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Creativity in Los Alamos
Next Big Idea Festival SMART Art Contest PLACE Project Gains Momentum
the Essence Essence interview with Salvador Zapien. ........... 5 LA joins DĂŽner en Blanc......................................................7 Next Big Idea Festival.........................................................9 Thelma Hahn shares creativity......................................11 SMART Art Contest .......................................................... 13 Injecting creativity into your business........... 15 PLACE project gains momentum . ...................... 17 LACA prepares for upcoming season........... 18 CU in September.................................................................. 19 SARC presentation............................................................. 19 Calendar of Events
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Editor’s Note Welcome to the Essence! The Essence is a bi-monthly publication created to inform and remind us of what’s special about living in Los Alamos and White Rock. Our focus is highlighting essential people, places and activities that make our community a great place to live. The Essence is one feature of the Chamber of Commerce initiative called CommunityMatters. This initiative promotes the role our members play in building community. Be sure to support our members listed to the left. It is through their support that we are able to bring this publication to you. This edition of the Essence is the “Creative” issue. The County of Los Alamos has declared the month of September ‘Arts and Culture’ month. Each day there is something going on culturally for community members to participate in. Look to www. fyiLA.com for a detailed list of events. Why do we need art and culture? Simply put - Quality of life. Individuals take art classes, attend concerts and lectures. Families want to stay in communities that are rich and diverse with significant opportunities for personal development, including music, dance, drama and visual arts. Arts and culture create jobs and economic development. Living in a scientific community, Los Alamos plays a leading role in developing new creative technologies for worldwide distribution. It’s important to support creativity - to be “at the table” when decisions are made because arts and culture matter. Towards that effort Los Alamos MainStreet and the Creative District Committee approached the County to approve a significant portion of downtown Los Alamos to become a ‘Creative District.’ We’re very excited to say that the District was unanimously approved by the County Council. This brings tremendous opportunity to pursue grants for more cultural events and unify marketing/tourism efforts for Los Alamos. You will notice Creative District boundary signs around town. See article High Five for Arts and Culture for more information. The Next Big Idea is the community’s signature event. It has grown of the efforts of Los Alamos MainStreet and the Los Alamos Creative District. In its fifth year, it will be held on September 15th at Fuller Lodge, lawn and surrounding grounds. This family-friendly festival is designed to educate, stimulate, inspire and entertain young and old alike by celebrating creativity, discoveries, invention and innovations. Look for the article on The Next Big Idea for more information. In this issue: v CU in September – Arts & Culture month v Five ways to inject creativity into your business v Next Big Idea Festival and SARC Presentation at Bradbury v PLACE – creative space v Science and Math-based Art Contest v Dîner en Blanc Cultural Movement v Essential Person – Thelma Hahn v CommunityMatters interview v Supporting Great Performance - Los Alamos Concert Association I hope you are inspired by this edition of The Essence and realize what a fantastic, creative town we live in. I leave you with these quotes… “Man is unique not because he does science, and he is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.” . --Jacob Bronowski, scientist, formerly of the Salk Institute “In my own philanthropy and business endeavors, I have seen the critical role that the arts play in stimulating creativity and in developing vital communities….the arts have a crucial impact on our economy and are an important catalyst for learning, discovery, and achievement in our country.”–Paul G. Allen, Co-Founder, Microsoft “Arts education aids students in skills needed in the workplace: flexibility, the ability to solve problems and communicate, the ability to learn new skills, to be creative and innovative, and to strive for excellence.”– Joseph M. Calahan, Director of Cooperate Communications, Xerox Corporation
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CommunityMatters Experiencing Our Community Essence interview with Salvador Zapien
Los Alamos resident Salvador Zapien speaks about why this Community Matters to him. Essence: When did you arrive in Los Alamos and what brought you here? Sal: My wife and I arrived in Los Alamos in May of 2011 from Los Angeles, Calif. We moved here because she accepted a Postdoc position at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Essence: Did you have any preconceived notions about the community before coming here? Sal: My wife had spent a summer here as an intern in 2010 and she informed me of what life was like in Los Alamos; mainly that it was a small town in the mountains of New Mexico. So my preconceived notion was that it was a sleepy little town out in the middle of nowhere. Having lived here for a year, I can honestly say that Los Alamos is a sleepy little town out in the middle of nowhere with a lot of character. Essence: Do the many activities available in this community surprise you. Sal: Yes; for being such a small community, the number of activities provides us with quite a bit to experience. Take, for example, the rodeos – those were not very common in Los Angeles. Also, I was surprised by all the different types of arts found here. It’s been a real treat to visit places like Fuller Lodge and the Historical Museum. Essence: What is your line of work? Sal:I have two jobs: I do IT (Information Technology) work for the Los Alamos Public Schools and I shoot photographs for the Los Alamos Daily Post. On occasion I also do wedding and portrait photography. My main reason for taking pictures for the Daily Post is that it gives me a chance to be a part of the community. I get to meet people and participate in the events that make up our town. One weekend in particular, I was able to shoot the Red Elvises at Ashley Pond, High School Senior Appreciation Night, and the Elks Memorial Day ceremony. Over the course of those three days, I felt like I got to experience how the town enjoys itself, how it celebrates its future and how it remembers its past. Every event since then has reinforced how special Los Alamos can be. Essence: How do you describe Los Alamos to family and friends in other parts of the country? Sal: I tell them it’s a combination of a small college town and horse country Nerds and herds. Essence: In closing, is there anything else you would like to add that for you makes the Los Alamos/White Rock community a desirable place in which to live? Sal: I love how friendly everyone is. Sometimes, I’ll be driving down a road or walking around town and the people I pass usually wave or say hello. There’s a strong community here and I’m glad to finally be a part of it.
