CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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NMDT Ballet Performance, The Wizard of Oz LA Historical Society Lecture Series, Randy Milligan Warren Miller Ski Movie Music Performance, Jon Nakamatsu & Jon Manasse Fall Arts and Crafts Festival Antiques Discovery Day Fundraiser, Turkey Trot/ Crop Walk Author Speak Series, Erika Wurth Art Center @ Fuller Lodge, Annual Affordable Art Sale (runs thru 1/23/09) Holiday Farmers Market
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December 2008 3 Brown Bag Performance - The Passionate Trumpet 4-6 WinterFest (LAmainstreet.com for schedule) 5 15th Annual Creches From Around the World 5-7 DALA Ballet Performance, The Nutcracker 5-7 LAHS Olions Theater Performance, The One Acts 6 CB FOX Holiday Giveaway 6 MainStreet's Holiday Lights Parade 6 Ashley Pond Tree Lighting 6 Holiday Gordons' Concert, South by Southwest 11-13 LAHS Olions Theater Performance, The One Acts 13 The Night They Missed the Forest for the Trees 14 Community Winds Concert, Christmas with the Winds 18 Author Speaks Series: Doris Francis 31 Hilltop House New Year's Party - Midnight Door Prizes Drawings!
South by Southwest is the featured act at this year's Holiday Gordons' Concert 7pm at Fuller Lodge December 6th
Volunteer Spotlight... Evangeline "Vangie" Hodge
came to Los Alamos in 1979 with her then husband, when they both accepted positions at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. They raised two daughters in Los Alamos, Frances and Antonie, now ages 26 and 30. One lives in Guatemala and one just moved back to Albuquerque from Las Vegas, Nevada. Vangie was born in the Philippines and educated at the University of New Mexico. She has a MS degree in Chemistry. She came to this country because, as Vangie says, "The pastures were greener." She visited several places in the country before ending up in New Mexico and she's so glad she ended up in such a beautiful spot in New Mexico. She has a brother in New Jersey. Vangie went to work at the lab in May of 1979 and has been working there almost thirty years as a chemist doing analytical chemistry on wastewater. This kind of work involves the use of modern technology and instrumentation to keep abreast of the State and EPA regulations.
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At LANL Vangie has been recognized for her excellent work many times. For instance in 1998 she received one of the "Distinguished Performance" awards. Under the Large Team Awards, her team from division CST-9, called the "Non-Mixed Waste Sampling / Chemical Analysis" was recognized. In 2008 she received the "LANL Pollution Prevention Award" from NNSA. Her team project that included nine other employees won "Best-in-Class." It was titled "Wastewater Recycling at LANL." Just to get a feel for what she does at the lab, the description of this project is: "This Radioactive Liquid Waste treatment Facility reduced the amount of reverse osmosis concentrate (ROC) that needs treatment by the evaporator. Instead of sending all of the ROC directly to the evaporation, it was recycled to an intermediate storage tank before being recycled and blended with influent. The amount of ROC that is wasted was reduced fourfold and total cost savings exceed $1.3 million per year." She joined the Los Alamos Visitor Center in September 2004 as our volunteer "photographer." She's attended all of our major events over the years from the County Fair Parade to Trick-or-Treat Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation