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Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: Aug. 30, 2012

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Toppers end Wednesday’s practice on a high note. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com

This week’s preview is sponsored by www.fyila.com

W.O.L.F. visit to PEEC 6:30–7:30 p.m. Thursday
Elke Duerr, filmaker and founder of the Web of Life Foundation (W.O.L.F.) brings her “wolf trunk” to PEEC. She’ll have wolf tracks and fur, play wolf howls and tell wolf stories, and show footage from her documentary films. Suitable for all ages. PEEC 3540 Orange St.

Soccer Game Boys C-Team vs. Sue Cleveland High School @ Dara Jones Field in White Rock 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30. Read More

Census: Los Alamos Lacks Young Adults, Has Plenty of Middle-agers

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Updated (12/08/30-9:30 A.M.) with 65-plus age group by county data.

By Greg Kendall

The 2010 federal census shows that Los Alamos is lacking in its level of 20 to 34 year olds compared to the rest of the United States and has an abundance of 35 to 49 year olds and 50 to 64 year olds.

With a County population of 17,950 in 2010, Los Alamos was ranked against 3,141 counties and Independent Cities (IC) across the nation. (A higher ranking means a larger percentage of population in an age grouping.)

According to the Commerce Department, 20 to 34 year olds constitute 20.3 percent of the U.S. population, or slightly Read More

Police Track Down Suspected Paint Vandal

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A worker removes paint after police on Friday tracked down a teenage boy suspected of throwing a paint balloon against the back wall of the Los Alamos Motor Vehicle Division Office, 997 Central Ave. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com

Fresh paint is splattered in a parking stall near the vehicle believed to be used by the suspected vandal. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com

A police cruiser blocks the car allegedly used by the suspected vandal. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com

Two bottles of paint and a skate board were visible inside the car allegedly used by the suspect. Photo Read More

Fuller Lodge Art Center: Susannah Smith Travels in Egypt

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Susannah Smith poses next to her favorite piece in the show underway at Fuller Lodge Art Center titled “Look up! Temple at Dendera.”  Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com 

Staff report

Fuller Lodge Art Center describes the themes of its show “Tri, Tri and Tri Again” this way:

  • There are three primary colors and three states of matter.
  • Space has three dimensions and we divide time into the past, present and future.
  • For stools and cycles, three represents stability. What will you do with threes?

Susannah Smith’s photos from her travels in Egypt are Read More

Senatorial Candidate Martin Heinrich Campaigns in Los Alamos

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U.S. Senatorial Candidate Martin Heinrich meets with a consortium of major Los Alamos National Laboratory subcontractors at UNM- Los Alamos Thursday. Courtesy photo

U.S. Senatorial candidate Martin Heinrich lunches on a green chile cheeseburger at Chile Works in Los Alamos. Courtesy photo

Local Democrat Kyle Wheeler chats with U.S. Senatorial candidate Martin Heinrich at the Los Alamos Farmer’s Market Thursday. Photo by Robyn McCool Schultz Read More

Is It Really Cheating If You Don’t Get Caught?

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Column: On the Mesa Facing North by Greg Kendall

Today, Lance Armstrong threw in the towel in his fight to clear his name in the ongoing Tour De France doping scandals.  Armstrong issued a statement that has been published in an earlier Los Alamos Daily Post story (see link below.)

In his statement, Armstrong discusses how “enough is enough” after dealing with claims that he cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning his seven Tours since 1999.

As I read through his statement, I kept looking for one sentence from Armstrong, “I never used performance enhancing drugs Read More

Explosions for Research at Los Alamos

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The Bradbury Science Museum has provided the following video depicting some of what goes on behind the fence at Los Alamos National Laboratory:

The science of explosives has been important at Los Alamos since 1943. A variety of experiments with explosives are represented in this video. Music Credit: Nerves – by Kevin MacLeod,  Larva – by PhreDdy M.

Click HERE to view other videos provided by the Bradbury Science Museum including an interview with KRSN AM1490 owner David Sutton regarding the Las Conchas Fire and a video of President John F. Kennedy's 1962 visit Read More

Fuller Lodge Art Center Releases Fall Class Schedule

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Fuller Lodge Art Center at 2132 Central Ave., announces fall class schedule for teens and adults. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com

Staff report

Have you always wanted to make your friends look like flesh-eating Zombies or create a stained glass snowflake? Fuller Lodge Art Center has just the class for you.

The Art Center has released its fall class schedule for teens and adults. 

Classes include: Walking Dead Workshop, Stain Glass Snowflake, Beginning Oil Painting, Beginning Ceramics, Media Exploration, Stained Glass Basics, 3D Stained Glass, Ceramics, Latex, Masks, Sculpture Read More

PLACE Makes Two Offers on Properties in Los Alamos

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The WAV project in Ventura, California.  Courtesy Photo.

Staff report

PLACE has made two separate offers on sites in downtown Los Alamos. Both site owners are considering the offers. 

PLACE is a nonprofit development organization that builds creative urban villages for cities.  PLACE plans to build an Urban Village project for Los Alamos. 

PLACE expects to enter into a single-source supplier of services agreement with the County once a site has been acquired.

For more information about PLACE, click HERE. Read More