Hilltopper Volleyball Team Repeats Win
Hilltopper Vollyball team beats Bernalillo 3-2 last weekend.
Hilltopper Claire Stewert with Block. Photo by Alan Kirk
Hilltopper Brianna Montano with Kill. Photo by Alan Kirk
Hilltopper Erin Kirk with Kill. Photo by Alan Kirk
Hilltopper Volleyball team beats Capital 3-1.
Hilltopper Erin Kirk with Kill. Photo by Alan Kirk
Hilltopper Claire Stewart with Block. Photo by Alan Kirk
Hilltopper Brianna Montano with Kill. Photo by Alan Kirk
Hilltopper Samantha Melton with Block. Photo by Alan Kirk
Underground Work Continues at 15th and Myrtle
County road crews have been installing electrical and communications conduit beneath the area near 15th Street and Myrtle Street. Photo by Leland S. Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comCreating a Marketing Plan that Builds Community
SBDC News:
Many businesses and organizations struggle with creating a marketing plan.
Join Founder and CEO Rubina Cohen of Firefly Innovation Group to learn how to create and implement the various parts of a marketing plan that not only grows and sustains your business or organization, but one that gives back and builds community.
Utilizing a brand new and easy method of marketing planning called the Firefly Method, which focuses on the needs of the business and the needs of the community, participants learn how to market and grow their business or organization for long term sustainability. Read More
What’s on Your Mind?
LOS ALAMOS COUNTY COUNCIL News:
Joyce Nichols and her grandson chat with County Council Chair Sharon Stover at the Farmer‘s Market in June. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com.
Staff report
Several Los Alamos County Councilors will be at the Farmer’s Market from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, to visit with citizens about current projects, issues, and other topics.
The market is located downtown, in the library overflow parking lot just north of Ashley Pond Park on Central Avenue.
Local “Tower of Magic” Performs at Santa Fe Playhouse
SANTA FE PLAYHOUSE News:
The community is invited to a staged reading of “Tower of Magic,” a comedy by Los Alamos playwright, Tess Light, directed by Mish Schneider, and featuring an all-star cast of local film and Broadway actors.
This quirky, award-winning comedy follows the ordinary Felix as he tries to fit in with an obsessive ornithologist, a compulsive mezzo soprano, a murderous chef, an occasionally-mute savant and a dual-personality linguist.
Showtimes are 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16 at the Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 East DeVargas Read More
Storytelling Jamboree in Jemez Springs
STORYTELLING JAMBOREE News:
Scenic Jemez Springs is the scene for the Storytelling Jamboree at Jemez Springs Civic Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15. Hear stories, play games, eat, and support vendors.
Storytellers are fine-tuning their yarns and will be coming from:
Corrales – Liz Mangual and Bob Kanegis;
Albuquerque – Elaine Maury and Steven Pla;
Santa Fe – Cynthia Dobson;
White Rock/Los Alamos – Terry Foxx;
Jemez Springs – Shefa Gold; and
Edgewood – Sarah Malone.
There will be a great mix of food vendors and a super group of arts and crafts Read More
Sign Code Subject of P&Z Work Session Wednesday
Planning and Zoning Commission Work Session
5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12
Community Building Council Chambers, 475 20th St.
I. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
II. PUBLIC COMMENT
III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
IV. DISCUSSION OF SIGN CODE, Gary Leikness, Principal Planner
V. PUBLIC COMMENT
VI. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission is 5:30 p.m., Sept. 26. Read More
Arts in Public Places Board Meets Wednesday
LOS ALAMOS COUNTY ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES BOARD AGENDA
4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12
Mesa Public Library Upstairs Meeting Room #3
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. PUBLIC COMMENT (This section on the agenda is reserved for questions and comments from the public on items that are not otherwise included in this agenda. Speakers will be limited to four minutes each.)
III. APP BOARD BUSINESS
A. Approval of Minutes from Aug. 8
IV. CURRENT PROJECTS
A. Discussion and Possible Selection of Animal Shelter Artwork (Nebel and Bossert)
B. Discuss the Content, Format and Publicity for the
Proposed October “Open Call Read More
SFI Seminar: On the Interface between Movement and Sociality in Animal Behavior & What Lies on Either Side
Nicolas Perony
ETH Zurich, Chair of Systems Design
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute presents the talk, “On the Interface between Movement and Sociality in Animal Behavior, and What Lies on Either Side” by Nicolas Perony at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13 in the Medium Conference Room at the Santa Fe Institute in Santa Fe.
Abstract: Scientists working on the study of animal groups are mainly divided between two schools: those who study social behaviour, and those who study spatial dynamics.
Whilst these two dimensions are intrinsically linked, traditionally there has been little Read More
DOE Extends Comment Period, Adds Hearing in Espaňola for Draft Supplemental Environmental Study on Plutonium Disposition
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration has given the public an additional 15 days and a fourth hearing in New Mexico to comment on the Draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.
The Draft Supplemental EIS analyzes the potential environmental impacts of alternatives for the disposition of 7.1 metric tons (MT) of additional weapons-usable plutonium from pits that were declared surplus to national defense needs in 2007 but were not included in DOE’s prior decisions Read More
LANL Study’s Tree Death Climate Change Connection [VIDEO]
Los Alamos National Laboratory News:
What are the exact physiological mechanisms that lead to tree death during prolonged drought and rising temperatures?
