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ABOVE: Tewa student Mary Evelyn Jiron laughs as teacher Patrick Aguino embellishes a story during Aguino’s Tewa language class for all ages Jan. 9 at Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo. Aguino runs classes almost year-round on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The classes mostly serve adults from Ohkay Owingeh but also attract Tewa learners from other pueblos. BELOW: Aguino breaks down the meaning of a Tewa prayer.
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OHKAY OWINGEH ne of dozens of handwritten posters lining the walls of Joseph Patrick Aguino’s portable classroom phonetically spells out a Tewa prayer for a dance. Another, with a drawing of GEICO’s gecko, sports a Tewa translation of “Somebody help me, please, I have a flat tire!” Stacked on and around Aguino’s desk are binders of songs, prayers and translations of stories; vocabulary worksheets filled out by his students; and a homemade storybook about a rabbit and coyote with speech bubbles in Tewa. The materials have accumulated since Aguino, a member of the Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Council, began teaching two-hour, twice-weekly Tewa language classes
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ALBUQUERQUE — Dan Frampton expects his organization will be out of money by mid-February. Frampton, a licensed clinical social worker, serves as president of the board of trustees for Breaking the Silence New Mexico, a nonprofit that provides suicide prevention and mental health education to students across the state. “We literally save lives by the work we do,” he said. The organization, which according to tax documents receives “a substantial part of its support” from public funds, entered a contract in July with the state Department of Health to provide in-school services to students. But Frampton said the department still hasn’t paid the $50,000 it owes Breaking the Silence New Mexico. “We’ve got about $20,000 left in the books,” he said. “So what happens after that?” Among organizations working in and around schools — including dozens of school-based health centers — Frampton’s experience is relatively common: Department of Health grant payments have been delayed since July, providers said. The problem resulted from the department’s slower-than-expected shift to a new administrative services Please see story on Page A-4
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IN BRIEF Israeli airstrike in Syrian capital kills 5 Iranian advisers, reports say DAMASCUS, Syria — An Israeli airstrike Saturday on the Syrian capital destroyed a building used by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, killing at least five Iranians, Syrian and Iranian state media reported. The Syrian army said the building in the tightly guarded western Damascus neighborhood was destroyed, adding the Israeli air force fired the missiles while flying over Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The Israeli military did not comment. A few hours later, an Israeli drone strike on a car near the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre killed two people, including a Hezbollah member, who were in the vehicle and two people who were in a nearby orchard, an official with the group and Lebanon’s state news agency said. One of those killed was Ali Hudruj, a local Hezbollah commander, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Over the past weeks, rockets have been fired from Syria into northern Israel and the Golan Heights, adding to tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border.
Zelenskyy calls Trump’s rhetoric about war ‘very dangerous’
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was worried at the prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House, branding Trump’s claim he could stop Ukraine’s war with Russia in 24 hours as “very dangerous.” In an interview with the U.K.’s Channel 4 News broadcast Friday, Zelenskyy invited the former president and front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination to visit Kyiv, but only if Trump delivers on his promise. “Donald Trump, I invite you to Ukraine, to Kyiv. If you can stop the war during 24 hours, I think it will be enough to come,” Zelenskyy said. Zelenskyy described the former president’s rhetoric as “very dangerous” and appeared apprehensive Trump’s idea of a negotiated solution might involve Ukraine making major concessions to Russia. Trump has repeatedly insisted he is well-positioned to negotiate an end to the war that has raged for almost two years. Throughout his political career, he has frequently lavished praise on Russian President Vladimir Putin, including after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Brutally cold weather reaching deep into lower United States MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Arctic weather brought more misery to much of the U.S. on Saturday, especially for people unaccustomed to such bitter cold in places like Memphis, where residents were urged to boil water but some had no water at all after freezing temperatures broke water mains across the city. The bracing cold followed a week of storms blamed for at least 61 deaths around the U.S., many involving hypothermia or road accidents. Wind chill advisories covered a swath of the U.S. from Montana to central Florida. It was particularly harsh in the Midwest. The wind made it feel like minus 16 degrees in Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday, and overnight wind chills hovered around zero degrees in Oklahoma City.
Police: Couple kept relative’s body in home, collected his benefits OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A Kansas couple has been charged with fraudulently collecting more than $215,000 in retirement benefits on behalf of a dead relative while they concealed his body inside their home for six years. Authorities say Mike Carroll’s pacemaker showed he died in 2016, when he was age 81, but Overland Park police didn’t discover his body until 2022 after his son-in-law, Kirk Ritter, called police to report his death in the Kansas City suburb. Prosecutors say Lynn Ritter and Kirk Ritter, both 61, continued depositing and spending from Carroll’s bank account even while his body became “mummified” on a bed in the home he owned. Lynn Ritter is Carroll’s daughter. Family members told the Kansas City Star the Ritters would repeatedly give them excuses about why Carroll could never take a phone call or visit while leading them to believe Carroll was still alive. The couple is due to appear in federal court to face several charges on Feb. 2. They didn’t respond to phone and email messages from the newspaper, and court documents do not list a defense attorney representing them. New Mexican wire services
Christine Mahoney, left, and her husband, Dan, on their farmland in Rio Vista, Calif., on Dec. 25.
California farmers had what billionaires wanted Tech executives’ vision: Pave ranches to solve urban housing crunch By Conor Dougherty The New York Times
RIO VISTA, Calif. hen Jan Sramek walked into the American Legion post in Rio Vista for a town hall meeting last month, everyone in the room knew he was really just there to get yelled at. For six years a mysterious company called Flannery Associates, which Sramek controlled, had upended the town of 10,000 by spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to buy every farm in the area. Flannery made multimillionaires out of some owners and sparked feuds among others. It sued a group of holdouts who had refused its above-market offers, on the grounds that they were colluding for more. The company was Rio Vista’s main source of gossip, yet until a few weeks before the meeting no one in the room had heard of Sramek or knew what Flannery was up to. The truth was Sramek wanted to build a city from the ground up, in an agricultural region whose defining feature was how little it had changed. The idea would have been treated as a joke if it weren’t backed by a group of Silicon Valley billionaires including Michael Moritz, a venture capitalist; Reid Hoffman, an investor and co-founder of LinkedIn; and Laurene Powell Jobs, the founder of the Emerson Collective and widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. They and others from the technology world had spent some $900 million on farmland in a demonstration of their dead seriousness about Sramek’s vision. Rio Vista, part of Solano County, is technically within the San Francisco Bay Area. Sramek’s plan was billed as a salve for San Francisco’s urban housing problems. But paving over ranches to build a city of 400,000 wasn’t the sort of idea you’d expect a group of farmers to be enthused about. Flannery had become the largest landowner in the region, amassing an area twice the size of San Francisco. Christine Mahoney, 63, whose great-grandfather established her family’s farm when Rutherford B. Hayes was president, said like it or not, Sramek was now her neighbor. Mahoney had refused several offers for her
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land, and Flannery’s lawsuit — an antitrust case in federal court — described her as a conspirator who was out to bilk his company. But she had never met the man in person, so she came to say hello. When Mahoney and her husband, Dan, 65, approached him, Sramek said, “Hi, Christine!” as if they had met several times before and he wasn’t currently suing her. “I’d like to welcome you as our neighbor, but it’s kind of difficult,” Christine Mahoney said. She talked about how much stress the lawsuit had put on her family. Sramek nodded, as if she were talking about someone else, not him. Then he asked the couple to dinner. The Mahoneys agreed. Last week, Sramek’s company officially filed a proposed ballot initiative that would ask voters to buy in. Specifically, the measure aims to amend a long-standing “orderly growth” ordinance that protects Solano County’s farms and open space by steering development to urban areas. The initiative includes a long list of promises like new roads, money to invest in downtowns across the county and a $400 million fund to help Solano residents buy homes. Sramek frames his proposal as part of an ideological project to revive Californians’ appetite for growth. If the state is serious about tackling its dire affordable housing problem, he argues, it has to expand its urban footprint with new cities. The Mahoneys sold Flannery a few hundred acres early on. But as Flannery gobbled more of the land around them, the family stopped selling. After years of back and forth, Flannery’s entreaties made clear the Mahoneys had one property the group coveted above the others: Goose Haven Ranch. But Goose Haven was the one the family was most protective of. Wednesday, Sramek returned to the American Legion post in Rio Vista. This time he had arrived as part of a kickoff event for the ballot initiative. Inside, slides of maps and renderings were presented to the press, and details about design were discussed. The maps had a curious detail: On the edge of the proposed community’s downtown was Goose Haven Ranch. The night before the meeting, the Mahoneys sold it. They got about $23 million.
Rare-earth metals may be hiding out in your cabinets By Hiroko Tabuchi The New York Times
A vast and largely overlooked source of rare-earth metals, materials critical for clean energy, could be in our homes, sitting in the back of our cabinets and junk drawers. A new study from researchers in China and the Netherlands estimates reusing or recycling rare-earth metals from old cellphones, hard drives, electric motors and turbines could meet as much as 40% of the demand for the
metals in the United States, China and Europe by 2050. It’s a promising prospect, particularly for the United States, which relies heavily on imports of those materials, often just called rare earths. That reliance, industry experts say, can make U.S. supply chains vulnerable to disruption and geopolitical risks. Rare earths are essential for green technology like electric vehicles and wind turbines, which have a critical role in moving the world away from fossil fuels. Reusing and recycling rare
earths can cut down on the need for mining, which can pollute soil and water with toxic heavy metals like arsenic. Rare-earth mining operations have also become embroiled in local conflicts and human rights violations. Being able to tap already mined rare earths would be another advantage of switching to renewable energy from burning fossil fuels, which drives global warming, said Peng Wang, a researcher at the Institute of Urban Environment at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and lead author of the study, which
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ATKINSON, N.H. — As the 2024 primary season revs up, and with the political stakes this year extraordinarily high, voters are both polarized and hardly budging. Pundits expect another close election that’s a repeat of 2020. There’s not a lot of wobble on either left or right. Social scientists have taken note of the hardening political divisions. One theme emerges in much of the research: Our politics tend be more emotional now. Policy preferences are increasingly likely to be entangled with a visceral dislike of the opposition. The newly embraced academic term for this is “affective polarization.” “It’s feelings based,” said Lilliana Mason, a political scientist at Johns Hopkins University and author of Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity. “It’s polarization that’s based on our feelings for each other, not based on extremely divergent policy preferences.” The tendency to form tightly knit groups has roots in evolution, according to experts in political psychology. Humans evolved in a challenging world of limited resources in which survival required both cooperation and identifying the rivals for those resources. “The evolution of cooperation required out-group hatred. Which is really sad,” said Nicholas Christakis, a Yale sociologist and author of Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society. That is just as true on today’s political stage. There are two major parties, and their contests are viewed as zero-sum outcomes. No researcher argues human nature is the sole, or even the primary, cause of today’s polarization. But savvy political operatives can exploit, leverage and encourage it. And those operatives are learning from their triumphs in divide-and-conquer politics. “We wouldn’t have civilizations if we didn’t create groups. We are designed to form groups, and the only way to define a group is there has to be someone who’s not in it,” Mason said. What’s most striking is in the process of defining who is in and who is out of a group, enmity and derision can arise without any rational reason. The American political system may cultivate “out-group” hatred, as academics put it. One of the scarce resources in this country is political power at the highest levels of government. The country has no parliamentary system in which multiple parties form governing coalitions. Redistricting ensures there are fewer competitive congressional races. The two parties have inexorably moved further apart ideologically, and leaders are more likely to be punished — “primaried” — if they reach across the aisle. And because many more districts are now deeply red or blue, rather than a mix of constituencies, House members have fewer reasons to adopt moderate positions. Research shows affective polarization is intensifying across the political spectrum. Recent survey data revealed more than half of Republicans and Democrats view the other party as “a threat,” and nearly as many agree with the description of the other party as “evil,” Mason said.
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JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that he “will not compromise on full Israeli control” over Gaza and that “this is contrary to a Palestinian state,” rejecting President Joe Biden’s suggestion that creative solutions could bridge wide gaps between the leaders’ views on Palestinian statehood. In a sign of the pressures Netanyahu’s government faces at home, thousands of Israelis protested in Tel Aviv, calling for new elections, and others demonstrated outside the prime minister’s house, joining families of the more than 100 remaining hostages held by Hamas and other militants. They fear Israel’s military activity further endangers hostages’ lives. Netanyahu is also under heat to appease members of his right-wing ruling coalition by intensifying the war against Hamas, which governs Gaza, while contending with calls for restraint from the United States, its closest ally. Netanyahu posted his statement on social media a day after his first conversation with Biden in nearly a month. Discussing his administration’s position Friday, Biden said “there are a number of types of two-state solutions,” and, asked if a two-state solution was impossible with Netanyahu in office, Biden replied, “No, it’s not.” After Netanyahu’s statement, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for
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the United States to go further. “It is time for the United States to recognize the state of Palestine, not just talk about a two-state solution,” Nabil Abu Rudeineh said in a statement. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said “the refusal to accept the two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians and the denial of the right to statehood for the Palestinian people are unacceptable.” Speaking in Uganda, he said the refusal would “indefinitely prolong” the conflict. Netanyahu has said Israel must fight until it achieves “complete victory” and Hamas no longer poses a threat but has not outlined how this will be accomplished. But a member of Israel’s War Cabinet, former Israeli army chief Gadi Eisenkot, has called a
cease-fire the only way to secure the hostages’ release, a comment that implied criticism of Israel’s current strategy. Critics have accused Netanyahu of preventing a Cabinet-level debate about a postwar scenario for Gaza. They say he is stalling to prevent conflict within his coalition. Netanyahu’s office called the claim he was unnecessarily prolonging the war “utter nonsense.” Israel launched its war against Hamas after the militant group’s unprecedented Oct. 7 attack that killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in Israel and saw about 250 others taken hostage. Health authorities in Hamas-ruled Gaza say Israel’s offensive has killed nearly 25,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children. The protest outside Netanya-
hu’s home in the coastal town of Caesarea grew, with police pushing a few attendees away, sparking arguments. “We can’t take it anymore. We’ve been told to sit quiet, let the government do its job. Well, it’s not bringing us any result for the last two months,” said Yuval Bar On, whose father-inlaw, Keith Siegel, is among the hostages. The Israeli military spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said the military was not carrying out attacks in areas where it knows or assumes there are hostages and the army works “in all possible ways to bring them home.”
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media showed the rocket blast off from a mobile launcher, a religious verse referring to Shiite Islam’s 12th hidden imam written on its side. An Associated Press analysis of the footage suggested the launch happened at the Guard’s launch pad on the outskirts of the city of Shahroud, some 215 miles east of the capital, Tehran. Iran’s three latest successful satellite launches have all happened at the site. There was no independent confirmation Iran had successfully put the satellite in orbit. The U.S. military and the State Department did not respond to a request for comment. The United States has previously said Iran’s satellite launches defy a U.N. Security Council resolution and called on Tehran to undertake no activity involving ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons. U.N. sanctions related to Iran’s ballistic missile program expired last October. Under Iran’s relatively moderate former President Hassan Rouhani, the Islamic Republic slowed its space program for fear of raising tensions with the West. Hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, a protégé of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who came to power in 2021, has pushed the program forward.
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organization, David Barre, a spokesman for the Department of Health, wrote in an email. In December, the department paid more than $1.7 million to school-based health centers, Barre said, and the administrative services organization has worked to ensure contractors are registered for the department’s new payment system. But nonprofit providers working in schools said they still haven’t been paid — and as the legislative session gets underway, they want to ensure the next fiscal year’s funds won’t arrive six months late. “It’s great that the health centers have gotten paid — and hopefully the different nonprofits will — but we need to find those underlying reasons,” Frampton said. Clinic coordinator Sabrina Owens’ school-based health center is located at Robert F. Kennedy Charter School, operating out of a portable building. The center is open to students and families at five public charter schools in Albuquerque’s South Valley. In the last
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Dan Frampton, board president of Breaking the Silence New Mexico, fears his organization will run out of money by mid-February and says it is owed $50,000 from the New Mexico Department of Health. The licensed clinical social worker provides suicide prevention services and mental health education to students statewide. “We literally save lives by the work we do,” he said.
school year, Owens said, the clinic saw nearly 2,000 office visits, with plans to open up two more clinics. Things changed this school year. Although Owens said she entered into a contract with the Health Department set to begin July 1, 2023, those payments didn’t appear. Owens started taking out personal loans to float the clinic each month. She paused plans to expand. Staff members — including Owens — decreased their salaries, and the center’s doctor refused payment entirely.
Owens’ center — like school-based clinics across the state — was finally paid in December. Bill Wagner, executive director of Centro Sávila, went through something similar, though his organization still hadn’t received payment from the Department of Health as of last week. Centro Sávila provides culturally and linguistically responsive mental health and case management services, particularly for immigrants and refugees. The lack of payment created logistical challenges for Owens and Wagner: It’s
impossible to determine staffing needs or plan service offerings when grant payments aren’t guaranteed. “Most nonprofits like mine are running on a very fine line, and it impacts our ability to recruit new staff and to retain existing staff when we have uncertainty about whether or not we’re going to get paid for services,” Wagner said. And the financial squeeze — if it resulted in the departure of certain employees or the closure of clinics entirely — could decrease critical services available to vulnerable people, Owens said. In part, she pushed to keep her clinic open to continue serving about 30 students on suicide prevention plans. “If one kid committed suicide because we closed — because of the state — I couldn’t live with that,” Owens said. When students and families don’t have access to nonprofit medical care, schools suffer, too, said Anamargarita Otero, the community school coordinator at John Adams Middle School. Otero argued the Department of Health’s late payments undermine the entire community schools framework, a policy favored by the New Mexico Public Education Department. Under such a model, schools strive to ensure not just students but also their families feel buoyed through programs like food and clothing pantries, free tutoring and wellness seminars. Nonprofit health care providers make up an essential piece of this framework, Otero said: They ensure schools can point families to accessible care, from dentistry to therapy.
“In a community school, we rely on these partnerships. We rely on our outside partners to come and help us do things that schools are not built to do,” Otero said. “If our government, if our state Legislature, if the Department of Health doesn’t support the nonprofits that come in and do this tremendous heavy lift, how are we going to keep graduating kids? How are we going to keep people healthy enough to be productive members of society?” Otero, Owens and Wagner are members of Albuquerque Interfaith, a coalition of 22 organizations. Their first ask is speedy payment of the delayed Health Department contracts, said Bob Edgar, an Albuquerque Interfaith board member. And as payments start to arrive, Edgar said, department officials must ensure timely payments become the norm. “The system has to be corrected. … It needs to be sustainable and, to make it sustainable, you have to count on getting paid under contracts that have been approved and money that’s been appropriated,” he said. Specifically, Albuquerque Interfaith is pushing to ensure school-based health centers and nonprofit providers are included in conversations on how to ensure the Department of Health’s payment system is reliable. That’s something providers are interested in, too. “We try to partner with the state,” Wagner said. “We want to be part of the solution and build a relationship so that we have a coordinated, integrated and sustainable system.”
Tewa speakers in their homes. That’s why the school plans expand into a community language program, with classes for parents and grandparents starting up this semester. The school’s “incredible progress” to revitalize Tewa hasn’t been easy, in part because funding for language initiatives from the Bureau of Indian Education falls far short of the amount needed to sustain a dual-language program, Swentzell and Rock said; the school’s language programs are grant-funded. “We’ve been through the mud,” Rock said, but “this is very personal for us.” He continued, “Language is at the basis of who we are as Santa Clara people … and I think that’s what makes us strive more.” In Ohkay Owingeh, Aguino — a selftaught Tewa instructor who developed his own alphabet for writing — said teaching has become easier over the years, and his class sizes have grown, too. Born in 1945, he was raised “very culturally” by his father, a spiritual leader for the tribe who died when Aguino was 18 years old, he said.
In his middle age, Aguino, a longtime teacher at Santa Fe Indian School, wanted to give back to the community in Ohkay Owingeh and realized his knowledge of language and culture was what he had to give, he said. He asked the tribal council to allow him to become a Tewa instructor Tuesday and Thursday evenings, essentially yearround, in 2005. The class began with about five students and at one point dropped to just one. It now has a core group of about 15 students from age 8 to over 80, with others who come and go, Aguino said. Most students are from Ohkay Owingeh, which has over 3,000 members, but some occasionally come from other pueblos. A lot of the class content is just “about life,” Aguino said, including culture, history, “how you were brought up and who you became.” On a recent snowy morning, he flipped through his classroom materials to a page welcoming newcomers. Why is the Tewa language important? It is “the basis for all your ancestry,” he read.
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to learners of all ages almost 20 years ago. He hopes his students will become fluent in Tewa and also that some will go on to become teachers themselves — which a few have, he said. Six of the Eight Northern Pueblos are Tewa-speaking but have suffered significant language loss over the past several generations — particularly since the federal government in 1819 began removing Native children from their homes and placing them in boarding schools that forced them to speak English. The practice lasted 150 years. In the mid-2000s, a health survey in Santa Clara Pueblo identified only one school-age child fluent in the language, though almost all tribal members over age 50 spoke Tewa, said Porter Swentzell, executive director of Kha’p’o Community School. “In our community of a couple thousand tribal members, that’s not a recipe for continuity of our language, right?” he said. “Our language, it’s tied to everything that we do, but also, the language tells us the story of who we are as a people, so losing the language is almost losing who you are.” He added, “Every generation had their struggles going back. They all overcame those obstacles so we could be sitting in these roles right now. It’s like, this is the fight of this time to make sure that we don’t cease to exist as a people, that the story of who we are as Santa Clara people won’t end on our watch.” Language preservation efforts also closely tie into broader efforts to maintain traditional arts and culture, said Mark Moquino of Zia Pueblo. Fewer young people today know how to weave a textile, build a cooking pot or sew a shirt than in the past, he said. “We’re at a pivotal point, an integral point, of these being lost, and our language is tied and interconnected with stories, spirit, clothing, our entire way of life.” In 2020, Moquino co-founded the Indigenous Knowledge Collective, a small, Northern New Mexico-based nonprofit with a mission of promoting education in traditional arts and culture, in part to “meet this need of knowledge transfer” from older to younger generations, he said. Over the past two years, the nonprofit has hosted a handful of textile, beading, sewing and pottery classes in Tesuque and Ildefonso pueblos, with all classes delivered in both Tewa and English. Last summer, the collective also invited a master buckskin tanner to San Ildefonso Pueblo so people could learn how to tan a hide, from scraping hair off the skin to
Patrick Aguino parses a Tewa prayer, breaking down the meaning and nuance, during his Tewa language class for all ages Jan. 9 at Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo. JIM WEBER THE NEW MEXICAN
ABOVE: Jeffrey Aguino works with his goddaughter, Stephanie Aguino, on a translation during Patrick Aguino’s Tewa language class for all ages Jan. 9 at Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo. JIM WEBER/THE NEW MEXICAN RIGHT: Leah Titla of San Ildefonso Pueblo, an educational assistant at Kha’p’o Community School in Santa Clara Pueblo, works with Kaa Tafoya, 11, in her sixth grade class in October. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
readying the material to make buckskin bags. Most of the classes are open to any Pueblo person, including those living in urban areas, who are often overlooked, Moquino said. Moquino described Tewa as both an “oral and visual” language. “The symbols in a textile are their own language,” he said. The four rays of the Zia sun symbol represent the four seasons, four times of the day, four directions and four stages of life, he cited as an example. “It’s not just at the surface, like, ‘Come in and we’re going to speak one, two, three, A, B, C, red, white, blue,’ ” he said. “We have a Puebloan life way. ... Our language is so interwoven and interconnected into everything that we do.”
Going forward, Moquino hopes to continue organizing trips to culturally relevant sites and expand classes to topics such as traditional agricultural practices and homebuilding methods. “There’s no limit to what we can do, other than financial,” he said. Leaders of Kha’p’o Community School in Santa Clara Pueblo also have been expanding programs to reverse a trend of language loss, especially over the past year and a half. The pre-K-6 school, which has an English and Tewa dual-language program, has about 90 students enrolled. The need for language revitalization was a primary reason the Santa Clara Pueblo Tribal Council took over control of the school from the federal Bureau of Indian Education in 2016, Swentzell said. The new school leadership — all from Santa Clara Pueblo since 2022, for the first time in the school’s history — have expanded Tewa instruction from one hour per day, per class to 50% of each student’s day, said Darrin Rock, who oversees language programs at the school. In 2016, the school had one full-time Tewa teacher; today, it boasts a team of six, with one Tewa teacher in each classroom for the full school day. This school year, Kha’p’o also began offering weekly language classes for staff, and about 90% of staff have participated, Rock said. “Why tell our students ‘come here’ in English when we can tell them in our language?” he said. “As soon as they get out of the car with Mom and Dad, we’re talking to them in our language. ... We are immersing our students at any chance we get.” But some students have no other
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Lawmakers on their job: Voters are the boss Profiles by Daniel J. Chacón and Gabrielle Porter u The New Mexican
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State Rep. John Block looks over the House floor from his seat Tuesday on the opening day of the 2024 legislative session.
Rep. John Block Before the close of business Friday, state Rep. John Block emailed his constituents back home in Alamogordo the first of what will be a weekly update of the 30-day legislative session. The electronic newsletter from the freshman Republican touched on various topics, from “far-left” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s State of the State address to bills he’s sponsoring — including a $1.5 billion appropriation bill to finish building a border barrier between New Mexico and Mexico. “I try to be pretty comprehensive and really stay connected to my district even while I’m up here in Santa Fe,” said Block, who at 27 is the youngest member of the Legislature. Block said he strives to be a good lawmaker by keeping the lines of communication open and “always, always, always” listening to his constituents in House District 51. “I love them to death and anything that they believe in, I want to champion in the Legislature, so I always am reaching out to folks back home on different bills and different issues that I see coming up the pipeline because I want to be super in tune with the people who got me here,” he said. When he’s not in session in Santa Fe, his hometown, Block said he tries to keep his finger on the pulse of the community. “I’m always at party meetings and local school board meetings, city commission meetings, county commission meetings,” he said. “If I’m not at those, I’m also in all these interim committees that are meeting around the state, so I try to bring back all that information.” Block, founder and editor of the conservative Piñon Post, a no-holds-barred website of news and opinion pieces, said an effective legislator has to have a strong work ethic. “Every night after committee or after the floor, I come back to the place I’m staying and I read my bills and I get ready for the committee the next day,” Block said. “You won’t necessarily ever see me at the Bull Ring every night. I think I was there one time last session, and it was like early on because I don’t really have time to go partying and having a good time. I only have time to be a representative for my district. It’s all about the district.”
Mexico, she doesn’t view it as five years of failing to get a measure passed. The Los Alamos Democrat — who along with Rep. Linda Serrato, D-Santa Fe; Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero, D-Albuquerque; and Sen. Mimi Stewart, D-Albuquerque, is giving the law another try this year — sees the experience as five years of refining legislation on an important issue to make it work for more people. “Some issues are so large, you might say, that it’s going to take multiple iterations, multiple sessions to get things through,” Chandler said. “… In this case, every year we have made more progress in terms of listening to people and then moving the ball forward.” Chandler, an attorney who previously worked for Los Alamos National Laboratory, said she believes the often painstaking process of listening to concerns about legislation is a key quality in a good legislator. “I rarely … have refused to consider other perspectives on a bill,” Chandler said, adding she makes a point to reach out to a range of people touched by an issue. “… I think it’s important for a legislator to do that, [and] not just speak to the people who tend to agree on a particular issue, but go to other sources to see if you’re missing something.” Chandler, who first took office in 2019, said that while she doesn’t think there’s just one way to be an effective legislator, she used to look to former Rep. Deborah Armstrong, an Albuquerque Democrat, as a role model for how to do the job. Armstrong, Chandler said, did her homework, considered fellow lawmakers’ point of view, and brought a wealth of knowledge about the health care industry in particular. “I always thought Debbie Armstrong had a really good approach,” Chandler said. “She listened to people’s concerns and adapted, and as a result she was able to push her legislation through.” Chandler, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, said she also think it’s important to try to keep a line of communication open with Republicans, with Democrats in the Senate and with people like Cabinet secretaries who can provide insight on where the governor might be on an issue. “We do take into account what we think will fly, in terms of the executive branch,” Chandler said. A good temperament and good sense of humor also helps. “I think we all have egos in the Legislature,” Chandler said. “... A strong ego is being able to absorb the criticism and being able to put yourself out there and not letting it bother you. The bad ego is when you think you are personally responsible for accomplishing something because that is almost never the case.”
When state Rep. Christine Chandler looks at her ongoing efforts to create a statewide paid family leave program in New
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State Sen. Crystal Brantley, R-Elephant Butte, in her office Friday.
Sen. Crystal Brantley
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State Sen. Crystal Brantley, R-Elephant Butte, approaches her role as a legislator as a full-time job. “If this is my job, then who are my bosses?” she asked. “The voters, the constituents I represent, are my bosses,” Brantley answered, adding a legislator shouldn’t just check in with their constituents at election time, but on a regular basis, much like an employee does at work with a boss. As such, Brantley, 43, said she tries to maintain constant communication with the people in her district. Brantley, who uses social media to keep her constituents informed, said she also holds legislative forums before and after the session. “After sessions, we do an autopsy,” she said. “I’ll travel my district, give highlights of what just came out of the session and
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honesty, integrity and respect as he or she goes about the job. Capitol insiders are reluctant to name the best legislators for fear of offending others, but many acknowledge Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth of Santa Fe, Sen. Ron Griggs, R-Alamogordo, Rep. Gail Chasey, D-Albuquerque, and Rep. Jason Harper, R-Rio Rancho, are among some of the best, often because they’re seen as principled, straight shooters who are willing to hear an opposing viewpoint without considering it an affront. Wirth said in a statement effective legislators listen and take in all perspectives on a topic. “When you speak, you want your words to mean something,” he said. Wirth also said effective legislators don’t take things personally. “Oftentimes your harshest critic on one bill will be your co-sponsor on the next,” he said, adding the most important thing any good legislator can do is stay true to their word. Former Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chávez, who served as a state senator from 1987-93, said old-fashioned hard work — often, the kind that happens without much notice, fanfare or headlines — is among the qualities of a good legislator, as well as intelligence, commitment and passion.
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State Sen. Leo Jaramillo greets visitors on the Senate floor Thursday during Early Childhood Day at the state Capitol.
Sen. Leo Jaramillo
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State Rep. Christine Chandler speaks to colleagues on the House floor before the governor’s State of the State address on the opening day of the legislative session Tuesday.
what didn’t.” One of the reasons she approaches her role as a legislator as a full-time job is because it is, she said. “I think there’s a misconception ... we only work 30 days or 60 days a year while we’re in Santa Fe, and that is wrong,” she said. “Our work continues [throughout the year] back in district.” While Republicans are in the minority in both chambers of the Legislature, Brantley said she believes they’re still “very effective” as representatives of their districts when they’re not in session in Santa Fe. “We are the bridge between New Mexicans and state agencies,” she said. “To be very direct, a lot of our job is spent encouraging government employees to do theirs.” Brantley, who used to be the director of the Sierra Soil and Water Conservation District before becoming a senator in 2021, said her focus is on her legislative district during the session but that she considers how her votes will impact the entire state. “While we are in Santa Fe,” she said, “we work for New Mexico collectively. … When we’re here, we all work for all New Mexico.”
“And,” he said, “thick skin.” Politics, after all, is a contact sport, said Chávez, currently serving as Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s infrastructure adviser. “You win some, you lose some,” he said. “It’s a lot of strong personalities, smart people and so you just have to roll with the punches.” Andrea Serrano, executive director of OLÉ New Mexico, which calls itself a grassroots member organization of working families, said a lawmaker who “centers the needs of community” when they make policy decisions is one of the most important attributes. “That comes a lot of different ways,” she said. “It comes by talking to constituents. It comes by talking to groups that work with constituents. It comes from best practices and research. I think that really good legislators in my experience are the ones who really take the time to hear from people — and not just hear from the people that they agree with.” A good lawmaker also understands policy and surrounds themselves with knowledgeable people, she said. “Good legislators know that they don’t have all of the answers,” Serrano said. “One of the biggest beliefs we have at OLÉ is that people are the experts of their own experience, so I think really good legislators listen to the experience of the people they serve.” Miranda Viscoli, co-president of New
Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence, echoed the sentiment. “Besides honesty, listening is probably the most important quality,” she said. “I think if we all really sat down and listened to each other and listened to our different points of view we’d get a lot more done.” Martínez said the ability to hear and use information is particularly important “when it comes to dealing with issues or a bill that you may or may not agree with,” he said. “It is important to be able to listen to the other side because if you can listen, then maybe you can get to a place where you can compromise.” Dede Feldman, who served in the Senate from 1997 to 2012, offered the perspective of an insider as a former legislator and now as a citizen and advocate. The qualities of a good legislator include “a personal moral compass, ethical standards and a clear vision of what is right and, especially, what is wrong,” she wrote in an email. “I witnessed many legislators who were reduced to making decisions on a case-by-case basis, without real standards to measure by,” she wrote. “They found themselves influenced this way and that, and sometimes voted based on the last persuasive person they talked to, the latest crisis du jour, or who contributed to their campaign. This is particularly difficult with the many gray areas the Legislature enters.” Other qualities she listed include hard work and “a willingness to seek answers, research and dig,” as well as being an excellent communicator.
It was two years ago, in a frigid December, when state Sen. Leo Jaramillo, D-Española, started getting worried about propane. Specifically, the first-term lawmaker said, he started fretting about the many Northern New Mexicans who relied on propane for heat and who were prohibited from having their tanks filled by a competing supplier — even in the face of a weather emergency, when they might not be able to get a refill before temperatures rose again. “Rep. [Susan] Herrera [D-Embudo] knew that this was going to put a lot of our elderly constituents in danger,” Jaramillo said. The two co-sponsored a bill later signed into law allowing other propane companies to fill tanks in emergency situations. Jaramillo, who counts Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, as a role model, said the impetus for the measure was an example of what he considers to be the most important quality for a lawmaker to have: a dedication to being deeply in tune with the basic needs of constituents. “If we didn’t have our ear to the ground and our connection to our community, we wouldn’t have seen [the need],” Jaramillo said. A former middle school teacher who now works as a staff operations manager at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Jaramillo said he prioritizes getting out to community events as often as he can so he doesn’t lose touch. It helps, he said, that he doesn’t have children and can channel his energy into getting out to see constituents. “[There are] parents who are at basketball and football games watching their athlete,” said Jaramillo, known for taking selfies everywhere, with everyone. “I’m out in my community at different events as though that were my child.” Jaramillo said it’s also important not just to work with colleagues across the aisle, but to be able to value them for what they stand for. He said in his first year as a senator, he stopped by the Republican minority office. “I walked in not to talk policy, but to know from each of the Republican senators who they are as New Mexicans,” he said. “I wanted to know about their district, I wanted to know about their personal life and what made them decide to lead.”
“Most people don’t know the executive from the legislative branches, the city government from the state,” she wrote. “A legislator’s job is to engage them, show them the benefits of participating in democracy and make them feel like they have power.” A sense of humor, courage to stand up to bullies, flexibility and a willingness to compromise and “tolerance of all types, all styles” also make for a good legislator, she wrote. The late J. Paul Taylor, a Las Cruces Democrat who served in the state House of Representatives from 1987 to 2005, was her hero for many years, she wrote. “He is gone now but was the conscience of the Legislature, and truly cared for people who had no voice — the sick, the old, the disabled, the immigrant, the poorest of the poor,” she wrote. “He brought their voices into the Legislature.” Jessie Damazyn, a spokeswoman for the Center for Civic Policy, said her organization believes “a good lawmaker is one who creates a safe and accessible space for New Mexicans to discuss critical issues. “We’re fortunate in New Mexico to have several lawmakers who value the importance of both creating a safe space for this work and working closely with historically marginalized and underrepresented populations with the goal of helping our communities thrive.” Sen. Jeff Steinborn, D-Las Cruces, said qualities of a good legislator include compassion, hard work and “being focused on results.” Accessibility is also critically import-
ant, he said. “We are public servants, and I learned long ago that that is the really the core of it,” he said. “You always have to get back to those two words. We serve the public, and we are servants,” Steinborn said. “We are not here for ourselves, so as long as we’re accessible, we listen to everyone, we’re patient — sometimes it can be frustrating working through what’s being communicated or how it’s being communicated — but it is our job, and as long as you have that mindset and that approach and that true north, then I think you’ll do the best job you can trying to serve the public.” Steinborn, who served as a state representative before he was elected to the Senate, said he had some advantage knowing what constituents expect after working for other elected officials. “I worked for a couple members of Congress before I got elected, and so I worked for other officials at a high level and served the public,” he said. Still, Steinborn said every day is a learning process. “I think the moment when you’re done doing that or done trying is the day you should probably hang it up,” he said. Martínez, the House speaker, said a sense of humor is another attribute of a good lawmaker. “We’re there for 30 days, 60 days, whatever it might be,” he said. “It’s a pressure cooker. People get cranky. You gotta be able to laugh it off and not take yourself too seriously.” Follow Daniel J. Chacón on Twitter @danieljchacon.
