Recreation

Youth Summer Job Applications Close March 13

March 4, 2017 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Trail work crew getting busy last year. Courtesy/YMCA

YMCA News:

Y Bandelier Corps (YBC) Starts Work In June

Applications for summer employment with The Family YMCA’s Bandelier Corps trail crew closes at 10 p.m., March 13. Hiring for this program is restricted to those ages 16-24.

Application packets and job descriptions are available on the Y’s website at www.laymca.org, at the YMCA 1450 Iris St., and at the Los Alamos and Espanola YMCA teen centers. Two reference forms, within the packet, are required if youth did not work for the Y last year. Applications may be turned in to the Y or the Read More

Burn Planned On Jemez Ranger District Sunday

March 4, 2017 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

SFNF News:

SANTA FE – If conditions, including air quality and weather forecasts, remain favorable, fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest plan to conduct the previously announced prescribed burn Sunday, March 5 on the Joaquin fuelwood unit on the Jemez Ranger District.

Members of the public have helped clean up the 80-acre unit to prepare it for treatment. The Joaquin fuelwood unit is at the intersection of Forest Roads (FRs) 376 and 488 for approximately 1 mile to the north.

Prescribed fires are one of the most effective tools available to resource managers for restoring fire-adapted Read More

Zumba Fundraiser At Chamisa 6 p.m. Today

March 3, 2017 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

COMMUNITY News:

Chamisa Elementary School is hosting a Zumba Fundraiser at 6:30 p.m. today to benefit 6th graders attending the ROPES (Rite of Passage Experience) event at Glorieta.

Water and snacks will be provided. Door prizes will be given. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door.

Contact Zumba instructors Rhonda Cionek or Natalie Smith for tickets at rhondacionek@msn.com or nsmithla@gmail.com.

Students Learn To Ski And Snowboard At Pajarito

March 2, 2017 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Students get a lift up the mountain Wednesday during their training class. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Fifth graders get some assistance to reach the top of Pajarito Mountain. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

A student takes a spill in the snow. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

By KIRSTEN LASKEY

Los Alamos Daily Post

Pajarito Mountain has taught youngsters how to ski and snowboard for many years but for the last three years, business has skyrocketed at the Snowsports School.

Not only does the school coordinate with all five elementary schools in Los Alamos to provide Read More

Memorial To Protect Chaco Canyon Advances

March 2, 2017 by Submitted by Chris Clark

HOUSE DEMOCRATS News:

SANTA FE ― Feb. 28, a memorial introduced by Representative Derrick Lente (D-Sandia Pueblo) that reaffirms New Mexico’s commitment to protect Chaco Canyon’s tribal, cultural and historical sites unanimously passed the House State Government, Indian and Veterans’ Affairs Committee.

HM 70 requests that Bureau of Land Management (BLM) study be completed before any new leases or exploration on the national historic park and other federal lands in Chaco Canyon are issued.

“This is a huge step forward for Native America and others seeking to

Udall Statement On Confirmation Of Ryan Zinke As Secretary Of The Interior

March 2, 2017 by Submitted by Chris Clark

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies and vice chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the confirmation of Congressman Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) to serve as Secretary of the Department of the Interior. Udall joined the Senate in voting 68-31 to confirm Zinke.

“The Department of the Interior is an agency of enormous significance to the lives of New Mexicans,

Register For Los Alamos Senior Olympic Games

March 2, 2017 by Submitted by Chris Clark

Los Alamos Senior Olympic athletes. Courtesy photo

SPORTS News:

Anyone 50 years of age or older may register for the 2017 local Senior Olympic Games, which are April, 13 through May 15.

Regististration is open through March 31 at the Los Alamos Family YMCA on Iris Street.

The entry fee is $20 regardless of how many events an athlete chooses to participate in and this price includes a t-shirt.

For more information call 505.672.1639.

Zinke Sworn In As 52nd Secretary Of The Interior

March 2, 2017 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke

DOI News:

5th-generation Montanan pledges to uphold President Theodore Roosevelt’s legacy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ryan Zinke (pronounced Zink-EE) was confirmed and sworn in Wednesday as the 52^nd Secretary of the Interior.

The Senate voted 68-31 to confirm Zinke the morning of March 1, 2017, and he was sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence at a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building later that evening. Zinke is the first Montanan to serve as a cabinet secretary and also the first U.S. Navy SEAL in the cabinet.

“I am honored and humbled to serve Montana Read More

Rotary Club Seeks Young Leaders For Week-Long Camp

March 1, 2017 by Submitted by Chris Clark

ROTARY News:

The Rotary Club of Los Alamos is seeking young leaders with an interest in attending a week long camp in the Manzano Mountains in July. (Boy’s Camp: Sunday, July 16 to Saturday, July 22, Girl’s Camp: Saturday, July 22 to Friday, July 28).

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is a program that originated with Rotary International and has subsequently been specifically designed by Rotary District 5520 for the students in New Mexico. RYLA encourages servant leadership in youth by recognizing and rewarding deserving 11th grade