Letter To The Editor: UNM-LA Provides Important Value To Our Community
By DAVID and TERRY IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos
In the next few days, Los Alamos residents will receive a ballot in the mail asking them to support education in our community. The need to continue upgrading our elementary school buildings is self-evident; so is the need for UNM-LA to improve its finances. We hope you will vote in the affirmative to support both questions.
Other letters have explained in more detail and more authoritatively than we can the precarious financial state of our local branch of UNM. Let us remind ourselves of the value that UNM-LA provides to our community.
Our three sons graduated Read More
Future Trails Discussion At Nature On Tap Thursday
PEEC News:
Open Space Specialist Eric Peterson will discuss the proposed flow trail for Los Alamos County and the future of the local trail network at the first Nature on Tap presentation of 2017.
Peterson’s talk is 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 at UnQuarked in Central Park Square.
Nature On Tap is part of a series of conversations about art, history, nature and science.
Peterson oversees the County’s open space and trails systems. He is a graduate of Bowling Green State University in Ohio and has spent the last six years working in the Open Space Industry, which included Bernalillo Read More
Top LAPS Stories Of 2016
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools staff and students have accomplished much this year at each of the schools in the district.
2016 Highlights:
Kathy Boerigter Receives Presidential Award For Excellence In Mathematics And Science Teaching
Los Alamos High School Science Teacher Kathy Boerigter accepted the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) during a trip to Washington, D.C.
Boerigter, and the other Presidential Awardees, received a certificate signed by the President of the United States, a trip to Washington, D.C. to attend a series Read More
Rooney Presents Information On UNM-LA Mil Levy
UNM-LA CEO Dr. Cynthia Rooney speaks recently at Kiwanis. Ihoto by Don CaspersonThe University of New Mexico-Los Alamos is facing a financial dilemma, and UNM-LA Chief Executive Officer Dr. Cynthia Rooney is providing information to local voters about the January school election to increase the tax levy for the branch college from 1 mil to 2 mils.
In a recent presentation to Kiwanis, she pointed out that when UNM-LA was established in 1980, local voters established a 1 mil levy to support it. That tax rate hasn’t changed in the 36 years Read More
‘Yes Vote’ On LAPS Bond Would NOT Increase Taxes
LAPS Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus speaks before Kiwanis recently, about the January Education Elections. Photo by Don Casperson
By CHARMIAN SCHALLER
Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus spoke at Kiwanis to provide information about the upcoming education elections.
The ballots will be mailed out to registered voters Tuesday, Jan.3 and must be back in the Los Alamos County Clerk’s Office by Jan. 24 to be counted. They may be hand delivered or mailed—but if they are mailed, they must ARRIVE by Jan. 24.
One “box” Read More
Letter To The Editor: Community’s Help Is Needed As One Of Our Jewels Is Under Assault
By PATRICK SORANIn my mind’s eye, a model community needs several positive assets: good governance, good public services (police, fire, utilities, etc.), good job opportunities, good medical facilities, well-educated citizens, scenic surroundings, and good educational opportunities (K-12 and collegiate). Los Alamos is such a community capable of possessing all of these assets. However, we as a community need to support and nourish these assets and for the most part we do support them. Unfortunately one of our jewels is under assault.
Our UNM-LA branch college has lost just
Nature On Tap: Our Local Trails
PEEC News:
Come to Nature on Tap to discuss the future possibilities for the Los Alamos County trail network. Eric Peterson, LA County’s Open Space Specialist, will provide an update about upcoming projects, the proposed flow trail included.
Nature on Tap is part of a series of conversations about art, history, nature, and science. This week, PEEC is hosting Nature on Tap 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 at Unquarked. Admission is free.
Peterson oversees the County’s open space and trails systems. He is a graduate of Bowling Green State University in Ohio and has spent the last six years working Read More
PEEC’s Top 10 List Continues: # 1
As the year winds to an end, we are also down to the final reason to support PEEC this year. The number 1 reason why people support PEEC is to share the benefits of nature with others. Support PEEC and help people get outside to experience the benefits of nature. Courtesy photo Read More
Wismer: The Mil Levy IS Important For UNM-LA And For Los Alamos County
By LISA J. WISMERMany individuals considering the upcoming special school election are asking UNM-LA what happened after the failed mil election in 2013. What financial impacts did the campus sustain and how did it respond? Providing that information may help frame the challenge UNM-LA is facing moving forward as it continues to serve the Los Alamos community.
After the 2013 election, UNM-LA was faced with difficult decisions to determine which programs and services were essential to UNM-LA and which ones could continue to be supported by the Read More
Letter To The Editor: Supporting Our Schools Is The Right Thing To Do
By ELLEN BEN-NAIM Early next month, you will receive a mail-in ballot for the school bond election. I urge you to join me in supporting our community’s most important asset – our children – by voting YES.
This is one envelope that won’t get buried in the mail pile. We will mail our ballots back on the same day they arrive for several reasons.
First, supporting our students is the right thing to do. My three children have thrived in the Los Alamos Public Schools, and have benefited from the new Los Alamos Middle School and Los Alamos High School wing. I want the same opportunities for future Read More
Letter To The Editor: Please Help Keep UNM-LA’s ‘Engine’ Running … Vote For Mil Levy
By Dr. LESLIE DENDY
Los Alamos
Los Alamos residents will soon be voting on a 1 mil levy request for UNM-Los Alamos. I’ve been teaching at UNM-LA since 1980 (and before that at its precursor, UNM-Northern Branch College) and I know we need it!
As a parent whose kids went all the way through Los Alamos public schools, I know L.A. voters consider education vital, but there are some things you may not know about UNM-LA in particular. UNM-Albuquerque does NOT support us financially – it’s not even legally possible. We get most of our money from the state, which has been cutting back rather Read More
Backcountry Film Festival At Reel Deal Jan. 26
PEEC News:
The Backcountry Film Festival is returning to the Reel Deal Theater in Los Alamos for the sixth year in a row.
Produced by the Boise, Idaho based nonprofit Winter Wildlands Alliance, the touring Backcountry Film Festival will make its way to more than 100 locations around the world.
The screening is 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Reel Deal Theater. It will be the only screening in New Mexico.
The Backcountry Film Festival is renowned for its mix of professional and grassroots films – from well-known filmmakers who search backcountry corners across the globe to submit their best work, Read More
Playing At Nature Center Planetarium This Weekend
Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
At 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, Exploding Universe will play in the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium. This family-friendly film will take the audience on a voyage through space to explore explosive events that shaped the Universe.
The nature center is closed New Year’s Day, Jan. 1. Otherwise, the nature center will be open regular hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday as well as 1-4 p.m Sunday. The nature center is closed Thursdays for regular maintenance.
For more information about these and future planetarium shows, vis Read More
NNMC JumpStart Pilot Program A Success … GED®-to-College Program Invited To National Conference
NMMC News:Heinrich Announces Funding For Innovative STEM Education Program
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. SENATE News:
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced $25 million in authorized funding for the continuation of the nationwide STARBASE program, which motivates fifth grade students to explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) through hands-on learning in collaboration with military installations.
The program in New Mexico is based at Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) La Luz Academy where scientists, engineers, and military volunteers from AFRL and other Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) Read More
Y Foyer Gets A Makeover
A donor tree and ‘word wall’ highlight the refurbished YMCA foyer. Courtesy photoYMCA News:
In early December, The Family YMCA completed a makeover of its foyer to highlight its Heritage Club donor recognition piece. The tree’s metal leaves name donors to the Y’s endowment program.
The idea of a tree is that it represents a seed that is planted and eventually grows to provide shade, produce oxygen and give a home to living creatures, Y Senior Program Director Diana Martinez said.
”An endowment program is like planting a seed for the future and for others,” she said. The Y also created a ‘word
PEEC Bird Of The Week: The Hairy Woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker. Courtesy photoThe Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) is one of the most common and abundant of the North American Woodpeckers.
They are not as common at the Los Alamos Nature Center as the Acorn Woodpeckers frequently seen, but there have been many reports of Hairy Woodpeckers in the area.
Slightly smaller than the Acorn Woodpecker, the Hairy Woodpecker enjoys the suet feeder and the various seed mixes we use. Away from feeders, they tend to be shyer than Acorn Woodpeckers.
The Hairy Woodpecker has a black-and-white striped face, all-white belly, Read More
Princeton Study: Electron-Photon Small-Talk Could Have Big Impact On Quantum Computing
PRINCETON News:Aspen’s K-Kids ‘Duct The Halls’ With Teachers
Aspen teachers RaeAnn Harp and Allison Washburn are duct taped to a wall for a worthy cause. Courtesy photo
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Courtesy photoUNM-LA Internship Program Entrenches Youth In Community
Mentors from local businesses with their interns are joined by CIC staff at the Dec. 13 graduation of the latest group to participate in this highly successful program at UNM-LA. Photo by Kateri Morris/UNM-LA
From left, LAHS CIC Coordinator Ken Holmes, UNM-LA CIC Coordinator Laura Loy, UNM-LA CEO Dr. Cynthia Rooney, LAPS Superintendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus and LANL Community Programs Office Deputy Director Carole Rutten at the Dec. 13 graduation. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
From left, CIC intern Kaylen Pocaterra, U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján and Pocaterra’s mentor Prisca Read More