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Ohio set A look inside the efforts to get rid of DEI to restrict Fueled by backlash over critical race theory, trans care BLM, diversity, equity, programs for adults inclusion become target of right By Geoff Mulvihill
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced proposals this month that transgender advocates say could block access to gender-affirming care provided by independent clinics and general practitioners, leaving thousands of adults scrambling for treatment and facing health risks. Ashton Colby, 31, fears the clinic where he gets the testosterone he has taken since age 19 would no longer offer it. The transgender Columbus man believes he could eventually be treated by another provider that would meet the new requirements. But even a few months’ wait could leave Colby experiencing a menstrual cycle for the first time in many years. “My mental health has been stressed,” Colby said. “These are feelings related to being transgender that I have not felt in years, but now, I’m thrown into feeling devastated about my experience as a transgender person.” DeWine announced the proposed rules amid a whirl of activity that could push Ohio further than most other states in controlling gender-affirming care and make it just the second to set forth restrictions on adult care. He also signed an executive order to ban gender-affirming surgery for minors but vetoed a bill that would ban all gender-affirming care for minors. One chamber of the state legislature has already overridden it, and the other is voting Jan. 24 on whether to do so. “It is a policy project that attempts to make it so onerous, so restrictive to get care, that people are functionally unable to do so,” said Kellan Baker, executive director of the Whitman-Walker Institute, a Washington-based organization focused on the health of LGBTQ+ people. The policies focused on care for adults come in a draft of administrative rules released this month by the Ohio Department of Health and the state’s Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. They would require psychiatrists, endocrinologists and medical ethicists to have roles in creating facility-wide gender-affirming care plans for patients of all ages. Patients under 21 would have to receive at least six months of mental health counseling before starting gender-affirming medication or surgery. Providers would be barred from referring minors to treatment elsewhere, such as clinics in other states. When he announced the measures, DeWine said they would ensure safe treatment and make it impossible to operate “fly-bynight” clinics. The rules are not intended to stop treatment for those already receiving it and are in line with the way specialized care is generally practiced, even if the approach isn’t always state-mandated, said DeWine spokesman Dan Tierney, who noted the administration is open to wording changes to clarify the rules. Still, advocates say those rules go beyond the standard of care established by organizations including the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, and say that, at any rate, there are no sketchy gender clinics in the state. “It’s bad and unnecessary bureaucracy, and we know what they’re trying to do — and they’re hoping to cut off health care for as many people as possible,” said Dara Adkison, board secretary for the advocacy group TransOhio. “It’s not subtle.” Mimi Rivard, a nurse practitioner and clinical director at Central Outreach Wellness Center Ohio’s Columbus clinic, said clinics already successfully prescribe hormones without the involvement of endocrinologists, and there aren’t enough of those specialists in the state to do the current work, in addition to serving the estimated 60,000 Ohioans that are reported to have transgender experience. Many transgender patients are wary of other medical settings, which they might see as unfriendly, for more routine needs like hypertension or diabetes, but clinics like hers also treat them for those conditions, she said. “We have to behave in ways that are consistent with the oaths we’ve taken as caregivers,” Rivard said. “And these guidelines will not allow for this.”
In late 2022, a group of conservative activists and academics set out to abolish the diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Texas’ public universities. They linked up with a former aide to the state’s powerful lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick, who made banning DEI initiatives one of his top priorities. Setting their sights on well-known schools like Texas A&M, they researched which offices and employees should be expunged. A well-connected alumnus conveyed their findings to the A&M chancellor; the former Patrick aide cited them before a state Senate committee. The campaign quickly yielded results: In May, Texas approved legislation banishing all such programs from public institutions of higher learning. Gathering strength from a backlash against Black Lives Matter and fueled by criticism that doctrines such as critical race theory had made colleges engines of progressive indoctrination, the eradication of DEI programs has become both a cause and a message suffusing the American right. In 2023, more than 20 states considered or approved new laws taking
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Supporters of affirmative action protest in 2023 near the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. In 2023, more than 20 states considered or approved new laws that take aim at diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
aim at DEI. Thousands of documents obtained by The New York Times cast light on the playbook and the thinking underpinning one nexus of the anti-DEI movement: the activists and intellectuals who helped shape Texas’ new law, along with measures in at least three other states. The material, which includes casual correspondence with like-minded allies around the country, also reveals unvarnished views on race, sexuality and gender roles. And despite the movement’s marked success in some Republican-dominated states, the documents chart the activists’ struggle to gain traction with broader swaths of voters and officials. Centered at the Claremont Institute, a California-based
think tank with close ties to the former President Donald Trump movement and to Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, the group coalesced roughly three years ago around a sweeping ambition: to strike a killing blow against “the leftist social justice revolution” by eliminating “social justice education” from American schools. The documents — grant proposals, budgets, draft reports and correspondence, obtained through public records requests — show how the activists formed a loose network of think tanks, political groups and Republican operatives in at least a dozen states. They sought funding from a range of right-leaning philanthropies and family foundations and from one of the largest
individual donors to Republican campaigns in the country. They exchanged model legislation, published a slew of public reports and coordinated with other conservative advocacy groups. Individuals and groups involved in the effort joined calls to protect diversity of thought and intellectual freedom, embracing the argument that DEI efforts had made universities intolerant and narrow. They claimed to stand for meritocratic ideals and against ideologies that divided Americans. They argued that DEI programs made Black and Hispanic students feel less welcome instead of more. In a statement for this article, Claremont said it was “proud to be a leader in the fight against DEI, since the ideology from which it flows conflicts with America’s Founding principles, constitutional government and equality under the law. Those are the things we believe in. Without them there is no America. You cannot have those things with DEI.” The institute added, “Repeat-
edly, and in public, we make these arguments to preserve justice, competence and the progress of science.” In recent decades, amid concerns about the underrepresentation of racial minorities on campus, American universities have presided over a vast expansion of diversity programs. These have come to play a powerful — and increasingly controversial — role in academic and student life. Critics have come to view them as tools for advancing left-wing ideas about gender and race, or for stifling the free discussion of ideas. In response, officials in some states have banned DEI offices altogether. Others have limited classroom discussion of concepts like identity politics or systemic racism. A growing number of states and schools have also begun eliminating requirements that job applicants furnish “diversity statements” — written commitments to particular ideas about diversity and how to achieve it that, at some institutions, have functionally served as litmus tests in hiring.
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‘The Baltimore Sun’ new owner has paper on edge By Katie Robertson The New York Times
A few years ago, desperate to avoid being acquired by a hedge fund, staff members of The Baltimore Sun made public pleas for a local entrepreneur to buy their publication. That request was recently realized: A Maryland businessman, David Smith, bought the storied newspaper, returning the 186-year-old publication to local hands for the first time in nearly 40 years. But Smith may not be quite what the Sun’s journalists were hoping for. According to interviews with current and former employees at the newspaper, Smith’s purchase has already raised alarm among many inside and outside the newsroom, who fear he will impose his political interests on the organization as a final coda to a once-proud newspaper that has been facing a long decline. Smith is executive chairman of the conservative Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the country’s largest local television station operators with nearly 200 stations, including Fox45 in Baltimore. Sinclair has been a reliable ally for former President Donald Trump; Smith reportedly told Trump in 2016, “We are here to deliver your message.” In 2018, the company required its stations to film pro-
mos echoing some of Trump’s attacks on the news media. Smith has regularly supported conservative causes. According to tax records, his family foundation has given more than $500,000 in recent years to Project Veritas, a right-wing group that has tried to covertly record political opponents and journalists. The Sun’s new owner did little to assuage the internal concerns during a three-hour meeting with staff members Tuesday. According to two people in the meeting, Smith told the newsroom he had read the paper only a few times in recent months and hadn’t read it at all in the previous 40 years; urged them to increase profits; and said he wanted the publication to emulate the local Sinclair station, Fox45. He also said at the meeting he wanted the paper to cover corruption. “I think it will mean disaster,” John McIntyre, an editor at the Sun for 34 years, said of Smith’s ownership. McIntyre took a buyout in 2021 and now does occasional freelance work for the new crosstown rival, The Baltimore Banner. “What I expect is that he will make good on what he said, to turn The Baltimore Sun into the same thing that his Fox45 TV station is: a megaphone for right-wing disinformation and contempt for the city of Baltimore,” McIntyre said.
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Border deal falters as Trump, his allies Independents could drive outcome Encompassing 39% of state’s electorate, voters rally in opposition untethered to party N . H . G OP PRIMARY
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WASHINGTON — A politically treacherous dynamic is taking hold as negotiators in Congress work to strike a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration, with vocal opposition from the hard right and former President Donald Trump threatening to topple the carefully negotiated compromise. Senators are closing in on the details of an agreement on border measures that could unlock Republican support for Ukraine aid and hope to unveil it as soon as next week. But the deal is already wobbling, as House Speaker Mike Johnson faces intense pressure from Trump and his House allies to demand more sweeping concessions from Democrats and the White House. “I do not think we should do a Border Deal, at all, unless we get EVERYTHING needed to shut down the INVASION of Millions & Millions of people,” Trump posted on social media last week. It’s a familiar political dynamic, one that has repeatedly thwarted attempts to reform U.S. immigration law, including in 2013 when House Republicans sought to pin illegal immigration on a Democratic president and in 2018 when Trump helped sink another bipartisan effort. The path for legislation this time around is further clouded by an election year in which Trump has once again made railing against illegal immigration a central focus of his campaign. Even though the terms of the policy negotiations have shifted significantly in the Republicans’ direction, skepticism is running high among conservatives, creating a precarious moment that could determine not only the
contours of U.S. immigration and border law for years to come, but the future of Ukraine as it faces dwindling U.S. supplies in its fight against Russia. President Joe Biden is pressing lawmakers to say yes. During a White House meeting last week with congressional leaders that was meant to underscore how desperately Ukraine needs funding, the president said he was ready for a “big deal on the border.” The president has reason to want an agreement. The historic number of migrants who have come to the U.S. border with Mexico during Biden’s term is seen as one of the largest political vulnerabilities in his reelection campaign. During Iowa’s Republican caucuses last week, which Trump won, immigration was a top issue. An AP VoteCast survey found about 9 in 10 caucusgoers backed building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, with about 7 in 10 expressing strong support for the idea. As asylum-seekers have made their way across the country, they have strained the resources and political tolerance of areas that will be vital to Biden’s reelection chances. “It’s gotten to the point where, in a way, everybody’s back is against the wall,” said Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat. “I’m not talking about politically, I mean, substantively; these are challenges that the country can’t ignore.” Bennet was joined at the Capitol on Thursday by Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, a Democrat who told reporters the recent influx of migrants has caused “a humanitarian crisis and a fiscal crisis unlike anything we’ve seen in the last 25 years.”
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By Marianne Levine, Maeve Reston and Colby Itkowitz The Washington Post
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Dawn Hartnett, 56, a registered independent who voted for Joe Biden in 2020, crammed into a country store last week to catch a glimpse of Nikki Haley. She has never voted for a Republican in a presidential election but will do so for the first time if Haley is the GOP nominee. Hartnett believes Biden has done a good job as president but has cited concerns about his age and former President Donald Trump’s. In an interview in Hooksett last week, she described Haley as a candidate who can “bring us in to the next presidency, someone younger with some great ideas.” Caroline Gagan, 60, is an independent voter with a very different view. A onetime Democratic supporter of Barack Obama, she plans to support Trump. The Hampton Beach resident who attended a Trump campaign event Saturday with Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., lamented that Democrats have “left us behind.” Independent voters, who can cast a ballot in either party’s
Trump, arguing the vast majority of American voters don’t want to see a Trump-Biden rematch, that it is time for a new generation to lead the Republican Party, and, in contrast to Trump, she would offer a steadier, less chaotic style of leadership. Independents don’t vote as a monolith, and interviews with more than two dozen underscore the complexity of their views and how difficult it may be for Haley to draw out enough of them to win. Some share Trump’s isolationist tendencies, his hard line views on immigration and his antipathy toward the GOP estabMELINA MARA/THE WASHINGTON POST lishment. Others are repelled by With days to go until the New Hampshire primary, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks to journalists at Mary Trump’s harsh tone, his election denialism and the chaotic way he Anne’s Diner in Amherst, N.H., on Friday. ran his administration. Trump’s hard-line position primary, are seen as key to the out- was pulling 45% support among on border security has appealed unaffiliated voters with Trump at come in Tuesday’s GOP contest. to some independents, and the 44% support — a change from an Those who don’t identify with a state of the economy during earlier poll Jan. 18 where Haley party now make up 39% of the his presidency has also drawn was receiving the support of 53% overall electorate in New Hamppraise, interviews show. Haley’s shire — a bloc long viewed as key of unaffiliated voters, compared calls for a new generation of to Haley’s chances of springing an to 32% for Trump. Trump, mean- leadership and moving past the while, in the latest poll, trounced upset. But their political leanings chaos of Trump’s first presiHaley among registered Republi- dency have enticed many others. are complex, ranging from Democratic-leaning anti-Trump voters cans, receiving 59% of their supTrump aides argue that Haley port, compared to Haley’s 29%. to hard-right conservatives, and would have to drive record polling shows Haley’s edge among Some Haley allies have hoped turnout among independents to them narrowing in the final stage to leverage the lack of a competi- make up the gap, and they note of the race, complicating her path tive Democratic primary by perthat their analyses show that as to a competitive finish. suading independents who might many as 40% of the state’s undeotherwise vote in that race to join clared voters don’t typically turn According to the latest Suffolk University/NBC-10/Boston Globe Haley’s cause in the GOP contest. out in primaries, making the path Last week on the trail, Haley tracking poll of likely primary to a victory even more difficult has stepped up her criticisms of for Haley. voters released Saturday, Haley
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More work ahead to protect N.M. night skies
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ixty-odd people met in Socorro in December, with the goal of protecting the night skies for which New Mexico is so famous. They represented a broad variety of interests: tourism, land management, state and national parks, environmentalism, wildlife biology, development of commercial telescope-siting facilities, and astronomy, both professional and amateur. This was the first statewide meeting of New Mexico DarkSky, the newest chapter of DarkSky International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the night-time environment to benefit wildlife, human health and humanity’s cultural heritage of starry skies. DSI has designated over 200 International Dark Sky Places in 22 countries, including nine in New Mexico. Valles Caldera National Preserve was designated an International Dark Sky Park in 2021, and Bandelier National Monument is updating historic light fixtures in order to apply for similar status. New Mexico’s chapter, formed in June, has a state council of members spread from Los Alamos to Animas in Hidalgo County. The meeting in Socorro was a “stakeholders’ meeting” aimed to assemble a pool of allies with varied interests in preserving dark skies. In his keynote address, Ruskin Hartley, executive director of DSI, pointed out that New Mexico’s 1999 Night Sky Protection Act has been a guide for other states. By now this law is in sore need of an update, to include modern lighting technology and new understanding of how light affects wildlife and human health. Accordingly, a chief goal of New Mexico DarkSky will be to persuade our state Legislature to update the state law. The allies assembled through the Socorro meeting and subsequent statewide meetings will be key to this effort. Local lighting ordinances, like the one adopted by the Los Alamos County Please see story on Page B-5
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Help parents protect their children from substance abuse
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everal months ago, I lost my 22-year-old daughter to an accidental drug overdose. Through her struggles, I learned how difficult it is to access adequate treatment, housing and resources in this city. Although she received funding for housing after finishing recovery last summer, she struggled to find something adequate and safe for someone needing to live a sober life, as the stipend was insufficient for most rentals, or the places she might have afforded could have put her sobriety in jeopardy due to the evident drug and alcohol use. Even though she was being treated for issues of mental health in recovery, she did not have seamless support, receiving notification that they finally found a therapist for her four days after her death, more than a month after she left her program. One tragedy of this situation is that I attempted to assist my daughter by getting her into recovery when she was in high school but was unable to do so in part due to §32A-6A-14, 15 NMSA 1978, which gives children 14 years of age or older the exclusive right to consent to substance abuse treatment. While I understand the premise of this statute is to allow children to seek services they may not feel comfortable disclosing to their parents, it effectively shortchanges parents who are seeking to save their kids from circumstances that could hinder them in the future, or even end their lives prematurely. As we enter the new legislative session, I implore our legislators to examine this statute to find a way to allow parents to do their job: protect their children. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New Mexico has one of the highest rates of drug overdose mortality, and I am begging this city and county to find a middle ground where kids can seek services with autonomy while also allowing families enduring the heartache of watching a child struggle with substance abuse the legal authority and ability to get them the help they need before they later become a statistic. When my daughter refused recovery Please see story on Page B-5
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ew Mexico’s rural libraries provide early childhood education, after-school programs, economic development and free internet. They help during natural disasters, connect people with health care, are food distribution centers, provide potable water and let people charge their phones. The proposed legislative budget doesn’t appropriate funding for the Rural Library Endowment. Unincorporated villages such as El Rito, Corona, Capitan and Villanueva rarely see state funding. Municipalities like Questa, Magdalena and Columbus don’t have a sufficient tax base to adequately support their libraries. Endowment grants help villages like Pecos establish libraries. Anton Chico, La Joya and Vallecitos could hire librarians. Gila, Zia Pueblo and others who pay $12-$15/ hour could pay a living wage. The addition of $27 million would mean a $1 million endowment for 55 libraries, yielding an annual disbursement of $45,000 each. The rural library film Library Stories: Books on the Backroads will be reaired 7 p.m. Thursday on KNME. Shel Neymark
Wrong move I am writing to adamantly oppose Will Weir and his misguided move to withdraw support for President Joe Biden (“Colfax County Democratic Party chairman withdraws support for Biden,” Jan. 17). What in the world could a Democratic Party chair be thinking? How could he possibly find an equivalency between the former president and Joe Biden? How could a professed Democrat claim that a twice-impeached, lying, misogynistic, Islamophobic, womanizing, wannabe dictator even begin to compare with our duly elected President Biden? This false comparison only breeds the type of thought processes that there is a choice in the upcoming election. The thought that a so-called party chair would find this one issue worthy of pulling support instead of remembering the total influence of a president, I find mind-numbing. I certainly hope our more reasonable fellow Democrats in Colfax County find Weir as unqualified as this article demonstrates and find a new leader. Kim Taylor
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Just stop My deep thanks to Ellen Shabshai Fox (“Who benefits?” Letters to the Editor, Jan. 21) for stating so clearly what I’ve been thinking but haven’t, honestly, had the nerve to say except to those I know agree. A mutual history that continues of hatred, pain, provocation, attempted genocide, brutality, insanity. Here’s my own contribution: The killing must stop. Stop the killing. I am an ardent Jew, a past president of Temple Beth Shalom and a parent of three young adults who say today that they learned compassion there. Lynn McKelvey Dickter
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Christian action Pope Francis and Archbishop John C. Wester are true Christians. When I was growing up, we went to confession every Saturday so we could receive Communion on Sunday in a state of grace. When my son got married in 2006, the priest invited the congregation to receive Communion. He then gave us general absolution. I have been to some churches where the priest tells the congregation if they plan not to receive Communion, they should cross their arms and they can receive a blessing. Now the Pope needs to allow couples to practice birth control. That would reduce the number of abortions. Camille Morrison
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I just received a letter from Progressive Insurance saying it is not renewing my condo policy due to “wildlife risk.” As I had a multipolicy (with auto insurance) discount, it will go away. There has never been a wildfire around my HOA, at least since the homes were built about 42 years ago, and I have never heard of or seen a record showing a wildfire near here before then. For those Santa Fe locals who have Progressive home/condo insurance, please watch out. Should anyone have dual insurance (auto/home) and have had positive experiences, including costs, please send a letter to the editor or call me if you know me.
As a citizen who takes voting seriously as a privilege and duty, I want to thank the editorial board of The Santa Fe New Mexican for the opinion regarding fake electors (“Make it illegal to try and bypass the voters’ will,” Our View, Jan. 12). Nothing could be more discouraging to voters than to allow a renegade group to try and disenfranchise our citizens. I urge our legislators to enact recommendations by Attorney General Raúl Torrez to make it illegal to overturn the will of the people. Somehow this needs to be done by November.
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ey, Felipe, you got a cigarette?” That was Pete Domenici’s only-in-New Mexico way of disarming would-be interrogators. He’d sidle up to unsuspecting local reporters, maybe offer a practiced nudge, and hit ‘em with the regular-guy patter he’d perfected in a lifetime of politics — or maybe invented long before any preamble mentioning his name started with the words: “Longtime New Mexico Senator …” I remember my first encounter with Domenici, 30-plus years ago, because an audience with St. Pete was a big deal for a reporter moving over to news from the sheltered, smelly and sometimes silly lair of a newspaper sports department. But hell, let’s face it: An audience with Pete V. Domenici was a big deal, regardless of time, place, situation, assignment. He was that powerful. For a few years, Domenici, the Republican chairman of the Senate Budget Committee during the Reagan era, was one of the most influential 10 or 12 Americans on the planet. Sure, the leader of the free world has the codes to all the nuke silos. Domenici had the PIN number to America’s bank account. Who’s got more swing? The name, silent in political circles since his death in 2017, was dusted off last week when Domenici’s daughter Nella announced she’d like to make a play for the office her father once held. She started with a stumble. Clearly surprised when reporters got ahold of her filing documents, she delayed an interview, then asked an intermediary to provide a news release announcing her candidacy. It showed up nearly 12 hours later. But Nella Domenici likely isn’t banking on organizational efficiency to win her the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. At least not in January, five months before she and a few others duke it out in the June 4 primary. In a party where depth is nonexistent and talent is hard to come by — Yvette Herrell? Manny Gonzales? These are the GOP’s stars? — a name with Velcro means a lot. And the Domenici name will get Pete’s daughter, at minimum, a hearing with the voting public. At least the shiny side of Pete’s name. That once stood for the Everyman Republican. For decades, Pete Domenici represented a piece of New Mexico that now seems hard to find. Oh, for sure, he was Republican red to the very core. He believed in strong national defense, standing tough against the Soviets (I wonder what he’d say about Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin) and drenching New Mexico’s national labs in cash. His real conservatism revealed itself mostly in discussions on the federal budget, a document he held in his grip for many years. With Swiss-watch precision, he’d rail against federal overspending — unless it was in New Mexico. He wasn’t a blessed public speaker; he never wowed them on Meet the Press or Face the Nation. But he had a way with people back home that resonated in the overgrown suburb that is voteheavy Albuquerque, where statewide elections are won and lost. He also was deadly effective at picking off centrist Democratic votes in any region. You don’t consistently capture 54% against all comers without crossover appeal. For the first half of his Senate career, Domenici was as New Mexico as a bowl of green chile stew and Mom’s tortillas. People in a smaller, handshake-andsmile state grew loyal to the former University of New Mexico baseball player who’d emerged from Albuquerque’s downtown and engaged car salesmen, Please see story on Page B-5
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or the first time, New Mexico families will be able to claim a state child tax credit on their state income tax returns this year for each of their children, a simple act that for many will have a significant impact on their lives. Credits like this are a proven tool to reduce child poverty. The expansion of the federal child tax credit in 2021 reduced childhood poverty by 46%,
according to U.S. census data. Since the federal credit expansion expired, childhood poverty nationwide has doubled. Investing in our children’s well-being today will help this generation of New Mexico children have more reliable transportation and shelter, arrive at school more prepared to learn, experience better physical and mental health outcomes, and simply feel safer. The new state child tax credit is
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the latest in a succession of policies adopted by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration to improve the lives of our children from cradle to career. These initiatives include the creation of the Early Childhood Education and Care Department, one of the first Cabinet agencies dedicated to early care and education in the nation. The establishment of the Early Childhood Trust Fund ensures consistent
funding for our youngest children over the coming decades. Eligibility for New Mexico’s child care assistance program has been expanded, making child care free for a majority of New Mexico families. The administration has also achieved a historic expansion of pre-K that achieved universal access for 4-year-olds and Please see story on Page B-5 SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM
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Problems at CYFD can’t wait
ixing what’s wrong with the beleaguered Children, Youth and Families Department requires an urgency that has been lacking for many years. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham used an executive order nearly a year ago to reorganize the department and create an advisory council charged with recommending broader CYFD reforms. Yet the council is not fully staffed — two of the seven members have left — and no recommendations to improve the agency have been forthcoming. Meanwhile, Cabinet Secretary-designate Teresa Casados told lawmakers last week at a Senate Finance Committee that she remains 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 changes that need to be made,” Casados said. “But that’s 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.” In many ways, that’s basically a variation of what Casados’ predecessors have said for years, if not decades. But if an examination of CYFD over its history tells us anything,
it’s this: Good intentions and high-minded words don’t translate into effectiveness. If there’s to be any hope for CYFD — and that’s a big if — it must come through simple math. The only way for the agency to work is to hire enough people to make it work. The new Together We Thrive website (togetherwethrivenm.org) has a dashboard detailing the basics of the agency. Its vacancy rate is a whopping 25.8%, with 4,352 pending investigations and 1,982 children in state custody, according to the latest website figures. There aren’t enough workers to handle the load, and the burden on existing staff must be overwhelming. The website breaks down the vacancy rate into percentage by division and practice area. In permanency planning, for example, the latest figures show a 35.37% vacancy rate for workers charged with managing the cases of children in foster care and their families. Obviously, that is a barrier to getting the job done. The worker shortage isn’t CYFD’s only problem, of course, but it is illustrative of how difficult it will be to stabilize the place. The horror stories of children left in dangerous homes or kids sleeping in CYFD offices don’t happen in a vacuum. Clearly, educat-
ing and training more social workers takes time. Hiring enough people to staff juvenile justice centers takes time. Finding qualified juvenile probation officers takes time. Time is something vulnerable children can’t afford. But funding the needed help is something a state flush with cash can do. And could’ve done yesterday. GOP Sen. Crystal Diamond Brantley calls the agency “unfixable” because of its problems. “Untenable” is more like it. CYFD is paying millions in cash settlements because of children who have died while under agency care. The Legislative Finance Committee report card for CYFD contained this grim statistic: New Mexico consistently is among the top six states for repeated mistreatment of children in the 12 months after an initial allegation. That means the agency supposed to protect children, for myriad reasons, isn’t doing its job. Casados told lawmakers she had asked the governor to refrain from legislation during the 30-day session so she can determine what the agency truly needs, begging the question: Exactly how long is New Mexico supposed to wait? Casados, formerly the governor’s chief of staff, has been in charge since April, first on an interim basis and
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alls to “secure the border” have never been anything but political theater — slogans to prove commitment to a safe homeland. Migrants have kept coming regardless, pushed from precarious lives, and pulled by the promise of security and economic progress in the United States. Managing migration demands a different conversation, one that focuses less on the border’s impregnability and more on the mechanisms and incentives driving people toward it; one that speaks of the coordination needed with other countries on the migration path to jointly manage the flow of people across the hemisphere; one that takes account of migrants’ contribution to the nation’s prosperity. Washington, unfortunately, is incapable of this kind of talk. The Biden administration seems out of ideas. And standing behind a standard-bearer deploying xenophobia as a selling point in a hotly contested bid for reelection, Republican calls to “secure the border” amount to little more than a political bludgeon. Consider the demands presented by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in a letter to President Joe Biden last month. Johnson objects to asylum-seekers being released to wait for their day in immigration court and would like to see more of them quickly expelled. He wants Mexico’s help to house and retain migrants. He wants to end the parole program offered by the Biden administration to encourage asylum-seekers to apply through official channels rather than crossing the border. And, of course, he also wants the wall. Nothing in recent U.S. history suggests this wish list can achieve the speaker’s goal of stopping large numbers of migrants from coming to the United States. Immigrants in the 1980s were, for the most part, not seeking asylum. But millions still flocked to the United States. They were largely from Mexico, but also from Central America. Fleeing destitution and hungry for jobs, they crossed the border surreptitiously and settled in the United States as best they could — without legal authorization. Walls and fences have gone up since then; motion sensors and drones have been deployed to detect and pursue people crossing the border. Border Patrol staffing has increased fivefold since the early 1990s, from around 4,000 to around 20,000. Nevertheless, the number of immigrants living in the United States without authorization climbed to more than 11 million in 2018, up from 3.5 million in 1990. Today, migrants come from farther afield, including from South America, Asia and Africa. And there are more of them: Border Patrol agents ran into prospective migrants more than 2 million times in fiscal 2023, surpassing the peaks of 1986 and
then as its permanent head. Bottom line: The time for reassessments has long since passed. What the administration and Legislature should do is demand immediate action, both from agency leaders and from themselves, in the form of a massive funding injection, one that creates more and better hires while, presumably, lessening the liability in lawsuits that have already cost the state dearly. In the meantime, reform proposals from past legislative sessions — including allowing more case information to be revealed and establishing the office of a child advocate, or ombudsman, deserve to be heard. A 30-day legislative session isn’t enough time to fully address CYFD’s problems. But a call to get things done, now, can be accelerated by starting with the basics — treating the agency like the critical care patient that it is. And while administrative reforms are needed and can be hammered out, money to recruit and pay workers, as well as to support foster families and group homes more robustly, is the spark that can create needed momentum. Time is up — both for the kids under CYFD’s care and the elected officials entrusted to see that it works.
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‘Secure the border’ calls are political theater 2000. About 1.1 million more showed up at official ports of entry. Most hope to apply for asylum. And yet they are driven by the same goals as those who sought the United States decades before: a safe environment that provides an opportunity to survive and, hopefully, flourish. Republicans are right that whatever the Biden administration is doing is not working. The president’s new strategy — to draw migrants toward official channels — isn’t working to stem the flow. The backlog of migrants waiting for their day in immigration court passed 3 million in November. Border agents are encountering more than 300,000 migrants each month. Encounters exceeded 3 million last year. The very concept of asylum is losing public support. But the GOP has nothing better to offer. Its ideas are born of the myth that former President Donald Trump’s draconian policies — forcing Mexico to house Central Americans; separating kids from their families; putting some in cages — were successful. But migrants kept coming: U.S. agents encountered almost 860,000 migrants at the border in fiscal 2019, before the outbreak of COVID-19 began to hold them back. That figure is almost double what it was before Trump took office. The backlog in immigration court increased by 142% during his administra-
tion, to nearly 1.3 million. The White House has already bent to the GOP’s will. It convinced Mexico to continue to take returned Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who passed through Mexico on their way to the U.S. border. It seems willing to make it tougher to claim asylum in the United States. It’s not surprising that Republicans remain dissatisfied. It is, after all, an election year. And yet their additional, central demand — that the Biden administration stop using parole to provide legal paths for asylum-seekers who would otherwise launch themselves at the border — would only increase the chaos they claim they want to end. (Perhaps that is the cynical intention.) The U.S. political system has always struggled with immigration. The last major shot at comprehensive immigration reform, passed in 1986 during the Reagan administration, was thoughtful by today’s standards. Provisions to offer legal status to the unauthorized population, alongside new temporary work visas and a threat to bring criminal charges against employers who hired unauthorized immigrants in the future, aspired to address all the main issues. Unfortunately, it didn’t work. Employers had to require proof of workers’ legal status, but it
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didn’t matter how solid that proof might be. Migrants armed with bogus papers kept coming to work. Employers kept hiring them. Temporary work visas gathered dust in a filing cabinet somewhere in D.C. As a result, the idea of a grand bargain was poisoned. Migration demands a different bargain today. It, too, must be comprehensive. It must restore discipline to the asylum process, tightening rules to ensure it remains a viable option for people truly fleeing for their lives, pursued by a predatory state or organized crime. But it also must acknowledge that a large number of migrants are driven by broader pressures — such as hunger, climate change and a desire for opportunity. Hardening the border will not keep them out. Given the large numbers, any new deal will probably require other countries in the hemisphere to help shoulder the responsibility; to offer migrants a viable new home rather than simply a passageway to the north. And in the United States, it will require something that might look like that old reform of 1986 — a plan that acknowledges migrants’ contribution to American prosperity, and that treats migration not as a threat but as an opportunity. Eduardo Porter writes for The Washington Post.
resident Joe Biden’s goal to eliminate the scourge of lead pipes in the United States is within his grasp, and if he succeeds, it could be one of his greatest legacies. He secured in the infrastructure law more than $15 billion to address the problem, and the Environmental Protection Agency under his administration unveiled a proposal in November to compel cities to get the work done. The problem is that the EPA’s mandate is littered with loopholes. Failing to close them could thwart the president’s efforts to fix this pressing health threat. The potential impact here is no exaggeration. A 2018 Lancet study estimated that, every year, more than 400,000 people in the United States die prematurely of cardiovascular and heart disease because of lead exposure. That’s on par with the health outcomes of cigarette smoking. Then there are the effects the toxin has on young brains. When lead enters a person’s bloodstream, body cells often mistake it for calcium and put it where that essential mineral is supposed to go, such as in the neurotransmitters that send signals between brain cells. But lead doesn’t act like calcium, so a buildup of lead in the brain fundamentally changes how it develops. Children exposed to lead grow up with smaller prefrontal cortexes, the portion of the brain responsible for maintaining attention spans and regulating behavior. As a result, they tend to have lower IQs and more aggressive behavior. In fact, researchers believe the phaseout of lead from gasoline and paints in the 1970s contributed substantially to the drop in violent crime in the 1990s. This is why it is so important for the EPA to get this right. Among other changes, the agency has proposed requiring most water utilities to replace all lead service lines within a decade, as well as lowering the threshold at which utilities must address lead contamination. Combined with federal funding to replace lead pipes, its proposed rule is a giant step forward. But as Erik Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council points out, the rule would grant extensions of the mandate to a handful of large cities with large amounts of lead pipes. Chicago, for example, which has among the worst lead-pipe problems, could have 40 to 50 years. Hundreds of smaller cities with high percentages of lead pipes in their systems could also get years of extensions. The EPA’s rule would force utilities to locate and create inventories of their lead pipes, but it fails to strengthen reporting require-
ments for violations. Though states are already required to disclose such violations to the EPA, audits have found they fail to do so 9 out of 10 times. Closing these loopholes is essential to getting local governments to act on a timely basis. Cities have dragged their feet on the lead problem for decades — and they will likely continue doing so if allowed. To some extent, this is understandable. Local officials are often reluctant to take on the costs of removing lead pipes and the logistical nightmare of coordinating with property owners. Overall, it would take an estimated $45 billion to replace the more than 9 million lead service lines in the U.S. With cities facing so many other challenges, ripping out pipes that might not pose an immediate health threat rarely rises to the top of people’s priority lists. Here’s why that’s shortsighted: Every lead pipe is a ticking time bomb. A lead service line might not be leaching dangerous particles into a home’s drinking water now, but it will eventually as it degrades over time. Moreover, although eliminating lead pipes is expensive, not doing so would be far more so. The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that every dollar invested in removing lead pipes saves more than $10 down the road in health care expenditures. A few cities have shown Biden’s goal is no fantasy. Newark resisted addressing high lead levels in its water for years. But thanks to pressure from community activists and — more potently — a court settlement requiring the city to act, things turned around. With the help of $120 million in bonds from Essex County, N.J., it managed to replace nearly all its 23,000 lead pipes in just two years. Two crucial reasons for Newark’s success: It replaced lead service lines free of charge for most homeowners, and it passed an ordinance requiring their removal even without the consent of residents. Local officials in other areas might flinch at such an intrusion, but that sort of commitment is what’s needed nationally. How can the Biden administration replicate Newark’s experience? Not with its timid approach. The money Congress provided should unlock further state and local money to address the problem. But without serious pressure from the federal government, lead-contaminated water will persist. It would be a tragedy for Biden to fall short in his fight against lead simply for lack of fortitude. Why shy away now? Robert Gebelhoff writes for The Washington Post. SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM
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Violence can’t be fixed by misguided gun bans
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hen a governor engages in political propaganda via a news conference, utilizing her executive bully pulpit to discuss violating her oath of office to protect and defend the United States and New Mexico Constitutions, while also using tragedies to support her unconstitutional decisions, it warrants a bold response from New Mexicans and an effective strategy to expose her alarming agenda. The recent false and misleading statements by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham about her desire to ban “assault weapons” demand such an immediate response. It is important to remember the Second Amendment was designed as a safeguard for individual rights and freedom. Many Americans view their right to bear arms as a crucial component of their personal freedom and a means of self-defense. It’s a right that’s deeply intertwined with our nation’s history and identity.
