Barranca K-Kids Win Second at International Conference
Photo: Barranca K-Kids Winning Float. Courtesy photo
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos First Vice President Don Casperson carried a float made by students from Barranca Mesa Elementary School K-Kids Cub to New Orleans earlier this month.
The float was an entry in a contest for all K-Kids Clubs around the world in support of “Project Eliminate.”
The Los Alamos float took second place at the international convention. First place went to a float from a Kiwanis Club in Malaysia.
The Barranca K-Kids constructed their entry from a standard size shoebox.
Their float depicts the flags of the 34 Read More
Substantial Sewer Rate Increase to be Proposed
Utilities Manager John Arrowsmith. Courtesy/Los Alamos County
The Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities plans to propose and discuss a 35 percent residential sewer rate increase during a joint county council and board of public utilities work session Tuesday night in White Rock.
Utilities Manager John Arrowsmith reports that sewer rates may have been held artificially low in the past.
Costs for maintenance have risen dramatically for Los Alamos’ aging sewer system.
Hear from John Arrowsmith directly in this podcast provided by the Department of Public Utilities, Read More
Bradbury Hosts Entrepreneur Night 5-9 p.m. Today
BRADBURY News:
Entrepreneur’s will be at the Bradbury Science Museum from 5-9 p.m., today to network and share details of their business ventures.
Members of the Los Alamos Entrepreneur’s Network (LAEN) will be out in force.
The event is free and open to the public and part of the museum’s “Friday Nights @ the Museum” in which the Museum remains open until 9 p.m. Fridays during June and July offering different movies, speakers and demos free of charge to the public. Read More
Bingaman Talks About Reducing Forest Fire Threat
In June, Sen. Jeff Bingaman attended the groundbreaking for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Ptoject, which will bring water to more than 250,000 people and create more than 450 jobs through its construction. Courtesy photo
By U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman:
New Mexico has just experienced one of the worst wildfire seasons in the state’s history.
Just weeks into fire season, firefighters were hard at work battling both our largest fire, Whitewater-Baldy, and most destructive fire ever, Little Bear.
With the arrival of monsoon season, we all hope the worst of the fire season is over. Our task now is to Read More
NIST Assists in Solar Stake-Out to Improve Space Weather Forecasts
With the aim of improving forecasts of space weather, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory will peer deep inside the sun, to where the solar magnetic field is generated. It also will keep tabs on how energy is released into the solar atmosphere and how the sun’s output of extreme ultraviolet radiation varies. Courtesy/NASA, Ryan Zuber
NIST News:
The sun is about to undergo unremitting scrutiny. About six times each minute of every hour for at least five years, a soon-to-be launched NASA satellite will measure the sun’s quirky—and sometimes stormy—output of extreme ultraviolet Read More
SFI Lecture: The Paradox of the Plankton Meets Public Health: How do So Many Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Coexist
The Santa Fe Institute presents a talk by Marc Lipsitch, Director, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard University; SFI External Faculty called:
The Paradox of the Plankton Meets Public Health: How do So Many Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Coex
• 12:15 p.m. • Friday, July 20 • Noyce Conference Room
Marc Lipsitch
Abstract: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major human pathogen, responsible for ~800,000 deaths annually and much additional morbidity worldwide.
Conjugate vaccines, introduced in 2000, provide Read More
LAMC Partners with Emergency Medicine Physician Group
Los Alamos Medical Center. Courtesy photo
LAMC News:
Following the completion of an extensive RFP process, which vetted five emergency physician group providers, and with input from members of the Los Alamos Medical Center medical staff, LAMC announced today that they will be partnering with the EmCare Emergency Physicians Group to provide emergency medical care for patients beginning Thursday, Aug. 16.
EmCare is a part of Emergency Medical Services Corporation, the leading provider of emergency medical services in the United States.
EmCare will be following the Read More
Los Alamos Teachers Join Massive Protest in Santa Fe
Los Alamos Federation of School Employees President, Ellen Mills, center, LAFSE Vice President and State AFT Vice President Ryan Ross and LAFSE Treasurer Virginia Kachelmeier joined Colleen Goddard, Addie Jacobson and Karyl Ann Armbruster of Los Alamos and several hundred people from across the state protesting Santa Fe Wednesday against a teacher evaluation proposal in play at the governor’s office. Photo by Karyl Ann Armbruster
By Karyl Ann Armbruster
Hundreds of teachers, instructional assistants, parents, retirees, students, legislators and other community members Read More
Public Invited to Albuquerque & Four Corners Pipes and Drums ‘Practice’ Event July 25
Members of the Albuquerque & Four Corners Pipes and Drums perform at Fuller Lodge. Photo by James E. Rickman
AFCPD News:
The Albuquerque & Four Corners Pipes and Drums will present an outdoor “practice” from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 25 at Urban Park.
