Lifestyles

NMDOT Sponsors Car Seat Inspection Clinics Saturday Sept. 25 For National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week

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NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — Sept. 19-25 is National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week. The campaign focuses on the importance of properly securing children in an appropriate car or booster seat.

To support the event, the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) will sponsor Car Seat Inspection Clinics, 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 25 as part of National Seat Check Saturday. 

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) motor vehicle-related injuries remain a leading cause of death for children ages 15 and younger. Using car seats decreases the risk of Read More

Strength Pose Of The Month: Plank Pose (Khumbakasana)

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When done correctly, plank pose is a safe and effective way to strengthen the spinal muscles, abdominal muscles, arms and legs. Courtesy photo

Jacci Gruninger, MS, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Los Alamos

Plank pose is often called high push-up although unlike a traditional start for a push-up, the hands are under the shoulders. However, you might also see a plank variation done on the forearms/elbows if you have touchy wrists or hands. Plank pose can also be done on the knees, against a wall or on a counter or chair. How about that? All versions benefit the body.

When done correctly, plank pose is a safe and effective Read More

Home Country: Mr. Collins

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Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES

Before Herb Collins retired, he owned a pawn shop up in the city. A successful pawn shop. And one of the ways he likes to repay society for his good fortune is to speak to the fifth graders at our local elementary school during Career Week.

And that’s why he was here again this year, attempting to springboard any number of 10-year-olds into the glories of buying low and selling high.

But this year there was a difference. Some of the kids were looking over at Jimmy Thomas and Elise Jamison and couldn’t control their giggles. Jimmy and Elise, however, tried to look very sober Read More

Whipple: Forest Bathing Or Shinrin-Yoku For Better Health

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By Dr. Laura Whipple DC
Los Alamos

Forest Bathing was defined by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture in 1982 to encourage people to spend more time in nature.

This practice encourages us to spend more time outside so we can absorb the beauty, smells and sounds of our natural environment. This healing technique is unique because it passively restores physiological and psychological health through our five senses when we are immersed in nature instead of relying on medication.

Our system is recharged by experiencing the forest and by eliminating the noise, stress and technology around us.

It Read More

Atomic City Transit – Detour On Route 3 (Canyon And Central) To Begin Thursday Sept. 16

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Atomic City Transit detour on Route 3 begins Thursday, Sept. 16. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County’s Atomic City Transit will operate a detour on Route 3 (Canyon and Central) due to road construction work on Entrada Drive beginning Thursday, Sept. 16 until further notice.

The Route 3 detour will travel on Camino Entrada and bypass Entrada Drive bus stops #571 (by the Los Alamos Co-op) and #570 (by Holiday Inn Express), which will be closed during the detour.

A temporary bus stop will be available on the southbound side of Camino Entrada just before Entrada Drive. A map of the detour and Read More

Shop On The Corner Adding More Hours Sept. 16

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COMMUNITY News:

The Shop on the Corner Thrift Store at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church is adding more hours for shopping.

Volunteers who run the thrift store want people who work or attend school to have an opportunity to shop, so beginning Thursday, Sept. 16, the Shop on the Corner will be open 3:30-6:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month.

Regular hours for the thrift store are 8:30 a.m. to noon each Wednesday and 8:30 a.m. to noon the second Saturday of each month.

Shop on the Corner is an outreach ministry receiving donations and selling the donated items to support non-profit charities. Read More

Lauritzen: September Is National Senior Center Month

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A scene from a trip Martin and Bev Cooper of White Rock took to Nepal. The Coopers share details of their trip in an online presentation at 4:30 p.m. Monday. Email director@losalamosseniorcenter.com for a link. Photo by Martin Cooper

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
LARSO

September is National Senior Center Month and while the month may be half over, our local centers have a lot of great things ahead.

This Friday Sept. 17, the White Rock Senior Center will host a car show 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and there is no fee. Those in attendance will have the opportunity to vote for the People’s Choice Award. Read More