Los Alamos Man and His Brother Experience Life and Death in Botswana
Bill Gattis, Adrian Chishimba and Tom Gattis. Courtesy photoEditor’s note: Two brothers, Tom Gattis of Los Alamos and Bill Gattis of Gunnison, Colo., had an eye-opening experience in the third world when their mother, who lived in Botswana, became terminally ill. This is their story.
By BILL GATTIS
Our mother, Mary Lindsey (Gattis) had been spending her retirement in Africa, specifically Zambia, and later in the small, dusty town of Maun, Botswana. Mary was a math teacher at Santa Fe High School and Santa Fe Prep, and up until 2002, lived in a self-constructed plywood casita in Pojoaque and cared Read More
USDA Has Best Year Ever in NM Home Loans
Zuni Pueblo Self Help Groundbreaking. Courtesy/USDA
Sundland Park home construction. Courtesy/USDA
USDA News:
ALBUQUERQUE – USDA Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner announced today his agency set a record in the number of home loans produced in the 2013 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.
In making the announcement Brunner said, “In the last five years USDA increased the number of home loans and grants made across the state. We attribute this success to excellent staff work and the development of community partners that help us deliver our programs deeper into rural communities.” Read More
LANL Frontiers in Science Lecture: Matter, Antimatter and Surviving the Big Bang
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LANL News:
- Talk begins at 7 p.m. and is open to public
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Vincenzo Cirigliano asks the question, How did we survive the big bang? in a series of Frontiers in Science lectures beginning Monday, Nov. 4, in the Duane Smith Auditorium at Los Alamos High School.
“Particles and antiparticles were produced in equal numbers in the aftermath of the big bang,” according to Cirigliano. “As the primordial soup cooled, they should have completely destroyed each other, leaving behind a universe with no matter. Instead, an imbalance of matter over antimatter Read More
County’s Tom Nagawiecki Moving to Pennsylvania
Tom Nagawiecki, management analyst for Los Alamos County Environmental Services, spoke to the Los Alamos Rotary Club Tuesday at the Dixie Girl Restaurant. During his talk, Nagawiecki announced that he is engaged to a woman who lives in Pennsylvania and he will be leaving Los Alamos at Thanksgiving time to join her and begin a new job working for a company in the private sector. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Ashley Pond Improvements Project Nearly Complete
All of the improvements to Ashley Pond Park are nearly complete. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
A new water feature installed at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
The new covered stage. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
COUNTY News:
Taos School of Music Welcomes Miro Quartet for 2014 Season
The Miro Quartet. Courtesy photo
TSM News:
Taos School of Music, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious summer chamber music schools, announces the addition of the highly-acclaimed Miro Quartet to its 2014 summer faculty.
“We are thrilled that the Miro Quartet will be joining us for the 2014 season, as faculty members and guest artists,” Kathleen Anderson Knox, executive director of Taos School of Music said.
The Miro will join a roster of distinguished faculty that includes Michael Tree, founding member of Guarneri String Quartet, pianists Read More
Don’t Drink And Fly
Take heed – a witch has again smashed into a tree on Rover Boulevard in White Rock after drinking and flying – that’s gotta hurt. Photo by Carol A Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Have You Heard of Coyote Hazing?
PEEC News:David Parsons of Project Coyote came to PEEC Oct. 1 to present a program about coexisting with coyotes. Coyotes are extremely adaptable and have learned to live in human-dominated landscapes. Conflicts can be managed through changes to both human and coyote behaviors. Keeping coyotes wild and wary of humans helps avoid conflicts.
The method recommended for changing coyote behavior is “coyote hazing”: do whatever
Hey Mozart! New Mexico Concert Friday
Hey, Mozart! News:
The highpoint of the 2013 Hey, Mozart! New Mexico child composer project will be a free concert presented jointly with the National Hispanic Cultural Center at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov.1 in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre.
The young composers from around the state will each perform an original melody and then an ensemble will perform an arrangement of the work by a New Mexico arranger. Karin Ebey of Los Alamos is one of the composers.
This year, they are joined by Quintessence: Choral Artists of the Southwest, members of the Albuquerque Civic Chorus, the Albuquerque Youth Symphony Read More
Breaking News: Los Alamos Police Arrest Suspects in Check Fraud Case
LAPD News:
Los Alamos Police have arrested three suspects in a check fraud case and two suspects remain at large.
The LAPD Investigations Unit has been working several cases of mail theft, specifically in the White Rock area. Suspects have been targeting victims who leave checks in their mailboxes for the postman to pick up. The suspects have been altering those checks and attempting to cash them.
