Carol A. Clark

PEEC: Call For Trail Photos For New Nature App

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Quemazon Trail. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

While the walls are going up and the roof is raised, a lot of work is going on behind the scenes to bring together all the elements that will make the much anticipated Los Alamos County Nature Center a great new resource for the local community.

PEEC is working with professionals to design not only the exhibits, but also an exciting new app that will be one of the highlights of the new center. The app will provide trail recommendations, and PEEC is calling on members of the community to submit photographs of local trails to be used for the app.

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FEMA Region 6 Urges Public To ‘Be Disaster Aware, Take Action To Prepare’

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FEMA News:

September is National Preparedness Month, so the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Region 6 office is urging the public to “Be Disaster Aware, Take Action To Prepare.”

National Preparedness Month (NPM) is part of a campaign called America’s PrepareAthon! The theme this year for NPM is “Be Disaster Aware, Take Action To Prepare.” Emergency managers are asking individuals, families, friends and co-workers to take action by planning a National PrepareAthon! Day on or around Sept. 30. It can be a simple, specific activity to increase personal preparedness, Read More

LAMC Knocks Down Walls to Invest in Patient Services

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LAMC Chief of Staff Barbara VanEeckhout, M.D., center, LAMC on-site radiologist Melanie Pickering, D.O., right, LAMC Advisory Board Chairman Jeffrey Sauer D.P.M., yellow shirt, and LAMC Director of Radiology Michael Luscombe, red shirt, join others Thursday morning near the Imaging Department as workmen prepare to take down a wall to make way for new equipment. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

STAFF REPORT:

View video of wall demolition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfjH5SW8M1c

Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) knocked down a few walls Thursday morning to make room for Read More

Michelle Harkey Presents Talk At Los Alamos Rotary

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Los Alamos Rotarian and occasional Sergeant at Arms, Michelle Harkey, presented her classification talk at Tuesday’s Rotary meeting at the Manhattan Project Restaurant. Harkey owns Mullein Leaf Massage at 3500 Trinity, Suite A-5 where she offers Integrative Massage and Bioelectric Therapy and other modalities. Visit mulleinleafinstitute.com, for more information. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Ribbon Officially Cut on Los Alamos Medical Care Clinic

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At a Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony Friday, Los Alamos Medical Care Clinic owners Dr.James Ziomek and Dr. Richard Honsinger cut a ribbon that is wrapped around LAMCC’s newest physicians Dr. John Wisneski, Dr. Monica Snowden,  Dr. Elisa Lange and Dr. Stanley Garrett during an open house Friday, Sept. 5 at the clinic. Dr. Garrett joined LAMCC in January 2014 and is Board Certified in Family Practice. Dr. Lange joined the clinic in April 2014 and is Board Certified in Pediatric Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. Dr. Snowden joined LAMCC in June 2014 and is Board Certified Read More

TOUCHDOWN! Give Blood And Enter Drawing For Broncos Football Package

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ROTARY News:

The Rotary Club of Espanola is sponsoring a blood drive 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27 at the Santa Claran Hotel-Casino. 

All donors will be automatically entered into a drawing for a Broncos Football Package, which includes:

  • two game tickets to the Broncos VS San Diego Chargers game;
  • two roundtrip airline tickets;
  • two nights lodging; and
  • gift card valued at $300.  

The winner of the football package will be drawn Sept. 29. Everyone who donates blood at the Rotary Blood Drive will receive a free commemorative T-shirt and all the cookies they can eat! 

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Report: NM Should Revamp Education Programs For Low-Skilled Workers

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NMVFC News:

  • Current adult education system is underfunded, fragmented, and has low completion rates

ALBUQUERQUE—New Mexico could improve the quality of its workforce and strengthen its economy by implementing changes to its adult education programs for workers who have low levels of education and few job skills. Developing a career pathways framework—which weaves together and aligns adult education, workforce training, and college courses—would increase the success rate, employment opportunities, and earning potential of the state’s low-skilled workers. It would have the added Read More

Drone Giveaway, Live Music All Part of Los Alamos ScienceFest ‘ExpoDay,’ Sept. 13

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos ScienceFest saved its biggest event for last with ExpoDay Saturday, Sept. 13, featuring Quadcopter demonstrations, 3D chalk art, water rocket launches, live music, beer garden, and even a chance to win a Quadcopter drone or a robotic puppy.

ExpoDay is part of the Los Alamos ScienceFest – nine days of fun, educational demonstrations, interactive activities, art, and hands on activities for inquisitive minds of all ages, from Sept. 5–13 in Los Alamos, NM.

“If there is one day of the Los Alamos ScienceFest that simply cannot be missed, it’s ExpoDay,” said Read More

Letter to the Editor: 1927 Solvay Conference

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By CHUCK KOOSHIAN
Los Alamos

Regarding the 1927 Solvay Conference, mentioned in the “Manhattan” review, I recalled the exchange between Bohr and Einstein. I had to look it up to be sure I had it right (getting’ old).

Here’s the Wikipedia version: Perhaps the most famous conference was the October 1927 Fifth Solvay International Conference on Electrons and Photons, where the world’s most notable physicists met to discuss the newly formulated quantum theory. The leading figures were Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr. Einstein, disenchanted with Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle,

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