STATE News:
Santa Fe – Gov. Susana Martinez will announce at 10 a.m. today a proposal to make New Mexico more competitive for nursing professionals by streamlining the process for nurses licensed in other states to become licensed in New Mexico.
Martinez also will talk about her efforts to recruit more nurse practitioners to New Mexico from states like Texas, Oklahoma and Utah, where restrictions on nurse practitioners are higher than they are in our state. Read More
JOBS News:
ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall will host a job fair with the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce at 3 p.m. Thursday. The job fair, which will include employers who are hiring, is open to the public.
Employers invited to participate include:
The job fair follows the Women’s Career Read More
From left, Soumyo Lahiri-Gupta and Justin Dunn (blue shoes) of the United Way Youth Team and David Woodruff and J.C. Dugger of Zia Credit Union, which sponsors the United Way Youth Team, do the honors of raising the Community Action Fund thermometer Tuesday in front of the downtown post office. Investments in local non-profits through the Community Action Fund are momentarily at $255,000. United Way is almost at 25 percent of it fundraising goal for the year. Courtesy/UWNNM Read More
The Marshmallow Problem & The Candle ProblemBeing part of a team-building exercise or being tested … both exercises drive me bonkers. However, a well-designed test/problem, with a convincing structure and valuable conclusions, intrigues me. When I learned about the Marshmallow Problem (link below), I was immediately reminded of the Candle Problem (link below). I learned both from TED talks.
In Tom Wuject’s presentation on the Marshmallow Problem (MP), he emphasizes the context of collaboration in solving the MP, and in Dan Pink’s illustration of the Candle Problem Read More
By American Legion Auxiliary Unit 90American Legion Auxiliary Unit 90 would like to thank the following businesses/vendors for their gracious donations/contributions to the Unit’s fundraiser held Oct. 19:
Denise Lane at the Dixie Girl Restaurant in 2012. File photo
COMMUNITY News:
Community members are organizing farewell events for longtime Los Alamos restaurateur/Realtor Denise Lane who has sold the Dixie Girl Restaurant and is moving to Albuquerque.
“There are few people in recent Los Alamos history who have touched so many lives as Denise,” JJ Maier said.
Lane’s community involvement includes:
Holiday Success Tips and Tricks – Part 7Making It Last
Once the Holiday Season begins to wrap up, it’s important to not let all your hard word go to waste. How do you continue to make the holiday season last throughout the New Year?
The holidays are a get time to add to your mailing list and increase your social media reach. During the holiday season be sure to add new customers to your mailing list. Be sure to have customers sign up for monthly specials or newsletters, but get their permission to send them something.
A great way to get business
Courtesy/Kendra HenningRE/MAX of Los Alamos turned 18 this year. The business was started by Realtor Jim Gautier who sold it to Gene and Nancy Mroz in 1999. Current owner Kendra Henning and her husband Paul purchased the business in January 2007.
“I came to work here in 2002 and loved it,” Henning said. “Nancy and Gene announced that they planned to retire and wanted to pass the business on to one of their realtors if possible. I appreciated the business that had been built. I went to my husband Paul and he was excited about the idea of buying the Read More
Holiday Success Tips and Tricks – Part 6Holiday Money Management
Cash is king, especially during the holidays. It is important to remember that sales do not equal cash in the bank. There is often a timing difference between expenses being paid and income coming in; like when merchandise arrives in October but customers don’t purchase it till December. Luckily there are some tricks to help you sell sooner, get paid faster, reduce expenses and defer payments. It is important to remember that cash flow is money coming in instead of going out. Read More
Dr. Richard Sayre leads a tour of Hive meeting attendees Thursday of the New Mexico Consortium’s Biological Laboratory and Greenhouse. Photo by Lisa Christensen
Dr. Richard Sayre. Photo by Lisa Christensen
Staff Report
The Hive held its regular brown-bag networking lunch meeting Thursday at the New Mexico Consortium’s Biological Laboratory and Greenhouse (BioLab) at 100 Entrada Dr., Room 168.
Dr. Richard Sayre of the NMC and Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Bioscience Division, briefed the group on the latest projects underway at the BioLab. Sayre is one of the nation’s Read More