Education

Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: June 18, 2025 Game Results

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Bridge News:

Here is a hand of the Los Alamos Duplicate Bridge Club from its June 18 game that is an absolute nightmare for the South player.

It looks absolutely beautiful when you pick it up, but that’s deceiving!

This is board #18.

East is the dealer and N/S are vulnerable.

 

North
♠ 86
♥ J87
♦ J854
♣ 9832
West East
♠ ♠ QT432
♥ AT5432 ♥ KQ
♦ 92 ♦ 763
♣ AJT76 ♣ KQ4
South
♠ AKJ975
♥ 96
♦ AKQT
♣ 5

East opens the bidding with 1♠. What in the world does South do? He/she can’t bid spades, as that would show hearts and a minor (Michaels cue bid), so the only options are pass or double. Since a double will likely show support Read More

NMSU Students Win National Dairy Innovation Award For Heart-Healthy Snack Pack

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NMSU team members Alejandro Schutte, Andrea Soler, Ashley Medina, Jazmine Arreola, and Joy Agbawodike received the Platinum Dairy Innovator Award and a $10,000 prize at the American Dairy Science Association’s annual meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. Courtesy/NMSU

Nuestro Corazón – Spanish for ‘Our Heart’ – features nearly 80 percent dairy content and delivers on both health and convenience, two top priorities for today’s consumers. Courtesy/NMSU

NMSU News:

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — A team of food science students from New Mexico State University (NMSU) has earned national recognition Read More

LAMC Hospital Auxiliary Seeks Volunteers … And Shoppers!

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Hospital Auxiliary Board Vice President Carol MacLeod, right, and Secretary Kim Hogan at the Lobby Shop last Thursday inside Los Alamos Medical Center. They invite the community to stop by and see the many items available for purchase; proceeds go to charitable causes. They also ask community members to consider volunteering with the Hospital Auxiliary. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Joy and laughter fill the Lobby Shop despite its urgent need for volunteers and shoppers. The Hospital Auxiliary operates the Lobby Read More

LAPS: 200+ Students Enroll In Summer Literacy Program

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Miss Van Anne with several of the more than 200 students participating in the Literacy NM Summer Program underway through July 3 at Barranca Mesa Elementary School. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

More than 200 students are enrolled in the Literacy NM Summer Program being held at Barranca Mesa Elementary School. This program replaced the traditional summer school provided by Los Alamos Public Schools.

The Literacy NM Summer Program offers small group, specialized reading and writing instruction for students who have completed kindergarten through 7th grade. 

This is the first year that LAPS Read More

Designing Architecture: A Beginner’s Workshop July 26

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IPCC News:

In honor of the exhibition Restorying Our HeartPlaces: Contemporary Pueblo Architecture, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is offering a free workshop in the IPCC Library focused on designing and building architecture from an imaginative view, taught by field professionals Miriam Diddy (Diné/Hopi) and Anjelica S. Gallegos (Jicarilla Apache/Santa Ana Pueblo). The workshop will be split into two parts: Model Building, a sculptural activity, and Design Charrettes, a drawing activity.

Workshop materials, take-away kits, and light refreshments included. 10:45 a.m. arrival Read More

LANL Foundation, NACA Inspired Schools Network Partner To Launch Innovative Indigenous Science Curriculum

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7th grade Indigenous Science Curriculum designer and Native American Community Academy teacher Dakota Begay leads an outdoor lesson at the Bosque in Albuquerque this February. Courtesy photo

LANL Foundation K-12 Program Coordinator Paul Le François leads a session with teacher curriculum designers during this year’s Indigenous Science Symposium in Santa Fe this June. Courtesy photo

LANLF News:

The LANL Foundation and the NACA Inspired Schools Network (NISN) are proud to announce the forthcoming launch of the Indigenous Science Initiative (ISI), the nation’s first open-source, Read More

St. John’s College Launches Master Of Arts In Middle Eastern Classics Exploring Jewish And Islamic Civilization

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SJC News:

SANTA FE — St. John’s College in Santa Fe has launched a new Master of Arts in Middle Eastern Classics (MAMEC)—a one-year, in-person graduate program exploring the foundational texts of Jewish and Islamic civilization—texts that are often overlooked in Western curricula, but which have shaped the course of philosophy, religion, and poetry across centuries.

While these two traditions have often been portrayed as being in tension, MAMEC will provide students a singular opportunity to immerse themselves in the original Jewish and Islamic texts, far from the rhetoric Read More

Interfaith Los Alamos Holds Backpack/School Supply Drive

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COMMUNITY News:

The annual Interfaith Los Alamos Backpack/School Supplies Drive is underway. The community is asked to help Lutheran Family Services (LFS) provide backpacks and school supplies to approximately 200 families/refugees in need.

LFS is not taking in new refugees due to changes in government funding and policy. LFS is one of the most capable groups resettling refugees/evacuees who have gone through a legal process to come here. They are taught English, provided with cultural training, helped to find jobs and become valued members of the society.

LFS still has commitments Read More