Los Alamos Athletes Fill Podium At Pajarito
Local professional and youth athletes, from left, Neal Pederson, Cullen McLean, Haiden Jorgenson, Ian McLean and Macky Franklin attain top podium spots at the Enduro bike race at Pajarito Saturday. Courtesy Photo
By PAULA KNEPPER
Coach
Los Alamos Mountain Bike Team
Pajarito mountain hosted the 4th annual Team Trail Party Enduro mountain bike race since its 2019 debut Saturday, Aug. 6.
Nearly 100 downhill specialists of all ages descended on Pajarito Mountain for a long weekend of Enduro bike racing. Riders from across New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, and Arizona were welcomed to Los Alamos Read More
Op/Ed: Keep Our Forests Standing For All!
By SUSAN BARNS
Los Alamos
Fires, floods, drought, heat, wind, insects, thinning – all have taken a toll and caused the loss of thousands of trees in the County in recent years. And the things that go with them: shade, homes for wildlife, understory vegetation and soils, biodiversity, erosion and wind control, carbon storage and so much more.
Yet the County is proposing to level 4.5 acres of healthy forest and kill 135 trees in order to expand the driving range of the Golf Course (see https://ladptest2.ortizaudio.net/warren-proposed-golf-course-expansion-is-destructive-expensive/ Read More
Posts From the Road: Greycliff Mill
Greycliff Mill: This is the view when driving onto the Greycliff Mill property in Greycliff, Mont. The main building on the grounds is the mill itself, which also houses a coffee shop and seating where visitors are encouraged to stay awhile. In the background are the grey cliffs, for which the town and mill are named. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Water Wheel: The water wheel is located on the side of the Greycliff Mill. Water flows through a wooden trough from the water tank in the back of the building to power the wheel. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly Read More
Fr. Glenn: A Two-Edged Sword
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
The history buff will likely encounter videos of World War II while perusing streaming menus and on Facebook pages. It never fails to strike us how such a great tragedy as that war and the resulting death of so many people occurred essentially due to the ambitions of a very few, as has happened for millennia. Hitler and Mussolini and essentially primarily a military junta in Japan during WWII, the Caesars, Alexander, Napoleon, Genghis Khan, and so many others, great and small. Megalomania is an awful, and awfully destructive, thing.
However, ambition is bad—and even evil—if Read More
Op-Ed: Misconceptions Regarding Golf Course Improvements
By KURT ANAST
Los Alamos
I have read a number of letters and op-eds related to the golf course improvements. Many of these have created some misconceptions regarding the effort.
Council appropriated CIP funds in 2017 to complete as many golf course deferred maintenance items as possible and address the driving range safety concern. So far these funds were used in 2020 to replace the old irrigation system and now $1.9M remain.
Last fall the P&RB advised Council to use the remaining funds ($1.9M) on deferred maintenance items like tee boxes, sand traps, greens, cart paths and areas in disrepair. Read More
Home Country: Popcorn Went To Poppin’
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
“You know it used to be even hotter than it is right now, don’t you?” Windy looked up from his lunch. Oh boy, professorial mood. We’re gonna get it. “I used ta pack mules, a-course. Well, I packed ‘em ‘til the accident, anyway.”
“Accident, Windy?” Dang it, Dud, you’ve done it now.
“Nobody can say I don’t love them little mules, but that accident took all the packin’ enthusiasticals right outta me.
“Over in Death Valley it was. Summer. Hotter’n … well, you know. I was takin’ the pack mules out each day with the lunches all packed on ‘em fer these dudes. Kinda fun.
“Jest why these Read More
Leonard: Double Jointed Or Hypermobile?
By LAURA LEORNARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Los Alamos
“If you suffer with anxiety or have a panic attack you are considerably more likely than chance to also have hypermobile joints. It is also known that joint hypermobility is more common in conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, all of which are sensitive to emotional and physical stress.” –Dr. Jessica Eccles, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Approximately 12.5 percent of the population has generalized joint hypermobility. If you have issues with loose joints, locking joints, above average Read More
