Opinion & Columns

Education 101: LAPS Five Year Forecast & Its Implications

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 27, 2013

Education 101: LAPS Five Year Forecast & Its Implications

By Save Our Schools Los Alamos

On Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, the Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) Administration presented a five year financial forecast to the Los Alamos School Board. The chief concern represented in their forecast is that declining enrollment from in-district families endangers the breadth and depth of academic programs and services Los Alamos has come to expect. In order to provide the diversity of middle and high school student programs currently available, LAPS needs a total enrollment of at least 3,500 students. Read More

Letter to the Editor: Thank You For Wowing Our Patrons!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 27, 2013

By the Staff at the Fuller Lodge Art Center

We wanted to shout out a great big thank you from the rooftops for the amazing performers at Harambre Hip Hop Crew and Dance Arts Los Alamos but it occurred to us that more people would probably read and pass on our thanks through the Los Alamos Daily Post!

As part of our Trickster show in September, both groups came out and wowed our patrons with practically an entire day of break dancing and statues coming to life. Both groups were out of this world, and we tried to capture them in all their talent, but unfortunately were unable to upload the

Solo Traveler: Round the World Travel – Packing Light

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 23, 2013

Sherry Hardage is currently exploring Thailand. This is a spirit house, a little edifice for the displaced spirits when a building or house is built on land the spirits inhabited. They are given food, drink and incense every morning by the new owners of the land, and the squirrels benefit from everyone’s generosity. Photo by Sherry Hardage

Solo Traveler: Round the World Travel – Packing Light

Column by SHERRY HARDAGE

I have always been impressed with people who go on a round the world trip with nothing but a tiny suitcase and what they are wearing.

Deva Houti was an Indian historian Read More

How the Hen House Turns: Turkey and Bobbi Goose … A Hint of Wildness

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 23, 2013

How the Hen House Turns

Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

Turkey and Bobbi Goose … A Hint of Wildness

Here’s another exploration of what it means to be wild. Take Turkey (Little Bear), for example. She’s now about 11 years old, raised by two adoptive loving mothers—both White Silkie hens in our small community of geese, ducks, bird-sitting dogs, and a human providing semi-reliable afternoon treats of apple cores and honeydew melon rinds.

I wouldn’t call her wild, except when she trapped and nearly killed a marauding crow, and when she decides she doesn’t Read More

Letter to the Editor: Los Alamos, You Are The Best Community!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 22, 2013

By Lisa Reader and family

Los Alamos

We would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the many, many people and organizations who have reached out to us in the aftermath of our barn fire and the loss of our beloved mare Sparkling Moonshine.

Our family has received more hugs and casseroles and physical labor assistance and financial generosity than we can begin to count, and we just want to let everyone know how much we appreciate your kindness. Los Alamos County’s Police and Fire Departments rapid response helped save the other horses, and keep the fire from spreading. Los Alamos

Food on the Hill: Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 22, 2013

This weeks recipe:

Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Ingredients

1 pound, 6 ounces of cooked Chicken, cut into pieces

9 cooked Lasagna noodles, drained

4 cups of Mozzarella cheese

8 oz Provolone cheese

12 ounces of mushrooms, fried until golden

16 ounces of small ham chunks, about 1/8 of an inch size

15 ounces of Alfredo sauce, either homemade or store bought

Directions:

Slice the mushrooms and fry them in batches with vegetable cooking spray until golden, set aside.

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

In a 9 x 13 baking pan put a

Yang: Something Creative

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 21, 2013

Something Creative

By ELENA YANG

The MacArthur Foundation recently announced its 2013 Fellows (link below), so I have “creativity” on my brain. Again. Around the time of the announcement, the “Room for Debate” Op-Ed in the New York Times (link below) had several panelists pen their opinions on “Is Creativity Endangered?” Nothing terribly new, and there were no earth-shatteringly creative perspectives in these op-ed pieces, but a little synthesis of my favorite points, combining some other perspectives, can at least provide some food for thought.

When we mention “creative people,” we tend Read More

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