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  • Reardon repeats in 1,600 at state meet

     

    ALBUQERQUE — Los Alamos’ Sean Reardon won his second consecutive Class 4A 1,600 meter run today at the UNM Track and Field Complex.

    Reardon won with a time of 4:17.58, easily outdistancing the competition.

    Ths was the first leg of his attempt to sweep the distance events at the state meet.

    See Sunday’s Los Alamos Monitor for more details.

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  • LANL selects businesses for environmental work

    Los Alamos National Laboratory has awarded a master task order agreement in which three small businesses will compete for environmental work worth up to $150 million over five years. The businesses each have offices in northern New Mexico.

    The agreement is for technical services for the Laboratory’s Environmental Programs directorate and includes work such as environmental engineering design, regulatory support, risk assessment and reporting.

    The companies chosen are Terranear PMC, Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc., and Adelante Consulting, Inc. The agreement is for three years with two additional one-year options. Task orders under this agreement will be competitively bid among the three companies based on available funding.

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  • Ex-LANL photographer to speak at MOWW

     

    The Major General Franklin E. Miles Chapter 229 of the Military Order of World Wars in Los Alamos announces Jack Clifford, well known retired Los Alamos National Laboratory photographer, will present a talk on the history of the “White Rock” in the White Rock. 

    The meeting will be Tuesday at the Los Alamos Research Park Hot Rocks Java Café, 4200 West Jemez Road, just west of the fire station.

     The meeting will begin with a social period at 6 p.m. followed by a brief business meeting and dinner at 6:25 p.m. Dinner will be catered by Hot Rocks Java Café. The presentation will begin at about 7:15 p.m. Cost of the dinner is $23 per person. 

    The Military Order of the World Wars dinner meetings are open to interested citizens for the dinner and program, or the program only at no cost. 

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  • Life coach offers public workshops

     

    LeAnne Parsons, a professional life empowerment coach, led this week’s Ruby K’s Community Hour. “Words that Hurt, Words that Heal,” was the discussion about the power of words. 

    The interactive seminar is designed to help navigate situations in life where one needs to make a connection with another human being. Parsons plans more seminars in the future. 

    Parsons is a member of the International Coaching Federation and soon will gain her certification as an Energy Leadership Master Practitioner from the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching. As a coach, she specializes in helping women regain their voice and learning to “Walk their Talk.” Her website is walkyourtalkwithleanne.com.

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  • Council supports housing proposals

    Housing – especially workforce and affordable housing – has been high on Los Alamos County’s list of priorities for a number of years. 

    Los Alamos County’s new housing manager, Paul Andrus, has spent his first seven months evaluating what initiatives the county has in place and developing some new ideas as well. 

    Andrus shared the results of that work with council at Tuesday’s work session, outlining ways to attract commuters to relocate in the county, increase workforce and affordable housing, provide for the changing housing needs of an aging population and address issues regarding aging housing stock and declining property conditions.

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  • Ride of Silence

    Around 30 people came together Wednesday night at Ashley Pond in order to honor cyclists injured or killed in accidents on the road through an event called the Ride of Silence. 

    Lily Cohen, a recent addition to the Los Alamos community whose close friend was killed during a cross-country cycling trip, organized the event. Khalil Spencer helped spread the word, turning Cohen’s efforts into a successful, emotional event. 

    As cyclists began arriving before the scheduled 6:30 p.m. event time, Cohen handed out black armbands and spoke a few words about the reason she organized this event.

    “I was inspired to organize this event by my friend Paige who was killed while cycling across the country. Remembering Paige and her indescribable energy is what gave me the courage to take a risk and move out to Los Alamos. She inspires me to be ridiculous every day,” Cohen said.

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  • Group waves off renewal of Regional Coalition pact

     

    The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities will have to conduct another search for an executive director.

    In a statement released to the Los Alamos Monitor Thursday night, DeAnza Sapien of the MVM Group announced her organization will not be renewing the contract that is up on Aug. 1.

    The Coalition met in Española Friday where Sapien made the announcement.

    “The MVM Group has enjoyed serving as the Executive Office of the Regional Coalition and unfortunately, we are not going to pursue a renewal of our Regional Coalition Executive Services Agreement. After serious consideration and review of our business over the past year, the partners of the MVM Group have decided that, based on our current business model, we will not pursue a renewal of the contract,” Sapien said. 

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  • This week's Cone Zone

     

    RMCI is required to maintain safe vehicular and pedestrian access throughout the project.

    The location of existing utilities, placement of new utilities and maintaining vehicular traffic has made it impossible to keep the swing of equipment out of the pedestrian path. 

    Beginning Monday, RMCI will use a 15-passenger van to transport pedestrians through the Canyon Road construction site.

     The van will make the route every 5 to 7 minutes all day long and will safely carry pedestrians through the project. 

    The route will start at 9th and Canyon headed north on Canyon and will make the loops at Nugget and Opal, and Piñon Loop (north and south covered in both directions). 

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  • Busy weekend at Bandelier

    Saturday is National Kids to Parks Day.

    What better way to get ready for summer break than getting kids to parks, and getting them interested in visiting more parks? This Saturday is a good day to bring the whole family to Bandelier National Monument to become Junior Rangers.  Most National Parks participate in the Junior Ranger Program, which is a fun way to learn about parks, and to get rewarded for your efforts by earning a Junior Ranger patch.

    At Bandelier Visitor Center, workbooks with some fun, fairly easy activities are available to complete during your visit. When you are ready to leave, bring completed workbooks to the Visitor Center and earn your patch.  Bandelier has workbooks and patches for several age groups, including adults! The Junior Ranger workbooks and patches are free.

    For more information about the Junior Ranger Program, please call the Visitor Center at 505-672-3861, ext 517. For More information about Bandelier National Monument and to keep up with our news, "like" BandelierNPS on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

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  • Moniz confirmed as Energy Secretary

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Physicist Ernest Moniz won unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to be the nation’s new energy secretary.

    Moniz, 68, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, replaces Steven Chu, who served as energy secretary in President Barack Obama’s first term. Moniz served as an energy undersecretary in the Clinton administration.

    Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, called Moniz “solution-oriented” and said he is “smart about energy policy and savvy about Energy Department operations.”

    Obama hailed Moniz as “a world-class scientist with expertise in a range of energy sources and a leader with a proven record of bringing prominent thinkers and innovators together to advance new energy solutions.”

    Moniz shares his belief that “the United States must lead the world in developing more sustainable sources of energy that create new jobs and new industries, and in responding to the threat of global climate change,” Obama said in a statement.

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