The staff of Ambergris Today thanks everybody for making our newspaper number one on the island and we promise to keep doing our jobs even better in the upcoming year. From all of us at Ambergris Today, we wish you a Happy and Propsperous NEW YEAR and God Bless.
A delightful display of planets and the moon will occur on New Year's Eve for anyone wishing to step outside and look up just after sunset. Venus, brighter than all other planets and stars, will dangle just below the thin crescent moon in the southwestern sky. It'll be visible -- impossible to miss, in fact -- just as the sun goes down, assuming skies are cloud-free.
Soon thereafter, Mercury and Jupiter will show up hugging the south-southwestern horizon (just above where the sun went down) and extremely close to each other. Jupiter is very bright and easy to spot; Mercury is faint and harder to see, but it'll be apparent by its location just to the left of Jupiter.
Jupiter and Mercury will set less than an hour after the sun, so timing your viewing just after sunset is crucial. You'll also need a location with a clear view of the western horizon, unobstructed by buildings, trees or mountains.
All the planets, along with the moon and sun, traverse an arc across our sky called the ecliptic, which corresponds to the plane in space that they all roughly share. For this reason, you could draw an imaginary line from the general location of Venus and the moon, down through the other two planets, and the line would point to where the sun went down. This line could also initially help you find Jupiter and Mercury.
One last trick: Venus is so bright you can see it during daylight if you know where to look. Given Venus' proximity to the moon on New Year's Eve, this would be an excellent moment -- just before sunset -- to use the moon to help you find Venus and gain bragging rights for being one of the few people to be able to claim seeing more than one planet during the daytime (Earth being the other one).
Lazy Sunday Afternoon Pics
Parasailing Fun!
Searious Adventures' Escape comes back after a day at sea.
Relaxing at the docks
Second Place 110CC ATV: Stephanie Ruiz
Third Place Plasma TV: Cesar Aldana
Utility belt won by Manuel Heredia Jr.
Third Place Winner Selene Gonzalez - Microwave Oven
Second Place 30" Stove - Jorge Ortiz
Dalia's Store:
1st Prize Scooter - Noemi Mendez
Coral Cable Vision: First Place Computer System - Alberto Wade
Second Place Plasma Flat Screen TV - Eileen Jamison
Third Place Ham & Turkey Basket - Armando Lemus
Second Place Two Door Stainless Steel Refrigerator - Norman Mai
Third Place Sony Stereo Component System - Deston Swift
Caribeña Enterprises: First Place Scooter - Estuardo Lima
Second Place Washing Machine - Hob Medina
Harmouch Hardware kicked off the Raffle Season this past weekend with the first of it two raffles for the holiday season. On hand to pick the winning tickets was Jessie Leslie amongst Mayor Elsa Paz and customers of Harmouch Hardware. Emerging the winner of the hardware store's Christmas raffle was Manuel Heredia Jr. (the son) taking home a new Club Car Golf Car. Second place went to Jorge Ortiz who won a stove and Selene Gonzalez won the third prize microwave oven. Congratulations to the three winners and stay tuned for Harmouch Hardware's New Year raffle which will take place on December 27.
On Wednesday, December 10, the senior class of St. Peter’s College had the privilege of having the US Ambassador to Belize, Robert J. Dieter address their class and give them a few words of advice. Present at the event were Her Worship Mayor Elsa Paz, Deputy Mayor Juan Alamilla, Ambassador Robert Dieter and his son. This is the second year that the Ambassador has been visiting St. Peters College and addressing the students of the school. A gift of appreciation was presented to the Ambassador by one of the seniors of the class. The faculty and staff of St. Peter’s College would like to thank the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Minister of Tourism for helping out in having Ambassador Dieter visit the school.
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Areas to be affected: All of San Mateo Area, Tres Cocos Area,
Playa Blanca Area, Buena Vista Area, Punta Reina Area, Mata Grande and Mata Chica Area.
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