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Apprentice Singers From SFO Perform Sunday

Alexandra Razskazoff
 
OPERA News:
 
The Los Alamos Opera Guild is presenting a concert by apprentice singers from the Santa Fe Opera, 3-5 p.m. Sunday, June 28 at the Los Alamos United Church, 2525 Canyon Road.

Apprentice singers Alexandra Razskazoff and Adrian Kramer will perform.

Razskazoff, soprano, from New Brighton, Minn., covers the Page in Rigoletto and Katie in Cold Mountain. Her BM is from Peabody Conservatory and her MM from Juilliard. For Julliard she was Countess Almaviva in Figaro and at Peabody she sang Abigail Williams in The Crucible, Blanche de la Forcce in Dialogues
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Morning Tour Through New Los Alamos Teen Center

Group gathers for this morning’s tour of new Los Alamos Teen Center. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
County Poject Manager Wayne Kohlrust, left, leads a walk-through this morning for YMCA and Teen Center staff and Juvenile Justice Advisory Board members of the new Los Alamos Teen Center at 20th and Central Avenue. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Construction underway inside new Los Alamos Teen Center. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Staff Report
 
Project Manager Wayne Kohlrust of the County’s Community and Economic Development
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NNMRC: Four Week Biblical Worship Course

NNMRC News:
  • Four week course on Biblical worship
Many Christians today have a keen awareness that God has more for His people than we are currently experiencing. Jesus said that the Father Himself seeks out those who worship in spirit and in truth (John 4).
 
If that is indeed the case, is it possible that we are not experiencing God as He intends because our worship doesn’t inspire Him to seek us out? Is there more to worship than we have previously understood? Could there be a deeper level of intimacy with Him that He longs to share with us? What are the characteristics of worship that captivate
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Albuquerque Woman Sentenced For Participating In Scheme To Smuggle Drugs Into Otero County Prison

FBI News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE — Ana Lopez, 25, of Albuquerque was sentenced in federal court Wednesday, June 24, in Las Cruces to 30 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for her conviction on conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin.
 
Lopez was one of six individuals charged in April 2014, in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to violate the federal narcotics laws by smuggling controlled substances into the Otero County Prison Facility (OCPF) in Chaparral.
 
The other defendants charged with participating in the conspiracy were Luis
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Column: Top 3 Social Security Mistakes LANL Employees Should Avoid

By LEE MUNSON
ALBUQUERQUE
 
Popular singer-songwriter Paul Simon brought us “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” back in 1975. Now that he’s 73, Simon’s new version might be called “50 Ways to Claim Your Social Security.”
 
Like millions of baby boomers, Simon has probably grappled with the uncertainty of how and when to claim his Social Security benefits in order to maximize how much money he will get from the government. 
Except there are more than 50 ways you can claim your benefits, especially for couples. So many that Simon might need
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NM Communities Awarded Millions For Projects

NMDOT News:
 
SANTA FE  More than $11 million in Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) and Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grants were recently awarded to 27 multi-modal projects across New Mexico.
 
Multi-modal projects include sidewalks, bicycle paths, and transit stops, which provide benefits such as reduced congestion and improved air quality.
 
TAP and RTP funds come from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and are administered by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT). The TAP provides funding
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‘Up And Over 10K Run’ In Taos July 31-Aug. 1

TSV News:
 
TAOS — Now in its 10th year, the Up and Over 10K Run in the Taos Ski Valley will hit the ground running with a challenging 6.2 mile trail run on Aug. 1.
 
And, to celebrate trail running, there will be a presentation of nine inspirational films at the “Trails in Motion Film Festival,” July 31.

Runners will have amazing views of both Kachina and Wheeler Peaks at the 10K trail run. The trail run starts at 9,207 feet with more than a 2,600-foot elevation gain in the first three miles.

 
Because of the steep grade changes and elevation, the race is considered to be a great
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Letter To The Editor: In Our Country We Need To Demand To Know What Our Government Is Up To

By RHETA MOAZZAMI 
Los Alamos
 
To address Paul J. Gessing’s letter of June 22 on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and the Trade Promotion Authority, (TPA) that allows presidents to negotiate an agreement with an up-or-down vote in Congress, (they can make no amendments or filibuster):
 
This might be just fine for a country run by a totalitarian government. But, we the people, in our country, need to demand to know what our government is up to. And, this is impossible with the TPP.
 
Why should people in a democracy need to just trust their corporations
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