Sierra Club Presents “Revenge of the Electric Car”
Movie Night at an open meeting of the Sierra Club on Wednesday, May 2nd at 6:30 p.m. (earlier starting time) at Mesa Public Library. The movie is “Revenge of the Electric Car”Everyone is invited to come watch the sequel to “Who Killed the Electric Car” and get jazzed up for plugging in and kicking the oil habit. Read More
Council Approves Adoption of Changes to Special Plan (SP) District and General Code Cleanups and Process Improvements
County Planners Gary Leikness, left, and Martha Perkins join Steve Brugger of the Community Development Department who is briefing Council on the highlights of text amendments relating to the Special Plan (SP) as well as highlights of text amendments relating to general code cleanups and process improvements. Council approved the amendments 6-1 with Councilor Vincent Chiravalle, who is attending tonight’s meeting by telephone, cast the no vote. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
County Council Presents Proclamations and Recognitions
Councilor David Izraelevitz presented on behalf of the Council a proclamation to members of the Los Alamos Homestead Tour Planning Committee declaring the week of May 13-20 as “Homestead Commemoration Week” in Los Alamos and in celebration of the kick-off for the Los Alamos Homestead tour. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Members of the Los Alamos Homestead Tour Planning Committee address the Council. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Councilor Vice Chair Ron Selvage, right, on behalf of the Council, presents a proclamation to Ron Wilkins of the Los Alamos Historical Read More
County Council is Underway and First up is Public Comment
James Rickman spoke to Council from the perspective of one who rides a bicycle around the community. He mentioned that he has observed many motorists texting while driving and said that drivers in virtually every County vehicle that he has observed are texting while driving. He asked Council to consider some type of law with meat and teeth against texting while driving that might be equivalent to, as an example, a fourth degree felony a person would be charged with for walking around with a gun. He said that texting while driving is just as dangerous. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com. Read More
Los Alamos Youth Food Project – Flash Mob Practice
Watch as the Los Alamos Middle School Green Team practices an original song they plan to perform as a "flash mob." When and where will the flash mob occur? So far it's a big surprise.
See the Los Alamos Daily Post "Focus – Los Alamos Youth Food Project" special section for more information on the Project and it's goals. Read More
Summer Video Editing Classes at PAC 8
This summer, PAC 8 is offering 20 sessions of video education classes. Classes will be for students in grades 2- 6 and additional classes will be held for middle school students. The classes are lots of fun – students make music videos, news shows, documentaries, commercials and comedies. This year we’re also offering animation classes.
There are four levels to choose from:
Beginning Classes – basic camera techniques, audio, editing with I Movie, interviewing, studio production.
Intermediate Classes – digital cameras, editing with Final Cut Pro, blue screen, special effects.
Advanced Read More
Atomic Man Duathlon 2012 Results
The 2012 Atomic Man Duathlon was held on Sunday, April 29th. Pet Pangaea, a sponsor of the 2012 Atomic Man Duathlon, has made race photos available to the public.
Eighty two individuals and nine teams from across New Mexico and as far away as Barboursville, West Virgina, competed in this years running and Bicycling event. The event include a “Fat Man” long course and a “Little Boy” short course.
Top Fat Man male finishers were Mike Rahmer of Tijaras (2:10), James Webster, Albuquerque (2:14) and Todd Rinner (2:20).
Top Fat Man female finishers were Caroline Colonna of Read More
Dog Jog 2012 Results
The 2012 Friends of the Shelter Dog Jog was held Saturday, April 28th. Dog Jog sponsor Pet Pangaea has provided photos and results from this years jog. The 2012 Los Alamos Dog Jog was coordinated by the Los Alamos Dog Obedience Club, Mountain Canine Corps, and the Atomic City Roadrunners as a fund raising benefit for the Friends of the Shelter.
More photos can be found at the Pet Pangaea’s Dog Jog Photos website.
| Name | Time |
| Andrew Sutton | 21:33 |
| Viggi Saga | 22:02 |
| Leanne Smith | 22:24 |
| Thomas Chadwick | 24:08 |
| David Telles | 24:10 |
| Susan Hanson | 24:52 |
| Christopher Fontes | 25:25 |
| Duncan Fuehne |
Quality New Mexico Accepting Applications for 2012 NM Performance Excellence Awards
Quality New Mexico is accepting applications for the 2012 New Mexico Performance Excellence Awards.
The New Mexico Performance Excellence Awards, modeled after the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, provide participating organizations with feedback on their strengths and their opportunities for improvement.
This feedback is based on the time-tested Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence, which provides an assessment framework to gauge organizational performance.
The awards, which will be awarded next spring, include:
- Piñon Recognition, commitmentto performance
Lou Santoro Honored for Leadership and Service
Lou Santoro, left, is honored by Agency Field Executive James Medina on behalf of State Farm for his 35 years of service and leadership. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos businessman Lou Santoro was honored by State Farm Insurance recently for his years of leadership and service.
Agency Field Executive James Medina traveled to Santoro’s downtown Los Alamos office April 20 to personally thank him and present him with a special plaque for his 35 years of exemplary service with the worldwide organization.