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The Frolic Los Alamos to Join ‘Dîner en Blanc’ Cultural Movement By Carol A. Clark On Sept. 6 – somewhere in or around Los Alamos – a unique event will occur that has only been experienced in cosmopolitan cities such as Barcelona, Milan and Quebec. ‘Dîner en Blanc’ involves people coming together by invitation, boarding buses to an undisclosed destination guarded by a select few. At the last minute, the secret location is shared with the friends and acquaintances who have been patiently waiting to learn the Dîner en Blanc’s address. The group, dressed all in white and conducting themselves with the greatest decorum, elegance and etiquette, all meet for a mass “chic picnic” in the public space. The group experiences an elegant evening in a beautiful setting, enjoying delicious food with wonderful friends. Local residents Julie Ranger and Jim Nesmith are leading the effort to create a Dîner en Blanc event in or near Los Alamos for 300-500 people. They spoke about why they are moved to do so. “Los Alamos is known internationally for its scientific achievements but little is known about the culture of Northern New Mexico beyond its borders,” Nesmith said. “When this idea surfaced, it immediately struck me that not only is it an opportunity to celebrate our incredible cultural diversity and environment but to favorably put us on the international culture map in the august company of such locales as Paris, Montreal, New York and Singapore to name a few. That was just too exciting to pass up.” Ranger spoke to the bringing people together aspect of the event. “Basically my goal in organizing the Dîner en Blanc Northern New Mexico was to bring communities together,” Ranger said. “To give people a chance to meet others and dine in a location that celebrates our culture and/or our environment. It is not every day that we can attend elegant events in our community so this is a chance to come together in an elegant setting and enjoy great food with great friends.” Over the course of the evening, the diners enhance the function and value of their community’s public space by participating in the unexpected. Beyond the spectacle and refined elegance of the dinner itself, guests are brought together from diverse backgrounds by a love of beauty and good taste.
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Le Dîner en Blanc recalls the elegance and glamour of court society, and diners engage one another knowing they are taking part in a truly magical event. There are no disruptions: no car traffic, no pedestrian traffic, except for the occasional amazed and astonished looks from passersby at the scene unfolding before them. Le Dîner en Blanc is first and foremost a gathering of friends. It is a non-commercial organization. One must know a member of the organization to receive an invitation. In other words, it’s a friendly co-optation system. The fee required of guests goes to cover the costs inherent to the organization, such as bus rental, electricity, sound system, lighting, security, photographic and video services, and other small surprises peculiar to each event. The most important Dîner en Blanc, which was also the starting point of the movement, is the one in Paris. Instigated more than 25 years ago with a handful of friends by François Pasquier. The French capital’s most prestigious sites have played host to Dîner en Blanc: the Pont des Arts, the Eiffel Tower site, the Louvre Pyramid, the Trocadéro Esplanade, Place Vendôme, the Château de Versailles, the Esplanade de Notre-Dame, the Esplanade des Invalides, the periphery of the Place de l’Étoile, the Champs-Élysées, Place de la Concorde and last year, The Carousel du Louvre. Nearly 15,000 people now assemble each year for Dîner en Blanc Paris. Faced with numerous requests to organize Dîner en Blanc in various cities of the world, the Dîner en Blanc International Team has set up an exclusive service that supports organizers worldwide in the creation and management of such an event. The International Team provides turnkey services that allow any interested party to create a Dîner en Blanc event in their own city or town and associate it to the worldwide community. This year another dozen cities worldwide are joining the growing Dîner en Blanc network. For more information about Dîner en Blanc, visit http://dinerenblanc.info/
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Next Big Idea Festival September 15th FREE Festival Fuller Lodge & Lawn
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The goal of the Next Big Idea is to excite youth in science, technology and innovation related careers while having fun seeing, touching and swishing their way through the festival. Integrated with the Next Big Idea is STEM Student Day on Friday, September 14th from 4pm to 7pm. This program is limited to 100 middle school and high schoolers. The mission of STEM Student Day is to inspire students from throughout New Mexico to future careers in science, technology, engineering and math - and it’s FREE! One lucky participant will win a new I pad. Go to www.nextbigideala.com to be the first to register. A special thank you goes out to our partners: Los Alamos National Laboratory, LANS, Sandia National Laboratory, Innovate + Educate of New Mexico, LANB, COMPA Industries, The Education Plan, LANL Foundation, New Mexico Consortium, Enterprise Computing, Pueblo Electric, The Little Theater, UNMLA, The Bradbury Science Museum, Mesa Public Library, Historical Museum, and Los Alamos County.
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By Carol A. Clark The profoundly satisfying world in which Thelma Hahn has chosen to live is one filled with artistic creativity and kind deeds directed toward others. An artist and longtime Los Alamos resident, Hahn taught art in Los Alamos Public Schools from 1970 to 1996. She served on the National Art Education Association Executive Board and was elected a National Elementary Art Director from 1987-1989. She traveled to Washington, D.C., for the National Gallery of Art’s 50th anniversary in 1991. Together with Carol Rinard, Hahn founded the local Art Camp in 1994. The program started with 12 students attending art camp for two weeks and has grown to more than 300 students attending for six weeks. Hahn is a Fulbright scholar who studied the Japanese arts in Japan in 1995. “It was one of the most wonderful experiences of my life … the people were so kind,” she said. Hahn returned home and picked up where she left off. She has been involved in Los Alamos community endeavors for decades. She served as a member of the Los Alamos School Board from 1997 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2011. Hahn also serves on the Mesa Public Library Board, she served on the Art Center at Fuller Lodge Board and she has been involved in the Los Alamos Empty Bowls Project for more than a decade.
