Chris Clark

House Passes De-Escalation Training-Mental Health Services Amendment

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CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― The House voted overwhelmingly, 417-10, to pass an amendment by U.S. Reps. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01), Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Tim Murphy (PA-18) that invests an additional $2 million in crisis-intervention training for state and local law enforcement, along with mental health and substance abuse treatment, and rehabilitation and community re-entry services.
 
The provision was added to the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill that will be considered tonight. 

The funding would be available

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Spectra Provides Management Services For Eight New Mexico Sports & Entertainment Venues

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SPECTRA News:
 
PHILADELPHIA ― Comcast Spectacor, a leader in the sports and entertainment industry, is raising the bar on live event experiences by announcing that its three divisions – Global Spectrum, Ovations Food Services and Paciolan – now operate as Spectra, a singular, new brand.  
 
Comcast Spectacor will consist of three primary businesses: the Philadelphia Flyers, the Wells Fargo Center and the new Spectra. In turn Spectra will consist of three divisions: Venue Management (formerly Global Spectrum),
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Farmers’ Cooperative Market: An Update & History

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Farmers’ Cooperative Market – Greg Nussbaum, Farmer’s Cooperative Market General Manager, left, and Clare Crane, FCM Sales Manager. Courtesy photo
 
LACM News:
 
In an effort to provide more locally grown food to Los Alamos, the members of the Farmers’ Cooperative Market are partnering with the Los Alamos Cooperative Market.
 
Farmers’ Cooperative Market members are making limited products available daily inside the Los Alamos Co+op Market grocery store. In addition, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., each Saturday, the Farmers’ Cooperative
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PEEC Amateur Naturalist: The Passage Of Time & The Transition Of Plants

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PEEC Amateur Naturalist
By ROBERT DRYJA
 
The Passage of Time and the Transition of Plants
 
We previously had discussed the kinds of plants seen in the Burnt Mesa area. Ponderosa trees are dominant at the higher elevations toward the Valle Grande.
 
In contrast, grasses dominate at lower elevations toward the entrance to Bandelier National Monument.
 
Elevation is a geologic variable that can be considered as setting the long term pattern for the variety of plants growing in area. A geologic time scale is over million of years as mountain ranges
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This Week At Los Alamos Farmers Market June 4

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File photo
 
LAFM News:
 
From 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each Thursday, from May through the end of October, join us in the Los Alamos library parking lot, nestled among the Ponderosa Pine in the downtown area. Plenty of parking near the market. The weather this week should be absolutely beautiful, come shop and check out whats at market!
 
What’s at the Market:
 
Peas, honey, eggs, breads, pizzas, muffins, radishes, chard, asian greens, onions, garlic,beets, vegetable starts, plants & native plants, gluten
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SFI: DiskDetective.org Citizen Science Project

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Marc Kuchner
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
 
SFI News:
 
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) seminar “The DiskDetective.org Citizen Science Project” is 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, at Noyce Conference Room.
 
Abstract: The DiskDetective.org citizen science project is searching for new planetary systems among the 747 million sources observed by NASA’s WISE mission.
 
Disk Detective volunteers have already performed 1.2 million classifications, searching a catalog 8x the size of any similar survey.
 
Relying on the same capabilities
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Free Flamenco Classes With Ellen Walton In June

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Dance Alliance Novemeber 2014. Courtesy photo
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
Flamenco Dance classes with instructor Ellen Walton resume Wednesday, June 3 and run 6-7 p.m. every Wednesday in June at the White Rock Activity Center. 
 
All levels welcome. Classes are tuition free and ponsored by the Pajarito Spanish Dance Alliance and the Los Alamos County Recreation Division. 
 
Contact Ellen Walton at 505.412.0104 or PajaritoSpanishDance@hotmail.
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Bike & Gear Swap At Los Alamos Co-op June 6

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Bikes line up at the 2014 Bike & Gear Swap. Courtesy photo
 
Tuff Rider volunteer at the 2014 Bike & Gear Swap. Courtesy photo
 
CO+OP News:
 
The 4th Annual Bike & Gear Swap is 7:30-11:30 a.m. this Saturday at the Los Alamos Co+op and is the perfect time to support summer outdoor adventures and the local Los Alamos Tuff Riders – the local 501(c)(3) non-profit International Mountain Bike Association chapter.
 
Drop off items at the Co+op Thursday or Friday and purchase items Saturday for enjoying the outdoors this summer. Drop
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Legislative Interim Committee Meetings June 1-5

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STATE News:
 
SANTA FE ― The following legislative interim committees are meeting the week of June 1 through June 5.
 
June 1, at 9:30 a.m. ― Water and Natural Resources Committee State Capitol, Room 307, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Overview of New Mexico Water Law; Status Report by Office of the State Engineer; Discussion of Interim Work Plan and Meeting Schedule.
 
June 2, at 10 a.m. ― Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force State Capitol, Room 322, Santa Fe, NM
Agenda Items: Review
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Letter To The Editor: ‘LAHS Seniors Pass On Traditional Financial Donation Onto Upcoming Freshman Class’

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By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos
 
The class of 2015 graduated Saturday and in full Topper tradition, left a gift to the school in their name as they go.
 
The class this year has worked with staff and volunteers to make their gift far reaching, in order to impact the youth of the community as young as elementary with display holders that will house resources for students.
 
LAHS students Jyelyn Bold and Kimberly Pestovich represent the senior class gift committee for 2015 and have worked to make their idea become a reality. How do
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