Pastor Granillo: Applied Wisdom
By PASTOR GRANILLOWe all know that every day, life happens. It happens in our homes, in our work, with our relationships, in our school, with our health, with everything that we know—life happens. And as life happens we are forced to make decisions that we know will impact the rest of how life happens.
How often have we made a decision just hoping we don’t mess things up worse than they already are? None of us want to make bad decisions, but all too often we do; and so we seek wisdom in various places, hoping to find the secret to good decision making.
Wisdom is how we think our knowledge should Read More
Sunday Luncheon To Raise Funds For School Supplies
COMMUNITY News:
Back-to-school is a great time of year for parents, but some have a hard time with–it: those who can’t afford school supplies for their kids.
Los Alamos Christian Church at 92 East Road is hoping to help lift that load.
For the second consecutive year, Los Alamos High School graduate Victoria Hypes is hosting a luncheon to raise money to buy school supplies to donate to the schools. The lunch will feature pulled pork, corn and coleslaw, with brownies and cupcakes for dessert, along with a vegetarian option.
Pastor Doug Partin will tell his famous stories as he does for Read More
Blind Cleaning Fundraiser Today And Saturday
Pastor Raul Granillo cleaning a set of blinds with ultrasonic blind cleaner. Courtesy photo
Staff Report
It can be difficult to find a way to fundraise and actually offer something that people need or want. La Vista Church is trying a new angle—ultrasonic blind cleaning.
Friends of the church have offered to bring their expertise and their ultrasonic machine to White Rock, for this weekend only, to clean blinds or golf clubs for a suggested donation that will be given to the La Vista Church.
The ultrasonic machine uses sound waves in water to clean blinds, golf clubs, and just about anything you Read More
New Bus Shelter Built At White Rock Visitor Center
A Bandelier/County partnership project includes construction of a wooden shelter adjacent to the White Rock Visitor Center on N.M. 4, which will replace the tent shelter currently used by people waiting to take the bus to Bandelier. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
The new wooden bus shelter is designed with the look and feel of Bandelier in mind. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Bandelier Superintendent Jason Read More
Wildlife Friendly Home Welcomes Flamingo Flock
A flock of flamingos swarms Shelly Cross and Troy Matevia’s home at 3338 Orange St. Courtesy photoCOMMUNITY News:
Shelly Cross and Troy Matevia’s home at 3338 Orange St. in Los Alamos is a wildlife sanctuary.
Feeders hang at every window and the yard is aglow with color from a variety of flowering plants. A small fountain bubbles quietly beside the porch swing.
Shelly and Troy have worked hard to turn a fairly barren yard into this quiet paradise. Thanks to their efforts, they received a visit recently from the traveling flock of flamingos that turn up around town to recognize beautiful Read More
Food On The Hill: Cherry Clafouti And Pickled Cherries
Sour Cherry Clafouti. Photo by Felicia Orth
Food On The HillCherry Clafouti and Pickled Cherries
The sour cherry trees in our yard produced more cherries this year than they had in 17 years.
Sour cherries. Photo by Felicia Orth
And although we are typically in fierce competition with birds to get them as they ripen, this year the birds seemed sated by other food sources and took only a modest share. I have also seen lots of cherries at the Farmer’s Market this year. This meant that I could make more than a few cherry crisps for the family, and considered other recipes. Read More
Cowboy Breakfast Benefits Alzheimer’s Assoc. Sunday
Rio Arriba County Fair July 29-Aug. 1
RACF News:
The Rio Arriba County Fair is July 29-Aug. 1 and the Rio Arriba County Fair Association is welcoming all food, arts and crafts, promotional and information vendors to participate.
To obtain a $20 permit for the entire fair, visit https:////www.racfa.net/. This year’s fair will feature the most livestock and indoor projects seen. Come out and see the lambs, goats, swine, steers, breeding heifers, rabbits and poultry.
Indoors, fair goers will find baking, photography, welding, sewing, cake decorating and many youth projects.
The Rio Arriba County Fair also will feature Read More
Fresh Cold Press Juice Arrives In Los Alamos!
Verde Juice owner Kelly Egolf stopped by the Los Alamos Daily Post Thursday to talk about her product and its introduction in Los Alamos. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comVerde Juice owner Kelly Egolf began juicing seriously by necessity. After an operation required her jaw to be wired shut for months.
Products available for a liquid diet were unappealing and she decided to get back into juicing. Soon she was juicing for 10 of her friends.
“Everyone kept asking me why I didn’t start a business,” Egolf said. “I thought, why not?”
So began Verde
Father Chris Adams Is New Rector At TOTH
Father Chris Adams is the new Rector at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
Father Chris Adams stepped behind the pulpit for the first time July 19 at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. Adams is the church’s new Rector; he succeeds Colin Kelly who retired in May 2013.
Reflecting on his first sermon, Adams told the Los Alamos Daily Post, “One of things that has been really awesome is the warmth that this community has received me and my family.”
