Historical Society’s Community Tea Focused on Breathing New Life into Oppenheimer House
Sunday’s Los Alamos Historical Society Community Tea and Interpretive Planning Session examined how to enhance and celebrate a world-renowned legacy.
By Carol A. Clark
Some 70 preservationists, scholars, museum experts and community members spent 3.5 hours Sunday afternoon brainstorming the ways to use J. Robert Oppenheimer’s famous Bathtub Row residence to tell his story “in his own words.”
“Historic houses throughout the country are closing down … I don’t want this to be a velvet rope museum where a guide takes people through and Read More
A Little Girl, a Former Fire Chief and a Stylist to Celebrities Help Cancer Patients
Elliot (Elli) Madsen, 9, flashes a big smile as stylist Blair Leonard prepares to cut her hair for Locks of Love. Photo by Dee-Dee Madsen
By Carol A. Clark
Three kind-heartened individuals came together in White Rock this month for one simple purpose – to make others feel better.
Elliot (Elli) Madsen is nine years old. She is in Mrs. Mann’s 4th grade class at Chamisa Elementary School in White Rock.
“Elli decided to contribute to the Locks of Love Foundation all on her own, she is such a sweet kid,” her mother Dee-Dee Madsen said. “She learned of the organization in school. Last Read More
Historical Society’s Community Tea Focused on Breathing New Life into Oppenheimer House
Sunday’s Los Alamos Historical Society Community Tea and Interpretive Planning Session examined how to enhance and celebrate a world-renowned legacy.
Some 70 preservationists, scholars, museum experts and community members spent 3.5 hours Sunday afternoon brainstorming the ways to use J. Robert Oppenheimer’s famous Bathtub Row residence to tell his story “in his own words.”
“Historic houses throughout the country are closing down … I don’t want this to be a velvet rope museum where a guide takes people through and they hear the Read More
Rotary Crab Fest Draws Record Crowd Sunday Night
Participating in the Rotary Crab Fest Dinner are members of the Japan National Swim Team with LAPS Superintendent Gene Schmidt, LAHS National Honor Society students Ali Berl and Lauren TenCate who both swim for the Pajarito Aquatic Club, LAHS basketball player and National Honor Society student Nick Baker, Japan Head Coach Kaneko, Rotarian Bill Hudson and Assistant Coach Nakamura. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Senior Vice President Jill Cook of Los Alamos National Bank, the Crab Fest’s major sponsor, donated her talents as auctioneer for the 3rd annual fundraiser Read More
Exercise and Your Heart
Kent Pegg
By Kent Pegg
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one killer in the United States today. Nearly one million American deaths are caused by CVD each year. That’s nearly 40 percent of all the deaths in this country. Many of these deaths are preventable and caused by a lack of physical activity. It is estimated that one out of every eight deaths in America is caused by that very lack of physical activity.
Three of the most common types of CVD are coronary artery disease, hypertension and peripheral vascular disease.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is caused by atherosclerosis, Read More
LACA to Present One of the World’s Most Celebrated Vocal Ensembles: The King’s Singers
The King’s Singers at St. James Church, Piccadilly, London, Britain. From left, Timothy Wayne-Wright, Jonathan Howard, Christopher Bruerton, David Hurley, Paul Phoenix and Christopher Gabbitas. Photo by Alex MacNaughton
On March 10, the Los Alamos Concert Association presents one of the world’s most celebrated vocal ensembles, The King’s Singers, as the fourth concert in LACA’s 65th anniversary season. Describing their appearance at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, Alexandra Coghlan wrote “with a flawless blend and a balance of playful showmanship and sophisticated Read More
Beauty in the Beast Opening Reception Featured Unique Perspectives
The beauty of a beast shines in the eye of the beholder. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
Friday night’s opening reception drew 150 people to view the Beauty in the Beast show at Fuller Lodge Art Center.
The show revealed the wild side of beauty. It runs through March 31.
Works by local artist Thelma Hahn are on display in the Portal. The Art Center at 2132 Central Ave. is in the historic Fuller Lodge and is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Gallery Manager Amy Bjarke greets patrons during Friday’s opening reception of Beauty in the Beast. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com Read More
Los Alamos Boasts First Photovoltaic System Installed on a Landfill in New mexico
NEDO has begun installing the photovoltaic system on the capped landfill adjacent to the Eco Center. NEDO will install one megawatt, and the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities will enter into a purchase power agreement for another, for a total of two megawatts on the capped landfill. This is the first photovoltaic system in New Mexico to be installed on a landfill. Photo by Julie Williams-Hill
Staff Report
Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has partnered with Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities and the Los Alamos Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Feb. 16 to Feb. 22, 2012
The following information was 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.
Feb. 16 at 12:02 p.m./A 12-year-old Los Alamos girl reported that she was battered at Los Alamos Middle School on Hawk Drive.
Feb. 16 at 10:39 p.m./A 14-year-old Los Alamos girl was charged with battery at LAMS and referred to the juvenile probation officer.
