COUNTY News:
The project to enhance pedestrian and ADA accessibility along Trinity Drive from Oppenheimer to 39th Street is postponed to Aug. 12, due to unforeseen circumstances.
GM Emulsions is now scheduled to begin the project Wednesday, Aug. 12.
Direct questions or comments to the Public Works Department at 505.662.8150 or email LACPW@lacnm.us. Read More
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County’s Community Development Department and the Los Alamos Housing Partnership (LAHP) is still interested in receiving additional applications for consideration for funding under Cycle 5 of the Home Renewal Program.
The application process opened July 1. Residents who income qualify and require financial assistance to make repairs or improvements to their homes are encouraged to apply for this subsidized loan program. Homeowners are not required to make payments unless the home is sold or vacated.
Only four applications have been received to date, and the Read More
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Traffic & Streets Division will begin a Pavement Preservation Project Thursday, July 30 along Central Avenue.
Crews will patch the pavement between 15th Street and Oppenheimer Drive.
In order to limit business and resident disruption, this work has been scheduled to occur at night.
Crews will use a one-lane closure with a flagging operation 6-8 p.m. and beginning at 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. Friday, Central Avenue will be closed from 15th Street to Oppenheimer Drive.
It is anticipated that this work will be completed in one night.
Los Alamos County said it is committed Read More
LVCN News:
La Vista Church is changing things up a little and starting Sunday, Aug. 2, will move its worship service to 9:30 a.m. in the yard behind the church.
There will not be Sunday School, instead the congregation will break into small discussion groups after the sermon.
Children in preschool through 3rd grade will remain with their parents during the worship portion of the service, then will be dismissed to the back of the yard for Children’s Church after Children’s Time.
Children in 4th-6th grade will listen to the sermon, then form their own discussion group with an adult leader. Youth Read More
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES
Dud and I had just about finished solving the problems on page one and were about to start solving sports dilemmas when Bert mumbled something.
Now Bert, usually loquacious, was in one of his rare, but deadly, silent coffee mornings.
Normally he’d fill the Mule Barn truck stop with his pronouncements on life, love, literature and the price of cauliflower, but not today.
I took a sip and turned to Bert. “You say something, Bert?”
“Seeds and froth,” he mumbled.
“Seeds and froth?”
“It’s not like it was my fault, you know. What did I do? Hey, sometimes seeds and froth just happen Read More
‘Flying on Two Wheels: Travel in Coronavirus Lockdown’ at 7 p.m. Thursday on Zoom. Courtesy/LAC
LIBRARY news:
How far can you go while staying home? Did the recent lock down stifle your travel plans? Have you been using the time to travel locally? Have you discovered a new trail or tried “Everesting” on the ski hill?
The Los Alamos County Library System is hosting an event at 7 p.m., July 30 on Zoom to discuss Todd Miller’s essay for the Tucson Sentinel: “Flying on Two Wheels: Travel in Coronavirus Lockdown”.
The community is invited to share experiences with travel close to home.
White Rock Presbyterian Church News:
White Rock Presbyterian Church (WRPC) is offering weekly at-home Zoom Vespers Services 5-5:30 p.m. Sundays.
Intimate worship with scripture reading & reflection and time for prayer
Holy Communion (at home).
Piano music live 4:45-5 p.m. from WRPC Sanctuary. All are welcome!
Contact Pastor Deb Worley at pastor@wrpchurch.com/505-695-6423), for more information and or for the Zoom link. Read More
Mountain Pond: A shallow mountain pond reflects the blue sky and surrounding landscape in Fairplay, Colo. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Rainbow: Following rain showers in Fairplay, Colo., a rainbow formed over the grasslands just outside of town. This was a beautiful way to wrap up our stay. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos
During a recent outing, we spent a few days in Fairplay, Colo. and toured around the area.
The mountain range to the west of Fairplay is the Mosquito Range. There are five 14ers, mountains with an elevation of
By Fr. Glenn Jones
You may have seen the stories of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul—formerly the cathedral of the Orthodox faith built under Emperor Justinian I in the early 500s in the former Constantinople—being converted from the museum that it has been for the last several decades back into a mosque, which it was for several hundred years prior to that. An absolute jewel of architectural beauty, it has “changed hands” a number of times over the centuries—Orthodox cathedral to Catholic cathedral in the Crusades, back to Orthodox cathedral, then to mosque during the Ottoman conquest, to museum in Read More
Framing is taking shape Thursday on the senior housing complex as it moves west on DP Road. Photo by Ed Birnbaum Read More