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PEEC Offers Class on Small and Unusual Fruits
Gooseberries. Courtesy/PEEC
Join popular gardening instructor Martha Davis for a class on Small and Unusual Fruits for Los Alamos.
The class will be held from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 at PEEC, 3540 Orange St. The class is $20 or $18 for PEEC members – and advance registration is requested.
Participants in the class will discover small and unusual fruits such as gooseberries, currants, Cornelian cherries, and quinces.
Learn how to grow these in your Los Alamos or White Rock yard, and what to do with them once you’ve grown them.
Davis will share strategies to deal with an unfamiliar Read More
FREE My CD (Manage Your Chronic Disease) Workshop at The Family YMCA
Are you an adult with an on-going health condition?
The Family YMCA is offering a FREE MyCD (Manage Your Chronic Disease) Workshop.
If you have diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure, heart disease, chronic pain, anxiety, depression, or other chronic health condition, a MyCD Workshop can help you take charge of your life.
You’ll get the support you need, find practical ways to deal with pain and fatigue, discover better nutrition and exercise choices, understand new treatment choices, learn better ways to talk with your doctor and family about your health, set your own goals and make Read More
17th Annual Los Alamos Photographers Show Reception
The 17th Annual Los Alamos Photographers Show Reception takes place at 5 p.m. Monday in the Upstairs Art Gallery at Mesa Public Library.
The show runs through March 30. Read More
Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service Building ‘The Sanctuary’ and Moving to Canyon Road
Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service News
This week the Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service put down earnest money on a piece of property overlooking the canyon adjacent to Canyon Road.
The nonprofit organization is on its way to achieving a goal it has been working toward for a number of years.
The Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service intends to build “The Sanctuary,” a small Hospice House where care can be provided for family respite, crisis management and end of life care.
The Sanctuary will provide additional services within the community and will partner Read More
Los Alamos Middle School Design Wins EPA Award
By Carol A. Clark
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the design of the Los Alamos Middle School’s upcoming addition/renovation project for achieving the ENERGY STAR ® award — a rating 75 or greater.
Director Jean Lupinacci of ENERGY STAR Commercial and Industrial Markets for the EPA wrote a letter to project architects Dekker/Perich/Sabatini saying, “Your firm will be listed on the ENERGY STAR website for submitting building designs that achieve superior energy performance. You may also display the Read More
A Little Girl, a Former Fire Chief and a Stylist to Celebrities Help Cancer Patients
Elliot (Elli) Madsen, 9, flashes a big smile as stylist Blair Leonard prepares to cut her hair for Locks of Love. Photo by Dee-Dee Madsen
By Carol A. Clark
Three kind-heartened individuals came together in White Rock this month for one simple purpose – to make others feel better.
Elliot (Elli) Madsen is nine years old. She is in Mrs. Mann’s 4th grade class at Chamisa Elementary School in White Rock.
“Elli decided to contribute to the Locks of Love Foundation all on her own, she is such a sweet kid,” her mother Dee-Dee Madsen said. “She learned of the organization in school. Last year I told Elli
Historical Society’s Community Tea Focused on Breathing New Life into Oppenheimer House
Sunday’s Los Alamos Historical Society Community Tea and Interpretive Planning Session examined how to enhance and celebrate a world-renowned legacy.
By Carol A. Clark
Some 70 preservationists, scholars, museum experts and community members spent 3.5 hours Sunday afternoon brainstorming the ways to use J. Robert Oppenheimer’s famous Bathtub Row residence to tell his story “in his own words.”
“Historic houses throughout the country are closing down … I don’t want this to be a velvet rope museum where a guide takes people through and Read More
A Little Girl, a Former Fire Chief and a Stylist to Celebrities Help Cancer Patients
Elliot (Elli) Madsen, 9, flashes a big smile as stylist Blair Leonard prepares to cut her hair for Locks of Love. Photo by Dee-Dee Madsen
By Carol A. Clark
Three kind-heartened individuals came together in White Rock this month for one simple purpose – to make others feel better.
Elliot (Elli) Madsen is nine years old. She is in Mrs. Mann’s 4th grade class at Chamisa Elementary School in White Rock.
“Elli decided to contribute to the Locks of Love Foundation all on her own, she is such a sweet kid,” her mother Dee-Dee Madsen said. “She learned of the organization in school. Last Read More
Historical Society’s Community Tea Focused on Breathing New Life into Oppenheimer House
Sunday’s Los Alamos Historical Society Community Tea and Interpretive Planning Session examined how to enhance and celebrate a world-renowned legacy.
Some 70 preservationists, scholars, museum experts and community members spent 3.5 hours Sunday afternoon brainstorming the ways to use J. Robert Oppenheimer’s famous Bathtub Row residence to tell his story “in his own words.”
“Historic houses throughout the country are closing down … I don’t want this to be a velvet rope museum where a guide takes people through and they hear the Read More