PEEC Offers Backyard Bird ID Class and Free Proenneke Film at Reel Deal
Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC will offer their popular class “What’s That Bird in my Backyard?” from 7-8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 15.
Individual registration is $10 or $9 for PEEC members and family registration is $20 or $18 for members.
Veteran birder Dave Yeamans will offer guidance on recognizing the most common winter birds in Los Alamos and White Rock.
Yeamans uses photos, books and websites to help participants get started with basic birding, or increase intermediate expertise. He will teach tips for recognizing birds by their colors, silhouette, behavior and feeding habits.
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Make a Date with History
By Kirsten Laskey
In honor of Valentine’s Day, the Los Alamos Historical Society is inviting the community to “Make a Date with History.”
Dr. James Hopkins chats with students. Courtesy/LA Historical Society
Dr. James Hopkins, a professor at Southern Methodist University, will continue the Historical Society’s lecture series with his talk, “Oppenheimer and his Colleagues at Los Alamos” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 at Fuller Lodge.
So what attracts people to J. Robert Oppenheimer?
Hopkins said, “Oppenheimer is a familiar and affecting figure to anyone interested in the Manhattan Project but it Read More
Olympic Trials: Team AQLUB of Japan Will Train at Aquatic Center
Team AQLUB from Tokyo Japan will train at the Larry R. Walkup Aquatic Center Feb. 16-March 8 because of this year’s Olympic Trials. This is a great opportunity for local residents to visit with and watch an extremely competitive team train. Contact the Los Alamos Aquatic Center at 662-8170 for details on the team’s arrival and schedule.
The Aquatic Center is a world-class facility that offers diverse activities to users of all age, income, fitness and interest levels.
The facility offers affordable recreation, instruction, fitness, competitive programs, and therapeutic programs for all Read More
Experts to Discuss Growing Healthy Hearts for Newborns to Teens
Parents are invited and encouraged to come to the annual Heart Month Seminar at the First Baptist Church Feb. 16.
This is a free event that includes a light supper of wraps and sweet potato salad from the Los Alamos Cooperative Market.
Girls Hockey Team Young but Competitive
Photo/Courtesy Scott Doebling
Now in its second season, the Los Alamos U12 Girls hockey team has improved substantially over its inaugural season. This group of 16 girls will face Gunnison at home Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 11 and 12.
In the 2010-11 season, the Los Alamos Hockey Association formed this team comprised of girls ages 12 and under. The team was young, drawing from three different hockey age groups to roster enough girls to play. In that first season, the team played and lost 15 games against other girls’ teams in the Mountain States Girls Hockey League. For the entire season, three girls Read More
Local Doctor Returns From Fourth Deployment
Dr. Paul Daly. Courtesy Photo
Dr. Paul Daly, a Family Practice physician with Medical Associates of Northern New Mexico in Los Alamos, recently returned from his fourth mobilization as an Army Reserve medical officer. During this deployment, Dr. Daly was assigned to the 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC) Brigade as their Command Surgeon.
The 310th ESC is based out of Indianapolis, Indiana, but draws soldiers from several neighboring states. The function of an ESC is to provide combat services support. This entails assuming command and control of smaller logistics units, Read More
The Hill Stompers Light Up Durango Parade
Band member Jeff Favorite blows his whistle as the Hill Stompers entertain the crowd last weekend in Durango.
Photo by Jean Gindreau/For ladailypost.com.
The Hill Stompers, an award winning jazzy street band that formed in 2000, spent last weekend playing music and dancing in the Snowdown Light Parade in Durango, Colo.
It’s Durango’s only nighttime parade where light-bedecked floats create a dazzling delight in Durango’s most spectacular and entertaining procession along the banks of Main Avenue.
The Hill Stompers will next play at the Mardi Gras Pub Crawl Tuesday, Feb. 21, where Read More
Enloe and Cowan Share Unique History
Bill Enloe, left, with Dr. George Cowan at the Santa Fe Institute in December. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Santa Fe Institute founder Dr. George A. Cowan and SFI board member Bill Enloe discussed their unique history in an interview on the Behind the White Coat science program in December.
Cowan is a founding director of Los Alamos National Bank and was its chairman for 30 years. Enloe has spent his professional career with LANB and serves as chairman and chief executive officer.
Cowan is a research scientist, academician, businessman and philanthropist. He is a Lifetime Read More
A Day Trip Excursion by Rail
We took the short walk to the train depot and jumped on board at 11:20 a.m. Upstairs in the train there are groupings of four seats that face each other with a narrow table in between.
A ticket taker shows up after a while and you pay with cash or by credit card. The round trip to Albuquerque cost 8 bucks for adults, 6 for seniors and kids under 10 free. The trip is very scenic. In Santa
“Uncommon Valor: The Battle of Iwo Jima” Coming to Mesa Public Library
Sixty Seven Years Ago: The Battle of Iwo Jima with Veteran Bill Hudson is a special event set for 7 p.m. Feb. 14 in the Mesa Public Library Upstairs Rotunda.
Iwo Jima/Wikipedia
A video, including an interview with a local Iwo Jima Marine Corp veteran will be shown. Battle veteran Bill Hudson of Los Alamos will present the video “Uncommon Valor: The Battle of Iwo Jima,” produced by the Canadian History Channel.
On this Valentine’s Day, this showing will commemorate the 67th anniversary of that historic battle and all the loved ones who fought and those who were lost.
This video has not been aired Read More
Developer Sells Central Park Square
Central Park Square
BUSINESS News:
The Los Alamos Daily Post has learned that Philip H. Kunsberg of Los Alamos has purchased Central Park Square from Tom Netuschil, owner of Netuschil Development Corp in Los Alamos.
A mortgage dated Dec. 29, 2011 lists Kunsberg, along with John Vogel Jr. and Judith A. Music, as borrowers on a loan financed through Los Alamos National Bank that also purchased the two-story building at 464 Central Ave., across from the Hilltop House Hotel and property at 278 DP Road. Although it’s unclear how much the individual properties cost the partners, documents related Read More
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LA Youth Mobilizers – LA Youth Food Project Survey Report
Attached by a link is the report of the survey given to all 7th and 8th graders @ LAMS after the November 2011 Pep Rally for the LA Youth Food Project. The survey and resulting report was created by the Los Alamos Youth Mobilizers (Myles Gurle, Daniel McCurdy, Sarah Park, Cydney Remelius) and was published in March 2012. It is in Microsoft Word Document format. The Los Alamos Youth Mobilizers are sponsored by the Los Alamos Family YMCA and the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board.
https:////layouthfoodproject.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/youth-food-project-survey-report.docx Read More
YMCA: May Is Women’s Health Month
YMCA News:
May is commonly associated with Spring, growth and new beginnings. It is also when the National Cervical Cancer Coalition (N.C.C.C) recognizes Women’s Health Month.
In acknowledgement, The Family YMCA is offering a special Women’s Health Workshop 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 6 in the Main Studio at 1450 Iris St.
Desiree Cassell of Los Alamos will host the program and registration is open. Cassell is passionate about educating and supporting women throughout all phases of life. She has her doctorate of Physical Therapy and bachelor’s degree in nutrition. Since her graduation Read More