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N.M. Dems seek cease-fire resolution PRC staff Declaration, which could cause rift in party, would demand truce, release of hostages and prisoners, influx of resources to Gaza, pause in Israel aid By Maya Hilty mhilty@sfnewmexican.com

A resolution calling for a cease-ﬁre in the Israel-Hamas war is dividing members of New Mexico’s Democratic Party, whose central committee will vote on the proposal later this month. The resolution, which includes a call to pause

all aid to Israel, has the potential to create a rift between Democrats. It also put pressure on members of the state’s congressional delegation, already under ﬁre from some on the left who believe the U.S. has not done enough to stop the bloodshed in Gaza. “I pledge not to vote for anyone, and to cast a blank ballot in [November] 2024, if there is no

immediate cease-ﬁre with subsequent peace negotiations,” Albuquerque resident Colton Dean, a member of the Democrats’ State Central Committee, wrote in comments on the proposed resolution. Central committee member Samia Assed of Albuquerque introduced the resolution in October. The party’s 15-member State Platform and Resolutions Committee approved it for a vote on Oct. 31, with support from the Adelante Progressive Caucus of the party. Please see story on Page A-4

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recommend decrease in electric rate If approved by commissioners in vote that is expected in less than month, measure would cut about 3% from residential utility bills

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The state’s Public Regulation Commission staff on Friday recommended new rates that would result in lower bills for customers of the state’s largest electric utility. Commissioners are expected to vote on the rate case in less than a month. If approved, Public Service Company of New Mexico’s residential customers would see their monthly bills decrease about 3%, according to a news release from the commission. The commission’s staff wants the commission to determine the utility acted with “imprudence” in deciding to continue its participation in the Four Corners Power Plant about a decade ago. It also wants the commission to cut $84.8 million from the amount PNM can recover from ratepayers related to costs from the coal plant that sits on the Navajo Nation. A final decision on the rate case will determine the amount PNM customers are on the hook for regarding the Four Corners plant as well as Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station — two issues that “have long been outstanding,” the release states. The staff also recommends cutting the company’s allowed return on equity — a financial calculation that goes into the rate to ensure regulated utilities can make a profit for investors and pay back debt. Staff proposes cutting it from the current rate of 9.575% to 9.26%. The company requested 10.25%. Overall, while PNM requested an increase of $63.8 million in revenue for 2024, commission staff instead recommended an increase of $6.1 million.

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ABOVE: Army veteran Michael Martinez unrolls a sleeping bag Wednesday in the hotel room where he has spent the last couple of nights. TOP: Martinez holds a small cruciﬁx that he keeps on the desk in the hotel room where he has been staying. The Army veteran, who turns 62 later this month, said he had been living under the streetlights on Siler Road near Agua Fría for about three months.

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hanna Dorman had seen the clothes, personal belongings and a fallen tent bundled in a small heap on the side of the road for some time. Then one day recently as a snowstorm blanketed the city, she saw a man walk to the pile, turn it into a makeshift shelter, and crawl in. “He got in that, and I realized that pile of stuff was a human being,” Dorman said. Michael Martinez was the U.S. Army veteran living under the bundle of stuff. Knowing the city had imposed Code Blue — designed to encourage homeless people to come in out of freezing temperatures or heavy snow — Dorman decided to help. She called the Santa Fe Police Department to see if an officer could pull Martinez in from the cold. Then she went home and made him some hot chile. Though Martinez rejected an offer for a ride to a shelter the night of the storm, Dorman has since managed to raise enough money via a GoFundMe initiative to move him into a hotel on Cerrillos Road for a few nights. It’s not clear how much longer there will be funds to keep him there or to help him move to transitional, permanent housing, Dorman said. Please see story on Page A-4

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The U.S. economy continued to pump out jobs in November, suggesting there is still juice left in a labor market that has been slowing almost imperceptibly since last year’s pandemic rebound. Employers added 199,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday, while the unemployment rate dropped to 3.7%, from 3.9%. The increase in employment includes tens of thousands of autoworkers and actors who returned to their jobs after strikes, and others in related businesses that had been stalled by the walkouts, meaning underlying job growth is slightly weaker. Even so, the report signals that the economy remains far from recession territory despite a year and a half of interest rate increases that have weighed on consumer spending and business investment. Reinforcing the picture of energetic labor demand, wages jumped 0.4% over the month, more than expected, and the workweek lengthened slightly. Most analysts have been surprised by the durability of the recovery, which owes a lot to the cash that consumers accumulated over the past few years of federal stimulus and forced savings. That has powered service-industry jobs even in the face of rising costs and the resumption of mandatory student debt payments. “That’s the deﬁnition of a soft landing: It’s slowing slowly, which is what you want,” said Martin Holdrich, a senior economist with Woods & Poole Economics. He noted, however, that given strong productivity growth, the enduring tightness of the labor market needn’t prompt the Federal Reserve to Please see story on Page A-4

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IN BRIEF FDA approves two gene therapies to treat inherited sickle cell disease Regulators on Friday approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder that afflicts mostly Black people in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration said the one-time treatments can be used for patients 12 and older with severe forms of the disease. One, made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics, is the first approved therapy based on CRISPR, the gene editing tool that won its inventors the Nobel Prize in 2020. The other is made by Bluebird Bio and works differently. “Sickle cell disease is a rare, debilitating and life-threatening blood disorder with significant unmet need,” the FDA’s Dr. Nicole Verdun said in a statement announcing the approvals. “We are excited to advance the field especially for individuals whose lives have been severely disrupted by the disease.” In the U.S., an estimated 100,000 people have sickle cell and about a fifth of them have the severe form. Sickle cell is most common among Black people: 1 in 365 Black babies are born with the disease nationally. Scientists believe being a carrier of the sickle cell trait helps protect against severe malaria, so the disease occurs more often in mosquito-prone regions such as Africa or in people whose ancestors lived in those places.

It’s official: Putin is running again in Russian presidential election Vladimir Putin on Friday moved to prolong his repressive and unyielding grip on Russia for at least another six years, announcing his candidacy in the presidential election next March he is all but certain to win. Putin still commands wide support after nearly a quarter-century in power, despite starting an immensely costly war in Ukraine that has taken thousands of his countrymen’s lives, provoked repeated attacks inside Russia — including one on the Kremlin itself — and corroded its aura of invincibility. A short-lived rebellion in June by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin raised widespread speculation that Putin could be losing his grip, but he emerged with no permanent scars. Prigozhin’s death in a mysterious plane crash two months later reinforced the view that Putin was in absolute control. Putin, who was ﬁrst elected president in March 2000, announced his decision to run in the March 17 presidential election after a Kremlin award ceremony. A Kremlin spokesman said Putin’s remarks were “spontaneous” and came in response to pleas from war veterans to run again.

Survey: Chronic fatigue syndrome more common than once believed NEW YORK — Health officials on Friday released the ﬁrst nationally representative estimate of how many U.S. adults have chronic fatigue syndrome: 3.3 million. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s number is larger than previous studies have suggested, and is likely boosted by some of the patients with long COVID. The condition clearly “is not a rare illness,” said the CDC’s Dr. Elizabeth Unger, one of the report’s co-authors. Chronic fatigue is characterized by at least six months of severe exhaustion not helped by bed rest. Patients also report pain, brain fog and other symptoms that can get worse after exercise, work or other activity. There is no cure, and no blood test or scan to enable a quick diagnosis. Doctors have not been able to pin down a cause, although research suggests it is a body’s prolonged overreaction to an infection or other jolt to the immune system. The condition rose to prominence nearly 40 years ago, when clusters of cases were reported in Incline Village, Nev., and Lyndonville, N.Y. Some doctors dismissed it as psychosomatic and called it “yuppie ﬂu.”

Pope makes 1st public appearance after bronchitis to pray to Mary ROME — Pope Francis on Friday made his ﬁrst public appearance outdoors since being stricken by bronchitis two weeks ago, which forced him to cancel a planned trip to the COP-28 climate conference in Dubai. The pope has been steadily recovering, and for Friday’s holiday devoted to Mary kept a traditional appointment to pray at the Spanish Steps. He arrived in a black car, and blessed a crowd of onlookers before taking a seat in a chair facing a statue of the Madonna. The pontiff prayed for Mary’s mercy for “all the people oppressed by injustice and poverty, tried by war,’’ adding a special prayer for “the tormented Ukrainian people,” as well as Palestinians and Israelis “who have fallen back into a spiral of violence.” Francis also addressed violence against women, a topic that has resonated in Italy in recent weeks following the killing last month of a 22-year-old female student in northern Italy. Before his appointment at the Spanish Steps, Francis went to the St. Mary Major basilica to pray before one of his favorite icons to Mary. He entered the basilica in a wheelchair. New Mexican wire services

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The Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, Calif., as seen in 2022. Recent assaults of two high-proﬁle federal prisoners by fellow inmates have renewed concerns about whether the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons is capable of keeping inmates safe.

Can feds keep prisoners safe from each other? Recent attacks on high-profile inmates spotlight violence behind bars By Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo The Associated Press

erek Chauvin was stabbed nearly two dozen times at a federal prison in Arizona. Larry Nassar was knifed repeatedly at a federal penitentiary in Florida. The recent assaults of two high-profile federal prisoners by fellow inmates have renewed concerns about whether the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons is capable of keeping inmates safe. In the shadow of gangster James “Whitey” Bulger’s 2018 beating death and financier Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 suicide, the agency is again under scrutiny for failing to protect high-profile prisoners from harm. Chauvin, 47, the ex-Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020, was assaulted Nov. 24 in the law library at a medium-security federal prison in Tucson, Ariz. — the same complex where an inmate tried to shoot a visitor last year with a contraband gun. Chauvin’s suspected attacker, an ex-gang leader, told correctional officers he would have killed him if they hadn’t responded when they did, prosecutors said. He is charged with attempted murder and was moved to a federal penitentiary next door. Chauvin’s family is “very concerned about the facility’s capacity to protect Derek from further harm,” his lawyer, Gregory Erickson, said. Nassar, 60, the ex-U.S. women’s gymnastics team doctor who sexually abused athletes, was ambushed in his cell on July 9 at a federal penitentiary in Coleman, Fla. Other inmates stopped his attacker before officers arrived. The attacks are symptoms of larger problems within the Justice Department’s largest agency that put all 158,000 federal prisoners at risk. They include severe staffing shortages, staff-on-inmate abuse, broken surveillance cameras and crumbling infrastructure. The violence has challenged a perception that federal prisons are far safer than state prisons. The inmates suspected of attacking Chauvin and Nassar both have violent histories. “No one’s sentence, regardless of their offense, includes being subjected to violence while they’re in prison,” said Daniel Landsman, deputy director of policy at Families Against Mandatory Minimums, a criminal justice advocacy group. “The attack on Chauvin is the latest in a long list of incidents that highlight the urgent need for comprehensive independent oversight of our federal Bureau of Prisons.” An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep problems within the Bureau of Prisons, including rampant sexual abuse and other staff criminal conduct, dozens of escapes, violence, deaths and understaffing that has hampered responses to emergencies, including inmate assaults and suicides. The agency, with more than 30,000 employees, 122 prison facilities and an annual budget of about $8 billion, has drawn increased oversight from Congress and scrutiny from government watchdogs. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz has cited management failures, flawed policies and incompetence as factors in Bulger’s killing and blamed “negligence, misconduct and outright job

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performance failures” for Epstein’s suicide as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges. The “serious deficiencies” connected to their deaths were “especially concerning given that the BOP would presumably Derek take particular care in hanChauvin dling the custody and care of such inmates,” Horowitz wrote. Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters said lessons learned would be “applied to the broader BOP correctional landscape.” But the agency declined last week to say what changes have been made, saying it does not “discuss specific security practices.” Larry Nassar Peters also promised a security review after the gun breach last year. Asked for an update, the agency said it “does not comment on matters related to investigations.” A spokesperson, Benjamin O’Cone, said the agency “takes seriously our duty to protect the individuals entrusted in our custody, as well as maintain the safety of correctional employees and the community.” “We review safety protocols and implement corrective actions when identified,” O’Cone said. Chauvin began his incarceration in solitary confinement at a maximum-security Minnesota state prison, “largely for his own protection,” his former lawyer wrote in court papers. He transferred to FCI Tucson in August 2022 after agreeing to simultaneously serve all his punishment for Floyd’s murder in federal prison — a 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights, later reduced by seven months, and a 22½-year state sentence for second-degree murder. Chauvin’s sentencing judge was optimistic he’d fare better with fewer restrictions in federal prison. Rather than solitary or protective custody, the Bureau of Prisons placed Chauvin in the “dropout yard” — a housing unit for former police officers, ex-gang members, sexual abusers and other high-risk prisoners. Though generally thought to be safer for such inmates, Nassar was stabbed in a “dropout yard” unit at the U.S. Penitentiary in Coleman, Fla. Nassar was attacked after purportedly making a lewd comment while watching women’s tennis on TV. An inmate, identified as Shane McMillan, stabbed him repeatedly before four other inmates pulled him away. He has yet to be charged with attacking Nassar. Chauvin, too, was at risk because of his notoriety. John Turscak, a former Mexican Mafia gang leader and one-time FBI informant, is charged with attacking Chauvin in a prison library, stabbing him 22 times with an improvised knife on the day after Thanksgiving — Black Friday. He told investigators he did so because of Chauvin’s high profile, and he chose the day as a symbolic connection to Black Lives Matter and the Mexican Mafia’s “Black Hand” symbol.

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The U.S. Senate introduced a long-awaited bill on Friday promising consumer protections for tickets to live entertainment events, after more than a year of complaints about high fees, outof-control prices and deceptive selling practices in the entertainment world. The bill, called the Fans First Act, would require sellers to disclose the full price of a ticket, including all fees; indicate what seat or section a customer is gaining access to; and say whether a ticket is being offered by its original or “primary” seller, as opposed to a reseller or broker. Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., introduced the bill, along with four others, including Sen. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico. It also would strengthen an existing law banning the use of computer bots, a tactic frequently used by scalpers; require ticket sellers to offer full refunds when an event is canceled; set thousands of dollars in penalties for abuse; and require the Government Accountability Office to study the ticketing market and make recommendations. The proposed law comes as ticketing has become a hot-button issue for voters and lawmakers, with prices at record highs and the selling practices of both primary ticketing companies — such as Ticketmaster, which tends to represent artists and venue box offices — and resale marketplaces including StubHub and Vivid Seats having come under fire. At a Judiciary Committee hearing in January, two months after Ticketmaster’s system crashed during a Taylor Swift presale, senators from both parties pilloried an executive from Live Nation — which owns Ticketmaster — and called the company a monopoly that harms consumers. Separately, the Justice Department has been conducting an antitrust investigation of Live Nation. At his State of the Union address in February, President Joe Biden said, “We can stop service fees on tickets to concerts and sporting events and make companies disclose all the fees upfront.” And in June, under pressure from the White House, ticket sellers including Ticketmaster and SeatGeek agreed to introduce “all-in pricing” for tickets. That scrutiny has developed as the concert industry had its biggest year ever, with the trade publication Pollstar saying gross ticket sales for the Top 100 worldwide tours were $9.17 billion in 2023, up 46% from the year before, and 65% from 2019, before the pandemic disrupted the industry. The new Senate bill proposes steep civil penalties for violations, to be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general. According to the bill, those penalties could include $15,000 per day during which a violation occurs, along with $1,000 per event ticket advertised or sold; those fines could amount to as much as five times the listed cost of a ticket. “The current ticketing system is riddled with problems and doesn’t serve the needs of fans, teams, artists or venues,” Cornyn said in a statement. “This legislation would rebuild trust in the ticketing system by cracking down on bots and others who take advantage of consumers through price gouging and other predatory practices and increase price transparency for ticket purchasers.”

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Israelis round up Palestinian men, boys for questioning Desperate Palestinians crowd into ever-smaller area of the Gaza Strip as aid operations falter By Wafaa Shurafa, Julia Frankel and Lee Keath The Associated Press

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel said Friday its military was rounding up Palestinian men in northern Gaza for interrogation, searching for Hamas militants, while desperate Palestinians in the south crowded into an ever-shrinking area, and the U.N. warned that its aid operation is “in tatters.” The detentions pointed to Israeli efforts to secure the military’s hold on northern Gaza as the war entered its third month. Furious urban ﬁghting has continued in the north, underscoring Hamas’ heavy resistance, and tens of thousands of residents are believed to remain in the area six weeks after troops and tanks rolled in. The ﬁrst images of mass detentions emerged Thursday from the northern town of Beit Lahiya, showing dozens of men kneeling or sitting in the streets, stripped down to their underwear, their hands bound behind their backs. Some had their heads bowed. U.N. monitors said Israeli troops reportedly detained men and boys from the age of 15 in a school-turned-shelter. Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy said those detained in northern Gaza were “military-aged men who were discovered in areas that civilians were supposed to have evacuated weeks ago.” Military spokesman Daniel Hagari said in the past 48 hours, some 200 people have been detained. Dozens have been taken to Israel for interrogation, including Hamas commanders, he said. Authorities were questioning

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Friday’s assault was followed by drone and multi-rocket attacks, including on al-Asad air BAGHDAD — A rocket base in western Iraq and three attack on the sprawling U.S. troop locations in Syria, also with Embassy in Baghdad caused no casualties, U.S. officials said. minor damage but no casualIran-backed militias in Iraq have ties on Friday morning, U.S. claimed responsibility for dozens and Iraqi officials said. of attacks that targeted bases The attack was the first on housing U.S. troops in Iraq and the embassy located in the Syria since the Israel-Hamas war heavily fortified Green Zone of erupted two months ago. The U.S. Iraq’s capital to be confirmed military says 78 attacks have been since the beginning of the carried out against U.S. facilities Israel-Hamas war Oct. 7, trigover the past weeks, of which 43 gered by the deadly attack on were in Iraq and 41 in Syria. southern Israel by Palestinian An Iraqi security official said militants from Gaza. 14 Katyusha rockets were fired The Green Zone houses Friday, of which some struck near Iraqi government buildings and one of the U.S. Embassy’s gates foreign embassies on the west while others fell in the river. A U.S. military official said a bank of the Tigris River.

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multi-rocket attack was launched at American and coalition forces in the vicinity of the embassy complex and the Union III base, which houses offices of the U.S.led coalition. The official added no casualties and no damage to infrastructure were reported. An embassy spokesperson said the U.S. Embassy was attacked by two salvos of rockets at about 4:15 a.m. local time. “Assessments are ongoing, but there are no reported casualties on the embassy compound,” the official said, adding no speciﬁc group had claimed responsibility for ﬁring the rockets as of Friday morning. But early indications pointed to Iran-aligned militias. The U.S. State Department strongly condemned the attacks.

