Fargo, North Dakota  58102
tarzan52749@aol.com
Phone: 701.730.0465

Dum-Dum 2010
Watch the PanthanPress Promo Video

Chicago, IL ~ August 19-22


Best Western Chicago-Hillside, 4400 Frontage Road, Hillside, Illinois,
is the site of the 2010 Dum-Dum.

The 2010 Dum-Dum, organized by The Muckers, the Chicago chapter of the Burroughs Bibliophiles, will be held over four days, Aug. 19 to 22, 2010, at the Best Western Chicago-Hillside, 4400 Frontage Road, in Hillside, Illinois, a near western suburb of Chicago. Phone: 708.544.9300

The new, LOWER hotel room rate is $89 plus taxes. Check www.panthanpress.com/muckers  for updates on the convention and to provide feedback on the bulletin board.

The Best Western offers free shuttle service to and from only O'Hare Airport for its guests. Ask the hotel for more information when you make your reservation. Use code "Mucker Dum-Dum" when reserving your room at the Best Western Hillside.

Convention Cost: $120
Includes four days packed with activities ... a dealers’ room, Mucker Jeopardy, a panel discussion hosted by author Stephen Korshak, a reception at the site of the planned new ERB museum in Oak Park, a tour of homes where ERB lived and wrote some of his most thrilling adventures - followed with a reception at Pleasant Home, a banquet on Saturday night, and many hours of banter with fans. 

Attendees will receive a new hardcover edition of The Mucker -- containing both "The Mucker" and "The Return of the Mucker."

Spouse/Guest ticket: $50
Includes banquet ticket and other events. But we’re also planning pay-as-you-go activities around Chicago for spouses.

REGISTRATION FORM

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GUESTS OF HONOUR

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George McWhorter, curator of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Memorial Collection at the Ekstrom Library of the University of Louisville, has accepted the Muckers' offer to be Special Guest of Honour. 

Stephen D. Korshak, author of Grand Master of Fantasy: The Paintings of J. Allen St. John and From the Pen of Paul: The Fantastic Images of Frank R. Paul will make a presentation at 2:30 p.m. Thursday on the art of J. Allen St. John.

Thomas Floyd, creator, artist, and writer of the online comic strip Captain Spectre.

As part of your convention package you will receive a special Muckers’ edition of The Mucker and The Return of the Mucker, profusely illustrated with over 40 illustrations by 17 artists in the field. The book will be a hard cover and will have a full color dust jacket featuring the Dum-Dum's logo created by artist guest of honor Thomas Floyd. Only 250 copies of the book will be printed. A limited number of extra copies will be available for purchase at the convention at a price still to be determined. 

In addition to The Mucker book, your convention package will contain a special convention shirt, pin back, program book, souvenir banquet ticket, restaurant guide, book store locations, maps, attractions information, and whatever else we can get contributed by the local Chamber of Commerce.

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EVENTS

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WEDNESDAY: For early arrivals, please join the Muckers Wednesday evening at SAFARI LAND, 701 W. North Avenue, Villa Park, IL 60181 (www.safarilandfun.com for directions) for pizza, coke, one line of bowling (including shoe-rental), and $5-worth of tokens for pinball and games or just good camaraderie and conversation for only $12 per person. More information to come. 

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THURSDAY: Mucker Jeopardy will run at 1 p.m. followed by Stephen D. Korshak's presentation at 2:30 p.m. on the art of J. Allen St. John. The barbecue starts at 6 p.m.  This year's MUCKER JEOPARDY categories are:
 Real Life Mars
TV Tarzan
Pal-ul-don
The Mucker
Art and Artists
 The Final Jeopardy category is ... a secret as always.

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FRIDAY: On Friday, we will board buses at 1 p.m. and head to Oak Park to see the homes of Edgar Rice Burroughs. At 4:30, the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest will offer a tour of the new site of its museum, archives and research center in a historic former firehouse that will feature expanded and more interactive space for its Edgar Rice Burroughs exhibit. A reception will follow.

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SATURDAY: Saturday programs will feature the annual Burroughs Bibliophiles auction at 2 p.m. and the banquet in the hotel at 6:30. The Burroughs Bibliophiles Board meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m.

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SUNDAY: The farewell breakfast, on your own, will be held from 7 to 10 a.m. Sunday in the hotel restaurant. Activities will end with a back-yard party at 1 p.m. at a member's home in nearby Brookfield. 

