Obituary: Thomas P. McLaughlin May 10, 1943 – Nov. 13, 2024
THOMAS P. MCLAUGHLIN May 10, 1943 – Nov. 13, 2024
Thomas McLaughlin, 81, passed away peacefully in his home in the arms of his son, Patrick, on Wednesday November 13, 2024, after a battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).
We love and miss you Dad/Grandpa, you are forever in our hearts. “Grandpa was the best” said one grandchild and another added “He always supported us and was at every activity we had, even when he was very ill.” Tom was a devoted brother, father, grandfather, husband, and child of God. He is now reunited with his wife, Karen, in Jesus’s loving arms.
Tom was born on Nantucket Island, Read More
Santa Fe Pro Musica To Participate In New Mexico Museum Of Art Annual Holiday Open House And Organ Recital
On Saturday, Dec, 14, Santa Fe Pro Musica will present a free, half-hour organ recital featuring local keyboard extraordinaire David Solem. Courtesy/ASPM
Santa Fe Pro Musica News:
SANTA FE—On Saturday, Dec, 14, Santa Fe Pro Musica will present a free, half-hour organ recital featuring local keyboard extraordinaire David Solem.
This concert is part of the New Mexico Museum of Art’s Holiday Open House, a beloved Santa Fe tradition.
WHAT
- Holiday Open House—Organ Concert
WHEN
- Saturday, December 14 at Noon
WHERE
- St. Francis Auditorium in the New Mexico Museum of Art 107 West Palace Ave. Santa
BLM To Begin Selling Christmas Tree Permits In New Mexico
SANTA FE – Bureau of Land Management (BLM) offices will begin selling personal Christmas tree permits for harvest of piñon and juniper.
Permits will be available beginning Nov. 20 for the Farmington and Taos Field Offices and New Mexico State Office, Nov. 29 for the Socorro Field Office and Dec. 2 for the Rio Puerco Field Office.
The permits must be purchased before Dec. 24. The cost per tree is $5. Permits and maps may be obtained over the counter at your local BLM Office or online for some locations at forestproducts.blm.gov.
If purchasing online, you must have access to a printer for printing Read More
Samaritan’s Purse Collections Underway At New Beginnings Fellowship Through Nov. 25
COMMUNITY News:
Collections for Samaritan’s Purse starts today at New Beginnings Fellowship at 112 East Road.
Samaritan’s Purse sends gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to children in need around the world together with the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
There are four steps to packing a shoebox:
- Start with a shoebox … Start with an average-size cardboard or plastic shoebox.
- Pick and age and gender and label your shoebox … Use the label to indicate on your shoebox whether it was packed for a boy or girl and which age category: 2–4, 5–9, or 10–14.
- Fill your shoebox
Los Alamos Geological Society To Meet Tuesday
Los Alamos Geological Society Board President Patrick Rowe is the featured speaker at Tuesday’s meeting. Courtesy/LAGS
LAGS News:
The Los Alamos Geological Society (LAGS) will meet 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the Los Alamos Christian Church at 92 East Road.
LAGS Board President Patrick Rowe will give a presentation on “The History of Silver Mining in New Mexico”. This was the same presentation he gave at the New Mexico Mineral Symposium hosted earlier this year by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
New Mexico has a wonderful endowment of silver (and other minerals) due to Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Decorating Light Poles
On the job in Los Alamos today are County crew members hanging the annual Christmas wreathes and garland on the light poles along Central Avenue. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Obituary: Shirley Papin March 3, 1935 – Nov. 11, 2024
SHIRLEY PAPIN March 3, 1935 – Nov. 11, 2024
Shirley was born in Blaine, Washington to George and Lillian Brandt amid the great depression. They relocated to Bellingham shortly after. Her parents had come from very humble circumstances and through hard work managed to achieve a middle-class life. Her father George “Turk” was a fisherman and the first boat he built was the “Shirley B” when she was a toddler. Bigger and better boats would follow but this was the foundation of what would become a solid and successful career. Last seen, the Shirley B was still afloat 70 years later.
A strong work ethic Read More
Los Alamos Community Foundation Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary With 10 Surprise ‘Gifts’ To Local Nonprofits
LACF News:
- Nominate Your Favorite Nonprofit!
LACF News —The Los Alamos Community Foundation (LACF) is celebrating its 10-year anniversary of building philanthropy in 2025 by awarding $1,000 “surprise” grants to local nonprofit organizations. LACF is giving away $1,000 a month for 10 months. The surprise gifts will be given away starting in February and continuing up to LACF’s anniversary in November—and it’s YOU who gets to award the grant.
The Foundation is looking for stories about local nonprofit organizations and their personal impact to you, someone you love, and to our community. Read More
LAHS Teacher Lori Thompson’s Sports Lit Students Interview Chancellor, Faculty And Staff At UNM-Los Alamos
Los Alamos High School (LAHS) Teacher Lori Thompson brought her Sports Lit students on a field trip Nov. 13 to interview UNM-Los Alamos Chancellor Dr. Mike Holtzclaw and faculty and staff members in the lecture hall on the college campus. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com 
UNM-Los Alamos Chancellor Mike Holtzclaw speaks with students from LAHS Teacher Lori Thompson’s Sports Lit classes Nov. 13. The students interviewed Chancellor Mike Holtzclaw along with faculty and staff members last week about their work. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com 
Scene of LAHS Teacher Lori Thompson’sRobinson: Days Of Mama Lucy Gang & Cowboy Coalition
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services
In 1984 New Mexico voters took a turn to the right, sending more moderates and conservatives of both parties to the Legislature. Back then the parties entertained a greater range of ideas.
