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Nominations Open For Los Alamos 2022 TopHAT Award

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COUNTY News:

Nominations are open for the 2022 TopHAT (Hospitality and Tourism) Awards. The Top HAT Awards  celebrate outstanding teams, individuals, campaigns, experiences and lodging properties that have demonstrated exceptional dedication to their company or organization’s brand promise over the past year.About the program:

The Top HAT Awards Gala, the premier awards ceremony of the travel, tourism, and lodging industry in New Mexico, is the annual dinner and awards ceremony

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Teatro Paraguas Presents ‘Our Rhythms, Our Voices’ Latin American Musical And Oral History Project Oct. 15

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Javier Jara and others will present a musical project honoring the Latin American immigrant population, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 15 at Teatro Paraguas. Courtesy/TP

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:

Javier Jara, along with a group of musicians, will present a very special musical project honoring the Latin American immigrant population living in the United States. For the “Our Rhythms, Our Voices” project, Jara and his team of collaborators interviewed immigrants from all walks of life and from all over Latin America to create songs, using the rhythms from their native lands.

The tour celebrates Latin Read More

Scenes From Ribbon Cutting Celebration For NCRTD’s New Maintenance Facility

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Federal Transit Administration Senior Advisor Veronica McBeth and NCRTD Chair Dennis Tim Salazar Board cut the ribbon at Thursday’s event. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

NCRTD’s new new maintenance facility consists of 21,600 square feet of buildingsof five maintenance bays, fleet and facilities administrative offices, parts and inventory space, a bus wash facility and fueling area. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

NCRTD Executive Director Anthony Mortillaro welcomes the crowd and introduces dignitaries. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

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Fr. Glenn: Reconciling Visions

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Sometimes it seems that our society is entrenched in two camps: the “conservative/rigid”, and the “liberal/progressive”. We need only turn on or click on the news to see this being played out daily.

In his book “A Conflict of Visions”, Thomas Sowell outlines many of the differences between experience and reason, between what a scientist may recognize as between the empirical/experimental and theoretical, and what Mr. Sowell categorizes as “constrained” and “unconstrained” visions

The constrained vision stems from reliance on “the norm”—the collective experience Read More

Posts From The Road: Leadville, Colo.

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Tabor Opera House: The Tabor Opera House brought elegance and culture to Leadville, Colo. during the boom years of the mining industry. The city of Leadville bought the historic Opera House and is nearing completion of a massive renovation. The Tabor Opera House will again host performances when the renovation work is complete. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Delaware Hotel: The Delaware Hotel ws built in 1883 and was a prominent hotel in the day. It has changed owners a few times but was purchased and renovated back into a hotel in the 1980s and is still operational today. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com Read More

New Mexico To Receive $38 Million To Support Expansion Of Electric Vehicle Charging Network

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that New Mexico’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure Deployment Plan has been approved by the Biden-Harris administration, under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, established and funded by the Infrastructure Law that Senator Heinrich championed into law.

With this approval, Fiscal Year 2022 funds are now available to New Mexico. New Mexico, one of the first states to have their plans approved, is expected to receive $38 million over five years to support the expansion Read More

Los Alamos Congregations Join Colores United Donation Drive To Support Asylum Seekers

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By CATHLEEN SCHALLER
Los Alamos

… Donation boxes are available outside Unitarian Church and United Church, Pajarito Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Los Alamos Jewish Center also will collect donations among their congregations.

National news sources are full of stories of busloads of asylum seekers arriving in New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C. Political controversy puts these immigrants, and the cities hosting them, squarely into the spotlight.

Not making national news? The relatively small town of Deming, New Mexico (population 14,083). But something Read More

County: Atomic City Transit Route 3 Service Suspended Monday Through Sept. 30 Due To Lack Of Staff  

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COUNTY News:

Atomic City Transit Route 3 service will be suspended for two weeks beginning Monday, Sept.19 through Friday, Sept. 30, due to lack of staff. 

Service to Entrada Drive, Bus Stop #570 Entrada Drive and Camino Entrada and Bus Stop #571 Entradra and Camino Entrada will be serviced by Route 1 with on-request service.

Riders are advised to notify the driver if they need to be dropped off at these stops. Customers wishing a pick-up from these locations should contact the ACT administrative office 505.661.7433 to request the service. 

Transit Division Manager Annette Granillo apologized Read More

Christian Church In Los Alamos Hosts Aloha Sunday

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Christian Church of Los Alamos hosts annual ‘Aloha Sunday’ Worship Service and luncheon Sunday. Courtesy/CCLA

Christian Church of Los Alamos News:

The Christian Church of Los Alamos is hosting its annual “Aloha Sunday” Worship Service and luncheon.

“Aloha Sunday” is 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 18.

“Hula Mai Ka Lani” (a Hula Worship team) will lead the music portion of the worship with traditional hula. Barefoot, they wear flowing traditional dress with colorful flowers pinned into their hair. They will not be dancing to entertain, but to worship. In the Polynesian tradition it is not just the Read More

LAHS Graduate Evan Ortega Recounts 3,000 Mile Hike Along Continental Divide National Scenic Trail

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Evan Ortega of White Rock heads back out on the trail following a quick resupply stop and visit with his grandparents Chris and Helen Ortega at Lake City, Colo., during his hike along the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. Photo by Helen Ortega 

Evan Ortega of White Rock recounts his 3,000 mile hike along the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail during a recent interview at the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

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

So, how’d you spend your summer … visiting relatives, Disneyland, the Grand Tetons? Read More