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WASHINGTON — Harvard University’s president apologized Friday as pressure mounted for the University of Pennsylvania’s president to resign over testimony at a congressional hearing on antisemitism. Critics from the White House on down say Harvard President Claudine Gay and Penn President Liz Magill failed to demonstrate they would stand up to antisemitism on campus. In an interview Thursday with The Crimson student newspaper, Gay said she got caught up in a heated exchange at the House committee hearing and failed to properly denounce threats of violence against Jewish students. Meanwhile, lawyers for a major donor to Penn, Ross Stevens, threatened in a letter to Penn’s general counsel to withdraw a gift valued at $100 million because of the university’s “stance on antisemitism on campus” unless Magill is replaced. Gay’s and Magill’s testimony have drawn intense national backlash, as have similar responses from the president of MIT who also testiﬁed before the Republican-led House Education and Workforce Committee on Tuesday. Donors, alumni and members of Congress in both parties have called for their resignations. At issue was a line of questioning that asked whether calling for the genocide of Jews would violate the universities’ code of conduct. At the Tuesday hearing, Gay said it depended on the context, adding that when “speech crosses into conduct, that violates our policies.” Gay told The Crimson her remarks came amid an extended, combative exchange. “What I should have had the presence of mind to do in that moment was return to my guiding truth, which is that calls for violence against our Jewish community — threats to our Jewish students — have no place at Harvard, and will never go unchallenged,” Gay said. Magill walked back some of her comments Wednesday and said Penn would review its policies.

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the detainees to determine whether they were members of the militant group, Levy said, indicating there would be more such sweeps as troops move from north to south. In other developments, the United States vetoed a United Nations resolution backed by the vast majority of Security Council members and many other nations demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-ﬁre in Gaza. The vote in the 15-member council was 13-1 with the United Kingdom abstaining. Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres told the council Gaza is at “a breaking point” and “there is a high risk of the total collapse of the humanitarian support system.” Israel has vowed to crush Hamas, which rules Gaza, following the group’s Oct. 7 attack that

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Army veteran Michael Martinez tries to adjust the TV in his hotel room on Cerrillos Road on Wednesday. After living under the streetlights on Siler Road near the Agua Fría intersection for about three months, Martinez has been staying at a local hotel with the help of Santa Fe resident Shanna Dorman.

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In any event, getting him a few nights or even weeks in a hotel “is not a solution,” she said. She wants to see him get into an apartment and ﬁnd suitable work. “One step at a time,” she said in an interview at the hotel. “One foot in front of the other, that’s what this feels like. He’s not on the street at this time. That’s one step.” Martinez, who turns 62 later this month, said he had been living under the streetlights on Siler Road near Agua Fría, for about three months. His living situation was the result of familial conﬂict, he said. One day, he said, he decided to walk away from it all. Only problem was, he didn’t have anywhere to walk to. He added he had about $40 and two suitcases full of goods on him when he found a safe corner. He did not want to ask for help. “Pride got in the way,” he said at the hotel, not far from where he once slept. Experts say his situation is not unique. According to advocates for homeless veterans, many who end up on the street exhibit a stubborn streak of pride and self-reliance that makes them reluctant to reach out for aid. Just how many members of the homeless population are military veterans is unclear. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development conducts regular one-night counts of homeless people, usually in January. Based on the agency’s 2022 data, it reported 582,462 homeless people in the U.S — with about 33,000 listed as veterans. HUD estimates there are 2,560 homeless people in New Mexico, but even those who provide services to homeless vets say it’s hard to determine an actual count. Martinez said he served in the Army from 1979-1984 as a military police officer. Since then, he said he’s held a wide array of jobs, from yard worker to corrections officer to security guard and retail clerk. When his legs began bothering him, he stopped working full time. That was more than a decade ago. He said he has lived in apartments, a family-owned mobile home and trailers on and off for some time, and was homeless for a while in 1997. He sold the last car he owned more than 10 years ago and bicycled around town for some time. That was before not one, but two, bicycles were stolen. “I just take my life day to day,” he said. He likes to smoke tobacco and drink alcohol but said neither contributes to his street situation.

Martinez sits Wednesday near a few bushes where he used to sleep on Siler Road. With his birthday and the holidays coming up, he said he’d like to stay in a hotel — “It’s beautiful,” he said of his room — and ﬁnd a steady job and apartment down the line.

MORE INFORMATION Santa Fe has a number of organizations that can help the homeless with shelter and other resources. Among them: u Goodwill Industries of New Mexico has a store in Santa Fe at 3060 Cerrillos Road, 505-424-9726, goodwillnm.org. u Interfaith Community Shelter at Pete’s Place, 2801 Cerrillos Road, 505-795-7494, interfaithsheltersf.org u The Salvation Army, 525 W. Alameda St., 505-988-8054, santafe.salvationarmy.org. u The Life Link, 2325 Cerrillos Road, 505-438-009, thelifelink.org. u St. Elizabeth Shelter, 804 Alarid St., 505-982-6611, steshelter.org. u La Familia Health Care for the Homeless, 1532-B Cerrillos Road, 505-988-1742, lafamiliasf.org/services/homeless. u Esperanza Shelter (for victims of domestic abuse), 3130 Rufina St., 505-474-5536 or 505-473-5200 (24-hour crisis hotline), esperanzashelter.org. u Youth Shelters and Family Services, 5686-B Agua Fría Street, 505-983-0586, youthshelters.org.

HOW TO HELP u Anyone wanting to contribute to a GoFundMe initiative to help pay for a hotel room for Michael Martinez can visit tinyurl.com/2p97ykts.

When the family conﬂict got to be too much, he just walked away, he said. He said he chose to sleep in the open, near a Speedway gas station, because he felt safer under the bright lights there and with the relatively steady traffic that comes through the intersection. He said no one bothered him, and quite a few strangers offered food, clothing, a sleeping bag and a tent — which, unfortunately, had one broken pole. That meant he had to reshape it as a tarp covering to keep off the snow and rain. He bathed with a spray bottle and fresh water when and where he could, he said. Washing his clothes or his sleeping bag were not options. Along the way, somebody stole his suitcases — in which he kept his military documents, including his discharge papers — when he ventured too far from his base camp. With his birthday and the holidays coming up, he said he’d like to stay in a hotel — “It’s beautiful,” he said of his room, which includes a refrigerator,

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microwave and television set — and find a steady job and apartment down the line. He shied away from the notion he is homeless. “Some people just get up and go,” he said. “It’s better than being at home.” When Dorman approached him about driving him to hotel for a few nights, he said he turned her down at first. “I didn’t know who she was,” he said, adding, with a smile, “nobody ever asked me to go for a ride before.” Dorman said she once helped a homeless woman sleeping in a car by letting her rest in her business office for two years. She said she doesn’t want to see Martinez back on the streets. She said she is “terrified” at the idea. “I don’t know how this will end, but I hope it has a happy ending,” she said. Martinez seemed quietly grateful for Dorman’s support. “She didn’t give up on me,” he said.

been a different story. Manufacturers added back jobs lost during the auto strikes but have otherwise been stagnant since the beginning of the year. The retail industry shed 38,000 positions on a seasonally adjusted basis, reflecting what Continued from Page A-1 appears to be the weakest holiday hiring season since 2013. “Why we’ve seen labor demand be more resilient than continue increasing interest rates. we maybe thought it was going to be six months ago is that “These numbers do not indicate an overheated economy structural strength in government and health care,” said and shortages that will drive up inflation,” Holdrich said. Olivia Cross, who covers North America at the research The annual inflation rate has recently fallen to 3%, less firm Capital Economics. “The more cyclical sectors where than half what it was when the Fed’s interest rate increases we have seen weakening much more substantially, I think began, and significantly lower than the current pace of we expect those to continue to weaken.” wage growth. Americans appear to be noticing: Consumer Temporary help services, often considered a bellwether for confidence jumped sharply in December, according to data labor demand, dropped 14,000 jobs in November and have released Friday by the University of Michigan, and respon- lost 177,000 over the past year, an indication that employers dents’ expectations of future inflation dropped. can handle customer requests with their regular staff. The Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee meets The trajectory for most of 2023 has pointed toward the sort next week and is widely expected to continue its pause, of steady, painless easing that the Fed is seeking with its interwith market speculation shifting to when in 2024 it will cut est rate policy: A record number of job openings has receded rates, and by how much. The major stock indexes rose after without a concerning rise in the unemployment rate. the report, as did bond yields. Some industries that surged during the pandemic have November’s crop of jobs was essentially in line with the pulled back, but others that were still thirsty for labor last few months, accounting for strike activity, though a soaked up excess workers, helping to stave off a rise in step down from the 240,000 jobs added per month on aver- joblessness. Entertainment, hotels and restaurants added age over the year ended in October. During the November 40,000 jobs in November but remain 158,000 jobs from the survey, there were still about 10,000 workers still on strike industry’s peak in February 2020, indicating there’s still at workplaces including casinos and hospitals. room to grow. Employment growth has narrowed, however, with most “If you have a sector like wholesale or retail trade start gains coming from service industries and the public sector. to shed workers they can very easily transition into someIn November, health care added 77,000 jobs and governthing like leisure and hospitality,” said Michael Reid, a U.S. ment added 49,000 — both employers that are less tethered economist at RBC Capital Markets. “If those sectors start to the underlying strength of the economy. to see a pullback in spending, we still do see strength in For businesses that depend on selling physical goods, it’s health care and social assistance.”

Online public comment on the resolution by Democrats in New Mexico opened last week and ends Dec. 12. The party also held two Zoom forums for people to share their views. The party will email ballots to central committee members and publish the results of their vote by Jan. 2. The approximately 490 central committee members from across New Mexico include local party leaders, volunteers, elected representatives and members of sovereign tribal communities, Democratic Party of New Mexico spokesman Daniel Garcia said. The relatively short proposed resolution begins: “The New Mexico congressional delegation must demand the Biden administration call for and facilitate the negotiations for an immediate de-escalation and cease-fire in Israel and occupied Palestine.” It cites now-dated statistics of Palestinian and Israeli lives lost since Oct. 7 and states “hundreds of thousands of lives are at imminent risk if a cease-fire is not achieved and if humanitarian aid is not delivered immediately.” The resolution demands a cease-fire, the release of hostages and political prisoners and adequate humanitarian aid in Gaza and calls on President Joe Biden to “pause all military aid to Israel.” Assed, a Palestinian-American, said the need for a cease-fire has increased “1,000 times” over since she introduced the resolution. Israeli leaders have vowed to destroy Hamas after Hamas militants killed at least 1,200 people and took about 240 others hostage in an Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Hamas has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007, and over the past two months, its Gaza Health Ministry has said the Palestinian death toll is more than 15,500, mostly women and children. The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said Monday more than 80% of people in Gaza have been displaced. Tens of thousands of people nationwide have marched both for a cease-fire in Gaza and in solidarity with Israel. In Santa Fe and Albuquerque, cease-fire protests have attracted hundreds of people. “I feel like political leadership hasn’t listened to a lot of the mass mobilizations, to so many New Mexicans saying that we do not agree with all the bloodshed; it needs to stop and we need to find a political solution,” Assed said. No member of state’s all-Democratic delegation has called for a permanent cease-fire. They have in various statements praised the temporary cease-fire that ended Dec. 1 and raised concerns about the high civilian death toll in Gaza while also supporting aid to Israel. “Israel has the right to defend itself after the brutal and horrific Oct. 7 attack by Hamas,” U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján said in a statement emailed Friday, adding that “the threat of Hamas must be defeated if we are going to set the conditions for a two-state solution.” On Thursday, Luján and Sen. Martin Heinrich announced they are working on legislation to require that Israel uses weapons provided by the U.S. in accordance with international law. Heinrich “maintains that Israel has the right to hold Hamas accountable for the horrific attacks on Oct. 7, and the current widespread loss of civilian life in Gaza is not acceptable,” a spokeswoman said in a statement Friday. The overwhelming majority of the

TO KNOW MORE u Read the proposed Democratic Party of New Mexico’s “Ceasefire Israel-Palestine” resolution or submit a comment on the resolution by Dec. 12 at tinyurl.com/2p9de3z2.

285 people who commented online in response to the proposed resolution as of Wednesday called on New Mexico Democratic leaders to demand a cease-fire. Commenters who identified themselves as central committee members were split on the issue. Some said passage of the resolution would “undercut” Democratic solidarity, as committee member Mary Mulvihill of Las Cruces wrote in a comment. The resolution represents “biased oversimplification of one of the most difficult issues the country and the world is facing today,” Mulvihill wrote, noting it “totally ignores the terrorist nature of the Hamas organization.” “It further ignores the tireless efforts President Biden and Secretary of State [Antony] Blinken are devoting toward crafting a peaceful resolution of both the immediate Israel/Hamas war and the decadeslong disaster between Israel and the Palestinian people,” Mulivhill wrote. The issue also has split some Jewish Democrats. Ivy Stern — a Jewish member of the central committee and one of a few out of about 40 participants in the party’s Zoom forum Wednesday who opposed the resolution — said an externally imposed cease-fire would empower Hamas and threaten Israel. “There is no question that Hamas is a non-democratic, anti-progressive movement, and we should not reward it for its calculated use of terror against its own people,” Stern wrote. “I agree with the amendment’s sponsors that the suffering we are seeing in the Middle East is appalling. However, well-intentioned support for progressive causes and a yearning for peace should not blind us to calling out and resisting terror when it occurs.” Alonet Zarum Zandan, co-chair of the Jewish Community Relations Coalition of New Mexico, said she hopes “before New Mexicans call for a cease-fire ... they have done the work to truly know the history of the conflict and the impact this would have on the 149 hostages still held captive in Gaza and on the citizens of Israel who have just experienced the most horrific massacre. “[The history is] deep, and it’s complicated, and if anyone thinks that they can learn it from a TikTok reel, they are sadly mistaken,” she said. Alan Wagman, who is Jewish and lives in Albuquerque, said Wednesday nothing justifies the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israeli civilians, and nothing justifies Israel’s terrorist attacks on Gaza civilians in response. “I grew up in the shadow of the Holocaust; I was born in 1947,” Wagman said. “One thing I do know is that the words ‘never again’ mean nothing if they don’t mean not to anyone.” New Mexico Democratic leaders are aware of only one other state party — in Texas — to take a stand on the issue. The Texas Democratic Executive Committee announced Dec. 2 it unanimously passed a resolution that calls for an immediate cease-fire, in addition to other demands, such as the release of hostages and efforts to facilitate a two-state solution. “I would hope that as Democrats, we are a compassionate party,” Diane Torres-Velásquez, a University of New Mexico professor, said near the end of Wednesday’s forum. “We speak out to stop the killings.”

PRC rate recommendation ter in the case, said a regulatory decision regarding the company’s 2016 investments In an email, PNM spokesman Ray San- in Four Corners is “a long time coming.” doval said the utility has reduced costs by “We definitely believe that this is the moving to cleaner energy, and that could right outcome,” Gerhart said. “That it be driving the staff recommendation to appropriately puts the responsibility on reduce residential electric bills. PNM to pay for its poor decision-making “PNM does not want to get ahead of the processes and to make sure that cusprocess,” he wrote in a text message Friday. tomers aren’t responsible for paying for “The recommended decision is an import- PNM’s mistakes.” ant part of the proceedings, but there are New Energy Economy executive still other important steps to follow.” director Mariel Nanasi called the recomCEO Pat Vincent-Collawn said in a mended decision “a significant victory for statement the company would be filing ratepayers” in an email Friday morning. exceptions to the recommendations The Santa Fe-based group is among sevbefore the commission’s final vote. eral “intervenors” in the case pushing for “We understand the sensitivity to any a rate decrease. cost increase in today’s environment and “While there are a lot of good things in have taken steps to offset nearly six years the recommended decision, don’t let the of inflationary costs on customer bills,” 3% rate decrease fool you,” she wrote. “It Vincent-Collawn said. “However, the ought to be a lot more, given that PNM disappointing approach to this recommen- was reckless in their climate-altering Four dation calls for further reductions on tradi- Corners Power Plant investment.” tional power sources and misses opportuNanasi wrote that the $84.8 million nities to look forward and implement new disallowance for Four Corners is “a subsolutions to benefit customers as we lead stantial disallowance but falls far short of New Mexico’s energy transition.” the remedy demanded by law in the state Some government and advocacy of New Mexico — that ratepayers must be groups that have pushed the commission held harmless for the imprudent decisions to reduce PNM’s revenue during the of utility executives.” rate case celebrated the recommended The utility filed for the rate case in decision. December 2022, and hearings took place “We are encouraged that hearing in September, during which executives examiners adopted a number of the Attor- and experts from the company and interney General’s recommendations that, venors gave testimony and arguments. if approved by the commission, would The recommended decision was issued provide important rate savings for cusby hearing examiners Anthony Medeiros tomers,” Lauren Rodriguez, spokeswoman and Christopher Ryan, who have acted as for Attorney General Raúl Torrez, wrote the staff’s judges in the case. in an email. Two of the state’s three commissioners Rodriguez pointed to the recomare expected to consider input and vote on mended reduction in return and the disthe case before the utility’s new rates are allowance for Four Corners investments, scheduled to go into effect in early January. and said her office agrees PNM overstated Commissioner Patrick O’Connell its maintenance outage cost estimates and recused himself from the case early this included a general inflation factor that year due to past statements regarding was too high. the prudence of the Four Corners Power Attorney Matt Gerhart, who reprePlant investments while O’Connell sented the Sierra Club’s Rio Grande Chap- worked for PNM. Continued from Page A-1

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Star of ‘Love Story’ had a knack for comedy By Aljean Harmetz

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Visitors arrive to tour the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta in 2019.

Woman, 26, attempts to torch MLK birth house By John Yoon

The New York Times

Bystanders stopped a 26-yearold woman from setting fire to the home where Martin Luther King Jr. was born after she poured gasoline on it, authorities said. Two visitors from Utah interrupted the woman as she was pouring gasoline on the porch and the door of the home, Darin Schierbaum, the Atlanta police chief, told reporters Thursday. Two off-duty New York City Police Department officers who had been visiting the house then chased her down and detained her until the officers from the Atlanta Police Department arrived, he said. “That action saved an important part of American history tonight,” he added. Zach Kempf, 43, a filmmaker from Salt Lake City who was there with his co-worker, said he first thought she was simply watering the shrubs in front of the house. Suddenly, she rushed up the stairs and began yanking on the screen door, trying to get in the house. “Which just seemed weird,” he said, “so we asked her what she was doing, and she didn’t respond.” She then dumped the contents of a 5-gallon container onto the porch, threw the empty canister into the bushes and grabbed a lighter that she had left in the grass next to the porch. Kempf blocked her with his body as she tried returning to the porch with the lighter in hand. He called 911. Kempf said she had a “nervous energy” about her. “But she wasn’t aggressive.” She relented eventually, turned around and quickly walked away, down the street. “And I yelled at the two guys down the street that she was trying to set the house on fire and to follow her,” he continued. Those two men, the police officers from New York, restrained her, he said. After local officers arrived, an older man approached, appearing “very distraught,” along with three women. They turned out to be the woman’s father and sisters, who had been looking for her using the location signal from her phone. Kempf said the relatives described her as a veteran who was experiencing mental distress. “Obviously, the house is so important, and I’m really glad nothing happened to it,” he said in a phone interview. “But I feel like now I’m mostly just concerned for her well-being.” The woman was charged with attempted arson and interference with government property, the Atlanta Police Department said in a statement. “An individual attempted to set fire to this historic property,” the King Center said in a statement. “Fortunately, the attempt was unsuccessful,” it added. Jerry DeBerry, the Atlanta Fire Department’s battalion chief, said that a hazardous materials team was cleaning up the property and that no damage had been done.

