Community

Workshop to Educate Baby Boomers on Social Security

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PORTFOLIO News:

A New Generation of Retirees Prepares to Collect Benefits

Portfolio LLC will present an educational workshop titled “Savvy Social Security Planning: What Baby Boomers Need to Know to Maximize Retirement Income” has been scheduled for noon Tuesday, Jan. 29, at Mesa Public Library, 2400 Central Ave., in Los Alamos.

After being told for years that Social Security is “going broke,” baby boomers are realizing that it will soon be their turn to collect. But the decisions they make now can have a tremendous impact on the total amount of benefits they stand Read More

Taos School of Music Holds Auditions for 2013

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TSM News:

Taos School of Music Executive Director Kathleen Anderson Knox announced auditions for Young Artist positions in the prestigious summer chamber music program.

Approximately 125 of the most accomplished young classically trained musicians will audition for the coveted 19 slots.

Robert McDonald will conduct piano interviews in person only in New York City Jan. 19-20; Borromeo String Quartet hears string auditions in New York City Jan. 21-22 and Boston Jan. 24.

This year’s season will run June 16-Aug. 4 and showcase the complete Beethoven String Quartet Cycle.

Guest Artists will Read More

Council Seeks DPU Charter Review Committee Members

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COUNTY News:

The County Council is continuing its review of the County’s Charter, and will appoint a five-member committee to study Utilities-related sections.

The Committee will include one member of Council, one member of the Department of Public Utilities’ Board, and three citizens who meet any one of the following qualifications:

  • A member of the community with Management experience;
  • A member of the community with Accounting experience; and
  • A member of the community “at large.”

Applicants wishing to be considered for appointment to the Committee are asked to send a one or two-page letter Read More

Business Assistance Services Stands Ready to Serve You in 2013!

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LACDC News:

  • ­Are you looking to improve or expand your business in 2013? Or maybe you are looking into a new business op­portunity or would like to start a new business?

Los Alamos Commerce & Develop­ment Corporation (LACDC) is now offering business advising and work­shops under the identity of “Los Ala­mos Business Assistance Services.”

The Los Alamos Business Assistance Services program provides services to help businesses start, grow, and succeed.

Business advisement is pro­vided on a no-cost, confidential basis. Assistance areas include start-up as­sistance, business plan Read More

LANB’s Bill Enloe Receives Top Community Asset Award

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Bill Enloe. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

CEO/Chairman of the Board Bill Enloe of Los Alamos National Bank was honored with the Spirit of the West Award at a special event Saturday night, Jan. 5 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center.

The Spirit of the West Award is the highest award presented annually to a member of the community for their positive impact and contributions toward enhancing the quality of life in Los Alamos.

Community Assets Coordinator Bernadette Lauritzen hosts the annual Community Asset Awards ceremony. 

This year, Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard Read More

Mesa Elite Fitness Brings CrossFit to Los Alamos

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Fitness experts John and Suzanne Wilcox own Mesa Elite Fitness and CrossFit Los Alamos in Central Park Square and are opening an auxiliary fitness facility on DP Road later this month to accommodate their growing roster of clients. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

Suzanne Wilcox is an award winning bodybuilder and figure competitor. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

By Carol A. Clark

John and Suzanne Wilcox are in the true sense a Los Alamos power couple. She is an award winning bodybuilder and figure competitor and he is a group fitness coordinator and a CrossFit Level 1 trainer.

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Stan Primak Issues Public Apology

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Stan Primak

By Carol A. Clark
Los Alamos Daily Post

Local developer Stan Primak issued a public apology to his wife and to the Los Alamos community regarding a domestic dispute with his wife Friday night that resulted in his arrest and charge of aggravated battery on a household member.

Primak told the Los Alamos Daily Post this afternoon that in looking back at last night and the fight he had with his wife at their home after dinner, “It just all seems so surreal.”

“It is so out of character for me … but then apparently it’s not … I regret it and I am so sorry but it’s Read More

LANL Inaugural Lecture: Homesteading on the Pajarito Plateau

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Local authors Dorothy Hoard, Judy Machen and Ellen McGehee stand next to their informational plaque in front of the Romero homesteader cabin in Los Alamos. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Lecture series begins yearlong commemoration of 70th anniversary

In commemoration of its 70th anniversary, Los Alamos National Laboratory kicks off a yearlong lecture series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9 with a presentation about homesteading on the Pajarito Plateau at the Bradbury Science Museum, 1350 Central Ave., Los Alamos.

The inaugural lecture is based on a book by local writers Dorothy Hoard, Judy Machen Read More

Community Invited to LAHS Open House and Tea

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LAPS News:

Los Alamos residents are invited to attend an Open House to tour the new construction at Los Alamos High School from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13.

The theme is a tea to see the project supported by the 2009 bond and learn more about the projects proposed for the 2013 bond.

This is a mail out ballot that will go out in January. This bond will continue the current tax rate (no increase in taxes) to allow the District to complete construction at Los Alamos Middle School and renovate Aspen Elementary School along with a number of smaller projects at other schools.

Those attending the LAHS Open House Read More

Ribbon Cut at Abe Dispennette State Farm Insurance Agency

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The community’s newest insurance agent, Abe Dispennette, cuts the ribbon on Abe Dispennette State Farm Insurance Agency, 1362 Trinity Drive Suite B, during a ceremony hosted by the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Thursday. Dispennette is joined from left, by his staff and area manager James Medina, the Chamber’s Katy Korkos, wife Kirsta Dispennette, Zia Realty Group owner James Chrobocinski, his wife LAMC ICU Nurse Jacqueline Chrobocinski and their son JJ, Rotarians Chuck Tallman and Paul Frederickson and Los Alamos County Administrator Harry Burgess. See Sunday’s Read More