Guessing: Don’t Waste New Mexico’s ‘Unique’ Opportunity
By PAUL GESSING
President
Rio Grande Foundation
New Mexico is in a unique of economic situation. Despite having the highest unemployment rate in the nation for all of 2022, our incredibly strong oil and gas industry, buoyed by high prices and rapid production growth, have given politicians in Santa Fe “more money than they know what to do with.” So, in the recent 30-day session we saw spending grow by more than $1 billion and some significant tax cuts. Then, in a special session, rebates to be paid out to taxpayers and non-taxpayers alike.
The impetus to return money generated by the oil and gas industry Read More
Leonard: What Research Says About Being Happy And Healthy Throughout Life
By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Los Alamos
The Harvard Study of Adult Development is the longest study of people’s lives ever conducted. The study began in the late 1930’s on groups of men from all walks of life including one president of the United States, many WW2 veterans and residents of low-income neighborhoods.
The remaining 16 participants are now in their mid 90s and are still being followed. From physical to emotional, every aspect of their lives has been recorded.
A recent survey of millennials found that 80 percent of them said getting rich was their most important life goal Read More
Cleveland Has Perfect Prediction In Weekly Pace Race
Runners gather Tuesday on North Mesa near the Rodeo Arena for the ACRR weekly pace race. Courtesy/ACRR
ACRR News:
5 year old Scout Cleveland, 5, had a perfect prediction of 18 minutes in the Atomic City Road Runners (ACRR) weekly pace race Tuesday on North Mesa on the trail next to the Rodeo Arena.
Other accurate predictors:
- Morgan Treat, 11, with a 4 second differential as well as the first female finisher on the 1 mile course at 10:04;
- Ryan Smeltzer was 7 seconds off;
- Teddy Atkins recorded an 8 second difference; and
- Roxana Candia was 17 seconds off.
On the 1 mile course:
- Diego Leonard, 12, was the
Gruninger: Find Courage To Do What Is Frightening
Have courage! Courtesy photo
By JACCI GRUNINGER MS, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Los Alamos
Courage is the ability to do something even if it frightens you. It is different from fearlessness and it is a muscle that can be trained.
Brene Brown writes in “The Gifts of Imperfection”, “Courage is…a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.”
There are so many times we might not even notice that we are being courageous:
- Maybe you refuse to be a victim;
- Maybe you show up for other people (family, friends, causes);
- Maybe you show your vulnerabilities;
Life After 50: You Never Know How Far You’ll Go
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
LARSO
Happy National Volunteer Week! Volunteer work is what got me where I am today. I started out as a mom at Chamisa and ended up the shepherd of tending the community’s greatest treasure. That treasure, the two local senior centers, tend the people that built this community, and the generation that has followed after them.
This week we recognize the senior volunteers, age 55 and older, the little engines that make our centers and many local non-profits go. These are the volunteers who answer the phones, host the tours, serve the food, make the quilts Read More
Rotary Club Of Los Alamos Names LAHS Junior Nadezda Draganic Distinguished Student Of Service In 2022
Rotarian Vincent Chiravalle, left, presents LAHS junior Nadezda Draganic with the Rotary Distinguished Student of Service Award during the April 12 Rotary Club meeting. They were joined by LAHS science teacher Stephanie Mitchell and Draganic’s father Ilija Draganic. Photo by Sandy Tobin
By VINCENT CHIRAVALL & LINDA HULL
Rotary Club of Los Alamos
The Motto of Rotary is Service Above Self. To support this, each academic year the Rotary Club of Los Alamos honors “Distinguished Students of Service” in their junior year of high school.
Students are first nominated by their teachers who Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: April 19, 2022
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
Spring runoff continues to pick up in Northern New Mexico. Streamflows continue to rise across the state, with the exception being the Rio Grande. The streamflow at Cerro where the Rio Grande enter New Mexico from Colorado is just 166 cubic-feet-per-second, which is less than half of normal. Water is being diverted in Colorado to irrigate the extensive agricultural fields of the San Luis Valley.
Eagle Nest Lake at Eagle Nest State Park is now open to fishing and boating. Docks will be installed April 30. It was stocked April 11 with 17,750 Read More
