‘Run the Caldera’ Cancellation Impacts 450-plus Participants
VCNP News:
The Thompson Ridge Fire has forced the cancellation of the annual Run the Caldera Marathon event.
Mike Lippiatt from the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce said that more than 450 participants had registered up to the time the event was cancelled earlier this week.
Lippiatt addressed the short and longterm impact the cancellation of Run the Caldera may have on the local economy.
“It is impossible to quantify the loss of revenue due to the event being cancelled but the impact to our local businesses is quite significant,” Lippiatt said in a news release. “The long-term Read More
ChamberFest Weekend Kicks Off Friday!
CHAMBER News:
Friday, June 8 kicks off ChamberFest weekend, a community event showcasing Chamber of Commerce member merchants, businesses and organizations.
With food, live music, a car show, giant sand pile, bubble pit and other family entertainment, it will be a particularly entertaining day. ChamberFest runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 8 in downtown Los Alamos on Central Avenue between 15th and 20th streets and down Main Street to the roundabout. Chamber members invite the public to visit their booth and learn more about their businesses.
More than 55 businesses and organizations Read More
Creativity Emerges At Arduino Microcontroller Class
Dave Pelowitz shows the class a microcontroller project using a LCD display. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
During May, The Hive held a free class for those interested in learning how to build projects using the Arduino Microcontroller kit.
Dave Pelowitz provided each student with an Arduino kit and explained how to use it. John Battle gave the class enough electronic and programming background to start a basic Arduino project with an example software program that was modified by each student to change the behavior of the Arduino’s Read More
Del Norte Credit Union Presents Art of Amado Peña
DNC News:
SANTA FE—Del Norte Credit Union, northern New Mexico’s hometown financial cooperative, recently partnered with celebrated artist Amado Peña as part of its just-launched DNCU North Star Artists Series dedicated to supporting northern New Mexican artists.
Four Peña pieces now decorate the walls of the just-renovated DNCU Cordova branch, allowing members and visitors to experience Pena’s vibrant interpretation of Native peoples who live in harmony with an untamed land.
“As a company and as individuals, DNCU and its employees and members support the communities in which Read More
Your Money: Is Your Investment Philosophy Based On The Daily News?
Your Money: Is Your Investment Philosophy Based On The Daily News?Let’s face it: Many of us are addicted to the news, whether or not we want to admit it. Every second of every day, there is a non-stop barrage of fresh, new events to scare us.
Yes, to scare us.
Consider this: When you watch TV news or read a newspaper or follow your social media news feed, there is generally a smattering of feel-good stories. But doesn’t most of what you see fall under the broad categories of “doom and gloom” or “run for the hills.” (In New Mexico, that assumes, of course, that the hills are not burning at the Read More
LANB’s Annual ‘Summer at the Movies’ Free for Kids Starts Today
LANB News:
Summer at the Movies
Los Alamos National Bank is once again sponsoring its annual “Summer at the Movies” at the Los Alamos Reel Deal Movie Theater.
Free movies will be playing every Monday, Wednesday and Friday this summer starting today, June 3 and running to July 26.
Doors and arcade open at 9:30 a.m. and movies start at 10 a.m. No ticket is required so get to the Reel Deal early to be sure to get a seat! Today’s movie was Kung Fu Panda. Movies are subject to change. For a list of upcoming movies, visit https:////www.lanb.com/Summer-at-the-Movies.aspx
Yang: Let’s Have More Meat Before Worrying About Branding, Shall We?
Let’s Have More Meat Before Worrying About Branding, Shall We? I have a natural aversion to branding, for its original meaning as well as a marketing ploy.
I get highly suspicious whenever I hear the term being bandied about. I will never give up the ideal that one should always develop and recognize the substance first before using marketing strategies as shortcuts to shore up product position, name recognition, or making profits.
If an entity, an organization, a town, or a circus, “thinks” it has a good product but is not sure how to present it or position it, shouldn’t the entity Read More
Column: How Los Alamos and Little New Mexico Can Help Feed the World
How Los Alamos and New Mexico Can Help Feed the World
On March 12, 2012, global population officially crossed the 7 billion mark. Barring some cataclysm, by 2050, that number will easily exceed 10 billion.
For those of us who’ve personally visited the wretched places of our planet, this is a very real, daunting epiphany. Right now a unique confluence of changing local geologic conditions and new technology are aligning themselves – which under the purview of New Mexico’s scientific and engineering Read More
Azazo Recyling Opens June 10
BUSINESS News:
Azazo Recycling, LLC is opening its doors June 10 at 3540 Orange St., Unit LV1.
Business hours are 7:50 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday and Tuesday and 7:50 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Wednesdays. Beginning June 19, the business will be open 7:50 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays.
Azazo Recycling, LLC challenges the public to bring in one ton of electronic waste, all types of electronic cords, aluminum cans, copper wire, aluminum wire, and brass and all other accepted items during the first three days. Read More
Money IQ: International Banking Services
Money IQInternational Banking Services
The weather is warming up, summer is just around the corner, and the kids are wrapping up another school year.
It’s travel time. Whether you are planning a vacation or traveling on business abroad, let your financial institution assist in making your travel easier.
Why exchange currency here rather than in the country you are traveling to? Why not exchange currency at the airport? Will my debit/ATM card work in foreign countries? What is my backup plan? All good questions and in this week’s edition of Money IQ you will find a few tips about Read More
