Mesa Public Library to Host Display of Historic J. Robert Oppenheimer Photographs
MESA PUBLIC LIBRARY News
The J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee (JROMC) will present an exhibit of historic photos entitled “J. Robert Oppenheimer: Photographs From His Life: 1904 – 1967” at the Mesa Public Library Gallery, 2400 Central Ave. from May 2 to May 30. The public is encouraged to visit the exhibit.
An opening reception will be 4:30-6:30 p.m. May 3, at the Mesa Public Library Gallery upstairs. Refreshments will be served and members of the JROMC will be on hand to answer questions.
Oppenheimer and his mother. Courtesy Photo
The photos and their captions show the full range of Oppenheimer’s Read More
Los Alamos GOP County Quadrennial Convention Set for May 17
GOP News:
Call is hereby made for the 2012 Quadrennial Los Alamos Republican Convention on Thursday, May 2012, at the Los Alamos VFW, 1793 Deacon St., and for a Los Alamos Central Committee meeting to be held at 7 p.m., immediately preceding the Convention.
Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. and doors close promptly at 7 p.m.
All registered Republicans are invited to attend.
The Los Alamos County Central Committee Meeting will start at 7 p.m.
Immediately following, Ward Caucuses will be held to elect ward delegates to the County Quadrennial Convention.
At 7:30 p.m., the LA County Quadrennial Convention
Hilltopper Softball Seated #6 for State Tournament
The Hilltopper Softball Team was seated #6 and will play a home game in White Rock against St. Pius at 11:30 a.m. Saturday May 5. Photo by Alan Kirk
LA Visiting Nurse Service’s Tammy Larson Honored
Tammy Larson. Courtesy/LVNS
LVNS News:
Tammy Larson of Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service has been honored as the Texas & New Mexico Finance/Billing Person of the Year.
Larson is a lifelong resident of Los Alamos and has been active in the medical field the majority of her working life.
LVNS: “Tammy is a dedicated employee who always has our patient’s best interest at heart.” Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: April 19 to April 24, 2012
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department. Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
April 19 at 9:14 a.m. / A 49-year-old Los Alamos woman reported a possible attempt to enter her residence in the 400 block of Ridgecrest Ave.
April 20 at 9:57 a.m. / Police responded to an unattended death of a 92-year-old Los Alamos man in the 700 block of 42nd Street.
April 20 at 10:21 a.m. / Police received a report of a broken window in the 100 block of Longview Drive. The estimated damage is less than Read More
Santa Fe Poet Laureate’s ‘Odes and Offerings’ Pairs Poetry with Visual Art
“Hanging Boat” artist: Julie Wagner. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Joan Logghe brings her two-year stint as Santa Fe Poet Laureate to a close with a very special exhibition, “Odes and Offerings,” at the Santa Fe Community Gallery.
Local artists were paired with local poets and the artists chose part of the text of the poem to include in their piece.
All the pieces were created specifically for this show.
Thirty-six works of art and 36 poems are included.
“It was an arranged marriage,” said Rod Lambert, curator of the exhibit. “Opening night was a blind date between the poets Read More
OBITUARY: Janet Lucille Fowler
JANET LUCILLE FOWLER
June 3, 1919 – April 26, 2012
Janet Lucille Brown Fowler was born on June 3, 1919, in Bucyrus, Ohio, the daughter of Neva and Carl Brown. She graduated from Bucyrus High School in 1937 and moved to Cleveland, where she completed Nurse’s Training at St. Luke’s Hospital, received her RN degree, and then worked there as a nurse.
She met Max Fowler in Cleveland and they were married in 1942. Six months later Max joined the U.S. Navy and the newlyweds moved to Annapolis, Maryland. They lived there throughout World War II, Max teaching at the Naval Academy and Janet working Read More
DPU Replacing 13 Power Poles in White Rock in May – Brief Power Interruptions Expected
Electric upgrades associated with REDI‐Net, the Regional Economic Development Initiative’s Broadband “Middle Mile” network, may cause brief power interruptions as 13 power poles are replaced in White Rock during May.
The Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) will oversee the pole replacement project in early May, along a pole corridor extending from Sherwood Boulevard to Overlook Park, and from N.M. 4 to Piñon Elementary School.
The work will be conducted by electrical contractor SECO, Inc.
The REDINet pole replacements occurring in White Rock next month Read More
NNSA Recognizes LANL for Commitment to Environmental Stewardship
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today congratulated Los Alamos National Laboratory and other national laboratories and sites for achievements in environmental stewardship, awarding a total of 24 Pollution Prevention (P2) Awards for innovative initiatives across the enterprise.
The P2 Awards recognize performance in integrating environmental stewardship practices that helps to reduce risk, protect natural resources and enhance site operations.
