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Rumelia Packs the Pyramid Saturday Night

Diners packed the Pyramid Restaurant in Mari Mac Saturday night to hear Rumelia and watch local folk dancers perform in the aisles. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Food on the Hill: Crème Brulee Pie

This week’s Recipe:

Crème Brulee Pie

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

It took me three tries to get this pie to turn out. Sometimes everyone has trouble in the kitchen. The first try never congealed. It was a wet mess! The second filling was boiled too long and went into the hard cracked stage of sugar, and had a deep burned taste. The third time was the charm. You must watch the sugar boiling. You have about 15 seconds of a window that it needs to come off the stove top before you have over-cooked it.

I start with a freezer pie crust. Thaw it for about 10 minutes and press the areas together Read More

They’re Off! Local Teens Jet to Europe

Twenty four Los Alamos High School students are jetting off from the Albuquerque Sunport for an educational tour of Europe June 13-25. The Los Alamos Daily Post will be following their progress and publishing updates and photos from the trip. Courtesy photo
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How the Hen House Turns: Turkey Two

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

Turkey Two, these days, like Turkey One, barks at me when I open the back door, but it is only one small sound in a chorus of demanding honks, croaks, and quacks from the pen, insisting, “Let us out of here. Now!”

Since Turkey Two never quite bonded with me, the whole pecking order thing took a bad turn when she matured. Having been raised by a devoted white Silkie chicken, Turkey Two knew me only as a big female creature who daily invaded her territory and stole eggs from all the birds.

Her challenge, Read More

White Rock Baptist Church Vacation Bible School Starts Monday

WRBC News:

White Rock Baptist Church will hold its annual Vacation Bible School next week, 8:45 a.m. to noon June 17 through June 21.

All children ages four years old through sixth grade are welcome. 

This year’s theme is Colossal Coaster World, and children will learn about facing fear and trusting God. 

The church will host VBS Family Night, Friday June 21, which will include a short music program and a barbecue dinner for children who attend VBS and their families. White Rock Baptist Church is at 80 N.M. 4 in White Rock. 

Register for VBS online at www.wrbcnm.org or call Read More

Hygea Health Bite: 4 Simple Ways to Stay Healthy at Work

Hygea Health Bite
By LISA C. BAKOSI

4 Simple Ways to Stay Healthy at Work

Is your office to blame for your muffin top? Trying to be healthy in an unhealthy workplace can be tough.

Over the years, I have been the unhealthy slug in the office and I have also been the annoying healthy one that people loath at parties. This column includes a few of my top strategies for staying healthy without becoming the annoying health nut at work. 

Keep a water bottle at work…

Water, in my opinion, is the easiest healthy habit to get into and it has the fastest payoff. You need at least half of your body weight in ounces Read More

Food on the Hill: Very Garlic Pasta

 
This week’s Recipe:
 
Very Garlic Pasta
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
Ingredients:
5-8 cloves garlic, pressed
3/4 cup olive oil
2 Tablespoons rice vinegar
1 can sliced black olives
2/3 cup red onion, chopped
1/2 cup bacon, cooked and crushed
1 cup celery, chopped6 to 8 oz sharp cheddar cheese(I like Grafton, 2 year aged stock.) You can use the aged Tillamook cheese as a replacement. This must be made with aged cheddar or it will not taste right.

Directions

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Mix together Read More

Solo Traveler: Traveling For Inspiration

Solo Traveler: Traveling for inspiration
Column by SHERRY HARDAGE

People who travel broadly do it for a variety of reasons. Personally I love to experience life and culture outside the realm to which I’ve become accustomed.

And in the process, I am often inspired to look at an incident and see it in a wider global context, to put some normal life occurrence into a broader perspective. Once in a while, poetry even gets written.

Iceberg in Alaska. Photo by Sherry Hardage

Alaskan Excursion

The tough old bird
yelled at the clueless
land-living tourists,
gawking at the iceberg
instead of paying attention
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First Baptist Church Holds Vacation Bible School

FBC News:

First Baptist Church, 2200 Diamond. Dr., will host Vacation Bible School from 9 a.m.-noon, June 17-21.

Children ages four through just completed sixth grade are welcome. Fifth and sixth graders will be used as “Leaders in Training” helpers.

At 11:45 a.m., Friday, parents and siblings are invited to a program to hear the VBS kids sing songs and recite their Scripture memory verses, followed by a free indoor picnic in the gym.

Pre-register by going to www.fbc-la.org and clicking on “Register for VBS,” then on “learner registration,” or arrive Read More

Do Taiji in the Park This Summer

Staff Report:

Taiji in the Park at Ashley Pond continues through the summer, weather permitting, three times a week, at 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays, 8-9 a.m. Thursdays and 10-11 a.m. Saturdays.  

