Horses for Heroes Helps Heal Scars
During a presentation at the Dixie Girl, Rick Iannucci talks to local Rotarians about his program that helps injured military veterans. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Former Green Beret Rick Iannucci commanded a special missions unit in Colombia, served as an instructor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was a member of the elite United States Marshals Special Operations Group. Iannucci also is a working cowboy on several cattle ranches in New Mexico and a nationally recognized 4-H leader.
During a Nov. 19 presentation to the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, Iannucci Read More
Economic Sensitivity of Los Alamos County to LANL Funding
By LIVIU SIMIL and DAVE JONES
A famous Latin expression, some attributed to Julius Caesar “if you want peace, prepare for war,” which originally comes from “Epitoma Rei Militaris,” by Vegetius (Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus). The Latin is “Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum,” and remains true more than ever for Los Alamos.
In modern terms it means “prepare for the worst and hope for the best … a common saying in emergency preparedness. One may ask oneself: “what are the bad events that Los Alamos residents might need to prepare for?” The answer Read More
How the Hen House Turns: Dogs Can Taste That Stuff
How the Hen House Turns: Dogs Can Taste That Stuff
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.
Have you ever tasted dog food? Wow. Bland. I had to learn the hard way that dogs can taste that stuff. I wondered, because DeeDee and Scooter have always snarfed the dry biscuits down as if they’d never see food again.
Now I know why. It was because they probably survived on their own for a week at age two or three months (after the fire in 2000) by eating whatever—or whenever a kind person responded to their big eyes and smudgy black and white spots would give them.
Once, when I wanted to see if they would self-limit, Read More
‘Joyeux Noel’ Might Be Perfect Christmas Movie
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Movie Review by KELLY DOLEJSI
I watched Christian Carion’s “Joyeux Noel” (2005, rated PG-13) on the day after Thanksgiving. It was bliss.
After reading about all the Black Friday shootings, stabbings, and stampedes that injured and even killed Christmas shoppers across the United States, it was a poignant relief to see the holiday suppressing violence, and even, temporarily, stopping a war.
“Joyeux Noel” (or “Merry Christmas” in French) tells the true story of a brief cease-fire among French, Scottish and German troops on Christmas Eve 1914, in the thick of The Great War. The Read More
Education 101: Save Our Schools Los Alamos Meets With NMPED Deputy Secretary Aguilar
Education 101:
Local Supplements to Operating Expenses
Representatives of Save Our Schools Los Alamos met with Deputy Education Secretary for Finance and Operations Paul Aguilar Friday, Nov. 22 to discuss a letter we sent to Secretary-Designate Skandera back in September. The letter argued that the State of New Mexico should deal with its education funding crisis by allowing local jurisdictions to provide operating supplements to promote school quality above the minimum Read More
Letter to the Editor: Why You Should Care About Updating County Charter Article V
By SUSAN O’LEARY, ChairAre you aware that a group of volunteer citizens govern a County enterprise that generates more than $60 million in annual revenues, responsible for assets that cost more than $280 million to acquire and would probably cost $400-500 million to replace? That’s the role of the Los Alamos Board of Public Utilities as defined in County Charter Article V that has been in place since 1968.
We’re fortunate to have some very capable and dedicated people on the Board today. Their responsibilities are significant and require time Read More
Manhattan Project Veteran Returns After 67 Years
During Friday’s visit to the Bradbury Science Museum, Doris Coleman Zifferer points out her office on a Manhattan Project era map. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Doris Coleman Zifferer’s Laboratory badge where she worked from 1943-1947. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comDoris Coleman Zifferer knows how to keep a secret. For many years, her family had no idea that she spent the years 1943-1947 in Los Alamos working on the Manhattan Project.
The story came out when the family was sorting through Zifferer’s Read More
Jemez Mountain Trail Races Registration Opens
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JMTR News:
The Ninth Annual Jemez Mountain Trails Races are scheduled for Saturday, May 24, 2014. Registration for the 50 kilometer and 50 mile races open Dec. 1. The half marathon (13.1 mile) option will be open for registration Feb. 1, 2014. These races fill up quickly. Register soon at: https:////ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=24422.
The Jemez Mountain Trail Races are a wonderful community event that takes full advantage of our beautiful mountain trail running network around town, up Pajarito Mountain, and through the Valles Caldera. Last year more than 600 runners Read More
On Horizon: First Organic Solid Waste Powered Community
Artist Taylor Baldry created this Save the Waste watercolor for the PLACE efforts. Courtesy/PLACE
PLACE News:
PLACE, which gave presentations in Los Alamos over the last couple of years is now closer than ever to building the world’s first community powered by organic solid waste.
Imagine homes, makers’ spaces, and businesses being powered in a closed-loop system: waste makes power, community makes waste, which makes more power, and so on. No other municipality is using its organic waste in this way.
This first E-Generation project has the potential to truly change the Read More
Give Children the Gift of Los Alamos History
‘The Strange Disappearance of Uncle Dudley’ by Inez Ross. Courtesy photo
Staff Report
The year was 1943, and the major nations of the world were embroiled in global warfare. Many of the top scientists of the world were being spirited off to a secret place to work on a project that would help end the war and change the world forever.
