-Thursday the 4th: The planet Venus is standing farthest from the Sun for its current “morning-star” appearance. Although it is quite bright, it’s fairly low in the east at first light, so any trees or buildings along the horizon will block it from view.
-Friday the 5th: The almost-full moon takes aim at the head of […]
Posted by SMT on 08 Jun 2009 at 10:04 pm under Columns | Link
Going Up?
Up (Rated PG) 96 mins.
Wow. That’s about all I can say when it comes to Pixar’s amazingly consistent string of successful films. For 14 years now Pixar has provided the highest quality family films with only one noticeable misstep (the unimpressive Ratatouille). Theirs is a record which is unequaled by any film studio in […]
Posted by SMT on 08 Jun 2009 at 10:02 pm under Columns | Link
An Accident that Almost Bought the Farm
Terre Haute, IN – A man who flipped his car while driving drunk at 5 a.m. thought he would be able to get away unnoticed by towing his upside down car home by the use of a tractor. After the accident the 31-year old walked two miles to Plant […]
Posted by SMT on 08 Jun 2009 at 10:00 pm under Columns | Link
On Thursday, April 23 the Tuolumne Fire District took possession of a new fire engine. There was a unanimous vote by the Tuolumne Fire District Board of Directors to purchase this fire engine. Fire Chief Ben Oyarzo, along with Fire Engineer Todd McNeal, went to Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Inc. in Holden, Louisiana in October 2008 to […]
Posted by SMT on 08 Jun 2009 at 10:00 pm under Articles | Link