Chris Clark

Farmers Market Thursday May 14

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LAFM News:
 
Los Alamos Farmers’ Market is back in full swing for the season 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Thursday in Mesa Public Library parking lot.
 
What will be at the market this week:
 
Certified organic seeds, vegetable starts, dried chile pods, and lettuce bowls, vegetable and flower starts, potted plants and flowers, hanging plants, also native plants and starts., cilantro lavender body and soap products, goat soaps, goat cheese spreads, cow cheeses, fabulous fresh pork, ungraded eggs and pecans, spinach, salad greens, green onions kettle
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SAR: Can We Reshape Humanity’s Deep Future?

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Prof. Nick Bostrom of Oxford University. Courtesy photo
 
SAR News:
 
SANTA FE ― Best-selling author and TED speaker, Dr. Nick Bostrom asks “Can We Reshape Humanity’s Deep Future?” at 2 p.m., Sunday, June 7 at the James A. Little Theater.
 
Presented by The School for Advanced Research (SAR), Bostrom asks us to reimagine the future of mankind and the consequences of our current intellectual and scientific paths. If we want to mindfully shape the long-term consequences of our actions, we must consider how they will
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Alumni To Break Ground On Memorial Wall In El Rito

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NNMNSAA News:
 
EL RITO ― The Northern New Mexico Normal School Alumni Association will break ground May 21, to begin construction on a memorial wall on Northern New Mexico College’s El Rito Campus.
 
The El Portal del Águila Memorial Wall will honor and celebrate the lives and accomplishments of the graduates and the rich history of the El Rito Normal School. It will be located at the southwest corner of the campus and will be visible from the main road. The area also features a memorial orchard where family members can plant fruit trees in honor
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Concordia Santa Fe Presents ‘Inspirations’ May 24

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Marlon Brando. Courtesy/NNMA
 
NMMA News:
 
Concordia Santa Fe’s Wind Orchestra presents “Inspirations”, a program exploring musical homages to existing works across artistic genres. 
 
The performance will include compositions by Steven Bryant, Frank Ticheli, Norman Dello Joio, Johann Sebastian Bach, David Biedenbender and Leonard Bernstein. 
Admission is free ― donations accepted at the door. 
 
The program begins at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 24 at St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art at
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ACFC Wins Durango Soccer Tournament

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Front row from left, Jakob Castille, Derek Kober, Jaryn Newman, Christoper Koh and Donovan Atencio.  Back row from left, Valerie Li, Dima Tretiak, Jonathon Moulton, Cade Cummins, Jared Carnes, Jesse Prime, Wyatt Watson, Malcom Carr and coach Mike Prime. Not pictured, Shawn Stokes and assistant coach Dario Castano. Photo by Kaelan Prime
 
Jesse Prime (15) after clearing the ball away from a Moab, Utah attacker. Photo by Kaelan Prime
 
ACFC News:
 
The under-14 boys Atomic City Football Club (ACFC) won its bracket in the 2015 Durango Shootout soccer tournament May
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New Partnership To Benefit New Mexico Entrepreneurs

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BUSINESS News:
 
SANTA FE — A new partnership promises to make launching startups in New Mexico significantly easier.
 
The creators of BowTie have joined forces with Startup Santa Fe, a public private partnership between the City of Santa Fe and local non-profit Creative Santa Fe, and led by Silicon Valley veteran Shawn Patrick, to launch a new app and web portal focused on meeting the needs of startups and entrepreneurs in New Mexico.
 
Startup Santa Fe will provide an unprecedented platform of interconnected resources for entrepreneurs within the State, built on the
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Mountain Students Get Into Nature During Field Trip

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Mountain Elementary School second graders on a field trip Thursday to the Los Alamos County Nature Center. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
 
Mountain second graders learn about ways rock formations change. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
 
The students take a closer look at rocks that form the local landscape. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
 
Mountain second graders make the descent to see more rock formations during their field trip to the Nature Center. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
 
Students
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Kiwanis: Community Donates Hundreds Of Books

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Kiwanis member Kristy Ortega surveys just a few of the hundreds of books donated by pancake breakfast diners. Photo by Morrie Pongratz
 
KIWANIS News:
 
John Arrowsmith, chairman for the Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast May 2, says breakfast “customers” brought in boxes and boxes of books to pay for their pancakes.
 
All of the books were given to the Rio Arriba Independent Libraries. The current and retired directors of the El Rito Library were among those at the breakfast, and Arrowsmith said they were “very excited.”
 
Eighteen Kiwanis members and five Key Club members worked
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Letter To The Editor: ‘The Real Mommy Wars Are Playing Out In The Workplace’

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By DANILA CRESPIN ZIDOVSKY, MPA
Albuquerque
 
Take a glance at any contemporary parenting blog, website or social media group and you’ll see the “mommy wars” playing out.
 
The battles range from helicopter parenting versus free-range kids to sling versus stroller, and cloth versus disposable diaper. While the battles (and the guilt that comes with them) are real, they are keeping our attention from the real mommy wars: the abysmal lack of national policies to protect new mothers in the workplace.
 
Almost three-quarters
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