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Atomic City Transit Service Changes Begin Jan. 25

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on December 22, 2015 - 5:29 pm

COUNTY News:

Atomic City Transit is beginning to ramp up for some service modifications that will go into effect Monday, Jan. 25.

The service modifications are a result of the Transit Study that was approved by the Los Alamos County Council earlier this year and include adjustments to the routes and schedules to make them more efficient, as well as the implementation of ADA complementary paratransit service for the first time in Los Alamos County.

“These are the first significant adjustments to the transit service since the County took over operations in late 2007,” Transit Manager Ken Smithson Read More

Local Businesses Deck The Halls

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on December 22, 2015 - 4:53 pm

Ruby K’s window all decorated Saturday in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

A window displaying holiday spirit at Aspen Copies, 1907 Central Ave. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Hilltop Spa holiday window decorations at 1789 Central Ave. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

CB FOX window display on Central Avenue. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos FIRST Lego League Team 240-Radioactive Fireflies Wins Champions Award

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 22, 2015 - 4:33 pm

The Radioactive Fireflies receiving the Champions Award. Courtesy photo

SPORTS News:

Saturday Dec. 19, at the Los Alamos FIRST Lego League Qualifying Tournament, Team 240―Radioactive Fireflies from Los Alamos, won the Champions Award for the Tournament.

The Tournament was at Los Alamos Middle School. The Champions award is the highest award for the team that demonstrates the best all around team including their project, team values, and robot performance.

The top three finishers at the Los Alamos FIRST Lego League Qualifying Tournament advance

Los Alamos High School Advances In International Debate Competition

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on December 22, 2015 - 3:58 pm

LAHS News:

Students from Los Alamos High School have advanced to the “Top 32” round of the International Public Policy Forum (IPPF).

Sponsored by the Brewer Foundation and New York University, the IPPF is the first and only debate competition that gives high school students around the world the opportunity to engage in written and oral debates on issues of public policy.

By advancing, the students remain eligible to win a $10,000 grand prize and an all-expenses-paid trip to the IPPF Finals in New York City April 2.

“These students have distinguished themselves in this unique Read More

Letter To The Editor: About TV News…

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 22, 2015 - 3:54 pm

By ROY M. MOORE

Los Alamos

TV news. Is it an oxymoron?

As a news junkie, I’m continually disappointed by the lack of news on our three “local” stations. The same stories are played over and over and the only talent I think it takes to be a news reader, is to be able to read the same story over and over and pretend it is new.

The best I can tell, the root of News is New. Is new news redundant? Is old news, news at all?

As I tune in to local news, I hear the same stories. But wait! Now they tell me they have some “real” news, but I have to wait until after the commercial before they will

Lobby Shop At LAMC Closes Christmas Day

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 22, 2015 - 3:49 pm

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on December 22, 2015 - 3:47 pm

By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB

Los Alamos

“The Force Awakens” is, chronologically, the seventh volume in the Star Wars series. The much-hyped film opened Friday across the country. For true fans of the series, this chapter does not disappoint. It offers original Star Wars nostalgia, great humor, action sequences worthy of the genre, a new adorable droid, some new heroes and villains, and some old favorites.

Movie poster for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens.’ Courtesy Reel Deal Theater

J. J. Abrams was tapped by George Lucas himself to create this film. The younger Abrams made a name for himself Read More

Midday Solstice Celebration At PEEC Today

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on December 22, 2015 - 3:31 pm

Dave Yeamans on the human sundial. Photo by Rebecca Shankland

PEEC NEWS:

Stop by the Los Alamos Nature Center at noon today and enjoy a midday solstice celebration.

Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) will get out its measuring sticks and mark shadow lengths on the human sundial to document the longest midday shadows of the year. This short celebration will be the first in a series of measurements to see how shadow lengths change over the course of a year.

PEEC was founded in 2000 to serve the community of Los Alamos. It offers people of all ages a way to enrich their lives by strengthening Read More

Closing New Mexico’s Child Pornography & Exploitation Loophole: Representatives Pre-File Legislation

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 22, 2015 - 3:25 pm

STATE News:

SANTA FE ― Representatives Sarah Maestas Barnes, R-Bernalillo, Javier Martinez, D-Bernalillo and Randal Crowder, R-Curry have pre-filed legislation backed by Attorney General Hector Balderas to close New Mexico’s child pornography and exploitation loophole.

The current law limits the ability of prosecutors to charge defendants who possess multiple images of children being raped, objectified, and exploited in multiple forms of media and online.

Currently, these child predators are only subject to prosecution of one count of child exploitation

Scenes From Los Alamos Police Awards Banquet

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on December 22, 2015 - 4:13 am

Los Alamos Police Chief Dino Sgambellone, right, presents Cpl. David Boe with the 2015 Police Officer of the Year award and several other accolades for his service at LAPD and throughout the community. Sgambellone presented more than 40 awards during the annual awards banquet held Saturday at the Los Alamos Golf Course Community Room. He explained the awards ‘recognize the exceptional work of our employees’ and added, ‘It’s important for me to recognize not only the good work of our employees but the sacrifices their families make for those who choose a career in public

Gray Matters: Making Sense (Cents) Of WIPP Incident

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 21, 2015 - 5:02 pm

By LARRY JOHNSON

Los Alamos

Introduction:

There has been extensive media coverage of the February 2014 release of radioactive material at WIPP, which has resulted in the shutdown of the facility.

