Los Alamos County A-19 Development RFP
COUNTY News:
- Mixed Use Housing and Commercial Development Opportunity
The County of Los Alamos, N.M. is seeking responses to a Request for Proposal from a qualified development entity/team that has the vision, interest and the ability to implement an overall development strategy for the 60 acre county-owned property known as the A-19 site.
The County endeavors to develop an entirely new neighborhood that incorporates the best practices of new urbanism and principles of environmental sustainability in a safe and beautiful high desert setting with unparalleled mountain views and ready Read More
PAC 8 Holds On-Line Fundraiser Auction
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8, your local TV station and community media center is holding an on-line auction. Get a jump on your holiday shopping. You’ll find some great deals! Bidding is in progress now and ends Dec. 10.
It’s easy, fast and fun. Just go to www.pac8fundraiser.com. Register and start bidding. We have many donations from local businesses and a few from Santa Fe, too. We have artwork, gift certificates from restaurants, gift cards, a robotic vacuum cleaner, Pajarito Mountain Ski passes, a one hour gig from the Hillstompers and much, much more. You can get all of your holiday gifts Read More
LASO Holiday Concert Gives Gift of Music to the Community
LASO’s youngest and oldest members are violinists Michele Yant and Ernie Bryant. They reheared for the LASO Holiday Concert in the Los Alamos High School Band Room Monday night. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
First Chair Violins Marion Pack and Brian Newnam. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
LASO News:
In what has become a popular tradition in Los Alamos, the musicians of the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra will present their annual Holiday Concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 at Crossroads Bible Church on East Road.
Under the baton of Don Gerheart, the full symphony will
Food on the Hill: Fettuccine Alla Puttanesca
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com‘The Performance Myth’ at TOTH Sunday
Lisa-Jo Dunham, Lisa Rothrock, and Jennifer Griffin of the Generations Band performing at Trinity on the Hill. Photo by TK Thompson
The Generations Band from left, Joe Fawcett (lead guitar), Maryann Blackhart (projection), Lisa-Jo Dunham (vocalist), Lisa Rothrock (vocalist), Jennifer Griffin (vocalist), Joash Inoferio (drummer), Jason Osborn (bass guitar), Mark Hartman (sound), and Rick Rothrock (video). Photo by TK ThompsonChristmas is coming—hooray! The Generations service at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church is this Read More
Holiday Spirit Begins to Shine in White Rock
John and Cindy Hollabaugh invite the community to drive by their home at 334 Garver in White Rock and tune their car radio to 93.7 FM to hear Christmas music and watch the light show. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Tune your radio to 93.7 FM in front of 334 Garver and enjoy the show! Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Home on Aster Street. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Home on Louise. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Home on Donna. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Home on Meadow. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Nov. 17 to Nov. 27, 2013
LAPD News:
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
Nov. 17 at 4:45 p.m. / An 18-year-old Los Alamos man reported that he was battered on Meadow Lane.
ROWENA MACDONALD
Nov. 21 at 11:18 a.m. / Police arrested Roweena MacDonald, 47, of Los Alamos at 2500 Trinity Dr., on an outstanding Magistrate Court warrant.
Nov. 22 at 3:55 p.m. / A 60-year-old Los Alamos man reported that he was the victim of arson on Diamond Drive. The estimated damage Read More
Letter to the Editor: Pepper Spray Repels Coyotes
By DEBBIE MORLEYKeep yourselves and pets safe. Pepper spray works against coyotes! Get ready to spray, hold your own breath, close your eyes and turn your head away. Give a good blast to the attackers eyes or face if possible.
This works on most wild animals, except snakes or birds. (Your own pet will recover from the spray, but it does hurt for a while. But it beats being bitten or dragged off.)
Maybe we need to sew armor plating into dog sweaters?? Read More
Christmas Bazaar for Children Saturday
TOTH Children’s Bazaar 2012. Photo by David Griggs
TOTH news:
Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, 3900 Trinity Dr., will hold its annual Children’s Christmas Bazaar 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 7 in Kelly Hall.
The Bazaar is held for children kindergarten through 6th grade to shop for their family and friends. “Elves” are available to help children shop and free gift wrapping is available. The best part of the Bazaar is that parents are not allowed in Kelly Hall. Parents are banished to a café style atmosphere where coffee and treats are served.
Gift items are priced very reasonably Read More
Check Out New Model for Business Tuesday
Courtesy/PES
POSITIVE ENERGY SOLAR News:
Regina Wheeler, CEO Positive Energy Solar, an employee owned company since 1997 and the largest Certified Benefits Corporation in New Mexico will lead a discussion about a new model for business: Pioneering a Collaborative Business Model.
The Santa Fe Worker and Community Ownership Reading and Discussion Group is hosting the talk at 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3 at the Llano Library in the Community Room of Santa Fe University of Art and Design, 1730 Llano St., in Santa Fe.
Courtesy/PES Read More
Out Reach For Los Alamos Veterans Thursday
AMERICAN LEGION News:
American Legion Post 90 is hosting an Out Reach Program for Los Alamos County veterans at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5 at the Betty Ehardt Senior Center.
