On Thursday, Nov. 6, the San Juan Stargazers will hold a special monthly educational meeting that we are inviting all of Pagosa Springs to attend about the water situation in Southwest Colorado and the San Juan headwaters.
The San Juan Stargazers are proud of our the members who are also on the San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) board. They include Randy Cooper, a geologist who has lived all over the world; Rob Hagberg, a retired emergency room doctor who was born in New Zealand; and Chuck Riehm, who has lived in Hong Kong, China, and helped with the start of the internet. I just noticed that they all seem to have an international perspective, perhaps from all having lived outside the U.S. The board’s big goal is getting an additional reservoir in Archuleta County.
The reason they are doing a presentation for the Stargazers and you are invited to join us is that Riehm has been working on a brief history of the water situation near Pagosa. I have gone to several of the programs that the SJWCD board has done and realized that I lack an understanding of the history of the situation. When I heard part of Riehm’s new presentation, I invited him to share it with the Stargazers and feel you, too, could benefit with such information.
Our next meeting, on Thursday, Nov. 6, will start at 6 p.m. with our social hour for visiting and sharing delicious snacks.
We gather at the Community United Methodist Church at 434 Lewis St. Please use the convenient parking lot and the side door that leads into the kitchen and then fellowship hall. (We keep the front doors to the church sanctuary locked.)
At 7 p.m., we will begin our educational program, which will include more than a talk from Riehm, also having excerpts from a number of films that give a descriptive tour of the water situation in Southwest Colorado and the Upper San Juan headwaters.
This should be interesting, educational and provide an opportunity to ask questions. Astronomy people are fascinated with the entire universe, and realize that we also need to preserve and promote the precious planet that we live on. We have many amazing members.
If you would like to join the San Juan Stargazers, you will also receive Reflector Magazine (again with hard copies), which is the publication of the National Astronomical League of which you automatically become a member.
To join both groups and get an excellent astronomy magazine, annual membership is only $25 per individual or family. You can join the club at any of our meetings or on our website. Check out our continuously changing website, sanjuanstargazers.org, with new information and spectacular photos.
We can be your special connection to our extraordinary universe.
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