The purpose of this column is to examine the incident and point out that there has been a massive over-reaction to the release resulting in a tremendous waste of taxpayer’s money.

In more common terms it is “making a mountain out of a mole hill” and “much ado about nothing”. The incident should have resulted in a shutdown of the facility of no more than a week or two

Manhattan Project: ‘Jupiter’ Ep. 210 Discussion

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 21, 2015 - 3:23 pm

Courtesy photo

Los Alamos Historical Society News:

WGN MANHATTAN PROJET

Was there a storm before the test?

There were thunderstorms before the test, which raised the threat of cancellation.

Unlike in the episode, there were weathermen monitoring the situation and advising leaders on the suitability of the conditions.

Jack Hubbard was the chief meteorologist, and on his recommendation the test was postponed from its planned 4:00 a.m. detonation because of rain and lightning.

In his journal

Pajarito Mountain Ski Area Receives Acclaim From Skiing Magazine And National Geographic

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 21, 2015 - 3:22 pm

PMS News:

Pajarito Mountain Ski Area recently received recognition by Skiing Magazine and National Geographic Magazine as well as New Mexico’s association of ski resorts.

And, the good news keeps coming for the Los Alamos ski area: thanks to this week’s winter storms that dropped nearly two feet of snow on the mountain, resort officials announced that most of the skiable terrain will be open for powder skiing this Saturday.

Two winter storms blanketed Pajarito this week with 22” of snow.

Pajarito expects to open three lifts and 12 trailstomorrow when

Manhattan Project: ‘Brooklyn’ Ep. 209 Discussion

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 21, 2015 - 3:20 pm

Courtesy photo

Los Alamos Historical Society News:

WGN MANHATTAN PROJET

Were women allowed at Trinity?

In this episode, Helen wasn’t allowed to go to the test site, probably because she is working on Little Boy and not on the gadget.

Liza has been at the Trinity site for several episodes, collecting specimens for her research on the biological effects of radioactivity.

In real life, there was only one female Division Leader, and she was the only Division Leader not permitted to attend the Trinity Test.

Commission For Environmental Cooperation Taps Brumwell To Chair Joint Public Advisory Committee

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 21, 2015 - 3:18 pm

CEC News:

MONTREAL — The Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) has chosen Canadian JPAC member Lindsay Brumwell as committee chair for 2016.

She will succeed Mexican JPAC member Gustavo Alanís-Ortega, a lawyer and university professor at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, who has been chair during 2015.

“The Commission for Environmental Cooperation is increasingly relevant as a force for trinational cooperation on environmental issues,” Brumwell said. “I look forward to working

New Mexico School For The Arts Dance Department Presents Winter Dances 2016

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 21, 2015 - 3:15 pm

NMSA News:

SANTA FE ― The Dance Department of New Mexico School for the Arts will offer its annual presentation of mixed repertoire, Winter Dances 2016, at the James A. Little Theater, 1060 Cerrillos Road, New Mexico School for the Deaf, in Santa Fe.

Four performances will take place: At 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 22; at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 23; and 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 24.

Adult Tickets are $10, while student and senior tickets are $5.

For information on purchasing tickets, please visit here.

Winter

Manhattan School Of Music Free Performances

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 21, 2015 - 3:12 pm

MSM News:

HIGHLIGHTS: The Robert Mann String Quartet Institute; The 2016 Charles Mingus High School Competition and Festival; and Mahler Symphony No. 8: MSM Symphony, Symphonic Chorus, and Women’s Chorus at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

January 2016

The Robert Mann String Quartet Institute: Jan. 7–10:

Master Classes at 2 p.m., Jan. 7 & 8, (Miller Recital Hall, 2 p.m.)
Screening of Speak the Music: Robert Mann and the Mysteries of Chamber Music by Academy

HRC’s New Municipal Equality Index Details State Of LGBT Equality In Six New Mexico Cities

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 21, 2015 - 3:05 pm

HRC News:

WASHINGTON ― The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today released its fourth annual report assessing LGBT equality in 408 cities across the nation, including six in New Mexico.

The 2015 Municipal Equality Index (MEI), the only nationwide rating system of LGBT inclusion in municipal law and policy, shows that cities across the country, including in New Mexico, continue to take the lead in supporting LGBT people and workers, even when states and the federal government

Espanola Valley Humane Society Nets $92K Grant

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 21, 2015 - 3:00 pm

EVHS News:

ESPANOLA ― The Espanola Valley Humane Society (EVHS) is pleased to announce that is has received a nearly $92,000 grant from PetSmart Charities.

The grant funds the inaugural year of theCommunity Pet Program, designed to address the pet overpopulation in rural and outlying Northern New Mexico communities served by the Shelter.

The pet overpopulation problem is unique in the areas the EVHS serves: it has a poor population attempting to care for more animals per person than the national average.

EVHS has had a great deal of success

New Mexico Credit Unions Receive Juntos Avanzamos Recognition

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 21, 2015 - 2:58 pm

Courtesy photo

STATE News:

ALBUQUERQUE ― Early this week, two New Mexico credit unions became the first credit unions in New Mexico to earn the Juntos Avanzamos designation, which formally recognizes credit unions in the U.S. that specifically tailor financial products and services to serve low-income, Hispanic communities.

The designation was conferred upon Rio Grande Credit Union and Guadalupe Credit Union on Monday, at separate ceremonies.

U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, NM Sen. Michael Padilla, Bernalillo County