Scenes From Girl Scout Holiday Bazaar
The Girl Scout Holiday Bazaar held Saturday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church featured arts and crafts created by local scouts to raise money to support their program. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
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Boys Basketball Resheduled For Monday
SPORTS News:
The Los Alamos High School boys basketball game cancelled Friday due to bad weather has been rescheduled for Monday, Nov. 25 with 4, 5:30 and 7 p.m. game times. Read More
Festival of Trees Spreads Holiday Cheer
Auction items at the Festival of Trees held Saturday at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. The annual event included a craft fair with a variety of vendors and artisans, holiday medleys performed by local musicians Greg Schneider, Tom Oliphant, Winnie Berry and Frances Meier and photos with Santa. A highlight was the decorated trees and wreaths is a variety of themes. Proceeds from the Festival of Trees benefit the Los Alamos Retired and Senior Organization and Champions of Youth Ambitions. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Photo with Santa. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comLetter to the Editor: PRC Should Reconsider Renewable Engergy Rule
RILEY MONTGOMERYShould a student receive double the credit for doing the minimum work required? If not, why should utility companies be allowed to?
On Wednesday, Nov. 20, the Public Regulation Commission (PRC) adjusted a rule allowing companies to receive double, and even triple the credit of a “Renewable Energy Certificate” for using renewable energy resources such as solar, biomass, and geothermal energy.
Instead of a 1:1 ratio of one credit per one kilowatt-hour of renewable energy, companies will receive more certificates for using the same amount of renewable energy. As Read More
Los Alamos Athlete Michael Lewis Moore Earns 2013 Marly Pineda Memorial Award
Coach Phil Coe with Los Alamos athlete Michael Lewis Moore who received the 2013 Marly Pineda Memorial Award for Men’s Long Distance swimming in New Mexico. Moore has been swimming for the Pajarito Aquatic Club, under the supervision of Coach Phil Coe, and he is also on the 2013-2014 LAHS Hilltoppers swim team, coached by Stu Corliss. Marly Pineda was a New Mexico resident of Bosque Farms, and was a 2008 graduate of Smith College in Northampton, Mass., where she was a distinguished four-year member of the swimming and diving team. She died in a bicycle accident in Boston in 2010, and the Marly Read More
Weather Changes Sunday’s Hunger Walk Plans
CWS/CROP News:
Winter weather has changed this year’s Hunger Walk plans. The route for the CROP Hunger Walk & Turkey Trot is much too icy and slippery to traverse Sunday, Nov. 24, so everyone is invited instead to come to theLos Alamos Middle School cafeteria for a celebration of anti-hunger efforts.
The gathering begins as early as 1:30 p.m. Sunday to collect all monetary and food donations, hand out gorgeous t-shirts designed by Helene Chavez, enjoy some light refreshments, and, at about 2:30 p.m., hold a random drawing for turkeys and pumpkin pies.
Everyone is welcome! Checks can Read More
Get Your Holiday Cookies at Fuller Lodge Dec. 7
Nov. 22 Marked 50-Year Anniversary of JFK Death
NCRTD ‘Blue Buses’ Not in Service Nov. 28-29
NCRTD News:
The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that the RTD “Blue Buses” will not be in service Thursday, Nov. 28 and Friday, Nov. 29 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Regularly scheduled bus service throughout north central New Mexico including Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos Counties will resume Monday, Dec. 2.
The North Central Regional Transit District provides free bus service Monday through Friday to a service area that encompasses over 10,000 square miles of north central New Mexico including the counties of Los Alamos, Rio Read More
Police Chief Dino Sgambellone’s ‘Welcome’ Reception Set for Dec. 9
Chief Dino Sgambellone
COUNTY News:
The public is invited to a reception Monday, Dec. 9 to welcome new Los Alamos County Police Chief Dino Sgambellone to the community.
The reception is 4-6 p.m. in Council Chambers at the Municipal Building, 1000 Central Ave. Refreshments will be served. Read More
DPU Conducting Phone Survey on Gas Safety
DPU News:
Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities’ customers may receive an automated phone survey on natural gas safety in the next day or so.
The calls will be launched from the Texas area and will have a (210) area code. Survey duration is approximately five minutes long and assesses customers’ knowledge of gas safety issues.
