Chris Clark

LAPS Offers Digital Fliers & Brochures

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LAPS News:
 
As part of our efforts to continue to be environmentally friendly and embrace innovative technology, we post all approved fliers and brochures on the District website under the Fliers & Brochures tab in our Site Shortcuts.
 
Recently, we have posted fliers for the following community activities:
  • Good News Club (Elementry) & Eternal Encouragement Clubs (MS)!
  • Youth Activity Center December, 2015 Calendar
  • Los Alamos Schools Credit Union December Payment Deferment
  • New Mexico Magic Basketball Tryouts
  • Rotary Student of the Month Information & Application
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Scenes From Market Day At Mountain Elementary

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Fifth grade teacher Fabian Smith, top right, gets into Market Day at Mountain Elementary School and buys some handmade items from a student. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
 
 
By KayLinda Crawford
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
Mountain Elementary School 5th grade students participated this morning in Market Day. The students sold their homemade items and purchased items made by oother students with play money they earned throughout the semester.
 
“It’s a 5th grade standard to learn debits, credits and balances,” 5th grade math teacher
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SFI: Drug Interactions And Combating Evolution Of Antibiotic Resistance Dec. 18

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Pamela Yeh, University of California
 
SFI News:
 
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) will host the seminar, Drug Interactions and Combating the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance, at 12:15 p.m., Friday, Dec. 18 at Collins Conference Room in Santa Fe.
 
Abstract: The evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria is a global public health threat.
 
Evolutionary medicine is an emerging field of study that uses principles of evolution to help inform and shape our understanding and treatment of diseases.
 
While evolution of drug resistance is one of the more well-known topics
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OSHA Presents NM Consortium With SHARP Award

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Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) awards its Saftey and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) Award to the New Mexico Consortium (NMC) during a ceremony this morning at NMC. The program recognizes employers who operate an exemplary injury and illness prevention program. Acceptance of the NMC Biolab worksite into SHARP from OSHA is an achievement of status that recognizes the NMC as a model for worksite safety and health. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Scene from this morning’s event at the NMC. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
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Scenes From Annual Christmas Arts And Crafts Fair

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Santa’s cousin participated in Saturday’s annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 3700 Canyon Road. The Ladies Auxiliary sponsored the event, which provides the community an opportunity to do their Christmas shopping. Photo by Juanita Jebbanema
 
Saturday’s annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Photo by Juanita Jebbanema
 
Saturday’s annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Photo by Juanita Jebbanema
 
Saturday’s annual
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New $7 Million XPRIZE Competition Announced

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XPRIZE News:
 
SAN FRANCISCO — At a keynote address today during the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, chairman and CEO of XPRIZE, announced the launch of the $7M Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE, a three-year global competition challenging teams to advance ocean technologies for rapid and unmanned ocean exploration.
 
As part of the total $7 million prize purse, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is offering a $1M bonus prize to teams that demonstrate their technology can “sniff out” a specified
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Holiday State Enforcement Activity Results

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DPS News:
 
This Thanksgiving holiday was a busy time for New Mexico State Police. Officers were out in force from 6 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 25 until midnight Sunday, Nov. 29 to ensure the safety of the citizens of New Mexico, as well as those traveling to and from the state.

 

Enforcement Activity Breakdown:
  • Crashes Investigated ― 85
  • Fatal Crashes ― 0
  • Alcohol Related Crashes ― 0
  • Commercial Motor Vehicle Related Crashes ― 20
  • Fatalities ― 0
  • Unrestrained Fatalities ― 0
  • Citations Written ― 4,262
  • Commercial Motor Vehicle
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Letter To The Editor: ‘Shared Traffic Lanes’

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By CHARLES BAYFIELD
Los Alamos
 
The County is experimenting with shared traffic lanes. The idea is straightforward, mark the lanes so that bicycles and cars have the same rights.
 
These lanes are now in place from Oppenheimer to 15th Street on Central Avenue. Imagine a bicycle coming east on Canyon in a bicycle lane then on to Central.
 
At Oppenheimer the cyclist enters a shared lane, there is no bicycle lane. Both the east bound and west bound lanes are shared, doubled yellow lines so that vehicles cannot cross into the oncoming lane.
 
The idea is that no matter how slowly
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IRS Early Interaction Initiative – Helping Employers Stay Current With Payroll Taxes

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IRS News:
 
PHOENIX ― The Internal Revenue Service has launched a new initiative designed to more quickly identify employers who are falling behind on their payroll or employment taxes and then help them get caught up on their payment and reporting responsibilities.
 
The effort is called the Early Interaction Initiative. The initiative is designed to help employers stay in compliance and avoid needless interest and penalty charges.
 
The initiative will seek to identify employers who appear to be falling behind on their tax payments even before an employment tax return
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