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Skolnik: COVID Briefing Note #7 – Still Surging?
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Editor’s Note: This is the seventh in a series of COVID-19 Updates by Richard Skolnik that appear bi-weekly in the Los Alamos Daily Post. These are meant to keep the community informed on the status of the pandemic, critical new findings on the pandemic, and what this information suggests for our community’s response to COVID-19. These updates complement the data that Eli Ben-Naim prepares for the Post. Unless otherwise noted, data is from the New York Times and the New Mexico Department of Health.
Pandemic Data and Trends – For the Week Ending Dec. 6, 2021
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LANL Launches Challenge: Tomorrow Traveling Experience
Obituary: George Anderson Sept. 20, 1934 – Dec. 4, 2021
George Harris Anderson passed away peacefully at The Ridge Assisted Living on December 4, 2021, in Park City, Utah.
George was born on September 20, 1934, in Albert Lea, Minnesota to George Harris Anderson and Bella Wold Anderson. His early years were in Lake Mills and Pringhar, Iowa. His father was superintendent of public utilities, and his mother was a pharmacist.
In 7th grade he moved to Hartley, Iowa. He graduated from high school in 1952 having played alto clarinet in marching band, acting in many plays, singing in the chorus, glee club Read More
Freedom Church Sponsors A Virtual 12 Days Of Christmas
Freedom Church News:
The idea was born out of the Pandemic Holidays of 2020. “It was so much fun, we are doing it again,” Pastor Mike Brake said, lead pastor at Freedom Church in Los Alamos.
The entire community is invited to participate. The events kick off Monday, Dec. 13 on a special Facebook Event Page and runs through Christmas day.
A Time for Fun
The events will be hosted entirely on Facebook, Direct Link here.
Each day throughout the event, Freedom Church will Read More
Obituary: Melvin Chaney Nov. 23, 1924 – Dec. 2, 2021
Melvin Coleman Chaney was born in a quiet Chicago suburb where boys in knickers ran free, climbed trees, played baseball under no supervision, formed secret clubs in attics, and swam in summer pools and lakes.
In winter he learned a strong smooth ice skate that carried into his late age. His parents’ house was full of music. Mel could identify symphonies and operas after hearing a few measures – sometimes a few notes.
Despite the scarcities of the Great Depression, his parents found a way to buy him a camera, which was his most prized possession. Read More
AFRL Celebrates Launch Of Small-Sat Ascent To GEO Space
AFRL News:
KIRTLAND AFB — The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate’s small satellite named Ascent was launched Dec. 7 from Cape Canaveral, Fla., as part of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program-3 mission, aboard Read More
Obituary: Sevedeo Lujan Jr. Dec. 26, 1931 – Dec. 1, 2021
SEVEDEO (GOOFY) LUJAN JR. Dec. 26, 1931 – Dec. 1, 2021
He was born in Española, New Mexico on December 26, 1931 to Sevedeo and Ascension Lujan.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers, Noe, Tony, Benny, Felix, Toby W. Lujan and his sisters, Martha Lujan and Cordelia Long.
Goofy is survived by his wife Jackie, daughter Vicky (John), stepsons Greg and Travis Horn, brother Toby J. Lujan, sisters-in-law Patty and Rose Lujan. Also many cousins, nieces and nephews.
Sevedeo (Goofy) served his Read More
Citizen Redistricting Committee Presents Recommended Redistricting Maps To House Of Representatives
POLITICAL News:
SANTA FE — Tuesday, before a Committee of the Whole House of Representatives, the bipartisan Citizen Redistricting Committee (CRC) presented its recommended maps.
In its presentation, it also outlined its fair and transparent process, which included input from over 2,000 New Mexicans from across our state.
Created by Senate Bill 304, which passed with bipartisan support in the 2021 regular session, Read More
New Mexico Attorney General Enters Into Historic Settlement For Opioid Dollars, Will Continue To Push Toward Trial Against Remaining Bad Actors
Attorney General Hector Balderas
From the Office of the Attorney General:
ALBUQUERQUE — Attorney General Hector Balderas Tuesday announced that New Mexico will join in an $18.5 billion nationwide settlement with the three largest distributors of opioid medications in the United States.
