2020 Census Complete Count Committee Gathers For Strategy Meeting At Municipal Meeting Today
The 2020 Census Complete Count Committee meeting this morning at the Los Alamos County Municipal Building. The County Council recently created the committee to plan and conduct local educational initiatives, publicity and promotional activities to increase community awareness and participation in the 2020 Census and to work with the Census Bureau and the New Mexico 2020 Statewide Complete Count Commission. The committee is hard at work advocating for participation in the 2020 Census. Census data is used in the distribution of approximately $675 billion in federal funding to communities
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Laura Loy Joins Team At Zia Credit Union
Laura Loy
BUSINESS News:
Zia Credit Union has announced that Laura Loy joined its team this week as its marketing and business development manager.
Loy comes to the position from the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation, where she served as executive director since April 2017.
Loy has a bachelor’s degree in business economics from UC Santa Barbara and a master’s degree in international business from UC San Diego. She has 20 years of experience in marketing, business development and related fields.
Loy began her career as a marketing analyst at Cheap Tickets, Inc. Since then, she has mostly worked
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Shop On The Corner Open For Business Wednesday
COMMUNITY News:
Shop on the Corner, the thrift store on the first floor of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, is open for business 8:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday.
The staff would like to thank again all the shoppers who have helped start the year so grandly. The thrift store workers also acknowledge their donors who have shared so generously.
Wednesday, the profits will be given to Mother Nature’s creatures in both Australia and Puerto Rico. The proceeds will help with animal rescue and recovery as well as the volunteers who care for them.
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Obituary: Barbara Katherine Harden Smith March 3, 1943 – Jan. 20, 2020
BARBARA KATHERINE HARDEN SMITH March 3, 1943 – Jan. 20, 2020
Barbara, “Bobbie” to family and childhood friends, completed her journey of love, laughter, joy and heartache on Monday, January 20, 2020, in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Born to William Ray “Bill” Harden and Lula Elizabeth Goode “Pat” Harden in Birmingham, Alabama, she was big sister to brother Terry “Lee” Harden, and sister-cousin to Robbie Waldrop Elliott.
She graduated from West End High School in Birmingham and married her high school sweetheart, Malcolm Taylor Smith. They had three daughters. His career took them all across the
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Public Meeting On Sign Code Ordinance Canceled
COUNTY News:
The public meeting on changes to the Sign Code Ordinance, which was scheduled for Jan. 29, is canceled.
The meeting will be rescheduled for a later date.
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Backcountry Film Festival At Reel Deal Theater Jan. 23
PEEC will sell raffle tickets for a chance to win some of these prizes at this year’s Backcountry Film Festival, sponsored by Century Bank, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23 at the Reel Deal Theater. The Pajarito Environmental Education Center is partnering with the Reel Deal to bring the community this festival again this year. Pajarito Brewpub and Grill will serve beer and wine during this event. Courtesy/PEEC
Some of the prizes to be raffled off at the Backcountry Film Festival at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Reel Deal. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Calling all winter enthusiasts! Get ready for this year’s Backcountry
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New Mexico Counties Push For Jail, Sheriff Funding
By AMANDA MARTINEZ
New Mexican
An organization that represents New Mexico county governments is pushing the state Legislature to increase reimbursements to counties for the rising costs of transporting state prisoners and providing behavioral health care to state inmates housed in county jails and youth centers.
The Santa Fe-based nonprofit New Mexico Counties is seeking a more than $6 million increase to the County Detention Facility Reimbursement Fund, which now stands at $2.3 million a year.
State law allows county sheriff’s offices to charge the state per diem and mileage expenses
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UWNNM Board Of Directors Gathers For Retreat
Facilitator Camilla Bustamante, PhD. MPH., left, speaks to the United Way of Northern New Mexico Board of Directors gathered for an annual retreat Monday at the McCurdy Ministries Community Center in Española. Seated from right, Chair Liddie Martinez, EB&T president; UWNNM Executive Director Cindy Padilla; Deputy Director John Sarrao for Science, Technology and Engineering at Los Alamos National Laboratory; Rio Arriba County Economic Development Director Christopher Madrid; Board Recording Secretary Michelle Harkey-Wilde, owner of Active Integration Therapy, LLC; LANL
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Ribe: Bandelier National Park? Here’s The Problem…
By TOM RIBE
Executive Director
Caldera Action
Sen. Martin Heinrich recently introduced a bill in Congress to re-designate Bandelier National Monument as national park.
It is hard to see how this bill benefits either the public or Bandelier.
