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Nature Yoga And Trail Run Sunday

Nature Yoga and Trail Run Sunday at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

A Nature Yoga and Trail Run is 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Sunday at the Los Alamos Nature Center.

This weekly workshop helps participants learn to connect with nature through yoga and trail running. Come for the run, come for yoga, or attend both.

During yoga, enjoy breathtaking views of the Los Alamos canyons, skies, and wildlife. Watch the clouds float by as you flow your body, breath, and spirit through guided yoga sequences geared toward your specific needs and goals as a student. Learn tools to help your Read More

Bandelier Open Thanksgiving & Celebrates OptOutside

Bandelier invites visitors to take a walk on the Main Loop Trail and celebrate OptOutside Friday, Nov. 24. Courtesy/NPS
 
BANDELIER News:
 

Many locations throughout the area will be closed for Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 23, but Bandelier National Monument will be open, with Visitor Center hours 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Every year many visitors, some with their Thanksgiving guests, come to enjoy the park in the morning while the turkey is cooking, or in the afternoon to walk off some of their holiday feast.

 
Then Friday, Nov. 24, the park will join in the growing nationwide observance
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Meet LAHS Math Teacher Stephanie Abney

Los Alamos High School math teacher Stephanie Abney at her desk. Photo by Serenity Maestas/ladailypost.com
 
By SERENITY MAESTAS
Sudent Intern
Los Alamos Daily Post

While Los Alamos High School is full of wonderful teachers, one of their most loved staff is math teacher Stephanie Abney.

Abney went to Los Alamos for her four years of high school, graduating in 2010. Abney attended Colorado State University to earn her degree and got a job in Colorado. But later she wanted to come back to her hometown to fulfill her goal of becoming a softball and volleyball coach.

“I came back to give back to Read More

Severo Gonzales Shares Ranch School Stories With Los Alamos Historical Society

Bences Gonzales, right, and his son Ray at Romero Cabin before it was moved to the Historic District. Courtesy photo

Historical Society News:

Severo Gonzales stopped by the Los Alamos Historical Society offices last week. It’s always a pleasure to visit with him and his brother Ray, who—in their 80s—remain active and tell wonderful stories of their lives as children on the Pajarito Plateau in the 1930s. They were instrumental in helping to interpret the homestead-era Romero Cabin, the seasonal home of their maternal grandparents where the boys spent many summers.

On this visit, Severo regaled Read More

LAAC: Holiday Arts And Crafts Fair Saturday!

Laurette Oneil will sell her jewelry during the annual holiday arts and crafts fair Saturday. Courtesy photo

Jewelry by Laurette Oneil. Courtesy photo

LAAC News: 

The Los Alamos Arts Council will host its 2017 Northern New Mexico Arts and Crafts Fair 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Los Alamos Middle School.

 

Nearly 100 artists from around New Mexico and some from out-of-state will present their art and handy work for the early holiday shopping enjoyment of the public.

 

Art work ranges in price from $5 to $1,000. Also at the fair will be live music (a flute ensemble and string quartet) Read More

UNM-LA Community Education Welcomes Mike Katko

Mike Katko, new program coordinator for Community Education at UNM-LA. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LA

UNM-LA News:

UNM-Los Alamos announces Mike Katko as its new program coordinator for Community Education. In this position, Katko will arrange the Community Education schedule, including recruiting instructors for a variety of classes.

Katko is an educator and businessman with many years of experience. He has served at all levels of education in New Mexico public schools, from elementary and secondary level teacher to principal and principal mentor. Additionally, Katko has worked as Read More

Los Alamos Community Foundation & LARSO News

The relatively new Los Alamos Community Foundation (LACF) and the been-around-for-awhile Los Alamos Retired and Senior Organization (LARSO) became partners last week in that the LARSO Board invested $10,000 of its reserve funds with the LACF to help with its good works in the community. From left, Tom Feiertag, Bob Swift, Shelby Redondo, Ken Milder and David Izrealevitz. Foundation.Courtesy photo Read More