SFI Presents a Talk on Cities Through the Ages
Michael E. Smith
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute will present a colloquium with Michael E. Smith of Arizona State University titled Cities through the Ages: One Thing or Many?
The colloquium will take place at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 23 in the Noyce Conference Room at the Santa Fe Institute. The event is free and open to the public.
Smith writes in his abstract to his talk, “I address the question of whether the urban scaling laws identified for modern cities by Bettencourt, West and others should apply to premodern cities. I propose a dichotomy between economic cities (mostly contemporary cities, Read More
County Employees Earn Certified Public Servant Designations
The NM EDGE Certified Public Manager and County College programs graduates who received designations during the New Mexico Association of Counties’ annual conference in Clovis are, front row from left, Carol Bowman-Muskett, McKinley County commissioner; Chris Tenski, Otero County probate judge; Adrianna Ortiz, Los Alamos County senior deputy clerk; Susan Flores, Otero County commissioner; Nick Archuleta, Harding County commissioner; Lucas Fresquez, Los Alamos County chief appraiser; and Susan Trujillo, Taos County treasurer. Second row are Barbara Urioste-Lopez, NM Read More
Meet at PEEC at 5:30 p.m. for Wild Flower Walk
A James penstemon flower growing in Los Alamos. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Join PEEC’s Jemez Mountains Herbarium Curator Chick Keller today for an easy walk to identify some local wild flowers.
Meet at PEEC on Orange Street at 5:30 p.m. to carpool to the trailhead. Weather permitting, the group will drive to the ski hill and strole up the maintenance road to the east. There are really nice flowers including the fairly rare Delphinium sapellonis and five nerved sunflower.
Class of ’93 Returns to Los Alamos High School
The Los Alamos High School Class of 1993 was in town for their 20th High School Reunion the weekend of July 4. The group visited the newly renovated Los Alamos High School. Back row from the left, Amy Harrison, Shannon Sorem, Sarah Piltch, Mrs. Nikimken, Sarah Morris Moulton, Katie Lacey Olso, Dan Jarmer, Jennifer Trapp White, Julia Justus Rael-Blanco, Brian Sierk, Eric Rush, Milissa Starkovich Soto, Melissa Macdonell Laeser, Ann Kirkpatrick Crider and Tina Pan Wu. Front row, Matt Christiansen, Everett Neal, Bethany Gartz, Anthony Puckett, Laura Brownell Jarmer, Wendy Palatinus, Rocke Kiwanis Club Presents Scholarship to Amy Neal
The Los Alamos Kiwanis Club recently presented Amy Neal with a scholarship. Amy will attend the University of Tennessee to study engineering. From left, Amy’s father Ben Neal, Kiwanis President Don Casperson, Amy Neal and her mom Ruth Ann Neal. Amy was selected because of her vast contribution to the community and youth through Youth United Way, Mexico Mission and Los Alamos Youth Leadership. Kiwanis meets each Tuesday at noon at Trinity of the HIll Church in Kelly Hall. Kiwanis was founded in 1948 and is the oldest service organization in Los Alamos and focuses on youth projects. For more Read More
Critter Cam Class at PEEC July 25
A bobcat at Warbler Pond, located in a back yard on Barranca Mesa in Los Alamos. Photo by Hari Viswanathan PEEC News:
Are you interested in getting started with your very own trail camera or perhaps you’re looking to take your hobby up a notch?
Well, here’s your chance – critter cam experts will share their tips and techniques during a free talk at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 25 at PEEC.
Let’s face it. Wildlife is elusive to say the least. Even in Los Alamos, where forested highlands and steep canyons provide many various habitats for critters to live close by, many of us rarely see the animals Read More
Missoula Children’s Theatre Casting Call: ‘The Tortoise Versus The Hare’
LAAC News:
Missoula Children’s Theatre is holding a casting call at 9:30 a.m. Monday, July 22 at Crossroads Bible Church for The Tortoise Versus The Hare.
More than 50 roles will be cast for students entering first through twelfth grades. A parent/guardian must be with each child when registering in order to sign the permission form.
All auditioners should plan to attend the entire morning audition and, if selected, have an open calendar for the week of July 22-26, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and all day and evening Saturday, July 27. Audition is free. Cost is $35 per child who is cast for the
Still Time to Enter Summer Reading Challenge
STATE News:
SANTA FE – Gov. Susana Martinez is reminding students on summer vacation that all forms related to the Summer Reading Challenges need to be in by Aug. 1.
There’s still time to download the forms and enter the competition.
“We are just three weeks away from the deadline for the Summer Reading Challenges,” Martinez said. “I urge all students to make sure they submit the paperwork for all of the books they read this summer by Aug. 1. It’s also not too late for students to get involved in the reading challenges. Information on how to participate is available online.”
