Letter To The Editor: Response To ‘First Use Your Head, Then Use Your Heart’
By DENNIS LITTLEYou’ve managed to express your opinion with regards to Syrian Refugees and what to do about this, but it’s very clear you’re not thinking the ENTIRE issue through very well.
- What about people from other countries like Cuba? Do we stop them, too?
- What about those with a tourist visa?
Human Trafficker Sentenced To Additional 24 Years
Convicted human trafficker Wallace G. Carson
AG News:
ALBUQUERQUE – District Judge Stan Whitaker imposed an additional 24 years of incarceration Wednesday on convicted human trafficker Wallace G. Carson.
The Office of the Attorney General (AG) successfully investigated and prosecuted Carson’s case. The additional time was imposed under New Mexico’s “Habitual Offender Enhancement” laws. Judge Whitaker found that Carson was a “habitual offender” with two prior felony convictions from Texas. This finding requires Carson to serve an additional four Read More
LANL Foundation Extends Education Grant Deadline
LANLF News:Watch Mockumentaries, Enter Raffle For Film Industry Prizes At Planetarium 3 p.m. Sunday
COMMUNITY News:
The community is invited to see the winning video mockumentaries at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. on the big screen in the Nature Center’s planetarium.
The Pajarito Film Club is hosting the screening of four 10-minute video shorts submitted to the first ever Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet contest. Admission is free.
Following the screening, the Pajarito Film Club will conduct a brief awards ceremony, during which film program graduates who judged the films will review judging criteria and the categories for which each film is being awarded. The winning mockumentarians will be awarded Read More
Movie & Cookie Bar At LAMC 6:30 p.m. Friday
RDC Taps Liddie Martinez As Executive Director
Liddie Martinez joins the RDC Jan. 4. Courtesy photo
RDC News:
- Liddie Martinez will join the Regional Development Corporation as executive director Jan. 4, 2016
ESPANOLA—The Regional Development Corporation (RDC) recently named Liddie Martinez as its incoming executive director. She succeeds Kathy Keith, who assumed the role of director of Community Programs at Los Alamos National Laboratory in August.
“The RDC is excited to see what Liddie will bring to the organization and the regional economy as a whole,” said RDC Board of Directors Chair Jennifer Jenkins. “We believe we’ve found a Read More
‘Noche de Inspiracion!’ Dec. 12-13
Kierra Holmes and Chuscales. Courtesy/Insight FotoAFTNM Calls Court Ruling ‘Victory For Educators’
AFTNM President Stephanie Ly
ALBUQUERQUE – American Federation of Teachers New Mexico (AFTNM) President Stephanie Ly and Albuquerque Teachers Federation President Ellen Bernstein released the following statement:
“Today’s ruling from Judge Thomson comes as welcome news for the thousands of educators across New Mexico who have been seeking relief from Governor Martinez and Secretary of Education Hannah Skandera’s test-and-punish ‘reforms.’
Albuquerque Teachers Federation President Ellen Bernstein
“Judge Thomson made the correct and important decision to halt the use of high-stakes Read More
DNCU Donates $1,500 For Breakfast With Santa
Eric Baldonado of DNCU presents a check to Kiwanis Club President Lisa Wismer Tuesday at TOTH. Courtesy photo
DNCU News:
SANTA FE—Del Norte Credit Union (DNCU) announced its support of the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos and its annual Breakfast with Santa fundraising event. DNCU personnel presented a $1,500 check to the Kiwanis Club at its Dec. 1 lunch meeting.
“We are honored to partner with the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos for this fun community event celebrating the holidays,” says DNCU CEO/President Chuck Valenti. “In addition, it is important to our mission of improving lives that the Kiwanis Read More
Community Assets Award Nominations Underway
LAMS teacher Rita Sanchez and LAHS teacher Judy Nekimken were just two of more than 40 people recognized at the 2014 Asset Awards. Photo by Chad LauritzenChristmas Miracle Sought For Lorelei Hayward, 3
Lorelei Hayward and her mom Bethany. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
Boomerang Consignment and Resale in Los Alamos declares that from today until Christmas Day they will match all donations up to $500 to help 3-year-old Lorelei Hayward hopefully have a Christmas Miracle.
