Hilltopper Girls Down Bernalillo 58-24
Erin Kirk with short jump shot over defender. Photo by Alan Kirk
Kiana Zerr works for shot. Photo by Alan Kirk
Amber Logan scores on layup. Photo by Alan Kirk Read More
Workshop to Educate Baby Boomers on Social Security
PORTFOLIO News:
An educational workshop titled “Savvy Social Security Planning: What Baby Boomers Need to Know to Maximize Retirement Income” has been scheduled for noon Tuesday, Jan. 29, at Mesa Public Library, 2400 Central Ave. in Los Alamos.
This workshop is free of charge and will cover:
- Five factors to consider when deciding when to apply for benefits;
- When it makes sense to delay benefits – and when it does not;
- How to estimate your benefits;
- How to minimize taxes on Social Security benefits; and
- How to coordinate Social Security with your other
Dr. Anastasia Steffen Discusses Forest Fire Effects on Obsidian Artifacts in the Jemez Mountains
During Tuesday’s presentation at PEEC, Dr. Anastasia Steffen explains that patterns in the fracture face determine whether an obsidian rock fracture was caused by fire or man. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
PEEC Co-founder and board member Becky Shankland addresses the audience at Tuesday’s talk. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.comDr. Paul Bauer Featured Speaker at Jan. 26 Los Alamos Geological Society Banquet
LAGS News:
Dr. Paul Bauer of the New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources is the featured speaker for the Los Alamos Geological Society’s 2013 Banquet.
The community is invited to attend the event, which begins at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26 at the Christian Church, 92 East Road, and at 7 p.m., Bauer will present his talk.
Titled “Down the Rio Grande: A Paddler’s Perspective of Rocks and Rapids,” Bauer’s presentation is a geo-photo-journey down the northern Rio Grande, with an emphasis on the river hydrogeology and the evolution of the sublime landscape.
It will include some Read More
Officers From 1980 NM Penitentiary Riot Honored
Former Corrections Officer Valentine Martinez, center, was honored Jan 21 and seen here with his wife, Angelina Martinez and far left, Gov. Susana Martinez and NMCD Cabinet Secretary Gregg Marcantel. Courtesy/NMCDLos Alamos County Science Fair Draws 319 Students
Los Alamos students at the 2012 Regional Science Fair. Courtesy photo.LAPS News:
The annual Los Alamos County Science Fair will take place Saturday, Jan. 26 in the Los Alamos High School Commons Area and between 1-3 p.m., the public is invited to view the projects.
Los Alamos Public Schools and home school students and teachers in grades K-12 will display projects in 4-5th grade individual elementary, K-6 grade elementary class, 6-8 grade junior division and 9-12 grade senior division.
The elementary projects are divided into three categories: Physical, Earth and Life Sciences. The students Read More
‘Show Some Class’ Closing Reception Saturday
Doris Jackson builds a stained glass piece. Courtesy/FLACBy Nancy Coombs
Three summers ago, Fuller Lodge Art Center hosted a week-long exhibit of children’s artwork after Summer Art Camp, with the art hung in the regular Exhibit Gallery.
The show was so popular that it has become an annual tradition. Now the Art Center is expanding the concept of student art shows by offering a two-week exhibit of adult student work from Jan. 11 through Jan. 26.
Stained glass lamp by Patricia Kokesh. Courtesy/FLAC
Show Some Class will feature more than 100 works by students, their teachers and also works Read More
Our Lady of the Woods holds Divination Night
OLOTW News:
Our Lady of the Woods will hold a Divination Night at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30 in the Art Room (upstairs, west end of the building) of the Los Alamos Unitarian Church. The group will gather to do divination for the upcoming year.
Amber K and Azrael Arynn K, authors of Heart of Tarot, will be among those attending. Heart of Tarot explores the Gestalt method of reading the Tarot.
In the book’s introduction, the authors’ write, “Your mind has an infinite capacity to make connections and to find meanings in disconnected facts or abstract symbols. Gestalt Tarot strips Read More
NYT Backs Udall’s Filibuster Reform Efforts
There’s a New Team in Town … The Pajarito Mountain Freeride Team!
The Pajarito Mountain Freeride Team last weekend in Red River before their competition back row from left, Coach Marshall Jansen, Cade Van Etten and Austin Salmon. Front row from left, Coach Tony Hinojosa, Charlie Herrmann, Kyle Cash, Steven Calhoun, Vikki Lee and Carmen Bouquin. So far, three skiers/boarders have qualified for Nationals. Courtesy photo
PMFT News:
There’s a new team in town … The Pajarito Mountain Freeride Team!
It is a competitive ski and snowboard team that trains at Pajarito Mountain and competes in the USASA Southwest Freeride Series.
