Carol A. Clark

OBITUARY: JOSEPHINE WILLERTON June 7, 1921-Aug. 17, 2012

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Josephine Willerton, 91, of Los Alamos, N.M. (long-time Borger, Texas resident), died Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. She was recently a resident at Aspen Ridge Lodge.

Josephine Louise Hill was born June 7, 1921, in Cherryvale, KS, to Harold and Grace Hill. She met her future husband, W. R. “Mike” Willerton while attending Ponca City Junior College in Ponca City, Okla.

They married June 1, 1942, the day of her graduation from Oklahoma A&M College. While her husband served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, she worked in a lab for Continental Oil, developing airplane fuels. They moved to Borger, Read More

Ruby K’s Hosts FAN44 Networking Event

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From left, Executive Director Heather McClenahan of the Los Alamos Historical Society, Public Relations Manager Julie Williams-Hill of the Department of Public Utilities and board member Bill Wadt of the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation enjoy lunch and conversation at Ruby K’s today as part of the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce FAN44 business networking event. For more information or to sign up for FAN44, contact Katy Korkos at 661-4816 or fan44@losalamos.org. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday to Submit Letters of Interest for Vacancy on Los Alamos County Council

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COUNTY News:

So far two letters of interest have been submitted to the County Administrator’s Office with regard to the open vacancy on the Los Alamos County Council.

The deadline to apply is quickly approaching. Letters of interest must be received in the County Administrator’s Office by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28. The County Administrator’s Office is at 133 Central Park Square.

To qualify for consideration, an applicant must be a resident and registered voter of Los Alamos County and not be employed by the County.

The letter of interest should explain the person’s background, Read More

Will the Metric System Make a Comeback?

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One of eight proposed logos under consideration by Linda Anderman. Courtesy

METRIC SYSTEM News:

Los Alamos resident Linda Anderman has an ambitious plan: to produce an independent documentary about what happened to the metric system in the United States.

“As a product of the 1950s, I was taught that the metric system was an eventuality, but as a child, it didn’t really occur to me that it never came to pass,” Anderman said.

A discussion with a colleague near the end of last year prompted her to do some research about what had happened in the intervening years.  

“As Read More

USADA May Strip Armstrong of Tour De France Titles

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Lance Armstrong. Courtesy/LAFP

Staff report

Lance Armstrong is finally throwing in the towel and doing so could cost him his seven Tour de France titles as soon today.

Armstrong has chosen not to pursue arbitration in the drug case brought against him by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.

That was the final option available to him in his bitter fight with USADA. His decision sets the stage for the titles to be stripped and his name to be all but wiped from the record books of the sport he once ruled.

USADA’s Chief Executive Travis Tygart announced that Armstrong would lose the titles as soon as today Read More

OBITUARY: CAROL ANN HANSON Jan. 4, 1943-Aug. 7, 2012

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Carol Ann Hanson. Courtesy/Hanson Family

Carol Ann Hanson passed away unexpectedly Aug. 7, 2012 in Houston, Texas, at the age of 69.

She was born on Jan. 4, 1943 in Los Angeles, Calif., to Julia and John Koenig, the first of four children.

Carol attended California State College at Northridge and UCLA, where she graduated with a degree in teaching English as a second language.

She was awarded a master’s degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Oregon in Eugene, where she met her husband David Hanson while working in the Physics Department.

They were married in Cove, Read More

County Libraries Promote Visual Literacy

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Artist Jerry Joslin created the bronze sculpture whose subject celebrates reading entitled, “The Legacy.” Courtesy/LAC 

COUNTY LIBRARY News:

Los Alamos County Libraries have many different collections: diverse genres of books, different book formats, books using new technologies for reading and listening, periodicals, music, movies, and much, much more. But did you know that the libraries also have art collections and galleries?

Permanent Art Collection

Los Alamos County Libraries have a permanent art collection of paintings, sculpture, weavings, pottery and works Read More

ChemCam Laser First Analyses Yield Beautiful Results

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This photo mosaic shows the scour mark, dubbed Goulburn, left by the thrusters on the sky crane that helped lower NASA’s Curiosity rover to the Red Planet. It is located 16 to 20 feet (5 to 6 meters) to the left of the rover’s landing position. The sky crane appears to have uncovered an outcrop of loosely consolidated rocks during the rover’s landing. The mosaic consists of six images from the remote micro-imager (RMI) on the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument, shown around an image from the Mast Camera for context. Each RMI image has a field of view of 4 to 5 inches (10 to Read More

Hannemann Music Celebrates Five Years in Business

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Richard Hannemann. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner

By Mandy Marksteiner

This September, Hannemann Music celebrates its 5th anniversary, carrying on the long tradition of home-based music stores in Los Alamos.

Owner Richard Hannemann is a professional musician who plays the guitar, mandolin and clarinet.

He graduated from Los Alamos High School in 1969 and gained his core musical knowledge through the Los Alamos Public Schools music program.

“I have a great deal of respect for the music program,” Hannemann said. “One of the biggest reasons to have a music store in town is to Read More

Case Study: How Standards Can Make U.S. More Secure

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NIST News:

Courtesy/NIST

By Erik Puskar

Before 9/11, most radiation detectors were designed for use in laboratories. After 9/11, the new Office of Homeland Security, which became the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), needed to plan for the possibility that terrorists would try to smuggle “dirty bomb” components into the country.

Consequently the first responder community needs radiation detectors that are accurate, reliable, rugged, and easy to use.

DHS needed to develop and deploy rugged detector equipment that non-specialists and first responders could use easily Read More