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Teen Center and Nature Center Move to Phase 2

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The County’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Evaluation and Oversight Committee held a public hearing Thursday in Council Chambers for those applicants who have indicated that they are ready to move from Phase 1 (Study) to Phase 2 (Design/Construction). The committee passed unanimously Phase 2 applications for both the Teen Center and the Nature Center for the Pajarito Environmental Education Center.
 
The CIP Committee’s recommendations for approval will be forwarded to County Administrator Harry Burgess. Burgess could then take
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Los Amigos de Valles Caldera Makes Significant Restoration Progress

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By Greg Kendall

Volunteers create a ‘Zuni’ rock bowl. Bill Zeedyk of Zeedyk Ecological Consulting has co-designed an innovative water retention structure called a ‘Zuni’ rock bowl which creates small meandering pools along a creek path. Zeedyk advises Los Amigos on riparian restoration at the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Courtesy/Los Amigos de Valles Caldera

 

 

Los Amigos de Valles Caldera, the non-profit “friends” organization of the Valles Caldera National Preserve was formed in 2006 to help the Preserve accomplish its many goals. Now in its sixth year, the Amigos can Read More

A Day Trip Excursion by Rail

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My wife and I decided to take an excursion down to Albuquerque for the afternoon on the Rail Runner a while back. We parked in downtown Santa Fe at the Rail Yard in the new underground parking lot. It cost a buck to park all day.

We took the short walk to the train depot and jumped on board at 11:20 a.m. Upstairs in the train there are groupings of four seats that face each other with a narrow table in between.

A ticket taker shows up after a while and you pay with cash or by credit card. The round trip to Albuquerque cost 8 bucks for adults, 6 for seniors and kids under 10 free. The trip is very scenic. In Santa

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LA Youth Mobilizers – LA Youth Food Project Survey Report

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Attached by a link is the report of the survey given to all 7th and 8th graders @ LAMS after the November 2011 Pep Rally for the LA Youth Food Project. The survey and resulting report was created by the Los Alamos Youth Mobilizers (Myles Gurle, Daniel McCurdy, Sarah Park, Cydney Remelius) and was published in March 2012.  It is in Microsoft Word Document format. The Los Alamos Youth Mobilizers are sponsored by the Los Alamos Family YMCA and the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board.

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