Fall / Winter County Field Users Meeting
COUNTY News:
The annual Fall and Winter County Field Users Meeting is set for 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., June 26 at the Aquatic Center Training Room, 2760 Canyon Road.
Anyone interested in reserving a County field should bring their schedule requests and liability of insurance documents to the meeting. Those individuals unable to attend should designate someone in their place as requests will be granted with first priority going to those individuals who attend the meeting.
Direct questions to Kim Trujillo at 662-8173.
Food on the Hill: Reindeer Balls
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comBring first set of ingredients to boil for 2 minutes.
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comTake off heat and add second set, mix well.
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comShape into balls and roll in coconut. Keep in Read More
Emily Silks Presents Senior Recital Wednesday
Emily Silks. Courtesy photo
SENIOR RECITAL News:
Emily Silks will present her Senior Music Recital at 7 p.m. Wednesday June 5 in Kelly Hall at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church.
Silks will perform on marimba, piano, drum set, cajon, djembe and other assorted percussion instruments. The program will include music ranging from Bach to the Beatles.
She will perform alongside her teachers Joe Cox and Steve Iliff as well as friends Nate Hall and Kile Uhlenbrock. Her brother Andrew will join her on acoustic and electric guitar and her mother Valerie will play a piano duet with her. Silks will also Read More
FBI Seeking Information in Kidnapping of U.S. Citizen
FBI News:
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS—Armando Fernandez, Special Agent in Charge of the San Antonio Division of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), whose territory includes Brownsville, Texas, announced that the FBI is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the person(s) responsible for the kidnapping of Armando Torres, III in La Barranca, Tamaulipas, Mexico May 14, 2013.
As reported in the national and international news services, the FBI and Mexican law enforcement agencies have been investigating the May 14, 2013 kidnapping in La Barranca, Tamaulipas, Mexico, of U.S. citizen Read More
Diabetes Support Group Will Discuss Eye Care
LACES News:
Eye care is especially important for people with diabetes. People with diabetes are at an increased risk of developing eye complications from the disease. In fact, diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in adults age 20 to 74.
Learn what precautions you can take to help reduce your risk of developing eye problems. Dr. Angela R. Bratton from Eye Associates will be the featured speaker at the monthly Diabetes Support Group meeting. The group meets at 5:30-7 p.m. Monday, June 10 in the Nambe Room at Fuller Lodge. The group meets the second Monday of each month.
It is open to anyone who Read More
Animal Shelter Seeks Owner of Lost Cat
Thompson Ridge Fire: June 3 Evening Update
Smoke-filled sky from the Thompson Ridge Fire looking west from Los Alamos. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
NMSFW News:
Acres: 3,229; Start date: May 31, 2013; Cause: Under Investigation; Location: 10 miles north of Jemez; Containment: 5 percent; Fuels: Mixed conifer and Ponderosa pine; Terrain: Steep, rugged; Resources: 14 crews, 32 engines, 4 water tenders, 2 dozers; Total personnel: 591 Available air support: 5 helicopters.
Summary: Today like yesterday, weather was the fire story. The winds on the fire were much stronger; 15-20 mph with gusts up to 30. Our temperatures increased Read More
2013 USA Basketball Men’s World University Games Team Training Camp To Feature 29 Collegians
Lobo Alex Kirk of Los Alamos has been chosen to attend the 2013 USA Basketball Men’s World University Games Team training camp June 24-30. Courtesy photo
SPORTS News:
COLORADO SPRINGS – Including three players with prior USA Basketball national team experience and 29 collegiate athletes overall, USA Basketball Monday announced the roster for the 2013 USA Basketball Men’s World University Games Team training camp, which will take place June 24-30 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
The USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team Committee issued the invitations.
Battling Back From Adversity
Marion Loope. Courtesy photoSometimes life throws people into such difficult circumstances that it can take years of struggle for them to recover.
In 2008, Marion Loope of Los Alamos was just a week away from college finals when she became ill, wound up in the hospital and nearly died – twice.
At the time, the 25-year-old had just graduated from paramedic school and was pursuing her dream to become an emergency room doctor. She was two semesters away from graduation when her world flipped out of control.
“I Read More
LANB’s Annual ‘Summer at the Movies’ Free for Kids Starts Today
LANB News:
Summer at the Movies
Los Alamos National Bank is once again sponsoring its annual “Summer at the Movies” at the Los Alamos Reel Deal Movie Theater.
Free movies will be playing every Monday, Wednesday and Friday this summer starting today, June 3 and running to July 26.
Doors and arcade open at 9:30 a.m. and movies start at 10 a.m. No ticket is required so get to the Reel Deal early to be sure to get a seat! Today’s movie was Kung Fu Panda. Movies are subject to change. For a list of upcoming movies, visit https:////www.lanb.com/Summer-at-the-Movies.aspx
Thompson Ridge; Tres Lagunas Fire Updates – Morning of June 3
Thompson Ridge Fire approximately a half-mile from homes this weekend as firefighters battle the blaze with buckets of slurry dropped from the air. Photo by Ron Brown
Thompson Ridge Fire at 1:22 p.m., June 1. Photo by Ron Brown
Thompson Ridge Fire at 5:45 p.m., May 31. Photo by Ron Brown
Thompson Ridge Fire at 9 p.m., June 2 approximately a half-mile from homes. Photo by Ron Brown
Staff Report
THOMPSON RIDGE FIRE UPDATE
June 3, 2013 9 a.m.
