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  • Prescribed burn under control

    Fire managers have been treating a 6,500 acre La Sotella Prescribed Burn area eight miles south of Abiquiu with hand and aerial ignitions.

    The burn is within prescription and is under control.

    Currently the burn is releasing a lot of smoke, which is drifting east towards the small communities north of Espanola including El Duende, Chamita, San Juan and Hernandez.  Smoke also is very visible from I-25 and US 285.

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  • PEN&INKee^POSSIBILITIES: Ballet’s details

    My sister and I both took ballet lessons as kids. And while my sister embraced the art for years, my reception to it was only lukewarm.

    To tell the truth, my favorite part was the costumes. As long as I had a tutu filled with tulle and sequins, I was pretty much content.

    Kim took things farther. She actually wore those satin pink toe shoes. When she received her first pair, she let me try them on. I quickly found out that for this art, you have to accept some degree of pain.

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  • Lane closures for Diamond project delayed

    Residents on Sycamore and Ridgeway will have to wait just a little bit longer for the lane closures associated with the Diamond Drive Phase 3 project work to begin.

    Though flyers went out to residents who live in the area, alerting them to the beginning of the construction, problems with striping equipment has delayed the onset of the work.

    RMCI Inc. has begun moving their equipment to the worksite in preparation for the beginning of the project, but it seems that the lane closures will be delayed by a couple of days.

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  • NMSU-led grazing partnership picked for the preserve

    The Valles Caldera Trust has chosen a diversified breeding stock program this year for its summer grazing season on the national preserve.

    “It creates an enterprise that can dramatically improve the production of livestock for higher elevation ranching, promote economic development in the region and allows the Preserve to further enhance the self-sustaining, environmental and cultural goals set by the Valles Caldera Preservation Act,” said the Trust’s Executive Director Gary Bratcher in an announcement Tuesday.

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  • Union passes reduction in contracts, one day of unpaid leave

    Money is tight for everyone, including Los Alamos Schools.

    Ellen Mills, president of the Los Alamos Federation of School Employees, warned the school board Tuesday night that even though the proposal to reduce teacher’s contracts to 185 days and to take one day of unpaid leave was approved, the union is displeased.

    “You need to understand,” she said, “People are not happy.”

    She added they are hoping that there is a way in the future to make cuts “so our staff is not going backwards.”

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  • Skate park to close temporarily

    Skaters looking to blow off some steam at the skate park will have to find another way to entertain themselves until Friday, at least.

    Beginning today through Thursday, the skate park will be closed because crews will be taking care of some caulking at the site. Closure signs will be posted at the park.

    The caulking work is being done by California Skate Parks Inc., the company that constructed the park in front of Mesa Public Library.

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  • LANS has new staff director

    Jerry Ethridge has been selected as the new executive staff director for Los Alamos National security, LLC, the partnership that manages the laboratory.

    Ethridge comes to the position having previously worked at Hanford and Idaho national laboratories, as well as having had senior management positions at LANL, as associate director for the former Infrastructure and Site Services Directorate and then as program manager in Weapons Physics.

    He replaces Joe Scarpino, who departed for a new assignment in December 2008, according to a laboratory announcement.

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  • Council tackles multiple issues

    During Tuesday’s meeting, Youth Mobilizers, Emi Weeks, Annie Chroninger, Josh Dolin and Max Argo presented results to council of various surveys they’ve conducted this school year including how teens spend their money, how the skate park is doing and why teens drop out of school.

    The Los Alamos High School juniors and seniors credit the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board for making it possible for them to conduct the surveys. They’ve presented their findings to the Los Alamos Board of Education and other organizations.

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  • Art projects plentiful in LA

    Art buffs and those who are interested in yet-to-be-placed artwork in Los Alamos County may find the Art in Public Places Board meeting of interest. 

    The meeting is held the second Wednesday of every month in Meeting Room #1 at the Mesa Public Library. This month’s meeting will be held tomorrow, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

    There are quite a few items slated for the APP agenda, which include various art projects that are in the works in and around the county.

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  • 'Who Killed Cock Robin?' - Historian wades into troubled waters

    Local historian Paul Kraemer has not rewritten history in his new monograph, published earlier this year in the Nutshell Series by the Los Alamos Historical Society.

    But he has given ample rationale for the title, “An Alternative View of New Mexico’s 1837 Rebellion.”

    As he noted in the first paragraph, “Dozens of writers have raised questions about the violence that broke out in New Mexico in that year.”

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