Milestones

Jessica Mietz of Los Alamos, received a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Luther College, May 20.

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Alyssa Schreiber graduated from the Adams State University, Alamosa, Colo., with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, marketing. She was also listed on the president’s honor roll for the fall 2011 semester. Students must have earned at least at least a 3.5 GPA, and carried a 12 credit hour load to qualify.  

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The University of Minnesota Twin Cities has named Meredith B. Webster of Los Alamos, to the spring semester dean’s list. Webster is a student in the university’s College of Liberal Arts.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Andy Griffith, who made homespun Southern wisdom his trademark as the wise sheriff in "The Andy Griffith Show" and the rumpled defense lawyer in "Matlock," died Tuesday. He was 86.

Griffith died about 7 a.m. at his coastal home, Dare County Sheriff Doug Doughtie said in a statement.

"Mr. Griffith passed away this morning at his home peacefully and has been laid to rest on his beloved Roanoke Island," Doughtie told The Associated Press, reading from a family statement.

 The following births were reported at Los Alamos Medical Center:

• June 16: A boy, Sean Easton Powell, born to Janet Lovato and Dennis Powell

• June 19: A girl, Melody Delilah Archuleta, born to Jordan Archuleta and Jesus Andujo
• June 21: A girl, Leia Lin, born to Zhuang Yang and Shizeng Lin
• June 22: A boy, DeAndre Juan Vigil, born to Debbie Aguilar and Derek Vigil
• June 26: A girl, Ava Taylor Martinez, born to Taylor and J.P. Martinez

James Coburn, son of Martha Perkins of Santa Fe and Steven Coburn of Los Alamos, has been named to the academic honor roll for bloc four and five of the current school year at Colorado Timberline Academy.

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Jonathan Vander Wiel of Los Alamos was recognized for outstanding academic accomplishments by being named to the LeTourneau University dean’s list for the spring 2012 semester.

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