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Calling Young Artists For 2018 Dog Jog Logo Contest

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Courtesy/FOSCA

FOSCA News:

Tails are wagging all over Los Alamos in anticipation of the 2018 Los Alamos Dog Jog and Fun Walk, Saturday, April 28 at Rover Park in White Rock.

The Dog Jog is an annual fundraiser for the Friends of Shelter and Companion Animals (FOSCA), that provides funding for spay/neuter surgeries and for catastrophic veterinary care for pets.

The Dog Jog Committee is calling on all creative young artists to put their imaginations and love of dogs to work by submitting a drawing for the 2018 Dog Jog Logo Contest!

The Logo Contest is open to youngsters in third through sixth grades

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PEEC: Analemma Dilemma And Phantoms Of The Universe At Los Alamos Nature Center This Weekend

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Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Akkana Peck and David North will share why noon isn’t really noon, why the solstice and the earliest sunset are on different days, and other anomalies of Earth’s orbit at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23 in the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium.

Peck and North will investigate how anomalies of the Earth’s orbit affects life on Earth (and on other planets). They are enthusiastic lunar observers. North popularized the term “shallow sky” for observing objects in our solar system (as opposed to “deep sky” observing of galaxies and nebulae), while Peck runs Read More

Free Community Seminar For Heart Month March 6

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HEART COUNCIL News: 

In honor of Heart Month, the Los Alamos Heart Council is hosting a free community seminar by Dr. Kayvan Ellini of the Presbyterian Heart Group.

The seminar is 5:30 p.m., March 6 at First Baptist Church, 2200 Diamond Dr.

The objectives of the seminar, Fantastic Journey Through Your Heart: New ways to Treat Heart Disease include:

  • Innovations in devices for treatment of heart disease;
  • Advances in medicines and minimally invasive procedures; and
  • Outlook for improved cardiac treatment outcomes.

A complimentary dinner will be served. Preregistration by March Read More

Voices Of Los Alamos: One Year Later

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By Cristina Olds and Elena Giorgi
Voices Of Los Alamos

This February, Voices of Los Alamos is celebrating one year of successfully bringing people together in action by holding meetings, getting involved politically, and supporting local actions.

Some activities Voices participated in last year include Day Without a Woman with 200 participants in March, March for Science with 2,500 marchers in April, and a vigil for protesters killed in Charlottesville with 80 attendees in August. 

Local issues we supported with letter Read More

UNM-LA Students Organize Teddy Bear Drive

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In honor of Kindness Week, the UNM-Los Alamos Student Government organized a Teddy Bear Drive to collect stuffed animals for the Los Alamos Police Department. The LAPD can then share something comforting to children as they see fit. Brooke Neese, who does in-home daycare, delivered three large bags of stuffed animals shared by the families she works with. Courtesy photo

Madison Mas, a high school senior, decided to contribute her childhood collection of stuffed animals before she goes away to college. Courtesy photo

UNM-LA all stuffed animals. Courtesy photo Read More

Hungrytown Comes To Los Alamos

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Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson make up the celebrated acoustic duo Hungrytown. Courtesy photo

LIBRARY News:

The Los Alamos County Library System presents the celebrated acoustic duo Hungrytown, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, in the Pajarito Room at Fuller Lodge, 2132 Central Ave. in Los Alamos.

This is a free concert sponsored by the Los Alamos County Library System and the Friends of Los Alamos County Libraries.

Last July, Hungrytown returned from a successful six-and-a-half-month tour of the US, UK and New Zealand, covering over 16,000 miles in the US alone. They are on a four-month Read More

Navajo Code Talker Presentation Fuller Lodge Saturday

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AuthorJudith Avila and WWII Navajo Code Talker Chester Nez. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

The National History Day Club at Los Alamos High School is hosting a presentation by Judith Avila on Chester Nez, a World War II Navajo Code Talker.

Avila co-authored Chester Nez’s autobiography and will be giving a presentation about him at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24 at Fuller Lodge. Tickets for the event maybe be purchased by any LAHS National History Day Club member or at the door for a suggested donation of $10. The money raised from the event will help club members with the transportation and lodging Read More

Mutschlecner Reads From New Work At Library Feb. 22

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Poet David Mutschlecner

LIBRARY News:

Poet David Mutschlecner will read from his latest book of poetry “Icon” as the latest offering in Mesa Public Library’s Authors Speak series. The reading starts at 7 p.m., Thursday, .Feb. 22, in the Upstairs Rotunda of Mesa Public Library, 2400 Central Ave. in Los Alamos.

Mutschlecner’s published work includes the poetry books “Esse,” “Sign” and “Enigma and Light” from Ahsahta Press, and “Veils” from Stride Press. With “Icon” Mutschlecner continues his exploration of theopoetics, which is “where poetry shines a light into theology, cleansing it of Read More

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