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1924 was the breakthrough year for the Brothers Gershwin. George’s Rhapsody in Blue premiered in January, and he and Ira joined forces for their first Broadway show, Lady Be Good!, in December.

Both were enormous hits and RENESAN is celebrating their centennial with special programming.

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Agency, official faced criticism over pace of disaster aid response

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The director of the office tasked with administering about $4 billion in relief funding for people who suffered losses caused by the Forest Service-set Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire is leaving her post as part of the consolidation of recovery operations in New Mexico.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Angela Gladwell’s departure Wednesday.

FEMA plans to create a new chief operating officer position to lead the long-term recovery efforts and “reflect the change in focus from development to effective delivery at the local level,” FEMA said in a news release.

“For those with ongoing claims, rest assured — this transition won’t have any adverse impact on your claim,” the agency said in the statement.

Gladwell’s departure comes amid ongoing criticism of FEMA’s processing of claims from people who suffered losses in the fire, which began when two prescribed burns set by the U.S. Forest Service in 2022 combined to become the state’s largest-ever wildfire. The fire swept through 341,000 acres in the mountains east of Santa Fe, destroying hundreds of homes and displacing thousands of residents in rural villages throughout the area.

Among the complaints are allegations FEMA was slow to disburse relief funding, didn’t produce requested public records about the funding fully or in a timely manner, failed to respond to or pay claims within required timelines and attempted to pressure claimants into negotiating settlements without the involvement of their attorneys.

Attorney Brian Colón, whose firm represents dozens of plaintiffs who say FEMA didn’t respond to their claims within a 180-day period outlined in statute, said he was “thrilled” to learn the office will

By Daniel J. Chacón

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Almost a year ago, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham created an advisory council to recommend reforms for the state’s troubled child welfare agency.

Since then, two of the seven members have stepped down, and the council has yet to issue any proposals to improve the Children, Youth and Families Department.

The resignations from the Policy Advisory Council and its lack of formal recommendations sparked harsh criticism of the agency Thursday during a presentation on the future of CYFD and child well-being in New Mexico.

Sen. Crystal Diamond Brantley, R-Elephant Butte, led the charge.

“The governor’s laid out her priorities for public safety, and a lot of those are gun bills that are proposed,” she said during a meeting of the Senate Finance Committee. “I’m going to point out to New Mexicans that more children have died in the last year ... under CYFD than

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Presbyterian-affiliated nonprofit seeking to double ambulance rates Albuquerque Ambulance Service, which operates across region, says increase would be first since 2014

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The cost of an ambulance ride from the state’s largest medical provider would nearly double if New Mexico regulators approve a rate increase proposed by a nonprofit arm of Presbyterian Healthcare Services.

A hearing for Albuquerque Ambulance Service’s request to significantly increase many of the rates it charges for patient transport is scheduled April 15 before the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission.

The company operates ambulances services not just in Albu-

querque but throughout the region, including in Santa Fe, Rio Arriba and Sandoval counties.

If the rate increase goes into effect, the average cost of an ambulance ride — or a patient’s pre-hospital bill — would increase by about 88% to $1,393.99, according to the company’s application with the commission.

Along with doubling charges for some of its services, the company wants to increase its per-mile fee to $13.75 from $11.

In the rate case application, executives of the ambulance company cite a need for the increases due to

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ABOVE: Second grade teacher Katie Wiederholt uses examples to reinforce a new unit in the structured literacy curriculum Thursday at Amy Biehl Community School. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday announced her proposal to establish a new literacy institute to help students reading below grade level. BELOW: From left, second graders Malilah Romero, Karen Ortiz, Kayliana Baca and Olivia Gallegos find a quiet corner to practice their reading Thursday.

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Teacher Katie Wiederholt — Miss Katie — used hand and finger signals to break some of the words apart, sounding out each individual letter to help students connect the dots between sounds and letters. The kids mirrored her actions and repeated the words, striving for perfect pronunciation.

Welcome to the world of structured literacy, an approach to teaching and learning to read in which students decode words by learning the sounds letters

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IN BRIEF Astronauts from Turkey, Sweden and Italy head to space station CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Turkey’s first astronaut along with a Swede and an Italian were on the way Thursday to the International Space Station on a chartered SpaceX flight.

The Falcon rocket blasted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in late afternoon, carrying the three men, all with military pilot experience and representing their homelands. Their escort on the trip: a retired NASA astronaut who now works for the company that arranged the private flight.

Their capsule should reach the space station on Saturday. They will spend two weeks performing experiments, chatting up schoolchildren and soaking in the views of Earth, before returning home.

It’s costing each of the three countries $55 million or more. That’s the rough per-person price for the trip, the third such journey organized by the Houston company Axiom Space with NASA and SpaceX.

Study shows testing wastewater can find mpox in a community NEW YORK — Wastewater testing does a good job at detecting mpox infections, U.S. health officials said in a report Thursday that bolsters a push to use sewage to track more diseases.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers found a 32% likelihood the tests over the course of a week would detect the presence of at least one person infected with mpox in a population ranging from thousands to millions.

Amy Kirby, who oversees the CDC’s wastewater surveillance work, said initially they didn’t know if the tests would work for a rare infection like mpox.

“It turns out it worked really very well,” she said.

The chance the tests could detect infections rose as more people were infected. When there were 15 or more people infected in a community, there was a 76% chance wastewater testing could find mpox.

Music publication Pitchfork to be merged with ‘GQ,’ ending an era The mass media company Condé Nast is merging the digital music publication Pitchfork with monthly men’s magazine GQ, the company’s global editorial director, Anna Wintour, announced this week.

Pitchfork Editor-in-Chief Puja Patel and other members of the staff were laid off following Wednesday’s announcement, making it clear an era was ending for the 28-year-old digital publication that began as a loudmouth upstart blog in 1995 and became a bully tastemaker before Condé Nast purchased it in 2016. From there, Pitchfork continued to expand its coverage beyond the white, male-centric indie bands it was founded on.

Embattled Georgia DA seeks to quash subpoena in divorce case ATLANTA — Fani Willis, the district attorney prosecuting the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump, is trying to quash a subpoena seeking her testimony in the divorce proceedings of a special prosecutor she hired to manage the case.

A court filing last week accused Willis of having a romantic relationship with the prosecutor, Nathan Wade.

Joycelyn Wade’s lawyer subpoenaed Willis last week, requiring her to be deposed Jan. 23. On Thursday, Willis responded with a filing stating she “lacks personal knowledge of any matter that is relevant” to the divorce. The filing also stated Joycelyn Wade had “conspired” with “interested parties” in the Trump case “to annoy, embarrass and oppress” Willis.

The motion containing the relationship accusation was filed by Michael Roman, one of Trump’s 14 co-defendants in the criminal case. It provided no proof of the relationship but said it amounted to a conflict of interest and seeks to have Wade, Willis and her office dismissed from the case.

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Bipartisan votes in Senate, House kick crisis to March

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Brett Cross listens with others who lost family members in the May 24, 2022, shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, during a news conference Thursday after the Justice Department released a report critical of the police response.

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DOJ report faults police response in Uvalde Victims in Texas elementary school ‘deserved better,’ AG says

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UVALDE, Texas olice officials who responded to the deadly Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting waited far too long to confront the gunman, acted with “no urgency” in establishing a command post and communicated inaccurate information to grieving families, according to a Justice Department report released Thursday that identifies “cascading failures” in law enforcement’s handling of the massacre.

The Justice Department report, the most comprehensive federal accounting of the maligned police response to the May 24, 2022, shooting at Robb Elementary School, catalogs a sweeping array of training, communication, leadership and technology problems federal officials say contributed to the crisis lasting far longer than necessary. All the while, the report says, terrified students inside the classrooms called 911 and agonized parents begged officers to go in.

“Had law enforcement agencies followed generally accepted practices in active shooter situations and gone right after the shooter and stopped him, lives would have been saved, and people would have survived,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday at a news conference in Uvalde after Justice Department officials briefed family members on their findings. The Uvalde victims, he said, “deserved better.”

Even for a mass shooting that has already been the subject of intense scrutiny and in-depth examinations — an earlier report

by Texas lawmakers, for instance, faulted law enforcement at every level with failing “to prioritize saving innocent lives over their own safety” — the nearly 600-page Justice Department report adds to the public understanding of how officers failed to stop an attack that killed 19 children and two staff members.

The flawed initial response was compounded in the following days by an ineptitude that added to family members’ anguish, according to the report.

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One family member spent hours pulling glass out of an injured son’s body because some of the surviving children had not been screened for medical care. A county district attorney told families they would need to wait for autopsy results before death notifications were made, prompting some to yell: “What, our kids are dead? No, no!”

Hospital staff “untrained in delivering painful news” told some family members their loved ones had died, while in other cases, families received incorrect information suggesting a dead child had survived. At one point, an official told waiting families another bus of survivors was coming; that was untrue.

“Mirroring the failures of the law enforcement response, state and local agencies failed to coordinate, leading to inaccurate and incomplete information being provided to anxious family and community members and the public,” said Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta.

The law enforcement response was massive, comprising at least 380 personnel from 24 local, county, state and federal agencies. But the problems began almost immediately with a flawed assumption by officers the shooter was barricaded, or otherwise contained, even as he continued to fire shots. That “mindset permeated throughout much of the incident response” as police, rather than rushing inside the classrooms to end the carnage, waited more than an hour to confront the gunman in what the report called a costly “lack of urgency.”

The gunman, Salvador Ramos, was killed roughly 77 minutes after police arrived on the scene, when a tactical team finally went into the classroom to take him down.

“An active shooter with access to victims should never be considered and treated as a barricaded subject,” the report says, with the word “never” emphasized in italics.

Uvalde, a community of more than 15,000 about 85 miles southwest of San Antonio, continues to struggle with the trauma left by the killings and remains divided on the issue of accountability. Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell has said she’s still considering whether to bring criminal charges.

Canadian court to say what’s owed for treaty breaches

By Amanda Coletta The Washington Post

Patricia Tangie’s ancestors thought they had a deal.

More than 170 years ago, before Canada confederated in 1867, Indigenous people in what’s now Northern Ontario signed treaties, ceding a vast territory north of Lake Superior and Lake Huron to the Crown in exchange for a promise: The wealth flowing from the land would be shared with them.

Their descendants argue the Crown has long broken that promise, turning

a profit from the minerals buried deep beneath the ground and the trees reaching high into the sky, while they are shackled by poverty, inadequate housing and poorer health outcomes than nonIndigenous Canadians.

Now, that broken promise is at the center of a legal fight that could end with the largest litigation award in Canada’s history and dictate how resource revenue is shared with Indigenous people in the future.

The case turns in part on a clause found in no other treaty in Canada.

Treaty interpretation is based on the text, oral pledges and the context of the negotiation, said Kate Gunn, a partner at First Peoples Law in Vancouver. She said most, if not all, First Nation treaty parties understood “they agreed to share land and continue to benefit from it in a way that’s very similar to what the parties are arguing here.”

In 2018, Ontario Superior Court Justice Patricia Hennessy agreed with the First Nations groups the court had the “authority and the imperative” to determine what they are owed.

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Congress on Thursday passed legislation to keep the federal government open into March, approving the third stopgap spending bill in four months as lawmakers struggle to agree on longterm government funding plans.

The bill extends deadlines to March 1 and March 8. Money for roughly 20% of government — including the Transportation Department, some veterans’ assistance, and food and drug safety programs — had been set to expire just after midnight early Saturday. The remainder — which funds the Defense and State departments, among other critical functions — would have expired Feb. 2 without the new extension.

The Senate passed the legislation, 77-18, Thursday afternoon. The House followed suit, 314-108, hours later, after GOP hard-liners launched a last-minute pressure campaign to attach partisan border security measures to the funding package. The votes send the legislation to President Joe Biden to sign into law and avert a partial shutdown ahead of the deadline.

The stopgap spending bill, called a continuing resolution, is intended to give lawmakers in both chambers time to draft and vote on a full slate of annual spending, or appropriations bills, for the rest of the 2024 fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.

“We have good news for America: There will not be a shutdown on Friday because both sides have worked together,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the Senate floor Thursday.

Schumer and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., agreed to a $1.66 trillion appropriations deal earlier this month, covering all of what’s known in federal budgeting as discretionary spending.

But lawmakers didn’t have time to negotiate and enact the finer details of the package before this weekend’s deadline.

That deal, which largely follows an agreement Biden struck with Johnson’s predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in 2023, would increase total spending this year by $28 billion over the previous fiscal year’s $1.63 trillion in discretionary spending — an amount that, accounting for inflation, represents a cut in real dollars.

Lawmakers will have to move fast to pass the 12 appropriations bills. The House and Senate are only in session together six days between Friday and March 1, the first deadline of Thursday’s bill, and 10 days between Friday and March 8, the second deadline.

The deal could exacerbate tensions between the speaker and the House Freedom Caucus, a group of archconservatives who have been a thorn in the side of GOP leadership for nearly a decade.

Hours before the Senate approved the funding extension, the Freedom Caucus made a final appeal to Johnson to consider attaching border security policies amid a faceoff on the issue between the White House and Congress.

The group’s chairman, Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., and other members pitched a plan to attach House Republicans’ partisan bill without some controversial policies.

In exchange, they would support a rule vote — a procedural hurdle they have voted against in the past to stall floor business — that would allow the funding bill with the border security legislation to move forward for a vote.

Johnson rejected that deal and relied on Democrats to support the spending bill through a process called “suspension of the rules,” which avoids certain procedural steps but allows bills to pass with a two-thirds majority.

Many in the GOP conference have pushed Johnson to ignore the hard-right flank’s demands, which often can’t be met.

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Israel rejects calls to scale back assault U.S. strikes Houthis

By Josef Federman, Najib Jobain and Jack Jeffery The Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday rejected U.S. calls to scale back Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip or take steps toward the establishment of a Palestinian state after the war, drawing an immediate scolding from the White House.

The tense back and forth reflected what has become a wide rift between the two allies over the scope of Israel’s war and its plans for the future of the beleaguered territory.

“We obviously see it differently,” White House national security spokesman John Kirby said.

Netanyahu spoke just a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Israel would never have “genuine security” without a pathway toward Palestinian independence.

Earlier this week, the White House said it was the “right time” for Israel to lower the intensity of its devastating military offensive in Gaza.

In a nationally televised news conference, Netanyahu struck a defiant tone, repeatedly saying Israel would not halt its offensive until it realizes its goals of destroying Gaza’s Hamas militant group and bringing home hostages still held by Hamas.

He rejected claims by a growing chorus of Israeli critics those goals are not achievable, vowing to press ahead for many months.

“We will not settle for anything short of an absolute victory,” Netanyahu said.

Israel launched the offensive after an unprecedented cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7 that killed 1,200 people and took some 250 others hostage. Roughly 130 hostages are believed by Israel to remain in Hamas captivity. The war has stoked tensions across the region, threatening to ignite other conflicts.

Israel’s assault, one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns in recent history, has killed nearly 25,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities, caused widespread destruction and uprooted over 80% of the territory’s 2.3 million people from their homes.

After initially giving Israel wall-to-wall support in the early days of the war, the United States, Israel’s closest ally, has begun to express misgivings and urged Netanyahu to spell out his vision for postwar Gaza.

The United States has said the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority, which governs semi-autonomous zones in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, should be “revitalized” and return to Gaza. Hamas ousted the authority from Gaza in 2007.

The U.S. has also called for steps toward the establishment of a Palestinian state. The Palestinians seek Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem for their state.

Those areas were captured by Israel in 1967.

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Smoke rises Thursday after an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Speaking Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Blinken said the two-state solution was the best way to protect Israel, unify moderate Arab countries and isolate Israel’s arch-enemy, Iran.

Without a “pathway to a Palestinian state,” he said, Israel would not “get genuine security.”

Netanyahu, who leads a farright government opposed to Palestinian statehood, repeated his longstanding opposition to

a two-state solution. He said a Palestinian state would become a launching pad for attacks on Israel. He said Israel “must have security control over the entire territory west of the Jordan River,” adding: “That collides with the idea of sovereignty.

What can we do?”

“This truth I tell to our American friends, and I put the brakes on the attempt to coerce us to a reality that would endanger the state of Israel,” he said.

For the fifth time in a week, the United States on Thursday attacked Houthi anti-ship missiles in Yemen, the U.S. military said, underscoring the resilience of the Iran-backed militia’s arsenal and its goal of disrupting vital international shipping lanes.

The series of strikes and the Houthis’ defiance have fueled fears the widening conflicts of the Middle East could worsen and provoke deeper military involvement by the United States and its allies.

The region is tense from military strikes and violence involving a range of countries, factions and motivations. Israel has for months waged war against another Iran-backed group, Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, and has clashed with a third, Hezbollah, along its border with Lebanon.

In the wake of a terrorist attack at home, Iran this week fired missiles at targets in Iraq and Pakistan, and then Pakistan carried out strikes inside Iran.

The Houthis, who have portrayed their attacks on ships as a battle to force Israel to end its campaign in Gaza, have defied demands to cease their attacks.

The U.S. military conducted the strikes against two Houthi anti-ship missiles preparing to launch into the southern Red Sea, the Pentagon’s Central Command said in a statement.

U.S. forces had determined the missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen were “an imminent threat to merchant vessels and U.S. Navy ships in the region.” The strikes Thursday came after Navy vessels fired Tomahawk cruise missiles to destroy 14 missiles and launchers Wednesday, and the U.S. carried out airstrikes against four other missiles Tuesday.

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ISLAMABAD — In an expansion of hostilities rippling through the region, Pakistan said it had carried out airstrikes inside Iran, a day after Iranian forces attacked what they said were militant camps in Pakistan.

The Pakistani Foreign Affairs Ministry said the country’s forces had conducted “precision military strikes” against what it called terrorist hideouts in southeastern Iran. Iranian officials said nine people were killed, including four children, and Pakistani officials said the death toll of the Iranian strikes included at least two children.

A senior Pakistani security official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Pakistan had struck at least seven locations used by separatists from the Baluch ethnic group about 30 miles inside the Iranian border. The official said air force fighter jets and drones had been used in the Pakistani retaliatory strikes.

Pakistan’s strikes came a day after Iran’s surprise attacks within the borders of Pakistan and Iraq, which Iran said were aimed at militant training camps and a response to domestic terrorism.

In a statement, Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the attacks, calling them “unbalanced and unacceptable,” and saying the Islamic Republic “considers the security of its people and its territorial integrity as a red line.”

Iran’s minister of interior, Ahmad Vahidi, said nine people had been killed in the attacks, including four children and three women. Speaking to state television, he said the people were from Pakistan and not Iranian citizens and had been killed when their homes, near the town of Saravan near the Pakistan border, were hit by the strikes.

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Trump campaign aims to wrap up nomination quickly

By Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan and Shane Goldmacher The New York Times

With five days left until the New Hampshire primary, Donald Trump and his allies are stepping up their efforts to muscle Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis out of the Republican presidential race by casting Trump’s nomination as inevitable.

The strategy reflects an urgent desire to end the race quickly and avoid an extended and expensive battle for delegates heading into Super Tuesday on March 5.

Trump is facing 91 criminal charges in four jurisdictions, as well as two costly civil trials, where he has used voluntary appearances at New York courthouses this month as public relations and fundraising vehicles. But February offers him few such opportunities, meaning he would need to rely on his political strength alone to generate momentum for Super Tuesday, when voters in 16 states and territories will cast ballots for the nomination.

In New Hampshire, Trump began attacking Haley with paid advertising weeks ago, and intensified the onslaught more recently with sharper personal criticisms and campaign statements portraying her as a China-loving globalist. On Tuesday, he went after Haley, the daughter of immigrants from India, on his social media website, using her birth name — Nimarata, which he misspelled as “Nimrada” — as a dog whistle, much like his exaggerated enunciation of former President Barack Obama’s middle name, “Hussein.”

And he has grown more aggressive on the campaign trail. In Portsmouth, N.H., on Wednesday night, he said of Haley, “I don’t know that she’s a Democrat, but she’s very close. She’s far too close for you.”

But his team is looking ahead to the South Carolina primary Feb. 24 as a “Waterloo” for his primary rivals, according to one Trump adviser, likening the state to the battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat. Their aim is to humiliate her in her home state.

“South Carolina is where Nikki Haley’s dreams go to die,” another senior Trump adviser, Chris LaCivita, said in a brief interview.

Trump has been privately courting Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, hoping to win his endorsement before the primary. Trump allies who have relationships with Scott, including Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, have been assisting the effort.

Republicans across the country, including senators who were previously skeptical of Trump, are assisting his strategy by consolidating their support, rushing to declare the race over, rolling out endorsements and demanding that his rivals quit immediately to “unify” the party against President Joe Biden.

Their efforts are being aided by the conservative news media, which has turned sharply against DeSantis after giving his candidacy favorable coverage early on.

The inevitability strategy also appears to be bearing fruit within the business community. On Wednesday morning, one of Wall Street’s most powerful CEOs, Jamie Dimon, the head of JPMorgan Chase — who as recently as November urged donors to “help Nikki Haley” — praised aspects of Trump’s record and scolded Democrats for vilifying the former president’s Make America Great Again movement.

Haley and DeSantis both insist their campaigns are alive and well, with plans to compete deep into March. But the reality is that a comeback victory would represent one of the greatest upsets in modern American political history. That would be especially true if Trump wins New Hampshire, since no Republican who has won two of the first three traditional early states — Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina — has ever lost the party’s nomination.

Haley finished a disappointing third in Monday’s Iowa caucuses but is facing what polls suggest is more favorable terrain in New Hampshire, where unaffiliated voters can cast ballots in the primary and where her allies argue even a close second could provide a rationale to stay in the race. Even there, however, she needs a large turnout of unaffiliated voters to overcome Trump’s overwhelming backing from Republicans.

“She basically has to turn the Republican primary into the unaffiliated primary,” LaCivita, the senior Trump adviser, said of the state.

Haley’s path to a competitive race seems more visible than DeSantis’, but only barely: She must win the New Hampshire primary Tuesday or come in a very close second, and ride a wave of media momentum for a month before tackling Trump head-on in the state she used to govern, South Carolina, where he has a huge lead and endorsements from powerful politicians there, including the governor.

In New Hampshire, the Trump campaign is trying to engage what one adviser called a “pincer” — squeezing Haley from both ends of the ideological

Haley finds ‘independent voter’ in N.H. a broad spectrum

By Jonathan Weisman, Katie Glueck and Nick Corasaniti

The New York Times

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A supporter of former President Donald Trump waves flags outside of his campaign rally Wednesday in Portsmouth, N.H. Trump is looking to lock up the Republican nomination by Super Tuesday on March 5, but Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis insist they plan to compete deep into March.

spectrum. An advertising campaign began lacing into her on immigration (hitting her from the right) before criticizing her for wanting to raise the retirement age for Social Security (hitting her from the left).

Haley is trying to portray Trump and Biden as two of the same: Disliked elderly politicians who are exacerbating chaos and division in America. It’s a message tailored for independent voters who have tired of Trump, but the message will most likely have far less purchase among Republican voters.

While Haley is courting independent voters in New Hampshire, it’s harder to see how a Republican candidate can win a Republican nomination without much stronger support from Republicans.

On Wednesday, Haley’s campaign manager, Betsy Ankney, rejected the notion that Haley’s strategy was to rely on independent and crossover Democratic voters to make up for softer support among Republicans.

Ankney said the strategy has always been to do well in New Hampshire, roll out with momentum into South Carolina and then go head-to-head against Trump on Super Tuesday, when independents have historically made a difference in open or semi-open primaries, including in 2016 for Trump.

Polls showing Trump far ahead in Texas and other Super Tuesday states should not be taken seriously, Ankney insisted, because “people have not started to pay attention” in those states and “there has been zero advertising.”

The Haley campaign is optimistic that she can perform especially strongly in March states that have larger populations of college-educated voters, including Virginia.

Trump’s team is far less worried about DeSantis, who finished in second place in Iowa just 2 points ahead of Haley, but who is far behind in New

Hampshire. The Trump team suspects DeSantis will struggle to keep his candidacy financially afloat long enough to compete seriously on Super Tuesday.

The DeSantis path beyond February is murky — a fact reflected by the pro-DeSantis super political action committee’s decision Wednesday to lay off staff in some of its March 5 states.

But the DeSantis team insists the candidate has no plans to drop out before South Carolina.

A majority of DeSantis’ staff is moving to South Carolina, and he will mostly stop campaigning in New Hampshire after his events Wednesday, according to a person familiar with his plans, who insisted on anonymity.

The fact that South Carolina was his first stop after Iowa was described as an intentional signal about his electoral calculations.

On a staff call after Iowa, DeSantis’ campaign manager, James Uthmeier, described DeSantis’ view: The caucuses showed that Trump doesn’t have the standing he once did after getting just over 50%, and that Republicans want an alternative, according to people familiar with what was said.

DeSantis’ advisers remain furious at the Haley camp’s decision to spend more than $20 million attacking DeSantis on television ads before Iowa, which a top aide publicly described as “greed” before the caucuses and insisted was meant to help Trump. The DeSantis team has openly accused Haley of campaigning to become Trump’s running mate and not to win, a claim she has denied.

Another element of Trump’s inevitability messaging is his growing discussion of possible personnel for a second term. Trump, who out of superstition has long avoided discussing who might serve in his administration, has begun indulging discussions of who might serve alongside him.

Nikki Haley’s presidential aspirations may hang on a victory in the New Hampshire primary election Tuesday, powered by her sway with people who do not belong to a political party. It’s not a bad bet in a state where about 40% of voters call themselves independents.

The problem with her plan: Those voters come in all shapes and stripes, and many of them aren’t open to her.

Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, has won over plenty of voters in the middle in New Hampshire. They include moderate, conservative-leaning independents chased from the Republican Party by former President Donald Trump.

And about 4,000 Democrats have re-registered as Republicans or independents to vote in the GOP primary, in some cases to thwart Trump’s steady march to the nomination.

But New Hampshire’s potentially crucial primary will also include many other types of voters who have chosen to keep their distance from both parties: ◆ Independents on the left who are loyal to their next-door senator, Bernie Sanders. ◆ Independents on the right who plan to vote in the Democratic primary against President Joe Biden. ◆ True swing voters who are up for grabs in every election. ◆ And working-class Trump supporters who don’t want to belong to a Republican Party long associated with the rich — but who are very much in the former president’s camp.

“Our country was thriving when he was in last time, so I’m going to go with what I know,” said Stacy Kolofoles of Laconia, who is a longtime independent but nonetheless “can’t see myself ever voting for a Democrat.”

Two dozen interviews with New Hampshire independents revealed stark challenges as well as ample opportunities for Haley as she courts the state’s largest political constituency. A new poll from Saint Anselm College spelled it out: Trump led Haley by 65% to 25% among likely Republican voters in the state, while she edged him among unaffiliated voters by a considerably narrower margin, 52% to 37%.

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operating losses in recent years amid rising costs for equipment and personnel, along with rates that have remained unchanged since 2014.

Presbyterian spokeswoman Alyssa Armijo provided a statement to The New Mexican on behalf of the company’s chief, Julia Heinz, that said the company “continues to see higher supply and labor costs.”

“Due to these higher costs, we submitted a request to the Public Regulation Commission asking for an increase to our tariff rate, our first since 2014,” the statement said. “The increase would allow us to continue to invest in new equipment, provide competitive salaries for staff, and deliver critical care in Santa Fe and across the state.”

Heinz did not return a phone call seeking an interview. She and Armijo declined to immediately answer questions about the rate increase request.

The company is the highest-volume provider of emergency and nonemergency medical transportation services in the state.

Only 1.3% of Albuquerque Ambulance Service’s transport calls originated from Santa Fe County in 2022, according to the company’s application.

Still, that amounted to 1,183 calls in the county.

The rates proposed by the company would be significantly higher than others in the region, such as ambulance rates approved by the Public Regulation Commission in 2021 for American Medical Response in Santa Fe. American Medical Response charges a base rate of $400 for emergency transport with “basic life support.” That compares with Albuquerque Ambulance Service’s rate of $566.40. The company seeks to double that base rate to $1,132.80.

Albuquerque Ambulance Service operated at a deficit of almost $5 million in 2022, according to its rate case application, and Presbyterian Healthcare Services has subsidized more than $15 million in losses for the nonprofit since 2019.

