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Getting Native voices down on paper ‘New Mexican’ covered Trujillo’s groundbreaking fight to earn Indigenous right to ballot in 1948

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Eloy Garley knew exactly what Miguel H. Trujillo wanted when the Marine veteran walked into the Valencia

County registrar’s office all those years ago.

“We know why you’re here, Mike,” Garley, then the county registrar, told Trujillo, a member of Isleta Pueblo. “You know you can’t vote here in

New Mexico.”

The year was 1948 — 36 years after New Mexico became a state; three years after the detonation of the world’s first atomic weapon; a year after Jackie Robinson broke big-league baseball’s color barrier.

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Miguel H. Trujillo in the backyard of Felix Cohen’s home in Washington, D.C., with Cohen, circa 1955. Cohen — an East Coast lawyer who had been involved in other lawsuits involving voting rights and Native Americans in the Southwest at the time — helped Trujillo with his case that eventually earned Natives the right to the ballot in New Mexico. COURTESY MICHAEL TRUJILLO

a provision in the state constitution, Trujillo’s stand on that day in Los Lunas is the stuff of history. Not long afterward, he sued Garley for the right of a Native to cast a ballot — and in the process, changed New Mexico forever.

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n old movement has new life after a scandal at one state university and controversy over administrative expenditures at another.

Two Democratic lawmakers have filed a proposed constitutional amendment to weaken the governor’s unrestricted power in nominating regents to oversee New Mexico’s universities.

State Sens. Jeff Steinborn of Las Cruces and Siah Correa Hemphill of Silver City want to establish nominating committees whose members would evaluate the qualifications of prospective regents.

The committees would send the governor lists of people they deemed qualified. And the governor would be limited to selecting regents from that pool of candidates.

“If you’re hiring a clerk at a convenience store, you interview the applicants. We should do the same for university regents,” Correa Hemphill said.

Steinborn nine times from 2013 to 2021 introduced similar proposals to strip the governor of sole authority in choosing people to supervise universities. All those measures failed.

Correa Hemphill and Steinborn say they are optimistic this is the year for a breakthrough.

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House and Senate agree to tentative government budget Sides settle on total amount of spending, but unclear if many details can be ironed out before Jan. 19 shutdown deadline

By Carl Hulse The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Senate and House leaders announced Sunday they had struck an overarching agreement on 2024 government funding, but it was not clear whether they would be able to cement the deal and pass it into law in time to avert a partial government shutdown in less than two weeks.

After weeks of negotiations and on the eve of Congress returning from its holiday break, top Senate and House members said they had agreed to set the total amount of spending at nearly $1.66 trillion, bringing funding in line with the deal struck last year between President Joe Biden Please see story on Page A-4

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Maria Idania Enriquez, owner and caregiver at Nana’s Daycare in Albuquerque, catches Emelee Dominguez on the slide last month while Jaciel Gonzalez runs to a swingset. Enriquez administers one of hundreds of home-based child care centers across New Mexico, a key cog in the state’s “mixed delivery system” plan for providing child care. But many home providers struggle to access available resources or guidelines, something a new business incubator put on by several groups hopes to address. PHOTOS BY GABRIELA CAMPOS/THE NEW MEXICAN

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ALBUQUERQUE rom the front, Maria Idania Enriquez’s home looks like other houses in her residential neighborhood, not far from the Albuquerque International Sunport.

The back of the house tells a different story.

A playground — with a set of swings, two slides and a climbing wall — rises from the backyard’s wood chips and artificial turf.

A side door enters into a renovated garage, the inside painted in bright pastels and stuffed with child-size furniture and toys.

On one wall hangs certificates accrediting Enriquez as a child care provider with New Mexico’s Early Childhood Education and Care Department and her business registration with Bernalillo County.

Even though she works out of her home, caring for children is Enriquez’s business.

Enriquez administers one of hundreds of home-based child care centers across New Mexico, programs that make up a crucial piece of what the Early Childhood Education and Care Department calls a “mixed delivery system.” A complex network of child care providers — including community-run child care centers, school district-based prekindergarten classrooms, federally funded Head Start pro-

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Criseth Valles works on Christmas decorations while doing arts and crafts at Nana’s Daycare in Albuquerque last month. Enriquez, who operates the business from her home, said recently she earned about $3 an hour before enrolling in state programs to increase her income — something many home-base child care centers struggle to do because of language barriers or confusing regulations.

“I’m working for my family, for my friends, for my children,” Enriquez said. “And I do it with love.”

grams and home-based programs like Enriquez’s — allows parents to select the early childhood care environment that works best for them.

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IN BRIEF Turnout low in Bangladesh for vote marred by opposition boycotts NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh was nearly guaranteed a fourth consecutive term in office as voting ended Sunday in a low-turnout election marred by a widespread crackdown on the opposition.

Security remained tight across the country of 170 million as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the main opposition, which has boycotted the election as unfair, pushed for a nationwide strike.

The situation remained tense in the days before the vote, with episodes of violence — including arson on a train in Dhaka, the capital, that killed four people and the torching of more than a dozen polling stations — reported across the country.

Hasina, 76, who cast her vote in Dhaka soon after polls opened, urged people to come out in large numbers.

On the campaign trail, she has called for political stability and continuity, often mentioning the country’s violent history of coups and counter-coups, including one that killed her father, Bangladesh’s founding leader, in the 1970s.

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Snow hinders aid, rescue attempts after deadly earthquakes in Japan WAJIMA, Japan — Rescue teams worked through snow to deliver supplies to isolated hamlets, six days after a powerful earthquake hit western Japan, killing at least 128 people. Heavy snowfall expected in Ishikawa prefecture later Sunday and through the night added to the urgency.

After Monday’s 7.6 magnitude temblor, 195 people were still unaccounted for, a slight decrease from the more than 200 reported earlier, and 560 people were injured.

Hundreds of aftershocks have followed, rattling Noto Peninsula, where the quakes are centered.

Ishikawa officials say 1,370 homes were completely or partially destroyed. Many of the houses in the western coastal region of the main island are aging and wooden.

Some people were living out of their cars, and long lines formed at gas stations. Food and water supplies were short.

Worries grew about snow and rainfall, which raise the risk of mudslides and further damage, as snow collecting on roofs can flatten barely standing homes.

Pentagon chief takes responsibility for keeping hospitalization secret Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday night accepted blame for keeping his hospitalization secret for days, saying he realizes there are concerns over his doing so and takes “full responsibility” for failing to disclose the matter.

Austin, 70, conceded in a statement he “could have done a better job of ensuring the public was appropriately informed” he has been receiving treatment for what remains an unspecified medical matter.

The secretary was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday for an elective procedure, developed undisclosed medical complications and remained hospitalized Saturday.

The secrecy surrounding Austin’s hospitalization, disclosed by the Pentagon after 5 p.m. Friday, has raised questions about how effectively the Defense Department would have handled an emergency over the past week, as the United States balances wars in Ukraine and Gaza that have prompted instability in several parts of the world.

As defense secretary, Austin is second only to President Joe Biden in the chain of command responsible for making the military’s decisions.

As S. African police lose ground, private companies fill security void JOHANNESBURG — Thamsanqa Mothobi was going about his life in Johannesburg when he was carjacked and taken to an informal settlement where robbers accessed his mobile banking apps.

It’s an all-too-common story in South Africa, a country that in the past year has seen an average of 75 killings and 400 aggravated robberies daily, according to official statistics. Experts have warned the South African police are losing the battle against crime — and that has led those citizens who can afford it to turn to a booming private security industry.

There are more than 2.7 million registered private security officers in the country, according to the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority, making South Africa’s security industry one of the largest in the world.

That compares with fewer than 150,000 police officers for the country’s 62 million people.

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People line the route Pope Francis will take for a meeting with church leaders in Juba, South Sudan, in February. The stir caused by the Vatican’s declaration allowing the blessing of samesex couples was greatest in Africa, a rising demographic center of the Catholic Church.

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Policy drives rift between Vatican, African clergy Bishops in Catholic Church’s fastest-growing region raise objections

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MTHATHA, South Africa he Vatican’s recent declaration allowing the blessing of same-sex couples caused a stir around the world, but perhaps most of all in Africa, a rising center of the Roman Catholic Church’s future. In one statement after the next, bishops in several countries spoke of the fear and confusion the declaration has caused among their flocks, saying it was out of step with the continent’s culture and values.

The bishops also harbored a deeper fear: In a place where the church is growing faster than anywhere else in the world and where many forms of Christianity are competing for worshippers, the declaration could slow the church’s expansion on the continent.

Bishop John Oballa of the Ngong Diocese near Nairobi said a woman had written to him saying a friend told her he wanted clarification on the declaration or else he would convert to the Methodist Church.

“There’s a lot of vibrancy in many, many dioceses of Africa,” Oballa said in an interview. “We need to safeguard against anything that might derail that growth.”

He said he would advise his priests to give blessings to same-sex couples only if they were seeking God’s strength in helping “to stop living in same-sex unions.”

But if the couple merely wanted a blessing and planned to continue living the way they were, “it may give the impression of recognition,” he said, adding he would advise clergy “not to bless because it may be scandalous to others — it may weaken the faith of others.”

Last week, the Vatican sought to placate those bishops alarmed by the new rule, saying allowances should be made for “local culture,” but it would remain church policy. Bishops opposed to the change, it said in a statement, should take an “extended period of pastoral reflection” to wrap their heads around why the Vatican says the blessing of same-sex couples is in keeping with church teaching.

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Catholics in the world, Africa accounted for more than half of the 16.2 million who joined the church worldwide in 2021. As bishops and other church leaders on the continent deal with the fallout among their parishioners over the declaration, broader concerns have been raised about whether it could lead to a rift between Pope Francis and a region that is a demographic bright spot for Catholicism.

“I think there is a rebellion already that’s started to say, ‘We’re not going to implement this,’ ” said the Rev. Russell Pollitt, director of the Jesuit Institute South Africa, referring to the responses of bishops across the continent.

Some African clergy said they expected the Vatican and church leaders in Africa to work through their differences. But the declaration will force difficult conversations between the church’s central authority and its African leaders. Some bishops have even hinted at a split between the values of African nations and the West, where some clergy had for years been running afoul of the Vatican’s guidance by blessing same-sex unions.

Bishops in Malawi and Zambia have already said their clergy would be instructed not to give blessings to same-sex couples. The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria did not take a firm position on the issue, saying in a statement “asking for God’s blessing is not dependent on how good one is.” But it added there was “no possibility in the church of blessing same-sex unions and activities.”

Some African church leaders feel strongly that they should not even talk about homosexuality “because it is un-African,” said Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of the Mthatha Diocese in South Africa, who is also the president of the Southern African conference. Others, he added, felt differently because they personally knew gay people. “It is not our experience that it’s this thing they got from Europe,” he said.

However, Pollitt said some church leaders in Africa were being hypocritical. While they criticize homosexuality, he said, they say little about other “irregular unions” identified in the Vatican’s declaration, like unmarried heterosexual couples who live together. The document says priests can bless them, too.

‘Oppenheimer’ rules Golden Globes; ‘Barbie’ upset

By Jake Coyle The Associated Press

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer dominated the 81st Golden Globes, winning best drama, while Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things pulled off an upset victory over Barbie to triumph in the best comedy or musical category.

If awards season has been building toward a second matchup of “Barbenheimer,” this round went to Oppenheimer. It also won best director for Nolan, best drama actor for Cillian

Murphy, best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr. and for Ludwig Göransson’s score. Along with best comedy or musical, Poor Things also won for Emma Stone’s performance as Bella.

Lily Gladstone won best actress in a dramatic film for Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. Gladstone, who began her speech speaking the language of her native tribe, the Blackfeet Nation, is the first Indigenous winner in the category.

“This is a historic win,” said Gladstone. “It doesn’t just belong to me.”

The Globes were in their 81st year but faced a new and uncertain chapter.

After a tumultuous few years and heaps of scandals, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was dissolved, leaving a new Globes to try to regain its perch as the third-biggest award show of the year, after the Oscars and the Grammys.

Host Jo Koy took the stage at the Beverly Hilton International Ballroom in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Filipino American stand-up hit on some expected topics: the obesity drug

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EAGLE PASS, Texas — Daniel Bermudez’s family had fled Venezuela and was headed to the U.S. to seek asylum when the freight train they were riding through Mexico was stopped by immigration officials.

His wife tried to explain her family had permission to go to the U.S. Instead, they flew her to Mexico’s southern border as part of a surge of enforcement actions U.S. officials say have contributed to a sharp drop in illegal border crossings.

In addition to forcing migrants from trains, Mexico also resumed flying and busing them to the southern part of the country and started flying some home to Venezuela.

Even if temporary, the decrease in illegal crossings is welcome news for the White House. President Joe Biden’s administration is locked in talks with Senate negotiators over restricting asylum, and $110 billion in aid for Ukraine and Israel hangs in the balance.

Mexico’s immigration agency sent at least 22 flights from its border region with the U.S. to southern cities during the last 10 days of December, according to Witness at the Border, an advocacy group that tracks flight data.

Most were from Piedras Negras, which is across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas.

Mexico also ran two removal flights to Venezuela with 329 migrants. The stretch was punctuated by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Mexico City on Dec. 28 to discuss unprecedented crossings to the United States.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said a financial shortfall that had led the immigration agency to suspend deportations and other operations was resolved. He did not offer details.

Arrests for illegal crossings into the U.S. from Mexico fell to about 2,500 on Jan. 1, down from more than 10,000 on several days in December, according to U.S. authorities.

In the Border Patrol’s busiest area, arrests totaled 13,800 during the seven-day period ending Friday, down 29% from 19,400 two weeks earlier, according to Tucson, Ariz., sector chief John Modlin.

The drop led U.S. Customs and Border Protection to reopen the port of entry in Lukeville, Ariz., on Thursday after a monthlong closure. The U.S. also restored operations at Eagle Pass and three other locations.

Merchants in Eagle Pass, a city of about 30,000, saw sales take “a major hit” while a bridge was closed to vehicle traffic so border agents could be reassigned to help process migrants, Maverick County Judge Ramsey English Cantu said.

Last month, CBP resumed freight crossings in Eagle Pass and El Paso after a five-day shutdown U.S. officials said was a response to as many as 1,000 migrants riding atop a single train through Mexico before trying to walk across the border.

Proposals being discussed by the White House and Senate negotiators include a new expulsion authority that would deny rights to seek asylum if illegal border crossings reach a certain threshold.

Any such authority would almost certainly depend on Mexico’s willingness to take back non-Mexicans who enter the U.S illegally, something it does now on a limited scale.

Migration usually drops in December amid holidays and cold weather.

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Trump steps up attacks on Haley tis super PAC, meanwhile, has funded more than $8 million worth of attacks in Iowa on NEWTON, Iowa — Former Haley since November, with ads President Donald Trump’s calling her “Tricky Nikki Haley” attacks on Nikki Haley both on and condemning her positions the airwaves and at his rallies — on China and transgender criticisms she likened Saturday rights. to “a temper tantrum” — cap“It’s literally a circular firing tured the turbulent dynamics squad for second place,” said in the final week before the first Terry Sullivan, a Republican votes of the 2024 Republican strategist who managed Sen. presidential primary are cast.

Marco Rubio’s 2016 campaign.

Trump, Haley and Ron “Trump is the de facto incumDeSantis fanned out across Iowa bent nominee of the party, and if over the weekend to make their you want to beat an incumbent, case before the state’s caucuses you have to give a fireable Jan. 15 in a frenetic burst of offense. Their effort has been activity as voters endured an abysmal at delivering a fireable unending barrage of mailers, TV offense.” ads and door-knockers.

On the third anniversary of But the late gust of campaign- the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capiing belies a Republican race that tol on Saturday, Trump indulged has remained stubbornly static in the same lies about the results for months despite unfolding of the last election that were under the most extraordinary of at the center of the violent circumstances. Trump remains uprising, and described those the party’s prohibitive front-run- imprisoned for their roles in the ner, even as he stares down attack as “J6 hostages.” legal jeopardy in the form of 91 But his leading GOP rivals, felony counts spread across four ever wary of crossing a Trumpcriminal cases. aligned party base even as the For months, the date of the election nears, left the anniverIowa caucuses has been circled sary mostly unremarked upon. on Republican calendars as Chris McAnich, who was at the first and one of the best Trump’s event in Newton, Iowa, opportunities for those hoping on Saturday wearing his white to slow Trump’s march toward “Trump Caucus Captain” hat, a rematch with President Joe said he had specifically attended Biden. Iowa Republicans, after because of the Jan. 6 date. all, were some of the few voters “He did not incite a riot, and in the party to reject Trump in that’s kind of why I’m here, on the 2016 primary.

Jan. 6, to say I’m with Trump But the former president’s and stick a thumb in their eye,” two top rivals — Haley, a former McAnich said.

United Nations ambassador, and Entering 2024, Haley DeSantis, the Florida governor appeared to be gaining momen— continue to thrash each other tum, consolidating support as much as Trump, though both among more moderate Repubare trailing him in most polls. licans.

The leading pro-Haley super She announced last week she political action committee has had hauled in $24 million in the spent more than $13 million fourth quarter, a major infusion attacking DeSantis in Iowa since of cash at a critical juncture.

December, including one recent The political network founded mailer that features Trump’s by the industrialist Koch brothdistinctive blond hair photoers said it was plunging another shopped onto DeSantis, calling $27 million into aiding Haley, the governor “unoriginal” and including the first spending in “too lame to lead.” A pro-DeSan- Super Tuesday states.

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by Hezbollah renews fears war may expand

By Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy and Najib Jobainh The Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Hezbollah has struck an air traffic control base in northern Israel, the Israeli military said Sunday, and warned of “another war” with the Iran-backed militant group.

Also Sunday, the Israeli military signaled it has wrapped up major combat in northern Gaza, saying it has completed dismantling Hamas’ military infrastructure there. Now, it presses its offensive in the south, where most of Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians are squeezed into smaller areas in a humanitarian disaster while being pounded by Israeli airstrikes.

The increase in fighting across the border with Lebanon as Israel battles Hamas militants in Gaza gave new urgency to U.S. diplomatic efforts as Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to visit Israel on his latest Mideast tour.

“This is a conflict that could easily metastasize, causing even more insecurity and even more suffering,” Blinken told reporters after talks in Qatar, a key mediator.

The escalation of cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has complicated a U.S. push to prevent a regional conflict. The Israeli military said Hezbollah fire hit the sensitive air traffic control base on Mount Meron on Saturday but air defenses were not affected because backup systems were in place. It said that no soldiers

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Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of a house destroyed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip. More than 22,800 Palestinians have been killed and more than 58,000 wounded since the war began, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.

were hurt and all damage will be repaired.

Lower-intensity fighting along Israel’s northern border broke out when Hezbollah began firing rockets shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel triggered the war in Gaza, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking some 250 people hostage. Hezbollah has said its attacks aim to ease pressure on Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists the war will not end until the objectives of eliminating Hamas, getting Israel’s hostages returned and ensuring Gaza won’t host a threat to Israel are met.

Biden administration officials have urged Israel to wind down its blistering air and ground offensive and shift to more targeted attacks against Hamas leaders.

More than 22,800 Palestinians have been killed and more than 58,000 wounded since the war began, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.

The death toll does not distinguish between combatants and civilians. Health officials say about two-thirds of those killed

have been women and minors.

Israel blames Hamas for civilian casualties because the group operates in heavily populated residential areas.

An airstrike near the southern city of Rafah killed two journalists Sunday, including Hamza Dahdouh, the oldest son of Wael Dahdouh, Al Jazeera’s chief correspondent in Gaza, according to the Qatari-owned Arabic-language channel and local medical officials. Al Jazeera broadcast footage of Dahdouh weeping and holding his son’s hand. Israel’s military had no immediate comment.

Al Jazeera condemned the killings and other “brutal attacks against journalists and their families” by Israeli forces. Dahdouh also lost his wife, two children and a grandchild in an Oct. 26 airstrike, and was wounded in an Israeli strike last month that killed a co-worker.

“The world is blind to what’s happening in the Gaza Strip,” he said, blinking back tears.

Another airstrike hit a house between Khan Younis and the southern city of Rafah, killing at least seven people whose bodies were taken to the nearby Euro-

Talk of second front alarms U.S. Secret assessment says escalation in Lebanon would overstretch Israel

By John Hudson, Yasmeen Abutaleb and Shane Harris

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ISTANBUL — President Joe Biden has dispatched his top aides to the Middle East with a critical objective: Prevent a full-blown war from erupting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

Israel has made clear it views as untenable the regular exchange of fire between its forces and Hezbollah along the border and may soon launch a major military operation in Lebanon.

“We prefer the path of an agreed-upon diplomatic settlement,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Friday, “but we are getting close to the point where the hourglass will turn over.”

U.S. officials are concerned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may see an expanded fight in Lebanon as key to his political survival amid domestic criticism of his government’s failure to prevent Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, which killed an estimated 1,200 people and resulted in some 240 hostages being taken to Gaza.

In private conversations, the administration has warned Israel against a significant escalation in Lebanon.

If it were to do so, according to a new secret assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency, it will be difficult for the Israel Defense Forces to succeed because its military assets and resources would be spread too thin given the conflict in Gaza, according to two people familiar

with those findings.

A spokesperson for the DIA did not offer comment.

More than a dozen administration officials and diplomats spoke to The Washington Post for this report, some on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive military situation between Israel and Lebanon.

Hezbollah, a longtime U.S. adversary with well-trained fighters and tens of thousands of missiles and rockets, wants to avoid a major escalation, according to U.S. officials, who say the group’s leader, Hasan Nasrallah, is seeking to steer clear of a wider war.

In a speech Friday, Nasrallah vowed a response to Israeli aggression while hinting he might be open to negotiations on border demarcation with Israel.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to arrive in Israel on Monday, where he will discuss specific steps to “avoid escalation,” his spokesman, Matt Miller said before boarding a plane to the Middle East.

Since Hamas’s October assault, Israeli officials have discussed launching a preemptive attack on Hezbollah, U.S. officials said.

That prospect has faced sustained U.S. opposition due to the likelihood it would draw Iran, which supports both groups, and other proxy forces into the conflict — an eventuality that could compel the United States to respond militarily on Israel’s behalf.

Officials fear a full-scale conflict between Israel and Lebanon would surpass the bloodshed of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war on account of Hezbollah’s substantially larger arsenal of long-range and precision weaponry.

“The number of casualties in Lebanon could be anywhere from 300,000 to 500,000 and entail a massive evacuation of all of

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Hezbollah may strike deeper into Israel than before, hitting sensitive targets like petrochemical plants and nuclear reactors, and Iran may activate militias across the region. “I don’t think it would be limited to these two antagonists,” he said.

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Laguna Pueblo Gov. John Sarracino and Miguel H. Trujillo on a trip to Washington, D.C., in 1953.

Five years earlier, Trujillo — a member of Isleta Pueblo — sued the Valencia County registrar for the right for a Native to cast a ballot and won a quick decision.

“Somewhere along the way his elders dreamt of being treated equally the same as he thought that someday not only would people like me be able to vote, but to serve,” said Rep. Derrick Lente, D-Sandia Pueblo. “It would have never been possible without [Trujillo].”

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fought the good fight.”

In what by today’s standards would be a lightning-quick result, Trujillo won a landmark case two months after filing it — stamping an indelible, if sometimes overlooked, mark on the history of a nation just coming to grips with the concept of voting rights for minorities. Just as important to people here, he forever changed the reality of Native people in a land they’d lived in for many centuries.

The New Mexican reported on the August 1948 decision, made by three federal district judges, noting the court “voided a provision of the state’s constitution dis[en]franchising ‘Indians not taxed.’ This ban, the court found, contravenes the 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution, being discriminatory on account of race.”

Stunningly, in most circles, Trujillo’s name is largely forgotten by many — including those who now benefit from his battle to win voting rights.

That may be because the humble educator and World War II veteran didn’t play up his role in what would be a monumental step toward attaining a measure of equity for the state’s Indigenous people.

“People involved in Indian affairs and voting rights movements may know his name and the significance of that [action], but, otherwise, no,” Trujillo’s son, Michael, said in a recent interview, during which he recalled the exchange between his father and Garley, a friend, at the registrar’s office.

State historian Rob Martinez said the elder Trujillo’s legacy is “historically significant not only to the pueblo people and Native American people but in New Mexico history. His name rings up there with Popé as someone who stood up for his people against a dominating government.

“In 1680 it was the Spanish government,” Martinez continued.