After voters had spoken, conservatives had a new opportunity to take back the House. Rep. Jerry Sandel, a conservative Democrat from Farmington, became the swing vote that unseated House Speaker Raymond Sanchez, D-Albuquerque, and replaced him with Rep. Gene Samberson, D-Lovington.
Last month, Sandel died at 82 in Farmington, where his family Read More
Valles Caldera To Resume Collecting Entrance Fees In 2025
One of the park’s new orientation signs overlooking Valle Grande. Photo by D. Krueger/NPS
VCNP News:
JEMEZ SPRINGS – The National Park Service will resume the collection of park entrance fees at Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP) beginning Jan. 1, 2025.
VCNP will be able to retain 100 percent of the fees collected in the park for use on projects that directly benefit park visitors, including road, trail and trailhead improvements.
With this change, the NPS will also eliminate separate fees for fishing in the park. During a public comment period held this past summer, over two-thirds of Read More
Dannemann: The Illogic Of Asylum Seeker Detention
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2024 New Mexico News Services
About once a month, several volunteers from Albuquerque and Santa Fe travel to one of New Mexico’s immigrant detention prisons.
They are from VIDA, Volunteers for Immigrants in Detention Albuquerque (abqvida.org). They go to provide comfort and solace for incarcerated asylum seekers who are mostly abandoned in a prison where conditions are miserable. They are not lawyers and don’t provide legal services.
The VIDA members are part of a coalition seeking to end immigrant detention in New Mexico. There will probably be Read More
Toppers Fall To Gadsden High School Panthers 14-43
The Los Alamos High School Hilltopper football team runs onto the field at Sal Gonzales Stadium Saturday afternoon to play the Gadsden High School Panthers in a quarterfinal game in Anthony. In spite of the score, it was a very good game played by both team with lots of action, but the Panthers overcame the Toppers to win the contest 43-14 and the loss closed out the Topper’s season. The Toppers had a very good season, winning the 5A-1 district championship with a 7-0 district record and 8-4 overall record. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Quarterback Kyle Evenhus looks for a receiver. He passed Read More
New Mexico House Democrats Choose Diverse Leadership
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SANTA FE – New Mexico House Democrats united Saturday behind a diverse leadership team to steer the caucus for the next two years. Caucus leadership elections came on the heels of a consequential General Election, in which New Mexico voters maintained a strong Democratic majority in the Roundhouse, despite substantial Republican gains nationwide.
Current Speaker of the House Javier Martínez (D-Albuquerque) won the caucus’s nomination Read More
Full Moon Fading Away Sunday Night Over Velarde
The full moon is fading away Sunday night over Velarde. Photo by Johnnie Martinez Read More
Catch Of The Week: Apple Store Text Scams
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Nothing gets your attention more than a text or email letting you know an unauthorized purchase has been made on your account, am I right?
Well, scammers know that too and they are actively taking advantage of it in a recent text scam I observed on my own phone.
Check it out, what do you think? Gets your attention, right?
Image of scam text message
So at first glance, you might freak out a little, the text is saying there’s an unauthorized charge, and at first glance you can see it’s directing you to go to a legitimate apple domain, Read More
Rodgers And Hammerstein’s ‘Oklahoma!’ Opens Nov. 21
Laurey and Curly. Courtesy/Tri-M Productions
Cowboys versus farmers. Courtesy/Tri-M Productions
Tri-M Productions News:
Tri-M Productions will perform Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic of America musical theater, “Oklahoma!” opening Nov. 21 for one weekend only at the big St. Francis Auditorium of the New Mexico Museum of Art on the Santa Fe Plaza. Directed by Marilyn Barnes with music direction by Kathlene Ritch, this production features wonderful choreography by Laura Orozco Garrett (formerly of Moving Arts Española and now Keshet Dance and Center for the Arts in Albuquerque). Read More
Saenz: Fiber Optics And Transparency – A Need For Los Alamos (Part 1)
By ALLAN SAENZ
Owner
SALA Los Alamos Event Center and Los Alamos Network
This Saturday morning, many of us woke up to some surprising news. Two significant items have suddenly appeared on the agenda for the upcoming County Council meeting, set to be approved with barely any notice. The first is a proposed $9.8 million purchase of three properties on Diamond Drive—a decision that seems to have come out of nowhere.
The second is about the Community Broadband Project, which has been in development for over 20 years and has already consumed millions of taxpayer dollars. Both items are being pushed Read More
Kiwanis Club Opens 2024 See’s Candy Storefront
By BROOKE DAVIS
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos
See’s Candy is back in town!
The Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos has announced that See’s Candy will be available starting Nov. 22 for purchase at UPEX in time for your holiday giving and enjoying.
Please stop by and see all the sweet and tempting goodies that we offer!
Your purchase, in addition to being tasty, will help us in support of all our youth programs in the community.
See’s Candy will also be available at our online storefront from now until Dec. 6. Ordering may be done at https://tinyurl.com/LAKiwanisSeesCandies.
Shipping is free to a single address Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center: Nov. 18-21, 2024
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring of old media, shooting and editing, live streaming and drone photography and videography.
For information, call 505.662.7228 or visit pac8cmc.com.
PAC 8 Television schedule for Nov. 18-21, 2024:
Monday, Nov. 18, 2024
- 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! LIVE
- 10 a.m. — The Thom Hartmann Program
- 2 p.m. — The Randi Rhodes Show
- 3 p.m. — Democracy Now
- 5 p.m. — PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
- 6 p.m. — Financial Fitness – The Money Doctor
- 6:30 p.m. — Los Alamos Historical Society 08:00 PM A Chat with Glendora
