YMCA News:
The YMCA fencing class starts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2. The class is for fencers with previous experience.
There will be 30 minutes of combined class drills, followed by 30 minutes of bouting and/or individual instruction. Experienced fencers interested only in bouting should come at 7 p.m. The next beginning fencing class for those with no experience will start in Feburary or March 2015.
For additional information, contact Tom Hill at 505.672.1058. Read More
ACRR News:
Cliff Rudy, left, and Bob Walker play bridge with Pinon Elementary students Cory Liechty, left, and a friend. Courtesy/LADBCLADBC News:
Volunteers from the Los Alamos Duplicate Bridge Club are offering free bridge lessons, starting the first week of September, to students at Los Alamos Middle School and to students in grades 3-6 at Pinon Elementary School.
Lessons will be offered at the Middle School during lunch hours on Tuesdays. Lessons will be offered at Pinon as part of the Before School program on Thursday mornings and during lunch hours on Fridays. Classes are open to both Read More
Scott Price of the Sipapu Group answers questions from the audience at Monday’s meeting at Trinity on the Hill as Espanola District Ranger Sandy Hurlocker and County Administrator Harry Burgess listen at right. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Community members gather Monday evening for the public meeting at TOTH. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
No major concerns were brought to light at Monday’s public meeting on the Ski Area Water Pipeline Permit, which drew nearly 100 people.
“When we started this process in June, Read More
The Valles Caldera staff was challenged by Giggling Springs Hot Springs to the ALSA.org Ice Bucket Challenge. The staff in turn challenges their friends at Bandelier National Monument, The Forest Service (Santa Fe National Forest) and Fenton Lake State Park. Watch Monday’s bucket challenge video here. PrintScreen/VCNP
USFS News:
The proposed Pajarito Ski Area temporary pipeline permit will be explained at a public meeting at 6 p.m. today.
The Española Ranger District is hosting the meeting at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, 3900 Trinity Dr. in Los Alamos. The meeting will be in Kelly Hall on the Trinity Dr. side of the church.
Representatives of the Forest Service, Los Alamos County and Pajarito Recreation Limited Partnership will be available to answer questions raised during the “scoping” period.
“This proposal is pretty simple in design,” Española Ranger District Ranger Sandy Hurlocker said. “But Read More
Sign at the entrance to Bandelier National Monument Courtesy/NPS
BNM News:
BNM News:
Bandelier National Monument has announced that until further notice, the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s) or other unmanned aircraft is prohibited in the monument.
The popularity of UAV’s is rapidly rising, and they are increasingly being seen in National Parks and other protected areas that visitors seek out for quiet and solitude, not for the presence of buzzing drones.
Recently there have been several incidents that have brought this situation to public attention. In some parks, UAV’s have been observed harassing wildlife, as their owners attempted Read More
