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Science On Tap Features Cathy Wilson On Climate Change 5:30 p.m. Thursday

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SCIENCE News:

Science On Tap happens every third Thursday of the month, featuring a new topic each time. This month, Cathy Wilson will discuss climate change at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 19 at UnQuarked Wine Room, 145 Central Park Square. in Los Alamos .

Wilson, who heads Los Alamos Nationalal Laboratory’s Atmosphere, Climate and Ecosystem Science team, is working to better understand what happens when warming climate causes Arctic permafrost to thaw. As the ground warms up, previously frozen soil carbon is decomposed and released as green house gases—adding to global warming. Read More

Democrats Host Heinrich At Campaign Headquarters

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich speaks to a crowd gathered May 5 at the newly opened campaign headquarters of the Democratic Party of Los Alamos in Central Park Square. Photo by Carol Clark/ladailypost.com

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich joins fellow Democrats for a group photo during his recent vist to Los Alamos. Photo by Carol Clark/ladailypost.com

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich with candidates during his May 5 visit, from left, county council candidates Antonio Maggiore, Pete Sheehey, Heinrich, Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, council candidate Chris Chandler, county clerk candidate Amy Wood, Read More

Pastor Granillo: Religiosity

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Pastor Raul Granillo
Los Alamos

God tells the prophet, Isaiah, that the Hebrew people “seem” to be eager to know God’s ways. He tells Isaiah that they act like a nation that is doing what is right. They ask God to make just decisions for them, and they “seem” to “be eager for God to come close to them” (Isaiah 58:1-2).

The problem is that they only “seem” to be that way. In every religious aspect they appear to be the people of God.  

“’Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?’”

“Yet on the day of Read More

Kiwanian Pat Soran Joins UNM-LA Board

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Pat Soran. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By CHARMIAN SCHALLER
Kiwanis Club

Pat Soran was recently chosen by unanimous vote of the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Advisory Board to fill a position on the board vacated when Michael DiRosa resigned to accept a change of station to the Pentagon.

Soran—a Kiwanis member who has headed the Fourth of July fireworks show for many years—and four other applicants responded to notices posted in the local media asking potential volunteers to send in e-mail messages expressing their interest in serving on the board.

Once Soran is Read More

Pawar Receives Rotary Student Of The Year Award

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Rotarian Karen Easton, left, recently presented LAHS junior Aneesh Pawar with a Student of the Year award. Pawar demonstrates the spirit of service exemplified by Rotary. In addition to maintaining a high GPA and wide involvement in athletics and music, Pawar serves as a volunteer at Mesa Public Library, Fuller Lodge Art Camp, and Bradbury Science Museum. He also helps raise money for orphans through Dances of India. Pawar is joined by his parents, Rejesh and Deepa Pawar and Kathleen Boerigter, a science teacher at Los Alamos High School whom Pawar named as his most influencial teacher. Photo Read More

Faith & Science Forum: ‘What Makes Us Human?’ May 19

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LAF&SF News:

The Los Alamos Faith & Science Forum is holding a series on the topic “What Makes Us Human?”. The next session is May 19.

The group meets at Kelly Hall at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. A video/presentation begins at 6 p.m., followed by a large group discussion at 6:30 p.m., then an optional, informal small group discussion at 7 p.m. ending at 7:20 p.m. Feel free to bring your dinner. All are welcome. For more information, visit www.lafsf.org.

This topic of “What Makes Us Human?” will carry the group into its summer series scheduled for Wednesday evenings in June Read More

Applications Accepted For BPU Vacancy

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COUNTY News:

Applications are being accepted until May 27 to fill one position on the Board of Public Utilities (BPU).

Comprising five members, the BPU governs the Department of Public Utilities (DPU), a county-owned utility that provides Los Alamos with electric, water, natural gas and wastewater services. The selected individual will fill a position to be vacated on July 1 due to an expiring term.

Members of the BPU work together with the DPU to serve and represent the interests of the community. Through policy direction, the BPU guides DPU’s senior management to realize its mission to create Read More

Bandelier Recruiting For Youth Corps Jobs

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Bandelier Preservation Corps 2015. Courtesy/NPS

BANDELIER News:

For young people looking for an active, outdoor job for the summer, Bandelier National Monument is recruiting for two crews – the Bandelier Conservation Corps (BCC) and the Bandelier Preservation Corps (BPC).  Opportunities are available for men or women, ages 16-25. 
 
The BCC will be engaged in thinning and fuel reduction projects, trail work, and assisting the park maintenance crew with projects and special events. The BPC will be assisting with preservation programs, doing graffiti mitigation
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Meet New Golf Course Manager Sam Logan

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Los Alamos Golf Course staff, from left, Assistant Golf Professional Michael Phillips, newly hired General Manager Sam Logan and Head Golf Professional Donnie Torres. Photo by KayLinda Crawford
 
 
By KayLinda Crawford
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos County has hired PGA Professional Sam Logan as the new manager of the Los Alamos Golf Course. He came on board Monday and following two days of orientation is now on the job at the golf course.

Logan comes to Los Alamos from his most recent position as general manager at TPC Cartagena in Columbia, South America. He has worked for Read More