SFCC And Santa Fe Higher Education Center Closed On Independence Day
SFCC News:Police Chief Reads To Kids During Safety Town Today
Los Alamos Police Police Chief Dino Sgambellone reads Safety Town books to this year’s upcoming Kindergarteners today at Mountain Elementary School. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Chief Dino Sgambellone reads Safety Town books today at Mountain Elementary School. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
LAPD brings out its robots to show the kids. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
LAPD robots on display. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Kids wait their turn to get in the front seat of an LAPD car to learn about the internal operations of a police Read More
Exploding Universe Talk And Film At Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium
LAF&SF Features Bob Reinovsky Wednesday
The community is invited to attend the LAF&SF talk by Bob Reinovsky Wednesday at 1738 N Sage Loop. Courtesy/ESA/Hubble, NASA
LAF&SF News:
Bob Reinovsky continues the Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum summer series Wednesday, June 28 by speaking on “Hopelessness”.
The theme of the summer series talks is “Hope: Science, Religion and the Future”.
The meeting formats include a light supper at 6 p.m., talk at 6:30 p.m., followed by questions for the speaker and then table discussions. These talks are in the Fellowship Hall of the Unitarian Church at 1738 N Sage Loop in Los Alamos. Read More
LAHS Graduate Samantha Miller Makes History
Los Alamos High School NJROTC Precision Air Rifle Team members from left, Jacob Torres, Holly Hayes, Samantha Miller and Stephanie Nielsen. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos High School 2017 graduates Holly Hayes, left, and Samantha Miller are joining rifle teams at University of Alabama-Birmingham and University of Texas-El Paso respectively. Courtesy photo
NJROTC News:
Samantha Miller, a 2017 graduate of Los Alamos High School, recently signed her way into history in becoming the first to earn a scholarship for rifle from LAHS, according to LCDR Wes Shumaker. She joins another New Mexico Read More
Mountain Teacher Michele Altherr Participates In Panel Discussion On Charter And Traditional School Divide
Mountain Elementary School teacher Michele Altherr, center, participates in a panel discussion on the Charter and Traditional School Divide at the 2nd Annual Public School Leadership Conference put on by the New Mexico Public Education Department. The event was June 21-22 at the Crowne Plaza in Albuquerque. Courtesy photo Read More
Notice Of Possible Quorum: Los Alamos School Board
LAPS News:
Notice of Possible Quorum: Members of the Los Alamos School Board may attend the Barranca Design Public Meeting at 5 p.m., Tuesday, June 27 in the Barranca Elementary School Gymnasium at 57 Loma del Escolar.
A quorum may be present, however, no action will be taken.
The meeting is open to the public. Read More
‘Sometimes We Tell The Truth’ Author Bethany Rose Click Awarded June Ettinger Memorial Scholarship
Bethany Rose Click, awarded June Ettinger Memorial Scholarship. Jessica Booton Photography www.jessicabootonphotography.com/SFCC Partners With Northern New Mexico College In Three Baccalaureate Programs
SFCC News:Los Alamos To Host Free Caregiver Presentation July 17
ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION News:Los Alamos Public Safety Association Raises Funds For Educational Scholarships
From left, Los Alamos Police Cmdr. Oliver Morris and Det. Daniel Roberts chat with local archery instructor Mike O’Neill Friday evening at the Summer Concert at Ashley Pond Park. Photo By Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Ty Morris, 9, and Sierra Morris, 6, with the bike being raffled by LAPSA to raise funds for scholarships. Photo By Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Los Alamos Public Safety Association (LAPSA) is conducting a raffle for six prizes including a Coleman Trail200 gas-powered mini-bike and helmet.
Tickets are $10 each and are available for purchase at the Friday Read More
Crowd Gathers For Georgetown Theologian, Professor John Haught Lecture At Fuller Lodge
A crowd turned out Thursday at Fuller Lodge to hear Professor John Haught lecture on ‘Science, Religion, And Cosmic Purpose’. Photo by Morrie Pongratz
Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum News:
A crowd gathered at Fuller Lodge Thursday evening to hear Georgetown Theologian, Professor John Haught, lecture on “Science, Religion, and Cosmic Purpose”.
