Back to School Information For Students And Parents
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools today announces its new Back to School web page. Think of it as a concierge service for all of your back to school needs, including information about academics and activities.
Whether new to the LAPS district or returning to continue your academic career, this web page is packed with useful information.
In our My School section, there are links to each school’s home page, contact information, maps, and school supplies lists. You will also be able to easily find information about student registration, PowerSchool tools for parents and students, Read More
SlingShot Documentary Premiere & Discussion Aug. 7-13
Yang: The Cul-de-Sac Of ‘High Achieving’
By ELENA YANGThis time of the year, around the anniversary of my immigrating to the States, I tend to do a little more naval gazing.
This year, I find myself reflecting on a term with which I have some issues, “high achiever.” The expression usually implies that someone has achieved more than … but what? It also connotes a high degree of competitiveness.
I hate competition. Competition makes sense in sports and in related environments where repetition or efficiency is the goal (link). In the Chinese/Taiwanese education system, we are expected to be competitive; we need Read More
Laser Light Shows At Los Alamos Nature Center
Laser Pink Floyd: The Best of Echoes is one of 12 shows at the Nature Center. Courtesy image
PEEC News:
PEEC is hosting 30 laser light shows in the new planetarium in August..
Aug. 7 through Aug. 15 there will be at least two laser light shows per day. Attendees will have the opportuity to experience a feast for the senses in these dazzling and captivating laser light programs.
With 11 unique shows playing during the week, there is truly something for everyone. Classic music fans will love to see how laser light transforms their favorite bands, with separate shows dedicated to the music of Led Zeppelin, Read More
Letter To The Editor: Planned Parenthood Horror Show
By LISA SHIN, O.D.Babies being born alive, only to be butchered for their parts. Harvesting tiny hearts, brains and livers. Fetal organs being transplanted into lab rats for research. Cracking skulls and dismemberment. Horror shows are usually like that: repulsive, disturbing, barbaric and sickening. Except that Planned Parenthood’s horror show is not a movie, but a real nightmare that keeps getting worse.
No one is above the law. The trafficking and sale of aborted baby body parts for profit is illegal and unethical. In fact, it is a federal felony punishable by up to 10 years Read More
Cowboy Dinner And Dance At Posse Lodge Aug. 8
Seventeen New Mexico Women Of STEM Honored
New Mexico Women of STEM honorees from left, Diana E. Northup, Ph. D., UNM; Cristina Montoya, M.S., Sandia; Mia Kalish, Ph.D., NMSU; Nina Lanza, Ph.D., LANL; Phyllis Baca, M.S., SFCC; Rebecca Galves, M.S., NMSU; Turtle Haste, M.S., APS; Teri Roberts, B.S.; LANL; Mary Jemin, B.S., Expanding Your Horizons Conferences; Jill Wick, M.S., NMDGF; Lorie Liebrock, Ph.D., NM Tech; Jeri Timlin, Ph.D., Sandia; Janeen Anderson, B.S., Acaji; and Heather Yazzie-Kinlacheeny, B.A., Navajo Technical University. Also honored, but not in attendance, Patty Lopez, Ph.D., Intel; Diane Oyen, Ph.D., LANL; Read More
Veterans Business Expo & Job Fair Albuquerque Aug. 27
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Los Alamos County Hazard Mitigation Plan Draft Now Available For Public Comment
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County is developing a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) Update to its 2006 plan.
The purpose of this LHMP Update is to assess risk to natural hazards, implement actions to reduce future losses, and maintain eligibility for federal mitigation funds in accordance with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000.
What is Hazard Mitigation? Hazard mitigation means any action taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to human life and property from natural hazards.
Why is Natural Hazard Mitigation Important? Most people who live or work in Los Read More
Warm Reception Greets World Premier Of Cold Mountain Opera
Ensemble cast in Cold Mountain. Photo © Ken Howard/Santa Fe Opera 2015 and Isabel Leonard (Ada) in Cold Mountain Photo © Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera 2015.jpg)
Nathan Gunn (Inman) and Isabel Leonard (Ada) in Cold Mountain. Photo © Ken Howard/Santa Fe Opera 2015Men ask the way to Cold Mountain: There is no through trail
—Epigraph to Charles Frazier’s novel, Cold Mountain
It would be hard to imagine a billboard for a new world premiere opera with a more promising pedigree than Cold Mountain. In the full glare of national attention, Read More
Obituary: Nancy Porto Hand July 29, 2015
NANCY PORTO HAND July 29, 2015
Nancy Porto Hand, 66, passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2015 in San Antonio, Texas after a short battle with lung cancer.
