The Central Texas College (CTC) Culinary Arts Department will offer a German cuisine this Friday, November 2, for its Patio Café Cuisine Nights Dining Experience. Dinner will be served from 6 – 7:30 p.m. in the Student Center (Bldg. 108).
Salado High School National Honor Society will host a Veteran’s Day ceremony at 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 13 at the SHS Gym. All local veterans are invited to this special ceremony in their honor.
The Central Texas Astronomical Society (CTAS) will host public star parties on Saturday, November 3rd,from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. These free events will be held at Overlook Park outside Belton, the Waco Wetlands outside Waco, and at the Hubbard City Lakes Park in Hubbard. CTAS members will provide telescopes for public viewing. Guests are also welcome to bring their own telescopes.
The Scorpion Cluster (M52) is an open cluster of just under 200 stars located between the constellations Cassiopeia (the Queen) and Cepheus (the King). Cassiopeia is easy to locate, being made up of bright stars and resembling the letter W. Cepheus is larger and looks like a tall house, but its stars are not as bright. M103 is an open cluster in Cassiopeia and is 8000 light years distant. Herschels Garnet Star, aka Erakis, is a distinctly reddish star located in southern Cepheus.
The planets Uranus and Neptune are viewable all night. Mars appears low in the west at Sunset. Our evening of stargazing will finish up with views of colorful Jupiter and its four bright moons, which rise around 7:30pm.
We will look at these and many other celestial objects this month. Please check our web site,http://www.centexastronomy.org, for directions to the site close to you and for more information. If this event is cancelled due to weather, a cancellation notice will be posted by 5:00PM on the CTAS website. You may register online for this event and receive monthly notices of our future events.
Participants may want to bring a small flashlight to get from the parking lot to the viewing area nearby and a lawn chair to make viewing more comfortable.
Killeen, TX (October 27, 2012) – The final weekend in October holds the events of Killeen’s first-ever Family Adventure Outdoor Expo. With over 70 vendors, the outdoor expo is certain to appeal to a wide variety of all who attend. The free event, open to the public, begins on Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center located at 3601 South WS Young Drive.
Lisa Wagnon has reportedly turned herself in to Travis County Sheriff’s Department earlier today (Oct. 25). However, an online search of the Travis County Jail population that is updated every 15 minutes (https://public.co.travis.tx.us/sips/default.aspx) shows that L. Wagnon is not in the Travis County jail at this time. She may have paid the $10,000 bond to be released.
She is not listed among the active Bell County Jail inmates as of 3:30 p.m. Oct. 25. http://www.co.bell.tx.us/Sheriff/CSTMR/bjaactlst.htm
Judge Ted Duffield issued a warrant late on Oct. 24 for the arrest of Lisa Marie Wagnon, age 48, for the second degree felony of Improper Relationship between and Educator and a Student.
Join Salado Wine Seller on Friday, October 26, 5-8 pm for the juried art show, “Uncorked”. The Salado Winery gallery will be filled with selected art which will be available for sale through January 2013.
“Uncorked” will showcase some of the finest artists from around Texas set in the spacious art venue in the historic Village of Salado. Patrons will enjoy the masterpieces of local artists in the spacious interior of the Salado Winery while sipping Texas wines.
In honor of this event, Salado Winery will also release the first of its 2012 vintage chardonnay to “pair” with the local art. These Salado grapes were picked just 4 months ago, fermented, aged and bottled on location.
“2 for the Price of 1!” Right next door, the Public Arts League of Salado will simultaneously host an artists’ and art patrons’ reception with refreshments and a viewing of an incredible film detailing the installation of the largest outdoor sculpture project in America.
The Public Arts League of Salado and Keep Salado Beautiful are hosting the first anniversary celebration of the Salado Sculpture Garden starting with a gala preview party 6 p.m. Oct. 26 in the garden at 113 Salado Plaza Drive.
A: The simple explanation is that the leading edge of a cold air mass is moving into an area previously occupied by a warmer air mass, says Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. “The air mass behind the cold front is noticeably colder and it pushes out the warmer air,” McRoberts explains. “As a cold front moves into an area, the heavier, colder air lifts the warmer, lighter air upward. If the warm air is humid enough, water vapor in it will condense and rain can occur. A greater contrast in temperatures between the two air masses will lead to stronger upward motion, which is why strong cold fronts often trigger thunderstorms.”
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A: Sometimes amazingly fast, McRoberts adds. It is not uncommon for the temperature to drop 15 degrees or more in just one hour after a cold front arrives. “There are some incredible stories about temperature changes, with one in particular that stands out” he adds. “On Jan. 22, 1943, the town of Spearfish, SD was sitting on the edge of an arctic air mass and recorded a temperature of -4 degrees at 7:30 in the morning. Within two minutes, the thermometer shot up to 45 degrees because of strong ‘Chinook’ winds descending down a nearby mountain peak. By 9 a.m. the temperature was up to 54 degrees, but as the winds died down and the cold air mass settled in, the temperature fell to -4 degrees within 27 minutes, a 58-degree temperature drop that is still believed to be a record.”
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