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New Los Alamos Business Provides Indoor Play Space For Kids

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Kids try out the Los Alamos Atomic Play climbing wall. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner

Nik Seet, founder of the Los Alamos Venture Accelerator, plays blocks with kids. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner

By Mandy Marksteiner

Next time your kids are bouncing off the walls, take them to the new indoor play area coming to town.

Barbara Kaldi, entrepreneur, mother of two, and part time student, wanted to start a business where kids could enjoy unstructured high-energy playtime.

Parents in Los Alamos were clearly interested in her business idea: she asked for input from online forums like Keep it Local Los Alamos Read More

NWF Certifies Wildlife Habitat at Los Alamos Co+op

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Sign proclaiming the garden at the Los Alamos Co+op Market an official Certified Wildlife Habitat™ site. Courtesy/ LACM

CO+OP News:

The National Wildlife Federation® (NWF) has recognized that the Los Alamos Co+op Market has successfully created an official Certified Wildlife Habitat™ site.

NWF celebrates the effort to create a garden space that improves habitat for birds, butterflies, frogs and other wildlife by providing essential elements needed by all wildlife – natural food sources, clean water, cover, and places to raise young.

 “Providing a home for wildlife in our communities Read More

No Major Concerns Surface at Public Meeting on Ski Area Water Pipeline Permit

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Scott Price of the Sipapu Group answers questions from the audience at Monday’s meeting at Trinity on the Hill as Espanola District Ranger Sandy Hurlocker and County Administrator Harry Burgess listen at right. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Community members gather Monday evening for the public meeting at TOTH. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

No major concerns were brought to light at Monday’s public meeting on the Ski Area Water Pipeline Permit, which drew nearly 100 people.

“When we started this process in June, Read More

Meet Four New Doctors At Los Alamos Medical Care Clinic Open House Sept. 5

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LAMCC News:

Los Alamos Medical Care Clinic will host an open house 4-6 p.m., Sept. 5 at 3917 West Road, Suite 150, to welcome four medical doctors who have joined its practice this year.

Dr. J. Stan Garrett

Dr. Garrett joined LAMCC in January and is Board Certified in Family Practice.

 

 

 

 

Dr. G. Elisa Lange

 

Dr. Lange joined LAMCC in April and is Board Certified in Pediatric Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

 

 

 

Dr. Monica Snowden

Dr. Snowden joined LAMCC in June and is Board Certified in Rheumatology. 

 

 

 

 

Dr. John Wisneski Read More

Yang: Concluding The Summer – A Little Suggestion On Changing Minds

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Concluding The Summer – A Little Suggestion On Changing Minds
By ELENA YANG

It’s not the official “end of the summer” – not till the 23rd of September – but I’ve always felt at home with the academic calendar ever since I started kindergarten. 

Today, I offer a brief observation on meetings, not the one-on-one kind but meetings of groups. 

Anyone who thinks he can change minds in one group meeting is either colossally arrogant or hopelessly naïve. Seriously, can we even quickly or easily change the habits of, say, our cat or dog? I recently learned that crows are highly intelligent and Read More

Local Internet Provider Raising Capital To Solve Broadband Problem

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Allan Saenz in his Los Alamos Network office with a computer screen showing where Saenz has already installed fiber and conduit lines around the community. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner

By MANDY MARKSTEINER

There are few things more annoying than Internet problems … problems like waiting two hours to upload a 30-second video, or waiting every few minutes to wait for the latest episode of Game of Thrones to buffer, or not being able to send a simple email because your neighbors are using all of their devices.

Luckily, Allan Saenz is a local entrepreneur who turns problems into opportunities.

“People Read More

Highway Use Tax Return Due Sept. 2 for Most Truckers

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Tax due for 18 wheelers. Courtesy/txdps.state.tx.us

IRS News:

PHOENIX – The Internal Revenue Service reminds truckers and other owners of heavy highway vehicles that in most cases, their next federal highway use tax return is due Tuesday, Sept. 2.

This year’s Sept. 2 due date, pushed back two days because the normal Aug. 31 deadline falls on a Sunday, generally applies to Form 2290 and the accompanying tax payment for the tax year that begins on July 1, 2014, and ends on June 30, 2015.

Returns must be filed and tax payments made by Sept. 2 for vehicles used on the road during July. For vehicles Read More

LAVA Hosting Elevator Pitch Contest at ScienceFest

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Nicholas Seet

By Mandy Marksteiner

The Los Alamos Venture Accelerator (LAVA) will host a Pitch Contest 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, as part of the Los Alamos ScienceFest.

The event will take place at Fuller Lodge and more than $1,000 in prize money is available.

In the world of entrepreneurship, a quick speech opens doors. It can lead to meeting a team member or getting a check from an investor. Participants will have 60 seconds to sell judges on their-prize winning business venture ideas. Judges will include experienced entrepreneurs, investors and executives from the community.

Entrepreneurs Read More

Man Behind New Subway Shares Opening Schedule

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Subway owner Larry Singh invited the Los Alamos Daily Post to his new restaurant Friday. The eatery on Central Avenue just east of 15th Street has been a longtime in the making. He explained that he is installing high-end everything in the restaurant from tile to countertops. ‘The truck with the finishing products is scheduled to arrive Aug. 29 … we’ll finish everything by Sept. 2 and after that all we’ll be waiting for to open our doors to the public is the final inspections,’ Singh said. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Fast Company Magazine Founder Keynotes Santa Fe Startup Weekend

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BUSINESS News:

  • First Startup Weekend Event to Recognize Social Entrepreneurs

SANTA FE – Alan Webber, co-founder of Fast Company magazine, entrepreneur, business man and former candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, keynotes the second annual Santa Fe Startup Weekend, Sept. 19-21 at the Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol in Santa Fe.

In addition to traditional business startups, the Santa Fe Startup Weekend organizers offer specialized coaching, mentoring and other services for participants interested in socially minded startups.

“Social entrepreneurship Read More