PEEC Talk: How Las Conchas Fire Affected Valles Caldera Oct. 16
Valles Caldera National Preserve. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The community is invited to come to PEEC from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16 to hear how the Las Conchas Fire affected the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
Rebecca Oertel, a Forest and Range Plant Ecologist at the VCNP will present the talk.
Oertel grew up in Los Alamos, obtained a degree in biochemistry, and has worked in the Jemez Mountains Area for the past 18 years as a biologist.
Although she has been at the VCNP for only one year, her extensive experience in the Jemez Mountains includes 11 years as a Biologist at Bandelier National Read More
County’s Student Shooter Drill Draws Praise
During this morning’s emergency response exercise at Los Alamos High School, police captured the crazed student shooter and placed her in the back of a patrol car for transport to jail. She explained her reason for killing six students and injuring 29 others during her shooting spree was that she had a “really lousy time” at the recent homecoming dance. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Police Officers arrive at the scene of this morning’s simulated mass shooting at Los Alamos High School and prepare to enter the building where a female student is Read More
Toppers Beat Academy 29-25
Arnaldo Ortiz carries the ball. File Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Hilltoppers beat Albuquerque Academy 29 to 25 Saturday at Academy. Senior Arnaldo Ortiz scored two touchdowns and rushed for a season high of 219 yards. Read More
LAHS Choir Lends Helping Hand
Los Alamos High School choir members from left, Ethan Clements, Sopahn Kellogg, Isaac Wiens, Devon McCleskey and Haley Henson. Courtesy photo
Members of Los Alamos High School Choir lend a helping hand to their new director Jason Rutledge.
Rutledge is hoping to save a few dollars on utilities this winter by heating his house using a wood burning stove.
“Between moving expenses, paying back student loans, the cost of rent and other living expenses, making ends meet is a challenge,” Rutledge said.
The wood and use of the pick up truck Read More
NNMC Foundation Honors LANL’s Richard Marquez
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory Executive Director Richard Marquez is the namesake for a new leadership and service award at Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) in Española.
“I am honored and humbled by this recognition from Northern New Mexico College,” Marquez said. “I have been fortunate with regard to my education and career with opportunities and mentors. I believe in paying it forward and am optimistic that this award will shed light on all of the other people who donate time and resources to making Northern New Mexico a better place.”
The creation of the Richard Marquez Leadership Read More
Public Invited to LAMS Turf Field and Track Ribbon Cutting
LAMS News:
The community of Los Alamos is invited to a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new Los Alamos Middle School Turf Field and Track at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11.
The ceremony takes place at the LAMS football field prior to the start of the Hawks football game vs. McCurdy.
The new turf and track project started back in 2009 with the LAPS Athletic Department investigating the benefits of a turf field.
Following the construction of the Sullivan Field Turf project, the LAMS football field and track project got underway.
The project began in April 2012 and the turf was completed in August Read More
RDC Receives Excellence in Economic Development Award
RDC News:
Regional Development Corporation received a Gold Excellence in Economic Development Award for their Accelerate – Technical Training and Job Placement program in the category of Partnerships with Educational Institutions for communities with populations of 200,000 – 500,000 from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC).
The honor was presented at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, October 2, during the IEDC Annual Conference, which is being held Sept. 30 – Oct. 3 in Houston, Texas.
“We recognize Regional Development Corporation for creating innovative Read More
National Merit Names Commended Students
LAHS News:
Los Alamos High School Principal Sandy Warnock announced today the students named Commended Students in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program:
- Daniel Hill,
- Gabriel Intrator,
- Johnny Jacobs,
- Simona Martin,
- Emily McClenahan,
- Danielle Parsons,
- Maria Sandoval,
- Jessica Bohn, and
- Samuel Baty.
A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, were presented by the principal to these scholastically talented seniors.
About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their Read More
PEEC, Reel Deal Team Up for ‘The Big Year’
Courtesy Photo
Reel Deal & PEEC News:
The Reel Deal Movie Theater and the Pajarito Environmental Education Center are bringing back their popular partnership to show nature films over the fall and winter months.
The series begins at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4 with a showing of The Big Year.
“This is the perfect film to kick off the series,” Katie Watson of PEEC said. “It’s a birding film, so it will appeal to our many birders in Los Alamos, but it also stars Jack Black, Steve Martin, and Owen Wilson, so fans of these actors, even if they aren’t birders, will want to watch it, as well.”
The Read More
No Cook Noodle Night Oct. 3
Photo by Claire SwinhoeLos Alamos High School Band Boosters are hosting a “No Cook Noodle Night” 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3 at Trinity on the Hill’s Kelly Hall at Canyon Road and Diamond Drive.
With an eat-in or carry-out option, the menu includes lasagna with meat and red sauce, spaghetti with a choice of meat or vegetarian sauce, penne with Alfredo sauce (meatless), macaroni and cheese and rice noodles with gluten-free Asian sauce. Dine-in meals include salad, bread and a cookie.
Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children and available
Down the Rio Grande: A Paddlers Perspective of Rocks and Rapids
LOS ALAMOS HISTORICAL SOCIETY News
The Los Alamos Historical Society announced its 2012-2013 lecture series, “History and Science.” Visit https:////www.losalamoshistory.org/Events.htmfor a schedule and for a synopsis of each lecture. Lectures are on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the Pajarito Room of the Fuller Lodge. The lectures are free and open to the public, thanks to the generosity of the Los Alamos National Bank and the members of the Historical Society. The October lecture is a journey down the Rio Grande by geologist and award-winning author, Paul Read More
Beginning Fencing Starts Tuesday at the Y
FAMILY YMCA News:‘Education is Hope’ Screened in Los Alamos
Film Producer Will O’Donnell and Editor Holger Waschinski. Photo by Karen Kendall
Staff report
On Saturday night, the Reel Deal Theater presented a free screening of the grassroots film Education is Hope. The film was produced locally and filmed in Kenya by Will O’Donnell and Dylan Westfall. The documentary film highlights the efforts of the International Peace Initiatives (IPI) to provide opportunities for children to attend school. Holger Waschinski of Pac8 edited the movie.
Will O’Donnell and Fredah Rajab, a young woman featured in the film, were on hand before Read More
‘Autumn in Provence’ Tops $5,000 for Kiwanis Scholarships
Kiwanian First Vice President/Event Chair Karen Kendall welcomes nearly 100 people to Saturday night’s “Autumn in Provence” wine dinner fundraiser at the Dixie Girl Restaurant in downtown Los Alamos. The Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos hosted the event, which raised $5,700, including $1,000 scholarship donation by Kurt Steinhaus on behalf of LANS, LLC and Director Charlie McMillan of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Kiwanis is the local service club with a focus on youth projects. Founded in January 1948, Kiwanis is the oldest service organization in Los Alamos. Read More
SFI: Three Lectures, Three Nights…
The Santa Fe Institute presents the Stanislaw Ulam Memorial Lecture Series
Three lectures, three nights … The Many Faces of Complexity
Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2, 3, & 4.
James A. Little Theater, 1060 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe.
Lectures are free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
Lord Robert May
Baron May of Oxford; professor, zoology, Oxford University and Imperial College; former president of Britain’s Royal Society and former chief scientific advisor to the UK Government; member, Santa Fe Institute Science Board.
Abstract: Renowned Read More
YMCA Offering Flamenco Dance for Beginners
FAMILY YMCA News:
A new Flamenco Dance for Beginners class begins at the Family YMCA in October:
YMCA members and non-members, men and women, boys and girls ages 10 and up welcome.
Flamenco dance has become a popular dance form worldwide because of its powerful lines, intense rhythms, and the beautiful traditional melodies that cannot help but inspire movement.
The dance comes from Southern Spain and is the unique art of the gypsies which combines the sounds and movements of Europe, India, and Northern Africa.
Flamenco Dance is accompanied by guitar, hand-clapping, singing Read More
LAMS New Bus Loop Officially Opens
LAMS News:
Los Alamos Middle School Principal Rex Kilburn and Transportation Coordinator Keith Rosenbaum welcomed the first buses as they arrive Wednesday morning at LAMS new bus loop. Buses now arrive to the much anticipated bus loop through Hawks Drive rather than North Mesa. Courtesy Photo
Los Alamos Public Schools bus drivers Kevin Herron and John Stam chat with Los Alamos Middle School Assistant Principal Anna Vargas-Gutierrez, Construction Manager, Ron Zorcher and Curtis Dehaas. Courtesy Photo
Buses lined up perfectly in the Los Alamos Middle School bus lane Wednesday afternoon. Read More
Garcia Richard: State Education Reform Must Start with Early Reading
Column by Stephanie Garcia Richard, Democratic Candidate for State Rep, District 43
As kids from Los Alamos and around the state get back to school, and the election season begins to gear up, the important role of education in our state’s future becomes more and more apparent.
Schools and classrooms may not share top billing in this season’s political debates, but it’s one of the most important issues for me.
Maybe that’s because I’m on the front lines. I teach third grade and have been a classroom teacher for over ten years. I have taught in charter schools, BIA schools and public schools. Read More
Science Education Solutions Awarded $2.6 Million Grant
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District announced Wednesday that Science Education Solutions of Los Alamos will receive a $2.6 million award from the National Science Foundation. Travel the State with Presenter Bill Dunmire Thursday
By Kirsten Laskey
New Mexico is unique to the rest of the nation in many senses including the amount of unspoiled natural landscape in the state.
Viewing these expansive open spaces is a real treat, although it would probably require some lengthy car trips.
On Thursday, however, Los Alamos residents can tour their state by simply heading down to Mesa Public Library. Bill Dunmire is the featured speaker for this month’s Authors Speak and his talk begins at 7 p.m. in the Upstairs Rotunda.
Dunmire served 28 years in the National Park Service, mostly as a naturalist in a number of parks including Yosemite, Read More