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Los Alamos Special School Board Meeting June 26

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LAPS News:

The Los Alamos School Board will hold a special board meeting at 5 p.m., June 26 at the Administrative Offices, 2075 Trinity Dr., Suite V.

The agenda will include discussion of the 20-Year Facility Master Plan Committee, updates on the Education Effectiveness System Evaluation Plan, Strategic Plan, Quality of Education Surveys, Policy Review for Policy 1240 School Visitation, Policy Review for Special Education Policies 5200-5212 and Summer School Schedule and School Board Retreats.

Also on the agenda: approval of a price increase for the Hot Lunch Program. The meeting is open Read More

Los Alamos’ Frank Kuzminski Awarded Master’s Degree from Harvard Kennedy School

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Frank Kuzminski

EDUCATION News:

Frank Kuzminski of Los Alamos graduated May 29  from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University with a Master’s in Public Administration degree (MPA). 

Kuzminski, son of Jozef and Barbara Kuzminski of White Rock, has served on tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and in Korea as a U.S. Army Infantry Officer. He is also a West Point graduate. Following graduation, he will be on the Army Staff for Strategic Plans and Policy at the Pentagon.

“The graduating class of 2014 is a dedicated and inspired group of women and men who aspire to make Read More

LA Airport Sponsors ‘Frozen’ at Sundown Today

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COUNTY News:

Disney’s uber-popular movie “Frozen” will be shown at sundown today at East Park in Los Alamos.

The event is sponsored by the Los Alamos County Airport as part of the summer “Movies in the Park” series.

Airport Manager Peter Soderquist will be available before the show to hand out schedules for the new commercial air service being offered through New Mexico Airlines with convenient daily flights available between Los Alamos County Airport and Albuquerque’s Sunport.

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Letter to the Editor: Thanks For Supporting 17th Annual Dog Jog!

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 By WENDEE BRUNISH and KERSTI ROCK
Co-chairs, Los Alamos Dog Jog 2014

 

Breezy and cool conditions greeted all of the runners and walkers and their eager dogs for the 17th Annual Dog Jog April 26.

This year’s Dog Jog raised more than $12,000 for Friends of the Shelter. Friends of the Shelter (FOS) is a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to abandoned animals, and to pets and their owners in northern New Mexico.

Our catastrophic care program pays for veterinary care for sick or injured animals that have no owners or whose owners cannot afford the treatment. Our spay/neuter Read More

Amigos Bravos: ‘The Last Mountain’ Screens June 24

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AMIGOS BRAVOS News:

Amigos Bravos: Because Water Matters is celebrating 26 years of protecting and restoring New Mexico’s waters with a showing of  “The Last Mountain,” which is about the devastating effects of mountaintop coal removal in West Virginia’s Coal River Valley, and the way residents and activists successfully stand up to the industry and major employer Massey Coal.

“The Last Mountain,” directed by award-winning documentary filmmaker, Bill Haney, is a Sundance Film Selection. The film will be followed by a big-screen Skype conversation between community organizer Read More

Andrey Lakhov to Speak at Santa Fe Institute

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SFI News:

The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) will host a lecture by Andrey Lakhov of the Université Paris at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday., June 25, in the Collins Conference Room at the SFI, 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe.

Abstract. Understanding and quantifying the out-of-equilibrium dynamics is one of the major tasks of today’s science. Using dynamic cavity method on time trajectories, we show how to derive dynamic message-passing (DMP) equations for a large class of models with irreversible dynamics – the key point that makes the problem solvable. These equations are asymptotically exact Read More

Launch of VA Open Burn Pit Registry Helps Veterans Get Needed Care

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Msgt. Jessey Baca

POLITICAL News:

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall welcomed news that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, which he was instrumental in creating through bipartisan legislation.

Similar to the Agent Orange and Gulf War registries, the burn pit registry will enable the VA to track service members and veterans exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes from open burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. It will help the VA and doctors to better assess the health of veterans and determine to what extent air pollution from burn pits caused Read More

Special Camp Promotion for Northern New Mexico Girls

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GIRL SCOUT News:

Several upcoming camp sessions at Camp Elliott Barker in Angel Fire are being offered at a drastically reduced rate for Northern New Mexico girls. Camp sessions are available for $150 – about half the regular cost.

This promotion is available first come, first served, and while space allows. Girls do not have to be members of the Girl Scouts to participate. Campers must submit payment in full by June 27. Discounted camp sessions are available to girls in northern New Mexico for the week of July 13-18. Registration and payment are due June 24. Camp Read More

Luján Writes to DOJ on Veterans Treatment at Albuquerque VA Facility

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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján

CONGRESSIONAL News:

U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District wrote a letter Monday to U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Eric Holder concerning reports of mismanagement at the Albuquerque Veterans Affairs (VA) facility and mistreatment of veterans.

In the letter, Luján highlights the similarities in problems that have been exposed in Phoenix and in Albuquerque and the fact that DOJ is actively investigating the Phoenix VA facility, and should consider expanding its investigation to Albuquerque if necessary.

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Los Alamos Field Office Safety Systems Expert Chris Fischahs Earns DOE Award

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Chris Fischahs

NNSA News:

The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded Chris Fischahs its annual Safety System Oversight (SSO) Award. At the time of the award, Fischahs was an SSO staff member on the Safety Evaluation Team at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Los Alamos Field Office.

The award is in recognition of the extensive safety systems oversight Fischahs performed in 2013, and the resulting improvements in operational safety at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). His operational awareness and oversight activities consistently provided Los Alamos Read More