McQuiston: What’s Credit Got To Do With It?
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Agency
Los Alamos
When I first heard about the use of credit in the insurance industry, I thought, “What’s credit got to do with it?” (Set to the tune of Tina Turner’s number one billboard hit of 1984, “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” of course!). Well insurance consumers and Tina Turner fans alike may be surprised to learn that credit has a lot to do with it!
Most people realize that financial institutions look at a person’s credit history to determine whether to loan money or what interest rate to charge. What many people may not realize is most insurance companies also use credit Read More
Decker: An Open Letter To Los Alamos County Council
Rendering of the proposed Bike Skills Park. Courtesy image
By DEAN DECKER
Los Alamos
A Bike Skills Park does not have to be in the woods to make it a great skills park.
The proposed location destroys a beautiful, quiet, stream-side walk in the woods.
Please locate this park somewhere else. Read More
Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival Sept. 15-Oct. 6
LENSIC News:
SANTA FE ― Lensic Performing Arts Center will feature some of the world’s most accomplished jazz musicians this fall in four can’t-miss New Mexico Jazz Festival concerts.
The 16th annual New Mexico Jazz Festival—a collaborative project of Lensic Performing Arts Center and Outpost Performance Space—runs Sept. 15-Oct. 7, with concerts at venues in Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
For a complete schedule of events, visit this link.
The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra:
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15 / $49–$75
- The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra has won 18 Grammy awards, performed for royalty,
Martinez: The Many Ways Enterprise Bank & Trust’s Partnership With Fidelity Investments Enhances Financial Services Available For Clients
By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
President, Los Alamos Region
Enterprise Bank & Trust, Member FDIC
As I have shared with Los Alamos Daily Post readers in the past, Enterprise Bank & Trust has partnered with Fidelity Investments to provide its services to all of our Wealth Management clients.
I am pleased to share the many ways this partnership can assist you in better managing your finances.
Our wealth management team conducts research and testing to construct diversified portfolios to meet our clients’ specific needs. Clients have the convenience of having their banking and wealth services Read More
‘Pancakes On The Plaza’ Mascot Flap Jack Visits Rotary
Flap Jack, the mascot of ‘Pancakes on the Plaza’, and fellow Santa Fe Rotarians, Dick Jone and Deborah Simon, at right, enjoyed a moment with Los Alamos Club President Alison Pannell before the July 19 meeting began. Photo by Linda Hull
By LINDA HULL
Vice President
Rotary Club of Los Alamos
Flap Jack, the mascot of Pancakes on the Plaza, a fundraiser held every Fourth of July on the Santa Fe Plaza to benefit the service projects of the Rotary Club of Santa Fe, paid a friendly visit to the July 19 meeting of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos.
Flap Jack is already recruiting next year’s hungry crowd and is competing Read More
Gruninger: Yoga Helps Practitioners Cultivate Awareness
By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IAYT
Los Alamos
I drive by the Rio Grande River two days a week. I usually don’t pay much attention to it one way, but on my way home, I always look out over the river.
Now, you know, the Rio Grande we see isn’t quite what people imagine when they think of the Rio Grande River. As I drive over the river, I quickly take in its beauty; it’s almost like a ritual for me.
A number of times I have thought I spotted a duck sitting on the river; and I think, “oh, interesting”. Yesterday, I thought I saw that duck in the same spot on the river. Today, I drove over the river and looked again and actually Read More
Leonard: Navigate Stormy Water With Life Wheels
By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Los Alamos
Being human means managing life transitions. Some of these experiences are exciting and some are traumatic. Either way, both create stress and uncertainty. Having your first child, becoming an empty nester, applying for college, leaving for college, marriage, moving, losing a spouse to illness, divorce, retirement; force us to transition in big and often mentally difficult ways.
All of these life transitions have one thing in common … a change in personal identity. Adapting to new roles with less discomfort requires having some tools in Read More