“The Strange Disappearance of Uncle Dudley” is the story of the wartime absence of loved ones, told from a family perspective in a read-it-to-me book for children. It features archival and modern photos of Los Alamos.
In the early nineties, the Los Alamos Writers Read More
Senators: End the N.S.A. Dragnet, Now
U.S. SENATE News:
The following op-ed by U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, Mark Udall, and Martin Heinrich about their fight for privacy rights, was published in The New York Times Nov. 26:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — THE framers of the Constitution declared that government officials had no power to seize the records of individual Americans without evidence of wrongdoing, and they embedded this principle in the Fourth Amendment. The bulk collection of Americans’ telephone records — so-called metadata — by the National Security Read More
Holiday Gala Designed for Small Groups and Businesses at Buffalo Thunder Dec. 13
HSFB News:
- Gourmet Meal, Cocktails, Live Music and Gift Giveaways
Children’s Bazaar Happening Dec. 7
TOTH News:
Donations are needed for the annual Children’s Christmas Bazaar at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church in December.
The success of this event relies on donations of new and gently used items from members of our community. Suggested donations include dolls, stuffed animals (any size), action figures toys, baby toys, jewelry, unopened lotions, perfumes, soap, bubble bath and bath toys, games, craft kits, coffee cups, tea cups, knick knacks, ornaments and Christmas decorations, slippers, gloves, scarves, mittens, hats, kitchen items, and figurines.
Especially
Los Alamos Filmmaker Writes and Directs Adult Fairytale
On the set of ‘Glasses.’ Courtesy photo
Marina Giorgii playing the Gypsy in ‘Glasses.’ Courtesy photoLos Alamos filmmaker Marina Giorgii began making films eight years ago. Giorgi produced a short film a couple of years ago, but was dissatisfied with the way it was directed. She decided the next time she would direct her film herself.
“Making that first film was like going to film school,” Giorgii said.
Giorgii is directing her second short film “Glasses.” Giorgii wrote the screenplay for the film. A writer since Read More
USDA Urges Shoppers to Support Local Businesses
USDA Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner. Courtesy
USDA News:
ALBUQUERQUE – USDA Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner is urging everyone to support local small businesses this Small Business Saturday celebration this week end.
“Please take time to thank the small business owners in your community for their contributions to the local economy by purchasing their products and services,” Brunner said.
His comments coincide with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) partnership with the White House and the Small Business Administration’s support of small businesses Read More
Ladies Auxiliary Hosts Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair
LALA News:
The Ladies Auxiliary of Los Alamos is sponsoring a Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair to raise money for donations to needy families, a Santa Fe soup kitchen and a state orphanage.
The fair is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Knights of Columbus Hall. There are a variety of vendors signed up with many different items to sell.
This will be a great opportunity for some additional Christmas shopping. The Ladies Auxiliary will also have a hot breakfast and lunch available for all the hungry shoppers.
The Ladies Auxiliary is a charitable and social organization of Catholic Read More
Elks, American Legion and VFW Serve Community Thanksgiving Meal
The Los Alamos Elks in conjunction with the American Legion and VFW treated community members to a traditional Thanksgiving meal Thursday at the Elks Lodge, 1601 Trinity Dr. The meal was served free of charge and has rotated between the three organizations annually for at least 20 years. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com Read More
What I’m Thankful For This Year
Column By TOM GARRISON
Each November I compose and send to relatives and friends a “Thanksgiving Thankful List” for the preceding year.
My wife Deb and I enjoy our life in red rock southern Utah and have many things for which we are thankful. We hope sharing them brings a smile and an acknowledgment that even in tough economic times there are things for which to be grateful. Below is the 2013 list.
- We are thankful for the invention of the non-kinking garden hose. (After considerable Internet research, I could not pin down the inventor. Even that font of online knowledge, Wikipedia, did not have an entry.)
Former CIA Agent Speaks at Fuller Lodge Dec. 8
Former CIA agent Valerie Plame speaks at 2 p.m., Dec. 8 at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Norah Levine
MPL News:
Mesa Public Library’s Authors Speak Series presents Valerie Plame Wilson and Sarah Lovett, authors of Blowback, at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 at Fuller Lodge.
Plame is known widely as the main character in the real-life drama of a CIA covert operative whose cover was exposed by several members of the Bush Administration in 2003, effectively ending her career as an undercover agent. Author of the New York Times bestseller, Fair Game, which told the shocking story of the events leading up to her Read More
Help Your Community … Shop Local This Holiday Season
U.S. SENATE News:
- Udall Cosponsors “Small Business Saturday” resolution in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall issued the following statement announcing his cosponsorship of a resolution to designate Nov. 30, 2013, as “Small Business Saturday” and to increase awareness of the importance of locally owned small businesses. On Saturday, Udall will visit Albuquerque small businesses to talk to owners and shoppers about the important role small business plays in our economy.
“Small businesses have been the economic foundation of communities across America Read More