Derkacs: County Budget Hearings
By DENISE DERKACS
Chair
Los Alamos County Council
The County’s annual budget hearings are scheduled for April 17, 18, 24, and 25, at 6 p.m. in Council Chambers, to review and approve the budget for July 1, 2023, through June 30,2024, the second fiscal year of the biennial budget cycle.
The proposed FY2024 budget is guided by the goals and priorities established in the 2023 Strategic Leadership Plan adopted by County Council earlier this year and the subsequent Management Action Plans developed by County staff.
This column will provide a brief overview of the proposed budget developed by County Read More
Rotary Speaker: Brian Kliesen Speaks About Program On White Rock Ambulance To Ukraine
Local resident Brian Kliesen, who donated an ambulance for Ukraine relief efforts, recently told Rotarians about his inspiration and the steps that led him from New Mexico to Ukraine’s war zones. Photo by Linda Hull
By LINDA HULL
Vice President
Rotary Club of Los Alamos
“Ukraine needs help. Ukraine needs ambulances and fire trucks,” began Brian Kliesen, White Rock resident and retired wildland firefighter, as he spoke to the Rotary Club of Los Alamos March 28, describing the donation of his ambulance to Ukraine.
Upon retirement, Kliesen, who is an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) and former Read More
McQuiston: April Is Distracted Driving Month
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos since 1963
Distracted driving is something that some of us forget to think twice about. Consider your daily commute or your weekly trip to the grocery store. These are routes you have taken so often and are comfortable with. You probably change the station on the radio or take a drink of your coffee. In the split second you are performing these tasks, you are taking your eyes off the road and hands off of the wheel, creating the potential for an accident.
According to the CDC, nine people are killed and thousands are injured every day in driver Read More
Catch Of The Week: Rental Scams
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
Spring is in the air, and soon the summer students will be upon us … if you or someone you care about is looking for a rental, watch out for scams.
Lately I’ve been seeing quite a few obvious scam listings on Facebook, like the one below.
These usually stand out because they are always too good to be true. Who in the area would charge that little for a huge house, and also “rent to own”? Note the very generic pictures.
Also if you were to check out the account listing this, you will see it’s an account that just joined the group, has no posts, and is likely a throwaway account just Read More
Posts From The Road: San Antonio Riverwalk
San Antonio River: The San Antonio Riverwalk in downtown San Antonio, Texas is the crown jewel of the city. Shown is the river lined with limestone rock and a walkway on both sides of the water. Also shown is one of several arched bridges for visitors to cross from side to side. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Walkway and Street Bridge: Visitors walk below a street bridge, which crosses the San Antonio River in downtown San Antonio. The downtown riverwalk sits several feet below street level which isolates the area like a city park away from downtown traffic. The umbrellas on the left are Read More
Fr. Glenn: ‘We Have No King But Caesar’
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Well, we come to Easter this weekend (April 9)—THE biggest and most important celebration of the Christian faith and year. Those looking in from outside may think that Christmas is Christianity’s biggest celebration because of all the decoration, well-known songs, gift-giving, etc., and certainly the event that Christmas commemorates—the birth of Jesus—is an essential preliminary, but the whole and purpose of Jesus’ life leads to His resurrection on Easter morn and the affirmation of the eternal life that God has prepared for humanity.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah; you dreamer Read More
All Shall Be Well: A Day Of Resurrection
Clergy from left, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Assistant Rector Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Courtesy photo
By DEACON CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
AKA Cinema Cindy
ELCA
Easter/Pascha: it is a Sunday and a season of the year, when new life and freedom are preached and possibilities are endless. For the Christian, the resurrection of a man named Yeshua/Jesus, after a torturous death by crucifixion 2,000 years ago, is the centerpiece of our faith. More important to us than the day of his birth, celebrated as Christmas (Christ-Mass) each year, is the morning when Jesus Read More
