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Sunday, September 3rd, 2006
Pluto Protest – “Save the Planet!”
Friends of astronomy in Las Cruces organized a friendly “Pluto Protest” Friday on the NMSU campus.
The protest was directed against the “official” demotion of Pluto to a non-planet.
Las Cruces has a very direct interest in Pluto. Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered the planet on February 18, 1930, joined the NMSU faculty in 1955. His legacy in astronomy, and in astronomy in this area, is monumental.
Patsy Tombaugh, 93, Clyde’s widow joined the protest.
Tags: Pluto Protest, Clyde Tombaugh
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
Doña Ana County Declared Disaster Area
The Federal Government has just declared Doña Ana County a disaster area.
The most recent flooding hit Radium Springs hard, which is just north of Las Cruces.
Radium Springs is the site of Fort Selden, which was an active fort from 1866-1877 and from 1881-1891.
Today Fort Selden is a State Monument.
Tags: Doña Ana County, Fort Selden, Radium Springs
