Class Of 1980 Tours Los Alamos High School
The LAHS Class of 1980 was in town for Homecoming weekend last week. The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation provided a tour led by Kurt Steinhaus and Cheryl Pongratz of the new high school for the classmates. The Class of 1980 made a $500 donation to the Foundation. Photo by Kurt Steinhaus Read More
Aspen Elementary Has Highest Participation Rate In Summer Reading Challenge In New Mexico
LAPS News:
- Reading Challenge Success
Aspen Elementary School students have reason to celebrate. They students logged more than 22,300 reading minutes this summer, earning Aspen the title as the number one New Mexico school in the 2015 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge. The school will be listed in the 2016 Scholastic Book of World Record.
Aspen’s librarian, Mr. Lloyd, knew students would get excited if offered the chance to “read for a world record” and registered all Aspen students for the summer challenge in May before school let out. Congratulations Tigers! Your parents, teachers, Read More
Obituary: William A. Hudson Sept. 11, 2015
WILLIAM A. HUDSON Sept. 11, 2015
William A. Hudson died peacefully at home on September 11, 2015.
Born New York City in 1925, Hudson joined the US Marine Corps in 1943. He was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart for action on Iwo Jima. After WWII he received BS and MA degrees in health and physical education from New York University.
Hudson came to New Mexico in 1949 and taught in the Los Alamos Public Schools for 33 years as a physical educator, swimming and cross country coach. After he retired from teaching, he had a successful career as a financial consultant with Waddell Read More
LANL Looks To Community For Next Generation Workforce
Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan talks with Los Alamos County Council Chair Kristin Henderson at Wednesday’s Community Leaders Breakfast at Ohkay Owingeh Conference Center. Courtesy/LANL
Ohkay Owingeh – An implicit theme of a community breakfast meeting at the pueblo conference center Wednesday had to do with work, workers and the variables that make employment attractive and possible at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Current concerns include the federal budget, the pace of laboratory projects and priorities, the Read More
AFT New Mexico Celebrates Introduction Of Senate Bill To Repeal Healthcare ‘Cadillac Tax’
AFTNM President Stephanie Ly
AFTNM News:
ALBUQUERQUE – American Federation of Teachers New Mexico President Stephanie Ly released the following statement:
“Working New Mexicans can be proud of Sen. Heinrich and his bi-partisan efforts to repeal the regressive healthcare ‘Cadillac Tax’ from the Affordable Care Act.
“As a union who represents thousands of educators across New Mexico, and often negotiates aspects of healthcare coverage, we’re intimately familiar with the fight to ensure all New Mexicans have the best healthcare access possible at the lowest out-of-pocket Read More
Ceramics Instructor Barbara Yarnell Continues To Inspire With Clay In Popular Classes At UNM-LA
SuFong Milonni, left, and Barbara Yarnell glazing their creations in the UNM-LA pottery studio. Courtesy/UNM-LA
UNM-LA News:
After throwing her first pot in a Los Alamos Middle School class at age 14, Barbara Yarnell was smitten with clay.
Later in life, she found she also loved sharing her knowledge of the art of ceramics with others. She just taught the first day of Introduction to Ceramics to 20 students at UNM-LA during the first week of fall semester.
“I love the first day of school in the fall and that excitement of learning,” Yarnell said in a recent interview in her studio classroom at UNM-LA. Read More
Obituary: Kevin Steven Donavan Chavez May 4, 1988 – Sept. 15, 2015
KEVIN STEVEN DONAVAN CHAVEZ May 4, 1988 – Sept. 15, 2015
Kevin Steven Donavan Chavez, 27, a resident of El Rancho, passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 after a long and courageous fight after a car accident in April 2012 that left him a quadriplegic and changed his life forever.
Kevin rehabbed intensely at Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colorado for four months. Kevin had many bumps along the road, but continued his fight wanting to do great things. Kevin was born on May 4, 1988 to Felix and Gloria Chavez.
He was preceded in death by grandfathers, E. Nestor Lujan and Max L. Chavez Jr.; aunts, Read More
LAHS’s Annual Pegasus Rummage Sale Saturday
Letter To The Editor: High Local Fuel Prices
By ALLEN COGBILL
Los Alamos
Buy local? Perhaps not, at least when it comes to purchasing fuel.
