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NM Junior Foodies Review: Bien Shur

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Bien Shur Executive Chef Sean Staggs with a New Mexico junior foodie. Photo by Becky Rutherford

By BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos

Bien Shur is a fine dining restaurant and rooftop lounge located on the 9th floor of the Sandia Resort & Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is known for its sophisticated atmosphere, elegant American and French-inspired cuisine, extensive wine selection, and breathtaking panoramic views of the Sandia Mountains and the Albuquerque skyline, especially at sunset.

The restaurant is a popular choice for special occasions, offering an upscale experience with Read More

Lodger’s Tax Advisory Board’s Kevin Holsapple Expresses Concerns To County Council Ahead Of Tonight’s Consideration Of Multi-Year Tourism Marketing Agreement

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By KEVIN HOLSAPPLE
Member
Lodger Tax Advisory Board

Dear Councilors,

Here are comments and questions that I request that you address concerning agenda item AGR1163-25 on tonight’s agenda (multi-year tourism marketing agreement).

  1. As an LTAB member, I have had very limited exposure or opportunity to provide input into the agreement or selection of the contractor. This is contrary to my understanding of the advisory purpose of the LTAB as detailed in our work plan. If Lodger Tax funds are used to fund any part of the contract, please be aware that the LTAB has not reviewed the agreement nor had any
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Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: Sept. 22, 2005

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BRIDGE News:

Winners of last week’s games were Cliff Rudy (twice), Michelle Rudy and Jerry Fleming.  Bill Dorin from Fort Collins, a long time Los Alamos resident and former member of our bridge club, checked in and asked if there were players he would remember.  It turned out there are a few.

Today’s hand is very distributional in the North and East seats, so it’s likely that most auctions will get fairly high fairly fast. That’s exactly what happened in our game.

This is board #16. East is the dealer and E/W are vulnerable.

East opens the bidding with 1♦.  With two touching Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Sept. 30, 2025

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

Kokanee salmon snagging season opens Wednesday at Navajo Lake, El Vado Lake and Eagle Nest Lake.

Kokanee are a landlocked species of sockeye salmon that spend their entire lives in freshwater and do not migrate to the ocean. Like other species of Pacific salmon, they live for 3-4 years, then spawn. After spawning, they die. 

In order to make use of the salmon, a special snagging season is established to allow anglers a chance to harvest the fish before they die using nontraditional methods. The most common way of catching them is by snagging. Read More

Pawlak: Pellucid Perspectives

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By JOHN PAWLAK
White Rock

The trouble with numbers is that they can be hard to relate to. And the bigger the number, the harder it becomes. People tend to prefer small numbers. Well, not when talking about salaries though!

When teaching math, students would complain to me about having to learn concepts that were “totally useless, Mr. Pawlak!”. For example, they hated irrational numbers and imaginary numbers, stating that they would never have to deal with things that confusing in real life. I told them that in many ways, I agreed. With the average number of children under 18 per family now being 1.94, Read More

Posts From The Road: Oklahoma City National Memorial

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Gates of Time: The two ‘Gates of Time’ are massive walls that sit on the east and west boundaries of the Oklahoma City National Memorial. The structures each provide an entrance into the memorial and lower the outside daily noise of downtown from the memorial. On the interior side of the gates is the time 9:01 on the east gate and 9:03 on the west gate. These are the minutes before and after the massive explosion. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Reflection Pool: A 319-foot-long reflection pool sits in the center of the memorial grounds. One can see reflections of many features of the memorial Read More

Op-Ed: From Crisis To Recovery: The New Mexico Higher Education Dept.’s Role In Ensuring Fiscal Responsibility

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By GERALD HOEHNE
Chief of Staff
New Mexico Higher Education Department

When an institution is in trouble, the problems can pile up quickly.

From the outside, the damage appears irreversible. It takes a significant, collective effort—sometimes the comprehensive work of an entire government agency—to not only stop the landslide but to begin the painstaking work of rebuilding.

The New Mexico Higher Education Department has been that agency, and I want to share a positive, but often unheard, story about two of our state’s institutions that are now on the path to recovery thanks to our dedicated, Read More

Fr. Glenn: Brother, Not Enemy, At The Gate

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

The world is filled with those in need—both material and spiritual. In the Catholic Mass for this Sunday (Sept. 28), the focus is upon the theme of charity, primarily Luke 16 and the parable of the rich man and poor Lazarus.

To recap: The passage contrasts two men—one wealthy, the other destitute and afflicted. The rich man, clothed in fine garments and feasting lavishly, ignores Lazarus, a poor man covered in sores at his gate and longing for scraps. Both men die: Lazarus is comforted “in Abraham’s bosom,” while the rich man is tormented in Hell.

Now, this parable is not primarily Read More

Tales Of Our Times: Macadamias Have Proved To Be Hard Nuts To Crack     

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Tales Of Our Times

By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
For Clean Air & Water

Macadamias Have Proved To Be Hard Nuts To Crack 

History has reasons of its own, which steered the fortunes of macadamia nuts. Macadamia nut trees evolved in nature far from the world’s crossroads where trade began. Trade took new wings in the “Age of Exploration”, lasting from the 1400s through the 1600s, some say the 1700s. Europe’s seafarers sailed afar and went ashore on many a land, where they came upon new foodstuffs and spices. Ships returned with these prizes to the port cities that were expanding back home. Read More