Day Journeys to the Middle of Nowhere: South Fork
Travel Column by Kirsten Laskey
Seeing a Whole New Side to South Fork
One of the great things about leaving your front door is that you can encounter anything. Anticipation for what you might stumble upon hums loudly as you move down the road.
I heard that hum of excitement as my parents and I recently drove to South Fork, Colo., despite the fact that I have visited this tiny “burg” several times in the past.
Photo: D&RGW water tower in South Fork. By Kirsten Laskey
My parents own a parcel of land in the area and were members the Rio Grande Club golf course.
I’ve spent many afternoons with my mother, Read More
Column: Tales From Italy’s Unicycle World Championships
Maxwell Schulze of Los Alamos competing in the UNICON XVI world championships this week in the small mountain village of Lajen in northern Italy. Photo by Roland Schulze
Some of you may know me as just a unicyclist around Los Alamos. My name is Maxwell Schulze and I grew up in Los Alamos and graduated high school in 2010.
I have been unicycling for around eight or nine years and in January 2010, I traveled to New Zealand for the 2010 15th annual Unicycle World Championships known as UNICON XV.
There I competed in an event known as observed trials, which involves the navigation
Column: Area Ponderosa Pine Trees Appear to be Dying; Should You be Concerned?
Column by Carlos ValdezThe sudden appearance of drying needles, dead branches, or even dead Ponderosa Pine trees can alarm anyone, especially homeowners.
Damage occurs throughout New Mexico where Ponderosa Pine is found growing, but is most severe in the urban setting, on the fringe of forested areas, and on shallow, rocky, or droughty soil types.
That describes Los Alamos to a tee. Trees growing near roads or in areas of soil disturbance or abundant competing vegetation are most frequently affected.
According to Danny Norlander, New Mexico Read More
Column: Requiem For A Canyon
Conscious Aging: Thinking About the Rest of Your Life
Column By Ann Shafer
This column is the first in a monthly series featuring life after retirement or after 60.
If you are at that stage in your life, perhaps you have wondered what you are going to do with the rest of your life.
You may have 20 or 30 years left to live; plus, like many in this age bracket, chances are you are in good physical and mental health.
There is a movement called Conscious Aging, which advocates exploring one’s life with the ultimate goal of leading a productive, meaningful life.
Your elder years can be the richest stage of your life—a stage in which you can discover Read More
Column: Medicaid, New Mexico, and the PPACA
- Medicaid, New Mexico, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
I attended a Medicaid conference in Washington, D.C., June 27 and 28.
The non-partisan Council of State Governments organized the conference for state legislators to address ongoing growth in Medicaid costs and expected changes in Medicaid programs.
This is the first of two columns on Medicaid. This column discusses the current program. The next column will discuss Medicaid’s future in New Mexico.
The June 28 PPACA decision by Read More
Column: Open Meeting Called Into Question
The Los Alamos School Board strives with great diligence to comply with the statutory rules for conduct of its open meetings in order to ensure transparency in government.
A Special Board meeting was held on May 24, 2012 to approve the 2012-13 Operating Budget.
At that meeting, the Board acted to amend the salary provisions of two collective bargaining agreements with existing school employee bargaining units in order to assure that employee contracts drafted at the end of the school year properly reflected the salaries authorized Read More