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Besides working behind the scenes, she regularly creates and contributes about 20 pottery bowls to the annual fundraising event, which benefits Self Help, Inc. She has also work with the Empty Bowls organization in Santa Fe contributing many bowls over the years. Hahn is an enthusiastic supporter of the Girl Scouts and through the years, she has helped many girls earn their badges. “The Scouts are a great program,” she said. Hahn is a person of deep faith. She is active in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church. As part of her spiritual life, Hahn visits the terminally ill as a Los Alamos Visiting Nurses hospice volunteer. She also makes prayer shawls that are distributed throughout the United States. Hahn became an entrepreneur two years before she retired from LAPS. “My husband built my art studio in 1994 and I opened the business, Hahn’s Hand Art that same year,” she said. Hahn married former Los Alamos Deputy Fire Chief Dale Hahn Aug. 3, 1971, and they remain happily married, she said. “We had the same values and we had the same principles,” Hahn said. “We are both people of faith and we like each other as friends. We always support each other in what we are passionate about – Dale is an outdoors person who makes beautiful gardens and I am an inside person who created art.” Hahn is a member of the Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour.
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She works in just about every artistic medium including watercolor, pastels, ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, papermaking, and gourd-based art. She has exhibited her work in many shows. Her most recent exhibit, “Alternative Perspectives” debuted last spring at Fuller Lodge Art Center. It was a 3-D exhibit in which Hahn challenged the viewer to take a different look at the world. “I wanted to make people aware that there is more than one way to see things,” Hahn said. She achieved the life-like affect with the 3-D glasses through a method called color encoding, which mixes up the position of colors in the spectrum, red to violet, she said, adding that colors near or on each other take on different depth as well. “It’s really a visual thing but also a very mental thing – knowing what colors to place where,” Hahn said. “I believe that we’re never too old to learn something new. I have wanted to be an artist since I was 4 years old … it’s kind of one of the goals I have had.” Just as she shares herself with the community through her civic and spiritual work, Hahn shares her love for art by teaching classes at the Art Center at Fuller Lodge and from her White Rock studio. With her many contributions toward enriching the community – it’s no wonder that in 2006, Hahn became a Living Treasure of Los Alamos.
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Science and Math-based Art Contest invites you to vote for your favorites Once again, The Next Big Idea Festival is the backdrop for a science and math-based art contest. At press deadline, hundreds of entries have already been received from around the world. Science and math-based art demonstrates scientific or mathematical concepts, principles, or phenomena in creative ways. It can be created digitally using computers, be photographic, or be produced through traditional fine arts methods including drawing, painting, pottery, fiber arts, etc. In addition to a grand prize, judges will award prizes for “Visual Impression & Interest”, “Innovation & Creativity”, and “Demonstration of Scientific Principle or Phenomena”. The public is invited to view entries and vote for their favorites through mid-August at the contest website, www.nextbigideala.com (click on “art contest”). Public voting will be a factor in determining contest finalists for consideration of the judges. Contest winners and awards will be announced and an exhibit will take place in conjunction with the Next Big Idea Festival on September 15th. For more information about the Next Big Idea Festival or the Science and Math-based art contest, visit www.NextBigIdeaLA.com or call Los Alamos MainStreet Manager, Suzette Fox, at 505-661-4844.
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Five ways to inject your business with deeper creativity By Mandy Marksteiner I’m doing something that I’ve never done before. Rather than working at home or at a coffee shop I’m sitting in the muddy grass, leaning against the rock fountain in front of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. The sound of the waterfall fills my ears. I can smell the moss on the cool rocks. I won’t stay long–I hear thunder and raindrops are dissolving the fresh ink on my page–but it doesn’t matter. Sitting here for a couple of minutes has eased me out of my every day, rushed, frazzled, compulsive email checking mundane mind. I’m ready to get to work. As a writer, I can’t function without being creative. Business owners also need to understand and tap into their own creativity, because better ideas often mean more money and more success. Here are some ways that local business owners have tapped into their creativity to give their businesses a boost.
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Keep a regular schedule “I get up in the morning and am very eager to get to the Hive,” said Jung Pyo Hong, who has used the Hive in White Rock as his post-retirement creative workshop. “Today I was there before seven in the morning. It’s quiet and I have a chance to think about things that are hard to think about during the middle of the day.” Putting time aside every day has enabled him to come up with better computer programming ideas. “I recently got back into computer programming after three years of not spending time on it. When I was still at work I had ideas, but was never in an environment where I could follow up on them. Now I am able to follow up on some of the ideas that I had before. Some of them are very good.”
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Solving Problems is part of the Creative Process Every time you solve a problem, you bring yourself closer to your ideal business. Ruby K’s Bagel Café has been profitable for seven years. Nevertheless, owner Ruby Alexander could see that she had a few problems. For example, during busy times customers enter the restaurant, see the line, and change their minds about eating there. Local architect, Steven Shaw, helped her solve her business problems by leading her staff through a design charrette. “A design charrette is a gathering of people who are familiar with the project,” said Shaw. “Everyone writes positive and negative things about the business on Post-its. You then group those comments into categories. You can even stick them around the room. The biggest problems are the ones that have the most Post-its. You leave the notes where they are and come up with a creative solution to each of the problems.” The process of writing down problems that a business faces is an important step in Shaw’s creative process. When Alexander completes her renovations, she will not only improve how things look, but she will also improve her customers’ experience. Any business can use a design charrette to find creative solutions to business problems.
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Do something just for fun Minesh Bacrania specializes in portrait and commercial photography, but his upcoming solo show in the portal gallery at the Art Center at Fuller Lodge is based on a project that he did for fun. The portal show will feature his documentary the ironwork at the Municipal Building in Los Alamos. “This project is personal. It’s what I like to do,” explained Bacrania. “It’s interesting to go and see what people can do, whether it’s building a building or going up against a forest fire.” Not only has he produced some of his most creative photos during his side projects, but he has also used these projects to build an audience, promote his business and enjoy his work. He said, “The camera is like a passport to be nosy. I’ve done things that I never would have done, been to cool places and learned cool things.”
