{"id":1077,"date":"2024-06-03T11:47:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/?p=1077"},"modified":"2024-06-03T16:59:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T20:59:57","slug":"june-member-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"June Member Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet <strong>Steve Lukasik<\/strong>, North Ridge\u2019s very own <strong>Chewbacca<\/strong>. Steve is known for various Star Wars characters, his most famous is Chewy. Steve said he was drawn to Chewbacca because \u201cThe character is faithful and loyal. If you upset a Wookiee or hurt his friends, Chewy will rip your arms out their sockets\u201d. To say Steve embodies \u201cChewbacca\u2019s spirit\u201d would be an understatement. He is kind and fiercely loyal, and very protective of his friends.<\/p>\n<p>Steve saw Star Wars at the Drive-in as a kid and was hooked. He has been an avid fan of the genre though all its peaks and valleys. He is loyal to the originals, he cites \u201cRogue One, as being one of the best new movies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Steve says, \u201cI have always been a big kid at heart, a fan of Halloween and dressing up in costume. As I got older, I started my own costumes. My first build was Animal from the Muppets. I won a couple of contests at the bars that Halloween. I was hooked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steve attended Star Wars Night at the Bison in 2009. He just knew he wanted to join. He attended the very next meeting and became an official member. It was in North Ridge that Steve\u2019s \u201cCosplay Addiction\u201d bloomed. He brought to life Chewbacca, Count Doku, you might have recently seen him as Baylan Skoll at this year\u2019s Star Wars Night at the Bisons.<\/p>\n<p>Steve also helped found Nickel City 501st , where he serves as a Squad leader. He couldn\u2019t stop there; he is also an active member of Rebel Legion. Aside, from his Star Wars obsession, Steve is also Assistant Director of Superheroes Alliance of WNY. Over the years Steve has built over 30 cosplays. He jokes because he is not married and does not have any kids, he has extra money to build cosplays.<\/p>\n<p>Come meet Steve at the next North Ridge event.<\/p>\n<p>May the Force Be With You!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1077 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8845.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8845-300x226.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8844.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"157\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8844-157x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8842.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8842-293x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8841.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8841-250x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8840.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8840-194x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Steve Lukasik, North Ridge\u2019s very own Chewbacca. Steve is known for various Star Wars characters, his most famous is Chewy. Steve said he was drawn to Chewbacca because \u201cThe character is faithful and loyal. If you upset a Wookiee or hurt his friends, Chewy will rip your arms out their sockets\u201d. To say Steve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-members"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>June Member Spotlight - The North Ridge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"June Member Spotlight - The North Ridge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Meet Steve Lukasik, North Ridge\u2019s very own Chewbacca. Steve is known for various Star Wars characters, his most famous is Chewy. Steve said he was drawn to Chewbacca because \u201cThe character is faithful and loyal. If you upset a Wookiee or hurt his friends, Chewy will rip your arms out their sockets\u201d. To say Steve [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The North Ridge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-03T15:47:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-03T20:59:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/28EE4702-6742-4D4A-96DF-B90E7FF8486D-e1717429748787.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"534\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"363\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"master\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"master\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/june-member-spotlight\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/june-member-spotlight\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"master\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f693bcf91f834a32dcc27bfd39e2267f\"},\"headline\":\"June Member Spotlight\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-03T15:47:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-03T20:59:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/june-member-spotlight\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":336,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/june-member-spotlight\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/28EE4702-6742-4D4A-96DF-B90E7FF8486D-e1717429748787.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Featured Members\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/june-member-spotlight\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/june-member-spotlight\\\/\",\"name\":\"June Member Spotlight - The North Ridge\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/june-member-spotlight\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/june-member-spotlight\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/28EE4702-6742-4D4A-96DF-B90E7FF8486D-e1717429748787.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-03T15:47:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-03T20:59:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f693bcf91f834a32dcc27bfd39e2267f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/june-member-spotlight\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/june-member-spotlight\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/june-member-spotlight\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/28EE4702-6742-4D4A-96DF-B90E7FF8486D-e1717429748787.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/28EE4702-6742-4D4A-96DF-B90E7FF8486D-e1717429748787.jpg\",\"width\":534,\"height\":363},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/june-member-spotlight\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"June Member Spotlight\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/\",\"name\":\"The North Ridge\",\"description\":\"FanForce Chapter, Buffalo, NY\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f693bcf91f834a32dcc27bfd39e2267f\",\"name\":\"master\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thenorthridge.com\\\/vii\\\/author\\\/master\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"June Member Spotlight - The North Ridge","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"June Member Spotlight - The North Ridge","og_description":"Meet Steve Lukasik, North Ridge\u2019s very own Chewbacca. Steve is known for various Star Wars characters, his most famous is Chewy. Steve said he was drawn to Chewbacca because \u201cThe character is faithful and loyal. If you upset a Wookiee or hurt his friends, Chewy will rip your arms out their sockets\u201d. To say Steve [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/","og_site_name":"The North Ridge","article_published_time":"2024-06-03T15:47:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-03T20:59:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":534,"height":363,"url":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/28EE4702-6742-4D4A-96DF-B90E7FF8486D-e1717429748787.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"master","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"master","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/"},"author":{"name":"master","@id":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/#\/schema\/person\/f693bcf91f834a32dcc27bfd39e2267f"},"headline":"June Member Spotlight","datePublished":"2024-06-03T15:47:19+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-03T20:59:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/"},"wordCount":336,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/28EE4702-6742-4D4A-96DF-B90E7FF8486D-e1717429748787.jpg","articleSection":["Featured Members"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/","url":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/","name":"June Member Spotlight - The North Ridge","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/28EE4702-6742-4D4A-96DF-B90E7FF8486D-e1717429748787.jpg","datePublished":"2024-06-03T15:47:19+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-03T20:59:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/#\/schema\/person\/f693bcf91f834a32dcc27bfd39e2267f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/28EE4702-6742-4D4A-96DF-B90E7FF8486D-e1717429748787.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/28EE4702-6742-4D4A-96DF-B90E7FF8486D-e1717429748787.jpg","width":534,"height":363},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/2024\/06\/june-member-spotlight\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"June Member Spotlight"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/","name":"The North Ridge","description":"FanForce Chapter, Buffalo, NY","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/#\/schema\/person\/f693bcf91f834a32dcc27bfd39e2267f","name":"master","url":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/author\/master\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1077"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1086,"href":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077\/revisions\/1086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenorthridge.com\/vii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}