See the Stars with PEEC
Comet Lemmon photographed Feb. 20, 2013 through a 19.6 inch telescope. Photo by Martin Mobberley – See more at https:////astrobob.areavoices.PEEC News:
PEEC will have several telescopes set up for viewing, and the event is free and open to the public.
With any luck, Comet Pan-STARRS will be in the sky right after sundown. After the comet sets, Jupiter
Junior Roller Derby League Meeting Thursday
Get Ready for Re-Art
PEEC News:
Saturday, March 23 the Pajarito Environmental Education Center, area arts organizations and galleries are teaming up to bring a new recycled art event to Los Alamos.
Re-Art will be held at PEEC from 10 a.m.-noon and will feature an art supplies swap, a recycled crafts fair and tons of fun hands-on recycled art activities for everyone to enjoy.
Re-Art will be followed by the film Waste Land, which will be shown at the Reel Deal Theater at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 24.
There are lots of ways to get involved in this event. Have a closet full of art supplies that you thought you might use, Read More
Pony Club Collecting Children’s Items
Pony Club member Brenna Graham on her horse Bailey at the Las Cruces Horse Trials in November. Graham took 4th in her division. Courtesy/LAPCPONY CLUB News:
The Los Alamos Pony Club is collecting donations of children’s items that the club will tag to sell at the upcoming Little Forest resale.
Contributions are tax deductible and the club is willing to pick up donated items through March 7. The profits will fund club ptrojects. Contact Samara Graham at 662-1617 or Samara_graham@yahoo.com. Read More
Free Taiji Classes at Unitarian Church
Planning and Zoning Approves Trinity Place Site Plan 7-1
The presented site plan image for Trinity Place. Click the image for a high resolution view. Courtesy image
Wednesday night, Feb. 28, the Planning and Zoning Commission of Los Alamos voted to approve the Kroger submitted site plan for the Trinity Place development.
The vote was 7 to 1 with Avivah Smith-Nelson in the minority. Commissioner Catherine Mockler recused herself as her business, the Pajarito Brewpub and Grill is within 300 yards of the Trinity Site property. Mockler sat in the audience and asked a question Read More
Bandelier Tourism Creates $9 Million in New Mexico Economic Benefit
Bandelier. Courtesy/BNM
BNM News:
- New report shows visitor spending supports 252,000 jobs nationwide
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 193,914 visitors in 2011 spent $9,218,000 in Bandelier National Monument and in communities near the park.
That spending supported 139 jobs in the local area.
Obituary: Carol Sue Van Vessem March 30, 1958-Feb. 20, 2013
Carol Sue Van Vessem March 30, 1958-Feb. 20, 2013
Carol Sue Van Vessem passed away on February 20, 2013 at the age of 54 in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
She was born in Los Alamos, New Mexico on March 30, 1958.
A service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 2 at the American Legion Post 90, located at 1325 Trinity in Los Alamos. Read More
LANL: Federal Budget Sequestration Update
Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan sent the following memo to all LANL employees today regarding the sequestration action looming tomorrow:
Charlie McMillan
SUBJECT: Federal Budget Sequestration
We are now hours away from March 1, the day federal budget cuts are scheduled to take effect in an action called “sequestration,” and I wanted to keep you posted on where things stand here at Los Alamos.
We will be in business as usual here tomorrow and next week. I will be at work and you should plan to be as well.
What remains uncertain is the final budget reduction Read More
Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: Feb. 28
This week’s preview sponsored by www.fyila.com
Author Speak Series features Slim Randles 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 at Mesa Public Library
Slim Randles is a veteran newspaperman and outdoorsman, and was a registered outfitter and guide until someone made the mountains steeper. Both his novels and non-fiction books are based on rural living, and he has also been an award-winning columnist for the largest daily newspapers in Alaska and New Mexico.
