Local Scientist Competing in 3,000-Mile Race
Lisa Dougherty participating last November in the 24 Hour World Time Trial Championships in Coachella Valley, Calif., finished 2nd among the women, one 16-mile loop behind six-time Race Across AMerica (RAAM) winner Seana Hogan. Courtesy photo
By Carol A. Clark
Local athlete Lisa Dougherty is a Ph.D. materials scientist, Project Management Professional and Certified Quality Engineer working full-time as an engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL.)
In November, she qualified to participate in the 3,000 mile non-stop Race Across AMerica – RAAM. She will start in Oceanside, Read More
Spaghetti For Everyone 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday!
LAHS SWIM TEAM News:
The community is invited to attend the Los Alamos High School Swim Team’s Annual Fundraising Spaghetti Dinner.
The dinner is 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11 at the Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church.
Tickets are $5 a person – children 8 & under are $3/plate. The dinner includes spaghetti (both a meat sauce and a non-meat sauce will be available), salad, garlic bread, dessert and a drink.
Tickets can be purchased in advance from any high school swimmer or at the door.
PEEC: Learn About Conservation Canines Jan. 17
PEEC News:
The community is invited to PEEC to hear a presentation from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17 about restoration work in the Jemez Mountains.
Anne Bradley, Forest Conservation Program Manager for The Nature Conservancy, will give the talk about the Conservancy’s current projects in the area, which include the Conservation Canines.
The Nature Conservancy has recently partnered with several organizations to provide information about climate change and tools to aid in forest conservation and restoration.
One of the most interesting collaborations is the study of the Read More
Workshop to Educate Baby Boomers on Social Security
PORTFOLIO News:
A New Generation of Retirees Prepares to Collect Benefits
Portfolio LLC will present an educational workshop titled “Savvy Social Security Planning: What Baby Boomers Need to Know to Maximize Retirement Income” has been scheduled for noon Tuesday, Jan. 29, at Mesa Public Library, 2400 Central Ave., in Los Alamos.
After being told for years that Social Security is “going broke,” baby boomers are realizing that it will soon be their turn to collect. But the decisions they make now can have a tremendous impact on the total amount of benefits they stand Read More
Taos School of Music Holds Auditions for 2013
TSM News:
Taos School of Music Executive Director Kathleen Anderson Knox announced auditions for Young Artist positions in the prestigious summer chamber music program.
Approximately 125 of the most accomplished young classically trained musicians will audition for the coveted 19 slots.
Robert McDonald will conduct piano interviews in person only in New York City Jan. 19-20; Borromeo String Quartet hears string auditions in New York City Jan. 21-22 and Boston Jan. 24.
This year’s season will run June 16-Aug. 4 and showcase the complete Beethoven String Quartet Cycle.
Guest Artists will Read More
PEEC Amateur Naturalist: Jemez Mountains Blue Crayfish
PEEC Amateur NaturalistJemez Mountains Blue Crayfish
The nice thing about being out-of-doors is that the unexpected can be seen. A group of students were exploring a stream in the Valles Caldera during a Nature Odyssey program for example.
One student spotted a blue colored rock and waded into the stream to pick it up. Surprise! The rock began to move away from the student.
On closer observation, we realized the rock was actually a crayfish. It was able to escape in spite of several students attempting to catch it.
A blue crayfish is an oddity. It also would appear to Read More
Community Invited to LAHS Open House and Tea
LAPS News:
Los Alamos residents are invited to attend an Open House to tour the new construction at Los Alamos High School from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13.
The theme is a tea to see the project supported by the 2009 bond and learn more about the projects proposed for the 2013 bond.
This is a mail out ballot that will go out in January. This bond will continue the current tax rate (no increase in taxes) to allow the District to complete construction at Los Alamos Middle School and renovate Aspen Elementary School along with a number of smaller projects at other schools.
Those attending the LAHS Open House Read More
School Bond Election Forum Set For Jan. 7
LWVLA News:
The League of Women Voters of Los Alamos will hold a forum on the school bond election from 7-8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7 in the Los Alamos High School Speech Theater.
The speakers will include LAPS Superintendent Gene Schmidt and School Board Member Judy Bjarke-McKenzie.
The community is invited to attend the forum to hear details of the plans for the bond and to ask questions.
Anyone unable to attend the forum can find information about the bond at https:////www.laschools.net or by calling the Los Alamos Public Schools district office at 663- 2230. Read More
SFI Colloquium: Reconstructing the Wiring Diagrams of Earth’s Biogeochemical Cycles
Dr. Paul G. Falkowsk
SFI News:
The next SFI Colloquium features Paul G. Falkowski (Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Program, Rutgers University) speaking on “Reconstructing the Wiring Diagrams of Earth’s Biogeochemical Cycles.”
Falkowski’s talk is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 in the Noyce Conference Room at the Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road.
Abstract: Life is far from thermodynamic equilibrium. Over the past decade, together with collaborators, I have been analyzing the biochemical reactions responsible Read More
Los Alamos Historical Society Presents Dr. Jack Shlachter’s Talk ‘Jews in Theory’
LAHS News:
Dr. Jack Shlachter
The Los Alamos Historical Society will present Dr. Jack Shlachter and his talk, “Jews in Theory” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 at Fuller Lodge in downtown Los Alamos.
