Los Alamos National Bank Celebrates 50 Year Anniversary
LANB News:
Los Alamos National Bank Celebrates its 50 Year Anniversary
- LANB was opened in 1963 by group of local investors.
WHAT: Celebration to include sweepstakes, gifts and refreshments at all offices.
Members of the community are invited to help LANB celebrate 50 years of creating a better way. Los Alamos National Bank was established in June 1963 by a group of local investors who saw the need for a convenient, full-service community bank. Now one of the largest and strongest banks in the state, LANB has more than 360 employees and offices in Los Alamos, White Rock, Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Read More
Rotary 4th Grader Event Raises Funds for Kids
Children gather to hear a trivia question at the recent “Are You Smarter Than a 4th Grader’ fundraiser at Dixie Girl. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Rotary Projects Chair Skip King auctions items during the STARS fundraiser June 2 at the Dixie Girl with assistance from Rotarian Tom Nagawiecki. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Laura Loy, left, of STARS presents Rotary President Linda Hull with a check from the ‘Are You Smarter Than a 4th Grader’ June 2 fundraiser during Tuesday’s Rotary Club lunch meeting. The money will be used to send local Read More
N.M. 4 Road Closure Update
VCNP News:
N.M. 4 is closed from New Mexico Highway 126 to New Mexico Highway 501.
There will be no deliveries from USPS, FedEx and UPS during this closure.
Only full time residents of Cochiti Mesa and properties accessed from Forest Road 268 and Forest Road 289 will be able to go to and from their properties along N.M. 4 to Highway 501.
Only full time residents of Sierra los Pinos and properties accessed from Forest Road 10 will be able to go to and from their properties along N.M. 4 to SR 126. They will not be able to proceed east on N.M. 4. Any residents of these areas should be prepared to display Read More
Summer Family Evenings Rock On at PEEC
Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
PEEC’s popular Summer Family Evenings series is beginning again at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 11 with the Los Alamos Geological Society.
These events will continue every Tuesday evening in June and July. All the Summer Family Evenings are free to PEEC members. Other families pay $5 per family at the door.
The Los Alamos Geological Society will bring lots of rocks from our area and will share information about how those rocks where formed, where they can be found, and why New Mexico is such a great place to live if you love rocks and geology.
The Los Alamos Geological Society Read More
Cone Zone: Week of June 10
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.
Eastern Area 2 Concrete, Paving & Utility Project– Phase 2:
RMCI continues to use a 15-passenger van to transport pedestrians through the Canyon Road construction site. The van circulates every 5 to 7 minutes while RMCI is working, typically 7 a.m. to 5-7 p.m. depending on the job activity, Monday through Saturday (RMCI Read More
N.M. 4 Closed at SR 126 to SR 501 Junction
Smoke from the Thompson Ridge Fire visible driving west from Pojoaque early Saturday evening. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comAcres: 20,687; Start date: May 31, 2013; Cause: Downed powerline; Location: Valles Caldera National Preserve; Containment: 40 percent; Fuels: Mixed conifer and Ponderosa pine; Terrain: Steep, rugged; Resources: 21 crews, 52 engines, 35 water tenders, 2 dozers; Total personnel: 1,023 and Available air support: 3 air tankers, 6 helicopters.
Summary: Fire intensity increased significantly along Read More
SFI Seminar: The Slum as Organism
SFI Seminar
Monday, June 10, 2013 • 12:15 p.m. • Collins Conference Room, Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe.
Jan Nijman Director, Center for Urban Studies, University of Amsterdam
The Slum as Organism
Abstract: Urban slums have proliferated throughout the developing world in cities of the so-called global south. In Mumbai, India, over half of the population of 12 million is now said to live in slums, a greater number in absolute and relative terms than ever before, despite a range of successive policies aimed at slum eradication or rehabilitation. Why do slums emerge and why Read More
Underground Work Continues Along 15th and Canyon
Water mains and utility conduit are installed along 15th Street and Canyon Road as work continued last week. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com 
Utility vaults. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com 
Vault interior. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com LANL: New Phase Of Matter Discovered In Superconducting Material
Arkady Shekhter setting up the resonant ultrasound measurement in a flow cryostat. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Researchers probe ‘pseudogap’ phase boundary, solve decades-old mystery
Tiny crystals, probed with a device called a resonant ultrasound spectrometer, are helping solve the long-time mystery of “pseudogap behavior” in copper oxide superconductors.
Described by an international team including Los Alamos scientists in this week’s Nature magazine, the research explored a compelling question in superconductivity, that of the strange metallic behavior of copper oxide (cuprate) Read More
Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Final Three Finalists Display Their Talents
Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano CompetitionThe weather in Fort Worth has been one of many very pleasant surprises during the Cliburn Competition. The oppressive heat and humidity one expects at this time of year have been blessedly absent.
