Steinhaus: ‘No Tax Rate Increase’ Bond Election For Our Schools
By Dr. Kurt SteinhausIHM: Community Invited To Attend LYFE University
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JROTC Car Wash Fundraiser Underway Until Noon!
The community is invited to support the JROTC by getting a car washed today by the Cadets at the Shell gas station on Diamond Drive at Oppenheimer. The Cadets are washing cars until noon today and the price is the amount the car owner chooses to donate. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com 
JROTC car wash fundraiser is underway until noon today the Shell gas station on Diamond Drive at Oppenheimer. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com 
JROTC car wash fundraiser is underway until noon today the Shell gas station on Diamond Drive at Oppenheimer. Photo by KayLindaRAPS Community Conversation Sept. 24
LAHS student data analysis group, RAPS, will address the signs of sadness, self-harm and suicide in youth at a community meeting Sept. 24. Courtesy/LAPS.
LAPS News:
All interested individuals are invited to a community conversation Tuesday, Sept. 24, hosted by the Los Alamos High School student data analysis group, RAPS, to address the signs of sadness, self-harm and suicide in youth.
According to the 2017 Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey of LAHS students, 33.2 percent felt sad or hopeless in the past 12 months and 24.5 percent intentionally injured themselves.
Student leaders at LAHS have Read More
Firefighters Respond To Alarm At UNM-Los Alamos
Firefighters respond to the scene of a false alarm this afternoon in Building 2 at UNM-LA. Students and staff were evacuated for about 45 minutes being receiving the all clear and returning to class. Dust apparently triggered the alarm. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
Firefighters at the scene of a false alarm this afternoon in Building 2 at UNM-LA. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
Firefighters at the scene of a false alarm this afternoon in Building 2 at UNM-LA. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
Firefighters at the scene of a false alarm this afternoon in Building 2 at UNM-LA. Read More
College & Military Day At UNM-Los Alamos
Students show their college spirit this morning at UNM-Los Alamos. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LA Read More
Luján Joins Colleagues To Restore Pell Grant Eligibility For Victims Of Predatory, For-Profit Colleges
U.S. House Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján
CONGRESSIONAL News:
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), the U.S. House Assistant Speaker, joined colleagues Thursday to introduce the Pell Grant Restoration Act.
This critical legislation, introduced by U.S. Reps. Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) and Lucy McBath (GA-06), would amend Title IV of the Higher Education Act to restore students’ Pell Grant eligibility for any period of time during which they would have qualified for loan forgiveness due to school closure or institutional fraud or misconduct.
A companion Read More
UC President Janet Napolitano Announces Nearly $800,000 Grant From Triad National Security Supports Northern New Mexico Students And Teachers
University of California President Janet Napolitano announces this morning at a community event at Buffalo Thunder Resort Nearly $800,000 Grant From Triad National Security Supports Northern New Mexico Students And Teachers. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Triad’s Community Commitment Program awarded $599,600 to the LANL Foundation during a presentation this morning at Buffalo Thunder Resort. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.comTwo grants from Los Alamos National Security operator Triad National Security, LLC, will benefit
LAHS Student Aims To End Malnutrition In The World
Havard University student Garyk Brixi and Los Alamos High School student Lillian Peterson at the International Science Fair in May in Phoenix, Ariz. Courtesy photo Malnutrition is the leading cause of death for children globally and Lillian Petersen, a senior at Los Alamos High School, along with her partner Garyk Brixi of Maryland, is doing something about it.
They created computer software that can help inform aid organizations on the most effective way to treat malnourished children. Malnutrition is a clinical Read More
LAPS Thankful For Smith Auditorium Endowment
The new acoustic shell taken during rehearsal for the Orion Weiss, left, and Shai Wosner performance Sunday at Duane Smith Auditorium. Photo by Peter LaDelfe/LACA Board Member
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos Public Schools and the Los Alamos Community Foundation (LACF) have announced that the Endowment for Duane Smith Auditorium (DSA) has had a successful first year and is now actively paying out.
These proceeds are used to fund the preservation needs of this valuable resource that serves not only LAPS, but the entire community.
According to LACF Executive Director Rachel Kizielewicz the Read More
Science On Tap: Earthquake Forecasting Sept. 16
Feynman Postdoctoral Fellow Daniel Trugman. Courtesy/LANL
Los Alamos Creative District News:
The community is invited to join the Bradbury Science Museum and the Los Alamos Creative District for Science On Tap at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16 at projectY cowork, 150 Central Park Square.
This “On Tap” features a conversation with Daniel Trugman, a Feynman Postdoctoral Fellow with the Lab’s Earth and Environmental Sciences Division.
In the United States, earthquakes are the most frequent natural disaster. While the U.S. experiences hundreds of thousands of earthquakes annually, Read More
‘Effective Board Meetings’ Free Seminar Sept. 14
Courtesy/SFPU
Santa Fe Parliamentary Unit News:
Learn how to accomplish business without wasting time … a valuable seminar for non-profit agency board members as well as members of community organizations.
