Obituary: Betty Joanne Simes June 10, 1934 – July 9, 2016
BETTY JOANNE SIMES June 10, 1934 – July 9, 2016
Beloved Wife, Mother and Grandmother, Betty Joanne Simes, 82, of Los Alamos, New Mexico passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 9, 2016.
Betty will be interred at the Santa Fe National Cemetery on July 14, 2006 at 9:45 a.m. Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Rivera Funeral Home.
Betty was born in Brownfield, Texas on June 10, 1934. She finished business school and worked for the city of Lubbock, TX. where she met her husband Doyle. Betty and Doyle were married on October 12, 1957 in Los Alamos and were married 59 years.
Betty worked Read More
Los Alamos County Library Board Vacancy
LIBRARY News:
The Los Alamos County Library Board is accepting applications for one vacancy on the Board.
The upcoming months will be an exciting time as the Library Board will be supporting a strategic planning process that will guide the future of the library for the next four to five years. Activities for the new board member will include playing a role in guiding the writing and promotion of the plan.
The Library Board meets the first Monday of each month and is a fun and collaborative team that has a history of achieving success, resulting in improved library operations. Before Read More
Letter To The Editor: Not One Person Stopped…
By STEPHANIE NAKHLEHAs I write this letter, I still have a bit of dried blood on my hands. A few minutes ago, I came across a man lying on the ground on San Ildefonso Road, covered in blood, his mangled bicycle under him.
Car after car ahead of me drove past this man before I could get to him. I ran out of the car, asked how he was, and tended to him as best I could. His injuries didn’t appear too serious and I tried to mop him up a bit as we waited for the ambulance to arrive. Meanwhile, cars kept passing us. Many people slowed to gape at the bloody man sitting with the frantic middle-aged woman trying to
Small Fire Erupts Near Los Alamos Middle School
Fire investigators are at the scene of a small fire that erupted this afternoon on San Ildefonso Road near Camino Duraznillo on North Mesa in Los Alamos.
Fire crews arrived quickly and jumped right on it, Fire Marshal Jeff Wetteland said.
“I watched the fire attack almost from start to finish and the firefighters were real aggressive in putting it out,” Wetteland said moments ago. “We are in extreme fire danger conditions right now, and with this wind, it could have really gotten out of hand.”
Wetteland said initial indications
Convicted Sex Offender Bryon Henderson Of Los Alamos Has Absconded
Letter To The Editor: White Rock’s New Zip Code
By CAMILLE MORRISONWill Schmidt Receives Community Youth Award
PEEC Volunteer Coordinator Christa Tyson sits with Will Schmidt the June recipient of the Community Youth Award, presented last Friday. Courtesy photo
Sue Watts, winner of the Spirit of the West earlier this year holding her handcrafted award by Richard Ronquillo for her work at PEEC. Courtesy photoWill Schmidt took home the Community Youth Award for June, from Champions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA).
Schmidt, 15, has been a PEEC volunteer since 2012 volunteering regularly, caring for the educational animals and conversing with visitors, participating
DWI Planning Council Seeks Community Input
DWI Coordinator Kirsten Bell, left, along with Planning Council members Carie Fanning and Morrie Pongratz entice shoppers at the Farmer’s Market to participate in an online survey to help community planning related to ending DWI. Photo by Vint MillerTuesdays At The Pond Features Wise Fool Tonight
Courtesy/LACDC
CREATIVE DISTRICT News:
This week Tuesdays at the Pond features Wise Fool. Tightrope walking, clowning, acrobatics, puppets, and of course a bit of magic will delight and tickle everyone at 7 p.m. today, Tuesday, April 12 at Ashley Pond Park.
Bring a blanket and a picnic dinner and enjoy the antics of Wise Fool!
Tuesdays at the Pond, a summer entertainment series, runs through Aug. 9. It brings a variety of entertainment acts to the Ashley Pond stage in downtown Los Alamos every Tuesday evening.
The Los Alamos Creative District directs a variety of programs that bring Read More
Oil Rig Explosion Closes Highway 550 Near Nageezi
Fire burns five-acre area comprising more than 30 oil storage tanks this morning near the intersection of County Road 7890 and U.S. Highway 550. Courtesy/jemezdailypost.com
JEMEZ DAILY POST:
Travelers on U.S. Highway 550 are being notified that the highway is closed today in both directions at mile marker 114, near Nageezi and Councelor due to a fire on an oil and gas well.
The five-acre site, comprising more than 30 oil storage tanks, is near the intersection of County Road 7890 and U.S. Highway 550.
Fire crews are standing by outside a half mile perimeter for the moment, since the fire Read More
News Alert: Smoke Likely Above Los Alamos Today
COUNTY News Alert:
Residents may see smoke from the San Juan County fires caused by an oil rig explosion drifting over Los Alamos by late afternoon.