Rep. Ryan Lane, R-Aztec, is the House Republican leader.
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ecently, another full-time faculty member informed me they were leaving Santa Fe Community College for a better-paying position. I am the union president for full-time faculty at SFCC, and have heard from at least seven faculty members who have left over the last four years because of the college’s low pay. All of these faculty members were dedicated to changing the lives of our students, but they could no longer afford to work at SFCC for the low salary that we pay with Santa Fe’s high cost of living.
These seven faculty leaving represent 10% of the faculty body, and they take with them decades of teaching experience. Overall, the college has seen a 30% decrease in the number of faculty over the last four years, which leaves those remaining with the burden of taking on extra work to carry out the college’s mission. Comparing Santa Fe Community College faculty salaries to other educational institutions in New Mexico, SFCC is far behind and falling further behind. For example, Level 2 teachers at Santa Fe
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Public Schools with a bachelor’s degree are making more than full-time faculty at SFCC, 87% of whom have a master’s or doctorate degree. Is it any wonder that faculty are leaving to work elsewhere where salaries are higher? Faculty and the administration have a shared interest in keeping experienced faculty at Santa Fe Community College because these faculty members are undertaking the college’s core mission — teaching students and enriching our community. SFCC employees had to forego cost-of-living increases over
many years to help the college through several low-cash episodes during which academic programs were closed (e.g. solar energy). The college now has a multimillion-dollar surplus, and it is time to increase compensation for all SFCC employees so we can afford to live in the community we serve. Lenny Gannes is associate professor of biology and president of SFCC AFT-AAUP, the union representing full-time faculty at Santa Fe Community College.
M Y VIEW MARIEL NANA SI
Failed PNM/Avangrid merger is chance for energy democracy
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ob Black, the president and CEO of the New Mexico Chamber of Commerce wrote in his piece (“Lessons from the Avangrid merger failure,” My View, Jan. 8) that we, New Energy Economy, spread misrepresentations to derail the Avangrid merger. Black is welcome to examine the evidence presented himself — it is all part of the public record — and will find that every piece of evidence and testimony we presented came from verifiable and reputable sources that proved conclusively that the merger was not in the public interest. He writes that “as a state we cannot let one vocal fringe group derail what’s good for the state,” but he forgets that it was not New Energy Economy that derailed the merger but Avangrid’s own track record of terrible customer service, high rates and violations in every place where it operates that convinced the hearing examiner, a utility expert (which Black is not), and the Public Regulation Commission to unanimously reject the merger. During Supreme Court oral arguments in the case, the chief justice herself referred to the “mountain of evidence” against Avangrid. I believe the corporation pulled out because it was afraid of a scathing New Mexico Supreme Court opinion detailing a track record of malfeasance and corporate predation, not because the process was too slow (typical spin that doesn’t accept responsibility for past actions). Black concludes that in the case of potential business deals “it’s the state’s job to make the approval practices easier,” but we strongly disagree. Especially when the deal in question is a takeover of an essential service that every single New Mexican, including the 17% of New Mexicans who live below the poverty line, must pay for each month. New Mexicans below the poverty line already pay up to 16% of their income on energy, compared to just 3% average in most states. It is these vulnerable New Mexicans the state is bound to protect from poor service,
It is important to remember the Second Amendment was designed as a safeguard for individual rights and freedom. Regarding the governor’s proposal to ban what she inaccurately labels as “assault weapons” such as AR-15s, it’s crucial to note these modern sporting rifles are semi-automatic, like many functional handguns, and have no relationship to what she describes as a fully automatic military-grade weapon. Even more disturbing are her flawed claims that banning these commonly owned models will absolutely address the root causes of crime. Further, the governor fails to mention that this ban infringes upon the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens to purchase and own firearms for legitimate purposes such as self-defense, hunting or sport shooting. The governor, like so many liberal/progressive politicians across the nation, peddles these legislative proposals in the wake of gun-related tragedies, mostly carried out by career criminals or individuals with known mental illness and/or substance-use problems. This type of politically motivated rhetoric has been a common theme among Democratic leaders, but the issue of violent crime is left unsolved because their answer to the problem lacks common sense and pragmatism. Instead of restricting law-abiding citizens, we should discuss and debate other measures that can help reduce crime while respecting our Second Amendment rights. These might include improving mental health services, bolstering community policing, bail reform, strengthening penalties for the criminal misuse of firearms or enhancing gun-safety education. We need to focus on the individual and provide fixes to societal flaws that lead to violence, instead of the ill-defined belief of fixing society through more mandates and unnecessary laws that criminals never obey. Violence, whether with a gun or otherwise, is a complex issue which deserves our full attention and thoughtful discussion. Evil will always try to find a way to carry out its plan, but if government would attack it at its core with sensible legislation that treats criminals like criminals, enhances harsher penalties for crimes involving a firearm and increases investments in mental health infrastructure, we can finally end the political theater and work toward saving lives while protecting the rights of law-abiding Americans.
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high rates and exploitation, a role the New Mexico Chamber of Commerce apparently doesn’t appreciate. Rather than criticizing New Energy Economy for protecting families and businesses from high-priced utility costs and poor electric service, which is what the chamber should also be concerned about because electric service is central to our economy, Black avoids the evidence, relies on ideological talking points, and blindly advocates for less regulation and monopoly oversight. Regulation is the public’s protection. His position is grossly irresponsible and is a very dangerous proposition for the New Mexico we love. We agree with Black on this one point — with abundant solar and wind, New Mexico should be leading the nation in renewable energy production. That leadership, however, does not require that our grid be taken over by a Spanish corporation. It makes sense that the chamber views public ownership of energy as a scary bogeyman, but in fact, community ownership of energy exists in numerous forms all over the United States and in New Mexico, and reliably serves 1 in 7 American families with lower-cost energy and higher renewable penetration (including the only 100% renewable-powered localities) than investor-owned utilities. This would be good for business, the environment and our grandchildren. Energy democracy can take the form of a state-owned grid, like Nebraska, or look like decentralized community ownership of generation, such as municipal utilities, community choice aggregation (local choice), tribal ownership, community solar projects, widespread rooftop solar adoption or micro-grids. The Washington Post recently profiled a community in Florida where every home was built with battery and storage — and pays no electricity bills! Now that’s the kind of leadership we can get behind. Mariel Nanasi is a civil rights and utility lawyer and executive director of New Energy Economy.
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M Y VIEW SHARON BROWN
Santa Fe ski area needs upgrades, better parking
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s a dedicated season ski pass holder residing a mere 20 minutes from the Santa Fe ski basin, I feel compelled to express my concern and frustration over the current parking situation at the ski resort. While I understand that weekend mornings can be busy, the two-hour ordeal to secure a parking spot, coupled with a 30-minute ascent up the hill and another hour and a half in a queue, is unacceptable. The current parking system, which allows one car in only when another leaves, theoretically makes sense. However, on a recent visit, as I eagerly awaited my turn and finally entered the
parking area, I was astonished to find numerous vacant spaces. I counted at least 10 to 15 available spots along the corridor leading to the first turn, and an additional five to 10 spots, including a prime location that we refrained from taking due to a friend with a handicapped parking placard. While I didn’t traverse the entire lot to count all available spots, the sight of empty spaces left me outraged. Ski Santa Fe needs to reevaluate and streamline its parking procedures to ensure efficiency and fairness for all visitors. Furthermore, the recent installation of RFID ticket readers is a positive step forward. However, the efficiency is hampered by the frequent
stops of the first lift, known as the quad. Investing in high-speed lifts, especially at the bottom quad (a high-speed replacement will be installed after this season) and at least one of the top lifts, would significantly enhance the overall experience for skiers and expedite the process of reaching the slopes. In addition to addressing the immediate parking and lift challenges, I urge Ski Santa Fe to consider a comprehensive overhaul of its facilities. Instead of allocating funds ineffectively, let’s invest in transforming Ski Santa Fe into a worldclass destination befitting the remarkable city of Santa Fe. Moreover, with Santa Fe consistently
ranked among the top cities to visit and live in, there is an opportunity to turn Ski Santa Fe into a year-round attraction. By making the resort accessible and enjoyable throughout the year, we can boost tourism, create jobs and further contribute to the economic prosperity of the region. It’s time for Ski Santa Fe to not just meet expectations but exceed them, ensuring a seamless and enjoyable experience for all visitors. Let’s make our local ski hill a source of pride for Santa Fe residents and a destination that attracts enthusiasts from far and wide. Sharon Brown is a dedicated season ski pass holder.
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Lawmakers can reduce hunger, food insecurity statewide
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ew Mexico’s Legislature convened last week for its 2024 regular session. That will be happening as poverty, food insecurity and hunger are increasing. As it works to meet the otherwise-unmet food needs of New Mexicans, the state’s nonprofit network of food banks and food pantries is facing “a perfect storm” threatening the network’s ability to fill the meal gap. The increased number of New Mexicans who came to depend on the network for food during the pandemic has not receded. Food contributions by producers and retailers have diminished as they work to reduce overproduction and waste. After a wave of generosity during the pandemic, cash contributions have tapered off. And prices of food the network purchases have increased significantly during the past two years.
Hoping to avoid reaching a point where it cannot meet the needs of all who seek its help and must turn some away, The Food Depot in Santa Fe is asking legislators to provide several kinds of critically needed assistance: Enabling purchase of additional food: ◆ Repeat the 2023 $1.1 million appropriation for food banks to purchase fresh produce. ◆ Appropriate $25 million for food banks to acquire enough shelf-stable food to meet New Mexicans’ projected need this year, and make the appropriation recurring. Reduce food insecurity by increasing direct assistance (all proposals included in the governor’s budget): ◆ Increase to $150 state augmentation of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits New Mexico’s 26,700 senior citizens receive.
◆ Extend SNAP eligibility up to a family income of 200% of the federal poverty level, helping an additional 67,700 struggling households. ◆ Pilot a grandparent/kin-raising-children SNAP supplement benefit, providing an estimated 30,000 guardians with $75 a month per child. ◆ Establish a SNAP Restaurant Meals Program to allow an estimated 153,000 older adults, people with disabilities and people experiencing homelessness to use their SNAP benefits to purchase prepared meals from participating restaurants. ◆ Launch a Summer Nutrition Program to provide 252,000 New Mexican children and their families’ food benefits when school is closed. Remove barriers to helping New Mexicans: ◆ Food assistance New Mexicans are eligible to receive does no good if it fails
to reach them. Sharp increases in the number of people needing and qualifying for assistance have overwhelmed the personnel and resources of state agencies administering assistance programs. Inability to deliver federally funded benefits also prevents New Mexico’s economy from profiting from them. The Legislature should provide the personnel and resources human services agencies need to properly administer assistance programs. ◆ There are numerous differently targeted state and federal food assistance programs, with administration scattered among several state agencies. Many of these programs depend on nonprofit organizations, including food banks, to deliver the food they supply. It is time-consuming and expensive for the nonprofit organizations to interact with all these agencies and meet their disparate requirements.
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From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Jan. 21, 1924: An ancient Indian tradition handed down for centuries has been confirmed by John P. Harrington of the Smithsonian Institution, as the result of archaeological explorations near Humboldt Lake, Nevada. He had heard from an old Payute chief a story of how his people, centuries ago, had driven the Saiekare tribe into a cave near the lake and then exterminated them all without mercy. Inquiry, says the Kansas City Star, revealed the existence in the cave of quantities of bones and objects of Indian manufacture, showing that the tribe had died fighting with their belongings piled about them. Jan. 21, 1949: District Judge David Carmody and Democratic County Chairman A.L. Zinn proposed to a city Democratic convention Wednesday night that the approaching school election be removed from
Small nonprofits in low-population areas often cannot manage this, thus depriving poor families there of assistance. The Legislature should assign administration of all federal and state food assistance programs to one state agency. Don’t tax food! ◆ The Legislature saw that applying the gross receipts tax to food reduced the ability of food insecure New Mexicans to afford and obtain the food they need, thus increasing hunger — so it removed the GRT on food. It is crucial that food remain GRT-exempt. The nonprofit food assistance network is depending on the Legislature to help it prevent hunger in our state. We hope you will urge your state legislators to consider the need and act boldly to help meet it. Scott Bunton is member of The Food Depot’s Board of Directors and its Public Policy Advocacy Committee.
party politics and were soundly voted down. The politicos didn’t want it that way and proceeded to nominate a pair of candidates to run under the Democratic party label. Last night the Republicans nominated their men and now the party that prevails will elect two to the board that governs the city schools. Jan. 21, 1974: A 50-pound mountain lion, maddened by hunger or illness, attacked and killed an eight-year-old boy Sunday as he hiked with another youth in the desolate Arroyo Seco area near their home. Jan. 21, 1999: Gov. Gary Johnson’s proposal for taxpayer-financed vouchers for private education might be gaining some momentum and support, but lawmakers are still skeptical whether his voucher plan will make it past the Legislature. Johnson said Wednesday that vouchers for low-income students — worth about $2,300 to apply toward tuition for private or parochial schools — would bring the state up from its educational failure.
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Council in December 2022 are even more important than an updated Night Sky Protection Act. Among the lighting ordinances in 33 jurisdictions around New Mexico, most are rudimentary, requiring shielding and adherence to the state ordinance, but without quantitative guidance on illuminance limits, light trespass and colors. Another goal of our state chapter is therefore to modernize local lighting ordinances. Such work is underway in Albuquerque and Santa Fe and will soon begin in other communities.
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increased access for 3-year-olds. Together, these efforts reflect a comprehensive approach to supporting and nurturing New Mexico’s children at every stage of their development. Our tax code also has become increasingly family friendly in the last five years. We’ve expanded and improved the Working Families Tax Credit — another proven anti-poverty tool — updated the Low-Income Comprehensive Tax Rebate and created a new dependent deduction to offset harm done to New Mexico families by 2017 federal tax changes. Thanks to these and other changes, New Mexico now has one of the most progressive tax structures in the nation, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. We now rank ninth, according to the institute’s most recent “Who Pays?” report, vaulting up 18 spots from its previous ranking. The new child tax credit will return an estimated $180 million to 292,000 families statewide. The credit is worth as much as $600 per child for those with lower incomes, reducing in value as income levels rise. Because it is a refundable credit, families will always get the full benefit of the amount they qualify for. Who qualifies? Basically, if you can claim a child as a dependent for federal tax purposes, you’ll be able to claim the state child tax credit for that child. This includes grandparents raising grandchildren and families who file their taxes using an ITIN. State-level child tax credits are becoming increasingly common across the country, with 14 states now offering some version of the credit, and for good reason: It is good tax policy. Because the credit is refundable and especially valuable for lower and middle-income families, it is another step toward making our overall tax code more progressive, lessening the burden on those families. Most importantly, it will help reduce childhood poverty and improve economic stability for New Mexico families. Stephanie Schardin Clarke is secretary of the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department.
DarkSky International is developing new templates and models for ordinances, assisted by the Illumination Engineering Society and Clanton Associates, the lighting-design firm that advised Los Alamos and Albuquerque. Education regarding the deleterious effects of overlighting on human health and wildlife, and promulgation of the five basic principles of outdoor lighting (use light only if it is needed, direct light so it falls only where it is needed, control light so that it is used only when it is needed, use light no brighter than necessary and use warm colors when possible) are focus areas for us.
revelation Domenici in the 1970s fathered a child with Michelle secretaries and civil servants Laxalt, daughter of Republican with an unassuming, buddySen. Paul Laxalt of Nevada. The next-door grace. secret was not revealed until The darker side of Domenici 2013, years after he’d left office. only revealed itself near the Exactly which Domenici end of his political career, in the Republicans will remember is first decade of the 21st century, easy. They’ll recall the more as he aged and his health went attractive, or at least the more sideways. Late in his final term, effective, St. Pete, and it won’t he battled a condition that led be hard to find the artifacts. The to deterioration of brain tissue. man helped build modern-day Whether that was at play in his New Mexico — acquiring lockfinal years I have no idea, but ers of cash for the state’s few Domenici grew increasingly industries, oddly, by employing strident — more prone to hear compromise and moderation. the acidic call of arch-conservaToday’s state GOP apparatus, tives who’d gained control of the intoxicated by Fox News and GOP and went about rubbing You Know Who, couldn’t out moderates in the party. uncover compromise and modIncredibly, Domenici was eration with a shovel and a comwidely believed to have played pass. That’s why Republicans a role in the from-the-top disin New Mexico can’t dig or find missal of then-New Mexico U.S. their way to the winner’s circle Attorney David Iglesias, because in any election north of Roswell. he apparently believed Iglesias Domenici’s daughter’s wasn’t moving fast enough to entrance in the race revives a secure an indictment in a corlegacy — in June, and maybe in ruption case, a headline-grabber November. Whether it wakes that would’ve helped the the echoes, the ones that made electoral hopes of his protégé, St. Pete a legend, is a mystery to Heather Wilson. be solved. Even more incredibly, given his public persona and public Phill Casaus is editor of The pronouncements, was the New Mexican. Continued from Page B-1
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Galen Gisler is a retired astrophysicist whose love for the night sky began under the dark skies of Eastern New Mexico. He lives in Los Alamos and volunteers for the Pajarito Environmental Education Center at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
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navigation, leads to habitat avoidance, alters mating behavior and disturbs predator/prey relationships. Birds die from colliding with brightly lit buildings and suffer from reduced fitness and reduced reproductive success. Insect populations are in decline everywhere, affecting the web of food that all animals, including ourselves, rely on. Some pollinators (e.g. moths) are nocturnal and are distracted by lights on buildings or streets. These concerns were highlighted by delegates from the Audubon Society, the Xerces Society and the New Mexico BioPark. Professional optical astron-
rented out to astronomers from all over the world, who place telescopes that can be operated on-site or remotely. Collectively, these house several hundred telescopes. In sum, the first stakeholders’ meeting of New Mexico DarkSky was a resounding success, and we look forward to future such meetings that we hope will include other constituencies, including tribal representatives and civic organizations.
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Help parents as a teenager, I tried to get her to family in another state where this would be possible, and she became a runaway in the juvenile justice system, which also offered no solution or contribution to helping me keep her safe, and essentially kept her couch surfing and unhoused. Right now, our criminal justice system is broken, and picking up people on possession and releasing them a day later with no accountability, as my daughter experienced, is doing nothing to keep Santa Fe and other cities safe. I also ask our public servants to please start finding ways to truly support those wrestling with substance abuse, to do what we can before we lose our community altogether. A commitment to provide the necessary wrap-around resources of safe housing, continuity of mental health services, supportive employment, food security and adequate transportation is needed. I wish I could describe the overwhelming grief and excruciating pain that comes with losing a child to substance abuse. It’s the most horrific nightmare, one from which I can’t wake up from. I implore action to prevent others from suffering the same, unnecessary sorrow.
Elucidating the public safety aspects of artificial light is important for alleviating misunderstandings that present obstacles to the adoption of sensible lighting practices. Representatives from the Bureau of Land Management, the State Land Office and the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association reported on efforts their agencies make to control their use of lighting in response to environmental and wildlife concerns, by using commonsense measures: shielding and dimming. Artificial light at night is detrimental to animal species across the globe; skyglow affects
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There were rumors ‘que se iba a acabar el mundo’
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anutito came home una tarde un poco asustão; there had been rumors en la escuela que se iba a acabar el mundo. Filimotas had started the rumor esa mañana en el playground mientras que se comía su candy bar. Él dijo que habían anunciado en las evening news que soon the world was going to end porque toda la gente had been polluting it por tanto tiempo. Y luego, to prove his point que él estaba haciendo su parte, Filimotas took his candy wrapper y en vez de tirarlo on the ground, he carefully put it en el trashcan as if he had been doing that toda la vida. In fact, Filimotas warned a todos los escueleros que iban a ver “signs in the sky.” He sounded como un profeta del Antiguo Testamento. Canutito put his books down en la mesa and he turned to Grama Cuca, who was washing dishes y le preguntó: “Grama, ¿cuándo se va a acabar el mundo? I’m afraid to be en la escuela, o en el corral o en el común cuando the world comes to an end.” “¡Ay, m’hijo!” Grama Cuca replied, “nadie sabe cuándo se va a acabar el mundo; only God knows esas cosas. Our job is just de estar preparándonos for when the time comes.” “Mi amigo, el Filimotas says que cuando the world is going to end, van a haber señas en el cielo as signs to warn us que el ‘day of wrath’ is at hand.” “¡El Filimotas no sabe nada más que las otras personas!” screeched Grama Cuca. “El ‘day of wrath’ se llama el ‘dies irae, dies ille’ en latín. A veces some people pick out una que dos words de la Bible y hacen try to make a los otros que ellos tienen un secret knowledge de todas las escrituras. Pero cuidado, m’hijo, con esos profetas falsos.” Canutito was satisfied con la explicación de su grama. He stopped thinking de que el mundo se iba a acabar and he went to bed esa tarde un poco more at ease. The following day en la escuela, después del recess, Filimotas asked the teacher si podía salir to the outside porque el restroom estaba
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allá afuera. Actually he want to go pa’fuera porque él quería fumar un cigarrito without anyone knowing that he was smoking. He took out some tobacco de su saquito de punche. He poured el tabaco en un paper y lo lambió. After he licked it, tomó un fósforo from his pocket to light it y en ese momento he looked up hacia el cielo. There, bigger that anything else, vio una raya blanca moving across the sky. He dropped su cigarrito del susto, sure de que el mundo was cracking in half. He rushed back pa’dentro de la escuela, scared spitless. He ran a todo mariachi into the classroom and he whispered to Canutito: “I saw it! Era una seña en el cielo. El mundo se está craqueando right in half!” Canutito se puso muy nervioso, thinking de lo que Filimotas had just told him. He also asked the teacher que lo dejara ir pa’l común outside. El momento that he got outside, miró hacia el cielo. Pero ahora, no había una white line across the sky; había dos líneas blancas que formaron una cruz. ¡Esa tenía que ser the promised sign de que the rolling world was going to end y de que Jesús was coming back en toda su gloria!” Canutito rushed back pa’l salón de la escuela yelling: “Jesus is coming! Jesus is coming! ¡Yo vide la cruz en el cielo! ¡El mundo se va a acabar! Todos los escueleros rushed pa’l fuera frightened out of their wits. They clung to each other llorando de terror. Only el mestro remained calm. Él miró up to the sky and he said, “Esa cruz blanca was made por dos jets whose exhaust trails se trocaron juntas.” El mundo did not come to an end …
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State seeks funds to protect waterways U.S. Supreme Court decision narrowed protections on wetlands and bulk of New Mexico’s waters By Scott Wyland
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The Environment Department is requesting $600,000 this legislative session to aid the state in establishing the authority to safeguard New Mexico’s waterways after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling disqualified most of them from federal protection. The need for full state autonomy in managing water resources, which are declining as climate change makes droughts more intense and frequent, was underscored by the Environmental Protection Agency cementing the high court’s decision into official policy last year. This money would, among
other things, help the state create a database of New Mexico’s waterways to determine which ones are no longer federally protected and which are the most at risk from pollution, development and other human-made hazards. Last year, lawmakers approved $680,000 to assist the state Environment Department in taking the first steps to form a permitting program to help protect rivers, lakes, streams and other surface waters from polluted discharges. This second round of funding would enable the state to make some significant strides in pursuing its own regulatory power for surface water, advocates say. Please see story on Page C-4
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Lawsuit: Police’s refusal to arrest ex-city councilor led to car attack Couple, one of whom was beaten up on road by Phillip Chacon, says officers looking into fight were offered bribes and left him free to run them down in pickup
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A spring-fed pond at the Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve. Some of the $600,000 requested by the Environment Department to establish authority to safeguard New Mexico’s waterways following a 2023 Supreme Court decision would be used to help create a database to determine which ones are no longer federally protected and are at risk from pollution, development and other human-made hazards.
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Through postcard-writing event, advocacy group lets legislators know more needs to be done in New Mexico for those with autism
By Phaedra Haywood
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A Rio Arriba County couple is suing the city of Española and the Española Police Department, alleging officers’ failure to arrest former city councilor Phillip Chacon following a roadside altercation in 2022 left him free to run one of them down with a truck after officers left the scene. The lawsuit, filed Jan. 11 in state District Court, also names Española Police Chief Mizel Garcia and three individual officers as defendants and seeks an unspecified amount of damages and legal fees. Garcia did not respond to calls and an email seeking comment. Eric Mendonca and Yvette Mendonca say in the lawsuit the officers who responded to reports of a fistfight in the middle of the road were familiar with Chacon, who has a well-publicized criminal record that includes numerous convictions for violent crimes and was on probation at the time. The officers released him after he offered them bribes, the suit alleges, despite having viewed video footage recorded by one of Chacon’s employees showing Chacon beating up Eric Mendonca. According to the couple’s lawsuit and police and media reports, the altercation began when Chacon accused Eric Mendonca of breaking into a vehicle Chacon owned that Please see story on Page C-3
WNMU leader defends spending; regents encourage more work abroad University President Joseph Shepard has faced criticism for expensive trips overseas and for wife’s use of school credit card By Susan Montoya Bryan Associated Press
Mexico for years, and while the state has made some important recent gains, it has a long way to go, said Joel Davis, chairman of the state’s Developmental Disability Council and vice president of Elevate the Spectrum, a nonprofit founded by parents of children with autism. On Saturday, the organization held a postcard-signing event to galvanize support for laws to strengthen prohibitions against restraint and seclusion of students with disabilities and expand services for children and adults with autism. Garza hosted the
ALBUQUERQUE — Regents at Western New Mexico University threw their support behind President Joseph Shepard on Friday as he faces scrutiny over spending on overseas trips and his wife’s use of a university credit card. At a regular meeting of regents held on campus in Silver City, faculty members and foreign students also packed the audience to show their support for Shepard, who is starting his 13th year at the helm of the school. Speaking to the gathering, Shepard said he welcomes a financial review by the state auditor and his staff has been working on a review of university policies and procedures in the wake of questions being raised about spending over the last five years. Joseph He reiterated to regents trips to ZamShepard bia and elsewhere have helped put Western New Mexico on the map and attract more foreign students. Other members of his leadership team ticked off statistics on enrollment, graduation rates among foreign students and fundraising that has boosted university programs. “What happens is when you go to these places and start to interact with other cultures and other ideologies
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State Rep. Elizabeth Thomson, D-Albuquerque, addresses the crowd during a postcard-signing event in Rio Rancho hosted by Elevate the Spectrum on Saturday. Disability advocates hope the drive will help galvanize support for legislative priorities meant to aid those with autism, including increasing pay for service providers, fully funding and staffing the Office of the Special Education Ombud, strengthening prohibitions against restraint and seclusion of students with disabilities and expanding services for children and adults with autism.
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hen Clemy Garza began connecting with others in the autism advocacy community, she realized the trials and tribulations she has faced trying to secure services for her son are “actually quite normal” for the parent of a child with autism. “When you see the scope of the problem, [you see] it’s really critical that we all get involved,” Garza said. Autism “touches so many lives,” she said, “this is one of those few topics that truly touches all of us.”
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Disability advocates want to push to make that process — and the lives of those with autism — easier through many initiatives during this year’s 30-day legislative session. Self-advocates and their family members have been pushing for that legislation in New
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Case Alegre ‘landmark’ sold newspapers in neighborhood for over a decade By Maya Hilty
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When news spread on Nextdoor, a social media app, that Mary Russell had died, messages from dozens of neighbors poured in. “She was a landmark and always with a smile,” Doug Potter wrote. Russell, who sold Santa Fe New Mexican newspapers in the city’s Casa Alegre neighborhood for at least a decade until late November, died Wednesday around age 71 at Christus St. Vincent Regional
Medical Center, said Nancy Kruger, her roommate of five years. Russell had battled cancer for months, Kruger said, and had been in the hospital since around New Year’s Eve. Kruger visited every day to “fuss” over her. “She was a crotchety little thing,” Kruger said fondly, noting many of Russell’s eccentricities, such as refusing to tip at restaurants and starting to remind friends about her birthday about two weeks in advance.
Her papers “I’m sure are sorely missed,” Kruger added. “She was kind of watchdog for the whole neighborhood.” Russell was very secretive about her past, said a regular customer, Jane Frederick, who did not know when Russell moved to Santa Fe. She was born March 23, 1953, and grew up in upstate New York, friends thought. She then spent a few years in Arizona and Albuquerque before coming to Santa Fe, Kruger said. Russell has a daughter and one or
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two grandsons in New York but had not been in close contact with them. Kruger, who is organizing funeral arrangements for Russell, came to know her as a customer and invited her in 2018 to spend a few weeks in her home near the corner of Osage Avenue and Hopi Road, where she sold her papers, because Russell was afraid she might be evicted from her apartment. “I said, ‘Why don’t you come and stay with me till you get it figured out?’ thinking that would be the end of it,”
Kruger remembered. “Well, that was five years ago.” “Mary had friends who would take her shopping and friends who would help her wash the windows,” Kruger said. “She was very strong. ... I think anybody who can get up at 4:30 in the morning seven days a week is pretty amazing.” Although she was “a little prickly,” Russell was a constant friendly presence who waved at everyone who went by, Frederick described. “Everybody’s going to miss her.” SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM
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FUNERAL SERVICES & MEMORIALS
ERNEST MONTOYA
BETTY JO MARES
JULY 1, 1935 - JANUARY 12, 2024
July 28, 1950 – January 7, 2024
Santa Fe - Ernest Montoya, born July 1, 1935, passed away peacefully on January 12, 2024, at age 88, in his Santa Fe home, surrounded by his loving family. Ernest lived a fulfilling life as a loving husband, father, grandfather, greatgrandfather, master woodworker, and master gardener. At the age of 16, being the oldest son of nine children, Ernest stepped in to assume responsibility and support his siblings after his father and grandfather passed away. He learned and mastered his first life skill as a mason, a discipline that he would utilize throughout his life. He also utilized these skills to mentor his brother Anthony (Tony) in constructing his mother’s adobe home. After attending St. Michael’s and Santa Fe High School, he served in the U.S. Army and National Guard for over 37 years, retiring as Chief Warrant Officer 4. After retiring from the military, Ernest turned his passion to woodworking, becoming a self-taught cabinet and furniture artisan, with designs following his Spanish culture. Every member of his family has pieces of his work as heirlooms of his self-taught art. Ernest’s mastery is shown in his home, where he created handmade doors with custom trim and hand-carved inlays, produced in his own woodworking shop. Ernest only used the best lumber of oak, black walnut, Douglas fir, and cedar, which gave him the opportunity to visit his nephew at the Olguin Sawmill in Taos. His signature black walnut on oak inlay is noticed in every piece of furniture. His custom cabinetry was a labor of love and was displayed in many kitchens throughout New Mexico and Arizona. His other passion was the development of a piece of property that was passed down generationally to his family. Ernest worked on this same piece of land as a child, growing beans and keeping dairy cattle. During his retirement, Ernest dedicated himself to his land, furthering his interests in engineering, surveying, and real estate law, as well as his true passion, gardening, to become a successful land developer. His family, friends, and anyone who saw him on his land would say that he was happy and passionate about working there. Learning to grow vegetables in abundance, he spread the annual harvest across family and friends. Ernest was a Little League baseball coach for 10 years, serving as a mentor to his sons and many young players. He was also a devout Colorado Rockies fan. He had a passion for golf and played most courses throughout New Mexico, either with family members or when traveling with the National Guard. Ernest will be greatly missed and remembered as a supportive and generous family man who woke up with a purpose every day. He kindly took time to teach others his valuable trades. Ernest was preceded in death by his son, Fabian Montoya, and siblings, Isabelle Sanchez, Marcella Romero, and Michael Montoya, and together they are finding eternal peace in heaven. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 65 years, Anita Montoya; children, Annette Montoya, Anthony Montoya (Nichole), Paula Abbott (Chuck), and Joanna Montoya-Anaya (Ken); grandchildren, Deanna Sherred (Brian), Reuben Donnelly, Valarie Boddy, Cayla Montoya-Manzo, Jeremy Anaya, Sevilla Montoya, Olivia Montoya, Lucas Abbott, and Julia Montoya; great-grandchildren, Brayden and Hunter Sherred; and siblings, Cecelia Barrone, Victoria Romero, Rosina Romero, Anthony (Tony) Montoya, and Gilbert Montoya. A celebration of Ernest’s life will be held at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church on Osage, Thursday, January 25, 2024, with a rosary service at 10:00 a.m. and mass at 11:00 a.m., followed by a burial at the National Cemetery with full military honors.
VINCE DEMMER
February 11, 1945–December 30, 2023 Santa Fe - Through his sense of humor, his curiosity about the world, his willingness to always lend a hand, and his caring spirit, Vince positively impacted so many, making friends wherever he went. He leaves a legacy of stories grown out of his many adventures— life on the extensive -family sweet potato farm, time in Nigeria in the Peace Corps, travels across the Sahara Desert, hiking and beach trips with friends and family, his creation of Dinos Baseball for children, and his encyclopedic knowledge of baseball—all expressions of his true love of life and of the many people he touched throughout his life and throughout a 42-year building career in Santa Fe. He was especially proud of the renovation of the lodge and many other projects he completed at Hyde Memorial State Park, along with the construction of the Visitor’s Center at Cerrillos Hills State Park and extended work at more than twenty other NM State Parks—all with the support of his talented crew, led by his long-time employee, Louie Valdez. Vince was a loyal and devoted husband and father, and he was the loving guardian of dozens of companion animals. We love and miss him immensely.
LOYHANNAH WALKER
JANUARY 10, 1936 - JANUARY 5, 2024 Santa Fe - Louhannah Walker, nee Mann, passed away at her home, surrounded by her family, on January 5, 2024. She was preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Allene Mann; her husband, James Walker; and her sisters, Juanita Larsen and Allene Goldman. She is survived by her children, Kelly (Jim Altamirano) of Albuquerque, Jim of Santa Fe, and Allene (John Landgraf) of Santa Monica, CA; her brother and sister-in-law, Tom and Sadie Mann of Lincoln, NM; her grandchildren and great-grandson, as well as many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Louhannah was an organist, pianist, teacher, attorney, mother, and grandmother. She was much loved in life and will be much missed in death. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Christus St. Vincent Wound Center, Attn: Deb Caswell, 465 St. Michael’s Dr. Suite 101, Santa Fe, NM 87505. The family will host a celebration of Louhannah’s life this summer.
LUCILLE C. BOSSOLT
April 25, 1939–January 13, 2024 Santa Fe Our beloved Lucille passed away at home on January 13, 2024. She was born to Manuelita (Nellie) Soniera and Herbert Schuldt in the Bronx, NY. She grew up in Rochelle Park, NJ, and attended Hackensack High School. After graduation, she attended Katherine Gibbs School and would go on to become very successful as an executive secretary at Ingersoll-Rand Co. for many years. She met the true love of her life, Bob, at the Garden State Ski Club, and they married in 1964. Bob and Lucille were devoted to each other and were married for 58 years. Together, they raised twin daughters and enjoyed international travel. They moved to Santa Fe in 2006, and she began her most fulfilling job of raising her grandchildren. She could always be found with them attending school events, extracurricular activities, or playgrounds around town. Lucille will be remembered for her loving nature, generosity, and compassion. She is survived by her husband, Bob Bossolt; her daughter Kathryn Cambron; her son-in-law, Lawrence Del Cambron; her grandchildren, Lauren Cambron and Sara Cambron; and her daughter Karen LoRusso; her son-in-law, Alex LoRusso; and her grandchildren, Ryan LoRusso and Darcy LoRusso. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 3, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at Berardinelli Funeral Home.
