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Rio Arriba Adult Literacy Program Given $9,000 Grant

Students and tutors meet two hours per week in a public location. Courtesy photo
 
Courtesy photo
 
RAALP News:
 
ESPNAOLA This week, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded the Rio Arriba Adult Literacy Program (RAALP) a $9,000 grant to support free, student-centered, one-to-one tutoring to adult Basic Literacy and English-as-a-Second-Language students.
 
This local grant award is part of more than $8.3 million in grants awarded to more than 1,000 schools, nonprofits and organizations across the 44 states that Dollar General serves.
 
The Rio Arriba
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Scenes From Second Summer Concert Of Season

DK and the Affordables perform at the second Los Alamos County Summer Concert of the 2018 season Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

A group of dancers at the concert Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

The dance floor gets lively during the concert. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

The community turns out for the summer concert Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More

More Scenes From 2018 Master Garden Tour

Paul and Nancy Arendt and friends Saturday visiting one of the five homes in White Rock on the 2018 Master Garden Tour that also included the grounds of the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road in Los Alamos. Photo by Felicia Orth

A garden path to a great view. Photo by Felicia Orth

Larry Deaven giving penstemon tour at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Felicia Orth

Scene from the 2018 Master Garden Tour Saturday. Photo by Felicia Orth

Scene from the 2018 Master Garden Tour Saturday. Photo by Felicia Orth

View of one part of the PEEC penstemon gardens. Photo by Felicia Orth

Blue buckle penstemon. Read More

County Celebrates National Trails Day

In recognition of National Trails Day, Los Alamos County Recreation Leader Eric Hill hosts a booth Saturday afternoon at the Canyon Rim Trailhead. The Los Alamos County Fire Department issued Stage III Fire Restrictions Friday, which prohibits access to unpaved trail systems within the County; however, Hill pointed out that paved trails are still available for use. Local paved trails include the Canyon Rim Trail, La Mesa Trail near East Park and the paved area at Overlook Park in White Rock. Hill provided bottled water, otter pops, buttons and other items to trail users. He said this is the first Read More

Kiwanis Awards Certificates To 10 Scholarship Winners

Don Casperson, right, presents the 2018  Kiwanis Scholarship winners during the Los Alamos High School Honors Convocation. The winners (each one called up by name) were: Rachel Frankle, Ben Rees, Priyanka Velappan, Katelyn Green, Radhika Iyer, Ruby Selvage, Sara Shiina, Emma Tompkins, Miriam Wallstrom, Sydne Ashford and Amber Cline. Tompkins didn’t attend the presentation ceremony, but all of the others were present. Photo by Rita Sanchez

 

By CHARMIAN SCHALLER
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos

Don Casperson, the Kiwanis representative at the 2018 Los Alamos High School Honors Convocation Read More

Los Alamos Middle School Students Collect Data At East Jemez River For Watershed Watch Project

 Josh Duran, left, Megan Rains, Miranda Lopez, Lindsey Thalman, Zayda Rodriquez and Karl Sinkula. Courtesy photo
 
From left, Elizabeth Adams, Ashley Hammond, Senna Luke, Carlos Herrera from Riversource, Inc. and Andrew Johnson. Courtesy photo
 
LAPS News:
 
Teachers who work at Los Alamos Public Schools truly go above and beyond to provide fun and informative lessons for their students. Megan Rains, a 7th grade science teacher at Los Alamos Middle School, is one such teacher.
 
In the fall and spring semesters of this school year, Rains took a group of students
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Summer Family Evenings Kick-Off With Bats June 6

Talk on bats Wednesday at nature center. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The first in this year’s Pajarito Environmental Education Center Summer Family Evenings series features bat expert Justin Stevenson presenting a talk about North American bats at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 6 at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road.

This Summer Family Evenings event will give people of all ages the opportunity to celebrate North American bats and learn about their life history, behavior and biology. Stevenson is the co-founder of R.D. Wildlife Management and Fightwns, a 501(c)(3) advocacy Read More