TRANSPORT RATE COMPARISONS Albuquerque Ambulance Service, a nonprofit arm of Presbyterian Healthcare Services, is asking the state Public Regulation Commission to approve a rate hike request that would nearly double the cost of its services and raise them significantly higher than other ambulances companies in the region.

Cost of emergency transport with basic life support: American Medical Response: $400 Albuquerque Ambulance Service: $566.40 now; $1,132.80 under proposed increase Cost of special care transport with critical care paramedic: American Medical Response: $846 Albuquerque Ambulance Service: $1,072 now; $2,144 under proposed increase.

Continuing to operate at a loss would mean insolvency for the ambulance company, Presbyterian Delivery System’s Chief Financial Officer Angela Pedroza wrote in testimony included in the application.

Months ago, the company requested an even higher rate increase.

The initial request submitted in August proposed hikes of about 175% to base rates. An amended application submitted earlier this month lowered the numbers.

The change came after an increase in Medicaid payments to health care providers from the New Mexico Human Services Department, according to the amended application. The higher Medicaid payments “would significantly reduce the operating losses of [Albuquerque Ambulance Service], thereby reducing the amount to the original tariff request,” Pedroza wrote in her testimony.

The percentage of the company’s patients who are covered by Medicaid has increased in recent years, to 37% in 2022, according to the application, and government payers overall accounted for about 79% of transports.

The state announced last fall an increase of $409 million overall in Medicaid reimbursement rates to health care providers, a move that was made retroactive to July 1.

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Angela Gladwell with the Federal Emergency Management Agency speaks about the claims process to an audience full of attorneys and victims of the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire in Las Vegas, N.M., in November 2022.

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soon be under new leadership.

“We have been deeply disappointed in Angela Gladwell’s lack of leadership and effectiveness and lack of competence,” Colón said in a phone interview Thursday. “We have taken the position for a long time that Gladwell was incompetent and didn’t have the right experience to lead this operation, and their failures have been the proof in the pudding.

“FEMA needs to replace her with someone who has legal expertise and understands Northern New Mexico,” Colón continued. “Our preference is that FEMA identify a retired judge in New Mexico that is respected by the people.”

FEMA spokesman John Mills said the agency is “actively looking for a

qualified person to fill the role.”

Gladwell will assist with the transition before taking an as-yet-unannounced new position within the agency, Mills said in a phone interview Thursday.

As of Thursday, FEMA had received $490 million worth of claims “with documentation,” Mills wrote in an email, and had approved about $319 million in payments, or about 65% of the documented claims.

According to Mills, an estimated $1 billion to $1.5 billion of the $4 billion is expected to be spent on reforestation claims on nonfederal lands, meaning some of the money could go to reforestation efforts on state-owned land.

The claims office will release an informational guide this week which will include checklists of the documents needed for the most common

TAKEAWAYS ◆ Angela Gladwell, the Federal Emergency Management Agency director in charge of Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire claims, is stepping down to take on another role with the agency. ◆ A lawyer representing dozens of claimants who are suing FEMA said he is glad she is leaving and hopes she is replaced by someone who “understands Northern New Mexico.” ◆ A FEMA spokesman defended the agency’s work and said it is “continuing to build capacity to process claims faster and maximize payments for people affected by the fire.”

types of losses, the agency said in its news release.

“FEMA is prioritizing people who submitted claims some time ago,” Mills wrote. “We are continuing to build capacity to process claims faster and maximize payments for people affected by the fire. Payment approvals have increased by about $68 million over the last month.”

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham gets a look at some of the masks created by kids Thursday during the Early Childhood Education and Care Department’s Early Childhood Day at the state Capitol. The day included face painting, crafts, a photo booth, live entertainment and an address by the governor.

LEGISLATIVE ROUNDUP Days remaining in session: 27 Digital driver’s licenses: New Mexico would join a growing number of states that offer electronic driver’s licenses under a bill Sen. Roberto “Bobby” Gonzales, D-Ranchos de Taos, is sponsoring.

Senate Bill 88 would authorize the state Motor Vehicle Division to offer residents electronic licenses at no additional cost to their physical licenses and identification cards.

“Technology is always changing, and this bill will ensure that New Mexico can be at the forefront of the movement toward electronic licenses,” Gonzales said in a statement.

Taxation and Revenue Secretary Stephanie Schardin Clarke said her department is “really excited about the prospect of being able to offer customers a new, convenient and secure means of identification.”

Feed bill OK’d: A $41 million bill that funds the operations of the legislative session and other expenses cleared the Senate in less than three minutes Thursday. The so-called feed bill is the first piece of legislation considered and approved by both chambers.

While members of the House raised concerns Wednesday about contract employees in their chamber getting paid less than those in the Senate, the bill generated no discussion among senators.

House Bill 1 includes funding for the Legislative Finance Committee to hire six additional full-time employees, three to handle policy and fiscal analyses of health and human services and three to evaluate government services, “given the large recent growth in state spending,” according to a fiscal impact report.

Confirmations continue: The Senate breezed through another string of confirmations Thursday, all of which received unanimous approval.

They included the appointment of Debra Garcia y Griego as Cabinet secretary of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.

Her confirmation got held up last year amid controversy over her decision to

Kassandra Gonzales with the Early Childhood Education and Care Department reads to kids Thursday at the Capitol. fire the longtime director of the state Office of Archaeological Studies, as well as other personnel and management decisions her opponents used to portray her as ill-suited to continue to serve.

Sen. William Burt, R-Alamogordo, said what he really appreciates about Garcia y Griego is she doesn’t look at museums “just as museums.”

“She looks at museums as part of not just New Mexico history but culture and looks at ways to expand the horizon of each and every one of those museums, including the New Mexico Museum of Space History, which is in my hometown of Alamogordo,” he said.

In a statement after the confirmation, Garcia y Griego said she owed “a debt of gratitude to state leadership for their

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have died by gun violence.”

The agency disputed the senator’s assertions.

“We believe Senator Brantley’s data is inaccurate,” Caroline Sweeney, a CYFD spokesperson, wrote in an email.

Department of Health data shows 40 children died by firearms in 2022, wrote Sweeney, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s former press secretary. “There were four deaths at CYFD in 2022, and in 2023, there were two deaths. None of these deaths at CYFD were gun related.”

Sweeney wrote the department did not have a final number of children who died by firearms last year, but it’s believed to be “dozens.”

Diamond Brantley said the Lujan Grisham administration has opposed much-needed reforms and asked Cabinet Secretary-designate Teresa Casados whether the agency is proposing any legislation during this year’s session.

Casados said it wasn’t.

“I hope you understand the frustration from legislators in the last year that there have been no suggestions

by CYFD on how to fix it,” Diamond Brantley said, adding “we cannot trust

the agency to fix itself.”

“That is not a reflection on you, madam secretary,” Diamond Brantley told Casados, who left her job as the governor’s chief operating officer to lead the agency when former Secretary Barbara Vigil resigned in April. “This is a failing agency that if there were anybody who could come in and fix it, I honestly believed it could be you. It is an unfixable agency.”

Casados agrees the status quo isn’t working, and leaders are striving daily to “implement new policies and procedures, and develop training,” Sweeney wrote.

However, Sweeney continued, “The continued denigration of the dedicated, hardworking employees at CYFD shows little regard for the people doing good work in difficult situations every day.”

Casados appeared before lawmakers alongside three other Cabinet officials: Health Secretary Patrick Allen, Human Services Secretary Kari Armijo and Early Childhood Education and Care Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky.

Casados told lawmakers she was excited about the future of CYFD. “I know that sounds a little scary to people because mostly we’re talking about the state of disrepair and the

ongoing support” of the department.

Book ban bill: A quartet of Democratic lawmakers want to ensure New Mexico libraries do not ban books.

They introduced House Bill 123, which would prohibit any public library from receiving state financial support unless it complies with the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights, which includes a provision stating materials cannot be “proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval or the author’s race, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation or political or religious views.”

The House Rules and Order of Business Committee will be the first to hear the bill.

Last year, Pen America, a nonprofit that supports freedom of expression

in literature, reported book bans in the nation’s public schools had increased by 33% over the prior year. Shortly after, The New York Times reported some public libraries were feeling more pressure to ban books.

Visit www.nmlegis.gov and click on the “Legislation” link to find out where that bill and others are scheduled to be heard during the session.

Quote of the day: “I just came for the cake.” — Sen. George Muñoz, D-Gallup, as he walked out of a committee room with a piece of cake in celebration of Sen. Joe Cervantes’ birthday.

Cervantes, a Las Cruces Democrat, turns 63 on Friday.

changes that need to be made,” she said.

“But that is not the only thing that we’re focusing on at CYFD. We really are looking at, you know, making changes to address the needs of families across the state.”

The four secretaries said they’re taking a collaborative approach to supporting the state’s families.

Groginsky lauded the administration’s “family-centered approach.”

“The governor expects us to collaborate,” she said. “... It’s not one agency that’s going to work in silo and help solve the very long-standing challenges that families in our state face all over.”

But CYFD, which serves some of the state’s most vulnerable children, continues to generate the most scrutiny amid highly publicized cases of abuse and neglect, some of which have resulted in death and multimillion-dollar legal settlements — and have prompted calls for reform and additional oversight.

Diamond Brantley questioned when the agency’s Policy Advisory Council would issue a plan or recommendations and criticized its progress.

Casados said the panel has been “mostly focusing on kind of the reorganization” of CYFD. The agency is looking at “redefining what their roles are and creating subcommittees” focused on specific areas, such as child well-being, she added.

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two members, could have a report with recommendations to present to lawmakers “probably within the next quarter,” she said.

One new council member has been been appointed to fill a vacancy, and a second is being vetted.

Vigil, who was appointed to serve on the council after she resigned as Cabinet secretary — a move the Governor’s Office called a “transition” at the time — is among the departures.

“When I accepted the appointment in April 2023, I affirmed that I would be able to serve for six months and that time has come,” she wrote in a resignation letter to the governor Oct. 24, adding the resignation would be effective Nov. 1.

The other member who stepped down is Arika Sanchez, identified in a news release last year as director of policy and advocacy for the nonprofit NMCAN, which focuses on improving policies affecting children and youth in foster care.

“I was actually unaware that that board wasn’t fully functioning,” Diamond Brantley said. “I was just waiting for the report … on what sort of policy needs to be adopted.”

Sweeney wrote the original executive order creating the Policy Advisory Council doesn’t require a report or suggestions for legislation.

Diamond Brantley raised other concerns, specifically with the Comprehen-

make and teachers use science to find ways to ensure students not only know how to spell and read but understand what they are spelling and reading.

Structured literacy was also the buzzword Thursday at the state Capitol, where Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham held a news conference to announce her plan to create a statewide structured literacy institute.

The governor is proposing about $60 million in recurring funds for the institute and another $30 million in one-time funds, which would be spent creating an institute to train both teachers and students in structured literacy.

More money would go to a number of other literacy programs, including $11.5 million for pre-K facilities and $9.7 million to support 26 state programs in literacy and English language learning programs at the college level. The goal would be to reach 10,000 of the neediest students with reading intervention programming starting in the summer of 2024, the governor said.

For years, low reading scores have cast a shadow over the state’s public education system as teachers, reading advocates, parents and students all struggle with the ABC’s of teaching and learning reading.

The state Public Education Department began training in structured literacy for all elementary school teachers a few years ago. Lujan Grisham and Senate President Pro Tem Mimi Stewart, D-Albuquerque, noted during Thursday’s news conference that reading test scores have gone up in the past year as a result of the initiative.

In November, the Public Education Department announced 38% of New Mexico students are proficient in English Language Arts, up 4% from the year before.

Lujan Grisham announced in September her plans to request $30 million to start the structured literacy institute. Her budget recommendation and the Legislative Education Study Committee’s budget proposal both include the $30 million, while the Legislative Finance Committee’s proposal includes $3 million for the institute.

Sen. George Muñoz, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, led a delegation of senators from both parties to the news conference to say they are behind the governor’s proposal.

“We believe in this,” said Muñoz, D-Gallup. “We’re on board with this.”

So is Amy Biehl Community School, on Santa Fe’s south side, where Wiederholt works.

“Literacy — it’s the whole picture,” she said during a brief snack break in her class.

“Reading, writing, oral language — you’ve got to navigate all three to be truly successful as a reader.”

The school’s principal, Felicia Torres, said the literacy initiative, which the district started several years ago, pays off.

Midyear reading score data released in December showed a 48% growth in reading proficiency rates for the entire school, she said.

“I do see it working in our school,” she said in an interview.

Wiederholt said any more resources from the state, including more teachers trained in structured reading, will help. She said this approach can help young students get an early, confident grip on reading so there is less chance they fall behind.

Once that happens, she said “it always get harder” to help them catch up.

Lujan Grisham was not clear on where the main anchor of the proposed institute would be located, assuming it finds its way into the final budget. But she did say the building itself is not what’s important, but rather the training that would go on in and around it.

“It’s not just a building. … It’s much, much more. It’s a foundation for success,” she said.

sive Addiction and Recovery Act, which she said is only “voluntary.”

“CARA is such a wreck,” she said, adding a Legislative Finance Committee report revealed more than 43% of women sent home after giving birth to a substance-exposed baby “didn’t even know they were on a CARA program.”

Diamond Brantley asked Casados whether CYFD is asking the Legislature for a policy to “mandate a CARA program for drug-exposed babies.” Casados said it wasn’t.

“We’re hopeful that we can get a universal screening,” Casados said. “We’re working with Department of Health to determine if, in fact, that is a screening that we can require of all infants born in the state of New Mexico, regardless of it’s in a hospital or other circumstance.”

Diamond Brantley noted Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino, D-Albuquerque, is proposing a constitutional amendment that proposes to move CYFD from the governor’s Cabinet and place it under a new, three-person independent commission.

Casados said she asked the governor “if we can refrain from legislation [during this year’s 30-day session] to give us an opportunity to truly determine” what the agency needs.

With the lives of children at stake, Diamond Brantley said time for such a review has run out.

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Capital remains on edge after riots

By Christopher Cottrell and Natasha Frost

The New York Times

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — Bullets flew. Stores and warehouses burned. At the edge of the prime minister’s compound, hundreds of protesters tugged at the gates and set a guard booth on fire. Inside, on the 10th floor of the beige building that housed the office of the country’s leader, he was facing calls to respond forcefully, perhaps even ask the former colonial ruler for help.

“We are not calling in the Australians,” Prime Minister James Marape of Papua New Guinea told a reporter visiting him in his office. “We can handle this ourselves.”

Last week’s deadly unrest caught officials unaware and left Marape grappling with a fast-moving crisis. But discontent had been simmering for months in one of the poorest countries in the world. Papua New Guinea has a large youth population but few jobs to offer its young people, making economic hardship even more severe. So when the pay of hundreds of civil servants and police officers was docked — by what the government described as a computer glitch — they walked off their jobs Jan. 10.

Within hours, Port Moresby, the capital, was rocked by a level of violence it had not seen in decades. No official death toll was released, but at least 22 are believed to have died in the unrest, according to reports in the Australian news media.

Marape insisted the payroll error would be corrected and the missing money restored, dismissing claims that swirled on social media the pay cut was a clandestine tax increase. By nightfall, he had ordered the military to restore calm in the capital.

The following day, he declared a two-week state of emergency in Port Moresby and suspended the Pacific island nation’s chief of police. In the aftermath of the riots, seven lawmakers have resigned, and rumblings of a mutiny have emerged over Marape’s handling of the crisis.

More than 68% of the country’s population — estimated between 9 million and 17 million people — was living below the poverty line, on less than $3.65 a day, as of 2017, according to the World Bank.

By David Crary

The Associated Press

A year ago, anti-abortion activists from across the U.S. gathered for their annual March for Life with reason to celebrate: It was their first march since the Supreme Court had overturned the nationwide right to abortion.

At this year’s march Friday, the mood will reflect formidable challenges that lie ahead in this election year.

“We have undeniable evidence of victory — lives being saved,” said John Seago, president of Texas Right to Life.

“But there is also a realization of the significant hurdles that our movement has right now in the public conversation.”

Participants at the march in Washington will salute the 14 states enforcing bans on

abortion throughout pregnancy.

They will proclaim thousands of babies have been born who otherwise might have been aborted, even as studies show the total number of abortions provided in the U.S. rose slightly in the year after enforcement began.

Moreover, anti-abortion leaders know their side has a seven-state losing streak in votes on abortion-related ballot measures. Even in red states like Ohio, Kansas and Kentucky, the outcomes favored keeping abortion access legal.

In this year’s election, several more states are expected to have abortion-rights ballot measures, and Democratic candidates in many races, including President Joe Biden, will be highlighting their support for abortion access.

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While abortions have decreased to nearly zero in states with total bans, they have increased elsewhere — notably in states such as Illinois, Florida and New Mexico, which are near those with more restrictions.

Anti-abortion leaders are keenly aware that their opponents in the abortion debate depict the wave of state bans as an infringement on women’s rights and a potential danger to their health. Thus the theme of this year’s March for Life strives to convey support for women facing unexpected pregnancies: “Pro Life: With Every Woman, For Every Child.”

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After Dobbs, “I didn’t want anyone to get the false sense that we were at the end of our work,” said Brent Leatherwood, an abortion opponent who heads the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy wing.

“We’ve gone from a focal point at the federal level to 50 different focal points,” he said. “It may be another 50 years before we truly establish a culture of life, where preborn lives are saved and mothers are supported.”

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Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling in June 2022, which overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The key consequence of Dobbs was to return decision-making on abortion policy to individual states. Some Democratic-governed states — such as California, New York and New Jersey — have strengthened protections for abortion access.

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LOCAL&REGION Jury orders bank to pay $2M

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Rodeo Electrical Services owner: Sunflower Bank let business’s ex-bookkeeper embezzle $400,000

Domenici name means little in 2024 horse race

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n a state with its share of political dynasties, the Luján name meant everything in high-profile elections.

The name Domenici won’t matter enough to end two decades of Republican failures in New Mexico.

Let me begin with a winner, an underachiever who capitalized on family lineage and good timing to rise in politics.

Democrat Ben Luján, who was the longtime speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives, cleared paths to victory for his son, Ben Ray Luján.

Ben Ray had no college degree, and his work experience included being a card dealer when he ran in 2004 for the highly technical job of state public regulation commissioner.

Lobbyists and political organizations eager to stay on the speaker’s good side helped Ben Ray have the bestfunded campaign. Then-Gov. Bill Richardson came through with an endorsement of the speaker’s son.

Ben Ray was among the least-qualified people elected to oversee regulation of public utilities. He served a four-year term, performing adequately.

With the credential of having held an elected office, and much more of his father’s influence, Ben Ray won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008.

After six terms, he advanced in 2020 to the U.S. Senate, winning that seat eight years after his father’s death.

Luján had the right father to succeed in politics. The same can be said of the Kennedys of Massachusetts, the Daleys of Chicago and the Bushes of Connecticut and Texas.

Nella Domenici is not positioned nearly as well to capitalize on the name of her late father, Pete Domenici. A Republican, he became New Mexico’s longest-serving U.S. senator after orchestrating one of the more successful coverups in political history.

To be sure, Nella will be a heavy favorite in springtime to win the Republican nomination for the Senate.

Her two opponents in the primary election are tomato cans masquerading as candidates.

Even two-term Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich believes as much. In a fundraising solicitation this week, his camp referred to Domenici as “Martin’s opponent.”

Nella Domenici won’t be able to springboard to high office the way Luján did. But New Mexico Republicans have so little talent they will embrace a candidate with a famous last name, even one with a résumé filled with connections to the East Coast.

Domenici, 63, graduated from Woodward High School in Rockville, Md. At the time, her dad was about to complete the first of his six terms as a U.S. senator. Nella would go on to receive bachelor’s and law degrees from Georgetown University and graduate from Harvard Business School.

She worked for a hedge fund and as a financial executive for other companies in New York City. Her father told of her office being 40 blocks from the World Trade Center when it was obliterated in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

For many years, Nella Domenici has also listed herself as the registered agent of a foreign limited liability company on Old Pecos Trail in Santa Fe. But

By Phaedra Haywood

phaywood@sfnewmexican.com

A Santa Fe jury has ordered Sunflower Bank to pay more than $2 million to a local business owner who had sued the financial institution, accusing it of failing to prevent one of his former employees from embezzling about $400,000 from his company’s account.

The jury returned its verdict Thursday following a trial in state District Court that started Jan. 10.

A judge already had issued a

default judgment against defendant Sunflower Bank when the trial started — related in part to what the judge found were violations of discovery, or the evidence-sharing process. The only question left for jurors to decide: How much in damages the bank owed Rodeo Electrical Services owner Scott Rosenberg.

The jurors awarded Rosenberg about $61,900 for breach of contract and the implied promise of good faith and fair dealing; about $189,900 for violations of the Unfair

Practices Act; $140,000 for Rosenberg’s emotional distress; and $1.7 million in punitive damages.

“We’re pleased the jury agreed with Scott and held Sunflower accountable,” Rosenberg’s attorney, Benjamin W. Allison, said in a phone interview Thursday.

A spokeswoman for Sunflower bank declined to comment on the jury’s award.

Rodeo Electrical Services had alleged in its 2020 lawsuit that Sunflower Bank allowed Rodeo’s former bookkeeper, Charity Felch, to treat the company’s account “as her own personal piggybank” and failed to take notice when she used

Mixed views on razing senior center County: Santa Cruz facility outdated, to be torn down for up-to-code $4 million building

By Maya Hilty

mhilty@sfnewmexican.com

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phaywood@sfnewmexican.com

The state Commission of Public Records and the Records Center and Archives have agreed to pay $22,500 to settle a lawsuit filed by a Santa Fe man who accused the New Mexico state historian of violating his free speech rights by deleting critical comments from the historian’s Facebook page.

Plaintiff Daniel Ortiz hailed the settlement.

“Public officials should be held accountable for their actions and should not hide viewpoints they do not agree with,” he wrote in an email.

State Historian Rob Martinez — who previously wrote a monthly history column for The New Mexican — said in a phone interview Thursday the Facebook page in question was his own personal page and not an official page.

Martinez said he’d been dismissed as a defendant in case in September and was not a party to the settlement.

Whether the page appeared to be or was run as an official page had been at issue in the case.

The 2022 lawsuit accused Martinez of deleting Ortiz’s comments written under a link on a Facebook page to a column Martinez wrote about the Christian Reconquista of Spain from the Moors and how institutions developed in that process were brought to the New World.

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SANTA CRUZ s the clock approached noon, people trickled into the Abedon Lopez Senior Center in ones and twos for lunch.

The center serves 20 to 40 lunchtime guests each weekday and operates a Meals on Wheels food-delivery program for seniors confined to their homes. It also hosts classes in art forms such as tinwork, ceramics and weaving, and offers exercise sessions.

Two women working in a small side room late Wednesday morning stamped intricate designs into sheets of tin. Eileen Carter, visiting from Nambé, was making a tin frame.

As senior centers go, “this beats it all,” said Clyde Vigil, who has frequented the facility for years. He settled into a seat at the notoriously fun-loving “men’s table.”

The center is a popular spot for seniors in northern Santa Fe County. Still, the aging building needs an overhaul, and the county finally has funds to tackle the project after years

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Suit over deleted Facebook posts settled for $22K State historian had removed critical comments; man’s complaint argued his posts were made on official page

the company card for personal expenses. The complaint also alleged Felch had completed irregular bank transactions, including forging Rosenberg’s signature on checks to herself that far exceeded what she was paid by the company.

A federal grand jury indicted Felch in 2021 on five counts of bank fraud and one count each of aggravated identity theft and access device fraud. She was scheduled to stand trial in December in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, but the trial was reset for March, according to online court records.

Attempts to reach her for comment were unsuccessful.

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ABOVE: Shirley Roybal, 75, taps away making a tinwork cross before lunch Wednesday at Abedon Lopez Senior Center in Santa Cruz.

TOP: Joe Rodriguez, 73, visits with Priscilla Valdez, 82, at the water cooler during lunchtime Wednesday at Abedon Lopez Senior Center in Santa Cruz. Santa Fe County plans to demolish the small center as soon as March, and build a new one, which is estimated to take about a year to complete. The plan has met with mixed reactions from seniors who use the center.

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Santa Fe again rated tops for filmmakers ‘MovieMaker’ magazine calls it best small city to live, work in industry

By Teya Vitu tvitu@sfnewmexican.com

Santa Fe and Albuquerque are among the top U.S. cities where filmmakers can live and work, MovieMaker magazine declared Thursday.

Santa Fe, for the second year running, was ranked No. 1 in the small city category (population under 300,000) in the magazine’s annual list of Best Places to Live and Work

as a Moviemaker. The city has ranked in the top five since 2015.

Albuquerque ranks No. 2, behind Canada’s Toronto, in the magazine’s big city category. It had ranked No. 1 four years straight (2019-22) and has been listed among the top 10 or top 25 since 2007.

Ashley Valdez, a Santa Fe native and Santa Fe High School graduate, and her husband, Chris Stevens, might agree with the rankings.

The couple live in Santa Fe and work in the film industry here and in Albuquerque. They shuttled between film gigs in Santa Fe and Los Angeles, Stevens’ hometown, from 2013 to 2018.

“My husband prefers it out here,”

said Valdez, a location manager.

“We are just so blessed to have the film industry here.”

Valdez went to music school in L.A. and got into the film business in 2008.

“You don’t have to fight traffic in Santa Fe,” she said.

Santa Fe firmed up its first-place spot as the best small town for moviemakers with the opening of Aspect Studios in the past year in the former Shellaberger Tennis Center. Aspect owner Phillip Gesue is angling to merge with neighboring Garson Studios.

“After a year of upheaval in the film world, one thing remains steady: We haven’t found another

place with so many film opportunities per capita,” MovieMaker says about Santa Fe. “As an added bonus, Santa Fe is one of the loveliest places on the planet.”

“What really sets Santa Fe apart is the natural beauty coupled with opportunity,” MovieMaker magazine editor Tim Molloy said in an interview. “The fact that you have access to Los Angeles and Colorado are huge pluses. It’s a really stupendous film town.”

“People are really noticing Santa Fe as a desirous filming destination,” Santa Fe Film Commissioner Jennifer LaBar-Tapia said.

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Melanie McWhorter is the new executive director for the Historic Santa Fe Foundation.

McWhorter, the nonprofit organization’s deputy director since 2021, assumed leadership of the organization at the first of the year.

The Historic Santa Fe Foundation, founded in 1961, is dedicated to recognizing the city’s historic properties and cultural heritage through a variety of educational initiatives.

McWhorter will direct the foundation’s programs as well as heading its two historic properties on Canyon Road.

“Historic Santa Fe Foundation’s long history as an active preservation nonprofit, the thoughtful decisions by the outgoing Executive Director Pete Warzel and the Board for

its long-term viability and continued support from partners, members, and others in the community have fostered Melanie a strong McWhorter and viable organization,” McWhorter said in a news release. Warzel served as the organization’s executive director from 2014 to the end of 2023.

In his outgoing letter to the foundation’s members, Warzel wrote: “We are here and viable, and visible in a city crowded with good causes and events.

We have the means now of being here for a very long time.”

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ital affair leaked during that campaign, his career probably would have ended in defeat and disgrace.

Continued from Page A-10 In today’s America, politicians can survive and even prosper the company’s mailing address after sex scandals. The ’70s is in Rowayton, Conn., the state and ’80s were less forgiving where it’s incorporated. times. Democratic presidential She can claim other confront-runner Gary Hart saw nections to New Mexico, most his campaign collapse in 1987 notably as a board member and because of an alleged affair, the benefactor of the International details of which were far murkFolk Art Market in Santa Fe. Her ier than Domenici’s situation. opposition in the primary and In 2013, four years after general elections nonetheless Domenici retired from the Senwill argue she is more a creature ate, he and Laxalt announced of Manhattan and Georgetown they had a son. They said they than of New Mexico. wanted to head off a smear camJust as important, she has paign against the former senator. no elected power broker in Their child, Adam Laxalt, was her corner the way Luján did.

34 by then.

Domenici’s late father retired Worst for Pete Domenici, from the Senate 15 years ago. always a self-described devotee Many younger voters know of straight talk, was evidence of little about Pete Domenici. his hypocrisy.

