Sunday Funday: Making & Designing Corn Husk Dolls Today
Hilltopper Gianna Benelli Signs Letter With NMHU
Los Alamos High School senior Gianna Benelli signs a National Letter of Intent to play volleyball for New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas where she intends to study business administration. Benelli is accompanied at the signing Tuesday by her parents Ereyna and Michael Benelli in the lobby of Los Alamos High School. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
County Wildlife Education Message: Fawns & Rattlesnakes
A fawn resting peacefully with its mother likely just a few hundred meters away. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
Every year, Los Alamos County and New Mexico Game & Fish receive many phone calls from the public concerning abandoned newborn fawns. In almost every instance, the fawns have not been abandoned and are waiting for the doe to return to nurse.
People who find newborn fawns should never approach or pick them up—doing so dramatically decreases the probability that it will survive. Read More
McQuiston: Identifying Hail Damage To Your Asphalt And Wood Shingle Roof
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Agency Insurance
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
Are you aware that during a hailstorm more than just your vehicles are potentially vulnerable to damage and future repairs? When hail hits, it can damage the roof or covering of your home as well as other personal property. Although hailstorms can be destructive, the amount of damage can vary greatly.
Following are some factors that affect the type and degree of damage that may be impacted by a hailstorm, as well as a guide on how to identify hail damage to different types of shingles and roofing materials:
- Wind – During a hailstorm,
Junior Ranger Mini Camps At Fort Union May 25-26
Scene from a Junior Ranger Mini-Camp held at Fort Union National Monument. Courtesy/NPS
NPS News:
WATROUS — Fort Union National Monument announces its annual Junior Ranger Mini-Camps to be held Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26. Camps are 90-minutes in length, and there are two 90-minute sessions at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day.
The camps are best suited for children ages 7-12 and will allow them to discover the culture and history of 19th century army life in the American Southwest with ranger-led games and activities.
All camp and park visits are free of charge.
Fort Union National Monument is Read More
Conversation Between SFI President David Krakauer And Interspecies Internet Trustee Diana Reiss At The Lensic Performing Arts Center May 7
Detail from ‘Discomedusae’ #28 in ‘Kunstformen der Natur’. Ernst Haeckel. 1904
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) recently hosted a workshop called “Animals in Translation”, organized by Interspecies Internet, with representatives from XPrize, which aimed to imagine, discuss and co-create robust yet flexible criteria that would constitute evidence for the successful decoding of communication systems by other species. Towards this goal, the meeting brought together experts from the fields of animal communication, cognition, behavior, AI, philosophy, linguistics, mathematics Read More
Los Alamos High School Freshman Tate Plohr Wins First Place In 2024 Supercomputing Challenge
Los Alamos High School freshman Tate Plohr, left, and his younger brother, Los Alamos Middle School student Linus Plohr with their 2024 Supercomputing Challenge awards, pose for a photo April 30 with their mother/mentor JeeYeon Plohr. Courtesy photo
2024 Supercomputing Challenge News:
Los Alamos High School (LAHS) freshman Tate Plohr is the first place winner in the 2024 Supercomputing Challenge.
The Supercomputing Challenge is an exciting academic year-long marathon open to all middle and high school students in New Mexico to solve real-world problems using computational science Read More
Scenes From DALA Ballet ‘The Tales Of Don Quixote’
Scene from Dance Arts Los Alamos’ (DALA) spring ballet ‘The Tales of Don Quixote’ performed Friday evening at the Smith Auditorium. There will be a matinee performance of ‘Don Quixote’ at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 5. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
Scene from the DALA performance of Don Quixote Friday evening at the Smith Auditorium. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
Scene from the DALA performance of Don Quixote Friday evening at the Smith Auditorium. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
Scene from the DALA performance of Don Quixote Friday evening at the Smith Auditorium. Photo Read More
Learn Ancient & Modern Astronomy At Jemez Historic Site
NMHS News:
Visitors can participate in a presentation 10 a.m. to noon Sunday, May 12 at Jemez Historic Site on N.M. 4 in Jemez Springs.
The presentation, Looking to the Skies: Ancient and Modern Astronomers focuses on activities related to different ways people in the ancient past viewed the day and night sky. This talk explains how people of the past interpreted the sky and how modern-day astronomy can tell what is out there. It will also include modern-day activities like safely viewing the sun using a telescope.
This program connects ancient practices of astronomy to modern-day study and introduces Read More
Hilltoppers Girls Soccer 2024 Informational Meeting May 6
Free Cha-Cha-Cha Dancing At BESC Starts Monday May 6
COMMUNITY News:
Everyone is welcome to free ballroom dancing 7-9 p.m. every Monday (except County holidays) at the Betty Ehart Senior Center Center at 1101 Bathtub Row.
