SFCC Continuing Education Open House Jan. 9
SFCC News:
Find out about classes in Spanish, clay, painting, drawing, cooking and much more during the Continuing Education open house 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9 in Room 131 at Santa Fe Community College, 6401 Richards Ave.
For more information, visit https://www.sfcc.edu/offices/continuing-education/ or call 505.428.1676.
Read More PEEC Forest Explorers Program Begins Jan. 17
PEEC takes kids out in nature to play, hike and get creative. Courtesy photoPEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s (PEEC) popular summer program for 5 to 8 year olds is returning this season. Forest Explorers, a hike-and-play club, will take children on hikes 1-3 p.m. every other Wednesday, Jan. 17 through April 4 and give kids ample time for child-directed play in nature.
Forest Explorers is a drop-off program that will meet at 1 p.m. at the Los Alamos Nature Center on the following Wednesdays: Jan.
Read More Obituary: Carrie Sue Vandervoort June 17, 1933 – Nov. 27, 2017
CARRIE SUE VANDERVOORT June 17, 1933 – Nov. 27, 2017Carrie “Sue” Vandervoort passed into Glory unexpectedly on Monday, November 27, 2017.
Sue was born on June 17, 1933 in Tucson, AZ to the late Jamie Gambrell and Hal Lynn Kerr. Sue grew up in Socorro, and then Los Alamos, NM, where she was in one of the first graduating classes of Los Alamos High School (1951) and met the love of her life, Ray. Sue and Ray worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory for many years, raising their two daughters, Susan Marie and Nancy Ann.
Sue was a long-time member of the Order of the Eastern Star,
Read More Daily Postcard: Narrows Of Frijoles Canyon
Daily Postcard: The landscape in park canyons at Bandelier National Monument has changed dramatically like this area in the Narrows of Frijoles Canyon where the trail used to climb steps on the left side of the canyon. The steps and trail were removed by floods and now hikers must follow the creek under this huge boulder. Photo by Sally King Read More
O’Reilly Auto Parts Store Opens For Business
Staff from left, Neil Martinez, Patrick Berkebile, Store Manager Alfred Lovato, District Manager John Mello Jr., Marcus Barela, Alexis Lovato and Lori Rigg are on the job this morning at the newly opened O’Reilly Auto Parts Store at 2373 Trinity Dr. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
O’Reilly Auto Parts Store opened for business Tuesday at 2373 Trinity Dr., and is planning a big community-wide grand opening with details to be announced soon. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
A look inside the new O’Reilly Auto Parts Store now open for business at 2373 Trinity Dr. Photo by Carol A. Read More
2017 Community Asset Awards Event Is Jan. 13
Richard Ronquillo, right, and Miguel LaRoche take a break from creating a gate. They are also creating the 2017 Spirit of the West Award, which will be presented Jan. 13. Courtesy photo COMMUNITY News:
Thirty-eight good souls who live or work in this community have been nominated for accolades at the 2017 Community Asset Awards. One of those 38 will take home the Spirit of the West Award, named in honor of former Los Alamos County Councilor Jim West.
Champions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA) will host the annual event Jan. 13. A limited number of tickets are available for purchase by the community, for Read More
LAMC’s Chris Hammond Named Physician Of The Year
CEO John Whiteside, left, congratulates Chris Hammond, D.O. on being named 2017 Physician of the Year Thursday afternoon in the Emergency Department at Los Alamos Medical Center. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
Chris Hammond, D.O., of Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) has been named Physician of the Year for 2017 by Emergent Medical Associates.
“I think what first prompted consideration of me for the Physician of the Year award by Emergent, which has about 500 physicians across the southwest, was when I went to Read More
Pajarito Acres/La Senda Shoulder Work Begins Jan. 8
COUNTY News:
Starting Monday, Jan. 8, Los Alamos County Traffic & Streets Division crews will start work in La Senda and Pajarito Acres in White Rock.
Crews will be repairing shoulders in the neighborhoods where asphalt on the side of the roadways has started to degrade and crumble. Crews will be adding fill to these damaged areas to support the roadway.
It is expected that work should last approximately two weeks.
Motorists are urged to exercise caution when driving near the construction zone.
Any questions can be directed to the Los Alamos County Traffic & Streets office at 505.662.8113. Read More
AGU: Arctic Clouds Highly Sensitive To Air Pollution
A rare case of forest fire smoke interacting with clouds in the Arctic in July 2012. Contour lines indicate carbon monoxide concentrations in the atmosphere. Courtesy/MODIS/NASA.AGU News:
WASHINGTON D.C. — In 1870, explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, trekking across the barren and remote ice cap of Greenland, saw something most people wouldn’t expect in such an empty, inhospitable landscape: haze.
Nordenskiöld’s record of the haze was among the first evidence that air pollution around the northern hemisphere can travel toward the pole and degrade air quality
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