Topper Highlights: Toppers Lose to Demons 28-9
Friday night coin toss between Toppers and Demons. Photo by Jim Owen/ladailypost.com
Topper Highlights
Sports Column by Jim Owen
Los Alamos Daily Post
Toppers Lose to Demons 28-9
The Santa Fe High School Demon’s starting quarterback (QB) was ejected from the game last week and therefore, by New Mexico Athletic Association (NMAA) rule, was required to sit out Friday night’s game. The second team QB was injured and unavailable so the Demons started the third team QB, a freshman, in the game against the Los Alamos High School Hilltoppers.
The Demons received Read More
Education Funding 101: Governance of K-12 Education
Governance of K-12 EducationIt’s easy to become overwhelmed when trying to understand who’s making the major decisions that impact your children’s educational experience. The education professionals you interact with on a daily basis are your children’s teachers. You might be unaware that there’s an enormous infrastructure operating within K-12 public education that has a huge influence on that education.
Join us on a journey into the governance of K-12 New Mexico public education.
The Principal is the chief instructional leader and administrative head Read More
Santa Fe National Forest Recreation Sites Reopen
SFNF News:
SANTA FE – The Santa Fe National Forest has begun its process of reopening developed recreational facilities that were closed during the government shutdown.
We expect to reopen developed sites this weekend after employees have had the chance to evaluate the cleanliness and safety of each individual facility and open locked gates and restrooms. During the fall, we normally winterize and close some developed recreation sites, therefore some places will remain closed for the season. Other areas are still closed due to impacts from flooding.
The following recreation sites Read More
UNM-LA SBDC Offers Business Skills Workshops
UNM-LA SBDC News:
The Los Alamos Branch of the Small Business Development Center is conducting three seminars in October to help small business owners and entrepreneurs improve their business skills.
Effective Techniques for Working with People
Oct. 22, 3-5 p.m., room 214, UNM-LA campus.
Topics to be covered will include:
- How to work with those younger/older people that you don’t understand/don’t understand you.
- What workers are really looking for in a job.
- Three secrets to leadership that will make everyone’s life easier, whether or not they’re a leader.
- More effective
RE/MAX of Los Alamos Real Estate Round Table: Answering the Most Common Questions
RE/MAX of Los Alamos Real Estate Round Table:Fall has arrived! The air is crisp, the leaves are changing color, and 2014 will be here before we know it. This month we’ll answer the most common real estate questions we get from clients and friends.
Q: How’s the market?
A: Generally speaking, the 2013 market has been solid. We’ve sold more homes faster than we did during the same period in 2011 or 2012:
Number of Homes Sold Jan. 1 – Sept. 30
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2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
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156 |
137 |
166 |
Days on Market Until Sold Jan. 1 – Sept. 30
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2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
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158 |
148 |
136 |
It’s Back to Business at LANL Monday
LANL Director Charlie McMillan
LANL News:
Memo to Los Alamos National Laboratory employees from Director Charlie McMillan:
I’m pleased to confirm what you may have already seen in news reports. The federal budget impasse has been temporarily resolved. I am lifting the suspension of operations planned for the end of the day Friday, Oct. 18. All LANS employees should report for work as normal (Monday.)
It will be important for us to resume affected operations in a methodical and deliberate way. Just as it takes a considerable amount of time to suspend operations at a place like ours, a return to Read More
Los Alamos Gymnast Suyana Ferreria Captures Nine Gold Medals
Suyana Ferreira takes the gold on beam. Photo by Laura Trader
Elyse Phillips earns an 8.45 on bars. Photo Laura TraderATOMIC TUMBLERS News:
In an unprecedented win, Suyana Ferreria of Los Alamos earned nine gold and one silver medal for the Atomic Tumblers at their first away meet of the season.
Sixteen Atomic Tumblers attended the meet at Taos, seven gymnasts competed in the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic (JO) Program, seven in the USA Gymnastics Xcel Program, and two, Suyana Ferreria and Anna Clark, competed in both.
