Lifestyles

Last Day For 2015 Bandelier Shuttle Is Tuesday

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Atomic City Transit shuttle bus making one of the last runs between White Rock and Bandelier National Monument for 2015. Courtesy/NPS Photo

BANDELIER News:

After making runs between Bandelier and White Rock 18 times a day, and 24 on weekends, since late May, the Atomic City Transit shuttle service wraps up for this season at the end of the day Tuesday, Oct. 27. 

After that visitors will be able to drive directly to the Bandelier Visitor Center parking lot all through the day.

“After the Las Conchas Fire in 2011 resulted in flashfloods that made much of our parking area unusable, we had to come

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Massage Now Available At The Y

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Massage Therapist Catherine Andrea Martinez

Y News:

Therapeutic Massage is available at the Y beginning Nov. 1 through a partnership with Massage by Catherine Andrea.

Owner Catherine Andrea Martinez, LMT 8264, will be offering massages out of the White Rock Y location and at the Y Express in downtown Los Alamos. 

“While many think of massage as a luxury, it can be a life-changing, empowering and useful means of correction, and a preventative intervention in regards to muscular dysfunction,” Martinez said. “Poor posture, incorrect body mechanics in repetitive movement and strange Read More

LAVNS Hosts Community Memorial Service

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LAVNS News:

Each year the Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service (LAVNS) holds a Community Memorial Service to honor those we have loved and those who have died.

LAVNS would like to invite everyone in the community to this, our 20th annual memorial program.

A simple non-denominational service is held with a ceremony of flowers when family members and friends have an opportunity to briefly remember the loved ones and place a flower into our memorial vase. (Flowers provided by Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service).

This year our memorial is 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 at Fuller Lodge. Light refreshments follow Read More

Pastor Granillo: Life After, or Before, Death?

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By Pastor Raul Granillo
Los Alamos

“If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men” (1 Corinthians 15:19 NIV).

There are, and have always seemed to have been, those who think that the concept of a god is nice for establishing morals in society but it really serves no other purpose. There are some think that religion has outgrown its usefulness and is only a source of ignorance and intolerance. Today, there are a great number of people who believe that Jesus was a great moral teacher, but nothing more; and most certainly not a god nor the only real God.

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Community Invited To Hamburger Night Monday

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COMMUNITY News:

The Northern New Mexico United Way Youth Team is gearing up to host its annual Hamburger Night fundraiser.

This year the event is 5:30-8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 26 at High Elevation Restaurant at 1789 Central Ave. It’s the community’s night to dine on juicy hamburgers, take the opportunity to check out Los Alamos’ newest restaurant and help the United Way Youth Team raise funds for youth programs in the local community.

Prices start at $15 for adults and $10 for students and dressing in Halloween costumes is encouraged but optional. Read More

Leadership Los Alamos Class Supports Habitat For Humanity’s Local Home Building Project

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Members of the 2015-2016 Leadership Los Alamos class, from left, Jonathan Henley, Cindy Hayes, Habitat for Humanity Director Yvonne Maestas and (John) David Jolley met Monday at Ruby K’s with Maestas to discuss how they can support the current house building project in Los Alamos. Photo by Nancy Coombs
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College Care Packages Support Educational Travel For LAHS Seniors

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EDUCATION News:

Send your college student a College Care Package from Los Alamos and support educational travel for 2016 seniors.

To raise funds for their summer tour, Europe 2016, travelers are putting together personalized packages again filled with gifts from home for happy college students.

For $30, Europe 2016 travelers will fill a College Care Package with treats (homemade cookies, candy, hot chocolate, tea; school supplies (sticky notes, pens, pencils); personal items (razors, toothbrushes, tissues); local fare (red and green chile); Halloween surprises (candy corn, pumpkin-related Read More

Solo Traveler: Big Mistakes

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Solo Traveler
By SHERRY HARDAGE
Big Mistakes

When I look back on the last five years of traveling I find that I now make fewer mistakes. It’s helpful to think about what the worst mistakes were and what I started doing differently as a result.

The Biggest Mistake of All – Too Much Stuff

On a three-month trip to Europe I took summer clothes, plenty of warmer clothes for fall, and a heavy winter jacket because I would be in Turkey and Italy in December. I packed hiking boots, shoes, sandals, a pair of dressy shoes and a nice dinner dress. I had enough underwear for two weeks and a small backpack with all the stuff Read More

How The Hen House Turns: A Book Review

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How the Hen House Turns
By CAROLYN (CARY) NEEPER Ph.D.
A Book Review

This is a review of “He Saw A Hummingbird” by Norma Lee Browning and Russell Ogg, Midland, Mich. Northwood Institute Press, 1978.

A patient and insightful wife guides her husband through the loss of his ability to see—all but the flash of color from the hummingbirds that come to their feeders.

The wife’s personal story, told in this book, is a guide and an inspiration for us all, as is his recovery from despair and his persistence and attention to detail that enable him to produce artistic photographs of the tiny birds he loves.

The Read More