Special Program at Reel Deal Welcomes Kids Under 5
Staff Report
The national movement calling for baby-friendly theaters has reached Los Alamos.
“Driving Force” – a local group formed for foreign spouses by Jim Nesmith, Julie Ranger and Veronica Magnelind has initiated a special program called “Babes in Arm” in collaboration with the Real Deal Theater, 2552 Central Ave.
In the theater at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, the lights will be up, sound for the movie will be down and mothers or fathers and their children under 5 years of age will be enthusiastically welcomed.
The movie showing for this special Read More
Column: Link Between Back Pain and Spinal Posture
By Jessica Kisiel M.S.
Several painful back conditions – stenosis, disc bulge or herniation, spondylolisthesis and sciatica – are due to improper spinal alignment.
Proper Spinal Alignment
Consisting of 33 bones called vertebrae the spine preforms a delicate balancing act. The top eight vertebrae create the cervical spine, the next 12, the thoracic spine, and the lower 5, the lumbar spine.
At the base of the spine are the sacrum and coccyx, which are segments of fused vertebrae.
The spine has three main curves. A forward or aching curve in the cervical and lumbar spine and a backward or Read More
Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: Oct. 18
Courtesy Photo
This week’s preview is sponsored by www.fyila.com
Rotary Flower Bulb Sale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 20, Crossroads Bible Church
SKI SWAP 1-4 p.m. Saturday Oct. 20
The sale Read More
Council Candidates Address Education at UNM-LA Forum
From left, student government representative Santana Garcia-Chang serving as moderator, Republican Marc Clay, Republican Steven Girrens, Democrat Kristin Henderson, Democrat Michael Redondo and Democrat Pete Sheehey. Photo by Bonnie Gordon
By Bonnie J. Gordon
Education was the topic of a forum for Los Alamos County Council Candidates sponsored by the UNM-LA Student Government Association Tuesday, Oct. 16.
Candidates Marc Clay, Steven Girrens, Kristin Henderson, Michael Redondo and Peter Sheehey attended the forum. Candidate Vincent Chiravalle was unable to attend.
Student Read More
Udall Celebrates Completion of NM Ports-to-Plains Corridor
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall participates in the dedication ceremony of the U.S. 64/87 Highway, Ports-to-Plains Trade Corridor in Clayton today. Courtesy photo 
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall helps cut the ribbon on the U.S. 64/87 Highway, Ports-to-Plains Trade Corridor in Clayton today. Courtesy photo ‘The Black Hole’ Closing Forever Nov. 3
Courtesy photo
BLACK HOLE News:
Barbara Grothus, President of Los Alamos Sales Company, a unique salvage store affectionately dubbed “The Black Hole,” has announced that the business will close to the public on Nov. 3.
The business, established in 1953, has operated at 4015 Arkansas Ave., in Los Alamos since the 1970’s.
The family has an agreement with Alex Williams of Pasadena, Calif., to remove the remaining contents of the buildings starting on Nov. 5.
The business will remain open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Nov. 3.
“Alex worked with my father for years, and we are Read More
Hallowiener Parade: Calling all Dachshunds!
Calling all Dachshunds! Tell your owners that Central Park Square is the place to be Friday, Oct. 26 for the Sixth Annual Los Alamos Hallowiener Parade. Arrive in costume and meet at 5:30 p.m. on the north side of Ashley Pond. The parade starts around 6 p.m., and ends across from CB FOX for the costume contest. Courtesy photo Read More
Final Day to Buy Rotary Bulbs for Education is Saturday!
ROTARY News:
Mark your calendars! The Rotary Club of Los Alamos will host its final day of flower bulb sales from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., this Saturday, Oct. 20.
The final bulb sale is being held in conjunction with Fuller Lodge Art Center’s annual “Arts and Crafts Fair” at Crossroads Bible Church. 
Rotary members will be outside the church doors selling a selection of red tulips, pink angelique tulips and daffodils for fall planting.
The bulbs have been shipped directly from Holland through Dutch Mill Co.
This sale is one of Rotary’s main fundraisers of the year and provides financial awards given to Los Read More
Money IQ: How Comfortable is Your Nest Egg?
Money IQHow Comfortable is Your Nest Egg?
Accumulating a nest egg for retirement should be a priority for every working person regardless of age.
Whether you have 10 or 40 years to go before retirement, consistently contributing to a retirement savings plan can be the ticket to financial freedom for individuals entering the “2nd” act of life.
Ask yourself what asset would make the biggest difference in your retirement years.
Some answers may be your home, 401k plans or other savings plans.
These are all good answers, but if you are reading this and not yet retired, Read More
Los Alamos Daily Post Launches Candidates Poll
The Los Alamos Daily Post is running four un-scientific Facebook candidates polls.
The questions are (Click each question to go to the Facebook poll):
Who do you support for State Representative Dist 43?
Who is your 1st choice for County Council?
Who is your 2nd choice for County Council?
Who is your 3rd choice for County Council?
As with most things on Facebook, the votes are viewable by the public. Make sure to press the “Like” button at the top of the Los Alamos Daily Post Facebook page while on the page.
