OBITUARY: James “Danny” Doss
JAMES “DANNY” DOSS 1939–May 17, 2012
James “Danny” Doss, 73, of Los Alamos passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 17, 2012 with his family at his side, and is now in Paradise in the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Danny Doss was a long time resident of Los Alamos, retiring in 1999 from a career as an electrical engineer with the Los Alamos National Laboratory where he worked on a variety of projects, including particle accelerators and biomedical technology used in cancer therapy.
Many others knew Danny Doss as the author of 17 “Charlie Moon Mysteries,” the first of which Read More
How the Affordable Care Act is Working for New Mexico
By Sen. Jeff Bingaman
In the two years since Congress passed the health insurance reform law, called the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there has been a lot of debate about its merits. As we move closer to implementing some of the most significant pieces of that law, I’d like to highlight reasons why New Mexico will be one of the nation’s biggest winners from the improvements in the ACA.
Nearly one in five New Mexicans lacks health insurance, making New Mexico the state with the second-highest rate of uninsured in the country. The cost of treating the uninsured is being passed along to those who have insurance, Read More
Mother’s Day – Sentiment Not Profit
Column by Kay Kerbyson
How did Mother’s Day begin? Well you would be forgiven for thinking it was a business ploy to sell off all the cute fluffy toys that didn’t get sold on Valentines and Easter.
But in essence, Mother’s Day goes back as far as ancient Greece and Roman times, as a day of appreciation.
The most modern version of the day started in England as Mothering Sunday, a day when workers were allowed time to visit their mothers, as well as attending church.
In America, the early English settlers often disapproved of secular holidays and the idea never really took off, until Anna Jarvis lobbied Read More
Our Threatened Jemez Forests
Rep. Jim Hall of White Rock, center, during a workshop in the Jemez last week focused on changing forest management policies based on current forestry science. Courtesy photo
Column by Rep. Jim Hall
I attended a Desired Condition Workshop May 9 and May 10. The workshop was a joint effort of the Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University, the Forest and Watershed Institute at New Mexico Highlands University and the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute at Colorado State University.
The focus was on the changing forest management policies based on current Read More
Nature Center Would Enhance Community
The current location at the Little Valley/UNM-LA building on Orange Street has served a useful purpose in demonstrating these values to the community.
Deer Trap Mesa: May 6, 2012
PAJARITO RAMBLER…
Column by Nina Thayer
Deer Trap Mesa has been our family’s favorite hike for more than 30 years, so there shouldn’t be any surprises, right? Wrong!
Yesterday we set out on the trail that leaves from the very end of Barranca Road on a typically windy Sunday afternoon.
We were greeted immediately by dozens of Beardtongue, the 10- to 15-inch tall stately blue-purple member of the Penstemon group of the Snapdragon Family.
I had not remembered seeing them in past years.
Before we had covered a hundred yards, we spotted large white Read More
Smokin’
Column by Bonnie J. Gordon
Although I’ve always been a fairly girly girl, I try not to let it stand in the way of enjoying those things usually associated with guys.
I don’t watch sports or play video games, but I have been known to play poker, drink single malt scotch and hang out at the track.
I’ve never felt more like a member of the boys’ club than when I’m smoking a cigar. I stumbled into the pleasures of a good cigar when I set out to buy a gift for a cigar-smoking friend.
This friend lets me hang out on his boat, drink lots of beer and act really silly a few times a year, which greatly enhances my mental Read More