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Family Strengths Network: Borrow Toys, Don’t Buy

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FSN News:
 
Grand kids visiting for the Holidays? Need activities and toys to keep them busy?
 
Did you know that Family Strengths Network here in Los Alamos has a wonderful Toy Lending Library with over 500 different toys that you can checkout and borrow, and it’s FREE!
 
No need to pack the car full of toys or have to pay for an extra suitcase when you can borrow them for way less stress. FSN has pack n plays, strap-on high chairs, activity tables, push toys, musical toys, puzzles, trucks, dollhouses, action figures and much, much more.
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Yang: A Bagful Of (Mostly) Sweet Memories

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By ELENA YANG
Los Alamos

It has been just a little over four years since the Los Alamos Daily Post gave me the space for my ponderings on organizational issues. Some of you know that my writing also has been released under my own blog: www.towardasensibleorganization.com. I thank Carol Clark for both giving me the space as well as allowing me to reference my own blog whenever I cite my old writing.

I cannot claim that I have gotten tons of readers’ responses – neither have I expected so — but I have received many thoughtful responses over the years. I still remember the first time a reader called Read More

Jeanne Hyland Offers Watercolor Class

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‘Self Portrait’ by Jeanne Hyland. Courtesy photo
 
‘Cowboy’ by Jeanne Hyland. Courtesy photo
 

FLAC News:

From New Hampshire to France to Colorado to New Mexico, Jeanne Hyland has been dabbling in a variety of art media over the years.

Starting with a BFA in Figurative Sculpture and Drawing at the University of New Hampshire, she went on to continue her studies at École des Beaux Arts, in France.

From there, she took up commercial design in Colorado and moved onto her most recent love, watercolors, in California. Today, she still creates, but she also teaches her art to students in Albuquerque, Read More

Homeowners Insurance And Home-Based Businesses

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
The Jemez Agency

I was talking to a homeowners client the other day when the conversation turned to his new business. Seems he had started a computer repair business out of his home. The alarm bells in my head started to go off. I knew before I asked the question that he did not have insurance for his new business. And I also knew why he didn’t have insurance before I asked that question.  

Most home-based business owners  assume their homeowners insurance will provide the necessary protection in the event of a loss. But for the most part, they are wrong. The typical homeowners Read More

Local Employee Discovers Great Grandfather Worked For YMCA In China

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One of the 70 lantern slides (ca. 1912, hand tinted) of the Great Wall of China made by Luther Newton Hayes (1883-ca. 1979) and the explorer Edgar Geil. Luther Newton Hayes is the the grandfather of Los Alamos Family YMCA employee Jocelyn Chapman. Courtesy photo
 
 
By DIANA MARTINEZ
Senior Program Director
Family YMCA  

 As a Los Alamos High School student in 1993, Jocelyn Hayes picked up a part-time job at The Family YMCA. She guided youth as a substitute counselor at the Y’s afterschool program at Mountain and Aspen elementary schools.
 
In 1995, a year after her high Read More

Smart Design With Suzette: Seven Sustainable Products From Greenbuild 2016

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Dekton by Cosentino line Trillium. countertop. Courtesy photo
 

By SUZETTE FOX
Los Alamos

Sustainability-minded designers and builders flocked to L.A. (the other L.A.) for the annual Greenbuild Conference & Expo last month.

Along with a slate of education opportunities, the event featured hundreds of manufacturers showcasing products that save energy, conserve water, maximize resources, provide daylighting (the illumination of buildings by natural light) and otherwise contribute to a home’s sustainability.

Though Greenbuild is still largely a commercial show, many Read More

Los Alamos Adopt A Family Program Seeks Sponsors

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COMMUNITY News:
 
The Los Alamos Adopt a Family program is looking for at least 30 more sponsors this holiday season!
 
All of the families available for adoption have children in the Los Alamos Public Schools. Last year, thanks to your generosity, we were able to help more than 80 families in need. The spirit of our community is truly remarkable! 

TO SIGN UP: To become a sponsor, contact Anne at anne@meapc.com or 708.799.8206. Specify what size family is preferred in your email. Family sizes range from 3-6 family members. 

ABOUT THE PROGRAM: The Adopt-a-Family

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