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Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: January 28, 2026

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BRIDGE News:

The Los Alamos Duplicate Bridge Club is hosting a rare team game on Wednesday, Feb. 4. It appears that at least 7 teams will be participating, including two from Santa Fe. Following the holiday break, attendance has been good.

Adam Wadlinger and Randy Baker were both open and flight B winners on Monday. Jerry Fleming and Neill Goltz were flight A winners on Wednesday.  Bev and Martin Cooper were high in flight B.

Board 19:  South is the dealer and E/W are vulnerable.

Here’s a very interesting hand with the West player in the spotlight.  South is the dealer and passes.  West has an Read More

Fuselier: Loss And Grief For Seniors

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By BOB FUSELIER 
Los Alamos 

We’ve all faced losses, whether the loss be a loved one, a career, a pet, a relationship, or way of life. As we age, we also face the loss of our health, abilities, and freedom to be independent. Eventually, we must all come to terms with the greatest loss we will ever face, our own death.

Unfortunately, we’re not always allowed to grieve our losses. The sense of separation, confusion, regret, guilt, constant sadness, and anger can be signs of ungrieved losses. We can’t avoid loss, but we can make sure we allow ourselves to go through the healing process of loss, what we know Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Feb. 2, 2026

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post 

The frigid temperatures a week ago got the ice-fishing season started. Eagle Nest Lake State Park hosted its annual Ice-Fishing Derby Saturday (1/31). Cash prizes were awarded for the biggest rainbow trout, biggest northern pike and biggest yellow perch.  

The results of the Fishing Derby are not yet available. Check the website for Friends of Eagle Nest Lake and Cimarron Canyon State Parks later this week.

Be sure to call 575.377.1594 to check on ice conditions at Eagle Nest Lake. The weather forecast indicates a warming trend so ice Read More

Dannemann: Immigrant Prisons Are Immoral

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By Merilee Dannemann
Triple Spaced Again
© 2026 by Merilee Dannemann

Some things simply should not be done by a for profit business. It’s inconsistent. It’s illogical.

One of those things is running a prison. If you are in business for profit, your job is making money for the owners of the business. If you are running a prison, the people you work with are not customers – they are prisoners. So it is only logical that you will save money by providing no more service than you have to. Another way of saying that is that you will do whatever you can get away with. If that means providing spoiled food or no food Read More

Posts From The Road: Downtown Denver

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Morning View in Downtown Denver: A view of the morning light on a cold Sunday morning below beautiful blue skies. Downtown was bustling with football fans from Denver as well as many New England fans. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Simon & Garfunkel Music: The Simon & Garfunkel Story included two hours of the duo’s famous hits, along with projected images and a story narrative by the singers. In addition to music and visual production, the singers told the story of the origins and rise to fame of Simon & Garfunkel between each song. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Denver Read More

Fr. Glenn: Better Attitudes

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

I can’t help but wonder if anyone ever goes to bookstores these days? Used bookstores were always a favorite—the mustier smell, the forgotten editions—always a fun treasure hunt. But now, almost robotically, we just type a topic in the search bar, and a thousand electronic covers pop up. Sigh. It’s not the same … just not the same. Ah, well; “progress”.

Inevitably one of the biggest sections was (and is) the “self-help” books—how to improve the self materially and spiritually. But oft-overlooked is the best self-help book of all—the Bible, especially the New Testament—and Read More

Houck: Your Real Estate Contracts … The Buyer Brokerage Agreement (Part 2 Of 3)

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By DAVID HOUCK
Qualifying Broker
Atomic Realty, LLC

Editor’s note: This is the second column in a three-part series on the contracts one may see in the process of buying or selling a home here in Los Alamos or White Rock.

Generally, there are three primary contracts used in a real estate transaction:

  1. Listing Agreement
  2. Buyer’s Brokerage Agreement – an agreement between the buyer and their broker that outlines how much the buyer agrees to pay the broker and how long the buyer is committed to working with that brokerage.
  3. Purchase Agreement

All terms in these contracts are negotiable, and both buyers Read More

Review: The Game Is Afoot In LALT’s Bird In The Hand

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By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

The game is afoot at Betty Ehart Senior Center. Los Alamos Little Theater set up the pieces like dominoes; they zig and zag through multiple floors and rooms in the senior center, and only when the game is completed, and all the dominoes have fallen, can the whole picture really be seen.

Here’s the premise: A scientist has created an encryption and a decryption system that are hotly desired by the U.S. and Russia. A CIA-like organization has launched an operation to get it. However, it quickly becomes apparent that there is much more Read More

McQuiston: Why Winter Fender-Benders Cost More Than Summer Ones

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
A winter fender-bender often looks harmless. Low speeds, light damage, everyone drives away.
But many drivers are surprised to learn that those same minor accidents usually cost more to fix in winter than in summer.
Here’s why.
Cold Makes Small Damage Bigger
  • In cold temperatures, plastics and paint become brittle. Instead of bending or scuffing, parts crack and mounting clips snap. What might be cosmetic damage in July often turns into a real repair in January.
Bumpers Are Full of Technology 
  • Modern bumpers hide sensors
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