Lifestyles

YMCA Improving Healthy Habits During Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

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YMCA News:
 
September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and while the dangers of childhood obesity are well chronicled, many families need support changing their children’s habits with the ultimate goal of improving health.
 
That’s why The Family YMCA—a leading voice on improving health—wants families to understand the dangers of childhood obesity and ways to reverse course through increased physical activity and improved eating habits.
 
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), childhood obesity has more than
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Exercise Buffs Circle Ashley Pond

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Since Curves has closed, the women who exercised there during early morning decided to meet for walking exercise at various places around town at 6:30 a.m. Here they are Wednesday morning circling Ashley Pond. One of the women estimated that six times around would equal one mile. Other venues they’ve visited include the Canyon Rim Trail, East Park Trail Head, Smith’s Marketplace, and the Los Alamos High School track. Photo by Inez Ross
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How The Hen House Turns: A Born Again Dog

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How the Hen House Turns
By CAROLYN (CARY) NEEPER Ph.D.
 
A Born Again Dog

She was a blond, with huge deep brown eyes that looked directly into mine until I wanted to cry out, “It’s all right. Everything’s going to be all right.”

Then she snuggled onto my lap and under my left arm and reached up to lick my face. I was new to her, a temporary foster human.

At first she trembled. She knew something was up. I kept stroking her gently, and within 10 minutes the trembling stopped. She’s was a toy cuddle-lover, probably not an inexpensive shelter dog. Her pile of “possessions” said that she had been loved.

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Food On The Hill: Honey/Lemon Verbena Poached Pears

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Honey and Lemon Verbena Poached Pears. Photo by Felicia Orth

Food On The Hil

By FELICIA ORTH
Los Alamos
 
Honey And Lemon Verbena Poached Pears

My friend Kok Heong McNaughton grows an extraordinary variety of vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers in her yard.

She recently gave me part of her harvest of lemon verbena leaves. I considered tea or other infusions before settling on a recipe for poached pears, adapted from a recipe by Daniel Orr to reduce sweetness. The recipe does not call for any alcohol in the poaching liquid, and is easily made ahead to be chilled before serving.

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UW Youth Team Hosts Dinner Over Diamond Sunday

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United Way Youth Team members stand ready to serve at last year’s Dinner Over Diamond fundraiser. Courtesy photo

 

By Emily Hopkins and Sidra Hsieh Ratliff
Los Alamos United Way Youth Team co-chairs

My name is Emily Hopkins, one of the Los Alamos United Way Youth Team co-chairs for 2015. The Youth Team is about to kick of this year’s campaign with Dinner Over Diamond!

As chairs, Ally Edelman and I would be honored to have you and your families participate in United Way by donating to the cause. In case you did not know before, United Way is a nonprofit organization that contributes to the Read More

Relaxation Abounds At Stage Stop Café

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The John Urban Band performs Sunday afternoon at the Stage Stop Café in Jemez Springs. Band members from left, Sharrah Taylor, Mike Farber, Fred Bolton and John Urban. Photo by Jennifer Bartram 

Entrance to Stage Stop Cafe in Jemez Springs. Photo by Jennifer Bartram 

From left, Sharrah Taylor, Mike Farber, local songwriter Jim, Fred Bolton and John Urban. Photo by Jennifer Bartram 

It’s all about relaxing on Sunday afternoon. Dogs are welcome on the deck of the Stage Stop Café in Jemez Springs and often take naps under their owner’s chairs. Sit back, Read More

Los Alamos Woman Shares Visit To Cuba

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Dona Edna Flaminguez, 92, last month in Havana, Cuba. Courtesy photo
 
By RHETA MOAZZAMI
Los Alamos

Confined by tourist tummy to my hotel on the 5th day of my trip to Havana, I discovered I was not the only one. Dona Edna Flaminguez, of our tour group, 92 years young, had the same problem.

Learning there was a hotel nurse, I gathered Dona Edna, and we both went to the nurse’s office.

He was a handsome young man of about 40 something—Pedro Gonzales. We both briefly described our symptoms, and he spoke English fluently enough that we communicated. Then, he was looking for a word, and Dona Edna started Read More