Traffic Advisory: I-25 Southbound Lane Closure East of Waldo Canyon Tuesday
NMDOT News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Transportation will have a lane closure on the I-25 south bound lanes East of Waldo Canyon this Tuesday. The contractor will be completing maintenance rehabilitation work on I-25 from MM 168 (East of Waldo Canyon) to MM 170 (La Cienega Exit.)
The lane closure will be in effect 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Speed limits will be reduced from 75 MPH to 55 MPH during the lane closure. This work is anticipated to be completed by Jan. 21.
NMDOT urges motorists to proceed through the area with caution, watch for workers, observe traffic control signing, and reduce Read More
Martin Luther King Day Highlights Equality; Nonviolence
Martin Luther King Jr. Courtesy/history.org
Staff Report
As the unquestioned leader of the peaceful Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was at the same time one of the most beloved and one of the most hated men of his time. From his involvement in the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 until his untimely death in 1968, King’s message of change through peaceful means added to the movement’s numbers and gave it its moral strength. The legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. is embodied in these two simple words: equality and nonviolence.
King was raised in an activist family. Read More
Allan Lockridge Named Boys Cross Country Coach of the Year
SPORTS News:
Allan Lockridge, a long time resident of Los Alamos, who taught at Pojoaque Public Schools and has continued to coach Cross Country long past his retirement has been named Boys Cross Country Coach of the Year for New Mexico.
With a nickname like “The Legend,” Coach Lockridge has been inspiring his cross country team for many years and through many individual and team state titles. At the state meet in 2000 when Coach Lockridge’s house burned in the Cerro Grande Fire, he pushed through for his team, exclaiming “we have races to win!”
Through teaching Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter Jan. 9 to Jan. 15, 2014
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.
ROWENA MACDONALD
Jan. 9 at 10:47 a.m. / Police arrested Rowena MacDonald, 47, of Los Alamos at 2500 Trinity. Dr., on an outstanding warrant from another jurisdiction.
MATTHEW TRUJILLO
Jan. 9 at 6:44 p.m. / Police arrested Mathew Trujillo, 55, of Los Alamos at 2500 Trinity Dr., on an outstanding Magistrate Court warrant.
Jan. 9 at 8:50 p.m. / A 21-year-old Espanola man reported Read More
NM Kids Count Data Book Release Tuesday
STATE News:
- Youth to Call on Lawmakers to Address State’s 50th Ranking in Child Well-Being
ALBUQUERQUE—This year’s New Mexico KIDS COUNT Data Book, which is set for release on the first day of the legislative session, will address the state’s fall to 50th in the nation in child well-being. A new section in the annual report tracks the status, over time, of the 16 indicators used in the national KIDS COUNT Data Book, in which New Mexico was ranked dead last in 2013. This new section also ranks New Mexico counties on the indicators.
The NM KIDS COUNT Data Book will be released as part of Celebrating Children Read More
Letter to the Editor: Privatization at the Expense of New Mexico Education
By Sen. JOHN SAPIENIn March 2013, the Legislature adopted an amendment to allow a fair bidding process for high school equivalency tests to be administered throughout the state. Although it passed both chambers unanimously, Gov. Martinez later pocket vetoed it. Coincidently, on that very same day, in fact, the Public Education Department (PED) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which requires that PED will exclusively contract with Pearson PLC to administer GED tests.
In a July Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC) meeting, PED staff testified Read More
Public Invited to Tuesday Meeting Geared Toward ‘Healthy Community, Healthy Youth’
Dr. Ben Neal, right, speaks with community members about nutrition during an event last fall. The community is invited to ‘What’s Up Doc,’ 5:30-7 p.m., Tuesday at White Rock Town Hall. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
Organizations will be on hand 5:30-7 p.m., Tuesday in the White Rock Town Hall to gather information and offer resources to the public to assist in achieving the goal of, “Healthy Community, Healthy Youth.” The open house style format allows community members to drop in for five minutes or the entire meeting. Attendees will be able to submit input or collect resources Read More
Yang: Adopting Power Posture To Feel Powerful, Yet Power Saps Empathy…
Adopting Power Posture To Feel Powerful, Yet Power Saps Empathy…“Fake it till you make it.” Whether we like “faking” or not, whether we believe this sentiment or not, and whether we want to adopt such “principle” or not, according to Amy Cuddy’s research, a powerful body language can help us grow our confidence, while also changing others’ perceptions of us.
Amy Cuddy is a professor at the Harvard Business School. Both her personal journey and research interests have led her to study the relationships between our nonverbal language, performance, and confidence (link below). As Read More
Education 101: The 2015 Budget Proposals for K-12 Education in New Mexico
Education 101: In previous articles, we’ve reviewed the very tight control the New Mexico government exerts over K-12 education, in contrast to the approach taken in many other states where local communities have substantially greater control over school funding. New Mexico’s state government controls 70 percent of the K-12 funding for Los Alamos, with Federal money (22 percent) and Local money (8 percent) making up the difference.
State control is exercised both by the Governor and her Read More
PEEC Amateur Naturalist: Part 1 The Pajarito Plateau – Setting the Stage
PEEC Amateur Naturalist: Part 1 The Pajarito Plateau – Setting the StageThe Pajarito Plateau can be described with four words: canyons, mesas, mountains and skies. It is the geology represented by these four words that makes the Pajarito Plateau so appealing and interesting. What are the geologic events that created these features?
