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A Perseid meteor pierces the night sky just below the North Star over the dark desert skies of Joshua Tree National Park in Cali
fornia. Similar photos of the Perseids shower can be found at www.astropics.com.
Star showers
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throughout the years, but this
year it may be a bit harder to see
the showers.
“The problem this year is there
is going to be a bright moon,”
Zimmerman said. “To see them
the best you really need a dark
sky.”
So where is the best place to
go?
According to Zimmerman, the
trick is to get away from the city
lights.
“You don’t want to drive far,
[so] I usually tell people to go out
in the valley around Goshen,”
Zimmerman said. “Or the other
side of Spencer Butte that is
blocked from the city lights.”
Domineack also suggests find
ing a nice dark place.
“Go somewhere you can get a
view of the whole sky, [such as]
Fern Ridge Reservoir or 25th and
Lawrence,” he said, referring to
the lake east of town and one of
the highest points in Eugene, re
spectively. “If you really want a
good view, go to Eastern Oregon’s
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mous of all meteor show
ers — it was recorded in
Chinese history before the
birth of Christ Babylon
ian and Greek recordings
of it go back to the 8th,
9th and 10th centuries.
James Schombert
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of physics JJ
Pine Mountain Observatory.”
The observatory in located ap
proximately 26 miles southeast
of Bend, and is at an elevation of
6,500 feet.
Once you have found the ap
propriate place to search, begin
scanning the skies between the
Little Dipper and the Big Dipper
in the northeast, right by the W
that is formed in the sky, the con
stellation known as Cassiopeia,
Zimmerman said.
Because of this year’s bright
moon, experts suggest the best
time to see the stars is the period
in the early morning hours,
around 3 a.m., before the sun
comes up.
“This is the period of time
when the sky is very dark,” Zim
merman said.
While astronomers and star
gazers will be looking toward the
sky to catch a glance at a few me
teors, Zimmerman had a few
words of practical advice.
“Don’t be disappointed if it’s
not a fireworks display,” he said.
“But you should be sure to see
one.”
For more information about
the Perseids meteor shower, con
tact Freddie Domineack at 461
4665.
HIV director
continued from page 1
With a mother who was a
nurse in an intensive care unit,
she admitted to a long-time inter
est in health policy issues. She
developed an interest in the
AIDS issue in the 1980s, after
witnessing members of the gay
community work together to
change the health system.
She attributes that activism to
helping improve hospice care and
getting the Food and Drug Ad
ministration to supply new drugs
to the market more quickly.
Lang Brissenden said that her
biggest challenge is “keeping the
community aware this is a dis
ease that is very much present in
our community ... [and] trying to
get info to the population that is
under-served and fighting an up
hill battle to begin with.
“I’m looking forward most of
all to working with the staff,” she
said. “It’s a very professional staff
with a lot of expertise. I’d like to
help them figure out how we’ll
have the most impact in Lane
County.”
After a period of seven months
without a director, the agency
was eager to have Lang Bris
senden on board.
“We went from wanting some
one to run the agency to wanting
someone to enhance the agency,”
said Trent Seager, the men’s out
reach director for the HIV Al
liance during the past two years.
“Diane fit that role because she
has been here in Eugene for some
(( Diane is fantastic.
She's a great addition to
the agency. She's going to
expand relationships for
the agency and the com
munity.
Sherold Barr
Eugene HIV Alliance
boa ftl member
time and has a background in
health law,” he said. “Her
strength is helping us run effi
ciently as a agency.”
Lang Brissenden was the ob
vious choice in a solid field of
candidates, several members of
the HIV Alliance board of direc
tors said.
“Diane is fantastic, said
Sherold Barr, a board member for
the past five years. “She’s a great
addition to the agency. She’s go
ing to expand relationships for
the agency and the community.”
The HIV Alliance is Lane
County’s only nonprofit organi
zation to provide support for
those facing the challenge of HIV
and AIDS.
Services include providing
health care and social services to
HIV-infected clients and their
families, educating students and
community members on the facts
of HIV and reaching out to at-risk
men and women.
HIV Alliance’s projects in
clude the Sana Needle Exchange,
a program designed to help intra
venous drug users protect them
selves from becoming infected
with HIV or spreading the dis
ease to others. Since its com
mencement a year ago, the pro
gram has collected 45,000 dirty
needles.
The Riverwalk, which celebrat
ed its 14th year on May 20, serves
as a fundraiser for the HIV Al
liance. This year’s theme, “It’s Not
Over: Step Up, Be Aware, Act,”
addressed an issue Lang Bris
senden plans to emphasize —
that tens of millions of people in
the world have been infected with
HIV and zero have been cured.
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