Chris Clark

Freemasons Open Doors To Community Saturday

A masonic initiation. Paris, 1745. Courtesy/wikipedia

FREEMASONS News:

ALBUQUERQUE – Freemasons across New Mexico will open the doors of their lodges Saturday to anyone who wants to see what is inside.

With most of the state’s 55 lodges participating in this open house event, the Freemasons invite everyone to come inside, meet the members, and ask all the questions you want. 

In Los Alamos, Pajarito Lodge 66 will open its doors 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1400 Sage Loop at 15th Street and Canyon Road.

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Max Gomez Plays Fuller Lodge March 20

HOTH News:
 
History Off The Hill, a teen travel group not affiliated with the local schools, is bringing musician Max Gomez to Los Alamos Friday, March 20 at Fuller Lodge.
 
Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. and drinks will be available for purchase from Don Quixote Winery/Distillery.
 
Tickets for the concert are $15 and available only at Film Festival At Home, 3601-D Arkansas St.
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Los Alamos Fencing Club Announces End-Of-Season Epee Tournament Finishers

 LAFC News:
 
The Los Alamos Fencing Club hosted an end-of-season epee tournament for the YMCA Advanced Fencing class this week.
 
The finishers include:
  • Wesley Terrones (Gold medal);
  • Dana Urbatsch  (Silver medal);
  • Mady Anderson;
  • Paige Power; and
  • Aiden Monteith.
 
“All of the fencers have worked very hard over the last year to hone their fencing skills to the level they now are,” LAFC Coach Tom Hill said. “Wesley’s flawless footwork and fast thinking on the strip carried him to the gold medal finish.
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Former Singer/Guitarist Of ‘Wardog’ Releasing Old Song: ‘Clouds Of Magellan’ Sung In Klingon

Musician Tom Gattis of Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
 
MUSIC News:
 
Tom Gattis, former singer/guitarist for 90’s Heavy/Power Metal band Wardog announces the upcoming release of an old song titled “Clouds Of Magellan,” which is sung in the Klingon language.
 
Klingon is a well-known language originating from the Star Trek television series.
 
Wardog originated from Phoenix, Ariz., in 1994, but disbanded in 2000. Tom Gattis has lived in Los Alamos since 2009 and works at Los Alamos National Laboratory
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WIPP Hosts All-Hazards Planning Meeting

WIPP News:
 
WIPP hosted the first annual All-Hazards, Offsite Interface Briefing and Regional Radiological Response Planning Meeting Feb. 20 to provide information on changes and enhancements to WIPP’s Emergency Management Program and how these changes would be coordinated with WIPP’s offsite partners.
 
The meeting was attended by local, state and federal agencies with emergency response roles related to incidents or accidents at the WIPP facility. Other organizations attending the event included the Carlsbad
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Letter to the Editor: Support Regulated Trapping On Public Lands

By GEORGE CORNELL
Jemez Springs

I thought I would take a moment to respond to Monique Beyerle’s distorted reporting (letter) on trapping in New Mexico in the Feb. 24 edition of the Los Alamos Daily Post.

I would encourage everyone to get online and read the New Mexico Dept. of Game and Fish’s five pages of regulations pertaining to trapping of wildlife in NM that is included in the current years hunting rules and info. Trapping is highly regulated – much like hunting or fishing. I certainly support the notion that everyone is entitled to their opinion – but

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Leadership Los Alamos Completes Education Session

Amy Bartlett Gaunt of Los Alamos Middle School speaks with Leadership Los Alamos participants Friday at UNM-LA. Photo by Martha Katko

From left, Lucy Foma, Doris Prokop and Monica Hernandez-Lara. Photo by Martha Katko

 

By DEBBIE HULING
LLA
 
The Leadership Los Alamos Class of 2015 participated in an Education session Friday at UNM-LA. The session was chaired by Elizabeth Martineau of the Bradbury Science Museum who also serves as president of Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation; and Dawn Venhaus, UNM-LA Department Chair for Science & Engineering, Chemistry and associate
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CIR Presents: Great Decisions

 CIR News:
 
The Santa Fe Council on International Relations (CIR) presents Great Decisions, a program of eight discussion topics focusing on current world affairs. 
 
Each meeting includes a half hour video, facilitator presentation (by CIR board member Rob Reider), Q&A participant discussion.
 
BYO lunch, light snacks and beverages are provided. This program begins 11:30 a.m to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 17 and continues for eight sessions the third Tuesday of each month through October. The meetings are at the SFCIR Conference
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United Church Of Los Alamos: Mexico Mission Auction March 21

UCLA News:
 
The United Church of Los Alamos has announced their Mexico Mission Auction date, changing the date from a Sunday to a Saturday.
 
The event will take place March 21 with a silent auction at 2 p.m., followed at 3 p.m. with a live auction. The funds will send students and sponsors to build homes for the poor during spring break.
 
Items can be donated to the church by calling 505.662.2971.
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