First Lady Takes Calls In NORAD Tracks Santa Program
Mrs. Obama taking calls on Santa’s journey as part of the annual NORAD Tracks Santa program. Courtesy/NORAD
NORAD News:
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – For the sixth consecutive year and marking the 60th Anniversary of NORAD tracks Santa, First Lady Michelle Obama took time from her holiday schedule to deliver cheer to children across America by personally answering phone calls on Santa’s journey as part of the annual NORAD Tracks Santa program run by the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
Mrs. Obama fielded calls from Hawaii to surprised children calling in to the NORAD Read More
A Long Time Ago In A Galilee Far Far Away…
Storyteller Entertains Los Alamos Kiwanians
Storyteller Harriet Cole speaks Dec. 15 at Los Alamos Kiwanis Club meeting. Photo by Don Casperson.Harriet Cole stood up before the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos on Dec. 15 and told a real whopper—and people loved it.
Cole grew up in Los Alamos, and, as a journalist, once served as the editor of a local weekly newspaper. She is now a professional storyteller in Arizona. She teaches university classes in storytelling, performs for a wide variety of organizations and events, and helps with workshops for children and adults.
Her story for Kiwanis Read More
NMDOT Announces Anti-DWI Electronic Highway Signs To Deter Drunk Driving
NMDOT News:Voter Registration Deadline Is Dec. 29
COUNTY News:
In order to participate in the upcoming Los Alamos Public School Special All Mail Election, Los Alamos County Clerk Sharon Stover would like to remind residents who are not registered, or have moved, to complete a voter registration form.
Voter registration forms are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 1000 Central Avenue, 2nd Floor, Suite 240, as well as at the Motor Vehicle Department and libraries.
The deadline to update your address, register or submit an alternate address for your ballot is 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015 in the Clerk’s Office. Ballots will be mailed the Read More
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Foster Children’s Christmas Party Big Success
Los Alamos High School Key Club members who helped at the Foster Children’s Christmas Party in Espanola. (Who’s that person with the long white beard?) Photo by Don CaspersonThe Foster Children’s Christmas Party in Española was a great success this year, and Los Alamos people were there to help.
Kiwanis leaders Kathy Hirons, Aleene Jenkins, and Linda Daly sent out an e-mail message after the party saying, “Once again, we are sending a big THANK YOU to all the wonderful folks who gave their time and energy to make this year’s Foster Kids’ Party Read More
Food On The Hill: Sugarplums For The Holidays
Sugar plums. Photo by Felicia Orth
By FELICIA ORTHTurns out sugarplums were originally fennel or caraway seeds enrobed repeatedly in sugar to Read More
Merry Christmas Los Alamos!
Merry Christmas from the Los Alamos Daily Post news team! Snow scene at Ashley Pond Park in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Ducks take a swim in Ashley Pond. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene at Ashley Pond. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com 
Snowman at Ashley Pond on Christmas Eve. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Ice floats in Ashley Pond. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene at Ashley Pond. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.comIt’s A Wonderful Life For Los Alamos Family
New home groundbreaking ceremony Dec. 11 in White Rock, from left, LAHP Executive Director Steve Brugger, home builder Oscar Duran, home owner Kaitlin Martinez, her children Aemilia and Jackson, LAHP board members Bob Fuselier, Cindy Hollabaugh and Craig Wehner, landscaper Dale Nichols and CEDD Interim Director Paul Andrus. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Jackson Martinez, 2, breaks ground on his family’s new home Dec. 11 in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comIt’s A Wonderful Life For Los Alamos Family
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An Open Book: The Debts We Owe
By DAVID IZRAELEVITZMuch too late, in retrospect I realize now, I developed an interest in my family history. The immigration of my parents and my siblings from Uruguay to America is one that I was a witness to, so I could, and have, documented that story.
But every year around this time, I receive a thank you letter that reminds me that my history is richer and deeper than my own story. All four of my grandparents were immigrants themselves, in this case from Lithuania to Uruguay in the 1920’s.
Unfortunately, by the time that I returned to Uruguay 26 years after emigrating, only one
IRS Announces Interest Rates First Quarter 2016
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- 3 percent for underpayments;
- 5 percent for large corporate underpayments; and
- 0.5 percent for the portion of a corporate overpayment exceeding $10,000.
Santa’s Veterinarian Clears Reindeer For Flight
Santa’s veterinarian has cleared Rudolph and the rest of the reindeer to travel the world Christmas Eve with Santa. Courtesy/sciencemag.orgTALES OF OUR TIMES: Round Stories Glisten Anew
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AFT News:Airport Security Checks Tightened
Full body scanner. Courtesy/wkipedia
HSNW News:
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced Wednesday changes to traveler security screening at airports, allowing TSA personnel to require travelers to go through body scanners even if the passenger prefers a full-body pat-down instead.
The TSA said that the new system would be “warranted by security considerations in order to safeguard transportation security.”
CNN reports that currently, passengers may choose full-body pat-downs by TSA agents instead of going through Advanced Imaging Technologies, Read More
Musician Dan Nebel Returns To Perform In Los Alamos
Airman First Class Daniel Nebel‘Christmas Eve Asteroid’ 2003 SD220 Sleighs By Earth
Resembling a sweet potato, which is quite appropriate for the holiday season, a Delay-Doppler image of asteroid 2003 SD220, the ‘Christmas Eve asteroid’ as observed Dec. 3-5 and Dec. 14-15 from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico using the NASA-funded planetary radar system. The asteroid will be 28 times farther away than our moon, measures more than 1.25 miles long and rotates very slowly, taking more than 11 days to complete one full rotation. Courtesy/Arecibo Observatory
The largest and most sensitive single dish radio telescope in the world is at the Arecibo Observatory Read More