Nominations Open For MADD Heroes
MADD News:
Saturday, Nov. 8, MADD New Mexico, the state’s largest and most active nonprofit dedicated to ending DWI, is holding its annual Honoring Heroes brunch.
This event takes place every year to recognize outstanding law enforcement officers, first responders, judges and regular citizens, who demonstrate a remarkable commitment to MADD’s mission – to end drunk driving, to support the victims of this crime, and to prevent underage drinking.
The event is open to the community, with proceeds from ticket sales and the silent auction reinvested into MADD’s victim advocacy and underage Read More
Free Bridge Lessons At Pinon and LAMS
Cliff Rudy, left, and Bob Walker play bridge with Pinon Elementary students Cory Liechty, left, and a friend. Courtesy/LADBCLADBC News:
Volunteers from the Los Alamos Duplicate Bridge Club are offering free bridge lessons, starting the first week of September, to students at Los Alamos Middle School and to students in grades 3-6 at Pinon Elementary School.
Lessons will be offered at the Middle School during lunch hours on Tuesdays. Lessons will be offered at Pinon as part of the Before School program on Thursday mornings and during lunch hours on Fridays. Classes are open to both Read More
LANB President Steve W. Wells to Retire
LANB President Steve W. Wells
LANB News:
Steve W. Wells notified the chief executive officer and chairman of the Board of Directors of Los Alamos National Bank (“LANB”) and Trinity Capital Corporation (“Trinity”) Aug. 21 of his intent to retire as president and chief administrative officer of LANB and secretary of Trinity effective Dec. 31.
Wells serves as president and chief administrative officer for LANB and as secretary of Trinity, as well as a director on the boards of both Trinity and LANB. He has been employed with LANB since 1985. He served as executive vice president from 1985 to 1994, Read More
Los Alamos School Officials Take Bucket Challenge
Taking the ALS ice bucket challenge after school today, from left, Los Alamos High School Teacher Joanne Ploeger, Principal Debbie Belew-Nyquist, Athletics director Ann Stewart, Superintendent Gene Schmidt and Assistant Superintendent Gerry Washburn. Members of the LAHS student council did the pouring. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Aug. 21 to Aug. 27, 2014
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.
Aug. 21 at 12:23 p.m. / Los Alamos police arrested Christopher Davis, 22, of Los Alamos on Trinity Drive on an outstanding warrant from another jurisdiction and issued a summons to appear in court. Police booking photo unavailable.
Aug. 21 at 6:52 p.m. / A 55-year-old Los Alamos woman reported that someone tampered with her vehicle on Connie Avenue. The estimated damage is unknown. Read More
Helene Suydam Celebrates 95th Birthday
John Ruminer, board member of the Los Alamos Historical Society, presents a maquette (statuette) of Dr. Robert Oppenheimer to Helene Suydam for her 95th birthday this week. Mrs. Suydam lives in Oppenheimer’s wartime house on Bathtub Row and has donated the cottage, in a life trust, to the Historical Society. Courtesy/LAHS. Read More
Smith’s Marketplace Hosts After Hours Reception
Smith’s Marketplace hosted members of the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce and guests at an ‘After Hours’ reception Wednesday with gourmet fare and wine parings served on the canyon rim patio. Barbara Montano, one of Smith’s wine experts, poured for the event. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Kathryn Fulton, left, associate community specialist for Smith’s Marketplace, poses on the Smith’s deck with Los Alamos Chamber Manager Nancy Partridge, center, and three of four Smith’s Marketplace assistant managers, from left, C-130 Airplane Finally Arrives In Los Alamos!
The demilitarized C-130 airplane from Kirtland Air Force Base finally arrived at N.M. 4 and Rover Boulevard at 4:30 p.m. today after being delayed since Wednesday trying to obtain permission to pass through Santa Fe. The plane is surplus from Kirtland AFB and has been given to Los Alamos National Laboratory for emergency response training at Technical Area 49. The fuselage of the plane will be used for emergency response training purposes. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comSheriff Marco Lucero Issues Scam Alert
LACSO News:
Los Alamos County Sheriff Marco Lucero released an advisory today alerting the residents of Los Alamos County of a scam that has been reported to his office.
A person(s) is posing as a Los Alamos Sheriff’s Department deputy and calling local residents advising them that they failed to report for jury duty and deputies have a warrant for their arrest.
The caller advises the victim to pay a fine and their warrant will be quashed.
Lucero advises the community that this is a complete scam and asks anyone receiving a call of this nature to report it to 505.662.8222, adding that the Sheriff’s Read More
Magistrate Judge Pat Casados Orders Steven C. Porter to Pay Nearly $100K in Cash to Get Out of Jail
Steven C. Porter
Staff Report
In order to get out of jail this time, Steven C. Porter of Pajarito Acres in White Rock must pay nearly $100,000 in cash after being arrested Monday and charged with violating the terms of his release.
Police suspect Porter removed the electronic monitoring bracelet attached to his ankle for some 20 hours between Friday and Saturday. A truck was vandalized about a mile from his home within that time period.
