Visit Fiber Artist Valentina Divine’s Studio Oct. 15-16
Valentina Devine with some recently created hats in her studio. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Valentina Devine with her hand-dyed yarn. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comBy BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
“I have always knitted!” fiber artist Valentina Devine said. Devine was born in Russia and grew up in Germany, “I can remember knitting all sorts of things from doll clothes to small garments,” she said.
Devine came to Los Alamos 26 years ago from the Washington, D.C. area, where she became a life-time member of the Torpedo Factory Art Center. Devine sold one-of-a-kind Read More
Enchanting Halloween Decorating Ideas
Tiny graveyard. Courtesy photoBy SUZETTE FOX
Los Alamos
Halloween’s just around the corner. If you like to decorate for Halloween, it’s not too late to enhance your haunted house, add a touch of fright to party decor, or prepare for trick-or-treaters. Here are a few of my favorites…
Tiny Ghost Town
I saw this last year in a magazine and it turned out terrific. Matte black spray paint or dark gray craft paint will turn craft store birdhouses into an eerie mini landscape. To bump up the creep factor, add oversized spiders to your scene.
Billowing Ghosts
The two ghosts pictured are about 25 years Read More
Community Winds Presents 100th Concert
MUSIC News:
The Los Alamos Community Winds will present its 100th concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at Crossroads Bible Church.
“It’s really gratifying to be 16 years down the road with one fourth of the original members still with us,” Winds Musical and Artistic Director Ted Vivas said. “A special sense of community develops when people oplay music together.”
This concert features pianist Julian Chen, performing Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin.
“It’s going to be outstanding,” Vivas said.
Julian is a scientist who is also a wonderful musician, and I wanted an opportunity to Read More
Los Alamos Startup Builds Immunity
Goutam Gupta, LANL scientist, founded the biotech company Innate Immunity. Courtesy photoBy ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post
About 10 years ago, according to Goutam Gupta, a molecular biophysicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, researchers in his lab came up with an idea about an emerging problem related to antibiotic drugs.
The problem, which has been recognized as a global threat by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is that antimicrobial agents have been so effective and so widely used that the infectious organisms they were designed to kill have developed Read More
Los Alamos-UK Collaboration Unveils Hidden Molecular Machinery In RNA Processes
Artist’s impression of a long, non-coding RNA system. Grey/blue/red indicates main long non-coding RNA. Green, showing a second RNA interacting with long-noncoding RNA. Magenta ribbons and blue barrels indicated RNA-interacting proteins. Courtesy/LANLLANL NEWS:
A special stretch of ribonucleic acid (RNA) called COOLAIR is revealing its inner structure and function to scientists, displaying a striking resemblance to an RNA molecular machine, territory previously understood to be limited to the cells’ protein factory (the ‘ribosome’) and not a skill set given to mere strings of Read More
Chandler: Sustaining Our Character
By CHRIS CHANDLERCounty Council Candidate
Over the course of my campaign for county council, I have worked hard to talk to as many residents as possible. As of today, I personally have knocked on over 1,600 doors, walked in every neighborhood, spoken to hundreds of residents.
The people with whom I spoke spanned a wide range of demographics – long term residents, people relatively new to town, home owners and renters; parents, grandparents and singles; young and older folks, some from other cultures and countries. We are fortunate to live in such a vibrant, multi-cultural community. Read More
Woods: Why I’m Running For County Clerk
By AMY WOODSI’m Amy Woods and I am running for Los Alamos County Clerk. I grew up here in Los Alamos. Our family came to Los Alamos when it was a closed military town and everyone had to have a badge or an escort. Clearly, things have changed a lot, however, I have inherited Carlotta and BB McInteer’s commitment to contribute to the community.
I returned to Los Alamos after living in a variety of places. In the communities I lived in I served as well as I could; I was on the Board of Directors at the Albuquerque YMCA, and on the Planning and Zoning commission in the town Read More
McQuiston: Drinking And Driving
The local driver of this vehicle hit earlier this month by a drunken driver fortunately walked away. Courtesy photo
By ALLEN MCQUISTONSo a week and a half ago I got a call at 9 o’clock on a Sunday morning from one of our clients. He was badly shaken up from an accident the night before. He was driving on a four lane highway just outside of Santa Fe when out of nowhere a drunk driver hit him. His car did two 360’s, rolled and ended up on the concrete median wall.
By the grace of God, wearing a seat belt and driving a well-built car, he walked away. Shaken, Read More
Two Members Of Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Convicted On Drug And Money Laundering Charges
FBI News:Sheriff Duties Can Be Handled By Police Department
This is a graph showing the processes of service requests for the first seven months of this year for the Los Alamos County Sheriff’s Office. Courresy image
By RICK REISS
Los Alamos
If you are concerned about the ability and capacity of the Police Department to handle the work done by the Sheriff’s department, please consider the actual statistics and volume of work performed by the Sheriff department.