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Ryan O’Neal, who became an instant movie star in the hit film Love Story, the highest-grossing movie of 1970, but who was later known as much for his personal life and health problems as for his acting in his later career, died Friday. He was 82. His son Patrick confirmed the death in a post on Instagram. It did not give the cause or say where he died. O’Neal was a familiar face on both big and small screens for a half-century. But he was never as famous as he was in the immediate aftermath of Love Story. He was 29 years old and had spent a decade on television but had made only two other movies when he was chosen to star in Arthur Hiller’s sentimental romance, written by Erich Segal (who turned his screenplay into a bestselling novel). His performance as Oliver Barrett IV, a wealthy, golden-haired Harvard hockey player married to a dying woman played by Ali MacGraw, garnered him the only Academy Award nomination of his career. He had played the town rich boy, Rodney Harrington, for five years on the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place. But in 1970, Hollywood was not that interested in television actors, and he had been far from the first choice to star in Love Story. “Jon Voight turned the part down. Beau Bridges was supposed to do it,” he told a reporter in 1971. “When my name came up through Ali, they all said ‘No.’ Ali said, ‘Please meet him.’ “So we met in one of those conference rooms where everybody sits half a mile away from everybody else,” he continued. “Weeks later, they asked me to test. Then I didn’t hear anything until they finally called and said, ‘Will you give us an extension of a week to make up our minds?’ ”

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Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal at the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2015. O’Neal became an instant movie star in the hit ﬁlm Love Story and was a familiar face in both ﬁlm and television for a half-century. He died Friday at 82.

In the end, MacGraw persuaded Paramount to cast O’Neal. He was hired for $25,000 (a little more than $200,000 in today’s currency), and his movie career was ignited. He also demonstrated his knack for comedy in three ﬁlms directed by Peter Bogdanovich. He co-starred with Barbra Streisand in What’s Up, Doc? (1972), a screwball comedy inspired by the 1938 Cary Grant-Katharine Hepburn movie, Bringing Up Baby; with Burt Reynolds in Nickelodeon (1976), a valentine to the early days of moviemaking based on the reminiscences of Raoul Walsh and other directors; and, with his 9-yearold daughter, Tatum, in Paper Moon (1973), the best known of the three ﬁlms he made with Bogdanovich. In Paper Moon, set in the Midwest during the Depression, O’Neal played a small-time swindler hornswoggled by a cigarette-smoking orphan who just might be his illegitimate daughter. Tatum O’Neal won

an Academy Award for that performance — she remains the youngest person ever to win one of the four acting Oscars — and for a while, it appeared that Ryan O’Neal would become the patriarch of an acting dynasty. When Tatum starred as a Little League pitcher in The Bad News

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Bears (1976), she became the highest-paid child star in history, with a salary of $350,000 (the equivalent of about $1.9 million today) and a percentage of the net profits. Her younger brother Griffin seemed poised for stardom as well when it was announced that he would appear with his father in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1979 remake of The Champ, a 1931 tear-jerker about a washed-up former boxer and his son. But Zeffirelli ended up making the film with Jon Voight and Ricky Schroder instead, and Griffin O’Neal’s career never got off the ground. He did have one starring role, in the 1982 film The Escape Artist, but that film was not a success. When he was next in the public eye, five years later, it was not for his acting but for his involvement in a boating accident that killed his friend Gian-Carlo Coppola, the son of director Francis Ford Coppola. He was convicted of negligent operation of a boat but acquitted of manslaughter. The O’Neal family would go on to have many more problems with the law, with drugs and with one another. Ryan O’Neal, who was well known in Hollywood for his tem-

per — when he was 18, he spent 51 days in jail for a brawl at a New Year’s Eve party — was charged with assaulting his son Griffin in 2007. Those charges were dropped, but a year later, he and Redmond O’Neal, his son with actress Farrah Fawcett, were arrested on a drug charge. He pleaded guilty and was ordered to undergo counseling, while Redmond entered rehabilitation but continued to struggle with addiction. Tatum O’Neal had her own highly publicized drug problems and was estranged for many years from her father, who she said physically abused her when she was a child. Patrick Ryan O’Neal was born in Los Angeles on April 20, 1941, the elder son of Charles O’Neal, a screenwriter, and Patricia Callaghan O’Neal, an actress. At 17, he joined his nomadic parents in Germany and got his ﬁrst taste of show business as a stuntman on the television series Tales of the Vikings. He never took an acting lesson, but his striking good looks, as well as the anger that seemed to boil just below the surface, helped win him roles on television not long after he returned to Los Angeles.

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Finding successor to Santos no easy job for Republicans By Nicholas Fandos

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If New York Republicans had hoped to quickly and cleanly turn the page on the embarrassing saga of George Santos, the week since his expulsion from Congress has not gone as planned. While party leaders hunkered down in the Long Island suburbs to game out the critical special election to replace him, it emerged one of their top candidates for the nomination, Mazi Melesa Pilip, was a registered Democrat. Another Republican who had entered the race earlier this year was convicted of taking part in the Capitol riot Jan. 6, 2021. And records were unearthed in news reports showing another front-runner, Mike Sapraicone, had not only been sued for suppressing evidence in a murder case as a New York City police officer but also later made political contributions totaling $40,000 to the race’s Democratic nominee, Tom Suozzi. The torrent of revelations washed away the message of order and unity top Republicans sought to project in the wake

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of Santos’ hurricane. And suspicions many of the unsavory disclosures about the candidates had been seeded in the press by rival Republican camps left some fretting the party was playing into Democrats’ hands. “It definitely looks messy,” said Chapin Fay, a Republican political consultant advising some of the candidates. “Just let the Republicans kill themselves even before a candidate is chosen.” In many ways, the Republicans’ predicament is the result of their determination to avoid a repeat of Santos. The federally indicted serial fabulist slipped past Republican and Democratic vetters in 2020 and 2022, winning the seat connecting Queens and Nassau County last fall before his entire life story began to unravel as a series of fictions and outright frauds. Joseph Cairo, the Nassau County Republican chairman leading the selection process, views Santos as a stain on his personal record. He said he would likely select a candidate already well known to the party and has retained outside help from research firms to identify major vulnerabilities before making the nomination.

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School shooter gets life sentence Ethan Crumbley, who killed four, apologizes to families of victims By Kim Bellware

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A Michigan teenager has been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for a 2021 shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan that killed four students and wounded seven others. Oakland County Judge Kwamé Rowe sentenced Ethan Crumbley, now 17, following a day of emotional testimony from family members of victims and survivors. Before handing down the sentence, Rowe described Crumbley as a person “obsessed” with violence, who stalked the school hallways “picking and choosing who was going to die” and described the repeated shooting of the youngest victim as “an execution” and “torture.” Rowe acknowledged the number of people in Oxford who now experience depression, PTSD and survivors guilt, underscoring the ripple effects the shooting has had on the community. “The court simply cannot ignore that,” Rowe said. Moments earlier, Crumbley had made a rare public statement where he accepted responsibility for his actions and apologized. He looked down as Rowe read through the sentence for each count while victims’ families looked on from the gallery. Before Rowe handed down his sentence, he gave the shooter a chance to speak. “We’re all here today because of what I did. My actions, what I chose to do,” Crumbley said, calling himself “a really bad person.” He absolved his parents of responsibility and

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LOCAL&REGION Plaza hosting 2 holiday events Sunday Chanukah on the Plaza begins in afternoon, with Las Posadas at sunset By Carina Julig

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Santa Feans will have the opportunity to go to two holiday events Sunday on the Plaza. The Santa Fe Jewish Center is hosting Chanukah on the Plaza in the afternoon and, once the sun sets, the 47th annual Las Posadas procession will take place. Hosted by the Santa Fe Jewish Center, Chanukah on the Plaza

will begin at 3 p.m. Along with a menorah lighting, the celebration will include live music, the dropping of gelt — chocolate coins — from a ladder by the Santa Fe Fire Department, performances by ﬁre dancers and treats including latkes, donuts and cider. Las Posadas is scheduled to take place from 5:30-7 p.m., with candle lighting beginning at 5 p.m. The New Mexico History Museum will close at 3 p.m. to prepare for the event. A Christmas tradition with origins in Mexico, Las Posadas reenacts Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter in Bethlehem before

the birth of Jesus. The tradition resumed in Santa Fe in 2022 following a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic and features actors playing the holy family as a crowd follows them with candles. Chanukah on the Plaza will be held on the third day of Hanukkah, which began Thursday evening. The Santa Fe Jewish Center will have a public lighting of the chile-festooned menorah on the Plaza each day of the eight-day holiday, but the big celebration takes place Sunday. Rabbi Berel Levertov of the Santa Fe Jewish Center said he

expects a large turnout this year because people want something to celebrate. At Thursday’s lighting of the ﬁrst candle, attended by about two dozen onlookers as the sun set, Levertov said Hanukkah has a special signiﬁcance this year because of a rise in antisemitism and the outbreak of war in Israel and Palestine, which began Oct. 7 when Hamas militants invaded Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip, killing hundreds of Israeli civilians and kidnapping more than 200 people. Please see story on Page A-8

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State senator wants audit of tax credit Possible overpayments and a lack of data concern Finance Committee chairman By Robert Nott

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A state senator said he will call for an independent audit of the state’s film rebate program in the upcoming legislative session amid growing concerns it may not produce enough bang for the buck. Sen. George Muñoz, D-Gallup, said he’s concerned about both the possibility of overpayments to film companies and a lack of data on eligible expenses used to get rebates. “An accredited out-of-state auditing firm would have to dig into it,” he said. “I’m not saying the film industry does not create jobs, but at some point if the state Economic Development Department and the film office can’t calculate down to the penny what they are reimbursing for, then we don’t know what we’re getting,” said Muñoz, who is the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. The program aims to draw moviemakers to New Mexico to create both jobs and revenue by allowing production companies to apply for 25% rebates on qualified expenses for projects shot in the state. Additional uplifts in the program allow for some production companies to apply for up to 40% of qualified expenses. A September Legislative Finance Committee report said it’s time to reevaluate its financial impact. The report says the rebate initiative accounts for 37% of all state economic development incentives but provides less than 1% of total private employment in the state. It also said the program helps provide about 8,000 jobs a year in the film industry, which costs the state about $23,000 in rebates per job. In light of that report, Muñoz wrote to state film office Director Amber Dodson in early October, asking her to provide more detailed information on how the film tax credits are calculated and data on eligibility requirements, among other queries. Dodson responded with a letter in late October describing how the film production rebate — considered a tax credit — works. Regarding the possibility of overpayments, Dodson wrote that before 2019 there was “no proper database Please see story on Page A-9

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Timoteo Ccarita Sacaca, right, displays his Peruvian textiles for sale as artist Porﬁria Melo Vera, left, demonstrates weaving during the International Folk Art Market’s Saturday night market July 8 at the Railyard Park.

INTERNATIONAL FOLK AR T MARKE T

New director ‘a terrific match’ Stacey Edgar, an entrepreneur and professor, will begin the job in IFAM’s 20th anniversary year By Carina Julig

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he International Folk Art Market has named an entrepreneur and professor as its next executive director after the resignation of its past CEO following the July market. Stacey Edgar is the founder of Global Girlfriend, a fair trade company that sold woman-made artisan products from across the world, and co-founder of the nonproﬁt Trade + Impact, a trade association focused on advancing women-led social enterprises in Africa and the Middle East. After selling Global Girlfriend in 2019, Edgar has taught at the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business, with a focus on social responsibility and sustainability. Edgar was selected for the IFAM position after a search that began in late summer. “I am really excited for the folk artists because of Stacey’s background,” International Folk Art Market co-founder Tom Aageson said Friday in a news release. “She understands the small businesses of the folk artists and the difﬁculties and challenges the artists experience

every day at the grassroots level. It is a terriﬁc match.” Edgar will officially start Jan. 2 but is traveling to Santa Fe in the coming week to meet with staff and board members. Reached Friday, she said she is thrilled to take the reins at the folk art Stacey Edgar market, which she has been involved with previously as a “volunteer, buyer and admirer.” “IFAM is such a treasure, not just in Santa Fe but really around the world,” she said. Edgar said her priority will be to ensure the market’s core mission remains strong in the coming years, but she also thinks there are opportunities to create a more connected folk art community year-round. That includes ﬁnding ways to connect with artists who aren’t selected for the market but still want to be involved and helping folk artists break into the wholesale market across the U.S., especially online. “I think we have a lot of really exciting potential, especially in the digital

space,” she said. Edgar believes folk artists are leading the way in sustainable business practices, and large companies are taking note. “I think there’s so much the larger economy can learn from what folk artists are doing now with recycled materials, with slow fashion and with handmade production,” she said. Previous director Melissa Mann, who oversaw the market’s move from Museum Hill to the Railyard Park, resigned in July, days after this year’s record-breaking market. The organization did not provide a reason for her departure. The 2024 market, scheduled for July 11-14, will be the organization’s 20th and will include 167 artists from 51 countries, the release said. That will include 41 ﬁrst-time artists and artists from a new country, Papua New Guinea. To mark the anniversary, Edgar said she hopes to celebrate the founders and artists who have been with the market from the beginning. “I’m just getting the inside scoop on some of the plans, but I know we’re really going to work hard on making it a big celebration,” she said.

Officer indicted in fatal shooting The Associated Press

LAS CRUCES — A Las Cruces police officer has been indicted on a charge of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a man during a confrontation last year, authorities said Thursday. The officer, Brad Lunsford, is accused of shooting Presley Eze, 36, in August 2022 at a Las Cruces gas station after an employee called 911 to report Eze had left with a beer he did not pay for, according to authorities. A grand jury returned the indictment this week. Lunsford’s attorney, Jess Lilley, said Thursday he had not yet seen a copy. “But we’re anxious for a jury to listen to the truth of what happened,” Lilley told The Associated Press. “We’re confident that Mr. Lunsford will be found not guilty.” Authorities said Lunsford was the first officer to arrive at the gas station that day and began questioning Eze. A scuffle ensued when Lunsford and another officer tried to remove Eze from the vehicle he was in. Eze resisted the officers’ attempts to take him into custody, according to the attorney general’s office. The man ended up on the ground on top of one of the other officers and placed his hand on the officer’s stun gun. That’s when Lunsford drew his handgun and shot Eze once in the head at close range, authorities said. Court records show the shooting happened just a few months after Eze was arrested in nearby Sunland Park after he and another man were found unresponsive in a vehicle with firearms inside. The criminal complaint in that case stated a background check at the time determined Eze had Please see story on Page A-9

MISSIN G IN NEW ME XICO DAY

Families say late notice left many in dark By Bella Davis

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ALBUQUERQUE — Darian Nevayaktewa went missing 15 years ago from northeastern Arizona. He was 19 and living in New Mexico with his mother, Lynette Pino. But during a summer visit to the Hopi reservation, where his father lived, he went to a gathering and never came home. Pino hasn’t stopped looking for answers about what happened to her son. “We take it one day at a time and just pray that one of these days something will come out,” Pino said. Her search brought her from Tesuque

Pueblo to Albuquerque on Sunday for the second annual Missing in New Mexico Day. Nearly 200 Native Americans are missing from the state and the Navajo Nation, according to an FBI list last updated in November. While geared toward people missing from New Mexico, Pino, who also attended last year, said the event provides face-to-face conversations with law enforcement and information about resources like search and rescue teams. After winter, she hopes to be able to organize another search for her son. Over the past decade and a half, she’s struggled to get the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which still lists her son’s case as open on its website, to communicate

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with her. From unanswered calls to dismissed concerns and victim blaming, dealing with law enforcement is one of the main obstacles in getting justice for missing or murdered relatives, Indigenous families say. Lawmakers in 2022 created Sunday’s event, which the state is required to host every year, in part to try to help solve that problem. But Pino easily could have missed it. Officials announced the date and location Nov. 28, less than a week before the event, organized by the Indian Affairs Department and the Department Please see story on Page A-8

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Lynette Pino with a poster of her son, Darian Nevayaktewa, who went missing from the Hopi reservation in 2008. Pino drove about an hour from Tesuque Pueblo to Albuquerque on Sunday for Missing in New Mexico Day. SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM

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Families say state left many in dark of families,” Tenorio told Indian Affairs Secretary-Designate James Mountain and Deputy Secreof Public Safety. Dozens of chairs were empty when tary Josett Monette. it kicked off with speeches from state officials in a Some families she’s in contact with didn’t know hotel conference room. the event was happening, Tenorio said, and even Along with other affected families, Pino if they had, the late notice would have made it questioned whether the state did enough to raise difficult for people who live outside Albuquerque awareness. to make it. In response to the families’ criticisms, “Looking around here, there’s nobody,” Pino said, Monette said: “One perspective is that, of course, if adding she learned about the event when a friend we’re able to help a family ... that’s really good work. sent her a ﬂyer. “It’s depressing. Maybe the adverOf course we want to help as many families as we tising wasn’t good enough.” can.” Monette said in the future state officials want Multiple state agencies posted about it on social to “get the notice out as soon as possible” and are media, and officials “reached out to tribal leaderalready looking at scheduling next year’s date. ship to ensure comprehensive dissemination of During her talk with Mountain and Monette, information,” Indian Affairs spokesperson Aaron Tenorio said affected families need to be included Lopez wrote to New Mexico In Depth on Monday. in a new Missing and Murdered Indigenous PerThe state doesn’t have an official attendance sons Advisory Council announced last week. count because the event is open to the public and Advocates and families, along with state leaders registration isn’t required, according to Herman and law enforcement officials, will make up the Lovato, a spokesperson for the Public Safety depart- advisory council, according to a news release. ment. Agency staff, Lovato said, interacted with Pojoaque Pueblo Gov. Jenelle Roybal and about “30 individuals from families with missing Picuris Pueblo Gov. Craig Quanchello, whom Gov. persons.” Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed to lead the After opening remarks, Josey Tenorio, who is group, are selecting members. Hopi and has two siblings who were murdered, and “Their concerns are important, and I believe we other advocates confronted Indian Affairs officials addressed them,” Mountain told New Mexico In for the lack of notice about the event. Depth during Sunday’s event. “I was glad to be able to talk with them.” “This room would’ve been ﬁlled with hundreds Continued from Page A-7

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The Anti-Defamation League has documented a signiﬁcant uptick in antisemitic incidents in the U.S. following the outbreak of war, which in the past several days has included vandalism of a menorah in Brooklyn. Levertov said there will be security at Sunday’s event, but he is not personally concerned. “I’m not worried,” he said. “I don’t think anybody’s going to want to disrupt a nice community celebration.” Santa Fe Police Department

Deputy Chief Ben Valdez conﬁrmed police will have a presence at the Plaza during the lighting, as at other public events throughout the holiday season. The department does not release its operational protocols in advance of events, he noted. “The story of Hanukkah is a story of the survival of the Jewish people in the most difficult times,” Levertov said, drawing a parallel between recent events and the origins of the holiday. Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Second

Temple by the Maccabees in the second century B.C. After ﬁghting off the Greek army, the Maccabees relit the menorah in the temple. According to Jewish tradition, even though they had only a one-day supply of oil, it miraculously lasted eight days. Levertov said the menorah serves as a light against the darkness. “We hope to manifest a miracle that we’re all waiting for,” he said. “Hamas puts down their arms; the hostages are freed, and peace reigns and war is over. That would be wonderful.”

