Follow This Roadmap To Improve New Mexico Public Schools
By MANDI TORREZ
Education Reform Director
Think New Mexico
Who knew that the road forward for New Mexico education would lead through Mississippi?
Long our partner at the bottom of national rankings, our southern friend now sees us in the rearview mirror.
By implementing a variety of reforms, Mississippi has climbed from 49th in the nation for fourth grade reading in 2013 to 29th in 2019. In fourth grade math, they rose from 50th to 23rd. We used to say “Thank God for Mississippi!” because it meant New Mexico was not bringing up the bottom. Now we thank Mississippi for a new reason: because it has Read More
Kiwanis Fireworks 2022 – Painting The Sky
‘Painting the Sky’. Courtesy/Kiwanis
The Kiwanis entry for the Pumpkin Glow, carved by Kiwanian Karin Church. Courtesy/Kiwanis
By BROOKE DAVIS
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos
The Los Alamos Kiwanis club was pleased to provide the fireworks show for the Los Alamos County’s Show and Glow celebration last Sunday at Overlook Park.
There is an amazing amount of work that goes into producing such a beautiful show. To produce the show, licenses and permits are required from the federal through the local level. Los Alamos Kiwanis has a team of people who have received federal licenses to allow them to order, Read More
Stradling: Great Campaign Experience! Developers Influencing The Election?
By GARY STRADLING
Republican candidate
Los Alamos County Council
My campaign for county councilor has been a delight. Who could have known?! I have met so many enthusiastic and supportive people, knocking doors across the neighborhoods of Los Alamos and White Rock. Everyone “gets it”: Sufficient housing is the key to both business rejuvenation and the explosive hiring of LANL!
I believe that our county government should better plan, cultivate, encourage, and facilitate local business development. I want a local government that listens to and serves its citizens, not rules over them. LAC Read More
Posts From The Road: Touring Northern New Mexico
Santuario de Chimayo: The iconic Santuario de Chimayo is always a pleasure to visit and this visit was exceptional. Shown are visitors as they mingle outside the famous chapel. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Seven Days of Creation: One of the exhibits, which was new to us is the Seven Days of Creation. Each of the seven statues covers a day of the creation process. The plaza around the grounds has added to the experience when visiting the Santuario de Chimayo. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos
Our RV trip this past week was short, sweet, Read More
Fr. Glenn: ‘Wishing To Satisfy The Crowd…’
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Well, here we are … another election. (sigh). Endless ads … endless placards … endless biting rhetoric about “the other guy/gal”. We shouldn’t complain TOO much, I guess; it’s a lot better than the alternatives—absolute monarchy, dictatorship or, on the flip side, anarchy. Socrates’ all-wise philosopher-king (ref.: Plato’s “The Republic”) remains as elusive as the unicorn. Yet, it’s fairly safe to posit that all of us weary of blather as candidates tie themselves in knots pandering to virtually every imaginable group, or at least to not totally alienate potential undecideds. Read More
All Shall Be Well: Shielding The Joyous
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 USA
“Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love’s sake.”
This prayer, attributed to the fourth century saint, Augustine of Hippo, is in the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer Read More
Pope: Los Alamos Is A Special Place Where People Are Tenacious And Full Of Grace
By AMBER POPE
Rivera Family Funeral Home of Los Alamos
Often times there are no words to describe the peculiar relatedness of things we see in the funeral industry – dates, times, names, cycles within seasons… Most of the time these things are subtle, but occasionally it is glaring, such was the case for the beautiful Feldman/Whitworth family recently.
After suffering the loss of their teenage daughter, Sophia, 3 years ago, the family came to us broken-hearted at the sudden loss of Sophia’s mother, Julia. Julia was still a daughter herself, a mother, wife, and friend to many. It took a few minutes Read More
