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JJAB Meeting Changed To April 27

JJAB News:
 
The JJAB board meeting is changed to 6 p.m., April 27, at the Camino Entrada conference room in building 1.
 
Agenda
 
1. Introductions – Introductions were made by board members and visitors.
 
2. Approval of Minutes – A quorum was present at the meeting. David Woodruff made a motion to approve the February minutes. The motion was seconded by Kay Willerton. The motion passed unanimously.
 
3. Budget/Financials – We have official notification of our FY17 CYFD Funding and are awaiting County and Schools budgets. CYFD funding
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SFI: ‘Emerging Diseases, Deadly Lessons’ April 12

SFI News:
 
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) presents “Emerging Diseases, Deadly Lessons” with Carlos Castillo-Chavez at 7:30 p.m., April 12 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. 
 
Seating for SFI’s community lectures is limited and ticket reservations are required. Reserve your free tickets through the Lensic Box Office online or call 505.988.1234.
 
It has been more than two years since confirmation of the Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreak in West Africa. Now, with the end of the outbreak in sight, we have a once-in-a-lifetime
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Letter To The Editor: Trump A Republican?

By ROY M. MOORE
Los Alamos
 
Some people are asking if Donald Trump is a Republican, and I would like to give proof that he is.
 
I’ve been watching politics since Eisenhower (the last truly conservative republican) and the best I can tell is there are several rules that all good modern Republican leaders must follow.
 
First, you must never admit that you are wrong about anything. Second, you must always find someone else to blame for your problems. And third, the truth must have nothing to do with your opinions.
 
No amount of evidence (example global warming) is ever enough
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Los Alamos Photography Club Exhibit Walk Through April 19

CourtesyLAPC
 
LAPC News:
 
The Los Alamos Photo Club is hosting a walk-through of its 21st Annual Show 7-9 p.m., April 19 in the upstairs Gallery at Mesa Public Library.
 
The public is invited to view submitted works and interact informally with photographers.
 
The show runs through April 30.
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French Film Gives Realistic Look At Classroom Life

Movie poster for ‘The Class.’ Courtesy photo

Review By KELLY DOLEJSI

“The Class” (2008, rated PG-13), perhaps the only film I’ve seen starring a real-life middle-school language teacher, will screen at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mesa Public Library.

Laurent Cantet’s award-winning drama cinematizes François Bégaudeau’s semi-autobiographical novel “Entre les murs” (“Between the walls”), which is also the film’s original title in France. Onscreen, Bégaudeau, who based his book in part on his own experiences teaching French and literature at to 13-year-olds in Paris, plays François Read More

Los Alamos Community: Support Middle School Band

LAMS Band Director Ryan Finn works with his students to prepare them for upcoming regional competition. Courtesy photo
 
By LAPS Foundation Executive Director Joanna Gillespie and
The Band Aid Committee

Many of you are familiar with the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation’s (LAPSF) work to help teachers and students in LAPS with “classroom makeovers.”

This year the LAPSF is leading the charge to refurbish the Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) Band classroom. Working with a committee of band parents, LAMS staff and administration, (including Band Director Ryan Finn, Principal Johnson Read More

Postal Service Previews Second Of 16 Stamps Celebrating National Park Service’s Centennial

Courtesy/USPS

USPS News:

  • Stamp Highlights Utah’s Arches National Park

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Postal Service previewed the second in its series of 16 Forever stamps commemorating the centennial of the National Park Service. The 16 stamps, intended to represent the diversity of areas in our national park system, are being previewed over the next three weeks.

 Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

The stamp image is a photograph by Tom Till of Moab, Utah, and represents the iconic Delicate Arch. Delicate Arch is just one of more than 2,000 stone arches in a park that contains the greatest Read More

Obituary: Jessica Dawni Fleming (Casados) March 16, 1978 – April 1, 2016

JESSICA DAWNI FLEMING (CASADOS) March 16, 1978 – April 1, 2016
 
Jessica Dawni Fleming (Casados) was made an angel April 1, 2016 due to complications of a car accident in September.

To many, Jessica was known as the “flowers girl” working at Mills Brothers, Blooming Shop and Bella Cosa Flowers. She loved working with flowers and sharing her talent with everyone. She loved doing weddings. She even did her own bridal bouquet. In more recent times she could be found greeting and helping guests at the Holiday Inn Express.

Jessica was born, March 16, 1978 and raised in Los Alamos. She was a graduate

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Supreme Court Rejects Radical Rewrite Of Constitution

SUPREME COURT News:
 
The U.S. Supreme Court voted 8-0 in Evenwel v. Abbott to allow states to continue to count total population when drawing state legislative districts after each census.
 
The plaintiffs sought an unprecedented change to the U.S. Constitution forbidding states from using census counts of total population and requiring them to draw districts with equal number of voters.
 
“Today, the Supreme Court upheld a fundamental constitutional value that every person counts,” said Kathay Feng, Common Cause national redistricting director.
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Moniz Travels To Israel And Kazakhstan To Continue Discussions On Energy Cooperation

DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON D.C.  The U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz traveled to Israel. He will continue discussions with Yuval Steinitz, Israeli Minister of National Infrastructures, Energy, and Water Resources, on the ongoing energy partnership between the two countries.
 
