Montaño: Hilltopper Hoops Roundup
By RJ Montañorjmontano@ladailypost.com
Boys’ Basketball
BELEN – The Los Alamos Hilltopper boys’ basketball team finished in third place at the Hub City Tournament at Belen High School. The ‘Toppers beat Mission Achievement and Success Charter out of Albuquerque in the first round by a 69-23 score to advance to the winners bracket.
The ‘Toppers ran into a strong 6-A Manzano team, also out of Albuquerque, losing a very tight contest 71-65. The Monarchs ended up winning the Hub City Tournament over host Belen.
In the third place game, Los Alamos faced another 6-A team in the Read More
Home Country: It Must Have Been The Weather
Home CountryCinema Cindy Reviews: ‘The Star’
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMBCinema Cindy Reviews: Wonder
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB“Wonder” can be a chosen attitude toward life. It is also the name of a new movie about a 5th grader in New York City who is going to school for the first time.
The 5th grader is August Pullman who was born with a genetic defect called “Treacher Collins Syndrome” resulting in his having a disfigured face. He has been home schooled for years, but now, his parents feel, it is time he went to school with other kids and learned to deal with the real world.
Auggie realizes that kids will recoil at the sight of his face. Yet he hopes for better. Maybe someone will want to be his friend.
Letter To The Editor: Splash Pools And GRT Windfalls
By KHAL SPENCER
We have elections for a reason,and as Terry Goldman recently opined, Council is empowered to make decisions on what to build and how to fund it subject to public input at regular intervals, i.e., election day, or at other critical times through referendum.
The question of whether to build a more elaborate aquatic center is one of those decisions we as a community make, either directly via a bond issue or via a vote bycouncil to spend our money.
Letter To The Editor: Kiwanis Club Says Thank You For Breakfast With Santa Success!
By ANN HAYESThe Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos wishes to thank all those who helped to make our recent Breakfast with Santa successful.
Good weather and spirits brought out an enthusiastic, record-breaking crowd. Special thanks go to Del Norte Credit Union for their continued generous support of this event.
To the hundreds of attendees who came to see Santa and to donate food to LA Cares and money for the Foster Children program, thank you for reminding us that the Christmas spirit is alive and well in Los Alamos.
And lastly, without the help of the Key Club, Builders Read More
Fr. Glenn: Lessons From A Coyote
By Rev. Glenn JonesWalking across our frigid parking lot last Thursday morning, as I often do I saw a coyote trotting along the edge in that characteristic coyote lope … returning from her journey to who-knows-where (likely scavenging around the high school … gnawing on tender freshmen now and again?) But this isn’t just any ol’ coyote; she’s the same one I’ve seen skulking about since early spring—easily recognized by an apparent malady reducing her fur to a minimum. Indeed, it often required a long look to confirm her really AS a coyote.
I know Read More
