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Tom’s 2025 Thanksgiving Thankful List

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By TOM GARRISON
© 2025 Tom Garrison

Each November. I compose a “Thanksgiving Thankful List” for the preceding year. My wife, Deb, and I enjoy our life in red rock southern Utah and have many things for which we are thankful.

I hope sharing them brings a smile and acknowledgement that even the seldom thought of can be a source of thankfulness.

Below is my 2025 list.

  1. Southwest Utah has grown enormously in the last 15 years. Because of that I’m thankful for street signs. I’m an old guy and getting around is hard enough. Without street signs to guide me, I’d probably end up in the twilight zone.
  2. I’m thankful
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NNSA Schedules Public Meeting To Discuss Data From LANL Flanged Tritium Waste Containers Depressurization Dec. 9

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LANL News:

A public meeting to discuss data from the depressurization of four flanged tritium waste containers at Los Alamos National Laboratory is scheduled for Dec. 9, 2025, in Los Alamos.

This in-person meeting will be held, 5:30-7 p.m. at Sala Event Center, 2551 Central Ave.

A virtual Zoom meeting option is available as follows:

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86235824828?pwd=zCBisrAgasSL2ZnhuiRlZw67azyXEE.1

Meeting ID: 862 3582 4828

Passcode: 463520

The National Nuclear Security Administration and LANL shipped the fourth and final flanged tritium waste container Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Scientists Make New Connections Regarding Hantavirus In Study

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A map of 431 hantavirus case reports from 1993 to 2022 used in the analysis from LANL scientists Andrew Bartlow’s and Morgan Gorris’ study. Most of the cases occur in the western half of the U.S. compared to the eastern half. The thick black outlines separate the western and eastern U.S., illustrating the prevalence of the virus in the western part of the country. Courtesy/LANL

Morgan Gorris

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

During their 2024 study on Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) researchers made new connections between Read More

There’s More To The Pilgrim Story Than Thanksgiving

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Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, 1863-1930, The Mayflower Compact 1620, Oil on Canvas. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Courtesy/Wikipedia Commons

By CHRIS BROWN
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ASENATH KEPLER
New Mexico’s Mayflower Society

This Thanksgiving marks 70 years since New Mexico’s Mayflower Society was founded by descendants of the ship’s 102 passengers. Our mission is to keep the Pilgrim story alive and relevant to New Mexicans today.  More important than the first Thanksgiving that half of the passengers survived to celebrate only with help from their native benefactors, Plymouth’s settlers

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FBI: Wanted Justin Aguino For Pretrial Release Violation

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FBI News:

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of Justin Aguino.

On Feb. 26, 2020, Justin Aguino allegedly used his position as an officer with the Ohkay Owingeh Police Department in New Mexico, to impede a federal grand jury investigation by disclosing information about an ongoing investigation being conducted by Homeland Security Investigations and the Drug Enforcement Administration to an individual outside of the investigation.

Then, on May 24, 2022, while working for the Pojoaque Police Department in New Mexico, Aguino was confronted by Read More

Op-Ed: Vaccines – Who Can You Trust?

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By RICHARD SKOLNIK
White Rock

The Republican Trump administration has “gone to war” against vaccines. This includes recently changing the CDC’s website on childhood vaccines at the direct request of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to imply that “vaccines cause autism.” This is despite the complete lack of scientific evidence for this idea.

Secretary Kennedy’s battle against vaccines appears to have four pillars, dealing with trust and the destruction of key vaccine institutions:

  • Reduce trust in vaccines
  • Take over the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
  • Make
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Luján, Barrasso Bill Improves Efficiency Of Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Through 988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve geolocation data and increase the efficiency of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

Last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took action to require service providers to route phone calls to 988 to the nearest call center based on geographic location. In July of this year, the FCC took steps to require geo-routing for texts. Previously, calls and texts were routed based on the phone’s area code, often resulting in a geographic mismatch. Read More

Energy Department Launches ‘Genesis Mission’ To Transform American Science & Innovation Through AI Computing Revolution

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Under Secretary for Science Darío Gil to lead Genesis Mission initiative.

LANL News:

President Trump today issued an Executive Order to launch the Genesis Mission, a historic national effort led by the Department of Energy. 

Los Alamos National Laboratory supports the Genesis Mission, the Department of Energy’s newly-launched national initiative to advance artificial intelligence and accelerate scientific achievements. From stewarding our nation’s deterrence capabilities with high performance computing for modeling and simulation to driving breakthroughs in quantum science Read More

Guy Meyer Recognized As Certified Athletic Administrator

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LAHS Athletic Director Guy Meyer

LAPS News:

The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) has announced that Los Alamos High School Athletic Director Guy Meyer has been recognized by the NIAAA as a Certified Athletic Administrator.

To earn this distinction, Meyer has demonstrated the highest level of knowledge and expertise in the field of interscholastic athletic administration. The voluntary certification process included a thorough evaluation of Meyer’s educational background, experience, and professional contributions, as well as a rigorous, Read More

New ACCT, CSCC Report Reveals Who Community College Trustees Are And Why They Serve

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ACCT News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) in partnership with the Center for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) released Community College Trusteeship in 2025: A Commitment to Serve. This report is the most comprehensive analysis to date of community college trustees: who they are, why they serve, and what they perceive to be the most critical priorities and challenges for their institutions and the sector.

“Community college trustees are publicly elected and appointed officials who volunteer their time to serve higher education institutions Read More