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Packing parties for the books going to Malawi had help from 6 year olds to 80+ year olds. Courtesy photo

Packing parties for the books going to Malawi had help from 6 year olds to 80+ year olds. Courtesy photo

KIWANIS News:

While March 2, the birthday of Dr. Seuss, is widely celebrated as Read Across America Day, Los Alamos Kiwanis school clubs would like to extend that to “Read Across Africa Day” too!

The recent drive to collect loads of children’s books over the past few months in Los Alamos to make 8 school libraries in Malawi, through the African Library Project, was a HUGE success! Very close Read More

SFWAF: Forward To The Past With Prof. Jay West Feb. 28

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Odesa Opera House, 1979 by PHK. Jan. 25, the UN’s Cultural Agency, UNESCO declared the historic center of Odesa a World Heritage Site, describing it as ‘the duty of all humanity’ to protect it and added it to the list of world heritage sites in danger. Courtesy/SFWAF

SFWAF News:

In this free web series for Santa Fe World Affairs Forum (SFWAF) members and friends, historian Dr. James L. West explores the troubled relationship between Ukraine and Russia from earliest times to the present war.

Join SFWAF 10:30 a.m. to noon Tuesdays beginning Feb. 14 for dynamic discussions leading up the Santa Fe Read More

Heller: Nailed It…

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Tribute to Jimmy Carter who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for work to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development. He has recently entered hospice. Courtesy/Joe Heller Read More

U.S. First Nation To Use ‘President’ For Its Head Of State

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Presidents Day News:

Today is Presidents’ Day, a federal holiday celebrated annually on the third Monday in February.

Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, the holiday became popularly known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers.

While several states still have individual holidays honoring the birthdays of Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other figures, Presidents’ Day is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S. presidents, Read More

Santa Fe World Affairs Forum Features Talk On Ukraine-Russia With Historian Dr. James West Beginning Feb. 14

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Odesa Opera House, 1979 by PHK. The UN’s Cultural Agency, UNESCO declared this historic center of Odesa a World Heritage Site on Jan. 25, describing it as ‘the duty of all humanity’ to protect it and added it to the list of world heritage sites in danger. Courtesy/SFWAF

SFWAF News:

In this free web series for Santa Fe World Affairs Forum (SFWAF) members and friends,

Santa Fe World Affairs Forum (SFWAF) is hosting a free web series with historian Dr. James L. West exploring the troubled relationship between Ukraine and Russia from earliest times to the present war.

The web series is 10:30 a.m. to noon Read More

Valentine College Care Packages Support 2023 Educational Travel This Summer For Los Alamos High School Seniors

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LAHS News:

Send your college student a Valentine College Care Package from Los Alamos and support educational travel for 2023 seniors.

To raise funds for their summer tour, Europe 2023, travelers are putting together personalized Valentine packages again filled with goodies from home for college students.

For $40, Europe 2023 travelers will fill a Valentine College Care Package with treats (homemade cookies, candy, hot chocolate, tea; school supplies (sticky notes, pens, pencils); personal items (razors, toothbrushes, tissues); local fare (red and green chile); Valentine surprises, Read More

Interesting Facts: What Country Has A Cheese Stockpile?

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Hundreds of feet below the ground in Missouri, there are hundreds of thousands of pounds of American cheese. Deep in converted limestone mines, caves kept perfectly at 36 degrees Fahrenheit store stockpiles of government-owned cheese comprising the country’s 1.4 billion pounds of surplus cheese. Courtesy/farmlinkproject

Interesting Facts:

The concept of a strategic reserve is fairly straightforward: A nation stores vast quantities of a product or natural resource that is crucial to its citizens’ well-being in case of an emergency that disrupts the normal flow of such materials to the Read More

Milestone Brings NTS-3 Vanguard Closer To 2023 Launch

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Arlen Biersgreen, program manager, Navigation Technology Satellite-3, or NTS-3, uses a 1:3 scale model to describe the spacecraft and details of the one-year experimental mission to AFRL, leadership and guests at the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate and Directed Energy Directorate 2022 Media Day, June 23, 2022, at KAFB. Courtesy/Andrea Rael, USAF

The Navigation Technology Satellite, or NTS-3, spacecraft is shown in an anechoic test chamber prior to electromagnetic interference or electromagnetic compatibility testing in Palm Bay, Fla. This experimental satellite is being designed, Read More

Posts From Antartica: Penguins, Seals, Whales & Glaciers

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Longtime Los Alamos residents Kimber and Rob Heineman who now reside off the hill spotted this lone penguin during a recent trip to Antarctica. At the southernmost continent and site of the South Pole, Antarctica is a virtually uninhabited, ice-covered landmass. Most cruises to the continent visit the Antarctic Peninsula, which stretches toward South America. It’s known for the Lemaire Channel and Paradise Harbor, striking, iceberg-flanked passageways, and Port Lockroy, a former British research station turned museum. The peninsula’s isolated terrain also shelters rich wildlife, Read More

Massive Children’s Book Collection Underway In Los Alamos

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Books may be dropped off at the local elementary, middle and high schools. Courtesy photo

Book recipients of the African Library Project gather for a photo. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

It’s that time again and the local K-Kids, Builders Club, and Key Club, all student service clubs sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos, is collecting used (or new) children’s books for the African Library Project for the next 6 weeks.

The goal is to send eight full libraries of 1,200 books each to the country of Malawi, one of the poorest countries in Africa. Only 66 percent of the adult population is literate Read More