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Posts From The Road: San Juan Mountains Colorado

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Colorful San Juan Mountains: The beauty and color of the San Juan Mountains in southwest Colorado is some of the most spectacular scenery in the country. Shown is a red and yellow colored peak, which reveals the rich mineral content of these mountains. In the bottom center of the photo, two vehicles can be spotted as they travel through the area. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Stunning Scenery: Stunning scenery is seen in every direction as you travel through the San Juan Mountains. Shown are a few of the roads that traverse through these magnificent mountains. Most roads are dirt and rock Read More

Fr. Glenn: The Goodness Of Humility

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Phones, phones. Everywhere phones. And the ubiquitous selfies—social media awash in selfies, videos of self, comments from self, etc. Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, etc., etc. Pride, or bids for attention? Not all, of course, but likely some of both.

Pride is highlighted in a parable of Jesus, in which an arrogant religious leader takes “… up HIS position [in the Jerusalem Temple] and spoke this prayer to himself (!)” …O God… I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity …” How Jesus phrases the parable is interesting, framing the man as worshiping the self.  “Aren’t Read More

All Shall Be Well: That To Which We Cling

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By DEACON CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
ELCA
(a.k.a. Cinema Cindy)

In his 1940 book “The Problem of Pain”, Clive Staples “C.S.” Lewis wrote:

If the first and lowest operation of pain shatters the illusion that all is well, the second shatters the illusion that what we have, whether good or bad in itself, is our own and enough for us. Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us. We ‘have all we want’ is a terrible saying when ‘all’ does not include God. We find God an interruption. As St Augustine says somewhere, ‘God wants to give us something, but cannot, because Read More

Local Businesses, Organizations And Individuals Make New Trailer Possible For American Heritage Girls And Trail Life Troop NM1412

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Ryan Wolking and the folks at American Heritage Girls and Trail Life Troop NM1412 wish to extend their heartfelt gratitude to the following sponsors for making their new Troop Trailer possible: Los Alamos Children’s Dentistry, Los Alamos Daily Post, Joshua and Heather Muck, Ruby K’s Bagel Cafe, Karen Easton of Century Bank, Victor’s Landscaping, Republican Party of Los Alamos, Barbara Clements of First National 1870, David Hampton, Safe Haven Homestead, Brian Clayton of Main Gate Media LLC and ZIA Credit Union. Courtesy/Ryan Wolking

Another view of the American Heritage Girls and Trail Read More

Interfaith Los Alamos Refugee Winter Coat Drive Underway!

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Scene of resettled refugees in New Mexico receiving winter coats during a previous annual Interfaith Los Alamos coat drive. Courtesy/ILA

Scene of a resettled refugee in New Mexico receiving a winter coat during a previous annual Interfaith Los Alamos coat drive. Courtesy/ILA

Interfaith Los Alamos News:

Once again, Interfaith Los Alamos is sponsoring a winter coat drive for refugees recently resettled in New Mexico.

Lutheran Family Services is currently the only organization licensed by the US State Department to resettle refugees in the state. More than 100 families have been newly resettled Read More

YMCA Fitness Instructor Celebrates 30 Years Keeping The Community In Shape

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YMCA Instructor Raj Vaidya recently celebrated his 30th anniversary at the YMCA. Courtesy/YMCA

Raj Vaidya, front row, center, with his fellow exercisers celebrate a birthday. Some people have been attending Vaidya’s class for 25 years. Courtesy/YMCA

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Rajendra Vaidya (Raj) recently celebrated his 30th anniversary as a Los Alamos YMCA fitness instructor.

It all started in 1992 when Vaidya and his wife, Alina Deshpande, moved to Los Alamos. He was offered a director funded post-doctoral position at Los Alamos National Read More

N.M. 502/Trinity Drive Road Closure And Detour Saturday

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Hilltop House Hotel demolition underway on Trinity Drive. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

To keep construction crews and the public safe during the demolition of the Hilltop House Hotel, a lane closure, sidewalk closure and detour will be implemented near the roundabout 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22 on N.M. 502 and Trinity Drive.

Motorists traveling westbound on N.M. 502 will follow a short detour on Central Avenue and use Knecht Street or 15th Street to access Trinity Drive.

While motorists traveling eastbound can use Knecht Street or 15th Street to access Central Avenue then continue to N.M. Read More

County: Demand Likely To Keep Heating Costs High

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Courtesy/LAC

Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

With colder weather ahead and inflation hitting hard, people are concerned about the fluctuating cost of natural gas and how it is going to impact their budgets this winter.

While the details are complex, the overview is simple: it’s a classic story of supply and demand. 

In Los Alamos, natural gas customers of the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) have paid a pass-through cost-of-gas rate since 2013. More specifically, they pay a 3-piece charge that includes a standard service charge, a fixed rate per therm and a variable rate per therm. That variable Read More

Lunch & Learn Brown Bag: LA Jewish Center Noon Today!

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Rabbi Jack with Torah. Courtesy/Los Alamos Jewish Center

Los Alamos Jewish Center News:

Monthly brown bag “Lunch & Learn” starting at noon today at Los Alamos Jewish Center. 

This week on the Jewish calendar marked the completion of the annual cycle of reading the Five Books of Moses, known in Hebrew as the Torah. The holiday of Simchat Torah, rejoicing in the Torah, was celebrated this past Tuesday; it was the final holiday in the series of Jewish fall holidays that began late September with the Jewish New Year.    

Learning never stops in Jewish tradition, and Jews worldwide continue Torah Read More

Home Country: Circulational Quandary

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Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES

Just having a cup of coffee with Windy Wilson can sometimes be educational.

Today? Well…

Alphonse Wilson here, just celebratin’ a nice day with poetry. 

So, you’re prolly askin’ yourself, how do you go about writin’ a poem Windy? See, you just gotta sling yerself into a artistical mood. You know, like them Dutch masters used to do before they died and got made into cigars. You start out kinda easy and think about lilies and daffodils and leetle fluffy cloudlets that might grow into a storm someday.

Then you throw in a look that a puppy gives you … one a-them looks of love like Read More