“And in 1948 it was the United States government.”

Sadly, he added, Trujillo’s legacy “has faded into the mist of time. Not many people know his name.”

The New Mexico History Museum has been trying to address that by paying homage to Trujillo’s court battle and victory with the exhibition, Miguel Trujillo and the Pursuit of Native Voting Rights, which opened last summer and runs through Feb. 15.

The exhibition, which includes a recreation of a 1940s-era voting booth, helps paint a “wider lens on communities that did not have voting rights,” said Patrica Perea, instructional coordinator for the museum.

She said his story brings “attention to the complexity of race and racism” since Trujillo was a

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taxes, Michael Trujillo said.

Cohen made the case that while that might be true, those New Mexico residents surely paid all other forms of tax and thus there was “no reason for them not to have the vote based on them not paying taxes,” he added. called back and given a job as a byproduct of the federal Bureau A three-judge panel in U.S. of Indian Affairs boarding school recruiter, his son said.

District Court agreed, moving Among his duties was to system that often deprived Native surprisingly quickly to side with Americans of their cultural iden- recruit Native Americans to Cohen and Trujillo in the case. join the military, including some tity, language and history.

There was no appeal from who later became Navajo Code Yet the boarding school expeGarley, Valencia County or the Talkers. When the war ended and rience opened his eyes to the state of New Mexico. Native power of education, Perea added, he returned to life as a civilian, Americans suddenly had the Trujillo decided he had earned noting Trujillo later attended right to cast a ballot. Oddly, a the right to vote, his son said. and graduated from the Haskell 1962 state Supreme Court opinAt the time, New Mexico did Indian Nations University in ion extending voting rights to not agree. Though the Indian Kansas and the University of members of the Navajo Nation Citizen Act of 1924, also known as New Mexico. He spent most of notes there is no written record the Snyder Act, gave citizenship his post-World War II career as of the final decision in Trujillo v. to the country’s Native Amerian educator.

Garley. The New Mexican‘s report cans, it did not offer the right to As such, he was of a generation may be one of the few on record vote. of Native Americans that saw within the state.

According to the Library of both the benefits and drawbacks Cohen died in his mid-40s of being a U.S citizen, particularly Congress website: “Even with in 1953. Trujillo worked as an the passing of this citizenship after he came back from serving educator for the Bureau of Indian bill, Native Americans were still his country in uniform and found Affairs until about 1960 before prevented from participating in that, while he could fight for his going to work for the Social country, he couldn’t cast a vote in elections because the ConstiSecurity Administration. He died tution left it up to the states to it, Perea said. in 1989 of natural causes.

Whether Trujillo was aware he decide who has the right to vote.

His son later served as director After the passage of the 1924 citiwould alter the trajectory of votof the U.S. Indian Health Service zenship bill, it still took over forty ing rights movements in the state under former President Bill years for all fifty states to allow when he first tried to register to Clinton.

Native Americans to vote.” vote remains unclear, she and “When he got something in As Perea put it, Trujillo “served others said. his mind, he would go forward in World War II and came home “He knew it was important; with it,” Michael Trujillo said of to find this very real injustice.” he wanted to go through with his dad. “He believed in certain Trujillo enlisted the aid of a it,” Michael Trujillo said of his things and ideals and certainly lawyer — Felix Solomon Cohen, father’s decision to file the lawequity and recognition of others a Jewish American from New suit known as Trujillo v. Garley. and the legal rights of American “I’m not sure he was really aware York who was born in 1907, Indians.” according to a 2023 story in El of the large scope and imporPerea said Trujillo was one of Palacio magazine. While serving tance of it. He did it because he the civil rights activists of the as a government attorney for the felt it was good to do, right to do, postwar era who was “caught U.S. Department of Justice, he one of the things he believed in.” contributed to the creation of the between the brutal campaigns of the Jim Crow era and the Indian Handbook of Federal Indian Law A champion is born boarding schools and the 1960s (also known as Felix S. Cohen’s Miguel H. Trujillo was born Handbook of Federal Indian Law). civil rights movement.” As such, in Isleta Pueblo in 1904. His own he is among “the forgotten” rights Cohen and Trujillo met education fired a passion for activists, she said. sometime in the 1940s, perhaps educating others as he grew up, However, his legacy lives on, through a mutual acquaintance but World War II interrupted his at the University of New Mexico. even beyond the voting booth. career as a teacher and principal. The lawyer had been involved in Just ask Lente, a Native who notes His son said his father was in that thanks to Trujillo he can not other lawsuits involving voting his late 30s when he joined the only vote in a polling place, but rights and Native Americans in service in the wake of the Japathe Southwest at the time. Cohen, on the floor of the New Mexico nese attack on Pearl Harbor on House of Representatives.

Michael Trujillo said, “felt this Dec. 7, 1941.

“We are the dreams our elders was a very important case to Though the elder Trujillo did dreamt, right?” Lente said. pursue in New Mexico.” not talk much about his service “Somewhere along the way his The constitutional provision record to his children, he did elders dreamt of being treated about “Indians not taxed” say he was once marched onto a equally the same as he thought being ineligible to vote was tied troopship anchored off California to a theory that since Native that someday not only would that was headed into the Pacific people like me be able to vote, Americans lived on tribal lands, they did not own property and theater. But for some reason — but to serve. It would have never therefore did not pay property perhaps his age — Trujillo was been possible without you.”

emphasized the spending reductions Republicans had secured, notably the extra $10 billion from the IRS, and said that the “result Continued from Page A-1 is real savings to American taxpayers and real reductions in the and then-Speaker Kevin McCafederal bureaucracy.” rthy that met with vehement While calling the agreement conservative opposition. the best spending deal RepubThe agreement includes an licans had secured in years, increase in Pentagon spending Johnson acknowledged “these to $886.3 billion and holds final spending levels will not nondefense funding essentially satisfy everyone, and they do not flat at $772.7 billion, including cut as much spending as many of $69 billion of added money us would like.” agreed to through a handshake Biden noted the deal “provides deal between McCarthy and the a path” to funding the governWhite House. That additional ment without deep cuts. spending is offset by speeding up “Congressional Republicans $10 billion in cuts to IRS enforce- must do their job, stop threatenment and clawing back $6 billion ing to shut down the government, in unspent COVID-19 dollars and and fulfill their basic responsiother emergency funds. Officials bility to fund critical domestic said the agreement did not and national security priorities, include an additional $14 billion including my supplemental sought by the Republican and request” for Ukraine and Israel, Democratic appropriators in the he said in a statement.

Senate to beef up both domestic Congress faces its initial deadand military spending. line for passing four spending bills “By securing the $772.7 billion Jan. 19, and getting an overall deal for nondefense discretionary on total funding is just the first funding, we can protect key step in avoiding a shutdown. A domestic priorities like veterans second deadline for finishing the benefits, health care and nutrition remaining eight appropriations assistance from the draconian bills, including the one covering cuts sought by right-wing the Pentagon, looms Feb. 2. Finishextremists,” Sen. Chuck Schumer, ing the job could prove a daunting D-N.Y., the majority leader, and task. Lawmakers returning to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the Washington also face big decisions House Democratic leader, said in on the emergency spending a joint statement. package for Ukraine and Israel, In briefing his colleagues which Republicans have refused to Sunday on the framework he consider without strict new imminegotiated, Schumer called it a gration policies to stem the flow of “good deal for Democrats and the migrants into the United States. country,” and he and Jeffries said “The bigger problem that I Congress would need to take a see is, how does a bill that has bipartisan approach to “avoid a to combine four separate bills costly and disruptive shutdown.” pass both chambers and become In a letter to his colleagues, law in less than two weeks’ House Speaker Mike Johnson time?” said Sen. Susan Collins of

Maine, the top Republican on the Senate spending panel. “This is not going to be easy, to give the understatement of 2024.”

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of the Appropriations Committee, said Sunday she “will be working with my colleagues around the clock in the coming days to prevent a needless shutdown.”

At the same time, Johnson is under increasing pressure from some ultraconservatives in the House to reject any spending agreement unless Biden and congressional Democrats agree to stiff new controls to restrict the flow of migrants across the southern border. Senate Republicans and Democrats have reported progress toward a deal to impose new immigration restrictions, which could come as soon as this week, but House Republicans have signaled they want more severe measures.

Senate and House Democrats are insisting the forthcoming spending bills be free of policy dictates House Republicans have sought to scatter through their bills aimed at limiting abortion rights and reining in what they consider a “woke” and weaponized federal bureaucracy. But Johnson on Sunday said he intended to “fight for the important policy riders” in the House measures.

The new spending agreement allows leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations committees to set the funding levels for the dozen individual spending bills for the federal government.

To put it into force, they would have to come to terms on the four set to expire in mid-January and move them through the House and Senate and to Biden’s desk.

Congress could potentially

avert a partial shutdown by passing another short-term funding bill if lawmakers run out of time. But Johnson explicitly ruled out another temporary measure in November. Given his shrinking majority in the House resulting from resignations and illnesses, he will likely need substantial Democratic votes to push through any spending package, providing House Democrats with significant leverage in shaping the measures.

Qualifications for university regents House of Representatives in a Republican-leaning district. quality of administrators at New Regardless of party, all govMexico State University, Steinernors have tended to choose born’s hometown school. political associates and camNMSU last year paid paign donors as regents. $8 million to settle civil lawsuits “I think the story that’s hapby two former men’s basketball pening right now at Western players who said they were demonstrates the need to hazed and sexually assaulted establish qualifications for these by teammates. Three former positions,” Correa Hemphill players have been charged with said. rape and other crimes.

Steinborn said Lujan Grisham With the settlement and a has made some exceptional criminal investigation unfolding, appointments for university NMSU’s director of athletics, regents. But he also said a Mario Moccia, received a fivescreening system is essential. year contract extension and a “We probably have people raise of almost $72,000. Moccia’s sitting on these boards who are annual salary rose to $351,800. less than the best,” Steinborn Then-Chancellor Dan Arvizu said.

State senators must confirm approved Moccia’s contract the governor’s choices for and raise just before Arvizu regents, but the part-time resigned. lawmakers seldom delve deeply Where were the regents? into the backgrounds of nomiThey kept a low profile while nees.

NMSU’s publicity office made A rare exception occurred a point of saying the school when then-Gov. Susana Maradmitted no wrongdoing in tinez nominated Carl Foster settling the civil complaint. to be a regent of New Mexico Pending an independent Highlands University. Martinez, investigation of Moccia and his a Republican, chose Foster even department, Democratic Gov. though he was suing Highlands Michelle Lujan Grisham said and its board of regents. she did not want university Foster had been an adjunct money spent on the athletic director’s salary. Moccia is being instructor at the Highlands campus in Rio Rancho. After a stupaid by a booster club. dent made a complaint against Lujan Grisham asserted Foster, he claimed university herself while the regents she administrators “retaliated by appointed showed no leadernot allowing me to teach in the ship.

Special Education Department, Hazing and sexual assault in causing a significant loss of a locker room weren’t the only income.” troubles at a state school.

Incredibly, Martinez’s camp The president and first said Foster suing Highlands lady of Western New Mexico didn’t disqualify him from servUniversity recently received ing as a regent of that university. scrutiny for a series of public Foster eventually dropped his expenditures, including trips to lawsuit, but the Senate Rules Spain, Greece and Zambia.

Committee refused to grant him Western President Joseph a confirmation hearing.

Shepard said the travels attract Foster’s loyalty to Martinez international students and enabled him to reemerge a enhance his campus and the year later. Martinez nominated communities it serves.

Foster to be a regent at Western Western, in Silver City, has about 3,500 students. Searchlight New Mexico University. Senators confirmed him 39-0 without New Mexico, first to report the travel story, said no cost-benefit asking a single question about analysis has been done to gauge his conflict with Highlands University. the value of trips abroad.

The proposed constitutional Shepard’s wife, former conamendment by Steinborn and gressional candidate and CIA Correa Hemphill has not yet officer Valerie Plame, accompabeen assigned an identifying nied him on publicly financed number. The measure would trips overseas. Certain regents need to clear both chambers of have joined Plame and Shepard the Legislature to be placed on on the trips. the statewide ballot.

Mary Hotvedt, chairwoman “I do think we have a chance of Western’s board of regents, this year because it’s so comand her husband, Robert mon sense,” Steinborn said.

Garrett, traveled with Shepard Working against him are and Plame to Lusaka, Zambia, political realities. No governor according to state records. wants to give up power, and I phoned Hotvedt for an inter- every governor carries a veto view. She returned the call but pen. Lawmakers who rile the wouldn’t answer questions. Hot- executive risk losing their bills vedt referred me to Western’s or funding for their capital public relations department. projects.

Lujan Grisham in 2019 appointed Hotvedt as a regent.

Ringside Seat is an opinion Hotvedt had served as chaircolumn about people, politics and news. Contact Milan Simonich at woman of the Grant County msimonich@sfnewmexican.com Democratic Party, and she ran or 505-986-3080. unsuccessfully for the state Continued from Page A-1

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Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, speaks last month during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill in Washington. Following backlash over her comments at the hearing concerning antisemitism and growing accusations of plagiarism, Gay resigned last week. For conservative activists, her fall was a pivotal win against diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

‘Beginning of the end for DEI’ Conservative anti-diversity, equity, inclusion activists claim victory in the fall of Harvard’s president

By Julian Mark and Taylor Telford The Washington Post

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he conservative victory laps began moments after Harvard University President Claudine Gay announced her resignation.

The trophy was not merely her resignation, a chain-reaction that began with Gay’s much-criticized comments about antisemitism on campus. Nor did it only concern allegations that Harvard’s first Black president had plagiarized portions of her academic work. For conservative activists, her fall was a pivotal victory against diversity, equity and inclusion policies, a battleground where they have notched win after win in recent months against universities, private companies and several federal programs.

“This is the beginning of the end for DEI in America’s institutions,” conservative activist Chris Rufo posted on X, formerly Twitter, just after the news broke Tuesday.

“We will expose you. We will outmaneuver you. And we will not stop fighting until we have restored colorblind equality in our great nation.”

Their claim is that Gay rose to her position through efforts to diversify Harvard’s upper ranks, with critics tethering the plagiarism allegations to her race. “She got her job not through merit but because she checked a box,” Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, wrote Thursday on X. “The real story of Harvard is not Claudine Gay’s firing but this: You are ruled by thousands of people who are just as mediocre.”

Gay defended her work in an op-ed published in The New York Times, writing that she had never misrepresented her research findings or claimed credit for the research of others. “Moreover, the citation errors should not obscure a fundamental truth: I proudly stand by my work and its impact on the field.”

What’s clear, she warned, is that “the campaign against me was about more than one university and one leader.”

Conservatives agree, saying her resignation — the result of a coordinated effort by activists and university donors — shows that any effort to elevate someone based on their identity can be presented as faulty.

The past few years have seen growing backlash against DEI, a loosely defined

term that refers to efforts by corporations and academic institutions to diversify their staffs and student bodies, and help create more inclusive environments for underrepresented groups. But the recent pushback is far more expansive — and effective — playing out as a series of multifront campaigns in the courts, boardrooms and state houses.

Those efforts have only gained traction since the Supreme Court struck down the use of race-conscious college admissions in June. The ruling against Harvard and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill overturned more than four decades of precedent protecting affirmative action in higher education. Soon after, white-shoe law firms like Morrison Foerster and Perkins Coie dialed back their diversity fellowships after being sued by conservative activist Edward Blum, the driving force in the Harvard case. Dozens of companies, including giants like Meta and Pfizer, are fighting lawsuits over their DEI efforts.

Meanwhile, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has barred spending on DEI at public colleges and universities in his state, declaring that “Florida is where ‘woke’ goes to die.”

In December, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a similar measure.

These attacks are mounting even as America’s top institutions continue to struggle with diversity: People of color and women held less than 14% of C-suite roles across Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies as of 2023, according to data from executive search firm Crist Kolder Associates.

In the field of law, which has faced several suits over diversity fellowships, fewer than 5% of practicing attorneys are Black, even though Black people make up roughly 15% of the U.S. population, according to the American Bar Association. About 10% of practicing attorneys fall into other minority groups.

Jarvis Sam, former chief DEI officer at Nike and founder of the Rainbow Disruption, a DEI consultancy, said that DEI work is being used “as a direct pawn in the political landscape in a way we’ve never seen before.”

While DEI has often been “shrouded in a lack of comprehension,” Sam said, now it’s become “the antagonist in this broader story.”

When it comes to recent onslaughts on DEI, the list goes on and on, spanning a range of industries, government programs and academic institutions. Gay’s departure serves as yet another galvanizing event,

one conservative activists highlight as a crowning achievement.

The “political right has learned how to fight more effectively,” Rufo wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed Wednesday, highlighting strategies that put the “squeeze” on Harvard and its president: donors withholding billions of dollars, the airing of the plagiarism allegations against Gay and political pressure from lawmakers like Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y. “While her resignation is a victory, it is only the beginning,” Rufo wrote.

Many observers, regardless of political leaning, agree. “We’re in the early innings of a long fight to chisel out DEI from our institutions,” said Will Hild, the executive director of Consumers’ Research, a nonprofit that has worked to end the use of environmental, social and governance considerations in the business and investing world. “The momentum is clearly on our side,” he said in an interview.

Alvin Tillery, political science professor and director of the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy at Northwestern University, agreed that conservatives are “winning right now.” But Tillery, who is also the founder and chief executive of the 2040 Strategy Group — which consults with Fortune 500 companies on DEI issues — also expects blue states and liberal activists to start filing lawsuits of their own, charging that many companies have not adequately promoted equal opportunity and lack diversity.

“There’s a lot of other issues that are going to drop,” added Tillery, who said he knew Gay when they both attended Harvard in the 1990s but did not remain close to her.

Gay’s resignation and its implications for DEI spilled into public discourse among billionaires and civil rights activists alike.

In a lengthy post on X, billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said Gay’s resignation was “an important step forward.” A Democrat and Harvard graduate, Ackman was among those pushing for Gay’s resignation amid rising frustrations over how universities deal with antisemitism. He also is calling for the resignation of Harvard’s board, which he said should “not be principally comprised of individuals who share the same politics and views about DEI,” which he described as “an inherently racist and illegal movement.”

What to know about the science of reading

By Dana Goldstein

The New York Times

During an era of intense politicization of education, there has been rare bipartisan consensus on one issue: the need to overhaul how children learn to read.

Over the past five years, more than 40 states have passed laws that aim to revamp literacy instruction. And Wednesday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a proposal to require schools to use “scientifically proven” reading curricula by 2025, and to invest $10 million in retraining teachers.

The effort sweeping the country is known as the science of reading movement. Here’s what to know about it, and where it stands.

There is no single definition of the science of reading. But the key idea is that teaching strategies should align with a wide body of cognitive research on how young children learn to

read. That research, amassed over decades, shows that in addition to a broad vocabulary, children need to understand phonics, or the relationship between letters and the sounds of spoken language.

While some children seem to pick up reading naturally, research shows that many need explicit, carefully sequenced instruction in the letter combinations and spelling patterns that form the English language. Without explicit teaching, some students — including children who are read to every day in homes filled with books — will not become proficient and confident readers.

Proponents of the science of reading, including leading brain researchers and parents of children with dyslexia, have pushed hard to change instruction over the past decade.

The science of reading represents a significant shift for the nation’s school system. For

Design and headlines: Nick Baca, nbaca@sfnewmexican.com

the past two decades, a school of thought known as balanced literacy dominated how colleges prepared future teachers for the classroom and how those teachers taught.

Balanced literacy emphasizes the importance of surrounding children with books and allowing them to spend quiet time reading literature that interests them. It includes some phonics, but the instruction is less structured.

Educators and researchers have said that technique leaves children ill-prepared to tackle more difficult texts, without illustrations, as they get older.

States are passing laws requiring instructional change, and curricula are being revised to include more foundational phonics and richer reading material. Many schools are also retraining teachers.

Universities are shifting, too, by promising to change the way they prepare future educators.

New York has been a focal

point. Under New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who is dyslexic, the nation’s largest school district has required schools to abandon balanced literacy and select from one of several reading curricula better aligned to cognitive research.

But there are many challenges to the overhaul, some of which could affect whether the efforts achieve a key goal: raising students’ reading test scores.

Teachers need to not only be retrained — an investment of time and money — but also be brought along with the efforts so they feel invested in the work.

Another big cost is that classroom libraries need to be replaced in many elementary schools, as there are few books within them designed to build children’s phonics skills. Outdated curricula need to be replaced.

Across the country, initial research on these efforts has been hopeful, but limited in scope.

oung children have a surprising capacity to learn math from their surroundings. It doesn’t take much, and they hear and use math language all the time without realizing

When they ask for snacks, they use size comparisons, “big” and “little,” or when they count the number of kitchen utensils needed for a family meal, they are developing foundational math concepts that anchor their thinking for future learning. These casual and playful routine math opportunities are everywhere and free; all we have to do is to recognize and share them with children.

When children are babies and toddlers, parents and early childhood educators think about the best ways to provide them with a head start in life and in school. Often, the emphasis to date Viewpoints has been on reading, with less consideration on education given to math. Yet early math is an integral part of the complex web of learning that includes language, movement and social interactions that support children’s natural instincts to collect and organize information.

When they experience the consequences of pouring too much water into containers, play peekaboo, count when bounced gently on laps, clap a beat or make predictions while listening to bedtime stories, they are making sense of situations.

Children are born explorers and problem solvers who are relentless in finding solutions, whether they stack blocks from smallest to biggest; put into order toys by size; go outside to make more/fewer mud pies; sort laundry; collect pebbles to fill containers; hide under chairs or behind couches; move through space to music; or come up with totals without counting.

Math opportunities also abound at the grocery store. Children have scales to weigh fruit and vegetables as they view a cornucopia of colors and patterns, and let’s remember money is part of going shopping too.

As the National Association for the Education of Young Children notes, studies have found numerous benefits when young kids are afforded these early math experiences. They support cognitive abilities, enable greater persistence in decision making and problem solving, enhance overall literacy skills, have a positive impact on reading and may even be a greater predictor of later school success.

Other studies note most 3-year-olds in early childhood programs have minimal math learning time. The lack of math time can have long-term negative impacts on children’s overall future life pursuits. The importance of early math learning cannot be underestimated.

All it takes to get children thinking mathematically is to take the adage “math is everywhere” seriously and put it to work with young children. They will take it from there.

For children to get the most math out of ordinary encounters, responsive caregivers need to describe what children are experiencing and ask open-ended questions. These “interactive talks” contextualize math vocabulary and skills that give rise to meaning-making and number sense.

Add children’s books to the mix as robust “math talking starters.” They connect children to math vocabulary through fascinating characters, plots and predicaments, along with the attention-grabbing illustrations and rhyming and repetitive dialogue.

Books scaffold math learning and make it fun. They support recall and remembering, be it the total number of rides a mouse took on a roller coaster or starting with four cupcakes and “giving” two away, children know that they have two cupcakes left. Children learn part to whole, numbers in ascending and descending orders, and subtraction.

Hippos Go Berserk!, How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten, Round is a Tortilla, Quark and Count, Fish Eyes, Counting with — Contano con — Frida, or The Greedy Triangle connect seamlessly with counting with simple number operations addition. While reading them, add interactive talks, hands-on materials and complementary tasks. For more, check Resources for Families at mathamigos.org.

Remember, the goal of growing early math learning is not to get children to master math skills but rather to have them enjoy learning, unconcerned about making mistakes or getting the right answer.

Let’s give New Mexico’s youngest children a head start that will pay great dividends for them over their lifetimes and for us.

Look to the future and for the math in our world. It’s all around us!

THE DAIS

Judy Reinhartz is a professor emeritus at the University of Texas at El Paso, lead for MathAmigos and director of its literacy and math coaching program (mathamigos.org/math-and-literacy). She is a retired STEM educator and can be reached at jreinhartz@utep.edu.

FOUNDATION SEEKS SMART BOARD LANL SCHOLARSHIPS APPLICANTS Education news and events SFCC TO OFFER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES FREE From Jan. 29 to April 25, Santa Fe Community College will offer a 12-week English as a Second Language course for adults looking to learn the language.

The classes, which will be taught twice a week on the college’s campus, at Sweeney Elementary School and online, are free. The $25 registration fee has been waived for the spring semester.

To register, interested students must attend an orientation session, which will take place at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Jan. 16, Jan. 17, Jan. 23 and Jan. 24 at SFCC’s main campus. The sessions will include testing and placement as well as registration for courses.

