OBITUARY: Edna E. Marx
Edna E. Marx Aug. 9, 1920 – May 8, 2012
On May 8, 2012, Edna E. Marx passed away at the age of 91 at Los Alamos Medical Center. Edna was born August 9, 1920 in Arena, Wisconsin, as the only child of Oran McIntosh and Charlotte Porter. She attended East Side High School and at 16 she met her future husband Joseph E. Marx. At 22, they married and that same year welcomed their first daughter, Charlotte Anne. Over the next four years they welcomed two more daughters, Mary Anne and Barbara Anne. In the fall of 1953, they moved the family from Madison, Wisconsin to Los Alamos, New Mexico following Edna’s mother to Read More
Don Davis is 2012 Teacher of the Year!
Donald Davis of Los Alamos High School is Los Alamos Public Schools 2012 Teacher of the Year. Davis was honored at a ceremony at Fuller Lodge Thursday evening. He has taught in the district for five years as Teacher/Robotics and Engineering Design. Davis will go on to compete for New Mexico Teacher of the Year. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Teachers nominated for Teacher of the Year include from left, Lorri McInroy, Alyssa Romero and Amy Vierra and unable to attend were Jennifer Schmiere, Cheryl Smith Ecke and Michelle Young. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Instructional Read More
Young Life Golf Tournament Helps Teens Go to Camp
By Carol A. Clark
Young Life Los Alamos is hosting its second annual golf tournament May19 at the Los Alamos Golf Course.
It’s a Four Man Scramble Format golf tournament in which participants can create their own 4-some or be placed on a team.
All monies raised will go to benefit kids going to camp this summer.
This charitable event includes dinner, a raffle and prizes for the cost of $85 per golfer.
“It costs about $500 to send a teenager to summer camp for a week,” said Young Life Area Director Ryan Gilbert. “With the economy the way it is, we are able to offset that cost for families in need.”
Gilbert explained Read More
CONE ZONE: Update for Week of May 14
COUNTY News:
Public Works Projects:
For more information about the projects listed below, e-mail lacpw@lacnm.us, call 662-8150, or visit the “Projects” link at www.losalamosnm.us.
NM4 Improvements Project
Traffic continues to be on the south side of NM4 between Rover Blvd and Grand Canyon/Pajarito Road. Speed limit within the construction area is 30 mph. Expect modifications to the work zone as the contractor progresses from intersection to intersection. Please drive defensively and watch for construction vehicles.
Other Resources:
Construction updates are posted at www.losalamosnm.us Read More
Nature Center Would Enhance Community
The current location at the Little Valley/UNM-LA building on Orange Street has served a useful purpose in demonstrating these values to the community.
Hilltopper Sports Update
Hilltopper Softball vs Los Lunas, loss, 0-9; vs Del Norte, loss 1-5 – The Hilltoppers have been eliminated from the State Championships.
Track & Field, Boys and Girls are District Champions!
Hilltopper Softball vs St. Pius X, win, 5-4
Hilltopper Baseball vs Miyamura, 1st game, loss, 0-4, 2nd game loss, 1-5
Hilltopper Tennis, Girls are District champions! Read More
Aimée Ringle’s Bowl of Stones Tour
Aimée Ringle is performing at 7 p.m., Saturday May 12 at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church in Kelly Hall.
Tickets are $10 at the door.
Aimée grew up in Los Alamos and graduated from Los Alamos High School.
She is a singer/songwriter, doing a tour to promote her first album. Read More
Bestsellers at Otowi Station Bookstore the week of April 29-May 5, 2012
- Crow, Barbara Wright*
- Enigma and Light, David Mutschlecner*
- 109 East Palace, Jennet Conant
- Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
- Tracks, Scats, and Signs of the Southern Rocky Mountains, James C. Halfpenny
- Wildflowers of the Southern Rocky Mountains, Janis Lindsey Huggins
- Butterflies of the Southern Rocky Mountains, Ronald Wauer
- Birds of the Southern Rocky Mountains, Greg R. Homel
- Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins
- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Unique Opportunity to View Bradner Film
MOWW News
The Military Order of World Wars (MOWW), Chapter 229 announces a dinner meeting on May 15 with a presentation of the “Bradner Film.”
This is a unique opportunity to observe notable Los Alamos citizens as they lived in the community during the wartime days of Project Y.
RSVP required by Friday, May 11 to Ltc. Gregg Giesler AUS Retired, Chapter Commander at 662-5574 or email gieslerg@unm.edu or Lt. Col. Norman G. Wilson USAF Retired, Chapter Adjutant, 662-9544 or email NrmWil5@cs.com.
Espanola YMCA Teen Center
ESPANOLA YMCA TEEN CENTER News
The Espanola YMCA Teen Center (EYTC) hosted the second annual Born-2-Cruise Model car & Custom Bicycle Show Saturday, April 14.
This event was a great success and was flooded with more than 200 visitors and more than 50 participants.
Low-rider enthusiasts from all around the community and outward attended and showed off their custom creativity.
