Lifestyles

Strength Training For 50 and Older Set

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Staff Report:

The Strong Women and Men Program will be offered in Los Alamos this winter. The program is a research based strength training program for women and men 50 years of age and older.

Previously called the StrongWomen and Men Growing Stronger programs, this offering allows for both women and men to strength train in the same class.

Scientific research has demonstrated that exercise with weights (strength training) will increase strength, muscle mass, and bone density in middle-aged women and men. Additionally, strength training improves self-confidence, sleep, vitality and reduces Read More

Manage Chronic Disease with MyCD Workshop

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Staff Report

Adults with an ongoing health conditions are invited to join a free 2.5 hour MyCD Workshop being sponsored by the Los Alamos Cooperative Extension Service, Los Alamos Retired and Senior Organization and the Family YMCA. 

Get needed support, find practical ways to deal with pain and fatigue, discover better nutrition and exercise choices, understand new treatment choices, and learn better ways to talk with the doctor and family about your health at this workshop.

For those with conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure, heart disease, chronic pain or Read More

Fitness Column: The Right Way to Lose Weight

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Fitness Column: The Right Way to Lose Weight
By KENT PEGG

The resolution season is upon us and many of you are deciding to make this the year you lose those extra pounds. Whether it’s a couple pounds or many, the key to successful weight loss is to do it the right way.

I see people every day who are achieving their goals and shedding those excess pounds by eating right and exercising. This is the right way to lose weight. Crash diets, trendy weight loss methods and expensive gimmicks and supplements might provide some temporary success on the scale. But, invariably, they will fail and leave you right back Read More

How the Hen House Turns: Warming the Hen House

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How the Hen House Turns: Warming the Hen House
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

As the calendar creeps toward January, it’s time to worry about cold weather for the Hen House gang. I’ve probably mentioned this before, but it’s very scary when ducks shiver. It happens at 14 degrees F. You know it’s very cold, probably too cold for the hens’ combs to survive unfrozen. The birds need a warm refuge, especially at night.

Husband Don found a great solution, a safe thin oil heater, small enough to fit behind chicken wire and sit on a box away from the straw. It’s able to hold a low temp. I keep it at 40 degrees Read More

Los Alamos Beer Co-op Completes Crowdfunding

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LABC News:

The Los Alamos Beer Cooperative successfully completed a crowdfunding project Dec. 25 that raised more than $2,000 through MainStreetCrowd. The Beer Co-op is moving forward in establishing a brewery and taproom for the community to gather and enjoy great, locally handcrafted beer. The money generated through MainStreetCrowd will go toward purchasing brewery equipment.

The Beer Co-op will be the first ever brewery in Los Alamos, and the first Cooperative brewery in the state of New Mexico. Currently, Black Star Co-op in Austin, Texas is the world’s first cooperatively-owned Read More

Solo Traveler: When Lies Lead to Tourism

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Statue of Zorro in El Fuerte, Sinaloa. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Fort in El Fuerte, Sinaloa. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Solo Traveler: When Lies Lead to Tourism
By SHERRY HARDAGE

There is a beautiful little town in Sinaloa, Mexico, called El Fuerte, “The Fort.” Situated on top of the tallest bluff along the river, the fort overlooks a forested wildlife preserve on the other side.

It is an old city, the birthplace of Don Diego de la Vega, known as the hero, Zorro. His wealthy parents moved, shortly after his birth, to the Los Angeles area of California, which was still part of Mexico.

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CAT’s Café Replacing 50s Diner in Los Alamos

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Charlie Bracken, left, with artist Danne DeBacker whose paintings will decorate the new CAT’s Café in the American Legion Building on Trinity Drive. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

One of the paintings by artist Danne DeBacker that will hang on a wall in the new CAT’s Café in the American Legion Building on Trinity Drive. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

 

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Exit the Fabulous 50’s Diner and enter CAT’s Café!  New owner, Charlie Bracken is hoping to open next week if permits can be secured by then. Bracken was the manager of the Fabulous Read More

Santa Fe Chevrolet/Cadillac Dealership Brings 2014 C7 Corvette to Los Alamos

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Corvette fans got a treat this morning in downtown Los Alamos when the Santa Fe Chevrolet/Cadillac dealership rolled in to show the group a brand new 2014 C7 Corvette. The event took place at the weekly Cars & Coffee gathering in the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce parking lot at 15th Street and Central Avenue. The public was invited to stop by and see the new Stingray with a price tag of about $60,000 that has been generating so much excitement and getting rave reviews. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

A look under the hood of the 2014 C7 Corvette Stingray. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com Read More

New 2014 C7 Corvette Stingray Coming to Los Alamos!

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2014 C7 Corvette Stingray. Courtesy photo

Staff Report

The Santa Fe Chevrolet/Cadillac dealership has agreed to bring to the weekly Cars & Coffee together in Los Alamos a brand spanking new 2014 C7 Corvette.

The event will start at 8 a.m. and continue until around 10 a.m., Saturday at the Chamber of Commerce parking lot at Central Avenue and 15th Street.

Everyone is invited to stop by and see the new Stingray that has been generating so much excitement and getting rave reviews. Read More

Sydney’s Corner: Roman Ruins, Bulgaria

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The Roman  Amphitheatre in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Photo by Jason Frasier
 
Sydney’s Corner: Roman Ruins, Bulgaria
By SYDNEY FRAZIER

Sydney Frazier is the granddaughter of Los Alamos resident Teralene Foxx and is traveling the world with her parents for the next two years. As part of her home schooling during the trip, Sydney is blogging about her adventures. She is sharing some of her posts with the Los Alamos Daily Post.

We went to Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Did you know there are Roman ruins in Plovdiv? There are lots of Roman ruins in Plovdiv. I thought I would tell a little about them.

There Read More