Los Alamos 2015 Chinese New Year Party Saturday
Everyone’s invited to attend this event. Courtesy image Read More
Pajarito Lodge Hosts Waffle Breakfast Saturday
COMMUNITY News:
Northern New Mexico Blue Star Mother’s Chapter 4 is working with Pajarito Lodge No. 66 on a fundraiser for deployed military.
They will hold a Waffle Breakfast Fundraiser 7:30-10:30 a.m. at the Masonic Lodge at 15th Street near Canyon Road in Los Alamos.
The cost for the breakfast is $7 for adults and $3 for children 6 and under. Read More
Real Estate Corner: 10 Tips To Get Your Home Ready For Sale
Real Estate CornerSpring is nearly upon us and some of you have decided to sell your home. So now is the time for you to help potential buyers capture their vision of living in your home.
Take advantage of 10 tips that will help you put your “for sale” sign up sooner and get a better return on your investment.
The following tips will help make positive first impressions:
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Curb Appeal: The first impression of your home is when a potential buyer pulls into the driveway of your home. Your front and back yard should be free of weeds, trash, and
Food on the Hill: King Cake
Food on the Hill: On March 2, 1699, adventurer and fur trader Pierre Le Moyne D’Iberville set up camp along the Mississippi River near the present day location of New Orleans. Le Moyne D’Iberville was leading an expedition for the French crown to find the mouth of the Mississippi and build a fort to preclude use by other nations.
The next day was Mardi Gras, and the story is that Le Moyne D’Iberville introduced the festivities associated with French Carnival celebrations to the New Orleans area, where they have been observed with gusto ever since. These ancient celebrations occur Read More
How The Hen House Turns: Building It
How the Hen House TurnsIn the early days, circa 1977, whenever I was feeling low, I would wander down the hill and sit in the chicken pen. The chickens didn’t mind. They knew me pretty well. After checking me out to see if I’d brought them some table scraps, they would go back to their pecking around the pen yard.
Chickens are good at accepting whatever fate hands them. They didn’t mind if I decided not to let them out into the greater back yard. They let me sit in peace. I suspect there’s something to be learned from beings that don’t hang too much on their Read More
CIR Portrait Of Turkey With Authentic Turkish Buffet
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii) is a historic mosque in Istanbul. The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. It was built from 1609 to 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is still popularly used as a mosque. Courtesy/wikipedia
CIR News:
The Council on International Relations (CIR) was accepted for a sixth consecutive year to participate in the Teacher Study Tour of Turkey.
The program will begin with a workshop scheduled Read More
Smart Design With Suzette: Front Door Curb Appeal
Courtesy/Suzette Fox
Smart Design with Suzette Whether you are selling your home or want a fresh look, your front door needs to be inviting. A buyer will judge whether they want to buy a home within 15 seconds of walking in the door. If the curb appeal doesn’t get them in the front door – your house will not sell and you’ll hurt your property value.
Taking on the entire curb appeal of your home including the lawn, landscaping and design could take up to a month or more to undertake. Adding pizzazz to your home’s front entrance is an easy, low-cost Read More
Rotary Crab Fest Auction Features Four-Night Stay At Steamboat Springs Condo
Scene from the 2014 Rotary Club Crab Fest at Knights of Columbus Hall. File photo
ROTARY News:
The Rotary Club of Los Alamos will host its annual Crab Fest fundraiser starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Knights of Columbus Hall.
The fundraiser will feature an auction that includes a number of noteworthy items to bid on such as a four-night stay in a condo in Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Karen and Ward Hawkins donated this auction item, which will be available to the winning bidder Jan. 14-18, 2016. The Hawkins’ condo features two bedrooms with a king bed and sleeper sofa; a full kitchen; fireplace, Read More
Pastor Granillo: Freely Human
By Pastor RAUL GRANILLOHaving dealt with addictions and other struggles in my own life, I know how tempting it can be to compromise with slave masters for the sake of comfort. I know what it is like to convince yourself and others around you that you are a not a slave, but a willing partner.
I know what it is like to sacrifice in order to escape bondage and then to consider the possibility that maybe it wasn’t the slave master’s fault but your own for being weak; and that if you are strong enough then you can go back to that lifestyle, not as a salve, but as a willing participant in full control. I know Read More
Watch Video Of Los Alamos Theophany Celebration
Griggs: Dateline Monterrico, Feb. 13, 2015
Nighttime photo captures the eruption of Fuego Volcano last week overlooking Guatemala’s former capital, Antigua. Photo by David GriggsDateline: Monterrico, Feb. 13, 2015
The above dramatic nighttime photo captures the eruption of Fuego Volcano at the end of last week. About 30 miles from where I have been spending the winter on Lake Atitlán, Fuego is one of three large stratovolcanoes overlooking Guatemala’s former capital, Antigua.