For more information, visit sfcc.edu/english-sec ond-language or sfcc.edu/pro grama-de-ingles-como-segun do-idioma.

The LANL Foundation is accepting applications now for its Career Pathways Scholarships, offering students interested in a specific career $750 per semester to pursue an associate’s degree or certification in any field or trade.

“We welcome applicants from all walks of life,” said Mike Ammerman, the foundation’s scholarship program director.

“Our Career Pathways scholars include students who are in varying stages on their career paths.”

Scholarships are available for high school students and adult learners with a high school diploma or equivalent. Applicants must be residents of Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe or Taos counties.

Applications are due April 1. For more information and applications, visit tinyurl.com/ ym3w2a3v.

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POLLEN COUNTS Santa Fe .Severity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9, . . . .Low ... .Allergens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juniper ......

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Allergens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juniper ......

Source: https://pollen.com

TODAY'S UV INDEX + 10 8 6 4 2 0

Extreme Very High High Moderate Low

The UV index forecasts the ultraviolet radiation coming from the sun. The higher the number the more risk of sun damage to your skin.

Few Snow Showers.

32 / 16

Humidity (Noon)

Saturday

Partly Cloudy.

29 / 10

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26 / 13

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Partly Cloudy.

32 / 20

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City

35 / 21

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Wind: NE 20 mph

Wind: NW 20 mph

Wind: W 20 mph

Wind: WSW 15 mph

Wind: NW 15 mph

Wind: WNW 15 mph

Wind: WSW 15 mph

NEW MEXICO WEATHER

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Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows.

Taos 26 / -3

Farmington 31 / 6

Raton 22 / 4

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Pecos 28 / 5

Gallup G 2 / -1 26

Albuquerque 35 / 14

Ruidoso 27 / 11 Truth or Consequences 44 / 22

Sillver City 31 / 14

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San Francisco 56/47

Las Vegas 31 / 5

Los Angeles 61/41

Clovis 37 / 18

Chicago 36/33

Omaha 34/24 Denver 31/13

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Albuquerque 35/14 Phoenix 52/32

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Guadalajara 77/52

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STATE EXTREMES SUNDAY

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The Northeast will see partly to mostly cloudy skies with the highest temperature of 49 in Metropolis, Ill. The Southeast will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rain and thunderstorms, highest temperature of 79 in Big Pine Key, Fla. In the Northwest there will be partly to mostly cloudy skies with isolated rain and snow, highest temperature of 54 in Coos Bay, Ore. The Southwest will see mostly clear to partly cloudy skies with the highest temperature of 63 in Anaheim, Calif.

Las Vegas Lordsburg Los Alamos Los Lunas Portales Raton Red River Rio Rancho Roswell Ruidoso Santa Rosa Silver City Socorro T or C Taos Tucumcari Univ. Park White Rock Zuni

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Jan. 8, 1973 - A severe ice storm struck Atlanta. The storm paralyzed the city, closing schools and businesses. Damage from the storm was estimated at 25 million dollars. One to four inches of ice coated northern Georgia, leaving 300,000 without electricity for up to a week.

NATIONAL EXTREMES SUNDAY High

84° in Big Pine Key, Fla.

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Sunrise Today Tuesday Wednesday

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Cancún 82/75

WEATHER HISTORY

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Washington D.C. 47/34

New Orleans 69/48

Mexico City 70/56

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Dallas 62/34

Hobbs 47 / 25

Alamogordo 41 / 18

New York 41/31

Monterrey 87/58

La Paz 67/59

Roswell 46 / 24

Detroit 38/32

St. Louis 41/34

Hermosillo 60/46

Las Cruces 46 / 19

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Boise 34/29 Las Vegas 51/32

Boston 35/22

Minneapolis 32/27

Billings 33/17

Santa Fe 27 / 7

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Clayton 27 / 11

AIR QUALITY INDEX

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A partial list of the City of Santa Fe's Comprehensive Water Conservation Requirements currently in effect: No outside watering from 10am to 6pm from May 1 to October 31.

For a complete list of requirements call: 955-4225 http://www.santafenm.gov/water_conservation

0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very Unhealthy, 301-500, Hazardous

Mostly Sunny.

Thursday

Wind: NW 25 mph

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The following water statistics of January 3rd are provided by the City Water Division (in millions of gallons).

Total water produced from: Canyon Water Treatment Plant: 3.992 Buckman Water Treatment Plant: 1.664 City Wells: 0.0 Buckman Wells: 0.835 Total production: 6.490 Total consumption: 6.674 Santa Fe reservoir inflow: 1.03 Reservoir storage: 266.55 Estimated reservoir capacity: 20.86%

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Humidity (Noon)

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Taos Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trace ..... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.19" ....

NATIONAL CITIES

7 DAY FORECAST FOR SANTA FE

Santa Fe Airport Temperatures .High/low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37°/27° ......

Normal . . . . . . . high/low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44°/18° ...... . . . . . . .high Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54° . . . in . . 1956 .... . . . . . . .low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2° . . in . . 2017 ....

Record Santa Fe Airport Precipitation .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... .Month . . . . . to . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.08" .... . . . . . . . month Normal . . . . . .to . . date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.10" ....

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THE WEATHER

Monday, January 8, 2024

Saturn

Full Jan. 25

Last Q. Feb. 2

Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Bangor Billings Bismarck Boise Boston Charleston,SC Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit Fairbanks Flagstaff Helena Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York City Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland,OR Richmond Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Sioux Falls St. Louis Tampa Trenton Tulsa Washington,DC

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WORLD CITIES City Amsterdam Athens Baghdad Beijing Berlin Bermuda Bogota Cairo Copenhagen Dublin Frankfurt Guatemala City Istanbul Jerusalem Johannesburg Lima London Madrid Mexico City Moscow Nassau New Delhi Oslo Paris Rio Rome Seoul Stockholm Sydney Tel Aviv Tokyo Toronto Vienna

Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W 35/32 sn 32/29 pc 62/56 ra 59/53 s 67/41 s 68/41 mc 32/10 s 30/12 mc 30/26 mc 22/17 s 71/64 ra 69/61 ra 71/42 ra 68/48 mc 76/54 s 73/59 pc 26/15 pc 27/23 pc 43/31 ra 41/37 ra 41/33 ra 32/27 mc 77/52 s 79/51 pc 59/49 ra 57/54 ra 67/51 s 63/53 mc 86/61 ra 81/62 mc 75/69 pc 77/71 cl 41/35 mc 38/35 sn 49/36 s 45/34 s 70/50 mc 70/56 mc 1/-11 mc 8/-13 s 84/73 ra 74/73 cl 67/48 s 69/46 s 8/-4 s 13/-10 s 42/38 cl 33/29 cl 87/72 pc 88/73 ra 55/50 ra 57/48 pc 30/23 s 29/12 s 18/3 pc 20/8 pc 81/66 mc 80/67 ra 75/56 s 69/54 pc 52/47 pc 48/39 s 31/23 sn 35/29 pc 37/31 sn 28/25 sn

31/27 s 53/44 ra 71/55 cl 36/28 sn 26/19 s 62/60 pc 71/45 pc 71/56 pc 33/25 pc 40/38 mc 32/24 s 80/54 s 46/38 ra 61/51 pc 80/60 ra 77/72 cl 38/34 mc 41/37 ra 72/56 cl 14/13 sn 76/74 ra 71/56 s 26/12 mc 34/30 cl 89/77 mc 47/41 ra 32/29 sn 30/25 mc 74/70 ra 68/61 pc 49/40 mc 35/33 rs 27/20 pc

COMMENTARY

How to protect yourself in risky business of writing checks Despite checks rapid decline, fraud in dated medium for financial transactions rising, and it’s costing banks billions

By Tara Siegel Bernard The New York Times

T

ypewriters vanished, and then cassette tapes and encyclopedias did, too. But paper checks are one piece of our analog past that persists.

American consumers and businesses wrote 11.2 billion checks in 2021, far fewer than the 42 billion written at the start of the century. Despite the rapid decline, check fraud is exploding — costing financial institutions billions and throwing many check writers’ finances into disarray.

After my colleague Ron Lieber and I wrote about rising check fraud, worried readers wrote to us with questions: Is there a safer way to write checks when we must? What about digital payments — aren’t they susceptible to fraud, too?

Many Americans still write checks to pay rent or avoid credit card fees. They also may cling on to checks for cultural reasons or for psychological ones — for

KATE DEHLER/THE NEW YORK TIMES

Typewriters vanished, and then cassette tapes and encyclopedias did, too.

But paper checks are one piece of our analog past that keeps on ticking.

example, because writing them out is a manual process, almost like using cash in an increasingly cashless society.

So the little rectangular slips of paper press on, even as digital payment methods such as Venmo and Zelle have achieved verb status — just Venmo me!

— and continue to gain in popularity.

Here are some tips on how to transact business as safely as you can, in both the paper and digital realms. u Are there certain practices to keep in mind when writing checks?

This is a return to basics, but it’s

worth revisiting: When writing the payee’s name, use the entire line or draw a line to the end so that nobody can add an additional name or more information. Do the same when you write the amount in words and numbers.

Signing your checks the same way every time is also essential. We’ve heard from readers whose check payments were frozen because the handwriting was deemed suspicious. That’s a good thing, but it can send your financial life into a tailspin if you become locked out of your accounts because of an investigation.

And remember, when you write a check out to “cash,” anyone can use it — so proceed with caution or avoid doing that altogether. u What’s the best pen to use when writing checks?

First, let’s back up and explain why pens matter: Thieves steal checks from the mail and then “wash” the ink off using materials as basic as nail polish remover, leaving the signature untouched. Criminals then usually rewrite the checks to their own accounts or sell the checks on the dark web.

No pen is completely fail-safe, but gel pens are the safest bet: Unlike ballpoint

pens, whose ink sits on top of the paper, gel is more difficult to wash because the ink penetrates the fiber of the paper, according to Karen Boyer, a check fraud expert. u Are there any banks that have extra protections in place, like flagging a weird check to customers by sending a text message?

There are. Not all banks do this, but Capital One, for example, contacts customers via text, email or phone when it notices an “unusual check” and wants to ensure it’s legitimate (similar to what credit-card issuers often do). Customers can also create alerts in the bank’s mobile app to receive emails when checks are paid.

Bank of America will reach out to customers when it detects an out-of-character check as well. Contact your bank to see if it offers anything similar, and make sure it has your preferred method of communication on file. u Should I keep a separate account just for check writing?

Some readers suggested this strategy, and it seems to be a smart one for people who regularly write personal checks. By keeping a separate account with enough to cover the checks you write, you cap any potential losses.

Boeing is again under scrutiny after recent 737 Max near-disaster FAA orders inspection of mid-cabin door plugs in 171 Max 9 planes, causing dozens of cancellations

By Niraj Chokshi

The New York Times

A harrowing flight over the weekend is again forcing Boeing to confront concerns over its planes, particularly the 737 Max, already one of the most scrutinized jets in history.

No one was seriously injured in the episode on an Alaska Airlines flight Friday night in which a portion of a 737 Max 9 fuselage blew out in midair, exposing passengers to howling wind.

The plane landed safely, but the event, on a flight from Portland, Ore., to Ontario, Calif., has spooked travelers

and prompted immediate safety inspections on similar planes.

Federal authorities focused attention on a mid-cabin door plug, which is used to fill the space where an emergency exit would be placed if the plane were configured with more seats.

The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the inspection of 171 Max 9 planes operated by Alaska and other U.S. airlines, causing dozens of flight cancellations Saturday. It said the inspections should take four to eight hours per plane to complete.

“We agree with and fully support the FAA’s decision to require immediate inspections of 737-9 airplanes with the same configuration as the affected airplane,” Jessica Kowal, a Boeing spokeswoman, said Saturday.

Alaska Airlines’ woes continued into Sunday, with 163 cancellations, or

21% of its scheduled flights, by early afternoon, according to FlightAware.

Travelers took to social media to complain about continued long hold times on the phone for customer service and inadequate compensation as they waited at the airport and faced lengthy delays and abrupt cancellations. United had canceled more flights Sunday, 243, but they represented just 9% of the carrier’s scheduled flights, according to FlightAware.

It is not clear whether Boeing is to blame for what happened to the Alaska Airlines plane, but the episode raises new questions for the manufacturer. Another version of the Max, a 737 Max 8, was involved in two crashes that killed hundreds of people in 2018 and 2019 and led to a worldwide grounding of that plane.

“The issue is what’s going on at Boeing,” said John Goglia, a longtime aviation

safety consultant and a retired member of the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates airplane crashes.

Last month, the company urged airlines to inspect the more than 1,300 delivered Max planes for a possible loose bolt in the rudder-control system.

Over the summer, Boeing said a key supplier had improperly drilled holes in a component that helps to maintain cabin pressure. Since then, Boeing has invested in and worked more closely with that supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, to address production problems.

The Max is the bestselling plane in Boeing’s history. The more than 4,500 outstanding orders for the plane account for more than 76% of Boeing’s order book. The plane is also popular among airlines: Of the nearly 3 million flights scheduled globally this month, about 5% are planned to be carried out

using a Max, mostly the Max 8, according to Cirium, an aviation data provider.

Alaska Airlines has 65 Max 9 planes, while United Airlines has 79. Both were conducting inspections Saturday.

On Sunday, Turkish Airlines announced that it would immediately ground the five Max 9 planes in its fleet until further notice.

Investigators with the NTSB have started looking into the case and are expected to examine a wide range of factors, but in the meantime, those who make, service, operate and regulate the planes will all be in the spotlight.

“Every American deserves a full explanation from Boeing and the FAA on what’s gone wrong and on the steps that are being taken to ensure another incident does not occur in the future,” Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, said in a post on Saturday on X, formerly known as Twitter.

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The Empty Stocking Fund is a long-standing project of The New Mexican. Each year, hundreds of people receive aid from the fund during the holiday season to help cover rent payments, medical bills, utility costs, car repairs, home improvements and other needs.

Who it helps: Applicants, who must live within 50 miles of Santa Fe and must provide documents that provide proof of their identity, are considered without regard to race, age, ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Applications are closed.

How it works: Applications for funding are vetted. Members of the Empty Stocking Committee review requests, meet with each qualifying applicant to examine records of outstanding bills or other needs. If a request is approved, the committee sends a check directly to the service supplier. Requests can be as much as $2,500 per household depending on the need.

2023 goal: $399,000.

This holiday charity project, which began in 1981, is jointly administered by the Santa Fe Community Foundation, Enterprise Bank and Trust, the Salvation Army, Presbyterian Medical Services, The Life Link, Habitat for Humanity, Esperanza Shelter, Youth Shelters and Family Services, Gerard’s House and a private individual.

To donate: Make your tax-deductible donation online by visiting santafenewmexican. com/empty_stocking or mail a check to The New Mexican’s Empty Stocking Fund c/o The Santa Fe Community Foundation, P.O. Box 1827, Santa Fe, 87504-1827. Cash and coin donations are always welcome.

Those can be dropped off at the offices of the newspaper at 150 Washington Ave., Suite 206. Donors can request to remain anonymous.

If you can provide a service such as roofing or home repairs, contact Habitat for Humanity at repairs@santafehabitat.org. If you can contribute food, clothing, toys, housewares, furniture, firewood or other items or services, call the Salvation Army at 505-988-8054.

the state increase their revenue, the number of children they care for and the quality of care they provide, said Rebecca Baran-Rees, Growing Up New Mexico’s vice president of policy and community development.

The group aims to ensure caregivers are “getting access to the professional development they need, the safety training that they need, all of the resources to be a strong and stable business,” she said.

A schedule posted on the wall in Enriquez’s home shows just how labor intensive her job is.

Work begins at 6:30 a.m., when Enriquez and her daughter, Ana Dominguez — a teacher in the program — start preparations for a new day. It ends around 6:30 p.m. with cleanup after the children have gone home.

And after their child care duties end for the day, Enriquez and Dominguez become students themselves. Both are pursuing degrees in early childhood education at Central New Mexico Community College.

In addition to long hours, home-based child care providers suffer from a condition nearly universal among early childhood educators: “We don’t get paid what we should for caring for kids,” Enriquez said in an interview in Spanish.

She estimated she earned around $3 per hour before enrolling in state programs to increase her income.

The tight margins and long hours are a common experience among home-based child care providers, Baran-Rees said.

Even though many families want the personal touch that comes with a home-based program — one that mimics the care and attention of an auntie or grandma — most can’t afford to pay prices proportionate to the services rendered.

The early childhood field is also tightly regulated for health and safety reasons.

Specific rules from the state and federal governments dictate how providers can operate, down to the types of food that can be served during snack time.

Ensuring compliance with all of those rules can be difficult when they’re not written in the providers’ preferred language.

Many home-based providers, including Enriquez’s, operate their programs in Spanish, while the guidelines governing their businesses are in English.

“One of the biggest — the biggest — obstacles, which many of us didn’t dare to

Maria Idania Enriquez holds up her granddaughter Arylenn Dominguez at her day care in Albuquerque last month. Enriquez said the business incubator for homebased child care centers helped her with her time management and financial organization and allowed her to increase pay and benefits to her employee.

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confront, is the language,” Enriquez said.

“A lot of people stop trying because of the language — because they don’t know that, in many cases, there are translation options, better communication options, and that they’re not going to discriminate based on our language,” she added.

New Mexico has made extraordinary gains in subsidizing child care, Baran-Rees said. It offers child care assistance to families making up to four times the federal poverty level and greatly increased its reimbursements in 2023 for providers in the New Mexico PreK program.

Even though application materials are often available in Spanish, the language barrier can limit home-based providers’ access to these state programs, keeping their earnings low.

Growing Up New Mexico’s business incubator is designed to relieve solve some of the challenges home-based child care centers regularly experience, BaranRees said.

“It’s a funky sector because ... the caregiver is wearing five different hats: They’re like the CEO and they’re also the janitor and they’re also the teacher and they’re also the HR person and everything in between,” Baran-Rees said.

The incubator is intended to ensure providers can juggle all of those hats appropriately with a six-month crash course in

Cumulative total: $392,852.56

Less than inch of snow for Santa Fe While the Santa Fe area is expected to be only lightly affected by a snowstorm Sunday evening and Monday, forecasters are predicting “life-threatening travel conditions” in northeastern New Mexico.

The area east of Raton and north of Bueyeros is expected to get 4 to 6 inches of snow, with blowing snow and damaging winds also expected, according to the National Weather Service in Albuquerque. By contrast, less than an inch of snow is being predicted for Santa Fe. The weather is not expected to affect travel in the Albuquerque metro area Monday; forecasters say there could be minor impacts in the Santa Fe area and on Glorieta Pass and La Bajada earlier Monday but they should be clear by Monday night.

However, forecasters predict major impacts on travel on Interstate 25 between Las Vegas, N.M., and Raton as well as Raton Pass earlier Monday.

The snowstorm will also be more noticeable in the mountains north of Santa Fe, with 1 to 2 inches of snow predicted in Taos, 3 to 4 inches in Chama and 4 inches in Red River.

No travel impacts are expected Tuesday.

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similar. The program, she said, helped her become a better leader and prioritize time to share information and learn from other home-based providers as well as how to keep track of her business’ expenses and keep them separate from personal expenses — even though the business is housed in her home. She increased pay and benefits to ensure her employee doesn’t leave her for another child care setting.

Now, Enriquez said, she closely tracks every cent of income and spending for the business. She even secured a loan to build the playground in her backyard.

And she makes good use of the playground.

During one recent morning — between an arts-and-crafts session of decorating snowmen and snack time — Enriquez zipped up her students’ jackets and led them outside to play.

As the children romped through the backyard, Enriquez played, too. She ran around the yard in a spirited game of tag.

She threw and caught a basketball. She went where she was needed, constantly ready to catch the children at the end of the slide or push them higher on the swings.

“I’m working for my family, for my friends, for my children,” Enriquez said.

“And I do it with love.”

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the business of home-based child care.

In addition to professional development sessions on child growth and development, Baran-Rees said, the program focuses on helping participants learn to manage business finances, pay taxes and access the state’s licensure and quality rating systems, New Mexico child care subsidies and a federal food program that reimburses child care providers for meals and snacks served to children in their care.

So far, more than 130 home-based providers have graduated from the program — and they said it helped them increase their earnings, knowledge of the field and business acumen.

Sara Ramos said participating in the business incubator took her day care in Hatch “from one to 100.”

Before the program, Ramos said, she watched two to three children each day and got paid $10 to $15 per child, per day.

Now, she has 12 children in her care each day. Her income has increased dramatically, from about $200 per week to about $2,000 per week.

“I’m earning 100% more than what I earned before,” Ramos said in an interview in Spanish. “My family was very poor — we were experiencing a very difficult situation — and now we’re doing very well economically.”

Enriquez experienced something

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our father, Jimmie A. Martinez. Jimmie was born on June 12, 1942, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Alfredo and Lorenza Martinez. He was the youngest of ten siblings. He graduated from Santa Fe High and married the love of his life, Florine Martinez, whom he spent a wonderful 63 years of his life with. He was a successful businessman; he owned the Quick & Easy gas station for over 30 years, where every customer was like family. In addition, he was a former Santa Fe school board member, and he strongly believed the path out of poverty was through education. Jimmie graduated college at the age of 58, earning a degree in criminal justice. He continued serving his community as a Santa Fe City Councilor, where he championed the Santa Fe Living Wage Initiative. He enjoyed fishing and hunting with his children and grandchildren. He coached Little League and American Legion baseball for over 20 years, where he treated the players like his own.

He is preceded in death by his parents, son Keith Roland Martinez, mother and father-in-law Vitalia and Frank Rael, brother-in-law Bobby Rael, sisters Anita Aldeis, Cora Martinez (Martin), Aurora Felix, Norma (Jim) Perry, and brothers Eloy Martinez (Frances), Joe Jerry Martinez, and Leo Martinez. Sister-in-laws Mary Jane Martinez, Angie Rael, and son Roberto.

Jimmie is survived by his loving wife, Florine Martinez, and children: Ron, Eric (Rita), Aaron (Michelle), Francine, and Melanie (Chris).

Grandchildren: Hannah, Kyle, Dana, Daniel (Eliza), Eric (Christina), AJ, Aaden Martinez, Ryan and Joshua Wagner, Keith (Julia), and Marisa Dominguez. Great-grandchildren Mateo and Mordecai Martinez. Also survived by his brother Johnny Martinez (last of the Cepillos), cuñados: Henry, James, Ernie (Barbara), Donald, and Frankie (Brenda) Rael. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews who were all special to him.

The family would like to acknowledge Jimmie’s special friends over the years: Steve Arias, Leroy Ramirez, Leonard Saiz, Judge Michael Vigil, Dennis Casados, Danny Ortiz and all the others too numerous to name.

Jimmie will be sincerely missed by all. He had an infectious, unforgettable smile and a unique sense of humor. He was honest and unafraid to speak his mind, whether you agreed or disagreed with what he had to say. He was extremely proud of his children and grandchildren and often bragged about them. His love for his family was unconditional.

Jimmie’s life will be celebrated on Tuesday, January 9th, at St. Annes Church (511 Alicia St.); rosary at 9:00 a.m., mass at 10:00 a.m.Reception is to follow immediately. In lieu of flowers, monetary donations can be made to Pete’s Place Homeless Resources, 2801 Cerrillos Rd., Santa Fe, NM. Rivera Family Funerals and Cremations 417 East Rodeo Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 Phone: (505) 989-7032 riverafamilyfuneralhome.com

MARIA ELENA (MEG/MARY) MARTINEZ January 19, 1944 - December 31, 2023 Santa Fe - Our beloved Maria Elena (Meg/Mary) Martinez, 79, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, December 31, 2023.

She was born on January 19, 1944, in Rowe, New Mexico, and is preceded in death by her parents, Doroteo and Conferina Garcia, her brothers Jose Inez Garcia, Doroteo Garcia II, Anastacio Garcia, Jimmy Garcia, and her sister Rita Morelos.

Maria Elena is survived by her husband of 56 years, Jerry Martinez; her children, Sarah Martinez (Mark), Dorothy Martinez, Jerome Martinez, and Marsha Martinez (Michael); and her grandchildren, Eva Stenberg, Wesley Stenberg, and Sam Pirigyi, whom she adored. She is also survived by her brothers, Roque Garcia (Mona), Charlie Garcia, Tommy Garcia (Roberta), Gerald Garcia, and sisters, Margie Martinez (Gilbert), Pauline Garcia, and many beloved nieces, nephews, cousins, and extended family.