The Xcel Program is an alternative to the JO Program, allowing Read More
Letter to the Editor: Happy 40th Birthday, 1973 Oil Crisis
By RICHARD DUNNOn Oct. 17, 1973, OPEC launched a full oil embargo against the U.S. For months we were faced with gasoline shortages and price spikes across the U.S.
55 mph limits were imposed, CAFE mileage standards were established, carpools were formed.
The USA became a net importer of oil and, shortly thereafter, became a debtor nation. The “Japanese invasion” blossomed with little Honda Civics. Locally, a small group of citizens started Los Alamos Bus to commute to the Lab. I joined four other high school teachers and administrators in a carpool. A number of dormant Read More
Light Up the Night at Pumpkin Glow
Pumpkin glow 2012. Courtesy/Lori Dauelsberg
Glowing tigar pumpikin. Courtesy/Lori DauelsbergBy KIRSTEN LASKEY
Saturday night will feature quite a spectacular sight. Hundreds of carved, lit pumpkins will decorate the lawn at Fuller Lodge.
The event, known as the Pumpkin Glow, will be 6-9 p.m. and while there is no admission fee, donations to the Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC), which organizes the event, are welcomed.
Visitors can take a look at artistically carved pumpkins and “The House of Boo,” a pumpkin display courtesy of a local Boys Scout troop, as well as listen to music Read More
Cone Zone: Week of Oct. 21
COUNTY News:
Public Works Projects:
For more information about the projects listed below, please e-mail lacpw@lacnm.us, call 662-8150, or visit the “Projects” link at www.losalamosnm.us. Please slow down and use caution as you travel through these construction areas.
Drainage Improvements:
A short term small drainage improvement project will start Thursday, Oct. 24. Myrtle at 9th Street will be closed for the installation of a drainage grate across the full width of Myrtle at 9th. Detours will be posted. Myrtle will reopen by end of day Tuesday, Oct. 29.
Eastern Area 2 Concrete, Paving Read More
Benefit Concert for Wounded Soldier Features Mama’s Black Sheep
Mama’s Black Sheep. Courtesy photo
LEGION News:
American Legion Post 90 in Los Alamos will host a Halloween Party and Benefit Concert featuring nationally touring duo Mama’s Black Sheep from Baltimore, Md. The party and concert is 7-10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 at the American Legion Post 90, 1325 Trinity Dr. in Los Alamos.
In addition to live music, there will be a Halloween Costume Contest and other festive activities, all to raise funds to help First Lt. Micah Jay Andersen who was seriously injured in Afghanistan June 1. The American Legion is a private club. To attend, you Read More
Pinon and Chamisa Join Forces for Fall Fun
Pumpkin Patch fun. Photo by Kelly BennerLAPS News:
The Eighth Annual Pinon Elementary Pumpkin Patch and the Annual Chamisa Elementary Arts and Craft Fair is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at Pinon Elementary, 90 Grand Canyon Dr. in White Rock. It has become a huge White Rock fall festival.
The Pumpkin Patch has lots of new and exciting events this year, organizers said. In addition to all the pumpkins for sale, there will be a rock wall for the kids to climb, a Hay Maze three bales high, rubber duck races, a cardboard “alpine slide,” angry birds catapult, hair painting, face painting, Read More
‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ Nostalgic Romp Will Win Your Heart
The Man in the Chair (Henry Knutsen), center, lives his dream. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Robert Martin ((Patrick MacDonald), Janet Van De Graff (Rose Corrigan) and The Man in the Chair (Henry Knutsen) in ‘An Accident Waiting to Happen.’ Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
There’s nothing like a show where the cast seems to be having as much fun as the audience. Everyone had a rollicking good time at the opening of “The Drowsy Chaperone” Friday night when the Dixon Community Players opened at The Toolshed Read More
OBITUARY: Andrew Edward Long Nov. 17, 1924–Sept. 23, 2013
ANDREW EDWARD LONG Nov. 17, 1924–Sept. 23, 2013
Andrew Edward Long was born Nov. 17, 1924 in Bartlesville, Okla., to Wesley Brooks Long and Annis Marie Henderson.
