Ventura County Star from Ventura, California • 11

fonday June 10 2002 0C The Star COUNTY i in Southern California will get a pretty good view going to have the college observatory open for viewing if no marine layer If there is heading east to catch Hal Jandort Moorpark College astronomy instructor Eclipse observation station being set up in Grant Park today Kathy Bandak of Granada Hills officers during a kickoff of the project at the Church of Rocky applauds public safety nationwide Adopt A Hero Peak in Chatsworth honors officers By Mia Ragan Correspondent Temporary observation stations will be set up in Moorpark and Ventura this after noon to watch the last solar eclipse visible from the continental United States until 2005 Because it will be the last one for a while many people are expected to watch it said Hal Jandorf astronomy instructor at Moorpark College in Southern California will get a pretty good arf said Jandorf The eclipse will be best viewed starting after 5 pm today Public observation sites include the Moorpark College Observatory and Grant Park in Ventura The college is at 7075 Campus Road in Moorpark Grant Park is on Brakey Road in Ventura The eclipse watching will take place at the Padre Serra Cross The eclipse is expected to begin at 5:13 pm Mas by Chick Nmaa Star staff Simi Valley Officer Bob Yoraway left and Capt Tony Harper bow their heads during a kickoff of the nationwide Adopt A Hero project in which people sign up to pray for public safety officials' go through life and there are a lot of bumps trials and refining points Prayer makes it easier" Val Panicda helped inspire Adopt a Hero project a Adams Cmdr Michel Moore of brother Roland Escoto a re-the Los Angeles Police Depart- serve officer ment and battalion chief Kevin Bovshow recalled how her Nestor of the Ventura County brother as a teen-ager rescued Fire Department an elderly woman mid her cats Nestor lost several friends from a burning house He took when the World Hade Center the woman to the store and towers during foe Sept 11th helped pay for new cat food terrorist attacks Since then he is the least-known hero I has reached out to other col can think Bovshow said leagues and the families of his has saved people from bum-fallen brethren in New York ing cars on the freeway He even are struggling with burned himself once He runs why this happened to into the scene of Nekor said know my friends For Bessie Wilson the declare in a better place arid I pray sion to pray was a call for unity that their families will find support us and we need to do as much as possible San Fernando Mey resident to protect them" Wilson said Shirley Bovshow was among For information on the proj-those who adopted someone ect call 522-4433 or e-mail The courage displayed on Sept magiwinaolcom 11 reminded Bovshow of her Nationwide program hopes to gain 26 million members By Stad Haight jecft associate director On Sunday the pair officially TWenty yean ago Val Panic- kicked off the program with a da stuck a picture of Russell Lee church service and a barbecue and his family to his refrigerator Many attendees received a Hero It reminded Panicda daily that Appreciation card with the one of his fellow parishioners name or initials of a public safe-needed his prayers ty officer A prayer on the card Over the years other fami- asks God for good health photos have adorned that dom and safety for the person refrigerator but none took the and his family place of Leefe Lee who hopes to get 26 an overwhelming feeling million nationwide people of love to know that someone signed up for the Hero Apprecl cared so much for Lee said ation Network credits Panicda Now the tables have turned for being the projects inspira-slightly for Lee a longtime Los tion For his port Panicda said Angeles Police Department offi- important to mentally put an cer thanks to a project launched arm around someone who needs by a Simi Valley-area church it The Adopt A Hero project "You go through life and helps people target prayers for there are a lot of bumps trials the safety of a firefighter police and refining Panicda officer paramedic or military said makes it easier personnel and their families The nondenominational proj- Started at the Church at Rocky ect is promoted by police and Peak in the western San Ffernan- fire chaplains on both sides of do Valley it is the brainchild of the county line induding Simi Lee and Marc Ferrero the pro- Valley Mice Chief Randy HoH a sale this weld CdtlieStaratl-BOOtiMffll MassHied- topbcejourad to have the college observatory open for viewing if there's no marine layer If there is Fm heading east to catch An annular eclipse which is ring shaped occurs when the moon passes directly in front of the sun but is so far from the Earth that the moon does not block all the sunk light At the college Jandorf said that weather permitting he will have telescopes set up to project the image onto a screen At Grant Park in Ventura members of the Ventura County Astronomical Society will have telescopes and projectors set up to allow for safe viewing have to realize that it is dangerous to view an eclipse without the proper equipment" said Artine Der-ian owner of the Scope Merchant telescope store in Thousand Oaks need a solar filter for your telescope because it is coated with a special material that only lets in 11000 of a percent of the Because a telescope is basl John join JFK on made of 90 rihet No silver half-dollar has been minted in the United States since Thanks to a recently perfected and ckxeiy guarded technology cherished images of Jackie and John- Jahn hive joined JFK on the fine of the coin and portraits have been meticulously colorized along with the poignant image of final sahsta long ago So new in our remcmbcn Hubbard coin leili the rtoty of a wnariuhle family and an extraordinary time in American hfatoty It ii pto of toe legacy of every American and will be passed oo from generatian to cally a huge light-gathering lens and a magnifier viewing an eclipse unprotected could cause blindness or do serious damage to the eye said Der-ian Jandorf said he always tells his students to be careful and never look at the eclipse with the naked eye way to view the eclipse is with a mirror and a Jandorf said can take a flat mirror such as a compact and cover it with white paper Then cut a dime-sized hole into the paper and reflect the sunlight on a shaded wall You need to be about 10 feet away" The shadow will fol low an 8700-mile path that will cover much of the United States Mexico Canada and Asia "If looking at it you see an extremely thin ring instead of a typical Jandorf said should last for about a minute when the moon darkens the historic US coin tm to wonder knowledgeable collectors predict this may very well become known ai the ultimate Kennedy tribute appeal is irresistible" Each coin is carefully prepared for you to cherish and display with appropriate honors The coin is encased in a crystal clear hard-shell protective capsule Thanks to that capsule it can 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