Chris Clark

IRS Raises Expensing Threshold To $2,500 For Small Businesses

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IRS News:
 
PHOENIX ― The Internal Revenue Service has simplified the paperwork and recordkeeping requirements for small businesses by raising from $500 to $2,500 the safe harbor threshold for deducting certain capital items.
 
The change affects businesses that do not maintain an applicable financial statement (audited financial statement). It applies to amounts spent to acquire, produce or improve tangible property that would normally qualify as a capital item. The new $2,500 threshold applies to any such item substantiated by an invoice.
 
As a result, small
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Shop On The Corner Christmas Sale Dec. 2

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SOTC News:
 
The Shop on the Corner Thrift Shop is all set up and awaiting its friends and neighbors for its annual big Christmas Sale this year beginning at 8:30 a.m., today, Dec. 2, at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. 
 
The special jewelry section features fine jewels from many parts of the world. Festive clothing, holiday décor, as well as toys and games, stuffed animals, books, and much more are ready and waiting for your Christmas wish list giving needs.

The Shop on the Corner Thrift Shop’s yearly total outreach proceeds provide funding to more than

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DALA Presents Nutcracker On The Hill Dec. 4-6

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DALA News:
 
It has been reported that during the Trinity Test in July 1945, strains of the Nutcracker Suite mysteriously crackled through the radio.
 
Seventy years later, Tchaikovsky will, once again, meet the Manhattan Project in Dance Arts Los Alamos’ (DALA) world premiere of Nutcracker on “The Hill”. The audience will travel back to the era of the Manhattan Project as the show opens with a Christmas Party hosted by General Leslie Groves.
 
Set Designer Robi Mulford’s talent in re-creating the Fuller Lodge set will be immediately
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Lunch With A Leader At Mesa Public Library Dec. 15

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LWV News:
 
The League of Women Voters will have their community Lunch with a Leader at 11:45 a.m., Dec. 15 at the Mesa Public Library.
 
Their leader will be Suki Halevi who is the new face of the Anti-Defamation League(ADL) for New Mexico. The ADL works to combat all hate crimes, bullying and cyberbullying, voter rights, LGBT rights, etc.
 
Suki completed her BA at Vassar College, her Masters at Tufts, and her law degree at Duke. A serious, dedicated woman of principle, she comes to Albuquerque most recently after seven years on the island of Maui. She
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WIPP: Safe Havens Increases Underground Safety

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Safe havens provide life-saving shelter for underground workers in the event of an emergency. Courtesy photo
 
WIPP News:
 
The WIPP site has made significant safety improvements. Recently, eight underground safe havens (or refuge chambers) were delivered to the site and will be downloaded into the WIPP underground prior to the restart of waste disposal operations.
 
The safe havens are about 28 feet long, 8 feet wide and 7.25 feet high and weigh approximately 19,000 pounds.
 
Each unit is equipped to house 20 people for at
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LA School Of Gymnastics Competition Results

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Addie Richie (middle). Photo by Laura Trader
 
LASG News:
 
Los Alamos School of Gymnastics traveled to Rio Rancho Nov. 15 to compete in the annual Eagle Ridge Autumn Invitational.
 
Chantel Biebeault was the high scorer of the day taking first place in the Silver juniors division with a 37.05. Chantel also took first on vault and beam. She tied for first on bars with team mate Anika Lovato and was third on floor. 
 
Anika Lovato was second all around with 36.85. Anika also placed first on floor and second on beam.
 
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Local-Made, Hand-Crafted Gifts At The Los Alamos Nature Center

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Holiday gifts at the Los Alamos Nature Center gift shop. Courtesy photo
 
PEEC News:
 
The new Los Alamos Nature Center has a great holiday gift shop, run by Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC).
 
It is the perfect place to find gifts for the people on your list who like science and nature.
 
PEEC has made a special effort to stock the Los Alamos Nature Center gift shop with quality, hand-crafted, NM-made, nature-themed gifts including wood boxes, hand-sewn ornaments, educational toys, tea towels, nature-themed art, stuffed
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Kindred Spirits Christmas Celebration Dec. 12

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Chaco the dog. Courtesy/KSAS
 
COMMUNITY News:
 

Come One Come All! The community is invited to attend the annual Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary Christmas Celebration with a tree lighting and meditation.

This free public event is 4-7 p.m., Dec. 12 at 3749-A Highway 14, 20 minutes south of Santa Fe and a half mile south of Lone Butte General Store (Shell Station). The sanctuary tour begins at 4:30 p.m. followed by the tree lighting at 5:30 p.m. and hot cider and healthy refreshments.

The Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary provides eldercare and hospice for

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