Porter went before Los Alamos Magistrate Court Judge Pat Casados this morning. His attorney Elwood Pennington told the judge that the brand of ankle bracelet used Read More
Couple Suspected of Burglarizing Los Alamos Homes Granted Bail With Conditions
Brandi Ortiz-Merrifield
Staff Report
In seperate hearings this morning in Los Alamos Magistrate Court, Judge Pat Casados set bond for an Ojo Caliente couple who are engaged to be married. The couple is charged in a string of local residential burglaries over the past two months.
Casados set bond at $10,000 cash or surety for Brandi Ortiz-Merrifield. Ortiz-Merrifield, 20, is charged with five counts of conspiracy to commit burglary (4th degree felonies) and one count of burglary of a dwelling (3rd degree felony). Her bond was reduced from $28,000 due to her inability to pay. The judge told her Read More
Senators Visit Sandia to Discuss Tech Transfer
Senators Tom Udall and Richard Durbin meet with scientists at Sandia National Laborator. Courtesy/Office of Sen. Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE – Tuesday, Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. visited Sandia National Laboratories with fellow Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois to discuss ways to support New Mexico’s national labs and promote technology transfer to create new well-paying jobs.
Udall welcomed Durbin, who chairs the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, to receive an update on Sandia’s work on the B61 Life Extension Project.
Udall has fought to maintain adequate Read More
CIR Benefit Banquet 2014 Features Talk by Ambassador Marc Grossman
Ambassador Marc Grossman
CIR News:
Join the Citizen Diplomats of the Santa Fe Council on International Relations at the CIR Benefit Banquet 2014 at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23 at the Palace Ballroom of the New Drury Plaza Hotel, 228 East Palace Ave. in Santa Fe.
This is the kick-off event for CIR’s upcoming 50th anniversary year of hosting international visitors and bringing greater knowledge of world affairs to the community of Santa Fe.
Festivities will begin at 6 p.m. with cocktails in the garden of the new Drury Plaza Hotel, followed by an elegant dinner in the Palace Ballroom.
The Read More
Sen. Candelaria Calls Upon Legislature to Fund Bullying Prevention Act
Sen. Jacob Candelaria
N.M. SENATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE—In light of new state revenue projections, Sen. Jacob Candelaria D-26-Bernalillo renewed calls today for the state of New Mexico to fund student-centered, effective bullying prevention programs statewide.
“I was bullied growing up because I was different, so I can relate and understand the damage bullying can do to a child,” Candelaria said. “Our fundamental duty to New Mexico students requires that we stand up, speak out and support student and community efforts to eliminate bullying in our schools.”
This will mark the second year that Read More
Former Sandia Scientist Pleads Guilty to Taking Government Property to China
Jianyu Huang
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE—Jianyu Huang, a scientist formerly employed by Sandia Corporation (Sandia) at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), pleaded guilty Monday to making a false statement and unlawfully transporting converted government property in interstate and foreign commerce.
The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Carol K.O. Lee of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division.
Huang, 46, a naturalized U.S. citizen from the People’s Republic of China who resides in Albuquerque, was arrested in June 2012, on a six-count indictment Read More
‘RocketDay’ Lifts Off Sept. 6 With Astronaut Visit, Model Rocket Launches
Astronaut John Phillips
LANL News:
Former NASA shuttle astronaut and Los Alamos National Lab (LANL) research scientist, John Phillips, will take on a new mission as he helps to launch the first of 270 model rockets in White Rock as part of the Los Alamos ScienceFest’s “RocketDay” 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6.
“Science and technology are cool, and there’s nothing cooler than launching rockets,” retired NASA astronaut John Phillips said. “Los Alamos has been in the forefront of science and engineering, including space research, for 70 years no
“The original intent behind establishing Read More
Museum of New Mexico Staffers Win Major Publications Awards
Promotional materials for ‘Turquoise, Water, Sky.’ Courtesy/ Museum of Indian Arts & CultureSTATE News:
SANTA FE—The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs is proud to announce that members of its staff have won three of four awards in the 2014 Publications Design Competition of the Mountain-Plains Museum Association.
The awards, to be presented at the organization’s Sept. 28–Oct. 2 conference, represent excellence in the design of exhibition catalogues, books and other collateral materials produced for museums within a 10-state region of Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Read More
Los Alamos Middle School Seeks Soil Donations
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Middle School is seeking the donation of bagged dirt, soil or compost for some large scale planting projects over the course of the next month.
Those willing to make donations can drop them off at the main office or call 505.663.3252 to request a pick up.
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Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘The Giver’
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
“The Giver” is another young adult novel turned to film that presents a dystopian vision of the future. And like the others we’ve seen in recent years—“Hunger Games,” “Divergent”—it succeeds in making me want to read the book after seeing the film.
From much younger friends, I have heard that the film doesn’t do the book justice. But that is usually the case in movies that have to tell the fullness of a story in less than two hours. Nonetheless, the images and characters in the film will give visuals to the words I will read when I do buy the book. All is not lost, book lovers!
Movie Read More
Certified Arborist Laural Hardin Discusses Beneficial Insects For Gardens
Laural Hardin
PEEC News:
Are all insects bad for your garden? Absolutely not! In fact, some are beneficial to it. Popular presenter and certified arborist Laural Hardin is returning to the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3 to talk about which insects are beneficial, and what you can do to cultivate their benefits.
Predacious beneficial insects are becoming the preferred method for treating problem insects in professional greenhouse production and in the backyard garden. Many people are unwittingly destroying beneficial insect populations Read More