V-22 Osprey Military Aircraft Visit Los Alamos
V-22 Osprey military aircraft arrived at Los Alamos County Airport today. Three of them buzzed low over the townsite this morning during high altitude training, according to sources at the scene. Courtesy photo
Photo by Alan Kirk Read More
Encore Summer Concert Friday at Ashley Pond
Concert goers pack Ashley Pond this summer. Courtesy Photo
By Russ Gordon
We’re back for a fun-filled weekend. “Ha Ha,” you say. No, it’s the truth! Friday Sept, 14, we have an encore summer concert. LA MainStreet asked us to participate in their Next Big Idea: A Festival of Discovery, Invention & Innovation.
Here’s what we have: 7 p.m. Friday, we’ll be back at Ashley Pond for a concert with Stephanie Hatfield & Hot Mess plus Bill Palmer’s TV Killers, two excellent rock bands from Santa Fe.
Hot Mess is an indie rock band playing mostly original music with a great drummer and loud guitars. Stephanie’s Read More
Remembering Sept. 11, 2001
Staff report
Solemn ceremonies are taking place around the community and throughout the nation today; remembering lives lost and heroes who rose up when terrorists attacked America 11 years ago.
At 8:45 a.m. on the clear Tuesday morning of Sept. 11, 2001, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.
The impact left a gaping, burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in higher floors.
As the evacuation of the tower Read More
Local Detective Instructs Cyber-Safety Class Thursday
LAPD News:
Come learn what your children may already know…
Los Alamos Police Det. Daniel Roberts is instructing a Cyber-Safety Class from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13.
The class is hosted by the Family Strengths Network and will be taught at its facility at 1900 Diamond Dr. in the Pueblo Complex.
The issues covered will be directed for parents about the danger their children can encounter using modern technology:
• Social Networks and peer pressure
• Cyberbullying
• Teens, texting and technology
• Online games
• Chatrooms and predators
Cost is $10 per family, and there is a possibility Read More
Day Journeys to the Middle of Nowhere: Pecos
Travel Column by Kirsten Laskey
Pecos reveals its story…
Between two relatively large, well-known New Mexico cities – Las Vegas and Santa Fe, there is a town off I-25 that may not attract as much attention.
In fact, if you are in a hurry to get to Highlands University in Las Vegas or the plaza in Santa Fe, you might miss this off-the-beaten-path community.
It would be a pity because Pecos offers something special to its visitors. For an outsider, finding that special quality took a few turns.
Chain stores and gas stations adorn both sides of the main street going into town.
Patience, it was discovered, Read More
High Holy Day Services Sunday at Los Alamos Jewish Center
JEWISH CENTER News:
Ashkenazi-style shofar is used during the High Holy Days. Courtesy photo
The Los Alamos Jewish Center is pleased to invite all members of the greater Jewish family to attend High Holy Day services beginning at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16.
Services this year will be led, with assistance from knowledgeable congregants, by Rabbi Melissa Klein, of Philadelphia.
Klein grew up in Los Alamos.
The theme “Generation to Generation: Dor l’dor” has been chosen for this year’s High Holy Day season.
Times and details of related events are available
Food on the Hill: Onion Rings
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comHilltopper Volleyball Team Repeats Win
Hilltopper Vollyball team beats Bernalillo 3-2 last weekend.
Hilltopper Claire Stewert with Block. Photo by Alan Kirk
Hilltopper Brianna Montano with Kill. Photo by Alan Kirk
Hilltopper Erin Kirk with Kill. Photo by Alan Kirk
Hilltopper Volleyball team beats Capital 3-1.
Hilltopper Erin Kirk with Kill. Photo by Alan Kirk
Hilltopper Claire Stewart with Block. Photo by Alan Kirk
Hilltopper Brianna Montano with Kill. Photo by Alan Kirk
Hilltopper Samantha Melton with Block. Photo by Alan Kirk
Underground Work Continues at 15th and Myrtle
County road crews have been installing electrical and communications conduit beneath the area near 15th Street and Myrtle Street. Photo by Leland S. Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comCreating a Marketing Plan that Builds Community
SBDC News:
Many businesses and organizations struggle with creating a marketing plan.
Join Founder and CEO Rubina Cohen of Firefly Innovation Group to learn how to create and implement the various parts of a marketing plan that not only grows and sustains your business or organization, but one that gives back and builds community.
Utilizing a brand new and easy method of marketing planning called the Firefly Method, which focuses on the needs of the business and the needs of the community, participants learn how to market and grow their business or organization for long term sustainability. Read More
What’s on Your Mind?
LOS ALAMOS COUNTY COUNCIL News:
Joyce Nichols and her grandson chat with County Council Chair Sharon Stover at the Farmer‘s Market in June. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com.
Staff report
Several Los Alamos County Councilors will be at the Farmer’s Market from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, to visit with citizens about current projects, issues, and other topics.
The market is located downtown, in the library overflow parking lot just north of Ashley Pond Park on Central Avenue.
