Without law enforcement credentials or being asked by store management to do so, this local goose waddled up to a door at Pet Pangaea, 158 Central Park Square, and began guarding it Thursday. Apparently, word got out among the flock of geese and ducks living at Ashley Pond that Pet Pangaea sells highly nutritious pet food – so this feathered vigilante took it upon himself to protect the coveted merchandise. Customers avoided a potential ankle pecking by exiting through an alternate door. Once the goose felt all was well in the store and the food was in safe hands, he waddled back to Ashley Pond. Read More
Secret Service Agent Left Loaded Handgun in Bathroom of Romney Plane
From an NPR Tweet:
A secret service agent accidentally left her gun inside the lavatory of Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign plane.
CBS News reports that the loaded gun was found by one of its reporters who was travelling with the Republican presidential nominee from Tampa to Indianapolis, Ind., where Romney was scheduled to deliver a speech.
“A member of the Secret Service on board the plane was informed and retrieved the gun. Romney has traveled with Secret Service protection since early February and has an armed detail Read More
LANL Provides HOPE for Radiation Belt Storm Probes
Artist’s rendering showing two spacecraft representing the not-yet-designed Radiation Belt Storm Probes that will study the sun and its effects on Earth. Courtesy/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
LANL News:
- Spacecraft pair to explore mysterious region where other satellites fear to tread
Los Alamos National Laboratory expertise in radiation detection and shielding is poised to help a national team of scientists better understand a mysterious region that can create hazardous space weather near our home planet.
The Helium Oxygen Proton Electron (HOPE) analyzer Read More
No Trash Collection Monday, Sept. 3
COUNTY News:
In observance of Labor Day, there will be no trash or recycling collection Monday, Sept. 3 in Los Alamos or White Rock.
If Monday is your normal pickup day, please place your material out at the curb by 8 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5 for collection.
UPDATE: County Shares Letters of Interest
UPDATE: The Los Alamos County Administrator’s Office has made available the Letters of Interest submitted by seven local residents who want to be considered to fill a vacancy on the Los Alamos County Council. Click HERE to view the letters.
Staff report:
The following Los Alamos County residents submitted letters of interest to fill a vacancy on the Los Alamos County Council created earlier this month by the resignation of Ron Selvage:
- Edward R. Birnbaum – Former NMSU Faculty/Former LANL Employee – Democrat;
- John L. Bliss – Works at LANL – Republican;
Jean Nereson – Teacher of Over 50 Years has Died
Jean Nereson, 93, who taught at Los Alamos Public Schools for more than 50 years, passed away peacefully of natural causes at her Los Alamos home Sunday, Aug. 26. One of her sons, a daughter, and her caregiver, Rose Gilani, were present.
Jean’s parents were immigrants from Greece. She was born in 1919 and grew up in New York City. She went on to attend Texas State College for Women, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Education, followed by her Master’s Degree from the University of Minnesota, and postgraduate work at Columbia and Rutgers universities.
She arrived in Los Alamos in 1943 as one of the first Read More
Blue Moon to Light Up Friday Night Sky
A blue moon isn’t really blue, as this artist rendering suggests. The moon can appear somewhat blue if there’s been a major volcanic eruption that put tons of particles in the air, but otherwise blue moons refer to multiple full moons in certain time frames. Courtesy/Dreamstime
Staff report
The next blue moon is set for Friday, Aug. 31. There are two full moons in August, the first was on Aug. 1.
If you miss this one, you’ll have to wait three years for the next blue moon. There will be two full moons in a single month in July 2015: July 1 and July 31.
But can the moon really be blue? Yes, Read More
Tauscher named to LLNS and LANS Boards of Governors
LANL News:
Norman J. Pattiz, chairman of Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (LLNS) and Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS), has announced that the Honorable Ellen O. Tauscher has been named as an independent governor on the LLNS and LANS Boards of Governors.
The LLCs manage Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, respectively, for the U.S. Department of Energy. The appointments take effect Sept. 17.
Tauscher has also been appointed as a member of the LANS/LLNS Boards’ Mission Committee. The Mission Committee serves Read More
Mountain’s Student Newspaper Project Part 8
Editor’s note: This is part 8 of a 15-part series featuring newspapers created by sixth grade students in teacher Michele Altherr’s gifted class at Mountain Elementary School.
This newspaper features the intelligent attributes of the wolf as reported and published by Mountain Elementary School 6th grade student Noah Sanchez.
Chamber Members Tour Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service’s New Home on Canyon Road
The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce held its August FAN Club this evening at the new home of the Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service. Chamber members and prospective members turned out to tour the former Scout Lodge, 2202 Canyon Road, which the LAVNS purchased earlier this month to house its administrative offices with plans to construct a hospice facility on the property. Photo by Karen Kendall/ladailypost.com
CPA Debbie Reiss, left, Kiwanian and developer Rick Reiss and Kristy Ortega of the United Way and the Kiwanis president toured the new facility. Photo by Karen Kendall/ladailypost.com Read More