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  • Looking for a cover model

    We’re looking for a cover model and that means we’re seeking your photos... LA Pets is an annual publication that gives pet owners the latest news and information on a range of topics devoted to helping keep the special companions in our lives happy, healthy and spoiled rotten. Pets run the gamut from dogs and cats, to reptiles, rodents and birds... But we’re seeking pictures that capture the true personality and beauty of the animal.
    To be considered for inclusion in LA Pets, photos should be sharp, well-composed, high resolution digital photo files. You must own the original file, weblinks and prints will not be accepted. Include a brief description of the photograph along with your name and contact information along with your daytime telephone number.
    Should your picture be selected for LA Pets, you will receive a photo credit (byline) in the publication, and in exchange you agree to give the Los Alamos Monitor the right to publish your photograph in LA Pets and potentially use the photo for promotional purposes. Depending on space available, runners-up photos may be featured inside LA Pets.
    Each person may submit up to four of their best photos, but attach only one picture per email, please. Send your photos today to info@lamonitor.com. 

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  • Update 05-23-13

    Author series

    Steve Sheinkin, who recently wrote “Bomb: The Race to Build – and Steal – the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon,” will be at Mesa Library from 7-8:30 p.m. today.

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    County Council

    Los Alamos County Council will meet in a regular session at 7 p.m. June 4 in council chambers.

    Arts board

    The Arts in Public Places Board has just discovered technical difficulties with the email address associated with its “Open Call for Art.” (ArtProposals@lacnm.us). All proposals must be resent and the deadline has been extended to June 7.

    Trash pickup

    In observance of Memorial Day there will be no trash or recycling collection on Monday. Put roll carts out on Wednesday.

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  • Tornado hits close to home

    The Oklahoma tornadoes earlier this week hit way too close to home for Los Alamos Police Department Cpl. Patrick Massara.
    Massara’s mother, Candace Jenkins, lives just a mile and a half from Moore, Okla., which was devastated by the powerful twister that killed 24 people and leveled an elementary school and hundreds of homes.
    “Mom is OK,” Massara said. “She got lucky. She is retired from the Air Force base that is located near Moore. She never left the house all day. But the following day, she went to check on friends and she said it was absolute devastation.”
    The tornado missed Jenkins’ house and Massara was asked if his mother heard anything.
    “She just heard the warning sirens,” Massara said.
    Massara said his mother grew up in Los Alamos.
    “She was raised here and she was a Hilltopper,” Massara said.
    Massara, meanwhile, was working the 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. shift Monday and did not know what was going on until the late afternoon.
    During a break, Massara watched the news coverage.
    “A member of the family got a hold of her around 4 p.m., Massara said. “I ended up talking to her later.”

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  • Meet MJ, the Bike Riding Tabby Cat
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  • Raw: 80-Year-Old Climbs Mount Everest

    80-year-old Japanese mountain climber Yuichiro Miura reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday. Miura is the oldest person to ever reach the Mount Everest summit.

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  • Los Alamos doctor arrested -- updated

     A Los Alamos doctor is currently being held without bond after being arrested shortly after leaving the Los Alamos Medical Center Wednesday afternoon.

    Police were acting on a probable cause warrant issued by the Los Alamos Magistrate Court.

    Dr. Pavel Mourachov, 42, was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault against a household member with a deadly weapon, a fourth-degree felony. He was also charged with harassment, a misdemeanor and extreme cruelty to animals, a fourth-degree felony.

    The Los Alamos Medical Center released a statement Thursday after Mourachov's arrest.

    "We share our community’s concerns about Dr. Mourachov’s arrest and the allegations that continue to come to light.  Dr. Mourachov is not an employee of Los Alamos Medical Center and has had a limited practice at our hospital for some time.  His medical privileges have been suspended," the statement said.

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  • Windstorm rips roof from Barranca gym--Photos/Video--updated

    One person called it a “Dust Devil on steroids.”

    Emergency officials called it a “major wind event.”

    Whatever it was, everybody was breathing a huge sigh of relief after part of the roof of Barranca Elementary School gym was blown away about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

    The wind event scattered insulation and other roofing material throughout the school grounds, including the school parking lot.

    No one was injured during the incident, which witnesses said lasted about two minutes. Most students had already departed the campus since Wednesday was a half day at the school.

    LAFD Battalion Chief Paul Grano said at the scene that there were three minor medical needs.

    "Some of the victims got dust in their eyes," Grano said.

    Barranca Mesa Elementary School Principal Pam Miller recounted the brief but violent windstorm.

    “It was like a mini tornado,” Miller said. “We were in the gym having lunch when we heard something like a train going by. You could hear the roof peeling off.”

    It was then that Miller and others went in to gather the other children playing outside and bring them indoors but by that time the wind had stopped.

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  • LA airport incoming flight schedules to be changed

    Los Alamos County Airport Manager Peter Soderquist is reporting steady growth for bookings on the new air service with New Mexico Airlines. Air passenger flights between Los Alamos and Albuquerque began April 8.
    “It has grown every week since we’ve been here,” Soderquist said. “I personally wish we had more traffic, but people I’ve talked to are happy to see the service that we have.”
    Soderquist and the airlines have been analyzing the data collected so far and listening to feedback from travelers. Based on what they have learned, new schedules for flights from Albuquerque to Los Alamos are being implemented next month. Flights leaving Los Alamos will remain unchanged.
    All three flights leaving the Albuquerque Sunport will have later departure times. The goal is to increase passenger counts by including more “banks” of arrivals. A bank is a period when a concentration of flights arrives at an airport.

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  • Funding error snags school districts

    ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — A problem with a computer form’s alphabetical listing caused dozens of New Mexico school districts and charter schools to get too much state funding and others not enough.
    Television station KRQE reports that the state Public Education Department acknowledged its error resulted in 25 districts and charters being shorted a total of roughly $830,000 while 26 others got more than $2.5 million too much. The error occurred when the West Las Vegas district was mistakenly listed as “Las Vegas West.” The result was that funding amounts for districts and charters in the bottom half of the alphabet were off by one line.

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