Life After 50: Back To Basics
Executive Director Bernadette Lauritzen of Champions of Youth Ambitions. Photo by Sandy Jones
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions
Champions of Youth Ambitions will soar into 2025 with a lofty goal. Last week, a gift from 100 Men Who Care launched a strategic plan to get life-saving suicide prevention information into the hands of more people than ever before. The class is designed not to make the listener a counselor, but to enable them to offer hope to someone struggling or aid them in finding help.
We will increase our outreach and presentations of free, Read More
Posts From The Road: Lights Of Gisewa 2024
San Jose de los Jemez Mission: An impressive display of farolitos filled the interior walls of the San Jose de los Jemez Mission. Shown is the display on a clear and chilly evening on Dec. 14. The Gisewa Pueblo was established around the year 1350 and the mission was constructed a few years later. The full moon lit the wall to the left and others throughout the grounds. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Visitors & Farolitos: Hundreds of visitors were present for the lighting the night we attended on Dec. 14. This photo shows several visitors as they move about in the dark with the outer walls Read More
Fr. Glenn: Sweet Water
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Ah … the weekend before Christmas, and all through the house …
Well … There are probably at least a few creatures stirring—parents wrapping gifts, bored kids out of school playing video games or on their phones and tablets, links to Amazon and Etsy and other shopping portals getting slammed by late shoppers hoping that their packages might…just might…arrive at their destinations before Christmas (“I’ll pay extra shipping! Just get it there before Wednesday!!”)
But, hopefully, in all the chaos and hubbub we might remember the whole reason for the season: the birth of Read More
Raffin: Preventing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Dr. Celeste Raffin
Member
Los Alamos Health Council
Mr. X was a 50 something white male who worked for a prominent firm in a large Intermountain West city. He lived in an elegant old home in a very tony neighborhood.
One January morning, he came to work and told his secretary that he wasn’t feeling well. He complained of a headache, nausea, feeling dizzy and spacy. She urged him to call his doctor but by the end of the day he felt much better so he went home.
For several days, he would come to work feeling poorly but then normal by the end of the day. He thought he was fighting off a flu bug. One morning he did not Read More
Lost Your Medicare Coverage? Here’s How To Regain It!
By BEVERLY NEAL-CLINTON
Loreen and Lane Retirement Answer Agent
Los Alamos
If you’ve recently lost your Medicare coverage under Aetna, Humana 341, Presbyterian PPO, Wellcare, United CSNP, or simply due to a plan discontinuance, you may qualify for a Special Election Period (SEP), allowing you to make changes to your plan outside the regular enrollment windows. Beginning in January.
This SEP can be a lifeline for those who’ve experienced a qualifying event such as marriage, divorce, the death of a spouse, an employer settlement payment, losing employer-based insurance, changes in income, Read More
All Shall Be Well: A Time For Travel And Journey
Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By The Rev. Lynn M. Finnegan
Associate Rector
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith
“Safe travels.” “Text when you get there.” These are the text messages my family sends whenever one of us is traveling, either on a plane or a long car ride. The message is literal: we are hoping and praying that the travel goes smoothly, with no cancelled flights or road construction or accidents.
Compare this to the sentiment those of you who have walked Read More
Op-Ed: Why We Need Equitable Disclosure Bill In A Nutshell
By GEORGE CHANDLER
Assessor
Los Alamos County
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- The bill aims to bring valuations of non-residential properties up to statutory and equitable standards while minimizing the impact of these increases on property owners.
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- Having valuations accurate ensures equity in property taxation. The tax rate in each county, municipality, school district, and other taxing governmental unit is determined by dividing the budget requirement by the sum of valuations in the district. The amount of taxes paid by each taxpayer is then the tax rate multiplied by their valuation. You can do the math: If some taxpayers
