McQuiston: Safety First When Celebrating Labor Day
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
Your Labor Day weekend can be fun and safe at the same time. It’s normally a fun-filled weekend because it’s one of the last chances to be in the water, grill out, and enjoy the weather before the season change.
While no particular Labor Day activity is unsafe, the combination of festivals, travel, boating, swimming, food, and alcohol requires us to be extra conscious about safety.
Here are some helpful tips to ensure your holiday adventures are as safe as possible.
If you’ll be traveling, traffic will be heavier than normal. When driving, Read More
LAPS Superintendent Issues Update On Data Security
By JOSE DELFIN
Superintendent
Los Alamos Public Schools
I’m connecting with you tonight to update you on our recent cyber incident that occurred and our ongoing response to it.
As you know during our first week of school with students, we began experiencing network outages and other technical difficulties that resulted in a disruption to certain computer systems. We quickly secured our systems and commenced an investigation into the nature and scope of this incident.
We have been working with third-party computer specialists to investigate the source of this disruption and the impact on Read More
Ryti: Public Comment Continues For Nuisance Code Revisions
By RANDALL RYTI
Chair
Los Alamos County Council
I thank the public that has taken the time to comment on draft revisions to the County nuisance code. Although the period for sending comments to the Community Development Department and Dekker/Perich/Sabatini ends today, Sept. 2, 2022, public comment to Council will continue as the draft is revised and the revision version is published.
Council received a briefing from the project team on Aug. 30 that highlighted the issues that the public had identified in the July 2022 draft. On some issues, such as making sure that routine maintenance of vehicles Read More
Skolnik: Enough Is Enough
By RICHARD SKOLNIK
Los Alamos
Chris Collord’s recent letter about volunteers carrying out maintenance of our trails further highlights the abysmal state of decision making about our recreational activities in Los Alamos.
Whether we turn to the golf course, biking trails, or hiking trails, the county’s approach appears to be:
- Hire consultants and then largely ignore them;
- Invite public comments, and then largely ignore them;
- Let the community voluntarily care for high return investments that should be addressed by the county government;
- Never give the public the information
Liddie’s Traditional New Mexico Dishes: Dill Pickle Chips
Spicy Spicy Dill Pickle Chips. Photo by Liddie Martinez
Video of spicy dill pickle chip preparation. Video by Liddie Martinez
By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española Valley
This late in the summer we have cucumbers by the buckets and are actively giving them away to any willing recipient and making pickles by the barrel most weekends. Cucumbers are one of those very giving plants that are prolific in their yield and easy in their manner. You don’t have to be a horticulturalist or a gherkin professional to grow cucumbers in New Mexico and execute a batch of pickles. Be aware that 2-3 plants will yield enough Read More
Home Country: Not A Good Day For Ol’ Windy
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
Hi there, Pard. Yep, it’s me, Alphonse Wilson, the one they call Windy.
But this ain’t pertickler a good day for ol’ Windy. Fact-a-matter is, if I was to study how to do that depression stuff? This’d be a good day to start.
Ya see, it’s what’s called an annual-versary of a sad time fer me, and I thought I might repercussion it to you today, so’s mebbe you won’t have to have your heart broke, neither.
It was the flat-out tail end of love, ya see. After all them months together, too. Hey, I allus figgered we’d be together for … well, life. Oh we had good times. Watchin’ stuff on the teevee, Read More
Coblentz: Mindfulness Practices For Times Of Transition
This week, meditation teacher Kristine Coblentz, shares a few thoughts as she gets ready to share her love of meditation with the Los Alamos community at Yoga with Jacci’s studio. Courtesy photo
By KRISTINE COBLENTZ
Los Alamos
Fall is in the air. Our rhythms change as the days become shorter and impact how we navigate the routines of work and school and everyday life. Seasonal transitions can be challenging and result in extra stress and worry. Here are two simple practices for when life feels overwhelming, or equally important, for pausing to soak in the positive.
Box Breathing can help settle Read More