“Det. (Paige) Early has been actively investigating these occurrences when police were alerted of an additional attempt Tuesday afternoon in White Rock,” Det. Sgt. Oliver Morris said. “Due Read More
Youth Resource Advocate Reaches Out to Kids and Families in Trouble
Youth Resource Advocate Troy Palmer. Palmer holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comWhen young people are struggling or in trouble, families often don’t know how to cope. The immediate problems can seem so overwhelming that finding a way out of the situation seems impossible. Things can escalate until they are out of control. Troy Palmer is here to help.
Palmer is a Youth Resource Advocate. This service, administered through the Los Alamos Juvenile Justice Advisory Board, is offered Read More
FIRST Robotics Team 4153 Project Y Thanks Community
FIRST Robotics Team 4153 members. Courtesy photo
LAPS Superintendent Gene Schmidt and his wife Wendy, standing, with former school board member Jody Benson and County Councilor Pete Sheehey at right. Courtesy photo
Ranking chili flavor and spiciness. Courtesy photo
TEAM 4153 News:
FIRST Robotics Team 4153 Project Y kicked off its fundraising campaign Oct. 23 with a Chili Cook-off from which proceeds go toward the 2014 FIRST Robotics Competitions in Lubbock, Texas and Denver, Colo., this Spring.
The Team would like to thank the community for their support at last Wednesday’s chili cook-off Read More
YMCA Hires New Member Services Director
YMCA News:
After an extensive search, which resulted in more than 20 applications, local and outside of New Mexico, the Los Alamos Family YMCA has selected Stephanie Beguin as its new Member Services Director.
Beguin has been a Los Alamos resident for more than 33 years, After graduating from Los Alamos High School, she briefly moved to California to pursue a career in sales.
Following the birth of her son, Beguin chose to move back to Los Alamos to give her son the benefit of a small community and family that she had always valued growing Read More
Tom Bowles Speaks at Sierra Club Open Meeting Nov. 6
SIERRA CLUB News:
U.S. Chair Tom Bowles – MUSEIC Technology Commercialization will present the talk: “Creating Clean High-Tech Jobs in the U.S. and Mexico”The Sierra Club will host a meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 at UNM-LA in Bldg 2, Room 220.
Mexico City has long had environmental problems due to its location and its 21 million inhabitants. The city is working to resolve its issues and is making progress but still has quite a long way to go. Part of any full solution has to be creating higher wage jobs that can also address the problems the city is facing.
In May, President Barack Obama Read More
Los Alamos Pony Club Hosts Horse Show
Los Alamos Pony Club hosted a horse show at the rodeo arena on North Mesa Saturday, Oct. 26 and among the features was a costume class in which both horses and riders were decorated for the season. In this photo, Kaitlyn Dover and Erin Kober, on Mattie and Lola, represent Tweedledum and Tweedledee. The show was a success, providing operating funds for the educational and leadership programs of Los Alamos Pony Club, which is a member organization of the United States Pony Clubs, Inc. (www.ponyclub.org). Photo by Joanna CassonNew Online Resources Helps Parents Boost Student Literacy Skills
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
SANTA FE– Gov. Susana Martinez has announced new resources to help parents reinforce strong literacy skills with their children. The “New Mexico Reads to Lead!” website, LiteracyNewMexico.org, includes monthly calendars with daily reading activities, recommended reading lists for every grade level and many other resources available in English, Spanish and Diné. Parents and educators can also utilize the website to create school-wide reading events titled “Readers Raise the Roof.”
“A strong partnership between Read More
New Mexico Delegation Welcomes President’s Disaster Declaration
STATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Reps. Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that President Obama has declared a major disaster for the state of New Mexico and Santa Clara Pueblo for the severe storms and flooding from Sept. 9-22.
The declaration means the president has ordered federal aid to help state and local recovery efforts. The assistance will be available on a cost-sharing basis for damage to public infrastructure in Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Eddy, Guadalupe, Los Alamos, Read More
Registration Opens for Aligned Core Conditioning Class
FITNESS News:LASO Presents Fall Concert Nov. 8
Conductor Don Gerheart leads the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra as they rehearse for the Fall Concert. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comLASO News:
The Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra will present its Fall Concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8 at Crossroads Bible Church. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and there is no admission charge, however, donations at the door are gratefully accepted.
Conductor Don Gerheart has selected a program that will spotlight all sections of the 60 member orchestra.
The opening number, Brahms’ “Variations on a Theme by Haydn,” composed in 1873, is based on a theme Read More
Kay Burick Receives Community Hero Award
Agnes Vallejo, executive director of the New Mexico Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, left, presented Kay Burick of Los Alamos with the Community Hero Award during a lunchtime celebration at the Betty Ehart Senior Center Tuesday. The award is presented to one outstanding volunteer statewide each year. The organizing committee of the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® in Los Alamos, nominated Burick for her tireless work on the event, this year and in the past, and her other contributions to fighting Alzheimer’s Disease. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com Read More