To understand how the Pajarito Plateau was created we have to make a short journey back to the time of the dinosaurs. Between approximately 100 to 60 million years ago, a large inland sea split the continent Read More
PBS Live Streaming Gov’s State of the State Address
Governor Susana MartinezPBS News:
New Mexico PBS (KNME) Ch.5.1 is broadcasting live video of the 2014 New Mexico State of the State Address at 1 p.m. Tuesday (time is approximate) on Ch.5.1, as well as live streaming the speech and the follow-up panel discussion. Viewers can watch the Governor’s address again, in its entirety, at 10 p.m. on Ch.5.1.
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Rising Star Cellist Joshua Roman Performs in Los Alamos Jan. 24
Joshua Roman, cellist. Courtesy/LACALACA News:
The Los Alamos Concert Association will present the New Mexico debut of Joshua Roman, cellist, performing with pianist Andrius Zlabys at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24 at Duane Smith Auitorium in Los Alamos.
Described by Yo Yo Ma as a “fearless explorer of our world” and one of the “great exemplars of the ideal 20th century musician,” Roman has earned national renown as a cellist for performing a wide range of repertoire with an absolute commitment to communicating the essence of the music at its most organic level.
Driven to make music accessible Read More
Square Peg Plays at Pajarito Mountain Beer and Band at Dixie Girl
Square Peg from Taos played the Pajairto Mountain Beer and Band event at the Dixie Girl Saturday. Beer and Band moved to the restaurant from the ski hill due to lack of snow, which closed down Pajarito Mountain this weekend. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
The crowd samples beer from Taos Mesa Brewing at Beer and Band Saturday at the Dixie Girl. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comHear Western Writer Johnny D. Boggs Thursday
Johnny D. Boggs. Courtesy photo
MPL News:
Author and journalist Johnny D. Boggs will be the guest at the next “Quotes! Authors Speak Series” event at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23 in the Upstairs Rotunda at Mesa Public Library.
Johnny D. Boggs has been praised by Booklist magazine as “among the best western writers at work today” and is one of the few authors to have won both the Western Heritage Wrangler Award and Spur Award for his fiction. Mesa Public Library presents Mr. Boggs as the first author in the new 2014 series, now named Quotes: The Authors Speak Series. He will talk about his prolific Read More
‘Assemblage Works’ by Dirk Wales in Library Gallery
‘Bakery’ by Dirk Wales. Courtesy photoMPL News:
Assemblage and collage have a long history in contemporary art and Mesa Public Library Art Gallery shows a local master of mixed media, Santa Fe artist Dirk Wales.
From densely texted paper juxtaposed with reprinted photographic images, bits and pieces of tickets and paper bric-a-brac, Wales’ works are small worlds contained in one-of-a- kind boxes.
An artist, author, and film maker, the eclectic work of Wales is intriguing and engaging.
A steady influence for this work is the presence of the American artist of the 1940s, 50s, and Read More
Los Alamos Author’s ‘Adobe Castle’ to become a Movie
Los Alamos Author Inez Ross and Director Thadd Turner discuss the ‘Adobe Castle’ screenplay, based on Ross’s novel of the same name, at a planning meeting for the film at La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe Friday. Tentative plans call for filming to begin this spring. Investment options for the project close at the end of February. An investment meeting is planned. Those interested in attending should email Turner at thaddturner2@gmail.com. Courtesy photo Read More
School Board Work Session 5:50 p.m. Thursday
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos School Board will hold a School Board Work Session at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23 at the Barranca Elementary School Library.
Agenda items include:
- Transportation Policy,
- Update on school libraries,
- Teacher added value model,
- Legislative briefing, and review of possible School Board legislative platform,
- New Mexico School Board Conference update,
- Whether to keep having special construction meetings, and
- Briefing on Barranca Elementary School.
SF Pro Musica Classical Weekend Jan. 25-26
Carmelo De Los Santos. Courtesy/SFPM
SFPM News:
Santa Fe Pro Musica is ringing in 2014 with its ever popular Classical Weekend.
The event will feature the Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra, with Conductor Thomas O’Connor, performing works of Vaughan Williams, Barber, and Beethoven with violin soloist Cármelo de los Santos. Beautiful music and stunning virtuosity are the hallmarks of this concert set!
WHAT: Classical Weekend
Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra
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Last Call for 4-12 Grader Entries for Los Alamos County Science & Engineering Fair!
Participants in the 2013 Los Alamos County Science and Engineering Fair. Photo by Tommy Martinez
LAPS News:
This is the last call for 4-12th grader entries for the annual Los Alamos County Science and Engineering Fair. The Fair is Saturday, Jan. 25 in the Los Alamos High School Commons Area.
LAPS students, Home School students and teachers in grades K-12 will display projects in 4-5th grade individual elementary, K-6th grade elementary class, 6-8th grade junior division and 9-12th grade senior division. The public is invited to view the projects 1-3 p.m.Jan. 25.
The elementary projects are Read More
DK and the Affordables Take Crowd to Rockabilly Heaven
DK and the Affordables members Rob Heineman (bass), Scott Beguin (drums) and D.K. Warner, (lead guitar and vocals). They offered up original tunes like ‘Espanola Girl’ and “Bigfoot Saturday Night’ as part of their rockabilly and roots rock ‘n roll repertoire Friday night at the Dixie Girl. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Dancers crowd the floor as Dk and the Affordables play a jam-packed Dixie Girl Pub Friday night. Dixie Girl owner Victor Medina said the restaurant plans to keep the music coming on a regular basis. Photo by Bonnie