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Former firehouse that will be transformed into a museum, archives and research center for the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest. Built in 1898 at Lake Street and Lombard Avenue, it is the oldest public building in Oak Park.

The dealers' room will be open for 14 hours during the convention and include 8-foot-long tables. On Thursday, the room will open at 10 a.m., with setup starting at 8 o'clock, and close at 5 p.m. Friday hours will be 8 a.m. to noon, closing for the trip to Oak Park. Saturday hours will be 9 a.m. to noon, with breakdown followed by the auction. Contact Ken Manson at krmanson@earthlink.net for information on dealers' tables.

Please Note: 21 tables have been committed already for the dealers room. Tables can be guaranteed only when people register in advance througb panthanpress.

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AMONG THE VIPs IN ATTENDANCE

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The Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. offices in Tarzana, California, will be well represented.

Linda, Llana Jane, and Dejah Burroughs will also be flying in from Tarzana 
to mingle with ERB fans and to keep alive the memory of Danton Burroughs.

Attendees will be pleased to hear that noted filmmaker/animator
Al Bohl and daughter Allison Bohl (filmographer) are attending the Dum-Dum. 
They have done some major production work on the forthcoming documentary: 
Tarzan: Lord of the Louisiana Jungle

Thomas Yeates will be in attendance at the Chicago Dum-Dum 
and drawing sketches for those who want to buy one. 
He will also be selling select original pages of his full color painted up-coming 
Outlaw Prince graphic novel, based on The Outlaw of Torn
as well as other art  and books on the themes of legends and myths. 
He also hopes to have a special announcement for fellow Dum-Dum attendees.

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Members of the Chicago Muckers 2010 Dum-Dum Committee are Joan Bledig, Mike Conran, Dave Gorecki, Jim Hadac, Ray Le Beau, Jeff Long, Ken Manson, Greg Phillips, Bill Ross, and Jerry Spannraft.

Download the REGISTRATION FORM at the:
MUCKER'S 2010 DUM-DUM WEBPAGE
www.panthanpress.com/DumDum2010

A tentative agenda is attached for your edification, featuring side trips to Baltimore and the Nation's Capitol to prepare you for meeting our Shenandoah mahars.  While there is no fee and no "host hotel" for this adventure, you must register with us IN ADVANCE so we can determine the scope of our needed adventure support.  However, you will need to bring some form of monetary remuneration with you to spend at the venues, especially the bookshop crawls and restaurants….

For the out-of-towners, as in the past, there will be some limited availability for housing in a few Panthan homes.  For those of you wanting hotel accommodations, we suggest that you may wish to use the Hilton Hotel in Rockville, familiar to those of you who came to our 2006 Dum-Dum/ECOF, as it is at the Twinbrook metrorail station, giving you access to our DC events. 

If you wish to participate, please email your name and email address to tyner@taliesan.com so we can provide you more information as it is available. 
We ALL still live,
JT2 ~ Silverback Emeritus

Saturday, June 5
(Travel to Glen Burnie's Baltimore Light Rail Station)
10:00 am – Tour of Geppi's Entertainment Museum 301 W. Camden Street
1:00 pm --  Lunch at Lexington Market, 300 W. Lexington Street
2:00 pm --  Visit to Edgar Allen Poe's Grave, Westminster Hall
4:00 pm – Book crawl to Drusilla's Books, 817 N. Howard Street
6:00 pm – Dinner at local eatery TBA
8:00 pm – Return to light rail station

Sunday, June 6 
(Travel to Quicksburg, VA, Exit 269 off I-81)
11:00 am – Tour of Pellucidar  (Shenandoah Caverns)
12 noon -- Panthan Meeting in the Hall of the Giants
1:00 pm -- Lunch in Caverns Café or other local eatery
2:00 pm – Book crawl to Royal Oak Books, Front Royal, VA
7:00 pm – Farewell dinner featuring______________

Spouses Day at the Dayton DumDum 
(Events for Saturday August 15)

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Excursion to Jungle Jim’s International Market 
http://www.junglejims.com/index.asp

A food lovers paradise - Foodieland - No matter what you call it, Jungle Jim's is arguably the nation's most unique supermarket megastore, featuring more than six acres of food, wine, beer, gourmet cheeses, exotic meats, cigars, fresh seafood, spices, confections, bakery, gourmet cookware, gifts of distinction and more!  Unbelievable displays and hands-on activities make this destination a delight for families and foodies alike.  Jungle Jim’s International Market is a place where the first rule is to treat customers like gold and the second is to have fun doing it.  Over 50,000 people a week visit from several states away for the unique shopping experience Jungle Jim’s International Market offers.  You can buy food from over 70 countries, listen to Elvis and Mariachi music, sample tasty foods, get red hot deals and, of course, have hours of fun. 

