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  • Authors talk about ‘Sun Sticks and...

     

    Authors Bart Kaltenbach and Barbara Anschel, along with photographer Steve Fitch, have created a book chronicling the history of habitation and architecture in the desert Southwest with a personal slant. 

    They will be part of the Authors Speak Series, at 7 p.m. March 28, in the upstairs rotunda at Mesa Public Library.

     The area they chose is 1,000-miles x 1000-miles, from west Texas to the Pacific coast, Chihuahua, Mexico to Utah. The book comprises essays on architectural history, including details of all manner of materials and techniques right up to new, sustainable green buildings; a travel journal of the authors’ quest to document the many structural styles and variations across state and national boundaries; and photographs of unusual buildings: ancient structures to cutting edge contemporary residential and commercial architecture. 

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    Let's go to the Hop

     

    Los Alamos Family Council’s 8th Annual Fabulous Fifties Family Sock Hop will be from 6-10 p.m. Saturday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church’s Parish Hall. 

    This alcohol-free, multi-generational yearly event is LAFC’s only fundraiser, said executive director Joyce Beery. “Families interested in a evening of fun will find it at the Hop,” Beery said, noting that in addition to music and dancing for all ages — including dance contests — activities will be provided for children.  

    An appearance by “Elvis” is a distinct possibility, Beery added, saying he would love to see everyone dressed in  ’50s garb. 

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    Making new friends

    Brendan DeRoma, 6, of Los Alamos, tries his best to hold onto a baby goat during a trip to the Montessori Camino De Paz School and Farm in Santa Cruz. Brendan was on a field trip with his brother Gavin, to see where their food comes from. Every week, staff from Camino De Paz come to the Los Alamos Food Co-op to sell produce and milk.

  • Meeting for Washington trip

    There will be a mandatory meeting at 3 p.m. Monday in the Los Alamos Middle School cafeteria for all eighth grade students going to Washington, D.C. over spring break.
    The meeting is mandatory for students and parent participation is encouraged. Call Roberta Cocking at 505-670-0679 with questions.  

  • Cooking for people with diabetes

    Selecting and preparing foods that are low in sugar, fat and sodium can be a challenge for diabetics.
    The Los Alamos Cooperative Extension Service, in partnership with the New Mexico Department of Health Diabetes Prevention and Control Program will offer a series of free cooking classes for people with diabetes.
    Kitchen Creations will meet Wednesdays for four weeks beginning April 3, from 5-8 p.m. in the Training Room of the Los Alamos Community Building, 475 20th St.
    Mary Beugelsdijk, registered diabetes educator and Paula Roybal Sánchez, Extension Home economist, will teach participants how to plan healthy meals and prepare dishes that manage carbohydrates without adding extra sugar, sodium or fat.
    The class participants will prepare and taste recipes and will receive a participant workbook and two recipes books.
    Each class is different and builds on the previous session so participants will want to attend all four classes.
    This program is free to people with diabetes. Priority for participating will be given to people with diabetes.
    The deadline for registration is Friday. After that date, the class will be opened to others including people with pre-diabetes, caregivers and family members of people with diabetes. Call 662-2656 to register or for more information.

  • YCC job program taking applications...

    Job applications will be accepted until March 22 from youth ages 14-25, for hiring consideration with The Family YMCA’s Youth Conservation Corps. The program will employ up to 45 youth in part- or full-time positions for work in the Jemez Mountains and Canyons.
    The positions are based in the outdoors, improving public footpaths. The Y is hiring local area youth from Pojoaque, Rio Arriba County and Los Alamos in fulfillment of a grant goal to build friendships among neighboring community youth.
    Crew member wages pay $9.90 per hour. The Y is also hiring two experienced crew leaders, which pays $11.90 per hour. Applications are available at the Española and Los Alamos Teen Centers, at the Y, 1450 Iris St., and online at laymca.org/ycc.
    No previous experience is necessary, however a strong work ethic is required. Job descriptions and complete information is contained in the YCC employment packet, so interested participants should review the packet.
    For more information, contact Community Programs Director Sylvan Argo at 662-3100, or via email at sargo@laymca.org.

