Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Meets July 19
The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities will hold its regular business meeting 9-11 a.m., July 19 at the Pueblo of Ohkay Owingeh Conference Center, Highway 68, two miles north of Española.
For more information: https:////regionalcoalition.org. Read More
Thrill of the Grill Cook-Off July 4 at Overlook
School Board Meets July 9 and 11
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos School Board will hold its Regular School Board meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 9 at the Los Alamos High School Speech Theater.
The agenda for the meeting will be posted at the district office, 2075 Trinity Dr., the Thursday before the meeting.
If special accommodations are required, notify the secretary to the superintendent 72 hours before the board meeting at 663-2233.
The Board has scheduled a Special School Board meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday, July 11 at 2075 Trinity Dr., Suite V to discuss the Los Alamos Middle School and Aspen Elementary School construction projects Read More
Final Portable Classroom on the Move
Portable classroom. File photo
LAPS News:
One more of four portables is on the move from Clovis to Los Alamos High School.
Once all portables are staged at LAHS, Los Alamos Public Schools will begin moving them to Aspen Elementary School July 8-9.
These four portables will be the core of the temporary campus at Aspen to allow construction to commence.
LAPS asks the public to bear with this inconvenience while the transport of the portables takes place.
Los Alamos Firefighters Collect Donations for Families of Granite Mountain Hot Shot Crew
LAFD News:
The Los Alamos Fire Department is collecting donations for the families of the 19 firefighters in the Granite Mountain Hot Shot crew who tragically lost their lives Sunday, June 30 in the Yarnell Wildfire in Prescott, Ariz.
The firefighters defended Los Alamos and Los Alamos National Laboratory from the Las Conchas Fire of June 2011, and more recently from the threat of the Thompson Ridge Fire in the Jemez Mountains west of Los Alamos.
Visit the LAFD table at the Fourth of July event at Overlook Park Thursday to sign a banner for the families with your condolences, or to make a contribution. Read More
Letter to the Editor: Young Guns Appreciate Support
Kes Luchini; Josh Smith; Jamie Cull-Host; David Smith; and Kayla Tousley (not pictured.) Courtesy photo
By Los Alamos Young Guns
The Los Alamos Young Guns want to thank the following individuals, businesses and clubs that provided donations of ammunition, baked goods and funding to help us participate in the National Jr. Olympics Shotgun Competition June 15-16 in Colorado Springs:
- Los Alamos Sportsman’s Club
- Mom’s Club
- Los Alamos National Bank
- Melissa Smith
- Robert Sanders
- Connie Nestor
- Eran Rendell
- Maire O’Neill
Your support and generosity helped us more than you will ever know. It was Read More
Trinity Site Groundbreaking Set for July 23
COUNTY News:
The community is invited to a groundbreaking ceremony for the Trinity Site Project.
Smith’s Market Place president and executive team will attend the event set for 2 p.m., July 23 at the project site on Trinity Drive in Los Alamos.
Ellen Morris Bond Will Speak at Lunch with a Leader
Ellen Morris Bond
LWV News:
The League of Women Voters Lunch with a Leader will feature Ellen Morris Bond the executive director of Self Help, Inc. at 11:40 a.m. Thursday, July 11 at Mesa Library. This monthly event is open to the entire community.
Bond graduated from the University of New Mexico with a degree in English and then earned her Master of Science in Community Development from UC Davis.
She has lived in northern New Mexico for 35 years. Currently, she and her husband and daughter live in Pojoaque.
Bond became interested in the non-profit service world while working as a Vista Read More
Los Alamos Farmer’s Market Open July 4
Dispennette: Speed Kills
SPEED KILLSAdd another concern to the reason learning to drive is so risky: Speed kills.
In fact, speeding is a primary culprit in a third of fatal crashes involving teen drivers, according to a new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA). The report was funded through a grant from State Farm®.
“Speeding-Related Fatal Crashes Among Teen Drivers and Opportunities for Reducing the Risks,” authored by Dr. Susan Ferguson, reports that speeding as a contributor in fatal teen driver crashes has inched up over the past decade from 30 percent in Read More
Jake Trujillo Qualifies for Third National High School Finals Rodeo
Jake Trujillo Qualifies for his third National High School Finals Rodeo. Courtesy photo
By JAKE TRUJILLO
I am a graduating senior from Los Alamos High School. This year, I ended up reserve state champion steer wrestler and qualified for my third consecutive National High School Finals Rodeo.
This year we will be traveling to Rock Springs, Wyo. to compete with more than 1,500 contestants from 41 U.S. states, five Canadian Provinces, and Australia. The National High School Finals is the world’s largest rodeo. In addition, I get the chance to compete for a part of the $200,000 total prize
New Mexico Implements Expanded Amber Alert and New Silver Alert Program
STATE News:
SANTA FE – Gov. Susana Martinez has announced the implementation of the expanded Amber Alert parameters and the new Silver Alert Program for New Mexico.
