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All Shall Be Well: Seeking Sabbath

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By DEACON AMY SCHMUCK
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church

Editor’s note: Deacon Amy Schmuck serves Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) as their Deacon for Welcome and Lifelong Learning.

In our community we have been in a season that may be called “Hectic May” for many households as our calendars were filled with graduation celebrations, final concert performances, dance recitals, seasonal sport championships, not to mention Mother’s Day and Memorial Day for good measure. Busy! Busy! Busy! Even as a newcomer to this community, I can safely say the people of Los Alamos are in contention Read More

McQuiston: How To Prevent Vehicle Break-Ins

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
Have you ever parked your vehicle at a shopping mall, airport or other public venue and feared it may get broken into, or worse, will be gone when you return? I think most people would agree that having your vehicle broken into is an experience you’d wish to avoid.
Even though summer is typically the most common time for vehicle break-ins, this type of crime is certainly not limited to any specific season, let alone to a particular type of vehicle.  It can happen to anyone, but with a little fortitude and a consistent, defensive
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Allison: The Vital Role Of Home Health

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By JACK ALLISON
Executive Director
Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service

My name is Jack Allison, RN, and I am the executive director of the Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service. In this column, we delve into the vital roles of home health nursing and physical therapy, shedding light on their significance in enhancing the quality of life for patients and their families.

Home health care is a specialized form of healthcare that brings medical services directly to patients in the comfort of their own homes. This personalized approach is designed to cater to individuals who require ongoing medical attention Read More

An Open Book: Lots of Mugs

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By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos

For some strange reason, I have an attachment to commemorative coffee mugs. My collection includes a mug that one of my kids bought me at his Boy Scout troop fundraiser, one that commemorates the demise of an old research group, another that I drank coffee from in grad school. I have a mug from my Tae Kwon Do class to remind me not to block a kick with your thumb, and a mug that my Little painted for me twenty-something years ago when I was a Big Brother.

I would accumulate these mugs at my home office bookcase, displacing textbooks on thermodynamics or material science that Read More

U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján And Colleagues Introduce Resolution To Recognize May As Stroke Awareness Month

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From the Office of U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján:

Washington, D.C. – This month, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced a resolution to recognize May as Stroke Awareness Month.

The resolution encourages continued coordination and cooperation between the federal government, researchers, families, and the public to improve prognoses by increasing access to timely treatments for individuals who suffer strokes.

“As a stroke survivor, I’ve come to realize that the battle doesn’t end with recovery – it extends Read More

Conrad: Rebuttal To Robinson Op-Ed On Produced Water

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By STEVE CONRAD
Algodones

The recent op-ed by Sherry Robinson entitled “Step into the future with Produced Water” (link) exhorts us to “trust technology and step into the future.” The problem with her premise is that the oil and gas wastewater treatment technology she suggests that we trust is unproven to be even remotely economically viable. In addition, no specified standards of what constitutes “clean” have been set. The treated water will necessarily have some solutes remaining after treatment. Will the water be safe enough for its intended use? We need unambiguous quantitative cleanup Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: May 28, 2024

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

This time of year the best fishing is usually found in the lakes and reservoirs. Trout will be cruising the warmer, shallow water sometimes surprisingly close to the bank.

Streamflows decreased or stayed relatively stable in the smaller streams of Northern New Mexico this past week. It is a little early  but runoff may have peaked already. The streamflow levels dropped in the Pecos River and Jemez River. The streamflow in the upper Chama River above El Vado Lake and the Brazos River saw a significant decrease.

Brazos Falls near Tierra Amarilla Read More

Robinson: Farm Bill Advocates To Congress – Get A Move On

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services

The House Agriculture Committee recently delivered a draft farm bill. It was eight months after the old farm bill, about to expire, had to be extended. This $1.5 trillion, 942-page tome has a lot to like, but it’s missing some key provisions important to New Mexico. And it’s hung up in partisan scrapping.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and House Dems chided the committee for cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, by $30 billion over 10 years. The program (formerly food stamps) helps more than 40 million Read More

Bernstein: Value

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By CHRISTINE BERNSTEIN
Los Alamos

I went to the board recently for reasons I am not discussing here…maybe another time.

The high school has a program called School of Choice, or SOC. It has existed for at least 20 years, maybe more. It was in progress when I began teaching at the High School in 2004.

Four students presented the program while their teachers sat in the audience. This was telling. The teachers were 100% confident in their student’s ability to present the program to the board and the public.

Briefly, it is a school program that students apply to. It consists of four core content areas. Read More

Dannemann: Do Your Research Before You Vote

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Correction: In Merilee Dannemann’s column, she stated incorrectly that no Democrat was running in the House District 31 race. Vicky Estrada-Bustillo, a Democrat, is running in that district. We apologize for the error.

By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2024 New Mexico News Services

“We need bold solutions, drastic overhauls and serious reforms,” writes a candidate for the Legislature in an op-ed article.

Bold, huh? Boy, that’s new and exciting. Oh, wait. It isn’t. It’s a standard cliché for everybody who runs for office.

This particular candidate wrote an entire op-ed filled with Read More