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Mike Lippiatt Promotes Celtic Concert for United Way

Rotarian Mike Lippiatt has been on the road promoting local musicians in the Celtic Christmas Showdown. He spoke to the Los Alamos Rotary Club Tuesday inviting members to attend the upcoming performance at 7 p.m., Saturday at Crossroads Bible Church, 97 East Road. Proceeds from the event benefit United Way of Northern New Mexico. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Family Council Continues Year-Long Community Wellness Campaign

Dr. Tyler Taylor presented a physical wellness seminar Wednesday at Trinity on the Hill Church. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Community members attend a physical wellness seminar by Dr. Tyler Taylor sponsored by the Los Alamos Family Council. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By Carol A. Clark

Take self-improvement slow and steady. Don’t beat yourself up. Incorporate a couple of healthy habits into your life each month. For 30 days walk more and eat a piece of fruit … these are just some of the physical wellness suggestions that Dr. Tyler Taylor offered to community Read More

Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: Dec 13

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

Holiday Farmer’s Market 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13 at Fuller Lodge

5th Annual Luminaria Walk  5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13. The Los Alamos Retirement Communities invite everyone to come and enjoy posole and appetizers at Aspen Ridge Lodge, followed by desserts at Sombrillo and enjoy the beautiful luminarias.

Affordable Arts 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., through Jan. 5 at Fuller Lodge Art Center. Affordable Arts has been a holiday tradition in Los Alamos for more than 25 years. With a “Home

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Metzger’s Donates to United Way

Metzger’s Do It Best Hardware Manager David Jolly presents United Way of Northern New Mexico Executive Director Kristy A. Ortega with a check for $669.59 from sales received during the recent Small Business Saturday event. As this year’s Giving Campaign is winding down, Ortega urges community members to consider donating to the UWNNM’s Community Action Fund, which funds nonprofits that help neighbors in need. Learn more at www.UnitedWayNNM.org or 662-0800. Courtesy/UWNNM
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Local Production of Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid, Jr.’ Premiere’s This Weekend

Front row from left, Nayeli Marquez, Neha Sadasivan and Rebekah Lockhart. Back row from left, Kezia Tripp (Flounder), Carley Sorenen, Marcie Lee, Joseph Sarrao (Sebastian), Hannah Clegg, Katie Hermmann and Tayra Eidenbnz. Courtesy photo

ACCT News:

Atomic City Children’s Theater (ACCT) invites the community to its premiere performance of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid, Jr.”

Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14 and 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 at Duane Smith Auditorium.

Dive into the sea and meet Ariel (Evelyn Wolbier) who wants to be human. Torn between her love Read More

Cub Scouts Tour Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos Cub Scouts Pack 27, Bear Den 7, front row from left, Malcolm Olsen, 8, Alexander Watts, 8, Marek Jablonski, 8, Nate Golden, 8, Conner Cook, 9, Lance Rivera, 9, and back row from left, Maks Gerashchenko, 8, Keith Bridge, 8, Den Leader Jane Johnson and Erik Leonard, 8, all third graders at Mountain Elementary School or homeschooled, visited the Los Alamos Daily Post World Headquarters today in downtown Los Alamos. In touring the local newspaper offices, the Cub Scouts completed an achievement toward earning their Bear Badge. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

LANL’s Dr. Wingo Introduces Rotarians to the Power of Domestic Honeybees

Dr. Bob Wingo discusses the power of bees as Rotary President Linda Hull and her husband Robert Hull of Los Alamos Technical Associates (LATA) listen at right. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

The incredible power of bees as a detection tool was literally the buzz among many Rotarians assembled for a lunchtime presentation Tuesday at the Dixie Girl Restaurant in downtown Los Alamos.

Dr. Robert M. Wingo, the Environmental Science and Engineering Team Leader for the Chemical Diagnostics and Engineering Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory delivered the talk.

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Local Cartoonist Signing Books Dec. 17

Local cartoonist Stephen McCranie will be hosting a release party for his new book at the Los Alamos County Library 4-6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17.

The new book, Belly Flop!, is the third volume of an all-ages graphic novel series called Mal and Chad. McCranie will give a short talk and will be available afterwards to chat and sign books.

Books can be purchased for $10.

McCranie graduated from Los Alamos High School and attended the University of New Mexico. While there, he began working on a comic strip called Mal and Chad about a boy genius and his talking dog for the UNM school newspaper.

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Public Invited to Discover ‘The Truth About Santa’

LALT News:

Los Alamos Little Theatre will host “The Truth About Santa,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 22

“The Truth About Santa” is a PG-13 melodrama about troubles at the North Pole and will be performed by the Southwest Rural Theatre Project.

The Story:

Santa Claus is tired of the lies. Like the gods of old, he, too, has his mortal mistresses. This Christmas Eve he will bring Mary, his favorite earthly consort, and Luke and Freya, their illegitimate, semi-divine children, back to his North Pole compound to live with him—forever!
 
Not surprisingly, Mrs. Claus resists.
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Children’s Christmas Bazaar Draws 160 Local Shoppers

Shoppers get busy selecting Christmas gifts for family members Dec. 4 during the Children’s Christmas Bazaar at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. Courtesy/TOTH

Children take a break from shopping to sign holiday cards for soldiers as part of the ‘Mail for Heroes’ program. Courtesy/TOTH

TOTH News:

This year’s Children’s Christmas Bazaar at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church Dec. 4 drew 160 shoppers, 76 volunteers and a large gathering of parents waiting while their children shopped.

The event also included the signing of 105 cards sent to the American Red Cross for Read More