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Don’t worry if you’re not unique–nobody is. “Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal,” - Pablo Picasso. “What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely original,” wrote Austin Kleon in Steal Like an Artist; 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (available at Ottowi Station Bookstore). One of the fastest ways to become more “creative” is to get better at finding and using ideas that are worth stealing. One way to do that is to keep a swipe file of great ideas. The file can include ads that speak to you, articles that relate to what you’re trying to do, and business models that you would like to imitate. As your file grows you will naturally find ways to connect two ideas that nobody thought to connect before. This is creativity.
Now that he is retired, Jung Pyo Hong enjoys taking advantage of the space at the Hive to work his creative ventures. The environment is much more conducive for coming up with ideas and following up on them.
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Let your left brain in on the fun The right hemisphere of the brain is generally thought to be the side that is “creative”. But a jazz musician can’t play a hot salsa solo without a thorough understanding of scales and chords, a poet can’t write a moving sonnet without mastering iambic pentameter and most aha! moments occur after someone has been logically mulling over the facts. Pat Soran is a local artist who uses his left-brain to create his segmented woodturnings. These wooden vessels have smooth natural lines and intricate geometrical patterns that have been carefully engineered by Soran. He begins by making a rough drawing of the piece, sketching rectangles over the drawing to represent the layers of wood. Each layer is like a pineapple slice, divided into segments. A typical 13” vase has 31 rings. Each ring is divided into 12 trapezoids. Using simple geometry and a program called “Segment Planner,” Soran calculates the measurements of the individual segments of each ring. By the time he reaches his studio, and fires up his chop saw to cut the angles of the trapezoids, he knows what he needs to do. His plans tell him the length of the outside and inside of each trapezoid and he can concentrate on making the wood look beautiful.
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for Arts and Culture Recently, many locals found themselves stumbling upon brightly colored signs featuring a hand motif in several locations in downtown Los Alamos. What could they mean? High Five for the community? Hand-washing stations ahead? Travelers, tourists, and locals alike have been coming across the same signs in other New Mexico communities. These signs are the work of the New Mexico Arts & Cultural Districts (ACD), a State-wide initiative that has recently come up with this creative way to identify participating districts. “This is a great approach to promote and mark the Arts and Cultural Districts around the state,” said Jon Barela, Secretary of Economic Development. “Our rural communities in particular depend on cultural and heritage tourism as a critical economic engine for their communities and this program has leveraged the state’s cultural assets to help interested communities in developing their districts as a destination to explore, experience history and culture and invest back into the local creative economy.” New Mexico established the Arts and Cultural District Program in 2007. The MainStreet Program director in the Economic Development Department was selected to serve as the state coordinator and the New Mexico Arts Commission serves as its authorizing governing body. The Los Alamos County Council adopted the Los Alamos Creative District plan earlier this year, paving the way for full designation by the State. The colorful signs are placed at several important transitions to the Creative District. For more information about the Los Alamos Creative district, see the Los Alamos Creative District web page: www.creativenm.org.
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A New
‘PLACE’ for Downtown
Los Alamos Gains Momentum
During a public meeting June 2 at UNM-LA, PLACE President Chris Velasco discussed the components that Los Alamos residents and community leaders said in previous meetings they want to see in a catalytic project developed for downtown Los Alamos.
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By Carol A. Clark Los Alamos boasts several creative spaces where artists and art lovers gather to feed their souls. Historic Fuller Lodge, Karen Wray Fine Art Gallery, The Hive, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Warm Hearts Yarn, Village Arts, Dunn Quilting and others come to mind. Augmenting these creative spaces is an innovative new concept being proposed by a nonprofit organization called “PLACE” (Projects Linking Art Community & Environment.) PLACE works with cities and municipalities to create leading-edge communities that promote the arts, environmentalism and social justice. Through a community-driven, ethically-focused process, PLACE develops new models for urban neighborhoods that demonstrate breakthroughs in environmental design, live/work development for artists and creative businesses, affordable workforce housing, and supportive housing. PLACE executives have visited Los Alamos several times in recent months, meeting with local officials and the public, and looking at nine potential sites here to create just such a development – powered by renewable energy, inspired by artists and imagination and in collaboration with local sentiment. “We are moving into the contract agreement phase with three of the nine sites,” said PLACE President Chris Velasco Velasco explained that PLACE builds urban villages that are: • Powered by the sun, wind and earth • Inspired by artists and invention • Co-created with the community • Open and affordable to everyone. “PLACE’s Los Alamos Urban Village vision contains housing across the income spectrum, live/work (especially live/work for creatives (artists, scientists, inventors), commercial/retail businesses, especially creative and artisan shops and a hotel and conference/event center,” Velasco said. CEO and Chairman of the Board of Los Alamos Na-
