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Letter To The Editor: ‘Thank You Los Alamos!’

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By SrA DANIEL NEBEL, USAF Band of the Golden West
Los Alamos
 
It is always a pleasure to return to Los Alamos and visit my folks because it is such a unique and generous community. 
 
This year when I returned home for the holidays I performed a recital at Fuller Lodge on New Year’s Eve and was pleasantly surprised to have over 90 people come to the performance!  
 
I took up a free will offering for the Santa Fe Youth Symphony, one of the many ensembles in the area that was vital to my success as a professional musician, and I just sent them $250.  
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The Most Important New Year’s Resolution Of All

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By MONISHA VASA, M.D.
 
As 2016 begins, we might find ourselves thinking about new years resolutions for how we can better parent our children. 
 
More than ever, it feels important to help our children develop tools that will allow them to grow into a conscious, healthy adults. 
 
One of the most important skills for emotional well being is that of gratitude. Here are five quick, easy (and free) ways to encourage an attitude of gratitude in our children.
 
  • Engage in random acts of kindness: Children will often spontaneously share a toy
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Letter To The Editor: Guns Are A Tool, Not The Cause

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By STEVAN PATILLO
Los Alamos
 
Once again Khalil J. Spencer (letter), has illumined the basic problem in our debate(?) about guns in our society.
 
Not only are the two widely separated sides talking past each other, they both ignore the roots of the situation we have found ourself in: Our self perpetuating culture of violence is at the base and where we find ourselves today.
 
Guns are a tool, not the cause. We have become a more angry society. Our answer to any situation is confrontation, not compromise.
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Los Alamos Among Affordable Cities For Renters Insurance

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STATE News:
 
New Mexico is the fifth largest state but has little more than 2 million residents. It was inhabited by indigenous peoples until European exploration and today the state has the second highest number of Native Americans. Sante Fe is the capital but Albuquerque is the most populous and both have a lot of renters.
 
To see who has the cheapest and most expensive renters insurance rates, we evaluated quotes for a sample property (a rental property with roughly 1,000 square feet of living space and $100,000 in liability coverage).
 
The results showed that the most
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Coaching Café: Catabolic vs. Anabolic Leaders Part 4

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By LeAnne Parsons
Los Alamos
 
Welcome to 2016, the best year yet! The year to design your best life! 
 
This month, part 4 of the discussion of the characteristics of anabolic and catabolic leaders focuses on how (and if) leaders assess themselves, and examine how their actions and attitudes affect their results, as well as impact the people around them.
 
Catabolic leaders operate in their own little worlds. They do what they do, and they rarely, if ever, stop to think about the consequences of what they are doing (and how they are doing it).
 
If catabolic
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BBBS: January Is National Mentoring Month

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By KELLY MYERS
BBBS Los Alamos/Rio Arriba Counties Co-Chair
 
Founded in 1904, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is the oldest, largest and most effective youth mentoring organization in the United States.
 
Big Brothers Big Sisters mentors children, ages 6-18, in communities across the country. Our mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors that have a measurable impact on youth.
 
National research has shown that positive relationships
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Obituary: Jeanette Marie Preber Verre Dec. 23, 2015

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JEANETTE MARIE PREBER VERRE Dec. 23, 2015
 
Jeanette Marie Preber Verre, a former Los Alamos resident, peacefully passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
 
Jeanette, born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1931, was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond D. Verre, her parents, John and Margaret Preber, her brother, Walter James Preber, and her nephew, Gregory Justin Preber.
 
She is survived by her nephew, Bradley Preber and wife, Lois, of Pheonix, Arizona, niece, Heather Preber, and nephew, Cameron Preber, as well as two ornery Schnauzers, Missy and Pepper,
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Paustenbach Makes $1 Million Gift To Jackson Lab

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Jackson Laboratory News:
 
Dennis J. Paustenbach, Ph.D., a pioneer in the health and environmental risk assessment industry, has made a $1 million planned gift to The Jackson Laboratory to support cancer and immunology research.
 
The gift will establish an endowment called the Paustenbach Family Cancer and Immunology Research Fund.
 
“I concluded JAX was the best equipped to take its eight decades of work with mice to make dramatic improvements in the way we treat or cure cancers,” Paustenbach said. “JAX can use the mouse to give us insights into diseases that other
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Gray Matters: Vote No On School Bond Issue

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By LARRY JOHNSON
Los Alamos
 
The purpose of this column is to urge you to vote no on the school bond issue. There are at least three good reasons to vote no.
 
First, we voted for a large tax increase before the new high school was built, followed by a new middle school and a new elementary school. We were assured by the school board at that time they would need no further bonds for capital expenses. The present vote is for further capital spending. A vote no will reduce our taxes and partially compensate for the previous large increase.
 
The second reason to vote no is because the school
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Three Santa Fe Arts Institutions Celebrate Lloyd Kiva New’s 100th Birthday

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Woman’s purse. Courtesy/NMMA
 
NMMA News:
 
SANTA FE ― This year is the centennial of the birth of seminal Native American artist Lloyd Kiva New, and three Santa Fe arts institutions are celebrating this anniversary in style.
 
Lloyd Kiva New, a Cherokee, is known locally as the Institute of American Indian Art’s (IAIA) first artistic director, yet nationally, Native people refer to him as the “Godfather of Native Fashion.”
 
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, and the New Mexico Museum of
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