LANL Safety Cinema Website Earns International Recognition
LANL News:
- Supports DOE, Voluntary Protection Program best practices
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s safety video website, Safety Cinema™, won the 2013 Communicator Award from the International Academy of Visual Arts in the education category.
The website also won the International Summit Creative Award in the training category.
Safety Cinema™ is a series of videos, fliers, posters, presentation slides and safety practices that support the well-being of employees at work and at home. The videos provide common-sense technical information in a fun and informal fashion and are designed Read More
Camp Elliott Barker Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Open House
The entrance to Camp Elliot Barker. Courtesy photoGSA News:
Girl Scouts — past or present — and community members are invited noon to 2 p.m. June 15 to Camp Elliott Barker to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the camp.
There will be a ribbon cutting, open house with tours of the property and cake. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event.
Ribbon cutting will take place at 12:15 p.m. at the new entrance off of Westridge Road A second ribbon cutting will take place at 1 p.m. at Hoffman Hall to celebrate the newly renovated facilities and to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the camp. Read More
Older Players Instruct Beginners at Topper Soccer Camp
Courtesy photoKids Can Experience the Four Elements at PEEC
PEEC News:
Beloved children’s librarian Melissa Mackey will teach four special classes at PEEC this summer for kids ages 8-12.
Elements will have sessions on earth, air, fire and water. The classes will be held the second and fourth Wednesdays of June and July from 2-3:30 p.m. and costs $8 or $6.50 for PEEC members.
June 12, the theme will be earth, and kids will get to build their own mud town! Mackey will help kids make mini adobe bricks, and will share stories and information about local mud-house building, both modern and ancient. Then kids can use their bricks to make a house or a whole town.
On June Read More
Detective’s Attorney Calls Los Alamos County’s Lawsuit False and Defamatory
Attorney John W. Day‘Salt and Pepper’ Provides Realistic, Playful Look at Aging
Diane (Helen Rynaski), left, and Karla Eoff (Joyce) share a private moment in a public place. Courtesy photo
The theatre fills for ‘Salt and Pepper’ at the Toolshed Theatre in Dixon Friday night. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comThey say aging is no fun. Los Alamos playwright Robert F. Benjamin’s new play, “Salt and Pepper,” proves that wrong.
The play had its world premiere last night at the Toolshed Theatre in Dixon, the brand new home of the Dixon Community Players.
“Salt and Pepper” is really seven one-acts Read More
Thompson Ridge Fire Estimated Containment Date is June 10
Gov. Susana Martinez
Thompson Ridge Fire Update
The Thompson Ridge Fire started May 31, 2013. It is located on the Valles Caldera National Preserve about two miles northeast of La Cueva.
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez will be in attendance at a public meeting scheduled for the Thompson Ridge Fire at 4 p.m. today, Saturday, June 8. The meeting will be at the Fire Station in Sierra los Pinos, south of N.M. 4 on FR 10. The Arizona Central West Zone team will be present to give an update on the fire.
The fire is in steep rugged terrain and is burning mixed conifer and ponderosa pine. The Arizona Central West Read More
Lunch with a Leader: Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard
Rep. Stephanie G. Richard
LWVLA News:
This month’s League of Women Voters Lunch with a Leader is 11:40 a.m. Thursday June 13 at Mesa Public Library.
Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, D-Los Alamos, Sandoval, Rio Arriba and Santa Fe if the featured speaker. She is a native born New Mexican who grew up in Silver City, attended Columbia as a pre-med student but graduated with a degree in political science. Besides being active in politics, she has taught in several countries, in several states, and in both public and private schools. Richard now teaches 3rd grade in Pojoaque. She lives Read More
Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: First Three Finalists Perform with Fort Worth Symphony
Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano CompetitionLast night, the audience was much larger and the stage was filled with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra for the finals of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
Leonard Slatkin, in his first appearance at the Cliburn, led the orchestra through some very challenging repertoire. This gig makes unusual demands on everyone involved. Each pianist has about an hour to rehearse with the orchestra, precious little time when the works they are playing Read More
Cerro Grande Scholarships Awarded
LAPSF News:
This is the final year of the Cerro Grande Scholarship, a scholarship awarded to Los Alamos High School Seniors whose homes were a total loss in the 2000 fire and who are graduating in good standing from Los Alamos High School.
The winners of this year’s awards were enrolled at Mountain Elementary School and were about to complete kindergarten at the time of the fire.
The sale of the book Cerro Grande Canyons of Fire, Spirit of Community has funded this award since 2001.
This year’s winners are Theresa Sandoval and Morgan Schake.
Sandoval plans to become a high school English teacher Read More
Do Taiji in the Park This Summer
Staff Report:
Taiji in the Park at Ashley Pond continues through the summer, weather permitting, three times a week, at 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays, 8-9 a.m. Thursdays and 10-11 a.m. Saturdays.
This program is free and open to the public. Instructor KokHeong McNaughton and some of her advanced Taiji students will take turn leading the practice sessions.