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tional Bank, Bill Enloe, is familiar with the PLACE organization and has met with its executives regarding the local project. “I believe this is a good approach to redevelopment in our downtown … of course there are many things that must still be considered but I find that PLACE takes a scientific approach to its projects, understanding that modern development is built with people in mind and how they get around, not driven by how many vehicles pass by a location,” Enloe said. “I’d like to see this project move forward … it’s a tremendous opportunity for the community.” In a July 3 communication to County leaders, Board Vice President Bill Wadt of the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation describes the PLACE project as “a great and rare economic development opportunity that is before us.” In his letter, Wadt also spoke about the need to take action to make sure that opportunity does not disappear: “Before I talk about the PLACE project, I want to make some general points about economic development. The Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation (LACDC) had its annual strategic planning session last month. One of our board members, Jim Hall, suggested that promoting “high quality private investment” would be a good mantra for the LACDC. I think promoting high quality private investment would be a superb touchstone for the County Council and staff to focus your efforts on economic development. To me, you have already provided an excellent framework to determine what constitutes “high quality”, namely, alignment with and impact on the four goals in the County-approved Economic Vitality Strategic Plan (EVSP.) The history of Los Alamos revolves around government action. It still does. To build a more prosperous and resilient future, I contend that we need to significantly increase private sector investment in our community. Such actions, I think, are the best way to demonstrate to the NNSA, DOE, and our Delegation that we are not just seeking more government handouts, i.e., that we are growing beyond an
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entitlement culture that thrived on the beneficence of Saint Pete. Instead we want to be recognized and known as a strategic partner for the Laboratory and the Country in furthering the cutting edge of national security science to ensure the American dream of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Even though the Laboratory is currently going through a downturn, Los Alamos is still in a strong economic and fiscal position, as reflected in an economic development fund of nearly $8.5 million. To assure that those economic development funds are used in a prudent and strategic manner, the LACDC recommended at your June 19 work session that the County articulate and adopt a well-defined set of criteria to evaluate economic development proposals. In particular, we recommended six criteria that, if used, will align the County decision making process with promoting high quality private investment. 1. Impact on each of the four EVSP goals 2. Leverage: Ratio of outside investment to County funds invested 3. Size of outside investment 4. Potential return on investment (tax dollars generated, community needs met) 5. Project readiness 6. Impact on County’s approach to economic development (process improvement, new partners, innovative approaches, …) My question to you is: “Are you using these criteria?” I strongly recommend that you evaluate the County staff recommendations on economic development against the above criteria. Given the general nature of the staff recommendations, it is very difficult to assess whether they would promote significant private investment. Therefore, I recommend that the Council and staff focus on specific proposals that can be evaluated effectively against all six criteria. see PLACE, page 19
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Setting the Stage By Ann McLaughlin The Los Alamos Concert Association (LACA) is a nationally recognized presenter of a classical concert series featuring world class artists. The great musicians we book come from exactly the same pool of elite talent that fills concert halls in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New York and London There was a time when LACA concerts were routinely sold out. But times have changed and people have many more options when choosing how to spend their free time. And, in a big change since the 1950s, Santa Fe is now an artistic power house. The flow of Los Alamosans to events off the hill far out-strips the flow up the hill. People flock to Santa Fe for their entertainment because the city provides a complete package: concerts, fabulous dining, great accommodations, museums, galleries, shops, and a lively street scene. My all-volunteer board works really hard to market our series and artists off the hill: Newspapers, radio, mailings, email marketing and of course, our great web site. But we would benefit so much from a coordinated effort to market the town in general. This is why we have such high hopes for the Creative District. One of the reasons LACA was formed in the first place was that the highly educated people who came here to work missed the cultural amenities of the big cities and college towns they came from. LACA continues to see itself as an important contributor to the “quality of life” factor that helps attract and retain the lab’s workforce. I remember my reaction to Los Alamos when I first came here in 1984. It looked to me like a town that no one cared about. Boy was I was wrong! Since then there have been huge changes in the town center that have gone a long way to creating a very different first impression. The new Creative District will be a great way to corral all our creative energy and give new momentum to this very positive trend. With the Creative District’s emphasis on concentrating those amenities in the downtown area, we’ll all be able to see that there’s more to do than just attend a concert and go home- more places to shop before the concert, more places to get together and talk about the concert afterward, and more places to window shop and gather all the time. We’ve got the museums, we’ve got a couple of great galleries, and we’re getting better all the time at providing the great restaurants, but we haven’t got the buzz going yet. Between LACA’s fall to spring schedule and the “Gordon’s” concerts in the summer, Los Alamos has every reason to promote itself as a great town to visit for music. So what do I mean when I claim that our artists are “world class”? Take a look at our 2012-13 season! Cellist David Finckel and Violinist Philip Setzer are 9-time Grammy winners.
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David Finckel and his pianist wife Wu Han are Musical America’s 2012 Musicians of the Year. Jeremy Denk, “the most intriguing pianist of his generation” (New Yorker) will come to Los Alamos directly from engagements in London and Paris. Rachel Barton Pine, 3-time classical winner of the Chicago Music awards plays one of the world’s most famous and important violins, the Guarneri del Gesu x-Soldat. Amsterdam’s unique Calefax Reed Quintet, a sensation in Europe, will make its New Mexico debut. The Borromeo String Quartet, noted for its unique use of technology, has been in residence for 20 years at the prestigious New England Conservatory.
