Carol A. Clark

NMAA: ‘Compete With Class’ Honors Seven Rival High Schools For Compassion Following Aztec Tragedy

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NMAA News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― The New Mexico Activities Association has announced that seven schools from the Northwest corner of the state have been recognized as the Compete with Class award recipients for the month of December 2017.
 
In an email to the NMAA from Aztec Athletic Director Bryan Sanders following the tragic events that occurred on the Aztec High School campus in early December, he explained how these seven rival high schools rallied in support of a community in need.
 
“On Dec. 7, 2017, Aztec High School experienced an unthinkable tragedy. The outpouring
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Inmate Receives High School Equivalency Credential

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Anthony Lambson shows some of the books he used to study for his High School Equivalency Credential while incarcerated in the Los Alamos Detention Center. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

 

By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

Anthony Lambson, 21, just received his High School Equivalency Credential from the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA). While this would be a cause for celebration for anyone, it is particularly significant for Lambson who will be leaving the Los Alamos Detention Center Thursday after almost 18 months in custody. Read More

Notice: Public Meeting On Annual Plan For Cleanup Of LANL Legacy Waste Jan. 16

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NMED News:
 
SANTA FE ― The state of New Mexico’s Environment Department and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Los Alamos field office are hosting a public meeting at 5 p.m. Jan. 16, 2018 at the Los Alamos County Council Chambers, 1000 Central Ave. in Los Alamos, concerning cleanup priorities for legacy waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for fiscal year 2018.
 
The Consent Order (CO) is a settlement agreement between the state of New Mexico’s Environment Department and the U.S. Department of Energy that
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Home Country: Education Can Be Ugly

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Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
 
“I can’t stand winter,” Herb Collins said, who had dropped in at the Mule Barn’s philosophy counter for a quick cup.
 
“There’s nothing to do.”
 
“Get out and enjoy it,” Doc suggested. “Go skiing. Go ice fishing. Build a snowman. Do something. Then you’ll feel better.”
 
“I don’t think your advice will take,” Dud said. “Herb seems to be intransigent on this one.”
 
We all looked at Dud.
 
“You see, he said he couldn’t stand winter,” Dud continued, “which shows he has a proclivity for intransigence on that particular subject.”
 
We
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Reporters Without Borders Round-Up: 65 Journalists Killed In 2017, 326 Kept In Prison, 54 Held Hostage

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RSF News:

The number of women journalists murdered in 2017 has doubled…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is releasing its annual round-up of violence and abuses against journalists throughout the world. A total of 65 journalists were killed in 2017, 326 are in prison and 54 are held hostage. 

The 65 journalists who were killed were either fatally injured in the course of their work (for example, in an artillery bombardment) or were murdered because their reporting angered someone. The murdered reporters were the majority – 60 percent of the total figure.

Although these figures

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PEEC: Movie, Special Solstice Show This Weekend

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PEEC News:
 
This weekend, the Los Alamos Nature Center has two special planetarium programs: a special solstice show Friday and a full-dome film Saturday. The Friday, Dec. 22, show Bones, Tombs, and Solstice will start at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, the exciting full-dome film Exploding Universe is screening at 2 p.m. These planetarium programs are made possible thanks to the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC).
 
LANL astrophysicists Erica Fogerty
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AG Balderas Joins 20 Attorneys General Urging Congress To Swiftly Pass Clean Dream Act To Protect Dreamers

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Attorney General Balderas
 
AG News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the holiday district work period for Congress approaches, Attorney General Balderas joined 19 other Attorneys General on the statement released below urging Congress to pass the Dream Act before adjourning.
 
The statement reads:
 
“As our states’ chief legal officers, we urge Congress to pass the Dream Act before adjourning for the holidays. Congress must act to address the status of the youth and young adults who were brought into our country as children and who now live, work and attend school in our
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Amber Wallin Promoted To Deputy Director Of NMVC

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Amber Wallin
 
NMVC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE — Amber Wallin, who has been with New Mexico Voices for Children (NMVC) since 2012, has been promoted to deputy director of the child advocacy organization. She’ll be reporting directly to Executive Director James Jimenez and helping to oversee the group’s research, analysis and advocacy work.
 
“Amber is known around here colloquially as a ‘rock star,’” Jimenez said. “Whether she’s presenting at a conference or testifying before a legislative committee, she exudes extraordinary energy, passion and warmth. She’s also a very grounded
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How The Hen House Turns: Urban Deer

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Courtesy photo
 
By CARY NEEPER
Formerly of Los Alamos
 
While living beside the canyons of Los Alamos, one learns to get along with deer—or not. I would recommend it.
 
They are beautiful animals and don’t eat more apples than their share. A large buck was very careful to take no more than one bite out of the three huge green tomatoes that I had laboriously watered all summer in the only sunny spot in our front yard.
 
There was a chance that those tomatoes might have ripened. Maybe. It was late August. Maybe not. A few days later the deer came back and nibbled a little from each native
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Cottonwood Hosts Fundraiser For Youth Shelters

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TLUXX DJ Brian Johnson will be back in town for his fourth annual Play It Forward charity event to benefit Youth Shelters of Santa Fe Friday at Cottonwood on the Greens. Courtesy image

 

By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
 

Los Alamos High School graduate Brian Johnson is TLUXX, an EDM DJ/producer based in Los Angeles, Calif. He has shared the stage with performers such as Headhunterz, Zomboy, CandyLand, Cry Wolf, Riggi & Piros, MAKO and Party Favor. Johnson represented New Mexico at the Sun City Music Festival in El Paso, Texas.

He is also known for his Read More

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