These are the questions that scientists are trying to answer in a Los Alamos National Laboratory research project called SUMO.
SUMO stands for SUrvival/MOrtality study; it's a plot of land on the Lab's southern border that features 18 climate controlled tree study chambers and a large drought structure that limits rain and snowfall.
Scientists are taking a wide variety of measurements over a long period of time to determine Read More
2012 Proposed County Charter Changes not Clearly Presented to Voters
By Ellen Walton
This is a call to Los Alamos voters to study charter change proposals well ahead of the upcoming general election.
These 21 changes are rolled together into four groups, and are not separated by subject matter, making a clear choice by voters impossible.
To date, one can only find the full text of these proposed changes (Ordinances 598-618) at the Los Alamos Governmental Review Initiative website, LAGRI.org, or at the Los Alamos County Clerk’s office.
Among other things, these changes will increase the signature requirements for citizen petitions, cut in half time periods for Read More
Got Apple Trees? Participants Wanted for Local Experiment
By Richard Nebel
We have tried raising apples without using pesticides for more than 25 years in Los Alamos. We haven’t been very successful.
The primary problem we’ve had is with codling moths. Almost every apple we have produced has worms in it.
However, this year we have a noticeably improved apple crop. This was especially true with our early apples.
We still have some worms, but there aren’t as many of them as in years past. I’m curious if other Los Alamos residents have noticed this as well.
Initially, this struck me as being a little odd. We had a mild winter last year so winter kill Read More
Democratic Council Candidates to Discuss Los Alamos’ Economy: Diversity, Jobs and Future
DPLA News:
The Democratic Party of Los Alamos invites the community to hear a discussion among the three Democratic candidates running for Los Alamos County Council.
The discussion will take place from 7:30-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13 at the Democratic Party Headquarters, 140 Central Park Square.
Candidates Kristin Henderson, Michael Redondo and Pete Sheehey will discuss the topic of Los Alamos’ economy: diversity, jobs and the future.
The Democratic Party Headquarters entrance faces the large parking lot that borders Nectar Street and 15th Street. Read More
Heather Wilson Coming to LAMC to Discuss Heathcare Reform
GOP News:
Republican U.S. Senatorial candidate Heather Wilson is set to meet with medical professionals from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19 at Los Alamos Medical Center.
The topic to be discussed at the meeting is concern over healthcare reform.
Individuals working in the medical field are encouraged to attend. The meeting is open to the public.
RSVP to Dr. Lisa Shin at 695-9622 or JoAnn Johnson at 662-7981. Read More
Initiative, Referendum and Recall Ballot Questions – A Path to Good Governance
By John C. Hopkins, Charter Review Committee Chair
By Chris Chandler, I&R Subcommittee ChairThe Charter Review Committee (CRC) spent more than two years studying the Los Alamos County Charter.
After numerous public meetings and considerable debate, the CRC’s and Los Alamos County Council’s proposals relating to initiative, referendum and recall are now being presented to the voters on the fall ballot.
The CRC approached its study of initiative and referendum (I&R) beginning with the tenet that representative democracy Read More
How Do You Motivate People? By structuring the organizational environment!
Column by Elena Yang
The first point that resonated with me in Dan Pink’s TED presentation on motivation, www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html, is that there is a gap between science findings and business practices.
This is the same point made in Pfeffer & Sutton’s book on “Evidence-Based Management,” which I will review in the future, as well as Ghoshal’s critical assessment of business schools in his essay on “Bad Management Theories,” which was the focus on my first post.
So, the notion isn’t new, but it still hasn’t caught the full attention of the public, and definitely Read More
Archuleta Responds to Hate Mail
Editor’s note: New Mexico businessman Phil Archuleta reports that he has been receiving hate mail since speaking at the Republican National Convention last month. Here is his response to a letter from a small business owner:
By Phil Archuleta
I’m writing regarding your letter dated Aug. 31, 2012.
First of all, I appreciate the fact that you took the time to write to me, communicating your disappointment about my comments in my speech given during Tuesday night at the convention.
You stated that stories about people who genuinely make it on their own without the backing of government are Read More
White Rock Artists Paint From Anderson Overlook
White Rock artists Petr and Louise Jandacek set up their easels at Anderson Overlook on the Front Hill Road Friday to record another magnificent New Mexico evening. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
Louise Jandacek works on the painting she started last winter as evidenced by the snow on the Sange de Christo peaks on her canvas. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
Petr Jandacek lays on more paint. He says he is primarily a sculptor and his wife Louise is the painter in the family. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.comThe Y Encourages Families to Address Healthy Living During Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
The Family YMCA offers healthy eating and physical activity tips to help residents live healthier. Courtesy/FYMCA
FAMILY YMCA News:
September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. The Family YMCA — a leader in youth development and healthy living — wants to help families understand the risks of childhood obesity and how to incorporate regular physical activity and healthy eating into their lives.
Childhood obesity rates have soared over the last few decades. Nationally, one in three children is obese or overweight, and in New Mexico 32.7 percent of children are affected by this Read More