First Friday Forts 3:30-5 p.m. Friday, March 1
Come to PEEC and get building! On the first Friday of every month, join other kids who like building Read More
Hill Diner Closing Doors For Good Saturday
Hill Diner staff surround owner Denise Lane for a farewell photo Tuesday. From left, Erubiel Martinez, Caroline Padilla, Denise Lane, Patti Wills, Brian Delgado, Rhiannon Abeyta, Jonah Bucher and Chef Daniel Escarcega. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Owner Denise Lane met with the Los Alamos Daily Post to announce she
Zia Realty Group Buys Los Alamos Properties
Three local real estate companies have become one as Zia Realty Group owner James Chrobocinski, center, purchases Los Alamos Properties effective Friday, March 1, from owner David Horpedahl, right. Chrobocinski purchased the real estate division of REA Jan. 1 from owner Pearl White, left. In combining the three companies, Zia Realty Group now has 19 agents serving Los Alamos and White Rock. Read the full story in Friday’s Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Lippiatt Joins LACDC as Meeting and Visitor Bureau Manager
New Meeting and Visitor Bureau Manager Mike Lippiatt in the Los Alamos Visitors Center this morning. Photo by Katy Korkos
De Colores Hosts Benefit for Cindy Geoffrion
Hilltopper Girls Down Capital in District Tournament 57-33
Anna Scott takes a shot. Photo by Alan Kirk
Hilltopper News
The Los Alamos Hilltopper girls basketball team bested Capital in District Tournament 57-33 Tuesday.
After Tuesdsay’s victory, the Los Alamos Hilltopper girls basketball team will face the Española Valley Sundevils in the semifinal round of the District 2-4A tournament tonight.
The Sundevils and the Hilltoppers have each won one of two previous matchups.
The winner of tonight’s game in Española, will advance to the district tournament championship game.
Kianna Zerr and Mckenzie Logan fight Open Mic at De Colores Kicks Off Friday
Jonathan Dowell with his dulcimer. Courtesy photo
Staff Report
Blues & Brews Open Mic Night at De Colores kicks off at 6 p.m. Friday, March 1.
Your host is Jonathan Dowell and his Magic Mountain Dulcimer.
All the regulars will be there and new musicians are always welcome to jam. Everyone is invited to join the fun and hear the music.
De Colores Restaurant is located at the entrance to Los Alamos on the Main Hill Road.
For more information, call De Colores at (505) 662-6855. Read More
ACCT’s ‘The Little Mermaid, Jr.’ Raised Nearly $1,000 for Student Actors
Chef Louis (Nic Gonzales) and his helpers prepare to cook Sebastian (Daniel Sarrao.) Courtesy photo
Sebastian (Daniel Sarrao) left, Ariel ( Kim McKinley) and Flounder (Jordan Bailey) contemplate ‘human stuff.’ Courtesy photoAtomic City Children’s Theater and Los Alamos Public Schools’ Middle Schoolers presented “Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Jr.” last weekend.
The students had been working on this play since before Christmas. Many current 8th grade students have been participating in ACCT since 5th grade, so Read More
Northern New Mexico Leaders Highlight Dangers of Sequestration for New Mexico’s Economy
RCLC News:
The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities announced today the endorsement and unanimous support of Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard’s House Memorial 71 that recognizes the critical importance of New Mexico’s National Laboratories and DOE facilities to the state’s economic welfare and the dramatic negative effects that sequestration will have on New Mexico’s economy.
Los Alamos National Laboratory alone has close to a $3 billion impact on the state’s economy each year and supports more than 24,000 jobs in Northern New Mexico. Read More
Column: Finishing the Job of PRC Reform
Finishing the Job of PRC ReformThe Public Regulation Commission (PRC) touches the lives of every New Mexican who pays a gas, electric, or landline telephone bill, or buys home, auto, or health insurance, among many other things.
Unfortunately, the PRC has had a troubled history ever since it was created about 16 years ago.
In late 2011, Think New Mexico published a policy report entitled “Rethinking the PRC,” which proposed a strategy for reforming the agency.
Our report concluded that the PRC’s poor performance was due, in part, to a fundamental structural problem: it Read More
Nature Climate Change Features Los Alamos Forest Research
Burned trees in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico after the 2011 Las Conchas Fire. Photo by Craig D. Allen/USGS
LANL News:
- New print edition of journal tags tree-stress project for cover story
The print issue of the journal Nature Climate Change released this week features as its cover story the tree-stress research of Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist A. Park Williams and partners from the U.S. Geological Survey, University of Arizona and several other organizations.
Originally released in a Fall 2012 online edition, the paper, “Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought Read More
