Star Parties

Club News and Notes


LARPD Summer Star Parties,
Sycamore Grove, Livermore

August 5,  8 p.m.
September 9, 7:30 p.m.

Camp Shelly, Lake Tahoe
August 25 through 27
Point of contact: Phil Waide
  waide1@llnl.gov

Hidden Hill Observatory Open House,
TVS Dark Sky Site
September 23, meet at 6:00 p.m., at Mines and Tesla Roads.
See the club website "Public and school start parties," for full details.

Glacier Point Star Party, Yosemite

September 1 through 3
Point of contact: Phil Waide  waide1@llnl.gov

Observatory key change in second month

   The 90-day window for swapping your outdated Hidden Hill Observatory key for a new one began on July 1. Please make arrangements with observatory director Chuck Grant to swap your key no later than the September general meeting. The easiest and most delicious way to sign the dark sky site agreement and receive your new key, is to come to the August ice cream social. If you prefer an exchange by mail, write to Chuck at our P.O. box, at the address at the bottom of this page.

Thank you, Paul and Debbie

   
At the July planning meeting, member Paul Caswell and director Debbie Dyke announced that they will collaborate on the club archivist/historian position. Don't be surprised when Paul calls to ask you what you remember about the early days of TVS. Together with Debbie, he will be searching old news-letters and planning meeting minutes to learn the names of long-time TVS members.

   If you have historical materials or photographs of interest to the club at large, please contact Paul at pcaswell@earthlink.net, or Debbie at ddfam@pacbell.net. You can also send materials to their attention via our post office box. If you have original documents or images that you wish to have returned, please attach a brief note describing the item and include your postal return address.
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President
Dave Anderson
510/ 661-4249

Vice-President
Frank Rogue

Secretary
Marilyn
   Halberg

Treasurer
Mike Anderson
andersonm @prodigy.net

Directors
Alane Alchorn
Dennis Beckley
Jon Clark
Rich Combs
Debbie Dyke
Gert Gottschalk
Chuck Grant
Kathleen Kelley
Signe McIntire
Dave Rodrigues
Debbie Scherrer
Mike Rushford
Al Stern
Norm Thomas
Phil Waide

Observatory
Director
Chuck Grant
grant@
hooked.net
Eyes on the
Skies

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

Librarian
Jim Alves
925/634-0220
jim_alves_engr@yahoo.com


Editor

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

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: 225

Tri Valley Stargazers holds this space  in anticipation of a new production sponsor. Do you work for a firm that would be willing to support amateur astronomy in the public interest?

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