Obituary:June Perusek April 17, 2016
JUNE PERUSEK April 17, 2016
June Perusek, 98, a resident of White Rock for eight years, died April 17 in a Greeley, CO, assisted living facility.
Perusek moved to Greeley in 2014.
Survivors include her daughter, Sandra (Ken) Johnson of White Rock.
Services will be in Gunnison, CO, May 7 at 11 a.m. at the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church. In lieu of flowers, please consider memorial contributions to the American
Lung Association in care of Stoddard Funeral Home, 3205 West 28th Street, Greeley, CO., 80634. Read More
Community Wildlife Habitat Event At PEEC Saturday
Photo by Selvi Viswanathan, Community Wildlife Habitat Team Member. Courtesy/PEECNNSA Recognizes Laboratory And Site Partners For Achievements In Environmental Innovation With 2016 Sustainability Awards
NNSA News:The awards recognize exemplary individual and team performance across more than a dozen categories. Laboratory and site partners are honored for achieving sustainability objectives through innovative and effective programs and projects that increase energy and water efficiency, and reduce
NEA-New Mexico Endorses Maggie Toulouse Oliver For Secretary Of State
Secretary of State Candidate Maggie Toulouse Oliver
NEA–NEW MEXICO News:
Conducting fair elections is the number one priority for Secretary of State candidate Maggie Toulouse Oliver. Based on her demonstrated integrity and expertise as County Clerk in New Mexico’s largest County (Bernalillo), NEA-New Mexico enthusiastically recommends her for the position of Secretary of State.
“We know the Secretary of State’s duty to provide for fair elections is critical to advancing the cause of public education, and there is no one better suited for the position than Ms. Toulouse Oliver,” NEA-New Read More
LAHS’s Akane Dunn Named Rotary Student Of The Year
Los Alamos High School junior Akane Dunn, left, was honored recently as a Student of the Year by the Rotary Club of Los Alamos. Students are selected based upon accomplishments in service and volunteer work and nominated by their teachers. Dunn is pictured with her parents, Chikako and Mark Dunn, LAHS social studies teacher Jonathan Frost and Rotarian Karen Easton, a member of the Students of the Year Committee. Photo by Rob Metcalf Read More
2016 Summer Concert Series Line Up
By RUSS GORDONDear friends of the Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series,
Been working on the 2016 Series and I’m almost ready to go to print. What I really need now ,besides a few more band confirmations is some more financial support.
This is what we have so far and once again, this will be our best year (I say this every year). This is our 27th year. All shows are 7-10 p.m., Fridays. Everything could change including bands and venues but this is pretty much it:
- May 20 Overlook Park, Eric McFadden Band. Rock & funk from San Francisco/Alb LA Kite Fest
- May 27 Ashley Pond, TBA
- June 3
Simon On Intel’s Plan To Lay Off 12,000 Workers
Dave SimonIntel said most of the employees affected by the layoffs will be notified in the next 60 days, while some of the cuts may happen through mid-2017.
Intel is the largest computer chipmaker in the world but has failed to replicate that success across mobile devices that have now replaced traditional desktops and laptops.
Dave Simon, candidate for State Senate Dist. 10 (which includes portions of Rio Rancho and Los Ranchos de Albuquerque),
Tourism Panel Provides Summer Season Success Tips At Chamber Business Breakfast At UNM-LA
Tourism panelists from left, Small Business Marketing Consultant Mandy Marksteiner, County Economic Development Marketer Kelly Stewart and Santa Fe Convention and Visitors Bureau Marketing Director Cynthia Delgado share insights with the business community during this morning’s Chamber Business Breakfast at UNM-Los Alamos. Photo by Ryn Herrmann Read More
Live Theater In White Rock
COMMUNITY News:A recent widower clashes with his adult daughter about friendships in a brief comedy to be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28 at the White Rock Senior Center (WRSC).
