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Community Invited to Rotary’s Family-Style Crab Fest

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ROTARY News:

The Rotary Club of Los Alamos cordially invites the community to its fourth Annual Crab Fest

This all-you-can-eat crab and prawn family-style dinner is Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Knights of Columbus Hall on DP Road at Trinity Drive. 

The cash bar opens at 5:30 p.m.; dinner will be served at 7 p.m. and there will be music, as well as silent and live auctions. 

Tickets are $45 each; reserved tables of 10 are $450. Tickets may be purchased at Blue Window, CB FOX and the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce. 

Proceeds benefit local schoalarips and the purchase of an AED for Fuller Lodge. Read More

Support Youth Trip to Europe with Valentine Purchase

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Staff Report

Europe 2013 travelers are having a craft, coffee and chocolate sale 2:30-5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12 in the lobby of Los Alamos National Bank.

The 22 high school seniors touring Central Europe with a local teacher next summer have worked hard to create Valentine’s gifts to raise money for their trip. 

Stop by LANB Tuesday to purchase beautiful flowers, unique cards, tasty chocolate and awarding-winning coffee from Silver Cup Coffee in Seattle.  

The goal of Europe 2013 is to expand the world view of Los Alamos’ young adults and help them develop skills Read More

Gloomy Skies Loom Above Los Alamos

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Gloomy skies loom over Los Alamos following today’s snow storm. The forecast for tonight is a low of 24°F, winds from the west at 21 mph and a 30 percent chance of snow. Sunday’s forecast is a low of 21° F, winds WSW at 10 mph and a 30 percent chance of afternoon/evening snow showers. Source: weather.com. Photo by Chris Clark 

The sun above Los Alamos is muted by today’s thick gray skies. Photo by Chris Clark 

Snowy patches remain on the ground above Quemazon this afternoon following today’s earlier snowfall. Photo by Chris Clark  Read More

LAMC Awarded Accreditation From Joint Commission

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LAMC News:

Los Alamos Medical Center has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety in hospitals.

The accreditation award recognizes (name of organization)’s dedication to continuous compliance with The Joint Commission’s state-of-the-art standards.

Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) underwent a rigorous unannounced on-site survey in October of 2012. A team of Joint Commission expert surveyors evaluated LAMC for compliance with standards of Read More

AAUW Invites Public to View ‘THE INVISIBLE WAR’

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Courtesy/VUDU

AAUW News:

Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m., the Los Alamos branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is showing “THE INVISIBLE WAR” as a fundraiser for AAUW’s Legal Advocacy Fund (LAF.)

The film will be shown in the Jeannette O. Wallace Hall (Bldg. 5) at UNM-LA. Admission is $10 adults and $5 students. All proceeds will be donated to LAF.

“THE INVISIBLE WAR” is a groundbreaking investigation into what Newsweek has called “the most underreported crime in America”: the epidemic of rape in the U.S. military.

The Department Read More

Bandelier is Your Backyard!

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The overall winner in the 2012 GBBC photo contest features this Cedar Waxwing. Photo by Ben Thomas, Georgia

BANDELIER News:

Come visit Bandelier for the 16 annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), Feb. 15-18.

After 15 years of success in North America, GBBC is now global. In 2013, anyone, from anywhere on earth, can participate by visiting www.ebird.com or www.birdcount.org and reporting the kinds and numbers of birds they see during the annual count.

During the 2012 count, participants reported 17.4 million bird observations on 104,000 checklists. In northern states, Snowy Owls thrilled Read More

Chamber Members Network at FAN 44

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Chamber of Commerce members met at restaurants around Los Alamos Friday, Feb. 8 for the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce FAN 44 networking event. FAN 44 stands for Food and Networking for four, and is based upon a rotation of interested Chamber members who meet every other Friday for lunch at one of 16 local restaurants. Meeting at Hill Diner Friday were from left, Katie Stavert of Los Alamos Business Services; Linda Hull, president of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos; Tom Nagawiecki, Los Alamos County environmental services specialist and Dr. Seva SSS Khalsa of Kalsa Acupuncture. Read More

‘Empty Bowl Project’ Uses Art to Help Needy

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Empty Bowls Project Chair Gillian Sutton discusses the annual event during Wednesday’s FAN Club at the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Empty bowls on display along with Flowers By Gillian during Wednesday’s FAN Club. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Business people turned out for Wednesday’s FAN Club at the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce for the Empty Bowl Project. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

KSRN’s David Sutton, Michaele Sutton and Gene Mortensen attend Wednesday’s FAN Club. Photo by Carol Read More