Los Alamos Little Theatre Grand Re-Opening Sept. 14
Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
The public is invited to join the Los Alamos County Council and County staff at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 14 for the Grand Re-Opening of the Los Alamos Little Theatre, 1670 Nectar Dr.
Refreshments will be served and community members will be able to view a brief showing of the Performing Art Center’s latest play, “Dead Man’s Cell Phone.”
Background:
Several years ago, County staff was approached about replacing the roof due to leaks. The LALT roof and siding were constructed during the 1970’s.
Facilities staff Read More
Comment Dates on Plans to Expand Disposal at WIPP
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety News:
There are two opportunities to make public comment on the Department of Energy (DOE) proposals to expand the disposal options at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
DOE is seeking to use lead shielded containers for disposal of “hot” Remote-Handled (RH) waste and to dispose of six metric tons of “surplus plutonium.”
Fact sheets and sample comment letters about both proposals are available on the CCNS website: https:////www.nuclearactive.org. Public comments about the proposal to use shielded containers are due to the New Mexico Environment Read More
Utilities Board Possible Quorum and Meeting Dates
DPU News:
Members of the Los Alamos County Board of Public Utilities may attend the following events:
Los Alamos Smart Grid & Smart House ribbon cutting ceremony
2 p.m. Sept. 17 at Smart House, 1925-D Trinity Dr.; and
No board action will be taken. A quorum may be present.
Board of Public Utilities Regular Meeting Agenda
5:30 p.m. Sept. 19, 2012
DPU Conference Room @ 170 Central Park Square
I. Call to Order
II. Public Comment
III Chair’s Report
IV. Board Member Reports
V. Manager’s Report Read More
Reception/Gallery Walk for Physiocartographies Sept. 15
Bill Gilbert: Physiocartographies @ Mesa Public Library Art Gallery through Sept. 27.
Started in 2003 in the field with the Land Arts of the American West mobile studio, the physiocartographies series combines the abstraction of cartographic maps with the physical act of walking the surface of the planet to create portraits of place.
Bill Gilbert follows prescribed paths across the landscape using a GPS unit to navigate and record points, a camera to shoot images and a digital recorder to capture sounds.
The final works appear as reconstructed maps, videos and installations.
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Bestsellers at Otowi Station: Aug. 26-Sept. 1
- All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age, Hubert Dreyfus
- Encyclopedia of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico, Mark Cross*
- 109 East Palace, Jennet Conant
- Wonder, R. J. Palacio
- Survival Under Atomic Attack, U.S. Government
- Seraphina, Rachel Hartman
- Hamlet, William Shakespeare
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb, Richard Rhodes
- The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern
- Buffalo Bill’s Dead Now, Margaret Coel
*Local or regional author. Read More
Bob Weeks Top Predictor in Weekly Pace Race
Bob Weeks was only 3 seconds off his prediction at Tuesday’s pace race.North Mesa Loses Gas
LOS ALAMOS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES News:
More than 1,000 Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities’ customers on North Mesa lost natural gas just before noon today.
Gas construction work in the Kwage Mesa area, specifically a pipeline tie-in, unexpectedly depressurized the gas line feeding the North Mesa neighborhood.
DPU crews began an extensive restoration effort around 12:30 p.m., which includes shutting gas valves to each North Mesa customer, pressurizing the line, and revisiting each customer to turn gas back on and relight appliances.
Crews will be working around the clock Read More
Police Charge Local Man With Battery
By Carol A. Clark
Los Alamos police issued a court summons to a local man Tuesday morning charging him with battery.
Matthew Story, 21, reportedly suffers from a mental handicap and attempted to choke a Los Alamos High School student who he believed had taken his paint brushes from his art class at UNM-Los Alamos in July, according to the police report.
The 15-year-old student told police that she encountered Story near the County bus stop at Diamond Drive and Canyon Road before school started Tuesday, according to the police report.
Story was angry about the loss of his paint brushes and attempted Read More
West Nile Virus Cases in New Mexico to Date
OEM News:
West Nile Virus is a mosquito-borne disease. Human cases of the disease have been reported every year in New Mexico since 2003. August and September are peak times for West Nile cases in New Mexico.
New Human Cases in New Mexico by County:
Six new cases have been reported since Aug. 29, bringing the total for this year to 14 cases:
- 78-year-old man from Dona Ana County. Uncomplicated Fever
- 59-year-old man from Lea County. Uncomplicated Fever
- 79-year-old man from Sandoval County. Encephalitis/Meningitis
- 9-year-old boy from Dona Ana County. Encephalitis/Meningitis
- 72-year-old man
The End of an Era: ‘The Black Hole’ is Closing
Despite operating a junk yard, Ed Grothus almost always dressed in a white shirt with an elaborate inlaid kachina bolo. Often his enthusiasm overrode the caution to don work clothes and he ruined countless shirts and pairs of pants. He wore the bolo everywhere for years. Courtesy photo
BLACK HOLE News:
Barbara Grothus, president of Los Alamos Sales Company, a unique salvage store affectionately dubbed “The Black Hole,” has announced that the business will close.
