Archive for February 25, 2010
Earthsky Tonight – Feb 26, 2010: Stars in the
Courtesy of EarthSky A Clear Voice for Science www.EarthSky.org People often ask if stars are up there, beyond our blue sky, during the day. The answer is surely yes, because Earth is a planet in space, surrounded on all sides by stars. Here is a view looking southeast at mid-morning today or tomorrow. Of course, you really cannot see the stars, but they are there. The constellation behind the sun around now is Aquarius the Water Bearer. This is true each year between ... Full Story
Thompson School District Accountability Advisory
The Public is invited to attend the meeting of the Thompson School District Accountability Advisory Committee (DAAC) at 6 p.m. March 9 at the Administration Building (Classroom 128), 800 South Taft Avenue, Loveland. The DAAC monitors school effectiveness plans and the district's accountability process.
Larimer County Commissioners — Agenda, March 2
Administrative Matters March 2, 2010 9:00 AM to 11:15 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 22. 9:30-9:33 AM Review of the Schedule for the Week of March 8. 9:33-9:36 AM Consent Agenda - ... Full Story
Ice Open 2010 Season on Saturday Against Sioux City
Are you having football withdrawal symptoms. There is a cure for football junkies who want to have their game all year round. Indoor football with the Colorado Ice might be the answer and the price is right and it is not far away. Press release from the Indoor Football League: The Colorado ICE Football team will be playing their 2010 Indoor Football League (IFL) season opener versus the Sioux City Bandits, Saturday, February 27th at the Budweiser Events Center. The annual rivalry between ... Full Story
Vancouver Vantage Point #15
Mike Moran’s Vancouver Vantage Point #15 Don’t Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth February 25, 2010 It’s unfortunate that NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman doesn’t want to book a suite just yet at the toney Grand Hotel Polyana in Sochi, Russia, between February 7-23, 2014………..right now, he could get a rate of $382(US) per night if he acted quickly………….. the Black Sea resort hotel was built just three years ago by Gazprom, has great security and is separated from ... Full Story
Thompson School District seeks public input on budget
Like many public entities, the Thompson R2-J School District is facing a budget deficit for the 2010-11 school year. For the first time the district is seeking public input on where cost savings should be implemented. In a survey that went online this week, the district asks a dozen questions about where the cuts should be made. The survey is preceded by a three-minute video in which Steve Towne, District Chief Financial Officer, explains the district’s funding and expenditures and the ... Full Story
Fickel Park Snowmen
Will this be Berthoud’s last snowman of the year? Addison and Wyatt Spear thought they might have a fun snowball fight with the snow remaining in Fickel Park. Their friend Cliff Worrel thought the snow packed so well that they could make a snowman. With Cliff’s help, Addison and Wyatt made three snowmen. You can see them in the park as long as the weather permits.
‘Cow Dung Dust’ – Reading at Sunrise
If you missed the reading of this latest Rick Padden play at the Berthoud Four Square Church, you have another opportunity this weekend. Sunrise Ranch west of Loveland will host a staged reading of "Cow Dung Dust" on Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. in the domed auditorium at the ranch, 100 Sunrise Ranch Road. The play is about an unlikely mixture of hitchhikers is brought together in the back of an 18-wheel cattle truck going 80-miles-an-hour through the desolate stretches of Route 66 – all with reason ... Full Story
Earthsky Tonight – Feb 25, 2010: Moon and Mars
Courtesy of EarthSky A Clear Voice for Science www.EarthSky.org The waxing gibbous moon and planet Mars can be seen in the eastern sky at nightfall tonight. These two worlds climb highest in the sky in mid to late evening and set in the west tomorrow before the onset of dawn. You can see the moon and Mars close together on our sky’s dome for most of the night tonight. The moon and Mars aren’t really close together in space. They only appear to be close, because they ... Full Story
Mario the Peddler coming to Mead
Mario the Peddler scheduled for February 27, 2010 Author, speaker, and entertainer Tony Bottagaro, a native of New York City and long-time resident of Colorado, will be performing his one-man show Mario the Peddler on February 27 in Mead. He has presented his message of love, peace, and justice to religious and political leaders around the world, including the U.S. Congress, the State Department, the White House, the UN, and Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. The show is based on the main ... Full Story