The Sheriff was formerly required to provide service of process for the courts. During the many terms of current and past Sheriffs, there has not been a significant amount of reporting regarding Read More
Los Alamos County Councilors Give Additional Direction On Proposed Capital Improvement Projects
COUNTY News:
At the Oct. 4 Los Alamos County Council meeting, Councilors gave the Dekker Perich Sabatini (DPS) team new directives for the proposed capital improvement projects. Their directives follow the Sept. 20 County Council work session and input from residents and businesses.
The directives include:
- Los Alamos County staff should move forward with design concepts for two of the Economic Development projects – 20th Street extension and Deacon Street improvements. Staff should establish a project budget of $1.3 million for the 20th Street extension and $2.1 million for the Deacon
LANL: Rocket Motor Concept Could Boost CubeSat Missions
Artists concept of a CubeSat on-board propulsion system. Courtesy/Inside Out Visuals
LANL News:
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a rocket motor concept that could pave the way for CubeSats zooming across space. These small, low-cost satellites are an easy way for scientists to access space, but are lacking in one key area, on-board propulsion.
“The National Academy of Sciences recently convened a meeting to look at science missions in CubeSats,” said Bryce Tappan, an explosives chemist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and lead researcher on the CubeSat Read More
Rotary’s Interact Club Members Make A Difference
Members of the new Interact Club, a community-based service club for young people ages 12-18, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, pose in front of their new banner. Interactors are students who want to join together to tackle the issues in their community that they care most about. Through Interact, members can carry out hands-on service projects, make international connections, develop leadership skills, and have fun! The local Interact Club meets 4-5 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at the Los Alamos Teen Center on 20th Street adjacent to Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy Read More
Letter To The Editor: Opinion On Question 1 And House Race
By REID PRIEDHORSKYI write in favor of Question 1 to abolish the office of sheriff as well as the re-election of Stephanie Garcia Richard.
Local Expert Chick Keller Leads Final Wildflower Walk Of Season Oct. 17
Goldenrods like this Solidago simplex bloom in late summer and into the fall. Photo by Chick Keller
PEEC News:
Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s Jemez Mountain Herbarium curator, Chick Keller, will lead the final Wildflower Walk of the season at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17.
Wildflower expert Chick Keller (right) leads a wildflower walk for PEEC. Photo by Josip Loncaric
This will be an easy walk to identify some of the wildflower beauties found in and around Los Alamos. Keller picks the trail based on what is blooming at the time. This outing is free, and no advance registration Read More
Letter To The Editor: Thank You For Supporting Fundraiser In Memory Of Arleigh Huff
By Julie, Janet and LisaWe would like to thank those who supported the fundraiser in memory of Arleigh Huff held Oct. 7 at the Posse Lodge.
It is such a wonderful thing when the local business’s and people come together to help a family that suffered such a tragic loss. We would like to give a shout out to all those who donated their time, door prizes, silent auction items and music!
Thank you: Ruby K’s, KJM Auto Body & Glass, Float Los Alamos, Samantha D’Anna Photography, Knecht Automotive, Sirphey’s, Starbucks, Home Run Pizza, La Queva Lodge, SashaStylz Art Class, Jenny Hope Read More
SFI: ‘The Unlikely Power Of Uncertainty And Contradiction’ Oct. 19
Courtesy photoObituary: Michelle Decoteau Padilla – Sept. 20, 2016
MICHELLE LYNNE DECOTEAU (PADILLA) Sept. 20, 2016
Michelle Lynne Decoteau (Padilla) passed into the arms of angels on Tuesday, September 20, 2016. Our beloved “Shelly Brown” or “Shell” as her family lovingly called her was a loving mother, daughter, sister, and friend to many.
Michelle was preceded in death by her grandparents, Robert and Frances Padilla, and Lola and Ernest Hodson; uncle, Patrick Hodson; and father of her daughter, Nasario Maldonaldo.
She was born and raised in Los Alamos, NM and graduated from Los Alamos High School in 2003. Michelle earned an Associates degree Read More
CROP Hunger Walk & Turkey Trot Nov. 20
COMMUNITY News:
The annual Los Alamos CROP Hunger Walk & Turkey Trot is 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20 at Los Alamos Middle School.
Registration to participate in the event begins at 1 p.m. at LAMS.
The Los Alamos CROP Hunger Walk was started in 1997 by Los Alamos resident Aaron Goldman and was soon combined with the long-standing annual Turkey Trot. The event is held each year to remember those who struggle to feed themselves or to find water. The event also raises money through donations given by friends and family in support of the walkers and runners. Donations are received from the participants themselves. Read More
Hilltoppers Play For Family Strengths Network
FSN News:
The Los Alamos Hilltoppers will raise money for Family Strength Network at Friday’s football game at Sullivan Field.
Family Strengths Network provides education and activities to all types of families, parents, teens, and children in Los Alamos and Northern New Mexico. FSN’s goal is to help all types of families and their members with the challenge of being healthy, self-sufficient, and able to share with and learn from other families.
Family Strengths Network has a toy library, a book library with material on family topics, play space, meeting space, classes for parents Read More