There’s also the matter of a Twenty years after the birth late-breaking scandal tainting of Adam Laxalt, Domenici was his reputation with older New among the senators who voted Mexicans. to convict then-President Bill If not for Pete Domenici’s skill Clinton in his impeachment at duplicity, his surname would trial. Clinton had lied about havfill a political footnote instead of ing a sexual relationship with a a tome. young White House intern.

In 1978, Nella’s senior year in “Truthfulness,” Domenici high school, father Pete was a said, “is the first pillar of good 46-year-old freshman senator character in the Character running for reelection. On Counts program, which I have Aug. 31 of that year, Domenici been a part of establishing in fathered a son out of wedlock.

New Mexico.”

The boy’s mother was Nella Domenici’s name recogMichelle Laxalt, then 24, daugh- nition will get her the nominater of a powerhouse U.S. senator tion in a weak Republican field. from Nevada, a man who also It’s uphill after that. managed three of Ronald ReaNo Republican has won a gan’s campaigns for president.

U.S. Senate race in New Mexico Pete Domenici concealed the since Pete Domenici in 2002. scandal while playing the part State Republicans were stronof a dutiful husband with eight ger in that era. And Pete was children. known as a saint, not a sinner.

Domenici defeated Democrat Toney Anaya in November 1978 Ringside Seat is an opinion by 23,000 votes, or 7 percentage column about people, politics and points. It was Domenici’s closest news. Contact Milan Simonich at election for the Senate. msimonich@sfnewmexican.com Had word of his extramaror 505-986-3080.

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case in which Ortiz’s attorney Kenneth Stalter has secured an out-of-court settlement for a plaintiff who accused a public official of violating free speech rights by deleting critical comments from a Facebook page.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office agreed last year to pay $32,500 to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed the law enforcement agency vio-

lated her right to free speech by deleting her posts on the agency’s Facebook page and blocking her from accessing or posting comments on the page.

The First Judicial District Attorney’s Office agreed in 2022 to a $25,000 settlement in a case filed by Santa Fe businessman Aaron Borrego, who claimed District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies discriminated against him based on his viewpoint when she deleted a critical comment he posted on her official page and blocked him from making more comments.

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Mixed views on razing senior center Continued from Page A-10

Upgrading the 37-year-old building rather than razing it of applying for grants, said Curt and starting over “would have Temple, the projects section just cost way too much,” Temple manager for the Public Works said, adding the HVAC system is Department. old, and the kitchen, offices and County leaders plan to demol- bathrooms are too small. ish the center as soon as March The proposed new building, a and build a new one using 4,520-square foot structure, will $1.5 million of its own funds and a cost an estimated $4 million. It combination of grants, including will have a larger kitchen and $2 million it accepted last week pantry, separate dining and from the New Mexico Aging and activity rooms and accessible Long-Term Services Department. bathrooms.

The money had been allocated The county already has a conduring the 2022 legislative sestractor lined up for demolition sion.

Representatives with the Aging of the old building and will soon seek bids for construction of the and Long-Term Services Departnew one. The project’s timeline is ment did not respond to a call contingent on when a contractor requesting comment. can begin construction, which The Abedon Lopez Senior is expected to take “just under a Center was built in 1987 and year,” Temple said. named in honor of Abedon “We want it to be seamless Lopez Sr. — a onetime county commissioner, probate judge and because we don’t want this place shut down forever,” he said. lifelong Santa Cruz resident and During the construction community volunteer — in 1993, months before Lopez’s death. period, most services at Abedon

Lopez will move to the Benny J. Chavez Community Center in Chimayó, about eight miles away, Temple said.

Carter and Shirley Roybal of El Rancho, who was doing tinwork with her, said they’re happy with the Abedon Lopez center as it is.

“But I guess it’s going to be bigger and better,” Roybal said.

She learned tinwork through a friend at the center. “In my old age, I decided to become an artist, and I have loved it. I have literally loved it,” Roybal said.

Carter paused her work on the tin frame to pull up pictures on her phone of a ceramic goose and ducklings she also made at the center.

“When somebody else comes in, then we teach them, so it’s just really nice,” she said. “We have lots of fun here.”

Josie Atilano, who has been the center’s activity coordinator for over a decade, looks forward to the new building. The existing

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Positions in the industry are “well-paying jobs,” she added.

“You can afford to live here.”

The rankings come as the blockbuster Oppenheimer, filmed in part in Santa Fe, is sweeping the early movie awards season.

The movie was in production in Los Alamos, Abiquiú and Santa Fe — including scenes shot on Sky Railway — in March 2022.

MovieMaker magazine says of Albuquerque, “One of the most culturally rich cities in the country, it anchors a growing New Mexico film scene that also includes nearby Santa Fe and Las Cruces.”

Las Cruces returns to the top 10 small city list at No. 8 after making its first appearance last year at No. 7.

New Mexico is one of only

and a half-dozen film ranches.

About 200 members of the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees Local three states — alongside Texas 480 live in the city. and Florida — to have at least The Santa Fe Film Festival three entries. and Santa Fe International Film “This is a momentous occasion Festival are staged here, and the for New Mexico’s film industry,” Santa Fe Film Institute is housed Amber Dodson, director of the here.

New Mexico Film Office, said in Netflix and NBCUniversal a statement. “To have all three have a major presence in Albuof our major cities recognized querque.

by MovieMaker for the second The Panethos blog ranks Albuconsecutive year is a testament querque and Santa Fe together to our state’s collaborative efforts at No. 7 in their number of to create a diverse, relevant, and soundstages behind Los Angeles, undisputed filmmaking hub of New York, Vancouver, Atlanta, the future.”

Toronto and Chicago.

The MovieMaker rankings do “The industry keeps growing not include Los Angeles and New [in Santa Fe] but not growing York City, which have been in so much to ruin the good things their own Hall of Fame category about Santa Fe,” said Molloy, since 2019. who visited Santa Fe for the first Along with Aspect Studios, the time in June 2022. “Santa Fe has burgeoning film industry in the a lot of energy, vigor and room to Santa Fe area includes soundgrow. There is a lot of creativity stages at Santa Fe Studios, Garson for people to grow from.”

By some accounts, New MexStudios and Camel Rock Studios,

one doesn’t meet accessibility standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act, she noted.

But she acknowledged the change will be hard on some seniors.

“Those guys like to sit and think that they can solve the world’s problems,” she said with a smile, waving a hand toward the men’s table. “This is their home. This is where they love to socialize.”

“I’m just worried — what’s going to happen to us?” said Vigil, who lives down the street. “... I look forward to meeting all these people every day.”

He thinks the building is adequate.

Joe Rodriguez, enjoying his lunch across from Vigil, disagreed: “We need a new building,” he said.

“This part of Santa Fe County is the forgotten part,” he said.

“We need to use the money while we have it.”

BEST PLACES TO BE A FILMMAKER SMALL CITIES (up to 300,000 population) 1. Santa Fe 2. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 3. Savannah, Ga. 4. Wilmington, N.C. 5. Kamloops, British Columbia 6. Knoxville, Tenn.

7. Boulder, Colo.

8. Las Cruces 9. St. Petersburg, Fla. 10. Richmond, Va. SOURCE: MOVIEMAKER MAGAZINE

ico is now regarded in the same league as Georgia and British Columbia when it comes to top film production centers beyond L.A. and New York.

“I would definitely say so,” Molloy said.

He added, “What would I tell a friend [in the film industry] who wants to move? I wouldn’t have a moment’s hesitation in suggesting they move to Santa Fe.”

FUNERAL SERVICES AND MEMORIALS CALVIN LEROY QUINTANA Calvin Leroy Quintana, 45, was peacefully called home to our Heavenly Father on the early morning of January 11, 2024. He was surrounded by his parents, sister, and oldest niece.

He was born in Las Vegas, New Mexico, on July 26, 1978, and grew up in Pecos. God was always first in his life, being born a parishioner of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church and a member of the Church of Christ.

He attended Pecos Independent Schools, Temple Baptist, and obtained his G.E.D. from Santa Fe Community College in 1996. He worked at Cities of Gold Casino as a blackjack dealer, at the Santa Fe County Detention Center as a guard, and as a security officer. Part-time jobs were in restaurants, caretaking, and feeding horses. In his early teens, he learned to play the guitar, and the song “Oh Donna” was one of his many favorites. He also began playing pool and later became a participant in the American Pool Players Association, often traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada, for pool tournaments. He was a devoted San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bulls, and Atlanta Braves fan. Fishing, camping, hiking, playing horseshoes, and mud bogging were also some of his hobbies. But more than anything, he loved spending time with his nieces and nephews. Despite being a timid guy, Calvin truly had a heart of gold.

Preceding him in death were his paternal grandparents, Roman (Shorty) and Eufemia Quintana (godparents); maternal grandparents, Nevarez and Susie Armijo; brother, Gabriel Quintana; paternal greatgrandmothers, Adela Lucero and Antonia Quintana; maternal great-grandmother, Romana Dalton; aunts, Edwina Quintana, Ramona (Mona) Quintana, and Marylou Chavez; cousin, Jerome Tapia; and his former wife, Gina Montoya.

He is survived by his father, Leroy; mother, Olivia (Nick); sister, Kerina (Raymundo); nieces, Ariella and Ivana; nephew, Raymundo Jr.; paternal uncles and aunts, Alfonso and Bernadette, Adrian, Theresa, Jose Isidro, Lorraine, and Melecio; maternal uncles and aunts, Pat and Molly, Michael and Victoria, Patricio and Abbie, and Jesse; paternal great-uncles and great-aunts: Eliseo and Connie, Isaias (Joe), Aurelio Don, Eutimio (Tim) and Diane, Cecilia, and Mary Paz Quintana; maternal great-aunt: Ruth Dalton; along with Chendo and Nina, Randy and Aggie, Osmundo and Tina, Gabriel and Berlinda, Charlie and Carmen, David, and many other extended relatives and friends.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, January 19, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. at the Church of Christ, 20 Church Rd. (Across Eagles Nest Market) in Pecos. A rosary will be recited at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 20, 2024, followed by mass at 11:00 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. Interment will follow at St. Anthony’s Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Raymundo, Raymundo, Jr., Pat, Michael, Jacobo, Joe, Melvin, and Tim.

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LINDSEY GRANT Lindsey Grant, who with his wife Berry made his home in Santa Fe for 25 years, died January 9th in Asheville, North Carolina, at the home of his son Gordon and daughterin-law Susan, where he had lived since 2019.

Born in Chapel Hill, NC, in 1926, Lindsey grew up in New York City, except for a formative high school year when he and his sister lived with his grandmother on St. Simon’s Island, Georgia. His family moved constantly during the Depression to find housing they could afford, always navigating to keep the kids in the best school districts. Lindsey excelled academically and won an invitation to attend Deep Springs College, a scholarship-only school on a remote ranch in California, where he imprinted on the West, the wilderness, and a person’s responsibility to society.

After Deep Springs, he joined the Navy and, when the war ended, enrolled at Cornell. After graduating with a history degree, he made the decision to enter the Foreign Service. His first post was to the consulate in Hong Kong, where he developed a strong interest in Chinese language, culture, and politics and fell in love with Helen Burwell (Berry) Marshall, who worked for the United States Information Agency. They married in 1952, had a daughter Paige and a son Gordon, and served 25 years in Asia and Cyprus with intervening assignments at the State Department and White House.

Toward the end of his Foreign Service career, Lindsey became convinced that world population growth and its environmental impacts were more important issues than bilateral foreign policy. He was a participant in the Global 2000 Report and convened the first studies leading to international agreements on stratospheric ozone and acid precipitation, among other actions. When he retired from the State Department in 1978, he turned to researching and publishing books and articles on population and the environment.

He also delved more deeply into his lifelong fascination with photography, doing his own darkroom work and later engaging in impressionistic manipulation of digital images.

Lindsey loved music, from jazz to Janacek; single-malt Scotch, but not the homogenized stuff purveyed by multinational corporations; art and architecture; birds; a wide horizon. He loved New Mexico from his first visits to Paige and her family in 1982. Berry predeceased him. Those who will now have to learn how to do without him include his offspring named above: Paige’s husband Neil Williams and children Meade and Ariel Morgan; Ariel’s partner Travis Sehorn and daughter Winnie; Gordon and Susan’s daughters Rachel and Glenna; Rachel’s husband Jon Rugh and their children Virginia and Grant; and many other family and friends.

LISA MICHELLE MURPHY Lisa Michelle Murphy, age 62, lost her battle with cancer on January 6th, 2024, at her home in Santa Fe. She was born on January 27, 1961, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and spent much of her youth in Utah and Montana.

She was preceded in death by her father, Ronald Allen, and her half-brother, Jay Allen McCoy. Lisa is survived by her mother, Carolyn Taylor; her husband, Peter Murphy; her children, Brooke Roberts, Tyler Roberts, and Lauren Roberts; her grandchildren, Miles Swanson, Avery Roberts, and Austin Roberts; her siblings, Mitch Allen, Mary Allen Fetcinko, and Ron Allen; as well as her aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews.

Lisa earned her bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University and was an accomplished business owner and esthetician who established Santa Fe Lash and Beauty Bar, a company that won numerous Best of Santa Fe awards.

She was a kind, warm, and giving person who was loved by many, including her co-workers and clients. A Celebration of Life reception for Lisa will be held Friday, February 9, 2024, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the McGee Memorial Chapel, 1320 Luisa St., Santa Fe, NM.

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orget the trite saying, “New Mexico is at the bottom of the good lists and the top of the bad ones.” That is changing, especially when it comes to our state’s film industry.

Once again, New Mexico cities are at or near the top of MovieMaker magazine’s “Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker.” Santa Fe is No. 1 among smaller cities — for the second year in a row — with Las Cruces at No. 8. Albuquerque finished second on the list for bigger cities, marking six years the Duke City has made it into the top five. It’s first in the United States, since a Canadian city came in at No. 1.

The announcement came Thursday and shows how the film industry is becoming embedded in New Mexico — and not just in Santa Fe or Albuquerque, but also in Las Cruces. From the bigger cities, the industry’s impact is felt in rural areas across the state, where New Mexico’s varied landscape can become Wyoming, Texas, Utah, Ohio, or when necessary, Afghanistan.

New Mexico can be whatever the filmmaker needs it to be.

It isn’t just the locations that put New

Mexico ahead of most other states vying for a piece of California moviemaking magic.

Our state has invested in growing the crew base, offering college classes and workshops so people can learn the business and, yes, offering tax incentives to attract a clean, portable industry to the state.

In the law is the requirement tax credits be used to build a film industry that is a pillar of the state economy. Those credits range from 25% to 40%, depending on the type of production.

Major studios have responded, so work is being done not solely on locations but in Netflix and NBCUniversal studios in Albuquerque, 828 Productions in Las Cruces and in soundstages and smaller studios around the state, including in Santa Fe. Film spending in rural New Mexico hit a new record of $49.5 million in fiscal 2022 and brought in $21.2 million in fiscal 2023, despite industry strikes.

MovieMaker Editor-in-Chief Tim Molloy said this about New Mexico’s future: “Obviously, the strikes meant that almost no location had a great 2023, but Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces are extremely

CONVERSATIONS DIFFERENT u On Tuesday, find out more about the New Mexico film industry on Conversations Different, The New Mexican’s weekly podcast. Guests are Santa Fe Film Office Commissioner Jennifer LaBar Tapia and locations manager Ashley A. Valdez.

well-positioned for a big 2024 and the years and decades to come.”

About Santa Fe, Molloy said: “In our travels and research across the country, we’ve never found a place with such a strong per capita film scene. Especially for a smaller community, Santa Fe has an astonishing amount of opportunity as well as a lovely quality of life and constant sources of artistic inspiration.”

A study from New Mexico Film Office, released late last year, claims the film production tax credit is producing an average economic return on investment of $7.77 for the state from fiscal year 2020 to fiscal year 2023. For every dollar invested in the tax credit, the state is bringing home $7.77 in economic benefit. That added up to an estimated $3.8 billion in total economic output in New Mexico from fiscal year 2020 to fis-

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THE PAST 100 YEARS From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Jan. 19, 1924: Preparations for the Santa Fe Woman’s Club card party and tea at the Elks club rooms next Thursday afternoon are going ahead rapidly. A number of tables have already been made up. Those desiring may have Mah-Jongg tables.

Jan. 19, 1949: City Democrats may be asked to forego naming two candidates for the municipal board of education election Feb. 1 and back candidates chosen by the city-wide Parent-Teachers association. The suggestion may be made by a prominent Democrat who is seeking to take the school board out of politics. The Democrats meet tonight.

Jan. 19, 1999: Gov. Gary Johnson and the veteran Democratic leaders of the New Mexico Legislature today start their fifth full legislative session together — and they still haven’t figured out how to talk to each other.

Beginning his second term after four years as governor, Johnson says he talks, but lawmakers don’t like what he says. Legislators say Johnson isn’t interested in real, backand-forth dialogue.

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cal year 2023, according to the film office.

Of course, studies are like statistics: They depend on perspective. The Legislative Finance Committee claims in its study film incentives are less effective at attracting private investment, cost more per job and offer a lower return on investment than other such programs.

Going forward, the tax credits will grow — that’s what happens when TV and moviemakers come to the state. Over the next five years, tax expenditures through the film production tax credit could grow from $100.2 million in fiscal year 2023 to $272.1 million by fiscal year 2028.

Some 3,572 people work directly in the film industry in New Mexico. These are high-wage jobs, with the median hourly wage for full-time crew members $35.51 per hour compared with the state median wage for all industries of $19.19 an hour.

The debate over tax credits is resuming, and as lawmakers and others fight it out, don’t forget the long-term goal: to make the film industry a permanent part of the New Mexico economy. From that perspective, it’s good to be No. 1.

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n article last week (“City toils to clear roads,” Jan. 13) read to me like an attempt to preempt criticism of the city’s inability to plow and sand our streets in a timely manner.

There’s no question that crews who drive the trucks are doing an excellent job, and they deserve kudos.

The issue is the lack of foresight on the part of the people who dispatch the crews or the inadequacy of operational protocols. The storm that hit Santa Fe on the evening of Jan. 7 and the morning of Jan. 8 was predicted days beforehand. An added factor might be that the budget supporting this work is simply inadequate.

A (cautious) tour of several major city streets on the evening of Jan. 8 revealed none of those viewed had received any attention. This includes major intersections at, for example, Cerrillos Road and Don Diego/Guadalupe, as well as downtown.

Further, the lack of attention resulted in serious ice buildup on many streets, including West San Francisco and East Coronado, and especially at intersections. This ice can persist for weeks. The solution to the issue is to plan and act ahead if necessary.

Clearly, plows cannot be deployed before a storm hits, but sand and crushed stone can be laid down in advance. And plows should be deployed as soon as practicable. Surely, this isn’t rocket science.

Richard Mariner

was coming — this report, “Climate Change and Heat-Related Morbidity in New Mexico in 2030,” was published in 2020 (tinyurl.com/mpmfhpy8). We knew what public health actions should have been made. (See “Heat-health Outcome Thresholds,” tinyurl.com/mpzdv46v). Something went wrong that should not have. Less talk, more doing.

Brian Woods

Santa Fe

Levels of care Because I am a retired registered nurse, I don’t like to complain about care, but I would like to let people know about my care since I fell and broke my hip Jan. 1 of this year. First, I was taken by ambulance to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and admitted for surgical replacement. I had excellent care and was transferred to the therapy department, where I also was very well taken care of by occupational therapists, physical therapists, doctors and nurses. I did not get adequate service from a pharmacy I have used for years; they would not fill my prescription, saying they weren’t taking new patients. My husband and I recently moved to Morning Star assisted living and are having very excellent care from everyone here.

Kenny Goering

Santa Fe

Punish the crime Reading the article (“Violent political threats surge as 2024 begins,” Jan. 10) leads me to conclude it is time for political violence to be categorized as a hate crime. The stiffer penalties that go with hate crimes are fully justified when violence is clearly connected to hatred generated by politicians such as former President Donald Trump. Political hate crimes should include threats and intimidation in addition to property damage and physical bodily harm. The people who commit such crimes are a danger to our democratic society and deserve to be locked up for a long time. Legislators, take notice.

Mark Friedman

Santa Fe

More action It was the hottest year on record, 2023, globally, with more heat-related illnesses in New Mexico emergency rooms and hospitals. We knew it

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Think of the planet It’s ironic that in his piece (“Lessons from the Avengrid merger failure,” My View, Jan. 8), Rob Black castigates New Energy Economy, calling it a vocal fringe group, when it’s clear he shares its focus on wanting New Mexico to lead the nation in sustainable energy development. He writes, “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.” That is exactly the goal of New Energy Economy. It and others rejected Avangrid’s merger with Public Service Company of New Mexico because Avangrid’s actions belied its words. The company’s record in supporting renewable energy is abysmal. Let us stop name calling and focus on what’s best for New Mexico’s environment and the planet’s health.

Nancy King

Santa Fe

vangrid is out. What’s next? The misinformed commentaries (“Adios Avengrid: But what comes next?”

Our View, Jan. 3; “The Avangrid misadventure: A near miss or a missed opportunity?” Jan. 7) published since the demise of the merger appear to be based solely on Public Service Company of New Mexico and Avangrid talking points, missing entirely the facts and the findings of the utility experts who examined the proposed merger in excruciating detail and recommended strongly against it.

The argument that a transition to renewable energy will now become more difficult is particularly dubious for three reasons.

PNM is the largest publicly traded company in New Mexico and has never been unable to borrow money for important capital investment projects approved by the Public Regulation Commission. As a monopoly utility company with captive ratepayers, PNM represents an extremely low-risk investment. In contrast, the hearing examiner found Avangrid’s development business is “riskier than the normal business of providing utility service and has recently contributed to a downgrade of Avangrid, Inc.’s credit ratings.”

Second, the hearing examiner found a merger with Avangrid would have slowed the transition to renewable energy. With ownership of our utility, Avangrid would have gained a stranglehold on the wind and solar market, stifling competition. The hearing examiner wrote, based on the testimony of at least three expert witnesses, that a result of Avangrid’s ownership of both the utility and affiliated energy development companies like Avangrid Renewables “could be a slowing of the development of renewable energy projects and higher prices for PNM customers due to the lack of competing bids for PNM procurements.”

Finally and importantly, where Avangrid does operate utilities, it has a record of lobbying aggressively to prevent or delay climate action and blocking independently owned solar generation. In 2022, Avangrid utility CMP settled a lawsuit with Maine solar developers for stifling interconnections.

Now that New Mexico dodged a bullet, what are our options? As mentioned above, PNM can borrow money to invest in necessary infrastructure for a rapid energy transition, including and especially grid upgrades to fast-track interconnection for third-party and rooftop solar and wind generation projects, as well as utility-scale battery storage.

Unfortunately, investor-owned utilities across the country, including PNM, have been using interconnection delays to prevent dilution of their monopoly control.

As has occurred and will continue to occur, PNM can contract with third parties to purchase all the clean energy it needs. PNM already has started building that capacity with contracts for 550 megawatts of solar and storage to replace the San Juan coal plant, and per its 2023 Integrated Resource Plan, secured a Power Purchase Agreement for 100 megawatts from Quail Ranch, along with three contracts totaling 1000 megawatt-hours of battery storage.

Third-party contracts represent less money for PNM but substantial savings for ratepayers, as well as profits for independent energy developers, including New Mexican companies and tribal governments that could profit from an equitable, competitive market and land leasing.

Our favorites — solar, wind and battery storage — lend themselves to decentralized energy ownership in a way gas, coal and nuclear never could. Energy democracy is in!

The more we decentralize energy ownership, transitioning to locally owned municipal utilities, rooftop and community solar and microgrids, the more our communities will be protected during heat waves, wildfires and other disasters, and the more New Mexicans can save on utility bills.

In other words, the only things standing in the way of a rapid transition to clean and affordable renewable energy are a lack of leadership and the drawbacks of the private monopoly business model. With the demise of the merger, it is the people of New Mexico who now can and should benefit from our considerable and infinitely renewable sun and wind resources.

Eleanor Bravo is a longtime resident of New Mexico who lives in Sandoval County and is board chairperson of New Energy Economy.

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ARCHEOLOGY Jericho: The World’s Oldest City, Then and Now/William Tabbernee Explore the city’s archeology and history from its Neolithic origins through its Canaanite, Egyptian, Israelite, British, Palestinian, and Israeli settlement until its present-day occupation in the West Bank. April 2; 1-3pm.

Mummies: The How and Why We Have Them/Maria Ostendorf Smith The natural and deliberate mummification of humans provides a singular window into the world of the past by preserving the actual participants of that culture. April 16; 10am12noon.

ART Caring for Your Valued Papers, Books and Photos/ Lois Olcott Price A professional conservator will discuss how these objects are made, the factors that threaten them, and strategies for their safe handling, stabilization, and storage. Feb. 15, 22 & 29, March 7; 1-3pm.

Behind the Scenes in Art Conservation/Lois Olcott Price Learn how art conservation has evolved from its European and American roots to reflect developing technologies and a more global view of preservation, often playing an important role in healing cultures and communities.

Feb. 5; 1-3pm.

If I Knew Where I Was Going, I’d Be Lost/Ron Pokrasso This lecture-demonstration sheds light on my creative process and the spontaneous moments that creative endeavors. It includes a printmaking demo on-site as I create mixed-media work on paper. March 27; 10am-12noon Building Georgia O’Keeffe’s Legacy/Cody Hartley The O’Keeffe Museum’s director discusses the goals underlying its soon-to-be-built 55,000 square foot facility in downtown Santa Fe, as part of reimagining the legacy of an American icon. March 5; 10am-12noon.

Conversations: Engaging Ethiopian Iconography/Bonnie Hardwick Historic and contemporary Ethiopian Christian iconography will be presented and analyzed, along with parallel examples among northern New Mexican retablos. Feb. 22; 10am-12pm.

History of the Water Prayer Project and the Totem Sculpture Work of Doug Coffin/Doug Coffin Indigenous sculptor, painter, and mixed-media artist Doug Coffin will discuss his highly acclaimed artwork, including an incipient project for multiple international locations and the Water Prayer Project, originally designed for the Santa Fe Plaza.

March 13; 1-3pm.

The Family Photograph in Art/Alex Traube Family photography has created significant bodies of artwork while also preserving memories, affirming personal relationships, and commemorating special occasions. The instructor’s “New Mexico Families” project at the Vladem Contemporary takes place in June 2024.

April 11; 1-3pm.

Tour the Collections at the Indian Arts Research Center Docent-led tours will explore IARC’s extensive collections, which include gorgeous pottery, paintings, baskets, and jewelry from the Native American Southwest region. Tour 1: Feb. 8; 1-2:30pm. Tour 2: March 8; 1-2:30pm.

CULTURAL EVENTS & STUDIES The New Yorker: Fact or Fiction/K. Paul Jones Class participants choose articles, poetry, cartoons, and covers from The New Yorker, then lead thought-provoking conversations about them. Feb. 13 & 27, March 12 & 26, April 9; 1-3pm.

Found Under a Parking Lot: Richard III, the Deformed King We Love to Hate/Kristin Bundesen

Acequia Madre House Tours Tour the historic family home of three generations of pioneering Santa Fe women — Eva Fényes (who came to Santa Fe in the 1880s), Leonora Curtin, and Leonora Paloheimo — learn about its current role as the home for the Women’s International Study Center and meet with one of its current fellows.

1. Focus on Traditional Northern New Mexico Crafts/Liza MacKinnon MacKinnon is a self-taught visual artist who specializes in creating three-dimensional, half-size historic costumes from paper. Her WISC project focuses on local crafts. April 2; 3:15-5:15pm.

2. Focus on Women Architects of Santa Fe/Cristina Dreifus Serrano A Peruvian architecture professor, Serrano’s WISC project centers on the role of women in architecture during the early 20th century. May 7; 3:15-5:15pm.

Talking Cloth and El Mago: Oaxacan Indigenous Fashion/Eric Mindling Journey into traditional Oaxaca and the living world of Indigenous community fashion, thanks to the presenter’s discovery of “El Mago” (The Magician), a man who still knew about the symbolism woven into the region’s clothing. May 6; 3:15-5:15pm.

FILM Film Discussion 2024/Kathy Adelsheim Watching favorite films and discussing them with a small group of film lovers — what could be better?

