Lifestyles

Changes Announced For This Week’s ‘The Gathering Sunday’ Of Northern New Mexico Revival Center

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Northern New Mexico Revival Center. Courtesy photo
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
The Sunday Gathering, a ministry of the Northern New Mexico Revival Center, will not meet this Sunday afternoon, Nov. 15.
 
Instead, the Sunday Gathering participants will join with other Christians from around the community for a Thanksgiving dinner being hosted by the Church of Christ. 
 
Pastors Dave and Dee Alei share their apologies for any inconvenience, and ask that those who had planned to attend the Sunday Gathering this week please
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Georgia Strickfaden Of Los Alamos Named New Mexico Tourism Professional Of The Year!

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Georgia Strickfaden of Los Alamos, right, with New Mexico Tourism Secretary Rebecca Latham this evening in Albuquerque where Strickfaden was named Tourism Professional of the year. Photo by Ryn Herrmann

Staff Report

Georgia Strickfaden of Los Alamos has been named the 2015 Tourism Professional of the Year by the New Mexico Hospitality Association.

New Mexico Tourism Secretary Rebecca Latham presented Strickfaden with the award during the annual Hospitality Awards event this evening at the Sheraton Uptown in Albuquerque. Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Marketing Manager Read More

Scenes From LAFC’s Boots And Black Tie Fall Ball

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Los Alamos Medical Center Marketing Director and Los Alamos Family Council Board Member Mary Beth Maassen, right, coordinated Saturday’s Boots and Black Tie Fall Ball at Hilton Buffalo Thunder. She presents certificates of appreciation to her committee, from left, Kimber Wallwork-Heineman, Helen Ortega and Johanna Jiron as LAFC Board Chair Colin Kelly looks on at right. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Medical Center CEO Feliciano Jiron with his wife Johann and their daughter McKenzie at Saturday’s Boots and Black Tie Fall Ball at Hilton Buffalo Thunder. Read More

Scenes From Kiwanis Autumn Wine Dinner

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Kiwanis President Lisa Wismer tosses a coin for participants playing ‘Heads or Tails’ where the winner splits the prize winnings with the Kiwanis Service Fund. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

The field narrows as the coin toss continues and participants lose the toss and sit down. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

Entertainment, fun, food and a worthy cause were served at the Oct. 24 Kiwanis Autumn Wine Dinner “Then and Now” in Kelly Hall at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church.

Kiwanis members and guests dined on food from the Manhattan Project Read More

Pastor Granillo: A Chosen People…

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By Pastor Raul Granillo
Los Alamos

But you are a chosen people… (1 Peter 2:9 NIV)

When my elementary school P.E. teacher told us we would be playing a team sport I would always throw out a quick prayer. “Dear God, please let our teacher pick me as a team captain.”

I did this because I knew that if I wasn’t chosen as a team captain then I would have to stand in the ranks and go through the torturous practice of being “picked”. I wasn’t athletic, and I wasn’t popular, so you can imagine how that went down for me. And when I was in school, your draft position said a great deal about what others thought of your talent Read More

Shop On The Corner Donating 100 Percent Of Nov. 11 Sales To Veterans Organizations

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TOTH News:
 
The Shop on the Corner, the thrift shop in the lower level of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, will donate all of its proceeds from purchases Nov. 11, Veterans’ Day, to veterans’ organizations both within and outside New Mexico. 
 
Shopping hours are 8:30 a.m. to noon, Wednesdays at 3900 Trinity Dr. “Please help to make this Veterans’ Day our best sale day yet, and take home a few treasures, too.”
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NCRTD Announces Veterans Day Holiday Closure

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NCRTD News:

The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that the RTD “Blue Buses,” RTD Chile Line and RTD Mountain Trail Route will not be in service Wednesday, Nov. 11, in observance of the Veterans Day holiday. 

Regularly scheduled bus service throughout north central New Mexico including Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos Counties will resume Thursday, Nov. 12.

The NCRTD thanks all veterans for the time they served and the sacrifices they and their families made for our country!

About NCRTD:

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LAVNS Hosts 20th Annual Hospice Memorial Service

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Community members gather at Sunday’s LAVNS Hospice Memorial Service at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Jennifer Bartram
 
Roaring Jelly, a local Irish band provided music Sunday’s memorial event. Photo by Jennifer Bartram
 
LAVNS News:
 
Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service Hospice hosted its 20th Annual Hospice Memorial Service Sunday, Nov. 1 at Fuller Lodge. 
 
The memorial brings together family, friends and staff members to remember those whom we have loved and lost over the past year. Family members are given a rose to place in vases when their
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Living Well Los Alamos: Holiday Turkey Safety

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Living Well Los Alamos
By HELEN IDZOREK
 
This is the time of year when we begin planning holiday meals.
 
Many of us will cook a turkey with all the trimmings to celebrate Thanksgiving. Though delicious, turkey dinners can be potential sources of food borne illness.
 
Harmful bacteria grow best in temperatures between 40°F and 140°F. The total time a turkey is held at this temperature danger zone should not be more than two hours.
 
How Long to Thaw?
 
Weight in Pounds ― Thawing Time in Refrigerator ― Thawing Time in Cold Water:
 
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Felicia Orth: Piñon And Portabellas

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Piñon Pine on Barranca. Courtesy photo
 
By FELICIA ORTH
Los Alamos
 
The Piñon Pine, or nut pine (Pinus edulis) was designated in 1948 as the state tree of New Mexico.
 
It grows slowly, not very tall, and is often found with juniper trees. We have one adjacent to our driveway, and have known it primarily for the copious amounts of fragrant sap it produces.
 
This year, presumably as a result of the rains in May and June, we found many pine nuts all over the ground nearby, and, like many local populations over the centuries, collected them in happy anticipation of adding the roasted
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