Milestones

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — George S. McGovern, a proud liberal who argued fervently against the Vietnam War as a senator from South Dakota and suffered one of the most crushing defeats in presidential election history against Richard Nixon in 1972, died before dawn Sunday. He was 90.

A spokesman for McGovern's family, Steve Hildebrand, told The Associated Press by telephone that McGovern died peacefully at 5:15 a.m. Sunday at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and lifelong friends. The family had said in a statement late last that McGovern had become unresponsive while under hospice care.

"We are blessed to know that our father lived a long, successful and productive life advocating for the hungry, being a progressive voice for millions and fighting for peace. He continued giving speeches, writing and advising all the way up to and past his 90th birthday, which he celebrated this summer," a family statement released by Hildebrand said.

Hildbrand's statement said funeral services would be held in Sioux Falls and that the details would be announced shortly. He did not elaborate.

Los Alamos Medical Center reported the following births:

Sept. 18: A girl, Ruth Eleanor Partin, born to Kristen and Ben Partin
Sept. 22: A girl, Cadence Ellise Towles, born to Valerie Lopez and LeRoy D. Towles
Sept. 26: A boy, Makaleb Le’roi Herrera, born to Natalie Theresa Herrera
Oct. 4: A girl, Yalexa Elena Perea, born to Maria and Francisco Perea

Sigma Alpha Lambda announces that Danielle Frybarger of Los Alamos has recently become recognized as a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda, National Leadership and Honors Organization at New Mexico State University. Sigma Alpha Lambda is a national leadership that honors organizations dedicated to promoting and rewarding academic achievement. Frybarger is a sophomore at NMSU, studying criminal justice. She is the daughter of Sherri and Allen Sherwood and Tim Frybarger.

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Patricia Rogers, a realtor from Los Alamos and Albuquerque, was honored as recipient of the Realtors Association of New Mexico’s highest honor — being named 2012 Realtor of the Year.
Rogers received the award during ceremonies at the RANM Celebration Luncheon, part of RANM’s Annual Fall Conference, Sept. 14 at the Albuquerque Marriott.
The RANM Realtor of the Year is awarded annually to an outstanding leader who has committed time, talent, and expertise to the realtor organization, their community and to furthering the real estate profession.
Rogers began her career in Los Alamos in 1978. As a member of the Los Alamos Board of Realtors, she served as a director, treasurer, president-elect and president. Her service to RANM began as a volunteer lobbyist. Rogers worked at the Roundhouse, lobbying for Realtor issues.

Dr. Genna Frances Reeves-DeArmond, a 2002 graduate of Los Alamos High School, graduated from Oregon State University in September.
She earned a doctorate in design and human environment, with an emphasis in historic and cultural aspects of dress and textiles and a minor in visual rhetoric and museum and heritage studies.
Reeves-DeArmond completed a dissertation titled, “Understanding historical events through dress and costume displays at Titanic museum attractions.”
She received the Ruth Warnke Graduate Fellowship for outstanding research from Oregon State University. She also received awards for Outstanding Graduate Teaching, Student Engagement and Leadership of Undergraduate Research and served as the university’s Counseling and Psychological Services Advisory Board Co-Chairwoman while at OSU.
She is the recipient of the 2012 Sara Douglas Fellowship for Doctoral Professional Promise through ITAA. She completed an internship at the Santa Fe Opera in the costume departments during her undergraduate coursework in 2005.
Reeves-DeArmond is the daughter of Margaret and Frank Reeves Jr. of Los Alamos.