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Posts From The Road: Bonners Ferry, Idaho

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Bonners Ferry: Visiting downtown Bonners Ferry, Id. was an enjoyable and relaxing way to spend the day on July 4th. While several businesses were closed for the holiday most restaurants and some shops were open for the day. Bonners Ferry sits about 25 miles from the Canadian border in the panhandle of Idaho. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Kootenai River: The Kootenai River runs through Bonners Ferry dividing the town into two halves with one half on each side of the river. Shown are boaters on the river on July 4th, a beautiful day in Northern Idaho for the holiday. Seen on the hillside are Read More

Fr. Glenn: Reversing Course

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Sigh.

All around it seems we increasingly see division in our own society, and in societies all around the world. What is that old saying? Divide and conquer? But who is this modern “conquistador”? Another old saying: “We have met the enemy, and it is us.”

But … in some sense this has always been. Since the first proto-human picked up a stick to bonk the other guy on the head, there has been division. In that way we hardly rise above the animals which also fight—often even killing—those of their own kind for territory, resources, rights to procreate, etc.

Yet … we have the ability of Read More

Home Country: How To Handle Washboard Road … Gun It!

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Home Country
By Slim Randles

Life is kinda like a corrugated, washboard ranch road, I believe. You give anything enough time and experience and you’ll find that warts and scars and grooves will get worn in it. The down times and the up times can lead to a corrugation in our dirt roads and our lives.

Any good cowboy knows how to handle a washboard road, though. Taken slowly, a pickup truck hits each little dip and rattles its carburetor until it puts a kink in the distributor clamp. It takes forever to get someplace, of course, but it does give a guy time to compose a symphony or a letter to Congress.

There Read More

TGIF: Participants’ Santa Fe Summer Organ Academy Aug. 2

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Sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Ave. in Santa FeCourtesy/FPC

Concert News:

The TGIF concert this week features “Participants’ Recital for the Santa Fe Summer Organ Academy”  Aug. 2 at First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Ave. in Santa Fe.

The community is invited to ejoy the music of these talented organists. The doors to the sanctuary open at 5:15 p.m. and the concert begins at 5:30 p.m. The concert is free with donations accepted.

This is the fifth Summer Organ Academy. The Academy is led by Kimberly Marshall.

First Presbyterian offers weekly recitals 5:30-6 p.m. Fridays. Read More

All Shall Be Well: ‘God Is Faithful, All The Time’

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Clergy from left, Pastor Deb Church, Deacon Amy Schmuck, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill, Associate Priest Lynn Finnegan, Deacon  Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired and Pastor Nicolé Ferry. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By Rev. Deborah Beloved Church
White Rock Presbyterian Church

I recently shared with the WRPC congregation that I have discerned a call to a new thing, and that after five-plus years with them and twenty-five-plus years in the Los Alamos and White Rock communities, I will soon be stepping out of both my role as their pastor and my place in this community, to begin a new chapter in my life. Read More

Interfaith Coalition Collects Backpacks For Refugee Students

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Interfaith Coalition News:

The Interfaith Coalition is running a campaign to collect backpacks for refugee students in Albuquerque. There are just a few more days to pitch in to this effort. This effort has been organized for five years by the volunteers who compose the Interfaith Coalition.

The students who need backpacks and school supplies are legally settled here by Lutheran Family Services, which has a contract with the US Government to settle and support these refugee families. By attending school, the refugee students can start to rebuild their lives here in the United Read More

Public Invited To Celebrate Pueblo Independence Day At Jemez Historic Site Sunday Aug. 11

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Dancers perform at the 2023 Jemez Pueblo Independence Day celebration. Courtesy/Tira Howard Photography

JHS News:

New Mexico Historic Sites invites the public to celebrate Pueblo Independence Day at Jemez Historic Site (JHS) Sunday, Aug. 11. The celebration begins at 7 a.m. with a 13-mile run from the plaza in Jemez Pueblo up N.M. 4 to Jemez Historic Site.

Beginning at 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., visitors will have the opportunity to see traditional Pueblo-style dances and tour Gisewa Pueblo, an ancestral site of the present-day Jemez Pueblo, and San José de los Jémez Mission. The event also includes Read More

Atomic City Transit After School Express Routes Resume Operations Wednesday Aug. 7

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County Atomic City Transit (ACT) has announced that its After School Express Routes including Route 7 – North Mesa, Route 8 –  North Community, Route 9 – Aspen Area, Route 10 – Barranca Mesa and Route 11 – White Rock Area will resume operations beginning Wednesday, Aug. 7.

After School Express Routes are amended to meet the new Los Alamos Public Schools release times, which are 2:40 p.m. for the elementary schools and 3:30 p.m. for the middle school.

Express Routes Schedule:

  • Routes 7 – North Mesa will depart at 3:35 p.m. from San Ildefonso Road and Hawk Drive.
  • Route 8 – North
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Sacred Heart Ladies Auxiliary Of Los Alamos To Host Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser For Ruidoso Fire & Flood Victims Sunday July 28

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Sacred Heart Ladies Auxiliary News:

Sacred Heart Ladies Auxiliary of Los Alamos invites the community to a pancake breakfast fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Sunday, July 28, at Karen McLaughlin Hall of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 3700 Canyon Dr., to benefit fire and flood victims in Ruidoso.

The breakfast includes pancakes (plain, blueberry and chocolate chip), sausage, coffee, juice and tea. A donation of $7 per adult and $4 per child is suggested. A donation box will be available for additional donations. All proceeds from the breakfast, 100%, will go to Ruidoso fire and Read More

Registration Is Now Open For 2024 Los Alamos Knights Of Columbus Golf Tournament

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Knights of Columbus News:

The 2024 Los Alamos Knights of Columbus golf tournament will be held at Towa Golf Course on Aug. 10.

This is a charity tournament that supports scholarships for high school seniors in Northern New Mexico.

Last year’s tournament recognized Deacon Don Lucero and his many contributions to the Community of Los Alamos, the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church and our Nation for his many years of service with the Department of Energy.

The annual “Tee it Up for the Future” tournament raised more than $10,000 last year thanks to loyal sponsors and players.

Registration Read More