Earthsky Tonight — March 3, 2010: Use the Big Dipper to locate Polaris
At one time, sailors’ livelihoods and survival depended on their lucky stars – most especially, the pointer stars of the Big Dipper. Drawing a line through the two outer stars…
Fire Beat: February 2010
Berthoud Fire Protection District, Incident Reports for February. Updated March 2
Earthsky Tonight — March 2, 2010: Moon still near Saturn, closer to Spica on March 2
Last night, the moon was close to the planet Saturn on the sky’s dome. Tonight, the moon will pair up with Spica, the constellation Virgo’s brightest star.
Berthoud Fire to perform hydrant flushing
BERTHOUD — Berthoud Fire Protection District crews will perform fire hydrant flushing starting 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday in the Little Thompson Water District outside the town of Berthoud.
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…
‘Cow Dung Dust’ – Reading at Sunrise Ranch
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 –…
Doug Nichols—scientist, colleague, mentor, friend
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…
On behalf of Citizens First,
To the editor: On behalf of Citizens First, I would like to express my thanks for your support in providing coverage and notifications of our meetings. Your unbiased professionalism remains…
The Character of George Washington
What made George Washington the most remarkable man of an extraordinary generation? He was not an intellectual giant like Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, or James Madison. Compared with…
Obituary: Charles B. Pfab
harles B. Pfab, 77, of Berthoud passed away February 11, 2010. He was born October 21, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Francis and Marie (Becker) Pfab.