Acres: 2,229
Start date: May 31, 2013
Cause: Under Investigation
Location: 10 miles north of Jemez
Containment: 5 percent
Fuels: Mixed conifer and Ponderosa pine Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: May 23–May 29, 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.
May 23 at 9:26 a.m. / Los Alamos Public Schools reported that someone sprayed graffiti at Los Alamos High School, 1300 Diamond Dr. The estimated loss is less than $1,000.
May 23 at 10 a.m. / Los Alamos Police charged a 16-year-old Los Alamos boy with spraying graffiti at Los Alamos High School. He was referred to the juvenile probation officer.
May 24 at 10:08 a.m. / A 57-year-old Los Alamos man in Read More
Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Getting Underway
Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
FortCrowd Packs Thompson Ridge Fire Meeting
A crowd packed Sunday’s public meeting in the Cerro de los Pinos Volunteer Fire Department regarding the Thompson Ridge Fire. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Gov. Susana Martinez describes what she saw while touring the Thompson Ridge Fire by helicopter. Firefighters on the southern and western perimeter of the fire worked to secure the line at the heel of the fire and protect structures on private land at the west side of the fire, according to an Arizona Central West Zone Incident Management Team press release. The press release also indicated that burnout operationsGraduation DVDs Available at PAC 8
LAHS 2013 Graudation. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
PAC 8 News:
DVDs of the 2013 Los Alamos High School Graduation are available to purchase from PAC 8 for $20 each.
Call PAC 8 at 505-662-7228, email pac8@losalamos.com or stop by the studio at 475 20th St., (north side of the Community Building, right off Central Avenue) in downtown Los Alamos.
Yang: Let’s Have More Meat Before Worrying About Branding, Shall We?
Let’s Have More Meat Before Worrying About Branding, Shall We? I have a natural aversion to branding, for its original meaning as well as a marketing ploy.
I get highly suspicious whenever I hear the term being bandied about. I will never give up the ideal that one should always develop and recognize the substance first before using marketing strategies as shortcuts to shore up product position, name recognition, or making profits.
If an entity, an organization, a town, or a circus, “thinks” it has a good product but is not sure how to present it or position it, shouldn’t the entity Read More
Solo Traveler: Pueblo Magico Comitán de Domíngues
Solo TravelerPueblo Magico Comitán de Domíngues
The Mexican Tourism Board has given the designation Pueblo Magico to a number of cities around the country.
It is an honor indicating a place of exceptional beauty, historical significance, and tourist opportunities that provide a “magical” experience.
Most of them are colonial cities, built during the first 150 years of Spanish occupation. Some, like San Cristóbal de las Casas and Comitán de Domíngues in Chiapas, were founded a mere 50 years after Cortes invaded Mexico.
Comitán is lower in altitude than Read More
Sign Up for Eighth Grade Trip to Washington, D.C.
Students chosen to lay wreath at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery during the 2013 Eighth Grade Trip to Washington D.C. were Samantha Miller, Rico Zerr, Matthew Salmon and Madelyn Lavy. Courtesy photoStaff Report
It’s time to sign up for the annual eighth grade spring break trip to Washington, D.C. This trip is available to Los Alamos Middle School and home schooled 8th grade students.
The trip is a private trip and not a school-sponsored trip. Sign up online at www.worldstrides.org using ID Number 94821 or call 1-800-468-5899 using the same ID Number.
The trip Read More
Updates on Thompson Ridge, Tres Lagunas and Calf Fires
Panoramic view of the Thompson Ridge Fire taken at 3:30 p.m. today east of Redondo. Photo by Brian McCool
Helicopters get water from Fenton Lake at 3 p.m. today. Photo by Brian McCool
Staff Report
- Time/Date Reported: May 31, 2013, 2:40 p.m.
- Location: 8 miles northeast of Jemez Springs near La Cueva
- Legal Description: T19N, R3E, Sec 9
- Cause: Human, downed power line
- Fuels: Grass, Ponderosa Pine, Brush, Mixed Conifer
- Size: Approximately 1,200 acres
- Percent Contained: 0
- Resources Committed: 4 Type 1 Interagency Hotshot Crews, 1 Type 1 Helicopters, 1 Type 3 Helicopter, 9 engines
Letter to the Editor: Let’s Collect Items for Firefighters
By LAURA JOHNSTONE
My name is Laura (Trask) Johnstone and my family has owned a cabin and land in the Pecos for more than 60 years and through four generations.
My grandfather, Wesley Trask, worked at the lab beginning in 1947 and our family has been tied to Los Alamos since. My parents, grandmother, brother and wife, my husband and two girls and I reside here today.
The Pecos Wilderness has always been coveted because of its pristine and rugged beauty. My dad and grandfather built our cabin (my grandfather was great at acquiring discarded supplies needed here in town) and it has been a family treasure Read More