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Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Welcomes New Fellow: Elaine Heumann Gurian

September 11, 2015 by Submitted by Chris Clark

Elaine Heumann Gurian

MUSEUM News:

SANTA FE — The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum welcomes Museum Studies Fellow-In-Residence Elaine Heumann Gurian Sept. 21 to Oct. 23.

The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s Museum Studies Fellowship Program appoints one museum professional per year for a month-long residency in Santa Fe. This year’s recipient is esteemed museum consultant and writer, academic, writer and lecturer in Museum Studies programs around the world.

Her area of expertise is helping museums that are “beginning, building, or reinventing themselves.” She

Rotary Hears About Upcoming United Way Campaign

September 11, 2015 by Submitted by Chris Clark

Kritsty Ortega of United Way speaking recently to Rotarians. Courtesy photo

By Kirsten Laskey

Los Alamos Daily Post

Kristy Ortega, executive director of United Way of Northern New Mexico, recently provided the Rotary Club of Los Alamos with a preview of the United Way’s upcoming fundraising campaign.

During the regular club meeting Tuesday at Cottonwood on the Greens, Ortega explained that United Way operates its fundraising campaign in the fall and provides monies to nonprofits in Los Alamos and Rio Arriba counties in the spring.

The criteria United

Ceremony Held For New LAPD Public Service Aide Alysha Lenderman

September 10, 2015 by Submitted by Chris Clark

Judge Pat A. Casados swears in Alysha Lenderman as new Public Service Aide in Los Alamos County. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

New LAPD Public Service Aide Alysha Lenderman signs official documents this morning with Magistrate Court Judge Pat Casados. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

From left, Deputy Police Chief Jason Wardlow-Herrera, Public Service Aide Supervisor Robert Aragon, new Public Service Aide Alysha Lenderman and Police Chief Dino Sgambellone, stand for a group photo. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

New Los Alamos County

Secretary Of Energy Asked To Investigate Safety Hazards In High Explosives Test Facility At Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab

September 10, 2015 by Submitted by Chris Clark

DOE News:

Legal papers served in Washington July 14 asked Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz to investigate “substantial and specific danger to employees or to public health or safety” due to “technical failure and incidents” at the High Explosive Application Facility (HEAF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Anthony T. Rivera, a 28-year veteran of the lab, said he was harassed and fired in October 2013 after reporting the hazards and other violations to lab management. The Department of Energy Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) dragged out his case until March

Udall To Attend Pope Francis’s Address To Congress With Santa Fe Archbishop Wester

September 10, 2015 by Submitted by Chris Clark

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Sen. Tom Udall announced that the Most Rev. John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe, will be his guest at Pope Francis’s address to Congress on Thursday, Sept. 24.

Pope Francis will be the first pope to address a joint meeting of Congress, and the speech will be broadcast live on the West Front grounds of the U.S. Capitol.

New Mexicans interested in attending the outdoor simulcast of the pope’s address should contact Udall’s office.

“Pope Francis’s address to Congress marks

PEEC Day Trip To Explore Copper Mine Sept. 12

September 10, 2015 by Submitted by Chris Clark

PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is offering a rare chance to visit the abandoned Nacimiento Copper Mine 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sept. 12, near Cuba, N.M.

The trip, led by local geology expert Patrick Rowe, will be fun and hands-on for both adults and children. Participants will start at the nature center, carpool to the side, and explore the area, with ample chances to find beautiful specimens such as petrified wood.

This popular tour will fill up fast, so it is recommended to register in advance at www.peecnature.org

Bear Sought In Attack On Los Alamos Man

September 10, 2015 by Submitted by Chris Clark

The entrance to the area where a bear attacked a Los Alamos man Wednesday on the Canon de Valle Trail is closed today while officers from New Mexico Game & Fish sassisted by Los Alamos police and LANL earch for the bear. The public is asked to stay away from the area. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

NMG&F vehicles are at the scene of Wednesday night’s bear attack on a 56-year-old Los Alamos man on the Canon de Valle Trail. The man arrived at the Los Alamos Medical Center Emergency Department where he was treated, stabilized and transferred by Classic Air Medical to Christus

Military Order Of World Wars Meets Sept. 15

September 10, 2015 by Submitted by Chris Clark

MOWW News:

This months meeting of the Military Order of the World Wars is Tuesday, Sept. 15.

This month’s speaker is Marla Brooks. Ms Brooks is the Manager of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Operations Center. Previously, she was a captain in the Los Alamos Police Department.

The meeting will be held in Los Alamos Research Park the 2nd floor conference room.

The Los Alamos Research Park building is located west of the South Mesa Fire Station. Parking is available east to the fire station (accessible from southbound land of the Los Alamos Canyon Bridge)

Science On Screen: ‘Horror Of Dracula’ Sept. 23

September 10, 2015 by Submitted by Chris Clark

SFI News:

The popular Science On Screen series continues Sept. 23 in Santa Fe with Santa Fe Institute (SFI) Omidyar Fellow Sam Scarpino presenting Horror of Dracula.

“Dracula is as much about this problem, the problem of evidence and truth, as it is about vampires,” writes Eula Biss in her acclaimed essay On Immunity: An Inoculation.

Since the invention of vaccines, vampires have been used to scare individuals away from these life-saving shots.

While also a metaphor for concerns about capitalism and anti-immigration

Holy Ghost Canyon Under Closure Order

September 10, 2015 by Submitted by Chris Clark

SFNF News:

SANTA FE ― Effective immediately, Holy Ghost Canyon on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District on the Santa Fe National Forest is under a closure order to protect public health and safety during the reconstruction of Forest Road (FR) 122, also known as Holy Ghost Road.

FR 122 was severely damaged by flooding after the 2013 Tres Lagunas Fire.

The restricted area includes land within 500 yards on either side of FR 122 including the Holy Ghost Summer Home Tract Area, the Holy Ghost campground and group site, and the trailhead accessed from FR 122.