Chris Clark

Help For International Taxpayers Begins On IRS.gov

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IRS News:
 
PHOENIX ― The Internal Revenue Service reminds U.S. taxpayers living abroad, as well as other international taxpayers, that IRS.gov provides the best starting place for getting answers to their important tax questions.
 
This filing season, six new YouTube videos on common issues that international taxpayers face are also available.
 
The International Taxpayers (https://www.irs.gov/) page on IRS.gov is packed with information designed to help taxpayers living abroad, resident aliens, nonresident aliens,
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NMAA Selects Monte Del Sol Girls Basketball For ‘Compete With Class’ Honor

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NMAA News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― The New Mexico Activities Association is proud to announce that the Monte Del Sol girls basketball team and head coach Ricardo Arredondo have been recognized as the Compete with Class award recipient for the month of December.
 
Monte Del Sol Athletic Coordinator Alfredo Celedon nominated the Dragons after their game with Santa Fe Waldorf in December. Celedon commented, “Our Monte del Sol girls’ basketball coach, Ricardo Arredondo, made the most amazing choice in a recent game against Santa Fe Waldorf School ― a
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Britt Cooper Of Roswell And Cooper Henderson Of Artesia Are National Coaches Of The Year

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NMAA News:
 
INDIANAPOLIS ― Twenty-three high school coaches from across the country have been selected as 2015 National Coaches of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Coaches Association. 
 
The NFHS, which has been recognizing coaches through an awards program since 1982, honors coaches in the top 10 girls sports and top 10 boys sports (by participation numbers), and in one “other” sport that is not included in the top 10 listings.
 
The NFHS also recognizes a Spirit coach and another “Contributor” as separate categories.
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Quinceañera Exhibition Travels To Governor’s Gallery

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NHCC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― An excerpt of the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s exhibition Quinceañera: Our Story, Our Future will be on display in the Governor’s Gallery throughout the 2016 Legislative Session, from January through March 2016.
 
This exhibition was first presented at the NHCC Art Museum in September 2015, to celebrate the NHCC’s fifteenth anniversary.
 
The exhibition captures the breadth of Hispanic/Chicano/Latino art within the NHCC Art Museum’s permanent collection.
 
“We are honored to present
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Smith’s Marketplace Presents $3,883 To Food Depot

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At Friday’s gift card presentation at Smith’s Marketplace, from left, Chamber of Commerce Manager Nancy Partridge, Smith’s Marketplace Associate Community Specialist Kathryn Fulton, Smith’s Assistant Manager Corey Sparks, Food Depot Executive Director Sherry F. Hooper and Food Depot Director of Warehouse Operations Justin Peters. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

COMMUNITY News:

Smith’s Marketplace in Los Alamos presented a gift card to Food Depot Director Sherry Hooper from Santa Fe during a gathering Friday morning at the store. Read More

Youth Summer Job Applications Now Available

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YCC crew at work on the trails. Courtesy photo
 
YMCA News:
 
Applications for summer employment with The Family YMCA’s Youth Conservation Corps trail crew will be taken through 5 p.m., March 7.
 
Hiring for this program is restricted to those ages 14-25. Application packets and job descriptions are available on the Y’s website, at the YMCA 1450 Iris St., and at the Los Alamos and Espanola YMCA teen centers.
 
Completed applications require two letters of reference and may be turned in to the Y or the teen centers. Applicants must be
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Mountain Mixer Square Dance Club Hosts Fun-filled Evening Tonight

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MMSDC News:
 
The Mountain Mixer Square Dance Club is hosting a great fun-filled evening to introduce participants to square dancing.
 
Sure, we all tried square dancing in the sixth grade, but have you tried it since you’ve grown up? Do you like music? Different types of music? Do you like to move to a good beat?
 
Come see what square dancing is really like … it’s:
  • Fun
  • Good for the mind
  • Good exercise
  • Singles, couples, and families
  • Non-smoking, No alcohol
  • A chance to meet new friends
  • Fabulous refreshments
  • Endorsed by Dr. Oz & Mayo Clinic
  • Inexpensive entertainment
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New York Artist To Give Exhibition Talk At NHCC

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NHCC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― At 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, New York-based artist David Antonio Cruz will give a talk about his artwork in the exhibition Staging the Self / Ponerse En Imagen, currently on display at the National Hispanic Cultural Center and organized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.
 
Cruz’s multidisciplinary work fuses painting, video, and performance to explore the invisibility and silencing of brown and black queer bodies throughout history and within communities.
 
“Cruz’ work
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YMCA Participates In National Mentoring Month

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YMCA News:
 
January marks the 15th annual National Mentoring Month, and The Family YMCA Reach and Rise Mentoring Program is participating in this campaign aimed at expanding quality mentoring opportunities to connect more of our community’s young people with caring adults.
 
Research has shown, time and again, that there is a powerful mentoring effect demonstrated by the experiences of young people who are connected to a mentor in their daily life.
 
Mentoring is linked to improved academic, social and economic prospects for your people, and
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