Participants choose a film (usually an independent, foreign, or documentary film), watch it at their convenience, and discuss it in a moderated conversation. Feb. 7, 14, 21 & 28, March 6; 10am-12noon.

Opera-toon-ity: Opera Classics in Classic Cartoons/ Mark Tiarks A survey of the many opera-based cartoons, starting with “Mickey’s Opry House” from 1929 through “The Golden Age” with Bugs and Elmer doing battle in “The Rabbit of Seville” and “What’s Opera, Doc?” and ending with recent episodes of The Simpsons. May 8; 1-3pm.

Great Comic Moments in Cinema/Bud Cox A survey of comic genius within the following diverse films: City Lights, Ball of Fire, The Apartment, Dr. Strangelove, The Purple Rose of Cairo, and PunchDrunk Love, and the brilliant minds of their filmmakers: Chaplin, Hawks, Wilder, Kubrick, and Allen. March 11, 18 & 25; 10am-12noon.

HISTORY Jews and the Arab World/Ron Duncan Hart Jews and Arabs share common origins and have long lived together in the Middle East, an extended history that has been more coexistence than conflict until recently, even as popular culture in Israel has been turning towards the Arab roots of its large Mizrahi Jewish population. Feb. 8 & 15; 10am-12noon.

Not Your Parent’s History: Diversity, Pop Culture, and Wokeness/Kristin Bundesen As universities grapple with their own assumptions and blind spots, and education becomes a battleground for culture wars, it draws attention to the long history of diversity and the debate it arouses, especially in a time of rising nationalism. April 8; 10am–12noon.

Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Studies in Tyranny/K. Paul Jones Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were responsible for more violent deaths than any other rules in history. This class interweaves their personal histories with their rises to power and attempts to spread their missions across the globe. Feb 21 & 28; 1-3pm.

France Divided, 1936-45/Mark Davis

The 2012 discovery of King Richard III’s bones in a car park inspires this presentation about how we vision and revise history through the centuries, reminding us that history is very much alive even when the subjects are very dead. April 10; 10am-12noon.

The course examines the triumph and defeat of the leftwing Popular Front, its influence on the “Golden Age of French Cinema,” the American preference for the rightwing Vichy government over that of Charles de Gaulle, and the 1945 treason trial of the Vichy State’s Philippe Petain. Feb. 29, March 7; 10am-12noon.

Donkeys, Dervishes and the Borderline: An American in Pre-Revolutionary Iran/Steve Horowitz

Paine Matters: Unyielding Champion of Reason and Equality/Richard Briles Moriarty

A former Peace Corps teacher based in Iran reveals its rich culture, history, peoples, and languages through readings from his first-person stories, photos, and artifacts. March 6; 1-3pm.

A former lawyer who practiced before the U.S. Supreme Court illuminates the life and influence of Thomas Paine, who ignited a worldwide demand for republics grounded in written constitution and labored to communicate to everyone “in language as plain as A, B, C.” Feb. 6, 13, 20 & 27; 10am-12noon.

The Flag, The Cross, The Family Station Wagon: What Happened, Boomers?/Allen Stone When we Baby Boomers graduated from college, we looked ready to take over the world.

What happened to everything? To our idealism? To our dreams for ourselves and our country? An award-winning journalist who covered it while living it simultaneously is your guide. March 20 & 27; 1-3pm.

Buildings to Match the Beliefs: How the Sacred Spaces We Shape Also Shape Us/Talitha Arnold This class focuses on how faith, theology, spirituality, and politics have shaped the sacred architecture of diverse religious traditions, while the spaces also shape our understandings of the Divine, our relationship to others, and the rest of creation. Feb. 6, 13, & 20; 3:15-5:15pm.

Renaissance Humanism and the Birth of Modern European Culture/Patrick McDaniel Renaissance humanism, with its emphasis on freedom, human dignity, virtue, progress, and education, formed the basis of European education through at least the mid-twentieth century. April 16, 23 & 30; 1-3pm.

LITERATURE The Art of the Memoir and Why I Wrote Mine Ambassador Mark L. Asquino first considers the memoir as a literary genre, and how it differs from autobiography, then explains how and why he wrote his recently published memoir, Spanish Connections: My Diplomatic Journey from Venezuela to Equatorial Guinea.

Feb. 12; 1-3pm.

Nikolai Gogol: Dead Souls/Robert Glick Gogol’s magnificent satirical novel tells the story of a Russian provincial con man who builds his fortune by buying up the souls of dead serfs (who remain on the government tax rolls until the next census) and amasses a fortune in mortgageable human, though ghostly, assets. April 10, 17 & 24; 1-3pm.

A Magical Journey Through Four-Hands Piano Music: A Lecture + Recital/Kyunghoon Kim & Elizabeth Yao Experience the musical magic that composers created with seemingly simple ideas from duets written for children through the intimacy of the piano ensemble, a journey that will bring you back to your memories of childhood. March 14; 3:15-5:15pm.

Beethoven’s 9th Symphony: Great Singers and Conductors of the Past/Ifan Payne This course will compare audio and video excerpts of great interpretations of the 9th Symphony from 1921 to the present, offering an invaluable complement to the Santa Fe Symphony and Chorus live performance on May 19. April 25, May 2; 1-3pm.

Faulkner: The Unvanquished/Shelly Cook Starting with childish hijinks and moving to deadly, morally dubious actions, Faulkner builds an arch of rankling conflicts in The Unvanquished that continue to bedevil our nation. March 5, 12 & 19; 1-3pm.

SCIENCE Anatomy You Can Use: The Skeletal System/Bob Hinton

“The Case of the Enduring Detective”: Sherlock Holmes and the Victorian Mystery/John Lawrence Sherlock Holmes has captivated generations of readers in every era and every location on the globe. What is it about this enigmatic, cerebral, emotionless sleuth that explains his singular popularity over nearly a century and a half? Feb. 22; 3:15-5:15pm.

Aeschylus and O’Neill in Conversation — With a Guest Appearance by Jorge Luis Borges/Randy Perazzini It is said that bad poets borrow, but good ones steal. We’ll keep that in mind as we read the Oresteia of Aeschylus and Eugene O’Neill’s 20th-century version of it, Mourning Becomes Electra. March 26, April 2, 9, 16 & 23; 3:15-5:15pm.

Two Colonial Fictions: Heart of Darkness and A Passage to India/Edward Walkiewicz In Heart of Darkness Conrad exposed the dehumanizing consequences of Belgium colonizing the Congo Free State, while Forster’s Orientalist novel depicts life in India under the British Raj, questioning whether well-meaning individuals can rise above long-standing cultural differences. March 4, 11, 18 & 25; 3:15-5:15pm.

How well does your skeleton work for you? Together we’ll tour the skeleton, exploring different types of joints (with some you have never heard of!) and the strengths and weaknesses of the building blocks of the skeletal system — bone, cartilage, and connective tissue. March 6, 13 & 20; 10am-12noon.

Artificial Intelligence — The Good, the Bad, and the Future/Creve Maples This class will explore the development of AI, its successes and failures, how it “works” and “thinks,” and the consequences for our future. Like fire, AI has the potential to benefit us or destroy us, and it isn’t clear who’s steering this boat. Feb. 8 & 15; 3:15-5:15pm.

Evolutionary Medicine and Women’s Health/Wenda Trevathan Learn how examining women’s health from an evolutionary perspective could improve our ability to confront health challenges in more creative, effective ways. March 14; 10am-12noon.

Summer Weather Outlook and Climate Change Update/James Kemper

Willa Cather and the American Southwest/Garrett Peck

New weather information is flooding the news as we grapple with the changes. A meteorologist reviews the winter weather, looks at the picture for the summer, and reviews the constantly changing climate picture for the globe. March 19 & 26; 10am12noon.

Willa Cather’s six trips to the Southwest inspired three of her novels, The Song of the Lark, The Professor’s House, and Death Comes for the Archbishop, which she researched and wrote during her 1925 and 1926 travels to Taos and Santa Fe with her partner Edith Lewis. May 1; 10am-12noon.

A Blaze of Knowledge: CommunityDriven Wildfire Management/Alyssa Mineau

Willa Cather Walking Tour/Garrett Peck This walking tour explores how Cather was inspired to write Death Comes for the Archbishop by retracing her steps, starting at La Fonda, with the help of letters, interviews, and articles. May 2; 10am-12noon.

Community cohesion is pivotal to wildfire management in the wildland-urban interface, where natural landscapes intersect with human communities and wildfires threaten both property and lives. April 3; 3:15-5:15pm.

MUSIC An Exploration of Mozart’s Requiem, His Last Work and His Last Words/Thomas O’Connor In 1791 Mozart was ill and he feared for his life. A stranger commissioned him to write a Requiem, and Mozart threw himself into the project but died without completing it. Discover why it remains one of the most extraordinary musical works of all time. April 18; 10am12noon.

Santa Fe Opera 2024 Season/Mark Tiarks A well-known cultural writer for The New Mexican offers an in-depth introduction to each work in the Santa Fe Opera’s upcoming season through extensive video and audio excerpts, a wealth of visual imagery, and a behind-the-scenes look at each opera’s gestation. April 8, 15 & 29, May 6 & 13; 1-3pm.

The 1960s British Music Invasion/Dick Rosemont Once the Beatles broke open the floodgates, other U.K. artists followed, and a whole lot of shaking the musical landscape started going on. The presentation includes numerous photos and audio examples that will have you dancing in your seat.

1924: The Year That Made the Gershwins Famous/Steven Ovitsky & Mark Tiarks 1924 was the breakthrough year for George Gershwin, with the world premiere of Rhapsody in Blue in January, and for the brothers Gershwin with Lady Be Good!, their first Broadway hit, starring Fred and Adele Astaire, in December. April 17; 10am-12noon

Biohacking the Brain — Explore Exciting New Research and Tips to Protect Your Most Valuable Asset/Sloan Johnson Some of the exciting new brain research is very valuable in helping to prevent and even reverse early cognitive decline. Learn about these advancements, along with tips for improving quality of life. April 3; 10am-12noon.

The Mycelial Internet, Mushrooms, and Mycoremediation of the Earth/Jesse Boudreau This class will explore the web of mycelium that connects trees, plants, insects, and animals to the health of the soil, delving into the way fungi can bio-remediate pollutants and provide cognitive and mental health benefits.

Feb. 7 & 14; 1-3pm.

Galisteo Basin: A Geologic Tour/ Albert Shultz This driving tour will feature roadside stops with vantage points to see evidence of mountain uplifts, volcanic activity, erosional topography, the retreat of the sea, and the ore deposits that led miners to the areas around Cerrillos and Madrid. April 25; 10am-12noon.

THEATER

Unforgettable: Jazz Interpretations of the Great American Songbook/Bruce Johnson

Commedia dell’Arte: The Italian Theater before Opera/James Paul Ivey

Great show tunes by the Gershwin brothers, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, and Harold Arlen were later adapted by celebrated jazz artists. This course traces select songs’ evolution from initial conception to renditions performed by contemporary jazz musicians. April 2, 4, 9 & 11; 10am-12noon.

Explore the Italian tradition of improvised comedy by actors playing specialized characters and its influence on many art forms into the 19th and 20th centuries. March 4 & 11; 1-3pm.

The Piano Music of George Gershwin - A Lecture + Recital/Jacquelyn Helin

An Actor’s Life: Panel Discussion/ Aaron Leventman

Steinway artist Jacquelyn Helin plays the solo version of Rhapsody in Blue, the Piano Preludes, and selections from the popular Gershwin Songbook, and shares anecdotes from his friends including Maurice Ravel, Oscar Levant, Arnold Schoenberg, and Paul Whiteman. April 18; 1-3pm.

Professional actors discuss their early aspirations, past training, and local opportunities, including a look at the business side of the field and the many other forms of creativity that actors are involved in. April 8; 3:15-5:15pm.

TRIP Evening Under the Stars/Jim Baker

The Development of the Piano: A Lecture + Recital/Joe Illick A RENESAN favorite takes you takes you on a musical journey tracing the history of the piano from its origins to its modern form, exploring how technical advances helped shape the music begin written for the instrument. May 9; 3:15-5:15pm

RENESAN’s popular star party is a guided tour of the night sky using the naked eye and telescopes to view visible planets, major constellations, first-magnitude stars, and deep-space objects including galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters. March 1; 7:30-9:30pm.

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NFC DIVISIONAL ROUND

Los Alamos fires Maestas, promotes Bustos Administrators said change related to 6 players quitting

By James Barron

jbarron@sfnewmexican.com

Benito Maestas is perplexed at his dismissal as the head boys basketball coach at Los Alamos.

Meanwhile, D.J. Bustos is excited to get his first chance to run a program.

Los Alamos fired Maestas on Wednesday midway through his fifth year with the program after a 3-9 record, along with junior varsity coach Paul Herrera. Maestas said administrators told him and Herrera the decision was based on six players quitting the program since the season began and it

couldn’t afford to lose more.

Maestas added he felt he should have been given the chance to finish the season instead of being dismissed before it ended.

Maestas guided the Hilltoppers to a 46-64 record and the Class 4A State Tournament in 2022.

“I’m still wrapping my head around it,” Maestas said.

Taking over the program is Bustos, a 2017 West Las Vegas graduate and the son of longtime coach David Bustos.

It is his first head-coaching job after spending the past two years under Maestas.

Bustos said, while he always wanted to be a head coach, he did not want to do it at the cost of Maestas’ job.

However, he felt it was necessary to help the players and maintain some continuity.

“I have a great respect for Benito,” Bustos said. “I didn’t know this was going to happen. He gave me a great opportunity to be on his staff as a volunteer. I hate what happened, but I did this for the kids and I want them to succeed.”

Los Alamos athletic director Ann Stewart did not respond to phone messages left by The New Mexican.

This marks the third time the school replaced a head coach in the middle of the season during the 2023-24 school year. The volleyball program saw Joe Palmer and five assistant coaches placed on leave amid allegations of

drinking alcohol during an overnight team event at the school.

Palmer and his coaches eventually resigned, but the program went through another head coach before finishing the season with former head coach Diana Stokes.

In December, Satguru Khalsa abruptly resigned as head girls basketball coach three games into the season, and Todd Zollinger was named his replacement.

Maestas defended his program, saying he felt like he built something students wanted to be a part of, rather than feeling obligated to play for the Hilltoppers. It showed in the shortened Please see story on Page B-3

UNM MEN’S BA SKE TBALL

Whoa, Nelly

Lobos center starting to show how dominant he can be on the court

By Will Webber

wwebber@sfnewmexican.com

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is coach called it “Breakfast with Nelly.”

For months starting in the summer and continuing through early fall, Richard Pitino would get up early and FaceTime with Nelly Junior Joseph for a few minutes almost every day. The Lobos coach would grab a cup of coffee, make the long-distance call to Nigeria and touch base with his star recruit.

Days turned into weeks, then months as the University of New Mexico waited for the Nigerian government to issue a student visa to Joseph so he could return to the United States and SATURDAY play one last college basketball season ON TV for Pitino and the New Mexico Lobos. It wasn’t until (15-3, 3-2 MWC) at Air Force (7-9, two days before the team’s exhibition 0-4), 2 p.m. opener in late OctoWhere: Clune Arena, Colorado ber that the 6-foot-9 Springs, Colo. low-post monster TV: CBS Sports was on American Network soil and soaking in Radio: KKOB the New Mexico 770 AM sun.

Live stats: “Yes, it took a GoLobos.com/ while to get used to mbbstats it,” Joseph said of acclimating to the physical demands of Division I basketball a mile above sea level.

Same, too, for getting into a flow with his teammates. While most of them spent the summer and early fall working out with one another, the chemistry was a work in progress for him.

For most of his time here, Joseph — simply referred to as Nelly by teammates, coaches and fans — has been an enigma. UNM had kept him away from doing interviews with the media, allowing every player on the roster to sit through a news conference except him.

That ended Tuesday night when the Lobos beat No. 16 Utah State, a game in which Nelly had a breakout performance with 26 points, eight rebounds and five blocked shots, becoming the fifth Lobo to score at least 25 in a game this season. Afterward he strolled into the postgame press conference to speak in public for the first time.

Just days before, teammate Jamal Mashburn Jr. told everyone what to expect.

“He’s to himself, real reserved, real mature, obviously an older guy,” Mashburn said. “I love Nelly, man, he’s been great to the team, a great addition.

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love looks to pass against the Dallas Cowboys during Sunday’s wildcard game in Arlington, Texas.

Packers QB Love a different challenge for 49ers

By Josh Dubow

The Associated Press

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New Mexico center Nelly Junior Joseph eyes the basket during a Dec. 20 game against UC Irvine in The Pit. Joseph, who didn’t arrive on campus until two days before the Lobos’ exhibition opener in late October, is starting to show how big an impact he can have on the Lobos’ performance.

He’s funny, loves bumpin’ to Migos, you know — old school music.”

Described as an explosive, quick-offthe-floor rim protector in the recruiting process, it took a while for that oldschool guy to rise above and show

just how dominant he can be. He was all smiles after the Utah State game, saying, “I’m just hooping, just playing basketball.”

Pitino landed Joseph in the transfer portal in the spring. Having played

three years at Iona for Rick Pitino, Joseph said he was sold on the idea of playing in The Pit after Iona visited Albuquerque for a nonconference Please see story on Page B-3

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers had plenty of success going up against the Green Bay Packers in the playoffs when Aaron Rodgers was running the show.

The Niners knocked Rodgers and the Packers out of the playoffs four times, including twice in the previous four seasons.

While first-year starter Jordan Love lacks the pedigree of the four-time MVP, his performance in the last half of the season has caught the attention of the 49ers (12-5) headed into their divisional round game against the Packers (10-8) on Saturday night.

“He’s really good at going through his reads and playing the offense to a T,” defensive end Nick Bosa said.

After a shaky start to his first season as a starter, Love has been playing at a high level the past two months. He has thrown 21 touchdown passes with only one interception the past nine games and is coming off one of the best playoff debuts ever.

Love went 16 for 21 for 272 yards, three TDs and no interceptions in a 48-32 win over Dallas on Sunday.

“I thought he played a really, really good football game,” coach Matt LaFleur said. “It’s never going to be perfect.

There’s going to be little details here and there, whether it’s hanging in the pocket, some decisions, but I’ll tell you what, the guy made some massive plays in that game that kind of go off script, so to speak, and to me that’s where you see so much value in him.”

With Love playing as well as he has and a group of young pass-catchers emerging as big threats, the Packers once again look like a top offensive team after taking a step back in Rodgers’ last season in Green Bay in 2022.

The Niners see a similar look to those high-powered offenses they faced early in LaFleur’s tenure but see more of the coach’s influence on the scheme now that he has a young quarterback he can mold.

“They have a lot of the same guys Please see story on Page B-4

SATURDAY ON TV 6:15 p.m. on Fox — NFC divisional round: Green Bay at San Francisco

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He hit three monster bets — and the sportsbook wouldn’t pay Bookmakers using loophole to avoid paying big winners

By Danny Funt

The Washington Post

There’s a common marketing slogan in sports betting: “Sweat the game, not the payout.” In other words, when dealing with legitimate sportsbooks and not some shady neighborhood bookie, gamblers shouldn’t have to worry about getting stiffed.

Yet bettors say gaming operators aren’t always living up to that promise, and some industry officials agree. Bookmakers sometimes use a clause in their fine print as an “insurance plan,” as one top regulator put it, to get out of paying

big winners — and multiple industry observers say the practice is increasing.

That caveat nearly cost Christopher Kozak $127,420 recently, after Hard Rock Bet voided three successful long-shot hockey wagers — involving bets on a host of NHL players being held scoreless in the same game — that he placed in Tennessee. The sportsbook, operated by the Seminole Tribe, notified him several days after the games in question that his payouts were an “obvious error,” and therefore he wasn’t owed anything beyond a refund.

When he pushed back, Hard Rock

sought to renegotiate the odds — “a slap in the face,” said Kozak, who shared screenshots of his bets, as well as his extensive correspondence with Hard Rock, with The Washington Post. The messages show company officials repeatedly declining to explain the nature of the “error” or what made it “obvious.”

The company declined to answer questions from The Post. Then, last week — nearly two months after voiding Kozak’s bets and following questions from a reporter — it agreed to pay him in full. He had recently brought Please see story on Page B-5

A screen at the entrance of Churchill’s Bourbon & Brew Bar & Grille, flanked by electronic gaming machines, promotes sports betting Dec. 22 at Turfway Park Racing & Gaming in Florence, Ky. CAROLYN KASTER/ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO

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

AUTO RACING 6 p.m. PEACOCK — NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE 5 p.m. NHLN — Saginaw at Ottawa COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 3 p.m. CBSSN — Fairleigh Dickinson at Stonehill 4:30 p.m. FS1 — Georgetown at Xavier 5 p.m. CBSSN — Toledo at Cent.

Michigan 5 p.m. ESPN2 — Saint Louis at VCU 5 p.m. ESPNU — Akron at Kent St. 6:30 p.m. FS1 — Indiana at Wisconsin 8:30 p.m. FS1 — UNLV at Colorado St. COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 6 p.m. PAC-12N — UCLA at Colorado 8 p.m. PAC-12N — Oregon at Stanford COLLEGE GYMNASTICS (WOMEN’S) 4 p.m. SECN — Florida at Auburn 5:30 p.m. SECN — Arkansas at Alabama 7 p.m. SECN — Kentucky at LSU COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN’S) 7 p.m. CBSSN — Miami (Ohio) at Colorado College COLLEGE WRESTLING 4 p.m. BTN — Penn St. at Michigan 6 p.m. BTN — Purdue at Iowa FIELD HOCKEY (WOMEN’S) 7 a.m. CBSSN — Olympic Qualifier: U.S. vs. Germany, Gold-Medal Match, Ranchi, India GOLF 11 a.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: The

PREP BASKETBALL BOYS

SUNDAY, JAN. 14

Green Bay 48, Dallas 32 Detroit 24, L.A. Rams 23 Pittsburgh at Buffalo, ppd. to Jan. 15

MONDAY, JAN. 15

Buffalo 31, Pittsburgh 17 Tampa Bay 32, Philadelphia 9

DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS SATURDAY, JAN. 20

Houston at Baltimore, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN/ABC) Green Bay at San Franciso, 6 p.m. (FOX)

SUNDAY, JAN. 21

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 1 p.m. (NBC/Peacock) Kansas City at Buffalo, 4:30 p.m. (CBS/Paramount)

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS SUNDAY, JAN. 28

AFC AFC lowest remaining seed at AFC highest remaining seed, 1 p.m. (CBS) NFC NFC lowest remaining seed at NFC highest remaining seed, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY, FEB. 11

TBD, 4:30 p.m. (CBS) Las Vegas, Nev.

NBA Boston Phila.

New York Brooklyn Toronto

32 26 25 16 16

9 13 17 24 26

Miami Orlando Atlanta Charlotte Washington

24 22 17 8 7

17 19 23 30 33

Milwaukee Cleveland Indiana Chicago Detroit

28 24 23 20 4

13 15 17 23 37

SOUTHWEST

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SOUTHEAST

CENTRAL

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WESTERN CONFERENCE New Orleans Dallas Houston Memphis San Antonio

25 24 19 15 7

17 18 21 26 33

Minnesota Oklahoma City Denver Utah Portland

30 28 28 22 11

11 13 14 21 29

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

26 23 22 21 18

14 17 18 21 22

NORTHWEST

PACIFIC

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W

L

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WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota 124, Detroit 117 Boston 117, San Antonio 98 Toronto 121, Miami 97 Cleveland 135, Milwaukee 95 Atlanta 106, Orlando 104 New York 109, Houston 94 New Orleans 132, Charlotte 112 L.A. Lakers 127, Dallas 110 Portland 105, Brooklyn 103 Golden State at Utah, ppd

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Chicago 116, Toronto 110 New York 113, Washington 109 Oklahoma City 134, Utah 129 Minnesota 118, Memphis 103 Indiana at Sacramento, late

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Phila. at Orlando, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Denver at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Golden State, ppd Indiana at Portland, 8 p.m.

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

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Phila. at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

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NBA 5:40 p.m. ESPN — Denver at Boston 8:30 p.m. ESPN — Brooklyn at L.A. Lakers SOCCER (MEN’S) 8 p.m. FS2 — Liga MX: Cruz Azul at Juárez TENNIS 9 a.m. ESPN2 — ATP/WTA: The Australian Open, Third Round, Melbourne, Australia (Taped) 7 p.m. ESPN2 — ATP/WTA: The Australian Open, Third Round, Melbourne, Australia 1 a.m. Saturday ESPN2 — ATP/ WTA: The Australian Open, Third Round, Melbourne, Australia

No. 1 UConn (16-2) did not play. Next: at Villanova, Saturday.

No. 2 Purdue (16-2) did not play. Next: at Iowa, Saturday.

No. 3 Kansas (15-2) did not play. Next: at West Virginia, Saturday.

No. 4 North Carolina (14-3) did not play. Next: at Boston College, Saturday.

No. 5 Houston (15-2) did not play. Next: vs. UCF, Saturday.

No. 6 Tennessee (13-4) did not play. Next: vs. Alabama, Saturday.

No. 7 Duke (13-3) did not play. Next: vs. Pittsburgh, Saturday.

No. 8 Kentucky (13-3) did not play. Next: vs.

Georgia, Saturday.

No. 9 Baylor (14-3) did not play. Next: at Texas, Saturday.

No. 10 Memphis (15-3) lost to South Florida 7473. Next: at Tulane, Sunday.

No. 11 Wisconsin (13-4) did not play. Next: vs.

Indiana, Friday.

No. 12 Arizona (13-4) did not play. Next: vs.

UCLA, Saturday.

No. 13 Auburn (15-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 22 Mississippi, Saturday.

No. 14 Illinois (13-4) beat Michigan 88-73. Next: vs. Rutgers, Sunday.

No. 15 Oklahoma (14-3) did not play. Next: at Cincinnati, Saturday.

No. 16 Utah St. (16-2) did not play. Next: vs.

Fresno St., Saturday.

No. 17 Marquette (12-5) did not play. Next: at St. John’s, Saturday.

No. 18 Creighton (13-5) did not play. Next: at Seton Hall, Saturday.

No. 19 TCU (13-4) did not play. Next: vs. No. 24 Iowa St., Saturday.

No. 20 BYU (14-3) did not play. Next: at No. 25 Texas Tech, Saturday.

No. 21 Dayton (14-2) did not play. Next: vs. Rhode Island, Saturday.

No. 22 Mississippi (15-2) did not play. Next: at No. 13 Auburn, Saturday.

No. 23 FAU (14-4) beat Wichita St. 86-77. Next: at UTSA, Sunday.

No. 24 Iowa St. (13-4) did not play. Next: at No. 19 TCU, Saturday.

No. 25 Texas Tech (14-3) did not play. Next: vs.

No. 20 BYU, Saturday.

Houston 45, Cleveland 14 Kansas City 26, Miami 7

PCT

11:30 a.m. FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

MEN’S NCAA BASKETBALL

NFL

L

HORSE RACING

AP TOP 25 THURSDAY

PLAYOFFS WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS SATURDAY, JAN. 13

W

7 p.m. NFLN — The Polynesian Bowl: Team Mauka vs. Team Makai, Honolulu

Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 1:30 p.m.

Denver at Washington, 4 p.m.

Miami at Orlando, 4 p.m.

Boston at Houston, 5 p.m.

Indiana at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Portland at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m.

Artesia 56, Los Lunas 54 Fort Sumner 62, Lordsburg 41 Goddard 50, Moriarty 35 Hope Christian 57, Hot Springs 18 Kirtland Central 66, Valencia 58 Logan 46, Quemado 44 Menaul 62, Cottonwood Classical 27 Portales 48, Tucumcari 27 Ramah 72, Navajo Pine 24 Reserve 57, Hatch Valley 26 Tatum 41, Dora 32

ATLANTIC

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

SUNDAY’S GAMES

GIRLS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament Of Champions, Second Round, Lake Nona Golf Course, Orlando, Fla. Noon ESPN2 — Latin America Amateur Championship: Second Round, Santa María Golf Club, Panama City 2 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: The American Express, Second Round, Pete Dye Stadium Course, La Quinta, Calif.

5 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Mitsubishi Electric Championship, Second Round, Hualalai GC, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Midnight GOLF — DP World Tour: The Hero Dubai Desert Classic, Third Round, The Majlis Course, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

San Antonio at Washington, 5 p.m.