She graduated from Loretto Academy in 1961 and worked for the National Park Service and then for the Bureau of Land Management for many years, retiring officially in 1992. She then worked with her husband, Jerry, at their business, Professional Bookkeeping Service, until they both retired in 2018.

Maria Elena was the fifth in line of 12 children and the first girl. A consummate matriarch, she nurtured and cared deeply for all her family and friends, especially babies and children. Her tenderness and generosity also extended to those she didn’t know, and she deeply cared for the unseen and for all that needed love. She will be forever remembered for her immeasurable kindness, grace, and compassion. She touched the hearts and lives of everyone she met.

She will be greatly missed.

A rosary will be held on Monday, January 15, at 6 p.m. at Berardinelli Mortuary. The funeral mass will be held on Tuesday, January 16, at 11:30 a.m. at Cristo Rey Catholic Church, with the burial immediately following at Rosario Cemetery.

RONALD RODRIGUEZ Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Rodriguez, 63, passed away on December 25, 2023, at his home in Santa Fe, NM. He was born in Santa Fe, NM, on January 15, 1960.

Preceding him in death were his parents, Robert ‘Bobby’ Rodriguez and Imelda Rodriguez; his uncle Eddie ‘Igloo’ and Aunt Andrea Ortiz; and his father-in-law, Alfredo Barriga.

He is survived by his devoted wife Frieda Rodriguez, daughters Rebecca Rodriguez and Juanita Rodriguez, son and best friend Aaron Rodriguez, granddaughters Isabelle Rodriguez-Armijo and Layla Rodriguez, sisters Roberta Robinson (Gordon), Barbara Menke (John), Linda Rodriguez Brandt (Marc), Laura Vieira (Walt), brothers David Rodriguez (Patricia), Ernie Rodriguez (Geri), Billy Rodriguez (Natalie), Mark Rodriguez (Sandra), mother in-law Adela Barriga, sisters in-law Blanca Ramirez (Hector Fabela), Helia Ward (Jim), brother in-law Ernie Barriga (Annabelle), Aunt Angie and Uncle Eloy Romero, Uncle Mike Rodriguez, Aunt Theresa Salazar and Uncle Terry Ortiz, as well as many cherished nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

A rosary will be recited at Cristo Rey Catholic Church, 1107 Cristo Rey St., Santa Fe, NM, 87501, on Wednesday, January 10th, from 9:00–10:00 am, followed by mass from 10:00–11:00 and an 11 o’clock burial at Rosario Cemetery, 499 N. Guadalupe St., Santa Fe, NM, 87501. A reception will follow immediately after at the Cristo Rey Church Gymnasium.

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Jan. 6 revisionism is dangerous for America The Washington Post

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he third anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob comes amid troubling indicators about public opinion on that event. A Post-University of Maryland poll published last week shows a sizable share of Americans accept lies about the 2020 election and the insurrection that followed on Jan. 6, 2021. Only 62% say Joe Biden’s victory was legitimate, down from 69% two years ago, and far lower than after the contested 2000 election. One-third of U.S. adults believe there’s “solid evidence” of “widespread voter fraud” in the 2020 election.

Regarding Jan. 6 itself, 28% say former president Donald Trump bears no responsibility, 21% say the people who stormed the Capitol were “mostly peaceful,” and 25% say the FBI probably or definitely instigated the attack.

These are minority views, but that’s cold

comfort. Disproportionate numbers of Republicans hold them, showing just how corrosive Trump’s repeated lies, amplified by a right-wing media echo chamber, have been.

The devotion of the GOP base to this alternative history helps explain why Trump has avoided meaningful accountability, why he is still the front-runner, by far, for the Republican nomination — and how dangerous he could be back in power. Already, he promises “full pardons” and a government apology to many Jan. 6 rioters, plus “revenge” and “retribution” for unnamed others.

The truth must be told. Biden won the 2020 election, fair and square, and no credible evidence has emerged of widespread voter fraud. Trump, despite knowing that he lost, summoned supporters to Washington ahead of the certification of the election and told a crowd on the Ellipse that he’d go with them to the Capitol and that they needed to

“fight like hell.” Trump relished watching on television as his supporters attacked the Capitol for 187 minutes and resisted pleas to stop them. As former Vice President Mike Pence said later: “His reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol that day.”

More than 140 police officers were injured there that day. So far, 1,240 people have been charged with crimes related to Jan. 6, including 452 who were charged with assaulting law enforcement officers. More than 700 have been sentenced after receiving due process, including the right to a jury trial. FBI Director Christopher Wray, a Republican appointed by Trump, has testified categorically and under oath that there’s nothing to the “ludicrous” conspiracy theories that his agency played any role in urging people into the Capitol.

It’s simple political realism to acknowledge that the latest polling suggests efforts to hold

Trump accountable have fallen short. In 2021, 10 House Republicans voted to impeach him, and seven Senate Republicans voted to convict, for inciting the insurrection. But there weren’t enough votes to disqualify Trump from running again.

For now, a mere 46% of Americans said Jan. 6 should disqualify Trump from the presidency and 33% said his conduct that day is “not relevant.” In between, 17% say Trump’s actions “cast doubts on his fitness for the job but are not disqualifying.” That segment could decide the election. What they, and all voters, must understand is that, just like in 2020, the 2024 elections will be free and fair. Audits have shown the U.S. election system is secure, and none of Trump’s 2020 legal challenges panned out. They also need to understand the real chance that he could win, legitimately, but that there is still time, and an effective way — via the ballot box — to prevent that.

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Lessons from the unfortunate Avangrid-PNM merger failure

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LE T TERS T O THE EDIT OR

Try motivational music at City Hall to get things done S omething like the song “Let’s Get Down to Business,” by the band Widespread Panic, is recommended as a motivational anthem for our City Council. It’s good Jamie Cassutt pulled her resolution related to plutonium pit production. What does that topic have to do with serving the citizens of Santa Fe? Every person is entitled to an opinion, and there are no doubt many organizations Cassutt could join that agree with her position, but, as a city councilor, Cassutt and her fellow councilors need to get down to business.

A few long-outstanding projects come to mind, like doing something about the obelisk in the downtown Plaza; dealing with development or sale of the former midtown campus property; addressing the fact that another agency is now handling many street repairs that would typically belong to the city; and moving faster on water main repair/replacement projects.

The city has many committees, many of those with public involvement. The city has also added higherlevel staff, and new initiatives such as the Office of Equity and Inclusion. Ultimately it all comes down to one question: What is the purpose of city government? It doesn’t appear our city government has come to an agreement on that question.

Patricia Emerson

Santa Fe

Stop the dumping Bravo for the lead editorial on the problems with trash in public spaces (“A less trash-filled New Mexico takes all of us,” Our View, Jan. 4). While most think of roadside trash as the small bits of litter as big a problem is bulky waste — tree limbs, appliances and other large matter that most of us don’t have

THE PAST 100 YEARS From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Jan. 8, 1924: It is feared that U.S. Senator H.O. Bursum of New Mexico has slipped in entering his senatorial protest against the sale of arms and ammunition to the Obregon government of Mexico.

Mr. Bursum, by some strange process of reasoning, regards the sale of war material to the constituted government of a friendly nation as “unwarranted interference in the domestic affairs” of that nation. Technically he hasn’t a leg to stand on.

Jan. 8, 1949: New Mexico’s highway department — its finances and administration — ranks as one of the 1949 legislature’s hottest pre-session issues. State Highway Engineer Burton Dwyre has proposed a 2-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax

a vehicle that will take it to the dump. Our dump facility is very low-cost, but transport of bulk waste is a problem and much of it ends up behind some brush in places like Caja del Rio. In Oklahoma City the solution was to offer monthly — monthly! — big junk or bulky waste pickup from your curb. This service eliminated most dumping problems and was done with an additional $2 on all trash bills. Cleaning out the garage became an easier task, and the problems with junk were much alleviated. The fee was never an issue of complaint in my years of living there.

Shane Woolbright

Santa Fe

Drop in the bucket Mark Friedman’s letter (“End of discussion,” Letters to the Editor, Jan. 4) raises an excellent question about water use and electricity generation. He states that the Rancho Viejo Solar project will use 1 million gallons of water annually. Does he wonder where his electricity or that of others comes from and how much water is used to produce it? According to the Department of Defense National Energy Technology Laboratory, a wet recirculating cooling water system for a 520 megawatt coal-fired power plant uses about 12 million gallons of water per hour. Fracking consumes a massive amount of water. In the United States, the average can run between 1.5 million and 9.7 million gallons of water to frack a single well, according to the United States Geological Survey. The Rancho Viejo project will supply clean electricity to 30,000 New Mexicans and will use a drop in the bucket (of water) compared to the alternatives.

Andrew Rodney

Eldorado

increase. The proposal is designed to correct the department’s increasing financial difficulties, retire outstanding debenture debts and establish a long-range program.

Jan. 8, 1974: State Racing Commission chairman Drew Cloud hinted at a meeting in Albuquerque yesterday that Santa Fe Downs race track might get quicker approval of its racing dates if board chairman Leonard Fruchtman steps down or puts his 104,158 shares of stock in trust.

Cloud’s comment came after the commission voted to send Assistant Attorney General Tom Dunigan to Toledo, Ohio, Fruchtman’s home town, to look into his background.

Jan. 8, 1999: An 8-year-old girl locked inside a car scribbled the word “HELP” on a foggy window as her father sat in an Española bar drinking beer New Year’s night.

Freezing temperatures allowed the third-grader to use the condensation from her breath to write the message on the rear window as she waited for at least 50 minutes outside Red’s Liquor Store on Taos Highway.

Editorial page editor: Inez Russell Gomez, 505-986-3053, igomez@sfnewmexican.com, Twitter @inezrussell

hile Avangrid terminating the merger agreement with Public Service Company of New Mexico is disappointing, there are lessons learned that we should apply as we move forward in our economic development efforts to bring investment and growth to the state.

The main reason Avangrid terminated the merger agreement was the length of time it was taking to get the approval process completed. The merger agreement was signed in October of 2020. By midyear 2021, five federal regulatory bodies and the Public Utility Commission of Texas approved the merger. That left the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission as the final approval needed. I met with Avangrid and PNM early in 2021, and the expectations were that the merger would be approved by year-end, which seemed reasonable. But instead of approval, year-end 2021 brought a denial by the PRC. That left Avangrid and PNM with one option — appeal the decision to the New Mexico Supreme Court.

Fast-forward two more years and the companies are still waiting for an answer from the New Mexico Supreme Court. The court has no deadline for weighing in on appeals. So, with no answer, and even with an answer, uncertainty as to next steps left Avangrid with one choice, terminate and move on to other projects.

The key takeaway — New Mexico must figure out how to streamline policies that will encourage companies to move or expand their businesses here. The business community and economic development organizations work hard to attract companies to the state. Now it’s the state’s job to make the approval practices easier. If the federal government can approve a merger in six months, surely New Mexico can follow suit.

The other takeaway is as a state we cannot let one vocal fringe group derail what’s good for the state. In this case, 23 of 24 parties to the case supported the merger. The sole opponent — New Energy Economy of Santa Fe — made no bones about its position.

The organization is committed to eliminating PNM and all investor-owned utilities and replacing them with government-controlled utilities. That is an incredibly scary possibility since the state has no experience running electric utility companies. What is even more troubling is that New Energy Economy was able to spread misrepresentations and false statements about Avangrid not only during the PRC hearings but in the New Mexico media. Those falsities are what led all five commissioners to vote against the merger.

Lesson learned: Elected officials, the media and business leaders need to scrutinize facts and not let fringe groups, no matter how vocal, derail opportunities for the entire state. With Avangrid terminating the merger, that leaves New Mexico without the hundreds of jobs planned and without the $300 million in benefits that would have come with the merger.

New Energy Economy won’t be providing new jobs nor any cash benefits. And the group won’t be more welcoming to any other suitor to buy PNM. We need to be wary of what this organization puts out so it doesn’t derail another company from coming into New Mexico.

We all know how great New Mexico is and what a welcoming business environment we have. With abundant solar and wind, we should be leading the nation in renewable energy production. I, for one, would love to see New Mexico be the renewable energy capital of the U.S. Let’s thank Avangrid for trying, and let’s be more welcoming and expeditious when future companies come knocking. I am grateful that Avangrid through its renewables division has no plans on leaving the state. In fact, they are looking to expand. I hope future opportunities with Avangrid, and other companies will continue to flourish and that we will take a hard look at what happened and do better next time.

Rob Black is president and CEO of the New Mexico Chamber of Commerce.

M Y VIEW DAVID OLD

Overbearing regulations make it tough for a rancher to get by

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ur fourth-generation family ranch above Pecos had, two years ago, 16 elk permits. We’ve had those for years. Two years ago, we opted to sell some 80 head of cattle as between the elk and the cows, the place was looking beat up.

That year, despite our efforts to sustain good relations and efforts to create management plans, the New Mexico Game and Fish Department took away six elk permits.

This year, another five were taken. That has left us with five elk permits total for our 2,350 acres. We lost two-thirds of the income we were relying on to keep the ranch going. Income that had gone, 100%, to ranch maintenance and habitat improvement for the very elk we could no longer hunt.

All of this, while we are working to keep the ranch going after big wildfires. Post Viveash, Tres Lagunas fires: My dozer and I have spent hundreds of hours clearing burned trees around springs and meadows and clearing mountains of deadfall after the two fires that gutted the ranch in 2000 and again in 2013. We try to keep up a few fences that keep out trespassing cows from U.S. Forest Service permitees who do absolutely zero to manage their wild herds in the wilderness every year.

One fence alone along our north end costs us about $7,000 a year to try and keep the deadfall off — and still, people cut and smash our fences and gates, mostly during hunting season, to get to the deer and elk. Rent a late-model D6 and see what it costs. Then there are the absurd requirements that Game and Fish places to try and “earn” a few more permits. They act like we all have “staff” to keep records, do geotagging of work, plan and implement glorious game benefiting efforts and then, they require this on a yearly basis.

Like we have nothing else to do.

What would less office-equipped local landowners do? They would be screwed.

Pure and simple. We can’t keep up with the paperwork, much less afford to hire lawyers to fight for us. This is all more than we can handle. At every turn there is a New Mexico state agency with lawyers whose actions appear directed at trying to force us to sell. There are too many agencies with too much funding and too many lawyers and bright young experts trying to validate their existences by bringing California-level laws and regulations to our poor old state.

I liked it a lot better when we were all the dumb locals.

David Old is a Pecos-area rancher.

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Matchup caps season of realignment, transfers, Harbaugh

By Ralph D. Russo

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HOUSTON — Michigan vs.

Washington is just about the perfect way to end the 2023 college football season, a matchup of unbeatens that hits all the major themes and storylines of the past five months from conference realignment to the transfer portal — with Jim Harbaugh as the main character.

Harbaugh’s top-ranked Wolverines (14-0) face Michael Penix Jr. and the second-ranked Huskies (14-0) on Monday night at NRG Stadium in the last national title game before the College Football Playoff expands from four teams to 12.

“We’re going to have to play really good. And I think our team is ready,” Harbaugh said Sunday during a news conference with Washington coach Kalen DeBoer in which he compared his team to a pack of wolves and — yet again — ducked questions about his future. “Still the hay is not in the barn. It never is for us. Still polishing. Still working. But super excited, super excited to watch our players go out there and compete tomorrow night.”

Michigan’s regular season started and ended with Harbaugh serving three-game suspensions related to NCAA infractions cases.

The latter was handed down by

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Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer, left, and Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh shake hands near the trophy Sunday after a news conference ahead of the College Football Playoff championship between Washington and Michigan in Houston.

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the Big Ten in November as punishment for an in-person scouting and sign-stealing scheme the conference determined broke its sportsmanship policy.

The scandal dominated headlines just as Michigan was entering the meat of its Big Ten schedule.

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he Conflict at Cleveland might have supplanted the Joe Vivian Classic as the premier regular season wrestling tournament.

More than 100 teams — more than 50 of them from in-state — showed up in the Rio Rancho Events Center for the two-day event, and 10 Northern boys and girls wrestlers made the podium in a crowded field. The best performances came from West Las Vegas eighth grader Andres Lopez and Jade Blackhart of Los Alamos. Lopez won the boys 107-pound division by defeating Rio Rancho Cleveland’s Israel Guevara, 10-4.

Blackhart took the 145 girls title with a 15-9 win over Roswell Goddard’s Kylee Archuleta.

On the boys side, Santa Fe High sophomore Elias Mendiola reached the 127 finals before losing to Albuquerque Volcano Vista’s Jonathon Romero in a 5-1 decision. Cruz Sandoval of Española Valley placed sixth at 139, while the 152-pound division saw two Northern wrestlers finish in the top six.

Cruz Martinez, a junior at West Las Vegas, finished fourth and Santa Fe High’s Tomas Martinez was sixth.

For the girls, Wendy Sheppard was the second of three Hilltoppers to finish on the podium, as she was runner-up to Deming’s Laura Almanza at 138 by a 6-3 score. Natalie Crawford rounded out the trio with a fifth at 164, while Santa Fe High freshman Myranda Peña took sixth at 126 and Capital’s Jaelynn Longoria placed sixth at 235.

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South Dakota State repeats as FCS champs FRISCO, Texas — Mark Gronowski ran for a touchdown and threw for another after halftime as South Dakota State won its second straight Football Championship Subdivision title, beating Montana 23-3 on Sunday.

The Jackrabbits (15-0) extended their overall winning streak to 29 games in a row, including their win over North Dakota State in last year’s FCS game for their first national title.

South Dakota State had an impressive game-opening drive, but led only 7-3 at halftime. Gronowski, the quarterback starting his third FCS title game, then bulled into the end zone for a 10-yard score midway through the third quarter, and on the next possession threw a 23-yard TD to Jadon Janke.

Gronowski finished 13-of-21 passing for 175 yards and ran eight times for 53 yards.

Montana’s 27 playoff appearances are the most in the second tier of Division I football. National champions in 1995 and 2001, the Grizzlies (13-2) have now finished as the runner-up six times, four under coach Bobby Hauck.

This was the Grizzlies’ first title game since 2009, when they were runner-ups for the third time in Hauck’s first seven seasons. Hauck then left for FBS team UNLV and also was on staff at San Diego State before returning to Montana in 2018.

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Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb extends his arm to score a touchdown against the Washington Commanders during the first half of Sunday’s game in Landover, Md. The Cowboys won 38-10 to clinch the NFC East division title and the No. 2 conference seed.

By Howard Fendrich The Associated Press

LANDOVER, Md. fter Dak Prescott connected with CeeDee Lamb on a touchdown pass late in the first half Sunday to help the Dallas Cowboys clinch the NFC East title and the No. 2 seed in the conference, the QB swung his right fist and then ran to the end zone to meet his star wideout for a handshake and a hug.

All the while, thousands of Dallas fans filling the Washington Commanders’ stadium chanted, “Let’s go, Cowboys!”

The mood, the performance and the atmosphere were decidedly improved for Prescott, his club and their supporters compared to a year ago. Unlike in Week 18 last time, when they finished the regular season with a loss at Washington, Prescott, Lamb and the Cowboys did what they set out to do Sunday against the rival Commanders by charging into

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the postseason with a 38-10 victory.

“Look at last year — the way we came into this place and didn’t finish the season the way we wanted to — to where we are now,” said Prescott, who threw two of his four TDs passes to Lamb and finished 31 for 36 for 279 yards. “The growth. The coaching staff. The players. The accountability. The communication. The transparency. And both sides of the ball holding their own.”

Dallas went 12-5 for the third consecutive year and will host the Green Bay Packers — a team current Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy once led to a Super Bowl championship — at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

That’s a big deal for a club that went 8-0 in Dallas this season and has won 16 games in a row there.

“The drama of it — I’m sure you guys will love that,” McCarthy told reporters about facing Green Bay. Last-place Washington (4-13 overall, 0-6 in the NFC East) and expected-to-be-gone Ron Rivera are at the other end of the spectrum after tying a

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franchise mark for most losses in a season.

Rivera figures he’ll meet with owner Josh Harris on Monday.

“We’ll have a conversation and go from there,” Rivera said.

The Commanders’ losing streak reached eight games. That includes going 0-6 since Rivera fired defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio and made himself the play-caller on that side of the ball.

The good news for the Commanders? Sunday’s result assured them of owning the No. 2 overall pick in April’s draft, when they might seek a replacement for quarterback Sam Howell, who was intercepted twice Sunday and led the NFL with 21 Please see story on Page B-3

BUFFAL O 21, MIAMI 14

Allen rallies Bills over Dolphins to secure No. 2 seed in AFC

The associated Press Sports editor: Will Webber, wwebber@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Eric J. Hedlund, ehedlund@sfnewmexican.com

By alanis Thames

The Associated Press

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Josh Allen threw a go-ahead touchdown pass to Dawson Knox midway through the fourth quarter, and the Buffalo Bills won their fourth straight AFC East title, rallying past the Miami Dolphins 21-14 on Sunday night.

Allen made things difficult for the Bills with three turnovers in Miami territory, but he came through at the end to help Buffalo earn the No. 2 seed in the conference. The Bills, who didn’t clinch a playoff berth until Tennessee beat Jacksonville earlier Sunday, will host seventh-seeded Pittsburgh in the

wild-card round on Sunday.

Buffalo was 5-5 in mid-November and faced long odds just to make the playoffs, but won five straight and six of seven to get in with plenty of momentum.

Miami, which made the postseason with its Week 16 win over Dallas, fell to the sixth seed and will play at AFC West champion Kansas City on Saturday night.

The Bills dominated time of possession and outgained Miami by nearly 200 yards, but Buffalo trailed 14-7 before Deonte Harty returned a punt 96 yards for a touchdown early in the Please see story on Page B-2

Buffalo Bills cornerback Christian Benford intercepts a pass intended for Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill during the first half of Sunday’s game in Miami Gardens, Fla. LYNNE SLADKY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM

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THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN

SCOREBOARD

Monday, January 8, 2024

TODAY ON TV

PREP SCHEDULE

Noon NHLN — Under-18 World Championship Group Stage: U.S. vs. Switzerland, Group B, Zug, Switzerland

Subject to change. Check with schools regarding tickets and game times and dates. Send changes to sports@sfnewmexican.com.

Abq. Del Norte vs. St. Michael’s, 7 p.m.

Capital at Piedra Vista, 7 p.m.

Walatowa at New Mexico School for the Deaf, 5 p.m.

Pojoaque Valley at Abq. Manzano, 7 p.m.

Pecos at Peñasco, 5:30 p.m.

Taos at Kirtland Central, 6 p.m.

Cimarron at Mora, 5:30 p.m.

NBA

Monday

Friday

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts. All times local.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 5 p.m. CBSSN — Northeastern at Monmouth COLLEGE FOOTBALL 5:30 p.m. ESPN — College Football Playoff National Championship: Washington vs. Michigan, Houston 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 — College Football Playoff National Championship: Washington vs. Michigan, Houston (Field Pass) 5:30 p.m. ESPNEWS — College Football Playoff National Championship: Washington vs. Michigan, Houston (SkyCast) 5:30 p.m. ESPNU — College Football Playoff National Championship: Washington vs. Michigan, Houston (Command Center) COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (MEN’S) 6 p.m. PAC-12N — Loyola of Chicago at Stanford

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC

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New York Brooklyn Toronto

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7 12 15 21 21

Orlando Miami Atlanta Charlotte Washington

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SATURDAY’S GAMES

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Minnesota Denver Oklahoma City Utah Portland

PACIFIC

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.714 .684 .676 .459 .286

— ½ 1½ 9 15

.647 .600 .528 .472 .472

— 1½ 4 6 6

New York 121, Washington 105 Boston 118, Indiana 101 Utah 120, Phila. 109 Houston 112, Milwaukee 108

Cleveland 117, San Antonio 115 Portland 134, Brooklyn 127, OT New Orleans 133, Sacramento 100 Orlando 117, Atlanta 110, OT Dallas 115, Minnesota 108 Denver 131, Detroit 114 Memphis 121, Phoenix 115 Toronto 133, Golden State 118 L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, late

MONDAY’S GAMES

Boston at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Washington, 5 p.m.

Houston at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Utah at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

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

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Sacramento at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Portland at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Memphis at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota at Boston, 5 p.m.

Sacramento at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Washington at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Phila. at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Houston at Chicago, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Golden State, 6:30 p.m.

Denver at Utah, 8 p.m.

