The Union Recorder--Columns http://www.unionrecorder.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_306221341.html Asilomar Accords: What are they and how do they affect us? http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_306221341.html The “Asilomar Accords” — sounds like a peace treaty, doesn’t it? In a way, it is. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_299221153.html NASA’s new Ares rocket is ready to launch http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_299221153.html What’s sleek and sexy, 327 feet tall and waiting to go on the trip of a lifetime this week? Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_292220341.html Take an exciting foray into upcoming musical performances http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_292220341.html "People all like to go out, depending on how they feel, Some of them have a blow-out, so does an automobile.” Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_285220435.html Two new craters created on the Moon http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_285220435.html Shortly after 7:30 a.m. last Friday, the Moon got two brand-new craters to add to its vast collection of impact sites. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_278222411.html This and that, bits and pieces, and thanks to many http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_278222411.html Fall is here and ARF has lots of fundraising now through the holidays. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_271220302.html MESSENGER, LCROSS nearing end http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_271220302.html Two very different spacecraft with very different missions to very different places are currently completing a long journey. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_264215439.html Be sure to see ‘The Smiles’ and stop in at Amici http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_264215439.html "It ain’t gonna rain no mo’, no mo’, It ain’t gonna rain no mo’, But how in the world can the old folks tell, It ain’t gonna rain no mo’.” Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_257215947.html Hubble Space Telescope: Better than ever before http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_257215947.html In May this year the Hubble Space Telescope had its latest — and last — service call. Last week NASA released some spectacular new pictures that prove that Hubble is now in better shape than it has ever been before. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_250171830.html Preventive care: At what point do we say no? http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_250171830.html At what cost do we say no? Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_243220209.html LCROSS saved in the nick of time http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_243220209.html Saturday, Aug. 22, was a tense day for NASA's LCROSS mission to the moon. Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_236224708.html Players helped Annie find her gun, and her man http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_236224708.html "I love to sing-a about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a...I love to sing-a.” Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_229230048.html Every space shuttle launch begins with a crawl http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_229230048.html There are oh so many ways to get a spacecraft or rocket ready for launch. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_222213831.html Brief note on the upcoming Players production http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_222213831.html "Anything you can do, I can do better, I can do anything better than you.” Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_215215528.html Send your name to Mars on a rover http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_215215528.html After all the excitement of this summer’s LRO, STS-127 and the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing, it’s time to check in with our colleagues on Mars, past, present and future. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_208212743.html Right way, wrong way and in between http://www.unionrecorder.com/columns/local_story_208212743.html The subject material in this column is to educate, to open eyes and make the community aware of animal issues, animal care, humane concerns and ethics and even animal control ordinances.