Kirsten Laskey (ladp admin)

LAHS Girls Softball Eliminated From State

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The Los Alamos High School girls softball team was eliminated from the state competition after they lost 14-3 to the Kirkland Central Broncos May 11 at Cleveland High School. At third base, Megan Romero reaches for the throw for an out but wasn’t done in time during the fourth inning. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Jayde Tucker makes a try for a pop-up near the fence but was just out of her reach. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

 

​The leadoff pitcher, Reyna Lucero, pitched until the sixth inning when she was relieved by Savana Luster. Photo by Read More

English Teacher In Turkey Needs Help Building Library

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Students at a high school in Kozan, Adana, Turkey utilize a library created by English Teacher Nisa Yildiz. Her sister, Emine Beyza Tutar, a U.S. Postal Service worker in Los Alamos, is asking the community to donate books to the library. Courtesy photo 

 

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Got piles of books, magazines or newspapers just collecting dust? There is an opportunity to decrease those piles and give toward a great cause. Emine Beyza Tutar, a U.S. Postal Service worker in Los Alamos, is hopeful Los Alamos residents will send books and other reading Read More

Pastor Raul Granillo: Stronger Than Steel

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By PASTOR RAUL GRANILLO 
La Vista Church
Los Alamos

 Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all. (NIV Proverbs 31:29)

Too often, it seems, we only really grasp a blessing long after the fact. I know that in my own life, I have taken many of them for granted. Some of the most important blessings in my life came in the form of mothers who carried loads that I was far too weak or ill equipped to carry.

Let me first say that women are certainly not weaker than men. I have heard that, pound for pound, silk is stronger than steel. If the mothers that God has placed in my life are any indication,

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Joint Effort To Look At DPU Finances Gets Thumbs Up

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Members of the Board of Public Utilities and Department of Public Utilities staff listen to County Council suggest forming a joint effort to review the utilities department’s finances. The idea received strong support. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com 

 

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

During the Tuesday night Los Alamos County Council special session, the Council pitched its idea to facilitate a joint effort between the Council, the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) and the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to do an independent review of DPU’s major Read More

Students Step Into Shoes Of Remarkable People

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Mountain Elementary School student Elizabeth Merrill describes the life and work of Harriet Beacher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Merrill took part in the school’s wax museum Wednesday; the project required students to study a significant person in history and, at a drop of a ticket, will give a presentation as if they were that particular individual. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Mountain Elementary School Teacher Bernadette Ziomek listens to Mairen Hoch give her presentation as Marie Curie, a physicist Read More

GATE Showcase Reveals Students’ Talents

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During the Gifted and Talented Education showcase Wednesday, Los Alamos Middle School student Kyle Kenamond presented a song that he wrote, recorded and performed. The song featured percussion, keyboard and guitar-all of which Kenamond played himself. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Middle School student Takauma Shiina plays an animation movie he and fellow student May Vo created in the software program, Keynote. The movie is based on the book, Chains, that they read in language arts class. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

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​Students in Read More

Council Approves Lease Agreement For LAFD

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Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes discusses a lease agreement for Suite 200 at 999 Central Ave. during the Los Alamos County Council special session Tuesday night at the White Rock Fire Station. The space will be used for a training classroom as well as a storage facility for emergency medical supplies and personal protective equipment. The cost for the amended lease is $2,411.51 above the current monthly cost, which is $15,357.19. Council approved the lease agreement 6-0. Councilor Rick Reiss recused himself because he has a 25 percent ownership interest in the property. A waiver from Read More

Patrick Neher Named New Executive Director Of Los Alamos Arts Council

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Patrick Neher. Courtesy photo

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos has the potential to be a destination for the arts and the new Los Alamos Arts Council Executive Director Patrick Neher hopes to tap into that potential to make it a reality.

Neher will officially take on the position starting July 10. His predecessor, Marlane Hamilton, will retire at the end of June. She has served as the executive director for 18 years.  

Neher, who resides in Bellingham, Wash., is excited to come to Los Alamos. He explained it is his hometown.

“I’m very excited about returning home and seeing Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: May 3-9, 2017

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LAPD News:

The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department. Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.

DUSTIN BINGHAM
 

May 3/Dustin Bingham, 36, of Los Alamos was arrested and charged with eight counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor.

 

ADRIAN OSCAR DUARTE FIERRO
 

May 7/Adrian Oscar Duarte Fierro, 23, of Los Alamos was arrested and charged with reckless driving and offenses related to driving under the influence.

 

 ELSIE A. FERNANDEZ 
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Environmental Sustainability Board Updates Council

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Los Alamos County Environmental Services Division Manager Angelica Gurule and Environmental Sustainability Board Chair John Bliss update the Los Alamos County Council about the Sustainability Board during the Council’s special session Tuesday night at the White Rock Fire Station. In the presentation, it is reported the Environmental Sustainability Board is recommending a rate increase. The Fiscal Year 2018 budget assumed a $3 household rate increase and a 3 percent commerical rate increase. It is also stated in the presentation that working capital is being Read More