The Los Alamos Elks Lodge is hosting a Flag Day Ceremony at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 14 at the Elks Lodge on Trinity Drive next to Sonic. The event includes a talk on the history of the American flag, a flag folding demonstration and instruction on the proper way to dispose of a flag, with a flag burning ceremony to follow. The Los Alamos Elks Lodge will provide free hot dogs, chips and cookies to those who attend the event. For more information, contact the Elks at 662-5611.
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LAPS Seeks School Bus Drivers
Los Alamos Public Schools hopes to attract bus driver applicants for the upcoming school year with this school bus parked on Trinity Drive. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
School Board to Hold Executive Session at 5 p.m. Tuesday Followed Immediately by Regular Meeting
The Los Alamos School Board has scheduled an Executive Session for 5 p.m., Tuesday June 12 at Los Alamos High School.
The stated purpose of the closed session is to discuss Superintendent Gene Schmidt’s employment contract.
The board also is scheduled to discuss “limited personnel meetings involving recent personnel decisions.”
Following the Executive Session, the board will meet at 5:30 p.m. in regular session in the Los Alamos High School Speech Theater.
In this meeting, the board is schedued to discuss Los Alamos Middle School and Aspen Elementary School construction Read More
Deer Saunter Through Los Alamos Neighborhood
Looking out her kitchen window this morning, a Los Alamos resident saw these six deer stroll calmly across her street near Los Arboles and Loma Vista. Photo by Judith Stauber Read More
Coop Market Launched Inagural Bike Swap Sunday
Photo by Karen Kendall
By Karen Kendall
The Los Alamos Cooperative Market hosted its inagural Bike Swap Sunday to provide the opportunity for bicycle enthusiasts to sell and buy quality used and new bicycles, parts and accessories.
The Los Alamos Singletrack Association (LASA), an International Mountain Biking Association affiliated club sponsored the event.
A portion of each sale (10 percent) went to LASA.
LASA President Scott Weiss said the proceeds will be used to work with Pajarito Ski Hill to build bike trails at Pajarito.
“We want to expand the trail system to include beginner Read More
Elhanan Borenstein Presents Talk at SFI Tuesday
SFI News:
Elhanan Borenstein will present the talk, “From Metagenomics to Ecosystomics: Modeling the Human Microbiome” at 12:15 p.m., Tuesday June 12 in the Medium Conference Room at the Santa Fe Institute.
Borenstein is a SFI External Professor and works at the University of Washington where the Borenstein lab focuses on computational research in Evolutionary Systems Biology – an emerging field that examines the interplay between the evolutionary process and the organization of complex biological systems. This is done primarily in the following research Read More
Trinity on the Hill Hosts Contemporary Service
During its contemporary service today, Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, led by Pastor Colin Kelly, singing at center, hosted a talk on the mystery of Christ. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com Read More
Scenes from Saturday’s ‘Bagpipes in the Park Concert’
The Order of the Thistle Pipes and Drums performed in Santa Fe Saturday at the annual “Bagpipes in the Park Concert” on the lawn of the Federal Court House in Santa Fe. The band is sponsored by the Scottish Rite of Santa Fe. Photo by N.S. Mills
Photo by N.S. Mills
Photo by N.S. Mills
Photo by N.S. Mills
Photo by N.S. Mills
Submitted by Joel M. Williams
In honor of the bagpipers’ pride, I offer:
“The Bagpiper’s Tale; a Personal Testimony*
As a bagpiper, I’m often called upon to play at weddings, military events, and funerals. Recently I was asked by a funeral director
Flag Day Celebrated at Bataan Memorial Saturday
The 17th annual Flag Day celebration was held Saturday at the Bataan Memorial in Santa Fe. Photo by N.S. Mills
Military officials spoke to the crowd gathered at Saturday’s Flag Day event in Santa Fe. Photo by N.S. Mills
Photo by N.S. Mills
Photo by N.S. Mills
Golf Course Dedication Ceremony Honors Ed Griggs
All the carts are loaded and ready to go at the start of the tournament. At the go signal everyone goes dashing off to their assigned tee – the official start is called a “shotgun” start, which is now a horn blast. The Ed Griggs Memorial Strong Kids Classic held at the Los Alamos Golf Course Saturday honors noted golfer Ed Griggs who passed away last year. He played his final round of golf in the Strong Kids Classic tournament last year. It is the second major fundraiser of the year for the Los Alamos Family YMCA. There were 28 foursome teams entered in the best ball scramble tournament.