Courtesy Photo
“The Espanola youth were given a chance to shine and that is what we (EYTC) are all about,” EYTC Program Co-Director Dion Gabriel said. “The kids love it … when they Read More
CIP Evaluation and Oversight Committee Meeting Canceled
CIP EVALUATION & OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE News
Because members of the CIP Evaluation and Oversight Committee plan to attend the May 15 and 16 special Council meetings regarding funding and prioritization of capital projects, they have canceled their regular monthly business meeting at 5:15 p.m. in Council Chambers on Thursday, May 17. Read More
Take the LADailyPost.com Survey
Editor’s Note: The survey is now closed. The results will be available shortly.
During meeting’s on Tuesday May 15 and Wednesday May 16, the Los Alamos County Council will discuss which proposed Phase II Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) will be funded and allowed to move forward and which will not.
In the following survey, the Los Alamos Daily Post is asking readers to rank the order in which they would like to see the unfunded Phase II CIP projects completed.
The option, “Do not proceed” is provided for projects the reader does not want to see funded by Los Alamos County. Read More
Clark & Kendall’s – Weekend Preview – May 10, 2012
The Los Alamos Daily Post's events calendar webcast, "Clark & Kendall's Weekend Preview." Carol A. Clark and Greg Kendall co-host this weekly program, which previews each upcoming weekend's events scheduled for Los Alamos, White Rock and beyond.
Today's Weekend Preview runs about 23 minutes.
To compile the list of events, the Los Alamos Daily Post checks the event calendars found in the right hand sidebar and we sample the posters on the front window at Aspen Copies. We cover events that are of interest to the general public.
This program is sponsored Read More
Family Fun Day Rocks Mountain Gym
Don Pollock, the Hillstompers cymbal player, watches as Mountain Elementary School Principal Gerry Washburn recognizes teachers and staff during Wednesday’s “Family Fun Day.” Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
The white line running horizontally through the Mountain Elementary School gymnasium is a paper chain comprised of 3-inch links made by students. Each link represents five “green slips” a student accumulates from doing good deeds. The chain stretches two-and-a-half times the length of the gym. There have been a whole lot of good deeds happening Read More
Scenes From Cinco de Mayo Concert
The Los Alamos Community Winds wrap up their Cinco de Mayo concert Saturday night at the Crossroads Bible Church in which they were joined by the Los Ninos de Santa Fe dance troupe. The concert subtitle was “Celebrating a century of the music and dance of Mexico and New Mexico.” One of the songs performed “Over the Waves” was written by Mexican composer Juventino Rosas in 1888. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
Flutist Austin Keyser of Los Alamos was awarded a $1,000 music scholarship by Bryan Fearey of the Los Alamos Community Winds. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.comGirls Softball State Championship Today @ 8 a.m. and noon
The Hilltoppers Softball Team. Photo by Alan Kirk
The six seed Lady Hilltoppers take on the third seed Los Lunas’s Lady Tigers this morning at 8am at Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho. The State Championchip is a double elimination tournament. Win or loss against Los Lunas, the Hilltopper’s second game starts at 12 noon. Both games will be broadcast live on KRSN AM 1490 and online at https:////www.krsnam1490.com. Read More
ROMERO IS BEST PREDICTOR IN PAJARITO ACRES RACE
ATOMIC CITY ROAD RUNNERS News
Courtesy Photo of start of the ACRR Pace Race on Tuesday night.
Ted Romero was the best pace-race predictor in running the trails in Potrillo Canyon and to the Estante Overlook, being only 7 seconds off his prediction for the 3 miles.
All but the last of the 16 runners in the weekly Tuesday pace race finished before it started to rain, and the last runner finished just before it poured hard with hail!
In the 3 mile run the next best predictors after Ted Romero were family members Nathan (52 s off), Alexander, and Daniel (both 71 s off). Alexander and Daniel Romero were the fastest Read More
Possible Quorum – Art in Public Places Board Field Trip
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES BOARD News
A possible quorum of Art in Public Places Board Members will be visiting art galleries on Canyon Road in Santa Fe on Saturday, May 12th. This trip is open to the public. Anyone wishing to go should meet in the Mesa Public Library parking lot at 9 a.m.
Read MorePlanning and Zoning Approves Site Plan for Bandelier Shuttle Service Facility
Site Plan for a shuttle service facility for a shuttle to Bandelier National Monument. Source: Los Alamos County.
The Los Alamos County Planning and Zoning Commission has approved a site plan for a shuttle service facility for shuttles to Bandelier National Monument. The shuttle service facility will be located at the corner of State Road 4 and Rover across the street from the White Rock Visitor’s Center and Conoco gas station, on what is now a vacant lot. Areas for up to two food vendors will be reserved on the commercial zoned lot at 40 Rover Blvd. The vendors would have a cart, trailer or Read More
Forest Hosts Public Field Trips Into Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration Area
The Santa Fe National Forest is hosting three educational field trips into the Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration project area.
These field trips are designed to provide on-the-ground information about the project. Participants will be guided through the area to see and learn about existing conditions, desired conditions, ecosystem function, treatments that have been accomplished, and engage in interactive conversation with Forest personnel about the project.
“We are in the process of drafting a proposal to treat approximately 110,000 Read More