A snapshot of the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos in 1945 reveals a leadership structure that is disproportionately of Jewish heritage; the division leader, deputy division leader, chief consultant, and six of the eight group leaders were “Jewish” by some definition of the term.
Of the roughly 80 individuals in the division, four (all “Jewish”) would go on to become Nobel Read More
PEEC Offers Class on Life in Complex Soil Ecosystems
Los Alamos Historian Dorothy Hoard and student. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Come to the Pajarito Environmental Education Center, 3540 Orange St., from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 12 to learn about life in complex soil ecosystems from Leslie Dendy.
This informative and interesting class will look at pocket gopher teeth, earthworm hearts, and a cricket gizzard, and use microscopes to see the tiniest organisms that live underground.
Learn about how our lives depend on bacteria and fungi, what ants are good for, and who lives in all those holes!
Leslie Dendy has her Ph.D. in Biology and Read More
UNM-LA Students Venture Beyond Classroom
‘Cloud Dance’ by Pablita Velarde at Golden Dawn Gallery. Courtesy/UNM-LA
By Bonnie J. Gordon
For students in American Studies 252, “The Native American Experience,” the emphasis really was on experience. The class included four all-day field trips as well as film, Internet and printed materials, and classroom discussion.
“Our first field trip was to the Tewa Basin pueblos and was led by Porter Swentzel from Santa Clara Pueblo,” Instructor Carol Noones said.
Carol Noones
The group visited Santa Clara Pueblo, then San Ildefonso Pueblo where they Read More
Robotics Team Takes Another Plunge
ASME presents Los Alamos Team 4153 with a $10,000 check in front of the team’s 2012 robot that shoots basketballs. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Team 4153 member Tiffany Anton accepts a $10,000 check from Anthony Puckett of the local chapter of ASME as Partha Rangaswamy of the chapter and Robotics team members look on. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.comStaff Report
Los Alamos Team 4153, comprised of students in grades 9 through 12, is planning to build another robot for the 2013 competition.
The team this year has 23 students including 16 boys and seven girls as well Read More
K-Kids Club at Aspen School Helps Needy
The brand new K-Kids Club at Aspen School just finished a holiday food drive for LA Cares. The club has 25 active members in grades 1-6 with more joining every week! Students decorated collection boxes, wrote and made daily announcements, and hauled a lot of bags and boxes of food to help those in need in our community over the holidays. Photo by Sharon Allen Local Carolers Entertain in Downtown Los Alamos
The angelic voices of young carolers from Chamisa and Aspen elementary schools filled the air Tuesday evening, entertaining busy shoppers and people sending out their holiday packages at the Post Office in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Katy Korkos Read More
LAHS Memorial Garden Commemorates the Lives of Students
The LAHS NJROTC present the colors at the Dec. 20 LAHS Memorial Garden dedication. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
A ribbon is cut Thursday, Dec. 20 to dedicate the Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
By Bonnie J. Gordon
The Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden was dedicated on Thursday, Dec. 20. The Rotary Club of Los Alamos, under the direction of member Skip King, spearheaded the design and development of the Memorial Garden.
The garden commemorates the lives of students who passed away while attending Los Alamos High School. This Read More
Somber Ceremony Marks National Tragedy
Los Alamos High School Junior Soumyo Lahiri-Gupta addresses the group gathered at Ashley Pond Friday night to remember the victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
By Greg Kendall
Los Alamos High School Student Council members organized a special Friday night candlelight vigil in memory of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown. Conn.
About 50 people gathered in the cold at Ashley Pond Park to honor the children, teachers and administration staff who lost their lives in the terrible tragedy.
LAHS Junior Read More
Rotary Student of the Month: Jessie Zhao
ROTARY News:
Jessie Zhao, a senior at Los Alamos High School (LAHS), was recently honored as Rotary Student of the Month for December.
Zhao is the daughter of Shaoping Chu and Xinxin Zhao and sister of William and Steven Zhao.
The Rotary Club of Los Alamos selects one student each month of the school year to honor as a Student of the Month.
In addition to high school seniors, high school juniors are now eligible for the recognition. Students are nominated by their teachers and chosen on the basis of their academic achievement, extra-curricular activities, and, in particular, their service Read More
Nature Center Hours During Holidays
A Stellers Jay seen Dec. 13 in a backyard on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Marion Stelts
PEEC News:
The nature center at the Pajarito Environmental Education Center, 3540 Orange St., will be open during the holiday week, so bring your out-of-town guests:
Dec. 18-22 – Open regular hours
Dec. 24-25 – Closed
Dec. 26-29 – Open regular hours
Dec. 31-Jan 1 Closed
Jan. 2 onward – Open regular hours
Note: Regular hours are Tues-Friday noon-4 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – For information, visit https:////www.pajaritoeec.org Read More
UNM-LA Honoring Jeannette Wallace Jan. 13
The community is invited to attend a ceremony at UNM-Los Alamos to pay tribute to the memory of Jeannette O. Wallace with the dedication of the college’s newest lecture hall in her name in honor of her long service to the Los Alamos community and tireless commitment to education. The event is set for 12:30-2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13 with the dedication at 1 p.m. at the UNM-LA campus, 4000 University Dr. Read More