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The Georgia O?Keeffe Museum will offer free admission to New Mexico residents as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors? Art Museum Day, coinciding with International Museum Day on Friday.

In recognition of the important role museums play in their communities, the museum will encourage visitors to share their experiences during Art Museum Day on a special printed form available at the museum.

?The Georgia O?Keeffe Museum is honored to participate in Art Museum Day and offer free entrance to New Mexico residents,? said Rob Kret, Georgia O?Keeffe Museum Director. ?This is a perfect opportunity for locals to get to know Miss O?Keeffe?s adventuresome side, by viewing our new exhibition, ?Georgia O?Keeffe and the Faraway: Nature and Image.? This exhibition includes her camping gear, as well as photos and paintings of her most treasured places in the Southwest.?

AAMD member museums ? located across the United States, Canada, and Mexico ? include regional museums as well as large international institutions. A comprehensive list of participating AAMD member art museums will be available in the newsroom of the AAMD website, at www.aamd.org.

Los Alamos Again 4th-Richest County

Los Alamos is again near the top of a list of the wealthiest U.S. places, with Forbes magazine ranking Los Alamos County the fourth richest county in America.

Forbes also said that Los Alamos County is the ?richest county in the Western U.S., and one of only two western counties that can be found in the top 10.?

With just over 18,000 residents, Los Alamos County has a median annual household income of $103,643; it?s also said to be one of the most educated counties in the country, with nearly 63 percent of its residents holding a bachelors degree or higher.

Forbes noted much of the county?s wealth as being derived jobs at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Typically, the nation?s richest counties have been concentrated in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

The richest county in the U.S. is Loudon County, Md., with a median income of $115,574; followed by: Falls Church City, Va. ($114,409); Fairfax County, Va. ($105,416); Los Alamos County; Howard County, Md. ($103,273); Hunterdon County, N.J. ($100,980); Douglas County, Colo. ($99,198); Fairfax City, Va. ($97,900); Somerset County, N.J. ($97,440); and Morris County, N.J. ($96,747).

The Forbes article can be found at www.forbes.com.

Free Document Shredding Saturday

Advance Tax Services will partner this weekend with Shred-It, a national document shredding company, to provide the Santa Fe area residents a safe way to dispose of documents.

The Shred-Fest will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Advance Tax Services, 6005 Jaguar Drive, in Plaza Contenta.

This is your opportunity to have your confidential documents destroyed on site, free of charge.

Author Discusses History of Novel

Join author Michael McGarrity for a discussion of the research underpinning his latest book, ?Hard Country,? a novel documenting a family?s struggle to settle in the untamed territory of New Mexico.

McGarrity, who lives in Santa Fe, will speak at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 3, in the History Museum Auditorium and sign copies of the book afterward. The event is free with admission; Sundays are free to New Mexico residents.

An Anthony Award-nominated, New York Times bestselling author, McGarrity created the popular Kevin Kerney novels, drawing on his past careers in law enforcement and psychology.

In ?Hard Country,? the first installment in an epic Western trilogy, McGarrity fictionalizes the history of the American Southwest from 1875-1918, narrating the story of Kevin Kerney?s forebears through years of drought, economic boom and bust, world war, tempestuous relationships, and uneasy reconciliations.

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