Sustainability Tip: Recycle Glass to Take Green Step Forward
Weekly Sustainability Tip:
Recycle Your Glass to Take a Green Step Forward in Your Household
Participate in the local glass drop-off recycling program by collecting your glass at home and dropping it off at one of the four yellow dumpsters located around town at Sullivan Field, the Co-op, Overlook Park Convenience Center, or the Eco Station.
Remember glass bottles and jars only, any color. All of the glass recycled is pulverized at the Eco Station creating small pebbles known as glass cullet. Glass cullet is given away for free at the Eco Station to County residents and can be used for landscaping Read More
Get a Taste of New Mexico at Next Authors Speak
Cookbook authors Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison will be in Los Alamos for an Authors Speak event Aug. 22. Courtesy photoMPL News:
Mesa Public Library’s Authors Speak Series presents a mouth-watering evening with award winning cookbook authors, Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison. The event will take place at 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 22 in the Upstairs Rotunda at Mesa Public Library.
This time of year, a trip to the local Farmers’ Market or Los Alamos Coop reveals the best of local crops, the very freshest and best ingredients for these one hundred wonderful recipes compiled in the Jamisons’ Read More
Aquatomics Swimmers Head to Western Zone
Max Corliss and Alana Goodwin of the Los Alamos Aquatomics will represent New Mexico at the USA Swimming Western Zone Age-Group Championships. Courtesy photoLAA News:
Two Los Alamos Aquatomics swimmers have been selected to represent New Mexico Swimming at the USA Swimming Western Zone Age-Group Championships Aug. 7-10 in Roseville, Calif.
Swimmers from California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana will compete.
The Aquatomics swimmers are a part of the New Mexico delegation of 46 swimmers statewide who have qualified to swim in this Read More
Have You Seen a Cockatiel?
LOST PET:
The owner is looking for an escaped cockatiel. The bird was last seen on Barranca Mesa near the elementary school.
The cockatiel has a gray and white body with a yellow head and orange cheeks.
If you see this cockatiel, contact Bill Sellyey at 661-2574. Read More
Heinrich Includes Amendment Expanding Tech Development
Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tuesday, July 30, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, successfully included an amendment to S. 1317, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Reauthorization Act of 2013, to expand the development and testing of new space technologies within NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program.
The NASA Reauthorization Act of 2013, including Sen. Heinrich’s amendment, passed the committee and can now go to the Read More
UNM-LA Hosts 120 Students in Summer Program
Laura Swartz, certified handler from the Raptor Center of Santa Fe, shows off a Great Horned Owl during the Summer Program for Youth at UNM-LA. Photo by Vint MillerThe UNM-LA campus has been abuzz with students from grades one through 12, participating in the Summer Program for Youth, which ran July 29 through Aug. 1.
The program, now in its 25th year, provides exciting, hands-on, activity-based learning sessions focusing on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM.)
The eight classes offered included the study of rocks, coding, animals, movie-making Read More
Letter to the Editor: ‘Not-Back-to-School’ Breakfast
Retirees to Meet at Not-Back-to-School Breakfast If you live in the Western Area, you’ve heard the High School Band back at work, and should you try to drive through the Middle School parking lot to see the new building, oops, you can’t – new portables are being moved in. This part of the summer must be getting us ready for Back to School.
Los Alamos Public School Retired Employees are invited to the organization’s only yearly meeting at the Not-Back-to-School Breakfast Wednesday, Aug. 14. Breakfast is at 9:30 a.m. and will be held at Kelly Hall of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Read More
Veterans to Work on Movie and TV Productions
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE – Gov. Susana Martinez announced the formation of a pilot program to put military veterans to work on movie and TV productions in New Mexico.
The veterans movie production pilot program is a multi-state agency partnership, which aims to increase the hiring and training of military veterans for productions by movie studios and television production companies in New Mexico.
Martinez announced the new program, “Operation: Soundstage,” Aug. 1 before a crowd of veterans and National Guard members at the New Mexico National Guard Armory in Read More
UNM-LA Special Election Town Hall Wednesday
UNM-LA News:
The staff and faculty of the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA), invite the community to attend a Town Hall meeting 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7 at the White Rock Baptist Church sanctuary, 80 N.M. 4 in White Rock.
The Town Hall meeting will give the community an opportunity to learn more about the upcoming special election being put before the voters Sept. 17.
The meeting will start with a brief presentation by UNM-LA Dean of Instruction Dr. Cynthia Rooney, highlighting the reasons why passage of the mil levy is critical to UNM-LA.
A Town Hall question and answer session will Read More
Letter to the Editor: Brief Response to ‘Weak Correlation Between CO2 and Temperature …’
By Stephen Price and Charles KellerWe have responded briefly to the writer’s comments, which are in quotes, and written additional comments of our own. We are happy to provide scientific journal citations to support any of our statements made below.
“A weak short-term correlation between CO2 and temperature proves nothing about causation. Proponents of the notion that increases in the air’s CO2 content lead to global warming point to the past century’s weak correlation between atmospheric CO2 concentration and global air temperature as proof of their contention.”
