Lifestyles

Pajarito Lodge Hosts Waffle Breakfast Saturday

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COMMUNITY News:

Northern New Mexico Blue Star Mother’s Chapter 4 is working with Pajarito Lodge No. 66 on a fundraiser for deployed military.

They will hold a Waffle Breakfast Fundraiser 7:30-10:30 a.m. at the Masonic Lodge at 15th Street near Canyon Road in Los Alamos.

The cost for the breakfast is $7 for adults and $3 for children 6 and under. Read More

Real Estate Corner: 10 Tips To Get Your Home Ready For Sale

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Real Estate Corner
By CARRIE MONTOYA-PEGG
 
10 Tips to Get your Home Ready for Sale

Spring is nearly upon us and some of you have decided to sell your home. So now is the time for you to help potential buyers capture their vision of living in your home.

Take advantage of 10 tips that will help you put your “for sale” sign up sooner and get a better return on your investment.

The following tips will help make positive first impressions:

  1. Curb Appeal: The first impression of your home is when a potential buyer pulls into the driveway of your home. Your front and back yard should be free of weeds, trash, and

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Food on the Hill: King Cake

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Food on the Hill:
By FELICIA ORTH

On March 2, 1699, adventurer and fur trader Pierre Le Moyne D’Iberville set up camp along the Mississippi River near the present day location of New Orleans. Le Moyne D’Iberville was leading an expedition for the French crown to find the mouth of the Mississippi and build a fort to preclude use by other nations.

The next day was Mardi Gras, and the story is that Le Moyne D’Iberville introduced the festivities associated with French Carnival celebrations to the New Orleans area, where they have been observed with gusto ever since. These ancient celebrations occur Read More

How The Hen House Turns: Building It

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How the Hen House Turns
By Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.
 
Building It

In the early days, circa 1977, whenever I was feeling low, I would wander down the hill and sit in the chicken pen. The chickens didn’t mind. They knew me pretty well. After checking me out to see if I’d brought them some table scraps, they would go back to their pecking around the pen yard.

Chickens are good at accepting whatever fate hands them. They didn’t mind if I decided not to let them out into the greater back yard. They let me sit in peace. I suspect there’s something to be learned from beings that don’t hang too much on their Read More

CIR Portrait Of Turkey With Authentic Turkish Buffet

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The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii) is a historic mosque in Istanbul. The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. It was built from 1609 to 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is still popularly used as a mosque. Courtesy/wikipedia

CIR News:

The Council on International Relations (CIR) was accepted for a sixth consecutive year to participate in the Teacher Study Tour of Turkey. 

The program will begin with a workshop scheduled Read More

Smart Design With Suzette: Front Door Curb Appeal

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Courtesy/Suzette Fox
 
Smart Design with Suzette 
By SUZETTE FOX
 
Front Door Curb Appeal

Whether you are selling your home or want a fresh look, your front door needs to be inviting. A buyer will judge whether they want to buy a home within 15 seconds of walking in the door. If the curb appeal doesn’t get them in the front door – your house will not sell and you’ll hurt your property value.

Taking on the entire curb appeal of your home including the lawn, landscaping and design could take up to a month or more to undertake. Adding pizzazz to your home’s front entrance is an easy, low-cost Read More

Rotary Crab Fest Auction Features Four-Night Stay At Steamboat Springs Condo

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Scene from the 2014 Rotary Club Crab Fest at Knights of Columbus Hall. File photo

ROTARY News:

The Rotary Club of Los Alamos will host its annual Crab Fest fundraiser starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Knights of Columbus Hall.

The fundraiser will feature an auction that includes a number of noteworthy items to bid on such as a four-night stay in a condo in Steamboat Springs, Colo.

Karen and Ward Hawkins donated this auction item, which will be available to the winning bidder Jan. 14-18, 2016. The Hawkins’ condo features two bedrooms with a king bed and sleeper sofa; a full kitchen; fireplace, Read More

Pastor Granillo: Freely Human

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By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO
Los Alamos

Having dealt with addictions and other struggles in my own life, I know how tempting it can be to compromise with slave masters for the sake of comfort. I know what it is like to convince yourself and others around you that you are a not a slave, but a willing partner.

I know what it is like to sacrifice in order to escape bondage and then to consider the possibility that maybe it wasn’t the slave master’s fault but your own for being weak; and that if you are strong enough then you can go back to that lifestyle, not as a salve, but as a willing participant in full control. I know Read More