The sessions begin with a walk around Ashley Pond to pick up trash as a public service, so bring a small plastic bag and gloves if you wish.This is followed by 15 minutes of warm-up Qigong exercises using the first set of the Taiji Qigong 18 Forms routine, Read More
Sandoval County Small Business Development Center Receives Excellence and Innovation Center Award
Melanie Martinez and Ted Trujillo with the New Mexico Small Business Development Center Service Excellence and Innovation Center Award. Photo by Delores TrujilloThe Sandoval County Small Business Development Center (SCSBDC) has received the New Mexico Small Business Development Center Service Excellence and Innovation Center Award from the United States Small Business Administration (USSBA.)
The formal announcement was made by John C. Woolsey, district director of the USSBA, New Mexico District office located in Albuquerque. The award was presented Read More
Create a Wildflower Meadow at PEEC
Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Gail Haggard of Plants of the Southwest will come to Los Alamos at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 13 to create a wildflower meadow near PEEC’s new Mud Kitchen, and participants can watch and learn.
Have you wanted to have a profusion of wildflowers in your yard but aren’t sure how to go about it? Haggard will share tips about how to seed an area to create that beautiful effect. She’ll also discuss which seeds work best, when to plant, and how to care for your flowers.
Plants of the Southwest has been in operation in Santa Fe since 1976 and Haggard has been working there since it opened. Read More
Registration for Dog Training Starts June 10
Kalem Smith and Bantu do agility training. Courtesy/Carl Necker
LADOC News:
Registration for the next session of dog training classes offered by the Los Alamos Dog Obedience Club (LADOC) will begin June 10.
Classes this session include Puppy Kindergarten, Basic Manners, Intermediate Agility, Recall and Competitive Obedience, and will begin the week of July 8.
Class schedule, registration guidelines and registration form will be available on the LADOC website at https:////ladoc.dogbits.com/ and at the LADOC building at 246 East Road, Los Alamos.
Registration is first-come, Read More
A View From the Stacks: Volunteers Make it Happen
Column by BERNADINE GOLDMANLos Alamos County Library is very lucky to be able to draw on our diverse and talented community to reap the benefits of a very active volunteer program.
Our capable and dedicated volunteers support the library in so many ways! Here’s what our volunteers do:
- Shelve books
- Tutor students
- Clean and resurface audio and videodiscs
- Mend books
- Send books out on Interlibrary Loan
- Create indexes (we’re working on a project to index the obituaries in the Los Alamos Monitor
- Maintain library history scrapbooks
- Select
Pajarito Mountain Is Back Better Than Ever!
Pajaorito Mountain Ski Area in summer. Courtesy photo
Pajarito Mountain in the winter season. Courtesy photoBy KIRSTEN LASKEY
- Pajarito Mountain Offers Fun Both Summer and Winter
Times have not been easy for Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. A string of mild winters caused low numbers of purchased season passes and shortened ski seasons and the Las Conchas Fire damaged two of the ski area’s chair lifts.
This rash of bad luck has not dampened enthusiasm for the ski area, however. It continues to be a community asset and everyone is encouraged to come out and see this local gem for themselves.
Proof Read More
Pet of the Week: Bingley the Lap Cat
Bingley the cat. Courtesy photo
SHELTER NEWS:
Bingley is a gray and tan long-haired cat with a soft coat.
She took a few days to figure out that the cat room isn’t a big scary place, and once her friend Wickham comes out for some attention, Bingley isn’t far behind.
This sweet girl would make a great companion for someone looking for a lap cat with lots of love to give.
Call (505) 377-5389 for more information about Miss Bingley.
All adoptable pets are microchipped, spayed or neutered, and brought up-to-date on vaccinations. Dogs are checked for heartworm.
The Los Alamos Animal Shelter, 226 East Road, Read More
NM Delegation Introduces Bill to Protect Special-Ed Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the New Mexico Congressional Delegation have introduced a bill to protect New Mexico’s future special education funding.
This week, the Department of Education ruled that New Mexico underfunded its share of the cost of educating students with special needs for the state fiscal year 2011. It determined New Mexico did not meet its financial obligations for special education spending by $34 million.
Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), states must maintain their share of special education spending through a “maintenance of effort” Read More
Detective Makes $25 Million Demand Against Los Alamos County – Council Files Legal Action Requesting He Return to Work
Stage Set for Tonight’s Concert in Downtown Los Alamos
Concert Promoter Russ Gordon and his roadies prepared the stage Thursday for tonight’s summer concert, which starts at 7 p.m. next to the downtown Post Office at Central Avenue and Main Street. Tonight’s show features the tremendous swing, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass and rock fiddler from Austin, Texas, Warren Hood and his outstanding band. If it rains a little that’ll be great. The show will go on and we’ll celebrate. If it should rain a lot, we’ll still celebrate and hope that it’s bloody pouring in the Pecos and the Jemez. Dress appropriately because
