Manhattan Project Veteran Returns After 67 Years
During Friday’s visit to the Bradbury Science Museum, Doris Coleman Zifferer points out her office on a Manhattan Project era map. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Doris Coleman Zifferer’s Laboratory badge where she worked from 1943-1947. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comDoris Coleman Zifferer knows how to keep a secret. For many years, her family had no idea that she spent the years 1943-1947 in Los Alamos working on the Manhattan Project.
The story came out when the family was sorting through Zifferer’s Read More
Jemez Mountain Trail Races Registration Opens
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JMTR News:
The Ninth Annual Jemez Mountain Trails Races are scheduled for Saturday, May 24, 2014. Registration for the 50 kilometer and 50 mile races open Dec. 1. The half marathon (13.1 mile) option will be open for registration Feb. 1, 2014. These races fill up quickly. Register soon at: https:////ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=24422.
The Jemez Mountain Trail Races are a wonderful community event that takes full advantage of our beautiful mountain trail running network around town, up Pajarito Mountain, and through the Valles Caldera. Last year more than 600 runners Read More
On Horizon: First Organic Solid Waste Powered Community
Artist Taylor Baldry created this Save the Waste watercolor for the PLACE efforts. Courtesy/PLACE
PLACE News:
PLACE, which gave presentations in Los Alamos over the last couple of years is now closer than ever to building the world’s first community powered by organic solid waste.
Imagine homes, makers’ spaces, and businesses being powered in a closed-loop system: waste makes power, community makes waste, which makes more power, and so on. No other municipality is using its organic waste in this way.
This first E-Generation project has the potential to truly change the Read More
Give Children the Gift of Los Alamos History
‘The Strange Disappearance of Uncle Dudley’ by Inez Ross. Courtesy photo
Staff Report
The year was 1943, and the major nations of the world were embroiled in global warfare. Many of the top scientists of the world were being spirited off to a secret place to work on a project that would help end the war and change the world forever.
“The Strange Disappearance of Uncle Dudley” is the story of the wartime absence of loved ones, told from a family perspective in a read-it-to-me book for children. It features archival and modern photos of Los Alamos.
In the early nineties, the Los Alamos Writers Read More
Senators: End the N.S.A. Dragnet, Now
U.S. SENATE News:
The following op-ed by U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, Mark Udall, and Martin Heinrich about their fight for privacy rights, was published in The New York Times Nov. 26:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — THE framers of the Constitution declared that government officials had no power to seize the records of individual Americans without evidence of wrongdoing, and they embedded this principle in the Fourth Amendment. The bulk collection of Americans’ telephone records — so-called metadata — by the National Security Read More
Holiday Gala Designed for Small Groups and Businesses at Buffalo Thunder Dec. 13
HSFB News:
- Gourmet Meal, Cocktails, Live Music and Gift Giveaways
Children’s Bazaar Happening Dec. 7
TOTH News:
Donations are needed for the annual Children’s Christmas Bazaar at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church in December.
The success of this event relies on donations of new and gently used items from members of our community. Suggested donations include dolls, stuffed animals (any size), action figures toys, baby toys, jewelry, unopened lotions, perfumes, soap, bubble bath and bath toys, games, craft kits, coffee cups, tea cups, knick knacks, ornaments and Christmas decorations, slippers, gloves, scarves, mittens, hats, kitchen items, and figurines.
Especially
Los Alamos Filmmaker Writes and Directs Adult Fairytale
On the set of ‘Glasses.’ Courtesy photo
Marina Giorgii playing the Gypsy in ‘Glasses.’ Courtesy photoLos Alamos filmmaker Marina Giorgii began making films eight years ago. Giorgi produced a short film a couple of years ago, but was dissatisfied with the way it was directed. She decided the next time she would direct her film herself.
“Making that first film was like going to film school,” Giorgii said.
Giorgii is directing her second short film “Glasses.” Giorgii wrote the screenplay for the film. A writer since Read More
USDA Urges Shoppers to Support Local Businesses
USDA Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner. Courtesy
USDA News:
ALBUQUERQUE – USDA Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner is urging everyone to support local small businesses this Small Business Saturday celebration this week end.
“Please take time to thank the small business owners in your community for their contributions to the local economy by purchasing their products and services,” Brunner said.
His comments coincide with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) partnership with the White House and the Small Business Administration’s support of small businesses Read More
Ladies Auxiliary Hosts Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair
LALA News:
The Ladies Auxiliary of Los Alamos is sponsoring a Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair to raise money for donations to needy families, a Santa Fe soup kitchen and a state orphanage.
The fair is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Knights of Columbus Hall. There are a variety of vendors signed up with many different items to sell.
This will be a great opportunity for some additional Christmas shopping. The Ladies Auxiliary will also have a hot breakfast and lunch available for all the hungry shoppers.