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

MEN’S NCAA BASKETBALL TOP 25 SUNDAY

No. 1 Purdue (14-1) did not play. Next: at Nebraska, Tuesday.

No. 2 Kansas (13-1) did not play. Next: at UCF, Wednesday.

No. 3 Houston (14-0) did not play. Next: at Iowa St., Tuesday.

No. 4 UConn (13-2) did not play. Next: at Xavier, Wednesday.

No. 5 Tennessee (11-3) did not play. Next: at Mississippi St., Wednesday.

No. 6 Kentucky (11-2) did not play. Next: vs. Missouri, Tuesday.

No. 7 Marquette (11-4) did not play. Next: vs.

Butler, Wednesday.

No. 8 North Carolina (11-3) did not play. Next: at NC State, Wednesday.

No. 9 Illinois (11-3) did not play. Next: vs. Michigan St., Thursday.

No. 10 Arizona (12-3) did not play. Next: at Washington St., Saturday.

No. 11 Oklahoma (13-1) did not play. Next: at TCU, Wednesday.

No. 12 BYU (12-2) did not play. Next: at No. 18 Baylor, Tuesday.

No. 13 Colorado St. (13-2) did not play. Next: at Boise St., Tuesday.

No. 14 Duke (11-3) did not play. Next: at Pittsburgh, Tuesday.

No. 15 Memphis (13-2) beat SMU 62-59. Next: vs.

UTSA, Wednesday.

No. 16 Clemson (11-3) did not play. Next: at Virginia Tech, Wednesday.

No. 17 FAU (11-4) did not play. Next: at Tulane, Thursday.

No. 18 Baylor (12-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 12 BYU, Tuesday.

No. 19 James Madison (14-1) did not play. Next: vs. South Alabama, Thursday.

No. 20 Texas (11-3) did not play. Next: at Cincinnati, Tuesday.

No. 21 Wisconsin (11-3) did not play. Next: at Ohio St., Wednesday.

No. 22 Mississippi (13-1) did not play. Next: vs.

Florida, Wednesday.

No. 23 Providence (11-4) did not play. Next: at St. John’s, Wednesday.

No. 24 Gonzaga (11-4) did not play. Next: at Santa Clara, Thursday.

No. 25 Auburn (12-2) did not play. Next: vs. Texas A&M, Tuesday.

Boys basketball — APS Metro Tournament, at Abq. High: first round, Santa Fe High vs. Rio Rancho Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

Los Alamos at Capital, 7 p.m.

Abq. Sandia Prep at St. Michael’s, 7 p.m.

Mesa Vista at Santa Fe Prep, 7 p.m.

Pojoaque Valley at Pecos, 7 p.m.

Jemez Valley at McCurdy, 7 p.m.

Abq. Evangel Christian at Peñasco, 5:30 p.m.

Coronado at Shiprock Northwest, 5:30 p.m.

Escalante at Cuba, 7 p.m.

Questa at Springer, 6:30 p.m.

West Las Vegas at Abq. Cottonwood Classical Prep, 7 p.m.

Girls basketball — Capital at Los Alamos, 6:30 p.m.

Pojoaque Valley at Las Vegas Robertson, 7 p.m.

Jemez Valley at McCurdy, 5:30 p.m.

Coronado at Shiprock Northwest, 4 p.m.

Navajo Prep at Escalante, 5:30 p.m.

Questa at Springer, 5 p.m.

TENNIS 4 a.m. TENNIS — Adelaide-ATP/ WTA, Auckland-ATP, Hobart-WTA Early Rounds 4 p.m. TENNIS — Adelaide-ATP/ WTA, Auckland-ATP, Hobart-WTA Early Rounds 4 a.m. Tuesday TENNIS — Adelaide-ATP/WTA, Auckland-ATP, Hobart-WTA Early Rounds Sam Houston St. New Mexico St. Liberty Louisiana Tech UTEP Middle Tennessee FIU

1 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 1.000 8 8 0 1.000 7 9 1 .000 11 5 1 .000 10 6 1 .000 9 7 0 .000 6 9 1 .000 5 11

SATURDAY’S GAMES

.500 .438 .688 .625 .563 .400 .313

Jacksonville St. 70, FIU 63 Sam Houston St. 81, Louisiana Tech 77 W. Kentucky 70, Liberty 68

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Wednesday

UTEP 74, Chicago St. 69

MOUNTAIN-WEST CONFERENCE Utah St. San Diego St. Nevada Boise St. Colorado St. New Mexico Wyoming Air Force UNLV Fresno St. San Jose St.

W 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0

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SATURDAY’S GAMES

PCT

1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .500 .500 .500 .000 .000 .000 .000

W

14 13 14 10 13 13 8 7 7 7 7

L 1 2 1 4 2 2 7 6 6 8 8

PCT .933 .867 .933 .714 .867 .867 .533 .538 .538 .467 .467

San Diego St. 72, UNLV 61 Nevada 72, Fresno St. 57 Utah St. 77, Colorado St. 72 New Mexico 77, Wyoming 60

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Colorado St. at Boise St., 7 p.m.

Wyoming at Utah St., 7 p.m.

Air Force at Nevada, 8 p.m.

New Mexico at UNLV, 8:30 p.m.

San Diego St. at San Jose St., 9 p.m.

WOMEN’S NCAA BASKETBALL No. 1 South Carolina (14-0) beat Mississippi St. 85-66. Next: at Missouri, Thursday.

No. 2 UCLA (14-0) beat Oregon St. 65-54. Next: at No. 9 Southern Cal, Sunday.

No. 3 NC State (14-1) lost to No. 13 Virginia Tech 63-62. Next: vs. Virginia, Thursday.

No. 4 Iowa (15-1) did not play. Next: at Purdue, Wednesday.

No. 5 Colorado (13-1) beat Arizona St. 81-68.

Next: vs. California, Friday.

No. 6 Baylor (14-0) did not play. Next: at Kansas, Wednesday.

No. 7 LSU (15-1) beat Mississippi 84-73. Next: vs.

Texas A&M, Thursday.

No. 8 Stanford (14-1) beat Washington 71-59.

Next: at No. 15 Utah, Friday.

No. 9 Southern Cal (12-1) beat Oregon 68-54.

Next: vs. No. 2 UCLA, Sunday.

No. 10 Texas (15-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 23 TCU, Wednesday.

No. 11 Kansas St. (15-1) did not play. Next: vs.

Oklahoma, Wednesday.

No. 12 UConn (12-3) beat Georgetown 83-55.

Next: vs. Providence, Wednesday.

No. 13 Virginia Tech (12-2) beat No. 3 NC State 63-62. Next: vs. Miami, Thursday.

No. 14 Indiana (13-1) beat Nebraska 91-69. Next: vs. Penn St., Wednesday.

No. 15 Utah (11-4) lost to Arizona 71-70, OT. Next: vs. No. 8 Stanford, Friday.

No. 16 Notre Dame (10-3) lost to North Carolina 61-57. Next: vs. Boston College, Thursday.

No. 17 Louisville (13-2) did not play. Next: at Pittsburgh, Thursday.

No. 18 Gonzaga (14-2) did not play. Next: vs.

Santa Clara, Thursday.

No. 19 Marquette (13-2) did not play. Next: at Seton Hall, Tuesday.

No. 20 Ohio St. (11-3) did not play. Next: vs. Rutgers, Thursday.

No. 21 Creighton (11-3) did not play. Next: vs.

Butler, Wednesday.

No. 22 Florida St. (12-4) beat Clemson 78-72.

Next: vs. North Carolina, Thursday.

No. 23 TCU (14-2) did not play. Next: at No. 10 Texas, Wednesday.

No. 24 West Virginia (13-1) did not play. Next: at Iowa St., Wednesday.

No. 25 Syracuse (11-2) vs. Boston College. Next: at Wake Forest, Thursday.

SUNDAY’S SCORES EAST

Dartmouth 77, Northern Vermont-Lyndon 35 Delaware 76, Hampton 61 Drexel 67, Northeastern 65 George Mason 101, Duquesne 75 Georgia Tech 68, Pittsburgh 58 Monmouth (NJ) 49, Campbell 47 Oakland 64, Robert Morris 58 Stony Brook 68, UNC-Wilmington 55 UConn 83, Georgetown 55 William & Mary 48, Hofstra 46

SOUTH

Charlotte 91, UAB 69 Coll. of Charleston 57, Elon 45 Duke 60, Virginia 56 Florida St. 78, Clemson 72 Furman 93, Converse 40 LSU 84, Mississippi 73 Miami 77, Wake Forest 47 Milwaukee 75, N. Kentucky 67 NC A&T 62, Towson 52, OT South Carolina 85, Mississippi St. 66 Tennessee 87, Kentucky 69 VCU 65, Davidson 55 Vanderbilt 63, Florida 57 Virginia Tech 63, NC State 62 W. Carolina 58, Montreat 39

MIDWEST

Alabama 79, Missouri 64 Detroit 60, Fort Wayne 56 Green Bay 75, Wright St. 63 Indiana 91, Nebraska 69 North Carolina 61, Notre Dame 57 Wisconsin 67, Illinois 61

SOUTHWEST

Arkansas 83, Georgia 43 North Texas 86, FAU 52 Rice 65, SMU 63 Texas A&M 66, Auburn 44

TENNIS ATP WORLD TOUR ASB CLASSIC SUNDAY

SOUTH

Belmont 87, Drake 65 Berry 94, Hendrix 79 Centenary 75, Southwestern (Texas) 58 East Carolina 62, Tulsa 57 Memphis 62, SMU 59 UAB 75, South Florida 71

At ASB Tennis Arena Auckland, New Zealand Purse: $661,585 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND — Results Sunday from ASB Classic at ASB Tennis Arena (seedings in parentheses):

MIDWEST

Cleveland St. 88, N. Kentucky 85, OT Dayton 64, UMass 60 Indiana St. 77, N. Iowa 66 Minnesota 65, Maryland 62 Youngstown St. 75, IUPUI 65

MEN’S SINGLES ROUND OF 32

Daniel Altmaier, Germany, def. Marcos Giron, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Taro Daniel, Japan, def. Aleksandar Vukic, Australia, 7-5, 7-5.

SOUTHWEST

St. Thomas (Texas) 83, Texas Lutheran 69 UTEP 74, Chicago St. 69

WTA ASB CLASSIC SUNDAY

FAR WEST

Colorado College 77, Schreiner 76

W. Kentucky Jacksonville St.

Tuesday

5 p.m. NHLN — Pittsburgh at Philadelphia

Arizona 71, Utah 70, OT California 73, Washington St. 72, OT Colorado 81, Arizona St. 68 Hawaii 67, CS Northridge 38 San Diego St. 77, Fresno St. 70 Southern Cal 68, Oregon 54 Stanford 71, Washington 59 UCLA 65, Oregon St. 54

Fairfield 82, Marist 61 Juniata 77, Goucher 55 Lycoming 84, Moravian 67 Niagara 75, Iona 73 Penn St. 79, Michigan 73 Quinnipiac 76, Manhattan 59 Rider 79, Canisius 76, OT St. Peter’s 70, Mount St. Mary’s 64 Temple 68, Wichita St. 61 Tufts 81, Emmanuel 78

PCT W

1 0 1.000 12 1 0 1.000 9

L PCT 3 7

.800 .563

Boys basketball — Wagon Mound at Tierra Encantada, 5 p.m.

NHL

FAR WEST

SUNDAY’S SCORES EAST

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8:30 p.m. NBATV — Phoenix at L.A. Clippers

TOP 25 SUNDAY

SUNDAY’S GAMES

CONFERENCE USA

IIHF HOCKEY (GIRL’S)

At ASB Tennis Centre Auckland, New Zealand Purse: $267,082 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND — Results Monday

Boys basketball — APS Metro Tournament, quarterfinals/consolation: Santa Fe High vs. Abq High/Abq. La Cueva, 7:15 p.m.(quarterfinal)/5:30 p.m.(consolation) New Mexico School for the Deaf at Coronado, 6:30 p.m.

Girls basketball — New Mexico School for the Deaf at Coronado, 5 p.m.

Thursday Boys basketball — Braves Invitational at Santa Fe Indian School: first round, Abq. Menaul vs. Santa Fe Prep, 8 a.m.; Mesa Vista vs. Abq. Sandia Prep, 11:30 a.m.; Moriarty vs.

McCurdy, 3 p.m.; Laguna-Acoma vs.

Santa Fe Indian School, 6:30 p.m.

Bean Valley Conference Tournament at Estancia: first round, Abq. Cottonwood Classical Prep vs. Monte del Sol, 12:30 p.m.

Abq. Academy at Capital, 7 p.m.

Walatowa at New Mexico School for the Deaf, 6:30 p.m.

Pecos at Peñasco, 7 p.m.

Girls basketball — Lady Braves Invitational at Santa Fe Indian School: first round, Mesa Vista vs. Bernalillo, 9:45 a.m.; Laguna-Acoma vs. Cuba, 1:15 p.m.; Newcomb vs. McCurdy, 4:45 p.m.; Raton vs. Santa Fe Indian School, 8:15 p.m.

Bean Valley Conference Tournament at Estancia: first round, Monte del Sol vs. Santa Rosa, 3:30 p.m.

Sundevil Invitational at Abq. Sandia Prep: first round, Las Vegas Robertson vs. Abq. Academy, 3:45 p.m.;

from ASB Classic at ASB Tennis Centre (seedings in parentheses):

WOMEN’S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP

Coco Gauff (1), United States, def. Elina Svitolina (2), Ukraine, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3.

WOMEN’S DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP

Anna Danilina, Kazakhstan, and Viktoria Hruncakova (2), Slovakia, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Marie Bouzkova (1), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 10-8.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SCORES, SCHEDULE

Rose Bowl College Football Playoff Semifinal Pasadena, Calif.

No. 1 Michigan 27, No. 5 Alabama 20, OT Allstate Sugar Bowl College Football Playoff Semifinal New Orleans No. 2 Washington 37, No. 3 Texas 31

MONDAY, JAN. 8

CFP National Championship Houston No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 2 Washington, 5:30 p.m.

FCS CHAMPIONSHIP SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 89, MONTANA STATE 61

FG FT REB MONTANA ST. MIN M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS

Goracke Walker Ford Patterson Turner Lecholat Nduka Geron Miller Olmsted Ash

TOTALS

25 17 24 30 27 22 17 16 13 7 2

5-9 3-7 2-7 2-9 4-5 2-4 0-2 2-5 0-6 1-2 0-0

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

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

1 1 0 0 3 1 1 2 2 0 0

2 2 1 2 2 4 2 2 1 2 0

13 8 7 5 10 8 0 6 0 4 0

200 21-56 11-14 5-24 11 20 61

Percentages: FG .375, FT .786.

3-Point Goals: 8-31, .258 (Lecholat 2-4, Goracke 2-5, Turner 1-1, Ford 1-4, Geron 1-4, Patterson 1-6, Olmsted 0-1, Walker 0-1, Miller 0-5).

Team Rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: 1.

Blocked Shots: 1 (Lecholat).

Turnovers: 15 (Ford 5, Goracke 2, Nduka 2, Turner 2, Lecholat, Olmsted, Patterson, Walker).

Steals: 9 (Miller 2, Ford, Geron, Goracke, Lecholat, Nduka, Patterson, Turner).

Technical Fouls: None.

FG FT REB S. DAKOTA ST. MIN M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS

Appel Kyle Easley Mayo Mims Garry Barnhart Alvarez Mors Te Slaa Hastreiter

TOTALS

24 5-5 1-3 0-3 1 1 19 9-9 3-5 1-6 0 4 23 3-6 0-0 0-5 5 2 27 7-11 0-0 0-6 7 0 24 3-7 1-1 0-1 1 3 21 2-3 0-0 0-1 0 0 20 0-1 1-4 0-2 2 1 17 3-5 0-0 1-3 3 0 15 3-3 3-4 0-1 0 4 6 1-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0

11 21 6 19 9 4 1 6 9 3 0

200 36-52 9-17 2-30 19 15 89

Percentages: FG .692, FT .529.

3-Point Goals: 8-19, .421 (Mayo 5-8, Mims 2-4, Te Slaa 1-1, Alvarez 0-1, Barnhart 0-1, Garry 0-1, Hastreiter 0-1, Easley 0-2).

Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: None.

Blocked Shots: None.

Turnovers: 16 (Garry 6, Alvarez 3, Barnhart 3, Appel, Easley, Mims, Te Slaa).

Steals: 6 (Alvarez, Appel, Easley, Garry, Kyle, Mayo).

Technical Fouls: None.

MONTANA ST. S. DAKOTA ST.

26 49

35 40

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FCS CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS

61 89

2023 — South Dakota State 23, Montana 3 2022 — South Dakota State 45, North Dakota State 21 2021 — North Dakota State 38, Montana State 10 2020 — Sam Houston State 23, South Dakota State 21 2019 — North Dakota State 28, James Madison 20 2018 — North Dakota State 38, Eastern Washington 24 2017 — North Dakota State 17, James Madison 13 2016 — James Madison 28, Youngstown State 14 2015 — North Dakota State 37, Jacksonville State 10 2014 — North Dakota State 29, Illinois State 27 2013 — North Dakota State 35, Towson 7 2012 — North Dakota State 39, Sam Houston State 13 2011 — North Dakota State 17, Sam Houston State 6

Matchup caps season of realignment, transfers, Harbaugh Continued from Page B-1

Boys basketball — Santa Fe High at the APS Metro Tournament, semifinals/consolation: TBA Santa Fe Prep, Mesa Vista, McCurdy at Braves Classic at Santa Fe Indian School: TBA Monte del Sol at Bean Valley Conference Tournament at Estancia: TBA Kirkland Central at Española Valley, 7 p.m.

Sanford (Colo.) at Escalante, 7:30 p.m.

Girls basketball — McCurdy, Mesa Vista at Lady Braves Invitational at Santa Fe Indian School: TBA St. Michael’s, Las Vegas Robertson at Lady Sundevil Invitational at Abq. Sandia Prep: TBA Española Valley at Clovis, 6 p.m.

Sanford (Colo.) at Escalante, 6 p.m.

Swimming and diving — Dual: Abq. Sandia Prep at Santa Fe Prep (Salvador Perez), 3 p.m.

Wrestling — Los Alamos at Doc Wright Invitational at Winslow, Ariz., TBA

Saturday Boys basketball — Santa Fe High at the APS Metro Tournament, semifinals/consolation: TBA Santa Fe Prep, Mesa Vista, McCurdy at Braves Classic at Santa Fe Indian School: TBA Monte del Sol at Bean Valley Conference Tournament at Estancia: TBA Mora at Lion Classic at Santa Rosa: TBA Tierra Encantada at Abq. Chesterton Academy, 3:30 p.m.

Aztec at Española Valley, 7 p.m.

Cimarron at Peñasco, 6:30 p.m.

Questa at Dulce, 5:30 p.m.

Pecos at Escalante, 6 p.m.

Coronado at Gallup Hozho Academy, 2:30 p.m.

Girls basketball — McCurdy, Mesa Vista at Lady Braves Invitational at Santa Fe Indian School: TBA St. Michael’s, Las Vegas Robertson at Lady Sundevil Invitational at Abq. Sandia Prep: TBA Taos at Capital, 2 p.m.

Springer at Santa Fe Prep, 6 p.m.

Academy for Technology and the Classics at Mora, 4 p.m.

Tierra Encantada at Abq. Chesterton Academy, 2 p.m.

Pojoaque Valley at Hot Springs, 2:30 p.m.

Los Alamos at Aztec, 4 p.m.

Cimarron at Peñasco, 5 p.m.

Coronado at Gallup Hozho Academy, 1 p.m.

Pecos at Escalante, 4:30 p.m.

Questa at Dulce, 4 p.m.

Wrestling — Santa Fe High, St. Michael’s, West Las Vegas at Pinto Duals at Moriarty, Capital, Tierra Encantada, Pojoaque Valley, Española Valley, Taos, Pecos, Las Vegas Robertson at Sammy Vivian Invitational at Socorro, 9 a.m.

Los Alamos at Doc Wright Invitational at Winslow, Ariz., TBA

2010 — Eastern Washington 20, Delaware 19 2009 — Villanova 23, Montana 21 2008 — Richmond 24, Montana 7 2007 — Appalachian State 49, Delaware 21 2006 — Appalachian State 28, UMass 17 2005 — Appalachian State 21, Northern Iowa 16 2004 — James Madison 31, Montana 21 2003 — Delaware 40, Colgate 0 2002 — Western Kentucky 34, McNeese State 14 2001 — Montana 13, Furman 6 2000 — Georgia Southern 27, Montana 25 1999 — Georgia Southern 59, Youngstown State 24 1998 — UMass 55, Georgia Southern 43 1997 — Youngstown State 10, McNeese State 9 1996 — Marshall 49, Montana 29 1995 — Montana 22, Marshall 20 1994 — Youngstown State 28, Boise State 14 1993 — Youngstown State 17, Marshall 5 1992 — Marshall 31, Youngstown State 28 1991 — Youngstown State 25, Marshall 17 1990 — Georgia Southern 36, Nevada 13 1989 — Georgia Southern 37, Stephen F. Austin 34 1988 — Furman 17, Georgia Southern 12 1987 — Louisiana-Monroe 43, Marshall 42 1986 — Georgia Southern 48, Arkansas State 21 1985 — Georgia Southern 44, Furman 42 1984 — Montana State 19, Louisiana Tech 6 1983 — Southern Illinois 43, Western Carolina 7 1982 — Eastern Kentucky 17, Delaware 14 1981 — Idaho State 34, Eastern Kentucky 23 1980 — Boise State 31, Eastern Kentucky 29 1979 — Eastern Kentucky 30, Lehigh 7 1978 — Florida A&M 35, UMass 28

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC

GP W L OT PTS GF GA

Boston Florida Toronto Detroit Tampa Bay Montreal Buffalo Ottawa

38 24 8 39 25 12 37 20 10 40 20 16 41 19 17 39 17 17 40 17 19 35 14 21

6 2 7 4 5 5 4 0

54 130 101 52 123 99 47 133 120 44 144 136 43 134 143 39 111 137 38 120 134 28 116 125

38 26 10 2 40 22 13 5 39 20 13 6 39 18 11 10 38 21 15 2 38 19 13 6 38 19 15 4 41 13 19 9

54 129 106 49 137 122 46 116 109 46 121 130 44 135 136 44 94 117 42 117 105 35 126 150

METROPOLITAN GP W L OT PTS GF GA

N.Y. Rangers Carolina Philadelphia N.Y. Islanders New Jersey Washington Pittsburgh Columbus

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL

Winnipeg Colorado Dallas Nashville St. Louis Arizona Minnesota Chicago

PACIFIC

GP W 39 40 38 40 38 38 38 40

26 25 22 22 20 19 17 12

GP W

L OT PTS

9 12 11 17 17 17 17 26

4 3 5 1 1 2 4 2

56 53 49 45 41 40 38 26

L OT PTS

GF GA

132 148 138 126 109 114 116 94

94 127 120 125 120 114 123 151

GF GA

Vancouver 39 25 11 3 53 149 102 Vegas 40 23 12 5 51 133 112 Los Angeles 36 20 10 6 46 122 91 Edmonton 36 20 15 1 41 131 113 Seattle 39 16 14 9 41 106 115 Calgary 40 17 18 5 39 121 131 Anaheim 39 13 25 1 27 97 130 San Jose 40 9 28 3 21 80 164 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.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Washington 4, Los Angeles 3 Chicago 4, Calgary 3 Winnipeg 6, Arizona 2 Detroit 3, Anaheim 2

MONDAY’S GAMES

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Boston at Colorado, 7 p.m.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Seattle at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at N.Y. Islanders, 5:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Florida at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Calgary, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Montreal at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Vegas at Colorado, 8 p.m.

The accusations against Harbaugh’s program led many to question the legitimacy of the Wolverines’ renaissance over the past three seasons. This is Michigan’s third straight playoff appearance, but first time advancing after beating Alabama in overtime in the Rose Bowl.

Being doubted only galvanized a team loaded with experience that came into the season unafraid to point to winning Michigan’s first national championship since 1997 as the goal.

“A lot of guys came back just for this moment,” said linebacker Michael Barrett, one of nine Michigan starters in their fifth or sixth years.

Washington is built similarly and led by the type of star who typifies college football’s new era of player empowerment.

Penix is a Florida native who started his career at Indiana — he already has a win against Michigan on his resume — but transferred to Washington to play for DeBoer in 2022.

