Archive for February 21, 2010
Earthsky Tonight – February 21, 2010: First
Courtesy of EarthSky A Clear Voice for Science www.EarthSky.org The first quarter moon falls today at 6:42 p.m. Central Time. (That’s 7:42 p.m. Eastern time, 5:42 p.m. Mountain Time and 4:42 p.m. Pacific Time.) At first quarter phase, the lunar disk is half-illuminated in sunshine and half-engulfed in the moon’s own shadow. In other words, you are seeing half of the moon’s daytime side and half of the moon’s nighttime side. The moon is in front of the constellation ... Full Story
New Vision Charter School enrollment meeting
New Vision Charter School will be holding an Information and Enrollment Meeting for Elementary and Middle School on Tuesday Mar. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the school, 2366 East 1st Street, Loveland. If you're interested in finding out more about the Thompson School District's charter school, this is the place to have your questions answered. The meeting will include a special presentation on the middle school curriculum including block scheduling, sports and electives. For more information call ... Full Story
Larimer County Commissioners’ Schedule February
Larimer County Commissioners' Schedule February 22—26, 2010 Monday, February 22, 2010 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Republican Breakfast Club, Best Western, Hwy 34 & I-25, Loveland 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Worksession Regarding Jail Video Visitation 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Planning Worksession with Linda Hoffmann, Planning Director, regarding: 1) Review of Estes Park code amendments; 2) Discussion of procedure to remove notes from Minor Residential Plats; and 3) discussion of ... Full Story
Larimer County Commissioner’s agenda February 26
Administrative Matters February 23, 2010 9:00 AM to 10:55 AM Commissioners' Conference Room 200 West Oak Street, Fort Collins Please Note: Scheduled Times are Subject to Change! Please Note: If There is No Public Comment, Administrative Matters will Begin at 9:00 am Agenda Public Comment 9:00-9:30 AM Approval of Minutes for the Week of February 8 and 15. 9:30-9:33 AM Review of the Schedule for the Week of March 1. 9:33-9:36 AM Consent ... Full Story
Larimer County’s Small Grants for Community
Press Release The Larimer County Department of Natural Resources is pleased to announce the Open Lands Programs’ 2010 Small Grants for Community Partnering awards. This year, 13 awards, totally $20,000, were made for community projects throughout the county: Larimer County’s Small Grants for Community Partnering is an initiative of the Larimer County Open Lands Program with the intent of dispersing a portion of the Help Preserve Open Spaces sales tax dollars throughout the ... Full Story
Doug Nichols—scientist, colleague, mentor, friend
By Gary Wamsley The Recorder Online Several of us from Berthoud braved the slick streets and Denver traffic to pay our respects to friend and neighbor, Doug Nichols. For the celebration of his life, we joined his family, other friends and colleagues in the Ricketson Auditorium at the Denver Museum of Science and Nature. They came from afar to honor a man who obviously meant so much to them. The collaborators on his most recent research project came from Japan and Europe to pay ... Full Story
Spartans place four wrestlers in top six at state
By Michael Hicks Special to the Recorder Online DENVER -- Maybe it wasn’t the medal that they wanted, but for Robbie Workman, Alex Sadlo, Casey Couch and J.T. Pickert it’s a building block for next season. The four Berthoud underclassmen placed in the top six of their respective weight classes -- Sadlo and Couch finished fifth while Workman and Pickert took sixth -- Saturday in the 4A state wrestling championships at the Pepsi Center. The end result wasn’t the championship ... Full Story