In May, the Governor Read More
Visitors Experience Bradbury Science Museum
Anna Cosimini checks out an exhibit Friday night at the Bradbury Science Museum in downtown Los Alamos. Cosimini is studying at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston and interning this summer at Santa Fe Clay. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Visitors file into the Bradbury Science Museum Friday night to attend the Pinocchio 2.0 demonstration. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Visitors of all ages experience hands-on exhibits at the Bradbury Science Museum. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
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Ping Pong Balls Simulate Neutrons in Chain Reaction at Bradbury Science Museum
During ‘Downtown Friday Nights’ at the Bradbury Science Musesum Friday, Ian Aeby demonstrates his Pinocchio 2.0, a complex network of sensors and mechanics that uses ping pong balls to simulate what happens to neutrons in a chain reaction. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Audience member Aidan Monteith, 12, agrees to assist Aeby during the demonstration. Museum marketing coordinator Jessica Privitte, center, looks on. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report:
Audience members viewed “Pinocchio Reanimated!” during the Downtown Friday Night event Read More
Sumo Robots Rumble at the Hive Saturday
Staff Report
The Hive is holding its first ever Mini-Sumo Robot Rumble starting at noon Saturday, July 13 and continuing until there is a winner. The public is invited to visit the Hive and watch the competition. The Hive is at 134 N.M. 4, in White Rock just east of Metzger's Do it Best Hardware.
Mini-Sumo Robots are electronic gadgets that are fun to build and program without extensive technical knowledge. The Hive plans to offer more Mini-Sumo Robot building classes along with Arduino Microprocessor instruction. The Hive will periodically hold Mini-Sumo Robot battle competitions, Read More
Governor Announces 2013 A-F School Grades
The 2013 statewide A-F school grading results. Courtesy illustration
STATE News:
Gov. Susana Martinez Announces 2013 A-F School Grades
- High schools show strongest grade improvements, driven by higher graduation rates, increased reading proficiency and greater participation in career/college readiness programs
ALBUQUERQUE – Today, Gov. Susana Martinez announced this year’s letter grades for New Mexico’s 839 elementary, middle, and high schools.
More than 70 percent of New Mexico schools maintained or improved their school grade, with high schools Read More
LANL Picnic Draws Over 1,000 Students
More than 1,000 Los Alamos National Laboratory summer students attended the annual picnic in Urban Park today. Photo by Katy Korkos
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One Day Archaeology Exhibit and Talk at Mesa Public Library
LIBRARY News:
Project Director for the Museum of New Mexico Chuck Hannaford. Courtesy photo
Back by popular demand for his third visit to Mesa Public Library, Chuck Hannaford, Project Director for the Museum of New Mexico’s Office of Archaeological Studies, returns with this popular and award winning hands-on archaeology outreach program so fitting for this year’s summer reading theme of “Dig In to Reading!”
Hannaford will set up his array of archaeological artifacts from early New Mexico history, all touchable, for visitors to explore in the Mesa Public Library lobby.
Everything from Read More
PEEC Captures Bear On Camera!
Critter Cam at PEEC: We got the bear! It looks like (s)he has visited almost every night in the past four days. To recap, our bee hive was trashed around July 6. The bear first walked in front of our critter camera at 1 a.m. July 8, then it snapped photos at 2 a.m. 3 a.m.and 11 p.m. July 9. The last sighting was around 4 a.m. July 10. After almost every bear visit, a coyote followed, most likely picking up any scraps left by the bear. Certainly some excitement going on after hours at PEEC! Courtesy/PEECTODAY: Udall to Speak on the Floor About Keeping Student Loans Affordable
U.S. SENATE News:New Mexico School for the Arts Announces New Chair
NMSF News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico School for the Arts is proud to announce the appointment of the new Music Department Chair Neil Swapp.
“Not only does Neil bring to NMSA a distinguished career of 24 years as a professional music educator,” says NMSA-Art Institute Director, Riis Gonzales, “his life history mirrors our charter school initiative to provide young students from around the state an opportunity to develop their artistic talents – an opportunity many of them, especially those from smaller New Mexico towns, might not otherwise have.”
“Being a native of New Mexico and growing up Read More
Presentation on UNM-LA Mil Levy at JJAB Meeting
JJAB News:
The Juvenile Justice Advisory Board will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 17 in Building 1, Camino Entrada Road, Pajarito Cliffs Site.
Members of the UNM-LA Advisory Board will give a presentation, which will include financial and programmatic information in anticipation of the decision on a mil levy increase, which will be put before voters in September. Wednesday’s meeting is open to the public. Read More
Learn How to Get Your MPA at UNM-LA Thursday
UNM-LA News:
Earn your Master of Public Administration degree from UNM in Los Alamos.
Attend an information session 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, July 11 at the UNM-Los Alamos Campus, Building 6, Room 626.
An MPA degree opens doors for careers in non-profit organizations, government agencies, health/medical industry, education and more.
For questions, call 505-662-0335. Refreshments will be served.
Visit https:////labgp.unm.edu to learn more about bachelor and graduate opportunities at UNM-LA. Read More
Kiwanis Club Presents Scholarship to Dallin Parker
The Los Alamos Kiwanis Club presented Dallin Parker with an educational scholarship recently. Parker will attend Brigham Young University in Utah to study nursing. From left, Parker’s mother Marsha Parker, his father Robert Parker, Dallin Parker and Kiwanis Club Vice President Karen Kendall. Parker was selected because of his active involvement in the community through Boy Scouts of America, his church and National Honor Society, as well as helping the disabled and young. Kiwanis meets each Tuesday at noon in Kelly Hall at Trinity on the Hill Church. Kiwanis was founded in 