    From a press release 

  • Daniels Fund announces Boundless...

    Non-traditional students in New Mexico at risk of not being able to afford a college education will benefit from $76,000 in Boundless Opportunity Scholarships announced today by the Daniels Fund.
    Colleges and universities in New Mexico receiving Boundless Opportunity Scholarship awards include: Central New Mexico University; Eastern New Mexico University; and the University of New Mexico, Taos campus.
    Funding is awarded in two-year cycles, so Boundless Opportunity Scholarships are available at other colleges and universities that received awards last year. A complete list of schools offering the scholarship can be found on the Daniels Fund website, DanielsFund.org.
    The Boundless Opportunity Scholarship is available at select two- and four-year colleges and universities and is intended for highly-motivated students seeking the next level of achievement in their lives, regardless of their life path.
    Candidates for the scholarship must demonstrate financial need, and each college or university may focus on particular populations from a list of categories established for the program. The categories include: adult learners; GED recipients; foster care youth; juvenile justice youth; returning military; and individuals pursuing EMT/paramedic training.

  • Carrara designs winning logo

    The entries this year for the Dog Jog Logo contest were “inventive and creative,” according to the Dog Jog Committee.
    The winner of this year’s contest is Kristen Carrara, a fifth-grader from Piñon Elementary School. Second place went to Malea Joyce; third place went to Makenna Ellsworth; and fourth place went to Paige Power.
    The committee chose to award 12 honorable mentions this year to the following artists:
    Emily Carr (a second submission in addition to her winning entry)
    Amaya Coblentz (and special recognition for her inventive signature)
    Kaylee Ellsworth
    Alexis Garcia
    Mirabella Guerin
    Elise Olivas
    Lauren Poague
    Neha Sadasivan
    Lily Shevitz
    Marissa Smith
    Sofie Vandenkieboom
    Carrara, as the winning artist, can look forward to seeing her design on 300 or so Dog Jog 2013 T-shirts around town this spring. She will also receive a free 2013 Dog Jog T-shirt with her design on it.  

  • It's all about faith, hope and...

    Faith, hope and love — and the greatest of these, is the one you need at that moment.
    Faith is the thing you believe in, that which is bigger than you. It doesn’t matter to me whether you wear the cross of Jesus or the Star of David or whether you believe in Buddha or some other good deity. Your faith is what pulls you out of the moment and makes you believe in goodness.
    Hope, to me, is what lifts your eyes from the ground to sky. It is what lifts your heart out of your head and transports you to what could be, what will be and how life should be.
    Love is also best defined by you at the moment. Love is the feeling that surrounds you — the people, the community and the zest for appreciation. It is those that take you for who you are, how you best receive it and highlight what is best about you, in any given moment.
    I hope you have all three. I hope you give all three and I hope you look around to others that might not have all three and lend them a kind word or a smile. The best thing is they are free — a low-impact exercise yielding a large payoff.
    I heard an interpretation of the Pope’s mass this morning, where I understand he told those in attendance not to mistake tenderness for weakness.
    I hope the world is listening.

  • Salute to senior service

    The search is on for New Mexico’s outstanding senior volunteer.
    The Salute to Senior Service program, sponsored by Home Instead, Inc., the franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care network, honors the contributions of adults 65 and older who give at least 15 hours a month of volunteer service to their favorite causes.
    Nominations for outstanding senior volunteers will be accepted until March 31.
    State winners then will be selected by popular vote at SalutetoSeniorService.com. Online voting will take place from April 15-30.
    From those state winners, a panel of senior care experts will pick the national Salute to Senior Service honoree.
    Home Instead, Inc. will donate $500 to each of the state winners’ favorite nonprofit organizations and their stories will be posted on the Salute to Senior Service Wall of Fame.
    In addition, $5,000 will be donated to the national winner’s nonprofit charity of choice.
    “We all know seniors who do so much for our community,” said Jeff Huber, president of Home Instead, Inc.
    “These silent heroes give selflessly, expecting nothing in return. And yet, their contributions often make a difference not only to the organizations they serve, but in changing how the public views growing older.”

