Community

County’s Janet Bettinger Retires

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Retiring Department of Public Utilities Assistant Manager-Administration Janet Bettinger with DPU Manager John Arrowsmith at Fuller Lodge Wednesday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By Carol A. Clark

Janet Bettinger went to work for Los Alamos County as a student intern in the finance department when she was 18 years old.

“I always said I would retire when I was 46 and that seemed so old,” Bettinger said at her farewell party at Fuller Lodge Wednesday. “Now I’m 46 and it doesn’t seem so old.”

Bettinger moved over to the Department of Public Utilities Read More

Local Author Explores Sustainability, Practical Economics Through Fiction

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BOOK News:

Longtime Los Alamos resident Cary Neeper’s second novel, “The Webs of Varok” launches Tuesday, Dec. 4.

California micropublisher Penscript Publishing House will release the book to online booksellers in hardcopy, paperback and ebook formats.

The second book in “The Archives of Varok” series, this young‐adult/crossover science fiction title follows the human and alien cast from Neeper’s 1975 first‐contact novel A Place Beyond Man as they leave a troubled 21st Century Earth for the promise of stability on another world.

What will it Read More

Race Volunteers Needed

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YES Corp youth on a campout last year. Courtesy/YMCA

FAMILY YMCA News:

  • Event to Support Youth Programs

Race guides, set-up and registration volunteers are needed to assist with The Family YMCA’s Holiday Half Marathon and Festive 5K set for Dec. 8.

Helpers are asked to call the Y as soon as possible at 662-3100 so staff may plan for needs. Volunteers can work from one to three hours in shifts starting at 7:30 a.m. for this event that will benefit youth programs.

Courtesy/YMCA

In 2011, the Y served a total of 3,067 youth and teens in 77 youth programs.

The Y provides scholarships to ensure that no one is Read More

Traveling the World

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Jason, Sydney and Kerri Frazier prepare to spend the next two years traveling the world. Photo by Teralene Foxx

 

By Teralene Foxx
Los Alamos

Our youngest daughter, Kerri  (1991 graduate of Los Alamos High School) and her husband Jason Frazier told us six years ago they were planning on quitting their jobs, selling everything, and sailing around the world when they were in mid-life. 

All I could think of was pirates, large waves and being cramped together on a small boat for days. That is something I could not imagine. 

It certainly did not appeal to me, but it was their lives. Read More

Eat Breakfast With Santa This Saturday

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Santa listens to Christmas wish lists at the annual Breakfast with Santa. Courtesy photo

KIWANIS News:

The community is invited to the annual Breakfast with Santa, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos, with support from Del Norte Credit Union, from 7-11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center, 1101 Bathtub Row.

The breakfast is free. In return, attendees are requested to donate either non-perishable food items or money.

Food collected will be used by LA Cares to feed local families in need. Money donated will be used for the Kiwanis/CYFD Foster Children Christmas Party. Read More

Coping With The Holidays

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LAVNS News:

The Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service Hospice is sponsoring two Grief Support Groups this holiday season. 

Meetings will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11 or 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center, 1101 Bathtub Row.

For those coping with loss due to the death of a loved one, holidays are portrayed as merry times, but they may be times of intense emotion, stress and loneliness when we are experiencing grief.

Groups will be facilitated by Cynthia Goldblatt, LPCC, PHD, MSW and longtime Los Alamos resident.

Please join us to share your feelings and to talk Read More

Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: Nov. 29

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This week’s preview sponsored by www.fyila.com

Kiwanis Breakfast with Santa – 7-11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 at Betty Ehart Senior Center. Free breakfast and photos with Santa. Request a donation of non-perishable food or a monetary donation to help with the Kiwanis annual Foster Children Christmas Party. LA Cares will distribute the food donations.

Christmas Arts & Crafts Fair 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 at Knights of Columbus on DP Road. Arts, crafts, breakfast and lunch available for purchase.

Meet Me at Mesa – Making the Arts Accessible to People with Dementia. 9:30 to 11 a.m. Read More

Tonight’s Powerball Skyrockets to $550 Million

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Powerball lottery tickets are selling at a rate of 130,000 a minute across the United States today, according to reports, and the jackpot has risen to $550 million. Unlike the long lines seen in cities across the nation, local ticket sales were much slower this evening with a line beginning to form at Smiths on Central Avenue at 7 p.m. and just two people in line at Chevron on Trinity Drive. Victor Martinez is shown purchasing four tickets at 7:15 p.m. from Chevron clerk Robert Torres. “The first thing I will do if I win is help the homeless,” Martinez said. “Then I will pay off my Read More

Community Bids Farewell to Nikolas Ventura-Arencon

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Mourners say goodbye to Nikolas Ventura-Arencon at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church this morning. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

Community members, family and friends filled Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church on Canyon Road this morning to say goodbye to Los Alamos High School student Nikolas Ventura-Arencon.

Ventura-Arencon, 14, was a ninth grade student at Los Alamos High School who died in a head-on collision Nov. 21 on N.M. 4 near the White Rock “Y.”

Los Alamos Public Schools is providing grief counseling to students and staff.

The principals Read More