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  • Human resources director enables cultural resource

    Even in this age of multitasking it seems a little out of character that the human resources director at Los Alamos Public Schools is also organizing a new school program in theater arts.

    But that’s what James Telles is doing.

    Along with his administrative responsibilities, he is coordinating and developing Atomic City Children’s Theater, a drama program for the elementary schools.

    It’s an arts-enrichment program, meant to be fun and also provide a lot of important educational vitamins.

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  • Diamond Drive Phase 2 almost finished

    Work on the Diamond Drive Phase II Project continues to move toward completion. While the original ssubstantial completion due date of Oct. 27 has come and gone, ongoing contract adjustments are expected to extend the substantial completion date to approximately Tuesday.

     

    Substantial completion means that all major aspects of the project are completed, including the roadway paving and striping, a fully functional traffic signal at Diamond and 38th/Arkansas, and placement of all traffic control devices.

     

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  • Time to weigh in on new animal shelter

    Plans to construct a new animal shelter are moving forward in order to give homeless pets a new place to call home.

     

    County staff hosted an Animal Shelter Schematic Design Open House at the Los Alamos Dog Obedience Club facility at 246 East Road Wednesday evening.

     

    Drawings were on display for the public to review. They also had an opportunity to present ideas to county staff.

     

    Friends of the Shelter board member Sally Wilkins was delighted with the process surrounding the project.

     

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  • Udall says he’ll back labs

    Voters on Tuesday elected Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., to replace Republican Sen. Pete Domenici who retires Dec. 31. Just what that means to Los Alamos and Los Alamos National Laboratory will take time to determine, said Rep. Jeannette Wallace during an interview Thursday.

     

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  • Institute sponsors astronomy conference

    A major conference that brings New Mexico’s extensive astronomical resources together with a national and international community of scientists will take place later this month.

     

    The conference, “The Great Surveys Workshop,” sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), has a broad agenda for coordinating efforts toward the next two decades of cosmic surveys.

     

    IAS’s Astrophysics and Cosmology Center, led by astrophysicist Salman Habib, will host the event.

     

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  • New councilors target meaningful community connection

    Newly elected county council candidates Vincent Chiravalle, Sharon Stover and Mike Wismer gathered at the Monitor Friday to discuss their vision for enhancing the strengths of the current council.

    All three commended the current council for its many accomplishments and credited county staff for their continual hard work and dedication to improve Los Alamos.

    The new councilors also discussed concerns voiced by the community during their months of campaigning.

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  • Airport basin project ahead of schedule

    It’s been a few months since the Airport Basin Site Project was started and it seems that things are starting to take shape.

    Capital Projects Director Anne Laurent and Project Manager David Apple presented council with a quarterly update during the county council meeting on Monday night at the community building.

    According to county documents, on Sept. 30, the council approved the second amendment Guaranteed Maximum Price #2 to the Hansel Phelps Services Agreement.

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  • Serving those who served

    New Mexico is receiving two 38-foot motor coaches from the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (USDVA) in Washington, D.C.

    The mobile centers will serve military Veterans, according to a news release by the New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services (NMDVS) Friday.

    The vehicles will be outfitted to allow counseling services in a comfortable and confidential setting, according to the release.

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  • Recharge and other solutions for the water supply

    Recharge and other solutions for the water supply

    Zooming down from a high-angle view of the earth to one watershed and one facet of a set of interrelated environmental problems, the geologist focused on sustaining clean water in this century.

    A supercomputing specialist in hydrological sciences from California’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Andrew Tompson painted some of the big-picture symptoms related to fresh water resources in the world and then plunged into the role science played in a tough situation.

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  • Giving youth a voice

    Annie Chroninger, Josh Dolin, and Emi Weeks are three high school students working as part of a new program called “Youth Mobilizers.”

    The YMCA employs the Youth Mobilizers four afternoons a week to research issues affecting local youth.

    The Family YMCA, in partnership with the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board, started the Youth Mobilizer program last school year.  

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