Cleveland at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

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

Memphis at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Utah at Houston, 6 p.m.

Artesia 69, Bloomfield 50 Eunice 43, NMMI 38 Hagerman 47, Jal 46 Hatch Valley 51, Reserve 39 Hope Christian 84, Shiprock 43 Logan 86, Hozho 16 Loving 72, Cobre 49 Mesilla Valley Christian 50, Lordsburg 38 Pine Hill 80, Carrizozo 31 Rehoboth 82, Tucumcari 42 Taos 56, Hot Springs 46

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SCOREBOARD

Friday, January 19, 2024

THURSDAY’S SCORES EAST

Albertus Magnus 71, Connecticut College 68, OT Babson 76, Coast Guard 75 Clark 73, Springfield 65 Colby Sawyer 97, New England Coll. 89, OT Delaware 71, Stony Brook 68 Drexel 78, Monmouth (NJ) 74 Emerson 60, Salve Regina 58 Hofstra 86, Hampton 77 Mass.-Lowell 97, Albany (NY) 76 Mitchell 95, Wesleyan (Conn.) 79 New Hampshire 70, NJIT 62 Notre Dame of Maryland Gators 80, Cairn 69 UMBC 70, Maine 65 Vermont 82, Binghamton 62 Worcester Tech 66, Wheaton 59 Yeshiva 99, Immaculata 92

SOUTH

Austin Peay 83, North Alabama 80, OT Campbell 77, William & Mary 64 Carson-Newman 109, Virginia-Wise 72 Cent. Arkansas 96, Lipscomb 86 FAU 86, Wichita St. 77 Georgia Southern 73, Coastal Carolina 70 Jacksonville 79, Queens (NC) 77 James Madison 89, Louisiana-Monroe 70 Lee 70, West Florida 51 Liberty 78, FIU 69 Lyon College 96, Westminster (Mo.) 82 Morehead St. 84, UT Martin 66 Morehouse 76, Benedict 69 N. Kentucky 90, Milwaukee 72 NC A&T 72, Northeastern 65 North Florida 84, Kennesaw St. 75 Old Dominion 91, Marshall 66 South Alabama 74, Troy 71 South Florida 74, Memphis 73 Tennessee St. 85, Tennessee Tech 53 Towson 82, Coll. of Charleston 78 Tusculum 84, Emory & Henry 72 UNC-Asheville 82, Winthrop 77 UNC-Wilmington 82, Elon 70 Valdosta St. 83, Shorter 65 Webster 69, Mississippi Univ. for Women 56 Winston-Salem 88, St. Augustines 45

MIDWEST

Ashland 71, Trevecca Nazarene 70 Denver 78, N. Dakota St. 70 Ferris St. 90, Davenport 61 Green Bay 88, Wright St. 81 Illinois 88, Michigan 73 Indianapolis 69, Missouri-St. Louis 64 Lake Erie 92, Ohio Dominican 78 Lake Superior St. 91, Grand Valley St. 55 Lewis 68, McKendree 62 Maryville (Mo.) 61, William Jewell 59 Michigan St. 76, Minnesota 66 Michigan Tech 78, Wis.-Parkside 71 Missouri Western 97, Newman 58 N. Michigan 82, Purdue-Northwest 78 NW Missouri St. 71, Cent. Oklahoma 56 North Dakota 87, Oral Roberts 77 Northwood (Mich.) 60, Findlay 58 Rockhurst 91, Missouri S&T 79 S. Dakota St. 90, Omaha 87 SIU-Edwardsville 78, Lindenwood (Mo.) 59

ON THE SLOPES New Mexico ski area conditions as of Thursday: Angel Fire — 31-inch base; 72 of 81 trails, 89% open; 7 of 7 lifts; Mon-Fri: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Sat/Sun: 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

Pajarito — 30-inch base; 45 of 53 trails, 85% open; 4 of 6 lifts; Thu/Fri: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat/Sun: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Red River — 30-36-inch base; 41 of 64 trails, 64% open; 7 of 7 lifts; Mon-Fri: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat/Sun: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Sipapu — 30-34-inch base; 44 of 44 trails, 100% open; 6 of 6 lifts, Mon-Fri: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat/Sun: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Ski Apache — 30-inch base; 32 of 55 trails, 58% open; 5 of 11 lifts; Thu/Fri:9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat/Sun: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Ski Santa Fe — 52-inch base;

86 of 86 trails, 100% open, 7 of 7 lifts; Mon-Fri: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat/Sun: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Taos — 38-41-inch base; 103

of 110 trails, 94% open, 12 of 13 lifts; Mon-Fri: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat/Sun: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

SOURCES: ONTHESNOW.COM; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPORTS BETTING LINE NFL SATURDAY FAVORITE

at BALTIMORE at SAN FRANCISCO

OPEN

TODAY

OPEN

TODAY

8½ 9½

SUNDAY

FAVORITE

at DETROIT at BUFFALO

9½ 9½

6 2½

6½ 2½

FAVORITE

LINE

Philadelphia at CHARLOTTE at BOSTON at NEW ORLEANS at MIAMI at PORTLAND at L.A. LAKERS

Boys basketball — Abq. Hope Christian Invitational, semifinals/ consolation: Taos vs. Hope Christian/Shiprock, 7:30 p.m. (semifinal)/10:30 a.m. (consolation); West Las Vegas vs. Artesia/Bloomfield, 4:30 p.m. (semifinal/1:30 p.m. (consolation) Lion Classic at Santa Rosa, semifinal/ consolation: Mora vs. Estancia/Fort Sumner, 5 p.m. (semifinal)/2 p.m. (consolation) St. Michael’s at Grants, 7 p.m.

Los Alamos at Aztec, 7 p.m.

Dulce at Escalante, 7 p.m.

Pecos at Abq. Del Norte, 7 p.m.

Girls basketball — Abq. Hope Christian Invitational, semifinal/consolation: Taos vs. Hot Springs/Hope Christian, 6 p.m. (semifinal)/9 a.m. (consolation); West Las Vegas vs. Los Lunas/Artesia, 3 p.m. (semifinal)/ noon (consolation) Dulce at Santa Fe Indian School, 7 p.m.

Santa Fe Prep at Abq. Evangel Christian, 5:30 p.m.

Native American Community Academy at Mora, 5 p.m.

Las Vegas Robertson at Tucumcari, 6:30 p.m.

Swimming and diving — Santa Fe High, St. Michael’s, Santa Fe Prep, Taos at Abq. Academy Invitational, TBA Wrestling — Santa Fe High, Capital at Joe Vivian Classic: TBA St. Michael’s, Pojoaque Valley, Los Alamos, Española Valley at Sartan Scuffle at Abq. St. Pius X, 3 p.m.

South Dakota 74, St. Thomas (MN) 73, OT Spalding 72, Principia 62 Thomas More Saints 68, Malone 57 Tiffin 72, Kentucky Wesleyan 59 Truman St. 84, Southwest Baptist 58 UALR 77, S. Indiana 75 Upper Iowa 86, Drury 71 Walsh 67, Hillsdale 58

Ark.-Monticello 59, Oklahoma Baptist 57 Cameron 74, Texas-Permian Basin 72 Cent. Missouri 55, Northeastern St. 45 Dallas Baptist 97, Texas A&M Kingsville 68 Hardin-Simmons 70, E. Texas Baptist 66 Harding 60, SW Oklahoma 56 Henderson St. 83, SE Oklahoma 81 Howard Payne 83, Ozarks 80 Midwestern St. 88, Angelo St. 79, 2OT NW Oklahoma 63, Arkansas Tech 54 Oklahoma Christian 85, St Edwards 80 Ouachita Baptist 75, East Central 63 Rogers St. 67, Lincoln (Mo.) 62 S. Arkansas 78, S. Nazarene 72 St. Mary’s (Texas) 90, Ark.-Fort Smith 57 Stephen F. Austin 89, Seattle 84, OT Sul Ross St. 66, Texas-Dallas 65 Tarleton St. 79, Abilene Christian 71 Texas A&M International 72, Texas-Tyler 52 Texas-Arlington 91, Texas Rio Grande Valley 73 UTEP 73, Middle Tennessee 59

FAR WEST

E. New Mexico 80, Lubbock Christian 72 E. Washington 80, Weber St. 78 Grand Canyon 78, Utah Valley St. 65 Idaho St. 64, Idaho 59 N. Arizona 84, Portland St. 65 N. Colorado 77, Sacramento St. 75 New Mexico St. 72, W. Kentucky 70 S. Utah 75, Utah Tech 65 Utah 74, Oregon St. 47 Washington 77, California 75

THURSDAY’S SCORES EAST

NEW MEXICO STATE 72, WESTERN KENTUCKY 70

FG FT REB W. KENTUCKY MIN M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS

Faye Marshall Lander McHenry Newman Howard Allen Kalambay

TOTALS

22 4-4 31 7-11 38 7-11 31 0-8 32 3-8 18 3-6 16 1-4 12 0-4

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

1-6 0-6 0-2 1-4 0-8 3-8 0-1 2-4

3 4 4 3 1 1 1 0

2 0 3 1 5 2 2 0

10 16 19 1 13 8 3 0

200 25-56 13-18 7-39 17 15 70

Percentages: FG .446, FT .722.

3-Point Goals: 7-23, .304 (Marshall 2-4, Lander 2-5, Newman 2-7, Allen 1-4, McHenry 0-3).

Team Rebounds: 0. Team Turnovers: 1.

Blocked Shots: 3 (Allen, Faye, Marshall).

Turnovers: 17 (Marshall 4, Lander 3, McHenry 3, Newman 3, Allen, Faye, Howard, Kalambay).

Steals: 8 (Marshall 4, Lander 3, Newman).

Technical Fouls: None.

FG FT REB NEW MEXICO ST.MIN M-A M-A O-T APFPTS

Carpenter Ezeagu Cook Rawls Suggs Odukale Pettway Harris Kanyanga Yaak

TOTALS

21 4-11 0-0 26 2-6 0-0 19 0-6 0-0 26 0-4 0-0 15 2-6 1-2 28 5-11 0-3 27 6-12 3-4 24 6-10 2-2 13 1-2 2-2 1 0-0 0-0

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

11 4 0 0 5 11 19 18 4 0

20026-688-1310-311216 72

Percentages: FG .382, FT .615.

3-Point Goals: 12-27, .444 (Harris 4-5, Pettway 4-9, Carpenter 3-7, Odukale 1-1, Rawls 0-1, Cook 0-2, Suggs 0-2).

Team Rebounds: 0. Team Turnovers: None.

Blocked Shots: 3 (Odukale 2, Ezeagu).

Turnovers: 11 (Rawls 4, Carpenter 2, Odukale 2, Cook, Pettway, Suggs).

Steals: 10 (Harris 4, Kanyanga 2, Cook, Ezeagu, Odukale, Suggs).

Technical Fouls: None.

W. KENTUCKY NEW MEXICO ST. A: 5,243 (12,482).

37 27

33 45

— —

70 72

WOMEN’S NCAA BASKETBALL AP TOP 25 THURSDAY

Boys basketball — Taos, West Las Vegas at Abq. Hope Christian Invitational: TBA Mora at Lion Classic at Santa Rosa: TBA Capital at Pojoaque Valley, 7 p.m.

Santa Fe Prep at Socorro, 5:30 p.m.

Academy for Technology and the Classics at Texico, 5 p.m.

New Mexico School for the Deaf at Colorado School for the Deaf and Bind, 6:30 p.m.

Los Alamos at Miyamura, 4 p.m.

McCurdy at East Mountain, 2 p.m.

Jemez Valley at Mesa Vista, 7 p.m.

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

Questa at Clayton, 4:30 p.m.

Las Vegas Robertson at Abq. Sandia Prep, 2 p.m.

Girls basketball — Taos, West Las Vegas at Abq. Hope Christian Invitational: TBA Rio Rancho Cleveland at Santa Fe High, 5 p.m.

Academy for Technology and the Classics at Texico, 3:30 p.m.

New Mexico School for the Deaf at Colorado School for the Deaf and Bind, 5 p.m.

McCurdy at East Mountain, 12:30 p.m.

Shiprock Northwest at Coronado, 4 p.m.

Questa at Clayton, 2:30 p.m.

Pecos at Native American Community Academy, 3 p.m.

Swimming and diving — Santa Fe High, St. Michael’s, Santa Fe Prep, Taos at Abq. Academy Invitational, TBA Wrestling — Santa Fe High, Capital at Joe Vivian Classic: TBA St. Michael’s, Pojoaque Valley, Los Alamos, Española Valley at Sartan Scuffle at Abq. St. Pius X, 9 a.m.

Tierra Encantada, Pecos, Las Vegas Robertson at Spencer Cole Invitational at West Las Vegas: TBA

Saturday.

No. 10 LSU (16-2) beat Alabama 78-58. Next: vs.

Arkansas, Sunday.

No. 11 Texas (17-2) did not play. Next: at Oklahoma St., Saturday.

No. 12 Baylor (14-2) did not play. Next: vs. UCF, Saturday.

No. 13 Louisville (15-2) beat Clemson 81-64. Next: at No. 23 North Carolina, Sunday.

No. 14 Virginia Tech (13-3) lost to Duke 63-46.

Next: vs. Clemson, Sunday.

No. 15 Florida St. (14-4) lost to Syracuse 79-73.

Next: vs. Virginia, Sunday.

No. 16 Indiana (15-2) did not play. Next: at Purdue, Sunday.

No. 17 Gonzaga (16-2) beat Loyola Marymount 72-48. Next: vs. Saint Mary’s (Cal), Saturday.

No. 18 Ohio St. (14-3) did not play. Next: vs. No. 2 Iowa, Sunday.

No. 19 Notre Dame (12-3) beat Virginia 86-76.

Next: at Wake Forest, Sunday.

No. 20 Utah (12-5) did not play. Next: vs. No. 6 Southern Cal, Friday.

No. 21 Creighton (13-3) did not play. Next: at Villanova, Sunday.

No. 22 Marquette (15-3) did not play. Next: vs.

No. 9 UConn, Tuesday.

No. 23 North Carolina (12-5) beat Georgia Tech 73-68. Next: vs. No. 13 Louisville, Sunday.

No. 24 Iowa St. (12-5) did not play. Next: vs. TCU, Saturday.

No. 25 UNLV (15-1) did not play. Next: vs. New Mexico, Saturday.

SOUTHWEST

No. 1 South Carolina (16-0) did not play. Next: at Texas A&M, Sunday.

No. 2 Iowa (18-1) did not play. Next: at No. 18 Ohio St., Sunday.

No. 3 Colorado (15-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 5 UCLA, Friday.

No. 4 NC State (15-1) lost to Miami 73-59. Next: vs. Duke, Sunday.

No. 5 UCLA (14-1) did not play. Next: at No. 3 Colorado, Friday.

No. 6 Southern Cal (13-1) did not play. Next: at No. 20 Utah, Friday.

No. 7 Kansas St. (17-1) did not play. Next: vs.

Kansas, Saturday.

No. 8 Stanford (15-2) did not play. Next: vs. Oregon, Friday.

No. 9 UConn (15-3) did not play. Next: vs. DePaul,

UNDERDOG

(48½) (45½)

Tampa Bay Kansas City

UNDERDOG

(222½) (236½) (234) (236½) (228½) (OFF) (227½)

at ORLANDO San Antonio Denver Phoenix Atlanta Indiana Brooklyn

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Saturday

Friday

O/U

Houston Green Bay

O/U

5 4½ 6 2½ 6½ OFF 6½

FAVORITE

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

UNDERDOG

NBA FRIDAY

FRIDAY

PREP SCHEDULE

O/U

(43½) (50½)

Albany (NY) 65, Mass.-Lowell 49 Boston College 68, Wake Forest 65 Canisius 69, Quinnipiac 58 Iona 68, St. Peter’s 62 Maine 76, UMBC 47 Manhattan 64, Niagara 53 Marist 45, Mount St. Mary’s 44 Marshall 90, Old Dominion 60 New Hampshire 56, NJIT 50 Penn St. 80, Purdue 67 Siena 79, Rider 58 Syracuse 79, Florida St. 73 Vermont 51, Binghamton 38

SOUTH

Appalachian St. 73, Coastal Carolina 63 Duke 63, Virginia Tech 46 E. Kentucky 65, Cent. Arkansas 58 FIU 70, Liberty 59 Florida Gulf Coast 82, Queens (NC) 57 James Madison 72, Georgia Southern 51 Kennesaw St. 63, Stetson 48 LSU 78, Alabama 58 Louisiana-Monroe 65, Louisiana-Lafayette 59 Louisville 81, Clemson 64 Mercer 76, UNC-Greensboro 52 Miami 73, NC State 59 Middle Tennessee 81, UTEP 70 Morehead St. 56, UT Martin 38 New Mexico St. 50, W. Kentucky 44 North Carolina 73, Georgia Tech 68 Notre Dame 86, Virginia 76 SE Louisiana 55, Northwestern St. 48 Samford 48, W. Carolina 47 Southern Miss. 82, Georgia St. 75 Tennessee 75, Mississippi St. 64 Tennessee Tech 86, Tennessee St. 81 Vanderbilt 53, Auburn 50

MIDWEST

Green Bay 75, Detroit 48 Lindenwood (Mo.) 79, SIU-Edwardsville 73 Milwaukee 67, Oakland 51 Missouri 69, Georgia 57 North Alabama 91, Bellarmine 90, OT S. Dakota St. 92, Omaha 55 S. Indiana 58, UALR 48 South Dakota 63, St. Thomas (MN) 61 Texas Rio Grande Valley 64, Texas-Arlington 62 Youngstown St. 66, Fort Wayne 57

SOUTHWEST

Abilene Christian 73, Tarleton St. 51 New Orleans 57, Houston Christian 48 Nicholls 65, Incarnate Word 59 Oral Roberts 71, North Dakota 55 Texas A&M Commerce 73, Lamar 70 Texas A&M-CC 83, McNeese St. 63 Troy 92, Texas St. 85

FAR WEST

E. Washington 56, Weber St. 38 Grand Canyon 78, Utah Valley St. 68 Idaho St. 61, Idaho 56 N. Arizona 73, Portland St. 65 N. Colorado 72, Sacramento St. 59 N. Dakota St. 84, Denver 63 Pacific 75, San Diego 48 Santa Clara 92, Pepperdine 36 Stephen F. Austin 82, Seattle 66 UC Davis 60, Cal St.-Fullerton 55 UC Riverside 64, CS Bakersfield 62 Utah Tech 78, S. Utah 71

TENNIS AUSTRALIAN OPEN FRIDAY At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia

LINE

Fairleigh Dickinson at XAVIER at VCU Toledo at MOUNT ST. MARY’S at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at RIDER Akron at IONA at FAIRFIELD Quinnipiac at CENT. CONN. ST. at MERRIMACK at WISCONSIN at COLORADO STATE

UNDERDOG

1 12½ 8½ 6½ 3½ 2½ 2½ 1½ 8½ 3½ 4½ 7½ 6½ 10½ 7½

at STONEHILL Georgetown Saint Louis at CENTRAL MICHIGAN Marist LIU Niagara at KENT STATE Canisius Saint Peter’s at SIENA Le Moyne Wagner Indiana UNLV

NHL FRIDAY

FAVORITE

LINE

at CAROLINA at FLORIDA New Jersey New York

UNDERDOG

-196 -184 -160 -240

Detroit Minnesota at COLUMBUS at CHICAGO

Purse: AUD38,923,200 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — Results Friday from Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):

MEN’S SINGLES THIRD ROUND

Jannik Sinner (4), Italy, def. Sebastian Baez (26), Argentina, 6-0, 6-1, 6-3.

Karen Khachanov (15), Russia, def. Tomas Machac, Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (5).

Stefanos Tsitsipas (7), Greece, def. Luca van Assche, France, 6-3, 6-0, 6-4.

Taylor Fritz (12), United States, def. Fabian Marozsan, Hungary, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.

WOMEN’S SINGLES THIRD ROUND

Amanda Anisimova, United States, def. Paula Badosa, Spain, 7-5, 6-4.

Aryna Sabalenka (2), Belarus, def. Lesia Tsurenko (28), Ukraine, 6-0, 6-0.

Coco Gauff (4), United States, def. Alycia Parks, United States, 6-0, 6-2.

MEN’S DOUBLES FIRST ROUND

N. Sriram Balaji, India, and Victor Vlad Cornea, Romania, def. Andrea Pellegrino and Matteo Arnaldi, Italy, 6-3, 6-4.

Ariel Behar, Uruguay, and Adam Pavlasek, Czech Republic, def. Michael Venus, New Zealand, and Jamie Murray (9), Britain, 6-2, 6-4.

Jason Kubler and Rinky Hijikata (16), Australia, def. Christopher O’Connell, Australia, and Laslo Djere, Serbia, 6-2, 6-4.

Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell, Australia, def. Lucas Miedler and Alexander Erler, Austria, 6-2, 7-6 (8).

MEN’S DOUBLES SECOND ROUND

Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni (6), Argentina, def. Aleksandar Vukic, Australia, and Nuno Borges, Portugal, walkover.

Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Neal Skupski (5), Britain, def. Francisco Cabral, Portugal, and Henry Patten, Britain, 6-3, 6-4.

Rajeev Ram, United States, and Joe Salisbury (3), Britain, def. Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela, Mexico, and Daniel Altmaier, Germany, 6-2, 6-4.

WOMEN’S DOUBLES FIRST ROUND

Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, and Shuko Aoyama, Japan, def. Katarzyna Piter, Poland, and Lidziya Marozava, Belarus, 6-1, 6-1.

Xinyu Jiang and Hanyu Guo, China, def. Bibiane Schoofs, Netherlands, and Kimberley Zimmermann, Belgium, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1.

Timea Babos and Anna Bondar, Hungary, def.

Samantha Murray Sharan, Britain, and Angelica Moratelli, Italy, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5.

WOMEN’S DOUBLES SECOND ROUND

Ekaterina Alexandrova and Anna Kalinskaya, Russia, def. Arina Rodionova and Taylah Preston, Australia, 6-2, 6-3.

Desirae Krawczyk, United States, and Ena Shibahara (6), Japan, def. Ana Bogdan, Romania, and Rebeka Masarova, Spain, 6-3, 6-1.

Zhu Lin, China, and Fang-Hsien Wu, Taiwan, def.

Wang Xiyu, China, and Linda Noskova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2.

Demi Schuurs, Netherlands, and Luisa Stefani (9), Brazil, def. Caroline Dolehide and Peyton Stearns, United States, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 7-5.

Emma Navarro, United States, and Diana Shnaider, Russia, def. Hao-Ching Chan, Taiwan, and Giuliana Olmos (10), Mexico, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.

MIXED DOUBLES SECOND ROUND

Kevin Krawietz, Germany, and Nicole Melichar-Martinez (7), United States, def. Dane Sweeny and Maya Joint, Australia, 6-2, 6-4.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC

GP W L OT PTS GF GA

Boston Florida Toronto Detroit Tampa Bay Montreal Buffalo Ottawa

44 27 8 44 27 13 43 22 13 44 23 16 45 23 17 45 19 19 45 20 21 40 16 24

9 4 8 5 5 7 4 0

63 149 116 58 138 114 52 154 141 51 158 146 51 153 152 45 125 156 44 133 143 32 137 149

43 28 13 2 45 25 14 6 43 24 14 5 43 22 15 6 42 21 15 6 44 19 15 10 42 22 17 3 44 14 21 9

58 143 123 56 135 121 53 148 132 50 106 127 48 129 113 48 130 150 47 144 147 37 134 165

METROPOLITAN GP W L OT PTS GF GA

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

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL

GP W

PACIFIC

GP W

Winnipeg Colorado Dallas Nashville Arizona St. Louis Minnesota Chicago

43 46 44 44 42 43 44 45

29 29 26 24 21 21 18 13

L OT PTS

10 14 13 19 18 20 21 30

4 3 5 1 3 2 5 2

62 61 57 49 45 44 41 28

L OT PTS

GF GA

143 172 161 139 128 122 129 99

99 146 135 138 126 140 151 162

GF GA

Vancouver 44 29 11 4 62 168 114 Vegas 44 25 14 5 55 140 120 Edmonton 41 25 15 1 51 146 121 Los Angeles 41 21 12 8 50 135 109 Calgary 45 21 19 5 47 142 143 Seattle 45 19 17 9 47 126 134 Anaheim 44 15 28 1 31 111 150 San Jose 45 10 31 4 24 89 183 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.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Montreal 3, New Jersey 2 Detroit 3, Florida 2, OT Chicago at Buffalo, ppd

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Buffalo 3, Chicago 0 Philadelphia 5, Dallas 1 Washington 5, St. Louis 2 Tampa Bay 7, Minnesota 3 Boston 5, Colorado 2 Ottawa 6, Montreal 2 Edmonton 4, Seattle 2 Toronto 4, Calgary 3 Arizona at Vancouver, late N.Y. Rangers at Vegas, late Nashville at Los Angeles, late

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Detroit at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Florida, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Columbus, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 10:30 a.m.

Colorado at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

LINE

+162 +152 +132 +195

Nashville at Arizona, 1 p.m.

Winnipeg at Ottawa, 1 p.m.

Dallas at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Boston, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

Washington at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Vegas, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Ottawa at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at Carolina, 3 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 5 p.m.

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

N.Y. Rangers at Anaheim, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto at Seattle, 7 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League BOSTON RED SOX — Named Andrew Bailey pitching coach, Andy Fox first base coach and Kyle Hudson third base coach.

DETROIT TIGERS — Designated 3B Tyler Nevin for assignment. Claimed RHP Devin Sweet off waivers from San Francisco.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Sthiven Benitez, Jose Cruz, Jose Mejia and Juan Rivera, LHPs Oliver Del Rosario, Nomar Jimenez, Diego Lara and Geremy Tovar, INFs Jose Cerice, Anderson Garcia, Darison Garcia, Omar Mejia, Yandel Ricardo, Marwin Rivero and Jhonayker Ugarte, OFs Robinson Chacon and Sandy Luciano and C Anthony Longo on minor league contracts.

National League PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with RHPs Ryan Burr, Nick Snyder and Jose Ruiz on minor league contracts.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jordan Hicks on a four-year contract.

Designated RHP Devin Sweet for assignment.

Named Dusty Baker as special advisor to baseball operations.

Minor League Baseball Frontier League FLORENCE Y’ALLS — Signed RHP Josh Hudgins.

OTTAWA TITANS — Traded OF Austin Davis to the Oakland (Pioneer League).

TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS — Signed LHP Caden O’Brien to a contract extension.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed RHP Hunter Stevens.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Signed F Pete Nance to a 10-day contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Promoted RB Dalvin Cook from the practice squad to the active roster.

DETROIT LIONS — Reinstated LB James Houston from injured reserve. Waived LB Julian Okwara.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed DTs Thomas Booker and Noah Ellis, T Le’Raven Clark, WRs Shaquan Davis, Jacob Harris Griffin Hebert and Joseph Ngata, DBs Mekhi Garner, Mario Goodrich, Tristin McCollum and Tiawan Mullen, DE Tarron Jackson, TE E.J. Jenkins, LBs Terrell Lewis and Brandon Smith, RB Lew Nichols and G Jason Poe to futures contracts for 2024.

Canadian Football League EDMONTON ELKS — Signed QB Steven Montez, and DL Trevon Mason.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Acquired a fifthround 2024 draft selection from Ottawa in exchange for QB Dru Brown. Signed QB Eric Barriere.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES — Recalled RW Adam Klapka from Calgary (AHL). Loaned RW Walker Duehr to Calgary.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Returned D David Jiricek to Cleveland (AHL). Placed G Spencer Martin on waivers.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned D Brogan Rafferty to Grand Rapids (AHL).

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled F Samuel Fagemo from Ontario (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD — Placed D Jared Spurgeon on injured reserve.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Placed D Brendan Smith on injured reserve. Recalled D Santeri Hatakka from Utica (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Reassigned F Daylan Kuefler from Worcester (ECHL) to Bridgeport (AHL).

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Reassigned LW Jordan Frasca from Wheeling (ECHL) to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).

SAN JOSE SHARKS — Assigned F Mitchell Russell and D Gannon Laroque from San Jose (AHL) to Wichita (ECHL).

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS — Recalled F Sheldon Rempal from Henderson (AHL).