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week when she ﬁled what is Dallas-area woman had this believed to be the ﬁrst lawsuit of won restraining order its kind since the landmark U.S. against ban a day before Supreme Court ruling last year The Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S. The order by the all-Republican court came more than 30 hours after Kate Cox, a 31-yearold mother of two from the Dallas area, received a temporary restraining order from a lower court judge that prevents Texas from enforcing the state’s ban in her case. In a one-page order, the court said it was temporarily staying Thursday’s ruling “without regard to the merits.” The case is pending. “While we still hope that the Court ultimately rejects the state’s request and does so quickly, in this case we fear that justice delayed will be justice denied,” said Molly Duane, an attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing Cox. Cox was 20 weeks pregnant

IN BRIEF City submits audit nearly a year late The city of Santa Fe submitted its 2022 fiscal year audit Thursday, nearly a year past the due date and several days after city officials repeatedly said it would be ready. The 2022 audit is the second the city has submitted in under six months, following the submittal of the fiscal year 2021 audit in June, 18 months after it was due. This leaves 2023 as the city’s only outstanding audit, which it has said will be turned in five months late in May 2024. “Two down, one to go,” Mayor Alan Webber said in a Friday news release. The submittal of the two audits this calendar year shows the city’s attempts to hire more staff in the finance department and improve its internal accounting procedures are getting results, the release said. City officials had previously said the 2022 audit would be ready Dec. 4, but following an exit conference that day it was decided more quality-control

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that overturned Roe v. Wade. The order issued Thursday applied only to Cox. Cox learned she was pregnant for a third time in August and was told weeks later her baby was at a high risk for a condition known as trisomy 18, which has a very high likelihood of miscarriage or stillbirth and low survival rates, according to her lawsuit. Furthermore, doctors have told Cox if the baby’s heartbeat were to stop, inducing labor would carry a risk of a uterine rupture. Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued Cox does not meet the criteria for a medical exception to the state’s abortion ban, and he urged the state’s highest court to act swiftly. “Future criminal and civil proceedings cannot restore the life that is lost if Plaintiffs or their agents proceed to perform and procure an abortion in violation of Texas law,” Paxton’s office told the court. He also warned three hospitals in Houston they could face legal consequences if they allowed Cox’s physician to provide the abortion, despite the ruling from state District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble, whom Paxton called an “activist” judge. work needed to be done before it could be turned in. City councilors will be briefed on the results, which will not be publicly available until they are released by the Office of the State Auditor.

Body found on road west of Santa Fe A man was found dead Thursday morning on a remote road west of Santa Fe. The man — who appeared to be about 40 years old — was found near 811 Monarch Mountain Mine, where deputies were dispatched at 8:31 a.m., according to a news release from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office. The man appeared to have been struck by a vehicle, the release states, though investigators could not determine if the vehicle struck him before or after he died. The agency is investigating the death, the release states, but based on a preliminary investigation, “there do not appear to be signs of foul play.” An investigation is ongoing, and an autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death, the release says. The New Mexican

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is facing a record $68 billion budget deficit, state officials announced Thursday, forcing hard choices for Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in his final term as he works to build his national profile. The nation’s most populous state — with an economy that is the fifth largest in the world — has been struggling since last year because of the rising prices of most goods and services and how the U.S. government has been trying to control inflation. It is now much more expensive for people and businesses to borrow money, meaning fewer people are buying homes and fewer businesses are hiring workers. That is leading to fewer tax collections for the state. A series of damaging storms last winter have made the problem worse. The storms were so bad state officials decided to give people and businesses more time to pay their taxes this year. That meant Newsom and the Legislature had to come up with a budget over the summer without knowing how much money the state had to spend. It turns out they badly misjudged how much taxes people and businesses would pay. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Office said tax collections were off by $26 billion, a major driver of the deficit. When combined with the economic slowdown California has been facing since last year, it leads to a predicted deficit of $68 billion, Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek announced Thursday. That is the biggest deficit by dollars in state history, but previous deficits have been larger as a percentage of state spending. California’s current budget tops $300 billion, the largest by far of any state. Newsom and the state Legislature now must come up with a plan to cover the deficit. Newsom will present his plan in January and then negotiate with state lawmakers through June. The next budget year begins July 1. Newsom’s first term in office was buoyed by record-smashing surpluses of more than $100 billion in some years. The money allowed him and his Democratic allies in the state Legislature to greatly expand government, including paying for guaranteed health insurance for all low-income adults regardless of their immigration status and free lunches for all public school students. “Republicans cautioned that this level of spending would lead to greater deficits, and

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Legislative analyst Gabriel Petek, left, at a budget hearing at the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., in 2020. Thursday, Petek said slower tax collections and the economic slowdown have led to a $68 billion hole in California’s budget.

it would be more prudent to show restraint. Unfortunately, the majority party ignored those warnings,” said state Sen. Roger Niello, a Republican from Fair Oaks and vice chairman of the committee that oversees the state budget. California is still in a strong position to weather the deﬁcit compared with previous years, including the Great Recession, when the state struggled to have enough cash to pay its bills. For one thing, the state has more than $37 billion in various savings accounts. Petek, the legislative analyst, suggested Newsom and lawmakers could use some — but not all — of that money to help balance the budget. In particular, Newsom could use the reserves to protect public schools from painful spending cuts. Petek also said lawmakers could cancel about $11 billion of planned one-time spending. But even if they do all of that, it likely still wouldn’t be enough to cover the deﬁcit. “The state remains in a good cash position,” Petek said. “I would stop short of calling it a crisis.” Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, a Democrat from Salinas, pledged to craft a budget that “protects classroom funding and prioritizes support for core programs.” Toni Atkins, the Democratic president pro tempore of the state Senate, vowed to pass a budget “protecting middle class taxpayers

and the programs and resources that help Californians and families.” A spokesperson for Newsom said the governor will propose a budget that “protects vital services and public safety.” The economic downturn has had a greater impact in California than other states, mostly because of its size and its reliance on taxes paid by the wealthy. The number of unemployed workers has risen by nearly 200,000 since last year, enough to increase the state’s unemployment rate to 4.8% from 3.8%. The national unemployment rate is 3.9%. Layoffs have hit the tech sector particularly hard, which has been the backbone of the state’s economic growth and revenue, said Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at Loyola Marymount University. “They expanded greatly during the pandemic and now they are ﬁnding that they have too many people and they need to cut back expenses,” Sohn said. Home sales in California have been cut in half compared with two years ago as average monthly mortgage payments have jumped to more than $5,500 from $3,700, said Oscar Wei, deputy chief economist for the California Association of Realtors. Wei said he expects interest rates to fall slightly in 2024 to around 6.5% — still well above the 3% rates seen during the pandemic.

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with consistent information and statistics on registered productions,” nor any “consistent analysis and oversight of registration and tax credit applications and data.” But she wrote that safeguards are now in place to rectify that thanks to legislation passed in 2019. The letter says the film office has since created a process to better capture and evaluate production information, “allowing us to monitor daily estimated payouts and the film tax credit funds.” Dodson’s letter also provided information on the number of New Mexico resident actors, day players, background actors and crew members working in the industry since 2020. In terms of crew members, that figure has ranged from about 2,700 in fiscal year 2020 — the year the pandemic shut down production — to nearly

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been convicted of an undisclosed felony in Connecticut in 2014. New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said his office consulted with experts who concluded the use of deadly force in the 2022 case was not reasonable under the circumstances. “It is our duty to ensure that law enforcement officers are held to the highest standards, that their actions are transparently examined, and that any misconduct is addressed with the utmost seriousness,” Torrez said in a statement Thursday. Prosecutors said Lunsford, 38, could face up to nine years in prison if convicted of voluntary manslaughter with a ﬁrearm enhancement.

7,500 in fiscal year 2022. At a legislative committee hearing earlier this year, Dodson said although the film industry provides around 8,000 jobs a year for New Mexicans, that does not equate to 8,000 individuals because some film workers may get jobs on more than one production a year. Muñoz said he wants more information and believes a Legislature-approved audit may provide it. If not, he said, he is willing to use his capital outlay funds to get the job done. “We ought to send an auditor in and audit how they are doing this,” he said. “We have to fund a special audit for them.” Bruce Krasnow, spokesman for the state Economic Development Department, said Friday the film office “encourages the Legislature to commission its own analysis and study.” When the state commissioned studies on the financial and employment impact of the film

rebate program in the past, it was accused of being biased toward the film industry, Krasnow said. There have been at least three such reports over the past 15 years. The first, in 2008, showed an investment return of 14 cents on every dollar spent on the program. The second, in 2009, put that figure at 94 cents per dollar invested. The third, in 2014, estimated the figure at 33 cents per dollar. Many Republican lawmakers have long questioned the benefits of the rebate program and have said the state would do better investing that money into other tax incentive initiatives. Democrats, for the most part, have supported the program or voiced little objection to it. Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, said in a legislative hearing in November the program pumps money into local communities as production companies pay for hotels and housing, restaurants and catering

and rental vehicles, helping the state during challenging economic times. “But for the ﬁlm industry we would have been in worse trouble than we were in,” he said. But Muñoz is not the only Democrat asking questions about the program now. At a legislative hearing earlier this week, Reps. Derrick Lente, D-Sandia Pueblo, and Susan Herrera, D-Embudo, raised concerns about how much bang the state is getting for its buck. “Film and tax credits are out of line,” Herrera said. “We need to look at that as a Legislature and maybe slow that growth down. I know this is a very political statement to be making ... but that’s what we need to do.” Herrera noted New Mexico is grappling with poverty and other issues. “To be supporting tycoons in the ﬁlm industry, I guess, is not the direction I would go,” she said.

FUNERAL SERVICES AND MEMORIALS STEPHEN C. JOSEPH

NOVEMBER 25, 1937–NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Santa Fe — Stephen (Steve) was born in New York City on November 25, 1937 and died on November 24, 2023 at his home in Santa Fe with his wife, Elizabeth Preble, by his side. After receiving his BA from Harvard University, his MD from Yale University and his MPH from Johns Hopkins University, Steve embarked on a long career of leadership in domestic and international public health and pediatric medicine. In the United States, Steve served as Commissioner of Health in New York City, Dean of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, and US Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs). Internationally, he worked for USAID, UNICEF, and other organizations and academic institutions; and held long-term positions in Nepal (Peace Corps physician), Cameroon, Newfoundland, and Indonesia. After retirement, Steve’s volunteer activities included work with Amref Health Africa and practicing pediatrics in post-earthquake Haiti. Steve loved the outdoors — mountains, sea, the beautiful high desert of New Mexico and the magical countryside of southwest France. He will be remembered for his keen intellect, indomitable spirit, and commitment to social justice. Steve is survived by his wife of 38 years, Elizabeth Preble, brother Jeffrey Joseph, daughters Denise Ellen Joseph and Tara Anne Joseph and four grandchildren. Special thanks go to Margot and other EGIS staff who helped care for Steve in recent months with competence, affection, and a large dose of good humor. The family also thanks the devoted staff of Presbyterian Hospice of Northern New Mexico. In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to Doctors without Borders.

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Miracle year: Economy almost back to normal The Washington Post

t has been a miracle year for the U.S. economy. Inflation has plummeted without triggering a recession. Many experts said that could not happen without widespread layoffs and a downturn. The economy has gained 2.4 million jobs so far this year, and growth has accelerated, with an annualized rate topping 5% in the third quarter. The good news has also fueled a stock market rally. In polls, people are downbeat about this economy, but their actions don’t match their words. There has been a consumption boom this year. Americans continued to spend heavily on apparel, concerts and vacations. In many ways, this is the year the economy finally returned to something close to normal. But many people seem to have forgotten what normal looks like after a traumatic few years. It seems inevitable that growth will slow from here. Many American consumers have been spending more than they earn lately, enabled by all the extra savings people built up during the coronavirus pandemic (and an alarming rise in credit card balances). At some

point, consumers have to scale back. Americans have also been buoyed by unprecedented growth in their wealth in recent years, largely because of surging home and stock market prices. It wasn’t just the rich getting richer. Net worth rose for Americans of all income levels, ages and races from 2019 to 2022, according to Federal Reserve data. Still, there are signs consumers are getting choosier. As retailer Nordstrom warned in its recent earnings call, “We continue to see a cautious consumer.” It’s still possible the United States will see a “soft landing” that avoids a painful recession, but growth is likely to be lackluster in 2024 as consumption cools. The job market is the key indicator to watch. It has been easy to find a job in recent years. That, too, has helped boost consumption. But hiring is slowing down. Companies are getting more selective. Workers are no longer quitting en masse, and people are staying unemployed longer, a sign that it’s getting harder to find a new job after a layoff. The current unemployment rate of 3.9% is very low, but even a modest rise in that rate could spook Americans. Federal Reserve officials are almost cer-

tainly done hiking interest rates. They need to recognize that the labor market is back in balance. Job openings still appear high, but companies are being very picky. The hiring rate has fallen sharply this year. Meanwhile, inflation is getting close to the Fed’s 2% target. Data released Thursday shows the Fed’s preferred inflation metric has fallen to a 2.5% annualized rate in the past six months. The recent years’ inflation spike was driven a lot more by supply problems than many realized — or admitted. It appears that spike was transitory. It just took longer than many expected to work out the supply chain chaos and hire back enough workers. With gas prices back down and rent and food price increases moderating, the Fed looks likely to meet its inflation goal in 2024. The debate now is when the Fed will start cutting interest rates. Stocks have been rallying in recent weeks as investors are betting a cut will come by May. That would certainly help the housing market, which has frozen with mortgage rates at the highest levels in about two decades. The Fed has to see how the data comes in this winter, but it would make sense to bring rates back to a lower

level now that many pandemic problems are over. That doesn’t mean a return to near-zero. But, as New York Fed President John Williams said Thursday, rates are “the most restrictive in 25 years.” The Fed cannot declare the inflation fight won prematurely, but current rates might soon seem excessive. As for President Joe Biden and Congress, they can help by finally agreeing on a budget for this fiscal year and, even better, launching a bipartisan debt commission to begin tackling the nation’s dire long-term fiscal challenges. So who gets credit for the economic miracle? It’s clear the Fed restored trust in its judgment and, in turn, that inflation would come down. Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus also played a role by beefing up people’s savings. That is still fueling stronger-than-expected consumption. Biden’s aid also drove a lot of hiring this year in state and local governments. But the biggest factor is a return to normal — companies untangling supply chains even as people returned to stores. The United States has a chance to stick its soft landing. It would be even better — for the country’s economy and its politics — if Americans believed it could happen.

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Keep Trump off ballot to secure our future O ur best hope for the future of a constitutional, representative democracy after 2024 is the disqualification of former President Donald Trump from many state ballots on the basis of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. After the horrific Hamas massacre of 1,400 Israelis on Oct. 7, President Joe Biden expressed full support for Israel and traveled to Israel, not only as a show of support, but to try to temper the Israeli response. In the first he succeeded, but in the second he failed. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a later speech to Israel, referred to Amelek of the Hebrew Bible, an ancient enemy of Israel that was to be utterly destroyed. Netanyahu’s reference to Amelek, in declaring a “holy war” against Hamas, seemed, for many, to be a call for genocide in retaliation for the massacre. This situation is favorable to Trump because many who would otherwise vote for Biden in 2024 are rightfully upset by the extensive Israeli bombing of civilians in Gaza, including children, a consequence of the Israeli intent to “destroy Hamas,” which is, unfortunately, deeply embedded in all of Gaza. Biden took a risk in visiting Israel, hoping and failing to temper Israel’s response and has lost many voters as a consequence. Our nation is now under a greater threat than before. I believe a second Trump presidency means the end of the American republic as we have known it, foreshadowed by reports that Trump intends to politicize or weaponize all federal agencies, hire or appoint only staffers and officers who are unconditionally loyal to him and to visit retribution on all those who have dared to testify against him, or to oppose him in any way. He is a tyrant at heart, having no loyalty to anything but his own selfish

interests. He is a malignant narcissist who will not hesitate to sic his cult followers on any who oppose him, and even on those whose loyalty he deems insufficient. Trump may gain the White House in spite of his criminal history and psychopathic personality because of the failure of the Electoral College ever in its history to fulﬁll the function for which the Founders established it or because of coordinated

Republican efforts to subvert the elections, by violence or otherwise or, most importantly, because voters who would reject Trump are split for and against Biden. Whether or not Trump is found by the courts to have engaged in insurrection, he has demonstrably given aid and comfort to the insurrectionists, which, according to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, disqualiﬁes him.

At present, our best hope for our constitutional, representative democracy rests with this disqualiﬁcation. If it fails, fascism is highly likely to be our fate and, under Trump, a highly corrupt fascism. Hans von Briesen has been a resident of Santa Fe since 1977 and of New Mexico since 1973. He was born in Los Angeles in 1938.

