Ron Ford was nice enough to bring the SLAS H-alpha 'scope up to East High on Thursday. It's been Science Week up here, and for Physic Day I brought out two of our school scopes and the 10" f/7 Dob that I made last Spring under Brent Watson's careful eye. I have glass solar filters for all 3, and the large grouping of sunspots looked fantastic. Still, it was all overshadowed by the views through the beautiful machiine that Ron brought. There were incredible prominences near both the South pole and the Eastern limb (In any case it was near the top side and the left side; I'm assuming that refractor inverts the image) as well as long filaments (topping 1/4 to 1/3 the solar diameter) to the side of the major grouping. I swear, it was one of the most breathtaking things I've ever seen through a telescope, and at least 150 of our students and several of our faculty and staff got the privelege to see it, too. To top it off, the skies were absolutely clear until about a minute before the bell ending lunch period sounded. I couldn't have asked for anything more. Hats off to you Ron, and all of you involved in putting together such a marvelous instrument! John