Minor League Hockey American Hockey League BRIDGEPORT ISLANDERS — Recalled F Ashton Calder from Worcester (ECHL).

CALGARY WRANGLERS — Recalled G Connor Murphy from Rapid City (ECHL).

HARTFORD WOLFPACK — Returned F Cristiano DiGiacinto to Cincinnati (ECHL).

ROCHESTER AMERICANS — Assigned G Damien Giroux to Jacksonville (ECHL).

SAN DIEGO GULLS — Assigned D Anthony Costantini to Tulsa (ECHL).

SYRACUSE CRUNCH — Recalled G Brannon Halverson from Orlando (ECHL). Signed D Cole Moberg to a professional tryout contract (PTO).

TEXAS STARS — Assigned G Bryan Thomson to Idaho TUCSON ROADRUNNERS — Recalled F Colin Thiesen from Toledo (ECHL).

UTICA COMETS — Loaned F Jace Isley to Adirondack (ECHL).

SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Re-signed D DeJuan Jones to a four-year contract extension.

PHILADELPHIA UNION — Acquired D Jamir Berdecio loan from Club Deportivo Oriente Petrolero (Bolivian Primera Division) through 2024, pending receipt of his international transfer certificate (ITC) and P-1 visa.

SAN ANTONIO FC — Signed D Lucas Silva pending league and federation approval. Acquired D Trova Boni on loan from Belenenses SAD, pending league and federation approval.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC — Acquired $350,000 in 2025 General Allocation Money (GAM) from Los Angeles FC in exchange for two 2024 international roster slots.

National Women’s Soccer League ANGEL CITY FC — Signed F Casey Phair.

SPORTS

Friday, January 19, 2024

AUS TR ALIAN OPE N

The Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia — Her hand and her legs were shaking, she’d missed nine match points but also saved six, and Anna Blinkova was 41 points into a wild tiebreaker that was the longest ever in a women’s Grand Slam event.

Elena Rybakina, last year’s Australian Open runner-up, was just as anxious on the other side of the net.

When Blinkova lunged to retrieve a backhand, aiming just to keep the rally alive, and Rybakina’s next backhand sailed wide, it finished off a 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (20) second-round victory Thursday that she’ll never, ever forget.

“It took me courage,” she said. “It took me some certain calmness to stay in the present moment and to play point by point no matter what happens.”

Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion who was runner-up here last year to Aryna Sabalenka, saved two match points in a third set that contained six service breaks.

Blinkova twice served for the match but couldn’t finish off, and a double-fault in the 12th game sent it to a 10-point tiebreaker.

Once there, 13 minutes after her first match points, Blinkova had two more points at 9-7 but again Rybakina saved them, and so it went on.

B-3

BOYS BA SKE TBALL

Horsemen fade down stretch against Bulldogs

Blinkova upsets ’23 finalist Rybakina in a wild, record-long tiebreaker match

By John Pye

THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN

Blinkova, smiling, later described it as the “endless tiebreaker.” It went on for 32 minutes until Rybakina’s backhand error ended it.

In terms of points — 42 — it was the longest tiebreaker ever in a women’s major.

“It was super tough. I had so many match points,” said Blinkova, who is ranked 57th and had 13 first-round exits in her previous 20 majors. “I tried to be aggressive but my hand was shaking. And my legs, too!

“I tried to be calm, as much as I could.”

It was one that Rybakina will dwell on, too. She knew she wasted chances.

But “I’m really proud that I could fight till the end,” Rybakina said. “I mean, you can’t always play perfect. And of course I could have lost it even earlier.”

It was a long, tough night for the tournament’s No. 3 seeds on Melbourne Park’s main court.

Daniil Medvedev had to rally from two sets down to beat Emil Ruusuvuori 3-6, 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-0 in a 4-hour, 23-minute match that ended at 3:39 a.m. local time.

Day 5 started with top-ranked Iga Swiatek had a narrow escape when she rallied from 4-1 down in the third set to beat 2022 runner-up Danielle Collins 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

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she went on a five-game winning roll to finish off a match that featured wild momentum shifts and a 25-minute rain delay in 3 hours, 14 minutes.

“You can actually relax a little bit more because you know that, ‘OK, probably I’m going to lose, so I don’t care anymore,’ ” Swiatek said. “Then it’s easier.”

In her on-court interview, she joked: “Honestly, I was on the airport already.”

“But I wanted to fight to the end, she said. ”I’m really proud of myself.”

Collins announced soon after that 2024 would be her last season on tour.

Swiatek, a four-time major winner, next faces No. 50-ranked Linda Noskova, who beat U.S.

qualifier McCartney Kessler 6-3, 1-6, 6-4.

Fifth-ranked Jessica Pegula’s run of three consecutive quarterfinals in Australia was ended in a 6-4, 6-2 loss to Clara Burel. Her fellow American, 2017 U.S. Open winner Sloane Stephens, took out No. 14 seed Daria Kasatkina 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 and advanced along with No. 11 Jelena Ostapenko, No. 12 Zheng Qinwen, No. 19 Elina Svitolina and No. 27 Emma Navarro.

The 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu’s comeback major ended in a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 loss to Wang Yafan.

Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz dropped a set for the first time in the tournament before recovering to beat Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (3).

With a strong breeze to contend with, Alcaraz was tested by Lorenzo Sonego before coming through in four sets and will next face 18-year-old Chinese wildcard entry Shang Juncheng, who ousted India’s Sumit Nagal 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.

It’ll be the first time on tour Alcaraz has faced a younger player.

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game in December 2022.

Billed as the Pitino family reunion with son Richard coaching against his hall of fame dad, the game was actually the best thing that could have happened to the 2023-24 Lobos basketball season. When the elder Pitino took the job at St. John’s in the spring, Joseph entered the portal and wasted no time committing to the Lobos.

Joseph did an interview with ESPN Radio 101.7 FM after announcing his intention to attend UNM. In an extended visit with on-air personality Joe O’Neill and producer Sam Hauser, Joseph likened his relationship with Rick Pitino to that of a father and son.

The idea of playing for Richard, he told them, was an easy transition.

“Richard Pitino has been watching me play for the last year so he understands my game, like he understands what I can do,” Joseph said.

He also admitted basketball wasn’t his first choice. He told O’Neill and Hauser his first love was soccer, the de facto national sport in his native country. His sheer size made him into a basketball player. Watching YouTube videos in his spare time helped hone his skills.

He told O’Neill his international journey began in 2017, playing in Japan. He returned home and got an invitation to play for the NBA Academy Africa in Senegal. From there came a trip to the U.S. and an eventual scholarship to Iona.

His decision to come to New Mexico gave the Lobos one of their best recruiting classes in recent memory.

Joseph and fellow transfers Mustapha Amzil, Jermarl Baker Jr. and Isaac Mushila joined true freshmen J.T. Toppin and Tru Washington to form a deep and talented roster that has led the Lobos to a 15-3 record and consecutive wins over Top 25 teams.

Through it all, Joseph has been the steady hand and the calm leader the team desperately needed.

He and Mashburn are roommates with center Sebastian Forsling and walk-on Shane Douma-Sanchez.

Joseph and Mashburn have that same reflective, well-spoken demeanor that carries over onto the court. Both have learned to navigate the emotional roller coaster of major college basketball, serving as the calming voice in an often chaotic environment.

Joseph has also been durable.

He’s the only player to start every game, averaging 9.4 points and 7.8 rebounds, figures that are down from his near double-double averages at Iona but also a reflection of the playmakers he has around him. He and Toppin have formed a dominant low-post 1-2 punch that makes UNM a legitimate contender in the Mountain West — and to earn the team’s first NCAA Tournament bid in 10 years.

“I guess I’m getting better every day,” he said, adding the level of competition he’s facing in the conference is making that possible.

“Compared to where I’m coming from, this is really a high level of basketball,” he said.

As for settling in, Pitino and his star center have done just fine. The breakfast chats have given way to a keen understanding of the team’s mission and what’s expected of everyone out there.

It may have taken a little longer than some might have hoped, but the Joseph Lobos fans

ALBUQUERQUE — Shooters shoot, and Leroy Barela is all in on that philosophy.

Facing a St. Michael’s team hungry to get a win over a Class 5A program, the Bulldogs did what they did best in the second half. Behind five combined 3-pointers from Isaiah Maldonado and Ali Mireles, the Bulldogs held off the pesky Horsemen in a 67-62 win Thursday night in Bulldog City.

It was the antithesis of what the first half was like for the Bulldogs (10-6), who had just one 3 in the first half and saw the Horsemen stick around with a 28-all tie at the break.

Barela, the West Las Vegas graduate, said he never shied away from letting his team shoot from deep.

Even after struggles against Santa Fe High in last week’s APS Metro Championships (a 71-45 loss) and Atrisco Heritage Academy (an 81-61 loss on Tuesday), Barela was unfazed with his game plan.

“With guys, I told them we are going to live and die with it,” Barela said. “Our shooting is our strong point, and I don’t think we’re going to shoot poorly all year. We got to shoot our way out of it.”

The Bulldogs did just that with a triple from Mireles to open the second half, then Maldonado added another for a 34-30 lead with less than 7 minutes left in the third. Maldonado had 13 of the Bulldogs’ 23 points in the quarter, but when he drained a 3 with less than 2 minutes left, the lead was only 48-43.

The Horsemen (7-8) battled back with relentless pressure,

and it helped St. Michael’s 62 them stay close. When Kamal Stith hit one of two free throws with 15 seconds left in the third, the deficit was just 48-45 before Mireles hit a 3 at the buzzer for a six-point lead.

St. Michael’s head coach Gerard Garcia said his team’s energy on both ends of the court was essential in keeping it in the game. He added he set up what he considers one of the toughest schedules in the state to get his team ready for District 2-3A play, which begins next week.

“We are going to have some losses, but that comes with the territory,” Garcia said.

The Horsemen needed that energy when Kasyn Atanasoff-Perea hit a 3 to push the Albuquerque High lead to 55-46 halfway through the fourth. They responded with a 14-4 run that got them a 60-59 lead on Lucas Gurule’s free throw with 1:58 left in the game.

Then fatigue set in. Sabiani Rios-Guevara, who missed a week earlier this month because of a COVID-19-related illness, missed four free throws in the final 58 seconds. The Bulldogs countered by hitting four straight at the line, with Mireles’ pair making it 67-62 with 26 seconds left.

St. Michael’s has one more nondistrict game left — a road trip Friday to Grants. Garcia said his team made it clear what it wanted out of it.

“The guys want to get a ‘W’ on the board,’ Garcia said. “Sabi said, ‘Coach, we need to get a win [Friday] and we’re going to shoot for that.’ ” Abq. High

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New Mexico State beats W. Kentucky LAS CRUCES — Tanahj Pettway led New Mexico State with 19 points and Femi Odukale scored the game-winning layup with eight seconds remaining as the Aggies beat Western Kentucky 72-70 on Thursday night.

Pettway was 6 of 12 shooting, including 4 for 9 from 3-point range, and went 3 for 4 from the line for the Aggies (8-10, 2-1 Conference USA). Jaden Harris scored 18 points while going 6 of 10 (4 for 5 from 3-point range), and added five rebounds and four steals. Odukale and Robert Carpenter each finished with 11 points.

The Hilltoppers (13-5, 2-2) were led by Khristian Lander, who recorded 19 points, four assists and three steals. Tyrone Marshall added 16 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals for Western Kentucky.

Brandon Newman also had 13 points and eight rebounds.

Pettway scored 10 points in the first half and New Mexico State went into the break trailing 37-27.

Harris scored 16 second-half points. New Mexico State outscored Western Kentucky by 12 points over the final half.

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New Mexico center Nelly Junior Joseph scores during a Dec. 20 game against UC Irvine in The Pit. Joseph and J.T. Toppin have formed a dominant low-post 1-2 punch that makes UNM a legitimate contender in the Mountain West — and to earn the team’s first NCAA Tournament bid in 10 years.

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Lobos center Nelly Junior Joseph, right, battles for the ball with San Diego State guard Lamont Butler on Jan. 13 during UNM’s win over No. 19 San Diego State in The Pit.

were hoping for is making a bigger impact now that he’s up to speed and relaxed in his surroundings.

“I mean, Nelly’s a huge part of what we’re doing here and we’re lucky to have him,” Pitino said.

2021 pandemic season, as Los Alamos went 8-4 and posted its first winning record since 2009-10.

The following year, the Hilltoppers made their first postseason appearance in a decade.

“To build a program, you need about four to five years, I think,” Maestas said. “A lot of people think that when they name a head coach, it is going to happen overnight. Sometimes, if you have the athletes, you get lucky. In Los Alamos, it’s not a basketball town and we tried to change that.”

“We were moving in the right direction but it’s hard to move in that direction if I don’t have the support from the administration.”

Maestas said of the six players who left the program, four or five of them missed several practices and a few games.

He said that necessitated them sitting out one half of one game as punishment, and he had players, parents and himself sign an athletic code of conduct contract explaining his expectations to play in the program.

None of the players wanted to miss half a game, Maestas said, and he felt that was being lenient.

“Other coaches, I think, would have sat them out a game or two,” Maestas said.

“They were only going to sit out one half of one game. I don’t think they liked our deci-

sion as coaches.”

He said one player who left early in the season sat down with him and talked about why he didn’t want to continue playing for the program, which he appreciated.

As for Bustos, he talked with the players and parents Wednesday, emphasizing the importance of moving forward and not focusing on what happened. His first games as head coach are Friday and Saturday, as Los Alamos will spend the weekend on the road at Aztec and Gallup’s Miyamura.

His first home game will be the Hilltoppers’ District 2-4A opener against Moriarty on Tuesday — the first of three straight days of games.

“I think everyone does get a little nervous [for the first game],” Bustos said. “Once you get the ball up in the air, it’s going to go away and you just start coaching.”

Maestas said he will explore other options around Northern New Mexico and has already received one offer just down the road from his old digs.

Pojoaque Valley head boys coach Ryan Cordova offered him a job as an assistant, he said, and he will spend the next few days mulling the offer.

“Who knows what else is going to open up?” Maestas said. “There are a bunch of schools in Northern New Mexico. If something opens up that catches my eye, I’ll throw my hat in the ring and see what happens.”

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Ready for a rematch Quarterbacks Stroud and Jackson, who played in season opener, set to meet in postseason

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New arrival

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BALTIMORE hen Lamar Jackson and C.J. Stroud faced off in Week 1 back in September, it was not a good representation of how those two would play this season.

Jackson threw an early interception. Each quarterback lost a fumble. Stroud was sacked five times and Jackson four.

“I haven’t lost a lot of games in my career, so that definitely wasn’t fun,” said Stroud, who made his NFL debut that day. “I was really upset about a lot of different things.”

Since then, Stroud has become the undisputed star of the current class of rookie quarterbacks. He’s led the Houston Texans to a division title and a playoff win. Their next challenge is a matchup at Baltimore on Saturday. Jackson shook off his own pedestrian start to the season, leading the Ravens to the best record in the league and emerging as a favorite to win his second MVP. The winner this weekend advances to the AFC championship game, which would be a milestone of sorts for whoever advances. Baltimore (13-4) and Houston (11-7) are the two youngest franchises in the league, although their cities had other teams previously. The Ravens have won two Super Bowls, but Baltimore hasn’t hosted an AFC title game since January of 1971, when the Colts beat the Oakland Raiders.

The Texans have never made it that far. They are 0-4 in the divisional round, including a loss to Baltimore in January of 2012.

The Houston Oilers played in the AFC championship game, but their last appearance was 44 years ago.

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This is the second time Baltimore has earned the No. 1 seed in the AFC, but when the Ravens When the Ravens beat the did it four years ago, they lost Texans 25-9 in Week 1, the biggest story was a season-ending Achil- their playoff opener at home to Tennessee. les tendon injury to Baltimore Jackson threw for 365 yards running back J.K. Dobbins. and ran for 143 in that game, but Jackson threw for 169 yards and he also turned the ball over three ran for 38. Stroud passed for 242 times. yards.

It was the first game for Taking it away Stroud and new Houston coach The Texans were tied for DeMeco Ryans — as well as fifth in the NFL in the regular Todd Monken, Baltimore’s new season with a plus-10 turnover offensive coordinator. All three differential and continued that had bigger and better things in success in the wild-card game their future. against Cleveland when they “We have changed a lot as returned two interceptions for well,” Jackson said. “Just getting touchdowns and didn’t have any better and better, with our giveaways. scheme and just being one unit.

Ryans constantly preaches the We added a bunch of new pieces importance of winning the turnas well on offense. We are defiover battle and knows Houston nitely getting in synch now.” will have to do it again this week to be successful. Baltimore was Injuries tied for first in turnover margin The Ravens will be without this season at plus-12. cornerback Marlon Humphrey, “That’s one of the biggest indiwho has been ruled out because cators and predictors in wins and of a calf injury. Tight end Mark losses in the entire NFL,” Ryans Andrews is questionable. He said. “No matter when you play, hasn’t played since injuring an regular season or postseason, the ankle in November. most important thing is taking Houston defensive end Jerry care of the football and trying to

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Running back Dalvin Cook is expected to make his Ravens debut Saturday after being signed to the team’s 53-man roster. Cook rushed for 1,173 yards with Minnesota last season but did not do much in 15 games with the New York Jets this season.

Baltimore signed him to the practice squad before its regular-season finale earlier this month.

“We’ve seen him in practice,” coach John Harbaugh said. “He looks good, and he’s going to be out there like everybody else trying to do whatever he can do to help us win the game.”

After Dobbins went down, rookie Keaton Mitchell emerged as a speedy big-play threat out of the backfield, but then he was lost to a serious injury of his own.

Metchie’s progress Houston receiver John Metchie III had a career-high 44 yards receiving in the win over Cleveland last week. While that type of performance might not be a big deal for some players, it was a huge milestone for Metchie after what he’s been through in the last couple of years.

Metchie was drafted in the second round in 2022 but missed his entire rookie season after being diagnosed with leukemia before training camp. He returned after completing treatment and has slowly progressed throughout this season.

He could be more of a factor in Saturday’s game after receiver Noah Brown was placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury this week.

“He put a lot of time in to make sure he got to where he is now, and that’s not easy,” offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik said.

“It’s constant how he’s trying to work, how he’s trying to grow, and it was really awesome to see that bear some fruit there in the game on Saturday. ... What he has done for this team, I think a lot of people have noticed, it’s really been an inspiration to all of us.”

McCarthy sells belief in playoff breakthrough confidence in that, and that’s why I’m standing here today.”

McCarthy won a Super Bowl and went to three other Mike NFC champiMcCarthy onship games in 12-plus seasons as coach of the Packers.

That’s why Jones hired him in 2020 after 10 years of watching Jason Garrett’s teams fail to get past the divisional round.

The most recent time Dallas reached an NFC title game was the last of the franchise’s five Super Bowl titles during the 1995 season.

While McCarthy has to own being the coach of the first team with three consecutive 12-win playoff seasons not to reach a conference championship game, there’s only so much history he can take.

“I’m going to take no responsibility, and I talked to the players too, and they have no responsibility on what’s gone on here in the 20-plus years before this point,” McCarthy said. “We’re responsible for what’s going on the program. I know it’s disappointing to the fans, but we are in position to learn and grow from this and build on it.”

McCarthy said his meeting with Jones on Wednesday lasted about three hours. Afterward,

Jones issued a statement saying McCarthy would return.

While Jones made several references to the disappointment of the playoff loss, he said there was “great benefit to continuing the team’s progress under Mike’s leadership.”

McCarthy said he didn’t think the meeting was about making a case to keep the job.

“He’s an awesome boss but he’s even a better leader,” McCarthy said of Jones. “He asks all the hard, direct questions, which I love and appreciate because you get a depth into conversations. I don’t know if there’s much we didn’t talk about as far as topics that apply to the football operation.”

Jones’ statement made no mention of an extension for McCarthy, who is going into the final year of his contract. McCarthy didn’t want to discuss what that means for his future.

“I never talk about a player’s contract or a coach’s contract,” McCarthy said. “I’m not going to start today. But I will say I am very confident in the direction.

I’m very confident where I am.”

McCarthy’s fourth season as Dallas coach was his first as quarterback Dak Prescott’s play-caller.

While Prescott led the NFL with 36 touchdown passes and had a career-best completion rate of 69.5%, he continued a pattern of spotty postseason play. Prescott is 2-5 in the playoffs.

“I have unbelievable belief in Dak,” McCarthy said. “I think

Miami tight end Cam McCormick says he’s coming back for ninth year of college

basketball player who appeared for Florida, Fordham, Syracuse and Siena over her seven seasons and decided against getting an eighth year.

But McCormick — who has undergone at least six surgeries because of football injuries — seems to be the first with nine, and certainly the first at the major college football level.

He missed most of his senior season of high school in 2015 because of an injury, then redshirted after enrolling at Oregon in 2016 and appeared in all 13 of Oregon’s games in 2017. Over the next four years, he played in three games.

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FRISCO, Texas — Mike McCarthy sifted through several versions of selling his belief that the Dallas Cowboys can find a level of postseason success that has eluded the storied franchise for nearly three decades.

The coach faced reporters a day after a meeting with owner and general manager Jerry Jones ended with them agreeing McCarthy would return for a fifth season despite a stunning wildcard loss to Green Bay. The Cowboys won the NFC East and entered the postseason with a chance to play at least twice at home, where they had a 16-game winning streak.

They exited as the first No. 2 seed to lose to a conference’s last team since the 14-team format was adopted in 2020. Dallas trailed by 32 points in the fourth quarter of the 48-32 loss to the Packers.

“We have established a championship program. It’s just not a world championship yet,” McCarthy told a packed news conference Thursday. “We know how to win. We know how to train to win. We have the right people.

“But we have not crossed the threshold winning playoff games,” McCarthy said. “It’s extremely disappointing to be sitting here talking about. But I know how to win. We will get over that threshold. I have total

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami tight end Cam McCormick said Thursday that he is coming back for a ninth season of college football.

He is believed to be the first with a ninth season granted by the NCAA. McCormick’s career was derailed multiple times by season-ending injuries, some of which earned him a medical redshirt from the NCAA, and all players who participated in college athletics in 2020 got another year of eligibility because of the pandemic.

McCormick spent the first seven of his college seasons

at Oregon, transferred to Miami for the 2023 season and will keep playing in 2024.

East Tennessee State said former Cam linebacker McCormick Jared Folks was the NCAA’s first eighth-year player when he played for the Bucs in 2021. There have been multiple athletes with seven years of college eligibility, including Isis Young — a women’s

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he clearly has another step. This offense has suited him well. The growth opportunity, we’re really looking forward to the future.”

McCarthy’s last playoff victory with the Packers was a 34-31 divisional win at Dallas when Prescott was a rookie in 2016.

Including his final postseason game in Green Bay, McCarthy is 1-4 in the playoffs since then. And two of his three losses with the Cowboys were home playoff openers.

Both times, Dallas was the only home team to lose on wildcard weekend. The other was to San Francisco to finish the 2021 season.

While acknowledging he was “still a little bit numb” over the latest wild-card flop, McCarthy sounded resolute.

“I came here to win a championship,” McCarthy said. “I didn’t come here to get another contract or anything other than that.

I came to Dallas to win the world championship. And that’s why I’m standing here. Buy into us.”

LOS ANGELES — Country music star Reba McEntire will grace next month’s Super Bowl stage to sing the national anthem while Post Malone will perform “America the Beautiful.”

The performances will take place Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev., before the championship matchup and halftime show featuring Usher.

Andra Day will also perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as part of the pregame performances that will air on CBS. Actor Daniel Durant will perform the national anthem in American sign language. He’ll follow his CODA film castmate and Oscar winner Troy Kotsur, who took on the role last year.

Model-dancer Anjel Piñero will sign “America the Beautiful” and “Lift Every Voice and Sing” will be signed by actordancer Shaheem Sanchez.

Emmy winner Adam Blackstone will produce and arrange the national anthem and “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”

Jay-Z’s Roc Nation company and Emmy-winning producer Jesse Collins will serve as co-executive producers of the

halftime show.

McEntire, a three-time Grammy winner, has become a country music icon Reba with more McEntire than 30 studio albums that includes a variety of hits such as “Fancy,” “Consider Me Gone” and “Does He Love You.” The highly decorated performer was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011 and received a Kennedy Center honor in 2018.

She starred in the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun and earned a Golden Globe nomination for her lead role on television series Reba. She also released her latest album, Not That Fancy, and new book last year.

Post Malone, a 10-time Grammy nominee, has recorded multiple hits including “Congratulations” with Quavo, “rockstar” with 21 Savage and “Sunflower” featuring Swae Lee from the 2018 animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

The singer-rapper-songwriter released his fifth studio album, Austin, last year.

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from the past really good teams they have had and a quarterback who does exactly what he’s coached to do,” Bosa said. “Aaron Rodgers is a Hall of Famer and unbelievable, but he kind of went outside of the realm of coaching and sometimes it’s good when you have a guy who does what he’s coached to do.”

loss to the 49ers.

Receiving depth

After losing in the NFC title game the past two seasons, the 49ers came into 2023 looking to get over that hump and back to the Super Bowl. But first they had to get through the regular season, which they did with 12 wins and a first-round bye.

Now the focus can really turn to getting rid of the bad taste from those season-ending losses.

“We’re excited,” All-Pro left tackle Trent Williams said.

“This is what you wait all year for, especially after the way last year ended. The regular season is fun and it has its own challenges. But when you get that close, like we did last year, you just want to fast forward to the regular season and get back to this tournament.”

Love has thrown 21 touchdown passes with only one interception over his past nine games, and it seems as if a different receiver emerges as his favorite target each week.

The Packers have produced a different 100-yard receiver in each of their past three games.

Romeo Doubs had six catches for 151 yards against the Cowboys.

Jayden Reed didn’t catch a single pass against Dallas, but he had four receptions for 112 yards when the Packers closed the regular season with a 17-9 victory over the Chicago Bears.

One week earlier, Bo Melton caught six passes for 105 yards in a 33-10 triumph at Minnesota.

“You never really know who’s going to have the big game for us in the receiver room,” Love said. “You have plays dialed up for some guys, and other times it’s just kind of the looks we get defensively, who might be catching the ball. But I think the mindset, they all want the ball, they all expect the ball on every play, and that’s what’s helping them be successful.”

Surging Jones

Just for kicks

Green Bay’s Aaron Jones has rushed for more than 110 yards in each of his past four games.

He ran for 118 yards and three touchdowns in the Packers’ victory over the Cowboys.

It’s worth noting that Jones has rushed for more than 100 yards every time he’s faced the Cowboys in his career. Jones has never rushed for 100 yards in six previous meetings with San Francisco, though he had nine catches for 129 yards as well as 12 carries for 41 yards in the Packers’ 2021 divisional playoff

Both teams come into the game with rookie kickers in a bit of a rut.

Third-round pick Jake Moody missed his first extra point of the season and a 38-yard field goal in San Francisco’s Week 18 loss to the Rams.

Sixth-round pick Anders Carlson has missed an extra-point attempt in three of the Packers’ past four games. He also missed a 41-yard field goal against Chicago and is just 7 of 13 this season on field-goal attempts of at least 40 yards.

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Stanford coach nears career wins record South Florida rallies VanDerveer needs a little reminding when it comes to her victories or potential record

By Janie McCauley

The Associated Press

STANFORD, Calif. — “What milestone?”

Tara VanDerveer asked the question so matter-of-factly she clearly had little idea what the fuss is all about.

Walking out of Maples Pavilion one afternoon last month after another Stanford win that added to her remarkable total, VanDerveer had to be reminded just what she’s about to do now given her decorated career features such a long list of accomplishments.

Yes, that milestone. The one that will make her the winningest coach in college basketball — not just in the women’s game, but all of men’s and women’s basketball. Surpassing the great Mike Krzyzewski.

“We can talk about this thing if it happens,” she said. “And I don’t keep track, so I don’t know when it’s going to happen. I hope it does, though.”

The Hall of Fame coach is on the cusp of breaking Krzyzewski’s record of 1,202 victories, with a chance to tie his mark when the eighth-ranked Cardinal host Oregon on Friday night. At least a couple dozen of VanDerveer’s former players plan to travel to be there if she’s in position to make history Sunday against Oregon State.

example for other coaches, yet the five-time national coach of the year and 17-time Pac-12 coach of the year also looks to learn from her coaching colleagues.

