LAHS Students Compete in National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships
Young shooters and coaches from left, Chris Bond, Alan Bond, Josh Smith, David Smith, JoAnna O’Neill, Mike O’Neill, Chris Luchini, Kes Luchini and Kathy Smith. Photo by Katie Hoyne
SPORTS News:
Five Los Alamos High School students competed in the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships last week in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Chris Bond, Kes Luchini, JoAnna O’Neill, David Smith and Josh Smith participated in the shotgun event, which consisted of one day of training and two days of competition with shooters from all over the United States. Coaches Mike O’Neill,
Help Get Los Alamos Little Theatre Spruced Up For New Season Saturday
LALT News:
It is time to get the Los Alamos Little Theatre ready for the new season. A work party is scheduled beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 26 at the theater on Nectar Street.
Dennis Powell will lead the crew in painting the risers. Corky Howell will lead repairs on the storage shed. Pruning and weeding also will take place. Bring work gloves and a hat. Wear sunscreen.
There will be coffee, juice and light refreshments in the morning, and a lunch to reward the volunteer workers. Everyone is welcome. Read More
Food on the Hill: Green Chile Bacon Cheeseburgers
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comSnow Is Best Predictor In Ski Hill Race
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Courtesy/ACRRLos Alamos Aquatomics Place Third at State
Los Alamos Aquatomics team members and coaches. Courtesy/LAA
LAA News:
The Los Alamos Aquatomics placed third out of 19 teams and second among boys at the New Mexico Swimming 10 & under Championship meet in Farmington July 19-20, 2014.
The team, comprised of two eight & under girls, and eight 10 & under boys posted some impressive best times and great relay swims.
Leading the team was Ming-Yuan Lo, 9, who won the 100 meter freestyle, and placed second in 50 and 100 meter butterfly and 50 meter freestyle. He capped off a stellar meet with a third in the 200 meter Individual Medley Read More
Local Experts to Teach Wildflower ID Class
New Mexico wildflower. Photo by Terry Fox
PEEC News:
Do you enjoy the large variety of colorful wildflowers that pop up around Los Alamos, but wish you knew more about what you were looking at?
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) will be holding a course beginning on July 30 and running Wednesday evenings for four weeks. in which two local experts, Terry Foxx and Craig Martin, will teach the group how to identify wildflowers.
The course will combine classroom learning with fieldwork, so that participants will come away with the ability to distinguish wildflowers on their own. Read More
Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee Meets at UNM-LA July 23
STATE News:
The New Mexico Legislature’s Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee meets 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 23 at the UNM-LA Student Center Lecture Hall (Room 230), 4000 University Dr.
Committee members will discuss Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Waste Drum Characterization Process and LANL’s Legacy Waste Cleanup Status.
They also will speak with Ryan C. Flynn, N.M. Secretary of Environment and receive the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Report from Joe Franco, manager of the DOE Carlsbad Field Office. Chromium Contamination Mitigation also is on the agenda. Read More
New Mexico Moves From 50 to 49 in Child Well-being
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STATE News:
New Mexico moved up from the bottom ranking of 50 in the 2013 national KIDS COUNT rankings to 49 in child well-being this year in the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book.
While improvement was made from the 2013 to 2014 editions of the report in some child well-being indicators—such as child poverty (dropped from 31 percent to 29 percent), high school graduation rates (rose from 67 percent in 2010 to 74 percent in 2012) and our teen birth rate (dropped from 53 births per 1,000 female teens to 47 per 1,000)—others declined.
Key child well-being indicators that declined from the 2013 Read More
‘Nature on Tap’ July 24: Mountain Biking as a Stimulator for Local Economic Development
Steve Watts. Courtesy/LACM
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) will host “Nature on Tap,” part of a new informal discussion series, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 24 at the Blue Window Bistro.
Steve Watts, general manager of the Los Alamos Co+op, will lead a discussion on how a local mountain bicycling association is hoping to stimulate economic development in Los Alamos, all centered around fun on our single-track trails.
The “On Tap” series is a relatively new project from the Los Alamos Creative District and is held every Thursday with the themes “Nature on Tap,” “History Read More
High Tea & Fashion Show Aug. 30
Photo by TK Thompson
TOTH News:
Tickets are on sale now for the High Tea and Fashion Show 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30 at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, 2900 Trinity Dr. in Kelly Hall Fashions from Shop on the Corner (Trinity on the Hill thrift shop), also silent auction with handmade items, gift certificates, time and talent donations, and more.
Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for children 10 and under. Advance ticket purchase recommended, call 505.662.5107. All proceeds go to support two house building mission trips to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico this fall, one in October (House of Hope Read More
Letter to the Editor: Response to Bears and Smith’s
By WENDY HOFFMANPlease allow me to respond to two previous letters: I respectfully, but vehemently, disagree with the “writer” who labeled the bear pictures as stupid. I always fear the lack of objectivity of people who choose emotional descriptiveness instead of looking for an intelligent way to deliver a point.
I find the photos enjoyable as well as educational. As a resident of the county, I WANT to know when these creatures are around and what they’re doing. I believe the photos contribute to public safety. I see no reason why we can’t all work together Read More
Municipal Court Closing From Noon July 22-25
COURT News:
Los Alamos County Municipal Court will close at noon Tuesday, July 22 and remain closed through Friday, July 25 for Court Staff Professional Development.
The Court will reopen Monday, July 28. Read More
Bear Returns To Ridge Park Condominiums
The bear spotted over the weekend by several residents living in the Ridge Park Condominiums on Oppenheimer near Trinity Drive paid a return visit to the area today. Residents want their neighbors and visitors to be aware that the bear is prowling around the grounds. Photo by T. Steck
Photo by T. Steck
Photo by T. Steck Read More
Letter to the Editor: Enough of the Stupid Bear Pictures
By LYNN HANRAHANLos Alamos Police Chief Releases Department’s 1st & 2nd Quarter Crime Statistics
Chief Dino Sgambellone
LAPD News:
Today, Chief of Police Dino Sgambellone released crime statistics for the first and second quarter of 2014, which were compiled by the Records Division of the Los Alamos Police Department.
Offenses reported as crime statistics are determined by the FBI Uniform Crime Report Program and are classified as crimes against persons (violent crime) and crimes against property (property crime).
Both of these categories are referred to as Part I Offenses or Crimes. Violent crime is comprised of murder (homicide), rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Property Read More
July 22 Personnel Board Meeting Cancelled
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Personnel Board Meeting scheduled for July 22 has been cancelled due to a lack of a quorum. Read More
Woman Winds Up In Ditch On Main Hill Road
Los Alamos police responded to the scene of a young woman driving a Lexus sedan down the Main Hill Road about 9 p.m. Sunday in rainy conditions who wound up in a ditch. The woman told witnesses at the scene that she hit her head on her steering wheel but did not lose consciousness. Police closed down the east bound lane for a short period of time while they pulled the woman’s vehicle out of the ditch. Rain causes roads to become extremely slippery and officials caution drivers to lower their speed. Photo by Merry McIntyre Read More
Letter to the Editor: Local Retailers And Smith’s Making Big Gamble
By GEORGE CHANDLERLisa Shin’s letter suggesting that the Smith’s Marketplace would have a “WalMart effect” on local businesses revisits an important issue.
The Trinity Site Revitalization Project Advisory Committee, of which I was a member, and which advised the County Administrator and Council on this project, considered this question at some length.
My take on it following this discussion is that although there would be some loss of business by local retailers to the Smith’s it would be more than compensated by the increase in local Read More
Concerns Grow About CDC’s Tracking, Securing Dangerous Pathogens Under Its Supervision
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HSNW News:
Last week, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials reported that the same federal scientist who found vials of smallpox in a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cold storage room at the National Institutes of Health facility in Bethesda, Md., also found a collection of 327 vials, which could contain pathogens like dengue, influenza and rickettsia.
The new revelation adds to growing concerns about the government’s ability to track and secure dangerous pathogens under its supervision.
“The fact that these materials were not discovered until now Read More
AWF Conducts Ecological Restoration at Valles Caldera July 25-27
AWF News:
Albuquerque Wildlife Federation (AWF) and Amigos de Valles Caldera are hosting a weekend-long volunteer project and group campout in the National Preserve.
Volunteers from both groups will be coordinating with ecological restoration specialists to improve integrity of streams and wetlands in the preserve via rock structures, fencing, and planting of native species.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information on the project or Albuquerque Wildlife Federation’s activities and mission, contact Phil Carter at 505.463.0125 or philcrater@gmail.com, or visit Read More
