Club News and Notes


   All TVS star parties are posted to our web site. School star parties have ended for this academic year, but Phil Waide is helping youth clubs arrange star parties during the summer. Contact him at 925/455-6039 to be put on his distribution list.

Hidden Hill Observatory (H2O) Open House
June 5, September 18, and October 16
Meet at Mines and Tesla at 6:00 p.m.


Sycamore Grove, Livermore 
June 12 at 8 p.m., New Moon
July 17 at 8 p.m. and August 21 at 8 p.m.
Sept. 11 at 7 p.m., New Moon


White Mountains
Grandview Campground: Thursday, July 8
Barcroft Lab: July 9 - 12 (New Moon is July 12.)


Glacier Point, Yosemite
August 13 through 15


Camp Shelly, Lake Tahoe
August 6 to 8, and September 3 through 6.

Have your say

   As announced last month, the board of directors is currently considering a number of interesting club matters. This is your final opportunity to sound off on any or all of them. On page 7 you will find a list of hot topics  and plenty of space for adding your comments. Then, detach the last page of the newsletter and mail your input to Tri-Valley Stargazers, P.O. Box 2476, Livermore, 94551.

Who needs Alan Greenspan?

   At the beginning of the May 24 planning meeting, treasurer Mike Anderson offered the following report to the board:
Checking $2,882.01
CD #1 $3,451.24
CD #2 $2,111.82
CD #3 $2,666.68


News on the views from H2O

   Observatory director Chuck Grant reports that work is underway on the second observatory building. Herb Quick broke ground on May 21 by digging the hole for the central pier, and framing the pier in place.
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President
Dave Anderson
510/661-4249

Vice President
Chris Cody
707/747-6550


Secretary
Marilyn
   Halberg

Treasurer
Mike Anderson

Directors

Alane Alchorn
Dennis Beckley
Jim Brown
Rich Combs
Chuck Grant
Kathleen Kelley
Russ Kirk
Signe McIntire
Dave Rodrigues
Debbie Scherrer
Jess Squires
Norm Thomas
Phil Waide
Jim Zumstein

Observatory
Director

Chuck Grant
grant@
hooked.net

Editor
Alane Alchorn
925/455-9464
Fax: 925/
455-9466
circlewing@
aol.com

Librarian
Chris Cody
707/747-6550
cmcody@Beniciaastro.org
Eyes on the
Skies

Mike Rushford
http://www.
hooked.net/
~tvs/eyes/
Website
http://www.
trivalleystargazers.org

Meeting
Location

Unitarian
Universalist
Church in
Livermore
1893 N. Vasco Rd.
3/4 mile north
of I-580

E-mail
tvs@hooked.net

Tri-Valley
Stargazers

P.O. Box 2476
Livermore, CA 94551
Membership:
132 and counting

Tri Valley Stargazers thanks Xerox Corporation for its continuing support of amateur astronomy in the public interest. Prime Focus editions are printed courtesy of Xerox Corporation and Mike Spreitzer.

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