He added a highlight has been becoming a part of the community and making Read More
Pastor Granillo: Fearless Love
By Pastor RAUL GRANILLOHave you ever wondered what it would be like to love fearlessly? By that, I mean to love without the fears of disappointment, betrayal, rejection, or anything else that could hinder or prevent love.
Being open to love is scary because we know that it makes us vulnerable. And we know that people are capable of hurting us if we don’t set up guards—guards that protect us from getting hurt by others, but that can also prevent us from reaching out.
I spend a week every year at a youth camp, helping teens work through the everyday issues of life. And it seems like every year teens Read More
Smart Design With Suzette: The Value Of Interior Design – Why Hire A Designer?
An example of a well designed kitchen. Courtesy photo
The Value of Interior Design – Why Hire a Designer?Lately I’ve been pondering how to communicate the value of interior design. Defining one’s personal value is more than what service we offer, of course, but it’s good to communicate a lifetime’s wealth of knowledge in order to help others.
One of the most common myths about working with an interior designer is that it will cost too much. While it is true that some designers command high fees, many charge rates that are quite reasonable and Read More
Bridge Players Flock To Tournament In Los Alamos
Bridge players filled the Betty Ehart Senior Center Saturday during the locally sponsored New Mexico Unit #381 Tournament. Courtesy photoBRIDGE News:
It’s been a full weekend for local duplicate bridge players.
The Northern New Mexico Unit #381 Tournament is currently underway at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. The tournament began Friday and continues through today. The tournament is being sponsored by the Los Alamos Duplicate Bridge Club.
Duplicate bridge is a variation of contract bridge. It’s called duplicate because the same bridge hands are played at each table and scoring
How The Hen House Turns: First Days Of Turkey One
How The Hen House TurnsIt’s June 2-4, sometime in the mid-1970s. We called our surviving turkey poult Dee-dum, but the name didn’t stick. She (we hoped) was called Turkey. She is now known in this column as Turkey One.
The young fuzzball insisted on a cuddle every evening at dusk. The rocking chair worked for both of us. After one half-hour, she was sleepy enough to settle down with the chicken chicks on an old ski hat under a piece of pale green blanket. They all slept through the night, quietly, if the box was closed.
On June 5, daughter Read More
WR Presbyterian Hosts Rummage & Taco Sale July 25
Courtesy photoNew Mexico’s Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail Front-runner In USA Today Contest
STATE News:
New Mexico is known as the epicenter for green chile and its most beloved culinary treasure, the green chile cheeseburger.
USA Today announced the 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards, and the New Mexico True Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail is a front-runner. The New Mexico Tourism Department is asking that residents display their pride and vote for New Mexico’s beloved Cheeseburger Trail.
With more than 100 stops on the Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail it is truly a one-of-a-kind destination for travelers. Green chile cheeseburgers are featured from across the state ranging from local Read More
African Prince Visiting Los Alamos: ‘Elders Are Revered’
Prince ‘Zuko’ Jongisilo Pokwana ka Menziwa and his wife Nosizwe visit Chimayo. Courtesy photoLos Alamos attracts international attention as well as visitors from around the world. One of those individuals who recently crossed oceans and time zones to visit the town was Prince “Zuko” Jongisilo Pokwana ka Menziwa and his wife Nosizwe from the AmaZizi Tribe of the AbaThembu Kingdom in South Africa.
Originally, Zuko planned to perform at the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe, as well as Los Alamos’ ScienceFest this weekend, Read More
Governor Praises Los Alamos ScienceFest: ‘It’s Great … A Festival For Smart People!’
Gov. Susana Martinez addresses the crowd during today’s press conference at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Tourism Secretary Rebecca Latham, left, and Gov. Susana Martinez watch short films produced by New Mexico True along with the audience. ‘I never get tired of them,’ Martinez said.Gov. Susana Martinez chose the Los Alamos Nature Center as the location for today’s press conference announcing new data that shows the New Mexico True advertising campaign vastly
Community Members Hear Transgender 101 Talk
Jess Clark, Education and Prevention Supervisor at Solace Crisis Treatment Center in Santa Fe gave two presentations today in Los Alamos entitled Beyond Blue and Pink – Transgender 101. The first presentation was at the Los Alamos Teen Center to a group of 16 people consisting of eight students and eight adults. The second presentation was held in the Smith’s Marketplace Conference Room where a light dinner was provided to 28 people by Los Alamos Medical Center. Clark focused on helping attendees understand that the sex a person is assigned to at birth may not be the sex they identify with their Read More
Faith & Science: Intelligent Design Theory Wednesday
Faith & Science: Everyone who accepts the Hebrew Scriptures as revealed truth believes in intelligent design of the universe and its inhabitants. But, what is this Intelligent Design (ID) Theory?
To its proponents, a few scientists and groups in the UK and US, it’s a scientific conclusion and method based on observations and logical deductions. To its detractors, including many scientists of faith and a Pennsylvania court, it’s not science and does not belong in science classrooms. This talk will explore these points of view and encourage each person to decide Read More