This program is free and open to the public. Instructor KokHeong McNaughton and some of her advanced Taiji students will take turn leading the practice sessions.

The sessions begin with a walk around Ashley Pond to pick up trash as a public service, so bring a small plastic bag and gloves if you wish.This is followed by 15 minutes of warm-up Qigong exercises using the first set of the Taiji Qigong 18 Forms routine, Read More

Create a Wildflower Meadow at PEEC

Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Gail Haggard of Plants of the Southwest will come to Los Alamos at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 13 to create a wildflower meadow near PEEC’s new Mud Kitchen, and participants can watch and learn.

Have you wanted to have a profusion of wildflowers in your yard but aren’t sure how to go about it?  Haggard will share tips about how to seed an area to create that beautiful effect. She’ll also discuss which seeds work best, when to plant, and how to care for your flowers.

Plants of the Southwest has been in operation in Santa Fe since 1976 and Haggard has been working there since it opened. Read More

Registration for Dog Training Starts June 10

Kalem Smith and Bantu do agility training. Courtesy/Carl Necker

LADOC News:

Registration for the next session of dog training classes offered by the Los Alamos Dog Obedience Club (LADOC) will begin June 10.  

Classes this session include Puppy Kindergarten, Basic Manners, Intermediate Agility, Recall and Competitive Obedience, and will begin the week of July 8.

Class schedule, registration guidelines and registration form will be available on the LADOC website  at http://ladoc.dogbits.com/ and at the LADOC building at 246 East Road, Los Alamos.

Registration is first-come, Read More

Demonstration Garden Fair 9 a.m. to Noon Saturday

LAMG News:

The Los Alamos Master Gardeners will hold a free Demonstration Garden Fair 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 8 at the Demonstration Garden, located on the corner of Oppenheimer and Central Avenue in Los Alamos.

Mini-talks will be held regarding gopher management and garden pests. Another feature will be a plant clinic to which visitors may bring ill plants, pesky insects, questions and concerns.

Los Alamos Master Gardeners will be in the Garden to provide information on the different sections of the garden and specific plants.

A plant sale of plants grown by Master Gardeners will be held Read More

Immaculate Heart of Mary Hosts 26 Pilgrims

Courtesy/IHM

Courtesy/IHM

IHM News:

Twenty six pilgrims arrived Thursday at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church on Canyon Road in Los Alamos.

They are traveling from Albuquerque to Chimayo on a pilgrimage for vocations of all kinds: they are praying and walking for an increased number of priests, nuns, and religious men and women.

Their journey, which began Monday, will end Sunday in Chimayo, 100 miles from start to finish. Five different groups of pilgrims started from different locations this week and will converge as they walk towards Chimayo.

This group is one of two female groups Read More

How the Hen House Turns: Two Bear Attacks

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

During late summer 2002, I split the pen surrounding the Hen House in order to provide egg-laying privacy and security for an old red hen named Jupiter. A white Silkie chicken was busy raising the two Polish chicks and one turkey chick who had recently survived two bear attacks.

It was the second summer after the big fire of 2000 that had burned over 400 homes and acres of forest on the periphery of town. The bears were very hungry. One bear ate great chunks from the redwood posts on our front deck and tore several shingles Read More

Fellowship, Dinner, Music, Scripture at TOTH Sunday

Members of the Generations band perform at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church June 9. Courtesy photo.

TOTH News:

As Father’s Day approaches, we want to bring attention to God the Father as our parent: our perfect parent. He loves us unconditionally. He always forgives us. He wants us to be happy. He wants us to honor Him, as we should our own parents. 

Love brings forth forgiveness and honor—it is the key. Love shines through in our relationships, be it parent to child or friendships. Friendships strengthen our bonds with one another and give us a sense of belonging, a sense of security.

We Read More

Food on the Hill: Reindeer Balls

This week’s Recipe:
Reindeer Balls
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
Ingredients:
 
First  List:
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups chopped dates
 
Second list:
1 1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 1/2 cup Rice Krispies
Coconut
 
Directions:
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Bring first set of ingredients to boil for 2 minutes.

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Take off heat and add second set, mix well.

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Shape into balls and roll in coconut. Keep in Read More

Solo Traveler: Pueblo Magico Comitán de Domíngues

Solo Traveler
Column by SHERRY HARDAGE

Pueblo Magico Comitán de Domíngues

The Mexican Tourism Board has given the designation Pueblo Magico to a number of cities around the country.

It is an honor indicating a place of exceptional beauty, historical significance, and tourist opportunities that provide a “magical” experience.

Most of them are colonial cities, built during the first 150 years of Spanish occupation. Some, like San Cristóbal de las Casas and Comitán de Domíngues in Chiapas, were founded a mere 50 years after Cortes invaded Mexico.

Comitán is lower in altitude than Read More

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