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‘The ﬁner things in life’: WNMU president spends big on global travel, home goods, Dec. 6 The highest paid people at most public universities are the major sports coaches, and some of those salaries and perks actually are newsworthy. I am surprised The New Mexican reprinted this story, which I read earlier on Searchlight. It struck me as a complete non-story, and the total expenditures are very small. Most colleges and universities participate in international travel. The very small furniture expense is a real stretch to make a story. The New Mexican should be happy a local Santa Fe business was selected for the new furnishings.” Carol Miller

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n the vast expanse of Southwestern wild places, one lone wolf has captivated the hearts of many — Asha, the dispersing Mexican gray wolf on a journey of epic proportions. As she roams across the landscapes of Northern New Mexico for the second time, her path not only tells the story of a remarkable individual but also unveils the secrets of critical dispersal corridors that are essential for the survival of her species. Recent observations of Asha’s movements raise questions about the wisdom of intervening in her natural wanderings. As the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contemplate the potential need for human intervention — they’re letting Asha alone for now — it is crucial to consider the broader implications of her journey, not just for her but for the entire ecosystem. One study on wolf dispersal highlights a corridor spanning

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Peacefully accommodating our neighbors of all ilk is the only way we and our hot, hungry and crowed planet will survive the current crises we face. around 26 miles, connecting core Mexican gray wolf habitat in the Gila National Forest to suitable habitat in the Jemez Mountains and beyond in southwestern Colorado. This corridor, just over half a mile wide in some areas, stands as a critical pathway for the dispersal of wolves in the region. The precarious nature of this corridor, or other possible paths delicately following the remnants of forested land cover, underscores the challenges faced by Mexican wolves like Asha. The conversion of vital habitats into cropland exacerbates the already arduous task of crossing the diverse terrains of the Southwest. Not having access to the details

of Asha’s GPS collar data, we can only surmise that she may have followed this corridor. Wherever her exact path has taken, we can be confident that it’s been a dangerous one at times. Crossing Interstate 40, the arbitrary boundary the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has set for lobos, is just one of many challenges she faces. In addition to vehicles moving at lethal speeds, bullets intended for coyotes might find their way to Asha. It wouldn’t be the first time. Asha’s journey serves as a living testament to the importance of preserving these tenuous corridors and allowing wild wolves (and other animals) to use these corridors in pursuit of suitable

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core wildlands. By allowing her to roam freely, the agencies have the opportunity to showcase the signiﬁcance of such pathways for the recovery of wolf populations not only in Northern New Mexico but potentially in southern Colorado and Utah. Asha, in her quest for a mate, is becoming a pioneer for lobo recovery in these regions. Independent, peer-reviewed scientiﬁc studies assert that the recovery of Mexican gray wolves hinges on their access to habitats in the Southern Rocky Mountains and Grand Canyon Ecosystem, both situated north of I-40. Ideal habitats for Mexican wolves extend beyond this geographical boundary, emphasizing the importance of recognizing their inherent need to follow natural corridors and establish sub-populations in additional areas. As we follow Asha’s trail, let’s celebrate her resilience and acknowledge that sometimes,

the best course of action is to let nature take its course. Resisting the urge to intervene in wild animals’ lives is an essential aspect of coexistence, where humans and animals learn to live with each other. Peacefully accommodating our neighbors of all ilk is the only way we and our hot, hungry and crowed planet will survive the current crises we face. Contact Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and ask her to rescind New Mexico’s opposition to wolf recovery efforts north of I-40. In doing so, we may ﬁnd that Asha’s path becomes a beacon for larger rewilding initiatives, emphasizing the critical role of dispersal corridors in the preservation of wildlife and wild places. Michelle Lute lives outside Santa Fe and has a doctorate in wolf conservation. She is co-executive director for Wildlife for All and board member of the Rewilding Institute.

From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Dec. 9, 1948: City Council Votes to Install Parking Meters in Santa Fe Dec. 9, 1973: ESPAÑOLA — Whether controversial Mayor Richard L. Lucero becomes manager of this municipality, with unprecedented authority and job security, will be decided by the eight members of the city council a week from tomorrow night — barring unforeseen developments between now and then. The mayor’s unabashed power play will meet fierce opposition from some who consider him an unpredictable opportunist, often using dubious means to achieve ends which may or may not be desirable. It will be supported with equal vigor by those who believe he is the man best qualified by experience, energy and ability to move the community more effectively as its paid executive officer, rather than its unpaid mayor. Dec. 9, 1998: Santa Fe County filed a lawsuit and temporary restraining order against Public Service Company of New Mexico on Tuesday, stopping construction of the controversial NortonTesuque power line. County Attorney Denice Kulseth, who filed the lawsuit in district court, said that PNM must be stopped from building its utility transmission line until the company gets a development permit and complies with all requirements of the county land code. PNM spokeswoman Julie Gray said PNM stands by its position: It does not have to obtain the permit because the issue was dealt with under a previous county attorney. SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM

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Trying to become champs SFIS, with third head coach in three years, has been to title game past two years but came up short

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Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy had an emergency appendectomy early this week but is expected back calling plays Sunday when Dallas hosts the Eagles in an NFC battle.

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FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is back with the team after undergoing an emergency appendectomy just four days before planning to be the sideline for an NFC East showdown with Philadelphia. The 60-year-old knew he would be a big part of the story despite the division lead being on the line Sunday night along with Dallas’ 14-game home winning streak, which is why McCarthy wanted to get back quickly. “Anybody that knows me or has ever worked for me, I’m the last guy that wants to take any attention away from the players,” McCarthy said during his usual Friday conference call with reporters after missing the in-person sessions Wednesday and Thursday. “This is a player’s game. I’ve built my program around that premise,” McCarthy said. “Everything that touches the locker room is the most important. So Please see story on Page B-4

SUNDAY ON TV 11 a.m. CBS — Jacksonville at Cleveland 2:05 p.m. FOX — Seattle at San Francisco 2:25 p.m. CBS — Denver at L.A. Chargers 6:20 p.m. NBC — Philadelphia at Dallas

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Santa Fe Indian School forward Emma Lewis, center, struggles for a loose ball against Pecos’ Angel Montoya on Thursday during the Al Armendariz Tournament at Capital. Lewis said new coach Khadijha Jackson is personable but also intense, and she said it shows in her details-oriented practice.

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ainy Crisp knew Khadijha Jackson was coaching material when she wore the uniform for Navajo Prep. The 17-year head coach of the Lady Eagles saw it in Jackson when she was a guard for her from 2012-14. Then, she proved it when she took on the girls basketball program at Crownpoint from 2018-23. So, it didn’t surprise Crisp that Jackson would get a chance to prove her mettle yet again when she took on the same position at Santa Fe Indian School. “I already knew just the type of player she was that she would be a great coach,” Crisp said. “She took that leadership in huddles, at halftime; she wasn’t scared to talk. She was a player-coach.” Jackson’s communication skills have been put to the test, having become the third Lady Braves head coach in as many seasons. Despite the constant change in coaches, the program has had its most sustained success since the 2009-2012 seasons when SFIS won consecutive state titles and played for a third. Jackson’s and the Lady Braves’ goal is to make a third straight trip

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Jackson celebrates a basket against Pecos on Thursday. She is the third head coach for the team in as many years.

to the championship game, but more important, bring home a blue trophy. One thing she learned already, though, is her players are as talkative as she is — and equally supportive of each other.

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NEW YORK — This year’s Heisman Trophy ceremony will be an ode to the new era of college sports, transformed by the transfer portal and NIL. Three of the four Heisman finalists are quarterbacks who blossomed into stars at their second schools and were having so much fun in college that they decided to stick around an extra year — or two. “It’s different for everybody. It depends on how they want their life to go,” LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels said Friday. “We decided to transfer, and to start fresh, and to stay an extra year because we felt like we had something more to prove.” Whether it is Daniels, Oregon’s Bo Nix or Washington’s Michael Penix Jr., the Heisman Trophy winner is likely to be a transfer quarterback for the fifth time in the last seven years. The 89th Heisman will be handed out Saturday night in midtown Manhattan. Those three quarterbacks and Ohio State receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. are the finalists. Daniels is the favorite to take home the big bronze statue. The four spent Friday in New York City, sightseeing, talking to reporters, posing for photos with the trophy and, Please see story on Page B-4

TODAY ON TV 6 p.m. ESPN — The 2023 Heisman Trophy presentation in New York

“It’s mainly a communication thing and support, which is what these girls really need and they really crave,” Jackson said. “If you give it to them, they’ll return it to you.” On the court, her focus has been on

defense, which is a work in progress. In the Lady Braves’ three losses this season, they have given up more than 40 points, including 65 to reigning Class 5A champion Hobbs in a 65-16 loss in the Friday semiﬁnals of Capital’s Al Armendariz Tournament. SFIS senior guard Ali Ortiz said Jackson set the tone in the fall as her offseason workouts involved lots of running because she plans on pressing a lot. “This year, we’re a lot faster,” Ortiz said. “I think she is preparing us very well for our upcoming games and our 3A games. I think we’re actually looking better than we did last year.” Junior forward Emma Lewis said Jackson is personable but also intense, and it shows in her details-oriented practice. “She wants intensity, but she also wants communication and the Please see story on Page B-4

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Echoes from last week’s losses in the Capital City Tournament are still bouncing off the walls of the St. Michael’s gymnasium. “What’s wrong with the Horsemen?” “Are they down this year or what?” “They might be the worst team in the city.” The defending Class 3A boys basketball state champions lost by 13 to Valencia and then — and this one caused a double-take — a 33-point blowout at the hands of Santa Fe Indian School. Horsemen head coach Gerard Garcia has a simple response to that: Patience. This is a team that had just four varsity players not on a fall sports roster, meaning at least eight names on the current roster were either playing

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Horsemen power forward Donevan Ricker runs a drill Wednesday during practice at St. Michael’s. The Horsemen are the defending state champions and are off to a rocky start while many starters played fall sports.

football or soccer. Or, in the case of senior captain Santiago Sandoval, both. The kicker on the football team

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and a defender in soccer, he’s one of the projected starters for Garcia’s club.

Senior co-captain Lucas Gurule said the Horsemen’s biggest issue isn’t chemistry, lack of talent or injuries. He said it’s a matter of spreading the wealth and having everyone contribute after the loss of graduated senior Adam Montoya. Arguably one or the top players in 3A last season, Montoya was the guy with the ball in his hands when a bucket had to be made. Now, Gurule said, it’s all a matter of who happens to have that chance on any possession. “It’s a lot more team effort now because we don’t have that one guy that can just go out and get the points,” he said. “Now it’s getting people open, getting them the shots and getting back on defense.” Sandoval and Gurule are the only seniors are on the varsity roster. Gurule starts at point guard and made an immediate impact when he dropped in 22 points in an overtime win at Los Alamos less than a week Please see story on Page B-3 SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 9:30 a.m. FOX — Syracuse at Georgetown 9:30 a.m. SECN — Holiday Hoopsgiving: Tulane vs. Mississippi St., Atlanta 10 a.m. BTN — Florida Gulf Coast at Minnesota 10 a.m. CBS — Illinois at Tenn. 10 a.m. CW — Valparaiso at Virginia Tech 10 a.m. ESPN2 — Malone’s Classic: Kentucky vs. Penn, Philadelphia 10 a.m. ESPNU — South Carolina at East Carolina 10 a.m. FS1 — California at Butler 10 a.m. FS2 — Ark.-Pine Bluff at UConn 10:30 a.m. USA — Troy at Dayton 11:30 a.m. ACCN — Orange Bowl Classic: Florida St. vs. South Florida, Sunrise, Fla. 11:30 a.m. FOX — Hall of Fame Series: Alabama vs. Purdue, Toronto 11:30 a.m. SECN — Kansas St. at LSU Noon ESPN2 — Holiday Hoopsgiving: Auburn vs. Indiana, Atlanta Noon ESPNU — Grand Canyon at Liberty Noon FS1 — Louisville at DePaul Noon FS2 — Cent. Michigan at Creighton 12:15 p.m. CW — Charlotte at Duke 1:15 p.m. ESPN — Wisconsin at Arizona 2 p.m. ACCN — Alabama A&M at Georgia Tech 2 p.m. ESPN2 — Arkansas vs. Oklahoma, Tulsa, Okla. 2 p.m. FS1 — Hall of Fame Series: Clemson vs. TCU, Toronto 2 p.m. SECN — Orange Bowl Classic: Richmond vs. Florida, Sunrise, Fla. 3 p.m. PAC-12N — Utah Valley at Oregon St. 3:15 p.m. ESPN — Missouri at Kansas 4 p.m. ACCN — Canisius at Pittsburgh 4 p.m. BTN — Ohio St. at Penn St. 4:30 p.m. CBSSN — Saint Mary’s (Cal.) at Colorado State 4:30 p.m. FS1 — Cincinnati at Xavier 5 p.m. FOX — UCLA at Villanova 5 p.m. PAC-12N — BYU at Utah 6 p.m. ACCN — NJIT at Wake Forest 6:30 p.m. CBSSN — Belmont at Middle Tennessee 6:30 p.m. FS1 — Rutgers at Seton Hall 7 p.m. FOX — Notre Dame at Marquette 7 p.m. PAC-12N — UTEP at Oregon 8:30 p.m. CBSSN — Arizona St. at San Diego 8:30 p.m. FS1 — UC Irvine at San Diego St. 9 p.m. ESPN2 — Gonzaga at Washington

COLLEGE FOOTBALL 10 a.m. ESPN — NCAA FCS Tournament: Villanova at S. Dakota St., Quarterfinal 12:30 p.m. ABC — NCAA FCS Tournament: N. Dakota St. at South Dakota, Quarterfinal 1 p.m. CBS — Navy vs. Army, Foxborough, Mass. 6 p.m. ESPN — The 2023 Heisman Trophy Presentation: From New York COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S) 2 p.m. ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: Louisville at Pittsburgh, Regional Final 4 p.m. ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: Arkansas at Nebraska, Regional Final 6 p.m. ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: Oregon at Wisconsin, Regional Final 8 p.m. ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: Texas at Stanford, Regional Final GOLF Noon GOLF — PGA Tour/LPGA Tour: The Grant Thornton Invitational, Second Round, Tiburón Golf Club, Naples, Fla. 1 p.m. NBC — PGA Tour/LPGA Tour: The Grant Thornton Invitational, Second Round, Tiburón Golf Club, Naples, Fla. 2:30 a.m. Sunday GOLF — DP World Tour: The Alfred Dunhill Championship, Final Round, Leopard Creek CC, Malelane, South Africa HORSE RACING 2 p.m. FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races NBA 6:30 p.m. ABC — NBA In-Season Tournament: Indiana vs. LA Lakers, Championship, Las Vegas NHL 11 a.m. NHLN — Ariz. at Boston 5 p.m. NHLN — Nashville at Toronto SAILING 3 a.m. Sunday CBSSN — Sail GP: Event 6 — Day 2, Dubai, United Arab Emirates SOCCER (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. USA — Premier League: Liverpool at Crystal Palace 8 a.m. USA — Premier League: Burnley at Brighton & Hove Albion 10:25 a.m. ABC — Bundesliga: RB Leipzig at Borussia Dortmund 10:30 a.m. NBC — Premier League: Arsenal at Aston Villa 2 p.m. FOX — MLS Cup: LAFC at Columbus Crew, Final SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 4:55 a.m. CBSSN — FASL: Aston Villa at Manchester City

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6 7 7 11

9 6 6 4

3 6 6 8

0 0 0 0

PCT

0 0 0 0

San Francisco 9 3 L.A. Rams 6 6 Seattle 6 6 Arizona 3 10 e-Eliminated from playoffs

.500 .417 .417 .083

.750 .500 .500 .333

T 0 0 0 0

PCT .750 .500 .500 .231

226 257 233 191

327 258 263 242

352 268 264 230

240 255 245 313 286 243 242 296

189 253 290 331

5-1-0 6-0-0 2-3-0 1-5-0

4-2-0 2-3-0 3-3-0 1-4-0

4-2-0 4-2-0 2-4-0 2-3-0

4-1-0 3-3-0 4-2-0 2-4-0

2-4-0 3-4-0 2-4-0 0-7-0

5-1-0 2-4-0 4-2-0 2-5-0

5-2-0 3-3-0 2-4-0 1-6-0

2-2-0 3-2-0 1-3-0 1-3-0

AFC

3-1-0 2-3-0 0-3-0 1-3-0

AFC

2-2-0 2-2-0 1-2-0 1-4-0

NFC

3-1-0 1-2-0 1-1-0 1-2-0

2 3 8 9

AFC

2-3-0 3-1-0 2-3-0 2-2-0

DIV

10 9 4 4

208 302 258 256

NFC

DIV

3-1-0 2-2-0 1-3-0 2-2-0

324 258 210 246

4-2-0 5-1-0 4-4-0 3-3-0

AFC

NFC

3-1-0 3-1-0 2-2-0 0-5-0

Philadelphia Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington South

Detroit Green Bay Minnesota Chicago West

384 328 171 169

4-4-0 2-5-0 4-4-0 0-8-0

NFC

6-2-0 4-3-0 6-3-0 3-5-0

NFC

7-1-0 4-4-0 5-4-0 2-6-0

THURSDAY’S GAME

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

SUNDAY’S GAMES

MEN’S FRIDAY SCORES EAST

New England 21, Pittsburgh 18 Carolina at New Orleans, 11 a.m. Detroit at Chicago, 11 a.m. Houston at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m. Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 11 a.m. Jacksonville at Cleveland, 11 a.m. L.A. Rams at Baltimore, 11 a.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 11 a.m. Minnesota at Las Vegas, 2:05 p.m. Seattle at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m. Buffalo at Kansas City, 2:25 p.m. Denver at L.A. Chargers, 2:25 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 6:20 p.m. Open: Arizona, Washington

MONDAY’S GAMES

Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 6:15 p.m. Tennessee at Miami, 6:15 p.m.

THURSDAY, DEC. 14

L.A. Chargers at Las Vegas, 6:15 p.m.

SATURDAY, DEC. 16

Minnesota at Cincinnati, 11 a.m. Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, 2:30 p.m. Denver at Detroit, 6:15 p.m.

SUNDAY, DEC. 17

Atlanta at Carolina, 11 a.m. Chicago at Cleveland, 11 a.m. Houston at Tennessee, 11 a.m. Kansas City at New England, 11 a.m. N.Y. Giants at New Orleans, 11 a.m. N.Y. Jets at Miami, 11 a.m. Tampa Bay at Green Bay, 11 a.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 2:05 p.m. Washington at L.A. Rams, 2:05 p.m. Dallas at Buffalo, 2:25 p.m. Baltimore at Jacksonville, 6:20 p.m.

MONDAY, DEC. 18

Philadelphia at Seattle, 6:15 p.m.

