LOS ALAMOS COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD MEETING AGENDA
5:30 p.m. August 6 at Mesa Public Library
1. Call to order
2. Public comment/correspondence (for items not on the agenda)
3. Presentation on Library Drive and Central/Oppenheimer Intersection Improvements
4. Board Business
A. Review and approval of the minutes of July 2, 2012
5. Chair and Board Members’ Reports
A. Chair’s Report
i. Update on filling of upcoming vacancies
B. Read More
Photo: Horses with vesicular stomatitis show blanched raised or broken vesicles around the upper surface of the tongue, surface of the lips and around nostrils, corners of the mouth and the gums. Courtesy/Horsetalk
COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES News:
The New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB) is reporting that New Mexico is currently experiencing a significant outbreak of Vesicular Stomatitis (VS.)
VS is classified as a Foreign Animal Disease (FAD), and, as such, cases are required to be reported nationally and internationally.
To minimize the spread Read More
Photo: County Council Chair Sharon Stover. Photo by Carol A. Clark.ladailypost.com
By Carol A. Clark
Los Alamos County Council Chair Sharon Stover received a letter of resignation Thursday evening from Vice Chair Ron Selvage.
Selvage’s resignation followed his apology published in the Los Alamos Daily Post Tuesday for an indiscretion he had with a woman from Los Alamos while on an official visit to Moscow and Sarov, Russia last September.
Stover issued a statement to the Los Alamos Daily Post this morning regarding Selvage’s resignation.
“I have enjoyed working with Read More
COUNTY News:
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By Tom Nagawiecki
County Environmental Services Specialist
Nancy Judd, an internationally recognized artist and educator known for creating couture fashion from trash, will host two free recycled fashion workshops in Los Alamos. These workshops will help participants in The Next Big Idea’s Trash Fashion Contest design and prepare garments for Los Alamos’ first Trash Fashion Contest.
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The first workshop, which is geared to people new to sewing and design, will be 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25. A second advanced workshop will be 1-5:30 Read More
There’s a lot of road work underway on 9th Street near Canyon Road this week. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Los Alamos County Council Vice Chair Ron Selvage seen here speaking with Chair Sharon Stover during a May 8 Council meeting has resigned his post effective immediately. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Council Vice Chair Ron Selvage submitted a letter of resignation to Council Chair Sharon Stover Thursday evening.
The County is in the process of adding an agenda item to its Tuesday, Aug. 7 agenda for County Council to discuss the vacancy and how to proceed.
Selvage’s resignation comes on the heels of his apology published in the Los Alamos Daily Post Read More
The GOP’s newly appointed County Council candidate Steven Girrens, center, discusses local issues this evening at the Republican Headquarters, 1362 Trinity Dr., as Treasurer Norma Tech and GOP Chair Jordan Redmond look on. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
By Carol A. Clark
The Los Alamos County Republican Party Central Committee unanimously appointed Republican Steven Girrens this evening to fill the County Council candidate vacancy left when Roger Waterman withdrew from the race July 23 due to business and professional issues.
“We are very sorry that Roger had Read More
With the completion of the 15th Street road project, work shifted Wednesday to the Myrtle Street curb and sidewalk replacement project. Photo by Leland S. Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Leland S. Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Leland S. Lehman/ladailypost.com
Photo by Leland S. Lehman/ladailypost.com Read More
DPU News:
Officials from the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities report that a power outage, which began at 3:52 p.m. Wednesday in the Eastern Area bounded by Myrtle Street, Rim Road and Canyon Road, affected 98 customers.
Power was restored by 4:45 p.m. to all but 20 of those customers. At 6:45 p.m., power was restored to the remaining 20 customers on Piñon Road and Rim Road.
An underground line fault at Piñon Road caused the electric interruption.
DPU officials also noted that this outage was caused by aging underground infrastructure and is not related to the construction work underway Read More
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By Russ Gordon
Familiarity breeds a great time when it comes to the Los Alamos rock band, Eddy & the Nomads.
Los Alamos’ favorite band plays this Friday, Aug. 3 at Del Norte Credit Union. The free concert is presented by the sponsors of the Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series.
Please check out our sponsors, photos from past concerts and info on upcoming shows at www.gordonssummerconcerts.com.
Friday’s show starts at 7 p.m. and it’ll be Del Norte Credit Union Night.
The Nomads have been playing Los Alamos concerts for about 30 years. Members have come and gone except for Wilfred Read More