Santa Fe - Betty Jo Mares peacefully ended her long battle with Alzheimer’s disease at home on Sunday, January 7. She was born on July 28, 1950, in Albuquerque, NM. She is preceded in death by her parents, Alfonso and Frances Trujillo, and just recently, her brother Herman Trujillo, father-in-law Carlos Mares, and brother-inlaw Art Mares. She is survived by her mother-in-law Lorein Mares, husband of nearly 53 years, Mike Mares, her 3 sons: Chris, Rick, and Nick Mares (Berlinda), Gerri Trujillo (Mike), sisters: Vangie Gallegos and Ruby Miller, sister-in-law Kathy Mares, grandchildren: Chantal Horton (Alex), Alexandria, Jasper, Abriana, and Antonio Mares, Javier Quinones III, Sabrina Garcia, great-grandchildren: Braylon, Haven, Ivory, and Emery Horton, and the many aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews. For the last 40 years, Betty Jo has shared ownership and operation of their family business, Copy Shack, Inc. The great asset was her caring and friendly interaction with the customers, which contributed to awesome customer loyalty. She had a beautiful smile and such laughter that it was a joy to watch. After she received the disheartening news of her diagnosis over 10 years ago, she said, “It is what it is, and we are going to make the best of it.” And she did! Through the early years of marriage, she insisted on being a stay-at-home mom to be with the kids until they were older and more independent. She also loved to be actively involved with her grandchildren. She always had a special attraction and love for all children. During her illness, she often had hallucinations of children and a need to care for them. Betty Jo often joined her husband and friends on many motorcycle adventures throughout the United States and Canada. Other travels included Mexico and Europe. She very much enjoyed sewing, crafts, and baking. Her biscochitos, layer dessert, and magic cookie bars were often requested and enjoyed by many. During her illness, she emphasized diet and exercise, would walk daily at Santa Fe Place Mall with her walking buddies, and enjoyed visiting with many of the employees. She and her husband were charter members of Rodeo Road Church, which later evolved into Sagebrush Church in Santa Fe. Her faith and loving character contributed to a wonderful life and relationships in her temporary journey here on earth. Now she began her eternal life in her new, perfect body. Thank you to all those who were fortunate enough to share a loving relationship with her. So many of us will cherish the memories of the joy and laughter shared with this wonderful gift of God. The commitment I made at our wedding to care for her never wavered in the end. I appreciate the wonderful years that we were so privileged to share and look forward to our wonderful reunion. We want to thank all those at Enchantment Hospice for their wonderful care of Betty Jo throughout her illness. A celebration of life is being planned and will be announced soon.
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LOUISE C. JIMENEZ Louise C. Jimenez, a resident of Santa Fe, was called home by our Heavenly Father on December 29, 2023. She was born in Clayton, New Mexico, and having a father in the U.S. Navy gave her opportunities to attend schools in Florida, Hawaii, and California. She loved the cultural experiences from those travels. Louise graduated from the Loretto Academy Class of 1963. She has always professed her love for our savior, Jesus Christ. Having come from a large family, gettogethers were abundant, as she loved to cook and bake while celebrating holidays and family events, and quite often, the phone call was, “Come over! I made....” Louise also had a strong interest in genealogy and spent countless hours documenting our family’s history for many years. She also enjoyed going to the casino and playing some heated Scrabble games. Louise is now reunited with her parents, Thomas and Caroline Travis, her siblings Tommy Travis, Mary Contreras, Barbara Garcia, and her nephew Joey Travis. She is survived by her loving husband of 54 years, Eladio Jimenez, sons Thomas (Nancy) Jimenez and Adrian (JoAnna) Jimenez, and goddaughter Kristina Travis, sisters Pita (Neil) Thomas, Pat Travis, Kay Travis, Dolores (Mark) Travis, Caroline (Fred) Romero, and brotherin-law Joe Garcia, along with many nieces and nephews and grand nieces and nephews. The rosary will be recited Thursday, January 25, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, with Mass to follow at 11:00 a.m. A private burial will follow at a separate time through the National Cemetery. Rivera Family Funerals and Cremations 417 East Rodeo Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 Phone: (505) 989-7032 riverafamilyfuneralhome.com
LEANDRO BENAVIDEZ Leandro Benavidez, 89, born September 3, 1934, was called home to be with our Lord on December 23, 2023, at his home in Tesuque. He is preceded in death by his parents, Lucas and Cleotilde Benavidez; brothers Ernesto, Jacobo, Jose, Frank, David, and Eloy Benavidez; sisters Sara Padilla, Lucille Jimenez, and Nora Jimenez; as well as many other relatives. Leandro is survived by his wife of 61 years, Julia, Sisters Inez Sena (Frank), Cordelia Benavidez, only surviving Uncle Julian Nieto, Aunt Nellie Griego, daughters Yvonne Benavidez, Frances (Garrett), grandchildren Francine (Eric), Xavier (Angelica), Shawn, and great-grandchildren, Izaiah, Xavier, Jeremiah, Lucas, and Ezekiel. She is also survived by her sisters-in-law, Jennie Martinez, Louisa Garcia, and Johnny Jimenez. Services: Wednesday, January 24, 2024, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 417 Agua Fria St., Santa Fe, NM 87501 Rosary :10:00AM Mass:10:30AM Burial: Santa Fe National Cemetery 501 N Guadalupe St., Santa Fe, NM 87501, Burial: 12:30 PM Rivera Family Funerals and Cremations 417 East Rodeo Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 Phone: (505) 989-7032 riverafamilyfuneralhome.com
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Gavino Trujillo Romero. Dad, “Bompa,” passed away peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, October 26th, 2023. Gavino is survived by his children, Gavino, Carla, Theresa, Kristin, and Frank. Bompa’s grandchildren include April, Monique, Stacie, Sumer, Jasmine, Aaliyah, Angelina, Sebastian, and Mia. He has 5 greatgrandchildren. Gavino is now reunited with his wife Rebecca and his son Anthony in heaven. Gavino was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on March 3, 1933. Gavino will be remembered as the most amazing father, provider, adventurer, family storyteller, and comedian. Gavino was affectionately called “suds” due to his years in the Navy; he was always game to have a beer and tell stories. He had the best laugh and sense of humor; perhaps he invented the dad joke because he would nail it every time. We are all blessed that he has passed on his sense of humor to the rest of us. If you were lucky enough to hear one of his stories, you would understand what a fulfilling life he had from his many jobs. He worked selling newspapers on his bike, digging graves, and working at a drive-in theater in his younger years, and later, after graduating college, he worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Los Angeles, California. After leaving the Bureau of Indian Affairs, he worked for the Santa Fe School district until his retirement, ending his teaching career at Kaune Elementary School. He was an adventurous man and lived in Thailand for two years. While he was there, he also traveled to the Philippines, Japan, and other countries. When he returned from Thailand, he and his wife, Rebecca, traveled all over Europe. In 2017, he traveled to Spain with his three daughters and his granddaughter. It was a lifelong dream of Gavino to see where his family descended from in Spain. You will always be in our thoughts. We love you more than words can express, and we look forward to the day we meet again. Services for Gavino will be held as follows: The rosary will be at Saint Johns the Baptist Church on Friday, January 26th at 10:00am, followed by the eulogy at 11 o’clock mass. The burial will be at 1:00 at the Santa Fe National Cemetery.
BERTRAM HEIL
August 31, 1924–September 29, 2023 Santa Fe- Bertram Heil (Bert) of Santa Fe and Los Alamos passed away at home on September 29th, at age 99, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was born August 31, 1924, in El Paso, Texas, the son of Henry and Viola Heil. He grew up in El Paso, graduating from El Paso High School in 1941. During World War II, he served in the US Army Signal Corps. He was stationed in the Philippine Islands, preparing to invade Japan in August 1945, when he heard that the atomic bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima, which soon ended the war. He always said that the atomic bomb saved his life, as had the war not ended, he would have been one of the first to land in the invasion of Japan. After the war, Bert studied nuclear physics at the University of California, Berkeley, receiving his Bachelor of Science in 1948. He then went to work for the UC’s Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL), where he worked for the next 40 years. On December 27, 1955, Bert married Pauline Levy in Bolivar, Tennessee. They returned to Los Alamos, where they lived for the next 35 years and raised their 2 children. Bert and Pauline moved to Santa Fe in 1990 and to the Kingston Residence of Santa Fe in 2009. Bert and Pauline shared a love of travel, opera, and culture. They were active members of the Los Alamos and Santa Fe Opera Guilds and members of many museums in Santa Fe. Bert volunteered to help with the archives at the Santa Fe Opera for many years. Bert is survived by his daughter Susan Weaver, his son-in-law, Richard Weaver, his granddaughter, great-grandson, two nephews and six nieces, and many friends. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 62 years, Pauline Heil, his parents, his sister Betty Levy, and his son, Bernard Heil. A celebration of life for Bert will be held on January 27th, 2024, at the Kingston in Santa Fe. In Lieu of Flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Santa Fe Opera, the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, or a museum of the donor’s choice.
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Snow ranger program in Taos back to lend perspective to skiers, boarders By Geoffrey Plant The Taos News
TAOS — The Carson National Forest’s popular snow ranger program returns this winter, offering skiers and snowboarders an opportunity to learn about the wildlife, landscape, culture and history tied to the public lands home to three popular winter recreation areas in Taos County. Forest employees and volunteers will lead one-hour interpretive ski and snowboard tours once a week at the Red River Ski and Summer Area and the Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort and host twice-weekly tours at Taos Ski Valley, Carson National Forest announced in a news release. Rangers, who will either ski or snowboard with visitors, will cover cultural and natural history, along with information about the special-use permits under which each ski resort operates. The program is free and open to people of all ages and abilities. Participants must have a valid lift ticket, gear and the ability to ski or snowboard beginner slopes. Wildlife biologists, archaeologists and firefighters will join some of the sessions and may cover geology, heritage sites, wilderness areas, water, sustainability, fire-adapted ecosystems,
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Bethany Griffith, volunteer snow ranger for the Carson National Forest, tries to wrangle a few more participants for the guided tours she led last year from the top of Lift 1 at Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort every Saturday. The program continues this winter at three ski resorts in Taos County.
recreational opportunities, safety and “leave no trace” ethics. Repeat tour participants will have an opportunity to learn new information from different specialists who join the various tours each week. Taos County is home to world-class ski resorts, in part because of the special-use permits the U.S. Forest Service issues. The interpretive tours let skiers and snowboarders see the slopes from a different perspective. During a snow ranger tour
at Sipapu last year, one man asked how old a large aspen stand was, for example. George Allalunis, prescribed fire and fuels technician for the Carson National Forest, estimated the aspen stand to be around 60 to 70 years old at least, and noted it likely sprouted after a wildfire. He told the tour group aspens grow as a colony from a single root system. “A lot of times an aspen stand will all be the same age, because that happened from a certain disturbance that happened at
that time,” Allalunis said. “And so they all reached out to get together, and they’ll grow to a larger size until there’s another disturbance that regenerates it, and the saplings all start fresh from the roots.” Bethany Griffith, who volunteered as a snow ranger with the Carson last year, explained how snowmaking works. “There’s not as much snowfall around here,” she said during a tour at Sipapu last year. “Humans have been making snow since the ‘50s. And they used to use a garden hose and dirt, over in Europe. I don’t know how effective that was, because you need a nucleus to make snow.” Griffith also pointed out that Sipapu is the younger cousin to Agua Piedra, one of New Mexico’s oldest ski areas, which was located about two miles east of present-day Sipapu. “Lloyd Bolander, the founder of Sipapu, learned to ski down there. His father actually worked for the Forest Service and he bought this land here in order to live a more sustainable lifestyle,” she said. “He bought this land for that, but two years later, in 1952, opened up Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort. It likes to pride itself on being one of the oldest ski resorts and also the longest open; they like to open first, and stay open.”
Challenges still for police after Uvalde protocols slow response, according to several policing experts. And it remained unclear how many of the nation’s roughly 18,000 law enforcement agencies, most of them small and rural In its report last week on the deadly like those in Uvalde, would do better. school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Justice Department officials strongly criticized the Even in Texas, where lawmakers local police and issued blunt, unambiguous expanded active-shooter training last year, guidance for the future: Officers must raprequiring every officer to train for at least idly confront a gunman, even if it costs them 16 hours, most courses do not specifically their lives. re-create circumstances similar to what took place in Uvalde, where arriving officers The rebuke reflected the department’s frustration with the failure of police officials faced a gunman behind a closed door, and a determination by the on-scene commander in the deadly 2022 shooting to observe prothat they were dealing with a barricaded tocols developed over the past two decades subject with whom they might be able to and intended to address the threat of gunnegotiate. men armed with battlefield-grade guns that can quickly kill dozens of people. “We don’t have a Uvalde-specific Most other types of police training empha- scenario,” said J. Pete Blair, the executive director of the Advanced Law Enforcement size careful, coordinated action to minimize Rapid Response Training Center at Texas the loss of life. But active-shooter protocols ask officers to abandon their civilian mindset State University, whose courses are required under Texas law. and transform, in an instant, into a kind of warrior posture. Blair said the group’s trainings did address the difference between active shooters, Federal investigators said the decision to not rapidly confront the gunman was the sin- who must be confronted immediately, and gle biggest failure of leadership and training hostage takers, who may require a slower during the attack at Robb Elementary School response. But the gray areas present difficulties, experts said. in Uvalde. It took 77 minutes for officers to enter the classrooms where the gunman “The determination on whether or not had killed 19 students and two teachers, and to intervene in an active shooter who takes fatally shoot him. hostages is causing police responders significant challenges,” said Lt. Travis Norton, a The shortfall in the response has been police training expert in California who has highlighted in several inquiries into the studied active-shooter responses nationally. massacre. But in the time since the killings, officer training on active-shooter events has Norton, who was interviewed by Justice not been substantially revised to address Department investigators during their the chaotic decision-making that led to the Uvalde inquiry, said part of the challenge By J. David Goodman and Glenn Thrush The New York Times
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was that supervisors were often trained more on handling tactics than leadership judgment when it came to mass shootings. “We’re told these guys should have known they had to go in. But should they?” he said. “We do a poor job of training, and now we thrust them into this complex event.” The Justice Department offered guidance in its Uvalde report aimed at removing ambiguity for officers. When faced with an active shooter in a room with victims, a confrontation “must be undertaken regardless of the equipment and personnel available to those first on the scene,” the report said. The Texas Department of Public Safety, which oversees the Texas Rangers and the state troopers, has issued similar new guidelines. The department had dozens of state troopers, supervisors and Texas Rangers involved in the response at Robb Elementary; like other officers at the scene, they did not rush in to confront the gunman. Many said later they believed, because the gunman had gone for long stretches without shooting, that they were dealing with a barricaded subject and not someone actively killing people. In 2022, the public safety department issued a simple rule for school shootings, similar to the federal guidance: Anytime officers respond to an active shooter in a school, they must never stop trying to confront the gunman. State police are now told never to treat a school gunman as barricaded, whether or not the person may have others holed up. New recruits are given this clear direction at the academy.
the time of his altercation with Mendonca. Former Rio Arriba County Sheriff James Lujan was Continued from Page C-1 convicted of aiding a felon and intimidating a witness for was broken down on the road helping Chacon evade Española near Fairview Lane and North police after Chacon led officers Railroad Avenue. Chacon told on a high-speed chase in 2017 one of his employees to record and was sentenced to three years him fighting Eric Mendonca. in prison. Lujan also pleaded Passing motorists called police no contest to interfering with to report two men fighting in the Española police officers who road. were serving a warrant on By the time police arrived, Chacon in March 2020. Eric Mendonca was no longer Footage from the officers’ there, according to a police body-worn camera show Chacon NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO report. And, the lawsuit alleges, telling the officers “the sheriff’s Phillip Chacon speaks during a 2021 hearing. The former EsChacon and two of his employin prison because of me,” and pañola city councilor, who pleaded guilty to several charges reees began lying to the officers, “I’m a multi-millionaire,” as offilated to 2020 incidents, is named in a new lawsuit against the telling them there had been no cers were questioning him about Española Police Department. A couple claims he wasn’t arrested physical altercation. the incident with Mendonca. after a roadside fight because he bribed responding officers. He Chacon and his employees “all then ran down the couple with his truck, the suit alleges. After he was accused of runprovided differing accounts of ning Mendonca down with his what took place, none of which could send them money, accord- men, putting Mendonca at risk of truck, Chacon was arrested and were the truth, including denycharged with aggravated battery ing to the lawsuit. The offers are great bodily harm by Chacon. It ing any physical altercation took captured on the officers’ bodyalso accuses the police chief and and tampering with evidence. place, or stating that they only Prosecutors asked the court department of negligent training worn cameras. The officers can chased someone, until [they] to hold him without bond until and hiring. be seen in the videos joking and finally admitted to Mr. Chacon trial, and he was jailed in Tierra Chacon has been involved in laughing with Chacon as they physically choking [Mendonca],” several incidents in recent years, Amarilla. He was later moved to leave the scene. the lawsuit says. the Central New Mexico Cormany of them violent. As soon as the officers left, Chacon eventually told police rectional Facility in Los Lunas, He pleaded guilty to a variety the suit says, Chacon got in his he’d fought Mendonca and where he remains, after he was Toyota 4Runner and drove down of charges — including aggrashowed them a video taken by accused of causing a disturbance the road, where he encountered vated battery and aggravated one of his employees. The video at the jail. the Mendoncas walking home. battery with a deadly weapon shows him chasing and punching The criminal case against Chacon drove toward the — two months before his Mendonca and holding him in a Chacon has been delayed while altercation with Mendonca. He headlock in the middle of the road. couple, the lawsuit says. Eric the court determines whether Mendonca pushed his wife out was accused in two cases of The officers took no further he is competent to stand trial. of harm’s way but was hit by knocking out three teeth of a action after that, the lawsuit Two of his other cases have the vehicle. Chacon then put his tenant and beating and stabbing says, and didn’t bother looking been reopened due to alleged SUV in reverse and ran over Eric another tenant. He was senfor Mendonca to ask him what probation violations and also are Mendonca a second time, the tenced to 10½ years in prison in happened. on hold pending the result of a lawsuit alleges. connection with those cases, but competency determination. During his interaction with The lawsuit accuses the the sentence was suspended in police, Chacon offered the Chacon’s attorney, Michael favor of five years of supervised Jones, who raised the issue of officers free lodging in his trailer officers of breaching their duty to fully investigate the earlier probation. competency in June, declined to park and told them to set up comment Tuesday. a Facebook account where he altercation between the two Chacon was on probation at
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From left, Tim Stanley, Jarrett Sienicki and Jesse Wells, all of Santa Fe, ride the triple chair to the top of the mountain in December at Ski Santa Fe. The Tesuque Peak triple lift at the ski area will be closed Sunday due to a mechanical problem.
Tesuque Peak lift at Ski Santa Fe closes due to malfunction The Tesuque Peak triple lift at Ski Santa Fe will be closed Sunday due to a mechanical problem. The chair lift experienced an issue Saturday afternoon “resulting in a prolonged stoppage of
the lift,” the ski basin said in a Facebook post. “Patrol crews responded quickly to evacuate the affected chairs and all other riders were unloaded from the lift,” the post says. “Crews will be conducting a full investigation into the cause of the issue and will conduct a thorough inspection of the lift.” The New Mexican
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spending by Shepard’s wife, former CIA operative and activist Valerie Plame. It said non-state employees should not be issued or authorized Continued from Page C-1 to use state procurement cards. New Mexico lawmakers also and so forth, you yourself gain have been asking questions about tremendous knowledge and you Shepard’s expenditures, noting yourself begin to do research,” that tuition around the state has Shepard said. been increasing and that they Participation in international have a duty to ensure taxpayer conferences by WNMU faculty dollars are being used efficiently. projects the school as “a real Regents agreed Friday to player” and creates opportunities conduct a broad review that will for networking, he added. include their handbook, travel polRegents approved a motion icies and other procedures in the Friday backing up that position, coming months. They also agreed affirming the importance of to a proposal by Shepard to create WNMU’s international partneran ad hoc committee that can ships and pointing to existing agreements and new negotiations work on updating policies. Shepard acknowledged at the with academic institutions from gathering it can be difficult to elsewhere in the Southwestern quantify the benefits of building U.S. to Mexico and Brazil. relationships with institutions Regents declined to stop international travel, in a direct response overseas, as some of those benefits are tangential. to a recommendation by the state “How do you quantify it?” he Higher Education Department asked. “It’s a system. It’s bigger calling for the university to suspend it pending the completion of than just simply saying, ‘Well, we got X amount of dollars from a cost-benefit analysis. this particular student who came In a letter to WNMU in early January, the department expressed from that particular place.’ It’s bigger than that.” concerns about such spending The university known today as and asked whether it was necessary for regents to attend some of WNMU has a history that dates the international trips. back to its founding in the 1890s, The letter also referenced before New Mexico became a state.
FUNERAL SERVICES AND MEMORIALS ROSALINDA AVILA ROMERO Rosalinda Avila Romero (83) of Albuquerque was called home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 10th, 2024. Rosalinda, or Rosie, as she was endearingly called, was born in Mercedes, TX, on January 30th, 1940, and was a long-time resident of Albuquerque. She was married and raised three children in Santa Fe, prior to relocating to Albuquerque along with her husband, Antonio, in 1986. Shortly after that, she retired from US West (previously Mountain Bell) after a long and successful career, having worked in both Albuquerque and Santa Fe offices. She leaves behind her loving husband of nearly 60 years, Antonio S. Romero; her sister, Bertha Avila; her two children, Maria Romero (Charley) and R. Xavier Romero (Heather); several grandchildren, and many great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her son, Mike A. Romero. She was a strong, smart, loving, and deeply faithful woman who will be greatly missed by all whose lives she touched. However, we all take comfort in knowing that she is reunited with everyone who has gone before her, sharing in the glory of her Lord and Savior. Memorial services are planned for Saturday, February 3rd, in Albuquerque. Please see the Rivera Funeral Home website for further details.
LOUIS (LOUIE) RAMIREZ
3 Year Anniversary 1-23-2021 - 01-23-2024 I miss you as much today as the day you left. Love Bernadette A. Ramirez
NORA FISHER
(3/22/41 - 12/24/23) Services for Nora will be held on Saturday, January 27, at 3:00, at The Open Circle, 645 Webber St., Santa Fe. Refreshments to follow.
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Sunday, January 21, 2024
State GOP turns to guerrilla warfare during short session By Robert Nott
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Jim Townsend leans on an old saying as he works his way through this year’s legislative session. “’Grab a half-loaf of bread now and come back for the other half,’” the folksy Republican from Artesia said with a laugh as he sat in his office in the state Capitol. As part of the minority party — Republicans are outnumbered by Democrats by almost 2-to-1 margins in both the House and Senate — Townsend said he and others in his party know they may not score many legislative wins during the ’24 session, which enters its second week Monday. The key, he noted, is to negotiate the best possible agreement in hopes they can benefit as many people as possible. Toward that end, Republicans are gearing up to find any way they can — wheeling, dealing delaying or employing politics’ version of guerrilla warfare — to win a few battles, settle for some stalemates and let their constituents know what they are doing to battle the Democrats. “We need to work and find common ground, especially on crime and education and the budget, and make sure when we leave here the people of New Mexico are no worse off,” said Townsend, who not long ago was the House minority leader. “That’s a hard row to hoe sometimes.” Hard, and sometimes impossible. Several leading Republican lawmakers acknowledge they will lose some battles in the next several weeks. There may even be some they choose not to fight. “You’re not going to bring a hyper-partisan issue forward in a 30-day session and expect to get a call,” said Sen. Crystal Brantley, R-Elephant Butte, referring to a message, issued by the governor, that would allow the legislation to be considered. That won’t stop some from trying: Republican House members John Block and Stefani Lord last week introduced a resolution for articles of impeachment against Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. Still, Republicans keep looking for side doors to enter when traditional pathways are blocked. Brantley said messaging constituents back home — all 112 members of the Legislature are up for election in November — is important. Calling constituents directly, including some unlikely Democratic or independent allies in her Southern New Mexico district, also can be effective on some key pieces of legislation, she said. “I need pressure from New Mexicans to say this is an issue that is important for us,” Brantley said, not-
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State Rep. Jim Townsend, R-Artesia, reads House Bill 41 in his office at the Capitol on Friday. “We need to work and find common ground, especially on crime and education and the budget, and make sure when we leave here the people of New Mexico are no worse off,” Townsend said.
ing she sometimes urges constituents to phone the Governor’s Office to demand action on a particular issue. She said such efforts can “amplify” her own voice for her party, her cause and her legislation. Sen. Craig Brandt, R-Rio Rancho, said Republicans can work with Lujan Grisham on proposals in which there’s common ground. By visiting with her staff and others interested in fighting the state’s crime problem, he said he managed to get two crime-related bills on the docket this session with her blessing. One measure would enact more stringent guidelines for keeping people suspected of committing violent crimes behind bars until they go to trial. Another would update a decades-old racketeering law to allow law enforcement officials to more vigorously prosecute gang activity, among other crimes. “The key is finding the areas where we agree, and let’s make those the best laws we can,” he said, adding there will be disagreements on other bills, including one calling for a ban on some assault weapons, which Brandt opposes. Sen. Mark Moores, R-Albuquerque, who is leaving the Legislature at the end of the year, said the 30-day session sometimes allows lawmakers to get more done because of the tight time window. “You are able to negotiate, [and] you don’t have the breadth of issues; you can dive down a little bit more on issues that are introduced in 30 days,” he said. “You are able to focus in a very short time on smaller issues. In some ways it’s an advantage to try to get things done — get here quickly, get in and get out and back to our real lives.” Moores, Brandt and other Repub-
licans said it’s not always difficult to find Democrats who share common goals and want to make good legislation, regardless of the issue. That can be particularly true on the state budget, Moores said. “A lot of times we both look at the governor’s budget and say, ‘That’s nice; how do we pay for it?’ “ Moores said. “And that’s bipartisan ... so there is that pushback from the Legislature to the governor, regardless of what party it is. And that’s healthy for this republic.” Brantley and Moores said battles between Democrats and Republicans can often be more accurately characterized as a tension between urban and rural interests. But the Albuquerque senator said the divide narrows on issues like crime, water and infrastructure. Still, there’s a vast philosophical gap between the two parties, which means the one with fewer votes has to look for alternative ways to make a point. Toward that end, GOP legislators acknowledge there are tools that can help them stave off the Democratic wave: Brandt said he quite enjoys using legislative rules, including filibustering — a talent at which Sen. William Sharer, R-Farmington, is particularly adept — to stall business. Another weapon is the employment of what is known as “Call of the House” or “Call of the Senate”: procedural moves that require every member of a chamber to be physically present. It’s a delaying tactic, but one that sometimes works. “You can do a call of the Senate on everything and stop everything,” Brandt said with a smile. Then, after a moment of thought, his smile broadened. “I’ve never done that,” he said. “That’s one I’m thinking about.”
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“It will be a piece of getting that stateled surface-water quality permitting program set up, which is really critical for making sure that New Mexico’s waters are protected moving forward,” said Tricia Snyder, rivers and water program director for New Mexico Wild. That proposed funding is part of the executive and Legislative Finance Committee’s budget recommendations. Meanwhile, state Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill, D-Silver City, has introduced Senate Bill 111, which would earmark $840,000 to boost water monitoring and enforcement of existing state protections. The money also would be used to generate mapping to illustrate which waters are no longer federally protected. New Mexico’s waterways are among the most vulnerable in the country, Snyder said. That’s partly because New Mexico is one of three states that has no authority to regulate polluted discharges from industry under the Clean Water Act, she said. Instead, it must rely on the EPA and its ever-changing policies for regulation and permitting of discharges, including which waters qualify for protection. Last year’s Supreme Court decision severely narrowed EPA’s authority to protect wetlands and the bulk of New Mexico’s waters, Snyder said — increasing the urgency for the state to take charge of water oversight. Officials have said it will take at least several years to stand up a program in which they can regulate state surface waters that aren’t considered U.S. waters. It will take another two or three years after that for the state to establish what’s known as primacy, the authority to oversee permitting for U.S. waters. The original definition of a U.S. water was one that was navigable or able to bear vessels large enough to haul goods. The definition broadened over time to include waters linked to rivers and lakes that could accommodate even small watercraft. In May, the justices agreed to do away with the “significant nexus” test from an earlier Supreme Court decision that stated a wetland was protected if it connects to a U.S. water indirectly or even ecologically. The court ruled 5-4 to impose the stricter standard that a wetland must have a direct and “relatively permanent” link to a U.S. water. That language in the decision cuts protections from nearly all of New Mexico’s waters because they are questionable when it comes to being relatively permanent, Snyder said. They are either ephemeral — meaning storm-generated — or intermittent, flowing seasonally. Another water advocate said both proposed funding streams are important in improving protections for the state’s waters. The $840,000 will give state regulators the wherewithal to enforce regulations as well as provisions under the state Water Quality Act to offer some safeguards to waterways while the larger permitting program is being developed, said Rachel Conn, deputy director of Taos-based Amigos Bravos.
◆ Regulators are requesting $600,000 this legislative session to aid the state in establishing a program to safeguard New Mexico’s waterways after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling disqualified most of them from federal protection. ◆ Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill, D-Silver City, has introduced a bill that would earmark $840,000 to boost water monitoring and enforcement of existing state water protections. The money also would be used to generate mapping to illustrate which waters are no longer federally protected. ◆ Last year’s Supreme Court decision narrowed EPA’s authority to protect wetlands and the bulk of New Mexico’s waters, increasing the urgency for the state to take charge of water oversight, advocates say.
Although the state law covers groundwater permits, it contains some language that can be applied to protecting surface water, such as not allowing toxic waste to pollute water resources, Conn said. “We, of course, would like to see more of the state commitment to moving more quickly because we have waters that are in danger now,” Conn said. “It’s going to take more investment on the state’s part for developing and implementing the program.” Conn said she supports the Environment Department’s efforts to get lawmakers to increase the agency’s budget to bolster hiring and retention. A bigger staff will be required to launch and effectively run a water program of this scale, she said. Jack Milarch, CEO of the New Mexico Home Builders Association, said he would welcome state protections of water, a limited resource in New Mexico and essential for new housing, as long as regulators don’t simply copy the EPA approach the Supreme Court squelched. Builders used to have to build expensive stormwater systems near ditches that might get sporadic runoff trickling down them, Milarch said, adding virtually all arroyos in the region are indirectly linked to the Rio Grande. Regulators need to come up with surface water rules that make sense in an arid state, something that often wasn’t the case with federal agencies, he said. “We’re not into polluting the water,” Milarch said. “We’re just not into wasting our customers money, either.” In Southern New Mexico, the loss of federal protection is allowing copper mines and the Silver City treatment plant to discharge into waterways with no permits, said Allyson Siwik, executive director of the Gila Resources Information Project. She commended the state for trying to use groundwater permits to hold the polluters in check, but those are stopgap measures that have their limits, she said. For instance, it’s not clear whether a groundwater law could stop companies from discharging into closed basins, she said, adding it will take a comprehensive surface-water program to do that. Now is the time to get the ball rolling when the state has a huge budget surplus, Siwik said. New Mexico must free itself from the federal government, whose policies seesaw depending on who’s in office, and protect its waters, she said. “We need a program as soon as possible,” she said.
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An electric car charges May 31 in the parking lot at the Public Employee Retirement Association Building in Santa Fe. House Bill 41 seeks to establish clean transportation fuel standards and reduce “carbon intensity” levels of transportation fuels to 20% below 2018 levels by 2030 and 30% below them by 2040.
House panel advances clean fuel standards bill along party lines By Nathan Brown
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A bill that aims to reduce vehicle pollution in New Mexico is already working its way through the state Legislature. After more than four hours of discussion, the House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee voted 7-4 along party lines Saturday afternoon to advance House Bill 41. The bill seeks to establish clean transportation fuel standards and reduce “carbon intensity” levels of transportation fuels to 20% below 2018 levels by 2030 and 30% below them by 2040. To do this, producers of high-carbon transportation fuels like oil would be forced to either reduce how much they pollute or buy clean-fuel credits from low-polluting utilities. Similar legislation has been proposed in recent sessions but has yet to pass. Rep. Kristina Ortez, D-Taos, one of the bill’s sponsors, said it “ensures our state won’t be left out” of the growing clean-energy sector and would create an estimated 1,600 good-paying jobs with an accompanying $47 million in wages. “Without this ... the new energy boom that we’re experiencing all around the country will leave New Mexico behind,” Ortez said. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has made encouraging electric vehicle use one of her priorities, and much of the debate Saturday focused on the desirability of encouraging electric vehicles or driving up gas prices in a state where, as Rep. Rod Montoya observed, 38% of the population lives below the poverty level and drives older gasoline-powered vehicles out of necessity. “Things that we do that we think might help will hurt, and we have to know who we’re hurting,” said Montoya, R-Farmington. However, Ortez stressed, HB 41 is “not an electric vehicle bill.” “We want to incentivize producers of cleaner fuels that emit less greenhouse gases,” she said. The committee also voted 7-4 along party lines to advance House Bill 48, which would increase the top royalty rate charged for oil and gas development on state lands from 20% to 25%. The panel was originally scheduled to hear House Bill 133, an overhaul of the state Oil and Gas Act that Friday raised the ire of some Republicans, who worry its setback requirements for new wells would harm the oil and gas industry. However, the bill was
GOP lawmaker Block calls for ‘tough-on-crime’ bills after he says car broken into A Republican lawmaker called on the Legislature to pass toughon-crime bills this session after he said he was the victim of a vehicle break-in in New Mexico’s capital city Friday night. “They’re just going to continue to do this kind of crap until we say no more and no more thuggery in New Mexico,” Rep. John Block said in a video posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, Saturday afternoon. Block, 27, an Alamogordo Republican who is in his first term, said “thugs” stole his battery charger and tire inflator and rummaged through his car
pulled from the agenda and will likely be heard next week instead, said committee Chairman Matthew McQueen, D-Galisteo. The bill’s opponents pointed to high gas prices in states like California, that have similar laws, as evidence of what it would do in New Mexico. Supporters argued there is no evidence connecting high gas prices to measures like as HB 41. Much of the opposition came from advocates for the oil, gas and agriculture industries, who said it would drive up gas prices and thereby hurt those who can least afford it, including farmers and the rural poor. “It’s passed on to those and hits those and hits those hardest who are in poverty,” said Jim Winchester, executive director of the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico. “It’s passed on to those, and hits those hardest, who are in rural areas.” A few industry lobbyists, including for ExxonMobil and Public Service Company of New Mexico, testified in favor of the bill, while some of the opposition came from climate change activists. Groups such as Youth United for Climate Crisis Action argued provisions letting fuel producers and sellers obtain, trade and sell credits would just let them continue polluting. “Carbon credits do not reduce emissions,” said Anni Hanna of Albuquerque. “In fact, they do not even compensate for emissions as they are advertised to do.” A proposed amendment to the bill would require participating utilities to invest revenue from credits into grid modernization, infrastructure and other projects that support decarbonization, with at least half directed to initiatives that benefit underserved communities. While the committee didn’t vote on the amendment Saturday because it was presented too late, McQueen said it can be added later in the legislative process. In the end, every Democrat on the committee voted for the bill, although Rep. Angelica Rubio, D-Las Cruces, said she sympathized with the mostly younger activists’ arguments and did so reluctantly. “To be frank, serving in this institution and alongside this administration can be truly deflating in my spirit, especially to those of us who think we’re not moving fast enough to address climate,” Rubio said. She praised the climate activists who testified against the bill. “Organizing is slow and governing is that much slower,” Rubio said. “even though I have a club on the steering wheel. “We need tough-on-crime laws that makes sure that we repel these kinds of thugs, tweakers, junkies and different kinds of other lawless criminals from doing this to law-abiding citizens,” he said. Block, who grew up in Santa Fe, said two other cars on the same street were broken into as well. “I’ve only been here for three or four days in Santa Fe, and I’ve already had my car broken into. That should tell you everything,” he said. “This is not OK. We need to stop this,” he continued. “We need to put these thugs and these criminals in jail, and they need to pay and know that this cannot happen in New Mexico.” The New Mexican
event at one of her McDonald’s restaurants just south of Rio Rancho, where Elevate the Spectrum is based. About 40 people and a handful of state legislators attended, including Reps. Joshua Hernandez, R-Rio Rancho; Kathleen Cates, D-Rio Rancho; Elizabeth Thomson, D-Albuquerque; and Tara Lujan, D-Santa Fe. Because this year’s shorter session, which kicked off Tuesday, will focus on the budget, autism advocates’ legislative priorities this year include securing more funding for the Office of the Special Education Ombud and for providers serving people in the Developmental Disabilities Waiver program, Davis said. The waiver program runs under the state Department of Health’s Developmental Disabilities Supports Division. Legislators created the Office of the Special Education Ombud, a program of the Developmental Disabilities Council, in 2021, to help students and families navigate the many complexities of the special education system in public schools. Since its launch two years ago, the office has helped about 440 families who are “frustrated, anxious and suffering because their school is failing to meet their student’s disability-related behavioral needs,” says the office’s annual report issued in December 2023. Alice Liu McCoy, executive director of the Developmental Disabilities Council, described the program as “growing like gangbusters,” with families across the state reaching out almost daily to seek help. Although the office’s budget request this year is “very small,” McCoy said — $60,000 of non-recurring funding for legal counsel — Davis hopes the Legislature, either this or next year, provides funds for an expansion of the office. It currently can pay five full-time employees and five consultants, but needs “at least” four more full-time staff, he said. Providers who directly care for people with autism enrolled in the Developmental Disabilities Waiver program, which waives income and other requirements to access Medicaid, also need a big pay boost, Davis said. The program served over 4,100 people in the fiscal year 2022, according to a report last year. Pay for direct care positions typically starts at $13 per hour, only $1 above the state’s minimum wage, which in no way reflects the specialized skills workers need to care for people with high needs, he said. Elevate the Spectrum leaders say that pay should start at $19 per hour. The state does not directly set the pay for caregivers in the waiver program. The Developmental Disabilities Supports Division sets Medicaid reimbursement rates to providers based on rate studies conducted by third parties while the providers determine pay for direct care staff, Department of Health spokeswoman Jodi McGinnis Porter wrote in an email. Another issue Elevate the Spectrum hopes legislators address through more funding for professionals is long wait times for autism evaluations. Wait times can stretch over a year, which is a problem because adults need a diagnosis to receive accommodations at work and people of any age need a diagnosis to get therapies covered by insurance, Davis said. Davis and his wife paid $50,000 out of pocket for therapies for his daughter before she was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at age 4, after a prior evaluation had been inconclusive, he said. And there is no question early interventions and ongoing services are life-changing for people with autism, Garza said. Her now 40-year-old son who has Asperger’s syndrome, a developmental disorder under the umbrella of autism spectrum disorder, can live at home with proper support, she said. But he was not diagnosed with Asperger’s until age 18 and lived in a nursing home for 11 years “before they were able to get the therapies and diagnoses all put together so that
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Donald Duffy fills out a postcard during Saturday’s Elevate the Spectrum event in Rio Rancho. Increasing pay for providers enrolled in the Developmental Disabilities Waiver program who directly care for people with autism is one of disability advocates’ priorities during the legislative session. Pay for direct care positions in New Mexico typically starts at $13 per hour, only $1 above the state’s minimum wage.
he can live at home,” she said. Now, he volunteers at a community theater and food pantry in Rio Rancho and is writing a novel, she said. “It’s important to see people with disabilities for their capacity to contribute,” she said. “My son, he gets great satisfaction out of being able to volunteer and contribute something.” But “it’s taken incredible advocacy to get help for him,” she continued. “To see the challenges [others] have, it’s heartbreaking. Sometimes you’re not just fighting to help your child, you’re actually having to fight the system to do the things they’re legally required to do.” That’s especially true in schools, said advocates, who want to reduce the frequency students with autism are physically restrained or secluded as a response to disruptive or violent behaviors. Nationwide, students with disabilities represent about 14% of K-12 students but make up 81% of students restrained and 75% of students secluded, according to a November report from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. In 2017, New Mexico lawmakers banned the use of restraint and seclusion except in case of an emergency and mandated schools immediately notify parents of any incident of restraint or seclusion. But that still doesn’t happen, Davis said, referencing personal experience and a 2019 report by the news website Searchlight New Mexico on restraint and seclusion in Albuquerque Public Schools. “What’s more beneficial and healthy for everybody involved, instead of manhandling children who are having meltdowns or ... communication issues, is to nip it in the bud with positive behavioral supports and de-escalation,” Davis said. A bill to reform the special
education system failed in 2023, but disability advocates have renewed momentum after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, by executive order, created an Office of Special Education in the Public Education Department in May,
he said. “There’s going to be a giant push next year,” Davis said, adding he expects a bill on restraint and seclusion in 2025. “We’re going to keep working on it until we make some movement.”
