Beautiful Bowls Available at the March 17 Empty Bowl Event
KRSN 1490 News:
The annual Empty Bowls event draws volunteers from across the community who create colorful bowls for sale to raise money for Self Help, Inc. Courtesy/KRSN
The 18th annual Empty Bowl event is set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 17 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center.
For a donation of $10 or more, community members can choose a hand painted bowl and enjoy a delicious soup and bread lunch with live entertainment.
All of the money raised during the Empty Bowl event goes directly to support the work of Self Help, Inc.
Self Help, Inc. assists Northern New Mexico families in need of immediate Read More
Local Hoop Shooting Robot Now Locked in Bag
Staff Report
Steve Aumack and Nate Phillips work on the robot operator control panel as the team gets ready for the competition in Salt Lake City March 15. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
A team of 14 Los Alamos High School students and 10 adult mentors built a robot that can shoot hoops. The team began work Jan. 7 and wrapped up the project Feb 21.
The group is competing in the FIRST Robotics Competition. The competition involves short games played by robots. The students build and program their robots, which are remotely controlled during the competition.
Each team receives a kit of parts Read More
Los Alamos Democrats Attend Pre-Primary Convention Today
Today’s New Mexico Democratic Pre-Primary Convention at the Albuquerque Convention Center with members of the Los Alamos Delegation including David Izraelevitz, Chris Chandler, Pete Sheehy, Cathy Chapman and Karen Kendall. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
School Board Holding Several Meetings This Week
Los Alamos Public Schools News:
The Los Alamos School Board is set to meet three times this coming week:
- 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Los Alamos High School Speech Theater to discuss district construction, a preventative maintenance plan an Excellence for Student Achievement Award nominee, Trinity Renovations, Quality of Education Survey questions, the School Board’s meeting schedule and the donation of Los Alamos Middle School Garden Shed and agreement with the Family YMCA on the Garden Shed. Also on the agenda is the superintendent’s Professional Development Plan, the superintendent’s
Arts in Public Places to Discuss Art for White Rock Visitor Center
County News:
A meeting of the Arts in Public Places Advisory Board is set for 4:30-6 p.m. Wednesday at Mesa Public Library.
Members will discuss potential art for the White Rock Visitor Center.
Among other items on the agenda is an update of information regarding the re-location of “Strange Trio,” a brief update on the “Call for Artists” for the Animal Shelter and a discussion of the remaining work needed to develop a 5-Year Strategic Plan.
The public is invited to attend the meeting.
The mission of the Arts in Public Places Advisory Board is to encourage the integration of art into Read More
Former New York Times Reporter to Talk on State of Nuclear Threats and Possibility of a Nuclear 9-11
Phillip Taubman
Former New York Times reporter Philip Taubman talks about the current state of nuclear threats, including Pakistan, North Korea, Iran, and the possibility of a nuclear 9-11 at a presentation beginning at 6 p.m. March 15 at Los National Laboratory’s Bradbury Science Museum.
Taubman also will talk about his newly published book, “The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb.”
The talk is open to the public; seating is limited to 100.
Taubman is a former Moscow and Washington, D.C., bureau chief for the New York Times.
He worked at the Times for more than 30 years Read More
LANL Schedules Three Community Forums
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory is hosting three Northern New Mexico community forums about the Lab’s voluntary workforce separation program now under way.
The public is invited to ask questions and get answers about Lab workforce action starting Monday, March 12.
Employees, spouses and the general public are welcome to attend.
Lab officials will be on hand to answer questions:
- March 12 in Pojoaque, 6-7:30 p.m., Cities of Gold Conference Center
- March 13 in Española, 6-7:30 p.m., Nick L. Salazar Center for the Arts, Northern New Mexico College
- March 14 in Los Alamos, 6-7:30 p.m.,
Clairvoyance and Confusion: Some Remarks on Composite Hypothesis Testing
By James Theiler, LANL
James Theiler of the Space and Remote Sensing Sciences Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory is presenting a talk at 12:15 p.m. Friday in the
Medium Conference Room at the Santa Fe Institute:
Abstract: The composite hypothesis testing problem is one of the great unsolved problems of statistics — but it is not unsolved because it is particularly hard; it is unsolved because it is fundamentally ambiguous. It is also enormously useful: it lies at the core of what it means to do science, and provides a nice framework to do target detection in multispectral imagery.
For simple Read More
A Sneak Peak @ PEEC’s Upcoming Events
PEEC News:
Planetary Alignment Viewing
March 12, 7:30 p.m. @ PEEC. A rare close conjunction of two very bright planets, Jupiter and Venus, is occuring. Chick Keller and Steve Becker will have telescopes at PEEC to view the planets and discuss what is happening. Public is invited, admission is free.
YOUR Sustainable Home, Sustainable Los Alamos Series
March 14, 7 p.m. @ PEEC. so you’ve heard from the experts about how to make your home more sustainable. Now we want to hear from you! Join us for a fun, world-cafe style evening of learning and sharing ideas/actions we do to live more sustainably. Read More
Heinrich Receives Red Boxing Gloves
U.S. Senatorial candidate Martin Heinrich-D-N.M., held a news conference with President/CEO Max Ritchman of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare March 2. The event was held at the Center for Progress & Justice in Santa Fe and featured discussion on strengthening Medicare and Social Security for New Mexico’s current and future senior citizens. The NCPSSM endorsed Heinrich and presented him with a pair of red boxing gloves. Heinrich is running against Republican Heather Wilson for retiring Sen. Jeff Bingaman’s seat. Photo by Carl Newton Read More
Go-Green-Go!