“I applaud the work done at NNSA’s sites in finding creative ways to reduce the environmental Read More
Students Earn $1,000 for LAHS Science Department
Washington D.C. – Underscoring the Obama Administration’s investments in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and ensuring educational opportunities are available to students across the nation, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that Lexington High School from Lexington, Mass., and Hopkins Junior High School from Fremont, Calif. won the 2012 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl today at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
Los Alamos High School ranked among the top 16 high schools at the event.
Nearly 14,000 students have competed Read More
Fuller Lodge Sidewalk Renovation Completed
The sidewalk at Fuller Lodge has been completely redone and can now be walked on by the public. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
New cement steps complete the sidewalk renovation project. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Volunteers Stabilized Perimeter Trail Saturday
COUNTY News:
Volunteers gather in Cañon de Valle on Saturday to begin trail rehabilitation work in the Las Conchas fire burned area. Photo by Craig Martin
Volunteers hike to the work site on the Perimeter Trail. Photo by Craig Martin
Volunteers stabilized the Perimeter Trail on the steep slope coming out of Cañon de Valle. Photo by Craig Martin
Volunteers work on a short reroute of the Perimeter Trail build to prevent further erosion of the mesa top. Photo by Craig Martin
Community Water Tank Rehab Reason for Minor Water Issues
DPU News:
Residents around downtown Los Alamos may be experiencing minor affects from the drainage, lead abatement, repair and repainting underway on the community water tank above 47th Street and Trinity Drive.
The Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities explained in an announcement in late March that following drainage of this tank, which serves the southern portion of the downtown area, the “twin” tank located a few hundred feet northward would be put into service for the downtown area between and around Oppenheimer Street, 9th Street and Central Avenue southward past Trinity Read More
Santa Fe National Forest Fire Management Update
Courtesy/geology.isu.eduGallina WUI Prescribed Burn, Coyote Ranger District
- The project area is located 1mile south of the community of Gallina off of State Highway 96 within the Coyote Ranger District.
- Fifty to 100 acres will be treated over a two day period.
- Smoke released from the burn may be visible from the communities of Gallina, Lindrith, Regina and Llaves.
- The Santa Fe National Forest realizes that smoke from prescribed fire can be a nuisance
Bestsellers at Otowi Station the week of April 15-22, 2012
- Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Dr. Seuss
- Travels, Michael Crichton
- Fire Gate Poems: a Journey of Spiritual Healing, Henry C. Finney*
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb, Richard Rhodes
- Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
- Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction, John Austin
- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
- Remarkable, Elizabeth Foley
- Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins
- The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien
Local Group Welcomes the Growing Season
OUR LADY OF THE WOODS News
Beltane is one of the most important days in the Wiccan year, marking as it does the beginning of summer, the season of growth, warmth and fertility. This period was very important for ancient cultures, dependant as they were on the success of the growing season for the survival of the community. “Modern people don’t always see this “Chungking Express” Screening at Mesa Public Library
Review by Kelly Dolejsi
On Thursday, the library will screen writer/director Kar Wei Wong’s “Chungking Express,” a nineties movie that feels like a nineties movie. Having “come of age” in the nineties, I mean that as a compliment. I like flannel shirts mixed with impressionistic psychotic love. And, it turns out – no offense to my Seattle-born (go figure) Anglo husband – I sometimes like Chinese men.
This is a great movie, but to be honest, it took me a long time to realize it. I was well into the film before I started to understand and care about its Read More
Los Alamos High School Advances to “Sweet 16” in the National Science Bowl
Members of the Los Alamos High School team, Los Alamos, NM concentrate on the answer to a question at the U.S. Department of Energy National Science Bowl in Washington DC on April 29, 2012. Photograph by Dennis Brack, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science/CourtesyFeatures of the Los Alamos Daily Post
The Los Alamos Daily Post has a few features that you may not have noticed yet. Duke Daly enjoys reading the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Linda Daly.
On the menu bar above, you will find menu options for Weather and Comics.
The Weather menu option has been there from the beginning. Clicking on “Weather” will take you to the National Weather Service – Los Alamos – weather forecast page (sorry White Rock, we know that you are generally a few degrees warmer). Beside the local forecast, the national weather service (or NOAA) provides excellent satelite images, too, among Read More
Pajarito Greenhouse is Blooming in Pajarito Acres
That familiar face behind the plants and flowers is longtime business leader Dave Fox preparing for the opening of his Pajarito Greenhouse in White Rock. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
Pajarito Greenhouse in White Rock is open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The 3,600 square feet of display area at the greenhouse is stocked to the brim with flor and fauna and ready for business.
Kathy Anderson checking out a plant. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
For 17 years, the greenhouse has provided the community with well-rooted, hardy plants in pots, Read More