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ATHENS, Greece ith a deluge of foreign visitors fueling seemingly nonstop development on once pristine Greek islands, local residents and officials are beginning to fight back, moving to curb a wave of construction that has started to cause water shortages and is altering the islands’ unique cultural identity. Tourism is crucial in Greece, accounting for one-fifth of the country’s economic output, and communities on many islands depend on it. But critics say the development has spiraled out of control in some areas, particularly on islands like Mykonos and Paros, where large-scale hotel complexes have mushroomed in recent years. Teachers and other professionals in those and other Cycladic islands, a popular cluster in the Aegean Sea, have struggled to find affordable housing amid an influx of visitors and homebuyers, fueling growing protests by locals over the repercussions of rampant tourism. The islands, at the forefront of Greece’s tourism boom, are facing increasingly urgent calls to preserve their natural and cultural heritage. The number of foreign arrivals to Greece broke another record in 2023, with 30.9 million in the first 10 months of the year, according to the Bank of Greece — an increase of 17% over the previous year and surpassing pre-pandemic tourism levels. To meet such demand, 461 new hotels opened on Greece’s southern Aegean islands from 2020-23, according to data from the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels compiled by the Athens-based Research Institute for Tourism. Of those, 126 were opened last year, according to the institute. The proliferation of swimming pools has put a serious strain on the water supply on Cycladic islands like Sifnos and Tinos, and the aggressive expansion of seaside bars over pristine beaches on many islands has generated a backlash from locals. Conservationists and architects are also leading a push to preserve the character of the Cyclades, which they say is at risk of being obliterated amid a real estate-driven homogenization of vacation destinations. The Athens-based Museum of Cycladic Art, which showcases the unique marble figurines that were produced on those islands in antiquity and influenced the course of Western art, is working with local authorities and associations to the same end. Greece’s tourism minister, Olga Kefalogianni, pledged recently that untrammeled growth would no longer go unchecked. “We have a clear vision and goal for
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Crowds gathering for the sunset in Mykonos, Greece, in 2022. Tourism is crucial in Greece, accounting for one-fifth of the country’s economic output.
the sustainability of destinations and of our tourism product,” she said last month at a conference in Athens. She said that going forward, there would be a greater emphasis on protecting the natural environment and cultural identity of individual destinations, with legislation being drafted to support that effort. Those pressing for change are not convinced. “It’s very easy to talk about sustainable development, but all they actually do is approve new investments,” said Ioannis Spilanis, a former general secretary for island policy at Greece’s shipping ministry and now head of the Aegean Sustainable Tourism Observatory. Spilanis, a native of Serifos, was one of several experts who addressed a November conference on Mykonos about how tourism has “radically changed” the Cyclades. The event was organized by local authorities who recently appealed to a top Greek court over a project for a five-star hotel complex and a marina for superyachts. (The court allowed the development but curtailed the marina’s size.)
Nikos Chrysogelos, a former member of the European Parliament with the Ecologist Greens party who has launched a Cyclades-wide sustainability initiative, said developers were overlooking the singular features of the Cyclades and treating them like city suburbs. “You used to see farm buildings, dry stone walls — there was a harmony to the landscape,” said Chrysogelos, a Sifnos native. “Now you see roads, hotel complexes, high walls. It could be Dubai or Athens.” Nikos Belios, a secondary school principal and the head of the local farmers’ and beekeepers’ cooperative, said Sifnos had experienced an influx of investors “from all over the planet, building colossal structures, like fortresses, with huge walls” to cater to wealthy tourists. “They arrive, they load up their Cayennes or Jeeps or Hummers, and they lock themselves away,” he said of the tourists. “They have no interest in Sifnos — it’s a dot on the map for them.” Last year, Maria Nadali, the mayor of Sifnos, urged the Greek government
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to put the brakes on “dizzying” tourist development — including banning the construction of further private swimming pools and “cave houses” built into mountain slopes, a trend that she said was altering the island’s “morphology and unique architectural physiognomy.” The Museum of Cycladic Art has also become involved, trying to help islanders protect the islands’ natural environment and heritage. The museum is holding programs on eight islands, with topics including preserving the ancient marble quarries of Paros — the source of many Cycladic antiquities — and documenting and promoting traditional water management practices on Andros. “We’re trying to help them protect their heritage,” said Kassandra Marinopoulou, the museum’s CEO and president, citing as key threats increased tourism, the abandonment of local traditions and the effects of climate change. The initiative also aims to support cultural tourism on the islands, with digital walking tours and the promotion of local gastronomy, said Marino-
poulou, whose family is from Andros. “We don’t want the Cycladic food to disappear because the younger generations sell the family taverna and it becomes a sushi bar,” she said. “What a visitor wants is authenticity. They don’t want to see something they’ve seen in Ibiza — that’s not authentic.” Amid the glut of five-star hotels, some businesses are seeking to promote “slow travel” as an alternative model that supports local communities rather than sidelining them. One of those, travel startup Boundless Life, exposes foreign visitors to local culture with pottery workshops, textile factory visits and Greek lessons. “When choosing new Boundless locations, we’re very keen on identifying cultural gems and protecting them,” said Elodie Ferchaud, a founder of the travel startup, which has brought scores of foreign families to Syros for three-month stays. But many natives of the Cycladic islands say that a full overhaul of Greece’s tourism model is needed. “We need to find a way to survive,” Spilanis said. “Destroying the very assets you’re sitting on is not the way.”
Something’s missing at big Himalayan resort — snow By Showkat Nanda and Sameer Yasir The New York Times
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Flight attendant charged with filming girls in plane bathroom An American Airlines flight attendant was arrested Thursday after authorities say he secretly recorded or attempted to record videos of girls while they used the bathroom on five flights last year.
An investigation began after a 14-yearold girl reported him to the Massachusetts State Police after an incident on a September flight from Charlotte to Boston. The FBI said he possessed videos of four other girls between the ages of 7 and 14. The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts said in a news release that Estes Carter Thompson III, 36, was taken into custody in Lynchburg,
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Every morning, Ishfaaq Ahmad Malik, a ski instructor in Indian-controlled Kashmir, opens his bedroom window and, like many others in the region, wonders: Where is the snow? “This has never happened before in January. Not in my lifetime,” said Malik, 65. “Definitely not in Gulmarg.” Each winter, Gulmarg, one of Asia’s largest and highest ski resort towns, attracts thousands of skiers, many from as far away as Europe and the Americas, drawn by perfect powder, cheap hotels and breathtaking views of the Himalayas. At 8,500 feet, this scrappy ski town’s miles of slopes are usually blanketed by snow from December to March and packed with snowboarders and skiers. But this year, there is no snow. Across Kashmir and other parts of the Himalayas in northern India, a prolonged dry spell is spreading fear among farmers, and threatening tourism and skiing industries that generate millions of dollars each year. Like much of South Asia, Kashmir is experiencing extreme weather patterns, including record summer heat waves that lead to rapid melting of glaciers that are a major water source for the region’s 8 million people. Today, even at the 13,800-foot summit of Gulmarg, there are vast tracts of land that should be frosty white but are instead brown and green. Parking lots are empty, and hotels are reporting cancellations. Javed Rehman, a tourism official in Kashmir, said that no snow essentially means no tourism this time of year. It is a stark contrast to 2023, when the resort extended the ski season by 15 days, to April 15, because of an influx of people, he said. “During winters, Gulmarg, for most tourists, is the most important destina-
tion in their itinerary, with other places as supplementary additions,” he said. There was a brief snowfall in the higher reaches of the area late last month, but it was not nearly enough. Kashmir reported a 79% precipitation deficit through December. Indian meteorologists said the unusual weather was linked to global warming and to El Niño, the sporadic climate phenomenon that can create warm, dry conditions in the Indian subcontinent and other parts of Asia. Thousands of people depend on a snowy Gulmarg for their livelihoods. Last year, more than 1 million tourists rode a cable car from the bowl-shaped valley to Gulmarg’s peak. Those visitors are typically served by sled pullers, tea sellers who stand in clumps and pour out steaming cups for skiers, and other roadside vendors. But now, private ski rental shops are closed, and ski instructors are out of work. “For the whole year, our only expectation is a good two months of work,” said Imtiaz Khan, a ski instructor from the nearby town of Tangmarg in northern Kashmir. Traditionally, winter in Kashmir is divided into three parts. The harshest 40-day period, from December to late January — locally called “chilla-i-kalan” — brings cold that freezes pipes and bodies of water. Cricket lovers play the game on the surface of frozen Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir’s biggest city. The region has recorded warmerthan-usual temperatures for about a month, sometimes 10 degrees above the norm. Mohammad Asadullah Hajam, a hotel manager in Gulmarg, said every hotelier was facing a similar challenge, with more tourists canceling their bookings with every passing day. “About 50% of cancellations are being done by foreign tourists,” he said. “That is where most of our revenue comes from.” SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM
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ost people agree that doing kind things for others makes them feel good. Scientists now believe doing kind things for others is also good for you!
Kindness is Catching!
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FiveWeeks of Kindness Experiment
Two scientists at Ohio State University asked students who were feeling worried or sad to do three small acts of kindness twice a week for five weeks.The students did things like:
Open doors for others.
Smile at people they haven’t met.
Volunteer to help someone.
When you do something kind for another person, it is catching.The person you are kind to will likely go out and do something kind for someone else.
Shovel a snowy sidewalk.
Carry someone’s groceries.
Give compliments.
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Answer these questions after you’ve read this Kid Scoop page. Have a family member check to see if you answered them all correctly.
1. A study at Ohio State University found out that doing acts of kindness made people feel a. lonely b. hungry c. silly d. better 2. When you do a kind act, it often causes other people to do acts of kindness, too. a. TRUE b. FALSE 3. A student at Ohio State University put these all around the campus: a. flowers b. apples c. sticky notes with kind words d. jokes 4. Opening a door for someone is an act of kindness. a. TRUE b. FALSE
Let someone cut in line in front of them.
Give someone a cookie.
Walk a neighbor’s dog.
At the end of the five weeks, students reported feeling less worried and much happier. Being kind makes people feel good! Standards Link: Language Arts: Read informational text.
Notes of Kindness
One student at Ohio State spread kindness around the entire i campus. She wrote positive and kind words on sticky notes and stuck them to doors, signs, mirrors, and walls around campus.
Fill in the missing vowels to discover some kind words to share.
5. To feel happier and less worried, it helps to help others. You can: a. smile at someone new b. carry someone’s groceries c. give someone a cookie d. walk a neighbor’s dog e. shovel a snowy sidewalk for a neighbor f. give compliments g. volunteer to help someone h. open doors for others i. let someone cut in front of you in line j. all of the above! 6. Kindness is catching. a. TRUE b. FALSE Standards Link: Write descriptively.
Thanking a Local Hero
Look for a newspaper article about a person or a group who is helping others in your community. Write them a letter of appreciation and send it to the newspaper’s editor for publication. Standards Link: Language Arts: Write using letter format.
Standards Link: Language Arts: Spell grade-level words correctly.
How kind! Someone surprised the teachers at Main Street Elementary School with flowers. Can you find the two arrangements that are exactly the same?
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This week’s word:
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The adjective kind means helpful, friendly, good. Your kind note cheered me up when I was feeling sad. Try to use the word kind in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members.
KindThings to Say
Helping Others
Look through the newspaper for an article about someone in your community who is struggling. How could you do something kind for this person?
Write down three kind things you can say to others. ANSWER: Because she didn’t want to be owl alone.
Standards Link: Understand civic responsibility.
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FAMILY
Guiding your children to befriend themselves
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he foundational practice that Rick Hanson provides in his book Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time, is “Be for yourself.” This doesn’t mean you are against others. Being for yourself and being for others — as well as being for the greater good — are not dualistic opposites. They beautifully dovetail as synergizing practices. Being for yourself is befriending yourself. You treat yourself as you would a treasured friend. You speak to yourself compassionately, and you advise yourself as you would a friend. It means that you are discerning about what is in your best interest. Many of us were raised to believe that being for oneself, practicing self-advocacy and even saying no are selfish. Being for yourself can be a challenging practice if you believe the requests of others are more valuable or important or worthy than what you desire.
Maggie Macaulay
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Beliefs about how you count in the world influence how easy or difficult befriending yourself may be. Guiding your children to be for themselves has many benefits, including building their self-worth and confidence, enhancing their self-compassion, and building their empathy and self-awareness. How do you effectively guide your children in this practice? Here are some ways that will not only benefit them but you as well: Allow your child to say no. When saying no is an option, your child gets to practice making decisions. If it is
not an option, you child will say no by procrastinating, by not doing their best and by doing what you requested with resentment. Teach them to pause. By slowing down so that you can consciously and thoughtfully consider a request or decision, you have the time and space to notice your nervous system, your body and your feelings. Unless it is an emergency, most requests made of you do not require an immediate response. Suggest that your child pause before deciding or responding. Allow them to see you practice the pause. Guide them to find the purpose. Whatever the decision that is made, knowing your purpose in moving forward will guide you to act in integrity. Your purpose may be to live from your values, express love or shape your future self, knowing that you become the small things that you consistently do each day. Explore with your child the long-term result of their decision and
what they ultimately wish to support. Let’s put this all together with an example. Your mom asks if you can pick up something at the store for her. You feel tired and you are busy, so you consider saying no to the request. Instead of responding immediately, you take a pause to notice your body, your thoughts, your feelings and your nervous system. During that pause, you breathe, allowing your shoulders to relax. You notice your nervous system has been hijacked by your thoughts that are pressuring you to hurry up. You either tell yourself that you have enough time to get all that you are doing done, or you see you have taken on too much and remove a few things from your list to give you greater flexibility and lessen the stress. You also consider the purpose in responding to the request. You value kindness and consideration. You also know that acting in support of those values is not always convenient.
You recognize it is an opportunity to do something loving for your mother. You decide to say yes. Because you are acting from your values, you are being for yourself. You may also notice how truly overwhelmed you feel. You are bone tired. You decide to say no. You may call upon someone else to run the errand for your mother, let her know that you are willing to do it another time or simply let her know you can’t do that right now. Because you wish to honor your well-being, you are being for yourself. You have just modeled for your child how to be for themself, and you have just experienced the self-supporting integrity of being for yourself. May this practice be a guide throughout the new year! Maggie Macaulay is the owner of Whole Hearted Parenting, offering coaching, courses and workshops. She can be contacted at 954-483-8021 or Maggie@ WholeHeartedParenting.com.
COMMENTARY MEGHAN LE AH Y
Parent needs help calming toddler tantrums Question: My 3½-year-old son has moments of defiance and tantrums that I can’t control. No matter what I do, he doesn’t seem to hear me out in the moment and only seems to get more angry if I try to calm him down. I feel judged and embarrassed when others see this behavior occur. When can I expect to see some improvement in terms of age? How can I help him? Answer: Thanks for writing. Defiance and tantrums are so common in 3-year-olds that I would guess that most pediatricians would be concerned if your child wasn’t giving you some pushback. Though, like everything on the developmental scale, there is a range. I don’t know the severity, length or frequency of these outbursts, so an important first step is keeping track of the tantrums. It may sound exhausting, but keep a record in your phone or a notebook. It could become helpful for other experts down the road. Your son’s defiance and tantrums serve a purpose. They are not simply misbehaviors to be controlled; they are part of his development. A human is not meant to be a robot, blindly following instructions and orders. And the younger the child, the less likely you are to see obedience. Remember, 3½-year-olds are immature. Their brains are not yet able to weigh many perspectives, options or rational thought, and virtually anything, from hunger to pain to fatigue, will send them into a tailspin. The inability to express themselves completely, to explain their emotions and to understand others, comes out as tantrums. Your son’s tantrum is a sign pointing you toward one obvious conclusion: He is overwhelmed. The rule of overwhelm is when you add stress, you just get bigger tantrums. You already know this: Whenever you have been terribly upset, anyone who tries to reason, silence or placate you is not going to be well-received. When our dysregulation is that high, we need a quiet, loving presence and this is doubly true for 3-year-olds. So remember, almost every technique that is used to shut down a tantrum (reasoning, silencing, talking over them, etc.) ends up making it worse. His behavior is not personal. He is not manipulating or ignoring you; he has been kidnapped by his big feelings. To avoid making the tantrums worse, stop trying to be rational with him. You already know this doesn’t work (“he doesn’t seem to hear me out in the moment and only seems to get more angry”). Next, if it doesn’t seem to make the tantrum worse, get on his level and make gentle contact. Hugs, a compassionate face or a gentle hand on the shoulder — anything that communicates that you are there. While you are on his level, see how long you can stay silent. You may want to rip your hair out, but compassionate silence often works in helping settle his feelings. He is accustomed to your overmanagement, so be ready for the tantrum to continue for a while before it gets better. When a tantrum occurs in public, get out of Dodge as fast as you can. Find a quiet place, such as your car or even behind a wall. As soon as you remove the audience, you will be able to manage your own emotions better. And remember: You are only responsible for your own emotions when your son is melting down. Your only job is to breathe, stay with him and wait. No emotion lasts forever; you need to trust that. As for when you can expect the tantrums to end, well, that is a bit stickier. If everything goes according to plan, a child becomes more cooperative in fits and starts throughout their young years, with a smoothing around age 7. The “fits and starts” part is the most important; every human is born with their own unique temperament and family of origin; developmental paths look different for everyone. And the really sticky part? The struggles you begin now with your son (arguing, silencing, etc.) can actually lead to bigger problems down the road. Imagine that you cannot help your big feelings, and your parent, the person who is supposed to support and listen to you, shames and shuts you down. Those big feelings don’t go away; your child only becomes more frustrated, more depressed, more angry. Again, the explosions are an invitation to connect, not shut down. Is this the hardest work of your parenting life? Yes, and it is getting you ready for the older years. If his tantrums get worse, please see your pediatrician. Also, invest in some good development and behavior-mitigation books; they will put your mind at ease. If you don’t know many other parents with children this age, please make every effort at finding some! It will normalize your worries and give you an opportunity to share your exasperation. Children this age are challenging, but if you keep your boundaries and gently love him through this time, it will (fingers crossed) pass. Good luck.
Meghan Leahy is the mother of three daughters and the author of Parenting Outside the Lines. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English and secondary education, a master’s degree in school counseling, and is a certified parent coach. Her parenting column is published in The Washington Post.
NO MORE SNOW DAYS? Changing climate may mean rite of passage lost to time
By Alyssa Rosenberg The Washington Post
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ast week, as my 5-year-old peered out our front windows and pined for snow, I realized her 2-year-old brother had never seen the ground blanketed in white. That’s not so unusual for children in many parts of the world, of course. But I grew up in New England, where winter could be counted on to deliver wonderlands. For the first few years of my daughter’s life in Washington, D.C., she donned her snowsuit at least once a season. The idea that my little boy had gone so long without encountering snow felt like a generational dividing line: between snow as a guarantee and snow as a rarity, between a childhood lightly marked by climate change and one defined by it. The climate’s increasing warmth and unpredictability make themselves felt in many ways. Gardeners see the impact in the Department of Agriculture’s shifting Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which shows average low winter temperatures and provides guidance about which plants will thrive in which regions. For coastal homeowners, the new reality arrived in 2021 via soaring insurance premiums intended to provide a more realistic accounting of more frequent and severe storms. Californians are finding their air-conditioner-free architecture rendered obsolete by summer heat waves. Like these other changes, the loss of snowpack poses a real threat to the billions of people who live in communities where snow is an important part of the regional water cycle. As my colleagues in the newsroom recently reported, a study in the journal Nature suggests that once regions start experiencing winter temperatures that don’t fall below an
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average of 17.6 degrees Fahrenheit, snow accumulation declines precipitously. Areas that rely on that snow to replenish rivers and reservoirs could find themselves in real trouble. In climates where the winters are milder, snow might not stick, if it falls at all. New York City’s 701-day snow drought ended Tuesday; D.C. had gone even longer, a whole 729 days without snow. The disappearance of snow is bittersweet as well as consequential. It’s a loss for which the surprise delights of a January-blooming cherry tree or a dahlia tuber that survives a mild winter can’t begin to compensate. Nowhere is that clearer than in the way children react to snow — and in the children’s literature that chronicles their age-old response to it. In The Giver, Lois Lowry’s dystopian young adult novel about a child named Jonas who is chosen to carry the memories of a world before society eliminated all difference and variability, the first glimpse of the past he’s given is a sled ride on a snowy day. The experience isn’t merely weather. For Jonas, it’s his first experience of “the breathless glee that overwhelmed him: the speed, the clear cold air, the total silence, the feeling of balance and excitement and peace.” Snow also offers a disruption of routine and a suspension of the rules — one that is more welcome to children sprung from school than parents struggling to clear sidewalks and line up alternative care. Snow itself is an opportunity for children to shape the world, rather than bending to the world’s requirements. That might mean leaving playful footprints and gentle snow angels, as Peter, Ezra Jack Keats’ protagonist, does in the groundbreaking 1962 picture book The Snowy Day. Or snow could be a hilariously morbid canvas for the fantasies of a kid like Calvin,
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TOP: Kids enjoy a snow day Tuesday in Takoma Park, Md. SARAH VOISIN/THE WASHINGTON POST
the 6-year-old scamp with a proclivity for snow monsters that Bill Watterson introduced to newspaper comic pages in 1985. “The world looks brand-new! It’s like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on,” Calvin’s tiger, Hobbes, told him in the final strip of the acclaimed series. “A day full of possibilities,” Calvin agreed. “It’s a magical world, Hobbes, ol’ buddy. Let’s go exploring!” It was with Calvin’s directive in mind that when last week’s forecast began to promise our first real snow in two years, I splurged on snow pants and heavy socks that we might not have cause to use again before my children grow out of them. On Monday evening, we watched the snow thicken in the glow of the streetlights. My daughter made snow angels in our backyard. We all built a snowman, whose body was repurposed for a snow fight with the neighbors. I towed my son around the yard on our little plastic sled. And both kids did their best to help their father shovel the front walk. This storm didn’t match the biggest snows of my youth, when my family slept in front of our fireplace and slid through quiet streets on cross-country skis. But if it turns out to be the last snow of my son’s childhood, there’s a chance he might remember it. “Why don’t we have snow, and sleds, and hills?” Jonas asks in The Giver. His mentor responds that society eliminated these things in a quest to free itself from inconvenience and unpredictability. As terrible as that decision seems, at least it was a choice. I hope I don’t have to tell my children and grandchildren that we simply gave up on snow as we let temperatures rise, rendering sleds obsolete without noticing what we’d end up missing.
financial support to Solace and the survivors they serve.” Solace Executive Director María José Rodríguez Cádiz said the fund is “a testament to the resilience and strength of a survivor whose journey from crisis to empowerment embodies the core of our mission.” Information about the fund is available at findsolace.org/advocacy-fund. The New Mexican
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Lobos ground Air Force on road McCaffrey’s 2nd UNM within game of first place in MWC after 85-66 win in Colorado By Will Webber
wwebber@sfnewmexican.com
One of the biggest gaps on the Lobos’ résumé is road wins. On Saturday afternoon, they started to fill that spot in. Behind freshman sensation J.T. Toppin’s 25-point, 13-rebound performance, the University of New Mexico men’s basketball team cruised to an 85-66 win against Air Force in Clune Arena.
The Lobos (16-3 overall, 4-2 Mountain West) got double-digit scoring from five players in nailing down their second road win of the season and first in conference play. The game was decided in the first half when a 13-0 run wiped out a modest Falcons lead and set the stage for a 44-24 lead at halftime, the Lobos’ largest lead at the midway point in a conference road game since 2018. “It’s hard to beat a team in our conference on the road by 19, especially this team because they play a low-possession game,” said UNM coach Richard Pitino. “J.T. was terrific; they
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UP NEXT Wednesday: New Mexico (16-3, 4-2 MWC) at San Jose State (8-10, 1-4), 9 p.m. Where: Provident Events Center, San Jose, Calif. TV: CBS Sports Network Radio: KKOB 770 AM Live stats: GoLobos.com/ mbbstats
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just didn’t have any answers for him.” Despite being a five-plus hour drive from home, hundreds of
Lobos fans made the trip. Of the 2,785 in attendance, several dozen dressed in red and lined the visitors section behind UNM’s bench while a number of others were scattered around the arena. “Our fans were amazing,” Pitino said. “It felt like a home court, so really appreciate those who made the drive up.” Toppin became the first UNM freshman in school history to post a 20-point, 10-rebound performance against a MWC opponent. He had 15 points at halftime and ended his Please see story on Page D-4
TD rallies 49ers By Josh Dubow
TODAY ON TV
The Associated Press
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Christian McCaffrey scored his second touchdown 49ers 24 on a 6-yard Packers 21 run with 1:07 to play, and the San Francisco 49ers mounted their first second-half comeback of the season to beat the Green Bay Packers 24-21 in a divisional-round playoff game Saturday night.
1 p.m. NBC — Tampa Bay at Detroit 4:30 p.m. CBS — Kansas City at Buffalo
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After spending all regular season as front-runners, the Niners (13-5) needed to come from behind for a change, and Please see story on Page D-5
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Mad scramble for district title
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Santa Fe Indian School forward Isidore Chinana, right, fends off Laguna Acoma’s Quintin Lucero for a rebound Jan. 11 in the Braves Invitational. The Braves are 12-3 and open District 2-3A play Wednesday at home against Robertson.
SFHS has deep roster of players who hustle SFIS is matchup nightmare for most of its opponents By Will Webber
wwebber@sfnewmexican.com
And now it gets real. Two months of practices, tournaments and nondistrict games have set the stage for what comes next. For most teams, the start of district play is dead ahead with the majority of teams opening play this week. For a handful of Northern districts, it’s easy to spot a favorite. Santa Fe High, Robertson, ATC; they’re ready to prove they’re as good as advertised while the majority of others — Capital, Santa Fe Prep, Pecos, Mesa Vista among them — are itching for the chance to prove they belong. A look at each district’s local teams: CLASS 5A
District 5-5A It’s the Demons’ to lose, simple as that. Despite the best player (Jalin Holland) being in Los Lunas and stiff competition in the form of Albuquerque High, Los Lunas and Capital lying in wait, Santa Fe High (13-3) enters Tuesday’s district opener against AHS as the clear favorite. Ranked as high as No. 4 last week, the Demons are deep and fast — and also have the schedule in their favor as their two toughest road games (Los Lunas and Capital) come in the first two weeks. Capital has a clear shot at returning to the postseason, although the Jaguars (10-5) will have to prove it against their 5A peers. All but one of their wins in nondistrict play came against 4A and 3A schools. This district will have at least two teams in the state tournament. If Capital makes it a third, it’ll need success among the heavyweights. Please see story on Page D-3
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Lady Horsemen guard Mia Duran, right, battles for a rebound against Hope Christian point guard Zoë Mangrum on Dec. 29 in the Lady Horsemen Christmas Tournament title game. St. Michael’s won 38-36. St. Michael’s has won 12 of its last 13 games, and has used a balanced attack.
Most teams are ready to establish themselves in second half of season By James Barron
jbarron@sfnewmexican.com
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ake all the old axioms about district play in Northern New Mexico for girls basketball and throw them away — well, most of them. Most of the districts involving Northern New Mexico teams have not established favorites, except for perhaps District 5-2A. That will make for more intrigue than in past years. If any district embodies that, it is 2-3A. For the past six seasons, the path to a district title — and the Class 3A title — went through either Las Vegas Robertson or Santa Fe Indian School. One of those programs have won the district title during that span, and have reached the state championship game in five of the last six years and played each other for the blue trophy in 2019 and 2022. However, this year will be a mad scramble among the four participating district teams as St. Michael’s and West Las Vegas have legitimate shots at claiming the district crown. But, we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Here are the district outlooks as the state begins that portion of the season in earnest this week: CLASS 5A
District 5-5A Even after a tough 60-56 double overtime loss to St. Michael’s on Wednesday, Santa Fe High head coach Nate Morris said he felt his team was more than ready to chal-
Mesa Vista’s Shanae Silva, right, battles Dulce’s Alaina Vigil on Jan. 6 in the Northern Rio Grande Tournament. Mesa Vista is a district favorite and has positioned itself as a top-two seed for the state tournament.
lenge for district supremacy. In fact, he already fashioned 5-5A as a threeteam race among his Demons, Los Lunas and Albuquerque High. “We’re not looking past the other teams in the district, but as long as we take care of the games other than those two opponents, we should be
Sports editor: Will Webber, wwebber@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Richard Olmsted, rolmsted@sfnewmexican.com
fine,” Morris said. “If we can split with Los Lunas and Albuquerque High, we’ll be in good shape.” Santa Fe High showed it can compete with Albuquerque High, having built a 33-28 lead through three quarters of the ninth-place game in the APS Metro Championships before
the Lady Bulldogs pulled out a 44-39 win. If anyone can play spoiler in the district, it is Capital. With a penchant for playing tough defense, the Jaguars already have a win over a district Please see story on Page D-3 SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM
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Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts. All times local. AUTO RACING 11 p.m. CNBC — AMA Supercross Series: Round 3, San Diego (Taped) COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 10 a.m. CBS — Michigan St. at Maryland 11 a.m. BTN — Rutgers at Illinois 11 a.m. ESPN2 — Memphis at Tulane 1 p.m. ESPN — Oregon at Utah 1 p.m. ESPN2 — Chattanooga at East Tennessee St. 3 p.m. ESPN2 — Indiana St. at Murray St. COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 10 a.m. ACCN — Duke at NC State 10 a.m. CBSSN — Creighton at Villanova 10 a.m. CW — Clemson at Virginia Tech 10 a.m. ESPNU — Saint Joseph’s at Rhode Island 10 a.m. FS1 — Providence at Butler 10 a.m. NBC — Iowa at Ohio St. 11 a.m. SECN — Mississippi at Georgia Noon ACCN — Louisville at North Carolina Noon CBSSN — Duquesne at Davidson Noon PEACOCK — Indiana at Purdue 1 p.m. PAC-12N — Southern Cal at Colorado 1 p.m. SECN — Vanderbilt at Tennessee 2 p.m. CBSSN — George Mason at UMass 3 p.m. ESPN — Arkansas at LSU 3 p.m. PAC-12N — Oregon St. at Stanford 3 p.m. SECN — South Carolina at Texas A&M 4 p.m. CBSSN — Toledo at Ball St. COLLEGE WRESTLING 1 p.m. BTN — Ohio St. at Wisconsin GOLF 9 a.m. ESPN2 — Latin America Amateur Championship: Final Round, Santa María Golf Club, Panama City 11 a.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament Of Champions, Final Round, Lake Nona Golf Course, Orlando, Fla. 2 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: The American Express, Final Round,
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HORSE RACING 11:30 a.m. FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races 12:30 p.m. FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races NBA G-LEAGUE BASKETBALL 11 a.m. NBATV — Sioux Falls at Maine NFL 1 p.m. NBC — NFC Divisional Playoff: Tampa Bay at Detroit 4:30 p.m. CBS — AFC Divisional Playoff: Kansas City at Buffalo NHL 11 a.m. NHLN — Ottawa at Philadelphia RODEO 6 p.m. CBSSN — PBR: Round 2 & Championship Round, Tulsa, Okla. SOCCER (MEN’S) 7 a.m. USA — Premier League: West Ham United at Sheffield United 9:20 a.m. FS2 — The French Cup: Strasbourg at Clermont Foot, Round of 32 9:30 a.m. USA — Premier League: Liverpool at AFC Bournemouth 12:45 p.m. FS2 — CONMEBOL U-23 Olympic Qualifier 2024 Group Stage: Peru vs. Chile, Group B, Valencia, Venezuela 3:55 p.m. FS1 — CONMEBOL U-23 Olympic Qualifier 2024 Group Stage: Argentina vs. Paraguay, Group B, Valencia, Venezuela 7 p.m. FS1 — Liga MX: Monterrey at Santos Laguna SPEED SKATING Noon CNBC — ISU Championships: Day 2, Salt Lake City (Taped) TENNIS 5 a.m. ESPN2 — ATP/WTA: The Australian Open, Round of 16, Melbourne, Australia (Taped) 5 p.m. ESPN — ATP/WTA: The Australian Open, Round of 16, Melbourne, Australia 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 — ATP/WTA: The Australian Open, Round of 16, Melbourne, Australia 1 a.m. Monday ESPN2 — ATP/ WTA: The Australian Open, Round of 16, Melbourne, Australia
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Animas 51, Reserve 38 Artesia 64, Hope Christian 36 Centennial 33, Carlsbad 29 Cleveland 49, Santa Fe 38 Cliff 44, Pine Hill 29 Clovis 53, Lovington 37 Cuba 69, Hozho 34 Fort Sumner/House 57, Logan 38 Gateway Christian 45, Hondo 30 Goddard 39, Silver 21 Los Alamos 60, Penasco 42 Los Lunas 50, Taos 18 Manzano 37, Shiprock 35 Maxwell 43, Carrizozo 35 McCurdy 35, East Mountain 14 Melrose 49, Ruidoso 47 Mesilla Valley Christian 44, Mescalero Apache 35 Navajo Prep 67, Zuni 31 Organ Mountain 71, Cibola 26 Piedra Vista 36, Aztec 23 Quemado 41, Hatch Valley 26 Rehoboth 58, Evangel Christian 10 Rio Rancho 60, Roswell 46 Sandia 65, Del Norte 12 Springer 64, Lordsburg 61 Tatum 44, Capitan 20 Texico 31, Academy for Technology and The Classics 7 Tohatchi 62, Thoreau 43 Tse Yi Gai 62, Navajo Pine 17 Valencia 54, Santa Teresa 17 Valley 56, Cottonwood Classical 14 Volcano Vista 59, Las Cruces 49 West Las Vegas 64, Hot Springs 23 Wingate 50, Newcomb 49
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Academy Of Trades And Tech 43, Texico 38 Albuquerque Academy 87, Gallup 34 Atrisco Heritage 87, Clovis 79 Bosque School 65, Menaul 50 Capital 66, Pojoaque 48 Carlsbad 52, Centennial 42 Cimarron 90, Elida 60 Clayton 65, Questa 31 Cleveland 92, Hobbs 78 Coronado 65, Shiprock Northwest 32 Estancia 56, Gateway Christian 50 Eunice 54, Loving 39 Hot Springs 47, Bloomfield 36 Kirtland Central 66, Thoreau 62 La Cueva 74, Del Norte 50 Laguna-Acoma 54, Crownpoint 47 Logan 70, Springer 48 Los Alamos 61, Miyamura 44 Maxwell 73, Carrizozo 37 McCurdy 65, East Mountain 24 Melrose 59, Ruidoso 42 Mesa Vista 74, Jemez Valley 33 Navajo Pine 50, Tse Yi Gai 38 Organ Mountain 81, Cibola 39 Pine Hill 56, Cliff 42 Robertson 77, Sandia Prep 47 Sandia 91, Rio Grande 55 Santa Fe Prep 67, Socorro 65 Shiprock 77, West Las Vegas 75 Volcano Vista 73, Las Cruces 27
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First downs 10 22 Total Net Yards 213 352 Rushes-yards 14-38 42-229 Passing 175 123 Punt Returns 1-67 1-11 Kickoff Returns 3-69 2-53 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 19-33-0 16-22-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 3-29 Punts 5-43.4 4-42.25 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 11-70 3-15 Time of Possession 22:25 37:35 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Houston, Singletary 9-22, Stroud 3-9, Ogunbowale 2-7. Baltimore, Jackson 11-100, Hill 13-66, Edwards 10-40, Cook 8-23. PASSING_Houston, Stroud 19-33-0-175. Baltimore, Jackson 16-22-0-152. RECEIVING_Houston, N.Collins 5-68, Singletary 5-48, Schultz 5-43, Hutchinson 2-(minus 3), Ogunbowale 1-13, Woods 1-6. Baltimore, Flowers 4-41, Bateman 3-39, Likely 2-34, Agholor 2-12, Hill 2-11, Beckham 1-12, Kolar 1-4, Edwards 1-(minus 1). MISSED FIELD GOALS_Houston, Fairbairn 47.
