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Udall Introduces Amendment To Give All Americans An Opportunity To Invest In Clean Energy Future

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
 
SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON D.C.  U.S. Sen. Tom Udall announced an amendment that he has filed to energy legislation that would ultimately enable all Americans to buy Clean Energy Victory Bonds, allowing regular people across the country to do their part to invest in our nation’s clean energy future.
 
Modeled after war bonds, which raised billions of dollars during World War I and World War II, Clean Energy Victory Bonds would help local, state and federal governments raise billions of dollars in capital that they could
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Del Norte Investment Services Social Security Seminar Feb. 10

DNIS News:
 
Join us for a no-cost, no-obligation Social Security Seminar Wednesday, Feb. 10, led by Del Norte Investment Services financial advisor Scott Covey and a special guest speaker.
 
Regardless of when you plan to retire, Social Security will be an important part of the road ahead. Learn how to optimize your social security benefits as well as how to navigate new changes just put into place. Find out more about the best route for a successful retirement.
 
Social Security planning explores:
  • The rules for starting Social
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New Mexico Home School Speech And Debate Team Denied Entry To State Congressional Debate Meet

Members of the Jemez Mountain Home School Speech and Debate Team (and younger siblings who hope someday to be allowed to compete). The students wear duct tape because they feel that their first amendment right to free speech has been infringed, that their voices have been silenced, by the New Mexico Activities Association who is actively preventing their participation in high school speech and debate competitions in New Mexico. Courtesy photo
 
JMHSSDT News:
 
SANTA FE  The New Mexico Speech and Debate Association Congressional Debate Championship got underway Saturday
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IRS Alerts New Mexico Workers To Major Tax Benefit

IRS News:
 
PHOENIX Millions of taxpayers who earned $53,267 or less last year may qualify for EITC for the first time in 2016, making awareness critical. Local officials and community organizations nationwide are holding events on EITC Awareness Day highlighting this key benefit.
 
“One-third of the population eligible for EITC changes each year as their personal circumstances change,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said. “We want workers who may qualify for EITC for the first time to have all the information they need to get the EITC and get it right. This is an important credit
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Human Trafficking Protest In Pojoaque Feb. 6

UMW News:
 
The United Methodist Women of the First United Methodist Church will be staging a protest against human trafficking at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, in Pojoaque on Rt. 285.
 
Most people in the U.S. think human trafficking is something that happens in other countries and not here. But they are wrong. The United States, and specifically New Mexico, has a huge problem with human trafficking. The local news has recently been asking for help in catching a wanted trafficker in Albuquerque. 
 
The local UMW is part of a country-wide protest
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Register Now For Jemez Mountain Trail Races

Race start. Courtesy photo
 
JMTR News:
 
The 11th Annual Jemez Mountain Trails Races are scheduled for Saturday, May 21, 2016.
 
Registration for the 15 mile, 50 kilometer, and 50 mile options are now open. These races fill up quickly. The half-marathon event has been changed to a 15 miler due to trail re-routes and improvements along Guaje Ridge.
 
Register here, soon.
 
The Jemez Mountain Trail Races are a wonderful community event that takes full advantage of our beautiful mountain trail running network around town, up Pajarito Mountain, and
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Four Regional Businesses Receive Native American Venture Acceleration Fund Grants

Melissa Blueflower-Sanchez and Robert Sanchez, owners of R and M Construction, LLC, of Santa Clara Pueblo. Courtesy photo
 
LANL News:
 
Four Northern New Mexico Native American-owned and operated businesses received a total of $60,000 in grants through a Native American Venture Acceleration Fund created by Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) and the Regional Development Corporation. The grants are designed to help the recipients create jobs, increase their revenue base and help diversify the area economy.
 
“These investments create jobs for pueblo-owned businesses
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Los Alamos Co+op Announces Annual Survey

CO+OP News:
 
The community is invited to complete the Los Alamos Co+operative Market’s 2016 annual survey. This questionnaire, which takes approximately 30 minutes to fill out, is an opportunity to give feedback (both good and bad) to enable the Co+op to better serve its members.  