Fuel prices in Los Alamos presently bottom out at 255.9¢/gal (it’s very slightly lower in White Rock), with Smith’s MarkupPlace apparently setting the prevailing price. In contrast, in Pojoaque the price is 219.9¢/gal and just slightly further east, at Nambé Falls Travel Center, the price is only 200.9¢/gal!
While I’m not suggesting that residents make special trips to the valley to purchase fuel, it may be cost-effective to plan to purchase fuel elsewhere as long as prices stay Read More
4-H National Youth Science Event Oct. 7
Cone Zone: Week Of Sept. 21
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County has released the following update on area road projects for the week of Sept. 21:
Public Works Projects:
For more information about the projects listed below, e-mail lacpw@lacnm.us, call 505.662.8150, or visit the “Projects” link at www.losalamosnm.us. Please slow down and use caution within the construction work zones.
Note: the below information is based on a schedule provided by the contractors and may change due to weather or other delays.
Western Area Improvements Phase 3:
Paving operations will begin on Monday, Sept. 21 on 43rd Street (north). Residents Read More
Rotary STARS Thanks Community
Mariachi Mestizo entertains a sold-out crowd at the first annual ¡Fiesta Los Alamos! Photo by Hal Davis
Baile Español enchants the audience with its ballet folklorico performance. Photo by Hal Davis
STARS News:
- ¡Fiesta Los Alamos! Raises $12,000; Proceeds Give Parents Of Hospitalized Children A Place to Sleep
A packed crowd from Los Alamos and surrounding communities came together July 25 at Fuller Lodge in support of giving parents of hospitalized children in Juarez, Mexico a safe and comfortable place to sleep.
The first annual ¡Fiesta Los Alamos!, a fundraiser of the Los Alamos
New Valles Caldera Superintendent Is Leadership Los Alamos Graduate Jorge Silva-Banuelos
2015 Leadership Los Alamos graduate Jorge Silva-Banuelos, left, with fellow participants during a youth session in January. Photo by Martha Katko
Staff Report
Jorge Silva-Bañuelos has been named the new superintendent of Valles Caldera National Preserve. He graduated in May from the Leadership Los Alamos program.
Jorge Silva-Bañuelos
National Park Service (NPS) Intermountain Region Director Sue Masica announced the appointment of Silva-Bañuelos to the top post.
“Jorge brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Park Service,” Masica said. “His background and leadership skills, Read More
LAHS Graduate Jenny Tumas On The Red Carpet!
Los Alamos High School graduate Jenny Tumas in Toronto. Courtesy/Cindy Lawton
From left, Los Alamos High School graduate Jenny Tumas, Director Michael Moore, Amel Smaoui and Pasi Sahlberg Sept. 10 at the ‘Where to Invade Next’ premiere on day 1 of the Toronto International Film Festival at The Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Courtesy/Cindy Lawton
COMMUNITY News:
TORONTO — Los Alamos High School graduate Jenny Tumas was on the red carpet last week in Canada.
Tumas is in the documentary “Where to Invade Next” by film Read More
LANL: New Insights Into HIV-1 Design
An HIV virus attacking a T cell. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have created a computational model that could change the way that researchers look at possibilities for an HIV-1 vaccine.
“An effective HIV-1 vaccine has proven elusive, partly due to the difficulty of causing an immune response that can neutralize the diverse viral strains circulating in the human population,” said Alan Perelson, of Los Alamos’ Theoretical Biology and Biophysics group. “Harnessing the power of broadly neutralizing antibodies, which emerge years into a chronic HIV Read More
September Is National Preparedness Month: Don’t Wait. Communicate. Make Your Emergency Plan Today
FEMA News:Udall At EPW Hearing: New Mexicans Deserve Compensation, Long-Term Plan For Gold King Mine Spill
U.S. Sen. Tom UdallNNSA: Last HEU Removed From Switzerland
DOE News:Los Alamos Car Wash Offers New Features
BUSINESS News:- Self Service car wash;
- Automatic car wash;
- Vaccum, fragrance and shampoo island; and
- Vending station.
Energy Department Announces $70 Million For Innovation Institute On Smart Manufacturing
DOE News: