Lifestyles

Fr. Glenn: Choosing Allegiance

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Look … it’s (yet) another celebrity running for public office. “I like his/her movies, so I’m going to vote for him/her!” Of course, we don’t know whether the person would be a good or bad public servant, but hopefully the voter could muster up some sort of objective analysis of qualifications other than an unrelated-to-public-service accomplishment like starring in movies or playing in a band.

And yet, a closer look is always wise. After all, one might not expect Brian May of the band Queen, or the punk rocker Dexter Holland, to be intellectual giants at first glance, yet they Read More

NMDOT: May Is Motorcycle Awareness Month

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NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is partnering with the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) to remind all motorists to Get Up to Speed on Motorcycles during Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month during May.

While on the roads, motorists may encounter motorcyclist behaviors that seem out of sync with standard vehicle use. NHTSA designed this campaign to help motorists understand standard motorcycle driving behaviors and learn how to drive safely around motorcycles on our roadways.

The campaign brings drivers up to speed on common Read More

Life After 50: Lessons Learned Over The Years

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By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Los Alamos Retirement & Senior Organization

I turned 53 this year and find myself in an interesting position to want to use life as an education tool.

My father died shortly before he turned 53. This also is the fifth anniversary of my mother’s death. This year juxtaposed between the numbers 5 and 53, I wondered what they could teach others through their lives.

Would you like to know the meanest thing I’ve ever done? I told my father, “If you don’t stop smoking, you’ll never live to see your grandchildren.”

He never did meet them. It sounds much harsher Read More

NMDOT Seeks Public Input On Pedestrian Safety Action Plan

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NMDOT News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) has developed a statewide Pedestrian Safety Action Plan and welcomes public feedback.

In 2019, 6,205 pedestrians were killed, including 83 in New Mexico. It was the most pedestrian deaths in 30 years, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association and represents 17 percent of all traffic fatalities.  

In addition, across the country 193,866 individuals were treated in emergency departments for injuries resulting from being struck by a vehicle, according to the Centers for Disease Control. That is the equivalent Read More

Home Country: Looking For Glory

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HOME COUNTRY
By SLIM RANDLES

Like a doctor removing something important, Herb Collins gently peeled the wrapper back from the root ball and tenderly placed the baby tree in the hole.

Then he stood and walked around it to see which way he should align it. Actually, looks pretty good just the way it is.

So he took his bucket of mixed sand and compost and began sprinkling it down onto the roots and then packing it in gently with his fist.

Every few minutes he’d stop and read the directions again. When he ordered the tree, the nurseryman had written back “Are you sure?” Well, that made ol’ Herb laugh. Yes, he Read More

State Police To Launch DWI Checkpoints And Saturation Patrols In Counties Across New Mexico May 2021

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NMSP News:

New Mexico State Police (NMSP) will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols and registration, insurance and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during the month of May.

NMSP is bringing awareness to these events in an effort to reduce alcohol related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising.

These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about drinking and driving.

Note: Hundreds of lives could be saved each year if every driver had the courage to make the right decision not to drink Read More

Father Theophan: Easter And Pascha

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Father Theophan blesses Pascha baskets. Courtesy/Father Theophan

By Father Theophan
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Los Alamos

I’m taking a break from pottery for a while. This week is Holy Week for most Orthodox Christians. Easter was celebrated by the western churches a few weeks ago, but we “easterners” are still waiting.

First delegated to the Patriarch of Alexadria to compute, the date of Pascha (and Easter) is: the first Sunday, after the first full moon, after the vernal equinox. It is still computed the same way, both in the East and West.

So why is it sometimes the same, and other times Read More

Farmers Market Opens Outdoor Season Thursday, May 6

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Proper distancing between booths, food pre-bagged for pickup, masks and gloves for all food handling, and other measures have been put in place to follow proper COVID-19 precautions. Courtesy/Lauren McDaniel

Farmers Market News:

The Los Alamos Farmers Market will open its summer market season 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 6 at Ashley Pond Park near the Judicial Center and Central Avenue and run Thursdays through October.

In addition to the weekly Thursday markets, Saturday markets will begin in June and run 8 a.m. to noon through September.

The May 6 market will feature seasonal produce Read More

Flagging Operation On Barranca Road Begins Tuesday

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COUNTY News:

Crews will be working on Barranca Road, near Camino Encantado beginning at 9 a.m. and ending by 3 p.m. Tuesday.

A flagging operation will be in place. Pedestrian and vehicle traffic are urged to slow down and obey all traffic control devices within this work zone.

Crews will be eradicating a crosswalk to consolidate with an existing crosswalk near the bus stop to the east.

This work was planned in coordination with the Atomic City Transit Division, as a safety measure with the existing bus stop.

Direct questions related to this project to Anthony Lucero at 505.695.3671 or LACPW@lacnm.us Read More

‘Growing Together’ Series Continues With Clayton Brascoupé Of TNAFA Speaking On Seed Saving

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Clayton Brascoupé

COMMUNITY News:

Clayton Brascoupé of Traditional Native American Farmer’s Association speaks on seed saving.   

WHEN: 7-8 p.m. Thursday, April 29. 

Register HERE.

This presentation is the second in “Growing Together,” a gardening and seed saving series, running April to May, organized by Los Alamos History Museum, Los Alamos Public Library System and PEEC.   

Brascoupé, Mohawk / Anishnabeg, is a life-long gardener/farmer, and began working on family subsistence garden and commercial farms at age 13. He is a founding member of and Program Director of the Traditional Read More