See DALA’s ‘The Nutcracker’ Again for the Very First Time!
Clara and the Nutcracker (Jenna Weatherbie and Cody Maggiore) share a dance. Photo by Paulo T. Photography
Rebecca Brug, minion taking a leap. Photo by Paulo T. PhotographyDALA News:
Dance Arts Los Alamos (DALA) is excited and proud to present its 16th production of The Nutcracker as part of Los Alamos’ Winterfest Weekend. The ballet opened Thursday. Further performances will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6; 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 at the Duane Smith Auditorium.
Tickets are being sold in advance at CB FOX in Los Alamos and Smith’s Food and Drug Centers in White Rock, Read More
Pain Free Athlete: Posture Alignment on Aerobic Machines
Pain Free AthletePosture Alignment on Aerobic Machines
When exercising on an aerobic machine (elliptical, treadmill, bike, stair stepper, etc.) our intent is to condition our cardiovascular system. We are concerned with our heart rate, breathing and fatigue. It is all about our heart and lungs. Seldom do we consider the biomechanics needed to reach our workout intensity. Consequently, people are hunching over the machines, leaning forward and getting hurt.
Six posture related injuries from aerobic machines:
1. Ligaments are permanently stretched
Common in the pelvic Read More
New Support Group for Mental Illness
COMMUNITY News:
A support group is being put together for anyone living with or dealing with an adult with mental illness.
The group support each other through difficult times and be there to lend an ear and be a friend. The group will meet at 6 p.m. Dec. 11 at Starbucks.
For information, call 505.695.9325. Read More
Historical Museum Hosts History Happy Hour
Family Fun at Zia Realty Group’s New Offices Saturday
ZIA REALTY News:
Candy canes for the kids and a free drawing for a $50 gift certificate to Blue Window are part of the fun scheduled 5-7 p.m. Saturday at Zia Realty Group’s new offices at the corner of 15th Street and Central Avenue.
Kids also will have the opportunity to sign up for a chance to win a train set during the family fun event going on as part of the Christmas Light Parade on Central Avenue.
Everyone is welcome to stop by, warm up, eat candy canes and have a chance to win a meal or toy train. Read More
Uniquely Crafted Gifts For Sale Saturday
LALT Auditions Open for ‘Kindertransport’
Courtesy LALT
LALT News:
Los Alamos Little Theatre will hold auditions for Diane Samuels’ drama Kindertransport at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17 at the Performing Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St. Callbacks by invitation will take place Thursday, Dec. 19. The cast consists of five women and one man.
Rolls to be cast:
- EVELYN: English, middle-class woman. In her fifties.
- FAITH: English, Evelyn’s only child. In her early twenties.
- EVA: Evelyn’s younger self. She starts the play at age 9 and finishes at 17. German Jewish, becoming increasingly English.
- HELGA: German Jewish woman
Veterans Get 1.5 Percent Cost-of-Living Increase
U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
CONGRESSIONAL News
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) announced that veterans, their families and survivors who receive disability compensation and pension benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will receive a 1.5 percent cost-of-living increase in their monthly payments beginning Jan. 1, 2014.
“New Mexico’s veterans, their families and their survivors have sacrificed a great deal in service to our country, and they deserve the added financial stability that next year’s cost-of-living increase will provide,” Read More
Letter to the Editor: Let’s Quit Using Plastic Bags
By FRAN STOVAL
I joined a group named the Female Brainpower Initiative (FBI) that meets on the second Tuesday of each month, from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Betty Ehart Senior Center in Los Alamos. Our goal is to bring women together to brain-storm ideas of improvements we would like to see. The issues can be person or world changing.
I had just watched a documentary on TV called “Bag it” by Jeb Berrier. Jeb has made a pledge to stop using plastic bags at the grocery store. I took this idea to the group and after brainstorming; we came up with Read More
Lawrence Garcia Teaches Fighting Skills at Homeland Security Training
Lawrence Garcia, right, and Mauri Pierce demonstrating knife techniques at US Army Camp Atterburey. Courtesy photo Staff Report
Local Mix Martial Artist and Progressive Fighting Systems (PFS) Full Instructor Lawrence Garcia recently attended an invitation only Military, Law Enforcement, Contractor (MALC) training by a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at U.S. Army Camp Atterbury in Indiana.
He assisted in instructing the Edge Weapon and Hand to Hand Combat Program portion of this specialized training course. This high level training regimen consisted Read More
Celebrate the Bradbury’s 50th Birthday
GOP Women Host Holiday Luncheon
LAFRW News:
The Los Alamos Federated Republican Women will hold a Christmas Luncheon 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12 at the home of Lawry and Alice Mann.
All registered Republican women are invited, and guests are welcome. Please bring a dish to share. Members are reminded to bring non-perishable food items and toiletries for charity donations.