According to weather service modeling of the smoke, local weather conditions and expected wind patterns, the smoke is likely to be observed above Los Alamos by approximately 3 p.m..
Hazmat officials are on scene in San Juan County and monitoring air quality. They reported that there are no toxic chemicals detected in the plumes. Read More
Letter To The Editor: Unitarian Church Says Black Lives Matter
By Rev. John Cullinan, pastorThe murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile this week, along with the murders of police officers in Dallas, should serve as a wake up call to the people of our nation that cycles of violence in our communities cannot be dismantled until we begin to examine the effects of historic racism imprinted into the systems of our American culture.
The call of the Black Lives Matter movement to awaken to systemic racism in our country and to end the disproportionate amount of violence committed against Read More
WIPP: In Memoriam – Dr. Abraham (Abe) Van Luik
WIPP News:Obituary: Francis Harvey Harlow Jan. 22, 1928 – July 1, 2016
FRANCIS HARVEY HARLOW Jan. 22, 1928 – July 1, 2016
Francis Harvey Harlow died Friday morning, July 1, 2016 in Los Alamos, New Mexico at age 88.
He was born to Francis Harvey Harlow and Florence Louis Melvin Harlow on January 22, 1928 in Seattle, Washington. After his mother died when he was twelve, he and his younger brother, Bruce, moved to Bremerton, Washington to live with an aunt, Bessie Harlow Burks, until he graduated from Bremerton High School in 1945.
After serving in the U.S. Army between 1945-1950 with an Honorable Read More
LANL Students Bring Virtual Reality To Nature Center
The community is invited to try out the new Oculus Rift virtual reality machine at 7 p.m., July 19 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Thanks to Los Alamos National Laboratory students, the technology of the future, virtual reality, is now available at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
The community is invited to grab a pair of headsets, kick back and enter a virtual world brimming with possibilities in which the boundaries of visualization technologies are pushed at 7 p.m., July 19, at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
HTC’s Vive and Oculus’ Rift are two up-and-coming programs that Read More
Special Waffle Breakfast 7:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday
Worshipful Master Don Carlson, Pajarito Lodge #66. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
This Saturday, July 16, Pajarito Masonic Lodge #66 in Los Alamos is hosting a very special waffle breakfast, to support the Lodge’s fundraising capabilities.
Don Carlson, Master of Pajarito Lodge, says that over the last four years, the Lodge’s popular waffle breakfasts have raised almost $35,000 for 20 different community organizations.
These breakfasts have led to considerable wear and tear on the facility, and the Lodge now needs significant maintenance and upgrades in order to continue these fundraising Read More
Voice Of Los Alamos Features Herrmann And Evans
LACDC Marketing Manager Ryn Herrmann, left, and ScienceFest 2016 Coordinator Rose Evans talk all about this weekend’s ScienceFest events during an interview last week on the Voice of Los Alamos radio show conducted at the Los Alamos Daily Post world headquarters at 1247 Central Ave., in downtown Los Alamos. Listen to the interview at 101.5 FM. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Hunter College Creates Super Sniffer Mice
Destined to be the bomb detector of the future. Courtesy/commons.wikimedia.org
HSNW News:
Researchers at Hunter College, part of the City University of New York, have created super-sniffer mice that have an increased ability to detect a specific odor, according to a study published 7 July in Cell Reports. The mice, which can be tuned to have different levels of sensitivity to any smell by using mouse or human odor receptors, could be used as land-mine detectors or as the basis for novel disease sensors.
The technology, a transgenic approach to engineering the mouse genome, could also Read More
Scenes And Results From Splash n Dash #3
Athletes of all ages receive instruction at Triatomics Splash n Dash #3. Courtesy photo
Swimmers compete in Triatomics Splash n Dash #3. Courtesy photo
SPORTS News:
Below are results of Triatomics Splash n Dash #3. The final Splash n Dash this season is schedule for July 20. Registration is 6:20 p.m. to 6:50 p.m. and the first swimmer will start at 7 p.m. The cost is free to all participants.
Three different courses are courses available for athletes of all abilities and ages. There will be free swag for anyone who has participated in three or more Splash n Dashes this summer. It all starts Read More
UNM-Los Alamos SBDC Continues To Provide Service To Local Businesses
Following the death of Ted Lopez last month, Anne Lantrip is the contact person at the SBDC Los Alamos until a new director is hired. Photo by Nancy Coombs
UNM-LA News:
The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UNM-Los Alamos continues to serve individuals interested in starting a business as well as existing businesses in our community.
Anne Lantrip will be the contact person at the SBDC Los Alamos until a new director is hired. Ted Lopez, who had served as director for the past 3 years, passed away last month.
Lantrip rejoined the SBDC at UNM-LA in April of 2016 as a business advisor after returning Read More