Fr. Glenn: A Mighty Company Awaits
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Ever wonder what dogs must think these days. You’re out walking them and talking on your phone, jabbering away, and they have no idea why. Imagine a chance meeting:
Cowdog: “I see your boss is talking to himself again.” Shep (rolling his eyes): “Yeah; he does that … a lot!” Cowdog: “You know, as we say in Texas, ‘that boy ain’t quite ‘right’” Shep: “Thanks for the tip, Sherlock.”
Or, what animals think when they see us working in the heat of day in summer while they lounge in the shade. “Boy, I’m glad the Lord didn’t make ME human. They’re dumber’n a bucket of rocks, not getting out of the Read More
Laboratory Retiree Group: First Tuesday Breakfast Oct. 4
LRG News:
Fully vaccinated Lab retirees (and potential retirees) are invited to drop in at the Laboratory Retiree Group (LRG) monthly breakfast, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4 at the Morning Glory Restaurant, 1377 Diamond Dr., across from Los Alamos high school.
Morning Glory serves a full breakfast and pastries. Retirees buy their breakfast; LRG pays for coffee or tea.
For more information, email sgirard@losalamos.com or call 505.672.3497. Read More
Tickets Still Available For Sunday’s Taste Of Knowledge!
LAPS Foundation News:
Last call to get tickets to Taste of Knowledge 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2 at Pig + Fig Café in White Rock.
An incredible menu will be offered with five dining stations:
- Soft fresh-baked pretzels with beer cheese sauce;
- German potato salad, cucumber salad in dill crème fraiche, fresh sauerkraut;
- Crispy fried cutlets of pork loin, potato dumpling pasta, brown mushroom gravy;
- Summer sausage, bratwurst, butterkase, sweet brown German farmer’s bread and fresh fruit; and
- Traditional apple strudel slices and chocolate hazelnut petit fours for dessert.
A selection of Read More
Atomic City Transit Route 3 Service Suspension Continues
COUNTY News:
Atomic City Transit (ACT) will continue its suspension of Route 3 transit service until the completion of Canyon Road construction.
While ACT officials initially believed services could be reinstated by Monday, Oct. 3, transit operator vacancies continue to affect operations.
Transit staff strategically decided to continue the suspension of Route 3 after concluding that this Route had the least impact on ridership since Route 1 could accommodate these same riders with thirty (30) minute service.
Riders who typically utilize Route 3 are advised to instead use regular service Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Crews Working On Canyon Road
On the job in Los Alamos Thursday morning crews are busy working on the Canyon Road project. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
New Mexico State Police Checkpoints & Saturation Patrols In Counties Across State In October
NMDOT News:
New Mexico State Police (NMSP) will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols; and registration, insurance, and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during the month of October 2022.
NMDOT is bringing awareness to these events to reduce impaired driving-related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising.
These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
Hundreds of lives could be saved each year if every driver had the Read More
Daily Postcard: View Heading East On Main Hill Road
Daily Postcard: View heading east Tuesday down the Main Hill Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
An Open Book: Day Of Remembrance
By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos
The anniversary of my father’s passing, or Yahrzeit in Yiddish, is a date that I have to track carefully on the Jewish calendar. On this modified lunar calendar, the observance of June 6, 2009 changes a few days forward or backward each year, and I have to look it up regularly.
But for my mother’s Yahrzeit, there is no tracking required. She died on October 3, 2016, the first day of the Jewish year 5777. So, when we set the dinner table last Sunday night to observe and celebrate Rosh Hashanah, “the Head of the Year,” with the two lit tall candles, the ceremonial glass of wine, Read More
WRPC Donates Parking Lot Sale Proceeds To Self Help
WRPC Pastor Deb Church, right, presents a check designated for the ‘Techo Fund’ to Self Help Executive Director Diane Smogor Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Bonnie Gordon/ladailypost.com
WRPC News:
In April of this year, White Rock Presbyterian Church (WRPC) officially “came out” as publicly affirming and unhesitatingly welcoming of LGBTQIA+ persons. As one of their efforts to not only welcome and affirm this community but also to be an active ally, WRPC sponsored a “parking lot sale” in August, to raise awareness and funds for Self Help’s “Techo Fund” – a fund designated especially for housing Read More
United Way Shows Appreciation For County Workers
In appreciation for all of their hard work, the United Way of Northern New Mexico (UWNNM) provided Frito pies to County workers at lunchtime today at Pajarito Cliff Site. County workers line up to receive their Frito pies as UWNNM volunteer Amadeo Irlando-Wildman, Live United Intern Tony Carmona and UWNNM volunteer Cheo Irlando-Wildman assemble the pies. Photo by John McHaleladailypost.com
UWNNM Executive Director Monica Griego greets County workers, sharing literature and answering questions about the United Way and its programs during a lunchtime Frito pie event today at Pajarito Read More
Posts From Abroad: Excursions Around Zermatt
During their excursion last week around the Swiss alpine town of Zermatt, Los Alamos residents Bill Priedhorsky and Melissa Bartlett hike down from the top station of the Gornergratbahn, the highest train in Europe, with the Matterhorn in the background. 2019 LANL summer student Clara Rittman, center, joined Priedhorsky and Bartlett on the way from her home institute in Freiburg, Germany, on the way to a conference in Milan. Courtesy/Bill Priedhorsky
View Sept. 22 from above Zermatt, Switzerland. The Breithorn (13,661 feet) on the right, Castor and Pollux in the middle, and the Grenz Glacier Read More
Ripe Tomatoes At Los Alamos Farmers Market Thursday
UNM Canning Meats & Low Acid Foods Workshop Sept. 30
Budget Proposal Includes Rep. Leger Fernández Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act, $2.5 Billion To Compensate Survivors
U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez
From the Office of U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez announced that the budget proposal to fund the government through December includes the authorization of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act and $2.5 billion to compensate survivors of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.