In November near the start of her 38th season at Stanford, VanDerveer exchanged scouting reports with the Albany staff and took time to speak to the players in the program where she began her college career, just as she did for Dawn Staley years ago when the South Carolina coach was getting started.

“She really has no ego about finding help from other people and asking other people what they think and learning from other DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO people. Basketball, there’s no Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer will try today and Sunday to become the all-time winningest college coach when her 10th- patent on anything, you can take ranked Stanford team hosts Oregon and Oregon State. She needs anything you want from anybody,” two victories to break former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s said Amy Tucker, VanDerveer’s mark of 1,202 wins. former player at Ohio State and longtime top assistant at Stanford. the transfer of talent from college “So I think the lifelong learner has “It’s going to be a lot of people served her really well.” and it’s going to be awesome,” for- to the professional level.”

A basketball junkie who also mer Cardinal guard Ros Gold-OnSo many of VanDerveer’s loves to play piano, cycle, water wude said. “This is so huge.” former players have gone on to ski and swim, VanDerveer still Even if her coach downplays successful careers in basketball it all. and beyond. Coach K she consid- relishes every aspect of her job, from the practices and preparaers an icon who has led the way.

Everybody is used to tion to the film study, recruiting “Anyone that stays in it that VanDerveer’s understated nature, long loves the game of basketball, and play-calling. her humility.

“I do,” the 45th-year coach and you can see his passion and “I don’t think Tara’s ever been said. “The journey. I love practice you can also see the respect that somebody who makes it about more than the games. Games he has from his players and the herself, although she’s been love that he has from his players,” make me nervous.” the steady drumbeat, heartbeat Even if she no longer takes VanDerveer said, “and that’s what of this program for decades,” charges at practice. VanDerveer every coach aspires to.”

Gold-Onwude said. “... You can’t learned a hard lesson nine years VanDerveer’s Stanford teams deny her, you can’t deny what ago on New Year’s Eve when she she’s meant not only to the wom- won national titles in 1990, ‘92 en’s game but the men’s game. stepped in front of 6-foot-5 Tess and 2021 and she took a year You can’t deny her statistical away from coaching college to Picknell and fell. significance, her historical signif- guide the 1996 U.S. Olympic team “Tess broke my wrist,” she icance, her significance over eras, to a gold medal in the Atlanta said, “I think I have arthritis in it her significance in the WNBA, Games. She has long been the because of it.”

from 20-point deficit to beat No. 10 Memphis The Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Kasean Pryor made a go-ahead free throw with 4 seconds left, and South Florida South Florida 74 rallied 10 Memphis 73 from a 20-point deficit to stun No. 10 Memphis 74-73 on Thursday night.

Pryor finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds, and reserve Selton Miguel led USF with 23 points, going 5 of 10 from 3-point range. The Bulls (10-4, 3-1 American Athletic Conference) have won eight of nine and ended a 10-game winning streak for the Tigers (15-3, 4-1), who hadn’t lost since a narrow defeat at Mississippi on Dec. 2.

With the game tied at 73-all, Pryor took an inbound pass alone in the paint and elevated for dunk but took a hard foul from Nae’Qwan Tomlin. Pryor made the first free throw but missed the second, and Memphis’ Jahvon Quinerly missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

David Jones led Memphis with 25 points and Quinerly finished with 15. Chris Youngblood had 13 points for USF. Memphis led 52-32 early in the second half and USF responded by going on a 9-0 run with Pryor, Kobe Knox and Brandon Stroud each making a 3. The Bulls inched closer throughout the period and

Jayden Reid tied it with a layup with 37 seconds left — his only basket of the game. A turnover

by Quinerly helped set up USF for Pryor’s decisive free throw.

NO. 14 ILLINOIS 88, MICHIGAN 73 In Ann Arbor, Mich., Coleman Hawkins had 21 points and 10 rebounds and Illinois beat Michigan.

Quincy Guerrier had 16 points and 14 rebounds, Ty Rodgers added 15 points, and Marcus Domask scored 15 for the Illini (13-4, 4-2 Big Ten).

Tarris Reed Jr. scored 20 points to lead the Wolverines (7-11, 2-4).

Olivier Nkamhoua added 16 points and Dug McDaniel 14 for Michigan, which has lost six of seven.

NO. 23 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 86, WICHITA STATE 77 In Boca Raton, Fla., Alijah Martin scored 22 points, Johnell Davis added 19 and No. 23 Florida Atlantic rallied from an 11-point deficit in the second half to beat Wichita State.

Martin had 16 points in the second half and Davis had 14 after halftime for the Owls (14-4, 4-1 American Athletic Conference), who won their third straight. Vladislav Goldin scored 17 and Tre Carroll added 10 off the bench for Florida Atlantic.

Quincy Ballard scored 18 points on 8-for-10 shooting for Wichita State (8-9, 0-4), which dropped its sixth straight.

Colby Rogers also had 18 for the Shockers, who haven’t had a losing streak this long since 200809.

He hit three monster bets — and the sportsbook wouldn’t pay protection is only fair, Beyers said: If a customer tries to cash in on a blatant fat his complaint to the Tennessee Sports finger, “you’re basically stealing money Wagering Council, though a company from someone who made a mistake.” spokesperson said Hard Rock hadn’t Mistakes appear to be piling up as been ordered to pay up. a result of sportsbooks offering vastly The Tennessee Sports Wagering more wagering opportunities than ever, Council declined to answer questions mainly through props — involving team from The Post regarding Kozak’s case, and player statistics — and in-game how often sportsbooks are citing “obvi“microbets,” such as whether a football ous errors” to avoid paying customers possession will end in a score. Sportsand how the state determines what books are also pushing same-game parerrors are and aren’t obvious. lays, allowing customers to bundle props Virtually every U.S. sportsbook has for the chance at a substantial payout if similarly open-ended language in its each leg of their bet hits. terms and conditions. There’s consensus The house has a bigger edge on that bookmakers shouldn’t have to honor parlays, in some cases collecting roughly bets that take advantage of a “fat finger” input screw-up, such as listing the “over/ $20 for every $100 wagered, compared with about $5 for every $100 in convenunder” point total of a football game as tional “straight” bets. But generating 500 instead of 50. (In such a case, any accurate, real-time odds for thousands of bettor would bet on fewer than 500 hypothetical combinations every second points being scored for a guaranteed of every day is “essentially impossible,” win.) But increasingly, according to said Ed Miller, a former executive at a half-dozen people who work with odds provider Huddle — mainly because sportsbooks, operators are canceling the legs of most same-game parlays are winning bets that result from murkier correlated. That ranges from outcomes types of bookmaking blunders, raising that are nearly 100 percent linked — if a philosophical debate that’s dividing one team’s wide receiver makes a touchregulators across the country. down catch, for example, that probably Many states give sportsbooks conmeans the starting quarterback threw siderable leeway to void winning bets for a TD — to more subtle connections, after the fact simply because their odds such as what a quarterback attempting or lines were markedly out of sync with a lot of passes implies about the total those offered by competitors. Some regulators, however, insist that, with few score.

Bookmaking software can’t account for exceptions, a bet is a bet, no matter how badly an operator wishes to take it back. every correlation. “They’re going to make mistakes,” Miller said. “There’s no way “We’re taking a hard line,” said David around it.” But as he sees it, there’s a funRebuck, director of New Jersey’s Dividamental difference between overt techsion of Gaming Enforcement. “These nical failures, such as listing a favorite as types of [pricing] errors should not be the underdog, and analytical oversights, happening.” whether by a human or a program. Too There’s no way of knowing precisely many sportsbooks, Miller said, are using how often customers are seeing their the “obvious error” rule as a “get out of winning bets canceled, but Rex Beyers, who has worked for Caesars and several jail free” card, letting them clean up on props and parlays against casual bettors other sportsbooks, estimates that every while voiding big winners “repeatedly, day across the industry at least one indefinitely,” instead of being required to operator attempts to void a bet. Some Continued from Page B-1

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Kozak, a Chicago-based financial derivatives trader and an experienced sports bettor, tried to capitalize on this type of vulnerability. On a trip to Nashville in November, he placed 10 NHL same-game parlays through Hard Rock’s sportsbook and won three of them. In one $300 wager, he bet that eight players wouldn’t score in a game between the Anaheim Ducks and Florida Panthers, and that Anaheim would score fewer than three goals. (Florida won 2-1.)

Hard Rock initially graded the 200-1 parlay a winner and credited Kozak’s account with $60,000, only to revoke the funds five days later. Two similarly constructed parlays involving a game between the Minnesota Wild and Ottawa Senators should have earned him about $36,000 each, but those were never graded.

Hard Rock’s house rules say a bet can be voided if odds or lines “caused by human or system error … significantly differ from the general market or are clearly erroneous.” In New Jersey, the company goes a step further, defining an obvious error as “a deviation of more than one hundred percent (100%) in the pay-out compared to the market average or intended odds.”

The odds for each leg of Kozak’s parlays were comparable to those offered at other sportsbooks, based on data archived on bet tracking site Betstamp.

It’s impossible, however, to determine a market average for same-game parlay payouts because operators calculate correlations differently. Kozak estimates that his 200-1 bet had about a 1 percent chance of succeeding — more favorable than the payout implied, but not wildly so.

After all, Kozak said, he handicaps all of his bets and places a wager only after determining there’s value in his favor.

In a sense, the entire objective of sports betting is to spot and exploit mispriced

odds and lines. In the eyes of many gamblers, voiding those wins betrays the spirit of the game.

Eventually Kozak sent a message on X to Matt Primeaux, Hard Rock Digital’s executive managing director and president, who proposed paying Kozak “based on correct correlation values”: $25,200 for the three winners combined.

Kozak rejected the offer and brought his dispute to state regulators.

Even the voiding of bets on obviously incorrect lines can be galling to customers. Danny Moses, one of the mortgage bond traders depicted in the book and movie The Big Short, recently had a $50 bet on the Baltimore Ravens to defeat the Detroit Lions in the Super Bowl — placed at generous 500-1 odds — voided

by Hard Rock Bet. The company, he said, made no attempt to reach him to explain its decision.

“No one would ever get away with this on Wall Street,” he said. “If you meant to buy 100,000 shares instead of a million, guess what? You eat it. Why? Because it’s a regulated business, the SEC and [the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority] watch it, and you’re responsible for your own mistakes. If sports gambling wants to be a regulated business, operators have to own their mistakes.”

Even more “mind-boggling,” Moses added, was the fact that Hard Rock voided his wager but hasn’t canceled an identical bet from a friend who lives in New Jersey. The company told The Post that it has sought permission from New Jersey’s gaming authority to void that bet. But would the company still have asked to refund the bet had the Lions lost their first playoff game, or simply graded it a loser? (The company did not respond to that question.)

In the United Kingdom, where online sports betting has been legal since 2005, sportsbooks reserve the right to void what they call palpable errors, or “palps.” Luke Paton, a longtime bettor

who previously worked for British betting exchange Betfair, said sportsbooks should be spared massive payouts resulting from blatant palps. If a TV typically sells for 1,000 pounds but is accidentally listed for 10 pounds, he said, it wouldn’t be reasonable to insist on holding the store to that price.

But sportsbooks “can’t have it both ways,” he added — sloppily setting odds, then collecting when bets lose while voiding those that win.

Rebuck said he saw Europe’s lax standard for palps and decided to impose much stiffer criteria in New Jersey. Soon after his state legalized sports betting, in 2018, an operator mistakenly listed the Kentucky men’s basketball team as a double-digit underdog instead of a heavy favorite. After investigating, New Jersey ordered the operator to pay up because Kentucky’s overmatched opponent still had a theoretical chance of winning.

On another occasion, an operator was allowed to void bets on a field goal in a football game being longer than two yards because a field goal must be longer than 10 yards and is almost always at least 18.

When an operator tries to void a bet because of a pricing error, New Jersey demands to know what software or supervisory failures allowed the mistake to happen and how it will be corrected going forward, he said.

Some operators in his state still publish terms that cite a blanket right to void obvious errors. His agency doesn’t have the capacity to vet every operator’s fine print, Rebuck said, but as for voiding bets without the agency’s approval, “You’re not going to do it, and if you did, it’s a consumer violation and we’re going to sue your ass off.”

With stricter regulatory enforcement, Rebuck said, fights over odds errors wouldn’t break out so frequently. “This is not good for the industry,” he said, “and it’s certainly not good for patrons.”

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Friday, January 19, 2024

FOR AND BY TEENS

P OLITIC S PAR T Y!

Cracks in the 2-party system

By Emily J. Aguirre

Generation Next

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ndia has seven primary political parties. Argentina has four, with many smaller branches within them. The United States has two, and is one of only five countries that has what is referred to as a two-party system. This two-party system rarely allows for any other kind of political voice to be heard beyond the right-leaning Republicans and left-leaning Democrats. To put it simply: The U.S. political system is heavily outdated.

Political structure was never a heavy concern for the founders of this country. The Constitution makes no mention of political parties. Many of the nation’s founders doubted and distrusted political groups, including Alexander Hamilton, who stated parties are “the most fatal disease.” Hamilton, ironically, ran what we consider the first political party today: the pro-big national government Federalists (with their opposition party being the pro-localized government Anti-Federalists). This was the first instance of political parties in the U.S. and formed the two-party system we still utilize today.

While some might argue the U.S. two-party system can allow for a breakthrough from a third-party candidate (such as the Green Party or an independent candidate), there is no foundation to do so. Not only do third parties and independent candidates need to request to make it onto ballots to receive votes, they can even be denied.

Additionally, the Electoral College vote does not aid in breakthroughs from these candidates. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority, 270 electoral votes, is required to elect the president. Each state has the same number of electors as it does members in Congress. For example, New Mexico has five electors because it has two senators and three representatives. In contrast, California has two senators and 52 representatives for a total of 54 votes. This signifies that some states have more weight than others. This is a massive challenge for the people trying to overcome the two-party system.

According to Politico, none of the top 20 states for thirdparty voting in the past two presidential elections is broadly considered a swing state, and only three of the top 20 were states where the winning candidate’s margin in 2020 was within single digits. Swing states are difficult for Republicans and Democrats to receive a significant amount of votes from, let alone independent and third-party candidates who structurally will have a harder time.

This makes the two-party system not only a challenge for candidates outside the box of the two-party system, but also makes it feel outdated. How has our political structure not been updated since the 1700s? More important, what will push lawmakers to consider straying from the Electoral College to allow for more opportunities?

More than half of Americans — 62% according to The Pew Research Center in 2023 — are in favor of moving away from the Electoral College and instead using the popular vote (a system in which the candidate who receives the most votes is the winner, no matter the number of electors). The pushback was specifically noticed in 2016 when Hilary Clinton, who finished second in the election, received 2.9 million more votes than former President Donald Trump but still came up short due to the Electoral College.

Additionally, many believe it is unfair to “discount” some votes just because they belong to voters living in states with fewer representatives.

The implications of the two-party system are grave, both for major-party and third-party candidates. It is time to update a system that dates to the 1700s.

Emily J. Aguirre is a sophomore at Santa Fe Prep. Contact her at emjazz19@gmail.com.

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Applying to college:

LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES

By Emma Meyers

more than to go back and edit my personal statement.

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Remedy: Don’t act on the urge

Generation Next

hen I was applying to colleges, I made a lot of mistakes, and without the mountain-moving support I received from college counselors and family, I don’t think I would have been as satisfied with the outcome of my college application experience as I am. Here’s a list of valuable tips that helped me (or should have helped me had I listened to them).

Mistake: Waiting too long to look into schools Researching colleges should be something that happens on your own timeline, but under no circumstances should it be rushed.

I didn’t start seriously looking into schools until October of my senior year. That meant the next several months were packed with research and writing applications — things got rushed.

Remedy: Start looking One of the best pieces of advice I got in my whole college journey was “go to bigfuture.collegeboard.org and take its college quiz.” It allows you to specify what you’re looking for as far as majors, campus culture, student body, location and financial aid.

Mistake: Pigeonholing yourself Even if there’s one school that feels absolutely perfect, even if you have good odds of getting in, it’s pretty much imperative you have at least a few schools. There’s no problem in applying Early Decision, but don’t jump for the first school you look at before even considering something else. If you don’t get in, you’re left feeling lost later in the admissions process. Furthermore, looking at a variety of schools was incredibly helpful to me in figuring out what I wanted and needed from a college.

Remedy: Look into multiple schools

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I applied Early Decision to the first school I looked into in earnest. I just wanted the application process to be over, but I am so grateful I didn’t get in because it forced me to look at so many other schools and really understand the amount and diversity of the choices I had.

If you have the opportunity to tour colleges, or even be on college campuses, see as many as you can. If you don’t, research all types of school. Most colleges and universities have a way for you to communicate with student tour guides, and you can get a vague idea of the size of the campus from virtual tours or maps. I applied Early Decision to the first school I looked into in earnest. I just wanted the application process to be over, but I am so grateful I didn’t get in because it forced me to look at so many other schools and really understand the amount and diversity of the choices I had.

Mistake: Overthinking When I finally finished my CommonApp essay, I had spent months on it, gone through multiple drafts and incorporated notes from multiple proofreaders. Still, I was terrified it wasn’t good enough. Hours before I sent in my applications, I wanted nothing

As someone with anxiety, I know how frustrating this advice can be. But, in a moment of high stress, especially by yourself, there’s nothing you can do to make your application better.

Mistake: Not sending thank-you notes/emails If you score an interview with a school you’re interested in, either with an admissions officer, admissions fellow or alum, this is one of the biggest opportunities to let the school know who you are. You want to make a good impression.

Remedy: Be gracious This one isn’t a make or break, but it definitely affects how the college sees you. You want to come off as gracious and interested in the school, and not sending a thank-you email makes you seem like neither of those things.

Mistake: Not going to bat for yourself when it comes to the financial aid you need and deserve While new changes to the federal student aid application, or FAFSA, are meant to make the process easier this year, the many, many steps of applying for financial aid can end up excluding students who need it most. For one, the application encourages early submission since some assistance is first come, first served.

The language used in the applications is needlessly complicated.

Furthermore, institutions (often purposefully) fail to be forthcoming about the actual cost of attendance in financial aid offer letters, according to one 2022 report from the Government Accountability Office.

Remedy: The squeaky wheel gets the grease Unfortunately, the college or university often benefits from you not fighting as hard for financial aid. Do everything in your power to jump through all the hoops it provides. I ended up having to call the IRS to go over documents (I’m not the only person I know who had to do this), as my school kept demanding a tax return that I hadn’t made enough money to file. Also, if you get scholarships at one school, inform the other institutions to which you’ve been accepted to see if they’ll match your aid. Occasionally, though, it can be as simple as emailing to say enrollment still doesn’t seem feasible with the amount of aid you’ve been given, to see if they can offer you more money.

Another thing that’s nice to keep in the back of your mind is that if you end up unhappy, especially for reasons you can pinpoint, you are able to transfer.

Emma Meyers graduated Santa Fe Prep with the class of 2023. Contact her at emmawritingacc@gmail.com.

Friday, January 19, 2024

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Jan. 19, 1987 - A storm tracking toward the northeastern United States produced up to 14 inches of snow in northern Indiana. Peru, Ind. reported a foot of snow. Six cities in Florida reported new record high temperatures for the date.

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No laughing matter: Feds want highway signs to be serious New standards could curtail the popular use of wordplay and cultural references that some states say were working

By Michael Levenson

The New York Times

In recent years, drivers across the country have chuckled (or groaned) at the humorous safety messages that have popped up on America’s highways.

In Massachusetts, there was the inevitable play on the Boston accent: “Changing lanes? Use Yah Blinkah.”

Iowa’s Department of Transportation tried out: “Texting & Driving? Oh Cell No!” New Jersey paid tribute to native rocker Bruce Springsteen, warning drivers: “Slow Down. This Ain’t Thunder Road.”

But federal officials say some of the attempts at humor have gone too far and could be distracting or misunderstood.

In the latest edition of the federal standards for highway signs, published in December, officials warned that messages “with obscure or secondary meanings, such as those with popular culture references” or those that are “intended to be humorous,” should not be used.

The standards do not impose an outright ban on all humor or pop-culture references in highway signs, the Federal Highway Administration said in a statement Wednesday. But they recommend that officials avoid messages “that may confuse or distract drivers.”

State and local officials should “use good judgment,” the statement said, based on long-standing principles that recommend that highway signs “fulfill a need; command attention; convey a clear, simple message; command respect; and provide adequate time for proper response.”

The federal guidance, reported by The Wall Street Journal, was a blow to state officials who have had fun moonlighting as comedy writers in an attempt to grab the attention of drivers.

Paul Katool, a spokesperson for the Mississippi Department of Transportation, is part of a group of employees who bat around ideas every month for funny highway signs, riffing on movies, pop music and upcoming holidays.

One sign that drew widespread atten-

tion in Mississippi referred to the lyrics of the hit Taylor Swift song “Anti-Hero”: “Texting and Driving? Say It: I’m the Problem. It’s Me.” Another popular one, Katool said, referred to the Star Wars television show The Mandalorian, declaring: “Baby Yoda Uses the Force But Still Needs a Car Seat.”

Not every sign is a runaway hit, Katool acknowledged. When the movie Barbie came out last year, the department urged drivers not to text with the message: “Be a Doll, Use Your Accessories at Home.”

“It was popular,” Katool said. “It wasn’t super viral.”

Still, he said, humorous signs are “great conversation starters.”

“There’s only so many ways you can say, ‘Don’t text and drive,’ ” Katool said.

“People tune you out.”

Maine’s transportation department held a clever-sign contest that drew nearly 2,000 entries. One of the winners urged drivers to slow down in winter, declaring, “Little Known Fact: Snow Is Really Slippery.”

“By even having this discussion, MaineDOT believes the signs are meeting the purpose of promoting

safety,” Paul Merrill, a spokesperson for the department, said in a statement Wednesday. “We will continue posting our messages and hope the federal government is willing to have more conversations on this topic.”

A 2020 study commissioned by the Virginia Department of Transportation found that “messages about distracted driving, messages that include humor, and messages that use word play and rhymes rank high among multiple measures of effectiveness” in promoting safer driving.

The study recommended using lighthearted signs but targeting messages more narrowly. Signs that use wordplay and rhyming are more effective than those that trade in sports or pop-culture references, it said.

But a 2022 study, funded by the Governors Highway Safety Association and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, found a “significant proportion” of drivers did not understand safety messages that included humor, wit or pop-culture references.

That study recommended highway signs not use humor and messages be limited to 16 words or numbers.

Richard A. Davey, president of New York City Transit, said humorous safety messages can “break through the noise.”

When he was secretary of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation in 2014, the “Use Yah Blinkah” highway message got a lot of positive attention from Boston drivers and the local news media, he said.

“I think the local flavor for safety messages is important,” Davey said.

“What works in Wyoming is going to be different in Massachusetts.”

New Jersey has a tradition of using humorous signs like: “We’ll be blunt, don’t drive high,” and “Get your head out of your apps.” However, the state has been warned by federal officials that such messages can be distracting.

“Our goal is always to create attention to safety, and that’s what these signs are about,” said Steve Schapiro, a spokesperson for the New Jersey Department of Transportation. “It’s about making sure people read them, remember them and drive safely.”

Still, he said, New Jersey would follow the federal guidance and “be mindful of the kinds of messages we put up, keeping them safety centered.”

Hawaiian coffee farmers prove Kona has unique chemical signature

By Virginia Hughes

The New York Times

On the volcanic slopes of Hawaii’s Big Island, hundreds of farmers in the Kona region produce one of the most expensive coffees in the world.

Those farmers recently won a series of settlements totaling more than $41 million after a nearly five-year legal battle with distributors and retailers accused of using the Kona name in a misleading way.

The class-action lawsuit, aided by a novel chemical analysis of coffee from Hawaii and around the world, prompted some companies to include the percentage of authentic Kona beans on product labels. The plaintiffs said they hoped the hefty settlements — the last of which will likely be paid this spring — would deter others from selling fake Kona.

“There are probably many,

many more marketers of coffee who have misused geographic names in marketing, and this will be a disincentive,” said Bruce Corker, who owns the Rancho Aloha coffee farm in the Kona district.

Corker practiced law in Seattle until 2001, when he and his wife moved to Hawaii. He had learned to grow coffee three decades earlier while in the Peace Corps in Colombia.

Kona coffee, known for its mellow and sweet notes, thrives in the mineral-rich soil. The plants receive lots of rain, and the land’s incline provides excellent drainage. Red cherries are picked by hand and “pulped” to separate the seeds, which are dried in the sun. Milling then produces green coffee beans for roasting.

The Kona belt includes some 600 to 1,000 farms, typically smaller than 5 acres. The limited supply, labor costs and unpre-

dictable pest problems put a high price on the beans, around $50 a pound or more.

Corker said farmers had long been frustrated by the ubiquitous “Kona” beans sold by souvenir stores, coffee shops and larger retailers. They strongly suspected the products were fake: They were far too cheap.

In 2013, a U.S. Supreme Court case caught Corker’s attention. The court found that Pom Wonderful, which sells pomegranate juice, was allowed to sue Coca-Cola for marketing a “Pomegranate Blueberry” juice that was in fact more than 99% apple and grape juices.

“The decision said, if you’re harmed by false labeling, you can bring a case for damages,” Corker said.

In 2019, he filed the lawsuit on behalf of Kona farmers against more than 20 companies. At the center of the complaint was a

chemical analysis performed at a private lab in Salt Lake City.

James Ehleringer, a biologist at the University of Utah who ran the analysis, said standard tests depended on the amount of water in each sample. That wouldn’t have worked on the variety of Kona products at issue.

“As you go from green beans to roasted beans, you’re changing the water content,” he said. So he borrowed an approach from geology that instead looked at the relative concentrations of rare, inorganic minerals in the beans.

These ratios, he said, stay constant even at roasting temperatures.

After testing coffee samples from around the world as well as more than 150 samples from Kona farms, Ehleringer’s team identified several element ratios — strontium to zinc, for example, and barium to nickel — that distinguished Kona from nonKona samples. “We were able to

MICHELLE MISHINA-KUNZ/NEW YORK TIMES FILE PHOTO

Coffee beans grow on a farm on the slopes of the Hualalai volcano in Kailua-Kona on Hawaii Island in 2018.

establish a fingerprint for Kona,” said Ehleringer, who described the general method in a 2020

study. “It’s the characteristics of the volcanic rock.”

Those chemical signatures, he found, were largely absent from samples of coffee labeled “Kona” sold by the defendants.

Ehleringer said the method was easy and cheap — about $50 per sample. Other researchers have used a similar approach to test honey, oils, onions and wine.

Some defendants contested the testing in a legal motion, arguing Ehleringer’s data had not been replicated by other labs.

The case was settled before a ruling was made on the motion and also before a court could answer the underlying question: What does Kona mean?

“The plaintiffs say Kona means it’s grown in that region.

If that’s what consumers believe, then that’s what they’re entitled to get,” said Rebecca Tushnet, a Harvard professor who specializes in advertising law.

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Friday, January 19, 2024 THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN B-9 /content/nmdot/en/pr and State equalification.html. Federal The Bidder’s prequali- Wage Rates are indification factor rolling cated for each Project. average will be ap- For federally funded plied to any Project Projects, the Bidder with an engineer’s es- shall obtain the fedLEGAL #92143 timate greater than $5 eral wage rate (Construction Type: million.