Multiple votes for a single council candidate will be dropped from totals, Read More
Letter to the Editor: Responding to Lies in Super-PAC Mailers
By Stephanie Garcia RichardLos Alamos, Santa Fe, Sandoval and Rio Arriba Counties
Dear Voters,
As a mother and a teacher, I find the recent tactics employed by Reform New Mexico Now unacceptable, no matter how grave the stakes are in our race for State House.
Many of you have received the recent mailers claiming I would support the largest tax increase in New Mexico history, yet none of the attacks cite actual facts.
That is because it couldn’t be further from the truth. The truth is that since 2010, I have stood up for taxation reform that would Read More
Sandra Salazar Bids County Farewell Friday
Staff Report
Sandra Salazar joined the Los Alamos Police Department in April 2009 as Chief Wayne Torpy’s assistant. She said that she has “loved” working in the Police Department.
She also worked at the County Administrator’s Office from November 1989 to April 2009 as the Administrative Secretary.
Salazar has been employed with Los Alamos County for 25 and one half years and has the general knowledge of all County departments.
She supported the County Administrator’s Office, County Council, department directors and the public on the day-to-day functions and activities for Read More
Del Norte Credit Union Giving Away LA Co-op Memberships
By Karen Kendall
Board Member/Past President Los Alamos Cooperative Market
The United Nations declared 2012 as the International Year of the Co-operatives. Co-operatives are businesses owned and run by and for their members.
Whether the members are the customers, employees or residents they have an equal say in what the business does and a share in the profits.
The Co-operative Movement brings together over one billion people around the world and greatly benefits the communities they support. Co-ops come in all shapes and sizes but the philosophy is always the same.
“Through their Read More
San Juan Prescribed Burn Begins Today
SFNF News:
Beginning today, Wednesday Oct. 17, if conditions are favorable, fire managers plan to begin the 7,300 acre San Juan prescribed burn, located 3-5 miles northeast of Jemez Springs.
Approximately 2,500 acres are expected to be treated each day. Prescribed burning is the managed application of fire to wildland fuels (woody material) under specified conditions, within predetermined boundaries in an effort to reduce hazardous fuels, provide community protection, and restore forest health.
The burn area is located three to five miles northeast of the Jemez Springs and four Read More
Art Show Opening at Los Alamos Co-op Market
CO-OP News:
The Los Alamos Cooperative Market will host the opening of a photography exhibition from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17.
The show, dubbed “Camino de Paz y Cooperación,” is a collaborative effort between the Co-op and local photographer Minesh Bacrania and depicts the close connection between Camino de Paz, the Montessori-based school and farm located in Santa Cruz, N.M. and the Los Alamos Co-op.
Bacrania was contracted to deliver in a photo-journalistic style the story of how the 7th-9th graders at the school produce food and other products. The exhibit depicts Read More
Researchers Examine Use of Cosmic-Ray Radiography on Damaged Reactor Cores
Los Alamos National Laboratory Muon Radiography team members stand in front of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi reactor complex during a visit to evaluate whether Los Alamos’ Scattering Method for cosmic-ray radiography could be used to image the location of nuclear materials within the reactor buildings. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Tiny Travelers from Deep Space Could Assist in Healing Fukushima’s Nuclear Scar
Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have devised a method to use cosmic rays to gather detailed information from inside the damaged cores of the Fukushima Daiichi Read More
Tour the World With the Los Alamos Community Winds Saturday
Courtesy/LACW
By Bonnie J. Gordon
The Los Alamos Community Winds will open their concert season with “A World of Music” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 at White Rock Baptist Church.
“This is a typical Winds concert in that we are performing a variety of music,” Winds Artistic Director Ted Vives said. “We started looking at people’s suggestions for music and I saw that there was a wide variety of locations around the world represented. The theme grew out of that realization.”
The concert theme is particularly appropriate because this performance by the Los Alamos Community Winds is part of the 11th Annual Read More
OBITUARY: EDULIA ‘EDDIE’ BRIDGE Sept. 24, 1922–Oct. 15, 2012
EDULIA ‘EDDIE’ BRIDGE Sept. 24, 1922–Oct. 15, 2012
Maria Edulia (Bustos) Bridge died peacefully Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Sombrillo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Los Alamos.
She was known to her family and friends as “Eddie” and to her grandchildren as “Honey.”
Eddie was born in Polvaderas, N.M. Sept. 24, 1922 to Pedro and Rufina (Lucero) Bustos.
She graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1940. During the early war years she worked at the Boeing aircraft factory in Seattle, Wash.
She returned to New Mexico and worked at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory for several years Read More
Police Officials Brief Council on Department’s Master Career Plan
Acting Deputy Police Chief Randy Foster has filled a vacancy left when Kevin Purtymun retired last month. As part of the department’s restructuring, Foster’s previous position of captain has been eliminated. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
By Carol A. Clark
Police Chief Wayne Torpy and Acting Deputy Police Chief Randy Foster briefed County Council this evening regarding a Master Career Plan for the Los Alamos Police Department.
“The Master Career Plan provides a road map for our employees to follow that will allow them to progress through a pay system while increasing Read More
Personnel Board Chair Presents Annual Briefing to Council
Personnel Board Chair Terry Priestly makes the required annual presentation to County Council focused on what his board has been completed, what is currently being worked on and what challenges or opportunities may be coming up in the future. Council leadership has requested that the chair of each Board/Commission make a similar presentation to Council once each year. County Human Resources Manager Denise Cassel listens at right. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
