Beebe Junior High Gifted & Talented Star Party

Members John Reed, Carl Freyaldenhoven, Don Ferren, Jason Wallawine, and Rocky Togni met with students from Beebe Junior High for a star party Tuesday June 3.

There were about 30 students from the 5th through 7th grades. There was a fair amount of local light pollution but the CAAS members were able to show the kids Saturn, Mars, some open clusters and other bright objects.

Thank you all for your efforts.

Astronomy Day Rain-Out

A line of severe thunderstorms caused CAAS to cancel our Astronomy Day event on Saturday May 10.  Since we had planned to hold our monthly meeting there as well it was canceled as well.  Our next scheduled event will be the June 14 regular monthly meeting.

Cub Scout Outing Friday Night (April 25) at 7:30

This is the event we talked about last week. There will be 20-30 Cub Scout ages 7-10 with 1 adult per 3-4 boys. It is at First Church of the Nazarene in Beebe. They will be cooking hot dogs and burgers and we are welcome to join them for that. They have a parking lot available for us to set up and it sounds like it has a reasonable view. There will be electricity nearby if you need it. My contact, Brenda, asked if we needed extension cords but I figured anyone who did would bring their own.

Here are the directions from their web site: http://beebenazarene.com/directions.html
The church is located at 104 Campground Road in Beebe, Arkansas. Just take exit 31 off of Hwy 67/167 and follow Hwy 31 South. Go all the way through town and cross the railroad tracks. Go 1/4 of a mile and turn left on Campground Road. Proceed about 1/4 mile, and you will see the church on the right. We’re at the corner of Campground Road and Apple Street.

They would like us to do a regular star party, showing the boys what we can that evening.

I won’t be able to attend but several of you indicated you could probably help. Please let me know if you can.