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Community Winds Prism Concert Most Diverse Ever This Saturday

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Courtesy/Community Winds
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Los Alamos Community Winds will present the fourth annual Prism Concert for the holidays at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13 at Crossroads Bible Church in Los Alamos. As with all Winds performances, the concert is free ( $10 donation suggested).

Prism Concerts feature numerous guest performers and are performed “in the round,” with musicians encircling the audience and playing continuously from one piece to the next without breaks.

“The whole idea of this concert is diversity,” Winds Musical and Artistic Director Ted Vives Read More

Last Aspen Elementary Portable Hauled Away

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The last portable is hauled away this week from Aspen Elementary School. Courtesy photo

 

By Dr. GENE SCHMIDT
LAPS Superintendent

Jaynes Construction Supervisor Sam Burns guides the last classroom portable Wednesday from Aspen Elementary School around 33rd Street toward Villa Street.

With construction of the newly completed school, 17 portables that once housed Aspen Elementary students for the past 14 months have been removed from the construction site. Over the past several weeks, commuters and motorists in the Aspen neighborhood have waited patiently while portables were moved Read More

IRS Reminder – Take Required Distributions By Dec. 31

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IRS News:

PHOENIX – The Internal Revenue Service recently reminded taxpayers born before July 1, 1944, that they generally must receive payments from their individual retirement arrangements (IRAs) and workplace retirement plans by Dec. 31.

Known as required minimum distributions (RMDs), these payments normally must be made by the end of 2014. But a special rule allows first-year recipients of these payments, those who reached age 70½ during 2014, to wait until as late as April 1, 2015 to receive their first RMDs. This means that those born after June 30, 1943 and before July 1, 1944 Read More

James Robinson: Why I Want To Serve On UNM-LA Advisory Board

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James Robinson

By JAMES ROBINSON
Los Alamos

My name is James Robinson, and I am seeking your help to serve on the University of New Mexico – Los Alamos Branch Advisory Board.

UNM-LA holds a special place in my heart. After graduating from Los Alamos High School, I knew that I did not want to go straight into college. So I packed up and headed to golden coast of California. However, it was soon apparent that higher education was the only way to get the life I wanted.

I returned home only to realize that I could not afford the traditional four year college, and I did not qualify for the New Mexico Lottery Scholarship. Read More

LANL Major Subcontractors’ Consortium Grant Awards Event In Espanola Celebrates Economic Development

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MSC grant awardees, executive committee members and attending dignitaries gathered Thursday at the Santa Claran Hotel in Espanola. Courtesy photo

Los Alamos County Councilor David Izraelevitz, center at the back, is the liaison to the LANL Major Subcontractors Consortium. Courtesy photo

MSC News:

ESPANOLA – Members of the LANL Major Subcontractors’ Consortium and several guests gathered Thursday evening at the Santa Claran Hotel in Espanola for their annual MSC Grants awards celebration.

The LANL Major Subcontractors Consortium, also known as the MSC is made up of 35 of the largest subcontractors Read More

Los Alamos County Issues Statement On New Mexico Airlines’ Suspending All Flights In New Mexico

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County officials commented this morning on two news stories featured by KOB and KOAT television that New Mexico Airlines, who holds a contract with the Los Alamos Airport for commercial air service, has suspended all flights in New Mexico.

“On Dec. 4, we learned through customer reports and airport observations that all flights had been canceled,” Public Works Director Philo Shelton said.

Upon learning the news, the County contacted New Mexico Airlines to inquire if the flight cancellations were temporary or if any information could be furnished to the Airport or to Read More

Letter to the Editor: Los Alamos Tagline Suggestions

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By LYNNE CASSON
Retired Editor From LANL

I have the following suggestions for a tag line for Los Alamos.

How about  “Los Alamos — Discover the Secret”  or “Los Alamos – Discover Its Secrets”   or “Los Alamos – Discover Its Secrets for Yourself”  or or “Los Alamos — Yours to Discover” or “Los Alamos — Yours for the Discovering”?

Regarding “Where Discoveries are Made” — the phrase is in the passive voice, making it a little bit ho hum. To up the interest/excitement, Read More

Earth And Environmental Science Scholarships For Northern New Mexico Students

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LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and The Climate Change Leadership Institute (CCLI) are partnering to provide scholarships to support students pursuing Earth and Environmental Science Degrees on behalf of Dr. Jeri Sullivan Graham.

Dr. Sullivan Graham, a Los Alamos Scientist, is receiving the Conservation Grant Award from the Climate Change Leadership Institute and wants to pay it forward by offering this one-time scholarship to two students in attending colleges/universities in northern New Mexico.

About the Award:

Each year the CCLI gives out community seed grant Read More

Luján Issues Statement On Passage Of Spending Bill

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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján

CONGRESSIONAL News:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District released the following statement Thursday after voting against an omnibus appropriations bill.

“It is deeply disappointing that Congressional Republicans have used this process to pass damaging provisions that roll back critical Wall Street reforms and further undermine campaign finance rules. In addition, the measure shortchanges investments in key areas that are critical to our nation’s economic competitiveness and New Mexico’s future – cutting Pell Grants and providing Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Birdman (Or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)’

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” is a film exploring the self-absorption of actors, the nature of reality and the role of the theatrical arts in the lives of those who watch. Or it could be a movie about what is real and our own self-absorption. Either way, it is a film one must negotiate along with the characters.

Birdman is worthy of our attention. It was nominated for 7 Golden Globes, on Thursday, and garnered four nominations from the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday. Oscar nods are rumored, as you might expect.

But, be aware that this is Read More