Opinion & Columns

How The Hen House Turns: Love From; Between Animals

By CARY NEEPER
Formerly of Los Alamos

The noun love takes up a full three inches in my beloved 1980 edition of Webster’s New Twentieth Century Dictionary Unabridged. There are eight definitions with eight examples: “…a strong affection for or attachment or devotion to…” persons or things or interests or deity or “…in tennis, a score of zero.”

The question here, however, is do animals do it? We’ve talked about how Lucy goose “loved corn,” as did the other Hen House birds. I could relate to the eagerness in which she raced to my hand to gobble as much as she could before the chickens got to me. She didn’t Read More

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Home Country: When Pets Pass

Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
 
Desdemona died sometime in the night. Aunt Ada had the cat since she was a tiny kitten, and she was naturally heartbroken. So was Boots, Desdemona’s partner in crime and play and food and everything else that makes life worthwhile for two old cats.
 
Through her tears, Aunt Ada wondered if she could’ve noticed something or had done something differently that would have given Desdemona back to her for a while longer, but there just wasn’t anything. The cat had looked good at bedtime, and was gone before the sun came up.
 
What if? Well, what if she’d done
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Fr. Glenn: Meeting Together

By Rev. Glenn Jones
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church
Los Alamos

Hearty congratulations to the First Baptist Church of Los Alamos, which on Monday, Aug. 14 celebrates their 70th anniversary! May God continue to bless you as you endeavor in your continued efforts to bring many to Our Lord Jesus Christ, and to deepen the faith of those already in your congregation. Sure, we have some differences in beliefs and interpretations, but our goals are the very same—to carry out the mission entrusted by Jesus to His followers: to make disciples of all nations, teaching the goodness of loving God above Read More

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Pastor Granillo: Commitment Part 2

By Pastor Raul Granillo

La Vista Church of the Nazarene
White Rock

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible. George Burns

As a pastor, I understand the importance of the economy of words; I think that most pastors do. We realize that we only have a limited amount of time to convey an infinitely important biblical message. (No pressure!) For most people, the adage is correct and the mind can only absorb what the seat can endure. This, of course, presents a challenge for the preacher—how to pack the most bang into a message Read More

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Letter To The Editor: Proper Use Of Units In Electrical Matters … Does Matter

By BRUCE BLEVINS
Chief Technical Officer, Ph.D.
Antenna Development Corporation
Las Cruces
 
Perhaps I am too concerned with the proper use of units in electrical matters. Here is a short tutorial (perhaps of interest to Andy Andrews link):
  • We pay for electricity in units of kWh – that is, the integrated product of the power consumption times the length of time. For example, a 1 kW load uses an energy of 1 kWh. Reduced to the basic terms of electrical energy, the number of Joules (energy). The equations of physics and engineering very carefully state the units to, among other things,
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Letter To The Editor: School Choice Needed For Education Progress In New Mexico

By PAUL J. GESSING, president
New Mexico’s Rio Grande Foundation
 
It’s back to school time in New Mexico. But throughout the summer three big education-related headlines have framed education policy issues that will impact our school children this year and for years to come:
  • The recently-completed court hearing as to whether New Mexico’s education system is “adequate” and whether the courts should attempt to force legislators to spend as much as an extra $600 million on K-12;
  • Sen. Mimi Stewart, a liberal Democrat and union supporter spoke at an education-related conference
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Letter To The Editor: UNM-LA’s Community Internship Collaboration Is A Great Program!

By KURT BENNER
White Rock

Dear Community,

With school starting on the 17th, I want to let you know about something I did last semester that was awesome! I gained valuable experience, learned a lot, and EARNED 1 credit at UNMLA and $600.

How did I do this? I was an intern with the Community Internship Collaboration – a joint venture between LAHS, UNM-LA and businesses in our community.

This program will start again this semester. There are limited opportunities and if you are interested, you MUST ATTEND one of the upcoming orientation sessions:

  • Wednesday, Aug. 23, 3:30-5:00 room 608 at UNM-LA; and
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