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County Hires New Library Manager

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Eileen Sullivan
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
​Los Alamos Daily Post
 

Los Alamos County has a new Library Manager, Eileen Sullivan. She will begin her new position July 3.

 

Sullivan takes over from Steven Thomas, who resigned in March to take a job in Seattle. She said she is excited to take the helm of a library system that exceeds national benchmarks and is among the stellar libraries in the state.

 

The library system not only earns top marks nationally and state-wide, but also locally.  A recent citizen survey revealed that 89 percent of the community uses the libraries and Read More

Los Alamos Native Offers Aid, Assistance To Refugees

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Los Alamos Native Ariana Rowberry volunteers at two refugee camps in Greece. Courtesy Photo

 

By KIRSTEN LASKEY 

Los Alamos Daily Post 

 

Ariana Rowberry, a Los Alamos native, was working in the Middle East Directorate in Washington, D.C., when she decided to take some time off before going to law school this fall. Motivated to gain firsthand exposure to some of the policy issues that her directorate worked on, she decided to volunteer at refugee camps in Greece.

Rowberry spent February through April volunteering at two camps: Ritsona, a camp north of Athens primarily Read More

Griggs: Dateline Oaxaca … A More Leisurely Visit

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Two rappers gesticulating and insulting each other to music in El Llano Park. After a particularly good zinger, the crowd would laugh and applaud. After each round, the crowd would vote for their favorite rapper. Photo by David Griggs

A roaring lion at the entrance to Parque Juarez (El Llano) in Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo by David Griggs

 

By DAVID GRIGGS
Foreign Correspondent
Los Alamos Daily Post

Three days in Oaxaca was not enough, so this year I stretched my visit to two weeks. Hostel Don Nino at 804 Pino Suarez was once again my base of operations. A bunk in a dorm cost about $10, and included a hot Read More

PEEC Receives Funding To Get People Outside

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New Belgium Brewing has donated millions to communities where they brew and/or serve their beer, a list that includes Los Alamos.​ Courtesy Image

PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC), operators of the Los Alamos Nature Center, recently received two grants to help get people outside. One funder, New Belgium Brewery, makers of Fat Tire Ale, is a long-time supporter of the nature center, while the second, the Clif Bar Family Foundation, is a new supporter of the center.

Clif Bar Family Foundation will support PEEC’s popular Passport to the Pajarito Plateau program. Read More

LAHS Girls Softball Wins District 2-5A!

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Los Alamos High School varsity softball team wins District 2-5A. They also achieved a district record of 11-1 and an overall record of 17-9. Courtesy Photo

From left, Reyna Lucero, Alicia Gonzales, Taylor Collins, Jayde Tucker and Lauren Harris made First Team All-District. Courtesy Photo

From left, Terri Jaramillo, Kasia Povijua, Savana Luster and Janessa Gonzales made Second Team All-District. Courtesy Photo

Lauren Harris was voted by District 2-5A Coaches as the 2017 District 2-5A Player of the Year. Courtesy Photo

Mariah Mauro is this year’s recipient of the Jim Ruhe Softball Read More

Study Shows Humans Have Polluted European Air For 2000 Years

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The Colle Gnifetti Glacier on the Swiss-Italian border where the ice core used in the study was taken. In the bottom right corner, the coring stie can be seen. Photo by Nicole Spaulding

AGU News:

WASHINGTON, DC — A new study combining European ice core data and historical records of the infamous Black Death pandemic of 1349-1353 shows metal mining and smelting have polluted the environment for thousands of years, challenging the widespread belief that environmental pollution began with the Industrial Revolution in the 1700s and 1800s.

The new study, accepted for publication in GeoHealth, Read More

Los Alamos Piecemakers Seek New Members

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Los Alamos Piecemakers members busy at a recent community service sew-a-thon. Courtesy/LAP 

Quilted items displayed at a recent quilt show made from a LAP workshop. Courtesy/LAP

Quilted seasonal items for sale at a recent quilt market. Courtesy/LAP

 

LAP News:

Are you a quilter? Would you like to learn to quilt? For more than 32 years, the Los Alamos Piecemakers (LAP) Quilt Guild has provided inspiration and education for members. They are inviting community members to join their organization to learn to quilt, become a better quilter, learn new techniques, be inspired, and have Read More

‘Tee Off For Ted’ Memorial Golf Tournament June 10

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Ted Lopez

COMMUNITY News:

The “Tee Off For Ted” Memorial Golf Tournament is June 10 at Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe in tribute and memory of Ted Lopez; proud Navy veteran, University of New Mexico (UNM) alumnus and former director of the UNM-LA Small Business Development Center.

All proceeds will benefit establishing a Ted S. Lopez Memorial Scholarship at the University of New Mexico, in support of veterans.

In honor of Ted Lopez’s passion for life-learning, desire for veteran opportunities and commitment to the UNM community, his family is establishing the Ted S. Lopez Memorial scholarship, Read More

Mary Badarak Conducts Final Concert

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Mary Badarak, long-time conductor of the Los Alamos Choral Society, performed her final concert Sunday. She is retiring. Photo by Carl Newton/Courtesy

 

LOS ALAMOS CHORAL SOCIETY News: 

 

Sunday, a large crowd of music-lovers and well-wishers were in the United Church of Los Alamos when Mary Badarak, long-time conductor of the Los Alamos Choral Society, directed the Choral Society for the last time.

 

The concert—14 short songs featuring six that Badarak had arranged and three that she had composed—was a success that brought the crowd to its feet to join in a thundering Read More

Rotary Briefed On Community Internship Collaboration

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Therese Crepeau, an intern with the Community Internship Collaboration, speaks to the Rotary Club of Los Alamos during its May 23 meeting. Courtesy Photo

ROTARY News:

Therese Crepeau, an intern with the Community Internship Collaboration, a program designed to give interns hands-on experience working in local businesses the opportunity to work with motivated students, described the program during a May 23 presentation at the Rotary Club of Los Alamos.

She was joined at the podium by Rotarian Laura Loy who directed the program through UNM-Los Alamos. Guests at the meeting Read More