  • Thank You 03-17-13

    They say it takes a village to raise a child. I believe not only that, but even beyond. Sometimes life brings you rainbows and all is perfect in your world.
    Sometimes life brings you a storm of the century and you wonder how you will ever make it through the darkness.
    We have had so many of those storms, I’m wondering if the rainbows will ever come back.
    One thing I do know, I can always count on my family, friends and community, because we have had so many storms in the last 16 years and without fail, all of you have been by our side.
    Ken and I are very lucky to have so much love sent our way. Saturday evening, March 2 touched my heart beyond any imagination. There are so many people to thank, although words just do not come close to show how you all made me feel and what a financial ease you have given me.
    Thanks to each and everyone of you for everything. You all are the silver lining to my very dark clouds. I send my love and deepest of gratitude to everyone.

    Cindy Geoffrion
    Los Alamos 

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    Vest receives award

    Local orthodontist and former wrestler, Dr. Devan  Vest, along with Rich Welding, SOC and El Parasol, were all recently recognized for their contributions to the Los Alamos High school wrestling team. Richard Ronquillo of Rich Welding presented hand-crafted awards created for the annual banquet. The sponsors also aided students in raising $2,000 for a fellow wrestler from another school recently diagnosed with cancer. 

  • Free diabetes education at the Y

    The Family YMCA is taking registration for its free Diabetes Education and Prevention program. Topics to be covered are: what Type 2 diabetes is; what having pre-diabetes means; the signs, symptoms and risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes; how to reduce the risk of getting type 2 diabetes; and how to make the necessary lifestyle changes to lower that risk.
     Sara Pocernik will teach the class. She is a registered dietitian with experience in many areas of nutrition. She completed her bachelor’s degree in dietetics and nutrition science at Michigan State University and a got her master’s degree in nutritional biochemistry from Tufts University. She has also worked as a clinical dietitian in intensive care and dialysis units.
    This class is made possible by Lou Santoro State Farm Insurance Agency. Classes will be from 11:15 a.m.-noon, Tuesdays, March 26-May 7, for six weeks. Pre-register at the Y by March 21. Class size is limited.
      For more information, visit laymca.org, or call 662-3100.  

  • Carr to speak at MOWW meeting

    The Major General Franklin E. Miles Chapter 229 of the Military Order of World Wars in Los Alamos announces that Alan Carr will present a talk on the British Mission to the World War II Los Alamos Manhattan Project.
    The meeting will be Tuesday at the Masonic Shrine Club Hall, on the southeast corner of the 15th Street and Trinity Drive intersection. Parking and entrance is on the east side of the building.
    The meeting will begin with a social period at 6 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting and dinner at 6:25 p.m. The dinner entrée is salmon with appropriate side dishes, served buffet-style. Carr’s presentation will begin at about 7:15 p.m. The cost of the dinner is $23 per person. Note the change in venue for this meeting from the previous venue of the Hilltop House.
    The Military Order of the World Wars dinner meetings are open to the general public for the dinner and program, or the program only at no cost. A dinner reservation made is a commitment to the chapter to pay for the reserved dinner(s).
    RSVP (yes or no) for the dinner is needed by today. Call Lt. Col. Gregg Giesler AUS retired, chapter commander, at 662-5574 or send email to g.giesler@computer.org; or Lt. Col. Norman G. Wilson USAF retired, chapter adjutant, at 662-9544 or NrmWil5@cs.com. 

