Money IQ: Sellers Beware of Cashier’s Check Fraud
Money IQThe old adage of “Buyer Beware” is becoming “Seller Beware” in more and more transactions especially those involving the Internet.
Cashier’s check fraud is increasing and crooks are being more creative when it comes to stealing your money.
Simply put, cashier’s check fraud is when someone gives you or sends you a “very official” looking cashier’s check and you in turn give them the item you are selling.
You then deposit the cashier’s check and at a later date, the cashier’s check is returned to your bank and your account Read More
Letter to the Editor: NEDO: Good Investment But More is Needed…
NEDO: A Good Investment in our Future But We Need to do More to Make it Pay Off
By Stephanie Garcia Richard
Democratic Candidate for NM House District 43
Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Sandoval and Rio Arriba Counties
Yesterday Los Alamos County hosted a significant event that many consider New Mexico’s entrance into the future of energy production for the nation.
That event was a ribbon cutting for the “smart house” demonstration project integrating photo voltaic energy production, battery storage, and computer controlled distribution and use.
The project team included a consortium Read More
PEEC Amateur Naturalist: Counting Butterflies
A butterfly count has been conducted each year here in Los Alamos for the past 20 years.
A group of butterfly counters spend a Saturday at Burnt Mesa, the Valle Canyon and Camp May.
They spread out at each location, carefully looking for butterflies to catch with their nets.
Each of the locations has a different environment.
Is there a better way to explore Nature than on a sunny Saturday in July?
Intrepid Butterfly Counters. Courtesy photo
The Burnt Mesa had a forest fire pass through thirty five years ago in 1977. Its butterfly Read More
Letter to the Editor: From Weapons to Power Plant Fuel
By James (Jim) W. HallFor several weeks, citizens in New Mexico have had the opportunity to comment on a Department of Energy plan that would take plutonium from decommissioned U.S. nuclear weapons and convert it to material that would generate electricity in nuclear reactors.
A key element of this plan would take place at the world’s most capable and secure facility for plutonium, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Scientists at Los Alamos have been proving Read More
Food on the Hill: Honey Almond Brittle
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com1 ½ cups slivered toasted almonds (crumbled)
Children Have Laser-Sharp Perception: We Should Learn From Them Sometimes, if Not all the Time.
Column by Elena Yang
When Maurice Sendak passed away last spring, I had some thoughts about learning from children.
I learned from Sendak’s interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air, www.npr.org/2012/05/08/152248901/fresh-air-remembers-author-maurice-sendak, why he stopped offering autographs and visiting classrooms: because he ended up frightening children and making them miserable.
How so? Because adults impose on children the “social non-sense” of autographs: We teach children to not write in books but then take them to queue up (requiring patience, a rare commodity in Read More
What Needs to Happen After You’re Gone
Courtesy/LACE
Settling an estate can be difficult and time-consuming. If you have ever been in the position of trying to find all the papers and information needed at the time of death and for estate settlement, you know how much time and frustration can be involved.
“After I’m Gone – Things to think about your Estate” is a program intended to provide you with information to make the process much easier.
Don Davidson will present the program at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 20 at the White Rock Town Read More
