The Peru Gazette

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Simon Steel Photo

Simon Steel is an astronomer at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California. After talking about the eclipse at SUNY Plattsburgh on the morning of April 8, he set up his telescope in Peru, his wife Paula’s hometown, to share the experience with family and friends.  Peru residents know Paula as Paula Kienert.

Simon Steel kindly wrote the following paragraph about a total solar eclipse.

“A total Solar eclipse is one of the most amazing cosmic spectacles you can experience. Although only a “once in a lifetime experience” if you’re unable to jump on a plane (eclipses happen roughly every six months somewhere in the world), it is a celestial event unmatched by any other planet in our solar system, or possibly our entire galaxy.  By a freak of nature, our small rocky moon happens to be just the proper distance away, and its disc appears to be precisely the same size as the disc of our gigantic star, the Sun, 400 times further away.  This cosmic coincidence would make Planet Earth a galactic tourist destination, maybe even making the cover of the “Lonely Planets Galactic Edition.”  The next time a total eclipse passes over the continental US is in 2044.  There will be others around the world in the meantime, and as their images are, in turn, splashed across the headlines, it will remind us of where we were on that sunny April afternoon in 2024.”

1. Call Meeting to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call 

4. MOTION/DISCUSSION:  To Accept Reports from all Departments (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; and Banking Reports, JCEO);

5. DISCUSSION:  Other Business.

6. DISCUSSION:  Public Comments on Agenda Items Only.

7. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Pay March/April 2024 Bills.

8. MOTION: Adjourn Meeting.

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Peru – Everyone is invited! “Pancakes Plus” Breakfast served on Sunday, April 14 served by the St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $10 for adults, $5 for children 5 to 11, Children under 5 are Free. Take-outs are $10.

The knight’s breakfasts have received great reviews; however, with warmer weather arriving, this will be their last breakfast until the fall. Don’t miss it!

April 8, 2024, Peru, NY Exit 35 Adirondack Northway southbound traffic at 4:43 p.m. It hadn’t changed at 5:43 p.m. 

April 8, 2023, 3:28 p.m., Heyworth-Mason Park – A gentleman from Norfolk, VA. kindly allowed the Gazette to photograph phone images from his large solar telescope.

A collection drive will send protective eyewear to people who may not have easy access to view future eclipses

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A single serving of freshly made meat and cheese lasagna.

Lasagna
Vegetable
Bread
Dessert

Served 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972

All are invited and welcome!

Congratulations Ophelia Breen and Mark Dubay

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