Posts From The Road: Lewis Clark Valley
Lewiston-Clarkson: A viewpoint just out of Lewiston, Idaho on Highway 95 gives visitors a nice view of the cities of Lewiston and part of Clarkson, Wash. The viewpoint is almost 2,000 feet higher in elevation than Lewiston at the river level. Lewiston is seen on the left side of the photo and Clarkson on the right. The two cities and surrounding area are the center of activity and population in the Lewis Clark Valley. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Confluence: The confluence of the Clearwater River seen on the left in the photo and the larger Snake River seen in the upper and right side of the Read More
Fr. Glenn: ‘Give. Us. FREE!!’
By Fr. Glenn JonesConsidering the effects of art upon the human spirit, movies are often underrated as an art form. For instance, many of us likely remember various movie moments that are etched in our memories or moved us to the depths of our emotional core.
One of the most powerful and memorable moments I can remember is in the movie “Amistad”, a film based on the true story concerning events surrounding the Spanish slave ship La Amistad and its “cargo” of captured Africans, and subsequent legals battles concerning whether if, and by whom, the Africans were “owned”. Cínque, portrayed by Djimon
All Shall Be Well: God Delights In Us
Clergy from left, Pastor Deb Church, Deacon Amy Schmuck, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill, The Rev. Lynn Finnegan, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, and Pastor Nicolé Raddu Ferry. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, M.Div.
ELCA
Thanks to many of you, who read our column each week, “All Shall Be Well” has been appearing in the Los Alamos Daily Post for two years, now! We, a few women in ministry who live in Los Alamos, have had the privilege of writing this column since August of 2022. Perhaps, now is a good time to remember why we named this “All Shall Be Well.”
The medieval Read More
An Open Book: Loving Organizations
By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos
My earliest memory of a “non-profit” organization reaching out while growing up was during the fall of 1971, some months after our family had finally immigrated to the U.S. and living in Bridgeton, a small town in southern New Jersey. My father had started a job at a knitting factory, and the five of us lived in a one-bedroom apartment.
One of the managers at the factory had noticed the Izraelevitz last name, and correctly surmising a new Jewish family, introduced my parents to the local synagogue. Attending services soon followed, and with the translation assistance Read More
Catch Of The Week: Huge Breach Of American Data
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Hitting the news this week … cyber criminals leaked 2.7 billion records of personal information for US, UK and Canadian citizens on a dark web forum. Information included names, social security numbers, all known physical addresses, and possible aliases. Yikes.
Information appears to have been stolen from a company called National Public Data, a company that collects and sells this data for use in background checks, to obtain criminal records, and for private investigators. The company is believed to scrape this data from public Read More
Catch Of The Week: Arkansas College Ransomware Attack
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Ransomware attacks are pretty indiscriminate, attackers know they can get a big payout even from smaller targets like community colleges. NWACC (Northwest Arkansas Community College) is the latest college to fall victim to a ransomware attack. NWACC is a community college in Bentonville, AR, with an enrollment of about 8,000 in 2018. The attack occurred July 30.
School officials realized they had been attacked after networked printers began printing out ransom demands across the campus. College officials did not disclose the Read More
Robinson: All’s Fair In Healthcare Worker Recruiting
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
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Around Houston Medical Center are six billboards inviting its employees to come to New Mexico, where they will be “Free to Provide”. The message is repeated in full page ads in the Sunday editions of dailies in San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston.
New Mexico’s governor and state Health Department are taking advantage of turmoil in the Texas medical community caused by changes in abortion laws to recruit healthcare workers.
Our shortage of practitioners is well known; some rural hospitals have closed their obstetrics Read More
