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  • Help from the Elks

    The Los Alamos Elks Lodge #2083, with the assistance of the New Mexico State Elks Cerebral Palsy Committee, were proud to present a check to Lee Ocana from El Rito, for $9,200. The money will go directly to purchase needed medical equipment to help Lee with his physical therapy and to allow him movement around his home. Standing from left to right, Los Alamos Elks Lodge Secretary Eppie Trujillo, Lee’s parents Maybel and Lizandro Ocana, Cerebral Palsy Chairman Trish Sandoval, and Exalted Ruler Mark Sandoval. Seated are Lee Ocana and his physical therapist Jean Porteus.

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  • Beausoleil heading LA Site Office

    The Los Alamos Site Office announced that Geoff Beausoleil has been assigned as the acting Field Office Manager for 60 days while a permanent manager is being identified. Beausoleil is currently the Sandia Field Office Manager and was previously the Deputy Manager at the Pantex Site Office.
    Beausoleil has more than 30 years of experience in the nuclear industry with DOE and Newport News Shipbuilding.
    Prior to his Pantex assignment, Beausoleil served as the assistant manager, Office of Operational Support at the DOE Idaho Operations Office (DOE-ID), and as the DOE-ID integrated safety management champion. In that position, Beausoleil was responsible for all of the Idaho National Laboratory site environment, quality, safety, health, worker protection, safeguards/security, emergency management and information technology programs.
    
Other positions held by Beausoleil at DOE-ID included director of the Quality and Safety Division and the facility director for the Radioactive Waste Management Complex and the Waste Reduction Operations Complex, where he was responsible for all transuranic, low-level, hazardous, and mixed-waste operations.  

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  • Rangers, LAPD aid Bandelier visitor

    A visitor reported to a park volunteer that another visitor had collapsed along Bandelier’s Main Loop Trail Tuesday morning.
    Park rangers and the Los Alamos Fire Department responded, and found him conscious and alert. They transported him to the Los Alamos Medical Center.
    At that time, the cause of his collapse had not been determined. The man and his wife were visiting from Florida.
    It has been a busy couple of weeks for rescue workers at the monument.
    Crews were involved in two rescues in the last two weeks — one of a couple on Saturday and the other of a group last Friday.
     

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  • Update 05-08-13

    LANL lecture

    Professor Jon Hunner, who serves as Head of the New Mexico State History Department, will lecture on the early social history of Los Alamos at 5:30 p.m. today at the Bradbury Museum. It’s free and open to the public.

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    County Council

    Los Alamos County Council will meet at noon May 10 in council chambers.

    Kiwanis

    Julie Habiger, communications and public relations administrator for Los Alamos County, will speak on the opening of the new Municipal Building at noon Tuesday at the Masonic Temple.

    P & Z meeting

    The Planning and Zoning Commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. today in council chambers. 

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  • BPU to discuss WR water well project

    A plan from the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities to utilize the county’s 1,200 acre-feet of San Juan-Chama water allotment by drilling one to three wells in White Rock has sparked sharp debate on the county’s Open Forum and during a Board of Public Utilities meeting in April.

    BPU takes a closer look at the issue May 15.

    According to DPU officials, the project ensures that the county’s San Juan-Chama water rights are protected, develops a more reliable and sustainable water supply, allows the existing groundwater aquifer to recover and provides for future growth.

    Consultants CDM Smith rated this as the most economical and practical of five alternatives they evaluated. Project cost ranges between $9.4 million and $27 million, depending on the number of wells required.

    Cost estimates for other feasible alternatives were between $36.5 million and $79.5 million. The $36.5 million alternative involved placing wells on San Ildefonso Pueblo lands, which poses significant right-of-way issues.

    Based on the preliminary engineering report, Well Site 3--located in county open space south of Pajarito Acres–provides the greatest potential to yield the 1,200 acre-feet allotment. Fewer than a dozen homes are within 1,000 feet of the site, with the closest one approximately 450 feet away.

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  • Raw: Amanda Berry Returns Home

    Around 100 neighbors and a pack of journalists were outside Amanda Berry's house as she returned home after a decade in captivity.

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  • Today in History May 8
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  • Another visitor rescued at Bandelier

    A visitor reported to a park volunteer that another visitor had collapsed along Bandelier's Main Loop Trail Tuesday morning.  Park rangers and the Los Alamos Fire Department responded, and found him conscious and alert.  They transported him to the Los Alamos Medical Center.

    At that time, the cause of his collapse had not been determined .  The man and his wife were visiting from Florida.  

    It has been a busy couple days for rescue workers at the monument.

    Crews were involved in two rescues in the last two weeks — one of a couple on Saturday and the other of a group last Friday.

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  • Bandelier reopens Alcove

    The Alcove House site at Bandelier National Monument reopened Friday.
    Monument staff closed Alcove House April 10 due to concerns over the structural stability of the archaeological site.
    The reconstructed kiva in Alcove House remains closed until further notice.
    Visitors should follow closure guidelines for their safety, according to Bandelier officials.
    The public can expect another closure in late fall 2013, when crews will repair the cracks in the walls of the structure.
     

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  • Merrick acquires another firm

    Merrick & Company, an international engineering, architecture, design-build, surveying, and geospatial solutions firm which has an office in Los Alamos, has acquired the established firm K.M. Ng & Associates, Inc. (K.M. Ng), of San Antonio.
    K.M. Ng has served the engineering industry, guiding clients and business partners to create environments for more than 40 years in Texas. Merrick and K.M. Ng have worked together on projects for two decades. This acquisition provides Merrick with added talent in the realm of nearly all facets of engineering including structural, civil, and mechanical/electrical and will extend the firm’s reach throughout Texas and the southwestern U.S. on private, government, sustainable infrastructure, and water projects.
    “I’m excited to announce that K.M. Ng is now a part of Merrick & Company,” CEO and President David Huelskamp said. “With this team of experts, Merrick will enhance its capabilities in engineering and continue to offer outstanding, comprehensive design solutions.”

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