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Hofmann: The LTC Basics #3

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services offers insights into Long Term Care:
Column by SUE HOFMANN

Consumers may hear many confusing statements regarding the topic of long term care, both published in the public domain and repeated by misinformed individuals. Over the next few weeks, I will be submitting a series of columns containing accurate information provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, website https:////longtermcare.gov. I encourage you to watch for and read these informative columns.

The LTC Basics #3: 

How much Long Term Care will you need?

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Letter to the Editor: LAPS Foundation Says Thanks

 
LAPS Foundation Board of Directors
Los Alamos
Earlier this spring, the Board of the LAPS Foundation hosted the Fourth Annual Great Conversations in A-Wing at Los Alamos High School and more than 30 high school students donated over 95 hours to aid the Foundation in serving our guest. Chip Mielke and Tessa Snyder entertained guests with a beautiful stringed duet.

Los Alamos National Bank and the LANS Community Programs Office sponsored our event along with Beth Breshears, CPA along with Lorraine Hartway, Film Festival/Hot Rocks Java Café and Coca-Cola Distributing of Santa Fe. Without

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Pajarito Reads: Discover the Divine in Yourself with Henry Ahlefelder

Column by BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Henry Ahlefelder didn’t start out to be a teacher, healer and follower of a spiritual path.

“I was the opposite of a new age type of person,” Ahlefelder said. “I was into rock and motorcycles.”

On a whim, he asked a friend to teach him to meditate. The results amazed him and set him on his path to become a healer and a teacher. The journey let him to his first teacher, Yogi Behjan. He learned the practice of kundalini yoga and studied healing from a Japanese monk.

The journey led him to India where Yogi Bhajan’s teacher, Baba Virsa Sign took him as a student. Read More

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Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Behind the Scenes at the Semifinals

Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
By ANN MCLAUGHLIN
 
BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE SEMIFINALS

The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition has been called the Piano Olympics. There are similarities.

Both are quadrennial. Both attract competitors from around the globe. Both generate constant rumblings about biased judges, which suggests that playing the piano has more in common with gymnastics or figure skating than with, say, running marathons. Competing in the Cliburn requires intense preparation over many years, careful coaching, physical and mental Read More

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Your Money: Is Your Investment Philosophy Based On The Daily News?

Your Money: Is Your Investment Philosophy Based On The Daily News?
By KATE STALTER

Let’s face it: Many of us are addicted to the news, whether or not we want to admit it. Every second of every day, there is a non-stop barrage of fresh, new events to scare us.

Yes, to scare us.

Consider this: When you watch TV news or read a newspaper or follow your social media news feed, there is generally a smattering of feel-good stories. But doesn’t most of what you see fall under the broad categories of “doom and gloom” or “run for the hills.” (In New Mexico, that assumes, of course, that the hills are not burning at the Read More

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Food on the Hill: Reindeer Balls

This week’s Recipe:
Reindeer Balls
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
Ingredients:
 
First  List:
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups chopped dates
 
Second list:
1 1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 1/2 cup Rice Krispies
Coconut
 
Directions:
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Bring first set of ingredients to boil for 2 minutes.

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Take off heat and add second set, mix well.

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Shape into balls and roll in coconut. Keep in Read More

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Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Getting Underway

Posts Live from Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
By ANN MCLAUGHLIN
 
GETTING UNDERWAY
 
Every four years, Fort Worth throws a big party called the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. They do it Texas-style. The center of town is awash in the Cliburn logo. I’ve seen it on banners, t-shirts, cupcakes, pashmina shawls, notepads, and mugs.
 
The polished ladies of the Fort Worth Junior League are everywhere transporting official guests from the airport, welcoming them to the Bass Concert Hall and making sure that everyone gets a big Texas smile.
 
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