Y Camp to Perfom “Back-To-The-Future” Thursday
A “Back-To-The-Future” performance extravaganz a featuring Y campers will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday July 19 at Barranca Elementary School. The public is welcome to attend this end-of-summer performance and ice cream social. Courtesy/YMCA Read More
Ribbon Cut on North Mesa Disc Golf Course
Los Alamos County Parks and Trails Division Superintendant Jeff Humpton cuts the ribbon to the entrance of the North Mesa Disc Golf Course Saturday. The Los Alamos County Parks and Recreation Dvision held the ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the newly renovated North Mesa Disc Golf Course. A tournament was held after the ceremony with participants from Los Alamos, White Rock and a few non-locals. Visit https:////www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=4854&mode=ci for a course description and map. The course is free to the public and open year round. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com Read More
Board of Public Utilities Meets 5:30 p.m. Wednesday
DPU News:
The Board of Public Utilities is holding its regular monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 18.
The meeting is at 170 Central Park Square.
The meeting is open to the public.
On the agenda:
- Approval of Modification of DPU rules and regulations regarding the fee schedule for water hydrant meters
- Cooperation on achieving the County’s sustainability goals
- Electric reliability plan update
- Discussion of sewer project costs and ways to fund continuing sewer budget needs
- Discussion on the board’s sewer budget presentation to Council July 24
- Discussion on utilities manager goals
Los Alamos Boasts World’s Newest Rotarians
Rotary President Linda Hull, left, looks on as School Board President Kevin Honnell and Christina Kraemer, who recently returned from a Group Study Exchange in South Africa, are inducted into the local club during a ceremony at Tuesday’s Rotary Club lunch meeting at the Dixie Girl. Rotarian Skip King pronounces Honnell and Kraemer “the two newest Rotary Club members in the world.” Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Taylor Receives Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal
Jacob Taylor, NIST Physicist, Receives Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for Public Service. Photo by Sam Kittner/Kittner.com
NIST News:
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physicist Jacob Taylor received a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Sammies) for his advanced scientific research, which has potential for advances in health care, communications, computing, and technology.
Presented the award by Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank Sept. 13, Taylor was one of just nine winners chosen from nearly 400 nominees for awards honoring excellence Read More
Every Business Tycoon Starts Somewhere…
Ashley Donny and Dante Cote sell snow cones near the corner of Trinity Drive and Diamond Drive Saturday afternoon. The young entrepreneurs will be selling their flavorful snow cones – grape, orange, cherry and lemon-lime – again next Saturday. Courtesy photo Read More
Board Approves LAHS Bus Loop, Landscaping and Parking Lot Work
Photo: The Los Alamos High School Bus Loop Committee met with the architect July 3 to review options that were presented at Tuesday’s School Board meeting. Courtesy/LAPS
By Kirsten Laskey
Say goodbye to a dirt lawn and a parking lot with helter-skelter lanes at Los Alamos High School.
The proposed bus loop and landscape project were approved at Tuesday’s school board meeting.
The bus loop project, which received a unanimous vote, involves replacing the existing sidewalk along Smith Auditorium and P-Wing with a new six-foot wide sidewalk.
Additionally, a bus loading and unloading Read More
Annual Stoddard Scholarship Awards Announced
Photo: Emily Lucero.
By Karyl Ann Armbruster
How does the Caldera National Preserve relate to the Stoddard Scholarship? Steve Stoddard, a member of the original trustees of the Valles Caldera who attended many meetings to decide the fate of the Caldera, was given a per diem stipend.
Rather than spend that money on his family, he placed it in an account.
By the time all was settled with the Valles Caldera, there was a significant amount of money set aside. Steve and his wife Barbara realized that what they both valued was the work that teachers and nurses do for our community and state.
With that Read More
TOTH’s ‘Pie in the Sky’ Fundraiser Exceeds $500
Lisa Rothrock and Bill Hamilton check out homemade pies in the silent auction during Thursday’s “Pie in the Sky” fundraising dinner at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. The event was tied to the church’s annual Vacation Bible School underway this week. The dinner consisted of homemade chicken and vegetable pot pies and salad, with ice cream for dessert. More than $500 was raised from the homemade pie-filled silent auction alone. The money will be used for TOTH’s annual Mexico home-building project. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com Read More
DOT Expects Continuing Deterioration of New Mexico’s Roads
- Short Note on Yesterday’s Legislative Finance Committee Meeting
Because of my membership on the House Appropriations and Finance Committee, I was asked to attend the LFC meeting in Rio Rancho Friday as an alternate.
The LFC holds hearings throughout the year on budget issues. Yesterday’s focus was on the condition of the state’s Road Fund.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) reported that because of increasingly gas-efficient cars, diversion of fees and taxes originally designated for the Read More
Traffic Advisory: Bicyclists Urged to Use Caution on N.M. 4 During Road Work
Bicyclists riding in the vicinity of N.M. 4 and N.M. 501 are urged to use extra caution during chipseal work being performed by crews with the New Mexico Department of Transportation-District 5.
The chipseal project began July 12 and should be completed in two weeks, weather permitting.