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Lunch at The White House Inn 
http://www.heartlandcooking.com/

Nestled on six acres of southern Ohio countryside, this 50-year-old farmhouse was restored  into seven separate dining rooms each with its own unique decor. There are four fireplaces, country and herb gardens, two outdoor patio areas, a  gorgeous Gazebo, a Tavern featuring a breathtaking two-story stone fireplace, and a loft. 

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Optional Visit to IKEA
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/

IKEA offers a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. This is the idea at the heart of everything IKEA does, from product development and purchases to how we sell our products in IKEA stores globally

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Dum Dum 2008 in Waterloo, Iowa
July 24 - 27, 2008
Hosted by the Waterloo Convention and Visitors Bureau 

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Location: Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center in Waterloo
                (connected via a skywalk to the Ramada Inn)
Hotel: Ramada Inn
Address: 205 W 4th Street (4th Street & Commercial Street), Waterloo, IA 50701
Phone: 1.319.233.7560
Room Rate: $79.95 for a standard room (up to 4 people)
Parking: Free parking is available in the parking ramp across the street for overnight guests at the Ramada.
Huckster Room: 15 Tables (or more) available at $40 each ~ Thursday morning until Saturday Evening.
Website: www.freewebs.com/dumdum2008
Registration: prices and information will be available soon.
Contact: Kelly Kimmich ~ Waterloo Convention & Visitors Bureau
                313 E. 5th St. ~ Waterloo, IA 50703
Host Phone: 1.319.233.8350 or 1.800.728.8431
fax: 319-233-2733 The Sullivan Brothers
The Fighting Sullivans

FLOODING 
 We are still on schedule despite flooding in the downtown area of Waterloo. The Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute & Museum, however, has not fared so well. Due to extensive damage, the museum will be closed until recovery is completed. 

ECOF 2008 PREVIEW ~ June 6-8 ~ Groton, Connecticut
DOWNLOAD THE REGISTRATION FORM HERE

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Theme: The West in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Life and Works
Dates: Friday, June 6, through Sunday, June 8; early bird gathering, Thursday evening, June 5
Hosts: DJ Howell (Usha) and Phyllis Evanuk
Venue and Primary Lodging: The Mystic Marriott Hotel and Spa, Groton, Connecticut
Alternative Lodging: Best Western Olympic Inn, Groton, Connecticut
Access: by car, immediately off Route 95; by air, Green (Providence, RI) or Bradley (Hartford, CT); 
by train (Metro North to New Haven, Shoreline East to New London)

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Tentative Program:

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Thursday early bird gathering, lobby, Mystic Marriott
Friday and Saturday: huckster* room available all day (until 11:00 pm Friday)
Friday afternoon: optional guided tour of the Mashantucket Pequot Museum
Friday evening: optional Dutch-treat supper at Foxwoods Casino
Saturday morning: optional book crawl at The Book Barn in Niantic
Saturday afternoon: Symposium on the West in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Life and Works**
  Presentations to be announced***
  Mini-auction to defray hosting expenses (any excess receipts to be donated to Burroughs Bibliophiles)
Saturday evening: banquet
Sunday morning: Dutch-treat farewell breakfast

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Representative Optional Excursions to Local Attractions
(prices of admission available directly through each attraction)

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• Essex Steam Train & Riverboat
• Historic Ship Nautilus & Submarine Force Museum
• Mashantucket Pequot Museum
• Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration
• Mystic Pizza (yes, it's real and still in business)
• Mystic Seaport
• Nathan Hale Schoolhouse
• National Submarine Memorial/Wall of Honor
• Olde Mistick Village –  "18th century style shopping center" [!]
• State beaches (too early for swimming, unless Global Warming allows it)

*Prospective hucksters please contact DJ Howell directly regarding table requirements
**You are invited to contribute essays, poetry, or works of graphic art for inclusion in the ECOF 2008 chapbook, The West in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Life and Works; details to follow 
***Anyone interested in making a presentation or moderating a panel discussion, please contact DJ Howell directly

Dum-Dum 2007 
Hosted by George T. McWhorter
Took place in
Louisville, Kentucky -- August 2 - 5, 2007

Galt House and the Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville
Home of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Memorial Collection
Featured a formal dedication of the Bob Hyde Collection.
Updated program and info at: http://erb.louisville.edu

He and our other special guests will be featured on our "Meet the Artists" panel, followed by audience participation in a questions and answers session. See also ERBzine 1480

HUCKSTER ROOM: 
20 tables @$35 ~ Thurs. a.m. thru Sat. Eve.

