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Trio To Show Work At Mesa Public Library In November

 

Dusk on the Rio Grande. By Marcee Sarracino

 
Jemez Thunderstorm. By Fan Stovel
 
Morning at the Taj. By John Sarracino
 
LIBRARY News:
 
Three local artists are coming together to present recent works in an upcoming exhibition entitled “So Near & So Far.”
 
Fran Stoval, Marcee Sarracino and John Sarracino will show pieces encompassing a wide array of media including stained glass pieces, mosaics, pastels, photography, watercolor and oil paintings. Also wide in scope is the subject matter for the works, drawn from places
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Per Capita Debt In Los Alamos County Among Lowest

SMARTASSET News:

SmartAsset, a financial technology company, recently released its second annual study on the counties across America with the lowest per capita debt.

Los Alamos County is one of the best in New Mexico.

Counties were analyzed by the amount of debt residents held across three categories: credit cards, auto, and mortgage, compared to local income.

The table below shows where Los Alamos County stacks up in New Mexico:

Find additional information on the study, including the methodology and interactive map here. Read More

Classic Air Medical Sponsors Hike With Craig Martin

View of the Rio Grande from Blue Dot Trail. Photo by Craig Martin

PEEC News:

Craig Martin will lead a hike Saturday, Nov. 5 down the Blue Dot Trail. This rugged hike includes great views, interesting petroglyphs, natural springs and 1,000 feet of elevation gain—all the climbing is on the return trip. Participants will enjoy great views, experience a variety of ecosystems, and get a workout.

This program is made possible by support from Classic Air Medical and organized by the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC).

To hike the Blue Dot Trail with Craig Martin, register online

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Tales Of Our Times: Pioneering Greens Report From Siberia

Tales of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
  
Pioneering Greens Report From Siberia
 
One day in the mid-1990s, my answering machine spoke from Pittsburgh. I heard: “Through my engineering business, I have a letter for you from a Russian friend who heads an environmental group.” Thus came the letter to NMCCA&W from Mr. V. V. Bordunov, President of the ALiOM Club, a citizens group at work for clean air and water in Tomsk, which lies halfway between Moscow and Korea. 
 
Mr. Bordunov wrote in clear words about their
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Two Years Later, FBI And APD Still Looking For Woman Who Robbed Albuquerque Bank

FBI News:
 
Oct. 25, 2014, at approximately 12:42 p.m., an unknown female robbed the Bank of Albuquerque at 2801 Eubank Blvd NE in Albuquerque.
 
The FBI and Albuquerque Police Department are still looking for her. Additional information, including pictures, can be found at bankrobbers.fbi.gov.
 
Anyone with information about this robbery is asked to call the FBI at 505.889.1300 or Albuquerque Metro Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at 505.843.STOP.
 
Tips also can be submitted online at tips.fbi.gov. The FBI may pay a reward of up to $1,000 for information
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Letter To The Editor: Dorothy Hoard Family Expresses Appreciation And Congratulations

By EMILY HOARD JOHNSON and BILL JOHNSON
 
On behalf of the family of Dorothy Hoard, we would like to express our congratulations to John Bartlit, recipient of the 2016 Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award as described in the Oct. 26, 2016 edition of the Los Alamos Daily Post (link), and also our appreciation to Craig Martin, Jason Lott, the Friends of Bandelier, and Bandelier National Monument for making this award possible.
 
Dorothy’s long career as an authority on, protector of, and advocate for Bandelier and the wild lands of Northern New Mexico was rooted in her immense, enduring
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PEEC And County’s Dia Del Rio Clean Up Project

Volunteers collected some 3 tons of trash and recyclables Oct. 15 from White Rock Canyon. Photo by Phillip Noll/Raven Mountain Images
 
For many years some unscrupulous people have used beautiful White Rock Canyon as a dumping ground for their trash. Photo by Phillip Noll/Raven Mountain Images    
 
Los Alamos County helped procure the use of a crane that lowered a large bucket that volunteers filled with trash gathered below the rim. Photo by Phillip Noll/Raven Mountain Images
 
PEEC News:
 
A group of dedicated citizens cleaned
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Public Astronomy Dark Night Nov. 5

PA News:
 
The Pajarito Astronomers will be holding a County-Sponsored Dark Night starting at 5:45 p.m., (sunset) Saturday, Nov. 5 at Spirio Soccer Field in Overlook Park in White Rock. 
 
Weather permitting, the public is invited to come out, wander among the telescopes, and star gaze. Five planets will potentially be visible during the evening: Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. There will be a tour of the late-summer and fall and early-winter constellations, and there will be telescope views of double stars, star clusters,
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CCA: Farms, Films, Food Revision Nov. 2

 
CCA News:
 
The third edition of the community-oriented program “Farms, Films, Food: A Santa Fe Celebration” arrives Nov. 2 for food demos, community presentations, free films, gallery tours and low-cost meals provided by local vendors.  
 
The event is produced by the Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute, the Street Food Institute and the Center for Contemporary Arts.

