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Brown Bag Concert Features Lads of Enchantment; Hot Flashes Two Piano Quartet

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The Lads of Enchantment perform a Christmas Concert in Espanola. Courtesy photo

By Maxine Schmidt

The Los Alamos Arts Council will present The Lads of Enchantment Chorus and The Hot Flashes Two Piano Quartet at the February Brown Bag concert.

The concert will begin at noon Wednesday, Feb. 6, in the Pajarito Room at Fuller Lodge. The Brown Bag Series is free and open to the public.

The Hot Flashes. Courtesy photo

The Lads of Enchantment Chorus is the Los Alamos Area Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS). The Los Alamos Area Chapter was granted a charter in 1993.

The founding group, of which Read More

YMCA Beginning Fencing Classes Start Feb. 5

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FAMILY YMCA News:

The new Los Alamos Family YMCA Beginning Fencing class will start at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb.5.

The class is intended for those with no previous fencing experience. Enrollment is for adults and children above the age of 10.

Parent/child pairs are encouraged.

The class will cover basic footwork, fundamental blade skills, rules of engagement and some bouting. All necessary equipment is provided by the YMCA.

Registration cone be done at the YMCA front desk or on-line at www.laymca.org.

For further information or questions, contact Tom Hill, 672-1058 Read More

Entrepreneur Nicholas Seet Speaks at Hive Thursday

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Nicolas Seet. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner

HIVE News

Nicholas Seet will give a presentation tilled “From Engineer to Entrepreneur” Thursday, Jan. 31 at The Hive, 134 N.M. 4 in White Rock. 

The brown-bag will start at 11:30 a.m. and Seet’s presentation will begin at noon. The lunch and presentation are free of charge and open to the public.

Seet is a successful entrepreneur and founder of Auditude® , a venture-backed online video advertising platform that was acquired by Adobe® in November 2011.

In 2005, he won the Rice University Business Plan Competition for Read More

Community Invited to UNM-LA / Los Alamos Daily Post College Board Forum 7 p.m. Wednesday

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Staff Report

UNM-Los Alamos and the Los Alamos Daily Post will co-host a “UNM-LA Advisory Board Candidates Forum” from 7-8 p.m., Wednesday, Jan 30 in Building 2, Room 230 on the college campus.

The public is invited to attend the forum, which will feature Position 1 incumbent Ron Dolin and challenger Michelle Hall in the only contested position among the three seats coming up in this year’s race.

Below, the candidates share brief details of why they decided to either seek reelection or run for the first time to serve on the UNM-LA Advisory Board for the next four years:

Incumbent Read More

Hopi Artist Presents Kachina Doll Talk to Rotary

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Hopi artist Glenn Fred, an accomplished kachina doll carver, presented a program about kachina doll traditions and carving during the Jan. 22 meeting of the Los Alamos Rotary at the Dixie Girl Restaurant. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Kachina dolls and carving tools used by Hopi artist Glenn Fred to create his art was on display at the Jan. 22 meeting of the Los Alamos Rotary at the Dixie Girl Restaurant. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Blue Window Bistro Hosts FAN 44 Lunch

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Business people met at restaurants all over Los Alamos Friday, Jan. 25, for the Chamer of Commerce FAN 44 networking event including the Blue Window Bistro, 813 Central Ave. From left, Philo Shelton of Los Alamos County, Suzette Fox of MainStreet, David Sutton of KRSN, Blue Window owner Melissa Paternoster and Bonnie Gordon of the Los Alamos Daily Post. The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce’s 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. Sixteen restaurants are involved and nearly 80 Chamber Read More

Kiwanis Speaker Schedule Announced

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LAPS News:

Kiwanis meets each Tuesday, noon to 1 p.m., at the Masonic Temple, on Sage Street, near the intersection of 15th Street and Canyon Road.

Speakers and topics are occasionally subject to change because of illness, conflicts or weather.

Meetings are open to the public.

Programs:

  • Jan. 29 – Michelle K. Hall and Ronald M. Dolin, opponents vying for Position 1 on the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Advisory Board in the Feb. 5 election, will each speak briefly at Kiwanis and then stand for questions.
  • Feb. 5 – Kiwanian Pat Soran will speak on Project Eliminate, a joint project
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Self Help Receives Grant from Santa Fe Community Foundation

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SELF HELP News:

Self Help, Inc. has received a $5,000 grant from Santa Fe Community Foundation’s Community Leadership Fund to expand coverage of the 2-1-1 information and referral service to Santa Fe, Taos, Mora and San Miguel Counties. 

The Community Leadership Fund allows the Foundation to provide important services to improve the community by enhancing Foundation grantmaking, improving nonprofit performance, and increasing donor impact.

The 2-1-1 information and referral service provides callers with referrals to locate food, clothing, housing, home repairs, clothing, Read More

Los Alamos Wins Big at New Mexico FLL State Championship

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Two Los Alamos teams won State Championship Awards at the third annual New Mexico FIRST LEGO League Championship held Jan. 26 at Albuquerque Academy in Albuquerque. Front Row from left, “Banoona Skunk Band” members Emily Holmes, Risa Bridge, Maddie Ovaska, Brooke Weatherbie, Jessica Erkkila, Eleanor Henderson, Ellie Rightley, Elia Vasquez and Coach Karen Doebling. Back row from left, Coach Vicki Erkkila, “Atomic Flying Pickles” members Coach Susannah Rousculp, Evelyn Doebling, Lauren Stubben, Haylee Richardson, Summer Bronson and Catherine Rousculp. Read More