Chris Clark

County Provides Free Farolito Sand To Residents

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A farolito filled with sand and a candle. Courtesy/wikipedia
 
COUNTY News:
 
Each year, the Los Alamos County Traffic & Streets Division provides free farolito sand as a courtesy to residents. 
 
Sand is now available at these locations:
  • Overlook Park – in south Parking Lot
  • Urban Park – in 42nd St. Parking Area
  • Sullivan Field – west side of Parking Lot
  • Barranca Mesa – at the end of Barranca Rd at Navajo
  • North Mesa – at the north end of Soccer Field Parking Lot
Residents are asked to limit the amount of sand taken to the amount needed for their farolitos.
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Adults And Kids Tour Local Businesses

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Chit-Chat & Change Diapers, a Family Strengths Network program sponsored a tour of local businesses Friday for a group of children and adults. The group included the newsroom at the Los Alamos Daily Post at 1247 Central Ave., in their tour of several businesses. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Ten adults and 16 children toured the Los Alamos Daily Post newsroom and other local businesses Friday. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
By TERRA HITE
Los Alamos

The other day I was driving my four-year old daughter, Jane, from one fun activity in town to another and she asked, Read More

Bandelier Offers Programs By New Artist In Residence Shawn Skabelund

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Bandelier Artist in Residence Shawn Skabelund. Courtesy/NPS
 
BNM News:
 
From early through mid- December, Bandelier National monument will be hosting this year’s third Artist in Residence, Shawn Skabelund.  
 
Skabelund was born in central Utah, received his BFA degree at Utah State University in Logan, attended graduate school at the University of Iowa, and taught drawing and installation art at Northern Arizona University. In 1998 he settled in Flagstaff, Arizona. 
 
Today he is well established in his field, working in drawing, painting, sculpture,
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Los Alamos Shooters Meet At Olympic Trials

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MIDN Jodi Cull-Host USNA and Samantha Miller. Courtesy photo
 
LAPS News:
 
Members of the Los Alamos Precision Rifle Team recently traveled to Colorado Springs and competed in the Winter Airgun Championships, which also are Olympic team trials matches.
 
On the final day, current team member sophomore Samantha Miller and member of the Los Alamos 2015 Navy Precision Champion team was squadded next to Jodi Cull-Host, senior team captain of the U.S. Naval Academy rifle team and member of the 2012 Los Alamos Navy Precision Championship team.
 
Also attending the event from
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Winter Dance Show At Smith Auditorium Dec. 10

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Winter dance show 2015. Courtesy photo
 
LAHS News:
 
The LAHS Dance program students would like to invite you to the Winter Dance Show at 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 10 in Smith Auditorium.
 
Admission is free. 
 
Come and enjoy performances by Ballroom, Latin, Swing, Bollywood, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Ballet and Color Guard students, representing the LAHS dance program, as well as other local dance studios and groups.
 
Before the show, be sure to check the art work display in the lobby by LAHS Fine Arts and Photography students.
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Hilltoppers Selected To District 2-5A All-District Team

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LAHS News:
 
Congratulations to the Hilltoppers selected to District 2-5A All-District Team: 
  • Nathan Rogers – 1st Team OL
  • Derek Selvage – 1st Team RB, 2nd Team LB
  • Joseph Sorenson – 1st Team OL and LB
  • Lane Saunders – 1st Team LB, Honorable Mention RB
  • Diego Diaz – 1st Team OLB
  • Travis Gonzales – 1st Team Punter
  • Nick Quartieri – 2nd Team QB
  • Isaac Dunwoody – 2nd Team WR and CB
  • Stefan Brenner – 2nd Team DE and C
  • Jacob Mairson – 2nd Team DT, Honorable Mention OL
  • Edward Lavelle – Honorable Mention DE
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Letter To The Editor: Threat Of Isis To America

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By ROBERT DUFF
Los Alamos
 
The threat is being made by an active, well funded, and now well equipped group with up to date american weapons.
 
They are Jihadist terrorists splintered off from the radical sunni sect during the civil war in Syria. They will decapitate any one who will refuse to join their radical degenerate version of the islamic religions.
 
Sunni sect, dedicated to eliminating all Christians and Jews or any one else who will not give up their religion and join the radical barbaric islamic sect dedicated to forming a new sunni caliphate
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SFI: ‘Real-Space Condensation In Mass Transport Models…’ Dec. 8

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Ori Hirschberg, Weizmann Institute of Science
 
SFI News:
 
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) holds seminar “Real-Space Condensation in Mass Transport Models: Statics, Dynamics, and Large Deviations” at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday Dec. 8, at Collins Conference Room in Santa Fe.
 
Abstract: The formation of traffic jams on highways, the clustering of particles in shaken granular gases, and the emergence of macroscopically-linked hubs in complex networks are all examples of real-space condensation.
 
This phase transition, in which a finite fraction of the “mass”
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Chamisa School Recycle Bowl Challenge

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Poster Contest grand prize winner Lia Rushton with County Environmental Services Manager Angelica Gurule, Chamisa Recycle Bowl Coordinators Megan Lee and Sabina Johns and poster contest coordinator Renee Mitsunaga. Courtesy photo

Grand Prize winning poster by Lia Rushton. Courtesy photo

 

COMMUNITY News:

Chamisa Elementary School and Los Alamos County worked together to enter the National Competition, Keep America Beautiful-Recycle Bowl Challenge. The challenge took place Oct. 19 to Nov. 15.

A GREEN TEAM comprised of
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