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Project Management Institute – Otowi Bridge Chapter Receives 2016 Best Of Los Alamos Award

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BUSINESS News:

Project Management Institute – Otowi Bridge Chapter has been selected for the 2016 Best of Los Alamos Award in the Non-Profit Organization category by the Los Alamos Award Program.

In support of the Project Management Institute (PMI), which has a defined purpose of dedication “to advancing the state-of-the-art in the management of projects,” the PMI Otowi Bridge Chapter was founded in 1995 and commits to:

VISION – The PMI Otowi Bridge Chapter will be recognized as a dynamic organization of dedicated Professional Project Managers dedicated Read More

Anna Tompkins Wins VFW’s Voice Of Democracy

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VFW Post 8874 Commander Roger Anaya and Morrie Pongratz at last night’s event at Duane Smith Auditorium announced the winner of the Los Alamos VFW’s Post 8874 Voice of Democracy award. Since 1947, the Voice of Democracy has been the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ (VFW’s) premier scholarship program. Each year, almost 40,000 high school students compete for more than $2 million in scholarships and incentives. Students compete by writing and recording an audio essay on an annual patriotic theme. This year’s theme was: My Vision for America. Courtesy photo

Anna Tompkins is the recipient of the Los Read More

CIR: ‘Europe’s Economic Divide’ Thursday

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CIR News:
 
International Lecture Series #4 presents “Europe’s Economic Divide” with speaker Dr. Gary Hufbauer, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26 at The Forum, Santa Fe University of Art and Design at 1600 St. Michael’s Dr.
 
Dr. Gary Hufbauer is a Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and formerly a Senior Director of Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to that, Dr. Hufbauer was professor of economics at Georgetown U., and before that
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LAHS Seniors Megan Bucklin And John Rees Receive Rotary Scholarships

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Rotarian Judy Goldie, chair of the Rotary Club’s Scholarship Committee, introduces award recipients Megan Bucklin, The Great Expectations Award, and John Rees, The Service Award. Bucklin plans to attend the University of Wyoming in the fall; Rees will head to Stanford. Both students, graduating Los Alamos High School seniors, received $2,500 at Tuesday evening’s convocation at Smith Auditorium. Photo by Hal Davis Read More

Davenport Top Predictor In Weekly Pace Race

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Ted Romero, center, is the top finisher on the 3 mile course with a 20:57 in Tuesday’s weekly Atomic City Road Runners Pace Race. Courtesy/ACRR

Participants get moving in Tuesday’s weekly Atomic City Road Runners Pace Race. Courtesy/ACRR

ACRR News:

Beth Davenport is the top predictor in the weekly Atomic City Road Runners Pace Race on the Canada Del Buey trail in White Rock. She was 3 seconds off her predicted time. 
 
Other accurate predictors were Heidi Bjorklund and Zach Medin tied at 4 seconds off, Nikol Strother with a 5 second differential as well as the fastest female
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Trump Draws Thousands To Rally In Albuquerque

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump draws thousands to a rally this evening at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Photo by James Chrobocinski

Los Alamos County Councilor James Chrobocinski of Los Alamos and his son JJ at Tursday evening’s rally for Donald Trump at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Photo by Jacqui Chrobocinski

Thousands turn out Tuesday evening for the Donald Trump rally at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Photo by James Chrobocinski

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally Tuesday  evening at the Albuquerque Convention Read More

XQ The Super School Project: The Weight Of Expectation Is Heavier In Los Alamos

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By Anne Kiehl Friedman
XQ Team Member

Isn’t it interesting the way light always brings its shadow? Nowhere has the inescapable duality of existence been more on display than Los Alamos, New Mexico, the fourth stop on our XQ: The Super School Bus Tour.

We’re set up in a parking lot next to Ashley Pond. The pond looks man-made, just too perfect to exist naturally. The pond is round, surrounded by immaculate green grass, and just the right number of ducks paddling as if in a choreographed water ballet.  Mountains rise in this distance, pinkish-brown and jagged, dotted with Read More

Jaret McDonald Presents Talk On Famine to Feast

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Jaret McDonald of Famine to Feast in Los Alamos presented a talk this morning about his nonprofit organization to members of Self Help, Inc., Los Alamos Police Department, Los Alamos County Social Services, First Born, Los Alamos Retirement Service, JudyGails Place and the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board. McDonald and his wife Jennifer founded the organization designed to help people with extra food connect with those in need of food. McDonald, a candidate for county council, presented his talk in the upstairs conferance room at Smith’s Marketplace. For more information about Famine
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Obituary: Jason W. Ott May 4, 1982 – May 12, 2016

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JASON W. OTT May 4, 1982 – May 12, 2016

Jason W. Ott, 34, died on May 12, 2016, of injuries suffered in an accident in Arizona.

Jason was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on May 4, 1982 and was a 2001 graduate of Los Alamos High School. Jason is survived by his mother, Kathleen Veenstra and partner Grady Stem; his father Will Ott and wife Cindy; his sister Julia Toler, husband Josh, and Jason’s adored nieces and nephews Ava, Grey, Griffin, Norah and Ingrid; his sister Emily Veenstra-Ott and fiancé Kevin O’Neal; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Jason was an immensely talented artist and Read More

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