Carol A. Clark

Emotional Healing: Allowing Hope And Growth

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By Dr. Ted Wiard

Editors Note: This is the first in an ongoing series of columns by grief specialist Dr. Ted Wiard, dedicated to helping educate the community about emotional healing.

Mental health is a conscious process and tends to be low on a person’s priority list.

This has led to more and more negative behaviors, disconnections, fear and an increase in isolation, suicide, addiction and other self-destructive actions.

My hope is that this article can help your readers know that they are not alone, emotional healing is possible, and there is help.

A large part of emotional healing is to understand Read More

Just 99 Days To 50th Anniversary Of Earth Day!

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Courtesy/earthday.org

EARTH DAY NETWORK News:

The countdown begins: Today marks 99 days to the 50th anniversary of Earth Day April 22, 2020.

This is a historic year that needs to be a turning point for the planet on everything from climate action to protections for land, water, air and wildlife.

2020 is already off to a tumultuous start, but it’s not too late to make this one the year where we turn it all around.

Ready to get to work? Earth Day Network is pleased to share its expert content to help inform and inspire action around the world. Check out the new website.

We can’t wait to see you—and your actions—in Read More

AG Balderas Supports Effort To Reject Education Department Rule That Fails To Protect Students

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Attorney General Hector Balderas

AG News:

SANTA FE — Attorney General Hector Balderas has joined a coalition of states in supporting Congressional efforts to reject a final rule by the U.S. Department of Education that fails to protect students and taxpayers from the misconduct of unscrupulous schools.

In a letter to Congress, the attorneys general supported efforts to reject the U.S. Department of Education’s 2019 Borrower Defense Rule pursuant to a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act.

“New Mexican students trying to make a better life for themselves and their Read More

Udall, Heinrich, Luján Announce $850,000 In Grants To GallupARTS And Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), announced Tuesday that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded $100,000 to gallupARTS to support a digital project to increase public engagement and $750,000 to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum for a grant-matching fund to encourage private support for a humanities project.

These grants will support New Mexico’s creative economy.

“New Mexico’s unique landscapes and rich history has inspired artists for generations—from trailblazers Read More

Kehar Koslowsky And Robert Tweeten Perform Feb. 28

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Mezzo soprano Kehar Koslowsky and pianist Robert Tweeten perform Feb. 28 at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News:

Mezzo soprano Kehar Koslowsky and pianist Robert Tweeten perform 5:30-6:15 p.m., Feb. 28 for the TGIF Concert Series at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe, 208 Grant Ave.

Admission is free and open to all; a freewill offering will be accepted.

Program:

A Unconventional Cabaret

  • Sweeter Than Roses – Henry Purcell
  • Music for a While – Henry Purcell
  • Dear Pretty Youth – Henry Purcell
  • Les Chemins de L’Amour – Francis Poulenc
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Weekly Fishing Report: Jan. 15, 2020

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By GEORGE MORSE

SPORTS and Outdoors

Los Alamos Daily Post

The Chama River below Abiquiu Dam is undergoing a stream improvement project and there are some closures along the river at this location.

You can no longer access the river by driving down Abiquiu Dam. The Chama River can be accessed from a road that runs along the river.

That road starts just north of Bodes General Store in Abiquiu on the left just before you cross the bridge over the Chama River on US Highway 84. It is not suited for passenger cars and you will need four-wheel drive. It will end at a gate about one-quarter to one-half mile below Read More

Jenny McCumber Takes Helm At LAPS Foundation

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Jennifer McCumber is the new executive director for the LAPS Foundation. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Los Alamos Public Schools has announced that Jennifer McCumber is the new executive director for the LAPS Foundation.

McCumber officially began this position Monday, Jan. 6.

While this is a new role for McCumber, she is by no means new to the schools or the Foundation. Most recently, she served as a school board member for District 5 (Mountain Elementary) 2015-2019.

She also served on the board of the LAPS Foundation for several years as the school board representative, a committee assignment Read More