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United Way Youth Team’s ‘Taste the Sky’ Sells Out

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United Way Executive Director Kristy Ortega, left, welcomes United Way Campaign Co-chairs Wendy Schmidt and her husband Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Gene Schmidt to Sunday’s “Taste the Sky” United Way Youth Team fundraiser at the Los Alamos County Airport, 1040 Airport Road. Event organizers anticipated that 200 people would attend but that number sold out so they had to cook another batch of spaghetti to feed the additional people who arrived for dinner. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

A hot air balloon added to the atmosphere on the tarmac Sunday. Read More

LAHS Graduate Writes ‘Remarkable’

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Author Lizzie Foley with Matthew. Photo by Ana June Creative

Book Review by Kirsten Laskey

Humans no longer seem to rule the earth. The power seems to have shifted to vampires, werewolves, wizards and witches – at least in literature.

To be a character without fangs, without magical powers, seems to be fit only for the background.

Author and former Los Alamos resident Lizzie Foley thinks this is hogwash.

In fact, her debut young adult book, “Remarkable” celebrates the opposite.

The book argues that being ordinary, or simply possessing human qualities, can bring happiness.

Foley, who Read More

Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview Sept. 20

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

Pajarito Trail Fest on Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 22 and 23

6th annual Pajarito Trail Fest at Pajarito Mountain Ski Area

Trail Runs start at 9 a.m. Saturday with 10 km and 15 mile. Event also features kids fun runs with Toddler 100-yard dash starting at 11:30 a.m. and Big Kid Challenge, which includes run up/down on marked course on Beginner slopes. Dirty Du Duathon starts at 10 a.m. Sunday and includes 4.5 Km Run, 14km bike ride and another 4.5 km run. https:////www.fitfunfeminine.com/pajaritotrailfest/

HOMECOMING SEPT. 21
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Los Alamos Home Tour Showcases Eight Residences

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By Bonnie J. Gordon

Eight Los Alamos families are working hard to prepare for Los Alamos Home Tour 2012. The families will open their homes to visitors 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29. 

The event will benefit the Family Strengths Network (FSN.) Tickets are $20 in advance and may be purchased CB FOX, Otowi Station, Los Alamos Medical Center Gift Shop and the Reel Deal Theater.

On the day of the tour, tickets may be purchased at 9 a.m. in front of Ruby K’s for $25.

Homes on the tour include new homes, remodeled homes and a historic home on Bathtub Row.

“The idea of the Home Tour is to show off the homes Read More

Barkin’ Ball is Chance to Thank Good Neighbor

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Staff report

The Santa Fe Animal Shelter is hosting its annual Barkin’ Ball at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center.

The Los Alamos community is invited to attend the Shelter’s largest fundraising event of the year, which typically attracts at least a few famous people.

Ticket sales are down this year and they really need more people to attend.

During the Las Conchas Fire, and during the Cerro Grande Fire, the Santa Fe Animal Shelter took in dozens and dozens of animals from Los Alamos evacuees, and found foster homes for the animals it couldn’t take in. Read More

LALT’s ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’ Opens Friday

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“Dead Man’s Cell Phone” producer David Schiferl works out the sound scheme on a notebook computer during SUnday’s dress rehearsal for Sara Ruhl’s dark comedy, which opens Friday, Sept. 21 at the Los Alamos Little Theatre, 1670 Nectar St. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Sept. 21, 22, 28, 29 and Oct. 5 and 6 and 2 p.m. Sunday Matinee, Sept. 23. Tickets are $12 General Admission and $10 Students & Seniors. Tickets are available at C.B. FOX or at the door. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com

Director Gwen Lewis adjusts the headband of Jean Adkins who Read More

Geological Society Meets Tuesday, Sept. 18

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LOS ALAMOS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY News

The next meeting of the Los Alamos Geological Society will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at the Christian Church, 92 East Road.
 
The featured speaker will be Greg Conklin, MS Optira Inc. His talk is entitled, “LIDAR (Light Ranging and Detection) Techniques and Use”. LIDAR is a commercial technique that utilizes phase based lasers to collect measurements of points on the surface of a physical object. These points can be projected into 3D space and used to make 3D meshes and solids. Mr. Conklin received his MS in Chemistry Read More

LACDC’s Holsapple Reflects on Next Big Idea Festival

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Executive Director Kevin Holsapple of the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation, center, visits the Los Alamos Visualization Associates dome at the conclusion of Saturday’s Next Big Idea Festival. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com

Staff report

Executive Director Kevin Holsapple of the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation spoke with the Los Alamos Daily Post at the conclusion of the Next Big Idea Festival Saturday. 

Holsapple reflected on the day’s events:

“To me, this is just an excellent demonstration of the idea of the creative district. Read More

Innovation Burns Bright at Next Big Idea Festival

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Einstein (Katy Korkos) checks out the exhibits at the Bradbury Science Museum with Alison Kaehn Saturday during the Next Big Idea festival in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

By Kirsten Laskey

Great ideas can burn bright but at the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce’s Next Big Idea Festival, innovative thoughts were on fire.

The igniting of creativity covered everything from technology and science to the arts and history.

It also touched on education. Kraz-E-Science is a program Dave Scwellenbach runs throughout Northern New Mexico, traveling to elementary, Read More

Priedhorsky Presents Talk Wednesday at Fuller Lodge

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Death Hollow, 2005. Courtesy photo

At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19  in Fuller Lodge, Reid Priedhorsky will tell stories of his forty adventures on the Colorado Plateau.

Part coming-of-age story, part exploration of local natural beauty, and part compendium of hilarious debacles, this talk is about the canyons of the Colorado Plateau.

In photographs and illustrations, Priedhorsky will tell the story of his 40 adventures in the ethereal landscape, which inspired the alien worlds of Calvin and Hobbes’ Spaceman Spiff. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll demand a refund.

Priedhorsky was

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