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LWVLA’s 2013 Legislative Preview Set for Jan. 9

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Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard

LWVLA News:

The League of Women Voters of Los Alamos and the American Association of University Women will hold a legislative preview 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9 at Fuller Lodge.

Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m. for this event in which the public is invited to participate.

Sen. Carlos Cisneros

New Mexico legislators including Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard and Senators Carlos Cisneros and Richard Martinez have all agreed to attend and share their views on the upcoming session.

Also, Dick Mason of Health Action New Mexico and Marcela Diaz of Somos Un Pueblo Read More

LADOC Dog Training Registration Starts Jan. 7

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Competitive Obedience is among the classes offered this session at the Los Alamos Dog Obedience Club as featured here with Star Mathis and Jude. Courtesy/Star Mathis

LADOC News:

Registration for the next session of dog training classes offered by the Los Alamos Dog Obedience Club (LADOC) will begin Jan. 7.

Classes this session include Puppy Kindergarten, Basic Manners, Conformation, Competitive Obedience and the paRENT Free Club and will begin the week of Jan. 28.

Class schedule, registration guidelines and registration form will be available on the LADOC website: (https:////ladoc.dogbits.com Read More

LANL Employee to Share Amazing Workplace Discoveries

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Dr. Jack Shlachter

By Kirsten Laskey

Work sometimes gets a bad rep. It is easy to consider a job a necessity but not something that is entirely embraced.

Sometimes to truly appreciate an occupation you need to do what Theoretical Division Deputy Division leader Jack Shlachter did and do some digging. You may just luck out, as Shlachter did, and discover some amazing insights about your workplace.

Shlachter is a Ph.D. physicist as well as an ordained rabbi. He has worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory for 33 years. He arrived as a graduate student and stayed on, and has worked in various divisions Read More

January ‘Lunch with a Leader’ Features Tom Ribe

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Tom Ribe
 
LWV News:
 
The League of Women Voters’ January “Lunch with a Leader” will feature Tom Ribe at 11:40 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10 at Mesa Public Library.
 
The monthly lunch meeting is open to the public.

Ribe is a native of Los Alamos, raised by longtime League of Women Voters activist Mally Ribe who was very active in the Los Alamos League until she and Fred Ribe moved to Seattle in 1978.

Ribe is knowledgeable on natural resource issues relating to the Four Corners area. He worked for Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1992 to 1997 in the Environmental Restoration Read More

Happy New Year!

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Ringing in the New Year Through the Ages

Civilizations around the world have been celebrating the start of each new year for at least four millennia.

Today, most New Year’s festivities begin Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve), the last day of the Gregorian calendar, and continue into the early hours of Jan. 1 (New Year’s Day.)

Common traditions include attending parties, eating special New Year’s foods, making resolutions for the new year and watching fireworks displays.

Early New Year’s Celebrations

The earliest recorded festivities in honor of a new year’s arrival date back some 4,000 years Read More

County Leaders Share New Year’s Wishes

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New Year’s Wishes:

County officials expressed their good wishes to the residents of Los Alamos for 2013 during recent interviews with the Los Alamos Daily Post.

 

Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard: “I wish everyone a safe and happy new year filled with health, happiness and blessings. I look forward to serving the residents of HD-43 and am excited for what is to come in 2013.”

 

 

 

 

Council Vice Chair Geoff Rodgers: “My New Year’s wish for the community is that everyone encounter some joy in 2013 and have an opportunity to re-connect with someone Read More

Nine Simple Principles for a Happier Life

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Ron Helman
 
Nine Simple Principles for a Happier Life

By Ron Helman
 

Take care of yourself first:
Instead of focusing on others and trying to control or change other people, pay attention to yourself first. This is a distraction or avoidance mechanism to avoid working on what is necessary in order to create a real shift.
 
Stay present to what is in the NOW:
So much of our anxiety lives in the future.
 
Let go of the outcome and find joy NOW:
We can only do our very best so stop worrying about the future. You really have no idea what’s next.
 
Change your mind:
If your mind defaults
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Los Alamos Choral Society Presents Messiah

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Members of the Los Alamos Choral Society and the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra perform during a January 2011 concert. Photo by Bill Goodwin

 LACS News:

 The Los Alamos Choral Society and the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra will present Messiah by George Frederick Handel from 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27 at Duane Smith Auditorium, 1300 Diamond Dr.

 Tickets are $15 for adults and are available at CB FOX or at the door. Student admission is free.

 Dr. Mary Badarak will direct the performance. The chorus of about 90 singers and the orchestra ensemble of about 40 musicians are Read More

A Look Back at Life in Los Alamos in 2012

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Curiosity made it to Mars! Some 400 people gathered at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Bradbury Science Museum when NASA announced Curiosity had landed on Mars. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

Below are many of the stories that delighted, saddened, shifted, shaped and filled the community of Los Alamos with pride during 2012:

Curiosity Made it to Mars!

Los Alamos played a significant role in the success of the Mars Science Laboratory mission and its six-wheeled wonder, the Curiosity rover. The international team of space explorers involved with the mission is Read More

New Years Eve Morning Snow Blankets Area

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Residents woke up to a thick layer of snow blanketing the area today including Aster Street in the Pinon Trails neighborhood of White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

NWS News:

NOW … THROUGH MID MORNING … LOCALES MOST IMPACTED INCLUDE LOS ALAMOS…CHAMA…EDGEWOOD…JEMEZ SPRINGS… SANTA FE…MADRID…CUBA AND RIO RANCHO.

PATCHES OF LIGHT TO BRIEFLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE … MAINLY NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40.

ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS PERIOD WILL GENERALLY Read More