Recreation

Elk’s Lodge Easter Egg Hunt Plus Wildfire 2016 At Ashley Pond March 26

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LAFD News:

Central Avenue between Oppenheimer and 20th Street will be closed f9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 26, in support of the combined efforts of the Los Alamos Fire Department, Police Department and Los Alamos Elks Lodge to present the community with a safe and fun event – the annual Elk’s Lodge Easter Egg Hunt plus Wildfire 2016.

Activities start at 10 a.m. and conclude at 12:30 p.m. This will be a fun event for the entire family with the Easter Egg hunt, a bicycle rodeo, children’s bicycle helmet giveaway, the LAPD bomb truck, the LAFD public education trailer, bounce houses, a Classic Read More

Belt Promotion At Bankens Mountain Martial Arts Academy In Central Park Square

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Nearly 30 children ages 5 to 13 received Jiu-Jitsu belt promotions Saturday, March 12 at the Bankens Mountain Martial Arts Academy in downtown Los Alamos. Courtesy photo

Students compete during Jiu-Jitsu belt promotions Saturday, March 12 at the Bankens Mountain Martial Arts Academy. Courtesy photo

Staff Report

Close to 30 children ages 5 to 13 received Jiu-Jitsu belt promotions Saturday, March 12 at the Bankens Mountain Martial Arts Academy in downtown Los Alamos.

The kids showed off their skills and performed demonstrations in front of family and friends.

“I love teaching! The kids worked Read More

Living Healthy Fitness Walking And Racewalking

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Courtesy/NMR

New Mexico Racewalkers News:

We live in a sedentary society. More than 60 percent of our population is considered overweight, and over one in three of us is obese! Physical inactivity increases the risk for coronary artery disease, hypertension, obesity, and diabetes.

Regular aerobic physical activity can help prevent or manage a wide range of health problems and concerns, including stroke, type 2 diabetes, depression, certain types of cancer, arthritis and falls.

My goal is to get people off the couch and outside for a walk. Walking is as simple as putting one foot in front of Read More

Throngs Of Visitors Strain Mid Day Parking At Bandelier

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Co-ed Volleyball Tournament At Griffith Gym Saturday

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By MELINA BURNSIDE
LAHS Student

I’m a junior at Los Alamos High School. My dream job would be to fund raise for Make-A-Wish Foundation, a program that helps grant wishes to children with terminal illnesses. Then I heard about a program within Make-A-Wish called Kids for Wish Kids. It is aimed at students, and gives us the opportunity to fundraise for other children who are suffering from cancer and other terminal illnesses.

As soon as I heard about it, I got in contact with the director of Kids for Wish Kids

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Bandelier National Monument Announces Photo/Artwork Contest For 2017 Annual Pass

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Bandelier is inviting artists and photographers to enter images for use on the 2017 Bandelier Annual Pass. Courtesy/NPS

Annual Passes from various parks. Courtesy/NPS

BANDELIER News:

Bandelier National Monument has announced this year’s contest for photographers and artists to submit images to be used on the park’s Annual Pass.  

According to Superintendent Jason Lott, “Different photographers and artists see Bandelier in many different ways, and we look forward to seeing all of them. The image we choose will appear on hundreds of passes purchased by visitors Read More

Grand Canyon Adventurer Speaks March 16

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Coming Down South Kaibab Trail one mile below the rim. Photo by Benedict Dugger

LA Mountaineers News:

The Los Alamos Mountaineers will offer an exciting presentation Wednesday, March 16 at the Pajarito Environmental Education Center, by life-long trail explorer and outdoors adventurer Benedict Dugger who resides in Phoenix. Social and reports of recent and upcoming trips are at 7 p.m. The program is at 7:30 p.m.

Dugger was born and raised in the Netherlands, 5,200 miles away from the Grand Canyon, surrounded by green rain-soaked pastures in a country where the highest hill is 300 feet and the Read More