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Weekly Fishing Report Oct. 10

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 10, 2017

By GEORGE MORSE

Sports and Outdoors

Los Alamos Daily Post

The heavy rains we had last week dramatically raised streamflows across Northern New Mexico. In some streams, the flow is two-to-three times what they would normally be at this time of year.

This is great news for the fish, which will benefit from the heavier flows and murkier water. They will be more difficult to catch and will have a lot more food to feed on. The fall-spawning brown trout may have better natural reproduction, with less chance of their spawning redds where the eggs are hatching being left high and dry by low water levels.

The Read More

McQuiston: Common Misconceptions About Personal Umbrella Policy

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 10, 2017

ALLEN MCQUISTON

The Jemez Agency

One thing I’ve learned over the years is there are several common misconceptions regarding personal umbrella insurance policies.

And I can certainly empathize with these folks since the term “umbrella” can be interpreted a number of ways. An umbrella policy is actually excess liability insurance. Here are some of the more common misconceptions and the truth behind them.

Misconception #1: “I have an umbrella policy. I don’t need to worry about insuring my jewelry or fine art.”

Unfortunately, it does not. For starters, a personal

Home Country: Gates Of Heaven

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 9, 2017

Home Country

By SLIM RANDLES

The food’s awfully good down at the Gates of Heaven Chinese Restaurant. The valley’s other Delbert, Delbert Chin, has been putting on a decent feed there since he came to this country many years ago.

We like that lunch buffet. All you can eat, of course, and he makes this pink sauce that’s out of this world. You can put it on everything. And you want to. He asked me once why I used so much of it, and I told him if I had enough of that sauce, I could live on cardboard boxes and bedding straw.

But there’s something else about Delbert, too. He is so proud of

Garcia Richard: Science Under Threat

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 8, 2017

By Rep. STEPHANIE GARCIA RICHARD

Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and Santa Fe

I represent Los Alamos; where we take science seriously. And here we know two things: we know that we want our students to be taught real science. So why should we teach any other student in New Mexico anything less than that? And we know that if our students are taught anything less than rigorous, demanding scientific theory, then they will be left out.

You may have seen the NM Public Education Department’s version of the science standards described by a national magazine with the headline: “New Mexico doesn’t want you Read More

Fr. Glenn: Free To Be Whom We Will To Be

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 8, 2017

By Rev. Glenn Jones

Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church

Los Alamos

The Las Vegas shooting, of course, dominated the news this week, as tragedies often do. Remembering that massacre, it’s timely that the Gospel that we read at our Catholic Mass this weekend is the parable of the vineyard owner and the rebellious tenants (Matthew 21:33-43). One very poignant verse in that Gospel passage comes when the owner had finished preparing his vineyard, and “…he leased it to tenants and went on a journey”—a seemingly almost offhand remark, but it speaks volumes about our world.

As we think about Las Vegas, Read More

Pastor Granillo: Generational Gap

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 8, 2017

By Pastor Raul Granillo

La Vista Church of the Nazarene

White Rock

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age — I missed it coming and going. – J.B. Priestly

I am definitely a Generation X’er. I grew up as a latchkey kid, with divorced parents, who watched actual music videos on MTV, and knew how to tweak the TV enough to watch Showtime after dark. My mother is part of the Silent Generation. She is a firm believer in “waste not, want not,” simple living, and traditional values.

My father, on the other hand, is a bit harder to place.

Letter To The Editor: It Starts With Me!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 7, 2017

By MIKE LIPPIATT

2017 Campaign Chair

UWNNM Board of Directors

Fellow Los Alamos Community Members,

IT STARTS WITH ME! Such a true statement in all that we set out to do, and because of that I am extremely honored to serve our community through the United Way of Northern New Mexico (UWNNM), as one of our 2017 campaign chairs. I have stepped up to the plate in this capacity because I whole heartedly believe in the critical services our United Way of Northern New Mexico helps to make possible in our community.

In addition to my individual support, and the cornerstone partnership my company shares with Read More

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