Carol A. Clark

School Makeup Day for Students and Staff is April 13

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Los Alamos Public School News:

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Gene Schmidt has announced that students and staff will be expected to report to school on April 13.

The day was built into the school calendar as a makeup day in the event of school closures due to snow.

Two school days, Dec. 5  and Dec. 12, 2011 were missed because of bad weather.

To make up for lost instructional time, students in grades K-12 are expected to attend for one half of the day on Friday, April 13.

Morning preschool will be held, but no afternoon preschool.

Instructional staff is asked to prepare a half-day instruction for Read More

Basket Ball Reeling Robot Earns Local Students ‘Top-seeded Rookie Team’ Trophy

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A robot makes a basket. Photo by Laura Fraser

By Bonnie Gordon

Team 4153 from Los Alamos High School recently traveled to the regional portion for the FIRST Robotics Competition in Salt Lake.

The Team, named Project Y after the government name for Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project, came home with high honors.

Ben Schilling, left, and Nate Phillips drive the robot. Photo by Laura Fraser

The team and their hoop shooting robot made it through the quarter finals and on to the semi finals, where they weren’t eliminated until the final round.

They finished 14thout of 44, an amazing showing Read More

Local Detectives Participating in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

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Police News:

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday April 7 in the LAMC parking lot, detectives from the Los Alamos Police Department will participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) fourth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.

The event provides a safe way for the general public to deposit expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs and also to prevent pill abuse and theft.

“This is a great opportunity for those who missed last year’s event, or who have subsequently accumulated unwanted, unused prescription drugs, to safely dispose of those medications,” Read More

‘Tis the Season for Ice Cream…

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UNM-Los Alamos student Samantha Bowen, 22, serves a double scoop of cookies and cream flavored Haagen Dazs Thursday afternoon at Dan’s Cafe in the Mari Mac shopping center where she has worked for two years. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Easter decor brightens Dan’s Cafe. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

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First Megawatt of Photovoltaic System Installation Nears Completion

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The first megawatt of the photovoltaic system installation on the County’s former landfill nears completion as seen from a vantage point on Camp May Road. This portion of the photovoltaic system is funded by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Organization (NEDO) and supports the collaborative Demonstration Smart Grid project. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

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‘Every 15 Minutes’ Targets Distracted Driving Dangers

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By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

 Sometime before next month’s high school prom, a diverse group of local community members ranging from educators to law enforcement officials to medical personnel to clergy to students and others will conduct an emergency exercise in an effort to draw urgent awareness to the dangers of distracted driving.

The exercise is called, “Every 15 Minutes” and is an educational experience that reminds youth, parents and community members of the dangers associated with driving while impaired or texting. Read More

Community Flocks to LAMC’s 60th Birthday Bash

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LAMC News:

Los Alamos Medical Center CEO Feliciano Jiron cuts the red ribbon in honor of  the medical facility’s 60th anniversary Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Medical Center celebrated 60 years of service to the community with an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday afternoon.

Six decades of photographs depicting employees as well as facility renovations filled the lobby, which was decorated with balloons and tables topped with food, drinks and a big birthday cake. 

CEO Feliciano Jiron with his wife and children, Read More

NMSU Student Charged with Making False Bomb Threat

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FBI News:

LAS CRUCES—This morning, Daud Anwar, 29, a resident of Albuquerque who is a student at New Mexico State University (NMSU), made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Las Cruces on an indictment charging him with making a false bomb threat.

If convicted of the offense charged, Anwar faces up to 10 years of imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.

Anwar is temporarily detained pending a detention hearing, which has yet to be scheduled.

According to the indictment, on March 3, 2011, Anwar used a telephone and the Internet to maliciously convey false information to the effect that buildings Read More