For further information about the luncheon, contact Donna MacDonald at 505.662.4001. For information on the LAFRW “Adopt-A-Family” for Christmas project, call Kathy Walters at 505.662.5266 or 505.423.0132. Read More
OBITUARY: Pearle Thomsen Feb. 12, 1920-Oct. 12, 2013
PEARLE LOIS THOMSEN Feb. 12, 1920-Oct. 12, 2013
Pearle Lois Thomsen died peacefully on October 12, 2013. She was born on February 12, 1920 and grew up during the Great Depression in Galesburg, Illinois.
She attended nursing school and worked as a nurse anesthetist. Her first husband, Johnny Maxwell, was killed in the South Pacific in World War II. She married John Thomsen in 1945 and lived in Seattle, Denver, Cleveland, and Peoria, Illinois; she lived much of her adult life in Des Moines, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her parents Arthur and Margaret Johnson; her husbands, Johnny Maxwell Read More
Discovery Day Application Process and Criteria
HD3 News:
Discovery Day Application Process and Criteria
The High Desert Discovery District (HD3) invites all New Mexico and Colorado innovators to apply to present at the two next Discovery Day events.
The New Mexico Consortium and the Four Corners Economic Development will partner will partner with HD3 to host an HD3 Discovery Day™ Feb. 5-6, 2014 in Los Alamos and April 23-24, 2014 in Farmington, respectively. Jaynes Corporation will sponsor the Los Alamos event, and ConocoPhillips will sponsor the Farmington event.
All innovators, entrepreneurs, and technologists throughout New Mexico Read More
Grant Funds Española YMCA Teen Center Welding Program
YMCA News:
ESPANOLA – Youth may participate in new sculptural welding arts program at the Española YMCA Teen Center thanks to a $5,000 grant from the Presbytery of Santa Fe.
Sculptural welding had been a favorite of the teens, according to Center Director Ben Sandoval, but the volunteer who lent his equipment found it too difficult to haul it to the Center. The program had been defunct for the last 18 months but this grant will enable the purchase of a welder, safety equipment and supplies, said Sandoval.
The grant was made by the Presbytery of Santa Fe on a motion of the Mission in the North Committee Read More
CB McKenzie Wins 2013 Tony Hillerman Prize
Anne Hillerman with Tony Hillerman Prize winner CB McKenzie. Courtesy photo
Staff Report
At the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference in Santa Fe, Wordharvest Writers Workshops and Thomas Dunne Books/Minotaur Books announced that CB McKenzie’s Bad Country has won the Tony Hillerman Prize.
A native Texan, CB McKenzie has hiked the entire Appalachian Trail without stopping, modeled for Giorgio Armani, worked on an organic farm, earned a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona, and currently teaches rhetoric at the City University of New York.
The winning novel, Bad Country Read More
Udall Hosts Women’s Career Success Conference
Sen. Tom Udall at a previous Women’s Career Success Conference held in October. Courtesy photo
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE – The Office of U.S. Sen. Tom Udall and Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) is hosting an additional Women’s Career Success Conference at 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 12.
The Women’s Career Success Conference will bring together businesses, nonprofit organizations and federal agency officials to help women in New Mexico learn how to enhance their careers and increase their competitiveness in the job market.
Space is limited, so women interested in attending Read More
Full Day of Activities at Fuller Lodge Open House
Fuller Lodge in Winter. Photo by TK ThompsonThe annual Fuller Lodge Open House is Saturday, Dec. 7. The Los Alamos Arts Council, along with the Art Center at Fuller Lodge and the Historical Society, will kick off the holiday season at the Lodge, Los Alamos’ best known historic building and its cultural and artistic center.
Fuller Lodge is decorated for the holidays. Come by and enjoy the holiday spirit and all of the festivities planned for the Open House.
This year, the festivities begin with the Chamisa SingSations at 10 a.m. At 11 a.m., a musical group will be playing Read More
More Than 122 Million Returns e-Filed in 2013
IRS News:
PHOENIX – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced a milestone for IRS e-file: more than 122 million returns were e-filed during 2013.
This year, the IRS received more than 45.2 million returns from those who prepared and e-filed their own returns on home computers, up from 43.2 million a year earlier, an increase of 4.6 percent. E-filed returns from tax professionals increased slightly, totaling more than 77 million returns. Whether they are self prepared or prepared by a tax return preparer, 91 percent of all tax returns filed by individuals are prepared on computers Read More
Governor Proposes Medical Care Investments
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE – Wednesday, Gov. Susana Martinez proposed a nearly $2.5 million dollar investment to further prepare New Mexico to confront unprecedented changes in health care and connect New Mexicans in rural areas with the health care they need. Martinez proposed to allocate $2.5 million to expand the family practice residency and nurse practitioner programs at the University of New Mexico.
Martinez also recently proposed to establish $600,000 in grant funding to connect rural New Mexico’s patients and providers with telemedical services. This grant Read More
