Opinion & Columns

Help Trees Survive Drought

By CARLOS F. VALDEZ
County Program Director
Los Alamos Cooperative Extension Service

Now that we are in the midst of severe drought we should take some special steps to minimize the effect on our trees and shrubs.

  • Recognize Drought Symptoms – Don’t Overreact

Drought will manifest itself differently in different plants. In some foliage will appear wilted. Others exhibit leaf yellowing and defoliation. Many conifers will exhibit brown needles. Homeowners may mistake these symptoms as death; regrettably, plants may be unnecessarily removed. Check for live cambial tissue as Read More

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Liddie’s Traditional New Mexican Recipes: How To Make Apricot And Pineapple Pastelitos

Apricot pie. Courtesy photo

By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española Valley

Apricots have always been a revered arrival in Northern New Mexico, and on the rare occasions when blossoms don’t freeze with the late frost, we rejoice in their arrival.

Apricots were introduced to New Mexico during Spanish Colonization in the late 1500s and have remained a beloved but elusive fruit. In my youth, green apricots were often the weapon of choice for our mischievous neighbor boys who pelted my sister and me from hidden posts as we wandered to the neighborhood acequia to gather the jewels.

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LAAC Offers Opportunities To Hear Traditional Music

Cantos de Taos will peform 7 p.m. June 20 in Fuller Lodge. Courtesy photo

By PATRICK NEHER
Executive Director
Los Alamos Arts Council

When friends mention they are going to a concert of “traditional music” you might think they mean a folk, or gospel concert. Certainly those genres are traditional music, but now so is jazz, opera, all forms of classical music, rock and pop, and of course, marches and dances.  

When a musician speaks of traditional music, it usually means that which was used for a specific purpose: marches, dances, processionals, socializing (background music), cultural Read More

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Weekly Fishing Report: June 6

By GEORGE MORSE
Los Alamos Daily Post
Sports and Outdoors
 
After the May 29 fishing report was compiled, several events happened that closed some of the fishing areas mentioned in the report to anglers. Santa Fe National Forest closed its lands May 30 to all recreational activities due to the extreme fire danger. The areas that this affected included all streams in the Jemez Mountain area, Fenton Lake State Park and San Gregorio Lake near Los Alamos. The closure remains in effect.
 
The Seven Springs Kids Pond was open last week and the fishing was very good. It will close for fishing Wednesday
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Letter to the Editor: Friends Of The Children Of Haiti Community Invite June 7

By CATHERINE ‘KATIE’ FRY
FOTCOH Volunteer Pharmacist

 

Thank you for your generous support of Friends of the Children of Haiti (FOTCOH). Like you, I have fallen in love with the people of Haiti. We are thankful that you have chosen to support the important mission of FOTCOH.
 
I invite you to join me at Smith’s Marketplace Upstairs Conference Room 5:30- 7:30 p.m., Thursday, June 7. FOTCOH Executive Director Nathan Ruby will be joining us to share some of the exciting things that are happening at the clinic.
 
It is amazing what FOTCOH has planned to help the people of
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Letter To The Editor: No Matter How You Wish To Weave This Gun Control issue … It All Begins At Home

By DIMAS M. CHAVEZ
Formerly of Los Alamos
 
As a former Los Alamos resident who now resides in Potomac, Md., I wish to comment on the letter to the editor submitted by Mr. Robert Visel, titled “Stop Blaming Inanimate Object”. Allow me to take you for a walk down memory lane regarding Los Alamos.
 
I moved to Los Alamos with my family as a 6-year-old child Aug. 15, 1943. Upon arriving at the Main Gate we were greeted by fully armed Military Police, and a huge Army Tank that stood like a sentry on a hillside just behind the security gate with its large barrel pointed down towards the entry point of
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