TOO SOON by local playwright, Robert F. Benjamin will be performed by Kate Ramsey, Dennis Powell and Ann ReVelle. The temporary location of WRSC is just east of Metzger’s Hardware in White Rock in the building formerly called “The Hive.”
The concert reading also will be performed at the Betty Ehart Senior Center in Los Alamos at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, April 27.
Each performance is free, Read More
Obituary: Patricia Nell Califa June 20, 1953 – March 30, 2016
PATRICIA NELL CALIFA June 20, 1953 – March 30, 2016
Patricia Nell Califa of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, passed away the end of March following her struggle with cancer. She had recently retired from a long career as an Executive/Legal Secretary in Texas, New Mexico, and Florida.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Eugenia and Paul Califa, and by her son, Aaron. Patricia is survived by her daughter, Molly, daughter-in-law, Janet, and granddaughters, Violet, Phoenix, Orchid, and Aspen, as well as her four sisters, Cathy, Ethel, Stephany, and Susan.
Patricia was a member of Calvary Read More
White Rock Summer Science Camp June 6-10
Community Invited To Kentucky Derby Party May 7
Courtesy/Kiwanis
KIWANIS News:
The Kentucky Derby is almost here!
Grab your hat and enjoy the Big Race while helping to Eliminate Maternal/Neonatal Tetanus
The Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos welcomes the community to join in the fun 3:30-5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 7 at the annual Kentucky Derby Party.
This year the Cottonwood on the Greens at the Los Alamos Golf Course will host the event to include a Derby-inspired buffet, mint juleps, cocktails, a Derby hat contest, kids activities, large screen viewing, and 50/50 betting on the big race!
All proceeds from the event will benefit Project Eliminate, Read More
Udall, Heinrich, Luján Announce LWCF Purchase Of Galisteo Basin Historic Sites At Burnt Corn Pueblo
SENATE News:Bjorklund Is Top Predictor In Weekly Pace Race
ACRR News:On the 1 mile distance Tamara Jurado was the top finisher at 9:51 and six year old Anders Medin was the first male with a time of 11:05.
The top 3 mile finishers were Zach Medin recording a 23:16 and his wife Roxana Candia
LAHS Boys Albuquerque Academy Tennis Invite Results
Los Alamos High School Boys Tennis Team. Courtesy photoJuvenile Justice Advisory Board Meets April 27
JJAB News:WIPP Blue Mine Rescue Team Wins Local Competition
Courtesy/WIPPHow The Hen House Turns: Subterfuge, Integrity And Frogs
Streak the Skunk practices the art of puppy camouflage. Courtesy photo
By Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.Over the many years with birds and dogs and rabbits and a skunk in Los Alamos, I came to respect their intelligence, which I now believe has been vastly underrated, especially when it comes to food and sex. That’s why I found great delight when PBS ran a special called “Natural Born Hustlers.”
The Bower Bird with his fancy tunnel, decorated with carefully selected goodies in hope of attracting a female, is one example. I hadn’t realized that some of those Read More
Los Alamos Family YMCA Releases Annual Report
YMCA News:
The Family YMCA has released a summary of services it provided in the communities it served in 2015. This independent YMCA is based in Los Alamos and operates a health facility in Los Alamos, and teen centers there and in Española.
The Community Benefit report provides an overview of the organization’s revenue and expenses, service numbers and scholarships that were provided last year.
CEO Linda Daly said the Y’s priorities are to respond to critical community issues in youth development, healthy living and social responsibility and to ensure access to all. “We are a charitable organization Read More
Science On Tap Explores Plasma Physics Thursday
COMMUNITY News:
Science On Tap happens every third Thursday of the month, featuring a new topic each time. This month Glen Wurden, with the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Plasma Physics Group, will briefly outline the work he’s been doing in conjunction with the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator in Germany. Part of that work has been to design systems to peer into the roiling world of superhot plasmas to test a promising alternative approach to harness fusion energy.
Join the group to chat about plasma physics at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21 at UnQuarked Wine Room, 145 Central Park Square Read More