Council on Cancer Offers Appearance-Related Workshop
LACC News:
Cancer can rob a woman of her energy, appetite and strength, but it doesn’t have to take away her self confidence.
Look Good Feel Better® is a free non-medical nationwide program helping women with appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment. Workshops include instruction in skin care and makeup application; a complimentary makeup tool kit filled with donated products from the cosmetic industry; practical tips and instruction on wigs, head coverings, and nail care.
The Los Alamos Council on Cancer is happy to announce that its certified cosmetologist, LeAnne Parsons, Read More
Community Wishes Denise Lane Farewell
From left, Rose Corrigan, Merry McIntyre, new Dixie Girl owner Victor M. Medina, former owner Denise Lane and Lori Heimdahl Gibson Friday at a farewell event for Lane. Lane is moving to Albuquerque with her husband Mike after several decades of living and operating restaurants and selling real estate in Los Alamos. She sold the Dixie Girl Restaurant to Medina and his wife Patricia Thursday. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Mary McInerny with her husband Dan Saxton at the banner signing table set up for Denise Lane Friday at the Dixie Girl Restaurant. McInerny and JJ Maier organized Read More
Strong Winds & Mountain Snow on the Way
Courtesy/NWS
NWS News:
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque reports that a potent upper level disturbance is bringing accumulating snow to the higher terrain, then jet stream to strengthen and bring strong and potentially damaging winds.
Timing – Through Sunday Morning.
Location – Snow impacts Northern Mountains; Wind impacts area wide, but most significant eastern slopes of the Central Mountain Chain, Adjacent Highlands and East Central Plains.
Key Impacts:
- West winds 40 to 50 mph with some gusts near 60 mph Saturday through early Sunday east slopes of the Central Mountain
LAHS Staff Showered With Appreciation
LAHS Topper Parent Organization President Cecilia Garcia-Frank, standing, jokes with teacher Janet Newton at Friday’s Staff Appreciation Lunch in the LAHS staff lounge. Courtesy photo
LAHS Staff enjoy an appreciation lunch Friday prepared and served by the Topper TPO in the LAHS staff lounge. Courtesy photo
LAHS News:
Friday was Staff Appreciation Day at Los Alamos High School. Some 35 members of the Topper Parent Organization prepared a lunchtime feast for school staff which was served by TPO President Cecilia Garcia-Frank, Elizabeth Cooper, Olivia Li, Janine Tulenko, Read More
Valles Caldera Modifies Hunt Lotteries
VCNP News:
- New Format Expected to Boost Participant Numbers
JEMEZ SPRINGS – The Valles Caldera Trust has made dramatic changes to its elk and turkey hunt lotteries, which are expected to deepen the pool of applicants during these difficult economic times.
The Trust will combine a reduction in lottery application fees with a one ticket per hunt code purchase limit to attract more participants. The Trust will also eliminate multiple-ticket discount purchases. The changes are effective immediately and will apply to the 2014 hunting seasons.
“In the past, every ticket had an equal chance Read More
County Council Reviewing Strategic Goals Today
The Los Alamos County Council is meeting in a special session this morning to review its strategic goals. Councilors are discussing grouping existing items adopted back in 2011 under three broad categories: Quality of Life, Economic Vitality and Quality Governance. They feel having three categories of focus instead of the current 10 areas, makes it easier to communicate goals to County staff and the community. Within that context, Council also is interested in prioritizing goals, recognizing that the County does have limited budget and resources. In addition, Councilors are making some Read More
Letter to the Editor: Public Shaming Should Stop
By AMANDA BARRY Although we should all be aware of crime in our community, we do not need to list the names and post images of every person suspected of a crime or involved in a traffic violation. Many of these people may be found not guilty later, and these listings will be searchable for years to come.
This could affect future careers, especially of young people, as colleges are now performing internet searches
Los Alamos County Extends Branding Contract
North Star Community Brand Supervisor Adam Winstead, standing, solicits input from local business people in March. File photo
STAFF REPORT
Los Alamos County Administrator Harry Burgess told the Los Alamos Daily Post in an email Thursday that the County has granted a one-year extension on the contract for a branding initiative study for Los Alamos.
The extension does not include an increase in compensation for consultant North Star Destination Strategies, Inc. of Nashville, Tenn. The $50,000 contract for brand development is a part of the County’s Economic Development Division’s Read More
Alex Kirk in Running for John R. Wooden Award for Basketball’s Top College Player
Alex Kirk of Los Alamos on the court. Courtesy/UNM Lobos
SPORTS News:
The Los Angeles Athletic Club has announced its Preseason Top 50 on ESPN.com and Alex Kirk of Los Alamos who plays for the UNM Lobos is on the list!
Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for college basketball’s most prestigious honor. The 50 athletes are competing for the John R. Wooden Award for basketball’s top college player.
Created in 1976, the John R. Wooden Award is the most prestigious individual honor Read More
Bustos, Clark and Ferreria Strike Gold for Los Alamos School of Gymnastics
Suyana Ferreira earning the gold on paralell bars. Phoro by Laura Trader
Ashley Bustos earns silver on the balance beam. Photo by Loui Janecky
LASG News:
Ashley Bustos, Anna Clark and Suyana Ferreria of Los Alamos School of Gymnastics placed first in the all-around competition in their divisions at a meet Nov. 2 in Rio Rancho. The gymnasts brought home 19 medals for their team.