The Ladies Auxiliary is a charitable and social organization of Catholic Read More
Elks, American Legion and VFW Serve Community Thanksgiving Meal
The Los Alamos Elks in conjunction with the American Legion and VFW treated community members to a traditional Thanksgiving meal Thursday at the Elks Lodge, 1601 Trinity Dr. The meal was served free of charge and has rotated between the three organizations annually for at least 20 years. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com Read More
What I’m Thankful For This Year
Column By TOM GARRISON
Each November I compose and send to relatives and friends a “Thanksgiving Thankful List” for the preceding year.
My wife Deb and I enjoy our life in red rock southern Utah and have many things for which we are thankful. We hope sharing them brings a smile and an acknowledgment that even in tough economic times there are things for which to be grateful. Below is the 2013 list.
- We are thankful for the invention of the non-kinking garden hose. (After considerable Internet research, I could not pin down the inventor. Even that font of online knowledge, Wikipedia, did not have an entry.)
Former CIA Agent Speaks at Fuller Lodge Dec. 8
Former CIA agent Valerie Plame speaks at 2 p.m., Dec. 8 at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Norah Levine
MPL News:
Mesa Public Library’s Authors Speak Series presents Valerie Plame Wilson and Sarah Lovett, authors of Blowback, at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 at Fuller Lodge.
Plame is known widely as the main character in the real-life drama of a CIA covert operative whose cover was exposed by several members of the Bush Administration in 2003, effectively ending her career as an undercover agent. Author of the New York Times bestseller, Fair Game, which told the shocking story of the events leading up to her Read More
Help Your Community … Shop Local This Holiday Season
U.S. SENATE News:
- Udall Cosponsors “Small Business Saturday” resolution in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall issued the following statement announcing his cosponsorship of a resolution to designate Nov. 30, 2013, as “Small Business Saturday” and to increase awareness of the importance of locally owned small businesses. On Saturday, Udall will visit Albuquerque small businesses to talk to owners and shoppers about the important role small business plays in our economy.
“Small businesses have been the economic foundation of communities across America Read More
LANL’s Radical Supercomputing: Extreme Speeds, Big Data, Powerful Simulations
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LANL News:
Radical Supercomputing: Extreme speeds, big data, powerful simulations
See how Los Alamos National Laboratory’s technology is pushing supercomputing to new frontiers … why we do it … and how the Laboratory supports its extreme requirements.
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Hollywood produces simulations that appear to be real and do not need to reflect reality. Los Alamos scientists—working in weapons, HIV, new materials, climate modeling, and many other research areas—must produce a high-resolution representation of real events, as nature would unfold them.
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To achieve
LANL’s Community Programs Office Launches New Podcast Series
CPO Director Kurt Steinhaus. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Podcasts and webinars are among the new communications tools being rolled out by the Los Alamos National Laboratory Community Programs Office to reach a broader audience. The CPO Office is charged with implementing the Los Alamos National Security, LLC Community Commitment Plan, with central focus areas of education, economic development and community giving. All of the podcasts and webinars will focus on one of these three areas.
“I am thrilled to be able to connect with more people in our community through the podcasts, webinars and Read More
Pet of the Week: Quinella the Cat
Quinella the cat. Courtesy photo
SHELTER News:
Quinella is less than a year old, so fortify your draperies and furniture for kitten play. This pretty girl was found roaming near Trinity Drive and 48th Street, and we can’t believe that her family never came for her.
So now she is ready for a good home. She is spayed and her immunizations have been updated. She would be safest if kept indoors and made a part of a family.
Quniella will appreciate a quiet retreat while adjusting to her new surroundings.
For more information, visit Read More
Winter Tree Care – Come Ready to Learn!
PEEC News:
Laural Hardin is back at the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) to talk about all the things you can do to help trees survive the winter and come out strong in the spring.
She will cover topics such as water, tree wrap, and basic pruning. The presentation will also consider how changing climate effects tree dormancy, and what can be done to boost tree vigor and growth. This talk focuses mostly on non-native urban trees, but will include ponderosa, pinon and juniper.
Hardin is a certified arborist and integrated pest management specialist. She specializes Read More
Breakfast with Santa Dec. 7
Kiwanian John Arrowsmith scrambling eggs and flipping flapjacks at last year’s Breakfast with Santa event. Courtesy photo
KIWANIS News:
The annual Breakfast with Santa, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos is set for 7-11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center.
The breakfast is free. In return, attendees are requested to donate either non-perishable food items or money. Food collected will be used by LA Cares to feed local families in need. Money donated will be used for the Kiwanis/CYFD Foster Children Christmas Party. Any money left over from the Foster Children’s party Read More
Skin Care Column: Conquering Rosacea
Skin Care Column: Conquering RosaceaRosacea is a condition of excess blood (hyperemia) characterized by congested capillaries (erythema) and permanent capillary widening ordilation (telangiectasia).
Studies have shown that blood flow from the face via the veins to the brain, are suppressed in patients with Rosacea. Therefore, a functional impairment of blood flow and abnormal vascular response to heat and other stimuli may create changes in the facial skin leading to the disease. This is a serious condition that leads more than 13 million people to their dermatologists Read More
