Scenes From Sunday’s Jingle Bell Rock ‘N Run
The crowd takes off in Sunday’s Jingle Bell Rock ‘N Run hosted by the Los Alamos High School Band to raise money for their upcoming trip to Washington, D.C. The fun run included a choice of 5K or 1 mile runs and is modeled after the popular Rock and Roll marathons featuring live music along the routes. Students from LAHS and Los Alamos Middle School played holiday tunes for the runners. The runs started and finished at LAMS. The Governor’s Office nominated the ‘Topper Marching Band to play July 4, 2016 in the National Independence Day Parade in Washington, D.C. Proceeds Read More
BRIDGE BITES: It Pays To Count
BRIDGE BITES By Brian Gunnell
From The American Contract Bridge League
IT PAYS TO COUNT
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Gov. Susana Martinez To Address Higher Education Leaders From Across U.S.
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Today, Gov. Susana Martinez will be the keynote speaker at a symposium of college and university leaders from across the country to discuss higher education reforms in New Mexico.
Higher education leaders from Florida, Georgia and Tennessee will share how similar reforms have helped contribute to dramatic increases in graduation rates in their respective states.
This meeting follows Gov. Martinez’s recently outlined vision for higher education in New Mexico – building a stronger, and more cohesive higher education system to help Read More
Community Invited To Pajarito Masonic Lodge #66 Installation Of Officers Saturday
COMMUNITY News:
Pajarito Masonic Lodge #66 is proud to announce its Installation of Officers, scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 19.
The Installation Ceremony is one of the very few traditional Masonic Rituals that is open to the public. Anyone interested or curious about Freemasonry is welcome to come to the Lodge and get a taste of what the organization is all about.
Freemasonry is often described as the world’s oldest and largest fraternity. Though there are artifacts that date back to the 1300’s, the structured and well documented form that exists today was established in 1717 c.e. in London, Read More
Yang: Goal, Plan, Action, Result…
By ELENA YANGGoal, Plan, Action, Result – Which Should Come First?
Often, we offer “set your goal” as encouragement to each other. Certainly, reaching goals, especially big and important ones, make us feel elated. But what’s more fascinating: How do people deal with failing to reach a particular goal? And, how do people deal with the aftermath, the let down, of achieving “that big goal”?
Recently, I have come across two seemingly contradictory articles. In one, entrepreneur James Clear, channeled through James Haden’s written words (link), advises people not to get so hung up on Read More
County Council Chair Presents Update At Democratic Party Meeting At UNM-LA 7 p.m. Monday
County Council Chair Kristin Henderson
DPLA News:
The Democratic Party of Los Alamos County meets at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14 in the Jeannette Wallace Room, Building 05 at UNM-LA.
Los Alamos County Council Chair Kristin Henderson will present an update on County Council happenings.
The community is invited to attend and make it festive by bringing some cookies and their good cheer (but everyone is encouraged to attend, even those who are grumpy and don’t have any cookies to share)
For information about the Democratic Party of Los Alamos County, visit https:////www.losalamosdemocrats.org/
Order Of The Eastern Star Holiday Fruitcake Sale
Past Grand Matron Pamela H. Mayne, Grand Jurisdiction of New Mexico Order of the Eastern Star with her husband Norman Mayne at the annual Los Alamos Chapter #63 Holiday Fruitcake Sale Friday in the lobby of the Los Alamos National Bank at 1200 Trinity Dr. Mayne said that sales may continue for a short while this coming week until sold out. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Coffee On Christmas
Starbucks on Central Avenue in downtown Los Alamos will be open for business Christmas Day. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Acclaimed Violinist Gil Shaham Performs Brilliantly
Gil Shaham. Courtesy/gilshaham.comJohann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, completed around 1720 (he was 35), are thought to be a grand intellectual and musical achievement universally revered by violinists and listeners alike for their spiritual essence.
The Solo masterwork consists of three sonatas, each with four traditional slow-fast-slow-fast movements, and three partitas, each comprised of a series of dance movements. Characterized by supreme virtuosic demands, the violinist is required to play multiple Read More
Moniz On Conclusion Of COP21 Climate Negotiations
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz released the following statement Saturday regarding the conclusion of the COP21 climate change negotiations:
“This agreement shows that the world is ready to move towards an innovative era of reductions in heat-trapping emissions that will put us on a path to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. President Obama, Secretary Kerry, and the entire U.S. negotiating team showed leadership, not just at these talks in Paris, but for the months and years of groundwork that was Read More
Engagement Announcement: Bunzey/Bridge
Sydney Katherine Bunzey and Alexander Coonley Bridge are planning a February wedding. Courtesy photoENGAGEMENT News:
Karyl and Glenn Bunzey of Erie, Colo., and Meredith Coonley and Arthur Bridge of Los Alamos, are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Sydney Katherine Bunzey and Alexander Coonley Bridge.
