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Ninety-seven Golfers Raise Funds For BBBS

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COMMUNITY News:

The Los Alamos Golf Couse hosted the third annual Big Brothers Big Sisters Golf Tournament in which 97 golfers participated.

Art Brown, Dawn Brown, Kelly Myers, Kenna Chavarria and the rest of the volunteers helped make this a successful tournament.

The team of Ian Maes, Mike Maes, Kay Linda Crawford and Chris Ortega shot a 20 under par 52 to win first place gross. The low net team consisting of Randy and Tanner Vaughn, Don Branch and James Merhege shot a 19 under 53 to take the prize.

Read all the results here. Read More

Cutting Edge Breast Cancer Screening Comes to Santa Fe

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MEDICAL News:

According to the American College of Radiology (ACR), more than 40 percent of all U.S. women have dense breast tissue, and women in the highest dense-breast category established by the ACR are four to six times more likely to get breast cancer compared to women with low breast density.

Breast ultrasound uses sound waves to generate a picture of the breast tissue, and no compression is necessary. Santa Fe Imaging (SFI) Radiologist Monica Saini, M.D., emphasized that breast ultrasound does not replace mammography, which is still the gold standard, but ABUS is a new and important Read More

Entry to WIPP Underground Facility Resumed

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WIPP News:

Entries into the WIPP underground facility have resumed after being suspended for several weeks while workers changed air filters on the WIPP Ventilation System.

The Accident Investigation Board (AIB) has completed their examination in most of the underground facility. However, Room 7 Panel 7 will be inaccessible to recovery workers until the AIB investigation is completed.

Employees entered the underground facility July 18 to conduct radiological surveys and evaluate ground control conditions to ensure the continued safety of future entry teams. They also tested a localized Read More

State of the Art Hotel Coming to Old Town Albuquerque

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BUSINESS News:

Plans have been finalized for a new multi-million dollar hotel in Old Town, Albuquerque, according to Heritage Hotels and Resorts, Inc. 

The 118-room project will break ground by late fall with completion set for spring, 2016. The hotel will provide 100 new jobs in Albuquerque. The contemporary boutique hotel will be a contrast of ancient and modern elements. 

The property will be built adjacent to Hotel Albuquerque and will share Hotel Albuquerque’s pool, ballrooms and chapel. The hotel will be comprised of five levels with guestrooms designed to extend outdoors Read More

Best-Selling Author John Sandford Joins Hillerman Conference

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John Sanford. Courtesy photo

ARTS News:

Wordharvest is pleased to feature The New York Times best-selling author and Santa Fe resident John Sandford at the 10th annual Tony Hillerman Writers Conference in November.

Sandford is the author of 31 published novels, all of which have appeared in one format or another on The New York Times best-seller lists. His latest thriller, Field of Prey, was released this summer to stellar reviews. The Huffington Post calls it “one of his best,” and Booklist named it “another top notch thriller destined for best-seller lists.”

A Pulitzer Prize Read More

School Board Holds Closed Session To Discuss Superintendent Candidates Aug. 5

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LAPS News:

The School Board will hold a special school board meeting at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5 at the Los Alamos Public Schools Administration Building, Conference Room A.

The agenda items for the meeting include a motion to go into a closed Executive Session to discuss perspective candidates for the position of superintendent and their qualifications for the superintendent position, per section 10-15-1-(H)(2) as allowed in the Open Meetings Act NMSA 1978. Read More

Family Fun Night & Championship @ LA Golf Course

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Courtesy/LAGC

GOLFING News:

This Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 2 and 3, the Los Alamos City Championship will take place. Entries are still open.

The course will close Saturday morning until 11 a.m. and this time may change based on the number of competitors, so please call the golf shop later in the week for details. The course will be closed in the morning until 11 a.m. and close again 12:30-1:30 p.m. Sunday to finish out the championship. 

Our last Family Fun Night is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6. This event is limited to the first 10 families who sign up. Check the flyer above for details.  Read More

SFI: David Storch on General Patterns in Ecology, Invariance & Universality in Macroecology

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David Storch, Center for Theoretical Study

SFI News:

David Storch will speak at 12:15 p.m. today, July 29 in the Noyce Conference Room at the Santa Fe Institute.

Abstract: Looking for invariances proved to be very successful way of scientific inquiry, especially in physics. In ecology, little effort has been devoted to systematic exploration of invariances or to using invariances as a criterion to reveal generality of the patterns. There are several patterns in ecology that are assumed to be universal, namely spatial scaling of biodiversity (the species-area relationship), the frequency Read More

Flamingos Flock Mini Library On 45th Street

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Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

A tiny library in front of a home at 2639 45th St. was the latest recipient of a traveling troupe of pink flamingos.

Richard Bolton and Kathy Gursky are participating in a national organization called little Free Library and erected a small library at the corner of 45th and Arizona. In it are books that neighbors can sit and enjoy at the stone bench in their yard or take home and return.

Gursky, a retired librarian, said their tiny library is part of a national organization (littlefreelibrary.org) and is one of three in Los Alamos.

“It’s wonderful seeing Read More

LANL Student Symposium 2014: ‘Championing Scientific Careers’ @ UNM-LA Aug. 5

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LANL News:

The 14th Annual Los Alamos National Laboratory Student Symposium, “Championing Scientific Careers,” will be held for the public 9 a.m. to noon and 1-3 p.m., Aug. 5 at UNM-LA. 

The Symposium provides an opportunity for students to present their extensive research. The intent of the Symposium is to broaden students’ expertise and prepare them for careers in science and nontechnical fields. This is an excellent forum for students to network and make professional contacts.

Los Alamos National Laboratory Student Programs Office welcomes all community Read More