Today's Features

This past weekend, local aviators tried to light the spark for local youth, with an interest in flying.
The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 961, hosted the annual Young Eagle Flight Rally at Los Alamos Municipal Airport.
Many local pilots took youth, between the ages of eight and 17, up for a 20-minute spin, in a variety of aircraft, during the three hour period.
As a parent, it is hard to smile and wave as your lips tremble during lift off. Once aloft, the planes seemed to disappear in the sunlight, as your heart travels outside your body for those 20 minutes. The youth were all smiles upon their return with great stories to share.
Will Fox took one student over Mesa Public Library, her favorite spot to be during the summer.
Another young man hoped to see his house in White Rock.
Programs like this offer youth a chance to experience an opportunity like no other. In many cases, an opportunity some could not afford, especially for families with multiple children.
One pilot commented how he has provided more than 100 Eagle Flights throughout the years. Wouldn’t it be marvelous to know if that sparked a passion that is soaring, all pun intended, today.
So well done, flyboys and thanks for such a neat memory.

A three-play sampler by Robert F. Benjamin was performed for the Brown Bag at Fuller Lodge on June 5.
The act was not a group of skits, but rather an interactive theater experience where Benjamin answered audience questions, mainly about what the inspiration for each piece was. Beth Kennedy Jones was on board to cast the actors and direct the stories.
The first play sample, was titled “Treason,” a historical story about the first person who printed the Declaration of Independence in 1777 with all the signatures, who ironic for the times, was a woman. The script was decorated with both old fashioned and modern dialogue weaved together. The back and forth banter between the historically accurate Mary Katharine Goddard — played by Roxanne Tapia, and her male counterpart Edward — played by Warren Houghteling — were an appropriate male vs. female mix of opinions. Idea came from a talk about two years ago by Pat Schroeder, the former congresswoman from Colorado. She spoke of the influence of the “foremothers” of the country. Benjamin was intrigue by the history of Goddard and did some extended research. “The piece is based on history fact, but I threw in my own speculations and opinions,” he said.

The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation awarded Nathanial Matteson with the June Ettinger Memorial Scholarship. Matteson’s winning essay was written about the book, “Think Big”, authored by Dr. Ben Carson.
Matteson’s essay tells the story of the author inspiring a young boy, both though a life saving surgery and a sharing of passion, to reach his full potential. Matteson will attend the University of New Mexico with plans to one day become a surgeon.
He is the son of Allen and Linda Matteson, of Los Alamos.
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Christopher Andrew Collord, of Los Alamos, graduated with a masters of science degree in computer Science from James Madison University in Virginia on May 4.
Collord was among 3,600 students who received undergraduate, masters, educational specialist and doctoral degrees.
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Miranda Olinger, of Los Alamos, was named to the Dean’s List at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., for the spring semester.
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Colorado Timberline Academy in Durango, Colo., announces the following students made the academic honor roll: Petr Przybyski and James Coburn of Los Alamos. Przybyski is the son of Anne Przybyski of Los Alamos. Coburn is the son of Martha Perkins, of Santa Fe and Steven Coburn, of Los Alamos.
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June 16-22, 2013
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
10:30 a.m. LARSO advisory council
11:30 a.m. Lunch: Beef and cheese macaroni
12:30 p.m. Driver safety program
7 p.m. Ballroom dancing
TUESDAY
8:30 a.m. Mac users group
8:45 a.m. Variety training
10 a.m. Computer users group
11:30 a.m. Lunch: Sausage lasagna
Noon Senior scams alert talks
1 p.m. Bingo
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: Chicken caesar salad
11:45 a.m. Winny Berry at the piano
1:15 p.m. Socrates Café
1:30 p.m. Daytime duplicate bridge
THURSDAY
8:30 a.m. Walk in the woods — Cancelled
8:45 a.m. Variety training
11:30 a.m. Lunch: Lemon pepper cod
Noon Paula Sanchez talk
1:30 p.m. Tap dancing
2 p.m. Ballroom dancing
6:30 p.m. Chess
7 p.m. Bridge
FRIDAY