Styron: County Community Services Corner
By CORY STYRON
Community Services Department Director
Los Alamos County
With spring right around the corner, staff in the divisions comprising the Community Services Department (CSD) are working hard to improve and expand programming in time for the busy outdoor season. We’d like to highlight some of the key projects and expanded programming we have for the summer, from increased hours to several facility renovations, and the many opportunities for the community to participate in the planning process.
If you have any questions, contact me at cory.styron@lacnm.us or any of the staff contacts. Read More
Fuselier: The Monsters We Create
I’ve wanted to write about all the anger that is present these days, but broaching a topic that leads us to be our worst self isn’t that easy. Perhaps it’s not as bad as it seems, just amplified by all the political pundits on cable TV and social media and those chasing power and hoping to stoke the flames of anger so they can motivate us to blindly do their wishes.
Whether amplified or not, there are many in our society who have little if any inhibition to expressing anger whenever the feel angry. I’m not sure when this started to become acceptable, but societies have historically Read More
Meadows: The Importance Of How You Eat
By JENNIFER MEADOWS
Deeply Rooted Nutritional Therapy
Los Alamos
You’ve probably heard the term “fight, flight, or freeze” in relation to how we respond to stress. When we are in a stressful situation, our bodies are more concerned about survival than anything else. Our autonomic nervous system (ANS) enters into a sympathetic state, meaning we are on high alert. We either fight back, flee the scene, or shut down/freeze until the situation (a perceived threat) has been resolved, and it is safe to move on.
When the sympathetic system is activated, adrenaline is released, our heart rate increases, Read More
Dannemann: Nine Stealth City Elections
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
©2024 New Mexico News Services
Nine municipal governments around New Mexico held local elections a couple of weeks ago. If you didn’t know anything about this, you’re in good company.
For these municipalities, according to the Secretary of State, there were a total of 122,035 eligible voters. Of those, 9,785 voted. That is 8.02%.
In the off-year consolidated local elections last November, the average turnout was about 20%, or two and a half times as much as this turnout. The municipalities that held elections in March were Artesia, Clovis, Española, Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: March 19, 2024
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
Our neighbor to the North, Colorado, got absolutely hammered with snow last week. Some communities received 60 inches of snow and two feet and more were common throughout the Central Rocky Mountains.
It’s been a good year for snow in Colorado and New Mexico. This will likely result in a strong spring runoff with heavy currents and murky water. Fishing these swollen rivers and streets can be challenging. A good tactic is to fish the edges of the current. Dropping your bait or fly into pockets of slower water behind streamside rocks and boulders Read More
Robinson: Remembering Linda Davis, Best Cowboy On The Place
Linda Davis was named New Mexico Cattleman of the Year in 1990. Photo by Sherry Robinson
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services
If ranchers had royalty, Linda Davis would have worn a crown. She grew up on legendary ranches in northeastern New Mexico, began riding a horse as a toddler, and operated the historic CS Ranch with husband Les. He said she was the best cowboy on the place.
Linda died at home on her beloved land on Feb. 18. She was 93.
Born to Albert and Julia Mitchell on July 11, 1930, Linda was the fourth generation to grow up on the Tequesquite Ranch near Mosquero in Harding Read More
Amateur Naturalist: Springtime Clusters
Red colored clusters of flowers are emerging from a stem. Photo by Robert Dryja
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
March could be called the springtime clustering month. Both plants and animals begin to appear in different kinds of clusters as the weather begins to become warmer. A flower may emerge on tree branch as part of a group that grows close together. Picture 1 shows several clusters of red-colored flowers emerging on a tree stem. Pollen bearing anthers appear as red-colored stems coming out of orange colored sepals. What looks like a single flower at a distance is actually several small flowers Read More