County Hosts Recycled Fashion Workshops & Trash Fashion Show
COUNTY News:
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By Tom Nagawiecki
County Environmental Services Specialist
Nancy Judd, an internationally recognized artist and educator known for creating couture fashion from trash, will host two free recycled fashion workshops in Los Alamos. These workshops will help participants in The Next Big Idea’s Trash Fashion Contest design and prepare garments for Los Alamos’ first Trash Fashion Contest.
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The first workshop, which is geared to people new to sewing and design, will be 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25. A second advanced workshop will be 1-5:30 Read More
9th Street Road Work Underway
There’s a lot of road work underway on 9th Street near Canyon Road this week. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Facebook Reportedly Has Millions of Fake Accounts
BBC correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones says suspected fake profiles have prompted some marketers to become wary of Facebook adverts. Courtesy/NT
News Technology:
Facebook has said it believes there are now more than 83 million illegitimate accounts on the social network.
In company filings published this week, it said 8.7 percent of its 955 million active accounts broke its rules.
Duplicate profiles – belonging to already registered users – made up 4.8 percent of its membership figure.
User-misclassified accounts amounted to 2.4 percent – including personal profiles Read More
Update: Get Tickets Ahead for High Tea and a Fashion Show!
TRINITY ON THE HILL News:
Local ladies enjoy a delicious spread. Photo by T.K. Thompson/ladailypost.com.
TOTH News:
Purchasing tickets in advance is strongly encouraged for the High Tea and Fashion Show because this event has sold out the last two years.
The House of Hope ladies’ mission team and the co-ed Trinity Builders team warmly invite the community to join them again this year for a sumptuous tea, followed by a stylish fashion show.
The afternoon’s activities are intended to raise funds for house-building mission trips to Juárez, Mexico.
Smiling faces, beautiful shoes and clothes at Read More
Flash Flood Warning Issued
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Los Alamos County until 3 p.m. Aug 3. Avoid flood areas. Read More
Bobby Keys and the Attitudes Gave a Rockin Show
A large crowd gathers for the Bobby Keys and the Attitudes concert sponsored by the Los Alamos National Bank last Friday, July 27. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Concert promoter Russ Gordon, right, with Singer Julie Stewart of The Attitudes. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos National Bank employees, from left, Eden Weinbrecht, Corrie Hanavan, Jennifer Corpion and Amy Armstrong. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Andrea Palounek (left) and Charles Langley take a moment to enjoy the mobiles handed out by LANB. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com Read More
LANL Family Day Delivers Tons of Fun
Ronnie Bell sings the national anthem at the 2012 LANL Employee Picnic at Overlook Park Saturday, July 28. LANL Director Charlie McMillan stands with his hand over his heart at left. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Fun was to be had for all who attended the 2012 LANL Employee Picnic. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Players get ready to toss bean bags as part of the fun during the 2012 LANL Employee Picnic. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Flavored syrups were flowing as Sno-Cones were handed out all day at the 2012 LANL Employee Picnic. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com Read More
Will Our Grandchildren Live as Well in Los Alamos?
Column by Robert Gibson
Los Alamos is an extraordinary community. Our quality of life is among the very best in the nation.
A major component of that quality is our economic wealth, also at the top. Why are we so fortunate? Can future generations enjoy a similar, or better, life here?
Los Alamos is a unique combination of world-renowned science, small town atmosphere, and beautiful natural environment.
That formula is not for everyone, but it works for most of us.
The root of our good fortune is the concentration of challenging, important, rewarding work at the Laboratory. Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Council Vice Chair Ron Selvage Resigns
Los Alamos County Council Vice Chair Ron Selvage seen here speaking with Chair Sharon Stover during a May 8 Council meeting has resigned his post effective immediately. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Council Vice Chair Ron Selvage submitted a letter of resignation to Council Chair Sharon Stover Thursday evening.
The County is in the process of adding an agenda item to its Tuesday, Aug. 7 agenda for County Council to discuss the vacancy and how to proceed.
Selvage’s resignation comes on the heels of his apology published in the Los Alamos Daily Post Read More
New Mexico Municipal League Chief Appears Sunday on Report From Santa Fe
Executive Director Bill Fulginiti of the New Mexico Municipal League with host Lorene Mills of Report From Santa Fe. Courtesy Photo
This week’s guest on Report From Santa Fe is Bill Fulginiti, Executive Director of the New Mexico Municipal League. Fulginiti serves as the Vice Chair of the New Mexico Finance Authority and the Water Trust Board.