The three distributors who will pay into the settlement over the next 18 years are McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health.
In 2017 Attorney General Balderas filed his lawsuit against the three companies, as well as against the manufacturers that make opioids and the retail pharmacies that sell Read More
Daily Postcard: Moon And Venus Over North Community
Work Zone Crash Claims Life Of NMDOT Employee
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) is grieving the death of a beloved employee.
Mittie Runyan was killed in a work zone crash Monday, Dec. 6 on US 285. She and her maintenance crew based in Artesia were placing reflectors on a newly resurfaced stretch of road when the crash occurred. Runyan was 58 years old. She was hired April 3, 2000.
“This painful loss will reverberate statewide,” Transportation Secretary Mike Sandoval said. “We are a close-knit group, and we all grieve when we lose one of our own. Our deepest condolences go out to Mittie’s family who graciously Read More
Pinon School Coffee Fairies Spread Holiday Cheer
Obituary: Helen Finney March 14, 1935 – Oct. 31, 2021
Helen Elizabeth Sherman Finney died in the early morning hours of Sunday October 31, 2021. She died from pancreatic cancer.
Helen was born March 14, 1935 in Hartsdale, NY to Owena and Roger Sherman. She was the third of four children and the only girl. Hers was a difficult breech birth, requiring assistance from the volunteer fire department. The lifesaving efforts left her with the crooked smile that her husband would find so charming. Additionally, the story made The New York Times and Helen believed that surviving those critical Read More
Mesa Library Presents Hunker Up On Zoom Dec. 16
COUNTY News:
Mesa Public Library presents Hunker Up, a live-on-Zoom theater production by local playwright Robert F. Benjamin 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16.
Hunker Up, a relatable, romantic comedy for the COVID era, is a captivating, 30-minute play that will set a lighthearted tone for the holidays. The performance will be followed by a 20-minute audience talkback session with Benjamin, director Eric Bjorklund, and performers Jody Shepard and Tomas Farish (both long-standing actors with Los Alamos Little Theatre).
Hunker Up centers on Kevin and Bari, two single seniors who fostered a friendship Read More
New Mexico COVID-19 Update Dec. 7: 969 New Cases, Totaling 325,272 With 11 New Deaths And 274,839 Recovered
SANTA FE — New Mexico state health officials Monday announced 969 additional COVID-19 cases today.
Los Alamos County reports 1 new case today, bringing the total to 950 people who have tested positive for COVID-19. (County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.)
This update includes 11 new deaths today in New Mexico related to COVID-19 and a 7-Day positivity rate of 13.6 percent.
Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:
- 341 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 18 new cases in Chaves
Live Stream Hilltopper Girls Basketball vs. Valencia
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‘December 7, 1941–A Date Which Will Live In infamy’
This Day In History:
At 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, on Dec. 7, 1941, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu.
A swarm of 360 Japanese warplanes followed, descending on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault.
The surprise attack struck a critical blow against the U.S. Pacific fleet and drew the United Read More
Obituary: Michael D. Williams Nov. 29, 2021
Michael D. Williams suddenly passed away on November 29, 2021, in Los Alamos, New Mexico. He was 82. Mike’s rare qualities in rare combination triumphed over the monumental challenges to which he was dedicated – protecting the environment — beginning way back, before clean air was considered necessary, let alone possible. Ever improving the air, Mike was an effective ally of all creatures that see or breathe.
He engineered original contributions in the field of computer simulations of visual effects of smoke plumes and won two Distinguished Performance Read More
T-Mobile Presents $22K Hometown Grant For Co-Op Park
T-Mobile News:
Representatives from T-Mobile traveled to Los Alamos Friday to present a $22,000 T-Mobile Hometown Grant at an event at the Los Alamos Co-Op Park at 1010 Central Ave.
Created Read More
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