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The WAV village project in Ventura, Calif. Courtesy/PLACE
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The County has a truly extraordinary opportunity to transform economic development in Los Alamos through sponsoring the PLACE project. The PLACE project would have: • significant direct impact on ALL four goals of the EVSP, and would also provide • 9:1 leverage on County dollars, • $50 to $90 million of outside investment, • significant return on investment (with NO ongoing operating costs to the County), • a new (for us), but well-tested approach to publicprivate partnership with systematic, broad-based community input, and • attention-getting sustainable development through cutting-edge renewable energy and environmental management. There just isn’t another economic development project in the near or foreseeable future that has such transformative economic development potential. This is the type of project that could give the Laboratory a competitive advantage in recruiting and retaining the next generation of creative scientists and engineers needed to keep the Laboratory as the “go-to” place for national security science, which critical to long term fiscal and social health of Los Alamos. Also, the collaborative, live-work space would provide a great incubator for new high-tech businesses with good paying jobs. The Laboratory, which is by far and away the largest taxpayer in the County, has spoken in favor of the PLACE
project. They understand the potential impact on recruiting and retaining the next generation of scientists and engineers they need to stay at the cutting-edge of national security science. It seems to me we should be paying attention to them and take action. The staff recommendations on economic development have already identified more than $2.7 million needed by PLACE as seed money over the next two years, namely the $1.8 million for an event center and hotel and $1.1 million for downtown mixed use redevelopment. The money is there. It is time to act. PLACE has already provided a well-conceived, detailed (150 page) implementation plan, which is based on many community input sessions. The plan is there. It is time to act. Given the excellent record of success over the past 20 plus years, PLACE is in demand. We need to engage them NOW or we will lose the best economic and community development opportunity for many years, if not forever. A great partner is ready to join us. It is time to act. I would be happy to discuss any of the above with you and try to answer any questions you might have. As you can probably tell, I am enthusiastic about the PLACE project and its potential for doing so much good. This is the right project. It is time to take action. It is time to build your legacy to the Community and the Nation. Thank you for taking the time out of your very busy schedule to read this. Thank you for your service and commitment to our Community.” –Bill Wadt PLACE created the Working Artist Ventura, or WAV, building in Ventura, Calif., which several officials from Los
Alamos visited last year. That project mixes arts, community, economy and sustainability into a single development. WAV offers, a retail and arts center, upscale lofts and supportive housing. The project includes a jazz club, a movie theater, an art gallery, studios, a café, restaurants and arts of all genres. PLACE’s WAV village in Ventura took $1.5 million in seed money and leveraged $67 million in total project financing. Los Alamos County Councilor David Izraelevitz paid a visit the WAV project while on vacation in California. The project consists of 69 residences with a common area that features a community garden and a gallery, music venue and theater all available for residents use. The project is considered a community creative campus with a built-in neighborhood. “It was an interesting project and I thought it was very creative,” Izraelevitz said. “In thinking about how it would apply to Los Alamos, we need to do some homework because every community and every project is different. I met with Ventura City staff involved with the WAV project and I know our County staff is making arrangements to talk ‘staff to staff’ with Ventura and I would even be in favor of bringing the Ventura City staff here to meet face to face with our staff.” To learn more about PLACE, visit welcometoplace.com A two-minute video about PLACE is available at: https:// vimeo.com/43207103 PLACE invites the community to participate in a discussion about the project at: http://welcometoplace.com/ discussion#/categories/los-alamos-new-mexico
By Heather McClenahan, Executive Director of the Los Alamos Historical Society Back in 1966, the pop band, The Happenings, crooned about a girl going away for the summer and pondered whether she would remember her true love when
she came home in September. The catchy tune has become the theme for Arts and Culture month in Los Alamos. For the second year in a row, local cultural service providers, from Mesa Public Library to the Fuller Lodge Art Center, the Los Alamos Concert Association to the Bradbury Science Museum and Los Alamos Historical Museum, are among those planning some sort of cultural event each day of September. Using the lexicon of texting teens, the title of the song has morphed from “See You” to “C U.” Look for colorful “C U in September” posters around town that will highlight some of the events. The Los Alamos County Council has traditionally declared September as “Arts and Culture Month” in Los Alamos. To provide the community with an idea of the scope and variety of activities that are available, cultural institutions are working together to produce exhibit openings, lectures, and other events. “It really goes to show that Los Alamos always has a
lot going on,” said Suzette Fox, MainStreet Manager and one of the “C U in September” coordinators. “There are activities for families and individuals, musical activities, visual and performing arts events, and educational programs. It’s not just happening in September. We always have these activities. ‘C U in September’ is an opportunity to showcase them.” Fox is also coordinating the biggest event, the Next Big Idea Festival on Sept. 14-15. Read more about it on page 9. Examples of other “C U In September” events include numerous Life Drawing classes at the Fuller Lodge Art Center; a Book Fair on Sept. 8, sponsored by Bathtub Row Press, the publishing arm of the Los Alamos Historical Society; a Sept. 20 Wildflower Walk with the Pajarito Environmental Education Center; and much, much more. For a complete list, including event details, visit the CU in September calendar on fyila.com. We all hope to C U in September!