The governor stated that both tools will help law enforcement and case workers keep vulnerable children and seniors safer.
“I have long advocated that we do everything we can to protect an endangered child,” Martinez said. “Before now, Amber Alert statutes required law enforcement to sit on the sidelines when a child was taken by a family member, even when that child was though to be in danger. Now, our state and local police Read More
Food on the Hill: Wilted Spinach Dressing
This Week’s Recipte:
Wilted Spinach Dressing
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comIngredients:
Directions:
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
Fry bacon until crisp. Remove and cool on paper towels. Remove one-half of the bacon grease and discard, Save the fond (bit in the bottom of the pan). Whisk in all other ingredients off the heat until mixed well.Heat until thickened.
Note: Serve hot dressing on a spinach salad with mushrooms, sliced eggs, and crumbled bacon.
Thompson Ridge Fire Declared 100 Percent Contained
BAER Assessment Team sifts through ash from the Thompson Ridge Fire. Courtesy photo
Staff Report
The Thompson Ridge fire was officially declared 100 percent contained last night.
Mop-up and patrol will continue.
While many wildfires cause minimal damage to the land and pose few threats to the land or people downstream, some fires result in damage that requires special efforts to reduce impacts afterwards. Loss of vegetation exposes soil to erosion; water run-off may increase and cause flooding. Soil and rock may move downstream and damage property or fill reservoirs putting community water Read More
IRS Summertime Tax Tips Available Through August
IRS News:
PHOENIX – Even though taxes may not be on your mind, the IRS wants to help you with your 2013 federal tax planning now.
Summer is a good time for you to learn ways to reduce your taxes.
Beginning July 1, the IRS will offer its annual Summertime Tax Tip series of useful information affecting millions of taxpayers. Tax Tip subscribers receive a new Tip via email three times a week during the summer.
IRS Tax Tips are plain language messages that are easy to understand. They often include links to helpful IRS.gov references, IRS YouTube videos and podcasts.
- Sample Tax Tip topics this summer
NM Governor Orders Flags Flown at Half Staff to Honor Arizona’s Fallen Firefighters
STATE News:
Gov. Susana Martinez has ordered that all flags in New Mexico be flown at half-staff from sunrise July 2 to sundown July 5 in honor and mourning of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew Firefighters.
The thoughts and prayers of all New Mexicans go out to the families and friends of these fallen heroes and we honor them for their courageous service, she said.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 2013-026:
WHEREAS, nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew, part of the Prescott Fire Department, lost their lives Sunday, June 30th, 2013, while Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: June 20–June 26, 2013
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
JOHNNIE SANCHEZ
June 20 at 8:24 p.m. / Police arrested Johnnie Sanchez, 35, of Los Alamos in Central Park Square and charged him with possession of drug paraphernalia.
JAMES REAGAN
June 22 at 10:54 a.m. / Police stopped James Reagan, 48, of Los Alamos near West Road and Trinity Drive for speeding and charged him with driving on a suspended or revoked license.
June 23 Read More
Hilltalkers Excel at National Tournament
Members of the Los Alamos High School Hilltalkers. Photo by Margo Batha
Speech and debate awards announced. Photo by Margo Batha
LAPS News:
Seven Los Alamos High School speech and debate students traveled to the National Forensic League National Tournament June 16-21 in Birmingham, Ala.
The group consisted of Daniel Ahrens, Antonia Batha, Sam Baty, Ali Berl, Naftali Burakovsky, Katie Haynes and Jessie Zhao. Margo Batha and Janet Newton, who coach the speech and debate team, stated this was the Hilltalkers “most successful national tournament since 2003.”
Katie Haynes competed in six preliminary Read More
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Artists Fill Fuller Lodge
Santa Fe Opera apprentices Rocky Sellers of Memphis, Tenn., and Kate Tombaugh of Streator, Ill., performed to a stand room crowd at Fuller Lodge Sunday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
The 57th season for the Santa Fe Opera opened Friday, June 28 and two apprentices performed Sunday afternoon to a full house at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos.
Tombaugh recently made her solo debut at New York City’s Carnegie Hall upon winning the Barry Alexander International Vocal Competition.
Luján Addresses Doubling of Student Loan Rates
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District released the following statement today on the doubling of interest rates on federal student loans.
“As of today, the interest rates on all new federal student loans will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, adding thousands of dollars to the cost of a college education for millions of young adults. It is deeply disappointing that Congress has yet to find a solution to this problem that makes college more affordable and does not make it harder for New Mexico’s Read More