Football Game Canceled
LAHS News:
The C team football game for today has been canceled.
Capital does not have enough players to play. Read More
‘Deadliest Day’ for Child Pedestrian Fatalities
STATE FARM News:
Two Decades of Data Reveal Risks Beyond the Candy
Kids have a greater chance of being fatally injured by a car on Halloween than any other day of the year, including the Fourth of July and New Year’s Day.
State Farm®, the nation’s leading auto insurer, teamed up with research expert, Bert Sperling of Sperling’s BestPlaces, to better understand the risk kids face as they take to the streets in search of treats.
Sperling’s BestPlaces analyzed more than four million records in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) from 1990 – 2010 for children 0-18 years of age on Oct. Read More
Letter to the Editor: Attack Ads
By Khalil J SpencerIf Citizens United is not overturned or modified, the County is going to have to send us larger recycling and garbage bins at election season to handle the third-party PAC attack ads in our mailboxes.
In local races, we have to see each other on the street the next morning. PACs, on
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Oct. 18 to Oct. 24, 2012
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
Oct. 18 at 1:04 a.m. / A 31-year-old Fort Hancock, Texas man reported that he was battered in the 2400 block of Trinity Drive.
HERMAN NANEZ
Oct. 18 at 1:16 a.m. / Police arrested Herman Nanez, 46, of Amarillo, Texas in the 2400 block of Trinity Drive and charged him with battery and for an outstanding warrant.
Oct. 18 at 1:23 p.m. / A 51-year-old El Paso woman reported that she was the victim of Read More
Column: Management of Power – The Slytherins Have Won
Column By Elena Yang
Management of Power: the Slytherins have won
In the last entry, I noted that those who craved extreme power seemed to be one dimensional in their evilness and their use of power was inevitably unidirectional.
This doesn’t happen very often in real life – thank goodness – and probably even less likely in organizations, one hopes.
However, in modern organizations, most managers with a lot of power rather resemble those described for the Slytherin House members in Harry Potter books; by that I mean most managers, especially at the top levels, make their way (acquiring Read More
Bingaman and Udall Endorse Stephanie Garcia Richard
JEFF BINGAMAN
ELECTION 2012 News:
U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman and U.S. Sen. Tom Udall were in full support this weekend as they both announced endorsements of Stephanie Garcia Richard for House District 43.
“You have a lot of great candidates before you this election, but none more committed to the residents of HD43 than my friend, and your Democratic House candidate, Stephanie Garcia Richard,” Bingaman said in a news release. “I know Stephanie, I know she will work hard to provide tax relief to working families, bring jobs back to the district, and improve education.”
Bingaman had just finished Read More
Letter to the Editor: Rotary Expresses Gratitude
By Linda Hull, presidentThe Rotary Club of Los Alamos would like to thank the community for its generous support of our recent flower bulbs fund-raiser to support our annual end-of-year financial awards to Los Alamos High School seniors.
Through the hard work of a dedicated Club committee and the interest of our many customers, we also collected numerous donations of bulbs purchased for the new LAHS Memorial Garden, which is being designed and built through collaborations among our Rotary Club, Los Alamos Public Schools, Oasis Landscape, and Los Alamos Landscaping. Read More
Rinard Wins Embroiderer’s Gold Thread Award
CAROLE RINARD. Courtesy photo
EGA News:
Santa Fe Enchantment, the 2012 national seminar of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America, will bring more than 600 needlework enthusiasts from across the country to Buffalo Thunder Resort in Pojoaque from Oct. 28 through Nov. 2.
Participants will attend classes in all facets of needle arts. Members of the local Pajarito Chapter of EGA are excited to have the opportunity to study with noted teachers without having to travel a long distance.
While registration for the seminar is now closed, the public is invited to come to Buffalo Thunder during that
A Moment in Time: The Odyssey of the Segesser Hides
Segesser II, depicting a 1720s expedition to root out French raiders. Photo by Blair Clark, NM/DCA.
NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM News:
Historian Thomas E. Chávez speaks about and signs copies of his new book, A Moment in Time: The Odyssey of New Mexico’s Segesser Hide Paintings (Rio Grande Books, 2012), an anthology that includes 14 articles by prominent scholars, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium in Santa Fe.
The event is free with admission; Sundays free to New Mexico residents.
Contributors to A Moment in Time include Fray Angélico Chávez; Joe S. Sando; Read More
Letter to the Editor: What Are We Voting On Anyway?
By Joel M. WilliamsOne would gather that the voters are voting on a bunch of amendments to the charter so that the revision is final and ratified by us.
Apparently, NOT SO. We have just gotten a new administrator whose input would be valuable, but there seems to be an effort to drive the CRC’s revision through with all haste.
So, why are we now in the throes of MORE amendments by the council while we are voting?
Sounds like the CRC and the council are piecemealing it to us and certainly do NOT have a firm grasp on the total situation/package. So much for a comprehensive review!