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Insight Science and Art Collaborate Part of The Next Big Idea Festival At 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 15, scientists from LANL and Sandia National Laboratory and artists from across the country will gather at the Bradbury Museum to share their to share insights into how they work together to make two seemingly divergent worlds unite, creating very unique art, and achieving very novel research results. Scientist/Artist Research Collaborations (SARC) is a project born from 516 ARTS, an Albuquerque non-profit art space, and the University of New Mexico. SARC is a featured program of this year’s International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), an international conference and series of events that focus on re-envisioning art, technology and nature. With a broad goal of exploring how a creative approach can inform scientific discovery and make the science accessible to a larger audience, the collaborations will also investigate the aesthetics of their respective research areas. “Our culture is aesthetically sophisticated. Scientists share in this common culture, and we think that scientific work could benefit from this type of collaboration,” explained Dr. Laura Monroe, the LANL Production Visualization Project Leader in DOE’s Advanced Simulation and Computer program, and Team Leader of the Special Projects Team in LANL’s High Performance Computing division. “People working on LANL’s ASC Production Visualization project work closely with domain scientists to visualize and interpret data resulting from large-scale simulations, and show these results to national stakeholders in LANL’s world-class visualization facilities, such as the CAVE,” continued Monroe. “Our mission is to present data in a compelling way that illustrates scientific results resulting from simulations; we think that this collaboration of artists with LANL scientists should lead to innovative presentation of scientific research of national significance, and may lead the scientists to regard their work in ways not before considered.” SARC co-directors Richard Lowenberg and Jack Ox agreed that this is the perfect time and place to pilot the scientist/artist collaboration project. “The arts and sciences are each other’s best friends; two sides of the same coin, as primary currency in the 21st century,” Lowenberg mused. “They represent a convergent path to an eco-understanding of our worlds and our place therein. SARC is an onramp to that path forward, here to spark
our imaginations, and to challenge our creative spirit and resolve. In north-central New Mexico, the convergent arts and sciences can be the cornerstones of our economic and cultural future.” Dr. Susan R. Atlas, Director of the UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC) and a theoretical scientist who leads research groups in nanoscience and computational cancer biology, explained her interest, and UNM’s involvement, in SARC: “Crossdisciplinary collaboration is essential to 21st century science, engineering, and biomedicine, and is deeply integrated into the fabric of supercomputing at UNM. SARC will continue CARC’s tradition of collaboration at the nexus of art, science, and technology.” When asked why she wanted to be involved in the project, artist Ruth West, from the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts at the University of California-San Diego, replied, “I’m interested in developing new modes of inquiry that bridge art and science in order to go beyond what we can already “see” and “know” through the training and technologies we possess. Working across disciplines with researchers in the sciences, I can develop research with hybrid outcomes that contribute new knowledge as well as public-facing experiences that bring complex science to general audiences.” Another artist collaborator, Todd Ingalls, Chairman of Graduate Studies at the School of Arts, Media and Engineering at Arizona State University in Tempe, agreed with West, noting, “ My experience has been that collaboration across disciplines can lead to valuable discussions and can lead to new research questions. I’m looking forward to meeting with different scientists at LANL to discuss the possibilities of using sonification to investigate different complex systems or data sets.” Besides the presentation at the Bradbury on Saturday, September 15 from 1-5 p.m. (part of The Next Big Idea event), the artists and scientists will be participating in presentations and workshops beginning in July and continuing through September. For more information, visit www.isea2012.org, or contact SARC co-director Richard Lowenberg at 505-603-5200 or at rl@radlab.org.
Several Los Alamos visualization scientists observe a visualization of foam crushing in LANL’s five-sided CAVE. From left to right: Bob Kares, Laura Monroe, Bob Greene, Bob Tomlinson, Dave Modl
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Events
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17 Tri, Tri and Tri Again Art Exhibit at Fuller Lodge 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Exhibit runs until September 29. Give an artist the primary colors or a child three wheels, and whole new worlds are opened to them. See what happens in threes, and what makes the third time the charm!
2 Mesa Public Library 2012 FREE Film Series 6:30 pm to 8:30 18 Los Alamos County Triathlon 7:00 am to 1:00 pm Starting at pm Mesa Public Library I am Love (R)
Aquatic Center. As part of the Southwest Challenge series the Los Alamos Triath-
3 Eddy and the Nomads - Los Alamos Summer Concert Series lon is a tough, hilly course with a unique format consisting of mass bike starts in 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Del Norte Credit Union Los Alamos Branch. 50s waves with the swim in the middle. and 60s rock.
19 Los Alamos Kids Triathlon 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. A fun introduc4 Natural Wonders of Los Alamos: Deer Trap Mesa 6:00 pm tion to the multi-sport world for children and youth with an emphasis on fun and to 8:00 pm Starting at Trailhead at Intersection of Barranca and Navajo. Af- fitness. Starts at Aquatic Center. ter some scrambling on ancient stairways near the game pit, the terrain through 23 Wildflower Walk with PEEC 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm PEEC. Join
piñon-juniper woodland is level and easy, and the hike culminates in a lovely view of the Rio Grande Valley and Sangre de Cristo.
Chick Keller, curator of PEEC’s Jemez Mountain Herbarium, for an easy walk to learn the names of local wildflowers.
4 Craig Martin Experience 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Blue Window Bistro 23 Los Alamos Farmers Market 7:00 to 1:00 pm Mesa Public 6 Summer Art Camp Show Case 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Fuller Library parking lot. Produce, meats, cheeses, plants, prepared food items, crafts, Lodge Art Center. Celebrate the young artists of our community.This one-week show features art work produced during this year’s Summer Art Camp.
and more from Northern New Mexico.
PEEC Sallye Sibbitt of the Duck Buddies comes to PEEC to talk about ducks: what they eat, how their anatomy helps them swim, their lifespan, their place in the environment and more.
winning book Bad News for Outlaws: the Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal — the true story of a former slave turned unique peace officer and hero of the Old West. She also will introduce her new book, No Crystal Stair: A Docu-mentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
23 Vaunda Nelson: NM’s Centennial Children’s Author 7:00 7 Summer Family Evenings: Duck Buddies 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm pm to 8:30 pm Mesa Public Library. Vaunda Nelson will discuss her award-
9 Los Alamos Farmers Market 7:00 am to 1:00 pm Mesa Public Library parking lot. Produce, meats, cheeses, plants, prepared food items, crafts, and more from Northern New Mexico.
24 Yellow Dubmarine - Los Alamos Summer Concert Series 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm Ashley Pond. Dub, Ska, Reggae and rock Beatle covers from D.C. area.
9-11 Mesa Public Library Art Gallery County Fair Exhibits FREE Concert outdoors. 10:00 am to 8:30 pm. County Fair Exhibits upstairs at the library-gallery, 25,26 14th Annual Los Alamos Sportsman’s Club Gun Show rotunda, and meeting rooms. 10-12 Los Alamos County Fair and Rodeo. Rodeos at Brewer Arena on Saturday and Sunday at 1:00 pm.
10 The Stone River Band - Los Alamos Summer Concert Series at Ashley Pond. 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Country and country blues-soul dance band from Texas. 11 Fair and Rodeo Parade 10 am - Central Ave.
8:00 am to 5:00 pm Pueblo Gym
25,26 Hike and Mountain Bike Pajarito Mountain Aspen lift runs from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
30 Los Alamos Farmers Market 7:00 to 1:00 pm Mesa Public Library parking lot. Produce, meats, cheeses, plants, prepared food items, crafts, and more from Northern New Mexico.
