Carol A. Clark

Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: County Fair & Rodeo Weekend

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Mutton Bustin!!!  Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com

The Weekend preview is sponsored by www.fyila.com

Friday, Aug. 10

•County Classic Open Pool Tournament @ Ehart Senior Center 8 a.m.

•County Fair Exhibits @ Mesa Public Library 5-8 p.m.
(Viewing for Disabled 4-5 p.m.)
County Fair Exhibits upstairs at the library-gallery, rotunda, and meeting rooms.

•Summer Concert @ Ashley Pond 7 p.m. featuring Stone River Band
Country and country blues-soul dance band from Texas.

Saturday, Aug. 11

•Festival & Fair @ Ashley Pond 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

•Arts & Crafts Fair @ Fuller Lodge 9 a.m. Read More

Update to Los Alamos County Rodeo News

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Los Alamos County Rodeo News:

The Los Alamos Recreation Division will be holding the Los Alamos County Rodeo on Aug.11-12 at Brewer Arena on North Mesa.

See the following information concerning parking and directions to Brewer Arena.

Rodeo Contestants: Rodeo contestants will need to bring their livestock to North Mesa Park for animal inspection. North Mesa Park is located on San Ildefonso Road South, (right lane at the roundabout). Signs will direct contestants to the inspection staging area in the park. Once animals have been inspected contestants will exit North Mesa Park, go west on San Read More

Martin Heinrich Shows Concern for Non-Voters, Too

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By Amy Storey


 

My friend Karyl Ann Armbruster and her 2-year-old “son” Oz Einstein Armbruster were out talking with voters last week about U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich who is running for the U.S. Senate.

 

The plan was to canvas a few more houses on her list, go home, clean up, and attend the Martin Heinrich event a few hours later.

 

Unfortunately, after talking for several minutes at one particular residence, a 50-pound dog suddenly charged out of the house and attacked little 16-pound Oz who was straining on his leash five-feet away.

 

The owner grabbed the dog
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Cowboy Breakfast Aids Alzheimer’s Association

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The Posse Lodge hosted its Cowboy Breakfast Sunday, which this month went to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association of Los Alamos. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

The Posse Lodge was pretty full by 9 a.m. and drew a steady stream of pancake eaters. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

Melissa Spiers, left, and Mary Yamada help with the breakfast. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
 
Cowboy Breakfast Guru Cary Grzadzinski chats with Mrs. Rickman of Los Alamos. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

The Alzheimer’s Association of Los Alamos was Read More

LANL Calls on Public for Help to Improve Plan

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LANL News:

To accomplish our mission, Los Alamos National Laboratory generates some hazardous and mixed waste.

In November 2010, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) issued the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Hazardous Waste Facility Permit.

The Permit establishes standards for how LANL manages, stores and treats hazardous wastes on-site and for the closure and post-closure care of permitted waste management units.

The plan covers six elements

  • Establishing an open working relationship with the public
  • Establishing productive relationships with local tribes and pueblos
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High-Tech Tool Predicts Fire Behavior in Bark Beetle-Ravaged Forests

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During the 2011 Las Conchas Fire, a Los Alamos resident watches the Jemez Mountains burn just a few miles west of town and near LANL. Photo Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory/Ethan Frogget

LANL News:

  • Rocky Mountain Research Station and LANL build better computer models

Fire fighters facing fast-moving wildfires need better tools to predict erratic fire behavior, especially in forests with dead trees caused by massive outbreaks of bark beetles whose predations create an abundance of dead fuel and changes in the tree canopy structure.

Tools typically available to incident commanders Read More

ChemCam Sends Digital ‘Thumbs Up’

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Researchers from LANL and the French Space Agency examine data from the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover from inside the ChemCam Operations Center at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday, Aug. 6., less than a day after the rover landed on Mars. The ChemCam team received signals indicating that the instrument is healthy and all systems are ready to go. Photo Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory/James E. Rickman

LANL News:

  • Martian landing area could be a boon for scientific study

Members of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover ChemCam team got a digital thumbs up Read More

Fuller Lodge Art Center Celebrates Creativity, Beauty

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Sacred heart silver jewelry piece by artist Gregory Segura. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

By Kirsten Laskey

In tough economic times, people scale back. They tighten their belts and trim away anything unnecessary. At first glance it may appear that being frugal is no fun; however, a closer look reveals a far different picture.

Pinching pennies can unleash creativity – just take a look at what will be on sale at the Fuller Lodge Art Center’s Summer Arts and Crafts Fair, which runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday on the lawn behind Fuller Lodge.

Paintings of horses by artist Karen King. Photo Read More

Order of Merit Awarded to DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart

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Photo:DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart is awarded the Order of Merit by Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez. Courtesy/DEA
 
DEA News:

Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez has awarded the Order of Merit to DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart for her effort and commitment to battling global drug trafficking.

The Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez, and Mella is the principal order of the Dominican Republic, and is conferred by the President to both civilians and militaries for distinguished services.

Founded in 1931 as the Order of Merit of Juan Pablo Duarte

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LANB Launches Weekly Financial Column: Money IQ

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What’s your Money IQ?
By Steve Wells

Welcome to Money IQ. Over the last 49 years in working with many customers, Los Alamos National Bank has run across just about every financial situation or decision you can imagine and some you can’t.

We were very excited when the Los Alamos Daily Post asked if we could add to their financial channel, a weekly column on financial matters that would be useful to their readers, we jumped at the chance.

How smart are you when it comes to money? We often know what’s best for us financially; to pass on that impulse purchase, save more, or pay more than that minimum Read More