GOP State Chairman to Visit Los Alamos
GOP State Chairman John Billingsley
GOP News:
State Chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico (RPNM) John Billingsley will be in Los Alamos to speak to all Republicans, Independent and conservative voters.
He will be the guest speaker at the party’s Central Committee meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 in the Jeanette Wallace Room on the UNM-Los Alamos Campus.
Billingsley is known as a fine, articulate speaker as well as a spirited, effective leader. He loves working with people and has brought great organizational and people skills to his chairmanship of the party, a Republican Party spokesman Read More
How the Hen House Turns: Awareness and Sympathy
Toffee the hen had a brush with death recently – luckily, the story has a happy ending. Courtesy photo
How the Hen House Turns: Awareness and SympathyThey crowded around the stock tank as I lifted Toffee out, a patch of feathers missing from her neck. All of them were there ─ turkey; Lucy and Bobbi, the geese; DeeDee and Scooter, the dogs; the fours ducks; and the two remaining chickens.
They had gathered in response to my cries of protest. Toffee was the victim of another hawk attack, probably, and she was too heavy for the predator to carry off. Read More
15th Street Striping Work Underway
COUNTY News:
County traffic crews are finishing up striping operations on Canyon Road between 9th Street and 15th Street.
Striping on 15th Street began Thursday, Nov. 14. Work will include County crews laying out the striping design, followed by roadway paint application. During this work, motorists will see a slow moving striping machine followed by shadow vehicles.
Note that the purpose of the shadow vehicles is to allow enough time for the fresh paint to dry before traffic is allowed on the new paint. Please do not cut in front of the shadow vehicles. Work will be delayed in case of precipitation Read More
Goliath the Dog Needs a Home
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Former LANL Security Chief Jack Killeen Launches Retirement With 2,700 Mile Adventure
Jack Killeen arrives at the Mexican Border south of Palomas, N.M., following a nine week, 2,700 mile mountain bike journey from the Canadian Border. Photo by Sonja Killeen
Attracted to the salt, this deer ate Jack Killeen’s glove, the inside of his bike helmet and one of the white arm guards he wore to protect against the sun. Photo by Jack Killeen
It was 3 a.m. and the sound of a large animal outside his tent brought former Los Alamos National Laboratory Security Division Leader Jack Killeen to his feet. When the moon cleared and illuminated his
Breaking News: Los Alamos Police Crack Computer Crimes Case!
Breaking News:
Over the past few weeks, Los Alamos police detectives have been working on a computer crimes case involving more than $50,000 that was illegally transferred from a victim at Los Alamos National Bank. Detectives have already made two arrests associated with this case.
FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ JR.
Police charged Fernando Rodriguez Jr., 31 of Los Alamos with five counts of 3rd degree felony, Computer Access with intent to defraud or embezzle and one count of 2nd degree felony Computer Access with intent to defraud or embezzle
Rodriguez is being held without bond in the Los Alamos Read More
Where Were You When Kennedy Was Killed?
President John F. Kennedy lying in state. Photo by Abbie Rowe/KPL
John F. Kennedy. Courtesy/KPL
LAPD News:
Where were you when President John F. Kennedy was assasinated?
Nov. 21, 1963, President Kennedy flew to Texas to give several political speeches. The next day, as his car drove slowly past cheering crowds in Dallas, shots rang out. Kennedy was seriously wounded and died a short time later.
President Kennedy’s death caused enormous sadness and grief among Americans. Most people still remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news.
With the 50th Read More
Brace Yourself … Pajarito Brewpub Unveils Winter Menu!
The Pajarito Brewpub & Grill’s winter menu features new entrées, soup and desserts. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Pajarito Brewpub Executive Chef David Tripp and Pastry Chef Laura Hamilton with their new creations. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comWinter’s upon us and it’s time for comfort food. The new dishes on the Pajarito Brewpub & Grill’s winter menu will make you very comfortable indeed. The Los Alamos Daily Post was invited to sample the new selections Wednesday so we tucked in for some Read More
Residents Collect Shoebox Gifts
WRBC News:
Christmas is arriving early in Los Alamos, as White Rock Baptist Church prepares to serve as a collection point for Operation Christmas Child. Soon, with the help of local volunteers, the site will be brimming with festively wrapped shoeboxes full of gifts.
Through Operation Christmas Child, the world’s largest Christmas project, Los Alamos residents are helping send shoe box gifts to more than 8 million children in 100 countries suffering from natural disaster, war, terrorism, disease, famine and poverty.
From Los Alamos, the shoebox gifts will be sorted and sent using whatever Read More
20-Year Partnership Converts 20,000 Russian Nuclear Warheads into Fuel for U.S. Electricity
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced the final shipment of low enriched uranium (LEU) derived from Russian weapons-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) under the 1993 U.S.-Russia HEU Purchase Agreement, commonly known as the Megatons to Megawatts Program. Under this Agreement, Russia downblended 500 metric tons of HEU, equivalent to 20,000 nuclear wearheads, into LEU.