PLAYOFFS WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS JAN. 13
Houston 45, Cleveland 14 Kansas City 26, Miami 7
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Green Bay 48, Dallas 32 Detroit 24, L.A. Rams 23
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Baltimore 34, Houston 10 San Francisco 24, Green Bay 21
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Tampa Bay at Detroit, 1 p.m. (NBC/Peacock) Kansas City at Buffalo, 4:30 p.m. (CBS/Paramount)
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First downs 20 19 Total Net Yards 330 356 Rushes-yards 28-136 24-111 Passing 194 245 Punt Returns 2-16 0-0 Kickoff Returns 2-97 2-44 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-25 Comp-Att-Int 21-34-2 23-39-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-7 Punts 1-42.0 4-44.75 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 1-5 6-83 Time of Possession 30:19 29:41 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Green Bay, A.Jones 18-108, Em.Wilson 4-16, Reed 1-9, Love 5-3. San Francisco, McCaffrey 17-98, Purdy 6-14, Jennings 1-(minus 1). PASSING_Green Bay, Love 21-34-2-194. San Francisco, Purdy 23-39-0-252. RECEIVING_Green Bay, Doubs 4-83, Reed 4-35, Musgrave 3-14, Kraft 3-9, A.Jones 3-8, Melton 1-19, Watson 1-11, Em.Wilson 1-11, Sims 1-4. San Francisco, McCaffrey 7-30, Jennings 5-61, Kittle 4-81, Aiyuk 3-32, Samuel 2-24, Conley 1-17, McCloud 1-7. MISSED FIELD GOALS_Green Bay, Carlson 41. San Francisco, Moody 48.
Detroit or Tampa Bay at San Francisco, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)
SUPER BOWL FEB. 11
At Las Vegas, Nev. TBD, 4:30 p.m. (CBS)
COLLEGE BASKETBALL NEW MEXICO 85, AIR FORCE 66
FG FT REB NEW MEXICO MIN M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS
Toppin Joseph Dent House Mashburn Amzil Washington Baker Appelhans Mushila Webb Forsling
TOTALS
31 12-15 18 2-3 32 4-7 27 4-9 29 4-11 27 4-10 23 4-5 4 0-2 3 0-0 3 0-1 3 1-1 2 0-0
0-0 6-13 0 3 25 0-1 1-4 0 2 4 2-2 0-1 2 3 10 1-2 0-2 3 4 9 4-5 1-2 0 0 13 2-2 4-8 3 1 11 2-2 1-5 2 1 11 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0-1 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
200 35-64 11-14 13-36 11 17 85
Percentages: FG .547, FT .786. 3-Point Goals: 4-19, .211 (Amzil 1-2, Toppin 1-2, Washington 1-2, Mashburn 1-6, Mushila 0-1, Baker 0-2, House 0-4). Team Rebounds: 0. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 6 (Joseph 3, Dent 2, Toppin). Turnovers: 14 (Dent 4, Joseph 3, Mashburn 3, House 2, Amzil, Mushila). Steals: 11 (House 4, Washington 3, Amzil 2, Baker, Dent). Technical Fouls: None.
AIR FORCE MIN
Becker Petraitis Mills Taylor Boylan Beasley Gilles Kearney Ruggles
FG FT REB M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS
37 10-18 37 6-13 35 4-6 37 2-11 36 3-5 9 0-0 3 0-0 3 0-0 2 0-0
1-2 4-9 0-1 2-2 2-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2-3 2-4 2-9 1-4 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0
6 2 4 6 2 0 0 1 0
3 2 4 3 3 0 0 0 0
23 18 8 8 9 0 0 0 0
PREP ROUNDUP
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; 33 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 — 37-39-inch base; 100 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.
New Mexico ski area conditions as of Thursday: Angel Fire — 31-inch base; 71 of 81 trails, 85% 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; 53 of 53 trails, 100% open; 5 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.
SOURCES: ONTHESNOW.COM; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPORTS BETTING LINE SUNDAY
FAVORITE
OPEN
TODAY
6 2½
O/U
6½ 2½
UNDERDOG
(49½) (45½)
Tampa Bay Kansas City
NBA SUNDAY
FAVORITE
LINE
at LA CLIPPERS Denver Miami Boston at PHOENIX at LA LAKERS
O/U
11 13½ 1 10½ 5 10½
COLLEGE BASKETBALL SUNDAY
UNDERDOG
(226) (238) (215) (229) (248) (226)
FAVORITE
LINE
Michigan State at ILLINOIS Memphis at LE MOYNE at MERRIMACK at QUINNIPIAC at SAINT PETER’S Fairfield at SOUTH FLORIDA at SACRED HEART at MARIST at MOUNT ST. MARY’S Florida Atlantic Chattanooga at UTAH Indiana State Cent. Conn. St.
Brooklyn at WASHINGTON at ORLANDO at HOUSTON Indiana Portland
UNDERDOG
1½ 12½ 2½ 5½ 12½ 1½ 4½ 7½ 4½ 3½ 6½ 5½ 16½ 2½ 5½ 5½ 7½
at MARYLAND Rutgers at TULANE Saint Francis (PA) Stonehill Iona Canisius at MANHATTAN Wichita State Wagner Siena Niagara at UTSA at EAST TENNESSEE STATE Oregon at MURRAY STATE at LIU
NHL SUNDAY
FAVORITE
LINE
at PHILADELPHIA at CAROLINA Tampa Bay Dallas New York Toronto
Brown
TOTALS
1
0-0
UNDERDOG
-132 -196 -118 -122 -215 -132
0-0
0-0
0
Ottawa Minnesota at DETROIT at N.Y ISLANDERS at ANAHEIM at SEATTLE
0
200 25-53 9-19 8-25 21 15
0
66
Percentages: FG .472, FT .474. 3-Point Goals: 7-22, .318 (Petraitis 2-5, Becker 2-6, Taylor 2-9, Boylan 1-2). Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: 2. Blocked Shots: 2 (Boylan, Petraitis). Turnovers: 16 (Petraitis 4, Taylor 4, Mills 3, Becker 2, Beasley, Brown, Gilles). Steals: 9 (Mills 3, Boylan 2, Petraitis 2, Ruggles, Taylor). Technical Fouls: None.
NEW MEXICO AIR FORCE
A_2,785 (5,858).
44 24
41 42
— —
MEN’S SCORES EAST
Bryant 98, Albany (NY) 89 Colgate 75, Boston U. 59 Cornell 84, Brown 83 Creighton 97, Seton Hall 94, 3OT Delaware St. 67, Md.-Eastern Shore 63, OT Drexel 86, Delaware 67 Harvard 70, Penn 61 Holy Cross 86, Loyola (Md.) 78 Lafayette 75, Bucknell 72, OT Lehigh 70, American 68 Loyola Chicago 65, Fordham 61 Maine 70, NJIT 64 Marquette 73, St. John’s 72 Mass.-Lowell 80, Binghamton 60 Monmouth (NJ) 85, Hampton 77 Morgan St. 89, Coppin St. 86, OT Navy 57, Army 53 New Hampshire 64, UMBC 58 Norfolk St. 65, Howard 61 North Carolina 76, Boston College 66 Princeton 70, Columbia 62 Rice 69, Temple 66 Saint Joseph’s 71, Duquesne 69 Syracuse 72, Miami 69 Towson 77, Campbell 43 UConn 66, Villanova 65 UMass 81, George Washington 67 West Virginia 91, Kansas 85 Yale 76, Dartmouth 51
SOUTH
Appalachian St. 88, Coastal Carolina 59 Auburn 82, Mississippi 59 Austin Peay 94, Cent. Arkansas 71 Bethune-Cookman 80, MVSU 64 CGrambling St. 79, Southern U. 62 High Point 86, Charleston Southern 79 James Madison 67, Marshall 52 Kennesaw St. 83, Jacksonville 79 Kentucky 105, Georgia 96 Liberty 82, Sam Houston St. 66 Lipscomb 88, North Alabama 79 Longwood 80, Presbyterian 70 Louisiana Tech 74, Jacksonville St. 57 Louisiana-Lafayette 88, South Alabama 79 Louisiana-Monroe 80, Old Dominion 73 Mississippi St. 68, Vanderbilt 55 N. Kentucky 74, Green Bay 52 NC A&T 76, William & Mary 69 North Florida 91, Queens (NC) 75 Northeastern 84, Elon 72 Northwestern St. 92, New Orleans 67 Pittsburgh 80, Duke 76 Prairie View 71, Jackson St. 62 Radford 64, SC-Upstate 61 Richmond 69, Davidson 64, OT SC State 71, NC Central 68 Samford 87, Mercer 80 Southern Miss. 64, Troy 63 Tennessee 91, Alabama 71 Texas A&M 73, LSU 69 Texas A&M Commerce 68, SE Louisiana 52 Texas Southern 72, Alcorn St. 61 UAB 69, East Carolina 61 UNC-Greensboro 82, Wofford 59 UNC-Wilmington 78, Coll. of Charleston 69 VMI 70, The Citadel 63 Virginia 75, Georgia Tech 66 Virginia Tech 84, NC State 78 Wake Forest 90, Louisville 65
MIDWEST
Bowling Green 84, W. Michigan 79 Bradley 95, Belmont 72 Butler 74, DePaul 60 Cleveland St. 75, Fort Wayne 68 Dayton 96, Rhode Island 62 Drake 97, Evansville 48 E. Illinois 78, Lindenwood (Mo.) 68 Florida 79, Missouri 67 Illinois St. 69, Missouri St. 60 Kansas St. 70, Oklahoma St. 66 Miami (Ohio) 87, Ball St. 80, OT Morehead St. 81, S. Indiana 70 N. Dakota St. 72, Oral Roberts 67 N. Iowa 61, S. Illinois 57 Nebraska 75, Northwestern 69 North Dakota 92, Denver 78 Ohio 85, E. Michigan 67 Ohio St. 79, Penn St. 67 Oklahoma 69, Cincinnati 65 Purdue 84, Iowa 70 Robert Morris 80, IUPUI 63 S. Dakota St. 73, South Dakota 55 SE Missouri 52, SIU-Edwardsville 47 Tennessee St. 58, W. Illinois 57 UMKC 74, Omaha 72 Valparaiso 84, Ill.-Chicago 77 Wright St. 95, Milwaukee 81 Youngstown St. 105, Detroit 64
SOUTHWEST
Abilene Christian 78, Texas-Arlington 67 Ark.-Pine Bluff 99, Florida A&M 97 Arkansas St. 79, Texas St. 72 Houston 57, UCF 42
85 66
LINE
+110 +162 -102 +102 +176 +110
Houston Christian 78, Lamar 77 Iowa St. 73, TCU 72 McNeese St. 80, Incarnate Word 66 SMU 103, Tulsa 70 South Carolina 77, Arkansas 64 Texas 75, Baylor 73 Texas A&M-CC 69, Nicholls 59 Texas Tech 85, BYU 78 UTEP 93, W. Kentucky 87
FAR WEST
Arizona 77, UCLA 71 Arizona St. 82, Southern Cal 67 Boise St. 67, San Diego St. 66 CS Bakersfield 65, Cal Poly 53 Cal Baptist 83, S. Utah 76 Cal St.-Fullerton 73, UC Santa Barbara 69 California 81, Washington St. 75, OT Colorado 90, Oregon St. 57 E. Washington 79, Idaho St. 67 Gonzaga 105, San Diego 63 Loyola Marymount 68, Pepperdine 61 Montana 87, Montana St. 77 N. Arizona 70, Sacramento St. 61 N. Colorado 90, Portland St. 61 New Mexico 85, Air Force 66 New Mexico St. 73, Middle Tennessee 62 Saint Mary’s (Cal.) 77, San Francisco 60 Santa Clara 101, Portland 86 Seattle 86, Grand Canyon 79 Stanford 90, Washington 80 Tarleton St. 77, Texas Rio Grande Valley 73 UC Davis 54, UC Irvine 52 UC Riverside 82, CS Northridge 63 UC San Diego 67, Hawaii 61 Utah St. 83, Fresno St. 62 Utah Valley St. 84, Utah Tech 71 Weber St. 88, Idaho 65 Wyoming 98, Nevada 93
WOMEN’S SCORES EAST
Albany (NY) 64, Bryant 62 American 59, Lehigh 55 Army 66, Navy 51 Binghamton 70, Mass.-Lowell 65 Boston U. 73, Colgate 66 Brown 64, Cornell 53 Bucknell 65, Lafayette 58 Fairfield 60, Marist 46 Fort Wayne 64, Robert Morris 36 Georgetown 77, Xavier 49 Harvard 69, Penn 56 Holy Cross 71, Loyola (Md.) 51 Maine 81, NJIT 39 Manhattan 58, Canisius 55 Marshall 97, Coastal Carolina 85 Maryland 90, Illinois 82 UConn 88, DePaul 51 W. Michigan 66, Buffalo 63 Yale 48, Dartmouth 46
SOUTH
Alcorn St. 69, Texas Southern 51 Appalachian St. 82, Georgia Southern 74 Bethune-Cookman 76, MVSU 57 Chattanooga 52, ETSU 50 Coppin St. 67, Morgan St. 47 E. Kentucky 67, North Alabama 58 East Carolina 68, SMU 61 Florida Gulf Coast 93, Kennesaw St. 65 Georgia St. 73, South Alabama 47 Grambling St. 69, Southern U. 45 High Point 74, Charleston Southern 57 Howard 73, Norfolk St. 60 Jackson St. 91, Prairie View 54 James Madison 72, Old Dominion 64 Lipscomb 61, Austin Peay 51 Louisiana Tech 67, Jacksonville St. 53 Louisiana-Monroe 70, Southern Miss. 58 Memphis 76, FAU 56 Mercer 78, W. Carolina 44 VCU 66, La Salle 50 W. Kentucky 66, UTEP 65 Winthrop 61, Gardner-Webb 50 Wofford 69, Furman 51 Wright St. 90, N. Kentucky 83
MIDWEST
Cent. Arkansas 73, Bellarmine 59 Cleveland St. 90, IUPUI 58 Detroit 54, Milwaukee 52 E. Illinois 68, Lindenwood (Mo.) 60 Iowa St. 2, TCU 0 Kansas St. 69, Kansas 58 Kent St. 69, Akron 60 Miami (Ohio) 56, Bowling Green 47 Minnesota 69, Michigan St. 50 N. Illinois 70, Cent. Michigan 57 Oakland 83, Green Bay 81 Ohio 72, E. Michigan 62 S. Dakota St. 73, South Dakota 55 S. Indiana 70, Morehead St. 55 SE Missouri 86, SIU-Edwardsville 72 UMKC 88, Omaha 74 W. Illinois 79, Tennessee St. 71, OT West Virginia 72, Cincinnati 43
SOUTHWEST
Ark.-Pine Bluff 85, Florida A&M 62 Arkansas St. 57, Texas St. 53 Baylor 77, UCF 74 Incarnate Word 67, McNeese St. 55 Liberty 84, Sam Houston St. 77 Oklahoma 71, Houston 65 Oral Roberts 84, N. Dakota St. 75 Texas 76, Oklahoma St. 66 Texas A&M-CC 58, Nicholls 52 Texas Rio Grande Valley 61, Tarleton St. 57 Texas-Arlington 74, Abilene Christian 65 Tulsa 93, Wichita St. 70
FAR WEST
BYU 60, Texas Tech 46 Boise St. 76, Utah St. 41 Cal Baptist 93, S. Utah 67
What happened: The Jaguars had a familiar
CAPITAL
pattern against the Elks in both teams’ final nondistrict game Saturday in Ben Lujan Gymnasium: slow starts that led to fast finishes. Capital used a 25-point second quarter to turn a tight 11-7 lead after a quarter into a 37-16 lead at the half. Pojoaque rode Jordan Lopez’s hot hand in the third quarter as he scored 11 of his team’s 23 points to pull within 49-39 entering the fourth. The run POJOAQUE didn’t last as Capital held the Elks to just nine VALLEY points the rest of the way. Top players: Nathanial Ortiz and Elijah Rodriguez-Montaño each had 15 points to lead the Jaguars’ offensive attack, while Santiago Bencomo added 13 and Eli Dominuez scored 10. Lopez finished with 15 points for Pojoaque, but no other player reached double figures. What’s next: Capital (11-5) opens District 5-5A play Tuesday at Albuquerque Rio Grande. Pojoaque Valley (9-8) travels to Española Valley the same day.
66 48
What happened: The Blue Griffins showed
SANTA FE PREP
NFL at DETROIT at BUFFALO
Boys basketball
what they can do in spurts as they held the Warriors to just nine points in the final quarter to erase a 55-51 deficit. Their 2-3 zone was able to slow down Socorro’s Jake Robinson, who ended up with 27, over that last stretch, but Prep head coach Joe Vigil would prefer a more consistent intensity level on defense, though. Socorro led by as much as 12 points in the third quarter. “We SOCORRO played flat defense for three-quarters of the game,” Vigil said. “Then for about the last five minutes of the fourth quarter, we really picked up the defensive intensity like we needed to and we pulled out a win.” Top players: Mitch Grover led the Blue Griffins with 22 points, while Van Anderson added 16 and Morgan Field scored 14. What’s next: Prep (9-6) starts District 2-3A play Thursday at St. Michael’s.
67
65
What happened: The Cardinals continued to
ROBERTSON
roll, winning their 11th straight game in resounding fashion in Albuquerque. They only led 31-20 at the half but exploded for 46 points after the break. Freshman Nathan Gonzales made his presence felt in the third quarter, scoring 11 of Robertson’s 22 points in the quarter for a 53-32 lead. Top players: Gonzales led all Cardinals with 17 points, while Mateo Contreras added 14 and George Smith scored 12. Miles Manzanares led the Sundevils with 17 points. What’s next: Robertson (13-1) takes on Santa Fe Indian School in its District 2-3A opener Wednesday.
77 SANDIA PREP
47
The New Mexican
Cal Poly 80, CS Bakersfield 67 Cal St.-Fullerton 80, UC Santa Barbara 67 E. Washington 68, Idaho St. 46 Gonzaga 89, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 60 Grand Canyon 84, Seattle 73, 2OT Loyola Marymount 67, San Diego 60 Montana St. 64, Montana 55 N. Arizona 83, Sacramento St. 66 N. Colorado 71, Portland St. 54 Nevada 63, Fresno St. 62 New Mexico 69, UNLV 66 North Dakota 78, Denver 68 Pacific 72, Pepperdine 49 San Diego St. 63, San Jose St. 51 Santa Clara 72, San Francisco 59 UC Irvine 79, UC Davis 61 UC Riverside 57, CS Northridge 46 Utah Valley St. 55, Utah Tech 52 Weber St. 61, Idaho 56 Wyoming 67, Colorado St. 63
San Antonio 131, Washington 127 Cleveland 116, Atlanta 95 New York 126, Toronto 100 Chicago 125, Memphis 96 Oklahoma City 102, Minnesota 97 Phila. 97, Charlotte 89 Utah at Houston, late
SUNDAY’S GAMES
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.
NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC
TENNIS AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS SUNDAY
At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: AUD38,923,200 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (AP) _ Results Sunday from Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):
MEN’S SINGLES FOURTH ROUND
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Adrian Mannarino (20), France, 6-0, 6-0, 6-3. Taylor Fritz (12), United States, def. Stefanos Tsitsipas (7), Greece, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. Coco Gauff (4), United States, def. Magdalena Frech, Poland, 6-1, 6-2. Aryna Sabalenka (2), Belarus, def. Amanda Anisimova, United States, 6-3, 6-2. Marta Kostyuk, Ukraine, def. Maria Timofeeva, Russia, 6-2, 6-1.
MEN’S DOUBLES THIRD ROUND
Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni (6), Argentina, def. Jack Withrow and Nathaniel Lammons (12), United States, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (5). Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz (8), Germany, def. Mate Pavic, Croatia, and Marcelo Arevalo-Gonzalez (10), El Salvador, 6-3, 6-3. Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, Italy, def. Denys Molchanov, Ukraine, and Nikola Cacic, Serbia, 6-2, 6-2.
WOMEN’S DOUBLES SECOND ROUND
Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Erin Routliffe (4), New Zealand, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Veronika Kudermetova, Russia, walkover.
WOMEN’S DOUBLES THIRD ROUND
Storm Hunter, Australia, and Katerina Siniakova (3), Czech Republic, def. Ekaterina Alexandrova and Anna Kalinskaya, Russia, 6-2, 6-2.
MIXED DOUBLES SECOND ROUND
Joran Vliegen, Belgium, and Ena Shibahara, Japan, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Marcelo Arevalo-Gonzalez, El Salvador, 6-3, 7-6 (0).
NBA ATLANTIC
W
L
PCT
L
PCT
Boston Phila. New York Brooklyn Toronto
32 28 26 17 16
10 13 17 24 27
Miami Orlando Atlanta Charlotte Washington
24 22 18 9 7
18 20 24 31 34
Milwaukee Cleveland Indiana Chicago Detroit
29 25 24 21 4
13 15 18 23 38
SOUTHEAST
CENTRAL
W
W
L
WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST
W
PCT
12 13 14 21 29
L.A. Clippers Sacramento Phoenix L.A. Lakers Golden State
26 23 23 21 18
14 18 18 22 22
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Charlotte 124, San Antonio 120 Phila. 124, Orlando 109 Denver 102, Boston 100 Phoenix 123, New Orleans 109 Atlanta 109, Miami 108 Portland 118, Indiana 115 Brooklyn 130, L.A. Lakers 112 Dallas at Golden State, ppd
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Milwaukee 141, Detroit 135
— 3 5 9 25
L
30 28 29 22 12
W
.690 .625 .571 .477 .095
PCT
Minnesota Oklahoma City Denver Utah Portland
PACIFIC
— 2 6 14 16½
L
18 18 21 27 34
W
.571 .524 .429 .225 .171
PCT
25 24 19 15 8
NORTHWEST
— 3½ 6½ 14½ 16½
L
New Orleans Dallas Houston Memphis San Antonio
GB
.762 .683 .605 .415 .372
PCT
45 28 8 45 27 14 46 24 17 44 22 14 45 23 17 46 19 20 46 20 22 41 16 24
9 4 5 8 5 7 4 1
65 158 120 58 142 120 53 156 153 52 158 147 51 160 150 45 129 165 44 134 146 33 138 151
45 28 15 2 46 25 15 6 44 25 14 5 44 22 16 6 44 23 18 3 45 19 15 11 43 21 16 6 45 14 22 9
58 145 130 56 139 128 55 152 134 50 106 130 49 150 154 49 133 154 48 131 116 37 135 169
METROPOLITAN GP W L OT PTS GF GA
N.Y. Rangers Philadelphia Carolina Washington New Jersey N.Y. Islanders Pittsburgh Columbus
WESTERN CONFERENCE
WOMEN’S SINGLES FOURTH ROUND
EASTERN CONFERENCE
GP W L OT PTS GF GA
Boston Florida Tampa Bay Toronto Detroit Montreal Buffalo Ottawa
GB
GB
GB
.581 .571 .475 .357 .190
— ½ 4½ 9½ 16½
.714 .683 .674 .512 .293
— 1½ 1½ 8½ 17½
.650 .561 .561 .488 .450
— 3½ 3½ 6½ 8
GB
GB
CENTRAL
GP W
PACIFIC
GP W
Winnipeg Colorado Dallas Nashville Arizona St. Louis Minnesota Chicago
44 47 45 46 44 44 45 46
30 30 27 25 22 22 19 14
L OT PTS
10 14 13 20 19 20 21 30
4 3 5 1 3 2 5 2
64 63 59 51 47 46 43 30
L OT PTS
GF GA
145 179 167 143 132 125 135 103
100 150 137 142 130 140 155 165
GF GA
Vancouver 46 31 11 4 66 176 119 Vegas 46 27 14 5 59 148 123 Edmonton 42 26 15 1 53 149 122 Los Angeles 43 22 13 8 52 138 112 Seattle 45 19 17 9 47 126 134 Calgary 46 21 20 5 47 143 146 Anaheim 45 15 29 1 31 114 155 San Jose 46 11 31 4 26 94 186 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.
FRIDAY’S GAMES
New Jersey 4, Columbus 1 Carolina 4, Detroit 2 Minnesota 6, Florida 4 Chicago 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Tampa Bay 3, Buffalo 1 Colorado 7, Philadelphia 4 Winnipeg 2, Ottawa 1, OT Arizona 3, Nashville 2 Vancouver 6, Toronto 4 Boston 9, Montreal 4 Dallas 6, New Jersey 2 St. Louis 3, Washington 0 Edmonton 3, Calgary 1 Vegas 3, Pittsburgh 2 San Jose 5, Anaheim 3 Los Angeles 2, N.Y. Rangers 1
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 BASKETBALL National Basketball Association PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS — Signed G Taze Moore to a 10-day contract. WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed C Trey Jemison to a 10-day contract. Women’s National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES SPARKS — Extended a core qualifying offer to G Jordin Canada. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Released P Matt Haack from the practice squad. Promoted LB A.J. Klein and WR Andy Isabella to the active roster from the practice squad. Signed DT Eli Ankou to the practice squad. DETROIT LIONS — Re-signed LB Julian Okwara to the practice squad. Promoted DL Tyson Alualu and FB Jason Cabinda to the active roster from the practice squad. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Promoted OLB Keshawn Banks to the active roster from the practice squad. Signed P Pat O’Donnell to the practice squad. Released OL Michael Jordan from the practice squad. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Promoted DLs Mike Pennel and Matt Dickerson to the active roster from the practice squad. LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Named Antonio Pierce as head coach. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Placed DL Clelin Ferrell on injured reserve. Activated S George Odum from injured reserve. Promoted DLs T.Y. McGill and Alex Barrett to the active roster from the practice squad. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Promoted OL Silas Dzansi and RB Patrick Laird to the active roster from the practice squad.
SPORTS
Sunday, January 21, 2024
PREP SP OR T S
Capital announces hiring 2 coaches Montaño to lead track and field while Lovato will helm volleyball By James Barron
jbarron@sfnewmexican.com
Capital continued to pare down its list of head coach openings this weekend. Santa Fe Public Schools announced Friday the hiring of Lawrence Lovato as head volleyball coach, while Mario Montaño will take over the track and field program this spring. Lovato, who was an assistant under former head coach Max Vargas for the past four seasons, replaced Vargas, who resigned after 10 years. Capital was 78-114 under Vargas and made the Class 5A State Tournament in 2017. The program has been known for undersized teams that play tenacious defense, but it has struggled since the state went back to five classes, having not won more than four district games since 2018.
NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO
Mario Montaño, left, was offensive coordinator for Capital’s football team in 2022. He was hired Friday to coach the Jaguars’ track and field team.
Santa Fe Superintendent Hilario “Larry” Chavez said in a news release Lovato’s knowledge and dedication to the volleyball program were key in his hire. “His commitment to fostering teamwork, skill development and sportsmanship aligns perfectly
with SFPS’ values,” Chavez said. “The mentorship and knowledge instilled under Coach Max Vargas the past four seasons will be an invaluable resource to build upon for future seasons.” Montaño takes over for Rita Vigil, who oversaw the program
for 10 years. He also was an assistant football coach for the past two seasons. Capital’s program has struggled with declining roster size over the last several years. “I am thrilled and thankful for the chance to serve as the head track coach at Capital High School,” Montaño said. “I am prepared to embrace the challenge of fostering the growth and inspiration of our youth to become their best selves each day.” The hires come in the wake of last week’s announcement of John Michael Salazar as head football coach after he spent the past three seasons as the associate head coach and offensive coordinator. Capital is still looking for a boys head soccer coach after Lauro Lopez left the program after two seasons. The Jaguars enjoyed their most successful season in seven years with a 14-5-1 record and a 6-4 mark in District 5-5A, which was good for third place.
SFHS has deep roster of players who hustle CLASS 4A
2-4A
CLASS 3A
2-3A The road to the state finals goes through this gauntlet of 3A powerhouses. Half of the teams in last week’s top-10 poll calls this district home, including three of the top four. Until last week, it looked as if intracity rivals Robertson (13-1) and West Las Vegas were steamrolling toward an epic collision course in March, but the Dons (11-4) were swept aside in this weekend’s tournament at Hope Christian while the Cardinals just kept rolling along with a 30-point win at Sandia Prep. Santa Fe Indian School (12-3) is a matchup nightmare for most
Mad scramble for district title Continued from Page D-1
contender in Los Alamos and can catch a team who is overlooking them off guard. CLASS 4A
District 2-4A Coming into the season, Los Alamos looked like the clear front-runner to repeat as district champion, but a coaching change in the first week of December caused some turmoil. The loss to Capital on Jan. 9 was concerning, but Los Alamos followed that with wins over West Las Vegas and SFIS. The Hilltoppers still have arguably the best player in the district with wing GG Romero. That opens the door for Española Valley and Pojoaque Valley to steal the district crown. The Lady Sundevils, coached by former Los Alamos head coach Ray Romero, went through
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SIDELINES Amateur Nick Dunlap shoots 60, takes 3-shot lead at La Quinta LA QUINTA, Calif. — Nick Dunlap’s girlfriend flew cross-country Saturday to spend the weekend with him in Palm Springs, so the two college students planned to go get a steak dinner before Dunlap wraps up his day with a little laundry and some homework. And then Sunday, Dunlap will attempt to become the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour in 33 years. The University of Alabama sophomore fired a 12-under 60 to take a three-shot lead over Sam Burns at The American Express on Saturday, matching the lowest round by an amateur in PGA Tour history. Justin Thomas shot 61 and was four shots back of the 20-year-old Dunlap, who tore up La Quinta Country Club and moved to 27-under 189 on the Coachella Valley tournament’s three generous courses.
Rio Olympic gold medalist Horton of Australia ends swimming career SYDNEY — Australian gold medalist Mack Horton, who had an intense rivalry with China’s Sun Yang, announced his retirement Sunday from international swimming. The 27-year-old won gold in the 400-meter freestyle at the Rio Olympics in 2016, but six months out from the Paris Games, Horton says he no longer has the necessary motivation to continue. “I dearly wanted to swim in Paris but the hunger wasn’t there,” Horton said in a Swimming Australia statement released on Sunday. “I always want to give my all and I am not someone who just wants to make up the numbers, so this is the right time to step away. “I am so grateful for my time in swimming and in regard to legacy, I hope my teammates and the sport think that I was able to help them and the sport in some way.” Horton, perhaps, is better known for his advocacy of clean sport and particularly his strong views on rival Sun Yang who he branded a “drug cheat” at the Rio Games.
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Someone’s about to get real fat in this district, so who’s it going to be? Entering this week’s openers, only Pojoaque Valley is above .500 — and that’s with a three-game winning streak to get to 9-7. Give credit to first-year coach Ryan Cordova for righting the ship with one of the younger teams in 4A. Only two seniors dot a roster whose two leading scorers are both sophomores. The chaotic situation at Los Alamos (5-9) figures to make the Hilltoppers a long shot. There’s stability at Española Valley (6-12) and Taos (6-11), although the Sundevils have endured a messy eight-game losing streak while Taos is in need of a third scoring option behind Noah Washington and Yovani Varela.
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Santa Fe Indian School coach Jason Abeyta substitutes a player against Laguna Acoma on Jan. 11 in the Braves Invitational. Santa Fe Indian School (12-3) is a matchup nightmare for most teams.
teams. The Braves’ home opener against Robertson on Wednesday is the first of many, many huge games over the course of the next month-plus for this district. And oh, by the way, there’s still the lingering presence of the defending state champion, St. Michael’s (8-8). The Horsemen have had a hard time finding a go-to guy to get the must-have points, but the talent is certainly there for a young roster with just two seniors. The dark horse is easily the most overlooked team in the district, Santa Fe Prep (9-6). The Blue Griffins can send an early message with a road opener at St. Michael’s. CLASS 2A
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journey is running roughshod through a district it should dominate. Last year’s state runner-up has two of the best players in the state in seniors Rocky Miller and JuJu Bernardino, a pair that has helped take the Phoenix from a virtual unknown last year to the top team in 2A.
District 5-2A If you’re sleeping on Mesa Vista, beware. The Trojans (11-4) are the real deal, as evidenced by their recent run to the SFIS tournament title. Mora and Escalante are improved, and McCurdy’s roster is good enough to stay in contention, but this is Mesa Vista’s playground. Coach Thomas Vigil has built a legitimate state title contender, one every bit as dangerous as ATC, Tularosa and Santa Rosa.
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a four-game losing streak in mid-December but have won five of their last seven games heading into district play. As for Pojoaque, which is coached by the legendary Cindy Roybal, also finished nondistrict play strong, winning three of its last four before taking on Española on Thursday.
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District 2-3A This district race could mimic the 2019-20 season, which saw a three-way tie for first when the dust settled. St. Michael’s has won 12 of its last 13 games and has used a balanced attack that it hasn’t had in a while. Robertson lost three-time All-State guard Alexis Pacheco to rival West Las Vegas but rebounded from a 5-5 start to win five of its last six. The Cardinals also found a suitable replacement for Pacheco in eighth grader Arianna Martinez, the team’s leading scorer. SFIS looked sloppy in losses to Mesa Vista and Los Alamos as the transition to Kadijha Jackson has had some bumps in the road. Meanwhile, the Lady Dons have come back to Earth, losing seven of their last 11 games. They started 5-0.
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District 2-2A Academy for Technology and the Classics is going through its own growing pains under new head coach Ben Martinez with a 4-9 start. The Phoenix have a pair of talented players in seniors Naz Romero and Perla Miramontes to help make a run. Monte del Sol and Tierra Encantada will have to make a miraculous turnaround, as neither team has a win yet.