Lorelei was born with Scoliosis and has had nine special casts to help correct the curvature of her spine – which is crushing her lung and heart. The casts have stopped working so she went in for surgery Dec. 2 to receive a new technology called “Magec Rods” that are surgically inserted alongside her spine to help Read More
Centerra Group Assumes Security Post At LANL
Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy photo
Editor’s note: The Centerra Group has taken over the secuirty contract at LANL, however, the protest of this decision by previous contractor SOC remains active.
Los Alamos National Laboratory notified its workforce of more than 10,000 people Tuesday that a new contractor, the Centerra Group, had taken over the protective force responsibilities at the laboratory. At about the same time, from company headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Centerra announced that it had been selected to Read More
Los Alamos Kid’s Art Co-op Fundraiser Thursday
Kids create art projects during a meeting of Los Alamos Kid’s Art Co-op. Courtesy photo
Silhouette ornaments on sale at Thursday’s meeting as a fundraiser for the Co-op. Courtesy photoLos Alamos Kid’s Art Co-op meets at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 3 at Fuller Lodge Art Center (in classrooms above the gift shop). The Co-op is for parents with young kids (0-5) who want to do crafts with their little ones. Parents with babies are welcome as well.
“I just want a space that kids and parents can meet up and have a good time – while exposing themselves Read More
Art ReSale Benefits Los Alamos Libraries
ART News:
Friends of Los Alamos County Libraries (FLACL) will hold an Art ReSale at Mesa Public Library in the Upstairs Meeting Rooms Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Dec. 4, 5, and 6.
The ReSale will be open during regular library hours. There will be an opening reception, 3- 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, when Friday selling will begin.
The ReSale is the brainchild of Friends member Jody Shepard, who has long wanted to hold some sort of fundraiser to benefit the organization.
“I love collecting art, and have done so for many years,” Shepard said. “When you’re a collector, as Read More
Karen Wray Fine Art Christmas Show Dec. 3-5
‘The Book Thief’ Screens At Mesa Library Thursday
Movie poster for ‘The Book Thief.’ Courtesy photo
Review by KELLY DOLEJSI
A coming-of-age story set in Germany during World War II, “The Book Thief” (2013, PG-13) is about a girl whose communist mother is compelled to give her up to a foster home. It’s about a new family that forms under the flying swastikas. It’s about people doing “what people do.”
It will screen at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mesa Public Library
Brian Percival’s film highlights regular people’s humanity — our irrepressible will to care for others, no matter the risk to ourselves.
After witnessing Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Nov. 25 To Dec. 1, 2015
LAPD News:
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
NATHAN MANN
Nov. 25 at 2:55 p.m. / Police arrested Nathan Mann, 51, of Los Alamos on Sherwood Boulevard and charged him with shoplifting and issued him a summons to appear in court. The estimated loss is less than $500.
BRENDEN BROWN
Nov. 25 at 3:06 p.m. / Police arrested Brenden Brown, 26, of Los Alamos at 2500 Trinity Dr., on an outstanding District Court warrant.
Council Selects ‘Balanced’ Atom And Leaf Logo And ‘Where Discoveries Are Made’ Strapline
The Los Alamos County Council voted 7-0 Tuesday evening to approve this option of a ‘Balanced’ logo with the strapline ‘Where discoveries Are Made’. In a recent survey, 78 percent of the community responding chose ‘Where discoveries Are Made’ as their preferance for a strapline. The ‘Balanced’ logo with its atom and leaf design embraces the history, science and nature of Los Alamos. Courtesy image
An example of the new logo on a county truck. Courtesy image
Staff Report
Los Alamos County Council voted 7-0 Tuesday evening to select the ‘Balanced’ Read More
IRS Provides Tax Information On Gifting To Charity
IRS News:Heinrich Cosponsors Bill To Strengthen Security Of Visa Waiver Program
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and Senate Armed Services Committee, is an original cosponsor of bipartisan legislation introduced today to tighten the Visa Waiver Program to help prevent terrorists from entering the United States.
Currently, the Visa Waiver Program permits visa free travel to the United States for citizens of 38 countries that qualify—an average of 20 million visitors per year. The Visa Waiver Program Security Enhancement Act makes a number of security enhancements Read More