The resulting LEU has been delivered to the United States, fabricated into nuclear fuel, and used in nuclear power plants to generate nearly ten Read More
Scientists Nearing Forecasts of Long-Lived Wildfires
Wildfires can be seen in much different detail, depending which satellite instrument is used to observe them. The image at left, produced from data generated by the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite, uses 1-kilometer pixels to approximate a fire burning in Brazil from March 26 to 30, 2013. The image at right, produced with data from the new VIIRS instrument, shows the same fire in far greater detail with 375-meter pixels. Images by Wilfrid Schroeder/University of Maryland
AGU News:
Washington, D.C. — Scientists have developed a new computer modeling technique that offers the Read More
50 Year Fruitcake Tradition Continues
OES News:
For more than 50 years, Los Alamos Chapter #63, Order of Eastern Star, has sold Collin Street Bakery holiday fruitcakes in Los Alamos.
This year the chapter will continue that tradition by selling fruitcakes, as well as apricot pecan and pineapple pecan cakes, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, and Friday, Nov. 22, in the Los Alamos National Bank lobby, 1200 Trinity Dr.
Future sale dates are 2-6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays, Dec. 13 and 20.
Contact Judy Goldie, 505.662.3797, judygoldie1@gmail.com or Nina Laird, 505.662.7580 Read More
Highlights From Nov. 12 School Board Meeting
Staff members from Los Alamos High School pose with the plaque and certificate that will be displayed at the high school announcing the Los Alamos School District’s acheivement of the highest level of accreditation by AdvancED. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos High School Student Body President Soumyo Lahiri-Gupta, right, and Vice President Justin Dunn, second from right, and a contingent of LAHS students presented a proposal to change the dress code at LAHS. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
A number Read More
Volunteers Needed for Red Dot Trail Maintenance Day Nov. 16
Matt McKinley posted signs around White Rock and the big red dot points the way to the trail work. Photo by Craig Martin
The trail in the lower half of this scene was raked with a McLeod; the trail is difficult to find in the unworked section in the upper half. Photo by Craig Martin
When I last hiked down the Red Dot Trail a few months ago I thought to myself, “Man this is rough; I really must be getting old.”
That’s true enough, but the trail could use a little loving care, too. White Rock resident Matt McKinley pointed that out to me in an email asking about
Reading Workshop for Families Will ‘Raise the Roof’ at Piñon
Piñon Elementary School teachers get ready to ‘Riase the Roof’ at a family engagement workshop 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14 for parents of children in kindergarten through third grade. This workshop will provide parents with at-home tools to support their children’s reading achievement. Readers Raise the Roof! workshops will be led by teachers dressed as construction workers to engage the audience. Courtesy/Julie BulthuisEnjoy Words and Music at Opera Guild Social
Courtesy/LAOG
LAOG News:
Los Alamos Opera Guild (LOAG) will host a Membership Social 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17 at Fuller Lodge. The Guilds of The Santa Fe Opera, Inc. supports the Educational and Community Programs of The Santa Fe Opera.
The event includes a lecture by Dr. William Derbyshire titled “Murder Most Foul…” The lecture will explore the prevalent theme of murder throughout operas, be they tragedies or comedies. Derbyshire holds a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in Russian and Slavic linguistics. He is a retired professor emeritus of Slavic languages at Rutgers University Read More
Hive Announces Events and Survey
HIVE News:
Mini-Sumo Robot Competitions take place 6-8 p.m. today, Nov. 14 at 4711 Quemazon in Los Alamos.
There are two competitions—one for “entry level” and one for “advanced.” The advanced competition is open to all mini-sumos, even if the builders did not attend the recent robot-building class.
Visit https:////www.pelowitz.com/larobotics/ for more information.
The Hive and Los Alamos Entrepreneur Network have generated a survey seeking community input for future directions for the organizations. Take the survey at https:////goo.gl/7PiMLn to provide your Read More
JJAB Meeting Features BEAR Treatment Talk
JJAB News:
The Juvenile Justice Advisory Board’s next meeting is 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.20 in Building #1, Camino Entrada Road, Pajarito Cliffs Site. Brittany Koukol and Brian Arnst will give a presentation about the BEAR (“Bonding through Experiential Adventures in Recovery”) program, which is an intensive outpatient treatment program
Los Alamos Couple Buys Dixie Girl Restaurant
Victor Medina and Denise Lane at the Dixie Girl Restaurant Tuesday. Medina and his wife Patricia officially take ownership of the eatery Friday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Victor Jose Medina, son of the Dixie Girl’s new owners has worked at the restaurant since it opened in 2012. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
After Denise Lane sold Victor Manuel Medina and his wife Patricia a new home last month, she turned around and sold them her Dixie Girl Restaurant. Medina joked with the Los Alamos Daily Post Tuesday afternoon Read More
Aspen Elementary School Ground Is Broken!
LAPS School Board President Jim Hall addresses the crowd at this morning’s ground breaking ceremony at Aspen Elementary School at 2182 33rd St. Photo by Bob Beberniss
Staff Report
A ground breaking ceremony this morning offically launched a major overhaul of Aspen Elementary School’s aging buildings at 2182 33rd St.
The community’s approval of a $20 million bond last January, makes it possible to rebuild at Aspen as well as upgrade utilities and maintenance at other schools in the district.
With passage of the bond, the State of New Mexico is providing an additional $5.4 Read More