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  • Blogger helps young delegate go to national convention

    An story in the Monitor inspired blogger Joe Monahan of “New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan” to collect funds to help send a young delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.

    Monahan presented Los Alamos resident Sean Stimmel with a $250 check Sunday in Albuquerque after reading the July 17 story about the young man's efforts to raise funds for the trip.

    The contribution, made possible by the advertisers of www.joemonahan.com, will help Stimmel pay his hotel bill at the Denver Crowne Plaza where the state delegation is set to stay.

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  • Software tracks college computer to El Rito

    Software tracks college computer

    Hi-tech tracking software installed on electronic equipment at UNM-Los Alamos led Los Alamos police detectives straight to a trailer in El Rito.

    Detectives discovered UNM-LA janitor David Suazo, 51, and the equipment July 28 at trailer 83 on State Road 215.

    The case has been sent to the district attorney’s office for consideration of charges regarding the equipment that went missing from the college sometime between June 23 and July 15, Det. Doug Johnson said.

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  • Thumbs up for housing rehab

    The Community Development Department had the right answers this time. Returning to the County Council after doing a little more work on their plan for a Housing Rehabilitation Pilot Program, the CDD got a green light to proceed. Council passed the motion Tuesday night with a 4-2 vote.

    Councilors Robert Gibson and Fran Berting voted against the proposal, saying they liked the program but not the timing. Councilor Jim West was absent.

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  • LANL receives $3 million for collaborative grants

    New Mexico’s two U.S. Senators issued separate announcements about funding for a pair of collaborative research and development projects at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

    DOE has awarded Los Alamos National Laboratory $1.6 million to team with Chevron and the University of Minnesota “on research related to enhanced separation efficiency in the distillation of olefin and paraffin.”

    The lab is expected to provide an additional $400,000 to meet the grant's cost-sharing requirement, according to the release from the office of Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M.

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  • Skate park back in play

    Thought to be settled by a 6-1 vote a week ago, the county council agreed Tuesday to put the deeply divisive skate park project back on the agenda for reconsideration. They will decide whether to put the park’s location to a vote of the people.

    “This is a petition that recommends a different course of action than what’s been recommended in the past,” said Council Chair Jim Hall. “I don’t think we have a choice on this and I think we will put it on the agenda....”

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  • DARHT temporarily sidelined

    The dual axis X-ray facility, described as a come-from-behind success story for Los Alamos National Laboratory this year, has suffered an accident and is back on the injured list.

    Having been declared fully operational by the National Nuclear Security Administration in May and on track toward its first ever experiment using its second axis, the Dual Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test (DARHT) facility misfired last week.

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  • Jailhouse sting nets three bags of heroin

    Los Alamos County police hit paydirt Tuesday after keeping an inmate under surveillance for a week because their investigation revealed he was smuggling heroin into the jail.

    Julian Montoya, 23, of Los Alamos was arrested and charged with transporting contraband, in this case three 1.6 gram bags of heroin, into the Los Alamos County Detention Facility at 2500 Trinity Drive. Montoya also is charged with possession of a controlled substance.

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  • James (Jay) Tracy

    James (Jay) Tracy, son of Carolyn and Jim Tracy went peacefully in his sleep to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus, on Wednesday, July 30th. He was at his home in Albuquerque with his roommate and caregiver, Juan Carlos. He had been very ill for several years, eagerly waiting to be at home in Heaven.

    Jay grew up in Los Alamos and was a part of Calvary Chapel. Through the years, Jay worked in food service at many of the restaurants in Los Alamos. Many have enjoyed his musical abilities at various events and churches in our town.

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  • Homicide on Pueblo Drive

    A woman was shot at least twice in the chest early Monday evening inside her Denver Steel home at 3459 Pueblo Drive. Los Alamos firefighters transported Robin Markham to Los Alamos Medical Center shortly after 6 p.m. where she was pronounced dead.

    Police arrested the woman’s husband, Jack Markham, 55, at the home, according to documents filed in First District Court. He is charged with an open count of murder, which if convicted, could result in the death penalty.

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  • AYP shows numbers sinking statewide

    Three of Los Alamos Public Schools seven schools met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for 2008. Barranca, Chamisa and Piñon elementary schools made AYP. Aspen and Mountain elementary schools, Los Alamos Middle School and Los Alamos High School did not.

    The results are equally dismal across the state. Just 3 of Santa Fe’s 30 schools and 35 of Albuquerque’s 161 schools met AYP this year. In fact, just 245, or 31.8 percent, of the states 770 schools made AYP.

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