Rotary Club Seeks Young Leaders For Camp
ROTARY News:
The Rotary Club of Los Alamos is seeking young leaders (High School Juniors ONLY) with an interest in attending a week long camp in the Manzano Mountains in July.
Boy’s Camp is Sunday, July 15 to Saturday, July 21. Girl’s Camp is Saturday, July 21 to Friday, July 27.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is a program that originated with Rotary International and has subsequently been specifically designed by Rotary District 5520 for the students in New Mexico. RYLA encourages servant leadership in youth by recognizing and rewarding deserving 11th grade students who are chosen Read More
NEA-New Mexico: Election Recommendations For State Treasurer, Attorney General And Secretary Of State
NEA News:- Maggie Toulouse Oliver for New Mexico Secretary of State;
- Tim Eichenberg for New Mexico Treasurer; and
- Hector Balderas for New Mexico Attorney General.
Los Alamos Historical Society Lecture: Thomas Romero On Sustaining Culture And Traditions Tuesday March 13
Thomas Romero
Los Alamos Historical Society News:
Thomas Romero, executive director of the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area, will present “Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area: Sustaining Culture and Traditions” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 13 at historic Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos.
Romero will discuss the work of the Heritage Area, which covers the area of Taos, Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties. He will focus on the work of the organization over the last four years in creating sustaining partnerships with other cultural organizations. He will discuss the Heritage Area’s Read More
Livy Snyder Of Los Alamos Awarded Peggy Guggenheim Museum Internship In Venice, Italy
Livy Snyder of Los Alamos has received a Peggy Guggenheim Museum Internship. Courtesy photoEDUCATION News:
Livy Snyder of Los Alamos has been awarded the highly competitive Peggy Guggenheim Museum Internship in Venice, Italy for Fall 2018.
The Peggy Guggenheim Internship Program engages students in the daily operations of a museum by engaging with staff members, educating public visitors and participating in museum projects. The internship culminates in the participant delivering a seminar based on their research during their time at the museum.
Snyder grew up in Los Alamos and is attending Read More
Chamisa Elementary School Student Kyler Young To Attend Southwest District Kiwanis International
Chamisa sixth grader Kyler Young with his art teacher Renee Mitsunaga. Young will represent K-kids of New Mexico at the Southwest District Kiwanis International. Courtesy photoCOMMUNITY News:
Sixth grade student Kyler Young from Chamisa Elementary School has been selected to represent the K-kids Club of New Mexico at the Southwest District Kiwanis International.
K-kids is a service club sponsored by the Kiwanis and led by elementary students, that is designed to teach the value of helping others by taking part in community service projects.
Young was nominated by his peers Read More
Pearce Announces 2018 Congressional Art Competition
U.S. Rep. Steve PearceLos Alamos High School Student Miriam Wallstrom Accepted Into United States Senate Youth Program
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich with LAHS student Miriam Wallstrom. Courtesy photo
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined Wednesday evening in honoring Miriam Wallstrom of Los Alamos and Aaron Braddock of Carlsbad at a reception celebrating their acceptance into the prestigious United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP).
Funded by The Hearst Foundation, the United States Senate Youth Program allows high school students to gain an in-depth understanding of the American political process, while strengthening their passion for a career Read More
PEEC: Explore Swirls At Family Night March 13
Enjoy activities about swirls in nature with Melissa Mackey at the Los Alamos Nature Center’s Family Night. Photo from Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce SidmanLANB Sponsors Visits To Bradbury Science Museum
Bradbury Science Museum Educator Pam Dresher providing a science laboratory recently for students from Arroyos Del Norte Elementary School in Taos. Photo by Andre Trottier
Bradbury Science Museum Educator Mel Strong providing a science laboratory recently for students from Arroyos Del Norte Elementary School in Taos. Photo by Andre Trottier
BSMA News:
Bradbury Science Museum Educators Pam Dresher and Mel Strong recently provided a science laboratory for students from Arroyos Del Norte Elementary School in Taos.
The trip to the local museum was sponsored by Los Alamos National Bank under Read More
New Native American Budget And Policy Institute Seeks To Empower Indigenous Communities To Effect Systemic Change
UNM News:The Institute is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Center for Health Policy
LAPS Foundation Facilitates $1,800 Donation To Robotics Team From Santa Fe Auto Park
The LAHS Robotics FIRST Team 4153 poses with a t-shirt launching robot at the Ride & Drive event in Los Alamos. Courtesy/LAPSF
LAPSF News:
A perfect union that came together serendipitously last month has led to $1,800 being generously donated to the LAHS Robotics FIRST Team 4153 by the Santa Fe Auto Park. Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation executive director Laura Loy had just gotten off a phone call in which she learned the team had a shortage of funds to pay for travel to attend a competition in Denver, when a representative from the Santa Fe Auto Park called asking for help to facilitate Read More
Second Renewable Energy Festival Scheduled For Earth Day Weekend At Northern New Mexico College
NNMC News:Los Alamos County Waste Trucks Presentation At LAPS School Board Meeting
Kylie Alvarez’s winning design on the County waste truck. Courtesy photo
Philippa Fung’s winning design on the County waste truck. Courtesy photoConsumer Protection Week FACTS: ‘F’ Is For Finances
Attorney General Hector BalderasLAPS Breakfast Attendees Tour Smith Auditorium
Those attending the Feb. 27 Los Alamos Public Schools Breakfast donned hardhats for a sneak peak at renovations underway at the Duane Smith Auditorium. After some delays, the opening of the facility is near at hand, Coordinator of Bond and Construction Facilities Herb McClean told the group. LAPS is hoping contruction will be completed by the end of March, he said. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
LAPS Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus and LAPS’s Herb McClean lead the tour of renovations underway at the Duane Smith Auditorium. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comSpeaker Discusses Concept Of Fake News
James McGrath Morris prepares to discuss ‘Journalism, Ethics and the War Over Fake News’ Feb. 26 at the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
James McGrath Morris discusses journalism, ethics and fake news. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Audience members ask questions during the talk. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comJournalist, author and educator James McGrath Morris was the guest speaker at the monthly Voices of Los Alamos progressive advocacy Read More
SFCC Celebrates International Women’s Day March 8
SFCC News:Scenes From LAFD Wildland Fire Refresher Training Sunday In Bajo Canyon
Los Alamos Fire Department conducts Wildland Fire Refresher Training Sunday morning in Bajo Canyon. Here firefighters retrieve a hose following progressive hose lay, which is used by firefighters to advance systematically in a wildland fire situation. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes, second from left, and Deputy Chief Steve Dawald, left, join in the classroom portion of Wildland Fire Refresher Training Sunday morning at LAFD Station 2 on DP Road. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Fire Department personnel retrieve Read More
Events Planned At New Mexico Historic Sites
NMHS News:- New Mexico Art Auction
- Coronado Historic Site
Scenes From Cowboy Breakfast Sunday
A warm fire greets diners Sunday morning at the monthly Sheriff’s Posse Lodge Cowboy Breakfast at the Sheriff’s Posse Lodge. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Fire Department Station 4 Capt. Gerald Coriz, left, and crew members line up for breakfast Sunday morning at the Sheriff’s Posse Lodge. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos High School NJROTC cadets volunteering Sunday morning at the Sheriff’s Posse Lodge Cowboy Breakfast, from left, Sam Bond, Alex Tuning, Colby Sapp and Trystan Osborn. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com Read More