Submit the survey by Feb. 29 to receive a discount coupon that can be used anytime during the month of March. The coupon is good for savings on a single shopping trip: 10 percent off for members who spend less than $150, 15

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Grand Knight Mel Martinez Receives Nationwide Recognition For Service Program And Charity Work

Mel Martinez, Grand Knight of Espanola Council, left, and, Pat Nakagawa, District Deputy Knights of Columbus. Courtesy photo
 
K OF C News:
 
“The Knights of Columbus Espanola Council #3314 is a leader among our councils in New Mexico. Worthy Grand Knight Mel Martinez has led and inspired our Espanola Council to this great distinction. As one of the oldest councils, it includes over 500 men who are Knights, making it the largest in the state of New Mexico,” said Pat Nakagawa, District Deputy Knights of Columbus.
 
“Brother Mel has built a Council,
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Moniz To Discuss Nuclear Non-Proliferation And Iran Deal At Wilson Center

DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON D.C.,  U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will participate in a Director’s Forum 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Auditoriumin in Washington, D.C. on the importance of nuclear non-proliferation and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
 
Last month, after years of negotiations and months of preparations for the implementation of the JCPOA, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) certified that Iran had completed all of the required nuclear steps to reach Implementation Day,
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Proposed Constitutional Amendment To Fund Public Schools Passes Senate Judiciary Today

NEA-NM President Betty Patterson

NEA-NM News:

SANTA FE – The future may be brighter for New Mexico students with the passage of Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 3 today by the Senate Judiciary Committee, quickly following the same positive action last Friday by the Senate Rules Committee.

National Education Association – New Mexico President Betty Patterson praised Committee Chair Sen. Richard Martinez and other members who supported moving the Resolution forward.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Sen. Richard Martinez

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Letter To The Editor: Council Should Pursue Vice Chair O’Leary’s Budget Process And Format Proposal

By JOHN ARROWSMITH
Los Alamos

A few weeks ago Council Vice Chair Susan O’Leary proposed a change in the County’s budget process and format. Much of her proposal could improve County operations. In particular, her suggestion to move toward a programatic budget to help the Council and staff manage costs. 

How could it work? The costs of various functions could be compared to other jurisdictions for reasonableness and to identify potential efficiencies.

Out of curiosity, I compared legislative and administrative costs, including finance, information technology and human Read More

Gabel: Thank You Atomic City Transit

ACT staff reponds quickly to citizen concern over placement of bus stop in White Rock. Photo by Dan Gabel
 
By DAN GABEL
Los Alamos

We all realize that the new ACT bus routes would have a few kinks to be ironed out. 

I want to commend ACT for their quick response to a dangerous bus stop. When I got off the bus this morning, the stop had been moved half a block up Rover Boulevard so folks no longer need to balance on the curb or be in traffic near the busiest intersection in White Rock. Within two days of pointing out the issue, ACT staff had it done. 

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Letter To The Editor: Enough’s Enough

By ROBERT VISEL
Los Alamos

Just because Los Alamos is the “richest city” in the country not everyone in Los Alamos makes $100,000 + a year. As a property owner here in Los Alamos, I’m getting real tired of being forced to pay for things I don’t, and will never, use!

I don’t have kids yet I’m expected to pay for the upkeep of the Schools. I don’t swim yet I’m expected to pay for a “Leisure Pool”. I don’t skate yet I’m expected to pay for the renovations to the Skating Rink. The list goes on and on and on and on. And, I will certainly never have a use for the “Rec. Center”.

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Los Alamos & White Rock Visitor Centers Are Open

COUNTY News:

Update – the staff has made it in to the Los Alamos and White Rock Visitor Centers today so both centers are open and operating during the regularly scheduled winter hours:

  • Los Alamos remains open until 5 p.m.; and
  • White Rock remains open until 2 p.m.
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Obituary: Mary Martha Blum May 26, 1924 – Jan. 26, 2016

MARY MARTHA BLUM May 26, 1924 – Jan. 26, 2016

Mary Martha (Lusk) Blum, affectionately known as “Mott” by her parents and relatives passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, in Los Alamos, NM.

She was born May 26, 1924 to Raymond and Martha Lusk in Columbus Grove, Ohio. At the age of 19, she and her husband Dr. William A. Blum moved to California where he practiced Optometry for 54 years. Dr. Blum sold his practice and returned with Mary to Lima, Ohio in 1999. Her husband preceded her in death as well as her daughter Judy Jeanine Blum-Fernandez and grandson Christopher Thomas Blum. Read More

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