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Today's News

  • Helping to maintain the great outdoors

    Jeff Humpton has always been fond of the outdoors. His love of recreation is evident from his surfing days in Orange County, Calif., to his current job as parks superintendent for Los Alamos County.

    Before moving to Los Alamos, Humpton owned his own landscaping business for 12 years.

    But after realizing how stressful it was to run your own business, Humpton opted to work for the Orange County school district. “I wasn’t going home stressed all the time and I liked knowing there was a steady paycheck,” he said.

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  • House passes energy bill with a boost

    In a rare gesture, the House added a special gratuity to a funding bill for the Department of Energy and national science laboratories that passed with a substantial majority Friday.

    In the process, they boosted the funds available for Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) by an extra 1 percent.

    “It is wonderfully refreshing to see the house show support for LDRD, which I don’t think we have seen for some time,” said Bob Kraus, deputy director for the Los Alamos LDRD.

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  • Feel at home

    This week we take a look at Asset #20, Time at Home.  According to the Search Institute, “Youth are more likely to grow up healthy when they go out ‘with nothing special to do’ two or fewer nights per week.”

    Now I’m glad that little quote comes directly from the Search Institute because I swear I heard audible gasps coming from homes throughout the community on that one. I think I’d like to rephrase this one to ask, do your children like to be at home?

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  • UNM-LA awards tenure to dean

    Dean of Instruction Kate Massengale was recently granted tenure at UNM-Los Alamos. She is the first ever tenured faculty member at UNM-LA. In addition, Massengale was promoted from assistant to associate professor.

    “We are looking to build a more substantial group of tenured faculty at UNM-LA,” Massengale said. “The UNM administration in Albuquerque has made a commitment to this endeavor, which shows their ongoing support for UNM-LA.”

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  • Following is easier way

    Dear Editor,

    It is easier to be a follower than to be a leader.  Followers don’t have to guess what the future holds, they just let the leaders take that risk.  Leaders must make decisions based on uncertain or unknown future difficulties and benefits, but must act in the present. 

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  • The dumb grid

    Dear Editor,

    I read with some interest your recent article on Smart Grids.  I manage a small company in Santa Fe, and recently we cancelled our participation in PNM’s voluntary smart grid program.  A few months ago we were approached by PNM to allow them to control our air conditioning thermostat for a reduction in our electric rate.  This sounded like a reasonable deal since they were only going to turn the thermostat up a degree or two during peak use periods.

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  • Did Thursday pass you by?

    Well, how many of you remembered to honor Thursday? It is a day that is not only important to Los Alamos but to the world.

    Thursday was the anniversary of the first atomic bomb test, conducted on July 16, 1945.

    The name of the site where the bomb went off was named Trinity, the location of the first test of a nuclear explosion ever conducted. We know that Trinity is in New Mexico, in that portion of the desert known as the Jornade del Muerto – Journey of Death – near Alamogordo.

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  • Departments to be recognized Tuesday

    County council will be back in council chambers on Tuesday and have a somewhat light agenda that night.

    The evening will begin with recognition of the county’s pavement division for awards and participation in the First Annual New Mexico Association of Counties’ Public Works Affiliate Equipped ROADEO. Lino Salazar, Billy Vigil and Scott Halder will accept the recognition.

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  • Public hearings set on changes to compulsory school attendance and English Language Arts

    The Public Education Department will conduct public hearings on rule changes for compulsory school attendance and a new rule on English language arts on Friday, July 31, in the State Capital Building, Room 317.

    Public input on Rule Number 6.10.8 Compulsory School Attendance will be held from 10  a.m. to noon.

    The amendments to the Compulsory School Attendance Rule aligns the Rule with changes that occurred to the Compulsory School Attendance Law during the 2009 Legislative Session.

    The amendments:

    • clarify the definition of unexcused absences,

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  • The heat beneath our feet

    While the public is still smarting from memories of $4-a-gallon gas, the Department of Energy is offering grants to develop renewable energy resources to reduce carbon emissions and free the country from its dependence on foreign oil.

    Could there be a better time to revisit Los Alamos National Laboratory’s one-of-a-kind, hot dry rock geothermal experiment? Could LANL’s Fenton Hill project be one of the answers demanded by uncertain times?

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