Recipient of the Governor’s Distinguished Public Service Award and the New Mexico Distinguished Public Administration Award, Fulginiti’s public service experience also extends nationally with his two terms on the Board of the powerful Read More
Full Moon and Lightning Brighten Stormy Sky
A full moon and lightning illuminating the sky over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains was captured on camera during an evening walk along the Canyon Rim Trail across from the Los Alamos Cooperative Market Thursday. Photo by Karen Kendall Read More
Lone Ranger Movie Shoots Scenes at Valles Caldera
The Lone Ranger film set stretches along the main road into the Valles Caldera Preserve Thursday. The visitor center is off the picture to the right. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
A mock Indian Village, complete with Teepees is barely visible in the History Grove of Ponderosa Pines on the far side of the Valles Grande. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
Johnny Depp as Tonto. Tweet photo
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer tweeted the first official picture of Disney’s The Lone Ranger.
The Lone Ranger’s struggles have been well documented: after shuffling from studio to studio Read More
Tony Chan Brings Home Senior Olympic Gold
Tony Chan of the Los Alamos Rotary Club with the Gold and Silver medals he won at the Senior Olympics in Las Cruces during two gruling days of table tennis competitions. Chan won the gold in mens doubles and the silver in mens singles. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Dave Jones, steward of The Hive presented a talk to the Los Alamos Rotary Club gathered Tuesday at the Dixie Girl about the unique facility he operates in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Santa Fe CEO John R. Rice, left, speaks with Dave Jones of The Hive in White Rock following Jone’s Read More
GOP Taps Steve Girrens to Fill Council Candidate Vacancy!
The GOP’s newly appointed County Council candidate Steven Girrens, center, discusses local issues this evening at the Republican Headquarters, 1362 Trinity Dr., as Treasurer Norma Tech and GOP Chair Jordan Redmond look on. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
By Carol A. Clark
The Los Alamos County Republican Party Central Committee unanimously appointed Republican Steven Girrens this evening to fill the County Council candidate vacancy left when Roger Waterman withdrew from the race July 23 due to business and professional issues.
“We are very sorry that Roger had Read More
Letter to the Editor: Open Letter from a Son of Los Alamos
My name is Chris Balibrera and I am a son of Los Alamos.
I’m writing because I started a hunger strike July 16 in Los Alamos, the intention of which is to open a conversation about the possibility of transforming LANL into a beacon of hope and inspiration for the rest of the world.
I grew up here, from ’67 to ’81. My father, Mario, was then a film documentarian for the Lab and we had famous physicists over for dinner quite regularly. (Teller once said to me in his thick Hungarian accent, “Ze only prohblem wit soccer iz, zere iz only one ball.”)
By the age of 8, I knew what the Atomic Age was and knew Los Alamos had Read More
Spectacular Clouds Form During Monsoon Season
Interesting cloud formations hover above Los Alamos Wednesday. Photo by Leland S. Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Leland S. Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Leland S. Lehman/ladailypost.com Read More
Shamrock Gas Station Reduced to Pile of Rubble
The former Shamrock Gas Station on Trinity Drive near Knecht Street is being demolished to make way for a modern Smith’s Gas Station. Photo by Leland S. Lehman/ladailypost.com Read More
Myrtle Street Curb and Sidewalk Replacement Underway
With the completion of the 15th Street road project, work shifted Wednesday to the Myrtle Street curb and sidewalk replacement project. Photo by Leland S. Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Leland S. Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Leland S. Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Leland S. Lehman/ladailypost.com Read More
Suzette Fox of Los Alamos MainStreet Presents Talk at Statewide Conference in Clayton
Los Alamos MainStreet Manager Suzette Fox addresses a gathering of New Mexico MainStreet members at a statewide conference this morning in Clayton. Photo by Kevin Holsapple Read More
Local Swim Team Hits Both Coasts this Summer
CAQ long-course state champions, top row from left, Kaan Unal, Connor Schultz, Maria Venneri, Sarah Lott and Sam Harris, middle row from left, Coach Beverly Leasure and Isabelle Runde and bottom row from left, Radhika Iyer, Takuma Shiina and Sara Shiina. Photo by Wendy Lott
By Wendy Lott
Qualifying swimmers from the Charger Aquatics team here in Los Alamos arrived in California Wednesday to compete in the 2012 Senior Zone Championship meet that begins today, Aug. 2, and runs through Sunday, Aug. 5.
Map of Western Region states. Courtesy
Maria Venneri, 15, Sam Harris, 16, Connor Schultz, Read More