The business, established in 1953, has operated at 4015 Arkansas Ave. in Los Alamos since the 1970s. Edward Grothus, the company’s Read More
Money IQ: Financial Powers of Attorney
Money IQFinancial Powers of Attorney
Tom is 78. He’s been married to Sarah for 52 years. They have five children, none of whom live nearby. Tom had always been blessed with exceptional health until he suffered a serious stroke on July 15.
Sadly, Tom is looking at a slow and uncertain recovery. Throughout their entire marriage, Tom has taken care of all bill paying, tax returns and investments.
He is now unable to assist in any way. Sarah is committed to being Tom’s primary caregiver and has become responsible for all household financial matters.
Tom and Sarah had talked for years about Read More
Rotarians, Guests and Candidates Hear Economic Vitality Talk by Greg Fisher of Los Alamos County
Rotarian Lewis Muir chats with Los Alamos County Economic Vitality Administratorr Greg Fisher, who delivered a talk at Tuesday’s Rotary Club meeting at the Dixie Girl Restaurant. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
County Council candidates on both sides of the aisle listen to County Economic Vitality Administrator Greg Fisher speak about the progress the County has made and the challenges yet to overcome in terms of infrastructure, attracting new business, affordable housing and similar issues. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos County Economic Vitality Read More
Disseminating the Kilogram, No Strings Attached
Patrick Abbot inspects the upper (vacuum) section of the apparatus. Courtesy/ NIST
NIST News:
The impending redefinition of the kilogram presents a weighty dilemma. Methods to be used to realize the redefined kilogram are based on the Planck constant and the Avogadro constant respectively and realize the kilogram in vacuum.
But secondary standards, as well as transfer standards for laboratory and industrial use, must be deployed in air.
Devising a practical method of resolving this difference is extremely complicated. Two masses can easily be compared when both are in vacuum. But an artifact’s Read More
NMFRW President at GOP National Convention
New Mexico Federation of Republican Women President Elaine Miller of Albuquerque attended last week’s Republican National Convention in Tampa Fla., as an alternate delegate. She told the Los Alamos Daily Post that the real turning point for her in the convention was listening to the inspirational speech given by Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan. “He said the things that made me feel positive and enthusiastic and I’m ready to get busy helping to get our candidates elected,” she said. Miller poses here with New Mexico businessman Phil Archuleta who spoke at Read More
LeadHer: Los Alamos Launches Sept. 12
LeadHer: Los Alamos News:
LeadHer: Los Alamos is a new, interdenominational Christian women’s group.
The first LeadHer Los Alamos meeting will be 6:30–7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12 at the Mesa Public Library (Community Rooms upstairs) in Los Alamos.
The purpose of this group is to help women grow spiritually through revelation, inspiration and application.
LeadHer Los Alamos meets twice a month. The first meeting the women get together and watch a video teaching with a theme.
The second meeting, the women participate in a community service project. The September theme is, The Power of Purpose. Read More
Mountain’s Student Newspaper Project Part 13
Editor’s note: This is part 13 of a 15-part series featuring newspapers created by sixth grade students in teacher Michele Altherr’s gifted class at Mountain Elementary School.
This newspaper features the intelligent attributes of the chimpanzee as reported and published by Mountain Elementary School 6th grade student Lena Vinogradova.
United Way Campaign Kick-off is Sept. 12 at LANB
UNWNNM News:
The United Way of Northern New Mexico (UWNNM) invites you to the 2013 Campaign kick-off.
The event will take place at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12 in the lobby of Los Alamos National Bank at 1200 Trinity Dr.
The Blue Window Bistro is sponsoring this year’s event by providing hors d’oeuvres. The 2013 Campaign co-chairs are Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendant Dr. Gene Schmidt and his wife Wendy.
UWNNM is a grant making organization dedicated to engaging human and financial resources to help meet the needs of our communities.
The campaign kick-off marks the beginning of Read More
White Rock Visitor Center Grand Opening is Sept. 28
Los Alamos County will host a grand opening celebration at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 28 at the site of the newly constructed White Rock Visitor Center on N.M. 4. The event is open to the public and also commemorates the completion of road work along N.M. 4 in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
OBITUARY: BOB NUNZ 1939-Sept. 2, 2012
Robert A. Nunz, 73, of White Rock, N.M., passed away peacefully Sept. 2 after a courageous battle with acute myeloid leukemia.
Local Democratic Headquarters is Officially Open
County Councilor David Izraelevitz, center, introduces former council candidate Ken Johnson, left, to his replacement Michael Redondo, who as a hobby, is an extra in movies requiring him to wear his hair and beard long. Johnson resigned from the race last month because he is likely moving out of town. The introduction of Johnson and Redondo was made Sunday as the Democratic Party of Los Alamos County officially opened its new headquarters in downtown Los Alamos with a grand opening celebration. A crowd of Democrats mixed with some Republicans and Independents filled the large space at 140 Central Read More