• Follow Airport Road to Route 17 West to exit 70S (Route 201). 
• Follow Route 201 S (towards SUNY Binghamton). 
• Exit onto Route 434 West. 
• Both hotels will be on the right, about a half mile. 

• Follow Route 17 West to exit 70S (Route 201). 
• Follow to Route 434West. 
• Hotel is on right. 
• (Route 17 continues across southern NY State - also called Route 86 in some areas.) 

2006 ECOF (ERB Chain of Friendship) and
Clarence "Bob" Hyde Memorial Dum Dum
Schedule: August 3-6, 2006

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Thursday, August 3

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2:00 pm – National Capital Panthans Regularly Scheduled Meeting 
Pool Barbeque Party at Bill Ross’ home, Annapolis, MD
3:00pm – Attendee check-in -- Doubletree Hotel, Main Lobby
6:30 pm – Burroughs Bibliophiles Board Meeting at Bill Ross’ home

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Friday, August 4

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All day  – Doubletree Hotel check-in – Main Lobby
8:00 am – 5:00 pm  --  ECOF Registration  -- Regency Room
8:30 am – Huckster Room available for set-up
9:30 am – Huckster Room Open for Business
1:00 pm – Deli lunch provided at “Gotten,” John Tyner’s home
2:00 pm – Panel A - JANE: HER EVOLUTION - The evolution of Jane's character role during in the 20th Century"  ~  Moderator: Bruce Salen 
     Panelists: Joan Bledig, J.G. Huckenpohler, Cole Richardson (Jane of the Comics), and Jim Hadac 
4:00 pm – Huckster Room closed
4:30 pm – Book Crawl to Second Story Books, host - Nelson Freck
6:00 pm – No-host dinner at Broadway Diner (500 items to choose from)
8:00 pm – Book Crawl to Wonder Books, Frederick, MD (or)
      Open House at J.G. Huckenpohler’s Puerto Rican Tree House

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Saturday, August 5

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All day – Doubletree Hotel check-in – Main Lobby
All day – ECOF Registration – Regency Room
9:00 am – Huckster Room open
11:00 am – Panel B –  “ERB Second Century Contributors” ~  Moderator: Bruce Salen
  Panelists: J. G. Huckenpohler (A.Q.Porter Tells All), Ellen Vartanoff, Jim Thompson and Tom Stock
1:00 pm – Deli lunch with colleagues at local restaurants (by arrangement)
2:00 pm – Auction benefiting Burroughs Bibliophiles, Auctioneer Bill Ross
3:00 pm – Insanity Auction benefiting Panthans Pundits, Auctioneer Bill Ross
5:00 pm – Huckster Room closed
6:00 pm – Attitude Adjustment
7:00 pm – Vern Coriell Memorial Burroughs Bibliophiles Dum-Dum Banquet featuring Guest of Honor

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Sunday, August 6

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9:00 am – Farewell Breakfast (informal gathering at Broadway Diner)

Event to be held at the Doubletree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 (telephone 301.468.1100). Preview available at www.doubletreerockville.com.  Room rate is $89.00 single/double. Registration fee of $80 includes two deli lunches, banquet, goodies, Huckster Room and Panel/Chat discussions.  All events are held in the Regency Room. Fee for BB Banquet only: $35.

National Capital Panthans
P.O. Box 673
Rockville, MD 20848-0673 

If you should have any questions, e-mail tyner@taliesan.com
or call John Tyner at (301) 468-2146. 
Web Site:
http://www.taliesan.com/panthans/ecof06reg.htm

DUM-DUM 2005
Oak Park, Illinois
August 10 - 14
Registration: Member $100.00 ~ Spouse: $75.00

CONTACT INFORMATION
Phone: 708.361.2492
e-Mail: cclairmore@wi.rr.com

Send cheques before August 1 to:

Jerry Spannraft
26 Brook Lane
Palos Park, IL  60464

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Important Information for anyone planning on attending the 
Dum-Dum in Oak Park & Chicago this August!

