Los Alamos Kite Festival Friday, May 17 through Sunday, May 19 Overlook Park
Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series featuring "What Made Milwaukee Famous." 7-10 p.m. Friday, May 17 at Overlook Park Soccer Field. Kite Festival 12 - 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Children of all ages are welcome to come and join the festivities. Whether you build a kite, fly a kite, enjoy a picnic with family and friends, or just take in the artful scene, this is a community tradition not to be missed.

Stones in His Pockets 7:30 p.m.

The public is invited to attend an upcoming musical concert hosted by Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) Catholic Church of Los Alamos -- the third in its series of free concerts to raise money for the Catherine LeClaire Memorial Organ Fund.

The concert will take place at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 19 at IHM, and will showcase the talents of a number of fine musicians from IHM and other churches and musical groups from around northern New Mexico.

Among the featured groups will be an accapella group of twelve voices “Memorare” (meaning ‘To Remember’) formed from experienced singers who were

Public Works Projects:

For more information about the projects listed below, e-mail lacpw@lacnm.us, call 662-8150, or visit the “Projects” link at www.losalamosnm.us. Please slow down and use caution as you travel through these construction areas.

Eastern Area 2 Concrete, Paving & Utility Project– Phase 2: Canyon Road remains closed with a “rolling”closure between Rim Road and 15^th Street; the closure shifts closer to 15^th Street as work on the sewer line progresses.

Resident Pedestrian Access: Beginning on Monday, the Contractor will run a van

Custom vehicles on display at the 2012 ChamberFest Car Show. Courtesy photo

CHAMBER News:

The thrillls and chills of ChamberFest are set for June 8 in downtown Los Alamos.

The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce hosts the annual event to provide an opportunity for its members to present their products and services to the Los Alamos community.

Chamber members set up display booths throughout downtown staffed by representatives with information about their businesses - many offer games and giveaways.

Claire Roybal & Associates, along with Atomic City Corvettes and the Santa Fe Concorso, will

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico's Third District and a member of the Safe Climate Caucus spoke on the House floor last night about how enhancing green job training programs at community colleges can prepare workers for careers in a clean energy economy that helps address the impacts of climate change.

The Safe Climate Caucus, a group of Democratic members who are highlighting the need for action on climate change through daily floor speeches and other activities. Watch Luján's speech here:

Weather permitting, the public is invited to come out, wander among the telescopes and star gaze. The main event of the evening will be looking at the tight grouping of three planets in the west: Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter.

The three planets will form a triangle that will fit inside a small, 2.5 degree circle above the western horizon.

How the Hen House Turns: Turkeys are not Chickens

Turkey One, we called her Turkey, arrived from the feed store with one other turkey poult and three chicken chicks. She didn’t bond with the latter three, not even after the second turkey poult refused to live.

They do that. Some newly hatched turkeys give up. It doesn’t make sense after all that work getting out of the shell. Some simply refuse to eat. Websites tell me that commercial turkey raisers run colored beads through the feed so they will be stimulated to "hunt."

When our two new turkey

PACE RACE News:

David Kratzer was just 3 seconds shy of a perfect prediction in Tuesday's pace race.

The annual staggered-start pace-race/fun-run was held Tuesday on the White Rock bike path. The predictors with the slowest times started first from Piñon/Rocket Park, and the ones with the fastest times started last. The Jones family had many good predictions.

The best predictors (and the time that they were off their prediction) for the 1 mile were Emilee Jones (16 seconds), Makaeka Jones (17 seconds), Morgan Jones (18 seconds),

SANTA FE—The public is invited to comment on the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s 8th amendment to the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP.) 

The program will serve as a four year plan for the state’s federal aid highway program. The STIP contains proposed road and bridge projects and is required under the federal legislation. Projects on the list are on federal and state highways (roads with I, U.S. or NM designations).

The NMDOT has posted the 2012-2015 STIP amendment on the Internet asking for public comment until Thursday, June 20. In addition, NMDOT

NM PBS News:

New Mexico Attorney General Gary King talks about the state’s water battle with Texas on this week’s edition of NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS, airing 7 p.m. Friday, May 17 on New Mexico PBS/KNME 5.1.

With both states mired in historic droughts, every drop of water has the potential to be contentious. The A.G. says it amounts to “water rustling” but is there anything the state can do to prevent a Texan water grab?

Also on the program, open government issues still swirl around King and the Martinez administration as the two prepare to do battle in 2014.

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