Plants begin to sprout during an educational project getting underway at the Espanola YMCA. Courtesy Photo
Spring is on its way and that means the Espanola YMCA Teen Center, operated by the Los Alamos Family YMCA, is preparing to begin its annual Go-Green-Go! environmental project.
Youth will have the opportunity to learn about agriculture and the importance of preserving natural resources.
The teens also will gain hands-on experience through growing their choice of vegetation during the summer months.
At the end of the cycle, the novice farmers harvest their vegetation to give to a friend,
Japan’s Olympic Hopefuls Train in Los Alamos
Members of the Japan National Swim Team workout three days a week at LA Fitness. The team is in Los Alamos training at the Larry Walkup Aquatics Center for the upcoming Olympics. Photo by Kent Pegg Read More
Congressional Candidate Blasts Opponent, Calls on Congress to Halt LANL Layoffs
Candidate Rick Newton News:
Rick Newton, Taos Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in District 3, blasted opponent Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-NM, in a news release, charging him with endangering national security and for having an uncaring attitude toward the nearly 800 people losing their jobs at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
Newton ripped incumbent Lujan saying, “Once again, Lujan has chosen the narrow partisan interests of President Obama over the jobs of highly skilled workers in northern New Mexico. Lujan actually said ‘LANL is not immune from these cuts in the President’s budget,’ Read More
Karen Wray Fine Art Gallery to Represent Ceramic Artist Marc Hudson
By Mandy Marksteiner
Artist Marc Hudson at work in his studio. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner
When I first visited Hudson’s garage studio he immediately plopped a six-pound lump of clay onto his wheel and leaned into the amorphous blob with his whole body until it took shape. First it became a tall cylinder, and as he coaxed the walls to expand, it became what he called a “rumptious round.”
As Hudson described it, “The clay doesn’t have any opinions about its final destiny. It’s the byproduct of erosion and it doesn’t mind that. When people see clay (or a blank sheet of paper or an empty canvas) they Read More
NNSA Initiates International Nuclear Forensics Training with the IAEA
NNSA News:
Anne Harrington
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announces the successful completion of the “International Workshop on Nuclear Forensics Methodologies,” held at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington, and conducted in partnership with the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Office of Nuclear Security. The technical workshop brought together 24 participants from 12 countries — Argentina, Brazil, China, Georgia, Hungary, Japan, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, Read More
Skylar Wants to be Adopted
Los Alamos County Animal Shelter News:
Skylar is hoping for a good home. Courtesy Photo
Skylar is about 14 months old and a terrier/lab mix waiting for a good home to call his own.
He is residing at the Los Alamos County Animal Shelter and is reportedly good with adults, gentle children, cats and dogs.
Skylar is submissive and likes the safety of a nearby crate while he figures out what is expected.
He is housebroken and leash trained and enjoys attention and going for walks with shelter volunteers.
Skylar is neutered and up-to-date with his routine shots.
His primary color is black with a short coat Read More
Dr. John C. Hopkins to Lecture on ‘The Cold War and U.S. Nuclear Weapons: From My Perspective’
Mushroom-shaped cloud and water column from the underwater Baker nuclear explosion of July 25, 1946. Photo taken from a tower on Bikini Island, 3.5 miles away. Courtesy Photo
Los Alamos Historical Society News:
Dr. John C. Hopkins will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fuller Lodge on “The Cold War and U.S. Nuclear Weapons: From My Perspective” as part of the Los Alamos Historical Society’s 2011-2012 lecture series.
John Hopkins
“Nuclear weapons, and hence Los Alamos, played a major role during the Cold War.
Immediately after World War II, the task at Los Alamos was to rebuild the staff Read More
Local Youth Help Team Win State Championship Meets
Charger Aquatics News:
Top row from left, Sara Shiina, Sarah Lott, Kaan Unal, Radhika Iyer.
Bottom row from left, Presley Gao, Katherine Elton, Takuma Shiina, Injie Mourad and not in picture Maria Venneri. Courtesy Photo
The 14 & Under under New Mexico State Short Course Swim Meet was held Feb. 24-26 at West Mesa Aquatic Center in Albuquerque.
Eighteen teams from across New Mexico participated in the 3-day event and 112 different events were raced.
Nine swimmers from the Charger Aquatics – Los Alamos (CAQ-LA) team helped cinch the win that brought the 14 & Under state banner back to Los Read More
FSN Offering Programs for Teens, Tweens and Parents with Workshops that take out the ‘Squirm Factor’
Family Strengths Network News:
Youth Volunteer Natalie Smith spends time helping a local child get creative during a Gingerbread House Building event at the Family Strength’s Network. Courtesy/FSN
Adolescence is a critical developmental time for every family.
While young people are learning to use their emerging independence to discover their strengths, parents look for opportunities to balance their child’s need for freedom with guidance and direction.
Proactive families know that while children don’t come with a handbook, there are local resources to facilitate a positive Read More