.....Advertisement.....
.....Advertisement.....

Today's News

  • Update 05-04-12

    Breakfast

    The Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos is hosting a Pancake Breakfast from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. Eggs, sausage and pancakes will be served.

    Council forum

    Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce and the Los Alamos Monitor have invited all County Council candidates to participate in a forum set for 6 p.m. May 17. Watch for more details in the Los Alamos Monitor.

    'Cowboy Poet'

    Los Alamos Little Theatre presents, “Cowboy Poet,” at 7:30 p.m. today through May 19, with a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee May 13. Tickets can be purchased at the door or at CB Fox. For more information, visit lalt.org.

    Chuckwagon dinner

    Click here to read more...
  • Valles Caldera Preserve adds a trustee

    The Audubon Society now counts one of its own among the leadership of the Valles Caldera Trust.

    New Mexico Executive Director Karyn Stockdale was confirmed as the newest member of the Valles Caldera Board of Trustees this week.  She is the fourth Trustee appointed by President Barack Obama and follows Dr. Melissa Savage and Dr. Ken Smith who were appointed in August 2010, and the recently named Kent Salazar who was sworn in during the March board meeting in Albuquerque.

    Click here to read more...
  • Sandia ships final barrels of TRU waste to WIPP facility

    Sandia National Laboratories on Wednesday shipped its final four truckloads of radioactive legacy waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad.

    Gov. Susana Martinez was on hand for a press conference marking the final shipment of the so-called transuranic waste. 

    “This is a significant milestone in our efforts to protect New Mexico’s environment and keep our state beautiful,” Martinez said. “Today’s final shipment of TRU waste demonstrates an important partnership with Sandia National Laboratories as we work to preserve our state for future generations.”

    Click here to read more...
  • First Homestead Marker Installed

    Approximately two years ago, M. Isabel Grant Hill approached Gerald Strickfaden, chair of the Fuller Lodge Historic Districts Advisory Board (FLHDAB), and asked him how she could get a marker at Guaje Pines Cemetery to commemorate the site of her family’s homestead.

    That  sparked the board to launch an initiative to commemorate all the historic homestead sites. The county council approved the Los Alamos Historic Homestead Tour in August, 2010.

    The first marker was installed during a small ceremony Thursday morning at the site where Grant Hill’s father, Ottie Oman Grant, homesteaded.

    “I’m very excited, very honored,” Grant Hill said. “I’m very thankful to the county for doing this.”

    Click here to read more...
  • Accused child rapist released on bond

    Shortly after accused child rapist 21-year-old Stephen Geisik was released from jail Tuesday on a $10,000 signature bond, he was named in dispatch logs later that night for allegedly calling and harassing a 16-year-old Los Alamos female.

    As part of the conditions of his release, he was not supposed to make contact with minors with the exception of his son.

    Los Alamos Police Department’s Capt. Randy Foster said it’s not known if the caller was, in fact, Geisik.

    The District Attorney did not file a continuance in the case so judge Pat Casados released Geisik on a $10,000 signature bond. But if Geisik violated any stipulations of his release, he would be put back in jail and would have to pay that $10,000 back to the court, Casados said.

    Click here to read more...
  • Homestead Commemoration Week

     

    The Los Alamos County Council has issued a proclamation declaring the Week of May 13-20, 2012 as "Homestead Commemoration Week" in Los Alamos, in celebration of the kickoff for the Los Alamos Homestead Tour.

    WHEREAS:      On May 20, 150 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act; and

    WHEREAS:      Homesteading began on the Pajarito Plateau in the late 1880s; and

    Click here to read more...
  • Church Listings 05-04-12

    Baha’i Faith
    For information, e-mail losalamosla@gmail.com. For general information, call the Baha’i Faith phone at 1-800-228-6483.

    Bethlehem Lutheran
    Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, a member of the ELCA, 2390 North Road, 662-5151; see a map at bethluth.com. Bruce Kuenzel, pastor. Worship services are at 8:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., with coffee and doughnuts served between services during our Education Hour. The preaching is biblical, the music is lively, children are welcome and abundant, and a well-staffed nursery is provided. All are welcome. Come Join the Family.

    Click here to read more...
  • OLW welcomes the growing season Sunday

    Our Lady of the Woods a Wiccan coven based in Los Alamos, will celebrate Beltane at 2 p.m. Sunday in front of the Unitarian church in Los Alamos with a ritual, feast and Maypole dance.
    Beltane is one of the most important days in the Wiccan year, marking as it does the beginning of summer, the season of growth, warmth and fertility. This period was very important for ancient cultures, dependent as they were on the success of the growing season for the survival of the community.  

    Click here to read more...
  • Bible Answers: Explaining Melchizedek's role in the Bible

    “So who is this guy Melchizedek and why is he important in the Bible?” — Stacy
     
    Melchizedek is mentioned only a few times in scripture. In the Hebrew Bible, we find him in Gen. 14:18-20 (with Abram) and in Ps. 110:4, where he is a prototype of the Davidic messiah.
    His origin is cloaked in obscurity. His place in Near Eastern history is equally opaque. What we can say is that his name means “king of righteousness.”
    He is called also the “king of Salem” (Gen. 14:18), leading many scholars to identify Melchizedek with pre-Israelite Jerusalem.

    Click here to read more...
  • What to do about social security

     The big lie of the 2012 campaign is that the nation’s entitlement programs need not be changed. The lie comes from the Democrats and is backed by fear mongering — the claim that Republican desire to fix entitlements — Democrats say “destroy Medicare as we know it” — would be awful rather than necessary.
    The entitlement programs are Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
    The PBS NewsHour snagged Nancy Altman, co-director of Social Security Works, a “social justice” organization, for an April 23 appearance. Altman said Social Security is “generally in good shape.” Upon hearing this, I almost rolled off the couch.

    Click here to read more...