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1.  Summer hit full force this month with record breaking temperatures and over
three megabytes of fresh new artwork from the only group able to battle the hot
summer swelter!   Anyone who ever said anything about the "lazy days" of summer
has obviously never met this group of overacheivers!

2.  Our highly-paid  recruiters  disguised  as religious prophets  of impending
doom  and  telephone psychics  convinced the  following  wayward  artists  that
salvation is in iCE this month:  Fractal, who joins the ANSI team, and Cyberise
in  the  VGA department.   Also  returning  to the scene  this month  is  Black
Lighting, to the ANSI department.  Welcome to our new mates.

3.  In related news this month, former iCE ANSI Department Coordinator Lemonade
has recently escaped  from an evil guerilla  activist  group compound  in Santa
Clara, CA.   The group captured Lemonade and held him for almost a year just to
try to stop him from releasing quality ANSIs.   Fret not,  citrus fans, for our
loveable Lemonade is back with ANSIs for the world to enjoy!

4.  Nobody caught a virus in a public restroom,  went skydiving without working
parachutes, flew the coop, hit the road, made like a tree, orbited Earth on Mir
aborted  their mission,  gave Magnetic M their  Ultima Online CD,  went fishing
for shark, was two fries  short of a happy meal,  or left the group this month.

5.  Promotion!  iCE ANSI Artist  Kadaver has been  promoted to the vacant  ANSI
Coordinator position!  He's already setting things in motion with the Avalanche
project, as well as being involved with the ANSI team.  Congrats, Kad!

6.  A badly beaten,  bruised,  and oozing Information Systems director Lickbert
reports this month that "system the UNIX  and web but cold".   We simply choose
to ignore him now.  SpaceDev has unveiled the new Frozen Delivery system on the
iCE web  pages, which is  available for this  month's iCEPACK!   Check out this
fresh new way to get quality art on http://www.ice.org.

7.  iCE VGA talent Epoch will be  releasing an iCE Special Release shortly that
is related to this iCEPACK  (although it will  not be distributed with the main
pack).   It is an amazing  VGA animation  that is 9.2Mb in size.   You can find
this upcoming release (along with the archive of other iCE special releases) on
ftp://ftp.ice.org/pub/special/ice-spc8.zip.  Check it out!

8.  Friar Tuck was reprimanded this month for going over 73 days without coming
onto IRC.   He explained with the coy Friar smile that,  "Well, I've been busy,
man".   Rumor has it that Friar was off trying to start a new career as a blues
guitarrist.   When asked about that,  Friar seemed despondant  and simply said,
"I just got my music,  cuz I've got the blues."   (It just sounds  like another
excuse -ed).

9.  iCE ANSI artist Black Viper  decided that he's going to be  taking a break
from the scene this past month.  He will be finishing up a couple of works and
resting for  an indeterminate  amount of time.   Black Viper is  known for his
awesome works  as well  as being a group-focused member  who donated  his time
for  many months this year  packing the iCEPACK  at the end of the month.   He
will be missed,  and we really appreciate  all he's done for the staff and the
group.  Come back soon, BV!

10. Megalith's group  attempt to retake  Hong Kong  for the Queen  failed  this
month.   BoA and  his buddies  were eager to help  but were sidetracked  on the
outskirts of the  city by a strange  shop specializing in  'Crowes bootlegs and
marijuana paraphanalia.   The ogre-mages were, well,  not so effective since he
needed laptops to make them exist, and Megalith himself was quickly intimidated
by the big tanks.  Cheerio.

11. Former  iCE Senior  Staffer and current  iCE lazy bum  Midnight Sorrow  has
resurrected the world's most famous elite underground network, CyberCrime.   He
is excited about the opportunities this presents for the remaining BBSes in the
scene.   But even cooler,  you don't even have  to run a board  to be a part of
the network!  Contact him at midsorrow@ice.org for more information about being
a part of the CyberCrime International world domination network.. again!

12.  Another hot month, both at the beaches and in the scene.  iCE is living up
to the great summer expectations.  Look out, because there's still a month and
a half of summer left!  See you next month!

Cold and Ugly           Force Ten           Mass Delusion