ISS
and Endeavour passing over Storm
Mountain on Monday evening.
Tuesday
August 21st - ISS/Endeavour Tandem Flyby...
The International Space Station (ISS) and Space
Shuttle Endeavour made a tandem flyby over
Colorado on Monday evening treating local
skywatchers to a wonderful view of the pair.
Space Shuttle
Endeavour undocked from the ISS on Sunday and is
expected to return home today with landing at the
Kennedy Space Center scheduled for 10:32AM MDT
this morning.
The
International Space Station will continue passing
over Colorado for the next couple of evenings with
the best viewing opportunity being Wednesday
night. The ISS will then pass from the WNW
beginning at 8:09PM local time, passing almost
directly overhead before finally disappearing into the
Earth's shadow in the SE at 8:15PM. Due to the
addition of new solar arrays, the ISS will be
quite bright and clearly visible in our skies,
weather of course permitting.
This will be a
great opportunity to see the orbiting ISS and a
wonderful family experience. Children are
especially spellbound by it. Make a note
and if you can, step outside this Wednesday
evening and enjoy this amazing sight.
Information on
daily flyby times for your specific area can be found by
visiting www.heavens-above.com.
Loveland’s Historic Fourth Street
will be featured this week on the Explore Colorado
segment of the 'Colorado
and Company' TV show produced by Denver’s 9NEWS. The show will be broadcast at 10 a.m.,
Friday, Aug. 24th.
The feature is a weekly series on the show that
highlights a different area of Colorado of
historical interest. Explore Colorado
is presented by the State Historical Fund and the
National Trust for Historical Preservation. The
goal of the program is to encourage
Coloradoans to visit areas of cultural and
historic interest across the state, helping
to support the economy through increased tourism.
The
Loveland
feature will include interviews with persons knowledgeable about Loveland’s downtown and involved in the area’s
revitalization. Tom Katsimpalis, a curator of the Loveland Museum/Gallery, and
Susan Davis, owner of a home furnishing specialty
store on Fourth Street,
will provide insight into downtown Loveland’s past and future.
After the broadcast, the video will be placed on
the www.9news.com
website at the Explore Colorado link.
Found growing throughout the foothills, this weeks photo features one of Colorado's colorful summer wildflowers, Narrow-leaved Blazing Star.
Also known as Dotted Gayfeather and Snakeroot, Narrow-leaved Blazing Star (Liatris punctata), is native to the western short grass prairies of the Great Plains and foothills of Colorado and New Mexico
Narrow-leaved Blazing Star is perennial from a heavy, taprooted rootcrown. Plants usually are about 10-18 inches tall. The narrow, sandpapery leaves point strongly upward and are covered with tiny dots of resin. Bottom leaves are about four inches long, but get progressively smaller toward the top of the plant. One-to-two dozen light purple (rarely white) flower heads about 1/2 inch wide form spikes on the upper one third of the plant. The tiny achenes (seeds) bear a plume of bristles.
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Suspected
Impersonator Identified
Wednesday
August 15th - Suspected Impersonator Identified...
Larimer County
Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce that the
subject of the alleged police impersonation
incident of Monday, August 13th, has been
identified. The subject is a sworn deputy
from Routt County. He contacted LCSO on
Tuesday morning after seeing the composite sketch
and media coverage of the incident.
Although his
actions did arouse suspicion and alarm the young
female who reported the incident, no crime has
been committed. Larimer County has a history of
police impersonators and, in the interest of
public safety, Sheriff Alderden believes in
following up on any possible incidents involving
such reports. Actions such as these instill
a measure of fear in both the victim and the
public in general.
Sheriff
Alderden is pleased this incident has been
explained but assures the public that LCSO will
respond to any similar incidents in a like manner.
Alderden said. “I would like to thank
the members of the media for their quick response
and for the part they played in locating the
subject.”
The matter has
been referred to Routt County Sheriff’s Office.
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