UNM-LA Mil Levy Ballots Pour Into Clerk’s Office
Senior Deputy Clerk Adrianna Ortiz, left, and County Clerk Sharon Stover today looked over hundreds of ballots that have poured into the Los Alamos County Clerk’s Office since mailed out to registered voters Monday for the UNM-LA mil levy. The Clerk’s Office mailed out 13,831 ballots and 650 have been returned of which three were unsigned. The postmaster returned 200 as undeliverable. Ballots must be physically received in the County Clerk’s Office by 7 p.m., Sept. 17 to be counted. Postmarked envelopes do not count. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Same Sex Couple Files Suit Against Los Alamos County Clerk
Los Alamos County Clerk Sharon Stover. LADP file photo
STAFF REPORT
A Los Alamos same sex couple denied a marriage license Tuesday, Aug. 27 has taken court action against Los Alamos County Clerk Sharon Stover.
Attorney John Day of Egolf + Ferlic + Day law firm in Santa Fe told the Los Alamos Daily Post that he is representing Janet Newton and Maria Thibodeau in the matter.
“We filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in District Court requesting that Judge Sheri Raphaelson order the Los Alamos County Clerk to issue a marriage license consistent with what is being done in other counties such as Read More
LANL’s Hazardous Waste Facility Permit Community Relations Plan Available Year-Round for Comments
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory revises its Hazardous Waste Community Relations Plan annually in compliance with its Hazardous Waste Facility Permit (EPA ID No. NM0890010515.)
The website is available year round and LANL revises the plan in August to include necessary changes and comments it has received during the year. LANL welcomes public comments, which can be provided online via the Plan Comments Form.
The updated Hazardous Waste Facility Permit Community Relations Plan and responses to comments will be posted Sept. 1.
The attached Read More
B61-12 Life Extension Program Radar Drop Tests Completed Successfully
Pantex production technicians prepare a B61 for a surveillance test. The B61 is a tactical thermonuclear gravity bomb. Courtesy/NNSA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of the ongoing effort to refurbish the aging B61 nuclear bomb without resorting to underground nuclear testing, two successful B61-12 radar drop tests were successfully completed at the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada on Aug. 14 and 15, 2013, by engineers from Sandia National Laboratories.
Current B61s use decades-old vacuum tubes as part of their radar system. The new radar system, which had not been tested outside of a laboratory Read More
Action-Packed Labor Day Weekend at Bandelier
Herrera Dance. Courtesy/BNMWant something fun to do this weekend? Bring the whole family to Bandelier over Labor Day Weekend to participate in a number of exciting events and activities.
Board the free shuttle from the White Rock Visitor Center to Frijoles Canyon and explore the ancestral cliff dwellings, take a hike to a waterfall, and participate in the following weekend events.
Friday August 30: Bandelier Nightwalk … Join a Park Ranger for a silent night walk that transports you back in time. This is the last Nightwalk offered for
Los Alamos Concert Association Offers New Season Of Great Music
The Canadian Brass performs at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29 at Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy/LACA
Apollo’s Fire performs at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 at Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy/LACAThe Los Alamos Concert Association is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to bringing classical artists of great distinction to our community.
LACA’s 67th season begins in September and it promises to be an exciting one offering legendary and unusual world class performers
The season opens with a fanfare on Sept. Read More
Co+op Health & Wellness Fair Sept. 7
NCRTD ‘Blue Buses’ Not in Service Monday
NCRTD NEWS:
The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that the RTD “Blue Buses” will not be in service Monday Sept. 2, in observance of the Labor Day holiday.
Regularly scheduled bus service throughout north central New Mexico including Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos Counties will resume Tuesday, Sept. 3.
The North Central Regional Transit District provides free bus service Monday through Friday to a service area that encompasses more than 10,000 square miles of north central New Mexico including the counties of Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Read More
Taste the Sky 5-8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8
UWNNM News:
Catch the sunset and a delicious meal from Hot Rocks Java Cafe during ‘Taste the Sky’ 5-8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 at the Los Alamos Airport, 2040 Airport Road.
The United Way Youth Team kicks off its fundraising season with this exciting annual event, which includes a chance to explore the airport, win an airplane flight or ride in a hot air balloon. Admission to the popular event goes toward helping community non-profits … a win-win for everyone.
Call 505.662.0800 for more information.
FBI Seeks Public’s Help Locating Texas Bank Robber
FBI News:
The Kerrville Police Department and San Antonio FBI are seeking information regarding an unknown male subject wanted for two bank robberies in Kerrville, Texas last week.
Anyone seeing this individual in Los Alamos or the surrounding area or with information that may assist investigators in apprehending him should contact the Kerrville Police CIU at 830-257-8181 or the San Antonio FBI at 210-225-6741. Any and all information received will be kept confidential.
The robberies occurred Aug. 23. The first at approximately 4:07 p.m. when the subject robbed the Bank of the Hills-Comerica Read More
Governor Announces Stipends for Teachers
STATE News:
- Up to 400 Teachers Could Earn Additional $5000
SANTA FE – Gov. Susana Martinez announced Wednesday that a new education reform initiative will pay 400 New Mexico teachers an additional $5,000 to work with students in struggling schools or to help students earn Advanced Placement (AP) credits.