The Santa Fe Parliamentary Unit will present a 90-minute seminar entitled, “Effective Board Meetings” 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 14 at the White Rock Branch Library, 10 Sherwood Blvd. in White Rock.
The interactive seminar will provide information and practical applications of effective procedures. Hand-outs will be provided to all participants.
Those who pre-register
Ben-Naim: Supporting Our Schools Is The Right Thing To Do…
By ELLEN BEN-NAIM Early voting for the School Bond election begins Oct. 8.
I urge you to join me in supporting our community’s most important asset – our children by voting YES.
While your taxes will not increase, our students will benefit as White Rock schools are renovated and rebuilt and other sites across the district undergo additional improvements and maintenance.
First, supporting our students is the right thing to do. Our students have benefited from the new Middle School and High School as have students at Aspen and Barranca Mesa Elementary Schools. Read More
LANL: Discover Lightning’s Electrifying Truth At Free Public Talks In Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Albuquerque
LANL physicist Tess Light will discuss lightning at free public talks starting Sept. 11. Photo by Rob Lang Photography
LANL News:
- Tess Light of Los Alamos National Laboratory discusses those bright cracks across the sky at Frontiers in Science talks in Los Alamos, Santa Fe and Albuquerque
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Tess Light will discuss the beauty and mystery of lightning at three Frontiers in Science public talks starting Sept. 11 in Santa Fe.
“On any given day lightning flashes nearly 4 million times across the earth,” said Light, a physicist at the Laboratory. Read More
Family Star Party And Family Night At Los Alamos Nature Center Tuesday
Visit the Los Alamos Nature Center Tuesday, Sept. 10 for an evening of family fun. The monthly Family Star Party, sponsored by New Mexico Bank & Trust starts at 5:30 p.m. and Family Night starts at 6 p.m. and is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Head to the Los Alamos Nature Center tomorrow evening for a night of family fun! The Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s monthly Family Star Party and Family Night programs will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The star party starts at 5:30 p.m. and Family Night begins at 6 p.m. Both programs are free to attend thanks Read More
C’YA: Celebrate College And Military Day Friday
C’YA News:
This Friday is College and Military Day and community members are encouraged to wear their favorite apparel in support of the college or military path they, a family member or friend attended.
Send photos of participation in College and Military Day to cya.org@att.net or visit Champions of Youth Ambitions on Facebook.
Scenes From African Library Project Send Off Event
A crowd gathers Wednesday near Sullivan Field to send local volunteer Sharon Allan off to New Orleans in a van loaded with books for Africa as part of the African Library Project. The project is dedicated to changing lives book by book by starting libraries in rural Africa. This grassroots approach mobilizes U.S. volunteers, young and old, to organize book drives and ship books to start or improve a library in Africa. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Builders Club members in the van with the boxes of books and Sharon Allen, a prime mover and volunteer in the African Library Project. Key Club Read More
Fort Union: U.S. Army Bicycle Corps Program Sept. 19
Program about the U.S. Army Bicycle Corps, Iron Riders of the West at 7 p.m. Thursday Sept. 19. Courtesy photo
Fort Union News:
Watrous – Join Fort Union in downtown Las Vegas, N.M. for a program about the hardy, but little-known U.S. Army Bicycle Corps, a group of Buffalo Soldiers who tested bicycles as a possible replacement for horses.
The free program will be presented by Park Ranger Mike Weinstein at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19. The program will take place at the CCHP/Santa Fe Trail Interpretive Center at 116 Bridge St. in Las Vegas, N.M.
When bicycles became a popular new technology in the 1890s, Read More
UNM-Los Alamos Advisory Board Meets Monday
UNM-LA News:
The UNM-Los Alamos Advisory Board meets 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9, in the Lecture Hall in Building 2 on the UNM-LA campus at 4000 University Dr.
Agenda items include:
- Annual review of the UNM-LA By-Laws;
- Annual review of the Operating Agreement with UNM;
- Update from the UNM-LA Advisory Board Chair; and
- Administrative reports on ongoing UNM-LA operations.
The meeting is open to the public. Read More
United Church Fall Programming Begins Sunday
The United Church at 2525 Canyon Road. Courtesy photo
United Church News:
“Join us at The United Church as we begin our Fall Programming Schedule, growing opportunities for the whole family,” Pastor Keith Lewis said. “We are a warm, family friendly congregation that seeks to grow together as we learn about following Christ in a contemporary society.”
There are four special offerings beginning Sunday, Sept. 8:
- Holy Envy;
- The Fellowship of the Ring;
- Crown Jewel Chapters of the Epistles; and
- Living Out Our Faith in the Modern World.
The first is diving into the book Holy Envy, facilitated Read More