Bunzey graduated in 2003 from Longmont High School and received a bachelor of science degree in molecular, cellular and developmental biology from the University of Colorado in 2007 and a master’s degree in genetics from the University of Kent, Canterbury UK in 2009. Read More
Rotarians Receive Awards At Winter Holiday Party
At Saturday’s annual Winter Holiday Party at Fuller Lodge, Alison Pannell, right, president of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, presents Rotarians Brian Newnam and Karen Easton with awards from Rotary International for recruiting new members. Photo by Linda Hull
Rotarian Linda Anderson receives an award from Club President Alison Pannell at the annual Winter Holiday Party for serving as the Club’s Youth Exchange foreign language tutor. Anderson is a retired Spanish and French teacher who taught at Los Alamos High School for many years. Photo by Linda Hull Read More
Northern New Mexico College President Nancy Barceló To Leave Her Post At End Of Year
NNMC President Nancy Barceló
NNMC News:
Española – During a special meeting Thursday night, the Northern New Mexico College Board of Regents announced that President Nancy Barceló will leave her leadership position with the College on Dec. 31. Originally President Barceló was scheduled to end her presidency in June of 2016.
“The Regents and President Barceló agreed together that she will leave her leadership position with the College on the last day of December,” Board President Rosario Garcia said. “The President requested the opportunity to leave early and begin her sabbatical Read More
Dr. Cherry Murray Confirmed As Director Of The Office Of Science
Dr. Cherry Murray
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dr. Cherry Murray was confirmed by the Senate Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 as director of the Department of Energy’s Office of Science.
“Dr. Murray will be an outstanding Director of the Office of Science, drawing upon her experience in academia as professor and dean of one of country’s leading universities of engineering and applied sciences, key R&D leadership roles in industry, and as former head of science and technology at one of the Department’s national laboratories, ” Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said. “I thank the Senate for the approving Read More
De-stress Activities At Los Alamos Teen Center
Obituary: Mary Louise Sweeney Keigher March 11, 1924 – Dec. 6, 2015
MARY LOUISE SWEENEY KEIGHER March 11, 1924 – Dec. 6, 2015
Mary Louise Sweeney Keigher, 91, a longtime resident of Los Alamos, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2015.
Mary Lou was born on March 11, 1924, in Mitchell, South Dakota (Home of the Corn Palace). Mary was preceded in death by her beloved husband “Jamie” Don Keigher; her parents, Dr. and Mr. J.T. Sweeney; infant son, Kevin in 1954 and son, Brian J. Keigher in 2003.
Mary was a secretary at Union Oil Co. during WWII followed by employment at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a word processor, she and Don retired in 1986.
Mom once said that Read More
Solo Traveler: Virgin of Guadalupe
Juan Diego and the Archbishop in the very spot where Don Diego saw the image of the Virgin. Photo by Patti Walls
The old and the new Virgin of Guadalupe Basilicas in Mexico City. Photo by Patti Walls
Our boat floated into a tall cave carved out of the canyon cliffs along the Sumidero River. Rachel looked up at the highly decorated wall. “And here’s yet another place to put the Virgin of Guadalupe,” she said with a sigh.
A rope ladder hung down into the water from a narrow ledge. On the ledge stood a metal ladder, precariously fastened to Read More
Letter To The Editor: Islamophobia – Shame On US(A)
By DOUG REILLYIn a letter to New Mexican editors: “Very un-American: I am ashamed to live in a state that announces its ignorant reluctance to accept Syrian refugees. Gov. Susana Martinez, you should be ashamed. Mr. Trump, Mr. Rubio, have you no shame in using the deaths in Paris as a drum to beat for your election?”
I didn’t write this, but I agree completely; it is not just Trump, Rubio, and Susana: it’s the citizens who stand up and cheer, and the pundits who rail against President Obama and call for stricter background screening. We should look at our more civilized neighbors to the north Read More
PEEC Offers Wildlife Storytelling 7 p.m. Tuesday
Western tanager. Courtesy/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
PEEC News:
Where do animals go in the winter? If they stay, how do they cope with the cold?
During a talk at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, at the Los Alamos Nature Center, Taos author Steve Tapia will tell the winter preparation stories of three animals. Listen as he describes why the pika is called a savvy survivor, where the western tanager goes to escape winter, and how the ever-present coyote copes with cold.
Steve Tapia is a local author, who resides in Taos. He is known for his book De la Tierra: The Natural World of Northern New Mexico, Read More
More Scenes From Saturday’s Snow In Los Alamos
Snow scene Saturday in the Walnut Street area of Los Alamos. Photo by Lisa Tuck
Snow scene Saturday in the Walnut Street area of Los Alamos. Photo by Lisa Tuck