  • The search is on for Mrs. Los...

    Sheree Lynch, executive state director for the Mrs. New Mexico Pageant, said the pageant is seeking applicants for the title of Mrs. Los Alamos. Once selected, the lady will advance on to represent her community in the Mrs. New Mexico Pageant, June 29 at the KiMo Theatre in Albuquerque.  
    Applicants must be at least 18 years old (no age limit), married at the time of competition and a New Mexico resident, no performing talent required.   
    To request the official application or for information, call Lynch at 970-674-0944 visit mrsnewmexicoamerica.com.

  • Y welcomes Pocernik to staff

    The Family YMCA announces that dietitian Sara Pocernik has joined the staff.
    Pocernik is a registered dietitian with experience in many areas of nutrition.
    She completed her bachelor’s degree in dietetics and nutrition science at Michigan State University, and a her master’s degree in nutritional biochemistry from Tufts University.
    She has also worked as a clinical dietitian in intensive care and dialysis units.
    Pocernik is accepting personal nutrition counseling appointments at the Y on Fridays; other days are available with advance notice.
    She will also teach a six-week weight loss class that will be at noon, beginning in April and a diabetes education and prevention class, which is free to the community, beginning March 26.
    All of Pocernik’s classes and appointments will be at the new Y Express, 140 Central Park Square.
    Contact Melanie Chapman at The Family YMCA, 662-3100 or mchapman@laymca.org
    for more information or to make an appointment. 

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    Animal Shelter 03-17-13

    The Los Alamos Animal Shelter, 226 East Road, 662-8179, has a great selection of onsite adoptable pets waiting for their forever home. Others are currently off-campus in loving foster homes.
    Be sure to visit the Friends of the Shelter website, lafos.org, where you can get more information about volunteering, adopting and donating.
    Also check out the Petfinder page for pictures and to learn more about all of the adoptable pets, petfinder.com/shelters/friendsoftheshelter.html.
    This would be a wonderful time to consider giving a home to one of the animals in the shelter.
    All adoptable pets are spayed or neutered, have their shots and are micro chipped.
    DOGS
    Cessna —A German Shepherd/Lab-mix. He was found, lost and very thin, near the Los Alamos Airport. He recovered at the shelter and enjoyed attention from volunteers. He is a very nice dog and will be a fine family member for someone. He spent some time as part of an outdoor-dog family and seems to get along with some of the female dogs, but would do best as an only dog.
    Fly —A very sweet female Border Collie-mix. She is very shy and living in a foster home, where she is gaining some confidence. To meet Fly in her foster home, call 412-3451.

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    New novel explores reasons for...

     

    Los Alamos National Laboratory retiree Leandro Thomas Gonzales, released his novel, “Follow the Spinning Sun.” 

    It explores why the Anasazi abandoned their homeland, which made way for the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and the founding of the town of Los Alamos.   

    The novel is based on the legend of the Great Migration, where the spinning sun led the Anasazi away from their ancestral homelands to new locations.  

    Gonzales said he associated the role of the spinning sun to the cloud, in the “Book of Exodus,” that led the Jewish people out of Egypt.

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    ACCT II presents, ‘The Jungle Book...

     

    The jungle is jumpin’ with jazz and colorful characters. Students are in their final week of rehearsals for Atomic City Children Theater II’s production of Disney’s “The Jungle Book Kids.”

    The cast is made up of 34 third and fourth-grade students from all five elementary schools in Los Alamos and White Rock.

    ACCT II will present two performances of Disney’s “The Jungle Book Kids” at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. March 16 in the Mountain Elementary school gym. Those attending are asked to enter through the gym doors at the back of the school. The show runs about 30 minutes and admission is free.

  • PAC 8 is offering spring music...

     

     

     

    PAC 8 is offering Spring Music Video Classes. Be a part of new classes that have never been offered before. Classes will be in two sessions. One session began March 6 and will run through March 27.