Dining

The Y Celebrates Diverse Cultures Sept. 18

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Scene from a previous Española YMCA Teen Center’s Welcoming Week event set this year for 5-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18. Courtesy/YMCA

Scene from a previous Española YMCA Teen Center’s Welcoming Week event set this year for 5-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18. Courtesy/YMCA

Scene from a previous Española YMCA Teen Center’s Welcoming Week event set this year for 5-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18. Courtesy/YMCA

YMCA News:

Everyone is invited to enjoy free performances and samples of food from various cultures at The Española YMCA Teen Center’s Welcoming Week event 5-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. Read More

Fresher, Greener, Faster Chartwells Steps Up Game

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Chartwells offers fresher, greener, faster meals for a new school year. Courtesy photo
 
New fresher selections as Chartwells steps up its game this year. Courtesy photo
 
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

Summer has officially come to an end for local youth, and the Chartwells Summer Youth Food Program was another success.

The program completed its second year, under the direction of Chef Laurence Pena, Director of Dining Services. The work had the support from Los Alamos Public Schools, under the New Mexico CYFD, and funded by the USDA.

The success was seen by almost 275 youth attending

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Tea And Fashion Show Fundraiser Features Modeling By Community Leaders; Benefits Home Building Mission

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The Jeff Favorite family enjoying tea at last year’s Tea and Fashion Show. Photo by Jennifer Neil

A young house builder in Juarez helps the team build his home. Photo by Lynn Finnegan

TOTH News:

It’s time to dust off the hat and gloves and have some fun. Trinity on the Hill’s annual Tea and Fashion Show, coming up at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 at 3900 Trinity Dr., promises to be a gala event.

In addition to sipping tea and enjoying a scrumptious menu of sweets and savories, attendees will be treated to a fashion show featuring local “celebrities”.

“Our fashion show, with all the clothing coming Read More

Upcoming Los Alamos Chamber Of Commerce Events

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Upcoming Chamber Events:

  • Chamber Business Breakfast:  7.30-9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, a conversation with U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján @ UNM-LA, Building 2, Room 230. Only PRE-REGISTERED members will be allowed.
  • Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service, Inc. Ribbon Cutting: noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17 with ribbon cutting at 1 p.m. @ 109 Central Park Square
  • Coffee & Connections: 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, @ Fleur de Lys, 1460 Trinity Dr.

Chamber Member News

Vest Orthodontics Grand Reopening
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, all are welcome!! Bring a  friend, Read More

Judge Rules Against Maki Yaki In Wage Case

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State District Court Judge Raymond Z. Ortiz

SUPU News:

SANTA FE ― State District Court Judge Raymond Z. Ortiz ruled Tuesday afternoon against Santa Fe restaurant Maki Yaki and its owners for violating New Mexico’s Minimum Wage Act and Santa Fe’s Living Wage Ordinance.

He ordered the restaurant to pay plaintiffs Verónica Velázquez, Juan Torres and Ivan Hernández nearly $400,000 in unpaid wages and damages. The plaintiffs were represented by Gabriela Ibañez Guzmán, staff attorney at Somos Un Pueblo Unido’s United Worker Center of New Mexico and Santa Fe attorney Carlos Quiñones.

“It Read More

Hillstrummers Irene Powell Performs Hula Dance

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Hillstrummer and Hula dancer Irene Powell performs in honor of her late mother in July at the BESC. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

 
COMMUNITY News:
 
On the last Friday of the month the Hillstrummers at the Betty Ehart Senior Center strum their ukuleles to the merriment of the crowd, in celebration of monthly birthdays.
 
During July, Hillstrummer and Hula dancer Irene Powell did a celebratory hula dance in honor of her late mother Alice Armour.
 
“My mother Alice Armour was a hula dancer, born and raised in Hawaii, she took lessons from a large Hawaiian woman,”
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El Parasol Donates $20,000 To Food Depot Of NNM

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From left, Jose Atencio, Ralph Atencio, Dorothy Maestas and Jill Dixon. Courtesy photo

EL PARASOL News:

Joining in the fight to end hunger in Northern New Mexico, El Parasol Restaurants has donated $20,000 to The Food Depot of Northern New Mexico.

The funds will be used to support the Food Depot’s efforts to provide services to people in Northern New Mexico. 

‘We are honored to provide this support for the worthy cause of helping those in need, especially children,” El Parasol owner Ralph Atencio said. “Our restaurant family strives to give back in each of the communities we operate in, and Read More

Scenes From Taste Of Knowledge ‘Evening In Paris’

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Diners crowded into Pig + Fig Cafe in White Rock Sunday night for ‘An Evening in Paris’, the second of two sold out Taste of Knowledge events supporting the Los Alamos Public School Foundation. French cuisine was on the menu, along with silent and live auctions and plenty of great conversation. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
LANL Director Thom Mason and  his wife Jennifer Mason were among the guests Sunday evening. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
One sharp chicken! Student servers examine one of the auction items at ‘An Evening
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