Column: Trinity Site Construction Issues
Thick mud flows onto Miller’s Knecht Automotive/NAPA Autoparts property at 201 Knecht St. in November. Courtesy/Clint Miller
Trinity Site Construction Issues
A few weeks back, I was contacted by Sam Gardner, a local developer, about problems at the Trinity Site Smith’s Marketplace development. The issues involved alleged bad treatment of a couple of local businesses, slack enforcement of county construction policies and rude behavior toward a citizen who had a badly cracked car window from a construction truck near the site.
I decided Read More
Drug of Denial─Awareness and Impact: Part 2
Youth MattersThis Week at the Reel Deal: Theater Says Goodbye to Film Forever … Going All Digital!
Column By JIM O’DONNELL Friday Jan. 31, we will be opening Labor Day starring Josh Brolin, Kate Winslet and Toby Maquire. Jason Reitman directs this film about a single mother, Adele and her son Henry, who give a wounded man a ride from the grocery store.
As local police search the town for an escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn
How the Hen House Turns: Personhood
How the Hen House Turns: PersonhoodOver the years—40 of them, more or less—the Hen House gang has made one thing quite clear. Persons, conscious beings, dwell inside the feathers and behind the beaks of birds who dwell there.
K-Lynn Smith and Sarah Zielinski agree with me. Their article ,“Brainy Bird” in Scientific American, February 2014, pp. 62-65 https:////www.scientificamerican.com/magazine/sa/current/ tells us that scientists have learned that a chicken “… can be deceptive and cunning … possess communication skills … Read More
Food on the Hill: Appetizers, Part Two
This week’s Recipe: Stuffed Peppers with Caviar
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comDirections:
Drain the peppers well.
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
Place the goat cheese in a strong Ziploc bag and snip off the point of the bag. Fill the peppers with the cheese.
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comPlace a small amount of caviar on each pepper top.
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comChicken Read More
Letter to the Editor: Funding Sound Wall Maintenance Questioned
By JOEL M. WILLIAMSThe artistic renditions of the “Great Eastern Area Wall” into town along N.M. 502 are finally available for Los Alamos citizens to ponder. The wall will provide some relief for the homes that abut East Drive. The wall is being funded ($655,000 appropriated) by Los Alamos County because such a wall is not justified for state and federal funding (based on federal and state noise guidelines.) I have not heard what the maintenance costs would be, nor whether they have even been determined.
According to the County Dept. of Public Works website, “Staff Read More
Healing Hands: Managing Pain with Massage
Healing Hands: Managing Pain with MassageYour local massage therapist can help you manage pain. The American Academy of Pain Management (AAPM) reports that up to 50 percent of all primary care physician visits are due to some type of musculo-skeletal pain. Pain reduction is indicated for a majority of people suffering from musculo-skeletal pain with regular application of therapeutic massage.
Massage effectively and therapeutically applied, warms the soft tissue and improves circulation which in turn improves oxygen and nutrient uptake. Cellular waste products Read More
