Pet Of The Week: Buck The Dog
Buck lost his family and is looking for a new one. Courtesy/FOS The Los Alamos Animal Shelter, 226 East Road, 505.662.8179, has a great selection of adoptable pets; see the Petfinder website for photos here. All adoptable pets are micro-chipped, spayed or neutered, and have up-to-date on vaccinations.
Author Don Usner Speaks At Rotary For Literacy Month
Author and photographer Don Usner discussing his bi-cultural upbringing at Tuesday’s Rotary Club meeting. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.comA drive down Los Alamos’ main hill road to Chimayo can lead you to a whole other world.
Don Usner, author and photographer, experienced both these communities’ worlds growing up. He further explored the world of Chimayo in his book, Chasing Dichos in Chimayo, and shared his book and adventures Tuesday afternoon with the Rotary Club of Los Alamos.
Usner, who graduated from Los Alamos High School Read More
Mrs. Beadsley’s Jewel Box: Vintage Costume Jewelry – What’s It Made Of?
By DEBRA LOWENSTEIN, OwnerThis month’s column is about the materials vintage costume jewelry is made from.
You may have inherited a piece of jewelry from your grandma or you might have bought a piece of old jewelry at a flea market that intrigued you, and now you are wondering what it’s made of. One thing is certain: if it’s costume jewelry it will not be made of precious metal such as gold or platinum and it will not be set with fine gemstones.
So what materials are commonly used to produce costume jewelry?
Costume jewelry can be made of a great many Read More
Saturday’s Auction Event Supports Mexico Mission Trip
Nica Riahard-Vasquez, left, and Maddy Foley apply stucco during a Mexico Mission Trip. Photo by Laura EricksonBy BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
On Saturday, more than 45 campers and their closest friends will work hard to raise funds to travel during spring break and lend a hand to their fellow man.
The 30th annual spring break Mexico Mission Trip for the United Church of Los Alamos will take place in April, but this weekend a fundraising silent and live auction will assist in raising the funds for the building supplies and food needed for the team.
“We have many great gift certificates from campers Read More
Udall, Heinrich Announce $5.6 Million in Federal Funding For Early Childhood Education
U.S. Senate News:
Senators Tom Udall, D-N.M. and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. announced Thursday $5.6 million in federal grant funding to Eastern Plains Community Action Agency and La Clinica de Familia for early childhood education programs.
Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership grants are offered through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to allow new or existing Early Head Start programs to partner with local child care centers and family child care providers serving infants and toddlers from low-income families.
“Improving child well-being in New Mexico is one Read More
Legislation To Ensure Coverage Of Treatment For Brain Injuries Passes House
Rep. Deborah Armstrong
STATE News:
HB 556, a bill introduced by Rep. Deborah Armstrong to ensure that health care services needed by patients dealing with traumatic brain injuries are covered by insurance plans, unanimously passed New Mexico House of Representatives Wednesday and is now on its way to the Senate.
“Traumatic brain injuries can be debilitating health issues that, until recently, we have had limited means of treating,” Armstrong said. “Today, with advancements in health care and science, there is more and more that can be done to help these patients recover and live better lives Read More
NYC Jazz Duo Plays Fuller Lodge Saturday
NYC musicians Roy Dunlap (piano) and Marcus Parsley (trumpet) perform Saturday. Courtesy photo
MUSIC News:
NYC musicians Roy Dunlap (piano) and Marcus Parsley (trumpet) will give a jazz concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 21 at Fuller Lodge.
They will be performing a number of works from the classic American songbook. The duo will be featuring music from jazz masters Thelonius Monk and Charlie Parker, as well as their own compositions. In addition to the jazz and be-bop program, they will be reinventing and improvising over a work from Gustav Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder.
Heinrich, Udall Commemorate 70th Anniversary Of White Sands Missile Range
White Sands Missile Range Museum Park. Courtesy/delange.orgU.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Wednesday, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. and Tom Udall, D-N.M. introduced a resolution to commemorate the 70th anniversary of White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in September 2015. The resolution recognizes WSMR’s unique place in history and its national security importance.
“White Sands Missile Range’s mission remains as pertinent to national security today as it was in 1945. It is the premier research, development, test, and evaluation facility, and Read More
SFI Seminar: ‘Exploring The Hidden Metric Space Of Complex Networks’
Antoine AllardSFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) presents ‘Exploring the Hidden Metric Space of Complex Networks’ at 12:15 p.m. Monday, March 23 at Collins Conference Room in Santa Fe.
Abstract: Many real world complex networks are embedded in metric spaces. In some cases, such as airport networks, the embedding is explicit, while it is hidden in other cases such as the Internet or metabolic networks.
This talk will present an overview of the theoretical framework developed to unveil the hidden geometry of real complex networks. Among other things, Read More
County Manager Addresses CIP And FY16 Budget
County Manager Harry Burgess
COUNTY News:
County Manager Harry Burgess addressed questions that have arisen in the last month regarding citizen desires for anticipated or additional capital improvement projects (CIP) and whether or not the CIP will be an agenda item during budget hearings for FY16 that will be coming up in April.
