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Be a Hero! Not a Villain!

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Courtesy/LAC

Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

This Saturday, all heroes are invited to the Superhero Pumpkin Splash at the Aquatic Center. Local heroes, such as the Los Alamos Fire Department, Los Alamos Police Department and Los Alamos Veterans will be here to celebrate with popular superheroes.

There are still tickets available at the front desk; $7 for the pumpkin splash and Halloween carnival, and $5 for just the Halloween carnival. Don’t miss the fun with the Turtles, Black Widow, Ironman, and many more!

Activities include building a superhero mask and cape; the Hulk Smash, target practice Read More

Los Alamos ‘Pom Squad’ Aids Hoarder Victims

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Bathed, brushed and well-fed, these Pomeranians are on the mend at the Los Alamos County Animal Shelter following their ordeal as hoarder victims. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Public Safety Aide Alysha Lenderman reviews files with Deputy Police Chief Jason Wardlow Herrera Friday at the Los Alamos County Animal Shelter. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
Something just didn’t seem right at a home on Fairway Drive in Los Alamos. A caller requested a welfare check Sept. 24 on the homeowner who hadn’t been seen
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Photographer Tony O’Brien Gives Gallery Talk Saturday

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Photographer Tony O’Brien. Courtesy photo

LIBRARY News:

Photographer Tony O’Brien, whose exhibit “Light in the Desert: Photographs from the Monastery of Christ in the Desert” is showing in the Upstairs Gallery at Mesa Public Library, will give a gallery talk at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 in the gallery.

O’Brien is a documentary photographer whose work has appeared in many national and international publications. He is the author of a documentary book about the monastic life which has the same title as his current exhibit. He is also the author of “Afghan Dreams: Young Voices of Afghanistan.” Read More

PEEC: Free Night Sky Photography Lesson

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Photo of Agathla Peak at night by Peter LaDelfe. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Peter LaDelfe will give a free talk at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road where he will reveal how to capture the elegance of the night sky with each participant’s camera.

The lesson will focus on producing images of the Milky Way with illuminated foreground features.

LaDelfe will cover the following topics:

  • how to determine the optimum times and locations;
  • selection of equipment;
  • settings and procedure for image capture;
  • light painting of foreground; and
  • post-processing.
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Cone Zone: Week Of Oct. 19

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County has issued its road construction update for the week of Oct. 19.

For more information about the projects listed below, please e-mail lacpw@lacnm.us, call 662-8150, or visit the “Projects” link at www.losalamosnm.us. Please slow down and use caution within the construction work zones. Please note the below information is based on a schedule provided by the contractors and may change due to weather or other delays.

Public Works Projects:

Ice Rink Parking Improvements:
Motorists might experience delays as the new parking area is constructed please allow extra Read More

Home Efficiency Expo In Los Alamos Oct. 24

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COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities is hosting a Home Efficiency Expo Saturday, Oct. 24.

The event will be held at the Golf Course Community Building at 4244 Diamond Dr. in Los Alamos and is free to the public. Home owners and renters alike are invited to drop in between the hours of 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

According to DPU’s Conservation Coordinator Christine Chavez, “the purpose of the Expo is to assist our community to lower their utility bills by bringing organizations, vendors and customers all together in one place where they can learn how to make homes more water and energy Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: Oct. 7 To Oct. 12, 2015

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LAPD News:

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.

Oct. 7 at 8:49 a.m. / A 23-year-old Los Alamos man reported that someone burglarized his residence on Futura Drive.

Oct. 7 at 8:49 a.m. / Police arrested Christopher Davis, 23, of Los Alamos at 2500 Trinity Dr., on an outstanding warrant from another jurisdiction. Police booking photo is not available.

JESUS ANDUJO

Oct. 7 at 8:33 p.m. / Police arrested Jesus Andujo, 26, of Hernandez Read More

Panel Discussion On Women In Science Thursday

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LIBRARY News:

Are women in science achieving their goals in careers and research today? Attend the panel discussion at 7 p.m., Thursday, October 15, at Mesa Public Library and hear what three women who work in science and engineering have to say about the topic.

The program is held in conjunction with Ada Lovelace Day celebrations at the Los Alamos County Library System. Ada Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer because of her work with Charles Babbage on an analytical machine.

The three panelists for Thursday’s discussion are Sandy Frost, Nicole Lloyd-Ronning and Teri Roberts. Read More

Trick-or-Treat On MainStreet Is Oct. 30

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Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet Pet Costume Parade marches down Central at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 30. Courtesy photo

MainStreet News:

Get those costumes ready! Los Alamos MainStreet hosts Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet in downtown Los Alamos 4-6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30.

Last year more than 4,000 people attended the event. Local businesses and organizations open their doors and set up tables along Central Avenue to hand out treats to costumed trick-or-treaters.

A performance by Dance Arts Los Alamos begins at 4:30 p.m., followed at 5 p.m. by High Flyers Gymnastics. The Pet Costume Parade marches down Read More

Air Force Heeds Heinrich’s Call To Address RPA Personnel Shortfalls

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SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, welcomed the Air Force’s announcement Oct. 8, to expand the Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) mission at Holloman Air Force Base.
 
The expansion will increase the rate of student production from 603 pilots and sensor operator students in fiscal year 2015 up to an estimated 818 students in fiscal year 2016.
 
“Our RPA community has been at a breaking point. Our airmen have had to fly countless missions with too few pilots,” Heinrich
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