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Car Show Featured at ChamberFest June 8

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Custom vehicles on display at the 2012 ChamberFest Car Show. Courtesy photo

CHAMBER News:

The thrillls and chills of ChamberFest are set for June 8 in downtown Los Alamos.

The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce hosts the annual event to provide an opportunity for its members to present their products and services to the Los Alamos community.

Chamber members set up display booths throughout downtown staffed by representatives with information about their businesses – many offer games and giveaways.

Claire Roybal & Associates, along with Atomic City Corvettes and the Santa Fe Concorso, Read More

Luján: To Combat Climate Change We Need a Workforce Prepared to Work in a Clean Energy Economy

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Rep. Ben Ray Luján

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District and a member of the Safe Climate Caucus spoke on the House floor last night about how enhancing green job training programs at community colleges can prepare workers for careers in a clean energy economy that helps address the impacts of climate change.

The Safe Climate Caucus, a group of Democratic members who are highlighting the need for action on climate change through daily floor speeches and other activities. Watch Luján’s speech here: https:////www.lujan.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1058 Read More

Money IQ: Financial Institution Lingo – Jargon and Acronyms

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Money IQ
By FIDEL L. GUTIERREZ
 
Financial Institution Lingo – Jargon and Acronyms      

Let’s begin this week’s Money IQ column with two examples of financial institution lingo. 

  • It is a dark, cold afternoon when you notice that your deposit account is overdrawn. You call your financial institution to ask about the situation. You are told, “Your DD wasn’t received from the FRB ACH and a POS posted against your DDA, which caused an OD and NSF item.”  

You stop by your financial institution to ask them what the status is on your mortgage loan refinance Read More

LANL Selects Three Small Businesses for Environmental Work

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Aerial of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Value of up to $150 million over five years

Los Alamos National Laboratory has awarded a master task order agreement in which three small businesses will compete for environmental work worth up to $150 million over five years. The businesses each have offices in northern New Mexico.

The agreement is for technical services for the Laboratory’s Environmental Programs directorate and includes work such as environmental engineering design, regulatory support, risk assessment and reporting.

The companies chosen are Terranear Read More

Local Distillery Achieves National Recognition for Bourbon

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DQDW News:

Los Alamos’ own Don Quixote Distillery and Winery is now featured in the Huffington Post. The online publication reviewed the company’s flagship product, Blue Corn Bourbon, which is the only one of its kind in the world.

The spirits critic highlighted the bourbon’s “vanilla notes,” and “pleasant sipper.” Another unique feature of Don Quixote’s product was the absence of a burn that most bourbons have.

This Blue Corn Bourbon Whiskey is made from 75 percent New Mexico blue corn and 25 percent wheat, and then processed in the Jemez Mountains.

Don Quixote Distillery and Winery has a tasting Read More

Quality New Mexico Elects Officers, Board Members

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QNM News:

ALBUQUERQUE—Quality New Mexico elected its 2013-14 Board of Directors Officers this month.

The new directors begin their term June 1:

BILL WADT Chairman of the Board (LANL Foundation)

 

 

 

 

KIM HERDICK Chair-Elect (UNM Medical Group, Inc.)

 

 

 

 

STEVE KEENE Secretary-Treasurer (MOSS ADAMS, LLP)

 

 

 

 

 

TROY GREER Immediate Past-Chair (Lovelace Medical Center)

 

 

 

 

JULIA GABALDON is President/CEO of Quality New Mexico.

The following individuals were elected by QNM membership Read More

Column: The Tough Conversation All Couples Should Have

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The Tough Conversation All Couples Should Have
Column by ABE DISPENNETTE

If asked, most couples would say it’s important to protect the financial future of their families in the event of a spouse’s unexpected death.

Yet 74 percent of couples rarely or never discuss the topic of life insurance as part of their financial planning strategy, according to a 2010 State Farm® Life Insurance Study. A 2011 study from finance research firm LIMRA revealed that 41 percent of U.S. adults don’t even have life insurance.

That doesn’t mean it’s not on their minds. Sixty-two Read More

Column: Low Income Housing IS Available in Los Alamos

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Caballo Peak Apartments  facing Trinity Drive. Courtesy photo

Column by JULIE SMITH, Property Manager

TRK Management/Caballo Peak Apartments

Despite beliefs to the contrary, Los Alamos does have safe, low income rental housing options. 

The Caballo Peak Apartments opened in June 2000 under a Federal Low Income Housing Program. It comprises 40 apartments, 32 of which are designated for low income tenant. There are eight handicap accessible units, seven of which are designated for low income tenants. 

General rent is $800 per month, but for those who qualify under the low Read More

Yang: You See Banana, I See Potassium … Part II

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You See Banana, I See Potassium: Whose reality is more real? Part II
By ELENA YANG

We take on many roles simultaneously, and different people see us differently. I am a student of management, a watercolor painter, a gardener, a wife, a mother … I can be simultaneously smart and stupid (don’t say that you have never had such an experience), or I can be both compassionate and stingy. 

You get the drift. Most managers are complex people, yet, often, they are regarded in a unidimensional image. The 20 people under one manager most likely have at least 10 different images for this manager. An open-minded Read More

This Week at Ruby K’s: Life Empowerment Coach LeAnne Parsons

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Ruby K’s Bagel Cafe, 1789 Central Ave. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner

By MANDY MARKSTEINER

LeAnne Parsons, a professional life empowerment coach, will lead Ruby K’s Community Hour at 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, May 16 with a powerful discussion about the power of words.

Have you ever watched a friend or family member go through challenging times, and you just didn’t know what to say? Have you ever wanted to pay a compliment to someone, but didn’t know how, and wound up saying nothing? Have you struggled with making an authentic connection with neighbors and coworkers?

This interactive Read More