He passed away Monday, Sept. 23, 2013 at the Veterans Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Bonnie J. Scott Long; his son, Timothy E. Long of Santa Fe; and his daughter, Andra J. Long Riordan of Albuquerque; four grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Andy served in the U.S. Merchant Marines during WWII. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, and, like most Oklahomans of the time, put food on the Read More
Apollo’s Fire Performs Brandenburg Concertos
Apollo’s Fire, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, brings The Brandenburg Concertos to Los Alamos Oct. 27. Courtesy photo
LACA News:
The Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach have proven their extraordinary power to move, delight and captivate audiences for 250 years. Apollo’s Fire, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, will bring these iconic works to Los Alamos at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 at the Smith Auditorium. This performance is the second event in the Los Alamos Concert Association’s 2013-14 Season.
Award-winning harpsichordist and conductor Jeannette Sorrell Read More
Moon Over White Rock
A large October moon shines brightly early Friday evening looking east from Grand Canyon Drive in White Rock. Photo by Katy Korkos Read More
Police Alert Community of Stolen Checks
POLICE NEWS:
The Los Alamos Police Department has recently become aware of numerous cases where outgoing mail containing checks in residential mailboxes have been stolen.
The checks are then altered by the suspect, and cashed at local financial institutions. We are aware of mail that has been stolen in White Rock, Espanola and Santa Fe. Although the police department is currently working on leads in these cases, we urge community members to place outgoing mail into large post office mail drops or pay bills online.
If you have been a victim in a similar case, notify Det. Paige Early Read More
Finalists Selected for Los Alamos Business Recycler of the Year
COUNTY News:
At the Environmental Sustainability Board (ESB) meeting Thursday, Oct. 17, the three finalists for the Los Alamos Business Recycler of the Year were selected.
The ESB was presented with nine businesses that were nominated by the community. The nine businesses nominated were:
- Chapel Apartments
- CB FOX
- Enterprise Computing Systems
- Jemez House Thrift Store
- Los Alamos Cooperative Market
- Los Alamos Daily Post
- Los Alamos Lock and Key
- Los Alamos Monitor
- The United Church Thrift Shop
“We had nine great businesses nominated Read More
White Rock’s Cañada del Buey Trail Officially Opens
Los Alamos Council Vice Chair David Izraelevitz talks to Pinon and Chamisa Elementary School students during Friday’s ribbon cutting ceremony of the Cañada del Buey Trail in White Rock. The Cañada del Buey Trail Project involves about 2,100 feet of trail, beginning just south of N.M. 4 east of Sherwood Boulevard and ends just west of Rover Boulevard. The project includes a 10-foot wide asphalt multi-use path along the north side of the Cañada del Buey from the existing N.M. 4 multi-use path to Bonnie View Drive. Between Bonnie View and Rover, along Longview Drive, Read More
Sunset Hayrides 4-6 p.m. Posse Lodge Today
COUNTY News:
The community is invited to participate in two sunset hayrides today starting out at the Los Alamos Posse Lodge.
The Los Alamos County Parks, Recreation and Open Space Division coordinates the event, which is supported by the Los Alamos County Sherriff’s Posse Lodge, the Los Alamos Stable Owner’s Association, the Los Alamos Pony Club and the Los Alamos 4-H Club.
Date: Saturday Oct. 19
Time: 4-6 p.m.
Location: Sheriff Posse Lodge
Notes: Two Hay Ride Sessions
… First ride is 4-5 p.m.
… First ride is 5-6 p.m.
Ticket Fees: $5 / adult, 18 & over
$2 / youth, 4 – 17
$1 / Read More