“Lou is a leader within State Read More
Gwynn Cunningham is Rotary Student of the Month
Rotarian James Nesmith with Los Alamos High School senior Gwynn Cunningham as she is recognized as “Student of the Month” by the Rotary Club of Los Alamos Tuesday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Rotarian James Nesmith, left, with the Rotary’s “Student of the Month” Gwynn Cunningham, her parents Andrea and Greg Cunningham and mentor Diane Toups whom she credited greatly for her success development. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
The Los Alamos Rotary Club honored Gwynneth Cunningham as April’s Student of the Month at Fuller Read More
Habitat for Humanities Director Addresses Rotarians
Executive Director Yvonne Maestas of Habitat for Humanities talks about the local program, now in the process of building its eighth house for families in need, during a Los Alamos Rotary Club meeting at Fuller Lodge Tuesday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Los Alamos Makes Wealthiest Counties List
Forbes has published its list of the richest counties in the United States.
Los Alamos comes in fourth and four suburbs in Washington, D.C. comprise the other wealthiest counties on the top five list.
The top five:
- Loudoun County, Virginia: $115,574 median household income
- Falls Church City, Virginia: $114,409
- Fairfax County, Virginia: $105,416
- Los Alamos County, New Mexico: $103,643
- Howard County, Maryland: $103,273
Mesa Public Library to Host Display of Historic J. Robert Oppenheimer Photographs
MESA PUBLIC LIBRARY News
The J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee (JROMC) will present an exhibit of historic photos entitled “J. Robert Oppenheimer: Photographs From His Life: 1904 – 1967” at the Mesa Public Library Gallery, 2400 Central Ave. from May 2 to May 30. The public is encouraged to visit the exhibit.
An opening reception will be 4:30-6:30 p.m. May 3, at the Mesa Public Library Gallery upstairs. Refreshments will be served and members of the JROMC will be on hand to answer questions.
Oppenheimer and his mother. Courtesy Photo
The photos and their captions show the full range of Oppenheimer’s Read More
Los Alamos GOP County Quadrennial Convention Set for May 17
GOP News:
Call is hereby made for the 2012 Quadrennial Los Alamos Republican Convention on Thursday, May 2012, at the Los Alamos VFW, 1793 Deacon St., and for a Los Alamos Central Committee meeting to be held at 7 p.m., immediately preceding the Convention.
Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. and doors close promptly at 7 p.m.
All registered Republicans are invited to attend.
The Los Alamos County Central Committee Meeting will start at 7 p.m.
Immediately following, Ward Caucuses will be held to elect ward delegates to the County Quadrennial Convention.
At 7:30 p.m., the LA County Quadrennial Convention
Hilltopper Softball Seated #6 for State Tournament
The Hilltopper Softball Team was seated #6 and will play a home game in White Rock against St. Pius at 11:30 a.m. Saturday May 5. Photo by Alan Kirk
LA Visiting Nurse Service’s Tammy Larson Honored
Tammy Larson. Courtesy/LVNS
LVNS News:
Tammy Larson of Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service has been honored as the Texas & New Mexico Finance/Billing Person of the Year.
Larson is a lifelong resident of Los Alamos and has been active in the medical field the majority of her working life.
LVNS: “Tammy is a dedicated employee who always has our patient’s best interest at heart.” Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: April 19 to April 24, 2012
The following information is 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.
April 19 at 9:14 a.m. / A 49-year-old Los Alamos woman reported a possible attempt to enter her residence in the 400 block of Ridgecrest Ave.
April 20 at 9:57 a.m. / Police responded to an unattended death of a 92-year-old Los Alamos man in the 700 block of 42nd Street.
April 20 at 10:21 a.m. / Police received a report of a broken window in the 100 block of Longview Drive. The estimated damage is less than Read More
Santa Fe Poet Laureate’s ‘Odes and Offerings’ Pairs Poetry with Visual Art
“Hanging Boat” artist: Julie Wagner. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Joan Logghe brings her two-year stint as Santa Fe Poet Laureate to a close with a very special exhibition, “Odes and Offerings,” at the Santa Fe Community Gallery.
Local artists were paired with local poets and the artists chose part of the text of the poem to include in their piece.
All the pieces were created specifically for this show.
Thirty-six works of art and 36 poems are included.
“It was an arranged marriage,” said Rod Lambert, curator of the exhibit. “Opening night was a blind date between the poets Read More
OBITUARY: Janet Lucille Fowler
JANET LUCILLE FOWLER
June 3, 1919 – April 26, 2012
Janet Lucille Brown Fowler was born on June 3, 1919, in Bucyrus, Ohio, the daughter of Neva and Carl Brown. She graduated from Bucyrus High School in 1937 and moved to Cleveland, where she completed Nurse’s Training at St. Luke’s Hospital, received her RN degree, and then worked there as a nurse.
She met Max Fowler in Cleveland and they were married in 1942. Six months later Max joined the U.S. Navy and the newlyweds moved to Annapolis, Maryland. They lived there throughout World War II, Max teaching at the Naval Academy and Janet working Read More