May Events At The New Mexico History Museum
NMHM News:
SANTA FE — Bring the family, bring your friends. Or just come by yourself. Besides great exhibits, we have something for everyone:
Friday, May 1, Summer hours.
Through Oct. 31, open seven days a week. Free Friday Evenings weekly, 5-8 p.m.
Friday, May 1, 5–7 p.m. Opening of Fading Memories: Echoes of the Civil War
Be among the first to see this Mezzanine Gallery exhibit and join re-enactors from El Rancho de las Golondrinas to learn more about New Mexico’s role in the war. Musical performance by the New Mexico Territorial Brass Band. Refreshments courtesy of the Women’s Board
Evening Grosbeaks Near La Cueva
This flock of Evening Grosbeaks lives at a home near La Cueva on the west side of Redondo Peak. They stay year around, going high up the mountain during summer. Photo by Craig Yost 
Evening Grosbeaks blend in with these rocks. Photo by Craig Yost How The Hen House Turns: Chicks In Danger
How the Hen House TurnsAfter Peeper hatched, mother hen Peeky’s protective skirt of feathers was always ready to protect her chick when he ran from danger, whether real, like crows, or imaginary, like me. But when he flew up to the edge of the cut-off milk jug we used as a water trough—and fell in—Peeky let out such a wild squawking we raced down to the pen in seconds, adrenalin pumping.
We lifted Peeper’s struggling, bedraggled wet body from the water to save him from a drowning his mother clearly recognized but couldn’t prevent. With barely a Read More
Letter To The Editor: Waiting For Leasure Pool My Brown Beard Is White And Toddlers Are In College
By DAVID CARROLLWhen discussion began on construction of a leisure pool at the Walkup Aquatic Center (WAC), my two daughters were toddlers and my beard was dark-brown. The kids are now in graduate school and a senior in college and my beard is white.
As a facility that from the beginning catered to athletes and competitive swimmers, the WAC has never served the entire Los Alamos community as intended. We used the WAC many times, but in was never appropriate for children/families. The water was too cold, too deep with adults and competitive swimmers the obvious focus.
We made do with the Read More
PEEC Offers Nature Programs For Teens In June
County Budget Hearings Begin At 6 P.M. Monday
Council will hear details of the FY-2016 budget beginning at 6 p.m. Monday in Council Chambers. Councilors from left at last Tuesday’s meeting, Susan O’Leary and Steven Girrens, Vice Chair David Izraelevitz, Chair Kristin Henderson and Rick Reiss, Pete Sheehey and James Chrobocinski. Photo by Carol A. Clark.ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Los Alamos County’s annual Budget Hearings are set to begin at 6 p.m. Monday in Council Chambers and continue Tuesday, April 21; Monday, April 27 and may run through Tuesday, April 28.
Monday’s Hearing begins with an introduction, overview Read More
IHM Hosts First Holy Communion Ceremony
Fr. Glenn Jones recites the Mass during the First Holy Communion Ceremony this morning at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
First Holy Communion Ceremony this morning at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Children of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church prepare to make their First Holy Communion this morning. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Children of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church made their First Holy Communion this weekend Read More
Bandelier Activities For National Park Week April 18-24
April at Tyuonyi Pueblo, Bandelier National Monument. Courtesy/NPS
BANDELIER News:
All over the country, units of the National Park Service will be celebrating National Park Week April 18-26.
The week will begin with fee free days this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19, with no entrance fees being charged at Bandelier National Monument and other park areas nationwide.
During the week, craftspeople from local Pueblos will be demonstrating their work on the porch behind the Visitor Center, and some also will have items for sale. Sunday the Lovato family from Santo Read More
New Mexico’s Norman C. Bay to Assume Leadership Post At Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Norman C. Bay
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich welcomed Norman C. Bay, a former University of New Mexico law professor and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico, as the new chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
In July 2014, the Senate confirmed Bay with bipartisan support as a commissioner of FERC, and slated him to be named chairman nine months following the confirmation. Prior to serving as a FERC commissioner, Bay had served as Director of the Office of Enforcement at FERC since 2009.
“Throughout his tenure Read More
Letter To The Editor: Ban Bag Bans
If a plastic bag ban goes into effect here in Los Alamos County, rather than pay a .10 fee for paper, I’ll just purchase my own plastic bags at Sam’s Club. At $12.98 per thousand it would be cheaper.
Maybe I’ll just get my groceries there while I’m at it.
In the meantime, I’m going to start double bagging to stock up my own supply.