Crew Supervisor Eugene Mario Trujillo said motorists and bicyclists will encounter the road work on N.M. 4 northbound and southbound lanes from White Rock to the Sandoval County line.
There may be delays between 5 a.m. to 4 p.m., as well as single lane closures with a flagging operation and pilot car escort.
Drivers Read More
Shinyribs Brought Ashley Pond Crowd to its Feet Friday
The Shinyribs from Austin, Texas performed Friday night at Ashley Pond as part of Los Alamos County’s Summer Concert Series with Concert Promoter Russ Gordon. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Andy Baumer and Shannon Flynn brave the rain to dance to the music of the Shinyribs at the Friday night Gordons Summer Concert. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Ducks glide across the pond as the Shinyribs band plays in the background. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
Kev “Shinyribs” Russel. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Dia Winograd, center, Read More
Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Concert Sunday at Fuller Lodge
Three Televised Debates to Give Voters Unscripted Opportunity to See Where Senatorial Candidates Stand
U.S. Senatorial Candidate Heather Wilson announced today that she has accepted invitations to participate in three televised debates put on by New Mexico’s three major television broadcast stations.
“By accepting all three of these televised debates during the month of October, prior to the general election on Nov. 6, 90 percent of New Mexicans will be able to see Rep. (Martin) Heinrich and me give unscripted answers to questions about how we will get our country back on track,” Wilson said.
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The KRQE debate will be 6-7 p.m., Thursday Oct. 11 at the KRQE studios.
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The KOAT-Albuquerque Journal
Kiwanis Honors Anna Carroll with Jay Wechsler Scholarship
The Kiwanis Club presents Los Alamos High School graduate Anna Carroll with the Jay Wechsler Scholarship Award. From left, Kiwanians Morrie Pongratz and Don Casperson, Becky Oertel (daughter of Jay Wechsler), Carroll, Deborah Wechsler (daughter of Jay Wechsler) and Carroll’s parents David and Janice Carroll. Jay Wechsler was a lifetime Kiwanian who passed away last year. Carroll served as a member of Key Club International and was the Division Lieutenant Governor, was active in Girls Scouts and Teen Court and plans to attend Smith College in the fall to study neuroscience. Photo Read More
Forest Hosts Public Meetings on Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration Project
SFNF News:
Santa Fe — The Santa Fe National Forest is hosting a series of public meetings about the Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration project and encourages the public to attend any of them.
Forest managers wish to reduce the threat of high-intensity, potentially-destructive wildfires by restoring natural processes in the project area.
A variety of treatments will be proposed including prescribed fires, mechanically thinning trees, and improving watershed function and wildlife habitat.
The overall Southwest Jemez Mountains project is along-term collaborative effort Read More
FBI Media Alert: Albuquerque FBI Offers $20,000 Reward in 1994 Attempted Robbery, Slaying
FBI News:
Courtesy/Albuquerque FBI
On Aug. 25, 1994, a young Rio Rancho father of two small children was fatally shot when the Wells Fargo Armored Service Corp. van he was driving was ambushed on a remote stretch of Highway 6.
Jeff Oelcher’s killer has not been caught or identified, despite a massive manhunt and FBI investigation.
The Albuquerque FBI Division is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Oelcher’s death.
Oelcher, 28, was driving the unarmored rental van at about 10:30 a.m. from Socorro Read More
Bilingual Montessori Cuts Ribbon on New Infant Center
Bilingual Montessori School Owner Odalys Fernandez, assisted by Chamber Member Services Coordinator Katy Korkos, cuts the ribbon on her school‘s new Infant Center Friday afternoon in White Rock. Bilingual Montessori School combines an exclusive curriculum based on Montessori and bilingual education with childcare services. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
From right, Bilingual Montessori School Owner Odalys Fernandez and teachers Imelda Garcia and Rosario Cordova with babies under their care at the new Infant Center following Friday’s ribbon cutting Read More
Chamber’s FAN44 Connects Local Business People
Inside the UNM-LA Student Center from left, North Road Inn Owner Kathy Mockler, Business Manager Connie Proulx of the UNM-LA Small Business Development Center and Owner Kenny Miller of Kenny’s North Carolina BBQ participated Friday in the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce’s FAN44 lunchtime business networking event. Seventeen restaurants across Los Alamos reserved tables for Chamber members participating in the FAN44 business opportunity. The hour-long luncheon gives business people at each location the chance to speak in depth about their endeavors and to learn on a much Read More
U.S. Senatorial Candidate Heather Wilson Raises Concerns for LANL’s Future
By Carol A. Clark
U.S. Senatorial candidate Heather Wilson expressed worry “that there is no longer anyone standing up for Los Alamos National Laboratory since Sen. Pete Domenici retired.”
“Sending out press releases and speaking about amendments after they’ve been decided is ineffective,” Wilson said during a telephone interview today from Albuquerque.
Known for her strong advocacy for homeland security, the former U.S. Congresswoman cautioned about allowing LANL’s Chemical and Metallurgy Research Replacement (CMRR) project to Read More