Moving with the moon

    Beginning in January, the general meeting date will return to the third Friday of each month. Although the January and April 1999 general meetings will be very close to New Moon, most of the other third Fridays for 1999 and 2000 avoid New Moon and holiday weekends.

   Our schedule for the remainder of 1998 is: October 9, November 13, and December 11.

Our ranks grow

   Summertime brought TVS a cluster of new members. At the next general meeting, please extend a warm welcome to: Steve Banbury, Esper Bellinger, Jr., Dan Gehret, Chuck Miller, Jerry Morocci, the Keith Mountford Family, Kenny Oslund, the Greg and Michelle Renigar Family, Alan Rush, and Scott Taylor.

Congratulations, Mike!

   If you have visited Mike Rushford's exceptional website, Eyes on the Skies (see link below), you already know how great it is. Now the praise also comes from an official source. Griffith Observatory named Eyes as a Star Award Site, and presented Mike with a certificate to that effect.

Celestial currency

   In mid-September, the club's financial statements showed the following approximate figures.

Checking $2,000
CD#1 $3,350
CD#2 $2,068
CD#3 $2,614

   Phil Waide, our school star party coordinator, has already arranged the first events of this new academic year. Interested members should contact Phil at 925/455-6039.

October 1, 7:30 p.m.
Arroyo Mocho School
1040 Florence Rd., Livermore

October 23, 6:00 p.m.
Hopkins Junior High School
600 Driscoll Rd., Fremont
(Dave Anderson is the Project ASTRO amateur astronomer paired with Hopkins.)

October 29, 7:30 p.m.
Lydiksen Elementary School
7700 Highland Oaks, P'ton

November 5, 6:30 p.m.
Joe Michel Elementary School
1011 Elaine Ave., Livermore

November 6, (time TBA)
Girl Scouts Star Party
Please call Phil for location and details.

Planning meetings revert
to Mondays

   Effective this month, planning meetings will revert to their original slot, the Monday following the general meeting. The time and place remain unchanged. Each month, the planning meeting is listed on page 3 in "What's Up."

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