ASC Community Partnerships

Green Home Design at Adams State

Adams State Community Partnerships and Natural Power are offering a hands-on Green Home Design Class, again, in the New Year. Through a workshop series offered both publicly and for college credit, you will learn tips and techniques of the trade for constructing an environmentally friendly building. These workshops will teach how to make a home more energy efficient, retrofit renewable energy into a building and build green from the ground up. The course format is varied with informative talks, hands-on lessons, and home tours. This class is ideal for anyone interested in getting into the green construction business, or for people who simply want a greener home of their own.

This course will cover topics such as use of solar energy, conservation of energy and water, straw bale and adobe housing, and retrofitting an existing home among many others. The class is available to both SLV community members and students currently registered with Adams State College. ASC students may take the class for credit by registering for it through the college (Green Home Design, ID 179, CRN 12347). Community members may register for the class, without college credit, by contacting Jenna Meyer at (719) 587-8227 or asc_bsc@adams.edu. Community members can take the course as a whole for the discounted price of $275.00, saving $100, or may take the classes individually. Individual courses will cost $35.00 for each lecture, or $60.00 for each hands-on lesson and home tour. Classes will be held every other Saturday, starting January 21st, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with a break in March for Spring Break.

The course will be taught by Chuck Reel, owner of Natural Power. To register for the course, or if you have any questions, please contact Jenna Meyer at (719) 587-8227 orasc_bsc@adams.edu.

Adams State Community Partnerships Presents IRA Tax Workshop For Retirees

With the turn of the new year, income taxes once again become an issue on everyone’s mind. Income tax filings and paperwork can be a complicated affair, no less so for recent and longtime retirees drawing funds from their retirement accounts. ASC Community Partnerships, in order to help the Valley’s retired population avoid any potential tax issues, will be hosting the “Top 10 IRA Mistakes” class for two workshops in January. This class, taught by IRA Advisor Michael Dalsaso, will guide owners of IRA, 403(b), 401(k) and other retirement accounts through common retirement challenges and tax-traps, to help participants make the most of their money. This course could be invaluable to anyone soon to be or recently retired, as well as those who think they’re paying more taxes on their retirement drawings than they should be.

The two part class will be held on Saturday, January 21^st and Saturday, January 28^th, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on both days, in the Community Partnerships building. The workshop fee is $50, which covers both sessions. In addition to the course, all participants will receive a copy of the book Top 10 IRA Mistakes: How to Avoid IRS Tax Traps by David Royer. To register for the course, please contact Jenna Meyer at 587-8227 or asc_bsc@adams.edu in advance, to insure that the proper amount of books and class resources can be prepared.

The Wandering Gene And The Indian Princess: Race, Religion, And DNA, Book Signing

In 1999, Shonnie Medina, a vivacious young Hispano woman (a member of a New Mexican ethnic group descended from Native Americans and Spanish colonials) died of breast cancer. The cancer that killed Shonnie was caused by a genetic mutation. What is surprising about Shonnie Medina’s case is that it is a genetic mutation characteristic to Jews: this potentially fatal genetic variation has been passed from generation to generation of Jews. In his new book, THE WANDERING GENE AND THE INDIAN PRINCESS: Race, Religion, and DNA, science writer Jeff Wheelwright untangles a Gordian knot of race, history, ethics, faith, and science to solve the mystery of how an ancient genetic marker of the Jewish people ended up taking the life of a modern, Hispano, Jehovah’s Witness living in a small town near the San Luis Valley.

Jeff Wheelwright, a graduate of Yale University and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, was awarded a J. S. Guggenheim Fellowship in 2009. He is a science writer and editor and has been published in Discover and Smithsonian magazines. He lives in Morro Bay, California.  The book's website is http://jeffwheelwright.com/.

Mr. Wheelwright will be at ASC Community Partnerships at 5pm, January 30, 2012 for a book signing and discussion. For questions, please call 719.587.7372

Sacred Ground

"Sacred Ground" is an original song by Stephen Crawford of Del Norte, Colorado expressing his views on fracking and the Oil and Gas Industry. Konnie Kennon and Robin James (Back-up vocals) Bob Phillips (Lead guitar) Stephen Crawford (Vocals, rhythm guitar) Produced by Chet Bennett

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This program is made possible through HUD's Office of University Partnerships.