Opinion & Columns

Home Country: Hunting Season

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 24, 2017

Home Country

By SLIM RANDLES

Old Jasper Blankenship bought a deer license again this year, just as he’s done every year since Eisenhower was President. He sticks nickels and dimes in a jar all year long and smiles each time he contributes. By Fall, he’s saved up enough for a deer tag.

Jasper lives full-time out at the diggin’s with his dog, Arthur, of course, so he has only to walk about 100 feet from the cabin to do his hunting. That’s one of the marvels of it.

If he sees a nice buck, he might shoot it. Hey, he enjoys venison like everyone else, of course. But he might not shoot it. He had

Shin: If Sanctuary Schools, Then Why Citizenship?

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 24, 2017

By LISA SHIN

Los Alamos

On Oct. 13, 2017, the Los Alamos Public School Board passed an immigration resolution, under which the immigration status of students would not be recorded or reported to federal immigration officials. The resolution would be the first step in creating a policy aimed at supporting our students.

I applaud efforts to welcome and not alienate, those from diverse ethnic backgrounds. When I was in grade school, there were no such efforts to protect me from the ridicule of classmates or the mockery of a teacher. No Chuck Schumer tears condemning “mean-spirited” Read More

How The Hen House Turns: Some Thoughts On The Anthropocene

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 23, 2017

DeeDee and Scooter. Courtesy photo

How the Hen House Turns

By CARY NEEPER

Have we arrived in the new Anthropocene Age for Mother Earth? Have we humans left an indelible mark on our planet, one that has changed the planet for all time?

I think of the huge rafts of plastic waste on Earth’s oceans, the threat to giraffes and so many other beings close to extinction. Then I read about New Mexico’s former Gov. Bill Richardson and his work with The Humane society to “…end all experiments on chimps … to outlaw cockfighting, and to end all horse slaughter in North America.”

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Fr. Glenn: Finding Strength Within

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 22, 2017

By Rev. Glenn Jones

Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church

Los Alamos

A belated (and certainly inadequate) nod of thanks and admiration goes to our first responders. Friday the 13^th was truly a hard and trying day for them as they responded to the death of an infant in that early morning. Thank you, brave lads and lasses, for your service to that family, and daily to our community. Only Heaven can count the sorrows that each of you have alleviated or prevented over the years of your service.

Such careers as first responder (police, firefighter, EMT, etc.) … military, nurse, doctor, medical

McQuiston: Importance Of Equipment Breakdown Coverage

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 22, 2017

By ALLEN MCQUISTON

The Jemez Agency

One insurance coverage that is extremely important to property owners – and is sometimes overlooked – is Equipment Breakdown Coverage.

Equipment Breakdown insurance has been available for commercial property owners for quite a while, but it is now commonly available as an endorsement to homeowner and rental dwelling policies.

This valuable line of protection typically covers three types of losses:

Electrical breakdown
Mechanical breakdown
Rupture, bursting, bulging, implosion, or steam explosion

And this definition leads

Pastor Raul: Pastor Appreciation

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 22, 2017

By Pastor Raul Granillo

Church of the Nazarene

White Rock

I’d rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church. –Leonard Ravenhill

October has been celebrated as Pastor Appreciation Month since 1992. During that time, churches and congregants will show their appreciation for their clergy through cards, gifts, and assortments of Kit Kats and Dr. Pepper. For more traditional churches, there will be the ever-famous pot-luck. (In New Mexico, this can easily be turned into a green chili themed cook-off! Praise God!)

The idea comes from

Guarding The Guardians: The Challenge Of Protecting The Incapacitated

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 21, 2017

By LAUREN JOHNSON

Dabney and Griffith Law Office

Community Internship Collaboration Intern

New Mexico’s Guardianship System provides the statutory framework for guardianship and care to be provided to incapacitated adults deemed to not possess the mental ability to care for themselves and their assets any longer.

Due to the expense of Guardianship proceedings these adults must have sufficient financial resources in order to afford the court proceedings necessary for the appointment of a guardian. They also must have no other form of intervention, such as a power of attorney

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