Are we to believe Read More
Superintendent Unveils Draft Strategic Plan
County Chief Financial Officer Steve Lynne provides an update to school board members on the Trinity Site project. He explained since the Kroger Company received the lease for the development from the North American Development Group, they have been very active in the project. The Kroger Company has met to do pre-planning and has begun geo-tech and survey work. The next big step, Lynne said, is to submit a site plan for approval: “So they are plowing straight ahead.” Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
By Kirsten Laskey
“The future of Los Alamos is very bright,” Los Read More
American Legion Post 90 to Host 2012 Veterans Day Ceremony
AMERICAN LEGION News:
This year’s Veterans Day community celebration will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at the American Legion Post 90, 1325 Trinity Dr.
All Veterans, their families and friends, as well as the general public are invited to attend. The local theme is “Honoring the Vietnam Veteran.”
More than 3 million men and women served in Vietnam, and more than 58,000 made the ultimate sacrifice.
Veterans Day is a National Holiday to thank and honor the 23 million living Veterans who have honorably served their country in both wartime and peacetime.
There are currently 1.4 Read More
PEEC Amateur Naturalist: Hoodoos for Halloween?
PEEC Amateur NaturalistColumn by Robert Dryja
How many of us remember when we had to evacuate Los Alamos due to the Cerro Grande forest fire?
Many drove down the forest road through Rendija Canyon that passes by the Sportsmen’s Club as part of evacuating Los Alamos and remember this part of the evacuation very well.
But how many of us recall the tall, silent hoodoo rock formations that stood beside the road as we drove by?
About six of these sentinels stand near the road, one of them almost 20 feet tall. Other hoodoo formations in our area occur in lower Pueblo Canyon, the trail to Upper Read More
Governor Rallies For Heather Wilson Saturday
Rio Arriba Republican Party Chair Geraldine Sanchez introduces U.S. Senatorial candidate Heather Wilson, Gov. Susana Martinez and U.S. House District 3 candidate Jeff Byrd during a rally in the Convento at the plaza in Espanola Saturday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
U.S. Senatorial candidate Heather Wilson speaks to the crowd inside the Convento in Espanola Saturday. The Albuquerque Journal, New Mexico’s largest newspaper, endorsed Heather Wilson today, Oct. 28, saying that “national security and military experience give her the edge at a time when New Mexico’s Read More
Governor Knocks on Los Alamos Doors for Jim Hall
Gov. Susana Martinez joined Republican Rep. Jim Hall as he knocked on doors in Los Alamos neighborhoods Saturday including Tiffany Court. Hall is campaigning for HD43 and he and the governor spoke to residents about local issues and asked for their vote. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Gov. Susana Martinez and Rep. Jim Hall speak with residents in Los Alamos neighborhoods Saturday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
County Council Chair Sharon Stover, center, met up with other supporters in the Los Alamos National Bank parking lot on Trinity Drive Saturday who Read More
Bishop’s Lodge Buries Time Capsule
Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort & Spa, 1297 Bishop’s Lodge Road in Santa Fe, hosted a celebration Friday to commemorate its 95-year anniversary as a resort approaching in 2013. Bishop’s Lodge Managing Director Richard Verruni presents opening remarks at the site where the time capsule will be buried. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
At Friday’s ceremony, former Santa Fe Mayor Larry Delgado prepares to place his pocket knife in the time capsule that commemorated Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort & Spa’s 95-year anniversary. Mayor Pro Tem Rebecca Wurzburger Read More
Pete Domenici Endorses Jim Hall for HD-43
PETE DOMENICI
ELECTION 2012 News:
Former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., came out this morning to endorse State Rep. Jim Hall for House District 43.
“Like me, Jim Hall has fought daily to protect Los Alamos National Labs. He has fought for LANL as a community member, a city councilor and now as a state representative. I’m proud to endorse Jim Hall for state representative,” Domenici said in a news release.
JIM HALL
Hall thanked Domenici for his support of the labs and of his campaign saying, “We all owe Sen. Domenici a debt of gratitude for all he has done for our labs. Without him, Los Alamos would be Read More
Hilltopper Volleyball Wins 3-1 at Espanola to Secure District Title
Claire Stewart and Allyssa Tedder block at net. Photo by Alan Kirk
Brianna Montano with kill. Photo by Alan Kirk
Danielle Ortiz and Allyssa Tedder work on return pass. Photo by Alan Kirk
Samantha Fenner hits kill shot from middle. Photo by Alan KirkLetter to the Editor: Don’t Let ‘C.A.V.E. People’ Torpedo Future
By William T. SellersSometimes one simply has to step outside the immediate “box” of one’s perspective to see the bigger picture of what’s really at stake.
In his seminal work, Civilisation, the great British historian Kenneth Clark details the vignette of a decaying ancient city perched high above a river valley for protection, one that had long outlived its earlier dynamism, and now was suddenly confronted with the immediate danger of a barbarian horde camped out in the valley below.
As the indolent citizenry pondered their impending fate with some Read More
Local Vehicle Rolls Off Cliff
An unoccupied Toyota Sequoia rolled off a cliff from the driveway of a home on Solana in Los Alamos at 7:45 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27. No one was injured by the incident. It took the driver of a wrecker about two hours to position the vehicle for removal. “Amazingly, the car was driven away from the scene,” a witness told the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Nina Thayer
Photo by Nina Thayer Read More
