RPLA Announces Biennial Convention On Jan. 18, 2025
By LISA SHIN
Chair
Republican Party of Los Alamos
Dear Friends:
Happy New Year! I wish all of you much joy, love, and happiness as we cheer for new beginnings!
Note that we will not meet on Jan. 16, 2025, and take care of Central Committee business at our Biennial Convention. Please make plans to attend our Biennial at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 18 at Fuller Lodge. We will elect new leadership for the next 2 years.
I am proud of my record as RPLA Chair for the past 2 years, hope to build on our wins, and encourage more participation with younger individuals and families. As Chair, we tripled our bank account Read More
Malenfant Recalls Own Plane Crash At Los Alamos Airport
Scene of wreckage Oct. 12, 1975, the day following the plane crash at Los Alamos County Airport. Passenger Tim Farmer dragged pilot Dick Malenfant unconscious from the plane saving his life. Now 91, Malenfant lives in Highlands Ranch, Colo., and no longer flies. Photo by Bill Geer
Scene of plane wreckage Oct. 12, 1975 at Los Alamos County Airport, the day following the crash that hospitalized pilot Dick Malenfant. He said that he continued flying for several years after the accident. Photo by Bill Geer
DICK MALENFANT
Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Formerly of Los Alamos
I read that article in the Los Alamos Read More
Home Country: Here Comes The Fire
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
It’s natural to mumble nasty things about the cold weather. We all do it from time to time. But even the cold has its merits.
One big plus is that it makes fireplaces a reasonable addition to our lives. In cold weather, we can build a fire in our home with a clear conscience. This is something that doesn’t translate well to summer heat, but when it’s cold, here comes the fire.
Strange, isn’t it, our love affair with a fireplace? Makes absolutely no sense. Today, we can make houses so impervious to cold that every time we light a candle, the temperature goes up 10 degrees. So what Read More
Catch Of The Week: A.I. Scams On The Rise
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Scrolling social media can be fun and all, but do you think you can tell something created by A.I. from something real?
In today’s world it is getting increasingly hard to do so, when A.I. resources are so much more accessible.
Here is an example:
Example A.I. Generated Post. Courtesy image
I have been seeing a trend lately of Facebook pages starting off as entertainment pages (This page was some kind of history and archaeology page) and then getting taken over to spam A.I. garbage to the existing page’s followers. Read More
Op-Ed: Deer And Roads In Los Alamos County
By LESLIE HANSEN
White Rock
I have read with interest the recent letters about feeding wildlife and its possible unintended consequences. I was the senior investigator on a study of road-crossing behavior of deer in Los Alamos County that was funded by LANL around 2002 and 2003. If you would like to read the final report, it is available here: Life in the Fast Lane: Road Crossing Behavior of Mule Deer in a Wildland-Urban Interface (Technical Report) | OSTI.GOV. We put GPS collars on mule deer and recorded where, when, and how often they crossed roads in and around Los Alamos.
For the four deer we collared Read More
Robinson: Historians In 1980 Provide Election Perspective That’s Still Valid Today
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services
Some of us remember the turbulent economy of the 1970s, which made the last few years look like a walk in the park. We didn’t just have inflation; we had something called “stagflation”. It was a combination of high inflation, high unemployment and high interest rates, along with lines at the gas pump because of the energy crisis. (Remember the 55 m.p.h. speed limit to save gas?) President Jimmy Carter inherited this economic disaster, brewing since the Johnson administration.
In October 1980 a heated presidential campaign was Read More
New Year’s Resolution: Help Others Thrive In 2025 … Give Blood!
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos
How would you like to have a New Year’s Resolution that could be accomplished in a brief period, just once or even a few times a year? If the idea is new to you, try it just once and if you like it, feel free to set your own goal. Oh, and did I mention it just might save a life?
You can help someone thrive in 2025 and help a non-profit organization save lives for people in the process. The nonprofit is Vitalant, and the goal is donating blood. Did you know in January of 2024 there was a total of 180 donations in our community? They hope to beat that goal in the new year, even by one Read More
