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Lunch With A Leader: State League President Dr. Meredith Machen May 17

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Dr. Meredith Machen

 

LWVLA News:

 

The League of Women Voter’s community event, Lunch with a Leader, features State League President Dr. Meredith Machen, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, at Mesa Public Library.  

 

Dr. Machen graduated from Boston University with degrees in English and Sociology/Anthropology, and earned a PhD in English from UNM. Teaching while working on dissertations, she and her husband Stephen decided to stay in New Mexico and raise their daughter rather than pursue academic research and university teaching careers. Read More

XQ: The Super School Bus Visits Los Alamos Today

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EDUCATION News:

  • Community Event Features Interactive School Bus and XQ Project Applicants

Today the XQ: The Super School Bus will be in Los Alamos, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Ashley Pond Park – its fourth stop on a multi-city national bus tour.

For the first time, XQ: The Super School Project is providing communities the tools to source innovative ideas from the community and take a community based approach to rethink and redesign high school from the ground up. The Super School Bus Tour is a continuation of efforts to engage and excite local communities around this effort and will serve as a mobile

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Los Alamos Olions Clean Up At Popejoy Awards!

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Los Alamos High School Olion Devon Mccleskey wins Best Actor at this evening’s Popejoy Awards in Albuquerque. Photo by Ryn Herrmann

LAHS drama teacher David Daniel dedicated his Best Director win to Rachel Saxton, the previous LAHS drama teacher. Best Actor winner Devon Mccleskey moves on to the Jimmy Awards (high school Tony’s) on Broadway in New York. Photo by Ryn Herrmann

LAHS Drama teacher David Daniel wins Best Director at this evening’s Popejoy Awards. Photo by Ryn Herrmann

Josh Vigil and Lauren Partin win Directors Choice Choir. Photo by Ryn Herrmann

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LAHS Track & Field 2-5A District Championship Results

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6300:  From L to R, Chris Buntain, Kai Coblentz, and Connor Bailey lead the pack in the 1600 m. They took the first three places in this event, with Chris and Kai qualifying for State. Photo by Blake Wood
 
From left,  Maddy Foley, Sophia Galvez and Talia Dreicer make it look easy in the 1600 m. They took the first three places in this event, with all three qualifying by time for State. Photo by Blake Wood
 
Elijah Velasquez had a big day, winning both the 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles, and breaking the LAHS freshman record twice in the triple jump. He qualified for State in all three events.
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Rotary Club Of Los Alamos Earns High Honors

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Rotary Club members Rob and Melissa Metcalf, Alison Pannell, Skip King, Linda Hull and Linda King at the District 5520 luau-themed banquet during the recent annual Rotary Conference in Albuquerque. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

The Rotary Club of Los Alamos recently swept several awards categories at the Rotary District 5520 Conference in Albuquerque. 

With more than 70 Rotary Clubs, District 5520 is one of the largest geographical Rotary Districts in the world, encompassing all of New Mexico and west Texas.

Under the leadership of President Alison Pannell, the Club was chosen as Read More

Officials Participate In Community Safety Town Hall

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Community Safety Town Hall panel members from left, Municipal Judge Alan Kirk, Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, LAPD Chief Dino Sgambellone, District Attorney Jennifer Padgett and Los Alamos County Deputy Sheriff John Horne with facilitator Bill Wadt discussing community safety issues during Thursday’s event at UNM-LA. Courtesy photo

Los Alamos County Magistrate Judge Pat Casados at Thursday’s Community Safety Town Hall meeting at UNM-LA. Courtesy photo

Municipal Judge Alan Kirk and Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard discussing community safety issues during Read More

Sen. Heinrich Visits High Tech Startup Descartes Labs

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Gathered for a tour of Descartes Labs Thursday in the former Smart House at 1925 Trinity Dr., from left, Los Alamos County Manager Harry Burgess, Descartes Labs co-founder and CTO Steven Brumby, Sen. Martin Heinrich, Council Vice Chair Susan O’Leary and Los Alamos County Utilities Manager Tim Glasco. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Sen. Martin Heinrich, center, during Thursday’s tour of Descartes Labs, formerly the Smart House, a 3,000 square-foot building abutting Los Alamos Canyon in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
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WIPP: Documented Safety Analysis Approved

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CBFO Assistant Manager of Operations Oversight Wes Mouser (seated), signs the Safety Evaluation Report approving the WIPP DSA. Looking on are members of the DOE-HQ, CBFO and NWP management teams (from left to right): Phil Breidenbach NWP President and Project Manager, Steve Additon, CBFO Manager Todd Shrader; CBFO Senior Technical Advisor Jeff Carswell; Wade Weyerman, James Harris, Tom Temple, Deputy Assistant Secretary EM-40 Jim Hutton; Dr. Robert Nelson, John Menna, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary EM-40 Greg Sosson and Terry Foppe. Courtesy photo
 
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N.M. Secretary For Aging And Long Term Services Guest Speaker At Chamber Breakfast May 18

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CHAMBER News:

New Mexico Cabinet Secretary for Aging and Long Term Services Myles Copeland will be the presenter at the May 18 Chamber Breakfast. Secretary Copeland will be addressing a critical issue for business owners, managers and human resource personnel – employees who are distracted by the demands of also being a caregiver for an aging family member.

Employers across our state are faced with employees whose responsibilities are split between work and caring for aging family members. The newly-published New Mexico State Plan for Family Caregivers details issues and Read More

Sweeping Operations On NM 502 – Pojoaque Today

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NMDOT News:

SANTA FE–The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) will begin sweeping operations 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today on N.M. 502 from mile maker 6 to mile marker 8 near Pojoaque. 

There will be intermittent lane closures on N.M. 502 eastbound lanes. There also will be intermittent closures on N.M. 4 at mile marker 67. Motorists can expect minor delays during this time.

Drivers are urged to proceed with caution through the work zone, observe traffic control signs and reduce speed to the posted limit. Updates on this project will be posted on the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s Read More