Community

Smith Lobby Redesign Public Meeting Sept. 20

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Prospective view of the main entrance to Smith Auditorium. Courtesy photo

LAPS News:

Los Alamos Public Schools invites the community to a public meeting 5:30-6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 20, to share their comments and questions about the Smith Auditorium Lobby Redesign at Los Alamos High School.

Lobby construction is tentatively planned to begin in the late spring of 2017. The lobby redesign is anticipated to be completed by November 2017.

LAPS has engaged FBT Architects for the redesign work. FBT has held several meetings with interested community users of Smith Auditorium to work out the Read More

Panel Discusses Economic Development Projects Over Breakfast Wednesday

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CHAMBER News:

A panel discussion on Economic Development Projects in Los Alamos and across New Mexico may help answer questions on the minds of local businesses, financial institutions, elected officials and nonprofit organizers.

The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast, 7:30-9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept 14, will feature a panel discussion by Patrick Sullivan, Therese Varela and Will Gleason, who will discuss upcoming projects from their unique professional perspectives.

Sullivan is executive director of the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation. Varela is with Read More

UWNNM Youth Team Hosts Dinner Over Diamond

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United Way of Northern New Mexico staff, United Way Youth Team members, volunteers, board members and Los Alamos Public School staff and administrators gather Sunday for the Dinner over Diamond fundraiser event. Typically set up on the walkover above Diamond Drive, due to rainy weather Saturday’s event moved into the Los Alamos High School gymnasium lobby. Clockwise from the left, UWNNM Board President Steve Boerigter, LAPS Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus, UWNNM Youth Team Member Maya Rogers, UWNNM Youth Team Mentor Morrie Pongratz, UWNNM Youth Team Members Josh Shevitz and Read More

EM’s New Video Series Tells The Stories Of Individual Cleanup Workers

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DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― EM launched a new video series on its Facebook and YouTube sites taking viewers inside the activities of individual workers as they share their accomplishments and perspectives.
 
EM’s cleanup story is portrayed through the lens of workers in the “Day in the Life” videos, which will be released every other Thursday. The hashtag for the series is #dayinthelife.
 
The cleanup program rolled out the first documentary-style video in the series, and it stars a Richland Operations
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Los Alamos Middle School XC Results From ATC Meet

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Los Alamos Middle School Cross Country team. Courtesy photo
 
SPORTS News:
 
The Los Alamos Middle School Cross Country team had a very successful second outing of the season at their race on Saturday.
 
The Academy of Technology and the Classics (ATC) hosted the Everybody Invite, in Santa Fe. The Los Alamos team of 22 girls and 48 boys competed against 14 other teams from northern New Mexico, in a 1.5 mile race. Typically in middle school, races are separated by grades, but at ATC the 7th and 8th graders are combined in one race.
 
Blue and white
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NM Supreme Court To Hear Oral Arguments In Voting Rights Case Wednesday

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NMSC News:
 
The New Mexico Supreme Court will hear oral arguments at 9 a.m., Wednesday Sept. 14, in Santa Fe on whether the New Mexico Compilation Commission erred in not ordering that several constitutional amendments passed by a majority of voters in 2008, 2010 and 2014 be made a part of state law.
 
The League of Women Voters of New Mexico, the lead plaintiff, and a number of groups, which filed Amicus Curia briefs, believe that it did – and that the error will diminish voting rights in the state. Common Cause New Mexico, the NM Association of Counties, the
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Los Alamos Piecemakers Hold Quilt Market Sept. 24

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Micki Taylor, co-chair, with the ‘rock cozy’ float that won third place in the Los Alamos County parade. Courtesy/LAP
 
LAP News:
 
The Los Alamos Piecemakers is hosting its annual Quilt Market 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 at Crossroads Bible Church at 97 East Road.
 
The Jemez Mountain Bear Paw quilters are joining in hosting this event. The Quilt Market alternates each September with the Quilt Show. Nicole Dunn and Micki Taylor are co-chairs for this year’s Market. Quilt Guild members have made quilted items that will be on sale.
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SFCC To Host College Transfer Day Oct. 25

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SFCC News:
 
SANTA FE ― Are you looking to continue your studies toward a four-year degree? Do you know what the requirements are for entrance into New Mexico’s colleges and universities? Have you explored all the options?
 
Santa Fe Community College’s advisers and Welcome and Advising Center can help you prepare for your next degree at the 2016 Fall College Transfer Day, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Main Hallway. It’s free. 
 
Students will have the opportunity to meet with advisers from SFCC and representatives from these institutions,
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School For Advanced Research And State Archives Celebrate The White Sisters, New Mexico Life With Silent Films Of The 1920s, Oct. 6

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SAR News:
 
SANTA FE ― The School for Advanced Research (SAR) and the State Archives of New Mexico, a Division of the State Commission of Public Records, celebrate Archives Month with an evening of silent films from 1920s New Mexico.
 
The event takes place at 6 p.m., Thursday, October 6, The Screen at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. The screening is free, open to the public and includes a discussion.
 
W.W. Howells’ Home Movies show daily life at his aunts’ Amelia White and Martha Root White’s Garcia Street compound, then called El Delirio.
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PEEC: Monthly Wildflower Walk Sept.19

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Wildflower expert Chick Keller leads a wildflower walk for PEEC on September 19. Courtesy photo
 
PEEC News:
 
Would you like to learn more about the wildflowers that populate New Mexico?
 
Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s Jemez Mountain Herbarium curator, Chick Keller, will lead the September Wildflower Walk at 5:30 p.m., Monday, September 19, one of two remaining Wildflower Walks this season.
 
These monthly outings are easy walks to identify some of the wildflower beauties found in and around Los Alamos. Trails vary each month depending
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