ADVER AD VERTISEMENT TISEMENT Highway) through the NEW MEXICO All Bidders submitting US Department of DEPAR DEP ARTMENT TMENT OF Bids valued over sixty Labor (DOL) website at TRANSPORT TRANSPOR TATION thousand dollars https://sam.gov/con(NMDOT) (NMDO T) BID ($60,000.00) shall be tent/home. In addiSOLICITA SOLICIT ATION FOR FOR – February 16, 2024 registered with the De- tion, the Bidder shall partment of Workforce obtain the State wage SANT ANTA A FE, So- lutions (DWS), rate (Street, Highway, NEW MEXICO Labor Relations before Utility or Light EngiThe NMDOT will only Bidding. The Bidder’s neering Construction) receive Bids through registration number through the DWS webat the Bid Express web- shall be included on site Form.toThe Bid- https://www.dws.stat site at the Bid Solution 1/18/24 https://www.bidx.com der’s DWS registration e.nm.us/Labor-Rela/ before 11:00 A.M. number can be ob- tions/Labor-Informalocal prevailing time tained through the tion/Public-Works. The National Institute of w e b s i t e higher wage rate shall Standards and Tech- http://www.dws.state. govern in the event of nology, atomic clock, nm.us/. If a Bidder ap- a dis- crepancy beon February 16, 2024. pears on the DWS list tween the minimum Bids received after this of willful violators of wage rates in the time will not be ac- the Public Works Mini- DOL/DWS Wage Decicepted. Tutorials on mum Wage Act (NMSA sion applicable to the electronic bidding are 13-4-14), the NMDOT Contract. available through Bid shall reject the Bid and Express website at shall continue to reject For federally funded https://www.bidx.com Bids from that Bidder Projects, a Bidder shall /site/trainingcenter. In for three years after submit in the form of a order to receive Ad- the date of publication zip file to the “file attachment upload” tab denda and notifica- of the list. in the Project Bids tions all Bidders shall log into Bid Express The Bidder’s Bid Guar- .EBSX file through Bid and select the pro- anty shall be five per- Express the Affidavit posal and letting activ- cent (5%) of the of Bidder before Bid Total Bid Opening. ity message and Bidder’s e-mail boxes in the Amount and shall be manage messages submitted before Bid For federally funded and notifications tab. Opening through ei- and state funded Projther Surety 2000 or Tin- ects, a Bidder shall submit in the form of a The NMDOT will open ubu Surety. zip file to the “file atand publicly read the Total Bid Amount for For state funded Proj- tachment upload” tab Bids in the presence of ects proof of the Bid- in the Project Bids one or more witnesses der’s valid license in .EBSX file through Bid at the NMDOT’s Gen- the form of its wallet Express any docubefore Bid eral Office (Room 223), card from the Con- ments Industries Opening required by a 1120 Cerrillos Road struction Santa Fe, NM 87505. In- Division (CID) shall be Notice to Contractors. dividuals with disabili- submitted with the Bid ailure e of the Bidder to ties who desire to per the Construction Failur Adattend or participate Industries Licensing comply with this Ad renin this Bid Opening Act NMSA (1978), Sec- vertisement shall re the Bid shall contact the tions 60-13-1 to -57 der non-responsiv esponsive as amended non-r NMDOTLEGALS Title VI Liaison (1967, LEGALS LEGALSe and rea minimum of ten Days through 1989). The Bid- the Bid shall be re before the date of Bid der’s valid license jected.

Opening at (505) 490- shall cover the Project’s type of Work (1) 2620. specified in this Adver- CN 1101930 The Advertisement, tisement. The Bidder I-25, MP Bid Form, Bid Guar- shall submit in the TERMINI: anty, Supplemental form of a zip file to the 140.000 to MP 150.000 Specifications, Special “file attachment up- for 10.000 miles Socorro Provisions, Addenda, load” tab in the Project COUNTY: Notice to Contractors Bids.EBSX file through (District 1) and Plans are avail- Bid Express the CID TYPE OF WORK: Roadway Rehabilitaable for a membership wallet card.

Solution to 1/19/24 tion, ITS fee and for examination only through the If a Bidder is seeking, CONTRACT TIME: Bid Express website. for state funded Proj- 190 Working Days this Fee schedules are ects, a resident busi- DBE GOAL: At available through the ness preference the time NMDOT will meet Bid Express website. Bidder shall submit a the State DBE on FedThe 2019 Edition of the copy of its resident erally assisted projthrough a NMDOT Standard business certification ects Specifications and in the form of a zip file combination of raceStandard Drawings for to the “file attachment neutral and race-conHighway and Bridge upload” tab in the scious measures. This Construction shall Project Bids .EBSX file project is subject to govern construction of through Bid Express race-conscious measthis Project. The 2019 before Bid Opening ures. The established Standard Specifica- per NMSA 1978, § 13-4- DBE goal for this proj(1984, amended ect is 0.00%. tions and Standard 2 LICENSES: (GA-1 or Drawings are available 2012).

GA-98) and (EE-98) for no cost to the Bidder through the If a Bidder is seeking, FUNDING TYPE: NMDOT website at for state funded Proj- Federal-aid http://dot.state.nm.us ects, a resident vet- LISTING THRESHOLD: contractor None /content/nmdot/en/st eran RATE (FEDpreference the Bidder WAGE andards.html. shall submit a copy of ERAL): In the case of disrup- its resident veteran NM20240036 tion of national com- contractor certifica- WAGE RATE (STATE): munications or loss of tion and its applica- Type “A” (2024) services by Bid Ex- tion for the resident contractor (2) press the morning of veteran the Bid Opening, the certification, not in- CN 6101430 NMDOT may delay the cluding the attachNM 32, for the TERMINI: deadline for Bids. In- ments structions will be com- application, in the MP 7.740 to MP 8.080 municated through form of a zip file to the for 0.340 miles Catron the Bid Express web- “file attachment up- COUNTY: load” tab in the Project (District 6) site.

Bids .EBSX file through TYPE OF WORK: As a condition to sub- Bid Express before Bid Bridge Replacement, mitting a Bid all Bid- Opening per NMSA Roadway Reconstrucders bidding as 1978, § 13-4-2 (1984, tion CONTRACT TIME: Contractors are re- amended 2012).

120 Working Days quired to be prequalithis fied with the NMDOT’s For federally funded DBE GOAL: At Office of Inspector Projects, the Bidder is time NMDOT will meet General seven (7) Days not required to have a the State DBE on Fedbefore Bid Opening license from the CID erally assisted projthrough a per 18.27.5 NMAC. All for the Project’s Work ects Subcontractors are re- in order to submit a combination of racequired to be prequali- Bid. However, upon be- neutral and race-confied before performing coming the apparent scious measures. This any Work and prior to successful Bidder, the project is subject to supplying goods or Bidder must obtain a race-conscious measservices to the Project. valid license with the ures. The established The Contractor Pre- proper classification DBE goal for this projqualification Rule, for the Project’s Work ect is 0.00%.

18.27.5 NMAC, and Pre- within 30 Days of the LICENSES: (GF-2 or qualifi- cation Packet date on the notice of GF-98) and (GA-1 or are located at Preliminary Award let- GA-98) FUNDING TYPE: http://dot.state.nm.us ter.

Federal-aid /content/nmdot/en/pr and State LISTING THRESHOLD: equalification.html. Federal The Bidder’s prequali- Wage Rates are indi- None RATE (FEDfication factor rolling cated for each Project. WAGE average will be ap- For federally funded ERAL): plied to any Project Projects, the Bidder NM20240036 with an engineer’s es- shall obtain the fed- WAGE RATE (STATE): timate greater than $5 eral wage rate (Con- Type “A” (2024) struction Type: million.

Highway) through the (3) All Bidders submitting US Department of CN 1102040R Bids valued over sixty Labor (DOL) website at I-25, MP thousand dollars https://sam.gov/con- TERMINI: ($60,000.00) shall be tent/home. In addi- 63.190 to MP 63.290 registered with the De- tion, the Bidder shall and MP 139.410 to MP partment of Workforce obtain the State wage 139.590 for 0.280 miles Sierra So- lutions (DWS), rate (Street, Highway, COUNTY: Labor Relations before Utility or Light Engi- and Socorro (District 1) Bidding. The Bidder’s neering Construction) registration number through the DWS web- TYPE OF WORK: at Bridge Rehabilitation, shall be included on site the Bid Form. The Bid- https://www.dws.stat Drainage, Erosion Conder’s DWS registration e.nm.us/Labor-Rela- trol Mitigation number can be ob- tions/Labor-Informa- CONTRACT TIME: tained through the tion/Public-Works. The 120 Working Days this w e b s i t e higher wage rate shall DBE GOAL: At http://www.dws.state. govern in the event of time NMDOT will meet nm.us/. If a Bidder ap- a dis- crepancy be- the State DBE on Fedpears on the DWS list tween the minimum erally assisted projthrough a of willful violators of wage rates in the ects the Public Works Mini- DOL/DWS Wage Deci- combination of racemum Wage Act (NMSA sion applicable to the neutral and race-conscious measures. This 13-4-14), the NMDOT Contract. project is subject to shall reject the Bid and shall continue to reject For federally funded race-conscious measBids from that Bidder Projects, a Bidder shall ures. The established for three years after submit in the form of a DBE goal for this projthe date of publication zip file to the “file at- ect is 0.00%. tachment upload” tab LICENSES: (GA-1 or of the list. in the Project Bids GF-4 or GA-98) and (GFThe Bidder’s Bid Guar- .EBSX file through Bid 2 or GF-98) anty shall be five per- Express the Affidavit FUNDING TYPE: cent (5%) of the of Bidder before Bid Federal-aid LISTING THRESHOLD: Bidder’s Total Bid Opening.

None Amount and shall be RATE (FEDsubmitted before Bid For federally funded WAGE Opening through ei- and state funded Proj- ERAL): ther Surety 2000 or Tin- ects, a Bidder shall NM20240036 submit in the form of a WAGE RATE (STATE): ubu Surety. zip file to the “file at- Type “A” (2024) For state funded Proj- tachment upload” tab ects proof of the Bid- in the Project Bids Pub: Jan 19, 26, Feb 2, 9, der’s valid license in .EBSX file through Bid 2024 the form of its wallet Express any docubefore Bid card from the Con- ments struction Industries Opening required by a Division (CID) shall be Notice to Contractors. submitted with the Bid ailure of the Bidder to per the Construction Failure Industries Licensing comply with this Ad AdAct NMSA (1978), Sec- vertisement shall re rentions 60-13-1 to -57 der the Bid (1967, as amended non-r non-responsiv esponsive e and through 1989). The Bid- the Bid shall be re reder’s valid license jected. shall cover the Project’sContinued... type of Work (1) Continued... specified in this Adver- CN 1101930 tisement. The Bidder shall submit in the TERMINI: I-25, MP form of a zip file to the 140.000 to MP 150.000 “file attachment up- for 10.000 miles

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PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED NEW RULE IS: The purpose of these amendments to the rules is to ensure that sponsoring bodies comply with the State Tribal Collaboration Act in the development or administration of programs subject to the rules that directly affect American Indians. To add electric cooperatives and telephone cooperatives to the definition of grantee or subrecipient for purposes of assistance grants.

Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and 3x3 block. Use logic and process elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty level ranges from Bronze (easiest) to Silver to Gold (hardest).

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Paragraphs A and B of Section 9-27-6 NMSA 1978; Paragraph C of Section 63-9K-4 NMSA 1978.

Copies of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and proposed rule are available by electronic download from the DoIT website https://www.doit.nm. gov/category/latestnews/ or the New Mexico Sunshine Portal.

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DoIT will hold a public in-person/virtual hearing on the proposed amendments on Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at the New Mexico State Capitol, 490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Room #311, Santa Fe, NM 87501.

Case No. CV-23-007 Oral comments will be accepted at the in-perKiel Antwone Heveson/virtual hearing wah from members of the PETITIONER’S and any interLEGALS CUR- public LEGALS RENT FULL LEGAL ested parties.

NAME Interested Parties may NOTICE NO TICE OF NAME submit written comCHANGE ments by mail or via the DoIT website. WritNOTICE IS HEARBY ten comments and GIVEN, that the under- proposals will be acsigned has filed a Peti- cepted until 5:00 pm tion, addressed to the on February 15, 2024. above-entitled Court, Comments may be the object of which to submitted online at obtain a Court Order https://www.doit.nm. to change the present gov/category/latestlegal news/ or by sending name of Petitioner, original copies to: Kiel Antwone Hevewah to the name ofKiel Renee Narvaiz, DepartAntwone Sisneros ment of Information which is the Technology name Petitioner de- 715 Alta Vista St., sires to have in the fu- Santa Fe, NM 87505 ture.

NOTICE IS HEARBY GIVEN that Written comments any person suggesting changes or having an objection to alternatives to the prothe changing of Peti- posed amendments tioner’s name as fore- should provide justifisaid shall have a cation for each sugwritten gested change or objection with the alternative and inabove-entitled Court, clude all suggested during any time within rule language necesthe 14 days after the sary to effectuate the last suggested change or publication. alternative. Suggested changes should be PUB: Jan. 19, 26, 2024 provided in a redline format showing proLEGAL #92142 posed deletions and additions.

The monthly Board Meeting of the ELDO- Written comments RADO AREA WATER & must be received no SANITATION DISTRICT later than 5 p.m. (MDT) will be held on 2/21/24 on February 15, 2024. in the EAWSD public DoIT encourages the conference room at 2 early submission of N Chamisa. If you pre- written comments. fer to attend via ZOOM.com, email SPECIAL NEEDS: Any admin.manager@EAW person with a disabilSD.org, in advance, or ity who is in need of a call 466-2411 to get reader, amplifier, quallogin info. Meeting be- ified sign language ingins at 5:30 PM. terpreter, or other auxiliary aid or service Pub: Jan 19, 2024 to attend or participate in the hearing LEGAL #92130 should contact Renee NOTICE OF PROPOSED Narvaiz at 505-8272416 at least ten (10) RULEMAKING business days prior to NOTICE IS HEREBY the hearing.

GIVEN that the Department of Information The Council and DoIT Technology (“DoIT”) will consider all oral and the Connect New comments and will reMexico Council view all timely submit(“Council”), pursuant ted written comments Paragraphs A and B of and responses.

Section 9-27-6 NMSA 1978 and Paragraph C Pub: Jan 16, 17, 18, 19, of Section 63-9K-4 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, NMSA 1978, proposes 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, Feb 1, to amend 1.12.21 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, NMAC, GRANT PRO- 12, 13, 14, 15, 2024 GRAM RULES LEGAL #92143 PURPOSE OF THE PROADVER AD VERTISEMENT TISEMENT POSED NEW RULE IS: NEW MEXICO The purpose of these DEPAR DEP ARTMENT TMENT OF amendments to the TRANSPORT TRANSPOR TATION rules is to ensure that (NMDOT) (NMDO T) BID sponsoring bodies SOLICITA SOLICIT A TION FOR – FOR comply with the State February 16, 2024 Tribal Collaboration SANTA ANTA FE, Act in the developNEW MEXICO ment or administration of programs subject to the rules The NMDOT will only that directly affect receive Bids through American Indians. To the Bid Express webat add electric coopera- site tives and telephone https://www.bidx.com / before 11:00 A.M. cooperatives to the definition of grantee local prevailing time or subrecipient for National Institute of purposes of assis- Standards and Technology, atomic clock, tance grants. on February 16, 2024.

STATUTORY AUTHOR- Bids received after this ITY: Paragraphs A and time will not be acB of Section 9-27-6 cepted. Tutorials on NMSA 1978; Paragraph electronic bidding are C of Section 63-9K-4 available through Bid Express website at NMSA 1978. https://www.bidx.com Copies of the Notice of /site/trainingcenter. In Proposed Rulemaking order to receive Adand proposed rule are denda and notificaavailable by electronic tions all Bidders shall download from the log into Bid Express DoIT website and select the prohttps://www.doit.nm. posal and letting activmessage and gov/category/latest- ity news/ or the New e-mail boxes in the manage messages Mexico Sunshine Porand notifications tab. tal.

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Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, COUNTY OF LOS column and 3x3 block. Use logic and process elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty ALAMOS INVITATION FOR BID level ranges from Bronze (easiest) to Silver to Gold (hardest).

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LEGAL #92137

IFB Name: Kinnikinnik Park Trail ADA Improvements Project

Sealed proposals submitted electronically by email, subject to the conditions set forth in the instructions to proposers and in the other solicitation documents, will be received until 2:00 pm MT, Tuesday, February 13, 2024, for this solicitation.

Emails should be addressed to: lacbid@lacnm.us.

Subject line of the email must contain the following information: RESPONSE – IFB24-57 KINNIKINNIK PARK TRAIL ADA IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. Alternatively, sealed Proposals may be submitted in paper form, one (1) clearly labeled unbound original and four (4) bound paper copies. If submitting Proposals in paper form, Proposals will be received at the Los 1/20/24 Alamos County Procurement Office, 101 Camino Entrada, Bldg.

3, Los Alamos, NM 87544 until 2:00 p.m.

MT, Tuesday, February 13, 2024, for this solicitation.

A Non-Mandatory PreProposal Conference will be held on Monday, February 5, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. MT via Microsoft Teams. Contact Kat Brophy (see contact information below) to receive link to participate in the Pre-Proposal Conference.

Documents may be obtained from Kat Brophy at: Los Alamos County Procurement Division 101 Camino Entrada, Bldg. 3 Los Alamos, NM 87544 (505) 662-8127 kat.brophy@lacnm.us Office Hours are 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday.

No Proposal may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt.

All forms of bribes, gratuities, and kickbacks are prohibited by law.

The County of Los Alamos is an Equal Opportunity Employer Pub: Jan 19, 2024 LEGAL #92083 NOTICE OF SALE BUDGET SELF STORAGE Pursuant to the SelfService Storage Lien Act, Budget Self Storage, 1519 Center Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87507, will sell or dispose of the contents in unit or units listed below to satisfy the landlord’s lien for past due rent on January 26, 2024 @ 9:00 AM (Date of Sale) at Budget Self Storage.

Misc. Contents: Unit # J 15 Juan Lira 181 Calle Lazo Orrante Santa Fe, NM 87507 PUB: Jan. 19, 22, 2024 LEGAL #92084 TESUQUE TRIBAL COURT PUEBLO OF TESUQUE COUNTY OF SANTA FE STATE OF NEW MEXICO IN THE MATTER OF THE NAME CHANGE OF, Case No. CV-23-007 Kiel Antwone Hevewah PETITIONER’S CURRENT FULL LEGAL NAME NOTICE NO TICE OF NAME Continued...

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10.If you own a manu6.Property subject to factured home [that 1978, as follows: 1.All property subject valuation is presumed was not previously asto valuation for prop- to be nonresidential sessed] and it was will be so present in the county erty taxation purposes and not valued by the As- recorded by the Asses- on January 1, 2024, you sessor in 2023 for sor unless you declare must report it to the property taxation pur- the property to be res- Assessor no later than poses must be re- idential no later than the last day of Februported to the Assessor the last day of Febru- ary 2024. The report no later than the last ary 2024. If your prop- must contain certain day of February 2024, erty has changed in required information unless it is not subject use from residential to and must be on a form to valuation for prop- nonresidential or from obtained from the Aserty taxation purposes nonresidential to resi- sessor’s office. Secin2024. The report dential use you must tion 7-36-26 NMSA must contain the re- declare this status to 1978. quired information the Assessor no later THIS NOTICE NOTICE IS ONLY A and be on a form that than the last day of BRIEF STATEMENT OF is obtained from the February 2024. The THE PROVISIONS OF Assessor’s office. Sec- declaration must con- SECTIONS 7-38-8, 7-38tion 7-38-8 NMSA 1978. tain the required infor- 8.1, 7-38-13, 7-38-17, 72.If you have made im- mation and must be in 38-17.1, 7-36-7, provements to real a form that may be ob- 7-36-21.3, 7-36-20, 7-36property during 2023 tained from the Asses- 21, and 7-36-26 NMSA and the improvements sor’s office. Section 1978, and related Taxacost more than Ten 7-38-17.1NMSA 1978. tion & Revenue DeThousand Dollars 7.If you are a person partment Regulations. ($10,000), the improve- who is sixty-five (65) It is not intended to rements must be re- years of age or older flect the full content of disabled, and these ported to the Assessor or provisions, “modified which may be examno later than the last whose day of February 2024. gross income” was not ined at the office of The information re- greater than $41,900 in the County Assessor. quired and the form 2023 and you own and may be obtained from occupy a single-family Pub: Jan 12, 19, 26, 2024 the Assessor’s office. dwelling you may be LEGAL #92101 Section 7-38-8(C) eligible for a limitation on the taxable value of STATE OF NEW MEXICO NMSA 1978.

3.All real property your residence. The COUNTY OF SANTA FE owned by any non- limitation of value FIRST JUDICIAL governmental entity specified in Subsec- DISTRICT COURT and claimed to be ex- tions A, B and C under 7-36-21.3 No. empt from property Section taxation under the NMSA 1978 shall be ap- D-101-PB-2022-00183 provisions of Para- plied in the tax year in the owner IN THE MATTER OF THE graph (1) of Subsec- which tion B of Section claiming entitlement ESTATE OF 7-36-7NMSA 1978 shall files with the county LEONARD GARDUNO, be reported for valua- assessor an applica- Deceased tion purposes to the tion for the limitation. appropriate valuation The application must NOTICE TO CREDITORS authority. If a change contain the required in eligibility status or information and must NOTICE IS HEREBY ownership of the prop- be on a form that is GIVEN that Camille erty has changed, the obtained from the As- Garduno has been apchange shall be re- sessor’s office. Sec- pointed Personal Repported no later than tion 7-36-21.3 NMSA resentative of the the last day of Febru- 1978.

Estate of the Deceary 2024. Section 7-38- 8.If your land was val- dent. All persons hav8.1 NMSA 1978. ued in 2023 in accor- ing claims against the 4.If you own property dance with the special estate are required to that has decreased in method of valuation present their claims value during 2023, and for land used primarily within four months that property is sub- for agricultural pur- after the date of the ject to valuation for poses, and the land is publication of any property taxation pur- still used primarily for Notice to Creditors poses, you must re- agricultural purposes, or 60 days after the port the decrease in you need not reapply date of mailing or that special other delivery of this value to the Assessor for no later than the last method of valuation in Notice, whichever is day of February 2024. 2024. If your land was later, or the claims will The report must con- valued in accordance be forever barred. tain the required infor- with the special Claims must be premation and must be method of valuation in sented either to the on a form that is ob- 2023, but it is no longer undersigned counsel tained from the Asses- used primarily for for the Personal Represor’s office. agricultural purposes, sentative at the Section7-38-13 NMSA you must report the address listed below change to the Asses- or filed with the First 1978.

5.If you believe that sor no later than the Judicial District Court, your real property is last day of February Santa Fe County, entitled to a head-of- 2024. If your land was New Mexico. family exemption or not valued in accorwith that JAY GOODMAN AND veteran exemption dance from property taxa- method of valuation in ASSOCIATES LAW tion, you must apply to 2023 and it is now used FIRM, PC /s/ Joshua the Assessor for ex- primarily for agricul- Catanzaro, Esq. empt status no later tural purposes, appli- 2019 Galisteo, Suite C3, than thirty (30) days cation must be made Santa Fe, NM 87505, after the mailing of the under oath, in a form Tel. (505) 989-8117.

County Assessor’s no- and contain the infortices of valuation in mation required by de- Pub: Jan 5, 12, 19, 2024 order to be entitled to partment rules and the exemption from must be made no later taxation in 2024. Ex- than thirty (30) days To place a Legal Notice Call 986-3000 ceptions: A disabled after the mailing of the veteran or the dis- County Assessor’s noabled veteran’s surviv- tices of valuation in LEGAL #92072 ing spouse may claim order to be entitled to NOTICE OF PUBLIC eligibility and shall be the exemption from SALE allowed the exemption taxation in 2024. Secfor the current tax tion 7-36-20 NMSA Self-storage Cube conyear without being 1978. subject to the above 9.If you own “live- tents of the following due date, provided stock” that is subject customers containing that the exemption to valuation for prop- household and other shall not be allowed erty taxation pur- goods will be sold for for property tax due poses, you must cash by CubeSmart for previous tax years. report such livestock Asset Management, If any exemption from to the Assessor. All LLC as Agent for taxation was in effect such livestock present Owner 4036 Cerrillos for 2023 and the basis in the county on Janu- Rd. Santa Fe NM 87507 of the exempt status ary 1,2024 must be re- to satisfy a lien on Febor use is unchanged ported to the Assessor ruary 7th, 2024 at ap1:30PM at from that year, appli- no later than the last prox. cation for exemption day of February 2024. If w w w. s t o r a g e t r e a need not be made for the livestock is trans- sures.com 2024.Continued...

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH This is a winning day for you! Pay attention. Travel plans look great. Legal matters will be in your favor. It’s a good day for discussions about publishing or important papers at school. Tonight: Dreamy eyed.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Jan. 19, 2024: You have a childlike sense of wonder and optimism. This year is the beginning of a new nineyear cycle for you.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Tread carefully, because a boss, parent or someone in authority might surprise you today. Meanwhile, work-related discussions, especially in groups and meetings, will benefit you. Tonight: Glamour.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH This is a busy day full of short trips and lively discussions! Be prepared for a curveball from a close friend or partner. Allow extra time for the unexpected. Tonight: Listen.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Something going on behind the scenes might surprise you today. Nevertheless, you have a good handle on how to deal with details about shared property. Tonight: Psychic feelings.

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Tonight: Escape plans.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You might have some bright ideas that will financially benefit you today. They could be related to your work, your health or a private project that you’re doing. Tonight: Help someone.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Listen to the advice of friends and members of groups

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH This is a great day for family discussions as well as

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH This is a great day! You feel optimistic and confident,

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which is why you will be open to all kinds of fun suggestions about sports, kid’s activities, the arts and fun getaways. You also might see how to invest in these same areas. Tonight: Creativity!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Your home routine will change today. Small appliances might break down or a minor breakage could occur. Nevertheless, behind-the-scenes conversations will benefit you! Tonight: Sensitive discussions.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Enjoy schmoozing with friends and groups, because your interaction with these people will expand your world.

They might have good advice for you. They might encourage you. Meanwhile, be personally vigilant. Tonight: Daydreams.

SHEINWOLD’S BRIDGE

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Friend’s political talk is unwanted Dear Annie: I have a good friend who constantly wants to talk about politics. The problem is that we are on opposite ends of the spectrum. She thinks she’s politically savvy. She is not educated or well informed, but she has an opinion on everything. How can I get her to stop talking about politics?

— Political Mess Dear Political Mess: This problem is incredibly common and, unfortunately, has caused the end of many friendships. So know that you are not alone.

It sounds like the odds of having a productive conversation with this friend are low, so try to stay away from political topics altogether. When she brings them up, you can redirect the conversation by, say, asking about her children or inquiring about a recent vacation that she took. You can also try your best to find some common ground — no matter how small or vague — and keep the conversation there.

Good luck!

Dear Annie: What is the etiquette for items left behind after a party? Is it my responsibility as a host to find the owners of the items and deliver them? What is an acceptable time frame?

We host several family events during the year at our home, and there are always a few items that our guests leave behind.

Sometimes I send out a photo to all guests of the lost and found pile or will follow up individually when I know who the item belongs to. Sometimes I have no idea who it belongs to, and it stays in our garage in a lost and found pile, seemingly never to be claimed.

When I reach out to let people know what was left behind, some will apologize (no apology is needed); some will respond in a way that makes me feel that I should have told them sooner than a few days later; and some still don’t initiate arrangements to come pick up the items. Is it on me as the host to deliver items left behind?

Should I just assume the guest will contact me if it is important enough to them?

— Lost and Found Dear Lost and Found: Sending one text or email is a nice courtesy, but it certainly is not on you to deliver items that your guests have left behind. If nobody claims the missing item, you can send a message saying, “I will be donating everything that has been left behind at the end of the month, so please claim what’s yours!” That way, your guests have a chance to retrieve their belongings and you aren’t forced to serve as anyone’s storage unit.

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and the Chamber of Secrets,” by J.K.

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Rowling

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Gump.”)

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Given the title and

Answer: “Forrest

Today is Friday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2024.

There are 347 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On Jan 19, 1953, CBS-TV aired the widely watched episode of I Love Lucy in which Lucy Ricardo, played by Lucille Ball, gave birth to Little Ricky.

(By coincidence, Ball gave birth the same day to her son, Desi Arnaz Jr.)

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by Suzanne Collins Answer________ PH.D. LEVEL 7. “Prince Caspian,”

by C.S. Lewis Answer________ 8. “Doctor Sleep,”

by Stephen King Answer________ 9. “The Girl Who Played With Fire,” by Stieg Larsson Answer________

•Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 6 without repeating.

•The numbers within the heavily outlines boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners.

•Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

ANSWERS: 1. “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” 2. “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” 3. “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”

4. “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (Sorcerer’s) Stone.”

5. “The Bourne Identity.” 6. “The Hunger Games.” 7. “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” 8. “The Shining.”

9. “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”

SCORING: 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you? (c) 2024 Ken Fisher

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