Inspirational Speaker Father John Calbom Sunday
Father John Calbom
SDOC News:
Father John Calbom is the guest priest visiting Saint Dimitri Orthodox Church where he will serve Divine Liturgy Sunday morning, Dec 8.
Rev. Calbom, M.A., is an inspirational speaker, corporate chaplain, consultant, certified HeartMath provider, and a Russian Orthodox (ROCOR) priest with degrees in theology and psychology. He was vice president of St. Luke Medical Center and worked as a behavioral medicine therapist with cancer patients in their complementary and adjunctive cancer care treatment program.
Rev. Calbom is co-author with his wife, Cherie, Read More
LAHS Students Honor Tyler Van Anne
Classmates of Los Alamos High School student Tyler Van Anne, who died today, painted the White Rock rock this evening in his honor. Photo by Kateri Morris
Photo by Kateri Morris Read More
Support Systems Gathering at Teen Center Thursday
TEEN CENTER News:
Los Alamos Teen Center Director Sylvan Sierra Argo together with other local organizations is pulling together various support networks at the Teen Center for Thursday.
What will be available for teens so far:
- Michelangelo Lobato will be at the Teen Center on and off throughout the day;
- Aimee Schnedler (grief counselor) will be at the Teen Center on and off throughout the day;
- Kim Secrest (has a Masters in art therapy and counseling) will be facilitating creative/art processing/expression activities after school;
- Fuller Lodge Art Center is donating art supplies for the
LAHS Grief Counselors Prepare For Thursday
Updated Snow Potential
Courtesy/NWS
NWS News:
The National Weather Service reports the a new model guidance coming in this evening suggests the Thursday morning commute could be even more problematic than previously thought in the Albuquerque Metro, Tijeras Canyon to Moriarty and Clines Corners, and also the I-25 corridor from Albuquerque to Santa Fe.
This will also be a situation where temperatures for much of central New Mexico will remain steady or slowly fall after daybreak Thursday.
These snow events are especially tricky since snow to liquid ratios Read More
Fire Managers Stop Ignitions on Santa Fe Watershed Prescribed Burn
Courtesy/SFNF
SFNF News:
Fire managers from the Santa Fe National Forest Fire stopped ignitions for today at 1 p.m. on the Santa Fe Watershed pile prescribed burn.
Thirty-five acres of slash piles were completed with prescribed fire. There will be no additional burning in the area for the rest of the week. Residual smoke will be visible for a few days.
Through the night and tomorrow, fire managers will monitor today’s burning activities. Tonight, flames / fire will be visible from the burn area, which is located one mile east of Hyde Park Estates. This is expected, please don’t be alarmed. Read More
OBITUARY: Stirling Colgate Dec. 1, 2013
STIRLING COLGATE Dec. 1, 2013
Los Alamos National Laboratory Senior Fellow and longtime Laboratory scientist Stirling Colgate of the Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology Group died Sunday (Dec. 1) at his home in White Rock. A co-founder of the Santa Fe Institute, Colgate, 88, also was president of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro from 1965 to 1974 and a professor emeritus of physics at the school.
A gathering, “Remembering Stirling,” open to colleagues and friends is scheduled for 5:45 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 15, at Fuller Lodge.
Los Alamos High School Student Died Today
LANL Employees File Complaint Against Former Supervisor
Tony Stanford
Attorney John Day filed a complaint in First District Court in Santa Fe this afternoon against Los Alamos National Security, LLC, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Anthony “Tony” R. Stanford for assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent hiring, supervision and retention.
Day, of EGOLF, FERLIC & DAY, LLC, filed the complaint on behalf of his clients Erika and William Gorman of Los Alamos who worked for Stanford at LANL.
Attorney John Day
“This was a horrifying situation, Erika
Prepare for Finals … Join ‘Just Do It Study Group!’
Sopahn Kellogg prepares study note cards as DC Kim helps a fellow student with chemistry. Courtesy photo
Jacqui Hargraves focuses on math while Elsa Guinoiseau, a native French speaker supports students with their French homework and Caleb Crutella completes an assignment. Courtesy photo
Staff Report
Check Out Village Arts Annual Holiday Window Display
Village Arts holiday window display on DP Road created by Diana Norwood of Truly Yours Diana. Courtesy photo
Staff Report
Each year at this time, Diana Norwood of Truly Yours Diana creates a holiday window display for Village Arts at 216 P Road. Owner Ken Nebel invites the community to stop by to see the new display and come in his store for their holiday shopping needs.
Ken Nebel
Village Arts offers art and craft supplies for artists of all levels, plus a variety of school supplies and creative children’s gifts. They stock all archival materials, with a wide variety of glass, mats and frames. Read More
This Week at the Reel Deal
Column By JIM O’DONNELLThis Friday, we are opening a couple of films that are not for the kid’s but we are holding Frozen, and Hunger Games. Delivery Man, and All is Lost will both leave us this Thursday.