Revised Completion for Ashley Pond is November
The waterfall stairs and landing have been formed and concrete will soon be poured at Ashley Pond. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
The new pond liner has been installed at Ashey Pond. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.comWork continues on improvements to Ashley Pond Park.
The area around Ashley Pond has been fine graded and the pond liner (30 mil geomembrane) has been installed. The contractor is completing the shotcrete process and placement of cobble stone over the pond liner around the perimeter of the pond.
The waterfall stairs and landing have been Read More
Archerd Eli Youngblood April 25, 1926–July 31, 2013
ARCHERD ELI YOUNGBLOOD April 25, 1926–July 31, 2013
Archerd Eli Youngblood, 87, a resident of Los Alamos and formerly of Palmer Township and Hellertown, Pa., passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Santa Fe. Archerd was born April 25, 1926, in Evansville, Ind., and was the son of the late Leland Masters Youngblood and Nina Archerd.
On Sept. 10, 2009, Archerd and his late wife Atea Greco Youngblood celebrated 60 years of marriage. After his wife passed away, he moved to Los Alamos where he met his second wife, Marjorie Orth, whom he married Sept. 24, 2011. Archerd retired
Gulfstream G550 Jets Land at Los Alamos Airport
These two Gulfstream G550 jets were spotted parked at Los Alamos County Airport most of the day Friday and taking off around 5:15 p.m. Both planes are registered to Chevron USA. Photo by Jeff Humpton
Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Jeff Humpton
Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Iris Sale and Auction Saturday
SFIS News:
The Santa Fe Iris Society will hold its annual Iris Sale 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 3, at the DeVargas Mall (N. Guadalupe and Paseo de Peralta) in Santa Fe (inside between the movie theater and the fountain.)
At 10:30 a.m., there will be an Iris Auction with newer irises (introduced in 2011.) All the irises are grown by the members of the Santa Fe Iris Society so they do well in Northern New Mexico. Read More
Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: Aug. 2
Sponsored by www.fyila.com
Los Alamos Summer Concert Series presents Guy Forsyth 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2 at Del Norte Credit Union
Summer Art Camp Showcase Reception 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 at Fuller Lodge Art Center
A celebration of the art work created during the Best Six Weeks of Summer Art Camp 2013.
Plein Air with Monika Kaden 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 at PEEC (3540 Orange St.)
Acrylic PLAIN AIR Workshop We don’t need to be somewhere far away or exotic, we’re having everything in walking distance in front of us: the very unique Los Alamos landscape. Let’s take advantage Read More
Laboratory Retiree Group Meets Tuesday
LRG News:
The Laboratory Retiree Group’s first Tuesday monthly get together is at a new time and place.
The group will meet 8-10 a.m. at the Coffee Booth across from Smith’s in Mari Mac Plaza.
The Laboratory Retiree Group is a 501 (c)(4) organization of LANL retirees. For more information, click here. Read More
Governor Issues State of Emergency Due to Storms and Flooding
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
SANTA FE – Gov. Susana Martinez has issued an executive order declaring an emergency throughout New Mexico due to the severe storms and flooding across the state in July.
Executive Order 2013-029 was signed by the Governor July 30 and the state of emergency will continue until the day the Governor’s authorized representative determines the end of the emergency period.
The Governor has directed the Department of Finance and Administration to make available emergency financial resources in an amount not to exceed $500,000 to the Department of Read More
Solo Traveler: Guides
Solo Traveler: GuidesIn most areas of the world, tour companies provide both a good driver and a tour guide for each busload of passengers.
While most of the drivers are excellent, the tour guides can be great, mediocre or just plain charlatans.
I went on a tour in 1985 from Delhi to the Taj Mahal. The guide was a young lady who spoke heavily accented English, very fast. I had read several books to get an idea what we would be seeing and knew a lot about the history of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. The guide got dates and even names incorrect and seemed to make up answers when people Read More
Hive Holds Second Mini-Sumo Robot Competition
Victor Popa-Simil, left, with ‘Little Jimmy’ takes on Allan Saenz with ‘El Matador’ last month at the Hive’s first Mini-Sumo Robot Competition. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
HIVE News:
The Hive will hold its second Mini-Sumo Robot Competition Saturday, Aug. 10 at the Hive, 134 N.M. 4 in White Rock.
Contest rules are available at https:////www.robotroom.com/SumoRules.html. Robots may be purchased or built by the contestant. The Competition is open to all mini-sumos that meet the size and weight limits.
“We had seven entries in our first Read More
Child Support Amnesty/Bench Warrant Program Announced
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
SANTA FE–Gov. Susana Martinez has proclaimed August 2013 Child Support Awareness Month to salute all New Mexico parents who support their children and to encourage all New Mexicans to work together to foster a better understanding of the importance of fulfilling financial responsibilities to New Mexico children.
“New Mexico’s children deserve to have the support of both parents, emotionally and financially,” Martinez said. “When both parents are involved with their child, that child is more likely to be successful in school, with their fellow-students, Read More