Finally healthy after four injury-ravaged seasons in the Big Ten, Penix has become a star in the Pacific Northwest.

The runner-up for the Heisman Trophy had some voters questioning their decision last week when he threw for 430 yards in a Sugar Bowl victory against Texas.

“Man, it’s a dream come true.

To be honest, I’m still wrapping my head around it,” Penix said.

Penix decided to run it back for 2023 in December 2022 and a bunch of talented teammates followed, such as All-America receiver Rome Odunze, and defensive end Bralen Trice and offensive tackle Troy Fautanu, both third-team All-Americans.

“He kind of led the charge.

And a lot of guys chose to go down the same road,” DeBoer said Sunday. “I think they just really firmly believe that there was more left out there for this football team.”

It helps these days that college players can make some extra money off their fame and be compensated for name, image and likeness. NIL collectives for both schools concentrated efforts on retaining their established players.

The combination of NIL money and loosening transfer rules seemed to tip the balance

of power in college football this season. After years of the same small group of teams locking down the majority of playoff spots, and Southeastern Conference teams or Clemson winning eight straight titles, the top tier of contenders grew — but too soon for the CFP to accommodate all the deserving teams.

The four-team playoff will go out like it came in, with a Big Ten vs. Pac-12 championship as Washington plays the final Pac-12 football game for the conference as it is currently structured.

During the three weeks leading into the 2023 season, the Pac-12 was plundered by its Power Five competitors. Ironically, the conference then went on to have its most entertaining and competitive season in years, with the Huskies snapping a sixyear Pac-12 playoff drought.

The Huskies will try to win the Pac-12’s first national title in football since Southern California in 2004, a parting gift of sorts for the league it helped found in 1915. Washington’s last national championship came in 1991.

The Huskies will join the new coast-to-coast Big Ten this summer, and in nine months will welcome Michigan to Seattle for a conference game.

Whether Harbaugh will still be the Michigan coach by then remains to be seen. The presumption and speculation has been that for the third straight year, he will draw interest from NFL teams. Harbaugh spent four years with the San Francisco 49ers, leading them to a Super Bowl against his brother John’s Baltimore Ravens, before returning to his alma mater in 2015.

It took a while, but the 60-year-old Harbaugh has delivered on the high expectations he brought to Ann Arbor. And despite the tumult off the field, Michigan would like to keep him around.

The uncertainty about Harbaugh, especially with even more NCAA-related penalties possibly looming for him and Michigan, has given this Wolverines’ season a last-dance vibe.

“Everything is right here in front of us, coming down the straightaway, like a thoroughbred,” Harbaugh said. “You can see the finish line. Got the blinders on. Each guy, I’m just going to the whip.”

North shines at wrestling tourney Continued from Page B-1

While arguably the best Class 2A regular-season tournament in the state — the Northern Rio Grande Tournament — was happening, the best team in the class quietly went about another strong week. The Phoenix of the Academy for Technology and the Classics won their sixth straight game and finally won their first regular-season tournament of the year with a 53-41 win over the Hobbs junior varsity in the championship game at Jal’s Panther Invitational.

ATC had played in the championship games of Santa Fe High’s Bobby Rodriguez Capital City Tournament and the Hub City Tournament at Belen.

The Phoenix lost to the host Demons, 66-40, on Dec. 2, then they fell to Albuquerque West Mesa, 61-56, at the Hub City on Dec. 16. Those two losses, both to 5A schools, are the only ones for the 11-2 Phoenix.

Even with that, the MaxPreps.com rankings have ATC second to Tularosa, which was undefeated at 8-0 until losing to Magdalena 59-31 on Saturday.

Bills beat Dolphins Continued from Page B-1

fourth quarter.

Buffalo forced a three-andout, and Allen directed an eight-play, 74-yard drive, capped by his 5-yard toss to Knox with 7:16 left.

Miami had one last chance, but Taylor Rapp intercepted Tua Tagovailoa on a pass intended for Chase Claypool with 1:13 left.

Allen finished 30 of 38 for 359 yards and two TDs. He was intercepted on back-to-back drives to open the game, and he squandered another scoring chance when he completed a pass to Ty Johnson short of the goal line at the end of the first half, allowing time to expire.

A promising Buffalo drive in the third quarter ended when Allen was strip-sacked by Christian Wilkins.

Tagovailoa finished 17 of 27 for 173 yards with two interceptions. He had a 3-yard touchdown throw to Tyreek Hill in the second quarter and finished with an NFL-best 4,624 yards passing. Rookie running back De’Von Achane’s shifty 25-yard

score in the second quarter put Miami ahead 7-0.

Hill, finished with seven catches for 82 yards, bringing his league-leading total to 1,799.

He celebrated his 13th touchdown of the season with a back flip in the end zone four days after firefighters put out a blaze at his South Florida home.

Both teams were sloppy early in this high-stakes matchup.

Buffalo safety Christian Benford undercut Tagovailoa’s pass intended for Hill to end Miami’s opening drive. Then, Dolphins cornerback Eli Apple intercepted Allen in the end zone on Buffalo’s first possession to halt a 12-play, 79-yard drive.

Allen had entered the game as one of the league’s most turnover-prone quarterbacks with 14 interceptions. He had another one on Buffalo’s second drive on a fourth-down heave across his body. Dolphins safety DeShon Elliott came down with it.

But the momentum Miami had built with its two first-half touchdowns fizzled as Buffalo forced four Dolphins punts and a turnover down the stretch.

NFL

NFLWEEK 18 STANDINGS

AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST y-Buffalo x-Miami e-N.Y. Jets e-New England

11 11 7 4

L

6 6 10 13

T

PCT

y-Houston e-Indianapolis e-Jacksonville e-Tennessee

10 9 9 6

W

L

T

PCT

*-Baltimore x-Cleveland x-Pittsburgh e-Cincinnati West

13 11 10 9

SOUTH

NORTH

W

W

0 0 0 0

7 8 8 11

L

0 0 0 0

T

4 6 7 8

W

6 9 9 12

y-Dallas x-Philadelphia e-N.Y. Giants e-Washington

12 11 6 4

W

L

5 6 11 13

W

L

T

SOUTH

NORTH

y-Detroit x-Green Bay e-Chicago e-Minnesota

WEST

9 9 7 2

W

T

0 0 0 0

5 8 10 10

W

PCT

509 433 266 329

T

PCT

0 0 0 0

L

PF

.529 .529 .412 .118

402 348 321 236

PF

.706 .529 .412 .412

T

461 383 360 344

PCT

*-San Francisco 12 5 0 x-L.A. Rams 10 7 0 e-Seattle 9 8 0 e-Arizona 4 13 0 e-Eliminated from playoffs x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division *-clinched home-field advantage

371 357 332 346

PF

.706 .647 .353 .235

PCT

0 0 0 0

PF

.647 .471 .471 .294

T

8 8 10 15

L

12 9 7 7

PF

483 396 304 366

PCT

0 0 0 0

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST

e-New Orleans y-Tampa Bay e-Atlanta e-Carolina

377 396 377 305

.765 .647 .588 .529

L

11 8 8 5

PF

451 496 268 236

PF

.588 .529 .529 .353

PCT

0 0 0 0

y-Kansas City e-Denver e-Las Vegas e-L.A. Chargers

.647 .647 .412 .235

.706 .588 .529 .235

PF

491 404 364 330

SATURDAY’S GAMES

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Cincinnati 31, Cleveland 14 Detroit 30, Minnesota 20 N.Y. Jets 17, New England 3 New Orleans 48, Atlanta 17 Tampa Bay 9, Carolina 0 Tennessee 28, Jacksonville 20 Dallas 38, Washington 10 Green Bay 17, Chicago 9 Kansas City 13, L.A. Chargers 12 L.A. Rams 21, San Francisco 20 Las Vegas 27, Denver 14 N.Y. Giants 27, Philadelphia 10 Seattle 21, Arizona 20 Buffalo 21, Miami 14

3 10

0 14

0 17

— —

17 48

ATL

NO

First downs 14 27 Total Net Yards 389 400 Rushes-yards 25-78 35-154 Passing 311 246 Punt Returns 2-12 2-18 Kickoff Returns 0-0 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-90 Comp-Att-Int 25-34-2 22-28-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 3-18 Punts 5-50.8 4-45.75 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0 Penalties-Yards 8-75 3-15 Time of Possession 26:10 33:50 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Atlanta, Robinson 11-28, Allgeier 6-24, Patterson 5-20, Woodside 1-6, Ridder 2-0. New Orleans, Miller 13-73, Hill 6-51, Williams 14-26, Carr 1-6, Bowden 1-(minus 2).

PASSING: Atlanta, Ridder 22-30-1-291, Woodside 3-4-1-27. New Orleans, Carr 22-28-0-264.

RECEIVING: Atlanta, Robinson 7-103, D.London 4-41, J.Smith 3-29, Allgeier 3-10, Miller 2-66, Pitts 2-27, Jefferson 2-13, Pruitt 1-17, FitzPatrick 1-12.

New Orleans, Hill 4-28, Shaheed 3-65, Olave 3-56, Perry 3-53, J.Johnson 3-40, Williams 3-8, Miller 1-6, Bowden 1-5, Moreau 1-3.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

CINCINNATI 31, CLEVELAND 14 0 14

0 10

0 7

14 0

— —

First Quarter Cin: Mixon 1 run (McPherson kick), 6:07.

Cin: Mixon 6 pass from Browning (McPherson kick), :48.

Second Quarter Cin: Iosivas 3 pass from Browning (McPherson kick), 9:19.

Cin: FG McPherson 45, 1:55.

Third Quarter Cin: Iosivas 7 pass from Browning (McPherson kick), 3:32.

Fourth Quarter Cle: Da.Bell 31 pass from Driskel (Patterson kick), 8:45.

Cle: Da.Bell 24 pass from Driskel (Patterson kick), 2:34.

A: 65,865.

CLE

PA

HOME

AWAY

PA

HOME

AWAY

353 415 371 367 280 362 324 384

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

6-3-0 8-1-0 5-4-0 6-3-0

PA

294 413 331 398

PA

HOME

5-4-0 5-4-0 6-3-0 2-7-0

HOME

315 428 407 518

8-0-0 6-2-0 4-4-0 1-7-0

4-5-0 5-4-0 2-7-0 3-6-0

AWAY

PA

HOME

AWAY

395 350 379 362

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

PA

298 377 402 455

HOME

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

4-5-0 5-4-0 2-7-0 0-9-0

NFC

AFC

NFC

AFC

NFC

AFC

DIV

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

NFC

DIV

9-3-0 7-5-0 5-7-0 2-10-0

AFC

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

NFC

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

DIV

6-6-0 7-5-0 4-8-0 1-11-0

AFC

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

NFC

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

DIV

8-4-0 7-5-0 6-6-0 6-6-0

AFC

7-2-0 5-4-0 4-5-0 2-7-0

DIV

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

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

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

AWAY

DIV

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

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

9-3-0 5-7-0 6-6-0 3-9-0

6-3-0 4-5-0 2-7-0 5-4-0

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

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

8-4-0 8-4-0 7-5-0 4-8-0

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

HOME

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

AFC

AWAY

DIV

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

7-5-0 7-5-0 6-6-0 4-8-0

7-1-0 3-5-0 5-3-0 3-5-0

AWAY

NFC

7-5-0 7-5-0 4-8-0 4-8-0

4-4-0 5-3-0 5-3-0 1-7-0

PA

327 325 373 416

AFC

4-4-0 4-4-0 3-5-0 3-5-0

JACKSONVILLE TENNESSEE

First Quarter Atl: J.Smith 15 pass from Ridder (Koo kick), 8:42.

NO: Perry 18 pass from Carr (Grupe kick), 5:01.

Atl: B.Robinson 71 pass from Ridder (Koo kick), 4:13.

Second Quarter NO: K.Miller 3 run (Grupe kick), 11:04.

NO: FG Grupe 24, :56.

Atl: FG Koo 30, :00.

Third Quarter NO: Olave 26 pass from Carr (Grupe kick), 13:01.

NO: Shaheed 39 pass from Carr (Grupe kick), 8:54.

Fourth Quarter NO: FG Grupe 24, 9:57.

NO: Perry 6 pass from Carr (Grupe kick), 9:02.

NO: J.Williams 1 run (Grupe kick), 1:10.

A: 70,072.

CLEVELAND CINCINNATI

AWAY

7-2-0 7-2-0 4-5-0 1-8-0

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

NFC

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

DIV

10-2-0 8-4-0 7-5-0 3-9-0

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

TENNESSEE 28, JACKSONVILLE 20

NEW ORLEANS 48, ATLANTA 17 14 7

HOME

Akins 3-24, J.Ford 2-26, Hunt 1-5. Cincinnati, Iosivas 5-36, Chase 4-19, C.Jones 3-49, Irwin 2-34, Hudson 2-11, D.Sample 2-7, C.Brown 1-10, Mixon 1-6, Boyd 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

Pittsburgh 17, Baltimore 10 Houston 23, Indianapolis 19

ATLANTA NEW ORLEANS

PA

311 391 355 366

14 31

CIN

First downs 13 22 Total Net Yards 244 328 Rushes-yards 24-104 30-183 Passing 140 145 Punt Returns 1-6 3-27 Kickoff Returns 1-19 2-44 Interceptions Ret. 1-2 2-26 Comp-Att-Int 13-26-2 21-28-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-26 3-31 Punts 7-47.857 6-45.667 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 7-35 1-10 Time of Possession 24:14 35:46 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Cleveland, Strong 14-65, Driskel 7-33, J.Ford 3-6. Cincinnati, Mixon 14-111, C.Brown 11-43, Browning 2-18, C.Jones 2-13, T.Williams 1-(minus 2).

PASSING: Cleveland, Driskel 13-26-2-166. Cincinnati, Browning 18-24-1-156, McCarron 3-4-0-20.

RECEIVING: Cleveland, Da.Bell 4-68, Tillman 3-43,

3 7

10 14

0 7

7 0

— —

First Quarter Jac: FG McManus 44, 9:45.

Ten: Spears 28 pass from Tannehill (Folk kick), 5:57.

Second Quarter Jac: Ridley 59 pass from Lawrence (McManus kick), 12:24.

Ten: Henry 18 run (Folk kick), 8:27.

Ten: Spears 3 run (Folk kick), 3:03.

Jac: FG McManus 30, :00.

Third Quarter Ten: Hopkins 6 pass from Tannehill (Folk kick), 12:45.

Fourth Quarter Jac: Engram 14 pass from Lawrence (McManus kick), 14:55.

A: 63,744.

JAC

20 28

TEN

DETROIT 30, MINNESOTA 20 0 13

6 0

7 7

7 10

— —

20 30

First Quarter Det: LaPorta 2 pass from Goff (Badgley kick), 8:06.

Det: Gibbs 3 run (kick failed), 2:12.

Second Quarter Min: FG G.Joseph 39, 9:20.

Min: FG G.Joseph 43, :00.

Third Quarter Det: Montgomery 1 run (Badgley kick), 7:14.

Min: Ju.Jefferson 38 pass from Mullens (G.Joseph kick), :20.

Fourth Quarter Det: St. Brown 70 pass from Goff (Badgley kick), 14:45.

Min: Addison 42 pass from Mullens (G.Joseph kick), 13:22.

Det: FG Badgley 39, 8:14.

A: 63,233.

MIN

DET

First downs 24 19 Total Net Yards 448 381 Rushes-yards 22-89 23-70 Passing 359 311 Punt Returns 1-13 4-89 Kickoff Returns 2-51 1-26 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-23 Comp-Att-Int 30-44-2 23-32-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-37 1-9 Punts 4-56.0 5-53.6 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 8-77 4-20 Time of Possession 34:59 25:01 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Minnesota, Chandler 12-69, Mattison 7-24, Mullens 2-8, Jefferson 1-(minus 12). Detroit, Montgomery 10-40, Gibbs 13-30.

PASSING: Minnesota, Mullens 30-44-2-396. Detroit, Goff 23-32-0-320.

RECEIVING: Minnesota, Jefferson 12-192, Mundt 5-58, Addison 4-57, Oliver 2-31, Chandler 2-20, Osborn 2-9, Muse 1-22, Mattison 1-5, Powell 1-2.

Detroit, St. Brown 7-144, J.Reynolds 5-44, LaPorta 5-29, Raymond 2-50, Peoples-Jones 2-25, Mitchell 1-24, Skipper 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

N.Y. JETS 17, NEW ENGLAND 3 N.Y. JETS NEW ENGLAND

3 0

First Quarter NYJ: FG Zuerlein 21, 2:04.

Second Quarter NE: FG Ryland 30, 9:32.

NYJ: FG Zuerlein 40, 6:07.

3 3

0 0

11 0

— —

NYJ

NE

First downs 13 6 Total Net Yards 254 119 Rushes-yards 42-185 21-88 Passing 69 31 Punt Returns 6-48 3-30 Kickoff Returns 2-39 2-35 Interceptions Ret. 2-14 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 8-20-0 12-30-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-1 7-57 Punts 7-46.0 9-46.889 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 1-5 4-35 Time of Possession 33:42 26:18 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: N.Y. Jets, Bre.Hall 37-178, Abanikanda 3-6, Siemian 2-1. New England, Elliott 13-54, Reagor 1-17, Zappe 3-13, Harris 3-4, Douglas 1-0.

PASSING: N.Y. Jets, Siemian 8-20-0-70. New England, Zappe 12-30-2-88.

RECEIVING: N.Y. Jets, G.Wilson 2-34, Conklin 2-16, Bre.Hall 2-12, Cobb 1-4, Gipson 1-4. New England, Elliott 5-27, Douglas 2-13, Reagor 1-33, Parker 1-6, Gesicki 1-5, Harris 1-4, P.Brown 1-0.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: N.Y. Jets, Zuerlein 49.

TAMPA BAY 9, CAROLINA 0

TAMPA BAY CAROLINA

0 0

6 0

Second Quarter TB: FG McLaughlin 36, 4:13.

TB: FG McLaughlin 57, :00.

Fourth Quarter TB: FG McLaughlin 39, 10:18.

A: 69,010.

0 0

3 0

— —

9 0

TB

CAR

First downs 14 11 Total Net Yards 228 199 Rushes-yards 29-113 29-131 Passing 115 68 Punt Returns 0-0 3-51 Kickoff Returns 0-0 2-39 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 20-32-0 11-18-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-22 3-26 Punts 6-55.0 6-41.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2 Penalties-Yards 3-15 3-20 Time of Possession 31:24 28:36 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Tampa Bay, R.White 19-75, Edmonds 4-27, Mayfield 5-7, Godwin 1-4. Carolina, Hubbard 23-83, Young 2-24, Sanders 3-18, Blackshear 1-6.

PASSING: Tampa Bay, Mayfield 20-32-0-137. Carolina, Young 11-18-0-94.

RECEIVING: Tampa Bay, Godwin 6-51, R.White 4-18, Evans 3-22, Otton 2-30, Palmer 2-10, Moore 1-8, Thompkins 1-1, Edmonds 1-(minus 3). Carolina, Chark 2-46, Thielen 2-12, Tremble 2-11, Hubbard 2-9, Smith-Marsette 1-6, Marshall 1-5, Thomas 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: Carolina, M.Wright 52.

GREEN BAY 17, CHICAGO 9

CHICAGO GREEN BAY

3 0

3 7

0 7

3 3

— —

First Quarter Chi: FG Santos 50, 8:54.

Second Quarter GB: Wicks 10 pass from Love (A.Carlson kick), 7:20.

Chi: FG Santos 39, 1:17.

Third Quarter GB: Wicks 12 pass from Love (A.Carlson kick), 9:47.

Fourth Quarter Chi: FG Santos 35, 13:03.

GB: FG A.Carlson 25, 10:54.

A: 78,188.

17 3

9 17

GB

First downs 13 24 Total Net Yards 192 432 Rushes-yards 25-75 27-124 Passing 117 308 Punt Returns 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns 4-113 1-21 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 11-16-0 27-32-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-31 1-8 Punts 3-45.667 0-0.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 1-10 1-5 Time of Possession 28:36 31:24 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Chicago, Herbert 12-28, Fields 8-27, R. Johnson 5-20. Green Bay, A.Jones 22-111, Melton 2-14, Love 3-(minus 1).

PASSING: Chicago, Fields 11-16-0-148. Green Bay, Love 27-32-0-316.

RECEIVING: Chicago, Moore 4-64, Kmet 3-41, Herbert 2-13, St. Brown 1-18, Scott 1-12. Green Bay, Wicks 6-61, Melton 5-62, A.Jones 5-30, Reed 4-112, Kraft 3-31, Heath 3-9, Musgrave 1-11.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: Green Bay, A.Carlson 41.

DALLAS 38, WASHINGTON 10 DALLAS WASHINGTON

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First Quarter Dal: Tolbert 3 pass from Prescott (Aubrey kick), 6:34.

Second Quarter Was: Robinson 1 pass from Howell (Slye kick), 14:57.

Was: FG Slye 36, 7:04.

Dal: Pollard 1 run (Aubrey kick), 4:36.

Dal: Lamb 4 pass from Prescott (Aubrey kick), :29.

Third Quarter Dal: Lamb 6 pass from Prescott (Aubrey kick), 8:42.

Dal: Cooks 5 pass from Prescott (Aubrey kick), 4:13.

Fourth Quarter Dal: FG Aubrey 50, 1:06.

A: 63,645.

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First downs 31 12 Total Net Yards 440 180 Rushes-yards 29-131 17-50 Passing 309 130 Punt Returns 1-4 0-0 Kickoff Returns 1-29 3-77 Interceptions Ret. 2-0 1-7 Comp-Att-Int 34-40-1 20-28-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 4-27 Punts 0-0.0 2-25.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 2-20 4-39 Time of Possession 33:55 26:05 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Dallas, Pollard 17-70, Dowdle 9-46, Lamb 1-7, Turpin 1-5, Cooks 1-3. Washington, Robinson 9-25, Samuel 1-15, Gibson 2-8, Gore 1-3, Howell 4-(minus 1).

PASSING: Dallas, Prescott 31-36-1-279, Rush 3-40-30. Washington, Howell 19-27-2-153, Brown 1-1-0-4.

RECEIVING: Dallas, Lamb 13-98, Ferguson 6-69, Cooks 6-39, Dowdle 3-54, Pollard 2-16, Tolbert 2-8, Hendershot 1-24, Brooks 1-1. Washington, McLaurin 6-56, Gibson 3-28, Robinson 3-10, Dotson 2-17, Samuel 2-15, Armah 1-10, Thomas 1-9, Crowder 1-8, Howell 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: Dallas, Aubrey 36, Aubrey 32.

LAS VEGAS 27, DENVER 14

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First Quarter Las: Meyers 5 run (Carlson kick), 1:44.

Second Quarter Den: Jeudy 24 pass from Stidham (Lutz kick), 10:34.

Las: FG Carlson 49, 7:09.

Las: Adams 3 pass from O’Connell (Carlson kick), :07.

Fourth Quarter Las: Meyers 33 pass from O’Connell (Carlson kick), 14:53.

Den: J.Williams 2 run (Lutz kick), 10:09.

Las: FG Carlson 21, 2:20.

A: 61,429.

DEN

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KANSAS CITY 13, L.A. CHARGERS 12

Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams makes a touchdown catch in front of Broncos cornerback Ja’Quan McMillian during the first half of Sunday’s game in Las Vegas, Nev. The Raiders won, eliminating Denver from the playoffs.

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First Quarter KC: Edwards 97 fumble return (Butker kick), 4:56.

Second Quarter KC: FG Butker 22, 4:03.

LAC: FG Dicker 49, 2:43.

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First Quarter SF: Mitchell 1 run (Moody kick), 7:27.

LAR: Nacua 19 pass from Wentz (Maher kick), 1:53.

Second Quarter SF: Darnold 1 run (Moody kick), 6:59.

SF: Bell 5 pass from Darnold (kick failed), :11.

Third Quarter LAR: T.Johnson 8 pass from Wentz (kick failed), 4:45.

Fourth Quarter LAR: Wentz 12 run (Atwell pass from Wentz), 4:56.

A: 71,624.

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Tennessee stops Lawrence to keep Jags out of playoffs The Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Trevor Lawrence was stopped on a quarterback sneak on fourthand-goal with 7:13 left, Titans 28 then threw Jaguars 20 incomplete on another fourth down with 1:47 remaining, and the Jacksonville Jaguars were eliminated from the playoffs with a 28-20 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday in their regular-season finale.

