Carol A. Clark

Registration Still Open For Babysitters Course

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YMCA News:

There is still room in the Family YMCA’s American Red Cross Babysitters Course July 31 and Aug. 1. 

The course is designed by the American Red Cross to prepare youth with training in babysitter safety, basic child care, safe play, first aid and critical emergency skills, essential professional, leadership and care-giving skills, and how to manage real-life problems.

The session is 4-8:30 p.m. July 31 and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 1. Participants must be aged 11 through 17 and complete both days of the session in order to receive certification. Pre-register by Thursday, July 30. Cost Read More

This Week At The Reel Deal

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By JIM O’DONNELL  
Real Deal Theater

Notice:  Due to its huge popularity this year “Summer at the Movies” sponsored by Los Alamos National Bank has been extended another week! 

Next week we are excited to bring you Hotel Transylvania at 10 .m. Aug. 3, 5 and 7. The timing is nice as the new Hotel Transylvania 2 opens next month. 

New Reduced ticket prices:

  • Matinees before 6 p.m. for everyone $7.50
  • Evenings after 6 p.m.
    • Adults: $8.75
    • Seniors 60 and over: $7.50
    • Students (ID may be required) $7.50
    • Children 12 and under: $7.50
  • 3D surcharge: $2

This Friday we are opening Read More

FLAC Presents Summer Clay Play Day Friday

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Carving a tile. Courtesy photo

FLAC News:

If you have the flexibility to take a play day on Friday afternoon consider a tactile experience with clay.

Kneading and shaping clay is a wonderfully sensual experience that wipes out stress. Start your weekend by joining a Fuller Lodge Art Center field trip to the professional studio of Ginny Zipperer in Santa Fe where you will create two wonderful pieces of art. Work in a spacious well equipped pottery studio.

Adults and children alike will lose themselves in the magic of working with clay. Zipperer is an experienced instructor who can teach basic techniques Read More

FBI Hunts Suspected Bank Robber

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FBI News:

Monday, July 27 at approximately 1:15 p.m., an unknown male subject entered the branch of First National Rio Grande located at 7620 Jefferson St. NE in Albuquerque in the Market Place shopping center.

The subject approached a bank employee, presented a handwritten note threatening that he had a firearm, and verbally demanded money. The subject fled the branch with an undisclosed amount of United States currency, heading on foot toward Jefferson Street.

The subject is described as a Native American or Hispanic male in his mid-20s, approximately 5’10” tall, of slender build, with Read More

Woodroffe Is Best Predictor In Tuesday’s Pace Race

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Courtesy/ACRR

Courtesy/ACRR

ACRR News:

 

Laura Woodroffe was the best predictor in Tuesday’s weekly Atomic City Road Runners Pace Race with a 3 second differential from her predicted time. 
 
The Lawrence E. Wangen Memorial Race was held on the trails behind the Aquatic Center and included a 1 mile paved course and 1 mile and 5K trail distances. Other top predictors included Zach Medin at 8 seconds off, Joan Williams recording a 12 second difference, and Bob Weeks at 15 seconds off his prediction.
 
In the 1 mile distances, 11-year-old Jason Pieck was first at 9:41
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NSA To Destroy Millions Of American Call Records Collected Under Controversial Program

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NSA bulk collection image. Courtesy photo

HSNW News:

The director of national intelligence said on Monday that the NSA would no longer examine call records collected by the NSA in its controversial bulk collection program before the June reauthorization of the Patriot Act which prohibits such collection.

Bulk records are typically kept for five years, but the director said that although the records in the NSA database were collected lawfully, they would not be examined, and would soon be destroyed.

The Obama administration has announced that the NSA will soon stop examining, and soon Read More

Food On The Hill: Cherry Clafouti And Pickled Cherries

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Sour Cherry Clafouti. Photo by Felicia Orth
 
Food On The Hill
By FELICIA ORTH
 

Cherry Clafouti and Pickled Cherries

 

The sour cherry trees in our yard produced more cherries this year than they had in 17 years.

Sour cherries. Photo by Felicia Orth

And although we are typically in fierce competition with birds to get them as they ripen, this year the birds seemed sated by other food sources and took only a modest share. I have also seen lots of cherries at the Farmer’s Market this year. This meant that I could make more than a few cherry crisps for the family, and considered other recipes. Read More

Temporary Road Closure In Holy Ghost Canyon

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Courtesy/SFNF

SFNF News:

SANTA FE — Forest Road (FR) 122 in Holy Ghost Canyon situated in a steep canyon right along Holy Ghost Creek, 16 miles north of Pecos on N.M. 63 and FR 122 on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District will be temporarily closed Tuesday, Aug. 4, through Thursday, Aug. 6 for repair work.

The work to re-stabilize one section of the road damaged by flooding after the 2013 Tres Lagunas wildfire should be completed within that timeframe, weather permitting.

The closure is necessary to accommodate the heavy machinery required for the road work.  Private vehicles will not Read More

NPS And DOE Seek Public Input On Manhattan Project National Historical Park Draft Memo Of Agreement

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NPS News:

Washington, D.C. — The National Park Service and the U.S. Department of Energy are inviting the public to review and comment on the Draft Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the National Park Service and the Department of Energy (DOE) that will guide the operation of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.

The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act established the Manhattan Project National Historical Park and required the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy to create a Memorandum of Agreement for the park by Dec. 19, 2015. 

Once signed, Read More

Pajarito Mountain Collects 5 Million Gallons Of Water

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Taken July 24, this photo shows the Pajarito staff doing a direct pond depth measurement. Photo by George Lawrence

PAJARITO MOUNTAIN News:

Last week was an impressive water collection period for Pajarito Mountain.

They pumped 62 hours straight (from Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. through Thursday at 8:30 p.m.), and the staff made a direct pond depth measurement Friday. They took this measurement to George Lawrence, former Los Alamos Ski Club president and a local expert when it comes to water at Pajarito Mountain (he was also instrumental in the design of Pajarito’s original pond.)

Lawrence has created Read More