Ban away, we’ll just work around it.
Pastor Granillo: The Cross
By Pastor RAUL GRANILLOThe Cross
One might argue that the universal symbol for Christianity is the cross. When we see one on a building we might think it’s a church, when we see someone wearing a cross on a necklace we might think it represents their faith, and when we see one on the side of a highway we might think that it somehow brings comfort in a time of loss.
The cross is likely to be the universal symbol for Christianity and yet there are so many who are offended by its presence.
The removal of Christian symbols such as the cross (like the one created in the rubble of Ground Zero), or a monument Read More
Smart Design With Suzette: Back To Nature – Biophilic Design
Nature in space. Courtesy photo
Smart Design With SuzetteHave you heard of Biophilic Design? The term “biophilia” literally means “love of life or living systems.” That sounds good, right?
Not to be confused with a specific “natural” or “organic” aesthetic, biophilic design is a design method with proven benefits for human performance and well-being.
Biophilic design can reduce stress, enhance creativity and clear thinking, improve our well-being and expedite healing. I’m in!
An outdoor SFI: ‘Statistical Physics Of Massive Data Acquisition’
Marc Mezard (l’Ecole Normale Supérieure)Teamwork Maintains Los Alamos Memorial Rose Garden
Chuck Wilkerson and Josh Miko of Boy Scout Troop 22 and Helen Carpenter of the Los Alamos Garden Club prepare buckets of mulch today to be applied to the Memorial Rose Garden by Fuller Lodge. The mulch was provided by Los Alamos County. Photo by Linda Hoffman
The Los Alamos Garden Club and Boy Scout Troop 22 work around snow and cool temperatures today at the Memorial Rose Garden. Front row from left, Helen Carpenter, Tom Sandford, Josh Miko, Joyce Zaugg,Kathy Hirons and Judy Handy. Back row from left, Aaron Menefee, Dave Miko, Tom Zaugg, Chuck Wilkerson and Earl Hoffman. Photo by Linda Hoffman
VA Counseling Services Available For Los Alamos Vets
VA Counselors Phillip Chavez and Robert Eisenberg. Courtesy photo
VACCSF News:
The Veterans Administration Counseling Center of Santa Fe has announced they will provide counseling opportunities for any veteran in the Los Alamos area twice a month, beginning April 22.
The type of counseling available ranges from benefits counseling, family counseling for military related issues, bereavement counseling for families who experience an active duty death, Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and other medical issue counseling and more.
Jim Nesmith, past president of the Rotary Club Read More
Pajarito Masonic Lodge Hosts Breakfast For NJROTC
Pajarito Masonic Lodge #66 hosted a charity breakfast this morning to benefit the NJROTC students at Los Alamos High School. Students worked alongside the Lodge brethren to cook and serve waffle breakfasts to a hungry public. For more information on Pajarito Lodge or Freemasonry, contact Jake Turin, wm@pajarito66.org. Courtesy photo Read More
Letter To The Editor: Bags – To Choose Or Not…
By RICHARD HANNEMANNLet’s see: we have cloth bags, we have plastic bags, we have paper bags, and we have boxes (Costco has always sent customers home with boxes that originally had the products shipped to Costco).
That’s four choices. And people do choose: some use paper (arts and crafts projects), some use boxes (storage, etc), some use plastic (garbage and animal waste disposal, storage), some use cloth (particularly when you have enough paper, plastic and boxes to meet those needs), some use combinations of all of the above.
People are
More Snow Scenes From Los Alamos And White Rock
Snow covers yard art in the Pajarito Acres area of White Rock. Photo by Petr ‘Czechano’ Jandáček
Snow tops bird feeders at a home this morning on Oakwood Loop. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com Read More
Snow Blankets Eastern Area
Snow fell overnight in the Eastern Area and painted an artistic scene captured on camera early this morning. Photo by Sharon Snyder
Tulips stand strong above the snow that blankets the Eastern Area today. Photo by Sharon Snyder Read More
LAHS Hosts Sophomore Parent Night Monday
LAHS News:
Parents of current Los Alamos High School sophomores are invited to attend Sophomore Parent Night at 6 p.m. Monday, April 20 in the Speech Theater.
“Sophomore Parent Night gives parents an opportunity to learn what the counselors are doing in the classroom with the sophomores in the month of April, as well providing a review of this information for the students,” explains Cindy Black, one of the guidance counselors at the high school. “The presentation focuses on what students and parents need to be doing at this stage to get ready for life after high school. It is Read More