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Gwynn Cunningham is Rotary Student of the Month

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Rotarian James Nesmith with Los Alamos High School senior Gwynn Cunningham as she is recognized as “Student of the Month” by the Rotary Club of Los Alamos Tuesday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Rotarian James Nesmith, left, with the Rotary’s “Student of the Month” Gwynn Cunningham, her parents Andrea and Greg Cunningham and mentor Diane Toups whom she credited greatly for her success development. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

The Los Alamos Rotary Club honored Gwynneth Cunningham as April’s Student of the Month at Fuller Read More

Los Alamos Makes Wealthiest Counties List

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Forbes has published its list of the richest counties in the United States.

Los Alamos comes in fourth and four suburbs in Washington, D.C. comprise the other wealthiest counties on the top five list.

The top five:

  1. Loudoun County, Virginia: $115,574 median household income
  2. Falls Church City, Virginia: $114,409
  3. Fairfax County, Virginia: $105,416
  4. Los Alamos County, New Mexico: $103,643
  5. Howard County, Maryland: $103,273

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Mesa Public Library to Host Display of Historic J. Robert Oppenheimer Photographs

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MESA PUBLIC LIBRARY News

The J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee (JROMC) will present an exhibit of historic photos entitled “J. Robert Oppenheimer: Photographs From His Life: 1904 – 1967” at the Mesa Public Library Gallery, 2400 Central Ave. from May 2 to May 30. The public is encouraged to visit the exhibit.

An opening reception will be 4:30-6:30 p.m. May 3, at the Mesa Public Library Gallery upstairs. Refreshments will be served and members of the JROMC will be on hand to answer questions.

Oppenheimer and his mother. Courtesy Photo

The photos and their captions show the full range of Oppenheimer’s Read More

Los Alamos GOP County Quadrennial Convention Set for May 17

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GOP News:

Call is hereby made for the 2012 Quadrennial Los Alamos Republican Convention on Thursday, May 2012, at the Los Alamos VFW, 1793 Deacon St., and for a Los Alamos Central Committee meeting to be held at 7 p.m., immediately preceding the Convention.

Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. and doors close promptly at 7 p.m.

All registered Republicans are invited to attend.

The Los Alamos County Central Committee Meeting will start at 7 p.m.

Immediately following, Ward Caucuses will be held to elect ward delegates to the County Quadrennial Convention.

At 7:30 p.m., the LA County Quadrennial Convention

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LA Visiting Nurse Service’s Tammy Larson Honored

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Tammy Larson. Courtesy/LVNS

LVNS News:

Tammy Larson of Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service has been honored as the Texas & New Mexico Finance/Billing Person of the Year.

Larson is a lifelong resident of Los Alamos and has been active in the medical field the majority of her working life.

LVNS: “Tammy is a dedicated employee who always has our patient’s best interest at heart.” Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: April 19 to April 24, 2012

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The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department. Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.

April 19 at 9:14 a.m. / A 49-year-old Los Alamos woman reported a possible attempt to enter her residence in the 400 block of Ridgecrest Ave.

April 20 at 9:57 a.m. / Police responded to an unattended death of a 92-year-old Los Alamos man in the 700 block of 42nd Street.

April 20 at 10:21 a.m. / Police received a report of a broken window in the 100 block of Longview Drive. The estimated damage is less than Read More

Santa Fe Poet Laureate’s ‘Odes and Offerings’ Pairs Poetry with Visual Art

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“Hanging Boat” artist: Julie Wagner. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Joan Logghe brings her two-year stint as Santa Fe Poet Laureate to a close with a very special exhibition, “Odes and Offerings,” at the Santa Fe Community Gallery.

Local artists were paired with local poets and the artists chose part of the text of the poem to include in their piece.

All the pieces were created specifically for this show.

Thirty-six works of art and 36 poems are included.

“It was an arranged marriage,” said Rod Lambert, curator of the exhibit. “Opening night was a blind date between the poets Read More

OBITUARY: Janet Lucille Fowler

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JANET LUCILLE FOWLER

June 3, 1919 – April 26, 2012

Janet Lucille Brown Fowler was born on June 3, 1919, in Bucyrus, Ohio, the daughter of Neva and Carl Brown. She graduated from Bucyrus High School in 1937 and moved to Cleveland, where she completed Nurse’s Training at St. Luke’s Hospital, received her RN degree, and then worked there as a nurse.

She met Max Fowler in Cleveland and they were married in 1942. Six months later Max joined the U.S. Navy and the newlyweds moved to Annapolis, Maryland. They lived there throughout World War II, Max teaching at the Naval Academy and Janet working Read More