Start a Tradition at North Pole Workshop and Luminaria Walk
COUNTY News:
North Pole Workshop & Luminaria Walk – Start an annual holiday tradition at the North Mesa stables.
Join the Los Alamos County Recreation Division, members of the Posse Lodge, Pony Club and Stable Owners Association as we create a fun holiday event for all ages from 5-7 p.m. Dec. 9, from for the North Pole Workshop & Luminaria Walk.
The event includes professional digital photographs with Santa and his elves, warm drinks, light refreshments and a holiday craft.
Dress warmly, wear your walking shoes, and enjoy the North Mesa stables lit up with luminarias and holiday Read More
Osprey Executes Touch and Go at Los Alamos Airport
CV-22 Osprey out of Kirtland Air Force Base flew over a Los Alamos neighborhood en route to the Los Alamos Airport on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
An Osprey touches down at the Los Alamos Airport Saturday afternoon. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
CV-22 Osprey out of Kirtland Air Force Base takes off from the Los Alamos Airport Saturday afternoon. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com Read More
Column: Vote For Survival
Column By Tom King If you want fewer jobs in the state and the nation, vote Republican. If you want national policies that favor Wall Street over Main Street, vote Republican.
If you want college to be less affordable for you and your grown children, vote Republican.
If you want more wars and less peace, vote Republican. If you want Medicare to be hollowed out and collapse by way of a voucher system, vote Republican.
If you want Social Security to be turned into a Wall Street stocks and bonds casino operation, vote Republican.
If you want the super-rich to get richer with more tax breaks and Read More
DPU Proposes Sewer Rate Increase and Restructure
DPU News:
Officials with the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) will recommend a sewer rate adjustment to the Board of Public Utilities at its Nov. 14 meeting.
If approved, the proposed sewer ordinance will go to the County Council to be considered for adoption in January.
The proposed ordinance increases overall sewer rates but also simplifies residential customers’ bills to a restructured flat fee every month.
It removes the variable rate that is based on the amount of potable water consumed during winter months.
The ordinance also includes continuing Read More
Public Packs Pajarito Brewpub & Grill Friday Night
A line of hungry diners formed outside the Pajarito Brew Pub & Grill in Mari-Mac Shopping Center at 5 p.m. Friday, after the new restaurant opened to the public and quickly reached capacity. The line of people continued forming for nearly three hours as diners inside finished their meals and were quickly replaced by new diners – keeping the dining room full throughout the evening. The trendy eatery is now open for lunch and dinner seven days a week. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Diners packed the restaurant and spilled into the outdoor dining area Friday evening at the highly Read More
Khalsa Reviews Argo
Movie Review By Seva S.S.S. KhalsaArgo is a true story about the U.S. Embassy in Iran during the tumultuous turnover of regimes in 1979.
One of the most delightful aspects of the movie is its newsreel flashbacks of demonstrators protesting outside the US Embassy and then switching to the actors who are protesting. Very good.
And I can’t help remembering, as it’s been two weeks since I’ve seen the movie, the wardrobe of the era perfectly portrayed in the movie … plaid pants, turtlenecks and huge eye glasses (omg, did I wear that!!)
A byline to the Embassy’s takeover, which Read More
Letter to the Editor: Jim Hall is a Trusted Leader
By Terry C. WallaceRepresentative Jim Hall is a true public servant; he has a long record of service on community committees, county government and state government.
Jim is deeply committed to bettering the lives of the citizens of northern New Mexico, and he has lived in our community for more than 35 years.
The hallmark of Jim’s long record of service is common sense and bipartisanship – whether discussing education issues, small business or environmental stewardship, Jim is a trusted leader.
I endorse Representative Hall to continue representing District 43 in the New Mexico Read More
Letter to the Editor: County Clerk Must be Neutral and Independent
Richard DunnThe Los Alamos County Clerk race has drawn very little attention. But it should.
In addition to keeping and providing records, the County Clerk is responsible for ensuring fair elections and fair initiative, referendum and recall petition processes.
The County Clerk, an elected position, is responsible to the New Mexico Secretary of State, not to the County Council.
As such, the County Clerk must be fair and independent of the Council.
Sharon Stover, currently Chair of the County Council, showed a strong Council bias in leading a 2009 ruling (that took a judicial Read More
Letter to the Editor: Local Jobs, Businesses Must Come First
By Stephanie Garcia RichardJobs, jobs, jobs. They are the first words out of every candidate’s mouth this election season, and I am no different.
But how to grow them and keep them for the residents of the many rural communities surrounding high tech centers like Los Alamos is the key question.
Even the residents of Los Alamos wait anxiously for word on whether lab jobs will be cut in a flood of partisan bickering in Washington.
We must diversify our economy so there are alternatives for everyone.
There is no quick, easy answer to the challenge Read More
Turn Clocks Back Sunday!
Academic research shows that losing an hour of daylight can be linked to negative effects on both the mind and body, including disturbed sleep patterns, seasonal depression and obesity. (iStock)
TIME CHANGE
Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, Nov. 4.
With clocks turning back one hour at 2 a.m. on a Sunday morning, how could the extra snooze time be anything other than a bonus?
Seasonal time changes always come with a trade-off.
Here are six tips to make the time transition easier and make the clock adjustment work in your favour:
- Take advantage of the opportunity to get an extra
‘Bless Me Ultima’ Tests Family Bond
Courtesy photo
Movie Review By Kirsten Laskey
“Bless Me Ultima,” which is based on Rudolfo Anaya’s novel, can not simply be viewed and then carelessly forgotten once the credits start rolling down the movie screen.
