Lifestyles

Donations Needed For TOTH Children’s Christmas Bazaar

Donations are needed for this year’s Children’s Bazaar at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. Courtesy/TOTH

COMMUNITY News:

Have any treasures lying around the home? Bring them to the Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, 3900 Trinity Dr., to be donated to the Children’s Christmas Bazaar.

Donations are being accepted now through Nov. 30.

Items are needed from the community to make this event a success. Suggested items should be new or like new – dolls, stuffed animals, action figures, cars, trucks, toys, baby toys, unopened puzzles, jewelry – pins, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, unopened Read More

NMDOT: ‘Move Over’ To Protect Emergency Personnel

There are road signs throughout New Mexico reminding drivers to move over or slow down for stopped emergency or road assistance vehicles. Courtesy/NMDOT

NMDOT News: 

SANTA FE — Saturday, Oct. 16 is National Move Over Day, designated to remind drivers when approaching emergency vehicles with flashing lights to change lanes or slow down.

This allows for a degree of separation between moving vehicles and emergency responders or disabled motorists.

Emergency vehicles include highway patrol, police, sheriff, fire, coroner/medical examiner, ambulance, tow, transportation, utility, Read More

Atomic City Transit Route 2M (Main Hill) Running Late Today

Atomic City Transit Route 2M – Main Hill won’t begin operating until 11:30 a.m. today. Courtesy/ACT

COUNTY News:

Atomic City Transit Route 2M (Main Hill) won’t begin operating until 11:30 a.m. today due to a staffing shortage.

Riders should plan to use Route 2T (Truck Route), which will continue to operate its regular schedule of  5:55 a.m. to 6:58 p.m., Monday through Friday.

ACT apologizes for the inconvenience this may cause.

Direct questions to ACT office at 505.661.RIDE (7433) or use ACTracker to locate bus routes in real-time.

For specific route service schedules, visit website Read More

Los Alamos County Officials And Staff Get Sneak Peak Of New Canyon Walk Apartments On DP Road

From left, Division Manager for Kay-Kay Realty Robin Jacobi, Bethel Development & Qualcon Builders Development Project Manager Timothy Donhauser, CDD Director Paul Andrus, Public Works Director Anne Laurent, Council Chair Randall Ryti, Councilor David Izraelevitz, Council Vice Chair James Robinson, County Manager Steven Lynne, Housing Program Manager Margaret Ambrosino, Economic Development Administrator Dan Ungerleider and Interim Public Information Officer Leslie Bucklin tour the Canyon Walk Apartments Friday morning. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

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Scenes From Ordination And Installation Of New Pastor Zachary Garris At Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church

A service of Ordination and Installation of Zachary M. Garris as pastor of Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church was held Sunday evening in White Rock. Garris, kneeling is prayed for during the service by Ordination Commission Members from the Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Zachary M. Garris, center, with Ordination Commission members Gary McMillan, Greg Schneeberger, Charles Bell, Rick Steele, David Finnegan and David Forslund during his ordination Sunday evening at Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church in White Rock. Photo by Carol Read More

White Rock Presbyterian Church Hosts ‘Not-Just-Junk-In-Your-Truck’ Sale Saturday Oct. 23

WRPC News:

White Rock Presbyterian Church is hosting a “Not-Just-Junk-In-Your-Truck” sale, 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 23, to benefit Afghan refugees.

They invite anyone who has items to sell to reserve a spot in the church parking lot for $10 per space. Just park your car and open your trunk to display your gently used wares such as clothing, toys, household goods, small appliances or even craft items. No furniture or large appliances please.

Sellers pay only the cost to rent the space for the sale. However, additional donations to the Afghan refugee project are greatly appreciated. Once the Read More

Home Country: Circulational Quandary

Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES

Alphonse Wilson here, jest celebratin’ a nice day with poetry. Yessir. I thought I’d do some poetry today just to see if you’re in the mood. Well, if you ain’t in the mood, I guess you could go fix a cup of coffee or something and wait for me to finish, but that would hurt my feelin’s exponential-like and you’re not the kind of person to do that, are ya?

Thass right. So Windy, you’re prolly askin’ yourself, how do you go about writin’ a poem? You were? Good. It really ain’t so very hard, you know. You just gotta sling yerself into a artistical mood. You know, like them Dutch masters Read More