Carol A. Clark

Classical Music World: Musical Taste

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By ANN MCLAUGHLIN, Artistic Director
Los Alamos Concert Association

I don’t like sushi. Growing up near fishing boat and cannery aromas conditioned me to avoid eating anything raw from the sea and there is something about that chewy seaweed wrap that sets my teeth on edge. My husband and children love the stuff.

Musical taste, like culinary taste, is a very personal matter.

Several years ago, I heard from two friends after a concert. One described the experience as “transcendent.” The other referred to “that horrible, horrible pianist.” And guess what? They were both right. 

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Classic Air Medical Pilot: Thanks For ‘Adopting Us’

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Classic Air Medical Senior Pilot/Base Manager Geoff Rodgers speaks to Rotarians Tuesday at the Los Alamos Golf Course. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

As a former Los Alamos county councilor and candidate for the Dist. 43 New Mexico House of Representative, Geoff Rodgers has heard it all when he has answered his phone.

But a call that he answered as a senior pilot and base manager for Classic Air Medical is one that has really stuck with him.

During Tuesday’s Rotary of Los Alamos Club meeting at Cottonwoods on the Green restaurant, Rodgers Read More

Letter To The Editor: We Need To Stop Invoking Nazis

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By DUSTIN JOHNSON
Los Alamos

Between Jacqueline Krohn’s letter to the editor in the Los Alamos Daily Post and another letter to the editor in the last edition of the Jemez Thunder, there’s been a lot of invoking Nazism to attack various beliefs lately, and I want to take a stand against that.

It is important not to forget what the Nazis were: a racist, genocidal regime that murdered 10 million people for nothing more than who they were, and helped start a war that killed another 60 million plus people. Because of how abominable their beliefs and actions were, one should never draw comparisons Read More

Smart Design With Suzette: The Value Of Interior Design – Why Hire A Designer?

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An example of a well designed kitchen. Courtesy photo
 
The Value of Interior Design – Why Hire a Designer?
Smart Design With Suzette
By SUZETTE FOX

Lately I’ve been pondering how to communicate the value of interior design. Defining one’s personal value is more than what service we offer, of course, but it’s good to communicate a lifetime’s wealth of knowledge in order to help others.

One of the most common myths about working with an interior designer is that it will cost too much. While it is true that some designers command high fees, many charge rates that are quite reasonable and Read More

Bridge Players Flock To Tournament In Los Alamos

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Bridge players filled the Betty Ehart Senior Center Saturday during the locally sponsored New Mexico Unit #381 Tournament. Courtesy photo
 

BRIDGE News:

It’s been a full weekend for local duplicate bridge players.

The Northern New Mexico Unit #381 Tournament is currently underway at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. The tournament began Friday and continues through today. The tournament is being sponsored by the Los Alamos Duplicate Bridge Club.

Duplicate bridge is a variation of contract bridge. It’s called duplicate because the same bridge hands are played at each table and scoring

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How The Hen House Turns: First Days Of Turkey One

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How The Hen House Turns
By CAROLYN (CARY) NEEPER Ph.D.
 
The First Days Of Turkey One

It’s June 2-4, sometime in the mid-1970s. We called our surviving turkey poult Dee-dum, but the name didn’t stick. She (we hoped) was called Turkey. She is now known in this column as Turkey One.

The young fuzzball insisted on a cuddle every evening at dusk. The rocking chair worked for both of us. After one half-hour, she was sleepy enough to settle down with the chicken chicks on an old ski hat under a piece of pale green blanket. They all slept through the night, quietly, if the box was closed.

On June 5, daughter Read More

2015 Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund Recipients Recognized At Special Event

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A group shot of all the recipients who attended Thursday’s Los Alamos Employees Scholarship Fund awards reception at the LANL Foundation Office in Espanola. Photo by Eric Vasquez/valleydailypost.com

More than 100 people from several communities in the seven counties surrounding Los Alamos attended the Thursday evening event as students from Los Alamos, Espanola, Taos, Mora, Las Vegas, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Pojoaque and elsewhere received scholarship awards. Photo by Eric Vasquez/valleydailypost.com

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Christine Gelles Speaks At ETEBA Aug. 12

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Christine Gelles at Puye Cliffs. Courtesy/energy.gov

ETEBA News:

Energy Technology Environmental Business Association (ETEBA) will hold its member meeting Wednesday, Aug. 12 at the Lodge at 750 North Saint Francis Dr. in Santa Fe.

The guest speaker is Christine Gelles, acting manager Acting Manager of the Department of Energy’s Environmental Management (EM) Los Alamos Field Office. Gelles will provide an update on EM’s legacy cleanup program at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the status of the field office’s transition.

Networking begins at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. Read More

Luján On Death Of Navajo Code Talker Kee Etsicitty

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Navajo Code Talker Kee Etsicitty

STATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District released the following statement on the recent passing of Kee Etsicitty, a Navajo Code Talker from Chichiltah, N.M.:

“As a young man more than 70 years ago, Kee Etsicitty joined the Marine Corps to help fight the forces of tyranny that were waging war across Europe and in the Pacific. Mr. Etsicitty proudly answered the call when his country needed him, serving in the battles of Guadalcanal, Guam, and Iwo Jima.

“As a member of the Navajo Nation, Mr. Etsicitty joined with his fellow Read More

‘Art, Wind And Fire’ Event At PEEC Tuesday

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Artwork by Rumi Vesselinova shows the landscape after the Las Conchas Fire. Courtesy/PEEC
 

PEEC News:

PEEC offers the unique opportunity to explore fire through both art and science.

The Las Conchas Fire in 2011 burned more than 150,000 acres in the areas around Los Alamos. During the fire and over the next four years, photographer Rumi Vesselinova has sought to capture how this event altered the visual landscape of the region.

Join the artist as she presents these images 7-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 28 at the Nature Center.

Immediately after the artist reception, Terry Foxx will discuss Read More