LAPS Needs Students To Ride Bus Tuesday
Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus encourages students to ride the school bus Tuesday, Dec. 1 and help Los Alamos Public Schools with transportation funding. Eligible riders are Los Alamos County residents — grades K-6: 1 mile from school; grades 7-9: 1.5 miles from school; grades 10-12: 2 miles from school. Courtesy/LAPS Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Nov. 18 To Nov. 23
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.
DAVID WYMAN
Nov. 18 at 2:58 p.m. / Police arrested David Wyman, 23, of Los Alamos at 1301 Central Ave., and charged him with unlawful use of license; driving when privilege to so has been suspended or revokes.
ERIC SMITH
Nov. 18 at 7:36 p.m. / Police arrested Eric Smith, 62, of Santa Fe at 2373 Trinity Dr., and charged him with driving under the influence of drugs.
Nov. 19 at Read More
IBEW President On Push To Abolish Cadillac Tax
Shakespeare At Palace Of Governors Feb. 5-28
Courtesy/NMHMMore Than 500 Travelers To U.S. Flagged Daily For National Security Concerns
Travelers driving north Saturday on I-10 past Las Cruces are routed through this security checkpoint. The checkpoint is set up year round. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
HSNW News:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data show that every day, hundreds of travelers going through airports, seaports and land border crossings are flagged for “suspected national security concerns.”
The Boston Herald reports that in 2014, the average daily number of those flagged for national security concerns was 548. CBP officials would not say how many of those flagged were discovered, Read More
Prescribed Burns On Santa Fe National’s Forest Jemez And Cuba Ranger Districts During December
SFNF News:-
486 acres in Joaquin Canyon eight miles
Breakfast With Santa 7-11 a.m. Saturday
KIWANIS News:
Enjoy a morning of fun at the annual Breakfast with Santa, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos, with a large contribution from Del Norte Credit Union.
The free breakfast is 7-11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. In return, attendees are requested to donate either non-perishable food items or money.
Food collected will be used by LA Cares to feed local families in need. Money donated will be used for the Kiwanis/CYFD Foster Children Christmas party. Any money left over from the Foster Children’s party will be used to make up food baskets that will be distributed Read More
Snow Scene In The Jemez
Snow builds up to about 1.5 inches wide on branches of brush growing Sunday near N.M. 4 on the way into the Jemez. Photo by Laurie Waters Read More
Cowboy Breakfast Helps Special Olympics Dec. 6
Yang: Introversion Is Not Taught In Business Schools
By ELENA YANGIn fact, introversion is deliberately marginalized at business schools. One Harvard Business School (HBS) professor once said, “If a student talks often and forcefully, then he’s a player; if he doesn’t, he’s on the margin.”
At HBS, the culture is all about pursuing the extrovert dream: being forthright, being vocal, being a team player (or at least seen as such until seizing the opportunity to dominate the team), being outgoing, and acting confidently at all costs, or at least, seemingly so.
Extroverts thrive in such an environment. The majority of introverts Read More
NORAD Celebrates 60 Years Tracking Santa
Santa Claus spotted Dec. 24, 2014 in the sky over New York. Courtesy/NORAD
NORAD News:
PETERSON AFB, Colo. — The North American Aerospace Defense Command is celebrating the 60th Anniversary of tracking Santa’s yuletide journey.
The NORAD Tracks Santa website, www.noradsanta.org, launching Tuesday, features Santa’s North Pole Village, which includes a holiday countdown, games, activities and more. The website is available in eight languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Chinese.
Official NORAD Tracks Santa apps also are available in the Windows, Read More
NSA’s Bulk Metadata Collection Program Ends
HSNW News:
The NSA on Sunday ended its controversial surveillance program, initiated by the George W. Bush administration in 2006, which collected the metadata of all communications in the United States.
The creation of the bulk collection program was the result of criticism by the 9/11 Commission, and many security experts, who argued that the information about the nineteen 9/11 terrorists was available, but that law enforcement and intelligence agencies lacked structure and procedure, which would have allowed them to “connect the dots.”
The collected data were then stored so Read More
‘Winterfest’ Three-Day Event Dec. 4-6
Scene from Winterfest 2014. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
A magical family event, the annual “Winterfest” will bring the sights, sounds and experiences of the Christmas season alive with a three-day holiday celebration Dec. 4-6.
Anyone who’s ever wondered what it’s like to conduct an orchestra will get a chance to try their hand at the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra Holiday Concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4 at the Crossroads Bible Church. Led by conductor Don Gerheart, the orchestra will play the strings as they pull at the heart strings of listeners, who are invited to sing along to holiday music. Read More
Two Christmas Tree Lots Open For Business
The annual Delancey Street Christmas Tree Lot is now open while supplies last at the corner of 15th Street and Trinity Drive. Alire’s New Mexico Trees at Trinity Dr. and DP Rd. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Shoppers look over the tree inventory available at the Delancey Street lot Saturday. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Alire’s New Mexico Trees is open for the holiday season at the corner of Trinity Drive and DP Road. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Scenes From Small Business Saturday 2015
Shoppers take to the streets to seek out those perfect gifts in downtown Los Alamos during Small Business Saturday. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Shoppers of all ages search for just the right gifts at CB FOX on Small Business Saturday. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Shoppers coming and going at Fusion Multisport during Saturday’s event on Central Avenue. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
BUSINESS News:
Nov. 28 marked “Small Business Saturday” in Los Alamos County and the community turned out to show its support for small businesses and merchants by shopping locally. Read More
How The Hen House Turns: Animal Oxymorans (1)
How the Hen House Turns
We humans like to oversimplify things. So it is with animals. Too often we think of them as domestic or not, pets or not, dangerous or not, when in fact they are a little bit of this and a lot of that and a smidgen of something else—just like the rest of us.
Take rats, for instance. It’s not fun to find a rat in one’s backyard, only to be told that they live in the sidewalk ivy bed. I’ll agree, but it doesn’t mean that all rats are nasty. They have been living in or near human habitats for thousands of years. As a result, they Read More
Frosty Landscape At Pajarito Mountain
A frosty landscape is revealed at the east end of Pajarito Mountain after Saturday’s fog lifts. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
Learn About Longest-Running Citizen Science Project In The World 7 p.m. Tuesday At Nature Center
Mouser Williams. Photo by Minesh Bacrania
PEEC News:
Local wildlife photographer, birder and occasional electrical engineer Mouser Williams will give a presentation at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1 about the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count program.
The talk will cover the historical origins of the bird count, how it has grown in the last 116 years, and how scientists take advantage of such a rich database of bird population data. The Christmas Bird Count is coming to Los Alamos for the first time since 1953, and Dr. Williams will explain how our Read More
Children’s Christmas Bazaar 9 a.m. To Noon Saturday
Young shoppers at the 2014 Children’s Christmas Bazaar. Courtesy photo
A young shopper at the checkout table at the 2014 Children’s Christmas Bazaar. Courtesy photo
TOTH News:
Can you imagine the look on a child’s face as they emerge from shopping at the Children’s Christmas Bazaar? Their anticipation and excitement of giving their gifts is extraordinary!
Join us 9 a.m. to noon next Saturday, Dec. 5 at Trinity on the Hill Church. This event is for children in kindergarten to 6th grade. They start in Sherrill Hall where they prepare their list of people to shop for, complete their Read More
Check Out Annual Window Display At Village Arts
Check out this year’s holiday window display designed by Yours Truly Diana at Village Arts, 216 DP Road. Village Arts carries the area’s largest variety of art supplies and provides custom framing. Courtesy photo Read More