Lifestyles

Kiwanis: Justin Ramsey Shares Australian Adventure

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Justin Ramsey shows a picture of the Sydney Opera House during his March 10 presentation to the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
 
By CHARMIAN SCHALLER
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos

Justin Ramsey, a 2002 graduate of Los Alamos High School who is a musician, actor, photographer, and sometimes a bartender, was experiencing a pause in his acting career when he decided to do something new. He went to Australia.

“All I had planned out,” he told Kiwanis March 10,  “I was to land in Sydney.”  When he arrived “down under,” he got off the plane and asked a taxi driver to take him to a youth Read More

Church Of Christ Hosts Women’s Mini-Conference

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WOMEN’S News:
 
“Living in God’s Peace” is the theme of the third annual county-wide “Women2Women” mini-conference.
 
The mini-conference, which seeks to connect Los Alamos women with each other and with God, is 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 28, at the Los Alamos Church of Christ, 2323 Diamond Drive.
 
The morning of Christian fellowship, mutual encouragement, and spiritual strengthening is open to all women of the community. There is no charge for the event. Tea and finger foods will be served, and complimentary babysitting will
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Open Mic Night At Bandelier Grill In White Rock

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Music News:
 
The Bandelier Grill in White Rock, owned by Brian Appell, will sponsor a regular open mic nite, hosted by Richard Hannemann, owner of Hannemann Music, 8:30-12:30 p.m. Saturdays beginning March 21.
 
Acts should plan on a short set of three songs or 10 minutes, which ever comes first ― if there is remaining time after everyone has done their short set, open mic nite will open up to something more informal.
 
Acts who have a CD album will be able to make their CD available for sale ― limit this to one title per act. Bandelier Grill will handle
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Fitness Column: Time To Get Started

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By KENT PEGG
Los Alamos

One of the hardest parts of anyone’s workout program is getting it started. We all know the benefits of regular exercise but for many getting started can be the most difficult step to take.

Not having enough time, not having enough exercise knowledge, and not having enough energy are three of the most common cases people give as to why they never get going on an exercise program.

First, you can make time to exercise if you want to. I know it’s difficult to add one more thing into our already busy lives, but this is just too important to neglect. We make time for going to the coffee shop, Read More

How The Hen House Turns: Goats And Deer

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How the Hen House Turns
By Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.
 
Goats and Deer

When we first moved to Los Alamos, we were told about a lady, Alice Westervelt, who had a house goat. Rumor had it that the goat had been easily trained, was quite civilized really, but that it ate everything in the garden.

Goats are famous for eating tin cans, but I suspect that was not Alice’s problem. She was probably not a Master Gardener, and she probably could not hang up her red shirts on the line outside to dry. Trains have probably never passed through Los Alamos, so there were none to flag. (“Bill Grogan’s Goat” will Read More

Food On The Hill: St. Patrick’s Day Sides—Colcannon Pie And Pickled Red Cabbage

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Food on the Hill
By FELICIA ORTH

I decided long ago to cook vegetables separate from meat, even when they are traditionally cooked together. I didn’t like what happened to the vegetables when they were together; they often turned limp and greasy. 

The two recipes that prompted this change in practice were osso buco and chicken soup. In each case I ended up cooking the meat and veggies separately and “marrying” them late in the cooking process. I’ve come to a similar conclusion with corned beef, cabbage and potatoes, and either add the vegetables near the end of the cooking of the corned beef Read More

Pastor Granillo: Driven

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By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO
Los Alamos

Driven

Every once in a while we get the opportunity to take a real look into this world. And, even if only for an instant, we see how many people there are that need someone to shine a light into their lives.

Every once in a while we see a glimpse of a smile from a face that we thought was chiseled into a frown by experiences of war, loss, poverty, disappointment and fear. And, every once in a while, we allow God to light our hearts with the Holy Spirit’s loving fire and ignite a passion in us that drives us to engage in whatever it takes to bring light and hope to every human being Read More

Los Alamos Jewish Center Hosts Annual Community Passover Seder At Betty Ehart Saturday April 4

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LAJC News:

The Los Alamos Jewish Center will hold its annual community Passover Seder this year at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 4 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center.

The event is open to the public.

The Seder is a ceremonial dinner filled with rituals designed to celebrate the Jewish people’s exodus from Egypt. The Seder, which is Hebrew for “order”, ushers in the week of Pesach in which Jews refrain from eating Chametz (food with leavening).

The celebration of Passover commemorates the miraculous delivery of the Jews from years of slavery, ultimately culminating in the birth of the Torah, the Five Read More