High thin clouds at night made star gazing quite challenging during the week, but persistence pays off. The star Gamma Cassiopeiae has been visible, but it is one of those stars easier to spot when one does not look directly at it.
This week in 1995, OJ “The Juice” Simpson is acquitted of the murders of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in a criminal trial. In less than a year he will be found liable for those same murders. As his life spirals downward, he will be found guilty and be convicted of other crimes. He will die a broken man, his accomplishments on the athletic fields largely forgotten.
Last week, the Harris County Commissioner established a moratorium on further “conservation subdivisions” in the county.
“These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise.” The first regular episode of Star Trek aired in the US on Sept. 8, 1966.
And the answer was “no” again. During their Sept. 15 meeting, the Harris County Commissioners again denied the rezoning request from Timberland 109 LLC involving 586 acres along McKee road – and by the same previous 3-2 vote.
Monday evening the Hamilton City Council approved a rezoning request that will bring new apartments to the city.
On February 2, 1967, the 20th episode of Star Trek known as “Court Martial” was first aired. This year is the 60th anniversary since Star Trek was broadcast into households across the country. Many watched as the Starship Enterprise and her crew would “boldly go where no man has gone before”.
The Fall Equinox, sometimes called the September Equinox, takes place on Saturday, Sept. 26. The days have been growing noticeably shorter and the nights longer, and on Sept. 26 there will be equal amounts of day and night. On that day, sunrise is at 7:28 am and sunset at 7:28 pm.
A portrait of American hero Nathan Hale, murdered by the British when just 21 years old. Hale was a soldier and spy, giving up his life for his country.
As time passes, the tragic events of September 11, 2001, fall deeper into the collective past. Almost everyone who was around then can remember where they were or what they were doing when it happened.
