Pastor Granillo: The Spirit Filled Temple
By Pastor RAUL GRANILLOThe Spirit Filled Temple.
It happened that when the priests came from the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD. – 1 Kings 8:10-11 NASB
You can find all kinds of things at churches these days. You can find old people or young people, liturgical worship or free worship, hymns or contemporary music, expository or motivational preaching, Read More
LTE – Your Civic Engagement Is Showing
By TARIN NIXWhether it is the outstanding public schools, countless nonprofits, prolific thinkers, or the level of safety and security you feel when you live on the Hill, I have
LAPS District Speech Competition Results
District Speech Contestants with Barranca Mesa Teacher and event coordinator, Audrey Juliani. Photo by McKenzie Jiron
Audrey Juliani, Humorous 2nd Place Winner Elise Chavez, Serious 2nd Place Winner Gwyneth Lyons, Serious 1st Place Winner Elizabeth Frost and Humorous 1st Place Winner Jon Gilbert. Photo by McKenzie Jiron
On April 14, Barranca Mesa Elementary School Principal Virginia Terrazas welcomed students and their families to the Los Alamos Public Schools 2016 Elementary District Speech Contest to their school. Read More
Santa Fe Opera’s Spring Tour Opens With Shakespearian UnShakeable
Performance Santa Fe’s General Director Joseph Illick greets the public arriving for the April 9 premier performance of the opera UnShakeable at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in Santa Fe. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com
Public appreciation for Shakespeare, like its passion for Opera varies among individuals from all-consuming to de minibus, a range that leaves a few universes to play around in and lots of places for getting thoroughly lost.
An off the top of the head list of Shakespearian operas might have to start Read More
Third Annual Bobcat Bonanza Carnival April 29
LAHS Principal (and former Barranca Principal) Brad Parker gets dunked at a previous Bobcat Bonanza. Courtesy photo
BARRANCA MESA PTO News:
- Chance to Win a Ride on the Medevac Helicopter!
Will you be the lucky winner of a ride in the medevac helicopter at the 3rd annual Bobcat Bonanza carnival? It’s one of the many prizes that will be on offer in an impressive silent auction at the event. The carnival is set for 4:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, April 29 at Barranca Mesa Elementary School, 57 Loma del Escolar.
In addition to a silent auction, the carnival will feature food, carnival games, a dunk tank, bouncy Read More
Earth Day Talk Features Valles Caldera Superintendent
Jorge Silva-Bañuelos, National Park Service superintendent of Valles Caldera National Preserve
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s 2016 Earth Day talk will feature Valles Caldera Superintendent Jorge Silva- Bañuelos, who will talk about the past, present and future of this spectacular national preserve.
The talk is sponsored by Los Alamos National Bank at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 at the Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road, and is free and open to the public.
Silva-Bañuelos will discuss the history of the Valles Caldera from its geologic origins to its designation Read More
American Legion Post 90 Elects New Officers
American Legion Post 90 officers elected Friday night for 2016-17 include, from left, Sgt-at-Arms David Dye, 2nd Vice Commander Leland Lehman, Finance Officer Bill Cooper, 1st Vice Commander Chris Larribas, Historian Jim Mariner, Chaplain Jim Hay and Commander Ed McDaris. Photo by Diane Swan
AMERICAN LEGION News:
The American Legion Frank G. Frainier Post 90 at 1325 Trinity Dr. elected a new slate of officers Friday for 2016-17:
- Sgt-at-Arms David Dye;
- 2nd Vice Commander Leland Lehman;
- Finance Officer Bill Cooper;
- 1st Vice Commander Chris Larribas;
- Historian Jim Mariner;
- Chaplain
PED Releases 68.6 Percent 2014-15 Graduation Rate
New Mexico Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera
PED News:
SANTA FE – Today, the New Mexico Public Education Department released a graduation rate of 68.6 percent for the New Mexico Class of 2014-2015.
This represents a slight dip compared to the previous graduating class of 2013-2014, but remains more than 5 points higher since the beginning of the Martinez administration.
Fifty-three percent of the state’s 89 school districts saw rising graduation rates compared to the previous year. Districts such as Bernalillo, Bloomfield, Clovis, and Espanola saw their rates increase by five Read More
NMG&F Weekly Fish Stocking Report
Jaret McDonald Helps Save Child’s Life
Jaret McDonald of Los Alamos helps rescue a young boy caught in a riptide in California. Photo by Jen McDonald
Los Alamos residents Jaret and Jen McDonald are avid surfers and take regular trips to California where they catch waves at El Porto and Manhattan beaches in Los Angeles County.
In March, the McDonalds traveled to California with their Rotary Club of Los Alamos Foreign Exchange Student Krissi Wallis to enjoy spring break by the ocean. It seems the ideal place to relax and unwind but something unexpected occurred in the middle of the trip.
Jaret Read More
FBI, APD Search For Man Who Stole ATM
Suspect who used a stolen rental truck to drag an ATM from an Albuquerque bank. Anyone with information about this robbery is asked to call the FBI at 505.889.1300. Courtesy/FBI
Suspect who used a stolen rental truck to drag an ATM from an Albuquerque bank. Anyone with information about this robbery is asked to call the FBI at 505.889.1300. Courtesy/FBI
FBI News:
The FBI and Albuquerque Police Department are searching for a man who used a stolen rental truck to drag an ATM from a bank in northeast Albuquerque in the morning of Friday, April 15.