I rode past Fuego Volcano last Wednesday, on Read More
Kitchen Makeover Revealed At American Legion Breakfast 7-11 A.M. Sunday
The kitchen makeover at the American Legion Post is complete and ready to go and the community is invited to check it out 7-11 a.m., Sunday at 1325 Trinity Dr. The Legion will offer periodic breakfasts and dinners to the public but will not host these events on Posse Lodge Sundays or the Elks dinner pay day Thursdays. Courtesy/ALP 90 Read More
Traditional Blini Breakfast Saturday Feb. 21
Solo Traveler: Passports And Money
Sherry Hardage with her safety first purse with zippers and a cut-proof strap. Courtesy photo 
Solo TravelerMy friend Monica recently wrote to me about her upcoming trip to England. It will be her first trip overseas. I couldn’t help her with suggestions about things to see or do in England since I’ve only been to Scotland. But I was able to give some advice on security.
With travel apps, travel sites, bloggers rambling on about their adventures, guide books, and a plethora of travel related magazines, it seems like any needed answer would be forthcoming Read More
Pegg: Beginning Weight Training
By Kent PeggWhether you’re trying to rehabilitate an injury, build your bone density, lose weight, or increase your functional strength, weight training should be an essential component of your exercise routine. If you’re just starting out, consider checking with your physician, especially if you have any medical concerns, and then get started.
You’ll want to start slow. Begin performing one or two exercises for each body part and start with two sets of 12 repetitions for each exercise. Once you’ve gotten the feel for the different exercises for various body parts, and after developing Read More
Food on the Hill: Spinach Balls
Food on the Hill“Knife and Fork,” “Sip and Sup,” “Circle Supper” – all names for monthly dinner parties organized by a volunteer coordinator at the church who randomly mixes and re-mixes couples and singles into groups of 8-10. We meet at a different residence on the first Sunday evening of each month. The hosts provide beverages and appetizers; each of the other participants brings one of the other courses: entrée, bread or starch, vegetable or salad, dessert. These are invariably delightful evenings in which we get to know one another in a deeper, more personal
Smart Design With Suzette: Powder Rooms
Smart Design with Suzette Thanks to its petite size – 4 by 5 feet on average – a powder room can be one of the least expensive rooms in the house to renovate.
Powder rooms are unique in the sense that they are not bound to any other room’s design. They are a great place to experiment with bolder colors, patterns and textures. Adding some fun and personality to the powder room can create an unexpected design surprise for guests.
Photo by Suzette FoxHere’s how to remodel your powder room so you’re never afraid to say, “Yes!” Read More
Rev. Mackey: Church Used To Be Center Of Community
By Rev. THEOPHAN MACKEY Church attendance in the United States has been on the decline now for about 20 years. There have been many studies conducted which have tried to solve this problem; however, there may be more than one answer.
The church used to be the center of the community. Many immigrant populations used the church as their anchor in this new world, a place to belong and restart a life which was lost moving across the ocean. The early churches in America provided familiarity in a strange land. They provided commonality and stability during times of change.
Before immigration, Read More
Pastor Granillo: Gloriously Human
By Pastor RAUL GRANILLODietrich Bonhoeffer once said, “A Christian is someone who shares the sufferings of God in the world.” How many of us know pain and suffering? It may be through betrayal, death, fear or physical pains that bring us to our knees; but I am willing bet that every person knows a bit about suffering.
I believe, with all that I am, that God also knows about suffering. Knowing that His time was coming—that those who walked with Him would betray Him, that those He came to save would spit in His face, and that soon He would suffer an excruciating death—knowing all Read More
How The Hen House Turns—Remembering Susie
How the Hen House Turns: Two thousand years ago, a lady of the Chinese Imperial family designed a dog to look like a lion, as requested by Buddhist monks.
Breeding, she decided, should continue to select for small hairy dogs with black faces and low foreheads, large eyes and bent forelegs. When such a dog was presented to England’s Queen Victoria as a present, it became valued as a high class lap dog. Thereafter, the breed was called Pekinese.
My grandmother Ethel Almond Snyder had a Pekinese named Susie. She was a friendly middle-aged dog when Read More