It is a Los Alamos County Activity organized by Terry Goodwin and Selmo Jarmillo. Every month they focus on a particular ballroom dance, and in May the focus is Cha-Cha-Cha.
From 7-7:15 p.m., they will be playing Cha-Cha-Cha music so that as folks arrive they can dance or watch. From 7:15-8:15 p.m. there will be a lesson taught by Dr. Jan Velechovsky. Then 8:15 p.m. until closing at 9 p.m. they will play a mix of music for various ballroom Read More
PEEC To Host Española Valley Arts & Sciences Camp 2024
Enterprise Bank & Trust Los Alamos Region President Liddie Martinez, center, and Administrative Assistant Donovan Price, far right, present a $10,000 sponsorship at the Los Alamos Nature Center to Beth Sanchez, far left, and Jillian Rubio, center left, of Pajarito Environmental Education Center for the Española Valley Arts and Sciences Camp running June 3-7. Also pictured is Gabriela Silva of the Northern New Mexico Regional Art Center, who will be co-leading the camp. Learn more about the event at www.peecnature.org. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Read More
Los Alamos Public Schools 2024 Spring Arts Festival May 9
LAHS Staff Spotlight: James V. Hogue Substitute Teacher
James V. Hogue
By: Andy McBride
Student Reporter
Los Alamos Daily Post
Fulltime Substitute Teacher Cowboy Jim, originally named James V. Hogue, was renamed by Los Alamos High School Auto Shop Teacher Scott Pomeroy because of his Western attire.
Cowboy Jim was born in Mosca, Colo., and moved with his family to Dallas, Texas where his parents bought 50 acres of farmland. He lived there from 2nd until 11th grade. After that, he moved to Missouri and went to college at Missouri State University. Cowboy Jim then migrated to Chama where he worked with some Cajuns and learned how they talk. He also worked Read More
LAPS Notice Of Possible Quorum: Navy/LAHS Senior Signing & Swearing-in May 4
LAPS News:
Members of the Los Alamos School Board may attend the Navy/LAHS Senior Signing & Swearing-in Ceremony at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, May 4, 2024, at Los Alamos High School.
A quorum may be present; however no action will be taken. Read More
Op-Ed: Here We Go Again
By ALBERT M. SPUNGEN
Los Alamos
I just finished teaching my high school students about the 1960s and the youth movements of the time. Although the events going on today on college campuses and on some high school campuses resemble those days, they are not at all similar other than youth involvement. The 1960s rebellions, whether you agreed with them or not, were directed against all the ills of the time. They involved opposing a war America was fighting with boys caught in a clearly unfair draft system. They involved forcing the government and society into granting long overdue civil rights to Read More
Northern New Mexico College And Española Valley High School Students Engineer Glove To Help Mitigate Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms
MESA Students with Dr. Steve Cox. Courtesy.NNMC
NNMC News:
ESPAÑOLA — Students from Northern New Mexico College’s (NNMC) engineering program and Española Valley High School’s (EVHS) Math, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program are applying engineering skills they are studying to a project that could significantly improve the lives of Parkinson’s patients.
Under the direction and mentorship of Dr. Steve Cox, Associate Professor/Engineering Technology at NNMC, and Española Valley High teachers Janice Badongen Patal-e and Lyne Salero, the students are designing a glove Read More
Life After 50: Mental Health Awareness Month-Suicide Prevention
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions
The time has finally come for Champions of Youth Ambitions to embrace the difficult topic of suicide ideation, in our community.
An African proverb attributed to the Masai was the greeting of, “Kasserian Ingera”, which translates to “And how are the children?” You see “Healthy Community, Healthy Youth” is the motto we follow for our non-profit. It comes out of the research of the 40 Developmental Assets, of the Search Institute. It is essentially what children need to thrive.
The New Mexico Indicator Data and Statistics Read More
2024 New Mexico Poetry Out Loud Champion Kaitlyn Lubega Headed To National Competition In Washington, D.C.
Eleventh grader Kaitlyn Lubega performs at the New Mexico Poetry Out Loud state championship in March 2024. Courtesy/New Mexico Arts
NMDCA News:
The New Mexico Poetry Out Loud champion, Kaitlyn Lubega, an 11th grader attending United World College in Montezuma, is headed to the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, D.C. The National Finals run May 1-2, bringing together high school students from across the nation to the capital for an exciting poetry recitation competition.
The New Mexico program is produced and directed by the state arts agency, New Mexico Arts, and offers state Read More