The provisions were included in the proposed FY 2022 Continuing Resolution (“CR”), which would keep the government funded through Dec. 16. The CR still needs to be voted on and passed in both the Senate and the House Read More
Fall Fiesta Returns To Bandelier Saturday Oct. 8
Cultural demonstrators from nearby Pueblos will showcase their work including handmade pottery, jewelry, drums and carvings, which will be available for purchase during the Fall Fiesta Oct. 8 at Bandelier. Courtesy/NPS
The Oak Canyon Dancers from the Pueblo of Jemez are scheduled to present traditional dances during the Fall Fiesta Oct. 8 at Bandelier. Courtesy/Oak Canyon Dance Group
BANDELIER News:
Saturday, Oct. 8, Bandelier will host its first Fall Fiesta since 2019. The event is 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Frijoles Canyon in the main picnic area and around the Bandelier Visitor Center.
Throughout Read More
Home Country: A Definite Pecking Order
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
When the Rafter E branded recently, a bunch of us went out to help.
There’s a definite pecking order here, and it’s a badge of pride to have worked your way up the branding ladder.
As a kid, you flank the calves; you grab them, throw them and hold them down. This is conducive to abrasions, muscle strain, and involuntarily changing the color of your shirt.
As you get older, you get to handle the branding iron, then move up to giving shots. After that comes earmarking. When you reach the pinnacle of branding, that is, when you own the calves, then you get to rope the calves and drag Read More
SWAIA Fashion Show Features Lloyd Kiva New Designs
Model Lea Capp. Photo by Kelly Cappelli
SWAIA News:
The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA), and Bishop’s Lodge, Auberge Resorts Collection invite the public to a unique fashion show featuring Lloyd Kiva New designs from the vintage collection of Robert Black and Doreen Picerne.
The limited attendance show begins 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at Bishop’s Lodge in Santa Fe.
“At least half of what we are showing has never been seen by the public,” Black said, in reference to the Kiva New collections being brought to the boutique runway. Propelled by the enormous success of the Indigenous Read More
Posts From The Road: Dinosaur National Monument
Quarry Exhibit Hall: The Quarry Exhibit Hall is home to the ‘Wall of Bones’ , which contains hundreds of dinosaur fossils. The quarry began in 1909 when Earl Douglass discovered exposed dinosaur bones in the area. The current visitors center and Quarry Exhibit Hall opened in 2011. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Exhibit Hall and Cliff: A view of the excavated cliff revealing dinosaur bones on the interior of the exhibit hall and the exterior where no excavation has been performed. The site became Dinosaur National Monument in 1915. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Bones: Dinosaur Read More
Fr. Glenn: Slurping Wine By Bowlfuls
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Oh, look … it’s my eldest niece’s birthday! Now, how old is my little one? 48?!!! Dang, girl; how’d that happen?! Sigh … I still remember her in pigtails picking flowers in the yard with my mom.
Time does fly, doesn’t it. Alas, I’ve reached the age of avidly checking the hometown obits to see if any (more) of my peers have passed away. (Didn’t we graduate just a few days ago?) But now too many already have gone to eternity. Night falls unexpectedly, ending our productive labor.
But, sadly, sometimes productive labor screeches to a halt much earlier.
In the Catholic Mass this weekend Read More
United Church Thrift Shop Halloween Sale Oct. 5
UNITED CHURCH News:
All-things autumn and Halloween will fill Graves Hall, awaiting shoppers for the annual Halloween re-sale Wednesday, Oct. 5 at the United Church, 2525 Canyon Road.
This is the place to get a thrifty head-start on costumes, decorations, clothes, books and miscellaneous goods for the autumn holidays.
Parking is by the Thrift Shop, which also will be open at the same time, but please follow the signs to Graves Hall for the big Halloween sale.
The Thrift Shop is operated by the Women’s Christian Service Society (WCSS) of the United Church, and open for shoppers 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 Read More