DIV

3-0-0 1-2-0 2-1-0 0-3-0

DIV

2-1-0 2-2-0 2-1-0 1-3-0

DIV

3-0-0 4-1-0 1-3-0 0-4-0

Boston College 95, Holy Cross 64 D’Youville 82, Queens (NY) 77 Daemen 74, Molloy 66 Duquesne 68, St. Peter’s 59 Elmira 103, Bryant And Stratton Bobcats 81 Fairleigh Dickinson 76, Manhattan 71 Franklin & Marshall 79, Albright 66 Harvard 70, Army 64 Maine-Augusta 103, Maine-Presque Isle 98, OT Maine-Farmington 103, Lesley 65 McDaniel 78, Penn St.-Berks 51 Middlebury 69, Skidmore 51 NC Wesleyan 108, Medgar Evers 66 New Paltz 89, Misericordia 77 Quinnipiac 71, Navy 68 Rider 73, Stonehill 56 Rochester 77, Gallaudet 62 Rosemont 72, Haverford 67 SUNY-Cobleskill 83, SUNY-Canton 66 SUNY-Delhi 70, Northern Vermont-Johnson 66 SUNY-Morrisville 106, Eastern Nazarene 83 Yale 95, Colby Sawyer 36

SOUTH

Ala.-Huntsville 84, Lee 73 Christian Brothers 88, Union (Tenn.) 70 Delta St. 72, Auburn-Montgomery 60 Guilford 65, Mary Washington 62 Hampden-Sydney 61, Randolph Macon 52 High Point 75, NC A&T 62 Huntingdon 77, Pensacola Christian 73 Ill.-Chicago 55, Jacksonville St. 49 Johnson & Wales (NC) 94, Brevard 70 Mississippi College 100, Montevallo 96 West Alabama 79, Shorter 71

PREP SCHEDULE Saturday Boys basketball — Al Armendariz Tournament at Capital: championship, 7 p.m.; third place, 3:30 p.m.; fifth place, 12:30 p.m.; seventh place, 9:30 a.m. Sundevil Shootout at Española Valley: Miyamura vs. Mesa Vista, 3:30 p.m.; Roswell vs. Española Valley, 7 p.m. Coronado Invitational at Coronado: championship, Shiprock Northwest/ Tse’ Yi’ Gai winner vs. Tierra Encantada/Coronado winner, 3 p.m.; Shiprock Northwest/Tse’ Yi’ Gai loser vs. Tierra Encantada/Coronado loser, 11:45 a.m. Santa Fe Prep at Sundevil Invitational at Abq. Sandia Prep: TBA Roadrunner Classic at New Mexico School for the Deaf: TBA

MIDWEST

ATLANTIC

FAR WEST

Black Hills St. 75, Metropolitan St. 56 CSU-Pueblo 103, Adams St. 97 Colorado Mesa 70, Colo.-Colo. Springs 62 Fort Lewis 91, N.M. Highlands 77 Regis 92, Westminster (Utah) 83 Seattle Paciﬁc 113, Douglas College Royals 53

CENTRAL

Drake 77, N. Dakota St. 66

PREP SCORES

PACIFIC

FRIDAY BOYS BASKETBALL

Albuquerque Academy 70, St. Pius X 61 Artesia 51, Lovington 38 Aztec 80, Cottonwood Classical 54 Bernalillo 47, Bloomﬁeld 44 Capital 55, Pecos 53 Cliff 66, Reserve 36 Coronado 51, Tierra Encantada 40 Eunice 51, Abernathy, Texas 41 Grants 72, Kirtland Central 57 Hatch Valley 68, Animas 45 Hondo 56, Clovis Christian 50 La Cueva 73, Centennial 42 Littleﬁeld, Texas 77, Texico 41 Logan 59, Legacy 45 Los Lunas 39, Carlsbad 26 Mesilla Valley Christian 41, Mescalero Apache 39 Navajo Prep 90, Cobre 17 Plains, Texas 50, Eunice 40 Portales 73, Hale Center, Texas 58 Rehoboth 85, Thoreau 70 Rio Rancho 72, Alamogordo 49 Robertson 75, Ruidoso 63 Roswell 82, Mesa Vista 63 Santa Fe Prep 65, Sandia Prep 50 Taos 79, Cuba 44 Tularosa 62, Tohatchi 61 Zuni 59, Red Mesa, Ariz. 41 Zuni 60, Hozho 42

FRIDAY GIRLS BASKETBALL

Carlsbad 44, Goddard 32 Clovis 60, Valencia 27 Clovis Christian 37, Hondo 27 Coronado 59, Tierra Encantada 5 Crownpoint 40, Wingate 27 EP Bel Air, Texas 68, Artesia 48 EP Riverside, Texas 65, Alamogordo 43 Espanola Valley 57, Miyamura 45 Eunice 50, Seagraves, Texas 25 Farwell, Texas 77, Fort Sumner 20 Farwell, Texas 77, Fort Sumner/House 20 Grady 47, Floyd 22 Jemez Valley 64, Mora 14 Littleﬁeld, Texas 54, Portales 48 Logan 54, Legacy 15 Mayﬁeld 60, Highland 33 Melrose 54, Gateway Christian 17 Navajo Prep 65, West Las Vegas 45 Penasco 44, Capital 22 Pine Hill 42, Alamo-Navajo 27 Quemado 47, Tohajilee 38 Questa 43, Santa Rosa 40 Roswell 60, Mesa Vista 51 Tatum 35, Plains, Texas 27 Tatum 65, Ralls, Texas 29 Tucumcari 41, Estancia 36 Tularosa 61, Cottonwood Classical 19 West Mesa 59, Manzano 33 Wink, Texas 45, Jal 9

3 2 4 4 5 3 2 0

37 34 32 30 29 25 24 20

82 80 96 80 91 72 77 73

24 18 5 26 14 10 25 11 7 26 14 11 23 12 8 24 13 10 26 11 12 29 9 15

1 2 7 1 3 1 3 5

37 30 29 29 27 27 25 23

82 66 78 71 76 82 85 86 56 70 87 89 75 69 85 101

GP W 26 25 25 25 26 26 25 25

16 15 15 13 14 13 9 8

GP W

L OT PTS

8 7 8 10 12 12 12 16

2 3 2 2 0 1 4 1

62 67 77 77 99 93 91 69

34 33 32 28 28 27 22 17

L OT PTS

GF GA 92 88 81 83 85 75 81 60

77 75 68 72 81 85 92 89

GF GA

Vegas 27 17 5 5 39 89 64 Los Angeles 23 16 4 3 35 89 53 Vancouver 27 17 9 1 35 103 70 Calgary 26 11 12 3 25 76 89 Edmonton 24 11 12 1 23 88 86 Seattle 27 8 13 6 22 71 94 Anaheim 26 10 16 0 20 69 88 San Jose 27 8 17 2 18 58 111 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Toronto 4, Ottawa 3 Buffalo 3, Boston 1 San Jose 6, Detroit 5, OT Los Angeles 4, Montreal 0 N.Y. Islanders 7, Columbus 3 Nashville 5, Tampa Bay 1 Dallas 5, Washington 4, SO Chicago 1, Anaheim 0 Winnipeg 4, Colorado 2 Philadelphia 4, Arizona 1 Calgary 3, Carolina 2 Vancouver 2, Minnesota 0 New Jersey 2, Seattle 1

FRIDAY’S GAMES

MLB

PCT

16 14 12 12 9

5 7 9 9 13

Orlando Miami Atlanta Charlotte Washington

15 12 9 7 3

7 10 12 13 18

Milwaukee Indiana Cleveland Chicago Detroit

15 12 13 9 2

7 8 9 14 20

PCT

WESTERN CONFERENCE Dallas Houston New Orleans Memphis San Antonio

13 10 12 6 3

8 9 11 15 18

Minnesota Oklahoma City Denver Utah Portland

17 14 14 7 6

4 7 9 15 15

L.A. Lakers Sacramento Phoenix L.A. Clippers Golden State

14 12 12 11 10

9 8 10 10 12

.762 .667 .571 .571 .409

— 2 4 4 7½

.682 .545 .429 .350 .143

— 3 5½ 7 11½

.682 .600 .591 .391 .091

— 2 2 6½ 13

.619 .526 .522 .286 .143

— 2 2 7 10

.810 .667 .609 .318 .286

— 3 4 10½ 11

.609 .600 .545 .524 .455

— ½ 1½ 2 3½

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Indiana 128, Milwaukee 119 (Semiﬁnal Game 1) L.A. Lakers 133, New Orleans 89 (Semiﬁnal Game 1)

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Orlando 123, Detroit 91 Phila. 125, Atlanta 114 Charlotte 119, Toronto 116 Brooklyn 124, Washington 97 Boston 133, New York 123 Minnesota 127, Memphis 103 Cleveland 111, Miami 99 Oklahoma City 138, Golden State 136, OT Chicago 121, San Antonio 112 Sacramento 114, Phoenix 106 Houston 114, Denver 106 Dallas 125, Portland 112 L.A. Clippers 117, Utah 103

SATURDAY’S GAMES

L.A. Lakers vs Indiana, 6:30 p.m., Las Vegas (Championship Game)

SUNDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland at Orlando, 5 p.m. Indiana at Detroit, 5 p.m. Miami at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Washington at Phila., 5 p.m. Denver at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Toronto at New York, 5:30 p.m. Chicago at Milwaukee, 6 p.m. Dallas at Memphis, 6 p.m. Minnesota at New Orleans, 6 p.m. San Antonio at Houston, 6 p.m. Utah at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Brooklyn at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

SPORTS BETTING LINE NFL SUNDAY

FAVORITE

NEW YORK (AP) — The 18 free agents who have signed, with name, position, former club if different, and contract. The contract information was obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources.: AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTIMORE (1) — Signed Craig Kimbrel, Philadelphia, to a $13 million, one-year contract. DETROIT (1) — Signed Kenta Maeda, rhp, Minnesota, to a $24 million, two-year contract. HOUSTON (1) — Singed Victor Caratino, c, Milwaukee, to a $12 million, two-year contract. TAMPA BAY (1) — Re-signed Chris Devenski, to a $1.1 million, one-year contract. TEXAS (1) — Signed Kirby Yates, rhp, Atlanta, to a $4.5 million, one-year contract. NATIONAL LEAGUE ARIZONA (1) — Signed Eduardo Rodriguez, lhp, Detroit. to an $80 million, four-year contract. ATLANTA (1) — Signed Reynaldo López, rhp, Cleveland, to a $30 million, three-year contract. CINCINNATI (2) — Signed Nick Martinez, rhp, San Diego, to a $24 million, two-year contract; signed Emilio Pagán, rhp, Minnesota, to a $16 million, two-year contract. LOS ANGELES (1) — Re-signed Jason Heyward, of, to a $9 million, one-year contract. MILWAUKEE (2) — Re-signed Colin Rea, rhp, to a $4.5 million, one-year contract; re-signed Wade Miley, lhp, to an $8.5 million. one-year contract. NEW YORK (2) — Signed Joey Wendle, inf, Miami, to a $2 million, one-year contract; signed Luis Severino, rhp, New York Yankees, to a $13 million, one-year contract. PHILADELPHIA (1) — Re-signed Aaron Nola, rhp, to a $172 million, seven-year contract. ST. LOUIS (3) — Signed Lance Lynn, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to an $11 million, one-year contract; signed Kyle Gibson, rhp, Baltimore, to a $13 million, one-year contract; signed Sonny Gray, rhp, Minnesota, to a $75 million, three-year contract.

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Sent RHP Edgar Navarro outright to Charlotte (IL). LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Acquired INF Evan White and LHP Tyler Thomas from Atlanta in exchange for INF David Fletcher and C Max Stassi. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed to terms with LHP Eduardo Rodriguez on a four-year contract. NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with LF Taylor Kohlwey on a minor league contract. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Agreed to terms with 1B-OF Yoshitomo Tsutsugo and RHP Daulton Jefferies on minor league contracts. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Acquired RHPs Nick Robertson and Victor Santos from Boston in exchange for OF Tyler O’Neill. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Kansas City WR Justyn Ross for six games after violating the league’s personal conduct policy. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed WR Christian Kirk on injured reserve. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Reinstated LB Nick Bolton from injured reserve. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Waived RB/WR Ty Montgomery. Released K Matthew Wright from the practice squad. Claimed LB Christian Elliss off waivers from Philadelphia. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed QB Sean Mannion to the practice squad. Released RB SaRodorick

OPEN

Detroit at ATLANTA at BALTIMORE Houston 4½ at NEW ORLEANS at CLEVELAND at CINCINNATI Minnesota at SAN FRANCISCO at LA CHARGERS at KANSAS CITY at DALLAS 1½

3½

FAVORITE

OPEN

MONDAY

Green Bay at MIAMI

3½

TODAY

4½ 2 7

(33½)

6½ 2 2½ 1½ 10½ 3 3

(51½)

3 2½ 7½

5½ 3 1½ 3 13½ 2½ 1½

TODAY

6 11½

O/U

(43½) (40½) (40½) at NY JETS (38½) (33½) (43½) (40½) (46½) (43½) (48½) Philadelphia

O/U

UNDERDOG

at CHICAGO Tampa Bay LA Rams

Carolina Jacksonville Indianapolis at LAS VEGAS Seattle Denver Buffalo

UNDERDOG

6½ 13½

(37) (46½)

at NY GIANTS Tennessee

TODAY

O/U

UNDERDOG

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SATURDAY FAVORITE

SATURDAY

Arizona at Buffalo, 5 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Detroit at Dallas, 6 p.m. Calgary at Colorado, 7:30 p.m.

Boston Phila. New York Brooklyn Toronto

The New Mexican

Arizona at Boston, 11 a.m. New Jersey at Calgary, 2 p.m. Vegas at Dallas, 2 p.m. Montreal at Buffalo, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 5 p.m. Nashville at Toronto, 5 p.m. Ottawa at Detroit, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at N.Y. Islanders, 5:30 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Colorado, 7 p.m. Carolina at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Tampa Bay at Seattle, 8 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Army

SUNDAY’S GAMES

PCT

Florida 3, Pittsburgh 1 Columbus 5, St. Louis 2 Edmonton 4, Minnesota 3

Florida at Columbus, 11 a.m. New Jersey at Edmonton, 2 p.m. Los Angeles at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m. Nashville at Montreal, 5 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 5 p.m. Winnipeg at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Seattle, 7 p.m. San Jose at Vegas, 8 p.m.

What happened: The Blue Griffins were much more efficient with taking care of the ball and rebounding against the host Sundevils in the consolation semifinal of Sundevil Invitational. It led to a 25-16 halftime lead that grew to 43-32 entering the fourth. When Sandia Prep cut the margin to four, Blue Griffins head coach Joe Vigil inserted his second team, and it provided the needed energy boost to push the lead back to double ABQ. SANDIA figures. “Credit my bench,” Vigil said. “They got PREP some good minutes tonight. We need to develop that bench, and they did a great job tonight.” Top players: Mitch Grover paced Santa Fe Prep with 26 points, while Van Anderson added 17. The Sundevils were paced by Jacob Schierloh with 19 points and Miles Manzanares added 13. What’s next: Santa Fe Prep (2-2) plays Albuquerque Rio Grande for fifth place at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. SANTA FE PREP

FREE AGENT SIGNINGS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

PACIFIC

Boys basketball

SATURDAY’S GAMES

NBA

NORTHWEST

25 17 5 26 16 8 25 14 7 23 13 6 28 12 11 26 11 12 27 11 14 21 10 11

WESTERN CONFERENCE Colorado Dallas Winnipeg Arizona Nashville St. Louis Minnesota Chicago

WOMEN’S FRIDAY SCORES MIDWEST

SOUTHWEST

METROPOLITAN GP W L OT PTS GF GA N.Y. Rangers Philadelphia N.Y. Islanders Carolina Washington New Jersey Pittsburgh Columbus

What happened: The Blue Griffins needed a

confidence boost after struggling with turnovers and scoring in the first quarter of their season opener Friday in Prep Gym. Monte del Sol, which had scored 10 points against varsity opponents all season, held a 6-2 lead after a quarter. Prep got within 13-10 at the half and finally took the lead in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Dragons 6-2 in the final 8 minutes. “We need to limit our MONTE DEL SOL turnovers and gain some confidence offensively,” Prep head coach Anika Amon said. “But getting a win in our first game is a big boost for the program.” Top players: Bella Caldwell had 16 points to lead Prep, while Cassi Serna added four. Jasmyun Tpia had six points to lead Monte del Sol. What’s next: Prep (1-0) returns to the court in 2024, playing Native American Community Academy on Jan. 15. Monte del Sol (0-5) plays East Mountain on Dec. 12.

GP W L OT PTS GF GA

Boston Florida Detroit Toronto Tampa Bay Montreal Buffalo Ottawa

Embry-Riddle (AZ) 97, Florida Tech 94, OT St Edwards 85, Midwestern St. 71

CENTRAL

SANTA FE PREP

NHLASTERN CONFERENCE

SOUTHWEST

SOUTHEAST

Girls basketball

Portland at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Bethany Lutheran 72, North Central 63 Calvary 86, Maranatha Baptist 68 Colorado Mines 66, S.D. Mines 65 Concordia (St.P.) 88, SW Minnesota 68 Crown (Minn.) 67, Wis.-Superior 58 Grand Valley St. 75, Davenport 65 Martin Luther 77, Northwestern (Minn.) 70 Minn. Duluth 81, Sioux Falls 56 Minn. St. (Moorhead) 82, Bemidji St. 74 Minn.-Morris 96, Northland 88, OT Minnesota St. 85, Augustana (SD) 72 Northern St. 83, St. Cloud St. 77 Oakland 77, E. Michigan 63 Winona St. 90, Wayne St. (Neb.) 83, OT

ATLANTIC

PREP ROUNDUP

Peñasco at Jemez Valley, 5 p.m. Girls basketball — Al Armendariz Tournament at Capital: championship, 5:30 p.m.; third place, 2 p.m.; fifth place, 11 a.m.; seventh place, 8 a.m. Sundevil Invitational at Española Valley: round robin, Miyamura vs. Roswell, 2 p.m.; Roswell vs. Española Valley, 5 p.m. Coronado Invitational at Coronado: championship, Shiprock Northwest/ Tse’ Yi’ Gai winner vs. Tierra Encantada/Coronado winner, 1:30 p.m.; Shiprock Northwest/Tse’ Yi’ Gai loser vs. Tierra Encantada/Coronado loser, 10 a.m. Questa, Mora at Lady Lion Invitational at Santa Rosa: TBA Roadrunner Classic at New Mexico School for the Deaf: TBA Rio Rancho at Santa Fe High, 5 p.m. St. Michael’s at Abq. Rio Grande, 2 p.m. Socorro at Pojoaque Valley, 2:30 p.m. Escalante at Tohatchi, 2:30 p.m. Taos at Bernalillo, 3:30 p.m.