The November event includes food demonstrations; meals prepared by local chefs including the Street Food Institute’s David Sellers; gallery tours of the blockbuster exhibits “Robert

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projectY Livestreaming Lean Startup Conference 2016 Nov. 2-3

 
projectY News:
 
projectY cowork Los Alamos is pleased to be named an official Lean Startup Conference 2016 simulcast partner for Los Alamos and will livestream the entire event 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 2 and Thursday, Nov. 3, free of charge to the public.
 
Interested attendees are requested to RSVP in advance through the Lean Startup website. projectY cowork also will offer free coworking on these days. 
 
Lean Startup Conference 2016 Livestream 
 
When: Wednesday, Nov. 2 and Thursday, Nov.
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Yang: A Fantasy Revisited – This One Involves Goats And Bureaucracy

By ELENA YANG
Los Alamos

Author’s note: It’s time for me to draw to closure of my column for the LA Daily Post. I have a few fond memories to share. For this week, it’s one of my favorite fantasy pieces, first appeared about two years ago. And since this is a fantasy, let’s pretend that you don’t know where I live and what organization I refer to in this post.

A nearby community college recently purchased two goats, mother and kid, to handle the landscape maintenance on their 60+ acre campus. The groundskeeper could not keep up with the invasive trees, shrubs, and weeds. He didn’t want to use herbicides Read More

Obituary: Thomas Davis Oct. 23, 2016

THOMAS DAVIS Oct. 23, 2016

Tomas Davis, age 68, died peacefully on October 23, 2016 following a ten year battle with dementia.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Tom and Hilda Davis.

Tom grew up in Barnesboro, PA. He attended Catholic University in Washington DC, graduating with a degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering. After graduation, he moved west to the San Francisco bay area to work at Mare Island Naval Shipyard as a health physicist for their nuclear submarine program.

His work there led to a position at LANL initially in the health physics division and later for a variety of Read More

LACA Artistic Director Ann McLaughlin Discusses Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio On Voice Of Los Alamos

Los Alamos Concert Association Artistic Director Ann McLaughlin speaks about the Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio perfroming at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Duane Smith Auditorium, during a taping of the Voice of Los Alamos radio show, which broadcasts noon to 1 p.m. Friday on 101.5 FM., streaming live on santa.fe.com. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com Read More

LA Symphony Orchestra Presents Fall Concert Friday

Conductor David Chavez directs LASO during a rehearsal for the upcoming Fall Concert. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra flute section, from left, Laura Taylor, Kay Dun and Deanna Teague. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra will present its Fall Concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28 at Crossroads Bible Church. The concert is free, but donations are accepted and appreciated.

LASO is celebrating its 70th season in 2016-2017. Fifty six musicians will be performing (36 Read More

Dixon Community Players Presents Back To The 60s – A Musical Tribute To The Grooviest Decade

Gypsy fortune teller Holly Haas transports the audience to the 1960s. Courtesy photo
 
Rocker David Daniel wows Claire Singleton.Courtesy photo
 

Theater News:

The Dixon Players are back in action again with a fabulous, fun, fantastic musical tribute to the grooviest decade… the 60s this weekend only.

Join the Dixon Players for this journey back to the 60s in song and history, featuring 25 singers and dancers. The show will be perfored at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. at the Tooldshed, #68 HWY 75 in Dixon.

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Pumpkin Glow Features Carving Party And Recital

One of the pumpkins displayed in the 2015 Pumpkin Glow. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 

COMMUNITY News:

Halloween in America borrows from traditions and celebrations across the world. European immigrants brought along many of their festivities for the eve of All Hallows Day or All Saints Day. There was bobbing for apples, dressing in costumes and of course, carving pumpkins.

Likewise, the Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) drew inspiration for its Pumpkin Glow event from another festivity. After experiencing a similar event on the East Coast, LAAC Board Member Lori Dauelsberg Read More

Good Vibrations At LANL Quarterly Community Meeting

LANL Director Charlie McMillan fields a question from the community during last week’s quarterly update at Buffalo Thunder. Courtesy/LANL
 
Jeff Pietryga, a specialist in nanocrystals, recounts the history of light as a scientific tool. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com
 

By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

The theme of the Los Alamos National Laboratory community update in the Buffalo Thunder conference center last week was about how everything at the lab works together “to solve national security challenges through scientific excellence.” Early morning Read More

NNMCAB Elects New Board Officers For FY-2017

Newly elected NNMCAB Chair Gerard Martínez y Valencia

NNMCAB News:

The Northern New Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board (NNMCAB) has elected new officers for Fiscal Year 2017.

Gerard Martínez y Valencia was elected Chairman of the Board and  Angelica Gurulé was elected as Vice Chairman of the Board.

Newly elected NNMCAB Vice Chair Angelica Gurulé

Martínez y Valencia, a resident of Santa Fe, is the career technical advisor for the School of Trades, Technology, Sustainability and Professional Studies at Santa Fe Community College.

“As our new Consent Agreement with  the State is in Read More

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