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Community Invited to Baked Potato Bar Benefit

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ALP 90 News:

Auxiliary Unit 90 of American Legion Post 90 is sponsoring a Baked Potato Bar Benefit to support Auxiliary Programs at 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23.

The Baked Potato Bar includes a large baked potato with ALL the fixings for $5 or a half-size potato for $3.

There also will be live music provided beginning at 7 p.m. by singer/songwriter BAT, a one-man band performing originals and requests from the audience.

Programs the Auxiliary will be raising money for at this event include the Scholarship Program and the Girls’ State Program.

The community is invited to come out and support the American Read More

Bueck, Richie, Lockhart Lead Way for Atomic Tumblers

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Liz Lockhart earns an 8.775 on vault. Photo by Kristin Lockhart

LASG News:

Lilly Bueck, Addison Richie and Elizabeth Lockhart were the top scorers in their divisions for Los Alamos School of Gymnastics Atomic Tumblers at the Precision Gymnastics Meet Jan.26-27 in Albuquerque.

Lilly Bueck earns a bronze on beam (8.8). Photo by Loui Janecky

Bueck was the top all-around scorer (36.175) for the second meet in a row in the Level 5 Division for the Atomic Tumblers. Bueck, Level 5 Junior B Division, earned gold on bars (9.35), floor (9.2), vault (8.825), and all-around (36.175), and bronze on beam (8.8.) Read More

Cub Scout Pack 326 Tours Los Alamos Daily Post

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Cub Scout Pack 326, Dens 2 and 7 visited the Los Alamos Daily Post this afternoon. Front row from left, Ian Swavely,7; Jay Riggs, 6; Christopher Teague, 4; (future Cub Scout) Second Row from left, Jack Williams, 8; John Teague, 9; Ty Swavely, 9; Josh Chung, 8; Tommy Oldham, 8; Charlie Young, 8; Ryan Riggs, 9; Reuben Goettee, 8; and Den Leaders Kwhan Chung and Deanna Teague. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: Feb. 20

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This week’s preview sponsored by www.fyila.com

Land, Water, People, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21 at Reel Deal Theater
Join PEEC for another cinematic adventure at the Reel Deal Theater!  Explore the culture and history of Northern New Mexico with an award-winning documentary film. Land Water People Time was filmed across ten thousand square miles by NM filmmakers David Lindblom, Cynthia Jeannette Gomez, and Daniel Valerio. It tells truly authentic stories that explore some of the modern challenges and tragedies of cultural and environmental losses, as well as hope, for preservation Read More

January Home Sales Off and Running

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RANM News:

There were 970 home sales reported to the REALTORS® Association of New Mexico (RANM) for January 2013.

This is more than 19 percent more sales than January 2012 and nearly 24 percent more than the number of sales reported in January 2011.

Only four counties reported a drop in the number of sales for January 2013 compared to January 2012.

“What a great way to start 2013,” RANM President Cathy Colvin said. “Inventories are still low in many markets, but the pent-up demand for homes is creating activity in markets around the state.”

According to RANM CEO M. Steven Anaya, “Prices are still showing Read More

Astronomer Speaks on Eclipse Experiences

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Photos of the Nov. 14, 2012 eclipse taken from onboard a ship on the Coral Sea. Photos by Steve Becker

PEEC News:

Local astronomer Stephen Becker will share his eclipse experiences through photos and video, with a special focus on the total solar eclipse of November 2012 at a talk from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26 at the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC), 3540 Orange St. in Los Alamos.

Nov. 13-14, 2012 the sun, moon and earth were aligned to allow the sun to be blocked along a narrow path that intersected a little bit of northern Australia and a long stretch of the southern Pacific Ocean. Read More

Los Alamos Photographers’ Show Opens March 4

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Poster for the 2013 Los Alamos Photographers’ Show. The LAPS 2013 opens March 4 at Mesa Public Library. Courtesy

LIBRARY News:

The 2013 Los Alamos Photographers’ Show (LAPS) opens Monday, March 4. LAPS is an annual event sponsored by the Los Alamos Photography Club and exhibited in the Mesa Public Library Gallery.

The show will open with a reception at 5:30 p.m. March 4 in the library’s Upstairs Rotunda. The public is invited to meet the photographers and enjoy refreshments and “finger-food” provided by the participants and exhibit sponsors. The photographs will remain on exhibit Read More

From Special Forces Chaplain to Los Alamos State Farm Agent … Abe Dispennette Shares His Story

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As a Special Forces chaplain, Los Alamos State Farm agent Abe Dispennette, third from left, leads a team of doctors, nurses and staff in prayer in a hospital in Afghanistan before a large group of U.S. casualties arrive. Courtesy photo

 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

Before moving to Los Alamos in June, new State Farm Agent Abe Dispennette served as a U.S. Army chaplain with the 101st in service to Afghanistan and 1-77 Heavy Infantry to Iraq, serving in the Special Forces between the two.

Abe Dispennette

“I was one of the last boots in the sand in Iraq and then a month later Read More