Lifestyles

Nutrition Classes Abound at Family YMCA

September 11, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

YMCA News:

A six-week Weight Management class will take place 9:30-10:15 a.m. Monday, Sept. 16 at the Y Express.

This class will focus on a “non-diet” method of weight management. Weekly classes will address various nutritional topics as well as provide fitness advice. The fee is $50 for Y members and $75 for others.

A free Diabetes Education and Prevention class is available to all members of the community 10:45-11:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 16 at the Y Express. This class will help participants take the steps necessary to make the research-based lifestyle changes that can prevent Read More

Food on the Hill: Fall Off The Bone Baby Back Ribs

September 10, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

This Week’s Recipe:

Fall Off The Bone Baby Back Ribs

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Ingredients:

1 large pot for boiling

10-12 cups of strong brew coffee

50 percent water 50 percent milk mixture

racks of baby back ribs

Grill and smoking chips

Olive oil

Spices: granulated garlic, onion powder, cayenne pepper, McCormick’s Grill Mates (both olasses bacon and mesquite.) You can use other spices if you want.

Barbeque sauce (I use K.C. Masterpiece Original.)

Directions:

Prep the ribs by cutting off all the fat that you can, without Read More

Letter to the Editor: On Big Ideas, Ignorance, and Irony

September 9, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

By ED SANTIAGO

Los Alamos

It strikes me as ironic that in an age that has not known smallpox, in a town founded on reason, we’re debating whether or not a make-believe sky-god will be offended by our choice of date for a Big Idea conference.

Why limit our concern to Jehovah, though? Should we also check with Allah, God, Zeus, Amen-Ra, Quetzalcoatl, Zoroaster, Yukiyú, and the thousands of other gods mankind has invented throughout the millennia? Each of those has or had adherents whose belief is just as strong and whose sacred-day rules are just as arbitrary. No matter what day is picked Read More

Embroidery Exhibit and Demonstration at Mesa Public Library

September 9, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

EGA News:

Hardanger, Romanian point lace and blackwork are unusual names for beautiful needlework. These and other types of embroidery stitched by members of Pajarito Chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America (EGA) will be displayed Sept. 15-28 in a case in the lobby of Mesa Public Library.

The EGA is a national educational organization dedicated to promoting and preserving needle arts.

The local chapter meets at 7 p.m. on the first Monday of the month in Gibson Fellowship Hall of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Los Alamos. Each meeting features a program about a stitching technique or project. Read More

Feeling Fit at Co+op Health & Wellness Fair

September 8, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

From left, owners Suzanne and John Wilcox of CrossFit Los Alamos and Mesa Elite Fitness, 278 A DP Road, with fitness trainers Leona Wedgeworth and Nicole Barsic share fitness tips with community members during Saturday’s Health & Wellness Fair at the Los Alamos Co+op Market in the Entrada Business Park. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Dr. Seva Khalsa, right, of Khalsa Acupuncture at 919 Central Ave., discusses health techniques during Saturday’s Fair. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Beverly Neal-Clinton, left, of Access Consciousness, 3780 Read More

Sustainability Tip: Green your Commute

September 8, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Weekly Sustainability Tip:

Green your Commute

Reduce your environmental impact and commuting costs by using Atomic City Transit, biking or carpooling to work.

Atomic City Transit is free and a bus stop is not far from your front door, 91 percent of households are within a quarter mile of a bus stop. Every gallon of gas you save through greening your commute prevents the emission of more than 19 pounds of carbon dioxide.

Make it a priority this next week to take the bus, bike or carpool at least one day to help create a more sustainable Los Alamos County.

Sustainability Tip provided by Read More

Column: Couldn’t Believe Marriage Equality Becoming Reality in New Mexico So Rapidly

September 7, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Wedding Gifts

Column by MARILEE HARRISON

Santa Fe

I stared at the screen in shock. Not that I wasn’t pleased – I couldn’t have been more pleased, but I could not believe marriage equality was becoming a reality in New Mexico so rapidly. Only two days before, the Doña Ana County Clerk began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Now, the Santa Fe County Clerk had been ordered by a judge to start issuing them, or explain later in court why she would not. Collective breath was held. Then came word that she would start issuing the licenses to same-sex couples at 2 p.m. Oh my! I had read an El Paso Times Read More

Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church to Participate in National ‘Back to Church Sunday’ Sept. 15

September 6, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

PCA News:

“Back to Church Sunday,” part of a national movement of churches across America, will be held at Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church (PCA) in White Rock at 10:20 a.m. Sept. 15. Everyone is welcome to attend.

National “Back to Church Sunday” (www.backtochurch.com) is an initiative that is “Inviting America Back to Church.” It seeks to reach the “un-churched” and “de-churched” — people who once attended church, but don’t any more — and invite them to return for a special Sunday. Back to Church Sunday was launched

Free Samples at Co+op Health Fair Saturday!

September 5, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Scene from 2012 Co+op Health and Wellness Fair. Courtesy photo

CO+OP News:

The Los Alamos Co+op Market is hosting a Health and Wellness Fair 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7.

This free event will take place outside at the Co+op, and everyone is welcome to attend.

Whether you are currently healing or want to get ready for winter fun, get to know some of Los Alamos’s local healthcare practitioners, many of whom will offer free consultations, samples and massages. Co+op wellness vendors will also provide free samples.

This year’s attendees include:

Dr. Wendy Van Dilla, Naturopath & Instructor;

Registration Open for Dog Training Classes

September 5, 2013 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Kalem Smith and Bantu do agility drills. Photo by Carl Necker

LADOC News:

Registration for the next session of dog training classes offered by the Los Alamos Dog Obedience Club (LADOC) will begin Sept. 9.

Classes this session include: Puppy Kindergarten, Basic Manners, Conformation, Recall, the Parent Free Club (for kids), and a new Agility class just for youth.

Classes will begin the week of Sept. 30. Class schedule, registration guidelines and registration form will be available on the LADOC website https:////ladoc.dogbits.com/ and at the LADOC building (246 East Road.)

Registration Read More