Events include Rail Read More
How to Make Those New Years Resolutions STICK!
How to Make Those New Years Resolutions STICK!It’s my favorite time of year again, the beginning! Out with the old and in with the new!
I have a little ritual I do every January. I make a vision board of all the things I want to attract to myself in the upcoming year.
I gather pictures and affirmations from old magazines and paste them onto a piece of poster board. For example: I cut out a picture of a bicycle and a really fit looking woman and find the letters “I now have a fit, healthy body” or, “I happily exercise 5x a week”. I may add some great pictures of a vacation spot I Read More
The Marketing and Business of Dinosaurs…
Dinosaur fossil. Courtesy https:////www.staff.olympia.org/external/OHSLibrary/dino5.jpg
LAEN News:
Do you have a dinosaur you want to sell? Or maybe you want to establish a Jurassic park using that speck of DNA you found in a piece of amber?
Or maybe you are searching for a research grant in order to make blueprints of a paleontological marvel? Or maybe you are just curious about how the community of dinosaur hunters gets its money?
Find out with a fascinating presentation by Ralph E. Chapman at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 24 at The Hive, 134 N.M. 4 in White Rock.
In his 2012 book “Marketing for Read More
Cowboy Breakfast Set For Sunday Feb. 3
Food on the Hill: Jager-Sahne Schitznel
This week’s recipe:
Jager-Sahne Schitznel
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comIngredients...
3/4 cup of cream
SING OUT!
TCC News:
SING OUT! The Taos Community Chorus, with Conductor Tina Sandoval, invites you to join us in singing this season in an exciting program of SPIRITUALS, arranged by Moses Hogan, William L. Dawson, Alice Parker and Robert Shaw, and many other outstanding arrangers and composers.
These stirring choral arrangements will move your soul!
Rehearsals begin Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, 6:30-9 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church of Taos, 215 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte.
The chorus rehearses every Monday evening at this same time. Concert performances are May 4, 5, 11 and 12.
For more information on becoming Read More
OBITUARY: Martin Gursky March 19, 1927–Jan. 17, 2013
MARTIN L. GURSKY March 19, 1927 – Jan. 17, 2013
Martin Gursky passed away Jan. 17, 2013 in Los Alamos, New Mexico, two months short of his 86th birthday.
Martin was the moral, intellectual, economic and political compass of a close, loving and devoted family. His wit, wisdom and thoughtful counsel will be missed by family, friends and acquaintances alike. At his side since graduate school, has been his devoted and accomplished wife, Judith Cassidy Gursky.
Martin was born in New York City, New York on March 19, 1927 to Russian immigrant parents Mayer Gursky and Sonia Balen Gursky, who preceded Read More
Today Marks Nation’s 57th Presidential Inauguration
In a ceremony today marking the start of his second term, President Obama addressed the nation about acting together to move America forward. Upcoming activities throughout today include at 2:35 p.m. ET (estimated), the Inaugural Parade, Pennsylvania Ave., and at 7 p.m. ET (estimated), the Commander-in-Chief’s Inaugural Ball … available at: www.pentagonchannel.mil. Courtesy/whitehouse.gov Read More
Nation Remembers Civil Rights Leader
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivers his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech Aug. 28, 1963 in Washington, D.C. Courtesy/bio.org
Hundreds of thousands of people descended on Washington, D.C.’s, Lincoln Memorial Aug. 28, 1963. It was from the steps of this memorial that King delivered his famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. King’s many speeches and nonviolent actions are credited with being instrumental in shaping the nation’s outlook on equality. Courtesy/wikipedia.org
Staff Report
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a Baptist minister, was a driving force in Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Jan. 10 to Jan. 16, 2013
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
Jan. 10 at 4:17 a.m. / Police received a report from Los Alamos National Bank of criminal damage to property in the 2000 block of Trinity Dr. the estimated loss is less than $1,000.
Jan. 10 at 5:11 p.m. / Police received a report from a 20-year-old Los Alamos man that he was the victim of fraud in the 4900 block of N. Sol. The estimated loss is less than $100.
Jan. 11 at 8:08 a.m. / Police received a report Read More
Column: Part II – Parallel Process of Intergroup Dynamics
Parallel Process of Intergroup Dynamics: How Men’s Covert Conflicts Got Expressed in Overt Conflicts Between Women – Part II, Intervention and Outcomes
By Elena Yang
The principle of parallel process can be applied to intervention. A small group of representatives chosen from the larger system can grapple with pertinent issues, unpack the layering of conflicts, understand their emotions and the sources, and imperatively, reflect back their lessons to the larger system.
In this case of “Fixing the Women,” Smith and his colleagues created a “microcosm group” to identify issues, Read More