OPEN 2½

2½

(28)

at NAVY

COLLEGE BASKETBALL FAVORITE

Georgia State at LIBERTY at SOUTH CAROLINA STATE at COASTAL CAROLINA at DEPAUL at INDIANA STATE at NORTH FLORIDA Longwood at KENT STATE at MONMOUTH at DUKE at TEXAS Hofstra at SOUTHERN MISS at LOUISIANA TECH at ARIZONA UAB at SAINT BONAVENTURE at WESTERN CAROLINA at FLORIDA at WEST VIRGINIA at OHIO Northern Arizona at DARTMOUTH at GEORGIA TECH SFA at OKLAHOMA at HOUSTON at CLEMSON at TEXAS A&M-CC at RADFORD UMKC New Mexico Mount St. Mary’s at OREGON STATE at SAN JOSE STATE at UC DAVIS at KANSAS Ohio State at AIR FORCE at PITTSBURGH at GEORGE WASHINGTON at SACRED HEART at COLORADO STATE Cincinnati at STONY BROOK at SOUTHERN at WICHITA STATE at FRESNO STATE BYU at VILLANOVA Kennesaw State at GREEN BAY at PURDUE FORT WAYNE Akron at ILLINOIS STATE at MISSOURI STATE at SOUTH DAKOTA at NEVADA at WAKE FOREST at SETON HALL at WEBER STATE at UTAH TECH at OREGON at PEPPERDINE at MARQUETTE at UNLV Arizona State at SAN DIEGO STATE Gonzaga

LINE

1½ 4½ 2½ 1½ 1½ 22½ 4½ 6½ 11½ 1½ 15½ 32½ 3½ 13½ 8½ 9½ 4½ 22½ 5½ 10½ 3½ 8½ 3½ 1½ 19½ 1½ 3½ 31½ 1 2½ 9½ 7½ 8½ 1½ 2½ 10½ 8½ 13½ 5½ 7½ 17½ 19½ 1½ 5½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 4 14½ 3½ 3½ 1½ 3½ 16½ 3½ 5½ 7½ 1½ 3 24½ 3½ 14½ 5½ 12½ 4½ 20½ 2½ 7½ 9½ 4½

UNDERDOG

at MERCER Grand Canyon Bethune-Cookman Wofford Louisville Southern Indiana Georgia Southern at DELAWARE STATE Cleveland State Northern Illinois Charlotte Houston Christian at SAINT LOUIS Northwestern State Louisiana Wisconsin at ARKANSAS STATE Siena UNC Asheville Richmond Drexel Marshall at INCARNATE WORD Marist Alabama A&M at WYOMING Arkansas Jackson State TCU Omaha North Carolina Central at LINDENWOOD at SANTA CLARA at LOYOLA (MD) Utah Valley New Orleans Milwaukee Missouri at PENN STATE Eastern Washington Canisius Coppin State Fairfield Saint Mary’s (CA) at XAVIER Bryant SE Louisiana South Dakota State Pacific at UTAH UCLA at SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE Western Illinois Southeast Missouri State at NORTHERN KENTUCKY Norfolk State Sam Houston CSU Bakersfield Drake NJIT Rutgers Cal Poly Idaho UTEP UCSD Notre Dame Loyola Marymount at SAN DIEGO UC Irvine at WASHINGTON

NHL SATURDAY FAVORITE

at BOSTON New Jersey at DALLAS at DETROIT at TORONTO New York at BUFFALO Los Angeles St. Louis at COLORADO Tampa Bay Carolina

LINE

-210 -126 -140 -132 -184 -160 -184 -150 -140 -210 -125 -120

Thompson from the practice squad. TENNESSEE TITANS — Placed LB Joe Jones and P Ryan Stonehouse on injured reserve. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Fined New Jersey D Brendan Smith an undisclosed amount for a dangerous trip during a Dec. 7 game against Seattle. BOSTON BRUINS — Recalled D Ian Mitchell from Providence (AHL). Returned G Brandon Bussi to Providence. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Returned D Spencer Stastney to Milwaukee (AHL). Loaned C Liam Foudy to Milwaukee. Assigned D Luke Prokop from Milwaukee to Atlanta (ECHL). NEW JERSEY DEVILS —Activated G Nico Daws

UNDERDOG

Arizona at CALGARY Vegas Ottawa Nashville at WASHINGTON Montreal at N.Y ISLANDERS at CHICAGO Philadelphia at SEATTLE at VANCOUVER

LINE

+172 +105 +116 +110 +152 +132 +152 +125 +116 +172 +104 +100

from injured reserve and assigned him to Utica (AHL). NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Acquired D Robert Bortuzzo from St. Louis in exchange for a 2024 seventh-round draft pick. OTTAWA SENATORS — Recalled LW Jiri Smejkal from Belleville (AHL). PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Recalled D Jonathan Gruden, RW Marc Johnstone, RW Valterri Puustinen and LW Joona Koppanen from Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton (AHL). Returned RW Alex Nylander to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. SOCCER Major League Soccer D.C. UNITED — Named Caleb Shreve assistant general manager.

SPORTS

Saturday, December 9, 2023

THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN

B-3

BOYS PRE P BA SKE TBALL

Demons falter in upset bid over ex-coach, Cleveland SFHS aims to learn from late struggles in 80-74 loss By James Barron

jbarron@sfnewmexican.com

RIO RANCHO — Zack Cole has only been head coach at Rio Rancho Cleveland for seven months, but he already was dropping nicknames like he had been there for seven years. There was “Big Shot Zay,” reserved for Isaiah Sandoval. Then, there’s Noah “Junkyard Dog” Padilla. Together, they made magic Friday night in front of Cole and his former team, the Santa Fe High Demons. It was Padilla being his scrappy best as he grabbed a crucial offensive rebound with less than 10 seconds left. He handed the ball — and the proverbial

baton — to Sandoval, who sank a corner 3-pointer with 5 seconds left to help the Storm stave off the upset-minded Demons in an 80-74 win in a nondistirict boys basketball game between two undefeated teams. Sandoval’s back-breaking triple broke a 74-all tie, and the Storm added three more points as Santa Fe High turned the ball over twice in the ﬁnal 5 seconds. Senior wing Daniel Steverson capped a closing 11-2 run with an emphatic dunk just before the buzzer to secure his second straight 30-plus point performance. The ﬁnal two possessions for the Demons (4-1) were a microcosm of the last 2 minutes. They turned the ball over four times, did not get off a shot and only had two Christian Herrera free throws in that span. Santa Fe High head coach Cisco Rivera said those possessions underscored an important quality he and his

coaching staff emphasize in practice — details matter, even the smallest ones. He was alluding to junior guard Joe Gonzales’ pass to Sam Soveranez in the left corner with 45 seconds left that was too low for the junior to grab and it skipped out of bounds. It set the stage for Padilla’s and Sandoval’s heroics. “We emphasize in every practice, every drill, in everything we do, [to] make a decent pass, ball with two hands,” Rivera said. “It just kinda showed the guys this is why we focus on the little things in practice. Sometimes they get tired of me talking about it, but they won’t do this again.” The last two minutes took the shine off what was a stellar second half for the upstart Demons. They rallied from a deﬁcit that as big as 12 points in the second quarter to take a 72-69 lead with 2:09 left in the game on Soveranez’s two

free throws. Santa Fe High made Cleveland (3-0) pay for trying to sneak an extra defender on star guard Lukas Turner when he attacked the basket. It worked in the second quarter, as Turner started forcing shots after scoring 14 of the Demons’ ﬁrst 28 points in taking a 28-22 lead on his 3-ball with 5:34 left in the half. The Demons scored just two points the rest of the half and the Storm went on a 19-2 closing run. Cole, who left Santa Fe High in May for the Cleveland job, said he took advantage of Turner’s hot hand to bait him into looking for his shot instead of looking for open teammates. “That’s when I know he is going to be more hesitant to pass, because he has it going,” Cole said. “That’s when we decided to send [the second defender].” Rivera and the Demons regrouped

“

It’s a lot more team effort now because we don’t have that one guy that can just go out and get the points. Now it’s getting people open, getting them the shots and getting back on defense.” Horsemen senior co-captain Lucas Gurule

at the half and made the Storm pay for its strategy, as Turner began to look for his teammates — and it opened the ﬂoodgates. An opening 15-5 run in which four Demons scored cut the margin to 46-45 on Herrera’s layup off a Soveranez drive-and-dish with 4:06 left in the third. The game was nip-and-tuck the rest of the way, but Santa Fe High didn’t take the lead until Turner’s 22-foot 3 with 4:38 left gave the Demons a 65-64 lead. Rivera said the Demons will grow from this game, but he was wistful in the moment. He added, it will just add more fuel to the friendly feud between the two programs when they play each other in the opening round of Albuquerque Public Schools’ Metro Tournament next month. “Gosh, we almost got it done,” Rivera said. “Close.”

AL ARMENDARIZ T OURNAMENT

Capital boys win in OT, reach title game By James Barron

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The big schools acquitted themselves well Friday night at Capital’s Al Armendariz Tournament. Three of the four Class 5A teams will play in the boys and girls championship games. Two of them will be on the boys side, as Farmington will take on the host Jaguars in the 7 p.m. Saturday championship game. The Scorpions made it the ﬁnals with a 59-41 win over Pojoaque Valley. Capital survived an overtime scare against Pecos before pulling out a 55-53 win. On the girls side, the Hobbs Eagles reached their third straight Armendariz tournament ﬁnal with a resounding 65-16 win over Santa Fe Indian School. They will defend their title against Navajo Prep, a 45-25 winner over West Las Vegas. It will be a rematch of last year’s title game. BOYS SEMIFINALS CAPITAL 55, PECOS 53 (OT)

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Horsemen guard Sabi Rios-Guevara, right, runs a drill during Wednesday practice at St. Michael’s.

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after stepping onto the court following football season. The fact that people had a hard time with the team’s loss to SFIS is a little odd, Sandoval said. Championships are won in March, not the first week of December. By time the state tournament rolls around, it’s likely the Horsemen will be one of the final teams standing. “The biggest thing is people definitely overreacted to it,” Sandoval said. “We didn’t have Lucas or Reed [Bass] for that game, and everyone’s coming off of football, but next time we play them or see a lot of these teams, we’ll be stronger and come out

looking like a different team.” Bass, Sabi Rios-Guevara and the trimmed-down Donevan Ricker have been penciled in as starters. Rios-Guevara and Bass are juniors while Ricker, who gained an inch to reach 6-foot-5 and lost 30 pounds to check in at 210 pounds, is only a sophomore. Ricker said he’s ready to embrace the role as a low-post rim protector and scoring option in the paint. “My game has progressed but I don’t think I’m holding up to the standard or the expectation just yet, but someday I think I’ll be there,” he said. “Conditioning and running got me in shape for this. Now I just need to do it.” Garcia said the Horsemen

have a roster that will allow him to go 10 deep on some nights, but it’s apparent one of the impact players off the bench will be 6-1 freshman Ryan Hunt. His aggressive style as a power forward and backup center to Ricker give the Horsemen a true inside-out dynamic. Now it’s just a matter of navigating the next month or so of nondistrict games that include challenging stops against Capital, Santa Fe High, Rio Rancho, Albuquerque High, Sandia Prep and the ﬁeld in the Stu Clark Invitational between Christmas and New Year’s. “We might lose games here and there but the expectation is to win every one of them,” Garcia said. “What we’re working

for are the games that matter, the district schedule and what we’ll see at state.” All Garcia has done since taking over the program is win. He was installed as the interim head coach halfway through the 2021-22 season, and he took the Horsemen to the 3A championship game two years in a row. That said, it’s only natural his critics cry louder when his teams lose — despite the obvious reasons, like playing shorthanded and not having the players up to speed just yet. “The expectations are always high here,” he said. “You do hear it a lot, but that’s OK. It’s early, that’s what I’ll say. Once we get settled in, we will be right where we expect to be.”

CL A SS 3A BOYS PRE VIEW

Robertson will remain top opponent By Will Webber

wwebber@sfnewmexican.com

Here is a synopsis of what to expect in District 2-3A for the 2023-24 season:

District 2-3A The most competitive district Class 3A has to offer will be just as good as it has been in the recent past as the top four teams are all legitimate contenders. St. Michael’s and Robertson have met in the ﬁnals the last two years and each returns a wealth of talent. They also have a bunch of players coming off a busy fall sports schedule that saw both schools’ football teams reach the state title game. A majority of their players wore pads all fall, making it possible the Horsemen and Cardinals will be slow out

of the gate. Come mid-January when the district slate starts to roll around, look out. St. Michael’s features a young roster that will rely on its defense and shifty guard play to make things happen. It’ll be a backcourt by committee as veteran players like Sabi Rios-Guevara, Lucas Gurule and Santiago Sandoval do most of the work. The biggest leap forward could come in the form of center Donevan Ricker, a 6-foot-5 sophomore who skipped football this season to get in prime basketball shape. It worked. He’s down 30 pounds and no longer needs a sundial to be timed as he runs up and down the court. Roberston’s Jesse James Gonzales was an established star as a sophomore last season. Now a year older, he’ll be one of the

top scoring guards in 3A, thanks to his remarkable quickness and ability to beat defenders through traffic. The most dangerous player, however, is Mateo Contreras, a forward who’s coming off an injury plagued junior season. The Cardinals were a senior-laden team last year but the talent coach James Branch has developed through a rigorous offseason campaign will keep the Cardinals humming along nicely. West Las Vegas has a dynamic inside-out threat in forward P.J. Montaño, but it’s the play of sophomore guard/forward Devaughn Kensey that will be worth the price of admission. He’s a double-double machine who can wreak havoc in the paint. He’s a ball hawk with defensive skills, a true weapon

that will keep the Dons in contention through March. Santa Fe Indian School may well be the best team in the group. The Braves made an early statement by hammering St. Michael’s in the Capital City Tournament, which slingshot them to No. 2 in the latest 3A poll. Guard Dainien Gonzales is an offseason transfer from Dulce who will make an immediate impact on a team that is deep with a guard-heavy lineup. Santa Fe Prep should not be overlooked as long as players like Mitchell Grover and Kiran Belyeu are on the ﬂoor. Grover is a 6-3 forward who can handle the rock and shoot from anywhere. He’s best in the low post and is a tenacious rebounder. Belyeu is a varsity veteran and one of the top guards in the district.

Sebastian Gonzales’ steal and layup with 11 seconds left saved the Jaguars in regulation, tying the score at 51 and forcing overtime. Then, it was buckets by Elijah Rodriguez and Santiago Bencomo that handed Capital a 55-51 lead with less than a minute left. The Panthers, who led by as much as 51-47 with less than 2 minutes left in regulation, managed to get a Josh Gonzales jumper in the paint to cut the margin to 55-53 with less than 40 seconds left. Pecos had one more shot to force a second overtime or win it but Xavier Valencia’s 3 hit the back iron as time ran out. Pecos will play Pojoaque Valley for third place at 3:30 p.m.

FARMINGTON 59, POJOAQUE VALLEY 41 Details matter to Elks head coach Ryan Cordova, and he said they were the difference against the 5A Scorpions. Pojoaque turned the ball over 22 times and struggled at times to run plays correctly. When Pojoaque did, the offense flowed, like it did in the first quarter to fashion a 13-11 lead. When it didn’t, Farmington feasted on the mistakes. A fivepoint second quarter by the Elks allowed the Scorpions to build a 23-18 lead, followed by a sixpoint third, and the margin grew to 41-24. The Elks made a run late in the game, cutting the lead to 52-40 before a technical foul on Serafin Mendez on a play away from the ball halted momentum. Still, Cordova said he is happy with his team’s 3-2 start. “Our two losses are to 5-A programs, so that’s good,” Cordova said. “Right now, against 4-A schools, we’re doing alright. It’s great to see teams like [Farmington] early because they expose things.”

GIRLS SEMIFINALS NAVAJO PREP 45, WEST LAS VEGAS 25 The Lady Eagles scored 14 of the first 16 points and the Lady Dons never got closer than nine the rest of the game to advance to a rematch of last year’s tournament final with Class 5A champion Hobbs. West Las Vegas relied heavily on junior guard Alexis Pacheco, who scored a team-best 11 points, and her 3-pointer late in the first quarter cut the margin to 14-5. The Lady Dons twice cut the margin to 10 points in the third quarter, but no closer. Navajo Prep did not have a sin-

gle double-digit scorer, but four players had at least six points, and nine players scored against West Las Vegas. Tru Billie had nine points, while Eva Poyer and Shiloh Conn each had eight.

HOBBS 65, SFIS 16 The Lady Braves hung with Hobbs for a quarter, trailing only 11-7 as the Eagles went 3-for-9 from the field. The second quarter was a different story as Hobbs went on a 20-2 run by hitting 9 of 10 shots. Most of the makes were in transition as SFIS turned the ball over 12 times in the quarter. Bhrett Clay scored eight of her 16 points in the second, as she was one of four players to break double figures. Nakia Mojica had 12 points, while Brynn Hargrove and Kyndle Cunningham each added 10. The Lady Braves, who play District 2-3A foe West Las Vegas for third place at 2 p.m., had Kaydence Riley lead the way with nine points.

BOYS CONSOLATION GRANTS 72, KIRTLAND CENTRAL 57 The Pirates got hot from the perimeter in the second half, hitting nine 3s to outscore the Broncos 46-29 in the second half and erase a 29-27 halftime deficit. The score was tied at 49-all heading into the fourth, and Grants went on a 23-9 scoring run to finish the game. Noah Victorino had seven of his 23 points in the quarter for the Pirates, while Tristin Fernandez scored six of his 14 in the same period. John Horacek had 12 points. Shamus Hoque scored 23 points, connecting on six 3s, to lead Kirtland Central, while Devin Ramone added 12.

AZTEC 80, COTTONWOOD CLASSICAL PREP 54 The Tigers only led 38-31 at the half, but outscored the Coyotes 42-23 the rest of the way to reach the fifth-place game against Grants. Wyatt Boone had 12 of his 16 points in the second half, with 10 coming in the third quarter as Aztec built a 60-43 advantage. Jaden Sims led the way for the Tigers with 28 points, while Christian Jacquez scored 14. Kaeden Pettis scored 29 points to pace Cottonwood Classical, which plays Kirtland Central for seventh place at 9:30 a.m.

GIRLS CONSOLATION PEÑASCO 44, CAPITAL 22 The Jaguars’ scoring struggles continued as they managed just five points in the second and third quarters as the Panthers built a 34-14 lead. Peñasco trailed 9-8 after a quarter, but outscored Capital 14-3 in the second quarter for a 23-12 halftime lead. Rochelle Lopez helped make it happen for the Panthers by hitting a pair of 3s and scoring eight of her 16 points in the quarter. Analise MacAuley added 12 overall. Capital had Annica Montoya score six points.

PECOS 52, GRANTS 42 The Panthers learned quickly how to play in the morning. After a sluggish performance in a 55-18 loss to SFIS, they jumped out to a 15-8 lead after a quarter. The Pirates were pesky, staying within 29-23 at the half and 41-33 after three, but never got closer than that. Pecos went 5-for-8 from the free-throw line to seal the win. It will be an All-Panthers matchup in the fifth-place game, with Pecos taking on Peñasco. Natalia Stout had 15 points to lead the Panthers, and Linda Sanchez added 11. Promise Garcia’s 12 points led the Pirates.

