Martinez: Elderly At Higher Risk For Scams During Holidays
By LIDDE MARTINEZ
President, Los Alamos Region
Enterprise Bank & Trust, Member FDIC
During the holiday season, scams run rampant. Throughout these months of increased online and in-person shopping, it’s especially important to look out for those in our elderly community, as they are at higher risk to fall victim to a fraud attack.
Fraudsters often disguise themselves as trusted figures such as government or church officials, family members or familiar companies. It’s important to remind our elderly friends and family to refuse requests for money or personal information that they Read More
Posts From The Road: The Strand In Galveston
Strand Architecture: The Victorian era architecture can be seen throughout the Strand district in Galveston, Texas. The district has evolved into a popular dining and entertainment area of Galveston. On the left of this photo, cranes operating at the Galveston Harbor are only a block away. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Shops & Restaurants: The lower floors of most buildings within the Strand are now shops and restaurants. The area also boast entertainment venues and several hotels. The Strand has become known as the ‘heart of Galveston’. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com Read More
Fr. Glenn: Greatest Of Gifts
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Ah, here we come to December. We who are a bit older may gasp: “What? Already?!”, the daydreams of children—young and old—are beginning to wander toward thoughts of holidays and the magic of Christmas season: wrappings and ribbons, cards and carols, pastries and presents, are all floating before imagination’s eyes. Oh, the aching anticipation.
And, of course, for Christians, Christmas is—as the very word implies and heralds—remembrance of one of the most singular events of their faith’s year: the remembrance of the coming of the eternal God in the flesh—becoming incarnate Read More
All Shall Be Well: Advent – More Than A Calendar
Clergy from left, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Assistant Rector Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Courtesy photo
By Reverend Lynn Finnegan
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith
Santa Fe
I have childhood memories of patiently marking the December days before Christmas with a paper window-opening Advent calendar. Nowadays, in the ever-increasing zeal for Christmas profits, Advent calendars have escalated into a holiday of their own. You can get calendars that reveal twenty-five days of chocolates, mini wine bottles, socks, beef jerky, and my personal favorite: Read More
Home Country By Slim Randles: It’s All About Timing
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
The secret to training any animal is simply timing, says the former cowboy who was unable to teach his horse to jump a two-by-four. But that was long ago, of course, and today, the wisdom age gives us makes these training secrets available to those who will accept them.
Just take our beagle, Minnie. To be fair, she lives in a one-dog house. But she also lives with three cats. It’s not that Minnie is intimidated. When she is approached by a cat who isn’t sufficiently awed by her wonderfulness, what she’s doing isn’t cringing, she’s merely practicing her third-grade atomic Read More
Gessing: What’s Next For EV’s Now That EIB Adopted Mandate?
By PAUL GESSING
President
Rio Grande Foundation
After four long days of testimony and public comment the Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) decided recently to move forward with Gov. Lujan Grisham’s plan to follow California’s “clean vehicle” standard.
In practice that means New Mexico’s car dealers will have to increase sales of EV’s in New Mexico from the current 3 percent of all new vehicles to 43 percent by summer of 2026 and 82 percent by summer of 2031.
That may seem like a long time away, but the summer of 2026 is less than 3 years from now. New Mexico’s car dealers are the ones with the most Read More
Teach Plus New Mexico: Data is Key to Student Growth
By DAWN BILBREY
Teach Plus New Mexico
One of the best administrators I have ever worked with grounded every decision in the essential question: “Is this what’s best for kids?” To get to the answers, she skillfully used data as a tool for school, teacher, and student growth.
Whether it was tracking student behaviors, attendance rates, or having teachers track classroom growth and proficiency on short cycle assessments and classroom assignments, she helped me to understand that the answers to almost any question or assumption I might make about a student could be discerned by analyzing the data Read More
