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The annual Los Alamos County Science Fair will take place Jan. 26, 2013 in the Los Alamos High School Commons Areas. The public is invited to view the projects between 1-3 p.m.
LAPS and home school students in grades four through 12 will display projects in fourth and fifth grade individual elementary, K-sixth grade elementary class, six through eighth grade junior division and nine through 12th grade senior division.
The elementary projects are divided into three categories.
The students in junior and senior divisions will compete for first, second and third place and honorable mention in 17 categories. This will give them an opportunity to participate in the Northeastern New Mexico Regional Science and Engineering Fair in Las Vegas, N.M. March 3, 2013.
Every student will receive feedback from the judges, which will assess the student’s scientific approach, skills, creativity, clarity and thoroughness. Therefore, the participation in the County Science Fair is experience for student learning.
Participation at the science fair helps the students to achieve State Standard I for every student in every grade level. This standard requires students to understand the processes of scientific investigations and use inquiry and scientific ways of observing, experimenting, predicting and validating to think critically.

Police Beat items are compiled from public information contained in Los Alamos Police Department Records. Charges or citations listed in Police Beat do not imply innocence or guilt. The Los Alamos Police Department uses the term “arrest” to define anyone who has been physically arrested, served a court summons, or issued a citation.

Oct. 4

2:28 p.m. — A 13-year-old girl reported to police she was the victim of extortion or impugning in the 300 block of El Conejo.

2:37 p.m. — Peggy Myers, 59, of Los Alamos was arrested for driving with a suspended or revoked license at the intersection of 15th Street and Central Avenue.

Oct. 5

2:30 p.m. — A 70-year-old Los Alamos woman told police she was the victim of a fraud that cost her between $100 and $250.

Oct. 8

4:15 p.m. — Juan Gonzales, 25, of Los Alamos was arrested  and charged with  assault in the intersection of Alamo and San Ildefonso Road.

Oct. 9

3:15 p.m. — A 43-year-old man reported he was the victim of someone trying to access his computer with an intent to defraud him. The crime occurred in the 2400 block of Canyon Glen.

SANTA FE (AP) — Republican Heather Wilson and Democrat Martin Heinrich each entered the final stretch of New Mexico’s Senate race with about $1 million in campaign cash, and a new poll shows Heinrich leading the contest.

According to the latest finance reports, Wilson has raised about $6.2 million since starting her campaign and Heinrich has collected nearly $5.9 million in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Jeff Bingaman.

The Democratic and Republican candidates reported cash-on-hand of slightly more than $1 million at the end of last month. Independent American Party candidate Jon Barrie had a balance of about $1,100 in his campaign account, debts of about $13,600 and has raised about $9,500 so far.

Heinrich is serving his second term representing the Albuquerque-area 1st Congressional District. Wilson held the congressional seat for five terms before running unsuccessfully in 2008 for the GOP Senate nomination.

A poll published Monday by the Albuquerque Journal found 48 percent of likely voters backing Heinrich and 39 percent supporting Wilson. Nine percent of voters were undecided and 4 percent favored Barrie. Bob Anderson of Albuquerque is a write-in candidate.

Stephanie Garcia Richard is definitely winning the battle for campaign contributions. Garcia Richard has raised a total of $82,856 since the start of the campaign, while Hall’s total is $70,975.

Of that, $36,085.15 of Hall’s total is a loan that he and his wife Janet, made to his campaign.

A significant amount of the $11,370 Hall raised in the last two months came from the Republican Party: $2.300, from the Thomas C. Taylor Election Committee; $1,200 from Santa Fe Federated Republican Women; $1,000 from Committee to Elect Nate Gentry; and $100 from the Los Alamos County Republican Central Committee.

Hall continues to show strong backing from the business community with $1,000 from Yates Petroleum Corporation; $500 from New Mexico Home Builders Political Action Fund; $300 contributed by Enterprise Products Operating, LLC; and $250 each from Admiral Beverage Corporation, Independent Community Bankers Association and Presbyterian Health Plan.

Hall has spent $11,373.03 on his campaign so far.

Garcia Richard raised $17,965 this reporting period. Nearly a third of that came from small campaign contributions, with the bulk of her funding coming from union support.