A win would have given Jacksonville (9-8) the AFC South title.

Instead, Houston took the division crown and will host Cleveland in the playoffs Saturday.

N.Y. GIANTS 27, PHILADELPHIA 10

RAIDERS 27, BRONCOS 14

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First Quarter NYG: FG Crosby 24, 6:54.

Second Quarter NYG: Barkley 2 run (Crosby kick), 9:38.

NYG: Barkley 3 run (Crosby kick), 5:08.

NYG: Slayton 19 pass from Taylor (Crosby kick), 1:47.

Third Quarter Phi: FG Elliott 36, 1:11.

Fourth Quarter Phi: Watkins 16 pass from Mariota (Elliott kick), 10:15.

NYG: FG Crosby 21, 3:39.

A: 75,740.

PHI

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First downs 19 22 Total Net Yards 299 415 Rushes-yards 24-133 30-109 Passing 166 306 Punt Returns 1-8 3-29 Kickoff Returns 2-38 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 2-4 Comp-Att-Int 20-36-2 25-34-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-37 2-5 Punts 4-50.25 5-45.6 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 2-10 3-21 Time of Possession 27:03 32:57 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Philadelphia, Gainwell 7-62, Mariota 6-46, Penny 6-16, B.Scott 3-5, Hurts 2-4. N.Y. Giants, Barkley 18-46, Taylor 8-38, Gray 3-19, Shepard 1-6.

PASSING: Philadelphia, Mariota 13-20-1-148, Hurts 7-16-1-55. N.Y. Giants, Taylor 23-32-1-297, DeVito 2-2-0-14.

RECEIVING: Philadelphia, Watkins 8-93, Covey 3-35, Zaccheaus 2-20, Calcaterra 2-18, Jones 2-13, Stoll 1-11, A.Brown 1-9, Goedert 1-4. N.Y. Giants, W.Robinson 5-85, Slayton 5-62, Waller 5-45, Hodgins 3-36, Shepard 3-18, Barkley 2-51, Gray 1-9, Hyatt 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: N.Y. Giants, Crosby 45.

SEATTLE 21, ARIZONA 20 SEATTLE ARIZONA

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First Quarter Sea: FG Myers 33, 5:05.

Second Quarter Ari: FG Prater 23, 11:08.

Sea: Dissly 19 pass from G.Smith (Myers kick), 7:06.

Ari: FG Prater 34, 1:57.

Sea: FG Myers 29, :00.

Third Quarter Ari: Conner 29 run (Prater kick), 10:33.

Fourth Quarter Ari: McBride 8 pass from Murray (Prater kick), 9:48.

Sea: Lockett 34 pass from G.Smith (Lockett pass from G.Smith), 1:54.

A: 63,197.

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First downs 18 24 Total Net Yards 327 466 Rushes-yards 25-138 38-206 Passing 189 260 Punt Returns 1-15 3-22 Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-17 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 16-28-0 22-30-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-2 Punts 5-51.6 3-50.667 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 0-0 5-27 Time of Possession 23:57 36:03 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Seattle, Walker 17-78, Charbonnet 5-32, Smith 3-28. Arizona, Conner 27-150, Murray 5-33, Carter 4-17, Moore 1-5, Tune 1-1.

PASSING: Seattle, Smith 16-28-0-189. Arizona, Murray 22-30-0-262.

RECEIVING: Seattle, Dissly 3-46, Smith-Njigba 3-14, Parkinson 3-8, Lockett 2-71, Charbonnet 2-28, Metcalf 1-10, Bobo 1-9, Walker 1-3. Arizona, M.Wilson 6-95, Conner 4-54, Moore 4-31, McBride 3-34, Higgins 2-32, Dortch 2-14, Carter 1-2.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: Arizona, Prater 51, Prater 43.

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Second Quarter Mia: Achane 25 run (J.Sanders kick), 8:51.

Buf: Sherfield 6 pass from J.Allen (Bass kick), 4:31.

Mia: T.Hill 3 pass from Tagovailoa (J.Sanders kick), 1:43.

Fourth Quarter Buf: Harty 96 punt return (Bass kick), 13:42.

Buf: Knox 5 pass from J.Allen (Bass kick), 7:16.

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Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill scrambles against the Jacksonville Jaguars during the first half of Sunday’s game in Nashville, Tenn.

First downs 19 20 Total Net Yards 258 300 Rushes-yards 36-109 29-125 Passing 149 175 Punt Returns 2-26 2-17 Kickoff Returns 0-0 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 17-24-1 16-26-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-14 3-14 Punts 2-48.0 3-48.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 2-8 5-78 Time of Possession 31:00 29:00 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: L.A. Rams, Wentz 17-56, Rivers 13-52, Z.Evans 1-3, Freeman 4-2, Atwell 1-(minus 4). San Francisco, Mitchell 14-52, Mason 6-36, Darnold 7-19, Samuel 1-11, McCloud 1-7.

PASSING: L.A. Rams, Wentz 17-24-1-163. San Francisco, Darnold 16-26-0-189.

RECEIVING: L.A. Rams, Nacua 4-41, D.Allen 4-25, Hopkins 2-47, Skowronek 2-22, T.Johnson 2-8, Atwell 2-7, Freeman 1-13. San Francisco, Conley 3-69, Aiyuk 3-25, McCloud 3-22, Samuel 2-21, Mitchell 2-15, Woerner 1-20, Mason 1-12, Bell 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: San Francisco, Moody 38.

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First downs 12 22 Total Net Yards 268 353 Rushes-yards 28-123 30-118 Passing 145 235 Punt Returns 3-24 0-0 Kickoff Returns 1-23 2-69 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 15-30-1 28-47-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-9 3-23 Punts 6-45.667 5-43.6 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 3-57 1-5 Time of Possession 27:05 32:55 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Kansas City, Perine 21-76, Gabbert 5-46, Edwards-Helaire 2-1. L.A. Chargers, Stick 13-77, D.Davis 3-17, Ekeler 10-11, Palmer 1-6, Johnston 1-6, Kelley 2-1.

PASSING: Kansas City, Gabbert 15-30-1-154. L.A. Chargers, Stick 28-47-0-258.

RECEIVING: Kansas City, Hardman 6-77, Perine 3-33, Ross 2-17, James 2-15, Edwards-Helaire 1-9, Bell 1-3. L.A. Chargers, Ekeler 7-38, Palmer 6-44, Parham 5-83, Erickson 2-29, Johnston 2-17, Smartt 2-14, D.Davis 1-18, Doss 1-8, Everett 1-4, Vannett 1-3.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

BUFFALO 21, MIAMI 14

First downs 17 22 Total Net Yards 286 359 Rushes-yards 20-48 31-129 Passing 238 230 Punt Returns 3-33 1-4 Kickoff Returns 2-55 1-26 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 20-34-1 20-32-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-34 3-14 Punts 5-55.6 4-58.5 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-35 0-0 Time of Possession 29:24 30:36 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Denver, J.Williams 9-32, Perine 3-7, McLaughlin 4-6, Stidham 3-2, Mims 1-1. Las Vegas, White 25-112, Tucker 1-11, Meyers 1-5, O’Connell 4-1.

PASSING: Denver, Stidham 20-34-1-272. Las Vegas, O’Connell 20-31-0-244, Garoppolo 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Denver, J.Williams 7-43, Johnson 4-88, Jeudy 3-79, Perine 3-23, Trautman 1-21, Mims 1-16, Sutton 1-2. Las Vegas, Tucker 5-79, Adams 5-46, Hooper 4-39, Meyers 3-61, White 1-9, Abdullah 1-7, Carter 1-3.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

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LAC: FG Dicker 40, :00.

Third Quarter LAC: FG Dicker 43, 4:11.

Fourth Quarter LAC: FG Dicker 20, 4:06.

KC: FG Butker 41, :49.

A: 68,274.

L.A. RAMS 21, SAN FRANCISCO 20

CHI

First downs 20 19 Total Net Yards 362 327 Rushes-yards 23-82 26-175 Passing 280 152 Punt Returns 2-19 0-0 Kickoff Returns 4-99 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 1-29 2-4 Comp-Att-Int 29-43-2 17-27-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-16 Punts 1-43.0 3-48.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 6-40 5-29 Time of Possession 32:17 27:43 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Jacksonville, Etienne 16-57, Bigsby 3-16, Lawrence 3-10, D.Johnson 1-(minus 1). Tennessee, Henry 19-153, Spears 3-25, Zentner 1-0, Tannehill 3-(minus 3).

PASSING: Jacksonville, Lawrence 29-43-2-280.

Tennessee, Tannehill 17-26-1-168, Hopkins 0-10-0.

RECEIVING: Jacksonville, Engram 10-79, Ridley 6-106, Z.Jones 6-47, Etienne 5-30, Washington 1-11, T.Jones 1-7. Tennessee, Hopkins 7-46, Spears 3-41, Moore 3-30, Okonkwo 2-36, Philips 2-15.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

MINNESOTA DETROIT

Fourth Quarter NYJ: FG Zuerlein 33, 8:08.

NYJ: Bre.Hall 50 run (Bre.Hall run), 1:47.

A: 64,628.

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MIA

First downs 26 16 Total Net Yards 473 275 Rushes-yards 36-128 20-108 Passing 345 167 Punt Returns 1-96 0-0 Kickoff Returns 0-0 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 2-0 2-8 Comp-Att-Int 30-38-2 17-27-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-14 1-6 Punts 1-41.0 5-47.8 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-41 4-29 Time of Possession 38:07 21:53 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Buffalo, J.Allen 15-67, Cook 13-36, Fournette 7-20, Ty.Johnson 1-5. Miami, Achane 10-56, J.Wilson 9-45, Tagovailoa 1-7.

PASSING: Buffalo, J.Allen 30-38-2-359. Miami, Tagovailoa 17-27-2-173.

RECEIVING: Buffalo, Diggs 7-87, Kincaid 7-84, Shakir 6-105, Sherfield 3-24, Cook 3-16, Knox 2-22, Harty 1-12, Ty.Johnson 1-9. Miami, T.Hill 7-82, Smythe 3-30, Berrios 2-9, C.Wilson 1-24, Cracraft 1-18, Achane 1-5, Claypool 1-3, J.Hill 1-2.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

since the 1993 season when it played at the Pontiac Silverdome.

LaPorta set an NFL record for receptions by a tight end with 86, but his availability for the playoffs is in question.

Minnesota (7-10) was eliminated from playoff contention, losing four straight games and six of seven.

GIANTS 27, EAGLES 10 In East Rutherford, N.J., A.J. Brown suffered a knee injury and Jalen Hurts was ineffective for playoff-bound Philadelphia, which fell to New York and finished the season by losing five of six.

The Eagles (11-6) will play at Tampa Bay in the wild-card round.

SAINTS 48, FALCONS 17

In Las Vegas, Nev., Aidan O’Connell passed for 244 yards and two touchdowns, Zamir White rushed for 112 yards, and the Raiders beat Denver.

The Broncos were eliminated from playoff contention.

In New Orleans, Derek Carr passed for four touchdowns to lift the Saints past Atlanta.

The Saints (9-8) fell short of the NFC South title because Tampa Bay won at Carolina, and they were later eliminated from the playoffs when Green Bay beat Chicago.

The Falcons fired head coach Arthur Smith late Sunday after Atlanta’s third straight 7-10 finish.

PACKERS 17, BEARS 9

SEAHAWKS 21, CARDINALS 20

In Green Bay, Wis., Jordan Love threw for 316 yards and connected with Dontayvion Wicks for a pair of touchdowns, and the Packers beat Chicago to secure the NFC’s final playoff spot.

The Packers (9-8) won their third straight overall and beat the Bears (7-10) for a 10th consecutive time. Green Bay will play at NFC East champion Dallas in the wild-card round.

BUCCANEERS 9, PANTHERS 0 In Charlotte, N.C., Chase McLaughlin kicked three field goals and Tampa Bay beat Carolina to win its third consecutive NFC South title.

The Buccaneers (9-8) were facing an all-or-nothing scenario, with a win clinching their fourth straight playoff berth and a loss resulting in elimination. They will host Philadelphia on Monday night in the wildcard round of the playoffs.

JETS 17, PATRIOTS 3 In Foxborough, Mass., Breece Hall rushed for 178 yards and a late touchdown, and the Jets snapped a 15-game losing streak against Bill Belichick and New England.

The Patriots’ 4-13 record is the worst in Belichick’s 29-year NFL coaching career. Sunday’s loss was the 178th of Belichick’s career, including the playoffs, tying him with Tom Landry for the most ever. It also ties the record of 165 regular-season losses held by Jeff Fisher and Dan Reeves.

LIONS 30, VIKINGS 20 In Detroit, Sam LaPorta had a 2-yard touchdown catch midway through the first quarter but later limped off the field with a knee injury, an ominous development for the NFC North champion Lions in their win over Minnesota.

Detroit (12-5) matched a franchise record for wins and will host a playoff game for the first time

In Glendale, Ariz., Geno Smith threw two touchdown passes and Seattle rallied past the Cardinals but missed the playoffs because Green Bay beat Chicago.

The Seahawks (9-8) fell short of the postseason for the second time in three seasons.

RAMS 21, 49ERS 20 In Santa Clara, Calif., Carson Wentz threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, and Los Angeles beat San Francisco in a game filled with backups.

Los Angeles held on from there and clinched the sixth seed in the NFC and a trip to Detroit in the wild-card round.

The 49ers (12-5) had already clinched the top seed in the NFC and a first-round bye, and the Rams secured a playoff spot last week.

BENGALS 31, BROWNS 14 In Cincinnati, Jake Browning threw three touchdown passes, Joe Mixon rushed for a season-high 111 yards and a score, and the Bengals beat a Cleveland team resting most of its starters for the playoffs.

The Browns (11-6) were locked in as the No. 5 seed in the AFC and will play at AFC South champion Houston on Saturday.

CHIEFS 13, CHARGERS 12 In Inglewood, Calif., Mike Edwards returned a fumble 97 yards for a touchdown, Harrison Butker made a 41-yard field goal with 49 seconds remaining, and AFC West champion Kansas City beat Los Angeles while resting most of its starters.

With the Chiefs (11-6) locked into the AFC’s No. 3 seed for the playoffs, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were inactive. Kelce finished with 984 receiving yards, ending the All-Pro tight end’s bid for an eighth straight 1,000-yard season.

Cowboys charge to title Continued from Page B-1

picks this season. He also was sacked four times to raise his league-worst total to 65.

Last season, Prescott led the NFL with 15 interceptions, and had 23 touchdown tosses. This season? He topped the league with 36 TD throws to only nine picks.

“He’s playing better than I’ve ever seen him play,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said.

And Prescott’s connection with Lamb is truly elite. Lamb’s 13 catches Sunday — on 13 targets — lifted him to an NFLhigh 135 receptions.

“I don’t think there’s another quarterback and receiver that has put in much time as me and CeeDee have, going back into the offseason,” Prescott said.

“Understanding what I expect of him. Him understanding where I’m going to put the ball.

Him understanding the belief

that I have in him. I’ve told you I think he’s the best receiver in the game.”

In the season ender last year, also in Landover, the Cowboys came in needing a win for a shot at the division title but lost 26-6 to Washington and Howell, who made his NFL debut that day.

Prescott went just 14 of 37 for 128 yards with a pick-6.

Dallas was not at its best early this time.

In the second quarter, Commanders defensive lineman Jalen Harris deflected a pass

by Prescott, allowing rookie defensive back Quan Martin to grab the interception, which the Commanders turned into a field goal for a 10-7 lead.

“When we had the turnover, you just saw all kinds of ghosts, Darth Vader, all that kind of stuff. Grim Reaper. Whatever you want to call it,” Jones said.

“The main thing is how proud I am of these guys for enduring.”

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FERENCE: A mandatory pre-proposal conference will be held virtually on Thursday, January 11, 2024, at 1:00 pm MST via MS TEAMS. Virtual conference details available at the following address:

sfnm«classifieds LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Cooperative Educational Services (CES) is accepting proposals in CES` online eProcurement system (https://eprocurement.ces.org) until Friday, February 9, 2024, 4:00 PM local time, for: RFP # 2024-15 School and Activity Buses, Bookmobiles RFP # 2024-16 Public Safety Equipment RFP # 2024-17 Utilities – Products and Services Release Date: Friday, January 12, 2024, non-mandatory Pre-Proposal virtual (online) meeting: Thursday, January 18, 2024, at 10:00 AM local time (via Microsoft TEAMS). To participate in the Pre-Proposal meeting by “TEAMS Meeting”, the login information is in the CES eProcurement System under RFP Document tab in Schedule of Events tab and Schedule & Activities tab.

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Offeror’s proposals, and Financial Statements, shall be submitted electronically only. Hard copies of proposals and financials ARE NOT accepted. To register your business, access documents and submit a proposal, you must create an account in the CES eProcurement System (https://eprocurement.ces.org). Locate the RFP number, under the Documents Tab go down to RFP Instructions for information to submit financial statements and proposals.

Cooperative Educational Services reserves the expressed right to accept or reject any or all proposals. /s/ David Chavez, Executive Director

Pub: Jan 8, 2024

LEGAL #93013 PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING Madrid Stormwater and Erosion Control Project in Madrid, NM

Public Meeting: January 25, 2024, 6:00pm-8:00pm at Madrid Firehouse 5 Firehouse Ln, Madrid, NM Presentation and Feedback Environmental Assessment Comment Period: January 8, 2024, through February 7, 2024 Environmental Assessment available online at: https:// www.emnrd.nm.gov/mmd/ public-notices/

Invitation on behalf of: The New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department, Abandoned Mine Land Program (AML), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE).

Meeting Purpose: (1) To provide an overview of the proposed project and associated environmental assessment; (2) to provide an opportunity for the public, area neighbors, and businesses to ask questions and provide input.

Comments: Comments will be accepted and recorded at the public meeting or they may be emailed to Madrid_EA_Comments@gmecnm.com; mailed to Grouse Mountain Environmental Consultants, 3600 Cerrillos Rd, Ste 407, Santa Fe, NM 87507; or provided over the phone by calling Hillary Robbie at 505-930-5166. Please submit comments before February 7, 2024.

ADA: To request Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-related accommodations for this meeting, or should you require an interpreter, contact Hillary Robbie with Grouse Mountain Environmental Consultants at 505-930-5166 or Madrid_EA_Comments@gmecnm.com by January 18, 2024.

Pub: Jan 8, 2024 LEGAL #93014 REUNIÓN DE INFORMACIÓN PÚBLICA Proyecto de Control de Aguas Pluviales y Erosión en Madrid, NM

Reunión Pública: El 25 de enero del 2024, 6:00pm-8:00pm en Madrid Estación de Bomberos 5 Firehouse Ln, Madrid, NM Presentación y comentarios Período de tiempo para comentarios de la evaluación ambiental: del 8 de enero del 2024 al 7 de febrero del 2024.

La evaluación ambiental está disponible en el siguiente enlace: https://www.emnrd. nm.gov/mmd/public-notices/

LEGAL #92017 TITLE: NM Economic Development Department (EDD) Request for Proposals (RFP): EDD Legal Counsel.

PURPOSE: The purpose of the RFP is to solicit sealed proposals to establish a contract through competitive negotiations to select an offeror to provide professional legal services to the EDD and assist EDD General Counsel.

Invitación en nombre de: El Programa de Minas Abandonadas del El Departamento de Energía, Minerales y Recursos Naturales de Nuevo México (AML, por sus siglas en inglés), en alianza con la Oficina de Recuperación y Ejecución de Minería a ISSUANCE: The RFP Superficie (OSMRE, por sus will be issued on Janusiglas en inglés). arygeneral 4, 2024.

Propósito de la Reunión: (1) Presentar una descripción delOfferors proyectointerested in obtaining a propuesto y la evaluación ambiental asociada; y (2) darle la oportunidad al LEGAL #92017 copy may access and público, vecinos del área, y negocios a hacer preguntas y ofrecer sus aportdownload the docuaciones.

TITLE: NM Economic ment from the EDD Comentarios: Se aceptarán comentarios y Departestos serán registrados la Development website on en January 4, reunión pública, pero también pueden mandar comentarios elecment (EDD) Request 2024, por at correo the following for Proposals (RFP): trónico: Madrid_EA_Comments@gmecnm.com; o por address: correo regular: Grouse EDD Legal 3600 Counsel.

Mountain Environmental Consultants, Cerrillos Rd, Ste 407, Santa Fe, https://edd.newmexNM 87507; o por teléfono a Cristina Marciales al: 505-930-5166 ext. 202.

PURPOSE: The purpose ico.gov/about-us/pubFavor de entregar comentarios antes febrero del lic-notices/ 2024. of the RFPdel is 7to solicit Ley de Estadounidenses sealed con Discapacidades por sus siglas en proposals (ADA, to por el ADA esta reunión, o si requiere un inglés): Para pedir asistencia establish a para contract PROCUREMENT MANtraductor, por favor llamar through a Cristina Marciales con Grouse Mountain Envicompetitive AGER: negotiations select Questions should be ronmental Consultants: 505-930-5166 ext.to 202, o enviar correo electrónico: an offeror antes to provide to the ProMadrid_EA_Comments@gmecnm.com del 18 deaddressed Enero del 2024. professional legal curement Manager: services to the EDD and assist EDD Gen- Sara Gutierrez Pub: Jan 8, 2024 eral Counsel.

Deputy Division Director, Economic DevelISSUANCE: The RFP opment Division will be issued on Janu- NM Economic LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS Develary 4, 2024. Offerors in- opment Department terested in obtaining a Joseph Montoya BuildLEGAL #92017 copy may access and ing download the docu- PO Box 20003 TITLE: NM Economic ment from the EDD Santa Fe, NM 87504Development Depart- website on January 4, 5003 ment (EDD) Request 2024, at the following Email: sara.gutierfor Proposals (RFP): address: rez@edd.nm.gov EDD Legal Counsel.

Phone: 505-231-4224 https://edd.newmexPURPOSE: The purpose ico.gov/about-us/pub- PRE-PROPOSAL CONof the RFP is to solicit lic-notices/ FERENCE: sealed proposals to A mandatory pre-proestablish a contract PROCUREMENT MAN- posal conference will through competitive AGER: be held virtually on negotiations to select Questions should be Thursday, January 11, an offeror to provide addressed to the Pro- 2024, at 1:00 pm MST professional legal curement Manager: via MS TEAMS. Virtual services to the EDD conference details and assist EDD Gen- Sara Gutierrez available at the followeral Counsel.

Deputy Division Direc- ing address: tor, Economic DevelISSUANCE: The RFP opment Division https://edd.newmexwill be issued on Janu- NM Economic Devel- ico.gov/about-us/pubary 4, 2024. Offerors in- opment Department lic-notices/ terested in obtaining a Joseph Montoya Buildcopy may access and ing PROPOSAL DUE DATE download the docu- PO Box 20003 AND Continued...

TIME: Proposals Continued...

Continued... ment from the EDD Santa Fe, NM 87504- must be received by website on January 4, 5003 the Procurement Man2024, at the following Email: sara.gutier- ager or her designee, address: rez@edd.nm.gov no later than 12:00 pm Phone: 505-231-4224 MDT on Friday, Februhttps://edd.newmexary 2, 2024.

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(Tacoma) DATED: December +1 346 248 7799 US 14,2023 LEGALS LEGALS Houston) +1 669 444 9171 US Respectfully submit+1 669 900 9128 US ted, (San Jose) HURLEY TOEVS STYLES +1 646 931 3860 US HAMBLIN & +1 689 278 1000 US PANTER PA +1 301 715 8592 US By: Electronically (Washington DC) signed lsi Mandeep S. +1 305 224 1968 US Talwar Mandeep S. Tal+1 309 205 3325 US war, Esq. +1 312 626 6799 US Affomeys for Personal (Chicago) Representative +1 360 209 5623 US PO Box 31670 +1 386 347 5053 US Albuquerque, NM +1 507 473 4847 US 87109 +1 564 217 2000 US (505) 888-1188 +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) Pub: Dec 25, Jan 1, 8, Meeting ID: 2023 932 0158 2421 LEGAL #92105 Passcode: 941390 IN THE PROBATE As required by the COURT COUNTY OF SANTA FE Open Meetings Act, the agenda will be STATE OF NEW MEXICO posted at least 72 hours before the meet- NO. 2023-0275 ing on the Division of Vocational Rehabilita- IN THE MATTER OF THE tion web page, ESTATE OF GERALDINE www.dvr.state.nm.us. A. ARON, Deceased.

