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