Life After 50: Is Your Sex Life Ok?
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
C’YA
WHAT?!?! There’s a data point in a portion of the suicide prevention training that states it easier for people to ask about your sex life, then to ask if you might be having suicidal thoughts.
So, now that I have your attention, I thought I’d address some issues. Recently, my credentials were questioned when someone wanted to know what training I have to be teaching this class? I am a certified trainer, with credentials from the QPR Institute, paid a large fee for the opportunity with a grant from the Women’s Christian Service Society of the United Read More
Robinson: FEMA Revamps New Mexico Operations
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services
As Ruidoso area residents return to their homes – or what’s left of their homes – we’ll be watching FEMA.
For the past two years, since the disastrous Hermit’s Peak-Calf Canyon fires, we’ve heard more about what FEMA hasn’t done than what it has done.
This year the agency began changing its New Mexico operation. Jay Mitchell, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new head of New Mexico operations, announced major changes. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell stood next to the governor at a recent news conference, promising, “We Read More
Danneman: A Few Brilliant Students At State Civics Bee
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2024 New Mexico News Services
You should have seen Keith Lee at the state finals.
Lee was the first place winner of the New Mexico Civics Bee this year. He previously came in second at the regional level. The state second place winner was Auburn Eichler, who had won first place last year.
Lee, a seventh grader from Albuquerque Academy, was animated, lively, confident, and, most of all, prepared. His topic was climate change, with focus on the issue of recycling batteries to reduce environmental harm. I was especially impressed that he was ready with a five-point Read More
Op-Ed: School, Drugs, And The Long Shadow Of The Law … A Plea For Parental Protection
By PERRY KLARE Esq.
Los Alamos High School, 1998
As a criminal defense attorney practicing in our community and State for many years, I’ve witnessed firsthand the devastating impact of drug use on our teenagers. The allure of experimentation, the desire to fit in, and the crushing weight of academic pressure can lead even the most promising young people down a dangerous path. However, I’ve also seen how a single misstep, fueled by youthful indiscretion and amplified by harsh legal consequences, can derail a life before it’s truly begun.
The war on drugs has not been kind to our children. While Read More
Fr. Glenn: That Pernicious Desire
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
What is it that tends to consume us so mightily? It is why we seek the most expensive things, the richest clothing, flaunt the flashiest jewelry, buy the fanciest car, possess the most magnificent residence that we can possibly obtain … even to the point of going into crippling and self-destructive debt and behavior in doing so. Why post infinite selfies on social media and constant attempts at gleaning attention for ourselves. Why the thirsty ear for juicy gossip and information to hurriedly spread throughout our circle of acquaintances?
Simply so that we might be admired Read More
Op-Ed: Historic Signs In Our Historic District
By GEORGIA STRICKFADEN
Los Alamos
Our summer tourist season is in full swing, yet ALL of our Historic Walking Tour signs have been missing for months, mostly due to construction of the new Urban Trail and pending refurbishment of the walking tour signs?
Old or bent signs are better than no markers. Even if visitors are using printed or online walking tour guides, it often is not entirely clear to them where they are and why.
I am especially disturbed that there is no sign of any kind of labeling for the statues of Oppenheimer and Groves. The damaged bronze sign was removed months ago with no temporary Read More
All Shall Be Well: ‘I Could Be Wrong…’
Clergy from left, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill, Rector, Trinity on the Hill, Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Associate Priest Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By Rev. Deb Beloved Church
White Rock Presbyterian Church
As an Edgar Abbey character famously said, “I thought I was wrong once, but I found out later I was mistaken.”
So it’s not just me who thinks so highly of themselves! Me? Wrong about something? Nah! My opinions are so well-thought-out; my perspectives, so sincere! My thinking is so thoughtful; my analyses, so all-encompassing! Read More