District 5-2A This is the one district in which preseason expectations have rang true. All signs point to a Mesa Vista-Peñasco showdown. The teams played each other in the Northern Rio Grande Tournament semifinals, won by the Lady Trojans, 76-70. Mesa Vista not only is the district favorite but has positioned itself for a top-two seed for the state tournament. The Panthers are a strong contender to make some noise in March, even with an 8-7 record, as the inside-outside combo of Analise MacAuley and Rochelle Lopez is one of the state’s best. Questa, at 10-4, finished fifth at the Northern Rio Grande Tournament and has only three
Pecos home early? The Panthers (11-7) have taken their lumps against bigger schools, casting some doubt over their ability to do what so many Panthers teams have done over the last decade: Reach the state finals. Pecos has played in the 2A championship game six of the last seven years, but it has already lost as many games this season as they have in any year since 2015. CLASS 1A
District 7-1A Quick; who’s the only undefeated team left in boys basketball? Nope, not Volcano Vista or Albuquerque Academy. Try New Mexico School for the Deaf. The Roadrunners (7-0) have navigated a schedule that gave the team a three-week break for the holidays. They opened the district slate with a win over Coronado, likely the only team capable of pushing them before the finish line.
wins over teams with winning records. Escalante, Mora and McCurdy will likely need to win the district tournament to get into the postseason.
District 6-2A Perhaps the most dangerous team in 2A might be Pecos, winners of five of its last six after a 4-5 start. Among those wins was an impressive 50-45 victory against Mesa Vista last week that seems to indicate the young Panthers are rapidly improving. They still have one more week of nondistrict action, but Pecos will be a team to watch in February. CLASS 1A
District 7-1A New Mexico School for the Deaf got off to a 4-0 start but a disquieting 61-7 loss to Coronado on Jan. 10 to open district play came after a three-week break and no practice. The Roadrunners have had two weeks in the gym since then, and Thursday’s game against Jemez Valley should be a better indicator of their prospects. As for the Leopards, they have mostly struggled aside from wins over NMSD, Monte del Sol and Tierra Encantada.
Patrick Roy is the new coach of the New York Islanders, hired Saturday in a stunning midseason change behind the bench that came with the firing of Lane Lambert. President of hockey operations and general manager Lou Lamoriello announced the move to dismiss Lambert and bring in Roy, who hasn’t coached in the NHL in nearly a decade. Roy has been mentioned in consideration for several vacancies since and now gets a second chance. “Watching our team play, I felt that the inconsistency that has been going on for some period of time was not going to end,” Lamoriello said on a video call with reporters. “When I had the opportunity to meet with Patrick recently, I felt that this was the best for our organization to go forward.” The Islanders have lost four games in a row and six of seven to fall out of a playoff spot. Lamoriello, 81, said he made the move because he still believes his team can contend and earn a spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Lambert was midway through his second season on the job. Roy coached the Colorado Avalanche for three seasons from 2013-16 before abruptly resigning a month before training camp. Roy, 58, said that in his time away from the NHL, he has learned a lot about the value of coaching staffs working to help players improve.
San Jose State is close to hiring ex-Navy football coach Niumatalolo San Jose State is working to finalize a deal with former Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo to replace Brent Brennan as the Spartans head coach, two people with direct knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Saturday. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because details were still being worked out and university approval was needed. ESPN first reported Niumatalolo was being targeted by San Jose State as its next head coach. Niumatalolo is the winningest coach in Navy history, going 109-83 in 15 seasons before being fired after the 2022 game against Army. During his time with the Midshipmen, Navy ran the triple-option offense. Niumatalolo has said if he got another chance to be a head coach, he would likely move away from the run-heavy scheme. Niumatalolo spent last season at UCLA in an off-field-role for Bruins coach Chip Kelly but was elevated to tight ends coach after the season. San Jose State is looking for a replacement for Brennan, who took the Arizona job after seven seasons with the Spartans. Brennan’s teams reached bowl games in three of the last four seasons and finished 7-6 in 2023.
McIlroy roars into contention in Dubai with 63 to sit two shots off lead DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Rory McIlroy surged into contention at the Dubai Desert Classic by finishing off a 9-under 63 with an eagle on the final hole that left him two shots behind leader Cameron Young on Saturday. The No. 2-ranked McIlroy, the defending champion, started the day 10 strokes behind Young. But he made four straight birdies from the seventh hole and then rolled in a 45-foot eagle putt from off the green at 18 to cap a flawless round at Emirates Golf Club. That putt kept him in striking distance of a record fourth title at the tournament, although the Northern Irishman said he was tempted to chip the ball after seeing how much fringe he had to get through. “I was like, I’ll just sort of ride my luck with the putter, and it came out perfectly,” McIlroy said. “Obviously a huge bonus for something like that to go in. But you know, for the rest of the day, I played some very, very good golf. Definitely better than I played the last couple of days and nice to get myself right back in the tournament.”
AC Milan goalkeeper Maignan walks off field after racist abuse from fans UDINE, Italy — AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan walked off the field after being subjected to racist abuse by Udinese fans during a top-tier Italian league game Saturday — prompting the match to be suspended briefly during the first half. Shortly after Milan had scored to take a 1-0 lead and Milan was about to take a goal kick, Maignan signaled to his teammates to stop, walked to the referee and then to the sideline. “They made monkey noises and it’s not the first time it’s happened to me,” the 28-year-old Maignan told DAZN. Teammates attempted to console Maignan on the sideline, but then the France international took his gloves off and walked down the tunnel leading off the field. Maignan, who is Black, had also told the referee about monkey chants earlier during the match, prompting an announcement in the stadium asking fans to stop. The Associated Press
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Swiatek’s loss is latest Australian Open upset By Howard Fendrich
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ga Swiatek’s No. 1 ranking, four Grand Slam titles and 18-match winning streak were no help against big-hitting teen Linda Noskova at the Australian Open. After crouching at the baseline and covering her face when she closed out the 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 third-round victory over Swiatek on Saturday, the 50th-ranked Noskova said: “I didn’t really think that it would end up like this.” Who possibly could have? Noskova, after all, is making her debut at the year’s first Grand Slam tournament and had only two match wins at all majors until a week ago. Plus, it had been a quarter of a century since any teenager eliminated the WTA’s No. 1 player at Melbourne Park (Amelie Mauresmo defeated Lindsay Davenport in 1999). Then again, pedigree and past performance seem to mean little to nothing so far this year, setting up a Week 2 that features a bunch of new players and storylines. “For sure,” Swiatek said, “I wish I could have played a little bit better.” That’s been a familiar refrain. Even before Swiatek’s exit, only 12 seeded women reached the third round, equaling last year’s French Open for the fewest at a Slam since the 32-seed format was introduced in 2001. “We have, like, a deep pool of players who can beat anybody on the given day. I think that’s what makes them more dangerous,” said Victoria Azarenka,
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Iga Swiatek of Poland serves to Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic on Saturday at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia. No. 1 player Swiatek lost the third-round match in three sets.
a two-time champion in Melbourne. “The consistency sometimes can be on and off. You don’t know which player you’re going to get on which day.” The first three rounds were calmer for the men; Novak Djokovic led nine of the top 10 seeds safely through. (No. 8 Holger Rune lost to Arthur Cazaux, a 21-year-old from France who is the first non-Australian men’s wild-card entry in 30 years to get
to the fourth round.) Of the eight women left in the top half of the bracket, only Azarenka has been to a major final, and no one is in the Top 10. No. 12 Zheng Qinwen, a 21-year-old from China, is the highest seed there. Aside from that pair, along with Noskova and three-time major semifinalist Elina Svitolina, others who can make the final are Jasmine Paolini, Dayana
Yastremska, Anna Kalinskaya and Oceane Dodin — a quartet who were 23-63 in Grand Slam action before this fortnight. So what does it all mean? It’s hard to make sweeping conclusions based on early-for-them departures by Swiatek, No. 3 Elena Rybakina, No. 5 Jessica Pegula, No. 6 Ons Jabeur and No. 7 Marketa Vondrousova. But it does offer a contrast to the sort of day-in, day-out
excellence displayed by Serena Williams, for one, as she compiled 23 Slam singles titles and, even as the end of her career approached, run after run to the finals at the sport’s biggest tournaments. And, in this post-Serena world, it offers fans a chance to learn unfamiliar names and appreciate unfamiliar games. They won’t all be future stars — and, likely, none will be — but it’s worth
watching to find out. Noskova is part of the seemingly never-ending reservoir of talent from the Czech Republic. Folks who follow tennis closely know she was the 2021 French Open junior champion. They might also remember she was half of the doubles team that beat Williams and her sister, Venus, in doubles at the 2022 U.S. Open, Serena’s last event. But this? Swiatek was listed by FanDuel Sportsbook as a minus1,700 favorite, then took the first set, but then couldn’t handle Noskova’s confidence and booming strokes down the stretch. Noskova is in a wave of notyet-20-somethings making noise in Melbourne. Three 16-yearolds won first-round matches — the most at the Australian Open since 2005 — and one, Mirra Andreeva, was scheduled to play in the fourth round Sunday on the bottom half of the bracket. That’s the portion that includes Coco Gauff, the 19-yearold American who won the U.S. Open in September, and No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, the defending champ in Melbourne. They both reached the fourth round without dropping a set, so not every result has been a stunner. Still, as Sabalenka cautioned: “Anything can happen.” Which is not necessarily a bad thing for those watching.
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Lobos top No. 25 UNLV in Vegas Cumber hits late 3 as UNM secures 69-66 win The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Viane Cumber scored 22 points and hit her sixth 3-pointer of the game with 4 seconds left to lift New Mexico to a 69-66 victory over No. 25 UNLV on Saturday, bringing a dramatic end to the Lady Rebels’ 29-game Mountain West Conference winning streak. UNLV took a 65-64 lead when Desi-Rae Young hit short jumper with 2:11 remaining in the fourth
quarter. After a UNLV timeout, Cumber hit a layup to put the Lobos up by one. The Lady Rebels missed a number of chances to regain the lead. There were a couple of missed 3-pointers, an 0-for-2 trip to the line by Young and an extended possession with three missed shots. Young finally tied it by making one of two free throws with 24 seconds left. New Mexico then called timeout and with four seconds left, Cumber sank what would be the winning 3-pointer. UNLV had a
good look at a tying 3-pointer but it was off the mark. Cumber made 8 of 14 shots, which included 6 of 11 3-pointers, and added seven rebounds for New Mexico (13-6, 4-2). Aniyah Augmon had 15 points, six rebounds, seven assists and four steals. Nyah Wilson added 10 points. Young, who averages 19.4 points and 8.9 rebounds, had 24 points, 17 rebounds and four assists. A 77% free-throw shooter this season, she went 2 for 6 from the line.
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day by making 12 of his 15 shot attempts. “I think our guys understood through the flow of the game, like, throw the ball down to him,” Pitino said. “You know, make them stop him. We felt like we had an advantage on the interior.” The coach lauded the play of forward Mustapha Amzil, a 6-9 transfer who scored 11 points with eight rebounds and three assists to give him double-figure scoring in six of his last eight games after struggling to get his shot to fall for most of the nonconference schedule. “He’s playing great in conference; it was hard at the beginning, obviously,” Pitino said. “There’s a little bit of pressure on these transfers to be great right away.” UNM’s defense was again the catalyst, converting 18 Falcons turnovers into 26 points. Guards Jalen House and Tru Washington combined for seven steals while center Nelly Junior Joseph and
guard Donovan Dent combined for five blocked shots. Air Force’s Ethan Taylor was held to eight points, nine below his season average. He didn’t hit his first shot until deep into the second half when the game was well out of reach. On the flip side, the Lobos shot just 21% from 3-point range as guard Jamal Mashburn Jr. missed five of his six shots from the outside. It was his third straight game going 1-for-6 from distance. He’s just 3-for-20 from 3-point range in his last five games and 7-for-33 since returning from a thumb injury in late December. “Mash was under the weather,” Pitino said. “I liked his looks. He battled his butt off.” The Lobos have won three straight to climb within a game of first place in the Mountain West behind Utah State (17-2, 5-1) and a half game back of Boise State (13-5, 4-1). They will remain on the road for their next contest Tuesday night at San Jose State (8-10, 1-4) before returning to The Pit next weekend for a two
game homestead against Nevada and Boise State. NOTES Whistles: House again battled
foul trouble, finishing with four. His aggressive defensive style has seen him pick up at least four fouls in seven of the 14 games he’s played in. He’s had at least three in five others. Toppin: The 6-9 freshman now has six double-doubles, including two the last three games. His 12 made shots in Saturday’s game is a new career high. Rim protector: Joseph’s three blocked shots in Saturday’s’ game give him 13 over his last three outings. He’d had just 12 rejections in the 13 games before that. Upward trend: The Lobos are halfway to last season’s MWC win total when they finished 8-10 and in sixth place. They have not had a winning record in conference play since the 2017-18 season when they finished third at 12-6. Rankings: UNM rose four spots to No. 27 in the KenPom Ratings after Saturday’s game. They entered the day No. 27 in the NCAA’s NET Rankings, which are updated every morning.
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Purdue center Zach Edey shoots over Iowa forward Ben Krikke on Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa. Purdue won 84-70.
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Texas beats No. 9 Baylor on buzzer-beating layup The Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas — Tyrese Hunter’s driving layup at the buzzer sent Texas to a 75-73 win over No. 9 Baylor on Saturday, handing the Bears their second straight loss in the Big 12. Hunter’s frantic basket came after Baylor’s Jalen Bridges tied it on a long 3-pointer with 5 seconds left, the Bears’ first basket in nearly nine minutes. NO. 1 UCONN 66, VILLANOVA 65 PHILADELPHIA — Alex Karaban hit the decisive 3-pointer for UConn with 2:43 left in the game, Tristen Newton scored 25 points and the Huskies held off persistent Villanova.
NO. 2 PURDUE 84, IOWA 70 IOWA CITY, Iowa — Zach Edey had 30 points and 18 rebounds to lead Purdue past Iowa. Lance Jones scored 17 points and Fletcher Loyer added 12.
WEST VIRGINIA 91, NO. 3 KANSAS 85 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — RaeQuan Battle scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Pat Suemnick added a career-high 20 points and West Virginia beat Kansas.
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Boise St. beats San Diego St. 67-66 The Associated Press
while going 5 of 15 from the floor.
BOISE, Idaho — O’Mar Stanley’s 17 points helped Boise State defeat San Diego State 67-66 on Saturday. Boise State led for the final 71/2 minutes, and it was a late 3-pointer that got San Diego State within one point as time ran out. Stanley added seven rebounds for the Broncos (13-5, 4-1 Mountain West Conference). Roddie Anderson III scored 14 points
NO. 16 UTAH STATE 83, FRESNO STATE 62 In Logan, Utah, Great Osobor tallied 20 points and 12 rebounds to lead no. 16 Utah State to a 83-62 victory over Fresno State on Saturday. Ian Martinez chipped in 14 points to help the Aggies (17-2, 5-1 Mountain West) bounce back from a 99-86 loss at New Mexico on Tuesday. Josh Uduje added 12 points and Darius Brown II tallied 11. Utah State shot 55% from the
NO. 4 N.C. 76, BOSTON COLLEGE 66
field and outrebounded Fresno State 40-25.
BOSTON — RJ Davis scored 16 points and Harrison Ingram scored 11 with 13 rebounds to lead North Carolina to its eighth straight win and a victory over Boston College. Armando Bacot added 10 points and nine rebounds for the Tar Heels (15-3, 7-0 ACC).
WYOMING 98, NEVADA 93
NO. 5 HOUSTON 57, UCF 42
In Laramie, Wyo., Sam Griffin’s 26 points helped Wyoming defeat Nevada 98-93 on Saturday night. Griffin added six rebounds and seven assists for the Cowboys (108, 3-2 Mountain West Conference). Akuel Kot scored 20 points, shooting 7 for 11, including 5 for 8 from beyond the arc. Brendan Wenzel shot 5 for 8 (3 for 5 from 3-point range) and 6 of 7 from the freethrow line to finish with 19 points.
HOUSTON — L.J. Cryer scored 16 points, Jamal Shead added 10 points, seven rebounds and five assists and Houston used a staunch defensive effort to beat Central Florida.
NO. 6 TENNESSEE 91, ALABAMA 71 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Dalton Knecht scored 25 points to help Tennessee beat Alabama and hand the Crimson Tide its first SEC loss this season.
PITTSBURGH 80, NO. 7 DUKE 76 DURHAM, N.C. — Blake Hinson scored 24 points on a perfect 7-of-7 shooting from 3-point range as
Pittsburgh beat Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium for the first time since 1979.
NO. 8 KENTUCKY 105, GEORGIA 96 LEXINGTON, Ky. — Tre Mitchell scored 23 points, Antonio Reeves added 21 points and Kentucky shot 62% to beat Georgia.
NO. 12 ARIZONA 77, UCLA 71 TUCSON, Ariz. — Oumar Ballo had 17 points and 13 rebounds, Pelle Larsson scored 22 points and Arizona rallied from a 19-point deficit to beat UCLA in the rivals’ final Pac-12 game at McKale Center.
NO. 13 AUBURN 82, MISSISSIPPI 59 AUBURN, Ala. — Johni Broome and Jaylin Williams each scored 13 points and Auburn won its 11th straight game with a rout of Mississippi.
NO. 15 OKLAHOMA 69, CINCINNATI 65 CINCINNATI — Javian McCollum scored 16 points and Otega Oweh added 14 to help Oklahoma beat Cincinnati.
NO. 17 MARQUETTE 73, ST. JOHN’S 72 NEW YORK — Oso Ighodaro scored 17 points, Tyler Kolek had 15 points and 11 assists, and Marquette held off a furious St. John’s rally at Madison Square Garden.
NO. 18 CREIGHTON 97, SETON HALL 94, 3OT NEWARK, N.J. — Ryan Kalkbrenner had 28 points, nine rebounds and seven blocks to lead Creighton past Seton Hall in triple overtime.
NO. 24 IOWA STATE 73, NO. 19 TCU 72 FORT WORTH, Texas — Keshon Gilbert scored 20 points, Curtis Jones had 17 points along with seven of Iowa State’s 18 steals and the Cyclones held on for a win over TCU.
NO. 25 TEXAS TECH 85, NO. 20 BYU 78 LUBBOCK, Texas — Pop Isaacs scored 23 of his career-high 32 points in the second half and Texas Tech overcame a 16-point halftime deficit to beat BYU.
NO. 21 DAYTON 96, RHODE ISLAND 62 DAYTON, Ohio — Javon Bennett had 22 points and Dayton won its 12th straight game, blowing past Rhode Island.
NFL
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Lamar outruns Texans
By Ben Blatt
Baltimore reaches AFC title game after dominant second half
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By Noah Trister
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Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson scores a touchdown against the Texans on Saturday during an AFC divisional playoff game in Baltimore. The Ravens won 34-10 to advance to the AFC Championship next weekend.
Ravens will play in that semifinal round for the fifth time since their arrival in Baltimore. They’ll take on the winner of Sunday’s matchup between Buffalo and Kansas City. “It’s just, you know, the first playoff [game] we got past, finally in the AFC Championship,” Jackson said. “So, still got more work to do.” Ravens fans have been haunted by what happened in the playoffs four years ago, when Baltimore went 14-2 in the regular season but dropped its postseason opener to Tennessee. Houston did enough to create some anxiety, especially when Steven Sims returned a punt for a touchdown and Jackson struggled with the blitzing Texans defense. But on the first possession of the second half, Jackson guided Baltimore 55 yards in six plays and scored on a run
up the middle. Then, a 15-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Likely early in the fourth made it 24-10. Jackson’s final touchdown came on an 8-yard run with 6:20 to play, and the fired-up quarterback kept running right into the tunnel in that corner of the field. Sims’ return was the only TD for the Texans, whose offense never did reach the end zone in two games against the Ravens this season. Houston lost 25-9 in its season opener at Baltimore. Jackson rushed for 821 yards during the regular season, which is a big part of the case for his second MVP award. But he surpassed 100 yards on the ground only once. He ran for exactly 100 on Saturday on 11 attempts. A 14-yard bootleg on fourth-and-1 near midfield led to the touchdown by Likely
that gave the Ravens some breathing room. Jackson also passed for 152 yards. He won a playoff game for the second time in five starts. Stroud threw for 175 yards and didn’t take a single sack against a tough Baltimore defensive front, but the Texans dropped to 0-5 in the divisional round of the playoffs. They’re the only current franchise that hasn’t reached a conference championship game. The Ravens led the NFL in sacks this season, but it was Jackson who was under pressure in the first half, when Houston got to him three times. Two of those sacks came back-to-back in the final minute of the second quarter after a missed field goal gave Baltimore decent field position. Penalties held the Texans back all day — they ended
up with 11 for 70 yards. After Justin Tucker opened the scoring for Baltimore with a 53-yard field goal, Houston appeared headed for points of its own before two false starts and an intentional grounding flag pushed the Texans out of range. Houston did eventually tie it on a 50-yard field goal by Ka’imi Fairbairn, but the Ravens answered with a 76-yard march capped by Jackson’s 3-yard touchdown pass to Nelson Agholor. Jackson scrambled for 23 yards on the first play, and 15 yards on thirdand-5 to put the ball at the Houston 2. Down 10-3, the Texans struck back on special teams. Sims, who was signed from the practice squad to the active roster earlier in the week, broke free up the middle for a 67-yard touchdown.
NFC DIVISIONAL ROUND
Bucs’ Mayfield fills Tom Brady’s shoes By Cindy Boren
The Washington Post
It wasn’t that long ago that Baker Mayfield’s NFL career had spiraled to the point at which the quarterback — the No. 1 overall pick only six years ago — was lining up as a defensive lineman on the scout team for the Carolina Panthers. It was the low point for the Heisman Trophy winner but not much of a surprise. Mayfield struggled in four seasons with the Browns, who traded him to the Panthers. He was waived by Carolina and claimed by the Los Angeles Rams before he signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Only this season has Mayfield begun to live up to expectations from when the Cleveland Browns drafted him in 2018 and managed to change his reputation from petulance back to performance. Now the unlikely successor to Tom Brady will lead the Buccaneers — one of only eight teams remaining in the NFL playoffs — into a game Sunday against the Detroit Lions. His road to rebirth in Tampa began July 6, 2022, when he was traded to the Panthers for a conditional fifth-round draft pick in 2024. He led the Browns to their first playoff victory in 26 years in the 2020 season, but his time in Cleveland was rocky despite that success. There were differences with the front office and a beef with wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who felt Mayfield wasn’t
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Tasked with being the Guy After Tom Brady, Baker Mayfield “did what he always does — he was himself,” Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles said in December.
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BALTIMORE — Lamar Jackson threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores, and the Baltimore Ravens pulled away in the Ravens 34 second half Texans 10 for a 34-10 win over the Houston Texans on Saturday to advance to the AFC Championship game. On one of his most productive rushing days of the season, Jackson helped the Ravens (14-4) take control in the third quarter after the teams entered the half tied at 10. His 15-yard scoring run put Baltimore ahead to stay. Although C.J. Stroud had a solid, composed first half for Houston, the Texans (11-8) ultimately couldn’t turn enough promising drives into points against an impressive Ravens defense. “They motivated us to go put points on the board,” Jackson said. “They’re stopping an opposing team, a very good team, led by a great quarterback. Our defense, sometimes they get us and sometimes we get them, get our momentum going, and it was them tonight.” Now Baltimore will host the AFC title game for the first time since January 1971, when the Colts beat the Oakland Raiders on their way to a Super Bowl championship. The
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targeting him with passes. “We’re good now, and that’s part of me growing as a person,” Mayfield told Pat McAfee in October. “I think normally I would hold a lot of grudges, but no, we’re good. We squashed that.” Compounding the problems in Cleveland was a shoulder injury Mayfield said sapped him of his self-confidence and petty media boycotts over the team’s reluctance to designate him the starter, leading to the arrival of Deshaun Watson. In Carolina, he won the starting job over Sam Darnold in 2022, but the swagger that marked his performance in an epic 66-59 college duel with Patrick Mahomes was gone. Five months after he was traded to the Panthers, he was demoted to third string and soon after released at his request. Mayfield was picked up by the Rams in a December 2022 move born of necessity after injuries. He played two days after he arrived in Los Angeles and led the team on a game-winning drive but was only 1-3 as a starter. He did, however, impress coach Sean McVay, passing for 850 yards and four touchdowns (with two interceptions) in five games. “He’s done a great job, and if this hasn’t elevated people’s opinions and thoughts of him, I’m not sure what he could’ve done to change whatever the perception is,” McVay said in January 2023. But there was no place for Mayfield with the Rams, and he became a free agent, signing a bargain-basement deal for a starting quarterback — $4 million for the season — with Tampa Bay. Although the Bucs finished just a tick above .500, they won their third straight NFC South title and are in the playoffs. In their first-round game, Mayfield passed for 337 yards and three touchdowns in a 32-9 rout of the Philadelphia Eagles. Tasked with being the Guy After Brady, Mayfield “did what he always does — he was himself,” Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles said in December. “It’s not as pretty as when Tom was here, but we’re scrappy, and we’re pulling them out, and we’re getting things done.”
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Niners running back Christian McCaffrey, right, celebrates a touchdown with teammates Saturday against the Packers in Santa Clara, Calif.
McCaffrey’s 2nd TD rallies 49ers Continued from Page D-1
Brock Purdy and McCaffrey did just enough on the last drive to send San Francisco to its third straight NFC championship game. The Niners will host the winner of Sunday’s game between Tampa Bay and Detroit next weekend for a spot in the Super Bowl. Purdy went 6 for 7 for 47 yards on the decisive drive, converting a third down with a 10-yard pass to Brandon Aiyuk and throwing a 17-yarder to Chris Conley. “Obviously it’s four quarters for a reason, you know? So the way I started, it’s like, ‘Man, I’ve got to be better, got to play efficient football,’ ” Purdy said. “But when it comes down to it, with the season on the line, you’ve got to make it happen for your boys around you.” McCaffrey finished it off with his run on third-and-short and the 49ers’ defense held on from there, with Dre Greenlaw intercepting Jordan Love for the second time to seal San Francisco’s fifth straight playoff win over Green Bay (10-9). That last throw across his body was one of the few mistakes by Love, who had given the Packers the lead with two TD passes in the third quarter. But his first full season as the starter in place of Aaron Rodgers had a disappointing ending. Purdy — who struggled with his accuracy early on a rainy night — threw for 252 yards and a touchdown, and McCaffrey rushed for 98 yards on 17 carries. “I mean, yeah, the weather. But that’s football, man. You’ve got to overcome that,” Purdy said. Love put the Niners in the unusual spot of playing from behind. Green Bay converted a third-and-15 when Ambry Thomas was called for a 41-yard pass interference penalty against Bo Melton. Love
and Melton connected on the next play for a wide-open 19-yard touchdown aided by Tashaun Gipson slipping on the wet grass in coverage. After McCaffrey put San Francisco back in the lead with a 39-yard TD run, Green Bay struck quickly thanks to a 73-yard kick return by All-Pro Keisean Nixon that he fumbled, only to have teammate Eric Wilson recover. Four plays later, Love threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Kraft and the Packers extended the lead to 21-14 on a 2-point conversion pass to Aaron Jones. The Niners were the first team to make the playoffs in 13 seasons without overcoming a second-half deficit to win a game. They got a 52-yard field goal from Jake Moody on the first play of the fourth quarter to make it a four-point game, and it stayed there when rookie Anders Carlson missed a 41-yarder for Green Bay. The Packers moved the ball easily in the first half, getting into the red zone on three straight drives to open the game. But they couldn’t finishing any of them off, setting for two field goals and getting stopped on a fourth-and-1 sneak. They became the first team in 20 years to reach the red zone on their first three drives of a playoff game without getting a TD. The Niners made them pay for that with Purdy hitting George Kittle on a 32-yard pass on the run for a TD that gave San Francisco the lead. But San Francisco squandered another chance late in the half when coach Kyle Shanahan wasted time before settling for a 48-yard field goal attempt by Moody that was blocked by Colby Wooden to send the Niners into the half with a 7-6 lead. Jones finished with 108 yards on 18 carries for the Packers, and Love was 21 of 34 for 194 yards.
The NFL playoffs have already delivered high-stakes moments around a simple decision: After a touchdown, should your team kick for 1 point, or go for 2? The 2-point try — where teams get to run one play to score from the 2-yard line — was a hit with coaches when it was introduced in 1994, but its popularity soon faded. In recent seasons, that trend has reversed, with 2-point attempts becoming more common, thanks to rule changes and to the growing role of analytics. For fans, this trend has brought a welcome dose of strategy to what was once an automatic decision to kick. (Week 17’s game between the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys, which hinged on three consecutive 2-point attempts in the game’s final seconds, typified both the strategic and emotional factors at play.) Here’s a primer on what’s changed and what’s behind the decisions. Why are attempts going up? The short answer: a rule change. In 2015, the NFL moved the spot for the extra-point kick from the 2-yard line back 13 yards, to the 15, making a successful kick slightly less probable. (It’s now successful 95% of the time, on average, instead of 99%.) That decrease was enough to make going for 2 more appealing. How often are 2-point attempts successful? About 47.5% of the time since 2015 — almost half that of the extra-point conversion rate. Was that a coincidence or by design? It’s hard to say exactly how much math was used in the NFL’s decision to move the ball to the 15 for teams that choose to kick. (Much closer and the math says they should kick; much farther away, going for 2 is clearly the better choice.) But the league stated it wanted to make it more entertaining for fans. Is there a math-based strategy for when to go for 2? For most situations, there is consensus on when to go for it. However, in some situations, different assumptions can lead to different recommendations. If a team scores a touchdown that leaves it 5 points down, the math is very clear: Going for 2 is the right choice. A successful conversion would put the team within a field goal of tying the game. A failed conversion or a successful kicked extra point would leave a deficit of 4 or 5 points. If a team scores a touchdown that leaves it 4 points down, however, the math is a bit trickier. An analysis by FiveThirtyEight recommended going for 2, especially late in the game, but a separate analysis by a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor, Laura Albert, concluded it’s better to kick the extra point. Even on similar questions, slightly different assumptions or data can lead to different answers. Are teams following the math? I would never describe NFL teams as “mostly following the math,” but their decisions are increasingly going in the same direction as the math. Teams are more conservative than they probably should be, but they’re also now much more likely to go for 2 when the math heavily favors doing so. Take that down-by-5-points example. From 2010 to 2013, teams went for 2 in those situations 25% of the time. But in the past three years, they’ve more than doubled that rate, going for it 56% of the time. Going for 2 when down 9 is a complicated decision. (FiveThirtyEight declared it a tossup.) From 2010 to 2013, teams didn’t attempt this once. But in recent seasons it’s becoming more accepted, with coaches facing this situation choosing to go for 2 about 32% of the time since 2020. Why don’t coaches just outsource the decision to math and make their lives easier? Math is not and should not be the only thing coaches rely on. A team may have a play (like the one Dan Campbell of the Lions used against the Cowboys) that it loves from practice and that it thinks has a high chance of success. Alternatively, weather or a specific personnel matchup could mean a play is less likely to succeed than a calculation might otherwise suggest. But it’s also true that NFL coaches have typically refrained from going for 2 until the end of the game, when the specific situation forces them to make a tough decision. Still, the trends say math is winning: Coaches have started to go for 2 earlier in the game. Are some teams better at 2-point conversions? The data seems to say so. Determining the difference between skill and luck (or statistical noise) on 2-point conversions is a challenge because they remain relatively rare. In the 2023 season, there were over 1,300 touchdowns and 127 2-point attempts.
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ALMANAC
Midnight through 6 p.m. Saturday
Santa Fe Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... .Month . . . . . to . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.73" .... . . . . .to Year . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.73" ....
AREA RAINFALL
Albuquerque Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.29" ....
Tonight
Today
42
Humidity (Noon)
28
POLLEN COUNTS Santa Fe .Severity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5, . . . .Moderate ........ .Allergens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juniper ...... Albuquerque .Severity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3, . . . .Moderate ........ Allergens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juniper ...... Source: https://pollen.com
TODAY'S UV INDEX + 10 8 6 4 2 0
Extreme Very High High Moderate Low
The UV index forecasts the ultraviolet radiation coming from the sun. The higher the number the more risk of sun damage to your skin.
42 / 27
Humidity (Noon)
Few Showers.
Friday
Mostly Cloudy.
44 / 26
City
Rain & Snow Possible. Partly Cloudy.
43 / 28
Humidity (Noon)
Saturday
41 / 27
Humidity (Noon)
45 / 29
Humidity (Noon)
Humidity (Noon)
99%
76%
65%
74%
67%
65%
55%
Wind: W 10 mph
Wind: WNW 10 mph
Wind: SE 10 mph
Wind: NW 10 mph
Wind: WNW 10 mph
Wind: NNE 15 mph
Wind: N 10 mph
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NEW MEXICO WEATHER Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Taos 42 / 25
Farmington 43 / 30
Raton 49 / 24
~ ola Espan 46 / 24
Pecos 42 / 27 Albuquerque 51 / 30
Ruidoso 43 / 32 Truth or Consequences 56 / 38
San Francisco 61/53
Las Vegas 47 / 27
Las Vegas 60/48
Denver 54/29
Atlanta 39/24
Dallas 36/33
New Orleans 48/41
Mérida 80/70
Guadalajara 80/56
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Carlsbad 45 / 35
70s
Rain
69° in Animas 12° in Causey
90s
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110s
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Snow
Ice
Jet Stream
Warm
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Stationary
The Northeast will see partly cloudy skies with the highest temperature of 36 in Baltimore, Md. The Southeast will experience partly to mostly cloudy skies with the highest temperature of 70 in Miami Beach, Fla. In the Northwest there will be mostly cloudy skies with scattered rain and isolated snow, highest temperature of 56 in Coos Bay, Ore. The Southwest will see cloudy skies with scattered rain, highest temperature of 70 in El Centro, Calif.
WEATHER HISTORY
NEW MEXICO CITIES
Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W City
Alamogordo 50/27 mc 54/38 sh 56/39 sh Albuquerque 53/28 mc 51/30 sh 50/27 mc Angel Fire 42/14 mc 38/18 mc 36/11 mc Artesia 37/19 mc 44/34 mc 64/36 pc Carlsbad 38/19 mc 45/35 mc 65/40 pc Chama 53/18 mc 38/19 ss 39/14 ss Cimarron 42/14 mc 49/26 mc 50/24 mc Clayton 37/18 mc 49/29 mc 51/27 mc Cloudcroft 50/27 mc 34/26 ss 35/27 ss Clovis 38/15 mc 43/27 mc 58/31 pc Crownpoint 52/29 mc 42/28 sh 40/27 rs Deming 57/33 mc 55/38 sh 57/40 sh 46/32 mc 46/24 mc 47/25 mc Espan~ ola Farmington 52/28 mc 43/30 sh 44/27 rs Fort Sumner 41/16 mc 43/29 mc 59/30 pc Gallup 54/19 mc 41/27 sh 42/22 rs Grants 55/18 mc 44/27 sh 45/23 rs Hobbs 37/18 mc 42/35 mc 63/39 pc Las Cruces 55/35 mc 57/41 sh 60/43 sh
Las Vegas Lordsburg Los Alamos Los Lunas Portales Raton Red River Rio Rancho Roswell Ruidoso Santa Rosa Silver City Socorro T or C Taos Tucumcari Univ. Park White Rock Zuni
Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W 47/18 mc 47/27 mc 50/24 mc 58/45 mc 55/38 sh 56/39 sh 46/32 mc 41/28 rs 42/27 mc 56/25 s 51/34 sh 53/26 mc 38/15 mc 44/29 mc 60/30 pc 38/16 mc 49/24 mc 46/25 mc 42/14 mc 39/18 mc 35/13 mc 48/23 mc 47/31 sh 48/28 mc 39/21 mc 46/31 mc 62/35 pc 52/23 mc 43/32 sh 45/28 rs 37/21 mc 51/32 mc 55/29 pc 55/27 mc 46/36 sh 47/35 sh 55/29 mc 51/35 sh 55/33 mc 57/34 mc 56/38 sh 60/39 sh 46/18 mc 42/25 cl 41/21 mc 39/15 mc 48/31 mc 58/28 pc 55/35 mc 57/41 sh 60/42 sh 46/32 mc 44/28 sh 45/25 mc 56/29 mc 42/29 sh 43/26 rs
Jan. 21, 1988 - High pressure over northern Nevada and low pressure off the coast of Southern California combined to produce high winds in the southwestern United States. Wind gusts in the San Francisco area reached 70 mph.
NATIONAL EXTREMES SATURDAY High
75° in Ft. Laderdale, Fla.
NIGHT SKY
Low
-28° in Ash Lake, Minn.
Sunrise Today Monday Tuesday
Mercury 7:10 a.m. 7:10 a.m. 7:09 a.m.
Rise Set
5:48 a.m. 3:34 p.m.
5:19 p.m. 5:20 p.m. 5:21 p.m.
Rise Set
Mars
4:57 a.m. 2:47 p.m.
Rise Set
6:07 a.m. 3:47 p.m.