The band will play traditional and mystic music of the great Highland bagpipe and drum ensemble. The group first played in 1984 with pipers and drummers from two area bands; today band members are from Los Alamos and Santa Fe. The band is led by piper Anthony Puckett of Los Alamos;
Pipers are Don Machen, Leslie Puckett, Tristan Goodwin, 16 and Read More
Local Monsoon Season Offers Great Cloud Watching
The summer monsoons bring great cloud watching to Northern New Mexico. This scene is a view looking north from White Rock Overlook at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. The grey cloud-like formation hanging down to the left of Black Mesa is actually rain falling and evaporating before it hits the ground, which is called virga. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com Read More
Artists Sought for First Art Market in White Rock July 29
Tom Betts to Share his Bush Pilot Adventures Monday
Bandelier’s Chief Ranger Tom Betts will talk Monday at Mesa Public Library about his life and times as a bush pilot in Alaska. Courtesy photo
MESA PUBLIC LIBRARY News:
Celebrate America’s national treasures with a talk and slide show by Bandelier National Monument’s Chief Ranger Tom Betts about his life and times as a bush pilot in Alaska 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, July 23.
This National Parks Night event is in conjunction with the current exhibit of photographs of national parks in the Mesa Public Library Art Gallery, Enchanted Parks: A Photographic Tale of Life in Our National Parks by Read More
PEEC Selected for National Museum Assessment Program
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center has been selected to participate in the Museum Assessment Program (MAP.)
Through guided self-study and on-site consultation with a museum professional, participation in MAP will empower PEEC to better serve the citizens of Los Alamos by helping it to meet and exceed the highest professional standards of the museum field.
The $4,000 cost of this program will be completely funded through the grant received.
The program is funded by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and throughout its 30 years has been Read More
State Youth Shotgun Competition at Sportsmen’s Club July 28
Young shooter prepares for third annual New Mexico State Youth Shotgun Competition July 28 at the Los Alamos Sportsmen’s Club. Courtesy photo NNSA Awards First NNSA Science and Technology Excellence Award to Michel McCoy from LLNL
NNSA News:
Mike McCoy shows off his NNSA Science and Technology Award to a standing ovation crowd of his peers. Photo by Jacqueline McBride
LIVERMORE, Calif. – Administrator Thomas D’Agostino of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today awarded the first NNSA Science and Technology Excellence Award to Dr. Michel McCoy from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) for his leadership with the Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program.
McCoy serves as the program director for ASC in the Weapons and Complex Integration Principal Directorate at LLNL. McCoy is Read More
NMDOT to Allow Crosses on Jemez Springs Bridges
Following a flurry of media stories earlier this week, the New Mexico Department of Transportation has apparently reversed its decision to block the installation of artistic panels on two bridges in Jemez Springs.
At issue was the fact that the artistic panels contained crosses.
Rep. Jim Hall, R-Los Alamos, Sandoval and Santa Fe counties wrote a letter to New Mexico’s congressional delegation protesting NMDOT’s initial “censoring” of the crosses.
NMDOT sent a brief email to the mayor of Jemez Springs Thursday reversing its decision:
From: <JohnDon.Martinez@dot.gov
Kristy Ortega Tapped to Lead Local United Way
Photo: Kristy Ortega
By Carol A. Clark
Her new role as executive director of United Way feels like coming home for Kristy Ortega. The 30-year-old began working in the heart of the community at 18.
She spent seven years with the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation where she interacted with local businesses, nonprofits and Los Alamos County personnel.
In 2007, Ortega joined the Hilltop House Hotel as marketing and sales director where she coordinated public events.
Ortega left her community oriented career path four years ago to take a job as an operations specialist at Los Alamos Read More
LANL and County Close West Road to Vechicle Traffic
LOS ALAMOS COUNTY News
Because of possible flooding upstream of West Road, LANL and Los Alamos County have decided today that, in the best interest of public safety, beginning Friday, July 20, West Road will be closed to vehicle traffic.
This road closure is expected to extend several weeks until the end of the summer monsoon season.
Residents who live in Western Area will have access to Fairway via Diamond Drive. Access to Pajarito Mountain is unimpeded from Camp May Road off of West Jemez Road (NM 501). Read More
White Rock and Los Alamos Rank High in Income Equality
Of 68 New Mexico cities and towns, White Rock and Los Alamos rank number three and five in terms of the most evenly distributed community incomes in the state.
This is not a surprising result giving the consistent incomes provided by Los Alamos County’s single largest employer, the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The U.S. Census Bureau has put together a database of these rankings for 9,423 U.S. cities, incorporated towns, boroughs, villages and census designated places (CDPs) that have at least 1,000 households.
Artesia ranks as the New Mexico community with the most disparity in income. Read More
Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: July 20, 2012
Los Alamos Daily Post Publisher Carol A. Clark and Webmaster/Reporter Greg Kendall. Photo by Karen Kendall
The week’s preview is sponsored by www.fyila.com.
The Derailers – Los Alamos Summer Concert Series at 7 p.m. on Friday at Entrada Business Park
Texas’ best country dance band. Los Alamos Cooperative Market & Holiday Inn Express Night.
Los Alamos Friday Night: A Quilt of Stories: History, Myths, and Legends
6 – 7:30 p.m. at the Romero Cabin behind Fuller Lodge
In the isolation of the Plateau and the west, quilts were fashioned from bits of material carefully saved Read More