Feb. 17 at 11:30 a.m./A 15-year-old Los Alamos girl was charged at Los Alamos High School with possession of marijuana Read More
A Glimpse of the Engineering Behind the Science at LANL
LANL Associate Director of Engineering Steve Girrens discusses current data on R&D engineering
demographics at the Lab. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of stories about the important role engineers play at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
February is National Engineers Month and several local engineers recently appeared on the Behind the White Coat Program now airing on PAC 8 to spotlight the role engineering plays at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Steve Girrens, LANL’s associate director for engineering participated in the five-part Read More
Dems Paint the Town Blue
New Mexico House of Representatives Democratic Candidate Stephanie Richard, left, with LAPS Teacher Andrea Determan. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
By Kirsten Laskey
“This is our year,” said Stephanie Richard, candidate for New Mexico District 43 House of Representatives, to the crowd assembled at the Los Alamos Democratic Party’s County Convention at the Hilltop House Hotel Thursday.
With the room packed and the walls plastered with campaign posters, the mood felt optimistic. This was reflected in Richard’s words when she said a friend from Santa Fe commented Read More
Former Chairman and CEO of Kellogg, Brown & Root Inc. Sentenced for Foreign Bribery and Kickback Schemes
WASHINGTON—Albert “Jack” Stanley, a former chairman and chief executive officer of Kellogg, Brown & Root Inc. (KBR), was sentenced Friday to 30 months in prison for conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by participating in a decade-long scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials to obtain engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts and for conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud as part of a separate kickback scheme, the Justice Department’s Criminal Division today announced.
U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison for the Read More
Ten Artists Will Represent Los Alamos Creative District
The Los Alamos Creative District is accepting applications from artists interested in representing this community at downtown Albuquerque’s Centennial Summerfest June 16.
Ten of the applicants will be selected for the 100 for 100 art show and competition.
The Centennial Summerfest is expected to be heavily attended and will include a variety of arts, food and entertainment venues.
One hundred artists from Albuquerque and New Mexico’s other five state recognized arts and culture districts, including Los Alamos will form an artists market throughout the event.
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N.M. 4 Road Work Ramps Up
A worker digs a deep ditch along N.M. 4 as part of the roadway improvement project now underway. The nearly $5 million project is scheduled for completion this fall. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
An asphalt sprayer moves slowly along N.M. 4. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
Find It @ Your Library
The Mesa Public Library and White Rock Branch Library have books in Chinese, Russian, Spanish and more … Visit the library’s foreign language collections, in print and online.
Whether you are learning a new language, keeping up with new releases in your native language or just enjoy honing your foreign language skills, Mesa Public Library and White Rock Branch Library aim to please.
The libraries provide all patrons, including local readers, listeners and viewers, with materials in languages from around the world.
- The foreign language book collection has hundreds of titles in both
Find It @ Your Library
The Mesa Public Library and White Rock Branch Library have books in Chinese, Russian, Spanish and more … Visit the library’s foreign language collections, in print and online.
Whether you are learning a new language, keeping up with new releases in your native language or just enjoy honing your foreign language skills, Mesa Public Library and White Rock Branch Library aim to please.
The libraries provide all patrons, including local readers, listeners and viewers, with materials in languages from around the world.
- The foreign language book collection has hundreds of titles in both fiction
Teen Center and Nature Center Move to Phase 2
Pete Sheehey Announces Bid for County Council
Democrat Pete Sheehey announces his candidacy for county council Thursday night. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
County Planning and Zoning Commission Vice Chair Pete Sheehey announced his candidacy for a seat on the Los Alamos County Council during Thursday night’s Los Alamos Democratic Party County Convention at the Hilltop House Hotel.
Sheehey made the following statement:
I’m Pete Sheehey, and I am running for Los Alamos County Council. I’ve lived and worked here for 25 years, and Los Alamos has been a good home for me. I think we can make it better. There are two things I would Read More
County Political Parties Elect Delegates
Norma Tech jots down delegate nominees during the GOP County Convention at the VFW. Photo by Carol A Clark/ladailypost.com
George Chandler tallies delegate votes during the Democratic County Convention at the Hilltop House Hotel Thursday evening. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
By Kirsten Laskey and Carol A. Clark
Both political parties held their county conventions at the same time Thursday night. The Los Alamos Democratic Party held its county convention in the upstairs meeting room at the Hilltop House Hotel on Trinity Drive. The Los Alamos Republican Party held its Read More
Earth Now: American Photographers and the Environment
Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC is presenting a talk and book signing at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29 by Katherine Ware, Exhibits and Photography Curator of the New Mexico Museum of Art.
Ware also is the author of Earth Now.
Earth Now traces the development of environmental photography beginning with Adams and Porter and others, and the next generation of landscape photographers whose works confronted the issues of landscape and the environment in less idealized terms.
Earth Now is a powerful commentary on global environmental issues as seen through the lens of the newest wave of environmental Read More