On its face, this may sound like a bill to give Bandelier more protection, but if this bill passes, I believe it will damage Bandelier’s land and cultural features and diminish the authority of Bandelier’s National Park Service managers.
Sen. Heinrich does many good things for our state and the country and he means well with this bill. His goal is to increase
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More Homes Built In Mirador Subdivision On NM 4
View of the growing number of homes under construction Monday in the Mirador Subdivision (A-19-A) under development along N.M. 4 in White Rock. The developer is Site A-19-A-1 Acquisition Group LLC with Principal Adam Thornton, a Los Alamos native, his RayLee Homes partners and their representatives. Photo by Jennifer Bartram/ladailypost.com
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Governor, Staff Gear Up For State Of State Address
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
By MICHAEL GERSTEIN
New Mexican
On the roughly eight-hour flight from Chicago to Dublin, Ireland, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s speechwriter and top communications staffer started a draft of what will be her second annual address to the Legislature.
Six hours and 6,000 words later, Tripp Stelnicki closed his laptop and braced himself to meet his sister’s fiancé in Ireland.
Since then, Stelnicki said, the document has run the gantlet, viewed and honed by the governor’s chief of staff, John Bingaman, senior adviser Dominic Gabello and the governor
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On The Job In Los Alamos: At Time Out Pizzeria
On the job in Los Alamos Monday afternoon is General Manager Tony Colletti of Time Out Pizzeria. Time Out Pizzeria offers a plethora of lunch and dinner options and an expansive salad bar to assist with those healthy New Year’s resolutions. The eatery at 157 Central Park Square is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and closed Sundays. For information, call 505.662.7261. #worklosalamos #wherediscoveriesaremade. Photo by Jennifer Bartram/ladailypost.com
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54th Annual Legislative Session Begins Noon Today
Legislative Roundup:
The New Mexican
Days remaining in session: 30
In the beginning: The 54th annual legislative session begins at noon today at the state Capitol on the corner of Paseo de Peralta and Old Santa Fe Trail.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is scheduled to give her State of the State address outlining her initiatives on the floor of the House of Representatives, though that event generally occurs later in the afternoon.
Musical political chairs: The Senate’s Committee on Committees meets at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Room 326 to discuss assignments. Members will choose a successor for Sen.
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NWS: Today’s High 30s; Tonight’s Low 20s
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos in the 30s with rain and snow showers likely, snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches and tonight’s low in the 20s. Courtesy/NWS
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Daily Postcard: Canyon Rim Trail At Dusk
Daily Postcard: At dusk Sunday on Canyon Rim Trail. Photo by Jennifer Bartram/ladailypost.com
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Girls Basketball Game Tuesday Moved To Los Alamos
The girls basketball game scheduled to be played Tuesday in Moriarty has been relocated to Griffith Gymnasium in Los Alamos. Start times for all games remain the same. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
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Installation Of New Signs Underway At EB&T
Installation of new Enterprise Bank & Trust signs is underway replacing the LANB signs at the bank at 1200 Trinity Dr. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
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Obituary: Robert W. (Bob) Turner
ROBERT W. (BOB) TURNER Feb. 3, 1926 – Dec. 26, 2019
Robert W. (Bob) Turner/AA5VD, was born February 3, 1926, Orchard, NE, to William W. & Alice M. Tomlinson Turner and died December 26, 2019 in Los Alamos.
Bill and Alice preceded Bob in death as did his Sister, Billie Maxine Turner Thomson.
Bob is survived by his two sons, Roger W. Turner, Menifee, CA and Philip L. Turner, of Albuquerque, NM; two grandsons, Ivan Turner and his wife Cheri, San Jacinto, CA, and Trevor Turner Lucero, Albuquerque, NM; Three great grand daughters, Haley Lynn, Amber Elaine and Emily Jean Turner, San Jacinto, CA.;
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Los Alamos High School Bel Canto Treble Choir Performs At 2020 All-State Honors Choir At Popejoy Hall
Los Alamos High School’s Bel Canto Treble Choir. Courtesy/LAHS
LAHS’s Bel Canto Treble Choir. Courtesy/LAHS
By CELINA LONG
LAHS Choir Booster Member
Los Alamos High School’s Bel Canto Treble Choir, under the direction of Jason Rutledge, had the privilege of performing by invitation as the 2020 All-State Honors Choir at Popejoy Hall Thursday, Jan. 9, in Albuquerque before a full audience of their peers and music educators.
Equally significant and meaningful was the fact that this was the first all female Honors Choir invited to perform at this event in more than 30 years. The theme of the concert
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