The Bass Performance Hall, however, maintains the arctic chill typical of every interior space in the city. No wonder the Cliburn’s back stage “mom” keeps a heating pad on hand, reportedly clutched like a teddy bear by the competitors before each performance.
The youngest Read More
Moscow Hosts International Drug Enforcement Conference
DEA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Government of Russia, in cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), presided over the 30th Annual International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC) June 5-7.
The conference brought together high-level drug law enforcement officials from more than 100 countries throughout the world. IDEC typically focuses on issues such as global drug trafficking organizations, precursor chemical control, the nexus between drugs and terrorism, financial facilitators, demand reduction, and intelligence sharing across multi-national law Read More
Summer Driving Tips For Hot Weather
STATE FARM News:- Check the air conditioning. You may want to have a professional inspect the entire system;
- A service professional should inspect the radiator, pressure cap, belts, and hoses;
- Check the cooling system, and if necessary, get it serviced; and
- Check the air pressure in all
LANL Safety Cinema Website Earns International Recognition
LANL News:
- Supports DOE, Voluntary Protection Program best practices
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s safety video website, Safety Cinema™, won the 2013 Communicator Award from the International Academy of Visual Arts in the education category.
The website also won the International Summit Creative Award in the training category.
Safety Cinema™ is a series of videos, fliers, posters, presentation slides and safety practices that support the well-being of employees at work and at home. The videos provide common-sense technical information in a fun and informal fashion and are designed Read More
Camp Elliott Barker Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Open House
The entrance to Camp Elliot Barker. Courtesy photoGSA News:
Girl Scouts — past or present — and community members are invited noon to 2 p.m. June 15 to Camp Elliott Barker to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the camp.
There will be a ribbon cutting, open house with tours of the property and cake. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event.
Ribbon cutting will take place at 12:15 p.m. at the new entrance off of Westridge Road A second ribbon cutting will take place at 1 p.m. at Hoffman Hall to celebrate the newly renovated facilities and to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the camp. Read More
Older Players Instruct Beginners at Topper Soccer Camp
Courtesy photoKids Can Experience the Four Elements at PEEC
PEEC News:
Beloved children’s librarian Melissa Mackey will teach four special classes at PEEC this summer for kids ages 8-12.
Elements will have sessions on earth, air, fire and water. The classes will be held the second and fourth Wednesdays of June and July from 2-3:30 p.m. and costs $8 or $6.50 for PEEC members.
June 12, the theme will be earth, and kids will get to build their own mud town! Mackey will help kids make mini adobe bricks, and will share stories and information about local mud-house building, both modern and ancient. Then kids can use their bricks to make a house or a whole town.
On June Read More
Detective’s Attorney Calls Los Alamos County’s Lawsuit False and Defamatory
Attorney John W. Day‘Salt and Pepper’ Provides Realistic, Playful Look at Aging
Diane (Helen Rynaski), left, and Karla Eoff (Joyce) share a private moment in a public place. Courtesy photo
The theatre fills for ‘Salt and Pepper’ at the Toolshed Theatre in Dixon Friday night. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comThey say aging is no fun. Los Alamos playwright Robert F. Benjamin’s new play, “Salt and Pepper,” proves that wrong.
The play had its world premiere last night at the Toolshed Theatre in Dixon, the brand new home of the Dixon Community Players.
“Salt and Pepper” is really seven one-acts Read More
Thompson Ridge Fire Estimated Containment Date is June 10
Gov. Susana Martinez
Thompson Ridge Fire Update
The Thompson Ridge Fire started May 31, 2013. It is located on the Valles Caldera National Preserve about two miles northeast of La Cueva.
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez will be in attendance at a public meeting scheduled for the Thompson Ridge Fire at 4 p.m. today, Saturday, June 8. The meeting will be at the Fire Station in Sierra los Pinos, south of N.M. 4 on FR 10. The Arizona Central West Zone team will be present to give an update on the fire.
The fire is in steep rugged terrain and is burning mixed conifer and ponderosa pine. The Arizona Central West Read More
Lunch with a Leader: Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard
Rep. Stephanie G. Richard
LWVLA News:
This month’s League of Women Voters Lunch with a Leader is 11:40 a.m. Thursday June 13 at Mesa Public Library.
Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, D-Los Alamos, Sandoval, Rio Arriba and Santa Fe if the featured speaker. She is a native born New Mexican who grew up in Silver City, attended Columbia as a pre-med student but graduated with a degree in political science. Besides being active in politics, she has taught in several countries, in several states, and in both public and private schools. Richard now teaches 3rd grade in Pojoaque. She lives Read More