Copies of the agenda can also be obtained NOTICE TO CREDITORS by contacting Angelina Montoya at 505- NOTICE IS HEREBY 954-8500 or via email GIVEN that the undera t signed personal representative has been contact@dvr.nm.gov appointed personal NOTE: All times noted representative of this estate.

Pursuant to above are subject to change; any time a NMSA 1978, § 45-3-801, change is made it will all persons having be promptly posted on claims against this esNMDVR’s website. If tate are required to disability-related ac- present their claims commodations are re- within four months quired for your after the date of the attendance, please first publication of this call 505-954-8500 as Notice or the claims soon as possible and will be forever barred. no later than two days Claims must be prebefore the meeting. All sented to the underpersonal materials are to be ap- signed c/o proved before distri- representative E. bution and must be Melanie MacGillivray, 123 E. available in alternative Marcy Street, Suite formats.

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LEGAL #92026

LEGAL #92071 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

electronically submitted by the date and time set forth in the RFP documents and shall be uploaded online at https://www.bidnetdirect.com/new-mexico/nmaces.

Timely submission means that the proposal must be uploaded electronically toLEGALS the procurement portal by 2:00 PM MST on the date specified (unless date is extended through formal addendum). Proposals received after the deadline will be considered unresponsive.

Taos County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and waive all formalities.

to place legals call: 986-3000 | toll free: 800-873-3362 | email: legals@sfnewmexican.com No.

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LEGAL #91954

Passcode: 941390

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PROPOSAL DUE DATE LEGAL #92103 AND TIME: Proposals must be received by I. ADVERTISEMENT the Procurement Manager or her designee, SANTA FE COUNTY no later than 12:00 pm MDT on Friday, FebruAdult Detention ary 2, 2024.

Facility Prescription Services Proposals received RFP NO. 2024-0145after this deadline will CORR/JL not be accepted.

The Santa Fe County Pub: Jan 4, 5, 8, 2024 Corrections Department in conjunction with the Purchasing To place a Legal Notice Division, is requesting Call 986-3000 proposals for pharmaceutical supplies and services from a liLEGAL #92092 censed and accredited NOTICE is hereby given organization for the that on December 1, Santa Fe County Adult Facility 2023, Denise Lynch, 10 Detention Via La Puente, Galis- (ADF). All proposals teo, NM, 87540, filed submitted shall be Application No. RG- valid for ninety (90) 24383 into RG-A0527 days subject to action with the OFFICE OF by the County. Santa THE STATE ENGINEER Fe County reserves the for Permit to Change right to reject any and an Existing Water all proposals in part or Right in the Upper Rio in whole. A completed Grande Underground proposal shall be subWater Basin in the mitted in a seal container indicating the State of New Mexico. proposal title and Santa Fe County is the number along with the County affected by the Offeror’s name and clearly diversion and in which address the water has been or marked on the outside will be put to benefi- of the container. All cial use. This notice is proposals must be re:00PM on ordered to be pub- ceived by 2:00PM ednesday y F February ebruary lished in the Santa Fe Wednesda 14, 2024, at the Santa New Mexican.

Pu urchasing The applicant pro- Fe County P Grant Av Avposes Changing the Division, 102 Grant enue, (First Floor Floor), ), Place and Purpose of Santa F Fe, e, NM 87501.

87501 To Use and the Point of Diversion for OSE File combat the spread of No. RG-24383 currently the recent COVID-19 illpermitted for irriga- ness, the submission tion on 0.7 acre of land. of Proposals will also RG-24383 diverts from be accepted electronia point located at cally utilizing a Drop 35º23’42.10”N Latitude Box. Please utilize this and 105º56’44.39”W link to upload your Longitude on land proposal submission. owned by the appli- h t t p s : / /w w w. d ro p cant at 10A Via La box.com/request/0Pj1 Puente, Galisteo, NM. 1FcQjEhjW1WU88hD The proposed move-to point of diversion is By submitting, a prodomestic well RG- posal for the reA0527 located at quested services each 35º23’39.84”N Latitude Offeror is certifying and 105º56’43.98”W that it is qualified firm Longitude also on land and its proposal comowned by the appli- plies with the requirecant at 12 Via La ments stated within Puente, Galisteo, NM. the Request for ProThe applicant pro- posals. poses transferring a Prre-Pr e-Proposal Confer Confer-diversion amount of A P 2.1 acre-feet per ence will occur on T uesday uesda y , January 16, annum to well RGA0527 for use on lands 2023 at 10:30AM online WebEx ebEx using link of 10 B Via La Puente via W pro ovided or b by y calling and 12 Via La Puente in pr Galisteo, NM. The Pur- (408) 418-9388 meeting number: 2485 497 4728, pose of Use is prohttps://sfco. sfco.w webex.co posed to change from https:// m/sfco/j.php?MTID=m sfco/j.php?MTID=m domestic and irriga- m/ tion purposes to irri- 90e845195b35bde78229 gation and b443cbc7ebf8 . This is commercial use on not mandatory but recommended.

3.81 acres of land. No highly recommended. increase in diversion EQUAL OPPORTUNITY amount is proposed.

EMPLOYMENT: All To view the applica- qualified Offerors will receive consideration tion and supporting documentation con- of contract(s) without tact the State Engineer regard to race, color, District Office to religion, sex, national arrange a date and origin, ancestry, age, time for an appoint- physical and mental serious ment located at Water handicap, Rights Division, Dis- mental condition, district VI, 407 Galisteo ability, spousal affiliation, sexual Street, Santa Fe, NM. orientation, or gender identity.

Any person, firm or corporation or other entity asserting stand- Request for proposals ing to file objections or will be available by protests shall do so in contacting Jack Love writing (objection Procurement Specialmust be legible, ist Senior, signed, and include 102 Grant Avenue, the writer’s complete Santa Fe, New Mexico name, phone number, 87501, by telephone at email address, and (505) 992-6209 or by at mailing address). If email the protest does not jalove@santafecouninclude the complete tynm.gov. You may name, phone number, also access the soliciemail address, and tation on our website t mailing address, it a may be deemed in- http://www.santafecountynm.gov/asd/cur valid and not accepted for filing unless rent_bid_solicitations Protestant provides with the protest an af- PROPOSALS RECEIVED fidavit stating that it AFTER THE DATE AND does not have one of TIME SPECIFIED ABOVE the above-listed ele- WILL NOT BE CONSIDments/requirements ERED AND WILL BE RE(phone number, mail- JECTED BY SANTA FE ing address, email ad- COUNTY. dress, etc.).

The objection to the ap- Pub: Jan 8, 2024 proval of the applica- LEGAL #92021 tion must be based on: (1) Impairment; if imPublic Notice pairment, you must specifically identify New Mexico Division your water rights; of Vocational and/or (2) Public Wel- Rehabilitation fare/Conservation of (NMDVR) will be Water; if public wel- soliciting comments fare or conservation of from the public water within the state regarding the updated of New Mexico, you version of the NMDVR shall be required to State Plan. No action provide evidence will be taken at these showing how you will meetings; instead, be substantially and staff will hold an specifically affected. informative discussion The written protest about the proposed must be filed, in tripli- changes. cate, with the State Engineer, District VI, Date: Bataan Memorial Friday, January 12th, Building, Room 102, PO 2024, 9:30 a.m.

Box 25102, Santa Fe, Location: NM 87504-5102 on or Zoom Meeting before Friday, March 1, 2024.

Facsimiles One tap mobile: (faxes) will be ac- US: +17193594580, cepted as a valid 93201582421#, protest if the hard *941390# or copy is hand-delivered +12532050468, or mailed and post- 93201582421#, marked within 24- *941390# hours of the facsimile. Meeting URL: Mailing postmark will https://zoom.us/j/932 be used to validate the 0 1 5 8 2 4 2 1 ? p w d = a k24-hour period. l a a X Z E W F R O c V B Protests can be faxed seUI3Y0IzVEZhdz09 to the Office of the Meeting ID: State Engineer, (505) 932 0158 2421 827-6682. If no valid Passcode: protest or objection is 941390 filed, the State Engineer will evaluate the Join by

by Telephone Telephone application in accor- For higher quality, dial dance with the provi- a number based on sions of Chapter 72 your current location.

NMSA 1978.

Dial: +1 719 359 4580 US This notice of publica- +1 253 205 0468 US tion is also posted on +1 253 215 8782 US the Office of the State (Tacoma) Engineer website at: +1 346 248 7799 US http://www.ose.state. Houston) nm.us/NFP/nfp.php +1 669 444 9171 US +1 669 900 9128 US Pub: Pub: Jan 1, 8, 15, (San Jose) Continued...

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO Margery A. Tartarka, Personal RepresentaFIRST JUDICIAL tive of the Estate of DISTRICT COURT Geraldine A. Aron COUNTY OF SANTA FE IN THE MATTER OF THE Submitted by: H E R D M A N ESTATE OF: DIANA MACGILLIVRAY JOAN BAKER, FULLERTON DECEASED CAMERON PUMAREJO HONEYCUTT PC No. D-101-PB-2023-00198 By: Melanie E. NOTICE TO CREDITORS MacGillivray Keely J. Simmonds NOTICE IS HEREBY Santa Fe Law Group GIVEN that the under- 123 E. Marcy Street, signed has been ap- Suite 200 Santa Fe, New Mexico pointed personal representative of this 87501 estate. All persons (505) 946-2801 having claims against (505) 946-2807 this estate are re- m e m @ s a n t a f e l a wgroup.com quired to present their claims within k j s @ s a n t a f e l a w four (4) months after group.com the date of the first Attorney for Margery publication of this No- A. Tartarka Personal Representatice or the claims will be forever tive of the barred. Claims must Estate of Geraldine A. be presented either to Aron the undersigned perPub: Jan 8, 15, 22, 2024 sonal representative in care LEGAL #92106 of its attorney, Carol A. Neelley, Carol Neelley, IN THE PROBATE P.C., 233 Johnson COURT COUNTY OF Street, SANTA FE STATE OF Santa Fe, New Mexico NEW MEXICO 87501, or filed with the First Judicial District NO. 2023-0281 Court, 225 Montezuma Ave. Santa Fe, NM IN THE MATTER OF THE 87501.

ESTATE OF SUE E. SUNDBERG, Deceased.

Dated: September 13, 2023 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Heritage Trust Company of New Mexico By: Alyssa M. Trujillo, Trust Officer 233 Johnson Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 Telephone: (575) 758-7700 E m a i l : atrujillo@htrust.com

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned personal representative has been appointed personal representative of this estate. Pursuant to NMSA 1978, § 45-3-801, all persons having claims against this estate are required to Prepared by: present their claims /s/ Carol A. Neellev within four months Carol A. Neelley after the date of the Carol A. Neelley, P.C. first publication of this 233 Johnson Street Notice or the claims Santa Fe NM 87501 will be forever barred.

Telephone: Claims must be pre(505) 982-9231 sented to the underFacsimile: signed personal (505) 983-8317 representative c/o Attorney for Heritage Melanie E. Trust Company of New MacGillivray, 123 E. Mexico Marcy Street, Suite 200, Santa Fe, New Pub: Dec 25, 2023, Jan Mexico 87501, or filed 1, 8, 2024 with the Santa Fe County Probate Court.

LEGAL #92043 David Sundberg, PerSTATE OF NEW MEXICO sonal Representative COUNTY OF SANTA FE of the Estate of Sue E. FIRST JUDICIAL Sundberg DISTRICT COURT Submitted by: No. H E R D M A N D-101-PB-2023-00288 MACGILLIVRAY FULLERTON IN THE MATTER OF THE CAMERON PUMAREJO ESTATE OF JUANITA HONEYCUTT PC ELLIBEE, DECEASED By: Melanie E. NOTICE TO CREDITORS MacGillivray Keely J. Simmonds NOTICE IS HEREBY Santa Fe Law Group GIVEN that STEVEN L. 123 E. Marcy Street, WOODARD has been Suite 200 appointed personal Santa Fe, New Mexico representative of this 87501 estate. All persons (505) 946-2801 having claims against (505) 946-2807 this estate are m e m @ s a n t a f e l a wrequired to present group.com their claims within k j s @ s a n t a f e l a w four (4) months after group.com the date of the first Attorneys for David publication of this no- Sundberg tice or within sixty (60) Personal Representadays after mailing or tive of the other delivery of this Estate of Sue E. Sundnotice, whichever is berg later, or the claims will be forever barred. Pub: Jan 8, 15, 22, 2024 Claims must be presented either to: 1) the LEGAL #92071 undersigned personal representative at his STATE OF NEW MEXICO attorney’s address as COUNTY OF SANTA FE listed below; or 2) filed FIRST JUDICIAL with the First Judicial DISTRICT District Court at the following address: 225 No. Montezuma Ave, Santa D-101-PB-2023-00327 Fe, New Mexico 87501.

DATED: December IN THE MATTER OF THE 14,2023 ESTATE OF STEVEN F. COLEMAN, Respectfully submit- Deceased. ted, HURLEY TOEVS STYLES Continued...

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HAMBLIN & NOTICE TO CREDITORS PANTER PA By: Electronically NOTICE IS HEREBY signed lsi Mandeep S. GIVEN that Linda a/k/a Talwar Mandeep S. Tal- Lolinda Henry has

D-101-PB-2023-00327

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATELEGALS OF STEVEN F. COLEMAN, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Linda a/k/a Lolinda Henry has been appointed Personal Representative of this estate. All persons having claims against this estate are required to present their claims within four months of the date of the first publication of this Notice or within sixty days of the mailing or other delivery of this notice, whichever is later, or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to the Personal Representative, at Post Office Box 2168, Albuquerque, NM 87103-2168, or filed with the First Judicial District Court, County of Santa Fe, at PO Box 2268, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2268.

Dated: December 29, 2023 MODRALL, SPERLING, ROEHL, HARRIS & SISK, P.A. Vanessa C. Kaczmarek Attorneys for Personal Representative 123 E Marcy, Suite 201 Santa Fe, NM 87501 Post Office Box 2168 Albuquerque, NM 87103 Telephone: (505) 8481800 PUB: Jan. 8, 15, 22, 2024 LEGAL #92094 Legal Publication RFP 2024-A04 Notice is hereby given that the County of Taos, New Mexico calls for sealed proposals for: Notice is hereby given that the County of Taos, New Mexico calls for sealed proposals for: RFP 2024-A04 – Revision and Update of Taos County Land Use Regulations and Subdivision Regulations Interested parties may obtain a copy of the Request for Proposals (RFP), including specifications, instructions to Offerors, timeline and RFP forms online at https://www.bidnetdirect.com/newmexico/nmaces (must be a registered vendor/free registration is available) or upon request to upon request to the Procurement Manager, Tammy West at m.a@nmaces.org, or by telephone at 575-626-1970.

Proposals must be electronically submitted by the date and time set forth in the RFP documents and shall be uploaded online at https://www.bidnetdirect.com/new-mexico/nmaces.

Timely submission means that the proposal must be uploaded electronically to the procurement portal by 2:00 PM MST on the date specified (unless date is extended through formal addendum). Proposals received after the deadline will be considered unresponsive.

Taos County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and waive all formalities.

By Order of the Governing Body Taos County Commission Elsa Vigil, Chief Procurement Officer Pub: Jan 8, 2024 LEGAL #92095 Legal Publication RFP 2024-A04 Notice is hereby given that the County of Taos, New Mexico calls for sealed proposals for: Notice is hereby given that the County of Taos, New Mexico calls for sealed proposals for: RFP 2024-A04 – Revision and Update of Taos County Land Use Regulations and Subdivision Regulations

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By Order of the Governing Body Taos County Commission Elsa Vigil, Chief Procurement Officer Pub: Jan 8, 2024 LEGAL #93010 Legal Notice

Request for Proposals (RFP) 2024-003 for One Stop Operator The Northern Area Local Workforce Development Board (NALWDB) is seeking competitive proposals from public or private agencies or other entities with the capacity and expertise to provide the role of the One Stop Operator to the Northern Area Local Workforce Development Board and to provide services as an entity that will coordinate the service delivery of participating One Stop partners within the 10 counties of Northern New Mexico. The term of the contract awarded under this solicitation will be up to 4 years beginning July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 with options to renew for a total of four years, including all extensions and renewals.

Proposals must be received at NALWDB offices by 4:00 PM on April 25, 2024. Interested bidders can, as of January 8, 2024, obtain a copy of the RFP package from the NALWDB website, www.northernboard.o rg or pick up a copy from the NALWDB office located at 525 Camino De Los Marquez, Suite 250 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The RFP package will not be mailed since it is fully available on the NALWDB web site and from NALWDB offices.

All inquiries on the RFP should be directed to the RFP Procurement Officer at the NALWDB address listed above, by calling (505)9860363 or by email at procurementofficer@n alwdb.org Pub: Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024 LEGAL #92107

FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE No. D-101-PB-2023-00241 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF STEPHEN MARCO PACHECO, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of this estate.

All persons having claims against this estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to the undersigned personal representative c/o Melanie MacGillivray, Santa Fe Law Group, 123 E. Marcy Street, Suite 200, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, or filed with the First Judicial District Court, Santa Fe County, New Mexico.

Fen Wang, Personal Representative of the Estate of Stephen Marco Pacheco

Submitted By: H E R D M A N MACGILLIVRAY FULLERTON CAMERON PUMAREJO Interested parties may HONEYCUTT PC obtain a copy of the Request for Proposals By: Melanie E. (RFP), including speci- MacGillivray fications, instructions Santa Fe Law Group to Offerors, timeline 123 E. Marcy Street, and RFP forms online Suite 200 at https://www.bid- Santa Fe, New Mexico netdirect.com/new- 87501 mexico/nmaces (must (505) 946-2801 be a registered ven- m e m @ s a n t a f e l a wdor/free registration is group.com available) or upon re- Attorney for Fen Wang quest to upon request Personal Representato the Procurement tive of the Manager, Tammy West Estate of Stephen at m.a@nmaces.org, Marco Pacheco or by telephone at 575626-1970.

Pub: Jan 8, 15, 22, 2024 Proposals must be electronically submitted by the date and time set forth in the RFP documents and shall be uploaded online at https://www.bidnetdirect.com/new-mexico/nmaces.

Timely submission means that the proposal must be uploaded electronically to the procurement portal by 2:00 PM MST on the date specified (unless date is extended through forContinued... mal addendum). Proposals received after the deadline will be considered unresponsive.

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17 Not quite right 18 Wander 19 1/5 of a nickel 20 Make history at the Olympics, say 23 They can be boosted or inflated 24 Calvin and Hobbes, for one 25 Totally reverse one’s losing position 31 Impersonate 32 Sets (down) 33 Nowhere to be found, for short 35 Palindromic boy 36 Play on the radio 37 Dada’s mama, maybe 38 Summer zodiac sign 39 “Hey, you!”

41 Followers of an “enduring” philosophy 43 Have an impact that can be gauged

46 Historic stretch 47 “Gracious me!”

48 Keep going without faltering one bit 54 Shoulder muscle, informally 55 “Oh, sure it is!”

56 Allow entrance 58 Mineral known as the “imperial gem” 59 Info on a “Hello” tag 60 Nintendo enthusiast, e.g.

61 What a toddler in a snowsuit might be pulling 62 Like Death Valley’s climate 63 Child’s bedtime request DOWN 1 Upbeat precursor to reggae 2 Scottish caps 3 Lake bordering Ohio and New York 4 Radio band for news and talk formats 5 Layered pasta dish 6 From the beginning

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25 Clan symbol 26 “So are we!”

27 Top-of-the-line

28 La Brea ___ Pits 29 Content of a clickable envelope icon 30 “Well, ___ you asked …”

31 Experienced campaigner, for short 34 Little Energizers 36 Volcanic cloud component 37 Silently greeted 39 Cheeky 40 Energy needed to power through 41 Sonic the Hedgehog company 42 Loose-leaf alternatives

44 Blew off steam 45 Prepared one’s home for a newborn 48 Handout following a shuffle 49 Bygone, in Chaucer’s tales 50 Letter-shaped beam 51 Trucker’s ride 52 Bullets and such 53 Feature of a tall cake 54 Workers at dance clubs who 20-, 25-, 43- and 48-Across 57 “You’ll never know until you ___!”

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HOROSCOPE The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Jan. 24, 2024: You are courageous and forceful. You are also hardworking because you want the respect of others. This is a busy year!

Tonight: Postpone plans.

and fuzzy and the source of pleasure for you. Tonight: Cope.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Today is a mixed bag. It’s a good day to get things done through teamwork. It’s also a great day to travel, make travel plans or explore legal matters.

Tonight: Postpone decisions.

MOON ALERT: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Sagittarius.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH The energy out there today is strong, which is why everyone is eager to cooperate and communicate with each other. Nevertheless, conversations with a close friend or partner might be fuzzy and confusing. Tonight: Listen carefully.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Today you might be intrigued by someone who is different. In fact, a romance or a soft flirtation might percolate.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Even though issues related to work, your health or a pet might be confusing today, these same areas are also warm

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Parents have some kind of confusion with their kids.

Likewise, romantic partners could be misleading. Make no assumptions. Wait for the facts before you crucify anyone, because things are not as they seem. Tonight: Creativity!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You’re in party mode!

Social outings, the arts, the entertainment world, romantic diversions and sports are tops on your agenda. Tonight: Relax.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH You might deal with parents or authority figures in the family, especially because you want to organize things

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at home. However, conversations might be misunderstood.

Tonight: Daydreams.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH This is a poor day for important financial decisions.

Admittedly, you’re tempted to spend money on beautiful things that have a strong emotional appeal to you. Wait a day.

Tonight: Don’t shop.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Today the Moon is in your sign lined up with Venus also in your sign, which combine to make this a lovely day for romance and schmoozing with others! Tonight: Agree to nothing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Expect to get a lot done when working with others,

because you’re full of positive, energetic vibes today. Nevertheless, be aware that something sneaky might be going on behind the scenes. Tonight: Solitude.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH This is a great day to schmooze with others and network with friends and groups.

In fact, you will get a lot done.

People will be positive. Nevertheless, someone might not be honest with you. Tonight: Schmooze.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Be careful dealing with parents, bosses and VIPs today, because confusion in your communications will lead you in the wrong direction or leave you perplexed. Double-check what others expect of you. Tonight: Double-check instructions.

SHEINWOLD’S BRIDGE

Today is Monday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2024. There are 358 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On Jan. 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union address, declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America.”

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Dinner guest never brings host gift Dear Annie: My wife and I have a close friend whom, in non-pandemic times, we invited over for dinner or cocktails at least once or twice a week. We’ve spent many holidays together over the last 10 or so years.

We love her like a sister.

The only problem is she never brings anything to our house, and I mean never.

She also has never invited us over to her house for drinks, dinner or anything, except to take care of her animals when she is gone on shopping trips. Once in a while, like on holidays, we’ve tried asking her to bring a dessert or something like that, and she’s acted like it’s a real pain. The one time that she agreed to bring a dessert, she asked us to pick up the ingredients and said she’d make it at our place. How do we bring up our frustrations with this? We don’t want to hurt her feelings. But come on, enough is enough.

— Hosed Host Dear Hosed: With friends like you, who needs restaurants? Seriously, though, you shouldn’t be shy about expressing your feelings; she’s certainly had no problem expressing hers. It doesn’t have to be a dramatic confrontation. Just let her know that you love spending time with her but it’s a lot of work for you two to always host, and that it would be a big help if she could bring over food and/or drinks whenever you get together. No good friend would react badly to that.

Dear Annie: Last weekend, I had to complete an eight-hour project with a man I’d never met before. It was an incredibly long day — because this man talked constantly! It was continuous, nonstop talk about anything and everything, from his divorce, to his children, to his health, to his house, etc.

If I had something to say or comment on, he would briefly listen, but then he would get right back into constant chatter. I now know everything about this man that I don’t care to know.

What causes someone to talk nonstop?

Don’t they realize that it’s annoying?

— Carrying Earplugs From Now On Dear Earplugs: There are many possible causes for excessive, nonstop talking, including mental illnesses, brain injury, hearing loss, fear of silence and just plain old selfabsorption. Some overtalkers may recognize that it’s irritating but find it difficult to stop.

Some might lack self-awareness. In some cases, it can help to confirm that you’ve heard them by repeating a brief summary of it back to them. In others, directness is the only option — e.g., a simple statement such as “I’d like some time to focus on the work, please,” said with a smile. It might feel awkward for a moment, but it’s better than seething for eight hours.

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