The first step in the initiative will reward 100 teachers who agree to move from a school with a grade of an A or B to a school with a D or F grade. Teachers must commit to a minimum of two years at the struggling school in order to receive the stipend.
Additionally, 300 teachers—currently instructing Read More
Letter to the Editor: NO! to the Mil Tax Increase
By BRADY BURKEEvery year, one organization or another posts the day of the year that we all work to just to pay our taxes. With the proposed Mil Tax, property owners can add another two days of work to that date to pay the Mil Tax increase. That’s two days you work and pay taxes on that income, just to send the rest to your local government in the form of another tax. I, for one, am tired of government organizations overspending and otherwise mismanaging their monies and then putting their hand in my pocket to make up for it.
The University of New Mexico has many channels for raising money. They Read More
Rotarian Brian Newnam Presents Statistics
Rotarian Brian Newnam. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Los Alamos Rotarian Brian Newnam recently presented a talk on local and international Rotary statistics during a meeting at the Dixie Girl Restaurant in downtown Los Alamos.
Local Stats:
- Los Alamos Rotary Club was founded Aug. 19, 1966;
- Typically 35-45 members … recent growth to 65 members;
- Of its 42 presidents … 15 are still active; and
- Has sponsored 44 foreign exchange and 50 outbound students.
International Stats:
- Rotary International has 1.22 million members in 34,300 Clubs in 200 countries;
- Rotary
Registration Opens for Young Life Golf Tournament
YOUNG LIFE News:
The 3rd Annual Young Life Golf Tournament is Saturday Sept. 7, at the Los Alamos Golf Course.
Prizes will include (but are not limited to) gift certificates, clothing, golf packages, golf equipment, and various other items that will be given away. There will be a Hole in One vehicle ready to win as well!
To register, visit https:////d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20130816/8a/01/d4/54/b0949ef02059e459da48f943/GT_2013_Brochure.pdf
What is Young Life? Young Life began with a few simple ideas about sharing the truth of God’s love with adolescents. Almost Read More
See Five Planets on Dark Night
PA News:
The Pajarito Astronomers will hold a County-Sponsored Dark Night starting at 7:30 p.m. (sunset) Saturday, Sept. 7 at Spirio Soccer Field in Overlook Park.
Weather permitting, the public is invited to come out, wander among the telescopes, and star gaze.
The planets Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus will be visible. There will be a tour of the summer and autumn constellations, and there will be telescope views of double stars, star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend. Viewing will end before midnight Read More
‘Deep into the Darkness Peering’ Call for Artists
FLAC News:
The Fuller Lodge Art Center has issued a call for artists for the show “Deep into the Darkness Peering.”
According to Art Center spokesmen, they want artists to “dare to dream, to fear, to doubt, to take on the darkness described in the immortal words from Edgar Allen Poes’ The Raven. Dare to show us where the darkness leads.”
Application Deadline is Tuesday, Sept. 3. The show will open with a reception Oct. 4 and end Nov. 16.
Click here to download the application. If you have any questions about showing in Fuller Lodge Art Center, call Ken or Amy at 505-662-1635. Visit the Center online Read More
Magnetic Charge Crystals Imaged in Artificial Spin Ice
A 3-D depiction of the honeycomb artificial spin ice topography after the annealing and cooling protocols. The light and dark colors represent the north and south magnetic poles of the islands. Image by Ian Gilbert, University of Illinois Department of Physics and Frederick Seitz Materials Research LaboratoryLANL News:
A team of scientists has reported direct visualization of magnetic charge crystallization in an artificial spin ice material, a first in the study of a relatively new class of frustrated artificial magnetic materials-by-design known as “Artificial Spin Ice.”
These charges Read More
PEEC Offers Reptile and Amphibian Guide
‘Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pajarito Plateau’ is PEEC’s latest publication. Courtsey photo
PEEC News:
As you are out enjoying your hike or walk around the neighborhood, a medium-sized lizard skirts your path and disappears under a rock. Was it a Tree Lizard, or more likely, the common Eastern Fence Lizard?
Learn how to identify the salamanders, frogs, toads, lizards and snakes found around Los Alamos in the Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s newest publication, “Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pajarito Plateau.” The booklet was written by Jennifer Macke Read More
How the Hen House Turns: Bobbi the Baby Goose and Hawks
How the Hen House Turns: Bobbi the Baby Goose and Hawks
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.
It’s been five years now. Lucy the goose decided to sit on eggs, again, in the wrong place ─ the Khaki Campbells’ nest box. I hated to move the ducks. They were new to the Hen House, and Ms. Khaki was laying gorgeous green eggs for the allergic kid down the block. Fortunately, they didn’t object to sleeping in the Hen House for four weeks.
End of that story─ Lucy wouldn’t move. She sat in the nest box for four solid weeks. All I could manage was to get her up for no more than two minutes to eliminate, Read More
Hive Holds Brown Bag Lunch Today
HIVE News:
The Hive will hold its weekly brown-bag networking lunch at 11: 30 a.m. today (late is never a problem) at the Hive.
The Hive also welcomes presentations on projects from anyone … just come by and update the group on progress or call Dave Jones at (505-660-06992) to schedule something.