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Dear Editor,

“They are not long, the days of wine and roses/out of a misty dream/our path emerges for a while then closes/ within a dream.” Vitae Summa Brevis, Ernest Dowson, 1896

 “Preserve our history” Los Alamos County Strategic Goals, 2005.

 There is a day, which now exists only as an old article in The Atom (July 1967) with old black and white photos; as a weed grown tracery of missed opportunities and the road not taken; as wind across an empty expanse of grass.  But oncemponcem time..............

Graduates of the Los Alamos Youth Leadership class of 2009 recently celebrated their accomplishments of the year, with a congratulatory dinner sponsored by Los Alamos National Bank.

The theme for 2009, like many other recent events, tied into the Los Alamos celebration of the 60th anniversary.

The guest speakers for the event were Mary Jean Nilsson and Jay Wechsler. Nilsson and Weschler both arrived in the early days and have seen a lot of change throughout the years.

With a picnic table at Ashley Pond ladled with food, the Los Alamos High School band parents and students celebrated Zane Meek stepping into the position of the school’s band director Tuesday.

Meek replaces Dr. Charles Faulkner, who retired this year.

Before acting as the band’s director, Meek was a graduate student at University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

He said he was attracted to Los Alamos because “I heard that the students and parents are very dedicated to the music program.”

Ruby K’s Bagel Café is the recipient of the Los Alamos Rotary Club’s 2009 Sonny Brown Award.

The prestigeous award is given to a creative and successful business that demonstrates strong customer relations and a commitment to community service.

“Ruby K’s was just what we wanted when we began looking for this year’s recipient,” selection committee chair Ralph Damiani said. “This is a business that contributes positively to the community on several levels and we are proud to present them with this award.”