1:35 p.m. 2:26 p.m. 3:22 p.m.
Rise Set
11:38 a.m. --
4:01 a.m. 5:03 a.m. 5:59 a.m.
Rise Set
Uranus
9:01 a.m. 8:01 p.m.
Rise Set
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Sunset Today Monday Tuesday Today Monday Tuesday
WIND TRACKER
Moonset Today Monday Tuesday
8 p.m.
2 a.m. Mon.
Full Jan. 25
Last Q. Feb. 2
Venus
Jupiter
Moonrise
Weather (w): cl-cloudy, fg-fog, hz-haze, mc-mostly cloudy, pc-partly cloudy, r-rain, rs-rain & snow, s-sunny, sh-showers, sn-snow, ss-snow showers, t-thunderstorms
2 p.m.
80s
Fronts:
STATE EXTREMES SATURDAY
8 a.m. Sun.
Cancún 76/72
Mexico City 66/55
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Miami 70/65
Monterrey 62/43
Hobbs 42 / 35
High Low
Washington D.C. 31/15
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St. Louis 30/23
Hermosillo 76/63 La Paz 77/67
Alamogordo 54 / 38
New York 31/23
Detroit 24/15
Chicago 21/18
Omaha 26/22
Albuquerque 51/30 Phoenix 60/51
Roswell 46 / 31
Las Cruces 57 / 41
City
Los Angeles 61/56
Clovis 43 / 27
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Boise 42/32
Boston 26/16
Minneapolis 20/17
Billings 44/24
Santa Fe 42 / 28
Gallup G 4 / 27 41
Sillver City 46 6 / 36
Seattle 48/44
Clayton 49 / 29
Los Alamos 41 / 28
AIR QUALITY INDEX
Source: www.airnow.gov
43 / 26
Humidity (Noon)
Thursday
68%
A partial list of the City of Santa Fe's Comprehensive Water Conservation Requirements currently in effect: No outside watering from 10am to 6pm from May 1 to October 31. For a complete list of requirements call: 955-4225 http://www.santafenm.gov/water_conservation
0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very Unhealthy, 301-500, Hazardous
Mostly Cloudy.
Wednesday
Wind: S 10 mph
WATER STATISTICS
.Saturday's . . . . . . . . .rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 .. . . . . . . . Forecast Today's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 ..
Tuesday
Mostly Cloudy.
Humidity (Mid.)
Los Alamos Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.72" ....
The following water statistics of January 18th are provided by the City Water Division (in millions of gallons). Total water produced from: Canyon Water Treatment Plant: 3.962 Buckman Water Treatment Plant: 3.441 City Wells: 0.0 Buckman Wells: 0.0 Total production: 7.403 Total consumption: 6.513 Santa Fe reservoir inflow: 0.84 Reservoir storage: 225.47 Estimated reservoir capacity: 17.65%
Monday
Rain & Snow Possible. Few Snow Showers.
Las Vegas Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.52" ....
Taos Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.15" ....
NATIONAL CITIES
7 DAY FORECAST FOR SANTA FE
Santa Fe Airport Temperatures .High/low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50°/28° ...... Normal . . . . . . . high/low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45°/19° ...... . . . . . . .high Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62° . . . in . . 1950 .... . . . . . . .low Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1° . . in . . 1958 .... Santa Fe Airport Precipitation .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... .Month . . . . . to . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.18" .... . . . . . . . month Normal . . . . . .to . . date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.36" .... Year . . . . .to . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.18" .... Normal . . . . . . . year . . . . to . . date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.36" .... .Last . . . year . . . . .to. .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.82" ....
THE WEATHER
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Saturn
New Feb. 9
First Q. Feb. 16
Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Bangor Billings Bismarck Boise Boston Charleston,SC Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit Fairbanks Flagstaff Helena Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York City Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland,OR Richmond Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Sioux Falls St. Louis Tampa Trenton Tulsa Washington,DC
Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W 15/-1 s 8/-2 pc 10/0 s 30/16 s 39/24 s 49/37 mc 29/22 pc 36/19 s 40/29 s 19/7 cl 24/7 pc 33/23 pc 43/9 mc 44/24 pc 42/21 pc 10/-6 mc 24/13 mc 23/15 cl 45/30 mc 42/32 ra 41/33 mc 21/14 sn 26/16 s 38/30 pc 45/28 s 43/27 s 57/45 pc 34/21 s 39/21 s 47/32 s 20/6 pc 21/18 pc 33/30 rs 19/5 mc 28/16 s 39/31 mc 23/17 sn 25/18 mc 35/32 mc 38/19 s 36/33 cl 53/47 sh 47/19 mc 54/29 pc 49/25 mc 8/-12 s 24/20 pc 35/31 cl 22/6 mc 24/15 pc 32/29 cl 0/-25 pc -24/-42 s -30/-40 s 48/26 mc 36/25 ss 40/24 ss 25/12 mc 35/21 mc 34/24 pc 79/68 mc 80/69 pc 81/70 pc 49/28 s 46/42 cl 65/59 sh 16/0 mc 22/17 s 35/31 cl 14/-3 s 31/27 mc 38/34 ra 61/48 mc 60/48 sh 55/51 sh 60/56 ra 61/56 sh 62/49 ra 20/3 pc 26/18 s 40/32 mc 23/13 s 32/24 pc 43/38 sh 74/63 pc 70/65 mc 74/70 cl 20/7 s 19/16 pc 33/30 rs 11/-5 s 20/17 mc 31/24 cl 47/33 s 48/41 pc 65/58 mc 25/18 pc 31/23 s 36/31 pc 31/10 s 36/29 mc 40/36 sh 5/-11 pc 26/22 mc 35/31 cl 59/45 s 58/48 pc 68/60 mc 25/16 mc 29/15 s 34/25 pc 68/52 mc 60/51 sh 64/54 sh 19/10 mc 28/12 mc 37/29 pc 43/34 ra 49/39 ra 47/40 ra 33/23 ra 61/53 ra 62/49 sh 49/30 mc 43/35 ra 45/32 mc 43/30 pc 43/39 sh 62/56 sh 62/55 ra 62/55 sh 63/56 sh 59/54 ra 61/53 ra 62/51 sh 49/34 mc 48/44 ra 49/45 ra 4/-19 s 23/18 mc 28/20 mc 20/1 s 30/23 pc 36/33 ra 64/48 s 62/49 pc 71/61 mc 23/14 mc 30/14 s 35/24 pc 26/7 s 35/30 mc 38/35 sh 28/21 pc 31/15 s 38/24 s
WORLD CITIES City Amsterdam Athens Baghdad Beijing Berlin Bermuda Bogota Cairo Copenhagen Dublin Frankfurt Guatemala City Istanbul Jerusalem Johannesburg Lima London Madrid Mexico City Moscow Nassau New Delhi Oslo Paris Rio Rome Seoul Stockholm Sydney Tel Aviv Tokyo Toronto Vienna
Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W 38/32 s 44/32 rs 65/57 pc 50/46 ra 69/45 s 70/50 s 34/26 mc 23/14 pc 38/30 s 35/25 pc 69/62 ra 63/55 ra 68/48 ra 64/49 ra 78/58 s 80/64 mc 38/33 ra 36/33 sn 51/43 ra 52/44 ra 29/18 mc 35/18 mc 78/58 mc 74/53 pc 55/41 ra 44/39 ra 65/47 s 65/52 mc 79/52 mc 84/55 pc 77/69 s 78/71 mc 43/32 mc 51/37 ra 50/37 s 52/40 mc 66/50 mc 66/55 ra 22/7 cl 19/-13 mc 75/72 ra 71/68 mc 68/48 mc 70/44 mc 13/-8 pc 36/11 sn 38/24 mc 44/31 pc 90/78 ra 84/75 ra 54/45 ra 50/36 s 42/36 mc 38/33 sn 18/1 mc 34/18 sn 79/70 mc 93/69 pc 72/50 s 71/52 pc 47/43 ra 51/41 ra 18/5 mc 26/13 mc 38/29 s 38/29 s
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Mike Tyson enters the ring of New York cannabis industry Former heavyweight not pulling any punches when it comes to promoting his pot By Ashley Southall
The New York Times
NEW YORK — On a recent weekend, fans of Mike Tyson, one of the greatest boxers ever, lined up by the hundreds at dispensaries in New York for a chance to meet him and to support his latest business move: selling weed in his home state. With the recent release of his Tyson 2.0 line, Tyson, 57, has become the most visible newcomer of the celebrity wave in the state’s cannabis industry. Although actors, athletes and musicians have been cashing in on weed with product lines and endorsement deals over the past decade as legalization has swept the United States, the tide is just rising in New York. And Tyson is one of the biggest names yet to test how far fame can carry a brand in a market that is shaping up to be one of the largest and most competitive in the world. At the Conbud dispensary on the Lower East Side, he greeted fans with handshakes and hugs as they bought from a selection of smokable flower packaged with names such as Tiger Mintz and Knockout OG. He playfully
ADRIENNE GRUNWALD/THE NEW YORK TIMES
Mike Tyson smokes a joint from his new Tyson 2.0 cannabis line at an event at the J.Bespoke lounge in New York late last year. The retired boxer’s foray into the cannabis market in New York is a test of how far a celebrity can carry a brand.
barked as he posed with a dog named Dottie and her owner, and he complimented a woman who, against the advice of her sons, wore a “Chrithmith” shirt making light of his lisp. Within a few hours, the pair of dispensaries that introduced his cannabis brand to New York had sold more than $40,000 of his flower and expanded their foothold in a market dominated by
unlicensed competitors. And that was without the popular gummies shaped to look like Evander Holyfield’s ear, which Tyson infamously bit during a 1997 bout — one of only six fights that he lost. “The cannabis is just doing incredible,” Tyson said in an interview. “You can’t even believe it.” Casting his new release as a homecoming of sorts, Tyson, who was born
and raised in Brooklyn, joined other New Yorkers banking on their local bona fides. They include Method Man, a member of the influential hip-hop collective known as the Wu-Tang Clan, and Abby Rockefeller, an ecologist and the scion of one of the most powerful families in America. Rockefeller is among the biggest investors in Hudson Cannabis, the producer that grows Tyson’s weed on her farm in the Hudson Valley. Cannabis brands backed by big names have drawn mixed reception. Although they tend to outsell traditional brands, they cannot compete with the biggest brands that are selling millions of dollars of weed each month. Mitchell Laferla, one of the firm’s analysts, said what ultimately drives consumers in newer markets such as New York is value, and that’s where celebrity brands struggle. The consumers who are the biggest spenders are looking for the highest potency at the lowest price, and celebrity brands vary in quality while generally carrying a higher price tag. In California, the average cost of a typical 3.5-gram bag of flower is around $23.14, while Tyson 2.0 sells for about $28.44, a 23% difference. Tyson 2.0’s success can be credited to Tyson’s hands-on approach to customers and his company, the business’s aggressive expansion into new markets
such as New York and Maryland, and its product quality, Laferla said. “Your name may get someone to try it once,” he said. “But your brand and the quality of your product is what’s going to get people coming back.” Yuvraj Singh, president and CEO of Strain Stars on Long Island, said customers are already returning for Tyson’s weed. His customers bought $30,000 of Tyson 2.0 flower on the first day of sales, and the cannabis line is already one of the store’s five bestsellers. “The word’s gotten out that it’s a very nice, clean high,” he said. Coss Marte, co-owner and CEO of Conbud, said his dispensary has also had repeat customers after selling $10,000 of Tyson 2.0 in an hour, roughly as much as the dispensary typically makes in a day. Tyson has emphasized the therapeutic role of cannabis in his transformation from a brash boxing champion to a disciplined business owner. Less than 10 years ago, he said in an interview, he was broke and struggling with a cocaine addiction. Now, he owns one of the most successful celebrity cannabis brands in the country. He said his goal is to solidify his legacy as a trailblazer in cannabis. “That’s more important to me than making money,” he said.
Ranch-flavored lip balm was April Fool’s joke — now it’s sold out Brand mashup is latest example of mixing, matching food company trend meant to reach more customers By Jonathan Edwards
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Burt’s Bees and Hidden Valley Ranch played a trick on customers April 1, 2022, when they announced a new product: ranch-flavored lip balm. For some, it was a “dream flavor.” Others called it “disgusting.” Then people on social media began pointing out the date. April Fools! Nearly two years later, the two companies are turning that joke into reality. On Wednesday, they announced they were teaming up to sell a “[very] limited-edition” Dippers Lip Balm set.
Burt’s Bees and Hidden Valley Ranch, which are both owned by the Clorox Co., are offering a four-pack of lip balm for $11.99. All of the flavors relate to Buffalo wings — celery, carrot, Buffalo sauce and Hidden Valley Ranch. “This delightfully unexpected union comes just in time for dry lip season and game day,” the companies said in a release, referring to the Super Bowl, which is Feb. 11. But just like chicken wings during the shortage of 2021, the limited-edition beeswax quickly sold out. By Thursday, customers trying to purchase the “wings in balm form” were put on a waitlist. Kristi Jayne was one of the lucky few who snatched a set just in time. Jayne, a 45-year-old from Harrisburg, Pa., was scrolling on the BeautyGuruChatter Reddit page Wednesday
when she learned of the new lip balms. She likes Burt’s Bees and said it’s great to have a packet of Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning to sprinkle into a dish on the fly, but she’s not fanatical about either product. Her first thought about combining them: “This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of,” she told The Washington Post. But then Jayne learned there were other flavors besides ranch. Celery, in particular, interested her, because she enjoys lip balms with herbal profiles like lavender or rosemary. But she still wasn’t sold. Then her husband chimed in: He told her to give it a whirl. It would be fun. Jayne hopped online and became one of the first people to buy what she had denounced just hours earlier. Later, she learned it had sold out.
“I think I might have gotten the hotticket item without really intending to,” she said. The Dippers Lip Balm set is the latest in the trend of food companies mashing up products to try to reach more consumers. There was the Kraft Mac & Cheese ice cream, Velveeta-scented nail polish, Cheez-It nail polish, Dunkin’ makeup and deodorant that smells like Girl Scout Cookies. Food collabs have existed for decades but became more popular after the 2008 recession, said Sue Chan, founder of Care of Chan, an event and marketing agency. Unlike their parents and grandparents, millennials could not afford houses as they entered the workforce in the wake of a global economic meltdown. Instead, they turned to dining as a way to convey status, she added. The evolution of the internet fueled
the trend, she added. Instagram’s launch in 2010 gave young foodies a place to showcase ornate dishes from the hottest new restaurants. The internet also splintered American monoculture. Gone were the days of millions watching the same sitcoms every night and talking about them the next day at the water cooler. Instead, users scroll through algorithm-tailored feeds and stream shows across a host of services at different times. “Niche culture is on the rise,” Chan said. “We’re all in our own little bubbles.” That splintering has made it tough for marketers to reach a lot of consumers with a prime-time TV commercial or a newspaper ad, Chan said. Crossover products allow them to tap into multiple bubbles at once, and food is a particularly attractive space to operate in because everybody eats.
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Meghan Eisenberg, an interior designer, installed separate light fixtures above the sink and the primary food preparation area in her kitchen in Los Angeles. Lighting can have a dramatic effect on the way a kitchen looks and functions.
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doing. The other is decorative lighting, which can enhance a home in the same way that gorgeous jewelry enhances a beautiful outfit.” And now that food preparation spaces double as gathering places, using lighting to set the mood is more important than ever, said Jenn Feldman, a Los Angeles-based interior designer. “The kitchen isn’t just a place you go to cook,” Feldman said. “It’s livable space.” She and other designers shared tips on how to light your kitchen.
Create layers of light Professional architects and designers rarely use a single fixture to blast a kitchen with light. Instead, they focus on creating layers of light with different types of fixtures used in different ways. “I love to cook and bake, and when I’m working, I need it bright,” said Blair Moore, founder of Moore House Design, in Warren, Please see story on Page E-2
Laundry done better: How to save energy and your clothes laundry hundreds of times each year, according to Energy Star. Beyond guzzling water and gobbling energy, using your washer and dryer can pollute waterways and the air with tiny plastic particles. It can also be harmful to your clothing, shortening the life span of your garments. But experts say there are simple
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Wash your clothes less often Even if you have a high-efficiency washer and dryer, it’s still important to
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2023 sales of existing homes lowest in 30 years By Alex Veiga The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes sank in 2023 to a nearly 30-year low, as sharply higher mortgage rates, rising prices and a persistently low level of homes on the market combined to push homeownership out of reach for many Americans. The National Association of Realtors said Friday that existing U.S. home sales totaled 4.09 million last year, an 18.7% decline from 2022. That is the weakest year for home sales since 1995 and the biggest annual decline since 2007, the start of the housing slump of the late 2000s. The median national home price for all of last year edged up just under 1% to record high $389,800, the NAR said.
Last year’s home sales slump echoes the nearly 18% annual decline in 2022, when mortgage rates began rising, eventually more than doubling by the end of the year. That trend continued in 2023, driving the average rate on a 30-year mortgage by late October to 7.79%, the highest level since late 2000. The sharply higher home loan borrowing costs limited home hunters’ buying power on top of years of soaring prices. A dearth of homes for sale also kept many would-be homebuyers and sellers on the sidelines. Still, a pullback in mortgage rates since late last year, and forecasts calling for a further rate declines this year, is fueling hopes that home sales will begin to bounce back from their dismal showing in 2023.
“The latest month’s sales look to be the bottom before inevitably turning higher in the new year,” said Lawrence Yun, the NAR’s chief economist. ”Mortgage rates are meaningfully lower compared to just two months ago, and more inventory is expected to appear on the market in upcoming months.” Mortgage rates have been mostly easing since November, echoing a pullback in the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide to pricing loans. The yield has largely come down on hopes that inflation has cooled enough for the Federal Reserve to shift to cutting interest rates this year. The average rate on a 30-year home loan was 6.6% last week, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. If rates continue to ease, as many economists
expect, that should help boost demand heading into the spring homebuying season, which traditionally begins in late February. Still, the average rate remains sharply higher than just two years ago, when it was 3.56%. That large gap between rates now and then has helped limit the number of previously occupied homes on the market by discouraging homeowners who locked in rock-bottom rates from selling. “Prospective homebuyers have been shut out of the market by a lack of inventory,” said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist at Bright MLS. “If there had been more listings on the market in 2023, we would have had more home sales.” At the end of December, there were just 1 million homes on the market, the
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around in the dryer, they’re often shedding tiny fibers — many of which are small bits of plastic from synthetic fabrics such as polyester. Washing a single load of synthetic clothes can release millions of these minuscule fibers. Aside from noticeable odors or visible stains, when your clothes need to be laundered largely depends on how the garments are worn and the type of material. Clothes that you exercise and sweat in, for example, should be washed more frequently than the outfit you wear to work a desk job. Ask yourself if you really need to wash something after only wearing it once.
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R.I. But if she’s having friends over for cocktails and canapés, she wants something else. “When I’m entertaining, I want to be sure there’s no overhead light on at all,” she said. “That’s when we use ambient or accent lighting instead.” The best way to get that? Using sconces or similar fixtures. Moore added, “I always like to have three layers of lighting”: general lighting, task lighting and ambient or accent lighting. That makes it easy to illuminate the room in different ways.
Start with the most basic lighting When you’re making a lighting plan, you should begin by choosing fixtures for general illumination: surface-mounted ceiling fixtures, linear track systems or recessed can-style lights. Regardless of the type of fixture you choose, placement is key. “People want these spaces to be well lit, but we really try to think about what we’re lighting,” said Matt Berman, a founding principal of the New York-based architecture firm Workshop/APD. That means focusing on counters, circulation paths and key functional areas like the sink and stove. His firm usually aligns ceiling lights along runs of cabinetry, Berman said, rather than installing a grid of recessed fixtures that blanket the room in light. All the designers interviewed for this story like ceiling fixtures to be so unobtrusive that they almost disappear. When they’re using recessed fixtures, they prefer smaller-aperture ceiling lights, with an opening of 2 or 3 inches, and trimless designs that are installed flush to the ceiling with a coat of drywall compound. Berman also likes recessed track systems that hold multiple lights within a single cut in the ceiling.
ABOVE: Recessed ceiling lights in a kitchen by Moore House Design. Lighting can have a dramatic effect on the way a kitchen looks and functions. JARED KUZIA VIA THE NEW YORK TIMES
Add light above work surfaces Even with most of the room illuminated, it’s helpful to bring focused task lighting to counters where you’ll be chopping vegetables, carving meat and grating cheese. If you don’t have upper cabinets, one way to do this is to install simple sconces or pendants that project light down to the counters. Feldman added brass sconces above the counters of her own kitchen. Moore has used articulating scissor-arm sconces that can extend and swivel to provide light wherever it’s needed. If you have upper cabinets, a better approach is usually to add under-counter LED strips. Concealed with a valance or recessed into the cabinets, they can illuminate the entire length of a counter while remaining hidden from view. “It’s very helpful to have under-cabinet lighting,” said Meghan Eisenberg, an interior designer in Los Angeles who chose a stylish sconce to illuminate counters in her own kitchen but now wishes she had added under-cabinet lighting as well. “We didn’t do it, and I lived to regret it,” she said. “Because it’s really nice to have under-cabinet lighting when you’re cleaning and the upper cabinets are casting shadows.” If you’re worried that some cabinet interiors will be too dark, you can also add LED strips inside the cabinets that will turn on automatically when doors and drawers are opened.
Make a statement with fixtures Don’t ignore the opportunity to make a statement in the kitchen with decorative fixtures, much as you would in a dining room. Often, this is a chandelier or a series of pendant lamps above an island. Jenkins, of WRJ Design, has used brass-andbubbled-glass chandeliers by Lindsey Adelman, leather-and-frosted-glass pendants from Allied Maker and linear fixtures of smoky blown glass by Gabriel Scott to dramatic effect. “You have this wonderful interior,” he said, “and then when you bring in beautiful lighting, it bumps it up and creates a focal point.” But it’s important to consider what else is around that fixture, he added. If the show-
LEFT: A decorative chandelier hangs over the island in a kitchen designed by Workshop/APD. Don’t ignore the opportunity to make a statement in the kitchen with decorative fixtures, much as you would in a dining room. READ MCKENDREE VIA THE NEW YORK TIMES
stopping fixture will interrupt sightlines to a window with a view, Jenkins will search out a fixture with clear-glass diffusers. Otherwise, he might opt for a fixture with opaque or translucent shades that pick up on other materials used in the kitchen cabinetry and furniture. It’s also wise to study nearby light fixtures, if the kitchen is open to other living spaces, Eisenberg said. When the kitchen island is next to a dining table, she will hang a single statement-making fixture over just one of those areas. “I always pick and choose where I want people to focus,” she said. “I don’t want to have one pendant hanging over the dining table and then a different one in the kitchen.”
Plan the controls To take full advantage of so many layers of lighting, you’ll need to be able to control them. At the very least, different types of lighting — general, task and decorative — should be split up on separate switches. Using dimmers is even better. The next step up would be a home-automation system with smart dimmers, allowing you to set scenes for various times of day and uses. “That way you can set an evening scene where the lights are dimmer and a morning scene where the lights are nice and bright,” Berman said. It’s also important to know the color tem-
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lem-solving, which is the secret to all great remodelers. I told the crew I was boss and made decisions, but if anyone had a better idea than mine on how to do something and didn’t speak up, they were screwing things up. We frequently
NAR said. While that’s a 4.2% increase from a year earlier, the number of available homes remains well below the monthly historical average of about 2.25 million. The available inventory at the end of last month amounts to a 3.2-month supply, going by the current sales pace. That’s down 3.5% from the previous month, but up from 2.9% from December 2022. In a more balanced market between buyers and sellers, there is a four- to six-month supply. That means homebuyers are likely to face intense competition for the relatively few homes on the market, which should keep pushing up prices. “There will still be a demand-supply imbalance in the housing market well into 2024,” Sturtevant said.
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perature of the various lights you plan to use. While LEDs with a color temperature of 2,700 Kelvin are similar to incandescent lightbulbs, Berman noted, in the kitchen “we’ll bump it up to 3,000 Kelvin, which is a little brighter and whiter.” That color temperature is great when you’re making breakfast, but may not be ideal if you want warmer, dimmer light for cocktail hour. One solution is to search out fixtures that use dim-to-warm LEDs, Berman said, gradually shifting to warmer color temperatures as you dim them down. Whether you use dim-to-warm lights or not, all of the fixtures in your kitchen should be a similar color temperature. “There’s nothing more annoying that having beautiful warm light” in one area, Jenkins said, “and then bright-white, fluorescent-like light beside it.”
Embrace plug-in options While most kitchen lighting is built in, it’s possible to bring a few extra lumens to dark corners, and an extra dash of style, with plug-in lamps. Eisenberg, Feldman and Moore have all used table lamps in kitchens. “I always love a table lamp on a counter,” Moore said. Especially now that kitchens serve as living spaces, she added, “I just love that it feels like furniture.” directions can solve just about anything, but some things still require head-scratching and tossing and turning in bed, contemplating solutions. Such is the case with the new roof overhang I’m slowly building. There’s no plan, but I’ll figure it out. With internet and phone service, I would have been writing about other things. That’s next week. Today, it’s figuring out how to get a pile of 1-by-8 boards up on the roof by myself. Contact Kim Shanahan at kimboshanahan@ gmail.com.
Wash your clothes in cold water Water heating consumes about 90% of the energy it takes to operate a washing machine, according to Energy Star. Changing your washer’s temperature setting from hot to warm can cut energy use in half. Washing with cold water can reduce your energy footprint even more. By washing four out of five loads of laundry in cold water, you could cut 864 pounds of CO2 emissions in a year, an amount equivalent to planting 0.37 acres of U.S. forest, according to the American Cleaning Institute. Doing loads of laundry on cold could also help reduce potential microfiber pollution. Other tips for how to wash include: ◆ Trying to run your machine only when it’s full. Washers use about the same amount of energy regardless of the size of the load. ◆ Doing normal-size loads rather than running your machine half or partially full. Some research suggests that machine-washing clothes in larger amounts of water with more agitation can increase microfiber shedding. ◆ Using higher spin settings if your washing machine has the option, which can reduce drying time.
Laundry sheets, pods and the environment While detergent pods and laundry sheets are becoming increasingly popular, a debate is raging over whether they may contribute to the growing plastic pollution problem that threatens human health and the environment. One key ingredient in these detergent products is polyvinyl alcohol, a type of plastic also known as PVA or PVOH, which can dissolve in water and
biodegrade under the right conditions. Based on decades of lab studies, PVA has been deemed reasonably safe by the Environmental Protection Agency and has been included on the agency’s Safer Chemical Ingredients list and Safer Choice label for years. The Food and Drug Administration has also declared the material “safe to consume in normal quantities.” But some scientists and advocacy groups are questioning how PVA behaves in the real world. Several peer-reviewed studies have detected PVA in drinking water and human breast milk, and one estimated far more plastic may be flowing into the environment than breaking down in waste-treatment plants. Still, experts say more research is needed to understand how much PVA is breaking down in real-life settings. In the meantime, if you’re trying to get rid of all plastic from your life, you probably want to avoid PVA-wrapped pods and sheets, The Washington Post’s Michael J. Coren writes. Laundry powder could be a more environmentally friendly alternative. Manufacturers now produce the powder in pre-measured compressed tablets.
Air drying saves energy and is better for clothes Whenever possible, experts recommend air drying your clothes. “If you’re air drying, that’s saving the most energy,” Joe Vukovich, a staff attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council who works on energy efficiency, previously told The Washington Post. Tumble drying can also cause fabrics to rub against one another and exposes them to heat, both of which can wear textiles out more quickly and release microfibers. If you’re planning to air dry, consider these tips: ◆ Read care labels first. ◆ Think about where you’re hanging up your laundry. Don’t place things outside if you live in a place where it rains often or if there are many birds or trees around that could dirty your clean laundry. Before air drying indoors, assess whether you have enough space. ◆ Make sure you have enough room on your line or drying rack, so that your laundry isn’t bunched together. ◆ To help maintain shape and avoid wrinkles, be mindful of how you hang things up. Putting shirts on hangers, for example, could help reduce creases that might occur if you just drape the garment over a line or on the bar of a rack. For heavier fabrics, such as knits, lay those flat to dry.
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Discover this cozy residence offering a perfect blend of comfort and convenience in the heart of Santa Fe. Features a Kiva fireplace, upgrades throughout, a new elevator that provides access to the first floor with a separate downstairs entrance for added guest privacy, eco-friendly features and more. Outdoor include spacious yard adorned with fruit trees, charming cobblestone driveway with ample parking. $1,750,000 MLS # 202400006
At one of Santa Fe’s most prestigious addresses, this gated 4BR, 4BA, 4,135 sq. ft. estate immediately impresses with its magnificent views. A handsome formal dining room with a wet bar flows effortlessly to an elegant living room with a classical fireplace, built-in shelving, and a “disappearing” wall of sliding glass opening to a deck with a stunning vista for indoor-outdoor living. $2,800,000 MLS # 202341813 JULIE TOKOROYAMA
(505) 469-3893 • julie.tokoroyama@sothebys.realty Sotheby’s International Realty • (505) 988-8088 231 Washington Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501 sothebysrealty.com
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C. GRIFFITH, R. ALLEN, T. EARLEY
(505)-500-2729 • cathy.griffith@sothebys.realty Sotheby’s International Realty • (505) 988-8088 231 Washington Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501 sothebysrealty.com
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Two exquisite townhouse-style condominiums just blocks from the Plaza, Canyon Road and Museums: two bedrooms, 2.5 baths, plastered walls, high ceilings, fireplace, fabulous finishes. Location, location, location! $1,695,000, MLS# 202339137
Completely Remodeled 2021 • Gated Casas De San Juan Community, 24Hour Security • 2,548 sqft Including 400 sqft Detached Casita • 3 Bedroom, 3 Bath • 10 Minutes to The Plaza • Panoramic Sangre De Cristo, Opera House Views • High Ceilings, Vigas, Brick Flooring • New Kitchen, Pella Windows & Doors • Primary Bedroom W/ Study & Direct Access to Patio • HOA Covers Exterior Insurance, Water, Sewer and Refuse $1,650,000 MLS # 202340714
This open concept 4BR, 4BA property captures magnificent Sangre de Cristo Mountain views. The 3BR, 3BA main house has 2-story windows in the living area opening onto a shaded garden with sitting areas and swimming pool. The 1BR, 1BA guest casita with 2 kivas features a panoramic room with dining space and bifold windows. Detached 2-car garage. Perfect home for indoor/outdoor entertaining. $1,485,000 MLS # 202341580
$1,650,000 MLS # 202340413 ASHLEY MARGETSON
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505-204-2491 • duranerwingroup@santaferealestate.com Barker Realty • (505) 982-9836 530 S. Guadalupe St., Santa Fe, NM 87501 santaferealestate.com
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Ideal for all lifestyles, QR is a green oasis with incredible amenities minutes from downtown. Classic SF style. Gourmet kitchen, marble counters, custom cabinetry, California closets. Combo dining/living. The 4 suites are nicely separated & the 4th suite has custom built-ins as a den/ library/office with a huge deck & sweeping mountain views. Walled gardens. 3-4 Beds, 4 Baths, 2770 sq ft. $1,300,000 MLS # 202336275
Santa Fe style, custom built, single level, passive solar home. Large combo living/dining/kitchen with high ceilings, views, and French doors to an oversized deck. Mostly concrete construction. New roof November 2023. Radiant heat. Separate office/studio. Convenient, close-in NW location just 10 minutes to Downtown. 3 beds, 2 baths, office, 3,000 sq ft, 1.8 acres. $1,275,000 MLS # 202341704
Minutes’ Walk to The Plaza & Canyon Road • 2 Bedrooms, 2 Ensuite Bathrooms • Powder Room • Primary Bedroom with Open Deck Access • Sleek, Contemporary Trey Jordan Design • Private Back Yard with Covered Portal, Floating Deck • Beamed Ceilings, Concrete Floors, Plaster Walls • Kitchen w/ Stainless Steel Countertops, Wolf and Sub-Zero Appliances • Two Designated Parking Spaces $1,195,000 MLS # 202341765
GAVIN SAYERS
(505) 690-3070 • sayersgavin@gmail.com Santa Fe Properties • (505) 982-4466 216 Washington Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501 santafeproperties.com
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Salva Tierra charmer with unobstructed views of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains in a gated community next to Las Campanas. Three bedrooms and an office plus a workshop/studio/storage room on a large lot with a welcoming entry courtyard, private back patio enhanced by custom-made front door and outside gates by La Puerta. An easy floor plan, kiva fireplace, tiled floors, attached workshop/storage room/art studio, high speed internet, and a new HVAC system. $975,000 MLS # 202400025
Pueblo-style 3BR, 2BA home. Single level, no stairs. Living/dining areas with soaring cathedral ceilings, dramatic corner kiva, large windows, vigas and beams, and Saltillo tile floors. Galley kitchen is appointed with light wood cabinets, tile counters, and recessed lighting. Primary suite includes a walk-in closet and an ensuite bath. Two additional bedrooms offer flex space as a studio or office. $505,000 MLS # 202400125
Santa Fe’s premier community of live/work condominiums at the Lofts. Light filled, open space with soaring ceilings. Flexible use areas. Studio space, living room and kitchen are on the second level. The third level has a private bedroom and an open space presently used as a second bedroom. There are two balconies where you can sit and enjoy the landscaped grounds. Hike and bike trails nearby. $425,000 MLS # 202340701
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Santa Fe Indian School
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High School Academics December 6, 2023 January 21, 2024 Bachelor’s degree, and least 2 years’ experience in program coordination and supervision in a school setting, and grant writing experience, preferred. Experience working with Native American Students, preferred. Range: $39,869.60-$44,853.30 depending on experience and education. (189 day - Exempt) Benefits: health, vision, dental, and life insurance, PTO and sick leave. Email Application, Letter of Interest & Resume to SFIS Human Resources Email: jobs@sfis.k12.nm.us (505) 989-6309 | Fax (505) 989-6304 Application available on website: www.sfis.k12.nm.us
Conditions of Employment: Compliance with the immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; Pass Criminal History Background Check per PL 101-647 and 45 CFR 1301; must provide official transcripts; and SFIS Superintendent approval. Santa Fe Indian School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, marital status, disability, handicap, or military status in compliance with federal and state laws. Native American Hiring Preference.
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Conditions of Employment: Compliance with the immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; Pass Criminal History Background Check per PL 101-647 and 45 CFR 1301; must provide official transcripts; and SFIS Superintendent approval. Santa Fe Indian School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, marital status, disability, handicap, or military status in compliance with federal and state laws. Native American Hiring Preference.
Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency has the following job openings: Transfer Station Manager Buckman Road Recycling and Transfer Station Bachelor’s degree required Hourly rate range: $35.63 – $57.04 Equipment Mechanic I CDL A with Hazmat endorsement or obtain within six months of hire Hourly rate range: $21.60 – $31.32 Scale Master - Floating Work Schedule Perform cashier and office duties Full-time Must be available Sundays $19.59 per hour Laborer Full-time $16.99 per hour Excellent full-time employee benefits, including paid leave, PERA retirement benefit plan, health insurance, dental and vision insurance and life insurance. For more information on the job openings or to download employment application forms, please call (505) 424-1850 x 150 or visit our website at www.sfswma.org. Applications will be accepted until positions are filled. EEO/AA
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DIGITAL SALES AND OPERATIONS DIRECTOR The Santa Fe New Mexican, THE source for news and marketing solutions in Northern New Mexico and beyond, has a career opportunity for the right digital wizard. This full-time directorship operates out of our downtown Santa Fe location, but the digital world is a wide, wide world. You’ll head up our digital operations and sales support team and collaborate to develop and execute digital and multi-media marketing strategies to meet our clients’ business needs and maximize their return on investment. It’s sales and marketing. It’s product development. It’s creating strategies that appeal to our market and drive excellent results. And beyond. The digital world is expanding as fast as the universe is, so if you have the skills, we’re interested. Preferred experience = 5+ years of hands-on experience managing digital and multi-product advertising campaigns, including post sales execution. Excellent communication (including active listening skills) and client service above par. An entrepreneurial spirit. We also need someone who has a mastery of key technologies, workflow, and analytics. Someone not afraid to explore and develop new frontiers in the digital world. Go where no one has gone before! The Santa Fe New Mexican has been blazing the trail for news and marketing services since 1849. We are an independent, family-owned company and we do it all here. We offer a comprehensive and competitive compensation package, and we are annually awarded the gold level of Family Friendly businesses in New Mexico. Needless to say, we’re an equal opportunity employer. Please submit your details on how you would take on this challenging and rewarding opportunity to
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