If you are planning on going to the Museum of Science and Industry to see the Colleen Moore Fairy Castle and the tiny book TARZAN JR, please let Jerry Spannraft or Mike Conran know before July 21st.

Jerry is going to purchase non refundable group tickets from the Museum for those making the trip.  Because the tickets are non refundable, it is important that we have an accurate head count for the group going the Museum.

If you know you are NOT planning on the trip to the Museum, let us know so we have an accurate count.

Thanks,
Mike Conran ~ tanar@JUNO.COM
Jeddak of Jenison

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Dum-Dum host Jerry Spannraft has expressed concern that many attendees have not yet registered at the hotel.  He wants to let everyone know that only 30 rooms are set aside for the Dum-Dum.  That is 50% of the rooms in the hotel.  When they are gone, you will need to find another hotel.  The only other hotel in Oak Park charges $250 a night.

If you stay out of the village of Oak Park you will have problems parking.  The village is very strict about on-street parking.  However, those staying at the Write Inn will receive free parking.

For those planning on arriving on Thursday, be aware that the bus leaving for the Museum of Science and Industry to view the Colleen Moore Fairy Castle and the book TARZAN JR. is leaving the Write Inn at 10:00 am.  This is a trip you will not want to miss!  But if you are not at the Write Inn at 10:00 am, you will not be on the bus!  This is a unique opportunity to view the one-of-a-kind miniature book TARZAN JR. (written by ERB and illustrated by JCB) as the Museum of Science and Industry has agreed to remove the book from the library and have it on display in a special case for us. 

You can reserve a room by calling the Write Inn at (708)-383-4800, 
be sure to ask for the Dum-Dum rate.
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Ramada Inn - Fort Collins

The Ramada Inn Fort Collins is a great hotel that offers easy access to I-25. It is located 70 minutes northwest of the Denver International Airport. This property is 5 minutes away from Colorado State University and only a short distance to Hewlett Packard, Kodak, Epic Center and Lincoln Center. The hotel features a large indoor swimming pool, children's wading pool, game and exercise area, lounge and restaurant. Whether your stay is for business or pleasure, you are sure to enjoy staying here. Each of the 197 tastefully appointed guest rooms feature all the standard amenities that today's modern traveler has come to expect. All rooms have a coffee maker, hair dryer, iron/ironing boards and much more. Comfortable facilities and convenience are qualities that you will come to expect as a guest of the Ramada Inn Fort Collins. A cordial and attentive staff is available to assist you with any needs that you might have. The hotel is minutes away from dining, shopping and entertainment venues.  Shuttle Service from Denver to Fort Collins: Shamrock Airport Express: Phone: 970 - 482 - 0505.  One-way fare is something like $26.00

• Huckster room opens at 10 a.m.
• Glenn Morris 5k Run at 6 p.m.
• Showing of three Glenn Morris films at 8 p.m.

• Huckster Room opens at 9 a.m.
• Panel Discussion on Olympic Tarzans at 11 a.m.
• Showing of three Glenn Morris films throughout day. 
• Banquet at 7 p.m. ? Mike Chapman, master of ceremonies

• Farewell breakfast brunch at 8 a.m.

Honoring Glenn Morris, 1936 Olympic champion and film Tarzan No. 9, and enjoying the beauty of Colorado will be two of the main attractions of the 2004 Dum Dum. It is set for June 25-26 in Fort Collins, the home of Colorado State University.

Mike Chapman will host the event. He is author of the book The Gold and The Glory, which is the biography of Glenn Morris. He also hosted the 1997 Dum Dum in Newton, Iowa.

Mike offered Fort Collins to be the 2004 host site due to Glenn Morris’s connection to Tarzan, and because of the geographical beauty of the setting. Mike currently lives in Newton, Iowa, but was sports editor of the Fort Collins newspaper in the 1970s.

 “Dum-Dum people who have never been to Fort Collins are in for a real treat,” said Mike. “The Rocky Mountains flank Fort Collins on its western side and provide a majestic landscape. It is a beautiful setting.”

Mike’s two daughters live there and he visits the city frequently. He spent several days in Fort Collins in November to begin building interest in the Dum Dum. He met with the mayor, the executive director of the Fort Collins Convention and Visitors Bureau, and was also the guest speaker at seven different service organizations … all within a three-day period. He was also interviewed on the largest radio station in Fort Collins.

