ART IN PUBLIC PLACES News
A possible quorum of Art in Public Places Board members will be attending the celebration for the Los Alamos Homestead Tour at Fuller Lodge on Friday, May 18th.
Art in Public Places Possible Quorum on May 18th
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How the Affordable Care Act is Working for New Mexico
By Sen. Jeff Bingaman
In the two years since Congress passed the health insurance reform law, called the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there has been a lot of debate about its merits. As we move closer to implementing some of the most significant pieces of that law, I’d like to highlight reasons why New Mexico will be one of the nation’s biggest winners from the improvements in the ACA.
Nearly one in five New Mexicans lacks health insurance, making New Mexico the state with the second-highest rate of uninsured in the country. The cost of treating the uninsured is being passed along to those who have insurance, Read More
League of Women Voter’s Forum is Thursday
On June 5, New Mexico will hold its 2012 Primary Election. Although many offices will appear on the ballot, only five offices have contested primary races.
In order to inform the electorate about these contests, the League of Women Voters of Los Alamos will host a forum on May 17 at UNM-Los Alamos in the Lecture Hall in Building 2 to introduce the community to the candidates:
6:30 p.m. – refreshments served / meet the candidates
7 p.m. – forum begins
All 12 candidates have accepted the League’s invitation.
The candidates include:
- U.S. Congressional District 3 (two Republicans)
Jerry Bower Memorial 5K Run Results
Start of the Race. Courtesy photo
Editor’s Note: Story Updated May 14, 2012
ACRR News:
The Jerry Bower Memorial 5K Race was held on Saturday, May 12th, 2012 for the Alzheimer’s Association starting and ending at the Betty Ehart Senior Center and running the streets just North of downtown Los Alamos. Below are the results:
Men 5Km, 19 and under
1,Chris Buntain,00:22:14.01,Los Alamos;
Men 5Km, 20-29
1,James Keane,00:27:35.62,Los Alamos;
Men 5Km, 50-59
1,Gregory Buntain,00:44:25.00,Los Alamos;
Men 5Km, 60-69
1,Steve Shook,00:31:37.59,Los Alamos;
2,Ted Williams,01:10:19.00,Los Read More
Fuller Lodge Art Center Hosting ‘Naked’ Reception
“Eve, God’s Creation” done in conte crayon by Ron Barsano from Arroyo Hondo. Courtesy/Fuller Lodge Art Center
Rotary Sponsored South African Contingent Tours NEDO Project
Manager John Arrowsmith of the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) gives a presentation, to a visiting South African contingent, of a project in which DPU, Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and Los Alamos National Laboratory teamed up to develop a smart grid technology test bed to solve the nation’s overburdened and antiquated power grid. The project is located on the former landfill on East Jemez Road. The Los Alamos Rotary Club hosted the South Africans last week including Robin Gilfillan, the team leader, to the immediate left of Heinrich Endorsed by ABQ Journal, Las Cruces Sun-News in Democratic Primary
Two major New Mexico newspapers published endorsements Sunday for U.S. Senatorial Candidate Martin Heinrich for the June 5 primary election. Courtesy photo
Editorial: Journal Primary Picks For U.S. Senate
Albuquerque Journal (editorial)
May 13, 2012
https:////www.abqjournal.com/main/2012/05/13/opinion/journal-primary-picks-for-us-senate-house.html
Heinrich for Senate — Democrat
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Martin Heinrich says he wants to work across the aisle to solve problems for New Mexicans and to fight Read More
Wilson Endorsed by ABQ Journal, Las Cruces Sun-News in GOP Primary
Two major New Mexico newspapers published endorsements Sunday for U.S. Senatorial Candidate Heather Wilson for the June 5 primary election. Courtesy photo
Editorial: Journal Primary Picks For U.S. Senate
Albuquerque Journal (editorial)
May 13, 2012
https:////www.abqjournal.com/main/2012/05/13/opinion/journal-primary-picks-for-us-senate-house.html
Wilson for Senate — Republican
With Sen. Jeff Bingaman’s upcoming retirement, New Mexico will have gone from having two senior members of the U.S. Senate to having none in a short time span. Democratic Sen. Tom Udall is Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: May 4 to May 9, 2012
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.
JONATHAN ETUK
May 2 at 1:41 p.m. / Police arrested Jonathan Etuk, 31, of Mendanales at the Los Alamos Detention Center on an outstanding felony warrant from another jurisdiction.
May 4 at 4:41 p.m. / A 54-year-old Jemez Springs man reported that someone damaged his property on 41st Street. The estimated loss is less than $1,000.
May 4 at 7:52 p.m. / A 59-year-old Los Read More
New Historic Homestead Tour Kicks Off in Los Alamos
Courtesy/LAC
Before the Manhattan Project and even before the Los Alamos Ranch School, hearty pioneers braved the extreme weather conditions of the Pajarito Plateau and homesteaded the land.
More than 30 homesteads were established between the 1880s and 1942, when the federal government took over the plateau for the Manhattan Project.
Today, the stories of some of these families are told in a new historic Homestead Tour, funded by Los Alamos County and developed by volunteers of Los Alamos County’s Fuller Lodge/Historic Districts Advisory Board and the Los Alamos Historical Society. Historic Read More