The American Legion mission is to provide consistant and dedicated community assistance to veterans from all military services and their family members.
The Los Alamos American Legion Post 90 and Auxiliary Unit mission is to provide consistant, dedicated and compassionate assistance to veterans of Los Alamos County using the resources of the American Legion membership. Read More
Lots of Activities at Fuller Lodge Open House
LAAC News:
The Los Alamos Arts Council invites the community to attend the annual Fuller Lodge Open House 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at Fuller Lodge.
The doors of Fuller Lodge are thrown open each year on the first Saturday in December to ring in the holidays. The open house, a collaboration between the Los Alamos Arts Council and other community organizations, features children’s programs, local authors, refreshments, music, Posole lunch. The Fuller Lodge Open House is a part of the Winterfest downtown celebration, which takes place the first weekend in December, and is
Letter to the Editor: Coyotes Attacked Our Pets
By TINA DERRMy friend and I walked my three dogs on the road to the Bayo Canyon sewer plant that starts at the bottom of the Hill road Sunday. We turned around before the steep drop in the canyon to avoid the coyote that I have seen there in the past.
However, at least three coyotes had different plans, following us back toward the truck they attacked two of my dogs. Fortunately for my Jack Russell, she had on a knitted jacket and the coyote did not get a solid grip on her or she would be gone. Lacy has superficial wounds.
My friend and I chased and threw rocks and eventually they faded off into the trees, Read More
Chamber Business Members Honor Bill Enloe
Longtime business and community leader Bill Enloe was honored Saturday evening at a special Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce 50th anniversary banquet at Fuller Lodge. He received a standing ovation from the audience of 80 business people for his leadership. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Manager Katy Korkos hosted Saturday’s event. She said that the Chamber owes a debt of gratitude to Bill Enloe, who led Los Alamos National Bank for some 40 years, as president, then CEO. In 1978, Enloe, who had been an employee for only seven years (his first job right Read More
Horses for Heroes Helps Heal Scars
During a presentation at the Dixie Girl, Rick Iannucci talks to local Rotarians about his program that helps injured military veterans. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Former Green Beret Rick Iannucci commanded a special missions unit in Colombia, served as an instructor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was a member of the elite United States Marshals Special Operations Group. Iannucci also is a working cowboy on several cattle ranches in New Mexico and a nationally recognized 4-H leader.
During a Nov. 19 presentation to the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, Iannucci Read More
Economic Sensitivity of Los Alamos County to LANL Funding
By LIVIU SIMIL and DAVE JONES
A famous Latin expression, some attributed to Julius Caesar “if you want peace, prepare for war,” which originally comes from “Epitoma Rei Militaris,” by Vegetius (Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus). The Latin is “Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum,” and remains true more than ever for Los Alamos.
In modern terms it means “prepare for the worst and hope for the best … a common saying in emergency preparedness. One may ask oneself: “what are the bad events that Los Alamos residents might need to prepare for?” The answer Read More
How the Hen House Turns: Dogs Can Taste That Stuff
How the Hen House Turns: Dogs Can Taste That Stuff
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.
Have you ever tasted dog food? Wow. Bland. I had to learn the hard way that dogs can taste that stuff. I wondered, because DeeDee and Scooter have always snarfed the dry biscuits down as if they’d never see food again.
Now I know why. It was because they probably survived on their own for a week at age two or three months (after the fire in 2000) by eating whatever—or whenever a kind person responded to their big eyes and smudgy black and white spots would give them.
Once, when I wanted to see if they would self-limit, Read More
‘Joyeux Noel’ Might Be Perfect Christmas Movie
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Movie Review by KELLY DOLEJSI
I watched Christian Carion’s “Joyeux Noel” (2005, rated PG-13) on the day after Thanksgiving. It was bliss.
After reading about all the Black Friday shootings, stabbings, and stampedes that injured and even killed Christmas shoppers across the United States, it was a poignant relief to see the holiday suppressing violence, and even, temporarily, stopping a war.
“Joyeux Noel” (or “Merry Christmas” in French) tells the true story of a brief cease-fire among French, Scottish and German troops on Christmas Eve 1914, in the thick of The Great War. The Read More
Education 101: Save Our Schools Los Alamos Meets With NMPED Deputy Secretary Aguilar
Education 101:
Local Supplements to Operating Expenses
Representatives of Save Our Schools Los Alamos met with Deputy Education Secretary for Finance and Operations Paul Aguilar Friday, Nov. 22 to discuss a letter we sent to Secretary-Designate Skandera back in September. The letter argued that the State of New Mexico should deal with its education funding crisis by allowing local jurisdictions to provide operating supplements to promote school quality above the minimum Read More
Letter to the Editor: Why You Should Care About Updating County Charter Article V
By SUSAN O’LEARY, ChairAre you aware that a group of volunteer citizens govern a County enterprise that generates more than $60 million in annual revenues, responsible for assets that cost more than $280 million to acquire and would probably cost $400-500 million to replace? That’s the role of the Los Alamos Board of Public Utilities as defined in County Charter Article V that has been in place since 1968.
We’re fortunate to have some very capable and dedicated people on the Board today. Their responsibilities are significant and require time Read More