Burgess explained that there will not be placeholders for individual CIP projects in the FY16 budget, but rather that money will be proposed to be accumulated in the CIP fund balance, so that it is available for a future Council discussion about the overall CIP plan. Read More
Los Alamos County’s Allison Majure Lands Top Communications Post At NMED
Allison Majure, the new communications director for the New Mexico Environment Department, paid a visit to the Los Alamos Daily Post headquarters in downtown Los Alamos last week following her final day of work at the County. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
NMED News:
SANTA FE – New Mexico Environment Department Secretary Ryan Flynn announced today the appointment of Allison Scott Majure of Los Alamos to the post of Communications Director.
“Ms. Majure’s background in municipal utilities, software marketing, journalism, and nonprofit communications brings both depth Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: March 12 To March 18, 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.
March 12 at 9:20 a.m. / Storax in Los Alamos reported that it was the victim of larceny. The estimated loss is less than $2,500.
March 12 at 4:40 p.m. / An 85-year-old Los Alamos man reported that someone damaged his property on Glenview Dr. The estimated loss is less than $1,000.
March 13 at 5:30 p.m. / Police charged a 13-year-old Los Alamos boy with setting a fire at 600 San Ildefonso Road Read More
Paul Arendt Leads PEEC Hike Through Ancho Canyon
Red Dot Trail. Courtesy photoPEEC News:
Join PEEC’s Paul Arendt as he leads an exciting hike through Ancho Canyon Saturday, March 21. The group will meet at 9 a.m., and the hike is expected to last about 5-6 hours.
There are many beautiful canyons to explore in White Rock, and this PEEC outing will give participants the chance to go with an experienced guide and a group of other hikers. The hike will begin down the Power Line Trail into lower Ancho Canyon, and then it will continue on to Ancho Rapids.
From there, the hike will proceed upriver to the Red Dot Trail. Along the way the group will examine Read More
Los Alamos Key Club Elects Officers
Key Club officers for 2015, from left, Vice President Elise Koskelo, President Camille Rousculp, Treasurer Grace Kim, Historian Megan Hemphill and Historian Cody Maggiore. Not shown in the photo is Secretary Faith Koh, who is in France this year on an exchange program sposored by the Los Alamos Rotary Club. Courtesy photoCelebrate Los Alamos Holi Festival Of Color
Celebrate Los Alamos Holi (Festival of Color) at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 22 in Urban Park. This will be a Lunch Potluck (vegetarian) event and color (FDA approved non-toxic) will be provided. Courtesy photoSchool Board Work Session March 26
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos School Board will hold a Special School Board Meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 26 in the Aspen Elementary School Library.
Agenda items include:
- President Hall will ask for a motion to go into a closed Executive Session in the Aspen Conference Room to discuss limited personnel matters, specifically, superintendent’s contract as allowed in the Open Meetings Act NMSA1978, Section 10-15-1-(H)(2); purchase, acquisition or disposal of real property; and matters pertaining to threatened or pending litigation in which the School District is or may become a participant.
Senators Introduce Bill To Establish Microlabs
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U. S. Senators Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. and Cory Gardner, R-Colo., members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, introduced S. 784, the Microlab Technology Commercialization Act, a bill to accelerate technology transfer by establishing off-campus microlabs that would serve as the “front-door” to national laboratories.
The microlabs would give academia, local government, businesses owners, and communities direct access to equipment, facilities, and personnel of national laboratories.
“Scientists Read More
Los Alamos Rotary Contingent To Visit Juarez, Mexico; Asking For Community’s Help
A child helped by Corazón de Niños in Juarez, Mexico. Courtesy photo
ROTARY News:
A contingent from the Los Alamos Rotary STARS (Service to All Rotary Satellite) will travel to Juarez, Mexico next weekend to visit a children’s hospital and community center the group is supporting through a joint project with the Camino Real Rotary Club of El Paso.
Members of the STARS group are asking community members to help by donating much-needed items they can take with and distribute to those in need during this visit.
The main project Camino Real Rotary Club is supporting is called Corazón de Niños, which Read More
FBI Alert: Woman Robs NMB&T In Albuquerque
Robbery suspect. Courtesy/FBI
FBI Alert:
The FBI and Albuquerque Police Department are looking for a woman who robbed New Mexico Bank & Trust at 3701 4th St. NW Monday, March 16.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic female with a light complexion and reddish brown hair cut with bangs. She is approximately 35-40 years old, about 5’2” to 5’4” tall, and weighs 145-150 pounds.
The woman has crooked teeth, scars on her face and tattoos on her neck and left arm. She wore eyeglasses, a gray tank top, tight blue jeans, and a rosary of white beads around her neck with a key ring at the bottom of it.
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Kiwanis: Justin Ramsey Shares Australian Adventure
Justin Ramsey shows a picture of the Sydney Opera House during his March 10 presentation to the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos. Courtesy photoJustin Ramsey, a 2002 graduate of Los Alamos High School who is a musician, actor, photographer, and sometimes a bartender, was experiencing a pause in his acting career when he decided to do something new. He went to Australia.
“All I had planned out,” he told Kiwanis March 10, “I was to land in Sydney.” When he arrived “down under,” he got off the plane and asked a taxi driver to take him to a youth Read More