Local “Tower of Magic” Performs at Santa Fe Playhouse
SANTA FE PLAYHOUSE News:
The community is invited to a staged reading of “Tower of Magic,” a comedy by Los Alamos playwright, Tess Light, directed by Mish Schneider, and featuring an all-star cast of local film and Broadway actors.
This quirky, award-winning comedy follows the ordinary Felix as he tries to fit in with an obsessive ornithologist, a compulsive mezzo soprano, a murderous chef, an occasionally-mute savant and a dual-personality linguist.
Showtimes are 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16 at the Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 East DeVargas Read More
Storytelling Jamboree in Jemez Springs
STORYTELLING JAMBOREE News:
Scenic Jemez Springs is the scene for the Storytelling Jamboree at Jemez Springs Civic Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15. Hear stories, play games, eat, and support vendors.
Storytellers are fine-tuning their yarns and will be coming from:
Corrales – Liz Mangual and Bob Kanegis;
Albuquerque – Elaine Maury and Steven Pla;
Santa Fe – Cynthia Dobson;
White Rock/Los Alamos – Terry Foxx;
Jemez Springs – Shefa Gold; and
Edgewood – Sarah Malone.
There will be a great mix of food vendors and a super group of arts and crafts Read More
Sign Code Subject of P&Z Work Session Wednesday
Planning and Zoning Commission Work Session
5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12
Community Building Council Chambers, 475 20th St.
I. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
II. PUBLIC COMMENT
III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
IV. DISCUSSION OF SIGN CODE, Gary Leikness, Principal Planner
V. PUBLIC COMMENT
VI. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission is 5:30 p.m., Sept. 26. Read More
Arts in Public Places Board Meets Wednesday
LOS ALAMOS COUNTY ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES BOARD AGENDA
4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12
Mesa Public Library Upstairs Meeting Room #3
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. PUBLIC COMMENT (This section on the agenda is reserved for questions and comments from the public on items that are not otherwise included in this agenda. Speakers will be limited to four minutes each.)
III. APP BOARD BUSINESS
A. Approval of Minutes from Aug. 8
IV. CURRENT PROJECTS
A. Discussion and Possible Selection of Animal Shelter Artwork (Nebel and Bossert)
B. Discuss the Content, Format and Publicity for the
Proposed October “Open Call Read More
SFI Seminar: On the Interface between Movement and Sociality in Animal Behavior & What Lies on Either Side
Nicolas Perony
ETH Zurich, Chair of Systems Design
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute presents the talk, “On the Interface between Movement and Sociality in Animal Behavior, and What Lies on Either Side” by Nicolas Perony at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13 in the Medium Conference Room at the Santa Fe Institute in Santa Fe.
Abstract: Scientists working on the study of animal groups are mainly divided between two schools: those who study social behaviour, and those who study spatial dynamics.
Whilst these two dimensions are intrinsically linked, traditionally there has been little Read More
DOE Extends Comment Period, Adds Hearing in Espaňola for Draft Supplemental Environmental Study on Plutonium Disposition
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration has given the public an additional 15 days and a fourth hearing in New Mexico to comment on the Draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.
The Draft Supplemental EIS analyzes the potential environmental impacts of alternatives for the disposition of 7.1 metric tons (MT) of additional weapons-usable plutonium from pits that were declared surplus to national defense needs in 2007 but were not included in DOE’s prior decisions Read More
LANL Study’s Tree Death Climate Change Connection [VIDEO]
Los Alamos National Laboratory News:
What are the exact physiological mechanisms that lead to tree death during prolonged drought and rising temperatures?
These are the questions that scientists are trying to answer in a Los Alamos National Laboratory research project called SUMO.
SUMO stands for SUrvival/MOrtality study; it's a plot of land on the Lab's southern border that features 18 climate controlled tree study chambers and a large drought structure that limits rain and snowfall.
Scientists are taking a wide variety of measurements over a long period of time to determine Read More
2012 Proposed County Charter Changes not Clearly Presented to Voters
By Ellen Walton
This is a call to Los Alamos voters to study charter change proposals well ahead of the upcoming general election.
These 21 changes are rolled together into four groups, and are not separated by subject matter, making a clear choice by voters impossible.
To date, one can only find the full text of these proposed changes (Ordinances 598-618) at the Los Alamos Governmental Review Initiative website, LAGRI.org, or at the Los Alamos County Clerk’s office.
Among other things, these changes will increase the signature requirements for citizen petitions, cut in half time periods for Read More
Got Apple Trees? Participants Wanted for Local Experiment
By Richard Nebel
We have tried raising apples without using pesticides for more than 25 years in Los Alamos. We haven’t been very successful.
The primary problem we’ve had is with codling moths. Almost every apple we have produced has worms in it.
However, this year we have a noticeably improved apple crop. This was especially true with our early apples.
We still have some worms, but there aren’t as many of them as in years past. I’m curious if other Los Alamos residents have noticed this as well.
Initially, this struck me as being a little odd. We had a mild winter last year so winter kill Read More