“Natural gas is safe, clean and efficient. But like other forms of energy, it is important to respect its potential dangers,” Public Relations Manager Julie Williams-Hill said. “Our job is to communicate natural gas safety. I hope that our customers will Read More
OBITUARY: James Whitney Godbolt, Sr. Oct. 21, 1922–Oct. 17, 2013
James Whitney Godbolt, Sr. died in Loveland, Colo. on Oct. 17, 2013, four days before his 91st birthday. Jim was born on Oct. 21, 1922 in Red Bluff, Calif., the son of Dr. Fred B. and Martha (Tinker) Godbolt. He spent a good part of his youth hunting, fishing, swimming and boating with his mother and father on the Sacramento River and in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Lassen Volcanic National Park. His father, a dentist in Red Bluff for over 50 years, was an avid fly fisherman and hunter, and Jim and his father had numerous memorable hunting
‘Fast for Families’ Calls for Immigration Reform
U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE – In conjunction with the National “Fast for Families” in Washington, D.C., and echo fasts being held across the nation, Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico’s First Congressional District, faith leaders, local and state elected officials, workers and families impacted by the broken immigration system will fast in Albuquerque after Mass Sunday, Nov. 24.
The fast is being taken to draw attention to the moral crisis and suffering being caused by the broken immigration system.
Participants will fast, as able, Read More
Letter to the Editor: Thank You Speech and Debate Team Supporters!
By LAHS HILLTALKERS and LAMS HAWKTALKERS
The Los Alamos High School Hilltalkers and the Los Alamos Middle School Hawktalkers would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported our recent local event.
The 51st annual speech and debate tournament was a huge success. More than 250 competitors representing 13 schools from Zuni, Farmington and Albuquerque traveled to compete in the two day event. Special thanks to the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, the Pajarito Masonic Lodge, Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Vecinos Program, the League of Women Voters, the Toastmasters of Los Read More
Governor Appoints Los Alamos Housing Manager Paul Andrus to Regional Board
Paul Andrus
STATE News:
Gov. Susana Martinez has appointed Paul Andrus of Los Alamos to the Northern Regional Housing Authority Board of Commissioners.
Andrus has more than 20 years of experience in community development and affordable housing. He serves as Los Alamos County’s manager of Housing and Special Projects in the Community and Economic Development Department.
Andrus was hired for the post one year ago, replacing former manager Steve Brugger who took a position with the County of Santa Fe.
Andrus is from Aurora, Colo., has a wife, children and three schnauzers. He and Read More
Open House Features Locally Made Gifts
Pain Free Athlete: Express Gratitude and Attract Happiness this Thanksgiving
Pain Free AthleteExpress Gratitude and Attract Happiness this Thanksgiving
According to Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., a leader in Positive Psychology, and author of “Authentic Happiness,” one cause of low life satisfaction and contentment is failure to express gratitude and taking things for granted.
“Gratitude is an appreciation of someone else’s excellent moral character. As an emotion, it is a sense of wonder, thankfulness, and appreciation for life itself.”
Often in our busy lives we do not take time to acknowledge all the goodness Read More
Efforts to Designate Columbine-Hondo as Wilderness Continue
Courtesy/Jan Studebaker
STATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday, during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing, U.S. Senators Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., who serves on the committee, continued their effort to designate the 45,000-acre Columbine-Hondo area in Taos County as wilderness.
Udall and Heinrich introduced the proposal, S. 776, the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act, earlier this year. A companion bill, H.R. 1683, was introduced in the House by Representative Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.-03).
The legislation would expand the Wheeler Read More
Trilateral Nuclear Security Workshop Held
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives from the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), U.K.’s Ministry of Defence (MoD), and Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom” met Nov. 5-6 in Lisbon, Portugal, for the Eighth Nuclear Security Best Practices Exchange. The workshop focused on overcoming mutual challenges related to securing nuclear material.
The annual workshops were initiated in 2005 as a result of commitments made by President Bush and President Putin in their Joint Statement on Nuclear Security Cooperation, and which were reaffirmed by President Read More
Heinrich Votes to End Stalemate on Nominations
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. Senate News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., issued the following statement after the Senate voted 52-48 to change its rules and end filibusters on presidential executive and judicial nominations, except to the U.S. Supreme Court:
“Opposition and obstructionism rather than accountability and deliberation have become far too common in Washington.
“Today, we put an end to Senate Republicans repeatedly blocking qualified judicial and public service nominees from receiving an up or down vote. But there is Read More
