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Chamber Business Breakfast Presents Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard’s Annual Legislative Preview Dec. 15

Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard

CHAMBER News:

Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard will be the guest speaker Tuesday, Dec. 15 at the Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast.

Rep. Garcia Richard will present her annual Legislative Preview to Chamber members, which will include matters related to the state budget as well as a discussion of other potential legislation.

The upcoming Legislative Session is a 30-day session. The session begins Jan. 19 and ends Feb. 18, 2016. Legislators may pre-file legislation Dec. 15 through Jan. 13 and Feb. 3 is the deadline for introduction of all legislation. Read More

Benefits Of HOAs In New Mexico Touted

ASSOCIA News:
 
SANTA FE  Associa, the industry’s leading community association management company, promoted the benefits of homeowners’ associations and New Mexico’s HOA Act during a hearing of the Interim Committee on Courts, Corrections and Justice Dec. 1 in Santa Fe.
 
According to Community Associations Institute, approximately 260,000 New Mexicans live in 160,000 homes in nearly 2,000 community associations across the state. 
 
These residents pay $300 million each year in dues that go toward maintenance of their communities and various
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Nu2U Offers Something For Everyone

Keith and Barbara Lindsay. Courtesy photo
 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

 
Keith and Barbara Lindsay opened Nu2U May 1, 2014 at 1460 Trinity Dr., Suite 1 in Los Alamos.

Nu2U is a gift and consignment shop with a vendor team of local entrepreneurs who strive to provide customers with opportunities to purchase quality items at reasonable prices.

Barbara first came to Los Alamos in 1972 and Keith in 1989. She came with her family after her father, Jim McInroy, accepted a job at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Keith first came to Los Alamos as a U.S. Air Force Military Research Associate Read More

Visit Uli’s For Great Looks And Marvelous Gifts

Uli’s owner Uli Campbell, right, with a model at this year’s annual holiday fashion show. Photo by Jim O’Donnell
 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

Uli’s is the place to shop when one wants to look great or find that perfect gift. Uli’s opened for business 30 years ago in Los Alamos selling evening and casual wear. Through the years the store has expanded to include gift items such as Legos, checkers, cookbooks, placemats, art, box cards, calendars and much more.

Owner Uli Campbell opened her boutique in 1985 in Los Alamos and moved to her current location at 800 Trinity Dr. in Mari Mac Village Read More

Float Away Your Cares

A client enters a floatation tank. Courtesy photo
 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

Carlos Casias and his wife Nancy opened Float Los Alamos in November at 927 Central Ave.

The new business provides floatation therapy a.k.a. Floating, or R.E.S.T (Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy), which involves lying in a spacious, dark tank floating atop a super saturated Epsom salt water solution.

The goal of floatation therapy is to limit sensory input and allow the body to shift into a parasympathetic state to achieve rest, relaxation and restoration of normal function and behavior. Read More

Acupuncture, Chiropractic And Posture Therapy Training Under One Roof

Dr. Nancy Savoia, DC and Dr. Henry Ahlefelder of Los Alamos Chiropractic and Acupuncture Center in one of their consultation rooms. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos Chiropractic and Acupuncture Center of Los Alamos, located at 2610 Trinity Drive #14, have been serving the health care needs of Los Alamos for more than 15 years. Both Dr. Nancy Savoia, DC and Dr. Henry Ahlefelder, DOM strive to provide quality complementary health care to their patients.

Savoia came to Los Alamos in late 1996 from Texas because she loves the outdoors Read More

New Community Internship Program Benefits Local Students And Businesses

Laura Loy and Ted Lopez guide students through the application process during one of the required orientation sessions for the Community Internship Collaboration program. Courtesy/UNM-LA

UNM-LA News:

There’s a new partnership in town, and its mission is to provide opportunities for local high school and college students as well as small businesses.

The Community Internship Collaboration (CIC) is a joint partnership of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Security, LLC, UNM-Los Alamos, 
Los Alamos High School, and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Read More

LAMC Earns ‘Top Performer Award’

One of the award-winning LAMC surgical teams: John Howie, Chris Sanchez, Dr. Salim Amrani, David Heft, RN and  Jamie Lavery. Courtesy photo
 
Staff Report

Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) has been recognized as a 2014 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States.

LAMC was recognized as part of The Joint Commission’s 2015 annual report “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety,” for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance for surgical services. Read More

RDC Taps Liddie Martinez As Executive Director

Liddie Martinez joins the RDC Jan. 4. Courtesy photo

RDC News:

  • Liddie Martinez will join the Regional Development Corporation as executive director Jan. 4, 2016

ESPANOLA—The Regional Development Corporation (RDC) recently named Liddie Martinez as its incoming executive director. She succeeds Kathy Keith, who assumed the role of director of Community Programs at Los Alamos National Laboratory in August.

“The RDC is excited to see what Liddie will bring to the organization and the regional economy as a whole,” said RDC Board of Directors Chair Jennifer Jenkins. “We believe we’ve found a Read More

DNCU Donates $1,500 For Breakfast With Santa

Eric Baldonado of DNCU presents a check to Kiwanis Club President Lisa Wismer Tuesday at TOTH. Courtesy photo

DNCU News:

SANTA FE—Del Norte Credit Union (DNCU) announced its support of the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos and its annual Breakfast with Santa fundraising event. DNCU personnel presented a $1,500 check to the Kiwanis Club at its Dec. 1 lunch meeting.

“We are honored to partner with the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos for this fun community event celebrating the holidays,” says DNCU CEO/President Chuck Valenti. “In addition, it is important to our mission of improving lives that the Kiwanis Read More