Announcements

Today
Nationally recognized trumpeter Jan McDonald will play at an Italian fundraiser dinner at Trinity on the Hill Church’s Kelly Hall. McDonald directed the ’Topper band for 30 years. Tickets for dinner are $8 for adults and $5 for children 10 and younger. The menu includes a choice of lasagna, fettuccine with a choice of marinara or Alfredo sauces or Asian rice noodles with spicy sauce, salad, bread, cookie and drink. Dinner will be served from 5-7 p.m. McDonald will play from 6-7 p.m. Dine-in and carry-out options are available. For more information, call 412-8739.

Mesa Public Library presents Christine Chavez, Energy Conservation coordinator of the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities, at 7 p.m. Chavez will speak on her job and current sustainability initiatives in the county.
Thursday
The League of Women Voters will have their monthly Lunch with a Leader at 11:45 a.m. at Mesa Public Library. The leader will be Becky Ehler, the new county attorney. To attend and order lunch, contact Karyl Ann Armbruster at 661-6605 or kaskacayman@gmail.com. Lunch is ordered from the Los Alamos Co-op. The meal consists of a sandwich or soup and salad and half sandwich and cookie for $10. Those who do not order lunch are welcome to attend. All orders must be received by 7 p.m. Nov. 6.

Nov. 4-10
For information, call the Betty Ehart Senior Center (BESC) at 662-8920, the White Rock Senior Center (WRSC) at 662-8200 and “Day Out” (adult day care, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.) at 661-0081. Reservations must be made by 10 a.m. for daily lunches.

Betty Ehart
MONDAY
8:45 a.m.    Cardio
11:30 a.m.    Lunch: Meatloaf
12:30 p.m.    Driver safety program
7 p.m.        Ballroom dancing
TUESDAY
8:45 a.m.    Variety training
10 a.m.    Computer users group
11:30 a.m.    Lunch: Chicken and dumplings
12;30 p.m.    Better breathers
1:30 p.m.    Ken and Glenn show
7 p.m.        Bridge
7:30 p.m.    Table tennis

WEDNESDAY
8:30 a.m.    RSVP quilters
8:45 a.m.    Cardio plus exercise
10:45 a.m.    Music with Ruth
11:30 a.m.    Lunch: Lasagna
1:15 p.m.    Socrates Café
1:30 p.m.    Tire pressure check
1:30 p.m.    Daytime duplicate bridge
THURSDAY

The Hilltalkers are seeking volunteer judges for the 50th annual Speech and Debate tournament Friday and Saturday. This year, the tournament will be at Los Alamos High School.  
If you have any questions or would like to volunteer, feel free to call coaches Janet Newton or Toni Batha at 663-2651 or 663-2540 or email Batha at m.batha@laschools.net, Newton at j.newton@laschools.net or judge coordinator Katie Haynes, at katie.haynes@comcast.net. Make sure to provide your contact information.
Individual Events include Humorous Interpretation (HI), Dramatic Interpretation (DI), Extemporaneous Speaking (Extemp), Duo Interpretation (Duo), Duet Improvisation (Duet), Original Oratory (OO), Expository Speaking (Expos) and Oral Interpretation (OI).
Debate Events include Policy Debate (CX), Lincoln-Douglas Debate (LD), and Public Forum Debate (PF).

Today
GeekOut Family Night will be from 5:30-8:30 p.m. upstairs, at Mesa Public Library. Bring your own games, or play theirs.
Thursday
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) kicks off. Are you game to write 50,000 words in 30 days, a novel in a month? It can be done. Find out more at the kick-off party in the upstairs rotunda of Mesa Public Library, from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

“Valles Caldera: The Movie, Part 1: The Science.” PEEC and Reel Deal Theater team up to show a brand new documentary about the Valles Caldera. Question and answer session after the showing with the director and LANL scientists that worked on the film. The film starts at 6 p.m. and is $10 for adults and $5 for kids at the door, with proceeds benefiting PEEC. Visit PajaritoEEC.org, call 662-0460 or email Programs@PajaritoEEC.org for more information.

The Mesa Public Library Free Film Series continues at 6:30 p.m. with Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris.”

The November meeting of the Los Alamos Master Gardeners will be at 7 p.m. at Fuller Lodge. The program will be open to the public.
Friday