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Menu Announced For 3rd Annual ¡Fiesta Los Alamos!

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Courtesy/RotarySTARS

ROTARY STARS News:

The Los Alamos Rotary STARS have just released details of the menu for the 3rd Annual ¡Fiesta Los Alamos!

Blue Window Bistro is providing the food for this popular event that takes place 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 at Fuller Lodge.

Appetizers: Chips and Dip Bar

  • Homemade blue and white corn tortilla chips
  • Charred tomato salsa
  • Queso blanco
  • Roasted tomatillo salsa
  • Citrus ceviche
  • Spicy pineapple salsa
  • Guacamole

Entrees:

  • Green chile chicken enchiladas
  • Pork and red chile stew
  • Authentic Mexican taco bar
    • Tamarind and pineapple shrimp tacos with roasted corn
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VFW Auxiliary Fundraising Dinner 6 p.m. Friday

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VFW Auxiliary News:

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary would like to invite the public for a pulled-pork sandwich fundraising dinner at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18 at the VFW Post, 1793 Deacon St.

The dinner will be prepared by Smokin’ Bear BBQ and will consist of pulled pork sandwiches, coleslaw, baked beans and dessert. Proceeds will help support Veterans and other non-profit organizations.

Stop by the VFW and enjoy a great meal and help support the VFW Auxiliary in this great fundraising event. Tickets are available for purchase at the VFW or at the door on the day the of the event.

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Youth Helping Refugee Youth Drive Huge Success

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Shown in a sea of backpacks, supplies and Youth Helping Refugee Youth items are Sarah Crotzer, left, and Madelyn Crotzer, who helped kick off the youth drive by contacting their friends on social media to pass the word along. Courtesy photo
 
ILA News:
 
Thanks to the efforts of Los Alamos middle school and high school youth, students of refugee families settled in Albuquerque will start the new school year in style!
 
An outpouring of support provided the needed new socks, deodorant, lunch boxes, water bottles, earbuds, thumb drives, and gift cards being sought in the week-long
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Letter To The Editor: You Can Be Racist. You Can Be A Christian. You Cannot Be Both.

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Statement From La Vista Church
White Rock

The ideologies of any organization or individual that claim the superiority of race over another is absolutely incompatible with the message of the Christian Bible.

Racism is an abhorrent sin against humanity and God. Entities such as the KKK, white nationalists, neo-Nazi’s, or other such racist organizations are evil and in complete opposition to the Christian Bible.

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Inspection Operation Puts 17 Commercial Vehicles ‘Out Of Service’ Near Waldo

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NMSP News:
 
New Mexico State Police officers participated in a Weight and Inspection Operation, Aug. 1-3, near Waldo off I-25.
 
During a 72-hour period, CVSA-certified commercial motor vehicle inspectors with the New Mexico State Police conducted inspections of commercial motor vehicles and their drivers, with an emphasis on infractions that would cause them to be placed Out of Service. Over the duration of the operation, two New Mexico State Police CVSA-certified officers and four Inspectors weighed more than 1,228 vehicles, completed 59 inspections and put 17 vehicles
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Griggs: Taking The Train To Los Alamos

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The train station in Lamy, only a few miles from Santa Fe. Board Amtrak’s Southwest Chief here. Westbound Train #3 goes to Los Angeles, and Eastbound #4 goes to Chicago. Photo by David Griggs/ladailypost.com

 

By DAVID GRIGGS
Los Alamos Daily Post

 

Good news for train travelers: You can book a reservation through Amtrak to travel to and from Los Alamos and White Rock.

 

Heading for Chicago or Los Angeles? You can take Amtrak from either Los Alamos or White Rock. Calling them “Thruway Bus Connections”, Amtrak goes the extra mile and delivers you to many destinations that are not on

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LAPD: Let’s Work Together To Make School Year Safe

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LAPD News:

With school starting this Thursday, Aug. 17, the Los Alamos Police Department will be stepping up its presence in designated school zones throughout the communty.

While all drivers have a responsibility of adjusting their driving habits during school hours, parents of school children have a responsibility as well in keeping kids safe. Please pay attention to your speed and watch for children at cross walks.

Also be mindful of school busses loading and unloading children. Give yourself extra time if you are taking children to school and buckle everyone up.

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Scenes From First Baptist Church Of Los Alamos 70 Year Anniversary Celebration

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Brian Sedlacek fires up the grill during the First Baptist Church of Los Alamos’s anniversary celebration Sunday at Urban Park. The church celebrated its 70th anniversary. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Nate King, left, and Kreg Gauss enjoy the festivities at the First Baptist Church of Los Alamos 70th anniversary celebration Sunday at Urban Park. Photo by Kirsten laskey/ladailypost.com

Abe Dispennette, left, and Joe Wermer take part in the First Baptist Church of Los Alamos annviersary celebration Sunday at Urban Park. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

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How The Hen House Turns: Love From; Between Animals

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By CARY NEEPER
Formerly of Los Alamos

The noun love takes up a full three inches in my beloved 1980 edition of Webster’s New Twentieth Century Dictionary Unabridged. There are eight definitions with eight examples: “…a strong affection for or attachment or devotion to…” persons or things or interests or deity or “…in tennis, a score of zero.”

The question here, however, is do animals do it? We’ve talked about how Lucy goose “loved corn,” as did the other Hen House birds. I could relate to the eagerness in which she raced to my hand to gobble as much as she could before the chickens got to me. She didn’t Read More

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