Northern New Mexico educator and musician Cipriano Vigil, center, sang traditional New Mexican folk songs and told stories, in words and music with his guitar and fiddle at Tuesday's opening event for the Lab's Hispanic Heritage Month observance in the Administration Building Auditorium at Technical Area 3. Shown with Vigil are his son, Cipriano Vigil Jr., right, and Nicholas Martin. The Hispanic Diversity Working Group and the Diversity (DVO) Office are sponsoring the observance at the Lab. Inset photo: Vigil performs with a fiddle. The next Hispanic Heritage Month event is scheduled for noon, Oct. 7 at the Materials Science Laboratory Auditorium at TA-3. Carlos Ramirez, executive director of University of New Mexico, Los Alamos will speak. For more information, go to the Hispanic Heritage Month Web site at http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/dvo/hdwg/hhm/hhmonth03.htm online. Or see the Sept. 16 Daily Newsbulletin. Photos by LeRoy N. Sanchez, Public Affairs
