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  • Musical duo share their Scenic Roots

    Amber and Erin Rogers are Scenic Roots. The sisters perform original and traditional Ozark, Appalachian and Celtic music on mountain dulcimer, fiddle and clawhammer banjo.
    Scenic Roots perform 7 p.m., June 10, at Morning Glory Bakery. The show is part of the duo’s nine-state spring 2013 concert tour. Both women have degrees in commercial music from the renowned bluegrass program at South Plains College.
    Amber’s musical journey began when she started playing fiddle when she was only four. Her contest successes include the prestigious Walnut Valley Old Time Fiddle Championship.
    Erin’s musical journey began when she started playing piano at age five and mountain dulcimer, a string instrument, at age seven. She won the National Mountain Dulcimer Contest at age 17, at that time the youngest ever to win this title.
    In 2007, Erin was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. As she went through chemotherapy and battled her cancer, music became an important part of the healing process. Erin would take her dulcimer to play during her chemotherapy sessions and later learned other patients would ask to schedule their therapies at the same times just so they could enjoy Erin’s music. She is now cancer free and works to share the healing touch of music with others.

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  • Lunch lecture highlighted Pajarito Plateau

    May 29 marked the first presentation of the year in a series of informal, brown bag lunch lectures taking place in the Bradbury Science Museum Auditorium.
    The first lecture, “A Little Bird Told Me: The Prehistory of the Pajarito Plateau,” was hosted by Dr. Jennifer E. Payne, a Team Leader for the archaeologists and cultural resources managers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
    In honor of National Heritage Preservation Month, the presentation focused on the high density of archaeological sites present on LANL property and the archeologists’ role in preserving these sites.
    “I have been involved in many successful archaeological projects during my time at the laboratory. The Land Conveyance and Transfer Project excavations from 2002-2006 allowed us to learn a lot about the prehistory of the Pajarito Plateau. We also had the privilege of developing professional relationships with Tribal Monitors from the Pueblo de San Ildefonso and Santa Clara Pueblo. That experience is one of the highlights of my time at the laboratory,” Payne said of her work at LANL.

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  • People In the News 06-09-13

    The American Chemical Society announces, Kevin Gao has qualified to compete for one of four spots on the United States team bound for the 45th International Chemistry Olympiad, to be this year in Moscow, July 15-24.
    Gao is a senior at Los Alamos High School. He will spend two weeks at an intensive chemistry study camp at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado and at the conclusion the top four students will be named as members of the team.

    Ian Forsyth, of Los Alamos, has been granted the Green and Silver Presidential Scholarship to attend Eastern New Mexico University.
    Forsyth is a freshman who graduated from Los Alamos High School.
    The Presidential Scholarship covers tuition, fees, residence hall charges, and a $500 cash award per semester for a total of approximately $7,600 per year. The scholarship is only awarded to 10 students per year.

    Tessa Snyder from Los Alamos High School has been selected to Rosemont Leadership Institute’s inaugural class.
    Nearly 270 highly qualified high school juniors from across New Mexico applied to be a RLI Scholar, which includes a $25,000 scholarship to attend either University of New Mexico of New Mexico State University.

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  • News for Retirees 06-09-13

    June 9-15, 2013
    For information, call the Betty Ehart Senior Center (BESC) at 662-8920, the White Rock Senior Center (WRSC) at 662-8200 and “Day Out” (adult day care, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.) at 661-0081. Reservations must be made by 10 a.m. for daily lunches.
    Betty Ehart
    MONDAY
    8:45 a.m. Cardio
    11:30 a.m. Lunch: Soft tacos
    7 p.m. Ballroom dancing
    TUESDAY
    8:45 a.m. Variety training
    11:30 a.m. Lunch: Pollock
    7 p.m. Bridge
    7:30 p.m. Table tennis
    WEDNESDAY
    8:30 a.m. RSVP quilters
    8:45 a.m. Cardio plus exercise
    10:45 a.m. Music with Ruth
    11:30 a.m. Lunch: Chef salad
    1:15 p.m. Alzheimer’s support
    1:15 p.m. Socrates café
    1:30 p.m. Daytime duplicate bridge
    THURSDAY
    8:30 a.m. Walk-in-the-woods — cancelled
    8:45 a.m. Variety training
    9 a.m. Toenail clipping
    11:30 a.m. Lunch: Chicken sandwich
    1:30 p.m. Tap dancing
    2 p.m. Ballroom dancing
    6:30 p.m. Chess
    7 p.m. Bridge
    FRIDAY
    9:15 a.m. Line dancing
    11:30 a.m. Lunch: Frito pie
    Noon Birthdays celebrated
    12:30 p.m. Movie: “The Great Adventure” 1975

    SATURDAY
    10 a.m.-1 p.m. BESC open
    10 a.m. Table Tennis

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  • Last chance to reserve Lunch with a Leader

    League of Women Lunch with a Leader features Representative Stephanie Garcia Richard.
    11:40 a.m. at Mesa Library. This is open to public. Bring own lunch or order a $10 lunch from Karyl Ann Armbruster. For more information, call 661-6605 or email at kaskacayman@gmail.com.
     

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  • Birth Announcements 06-09-13

    May 31 — A boy, Alexandru Nicolas Bernard, born to Stephanie and Marcel Remillieux
    May 24 — A boy, Anthony Shawn Maestas, born to Donna and Anthony Maestas
    May 26 — A girl, Cora Leigh Mark, born to Zoe and Jesse Mark
    May 28 — A boy, Chad Ray Villalobos, born to Nicole and Ray Villalobos
    May 30 — A boy, Noah Jerome Vigil, born to Maureen Armijo and Vincent Vigil
    May 31 — A boy, Kyson Paul Peterson, born to Heather and Paul Peterson
     

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  • Animal Shelter 06-09-13

    The Los Alamos Animal Shelter, 226 East Road, 662-8179, has a great selection of onsite adoptable pets just waiting for their forever home!
    Be sure to check out our brand new website at lafos.org, for more information about volunteering, adopting and donating, as well as learn more about special needs animals or cats and dogs that are currently in foster care. Check out Petfinder page for pictures and to learn more about all adoptable pets. petfinder.com/shelters/friendsoftheshelter.html.

    All adoptable pets are spayed or neutered, have their shots and come microchipped!

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  • Today In History For June 8th
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  • Only 1 of 7 next-gen tankers flying as fires burn

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — As fire season heats up, the U.S. Forest Service remains able to use only one of seven large, state-of-the-art air tanker planes it contracted last month to fight wildfires.

    The other six planes have yet to be certified, a process that could take as much as two more months under the contract terms, according to U.S Forest Service spokesman Mike Ferris at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.

    "They could come on sooner," Ferris said Friday. "They just have to go through the steps to get them certified."

    The Forest Service announced May 6 it was contracting five companies for the seven "next-generation" air tankers. The Forest Service has awarded the next-generation contracts twice in the past year — the agency did so last year but started the process over after two companies that didn't get contracts filed protests.

    One of the protesters was 10 Tanker Air Carrier, which flies two DC-10 passenger jets modified to drop fire retardant. The company won a contract in the latest round to fly one of its planes.

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  • Thompson Fire Traffic Advisory

     

    From the Arizona Incident Command Team battling the Thompson Ridge Fire:

    We would like to encourage everyone to limit activity and travel on Highway 4 from Jemez Springs to Los Alamos and Highway 126 to Cuba due to heavy fire traffic in and around the Thompson Ridge Fire.  Heavy police presence from the Sandoval and New Mexico State Police Departments will be in the area to monitor traffic.

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