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KelleyTexas, TX is the only Texas city located entirely on the World Wide Web (and in the mind of its creator), except for City Hall, which is located on 5 acres near Quinlan, TX. The city was established November 12, 2000 in South Florida as an educational and outreach program to an area inhabited by pesky seasonal snowbirds and Yankees. Click the links on the left to learn more.

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News 8/1/10

The Stars at Night Observatory is finally finished, and the Mayor celebrated "first light" last night with her family. Objects observed include Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, the Moon, Mizar and Alcor, and several Messier objects (M13, M22, M27, M31, M51, M57 and M81).

News 6/5/10

The city of KelleyTexas has installed a weather station as part of The Stars at Night Observatory. The funds for this were approved with the bond package passed by voters in late 2007. The Mayor selected a Davis Instruments wireless station along with WeatherLinkIP software. The data from the weather station is uploaded to the following locations:

Weather Underground (Station ID KTXQUIN7)

Davis WeatherLink

KelleyTexas has also joined the Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP) that uploads weather data to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The CWOP ID is DW5198. The Mayor has also signed up for the Storm Spotter Network for WFAA Channel 8.

News 5/16/10

The Mayor has just returned from her fourth trip to the Texas Star Party at the Prude Ranch near Ft. Davis, TX. While there, she observed 33 edge on and face on galaxies on the "About Face" observing list to earn an observing pin. She also toured the wind farms near Sweetwater, visited the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) museum and the Odessa Meteor Crater. She purchased two meteorites: a stony meteorite from North West Africa and an iron meterorite that was found by the Meteorite Men when they filmed an episode there recently. On the last day, the Mayor drove down to Big Bend National Park. "I had a lot of fun again this year, and I had lunch at the famous Reata restaurant in Alpine and participated in High Tea at the Big House at Prude Ranch. I also had a nice conversation with Bro. Guy Consolmagno of the Vatican Observatory. He remembered me when he visited Dallas two years ago," said the Mayor.

News 2/27/10

Ground breaking on the Stars at Night Observatory in KelleyTexas will take place on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Click here for details and construction photos.

News 12/26/09

The Mayor has been selected by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be a Solar System Ambassador starting in 2010. In this role, she will be responsible for bringing the excitement of space exploration to the public and hopefully inspiring kids to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

News 10/22/09

The Mayor had the opportunity to meet Capt. Chelsey Sullenberger at a book signing in Dallas today. He was the pilot that landed the passenger plane in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009. All 155 passengers and crew survived. He signed her copy of his book, "Highest Duty".

News 10/4/09

The Mayor returned from a wonderful vacation to New England. The 7-day Princess cruise started in New York City and made stops at Newport, Boston, Bar Harbor, Saint John and Halifax. "It was a mix of American history, culture, wealth with beautiful scenery. The fall colors in Canada were amazing," said the Mayor.

News 9/20/09

The Mayor had an opportunity to see a rare site: the space shuttle on the back of a 747 plane. Space shuttle Discovery is on its way back home to Florida after landing at Edwards AFB on September 11. She made it just in time to see the plane take off towards Shreveport. She took the picture below on the bridge over Lake Worth on loop 820 on the north side of NAS JRB in Ft. Worth. Click here to see the rest of her pictures.

News 8/4/09

The population of KelleyTexas is growing. A pair of Carolina wrens have built a home in a hanging flower basket on the patio of City Hall. The Mayor has spotted a number of other new birds, including a pair of painted buntings (below) and tufted titmouse.

News 7/19/09

The Mayor has just returned from a trip to San Antonio for the 62nd annual ESA International Council Convention. She was surprised to find out that her year-long educational program for her ESA Chapter made it to the top 10. The educational program theme was "They Have the Wind Beneath Their Wings: Inspirational Women Pilots and Astronauts".

News 7/4/09

The Mayor attended the annual family reunion in Alba on July 4th. She set up her solar telescope and followed a sunspot all day with her cousins.

News 6/21/09

Due to the Mayor's very busy schedule, the city has approved to add a new staff member. The Mayor is excited to announce that she has hired an administrative assistant, Millie the Mockingbird. The Mayor said, "I noticed her hanging around the city offices a few days ago. I was very impressed with her attention to detail and ability to mimic just about anything. She is not afraid to get the job done, even if it means scaring off some other birds. She is also multi-lingual. She knows cardinal, hawk, blue jay and many other languages."

News 5/18/09

The Mayor attended the annual Epsilon Sigma Alpha Texas State Council Convention in Addison, TX. Not only did her year-long chapter educational program make the top 10 in the state (2nd place overall), she also placed 2nd in the Distinguished Athenian award. This award is given to a Chapter Educational Director who has rendered some important service to her Chapter, Community and her State ESA Council, contributing notable value to her State's educational expansion.

News 4/28/09

The Mayor just returned from her 3rd Texas Star Party near Ft. Davis, TX. She earned two observing pins again this year, one for the Binocular Challenge List (left) and one for the Telescope 5X5 List (right).

News 3/29/09

The Mayor participated in a star party near downtown Dallas on Saturday, March 28 in conjunction with Earth Hour. For one hour, the lights went out in downtown to promote energy conservation. CBS Channel 11 News was on hand and interviewed the Mayor. It was aired on the news later that evening. "Though it was cold, the star party was a lot of fun. We estimate about 300 visitors for the night. We had a fantastic view of downtown, and everyone cheered when the lights went out. I look forward to this event next year."

News 12/1/08

The Mayor took this image of a rare celestial event - the crescent moon with Venus (left) and Jupiter (right). Image taken 12/1/08 at 7:06pm from Quinlan with a Canon Digital Rebel XT.

News 6/8/08

The Mayor just returned from the Texas Star Party at Prude Ranch near Ft. Davis. The week-long amateur astronomy event attracts people from all over the world, and this year's registration count was over 500. "The weather was fantastic, though we did have a couple of days that exceeded 100 degrees," she said. Participants also witnessed a number of large dust devils that wreaked havoc on the observing fields. She completed two observing programs: The TSP Binocular Observing Program and the Globular Glory Observing Program (for telescope). She earned two hat pins for these programs.

In addition to nightly observing, the Mayor was invited to the home of Jimi Lowrey to see the "Barbarella" 48" dob telescope in his state-of-the-art roll-off roof observatory. She visited McDonald Observatory again this year. She stayed on site at Prude Ranch in the bunkhouse, where she met a number of wonderful astronomy ladies from places like Houston, Pittsburgh, PA, Colorado Springs, CO and the UK.

Click here to see some of the Mayor's pictures from TSP.

The Mayor looks forward to next year's event, which will be held in April 2009.

News 4/3/08

Spring is here! The Mayor has spotted the first bluebonnets of the season near the city limits. She has also identified a number of birds that have moved into the city: killdeer, house finch, Harris's sparrow (neat songbird), chipping sparrow, cardinal, mockingbird, great blue heron, crow, barn swallow, bluebird, blue jay, mourning dove and brown thrasher.

Speaking of birds, the Mayor is proud to announce the selection of Rusty the Roadrunner as the new Deputy Sheriff of KelleyTexas. "Rusty has demonstrated his quick speed and efficient ability to clean up the bugs from the city. He shows no fear, and yet he is demonstrates all of the friendly qualities important to the city." Click here to see Rusty.

News 1/1/08

The Mayor was inaugurated for her second term today. After the ceremony, she laid out her plans for the Stars at Night Observatory, landscaping for City Hall, and a proposal for engineering181