To truly appreciate and understand this film by Carl Franklin, you have to really sink your teeth into it, chew on its themes and digest its meanings.
The movie focuses on a young boy, Antonio, and his coming-of-age story in 1940s New Mexico.
This story has many, many layers to it. Morality, religion, cultural beliefs and customs, family and nature are some of the topics Antonio’s story Read More
LAPS Choir Boosters Hold Harmony Workshop
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools Choir Boosters are presenting a harmony workshop featuring 540 Express from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Church of Christ, 2323 Diamond Drive.
540 Express is an all-male a cappella group comprised of singers and educators from Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The workshop will cover musical literacy, harmony, and tone quality and is open to all students in grades six through 12. Students will perform two pieces with 540 Express at a concert at 7 p.m. at the same location.
Entry fee for the workshop is $20 per student and students will need to bring a sack Read More
Letter to the Editor: Reject Los Alamos Charter Amendments
By Robert A. PelakLike Albuquerque and Santa Fe, the structure of the government of Los Alamos is defined by a charter that was adopted by its citizens.
Also, like Albuquerque and Santa Fe, this charter allows its citizen to directly participate in their government by means of petitions for initiatives (proposing new ordinances), referenda (rejection of newly passed ordinances) and recall (removing elected officials) as well as amendment of the charter.
If a petition gathers enough signatures within the allotted time period, then the subject of the petition is put to a vote of all Read More
Cat Has Been Waiting Entire Year for Adoption
SHELTER News:
Pet of the Week: Cassie – a plus-sized declawed orange tabby female who seeks human attention.
She has been at the shelter for an entire year, waiting for a family to take her home.
Cassie tends to avoid the company of other cats in the cat room, so she may be best as a single cat and must be an indoor pet.
The Los Alamos Animal Shelter, 226 East Road, (505) 662-8179, has a large selection of on-site adoptable pets waiting for a home.
Others are currently off-campus in foster homes. Visit the Friends of the Shelter website: www.lafos.org to get more information about volunteering, Read More
Who Calls the Shots When it Comes to Vaccines?
Local moms discuss parental rights with Rep. Jim Hall. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner
By Mandy Marksteiner
Kristy Mack had concerns about giving her son the chicken pox vaccine when she was eight months pregnant because she didn’t want to risk harming her unborn child.
The doctor agreed to delay the shot. Her son eventually received all of his shots. But if he had been attending preschool, he would have had to file a vaccination exemption with the State Department of Health.
If his waiver had been denied, he wouldn’t be able to go to preschool.
The waiver forms have been changed. Now parents are required Read More
Letter to the Editor: I Voted to Pass Torch to New Generation
By Carl NewtonHow sad that elections for New Mexico House seats have been tarnished by fictionalizing candidate positions and funded by donors that have no cultural connections with our residents.
I am further saddened when my chosen candidate, Stephanie Garcia Richard, is belittled by her opponent.
Don’t be misled into believing that Stephanie lacks the relevant accomplishments.
As a bilingual third grade teacher, subject to externally applied accountability rules, she is focused on developing “the living messengers to a time we will not see.”
Stephanie is able to be a bridge Read More
After I’m Gone – Things To Think About Your Estate
Settling an estate can be difficult and time-consuming. If you have ever been in the position of trying to find all the papers and information needed at the time of death and for estate settlement, you know how much time and frustration can be involved.
After I’m Gone – Things to think about your Estate is a program intended to provide you with information to make the process much easier.
After I’m Gone – Things to think about your Estate, will be presented by Don Davidson, and will be held at noon Friday, Nov. Read More
Letter to the Editor: Rhetoric Makes Charter Changes Sound Draconian
By Fran BertingThe rhetoric regarding the Charter ballot questions on initiative, referendum and recall is making the changes sound positively draconian!
Let’s look at what the most widely challenged changes actually do.
For Initiatives
1) No change in the percentage of voters needed (so not noted in the ballot question) but a change in the basis for the number of signatures required for initiatives from 15 percent of voters in the last general election to 15 percent of the number of voters in the arithmetic mean of the past two general elections. (Election Read More
Young Pianist Raises Money for Friends of the Shelter
Presley Gao, 10, presented Sally Wilkins, President of Friends of the Shelter, with a $217 check for donations he received for performing a benefit concert Sept. 8. Courtesy photo
SHELTER News:
Presley Gao began taking piano lessons with Dr. Madeline Williamson on his 6th birthday in 2008.
Today at just 10 years of age, he is performing solo piano recitals more likely found in the repertory of concertizing pianists.
Gao has earned several awards in piano competition, including the Santa Fe Sonata Contest, the District and the New Mexico State Honors Auditions and the Dennis Alexander Piano Read More
Breaking News: Main Hill Road Closed Due to Accident
Accident on Main Hill Road. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
UPDATE 2:35 p.m. – Main Hill Road is now open for traffic in both directions.
The Main Hill Road is closed due to an accident involving an overturned car.. Early reports indicate there are no serious injuries. The Los Alamos Police Department anticipates reopening the road around 2:30 p.m. today. Police informed the Los Alamos Daily Post at the scene that witnesses said the female driver lost control, hit the side wall and rolled her vehicle while driving aggressively and passing a car..
Early reports indicate there Read More