Professor Haught addressed the question of whether the universe may reasonably be said to have a purpose. Professor Haught said that evolution has shown us that there is a cosmic drama or story and it is still unfolding. Following the ideas presented Read More
Registration Deadline Is June 30 For Leadership Los Alamos Class Of 2017-18
Jana McClure is a graduate of the 2016-17 Leadership Los Alamos program. Photo by Martha Katko
LLA News:
Leadership Los Alamos is accepting applications for its 2017-18 program, which gets underway in September.
To date, LLA has graduated more than 250 leaders who are making a difference in this community. LLA is seeking to fill this year’s class with approximately 24 committed individuals who want to learn more and continue this fine tradition.
The program begins with a two-day orientation Sept. 8-9. The deadline to apply for the program is June 30.
What recent graduates are saying: Read More
PEEC: Summer Family Evening Offers Hands-on Fun
Visit the Los Alamos Nature Center June 28 for an evening of hands-on experiments courtesy of Explora Museum. Courtesy photoPEEC News:
Investigate nature through hands-on activities at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 28. The Explora Museum of Albuquerque will share a variety of nature experiments that teach conservation principles. This event is part of Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s Summer Family Evenings program.
This Summer Family Evening is a great way to delve hands-first into nature with the Explora Museum. Conduct experiments that Read More
The Curious Case Of The Warped Kuiper Belt
A yet-to-be-discovered, unseen ‘planetary mass object’ makes its existence known by ruffling the orbital plane of distant Kuiper Belt objects, according to research by Kat Volk and Renu Malhotra of the UA’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. The object is pictured on a wide orbit far beyond Pluto in this artist’s illustration. Courtesy/Heather Roper/LPLThree Mountaineers’ Stories: Staycation Ideas June 27
One of the magnificent views from San Juan Basin. Courtesy photoMembers of the Los Alamos Mountaineers will share three of their favorite local expeditions.
SFCC Hosts Artisan Spirulina Immersion Week
SFCC News:Los Alamos Medical Society Offers Medical School Scholarships
LOS ALAMOS MEDICAL SOCIETY News:
Students who will be enrolled in medical school in the fall this year are invited to apply for scholarshiop funds. Scholarship funds are available through the generosity of the John and Willie Mae Helm Scholarship Fund and the Los Alamos Medical Society
Students are eligible to apply if they are residents of Los Alamos County or have spent the majority of their lives as residents of Los Alamos County. Applicants are required to write a letter about their medical school background, to fill out a scholarship application form, and to send an official copy of Read More
Bake Sale Supports LAHS Teacher Joy Handsberry
Los Alamos Middle School teacher Laura Parkison and her 12-week-old daughter Rachel Parkison sell cherry scones at a benefit bake sale Monday in the lobby of Los Alamos National Bank. The fundraiser is for Los Alamos High School teacher Joy Handsberry who has had a recurrence of her cancer and continues chemotherapy treatments this summer. Mondays benefit bake sale raised $592.55 for Handsberry and rumor has it that two White Rock angels later dropped off a $1,000 check to support her fight. Photo by Bernadette LauritzenDevine Fellers And Erica Keevama Awarded Irene Boone Memorial Scholarship
Devine Fellers, left, and Erica Keevama, winners of the Irene Boone Memorial Scholarship. Photo by Jessica Booton Photography/www.jessicabootonphotography.com/
LAPSF News:
The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation has announced that Devine Fellers and Erica Keevama were chosen to receive the 2017 Irene Boone Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is made possible through the generosity of long-time resident and pediatrician, Dr. Irene Boone and her husband, Zanas “Slim” Boone.
Fellers and Keevama were selected among 20 qualified applicants for their Read More