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Santa Fe Indian School guard Daneen Herrera, from left, forward Jasmine Coriz and guard Aaliyah Valencia battle over a rebound against Pecos on Thursday at the Al Armendariz Tournament at Capital.

is huge, and then connecting it to our other programs.” Jackson inherited a team that is mostly juniors and sophomores, and is led by junior Emma Lewis, who is a three-year varsity player. She is the lone player scoring in double ﬁgures (15.7 points per game), but the Lady Braves have six players scoring at least four

points per game. Jackson said that shows the unselﬁshness of the team. “I adore Emma, I do, but I adore all my girls, as well,” Jackson said. “And they all contribute, they all do what they can to score, But when someone’s hot, they know to give it to them,” she added. Even though the Lady Braves

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are 3-4 on the season, there is a sense of purpose and calm. A nondistrict schedule that featured games against 4A’s Española Valley and Bernalillo, as well as Friday’s matchup with Hobbs, should get them ready for the rigors of District 2-3A play. Jackson is no stranger to playing tough district games, having coached in District 1-3A, which has defending state champion Tohatchi and Navajo Prep. “I feel really comfortable about it,” Jackson said. “And at my former school, we played West Las Vegas and Indian School and [Las Vegas] Robertson, so I don’t ﬁnd it so tough [to adjust].” There is also a chance Jackson will run into her former team and coach this season. Navajo Prep, which is in the Armendariz tournament, is in the Lady Braves Classic in January, where the two teams played for the tournament title last year. Crisp already knows what to expect if that moment arises. “It’s still going to be tough going against her,” Crisp said. “But I am very proud of her. She’s not holding herself back and she’s put no limits on herself. She’s really exploring.”

in as many years with Khadijha Jackson taking over for Teri Morrison, but she has plenty of talent at her disposal. Junior forward Emma Lewis is averaging a double-double to start the season (15.7 points, 11.3 rebounds per game). Senior Ali Ortiz has the task of replacing 2023 graduate Madisen Valdez in the backcourt, while junior forward Jasmine Coriz has been a nice ﬁnd up front. Robertson lost a key member of its roster as three-time AllState performer Alexis Pacheco transferred in the summer. Eighth grader Arianna Martinez is making a splash in her ﬁrst year with the program, averaging a team-best 12.7 points per game. The Cardinals still maintain their

aggressive, pressing style that is averaging almost 16 steals per game, led by junior Taylor Quintana and senior Lovely Allemand (both averaging three steals per contest). The dark horse of the district is West Las Vegas, thanks in large part to the arrival of Pacheco after her dad took over the softball coaching position. She is already the team’s leading scorer at just over 20 points per game. Her arrival offset the departure of sophomore Lilly Martinez, who transferred to Rio Rancho. St. Michael’s might have its most balanced team in years. The Lady Horsemen have six players averaging at least ﬁve points per game, led by senior

wing Jada Lujan (8.0 per game). Elsie Odai, a 5-foot-9 junior, gives St. Michael’s an inside presence, while the Ruiz sisters, Mariella and Ceciliana, are quick, aggressive guards.

Independent Santa Fe Prep is in its sixth year of playing as an independent but will operate as a single entity since Santa Fe Waldorf closed, ending their co-op partnership. The Blue Griffins lost Ria Baker, who went to Santa Fe High after Waldorf closed, but should have a solid group returning, with senior forwards Emery Kurth and Isabella Caldwell and sophomore Maya Crawforf.

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fundamentals,” Jackson said. While Jackson is still getting to know the Lady Braves, she was familiar with them well before she took the job in the summer. She played SFIS twice during her ﬁve-year career at Crownpoint, including in the opening round of last year’s Brian Gallegos Memorial Tournament at West Las Vegas. What attracted her to SFIS was the school’s emphasis on family, which she said extends to the athletic realm. She did her part in the fall, as she was a presence at cross-country meets, as well as football and basketball games. She carried that to the winter, as she took the team — after its 55-18 win Thursday over Pecos — back to school to support the junior varsity and C teams as they played in a tournament. “I do like to have my girls to have a sisterhood,” Jackson said. “So, us building that family base

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that’s why it is imperative for me to get back in here and get going and just make sure that the normalcy was totally back in place.” McCarthy returned to the team’s facility Friday, two days after leaving to go to the hospital when he thought he was dealing with a stomach virus. A scan revealed appendicitis, and the need for immediate surgery. McCarthy stayed in the hospital overnight Wednesday, then was part of virtual meetings with players and coaches Thursday. “Shoutout to COVID,” defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence said Wednesday, drawing laughter with his reference to the pandemic getting players and coaches used to virtual meetings three years ago. “He knows we’re getting ready and

we will be ready.” The defending NFC champion Eagles (10-2) have a onegame lead over the Cowboys (9-3) in the NFC East, and can take a big step toward backto-back division titles with a victory. A Dallas win would leave the teams all but tied in the race to be assured of starting the playoffs at home. The top seed in the NFC — and the ﬁrstround bye that goes with it — also would be in play, with San Francisco in the mix as well. McCarthy is in his fourth season as coach of the Cowboys, but the ﬁrst as the play-caller after offensive coordinator Kellen Moore didn’t return. Brian Schottenheimer carries that title now along with plenty of experience as a play-caller, but there was never a sense he would have to step into that role for the biggest game of the season.

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for the three quarterbacks, making an appearance at a fast-food chicken joint on Times Square. They all have endorsement deals with the national chain. Even before transfer rules opened up in 2021, the number of quarterbacks switching schools was on the rise, with some ﬁnding stardom with a new team. Oklahoma helped make Baker Mayﬁeld (2017) and Kyler Murray (2018) Heisman winners in their second college stops. Then in 2019, former Ohio State quarterback Joe Burrow won a Heisman and national championship at LSU. Southern California’s Caleb Williams, last year’s Heisman winner, was part of a new wave

of portal transfers, following coach Lincoln Riley from Oklahoma to the Trojans with immediate eligibility as a sophomore. Daniels, Nix and Penix Jr. have taken more circuitous routes to the top of the college football. Nix was a ﬁve-star recruit and freshman starter at Auburn. A Tigers legacy whose father was also an Auburn quarterback, Nix spent three years on The Plains. He had some high highs and low lows and decided after 2021 to try something else. It could not have worked out much better. The Ducks contended for a playoff spot last year and with a chance to make another championship run, Nix came back for a ﬁfth college season.

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Advent Life Church

Advent Life Church invites you to join us in person on Saturdays. Advent Life Church is an inclusive community that believes the closer we are to Jesus, the closer we are to who we could be as human beings. Every week we come together to learn how to imitate Jesus in our everyday life. So, visit us! Whoever you are, whatever background, if you are tired, overwhelmed, lonely, or broken, come see us. Regular services - Saturday at 10 A.M., and 11 A.M. for everyone together. Find us on Facebook and YouTube by searching for Advent Life Church.

BAPTIST

The Celebration of Santa Fe

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SANTA FE

Welcomes you to worship service is at 10:30 a.m., or go to our website www. fbcsantafe.com to learn about our broadcasts. We offer Bible studies for all ages at various weekly times. For more information visit our website. Reed Redus, Senior Pastor; Gregg Higgins, Associate Pastor of Worship; Chris Castorena, Associate Pastor of Family Ministry and Education.

Now in our 32nd year as a lively, inclusive, eclectic, creative spiritual community. Join us in the collective energy of All-Embracing Love. We meet in person each Sunday at 10:30am, in the NEA-NM bldg., 2007 Botulph Rd. Our speaker for Sunday, December 10th is Hollis Walker, “Navigating the Spiral.” Music by Suzanne Teng. Here you have the freedom to look within to discover your own Truth and connection with Spirit. Visit our website, www.thecelebration.org, where the talks of past guest speakers are posted as podcasts. The Celebration of Santa Fe, a Sunday Service Different.

The Light at Mission Viejo

We are the Light. Sunday service: 10:30 a.m., La Luz (Spanish service) at 3:00p.m., Bible studies Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., SOZO Youth Group (ages 12-18): Friday 6:30-10:00 p.m. For more information: 505-982-2080 or www.tlmv.org.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE First Church Of Christ, Scientist

Looking for a supportive Spiritual Community for who you are and what is relevant today? We are an embracing, diverse, lively group dedicated to each other and practicing the Philosophy of The Science of Mind. Learn more at Everydaycsl.org. Live streaming: Zoom and Facebook: Everyday Center for Spiritual Living. Sundays, 10 AM MST. Tune in at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82294414869?pwd=K3QxQWltM2w1RXBpeDZkREVPbWNLZz09 or in person at Beit Tikva Synagogue, 2230 Old Pecos Trail, SF 87505. This Sunday, 12/10, Rev. Ann’s title is “RECEIVE”. Special music is offered by DAVID BRONSTEIN.

First Church of Christ,

Scientist Start your Sunday with insight and inspiration. Attend a Christian Science service to sing and pray together and gain a deeper Santa Fe understanding of the Bible. Find healing, security and stability, a sense of peace. You’ll leave inspired and refreshed, in the company of a community that cares. First Church of Christ Scientist, Santa Fe, 323 E. Cordova Rd. Sunday services, and Sunday School at 10 am, in church & on Zoom. Childcare available. Wednesday sharing 6:30 pm, in church & on Zoom Reading Room, Monday-Saturday, 10 am - 1 pm. ChristianscienceSantafe.com for more information.

E P I S C O PA L St. Bede’s Episcopal Church

CELEBRATING GOD’S LOVE FOR ALL/ Celebrando el amor de Dios para todos. We are a welcoming faith community as diverse as the many faces of Santa Fe. Sunday services at 8 a.m. (in English) 10:30 a.m. (in English with Children’s Chapel) and at 12:30 p.m. (in Spanish). Additional services offered Tuesday 6 p.m. Our Lady of Guadalupe (in Spanish), Healing Service Wednesday 12:15 p.m. (in English). Worship aides and other support information available on our web site. Visit www.stbedesantafe.org or call 505-982-1133 for more information.

The Church of the Holy Faith

We welcome all people into an ever-deepening relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. Sunday morning services at 7:30 in the chapel (spoken Eucharist), 8:30 (spoken Eucharist with choir and congregational singing) and 11 (sung Eucharist with choir and congregational singing) in the church. 11 a.m. service streamed through Holy Faith’s YouTube channel. Tuesday Taizé service with Holy Eucharist at 6 p.m. Holy Eucharist also celebrated Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m. in the chapel. For more information, call 505-982-4447 or visit the website, holyfaithchurchsf.org.

ECKANKAR

People of all faiths and backgrounds are welcome to embark upon a virtual spiritual adventure both personal and profound. The theme of the 2023 Soul Adventure Seminar is “The Power of Grace: a Secret to Spiritual Living.” Online highlights including inspiring talks, presentations, music, and more are at eckankar.org. Registration is free. Also at eckankar.org is a new Soul Adventure podcast, “Animals Are Souls Too” and the latest e-magazine featuring “How Do We Soul Travel?” For NM Eckankar information: 1-800-876-6704 or eckankar-nm.org.

PRESBYTERIAN Christ Church Santa Fe (PCA)

Our Presbyterian church is located at Don Gaspar and Cordova Road. Our focus is on the historical truths of Jesus Christ, His Love and Redemptive Grace...and our contemporary response. SUNDAYS: Education hour for adults and children 8:45 am. In-person worship 10:00 am; livestreams via YouTube, Facebook, and christchurchsantafe.org . Pastor Greg Schneeberger will speak from Luke 1:57-79, “The Lord Remembers”. Gospel Journey for children online and in person at 10:15 am; professional nursery care up to age 4 available. WEDNESDAYS: prayer meeting at 7:30 am, public welcome. THURSDAYS children’s program on break until Feb. For more information 505-982-8817 or christchurchsantafe.org.

First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)

JEWISH

R U S S I A N O RT H O D O X

Temple Beth Shalom

St. Juliana of Lazarevo Russian Orthodox Church

Come as you are. We welcome your presence at Temple Beth Shalom. Our services are inspiring and innovative. For information about membership call us at 505-982-1376, info@sftbs.org, check our website for details, www.sftbs.org. Temple Beth Shalom is a diverse, welcoming Reform Jewish congregation. Shabbat services are Friday evenings at 6:30pm, once a month we have a family service that starts at 5:30 pm, please check our website. Saturday morning services at 10:30 am. Masks are encouraged.

METHODIST St. John’s United Methodist Church

Please join us Sundays: Worship at 9:30 am, in person/online; 9:00-11:45 am Nursery with paid staff, pagers available for parent/guardians; 10:45 am Adult Ministries; Sunday Night Youth Group; Monday evening Bible Study with Pastor Matt Bridges on Zoom. Wednesday Soul Break (Taizé Service) at noon. Christmas Cantata: Invitation to a Miracle, December 10 at 9:30 am. Christmas Eve services at 9:30 am and 4:00 pm. Volunteer at our food pantry. Visit our website for more information. Follow us on Facebook. Stream us on YouTube.1200 Old Pecos Trail • Santa Fe • SJUMCSantaFe.org • (505) 982-5397

St. Juliana of Lazarevo Russian Orthodox Church (3877 West Alameda, Santa Fe, NM) serves the Orthodox liturgy with Russian Music in English. Orthodoxy is the Faith of the Apostles, continuously transmitted by holy tradition. We are an old calendar parish of The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, serving Northern New Mexico. All are welcome to our services, for the God of all became Man on behalf of all and for all. Great Vespers Saturday evenings at 6:00, Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Sunday mornings at 9:15. For information contact Priest David at iereidavid@yahoo.com or call at (505) 310-2805.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST United Church of Santa Fe

“Waiting for Peace.” Second Sunday of Advent. 8:30 Contemplative Communion and 10:00 Sanctuary Worship (Livestreamed unitedchurchofsantafe.org.) 10:00 am Children prepare for “Epiphany Puppet Pageant.” All kids welcome! 11:15 am “The Magnificent Magnificat” Reader’s Theater. Next SaturdayContemplative Retreat. All welcome. United’s Compassionate Christmas Gifts offer gifts of care for SF Shelters, Communities in Schools, Solace Crisis Ctr., NM Immigrant Law Center, Blankets for Refugees, Audubon Center Student Field Trips, and other organizations. More info at United’s website. Rev. Talitha Arnold, Pastor; Bradley Ellingboe, Dir. of Music; Jessie Lo, Pianist. 1804 Arroyo Chamiso (St. Michael’s Dr.) 505--988-3295. Love God, Neighbor, Creation!

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The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH This is a good day to make plans for travel or further education, or for exploring opportunities in the law, medicine, publishing and the media. Tonight: Fun times.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023: You are energetic, passionate and imaginative. You are a born leader. This year is the beginning of a new nine-year cycle for you. MOON ALERT: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Scorpio.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH This is a good day to think of your finances. You might draw up a budget or have a plan for reducing your debt. You’re in a practical frame of mind. Tonight: Overindulgence?

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH If you’re making decisions about shared property, mortgages, banking issues or debt,

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Anything to do with the arts and the entertainment world will appeal to you today.

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You also might be attracted to sports events and fun activities where you enjoy the company of others. Tonight: Romance! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Someone might help you redecorate or make where you live look more attractive today. You might entertain friends. But you will welcome ideas about your home. Tonight: Entertain. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Discussions with a romantic partner, as well as discussions with your kids, might be on the agenda for you today. Go slowly and don’t expect too much. Tonight: Schmooze. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You love beautiful

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things, and today you will be tempted to shop and buy more beautiful things. This might include wardrobe items, because you like to look good. Tonight: Money ideas. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH Conversations with siblings, relatives and neighbors will be meaningful for you today. You also might study or learn something. This is a good day to shop for wardrobe treasures. Tonight: You’re popular. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You feel opposing emotions today. On one hand, you’re full of energy! You feel proactive. Nevertheless, another part of you wants to be reclusive and private today. Your call. Tonight: Sweet solitude.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH A conversation with a friend or a member of a group (likely a female) will be important to you today. Tonight: Warm friendships. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You’re high-viz today! People notice you more than usual. Be aware of this. Meanwhile, you might research something or learn about something going on behind the scenes. Tonight: You are admired. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH The Sun is still high in your chart casting you in a flattering spotlight, which means people are impressed with you. Meanwhile, you’re keen for a change of scenery. Tonight: Travel!

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Grandparents’ drinking keeps them away Dear Annie: My partner and I were surprised to find ourselves expecting with my very loved rainbow baby. We had known each other less than two years and had just moved in together. So far, my relationship with his parents had been rocky at best. Both parents drank to the point of blacking out daily, which often made them unpleasant. When I first got pregnant, I had been hopeful everyone could be part of my daughter’s life. It became increasingly doubtful. Then, my partner’s mom missed our baby shower because she was sick and vomiting. She was admitted to the hospital for alcoholinduced pancreatitis a week later. My daughter was born, and we invited his parents to the hospital. They also came to visit the baby several times over the next few months. My partner’s father always showed up incoherently drunk, at times getting nasty. His mother tried to hide it, but she had never really stopped drinking after the hospital. She acted nasty toward me, too. My partner got text messages from his siblings trying to see if anyone was free to drive their mom home from the bar. It was already hard to visit with people because we were busy taking care of the baby, but we started to visit with the parents less because their behavior made me uncomfortable, and I didn’t want to expose my child to it. I also didn’t want to rely on them. People’s feelings were hurt, but no one’s behavior changed. After becoming increasingly erratic and forgetful, my partner’s mother missed my daughter’s first birthday party because she was incoherent. She ended up in the hospital shortly after, this time for alcohol-induced ammonia poisoning. My dad, who raised me and two of my three brothers on his own, hasn’t had a drink in decades. He joined AA early on in our childhood, and we’ve never seen him stray. In fact, events on his side of the family were almost always dry. In my teens, all three of my brothers were addicted to heroin at some point. My youngest brother is still in the throes of addiction, but two of my brothers got clean and just recently bought a house. Watching my family’s journey has made me incredibly sensitive to substance abuse. I’m afraid I’m unfairly withholding my daughter from her grandparents on my partner’s side because I’m letting my sensitivity to addiction cloud my judgment. Am I unfairly punishing my partner’s parents? — Affected by Substance Abuse Dear Affected: You’re not withholding your daughter from her paternal grandparents — you’re protecting her from them. On their best, sober days, I believe your partner’s parents probably have nothing but good intentions. But it’s clear that when they are drunk, which seems constant, they cannot control themselves or be trusted around your children. I’m sure your partner would agree.

SUPER QUIZ Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

Subject: SHIPS THAT DON’T SAIL Each answer is a word that ends in “ship.” (Alternate answers may be possible.) (e.g., A competition to find the best player or team in a sport or game. Answer: Championship.) FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. The Hindenburg disaster involved one of these ships. Answer________ 2. If you have this you are legally accepted as belonging to a country. Answer________ 3. The process of removing parts of books, movies, letters, etc. that are considered inappropriate. Answer________ 4. The activity of showing respect and love for a god. Answer________ 5. A state involving mutual dealings and a good relationship between people. Answer________

Today is Saturday, Dec. 9, the 343rd day of 2023. There are 22 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: In 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first animated TV special featuring characters from the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, premiered on CBS.

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GRADUATE LEVEL 6. The position of being one of two people who own a company. Answer________ 7. The act of a business paying the cost

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of an event in return for advertising. Answer________ 8. Government by someone who takes power by force and does not allow elections. Answer________ 9. An arrangement in which someone learns an art, trade or job under another. Answer________ 10. The time when two people have a romantic relationship before they get married. Answer________ PH.D. LEVEL 11. The state of a business being controlled by an official appointed by the court. Answer________ 12. Writing done by hand, or skill in this type of writing. Answer________ 13. The fact of being related to someone. Answer________ 14. Something that makes your life more difficult or unpleasant. Answer________ 15. Financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit. Answer________

ANSWERS: 1. Airship. 2. Citizenship. 3. Censorship. 4. Worship. 5. Friendship. 6. Partnership. 7. Sponsorship. 8. Dictatorship. 9. Apprenticeship. 10. Courtship. 11. Receivership. 12. Penmanship. 13. Kinship. 14. Hardship. 15. Scholarship. SCORING: 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you? (c) 2023 Ken Fisher

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course of his nearly 50 years as a star, and some of those tunes will factor in — along with many of his pop standards, from “Mandy” to “Copacabana” — when “Barry Manilow’s A Very Barry Christmas,” airs Monday, Dec. 11, on NBC. (The special also will stream on Peacock starting the next day.)

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