 “The mayor is going to declare Saturday, June 26, as Glenn Morris Day in Fort Collins,” said Mike. “He has pledged to help support the weekend event in any way he can. And so has the director of the convention and visitors bureau. They are really excited about this event coming to Fort Collins.”

The Dum Dum will be held at the Ramada Inn, which sits just 100 yards off of Interstate 25, the busiest freeway in the entire state. It connects Fort Collins (a city of 150,000) to Denver (50 miles south) and Cheyenne, Wyoming (35 miles north). 

The basic rate is $59 a night for Dum-Dum attendees. 
You can call 970-484-4660 to make your reservation.

Mike also met with officials from Colorado State University, where Morris was a standout athlete in both football and track. The college officials are also excited about the event coming to Fort Collins. “Colorado State University athletic people think this is wonderful,” said Mike. “They are going to promote the event on their web site and in press releases.”

The Dum Dum weekend will include showing of Glenn’s Tarzan film, “Tarzan’s Revenge,” and two other films he appeared in. “Decathlon Champion” is a ten-minute short produced shortly after his gold-medal performance in the Berlin Olympics. “Hold That Co-Ed” is a campus comedy starring George Murphy, Joan Davis and John Barrymore. Morris plays a college football star and is seen throughout the film.

A local running club is hosting a Glenn Morris 5K run on Friday, June 25. It will begin at 6 p.m. at the South College Fieldhouse ? the very spot where Glenn Morris trained for the Olympics in 1936. Dum Dum attendees will be able to walk on the indoor track where Glenn trained and see the brand new “Glenn Morris-CSU Track Hall of Fame” that has been established in the South College Fieldhouse.

The gold medal that Glenn won in 1936 in Berlin in the decathlon will be on display during the Dum Dum. Morris Ververs, a former high school principal in Glenn’s hometown of Simla, Colorado, is the custodian of the gold medal. He and Jim Larson, who served with Glenn Morris in the Navy during World War II, will both attend the convention.

Denny Miller, who played Tarzan in 1959 and starred on the TV hit series “Wagon Train,” will be one of the special guests in Fort Collins. He has just written his autobiography and it will be available at the Dum Dum.

A panel discussion is being planned to discuss the careers of the four Olympic athletes who played Tarzan ? Johnny Weissmuller, Herman Brix, Buster Crabbe and Glenn Morris. Mike says he is working on several other major guests.

More details will be forthcoming soon.
Read a Glenn Morris Article Reprint in ERBzine 0643

Dum-Dum 2003 
Hosted by George T. McWhorter 
Galt House ~ Louisville, Kentucky
Thursday - Sunday: August 28-31, 2003

THE GALT HOUSE
4th Avenue & Main St. at the Ohio River, Louisville, KY 40202
RESERVATIONS
1.800.626.1814
RATES
Single and Double Rooms = $89
Triple Rooms = $99 ~ Quads = $109
Be sure to mention THE BURROUGHS BIBLIOPHILES so you will get the convention rates. A block of rooms is reserved for us until July 28 (midnight), after which it is opened up to the general public. Indoor parking is available for all registered guests at $5 per night. 

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REGISTRATION
$75 Per person. 
Please make checks payable to "Burroughs Bibliophiles" 
and mail to 
Burroughs Memorial Collection, 
University of Louisville, 
Ekstrom Library, 
Louisville, KY 40292. 
If not convenient to pay beforehand, you can pay at the registration desk 
at the Huckster Room at the Galt House when you arrive. 

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CELEBRITY GUESTS

• Danton Burroughs (grandson of ERB)
• Boris Vallejo (renowned Tarzan artist)
• Max Allan Collins (author of the ERB mystery, The Pearl Harbor Murders)
• Denny Miller (Tarzan actor No. 12)
• Miles O'Keefe (Tarzan actor no. 16) (pending, not yet confirmed)

• ECOF Registration is $75 and will include a banquet on Saturday night, a ceremonial and collectible button, a Harry Roland sketch book with something extra special, and a few other items to be announced later.
• The Inn registration for an all-inclusive room cost of $77.28 single or double, $88.48 for triple/quad is to be handled separately by each registrant.
• There will also be a huckster room available to the first 10 registered dealers/collectors who would like a table.