This week we finally got a print of 12 Years a Slave. It will open on Friday for a one week run only. I’ve had a lot of requests for this film and managed to get it for a week. We’re opening it between holidays, as it’s not really a holiday film being both brutal, and tragic. The film is getting over-the-top reviews and is sure Read More
Band Booster Poinsettia Sale is On
BAND BOOSTER News:
The Los Alamos High School Band Booster Annual Poinsettia Sale is on, with beautiful locally grown plants in two sizes (4.5 inch pot and 7 inch pot) and three colors: traditional vibrant red, winter white and a glitter plant that is a mix of red and white.
Contact your local Los Alamos High School Band student to place your order. If you don’t know a local Band Student, contact Karen Mehlin at 505-570-0202 to be directed to one.
Deliveries will be made within Los Alamos County on the date of your choice. Read More
YMCA Offers Way to Help Families in Need
YMCA News:
The Family YMCA is asking the public to help sponsor families in need for the Christmas holiday.
Family members’ wishes are noted on tags hanging on the tree in the front lobby of the main Y. Sponsors are asked to remove a tag from the tree, purchase and wrap the desired gift, and then attach the tag to the outside of the package before returning it to the Y for delivery to the family.
Gifts must be returned to the Y, wrapped and with the tag attached, by Dec. 17. The Y is open 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 7p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Read More
Local Documentary to Feature Powerful Female Snowboarders and Skiers
Courtesy/michaelyoung.com
Staff Report:
A local group is in pre-production for an inspirational short film about female snowboarders and skiers of all ages who have been or currently are involved in:
- Competitive Freestyle Snowboarding
- Competitive Snowboard Racing
- Competitive Alpine Ski Racing
- Recreational Big Mountain Snowboarding/Skiing
- Recreational Master Mogul/Bump Skiing
“As a father of two daughters, I believe when daughters of any age see how gracefull and inspiring they are, the fire of their personality, style and grace is emboldened to beautifully impact the world Read More
Los Alamos Middle School Hosts Book Fair
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Middle School is hosting a Book Fair this week, with special hours from 4-7 p.m. Thursday.
Tours will be given for community members who would like to see the new building. The holidays are the perfect time to give the gift of reading and the LAMS book fair has gifts for all ages.
Volunteer slots are also available from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday.
To learn more or to sign up, call Lisa Whitacre at 505.663.2391. Read More
NM Museum of Art Presents ‘Renaissance to Goya: Prints and Drawings from Spain’
Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664), Head of a monk, 1625-64. Drawing, 277 x 196 mm. Courtesy phootoNMMA News:
The New Mexico Museum of Art is the only American venue for the exhibition Renaissance to Goya: Prints and Drawings from Spain that is literally rewriting the book on Spanish art. After the British Museum in London, the Prado in Madrid and the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia the exhibition opens Dec.14, in Santa Fe and runs through March 9.
It was long assumed that, uniquely among their contemporaries in other countries, Spanish artists did not draw and produced little Read More
How the Hen House Turns: Routine Equals a Cure-all
How the Hen House Turns: Routine Equals a Cure-all
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.
How do you restore a hen lost in what seems like depression—not eating, not getting enough calcium to lay an egg, not returning to the pen with the others for the afternoon treat?
Expensive mealy worms were not working. I tried melon rind laced with crushed calcium pills and sprinkled onto fresh corn husks.
No worries. There seems to be relief in routine—the magic required when caring for domestic animals. Americia becomes her old self when the time comes to forage outside the pen.
Anticipating the daily Read More
Team Envy Takes First at Volcano Vista Tournament
Team Envy Athletes front row from left, Jenee Montoya, Miranda Salazar and Savannah Lucero. Back row from left, Kaylee Chavez, Susana Gallegos, Isabel Montoya and Jaylynn Padilla. Courtesy photoTEAM ENVY News:
Team Envy took First Place at the Volcano Vista Black Friday Basketball Tournament recently. Team Envy is an AAU Basketball Team comprised of players from Los Alamos elementary schools, Pojoaque Elementary School, Espanola Middle School and Coronado Middle School.
Team Envy participated in the Volcano Vista Black Friday Basketball Tournament, which commenced Friday, Nov. 19 Read More
Local Pastor Presents Radio Ministry
Staff Report
Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church in Los Alamos has a radio ministry for the purpose of teaching the listener about Jesus the Redeemer.
Each week there are two different shows called “Redeemer Theological Academy Lectures” and “Christ in the Old Testament.”
On these shows, Pastor Brian Kachelmeier of Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church teaches about the person and work of Christ from the Bible. Topics include the following: Trinity, Christology, the Holy Spirit, the written Scriptures, vocation and others.
Redeemer Theological Academy Read More
