Lifestyles

CYFD & MFA Join With Landlords To Help Young Adults Facing Homelessness

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Cabinet Secretary Barbara J. Vigil

CYFD News:

SANTA FE — The Children, Youth & Families Department (CYFD) and the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority are working to ensure stable housing for young adults, thanks to an innovative program specifically designed to benefit young adults who’ve experienced barriers to housing.

The Landlord Collaboration program creates incentives for property owners and managers to lease to older youth and young adults who struggle to secure rental housing.

The key, CYFD has found, is the landlord who can step up to help end youth homelessness.

The program Read More

Posts From the Road: Greycliff Mill

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Greycliff Mill: This is the view when driving onto the Greycliff Mill property in Greycliff, Mont. The main building on the grounds is the mill itself, which also houses a coffee shop and seating where visitors are encouraged to stay awhile. In the background are the grey cliffs, for which the town and mill are named. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Water Wheel: The water wheel is located on the side of the Greycliff Mill. Water flows through a wooden trough from the water tank in the back of the building to power the wheel. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly Read More

Fr. Glenn: A Two-Edged Sword

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

The history buff will likely encounter videos of World War II while perusing streaming menus and on Facebook pages. It never fails to strike us how such a great tragedy as that war and the resulting death of so many people occurred essentially due to the ambitions of a very few, as has happened for millennia. Hitler and Mussolini and essentially primarily a military junta in Japan during WWII, the Caesars, Alexander, Napoleon, Genghis Khan, and so many others, great and small. Megalomania is an awful, and awfully destructive, thing.

However, ambition is bad—and even evil—if Read More

Cone Zone: Week Of Aug. 8, 2022

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COUNTY News:

Public Works Projects: 

The projects listed in this section are being managed by County Public Works staff through contractors.

For more information, please e-mail lacpw@lacnm.us, call 505.662.8150 or visit the “Projects/Public Works” link.

Please slow down and use caution within the construction work zones. Please note the below information is based on a schedule provided by the contractors and may change due to weather or other delays.

Canyon Road Reconstruction

TLC Plumbing and Utility, under contract with the Los Alamos County Public Works Department has completed Read More

Home Country: Popcorn Went To Poppin’

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Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES

“You know it used to be even hotter than it is right now, don’t you?” Windy looked up from his lunch. Oh boy, professorial mood. We’re gonna get it. “I used ta pack mules, a-course. Well, I packed ‘em ‘til the accident, anyway.”

“Accident, Windy?” Dang it, Dud, you’ve done it now.

“Nobody can say I don’t love them little mules, but that accident took all the packin’ enthusiasticals right outta me.

“Over in Death Valley it was. Summer. Hotter’n … well, you know. I was takin’ the pack mules out each day with the lunches all packed on ‘em fer these dudes. Kinda fun.

“Jest why these Read More

Leonard: Double Jointed Or Hypermobile?

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By LAURA LEORNARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Los Alamos

“If you suffer with anxiety or have a panic attack you are considerably more likely than chance to also have hypermobile joints. It is also known that joint hypermobility is more common in conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, all of which are sensitive to emotional and physical stress.” –Dr. Jessica Eccles, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Approximately 12.5 percent of the population has generalized joint hypermobility. If you have issues with loose joints, locking joints, above average Read More

Gruninger: Balance Pose Of The Month – Warrior 3

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Jacci Gruninger practices warrior 3 pose. Courtesy photo

By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IAYT
Los Alamos

This month’s balance pose is a perfect next step from last month’s pose (Holy Fig Tree). Hopefully this past month you practiced and have started to develop the tools – strength, balance, skill and flexibility to work with balancing poses. This month’s pose – Warrior 3 or Virabhadrasana 3 requires a bit more strength while balancing. It also requires focus and endurance.

My preferred version of this pose is what I call Warrior 3 for hikers using my hiking sticks for a little extra support. Read More

LAHS Student Teresa Austin Presents Plans To Study In Finland As Part Of Rotary Youth Exchange Program

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LAHS student Teresa Austin speaking July 26 to Rotary at Cottonwood on the Greens about her plans to study abroad in the upcoming school year as part of the Rotary Youth Exchange program. Photo by Linda Hull

By LINDA HULL
Vice President
Rotary Club of Los Alamos

Teresa Austin, one of four Los Alamos High School students studying abroad in the upcoming school year, spoke at the July 26 meeting of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, the club sponsoring this youth exchange program made possible by Rotary District 5520 and Rotary International.

Austin departs for Helsinki, Finland this month to live with Read More

WRPC: ‘Not-Just-Junk-In-Your-Truck’ Sale Saturday Aug. 13

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Courtesy/WPRC

WRPC News:

White Rock Presbyterian Church (WRPC), which a couple of months ago “came out” as LGBTQIA+ allies, will be hosting the second “Not-Just-Junk-In-Your-Truck” sale 8-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 13 in the church parking lot.

All kinds of treasures will be available to take home, with everything “priced” by donation.

All proceeds will benefit Help’s Techo Fund, set up to assist queer youth in and around Los Alamos with housing needs.

Anyone interested also may rent a space for $20 and sell their own items.

White Rock Presbyterian Church is at 310 Rover Blvd.

For more Read More

NMDOT Reminds Drivers To Slow Down In School Zones & Pedestrians To Take Precautions

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Courtesy/NMDOT

NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — Thousands of New Mexico children are returning to school. The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) reminds drivers to be extra cautious as school zones become active.

Drivers must slow down, pay attention, and follow traffic laws in school zones. Parents and children walking or riding to school should be alert at all times, and only cross the street at intersections and designated crosswalks.

“The responsibility is shared and lies with drivers, children, parents, and care givers. Whether children walk, ride their bicycle, use a scooter, Read More