Nancy was the oldest child of Bernice and Tony Porto (former deacon at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church).
Nancy is survived by her husband Joe Hand of Harper, Texas, daughter Cara Cordova (Orlando) of Albuquerque and son Jason Zimmerman (Kim) and grandson Austin of Lee’s Summit, Mo., brothers Andy Porto (Catherine) and Dan Porto of Albuquerque and sister Patty Porto Schmidt (Don) of St. Petersburg, Fla., nephews Read More
Secretary Moniz Statement On Release Of Final Clean Power Plan Rules
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today released the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued their final Clean Power Plan rule that will encourage energy innovation by reducing the carbon emissions from America’s power plants.
Below is the statement from Secretary Moniz:
“Before President Barack Obama took office, America did not have a comprehensive national plan to avert the worst impacts of climate change. Seven years later, we are cutting carbon emissions from our cars, our trucks, Read More
Letter To The Editor: Oppenheimer Settled Title Issue
By RICHARD NEBELThe question of who uses their titles and who doesn’t was settled a long time ago in Los Alamos.
just another one of those PhDs.”
Faith And Science: Deborah & Loren Haarsma Aug. 4-6
LAFSF News:
Tuesday Aug. 4
- Title: God and the Multiverse
- Speaker: Deborah Haarsma
Abstract:
The last 100 years have transformed our understanding of the universe. We now know that the universe is ancient, beginning Read More
Tuesdays At The Pond Features Space-man Band
CREATIVE DISTRICT News:
Tuesdays at the Pond this week features the band Space-man at 7 p.m., Aug. 4 at Ashley Pond Park.
The rock band is comprised of local musicians Michaelangelo Lobato, Dave Hemsing and Kile Uhlenbrock.
Tuesdays at the Pond is a summer entertainment series designed to bring a variety of entertainment acts to the Ashley Pond stage in downtown Los Alamos every Tuesday evening. The series runs through Aug. 11.
The Los Alamos Creative District directs a variety of programs that bring people to downtown Los Alamos:
- Fourth Fridays is a monthly event that offers special programming
Obituary: Tom Scolman July 3, 2015
TOM SCOLMAN July 3, 2015
Tom Scolman, 88, of Rio Verde, AZ, died on July 3, 2015.
A former Los Alamos resident, he was born and raised in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Fresh out of high school, he joined the Navy for two years of service. He returned to Wisconsin and achieved his Bachelors and Masters degrees at Beloit College.
He received his Doctorate degree in Nuclear Physics in 1955 from the University of Minnesota and in 1956 accepted a position at LANL as a staff member in W-7. He retired in 1989 as J Division Leader.
Scolman was an avid skier and golfer and enjoyed creating Southwestern Read More
Los Alamos Magistrate Court Docket Aug. 11-31
COURT News:County Contracts With Boutique Air For Albq. Flights
Boutique Air’s Pilatus PC-12 is a single engine, turboprop, pressurized aircraft configured with either eight or nine passenger seats. Courtesy/Boutique Air
An interior view of Boutique Air’s Pilatus PC-12 aircraft. Courtesy/Boutique Air
Staff Report
Los Alamos County Council voted 4-3 to approve a services agreement with Boutique Air, Inc., headquartered in Sacramento, to provide scheduled air service between Los Alamos County Airport and Albuquerque Airport.
Councilor Vice Chair David Izraelevitz and councilors Susan O’Leary and Pete Sheehey voted against Read More
Council OKs San Juan Generating Station Agreement
PNM San Juan Generating Station. Courtesy/wikipedia
Staff Report
Los Alamos County Council voted Tuesday evening to approve San Juan Generating Station Restructuring Agreements in order to allow four partners to exit the plant.
Councilors Pete Sheehey and Susan O’Leary expressed support for the motion but Sheehey offered an alternate motion adding language to further move that Council request the Board of Public Utilities and staff to prepare a phased plan by which this generating capacity can be economically replaced with renewable carbon-minimized energy when these agreements Read More
Trio Take On Mount Whitney To Raise Funds For Vets
LANL scientist Pawel Listwan
VETERANS News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A New Mexico trio including Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Pawel Listwan and Albuquerque attorneys Matt Vance and Paul Haidle will take part in the 2015 Feat for Justice, where they complete a 72-mile trek, with 30,000 feet of elevation change in 72 hours.
The program will raise money to provide free legal help to New Mexico veterans through the New Mexico Legal Aid’s Veterans Justice Project and the State Bar of New Mexico’s Veterans Civil Legal Clinic.
Mt. Whitney. Courtesy NPS
“Our veterans have sacrificed a lot for Read More