The suspect pulled the ATM to a nearby vacant lot west of Read More
LAPD Releases First Quarter 2016 Crime Statistics
Chief Dino Sgambellone
LAPD News:
Today, Chief of Police Dino Sgambellone released crime statistics for the first quarter of 2016, which were compiled by the Records Section 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. The offenses of murder (homicide), rape, robbery and aggravated assault make up the violent crime category. The offenses of arson, burglary, larceny, and auto theft make up the property crime category. Read More
Letter To The Editor: About Boutique Air
By DAVE KLOEPPER
Los Alamos
My wife and I travel frequently from Los Alamos to other US cities and to Europe – up to 10 trips a year. We had used the previous LA to ABQ air service, though the timing of the flights relative to continuation flights out of ABQ was seldom workable.
With Boutique we never even got to the point of checking the flight timing: Boutique was not willing to guarantee that any bag larger than a briefcase would be carried, so using them for our vacation flights was out of the question. I know of one other retired couple who encountered the same dumb restriction.
I’m sure Read More
Scenes From Thursday’s Business After Hours
Trish Gallegos, left, and LeAnne Parsons at Thursday’s Business After Hours event on the second floor of the New Mexico Bank and Trust Building in downtown Los Alamos. The Chamber’s Business After Hours event was co-hosted by Farber & Associates and the Walk Your Talk Coach at Legacy Now Lived. Attendees brought socks and purses filled with feminine products. Parsons donated the socks in the name of The Sock It To Em’ Campaign and Legacy Now Lived and the purses to the precious homeless in our local community and beyond. Photo by Ryn Herrmann
From left, Trish Gallegos, Read More
Join Mrs. Northern New Mexico United States 2016 At Pie Toss Fundraiser At Smith’s Marketplace Monday
Mrs. Northern New Mexico United States 2016 Rose Evans and her Little Sister Jessica work on art for Bowl for Kid’s Sake. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
Rose Evans, a native of Los Alamos, is serving as Mrs. Northern New Mexico United States 2016.
She uses her title to support the local chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters, and will be bringing a fun-filled pie toss fundraiser to Smith’s Marketplace Monday, April 18.
Make a stop by Smith’s between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 pm and take your best shot! During the event you’ll be able to make a donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters, in exchange for the chance Read More
Jeep Explodes In Española
Jeep explodes this morning on Paseo De Onate, in front of Cooks True Value store in Española. Courtesy/Valley Daily Post
PUBLIC SAFETY News:
A Jeep exploded at approximately 10:17 a.m. today on Paseo De Onate, in front of Cooks True Value store in Española. The explosion rattled windows for more than a mile around the scene. Unconfirmed reports indicate two individuals were taken to the hospital.
At the time of the initial explosion, police and emergency vehicles were already on their way, indicating that the vehicle had stopped and an emergency call had been placed prior to the first explosion. Read More
Fuller Lodge Art Center Foots Tax Today
Courtesy/FLAC
TAX News:
Today is tax day across the nation and in an effort to ease the pain, Fuller Lodge Art Center is hosting “Happy Tax Day!”
The Art Center is paying the taxes on all merchandise purchased today at Fuller Lodge Art Center.
Tax Free Day lasts until close of business at 4 p.m. today at Fuller Lodge Art Center. Read More
Obituary Paul Kraemer March 19, 1930 – March 24, 2016
PAUL M. KRAEMER March 19, 1930 – March 24, 2016
Paul Kraemer passed away on March 24th, 2016 after a full and productive life.
Paul was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Huldah and E.O Kraemer on March 19, 1930. He earned a Doctorate in Public Health from Tulane University, and a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the Wistar Institute, a biomedical Center focusing on cancer research and vaccine development.
He was recruited by Wright Langham for his training in cancer research to be a part of a new Cell and Molecular Biology group in H-4 in 1964. He retired from LANL in 1995. Paul published more than 90 Read More
Allergy Season Is Upon Us: Tips To Keep Your Sniffling And Sneezing In Check
By KAMEL ABOUDA, MDEspanola Family Care
You know what they say: April showers bring May flowers. But they also bring pollen, ragweed and a slew of other wheeze-, sneeze-, and sniffle-inducing allergens.
First of all, what causes springtime sniffling and sneezing? According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), allergies develop when the body’s immune system becomes sensitized and overreacts to something in the environment that does not cause a reaction in most people.
For an estimated 40 million Americans, that “something” is often one of Mother Nature’s springtime Read More
County Invites Vendors To Participate In Los Alamos Summer Concert Series
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Recreation Division is offering several vending opportunities for community organizations, vendors and businesses at several community events.
Potential vendors are invited to attend a vender meeting 5-7 p.m. Thursday, April 21 in the classroom at the Aquatic Center to review information for the 2016 Summer Concert Series including vendor locations for the series. Vendors may submit applications at the front desk following the meeting.
The Special Event Vendor Permit Application and the Vendor License Application, which both must be Read More