Twenty-two Atomic Tumblers attended the meet in Rio Rancho, eight gymnasts competed in the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic (JO) Program, six in the USA Gymnastics Xcel Program, and four gymnasts, Anna Clark, Suyana Ferreria, Read More
PEEC Amateur Naturalist: Taking Flight
Jorge Ayarza from Colombia is teaching students about catching and handling birds with mist nets. Here the students are having a hands-on experience with the soft bags that are used to safely transport birds from the nets to the data collection area. Photo by Stephen Fettig
Maria del Pilar González Barroso from Mexico and Diego Alejandro Cueva from Colombia view a Townsend’s Warbler just before releasing it back into the wild. Photo by Stephen Fettig
PEEC Amateur Naturalist: Taking FlightParticular thanks to Bandelier National Monument, Stephen Fettig, and Read More
Bradbury Presents Lunchtime Lecture on History of the Elements
Elks Present $8,000 to Worthy Causes
From left, Los Alamos Elks Exalted Ruler Mark Sandoval, Special Olympiad Gabe Rau, Los Alamos Elks Lecturing Knight Bill Gregory, John Rau of the Special Olympics of Northern New Mexico, Allison Hendricks Smith and Bob Biggers of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Los Alamos Elks Past Exalted Ruler Lisa Harris. Courtesy photo
ELKS News:
The Los Alamos Elks Lodge #2083 recently presented $8,000 in checks from proceeds raised at their annual Elks Golf Tournament for Charity event held last June.
The Elks presented checks to four organizations during the ceremony including $4,000 to the Make-A-Wish
LANL Team Contributes to First Bionic Eye
Schematic of artificial retina system. Courtesy/DOELANL News:
As part of the multi-institutional Artificial Retina Project, Los Alamos researchers helped develop the first bionic eye.
Recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Argus II will help people blinded by the rare hereditary disease retinitis pigmentosa or seniors suffering from severe macular degeneration—diseases that destroy the light-sensing cell in the retina. Los Alamos scientists served as the Advanced Concepts team, focusing on fundamental issues and out-of the box ideas.
The Argus II operates Read More
Authors Speak Series Hosts Photographer and Author Don Usner
LIBRARY News:
Mesa Public Library Art Gallery presents seventy remarkable photographic portraits by Don Usner of participants in the Lannan Foundation’s Readings and Conversations literary series of the last 15 years. All the portraits are black and white and eloquently reveal the personality of each author.
The exhibition is open to the public this month, and at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 Don Usner will be guest speaker for the monthly Authors Speak event. Both an author and photographer, he will discuss his experience meeting and photographing the Lannan authors as well as his own books.
The Read More
Treasures From Vault Exhibit Opens at Millicent Rogers Museum
Picture of Millicent Rogers with museum exhibits. Courtesy photo
MRM News:
The Millicent Rogers Museum, located in Taos, announces the Nov 18 opening of Treasures from the Vault. This exhibit of rarely or never-before-seen objects from the permanent collections of the museum will be open through Jan. 26, 2014.
“We are thrilled to be able to exhibit these objects that visitors may never have seen from our collections,” Museum Executive Director Peter S. Seibert said. “With more than 7,000 objects in our collection, the Millicent Rogers Museum collection is truly Read More
SFI Lecture: Theoretical Neurobiologist Mark Changizi
Theoretical Neurobiologist Mark Changizi
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute presents a SFI Seminar with Mark Changizi of 2A1 Labs at 12:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18 in the Collins Conference Room at SFI (1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe). His talk is titled “The Omes That Matter: Teleone, Nature-ome and Culture-ome.” The public is invited to attend this free talk and bring a lunch if they wish.
Talk Abstract: To understand biology and brain we must have, in addition to comprehensive mechanistic inventories like the genome and connectome, a comprehensive account of all the functions the biology implements Read More
Bill Expanding White Sands Missile Range Clears Key Committee
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thursday, a bill sponsored by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., Tom Udall, D-N.M., and John Cornyn, R-TX, to strengthen the missions at White Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss cleared the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Earlier this year Heinrich, a member of the committee, along with Senators Udall and Cornyn, introduced the bipartisan proposal that represents a three-party agreement between the two military installations and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
“This expansion to White Sands Missile Range is critical Read More
Udall Introduces Bill to Prevent Stormwater Pollution
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thursday, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall announced that he has introduced a bill to reduce the leading cause of water pollution nationwide, while creating jobs and supporting infrastructure and neighborhood redevelopment.
Polluted stormwater runoff is caused when rain or snow flows over roads, roofs, parking lots and other surfaces, picking up toxic chemicals and sediment and carrying them to rivers and streams. The Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2013 would encourage the use of Read More
Tour Top Open Houses This Weekend!
REAL ESTATE News:
Tour the top open houses scheduled for this weekend throughout the area!
The Los Alamos Daily Post features a weekly section highlighting the open houses throughout Los Alamos, White Rock, Jemez Springs and Santa Fe. Photographs, details and a map depicting the location of each open house are included in this weekly section.
Click on the map to read details about the featured homes. Print out a copy of the map before heading out to tour the open houses or pull up the map on a smart phone or ipad from the road! Click on the Real Estate Section “red button” near the top of Read More