11 Bill Hearne’s Roadhouse Revue - Los Alamos Summer Concert Series at Ashley Pond. 11:00 to 1:30 pm. Country dance.
11,12 Hike and Mountain Bike Pajarito Mountain. Aspen lifts from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
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11 35th Annual Summer Arts & Crafts Fair 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. 1-3 Labor Day Slug Fest Golf Tournament 9:00 am shotgun each The Art Center’s Summer Arts & Crafts Fair takes place in conjunction with the Los Alamos County Rodeo in the grassy park behind Fuller Lodge.
11 LATC 1st Annual School of Rock Fun Raiser 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm Main Street round about. The Los Alamos Teen Center in cooperation with the LA Co-op is holding a musical extravaganza
day. Los Alamos County Golf Course.
6 Los Alamos Farmers Market 7:00 to 1:00 pm Mesa Public Library parking lot. Produce, meats, cheeses, plants, prepared food items, crafts, and more from Northern New Mexico. 6 Mesa Public Library’s FREE Film Series 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
12 Mountain Lion Researcher Ken Logan 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
New Series: Academy Award Winners! Mesa Public Library
Pajarito Environmental Education Center. Wildlife, comes to PEEC to talk about these beautiful animals--and the danger they present to humans. He’ll share insights from his years of research and have lots of pictures.
8,9 Hike and Mountain Bike Pajarito Mountain Aspen lift runs from
brary parking lot. Produce, meats, cheeses, plants, prepared food items, crafts, and more from Northern New Mexico.
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8 Los Alamos Book Fair 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Fuller Lodge .Book 16 Los Alamos Farmers Market 7:00 to 1:00 pm Mesa Public Li- sellers and authors from across the state of New Mexico will be showing off their 11 Madame Curie - A Living History 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. Fuller 17 Carolyn Wonderland - Los Alamos Summer Concert Series Lodge. Chautauqua speaker Susan Frontczak shares the life and challenges of 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm Rover Park. Country dance. scientist and Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie.
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13 Los Alamos Farmers Market 7:00 to 1:00 pm Mesa Public Library parking lot. Produce, meats, cheeses, plants, prepared food items, crafts, and more from Northern New Mexico. 14,15 The Next Big Idea! Festival 11:00 am to 3:00 pm Fuller Lodge Lawn. Next Big Idea: Festival of Discovery, Invention, and Innovation is an annual event that highlights Los Alamos’ unique creative heritage while providing an opportunity for inspiring young people from throughout the state about possible futures in science, technology, engineering, math, and innovation.
20 Wildflower Walk with PEEC 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm PEEC. Join Chick Keller, curator of PEEC’s Jemez Mountain Herbarium, for an easy walk to learn the names of local wildflowers.
20 Los Alamos Farmers Market 7:00 to 1:00 pm Mesa Public Library parking lot. Produce, meats, cheeses, plants, prepared food items, crafts, and more from Northern New Mexico.
21 Fundraiser Dinner: A Night in Italy 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm Hilltop House Hotel. An Italian themed dinner by local caterer, Jarda Belmonte of Tasty Creations and hosted by the Hilltop House Hotel. The money raised will benefit the youth development programs of Assets In Action.
22,23 Hike and Mountain Bike Pajarito Mountain Aspen lift runs
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22,23 Pajarito Trail Fest 10km & 15 Miles trail running race on Saturday at 8:00 am and Trail Duathlon (trail run - mtn. bike - trail run) on Sunday at 10:00 am Pajarito Mountain Ski Area.
22 Co-op Wellness Fair 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Los Alamos Coop
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23 Rachel Barton Pine, presented by Los Alamos Concert Association 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Duane Smith Auditorium. A violinist of extraordinary passion and breadth, Rachel Barton Pine made her debut at the age of 10 with the Chicago Symphony under Erich Leinsdorf.
27 Los Alamos Farmers Market 7:00 to 1:00 pm Mesa Public Library parking lot. Produce, meats, cheeses, plants, prepared food items, crafts, and more from Northern New Mexico. 27 Bill Dunmire: New Mexico’s Living Landscapes 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Mesa Public Library. Mesa Public Library’s Authors Speak Series presents Bill Dunmire. More than nine-tenths of New Mexico’s land remains in native or near-native condition, unchanged by human hands.
29 Pajarito Mountain Ullr Fest 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Fun for the whole family! Aspen lift will serve bikers and hikers from 9-3 pm. Free bus from LAHS Sullivan Field all day. Beer garden on the deck from 12-5 pm.
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29 Opera at Bandelier (Tailgating & Opera Music) 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. OPEN TO ALL! The Los Alamos Opera Guild (LAOG) of The
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 2:00-6:00pm Indoor Exhibit Check In (Mesa Public Library)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 8:00am Open Pool Tournament (Betty Ehart Senior Center)
11:30-12:30pm Western BBQ Lunch (Betty Ehart Senior Center)
5:00-8:00pm County Fair Exhibits (Mesa Public Library 4:00-5:00pm Viewing for Disabled)
7:00pm LA Concerts: The Stone River Boys (Ashley Pond)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 9:00-3:00pm Festival & Fair (Ashley Pond)
9:00-4:00pm Arts and Crafts Show (Fuller Lodge Lawn)
10:00am County Fair & Rodeo Parade (Central Avenue, Downtown)
10:00-4:00pm County Fair Exhibits (Mesa Public Library)
11:00am LA Concerts: Bill Hearne’s Roadhouse Revue (Ashley Pond) 2:00-5:00pm Rodeo (Brewer Arena) 5:00pm Cowboy Dinner (Posse Lodge) 7:00pm Rodeo Dance (Posse Lodge)
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