He also will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. These discussions will cover a wide range of issues, including the U.S.-Israel Energy Dialogue, as well as expanded cooperation in energy research and energy water nexus programs.
 
Secretary
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First Lady To Visit Santa Fe Indian School May 26

First Lady Michelle Obama

DPNM News:

  • The first lady will deliver commencement address at the Santa Fe Indian School

 

ALBUQUERQUE – Democratic Party of New Mexico Chairwoman Debra Haaland, the first Native American woman to lead a statewide party in New Mexico, welcomed the announcement Monday that First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver the commencement address May 26 at the Santa Fe Indian School (SFIS).

 

DPNM Chairwoman Debra Haaland

 

“I am so excited that First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver the commencement address at SFIS,” Haaland said. “The young people who attend Read More

Nature On Tap At UnQuarked Thursday April 7

LACD News:

Come to Nature On Tap at 5:30 p.m., Thursday at UnQuarked Wine Room, 145 Central Park Square, to discuss what is new and planned for the Los Alamos County trail network.

Los Alamos County’s Open Space Specialist Eric Peterson will provide an update on upcoming projects, expected maintenance, and how community members can get involved. There are numerous volunteer opportunities throughout the summer in the 1st Annual Summer Series—Volunteer Trails Cleanup Days!

Peterson serves as the Open Space Specialist overseeing the County’s open space and trails systems. He Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Zootopia’

By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
 
“Zootopia” has been out for a month, but I finally got to see it Sunday and, boy, am I glad I did! This little gem is full of the most intricate, animated world ever created. The details in the background scenes alone are worthy of an art award!

But even more compelling is the set up for the story. Zootopia is a city in which all the animal species live in relative peace, having “evolved” from their more savage predecessors. Prey and predator live in the same city, patronizing the same businesses, aspiring to jobs and housing, mates and families. Not that there aren’t Read More

New Mexico Philharmonic Ends Popejoy Classics Series With Return Of Violinist Rachel Barton Pine

NMP News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Philharmonic welcomes violinist Rachel Barton Pine back to the Popejoy stage at 6 p.m., Saturday, April 30. 
 
Featured on the Popejoy Classics Season Finale are three audience favorites: The Academic Festival Overture by Johannes Brahms, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, and the “Organ Symphony” of Camille Saint-. Fawzi Haimor conducts. The concert will be preceded by a Pre-Concert Talk at 5 p.m. with Maestro Haimor
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Scenes From Cowboy Breakfast At Sheriff’s Posse Lodge

Scene from Sunday’s Cowboy Breakfast at the Los Alamos Posse Lodge on North Mesa. Photo by Marco Lucero

COMMUNITY News:

Community members packed into the Los Alamos Sheriff’s Posse Lodge Sunday for a Cowboy Breakfast. 

Members of the Los Alamos Sheriff’s Posse want to thank the community for coming back to support them following a kitchen renovation.

Proceeds from this breakfast will be given to graduating seniors from the Los Alamos High School from Sheriff Marco Lucer and the New Mexico Sheriff’s Association.

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NNSA Delivers Annual Reports To Congress On Progress For Stockpile Stewardship/Nonproliferation

NNSA News:

  • NNSA Delivers Annual Reports To Congress On Progress For Stockpile Stewardship And Nuclear Nonproliferation

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) released Monday the annual reports outlining the strategic direction for two of its vital and enduring missions—maintaining a safe, secure and effective nuclear deterrent and reducing the threat of nuclear proliferation and terrorism.

These reports are key planning documents for the nuclear security enterprise and guide program activities to ensure U.S. national Read More

Los Alamos Historical Museum Team Travel To Hiroshima To Meet With Colleagues On Partnership

Los Alamos Historical Museum team members, from left, Kallie Funk, Stephanie Yeamans and Judith Stauber at the Miyajima Torii Gate. Courtesy photo
 
Los Alamos Historical Museum Director Judith Stauber meets with Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Director Kenji Shiga Monday in central Hiroshima, Japan. Courtesy photo
 
 
Blog Entry By Kallie Funk, Judith Stauber, Stephanie Yeamans
Los Alamos Historical Museum

Our Los Alamos Historical Museum team headed to Kyoto Station April 1 for travel to Hiroshima. After a two-hour ride on the shinkansen (bullet train), we arrived

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UNM-LA Advisory Board Taps Pat Soran To Fill Vacancy

Longtime Los Alamos resident and community leader Patrick Soran was chosen in a unanimous vote as the newest member of the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Advisory Board tonight at a meeting of the UNM-LA Board. He took his seat at the table, but cannot vote until he is sworn in at a future meeting. Soran replaces Michael DiRosa who will be away from Los Alamos for two years and cannot fulfill his term. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Five people presented their credentials and ideas to the UNM-LA Advisory Board this evening in hopes of joining the Board. They were, from
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