4 - SANDY (O r* ) POST Thur*
July 16 1981 (Se<
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Book review
World of comets unveiled
by B A R B A R A
W A T E ItllO lS E
For the Post
H a lle y ’s Comet, w hich ap
pears once every 76 years, is
com ing again in 19H6 Nigel
C alder, the em inent B ritis h
science w rite r, has w ritte n
“ The Comet is C o m ing ,” an
account of co m e ts‘ and the
m ania they inspire
A dozen or m ore comets
are seen from the E a rth
each year Some are com ing
on p re d ic te d o r b its and
others have never been seen
before In I960, the total
score of catalogued comets
was 6<Ki The b rig h t comets
that panic the pu blic come
only a few tim es in a cen
tu ry
H a lle y ’s is the brigh te st in
the class of 16 com ets They
re tu rn to the Sun fro m m ore
than 20, but less than 200
years None of these 16 com
ets extend beyond Neptune
Kahoutek is in the new
com et class of 100 comets
w hich come in fro m im
mense distances They are
distinguishable by th e ir high
speeds near the Sun
The West class has about
450 com ets
T h e ir o rb its
range anyw here up to two
m illio n years to com plete
“ W e s t” it s e l f , seen in
1975-76, has an o rb it of 16,000
years
The Pons-W innecke class
contains about loo com ets,
w ith o rb its that b rin g them
back at in te rva ls between
five and 20 years
Encke is in a class by itself
w ith an o rb it of 3.3 years
E n c k e , a n d th e P ons
W innecke class, are old and
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decaying com ets
C alder provides tips fo r
a m a te u r com et w atchers,
debunks m yths and supersti
lions, and gives us some in
t e r e s t in g s to r ie s a b o u t
histo rica l figu res There are
eight color photographs and
50 illu s tra tio n s
O ther new books at the
Sandy P ub lic L ib ra ry in
elude “ G orky P a rk -' by M ar
t in C ru z S m ith , “ E d e n
Seekers the Settlem ent of
O regon” by M alcolm ( ’la rk
J r and “ The New B ride's
Book of E tiq u e tte ” by the
editors of B rid e M agazine
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Pay telephone custom ers
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pay telephones w ith a 666
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After 1» year» as a rural route earner with the postal service. Boh McBee retired last week
with plans to spend time at a little farm near Madras lie had been a substitute carrier for I I
years and a regular for the past six.
Senior Center News
A theater night has been
planned at W ashington Park
f o r s e n io r c e n te r p a r
ticip a n ts F rid a y . Ju ly 17
D e pa rtu re from the Sandy
Senior Center w ill tie 5 p m
w ith a din n e r stop scheduled
at a P o rtla n d restaurant
before proceeding to the
Rose G arden A m ph ithe atre
F eatured w ill tie the m usical
com edy, “ Kiss Me K a te .”
R eturn to the center w ill I k *
a p p ro xim a te ly 11:30 p m
A n u tritio n subcom m ittee
m eeting w ill tie held Mon
day, J u ly 20, at 10:30 a m
Am ong the topics to be eon
sidered w ill tie the recently
d r a fte d n u t r itio n c e n te r
standards fo r the Loaves and
Fishes program
T h e r e g u la r m o n th ly
m eeting of the Sandy Senior
Center A d viso ry C om m ittee
w ill be held Tuesday, July
21, fro m 9 Io 11 a m C om m it
tee m em bers w ill be asked to
elect o ffice rs for the 19KI H2
fisca l ye a r as w ell as to ap
prove goals and objectives
fo r senior center program s
The Golden Age Clut» holds
a potluck at the Center next
T hursday, J u ly 23, at noon,
follow ed by afternoon enter
ta in rn e n t
Guests are in
10:30 a m
N u tritio n Sub
com m ittee
Noon:
Meal
I p m
Loaves
and
O il P aintin g
Tuesday, July 21
F or m ore in fo rm a tio n con
cern in g a c tiv itie s and ser
vices fo r seniors, contact the
center, 6M 5569
(ig h t In fla tio n
Fishes
1p.m . Cards
vited.
Summertime Sale!
1,000 Custom C olors a v a ila b le
in o ur b rig h t, n e w p a in t lin e I
7 :3 0 a tn .: M en’s B rea kfast
9 a m Sandy Senior ('e n te r
A dvisory C om m ittee
Noon
Loaves and Fishes
Meal
1 p m . . B lood P re s s u re
Activities for the Week of
July 16 through July 23
Clinic
lp m
1
C eram ics
Thursday, July Iti
9 a m : E xercise Class
10 a m H um anities Class
Noon
Loaves and Fishes
Meal
Wednesday, July 22
9:30 a m : C eram ics
Noon
Loaves and Fishes
Meal
1 p m Band P ra ctice
1 to 3 p m . : Horseshoes in
Friday, July 17
Noon: Loaves and Fishes
Meal
5 p m Senior Dine Out and
T heater Night
Monday, July 20
9 30 a m
E xercise Class
Meinig Park
Thursday, July 23
9 a .m
10 a m
Noon:
P otluck
E xercise Class
H um anities Class
G olden Age C lub
and E n te rta in m e n t
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